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Welcome & Announcements
Hello, I’m Elliot.
Connect Card
Worship Pastor Q&A after 2nd service
Student Ministry Open House tonight
Wildwood BBQ Bash
Worship Minister Q&A after 2nd service
Engage
QUESTION: What is the most lost you’ve ever been?
OPENING: "So there I was… lost in the desert.”
ILLUSTRATION: Lost in the desert (orienteering)
TRANSITION: As minimally dangerous as that situation actually was, I learned something that day.
Tension
Time spent in the desert can be a defining moment
Time spent in the wilderness can be a defining moment?
ILLUSTRATION: Aron Ralston.
Back in 2003, when Yahoo was #1 site (barely beating AOL), before MySpace.
Hiking guy, cut off his own arm in Utah canyon.
127 Hours.
I think you’ve also been in a desert.
You’ve spent time wandering in the wilderness.
Not really talking about a literal desert.
Not an actual wilderness.
Seasons of depression
Tightened purse strings
Going through life without purpose, direction
All deserts, each person’s wilderness, might not look the same, but we’ve all been through them.
TRANSITION: What I want to do today, is look at a story from the Bible of people wandering in the wilderness.
In the desert.
It’s a story so fundamental to both the Christian and the Jewish faith.
Truth
Along the way, they make some mistakes.
They get some things right, and they get some stuff wrong.
Their journey, as old as it is, can inform ours when we find ourselves in the desert.
When we’re wandering through the wilderness.
At The Base Of A Mountain
Truth
Something
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law given (only worship me, no idols), people afraid
moses goes up, receives law
covenant accepted, blood sprinkling
moses goes up again, 40 days, tabernacle instructions
Exodus 29:
Application
Wait patiently.
(Sometimes, you have to move, though)
TRANSITION: Something
Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
Truth
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golden calf
At that moment, God was handing the covenant to Moses.
Ink on the contract was still wet.
Exodus 31:18
God threatens Israel, moses comes down, breaks tablets
moses prays, God relents
Exodus 34:
The fundamental problem they faced was whether or not they would accept God’s presence on his terms, or if they would take control of the situation.
Application
Focus on God only!
We face the same problem.
Our idols might not look the same now (Hindu background).
What are the idols in your life?
ILLUSTRATION: Screens?
Newness?
Idols ask for more.
They want the throne.
We have to ask: who (or what) will we give that seat to.
TRANSITION: Something
God Takes Up Residence
Truth
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people build tabernacle, overly generous
God moves in to the Tabernacle anyway
TRANSITION: Something
Application
Application
Wait Patiently
Focus On God Only
ILLUSTRATION: Screens?
Newness?
Idols ask for more.
They want the throne.
Let God Move In
Jesus is the incarnation of God in this world.
Holy Spirit’s presence is with us always.
Romans 5:8-
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Inspiration
Bottom Line: It’s never too late to give up your idols.
What would it look like for you to put God back on the throne?
Bottom Line: Coming out of the wilderness, what will you choose to serve?
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TRANSITION: Something
Action
Rosh-Hashanah begins today.
Jewish new year (much more serious than January 1).
Start of the High Holidays.
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