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Prayer
Today we’re going to be looking at Psalm 44 in it’s entirety, and as we make our way through it...
…we’re going to try to bring the text into our current context here at AFBC.
And so instead of reading through all of it right away and then circling back through...
…we’re just going to look at each section as we go...
so let’s jump in...
Here we see mankind looking into their past...
…and reflecting on how God operated in the lives of His people.
And i say - “how God OPERATED” because we can see here that they’re not just looking in the past to see the end results…*
No - They’re looking back - and what they see is the SOVEREIGNTY of God...
They don’t just look back and say - “Well those people were fortunate…thank You God”...
No - they look back and they acknowledge that God was in control of all of it!
You - God - drove out the nations, but them You planted
you know that within this phrase - “Your own hand drove out the nations” - there were a lot of human decisions!
Lot of decisions made
A lot of dependent circumstances...
AND YET - God was in control of all of it!
You - God - afflicted the peoples, but them you set free
No doubt - again - a lot of decisions went into this.
A lot of EVIL intent on behalf of man...
AND YET - God sovereign over all of it!
Your right hand and arm won them the land...
YOU did this - God!
And we acknowledge that!
NOW - no doubt - in our own lives we can look back and see God’s work...
a job
family
kids
relationship
whatever it was - we know God was behind it...
…but what about AFBC?
Lots to look back on...
Clearly, coming out of where we came - i think most of us would say - God CLEARLY was involved in helping us to establish our feet
Started out meeting in homes...
Was able to start using the OCC for minimal rent...
A church that had been using it had recently left…and so we jumped in.
Then this building goes up for sale at auction - having been sitting here for 4 years...
My boss at IMARC buys the building...
and fairly soon after, asks if we’d like to purchase this side of the building.
We prayed on it, given the situation, and it’s location.
We let it sit for over a year before we made a decision...
We continued to look elsewhere…in other locations...
And everything else FELL THRU...
All the while - this space remained available...
The price for our space went from $70K.....to $50K....
to..
$1.00
Was that due to our negotiating power?
Our wisdom?
Of course not… All of it PLANNED by God...
His Mercy...
His timing...
He brought us out....
He planted us here...
He has provided for us...
I’d like to ask Joe to come up and pray over us...
Praising God for all he’s done for us...
Let’s move on the verse 4
Obviously these text were written in relation to a period of time where the writers of this Psalm, the Sons of Korah...
…would have dealt with battle, and war...
What does verse 5 say
WE - push down our foes
WE - tread down those who rise up...
WE do these things....BUT...
THROUGH You - God
Through YOU and ONLY You can we do these things...
*This week thinking about how God uses MEANS…to accomplish His purposes...
We KNOW that God provides right…?
It’s pretty clear that God will PROVIDE....we know that…BUT HOW?
Well = One of those needs is oxygen...
HOW does He supply oxygen?
*Photosynthesis (process by which plants turn sunlight into OXYGEN!
He gives plants a job!
They are a MEANS by which God provides us with what we need!
So GOD uses MEANS to accomplish His purposes!
AND yet - EVEN SO - the power belongs to the Lord!
It’s all DUE Him!
These writers understood that in their lives...
Let’s bring this down to our level now...
Have you had the opportunity to SPEAK the name of Christ to your friends...
family?
co-workers?
Have you had opportunities to set aside your own comforts for the sake of someone else?
Have you had the opportunity to respond to someone in a CHRIST-LIKE way, when everything would point to you responding harshly?
Have you had opportunity to … prioritize your life...
NOW - Have you taken advantage of those opportunities?
Verse 5 says = we push down our foes...
WHO would be our foe - in our context?
Ourselves: Meaning - have WE changed?
Are we seeking to PUSH down ourselves....and our earthly pleasures in order to see Christ more clearly?
This World: Meaning - have we made strides - NOT TO SUPPRESS the truth of God, but to SUPPRESS this world in our lives?
Have we re-prioritized the things of God and made them preeminent in our lives?
See - a lot of us, will claim this to be the case, when in actuality we’ve set up an idol in our lives to worship...
....and we’ll WORSHIP the thing we say we hate!
We must RENOUNCE ALL things that might have become an idol in our lives…!
comfort
ministry
bible knowledge
songs
Do we TRUST ONLY in God and His power?
We NEED God’s help with this!
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