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Thesis: Peace enough to share
Peace enough to share
For Kids: Taking home a witness of Jesus to remind us of his peace when we forget.
Taking home a witness of Jesus to remind us of his peace when we forget.
Me
December is normally a very busy time for pastors... and everyone else.
There have been lots of projects to keep me busy
Presents to buy and wrap
Music to learn
Ministry to plan for our church and our community for next year, because most of us are going to be busy and not ready to jump right back in on January 2... other than our Teachers and students.
They will probably wish they had another few days to recoup as well.
But there have been more silent nights this December as well, because others have had their lives turned upside down and sometimes there is not much I can do
So I've experienced a measure of peace, personally, but I see the conflict going on all around.
We
That is the nature of peace for us.
It is limited to small moments in time
It is limited to particular places
It is limited to certain people
Peace seems to be something that we have to be specially chosen to receive.
Otherwise, we are left to face the brokenness of the world around us.
This is the lament of
A yearning for a peace that lasts
God
God’s Covenant with David
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
1 I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.
2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;
your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.
3 You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to my servant David:
4 ‘I will establish your descendants forever,
and build your throne for all generations.’
”
Chosen person to Chosen people
Abraham and Sarah
Moses
David
I will be your God and you will be my people
Once someone is chosen by God...
Does life grow easier?
More full of blessing?
Do they finally find peace and time to relax?
No.
Making mistakes (while not under pressure?)
Abraham and Sarah
Passing his wife off as his sister (twice)
Moses
Hitting the rock to get water instead of speaking to it as God asked
After the Red Sea, Ten plagues, etc.
David
Giving into Lust for Bathsheba after fighting his own desire for Revenge and waiting 20 years to become king.
God's Chosen persons mess up, and that leaves God's chosen people messed up.
So God goes looking for anther chosen person...
Psalm 89:19-
19 Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said:
“I have set the crown on one who is mighty,
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found my servant David;
with my holy oil I have anointed him;
21 my hand shall always remain with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him,
the wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;
and in my name his horn shall be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’
27 I will make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
and my covenant with him will stand firm.
29 I will establish his line forever,
and his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my ordinances,
31 if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with scourges;
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love,
or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant,
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 His line shall continue forever,
and his throne endure before me like the sun.
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
an enduring witness in the skies.”
Chosen people to chosen person
We need leaders, teachers, examples to show us what faithfulness to God looks like.
“Without vision, the people perish.”
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God looked high and low among the people looking for such leaders
Literally choosing the tallest among them and then the youngest child of Jessie - David.
But every one of those leaders failed him
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