Responding to God
BBC SEPT 23, 2007 “RESPONDING TO GOD” SUMMER IN THE PS SERIES PS. 19:14
PSALM 19:14 LET THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART BE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT, O LORD, MY STRENGTH AND MY REDEEMER.
NLT PSALM 19:14 MAY THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE THOUGHTS OF MY HEART BE PLEASING TO YOU, O LORD, MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER.
INTRO: IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO ANYONE, ANYPLACE OR ANYTHING ONE NEEDS TO BE IN TOUCH WITH REALITY. REALITY IS THE EVERY DAY TERM WHICH MEANS “THE STATE OF THINGS AS THEY ACTUALLY ARE OR EXIST.” REALTY IS BASED ON FACTS AND TRUTH…BUT OUR SOCIETY PULLED A FAST ONE ON US AND GIVE US SOMETHING CALLED….REALITY TV.
REALITY TV IS A PHENOMENON THAT HAS GIVE US ENTERTAINING SHOWS THAT ARE UNSCRIPTED, DRAMATIC AND HUMOROUS THAT DOCUMENT REAL EVENTS USING REAL PEOPLE. WE’VE COME ALONG WAY SINCE
1948’S CANDID CAMERA….AND THE TED MACK SHOW
1964..THE UNITED KINGDOM …
1989 WITH C.O.P.S …
1991 WITH JERRY SPRINGER
2001 TEMPTATION ISLAND
AND IT HAS MORPHED TO INCLUDE
FEAR FACTOR
BIG BROTHER
SURVIVOR
SHAQ BIG CHALLENGE AND THE
BIGGEST LOSER.
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
DANCING WITH THE STARS
EXTREME MAKEOVER; HOME ADDITION…
AND THE LATEST IS KID NATION…
WHERE 40 KIDS BETWEEN 8-15 YRS OF AGE ARE LEFT TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY
WITHOUT PARENTS OR TEACHERS IN THE MIDDLE OF NEW MEXICO ..IN A MODERN DAY ADAPTATION OF THE BOOK, “LORD OF THE FLIES.”
UNFORTUNATELY AS WE RUN TO TUNE IN WE UNWITTINGLY
TURNED AWAY FROM LIFE AS WE SHOULD LIVE IT AS WE ARE BRAINWASHED TO
ACCEPT FICTION AS FACT…
BECOME CONSUMERS VS CHRISTIANS
ACQUIRE MATERIAL VS ADMONISH AS MINISTERS
AND DEVELOP A WORLD VIEW WHERE THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE TRUTH…WHERE WHAT IS RIGHT FOR ME…IS MY REALITY ….REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU.
IN FACT THE DEGREE TO WHICH WE ARE DISTRACTED IS THE SAME
DEGREE TO WHICH WE ARE DISTANCED FROM GOD, AND THEREFORE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO HIM AS WE SHOULD.
MANY PEOPLE GO THROUGH LIFE AS THOUGH THEY ARE WEARING BLINDERS OR ARE SLEEP-WALKING. THEIR EYES ARE OPEN, YET THEY MAY SEE NOTHING OF THEIR WILD ASSOCIATES ON THIS PLANET. THEIR EARS, ATTUNED TO MOTOR CARS AND TRAFFIC SELDOM CATCH THE MUSIC OF NATURE--THE SINGING OF BIRDS, FROGS OR CRICKETS--OR THE WIND. ... THEY MAY KNOW BUSINESS TRENDS OR POLITICS, YET HAVEN'T THE FAINTEST IDEA OF WHAT MAKES THE NATURAL WORLD TICK.
EXPL: IN THE TEXT WE ARE INVITED TO LOOK AT THIS PS. OF DAVID.
IT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS WITH THE OVERALL LESSON ;
REALTY IS TIED TO GOD REVEALING HIMSELF TO US.
THE LESSON FROM THE LORD IS THAT IF HE DID NOT REVEAL HIMSELF TO US WE WOULD NOT KNOW HE EXIST, WE WOULD NOT KNOW THAT THERE IS “GOD” WE WOULD NOT KNOW THAT THERE IS THE GREAT I AM.
THE PS. SPEAKS OF THE REVELATION OF GOD
GENERAL REVELATION OF CREATION;
IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
SPECIAL REVELATION OF SCRIPTURE;
HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS, ONE JOT OR TITTLE SHALL IN NO WISE PASS FROM THE LAW, TIL ALL BE FULFILLED.
PROP: IF WE ARE TO RESPOND RIGHTLY TO GOD, THEN HIS WITNESS AND WORD MUST BE CONNECTED IN OUR LIVES.
INTER: HOW DO WE RESPOND RIGHTLY TO GOD.
TS: AS WE LOOK AT THE TEXT WE WILL LEARN A FEW LESSONS SO WE CAN RIGHTLY RESPOND TO OUR GOD.
MP. I. LOOK UP AT THE WORLD
MP.II. LOOK DOWN IN THE WORD
MP.III. LOOK OUT FOR THE WAR
CLOSE: LOOK FOR THE WONDERFUL
MP. I. LOOK UP AT THE WORLD V1-6
PSALM 19:1-6 THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD; AND THE FIRMAMENT SHOWS HIS HANDIWORK. 2 DAY UNTO DAY UTTERS SPEECH, AND NIGHT UNTO NIGHT REVEALS KNOWLEDGE. 3 THERE IS NO SPEECH NOR LANGUAGE WHERE THEIR VOICE IS NOT HEARD. 4 THEIR LINE HAS GONE OUT THROUGH ALL THE EARTH, AND THEIR WORDS TO THE END OF THE WORLD. IN THEM HE HAS SET A TABERNACLE FOR THE SUN, 5 WHICH IS LIKE A BRIDEGROOM COMING OUT OF HIS CHAMBER, AND REJOICES LIKE A STRONG MAN TO RUN ITS RACE. 6 ITS RISING IS FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN, AND ITS CIRCUIT TO THE OTHER END; AND THERE IS NOTHING HIDDEN FROM ITS HEAT.
IN ORDER THAT WE FINITE BEINGS MAY APPREHEND THE EMPEROR HE TRANSLATES HIS GLORY INTO MULTIPLE FORMS--INTO STARS, WOODS, WATERS, BEASTS, AND THE BODIES OF MEN.
IN ORDER TO RESPOND RIGHTLY WE NEED TO LOOK UP AT THE WORLD.
THE WORLD…KNOWN AS PLANET EARTH OR THE BIG BLUE MARBLE
WE ARE THE 3RD PLANET FROM THE SON
HOME TO MILLIONS OF HUMANS
FORMED AS GOD SPOKE…AND SAID LET THERE BE…AND THERE WAS…
FORMED AS GOD BROUGHT SOMETHING OUT OF NOTING.
FORMED OVER 6 DAYS …AND ON THE 7TH DAY HE RESTED PROCLAIMING IT GOOD;,
YES, VERY GOOD.
FORMED BY WHAT ARE CALLED TECTONIC PLATES THAT GIVE US OUR STRUCTURE…FORMED BY THE CRUST, MANTLE AND CORE..IT IS..
FILLED WITH WATER….OUR WORLD IS OVER 2/3 WATER
FOCAL POINTS FOR US ARE THE SUN BY DAY AND THE MOON BY NIGHT
FIXED ON IT’S AXIS OF 23.4 DEGREES EARTH ROTATES EVERY 24 HR
AND ORBITS THE SUN EVERY 366.26 DAYS
TEXT: SAYS LOOK UP AT LISTEN…THE HEAVEN ARE DECLARING, RECOUNTING, AND TELLING THE STORY OF OUR SOVEREIGN CREATOR GOD. THE WHOLE OF CREATION TELLS A SILENT STORY, A SILENT SERMON OF HOW IT CAME INTO BEING FROM OUR GOD. EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT THERE IS A PERPETUAL TESTIMONY OF NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD…ALL SEE AND ALL HEAR…THAT THERE IS GOD.
IMP. WE HAVE NO EXCUSE TO BE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY; WE HAVE NO EXCUSE TO SAY THERE IS NO GOD. AS THE SUN DOMINATES THE SKY WITH IT’S WARMTH; AND JOY FILLS THE BRIDEGROOM WHEN HE SEES HIS BRIDE AND VICTORY MOTIVATES THE CHAMPION. THERE IS GOD.
ROMANS 1:19 BECAUSE WHAT MAY BE KNOWN OF GOD IS MANIFEST IN THEM, FOR GOD HAS SHOWN IT TO THEM. ROMANS 1:20 FOR SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD, SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE,
PSALM 8:3 WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS, WHICH YOU HAVE ORDAINED,
APP: HEAR WITH YOUR EARS, SEE WITH YOUR EYES AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART.
HEAR THE AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN
HEAR THE WONDER OF THE GRAND CANYON
HEAR THE PRAISE OF VICTORIA FALLS
HEAR THE REJOICING OF NORTHERN LIGHTS
HEAR THE WORSHIP OF A MOUNT FUJI AND MT. EVEREST
HEAR THE BLESSING OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
ILL: SEVERAL YEARS AGO A SCIENTIST WROTE AN ARTICLE ENTITLED, "SEVEN REASONS WHY I BELIEVE IN GOD." HE SAID, "CONSIDER THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH. OUR GLOBE SPINS ON ITS AXIS AT THE RATE OF ONE THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR. IF IT WERE JUST A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR, OUR DAYS AND NIGHTS WOULD BE TEN TIMES AS LONG. THE VEGETATION WOULD FREEZE IN THE LONG NIGHT OR IT WOULD BURN IN THE LONG DAY; AND THERE COULD BE NO LIFE."
HE SAID, "CONSIDER THE HEAT OF THE SUN. TWELVE THOUSAND DEGREES AT SURFACE TEMPERATURE, AND WE'RE JUST FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO BE BLESSED BY THAT TERRIFIC HEAT. IF THE SUN GAVE OFF HALF ITS RADIATION, WE WOULD FREEZE TO DEATH. IF IT GAVE OFF ONE HALF MORE, WE WOULD ALL BE CRISPY CRITTERS."
HE SAID, "CONSIDER THE SLANT OF THE EARTH." I THINK HE SAID TWENTY-THREE DEGREES. "IF IT WERE DIFFERENT THAN THAT, THE VAPORS FROM THE OCEANS WOULD ICE OVER THE CONTINENTS. THERE COULD BE NO LIFE."
HE SAID, "CONSIDER THE MOON. IF THE MOON WERE FIFTY THOUSAND MILES AWAY RATHER THAN ITS PRESENT DISTANCE, TWICE EACH DAY GIANT TIDES WOULD INUNDATE EVERY BIT OF LAND MASS ON THIS EARTH."
HE SAID, "THINK OF THE CRUST OF THE EARTH. JUST A LITTLE BIT THICKER AND THERE COULD BE NO LIFE BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO OXYGEN. OR THE THINNESS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. IF OUR ATMOSPHERE WAS JUST A LITTLE THINNER, THE MILLIONS OF METEORS NOW BURNING THEMSELVES OUT IN SPACE WOULD PLUMMET THIS EARTH INTO OBLIVION. THESE ARE REASONS," HE SAID, "WHY I BELIEVE IN GOD."
ILL: ON A REALLY DARK NIGHT WHEN THERE IS A CLEAR SKY, YOU CAN SEE MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND STARS AT ONE TIME. BUT THAT IS ONLY A TINY FRACTION OF THE TOTAL. THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 BILLION STARS IN OUR GALAXY ALONE AND UNCOUNTED GALAXIES BEYOND IT. SURELY WE CAN SAY WITH DAVID, "WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS, WHICH YOU HAVE SET IN PLACE, WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM?" (PSALM 8:3, 4).
ILL: FRENCH POET JEAN LA FONTAINE WROTE, "BY THE WORK ONE KNOWS THE WORKMAN." BELIEVERS HAVE LONG FELT THAT CREATION ITSELF REVEALS THE CREATOR AND THAT EVEN A CASUAL LOOK AT THE WORLD WOULD SUGGEST THE HAND OF GOD; THAT HIS FINGERPRINT IS ON IT.
MP.II. LOOK DOWN IN THE WORD V.7-10
PSALM 19:7-10 7 THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT, CONVERTING THE SOUL; THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD IS SURE, MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE; 8 THE STATUTES OF THE LORD ARE RIGHT, REJOICING THE HEART; THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD IS PURE, ENLIGHTENING THE EYES; 9 THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS CLEAN, ENDURING FOREVER; THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LORD ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS ALTOGETHER. 10 MORE TO BE DESIRED ARE THEY THAN GOLD, YEA, THAN MUCH FINE GOLD; SWEETER ALSO THAN HONEY AND THE HONEYCOMB.
ILL: ROY WHETSTINE PURCHASED A STONE "FROM AN AMATEUR COLLECTOR AT AN ARIZONA MINERAL SHOW FOR $10,000," ACCORDING TO NEWSWEEK, NOV. 24, 1986. IT HAS SINCE BEEN "VALUED AT AS HIGH AS $2.28 MILLION" AND DECLARED TO BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST SAPPHIRE.
WESTERN-WORLD CHRISTIANS HAVE IN THEIR POSSESSION A PRECIOUS GEM OF FAR GREATER VALUE WHICH MANY TREAT JUST AS CHEAPLY. THEY FAIL TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE JOY SUCH WEALTH COULD BRING THEM, FAIL TO SHARE IT WITH THEIR OWN FAMILIES, AND EVEN FAIL TO CARRY IT WITH THEM TO THE HOUSE OF GOD. THEY LEAVE IT LYING WHEREVER IT HAPPENED TO BE THE LAST TIME THE FURNITURE WAS DUSTED UNDER NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. IF IT WERE STOLEN, THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT MISS IT FOR A MONTH.
THERE ARE MULTITUDES IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD WHO WOULD GLADLY GIVE A MONTH'S SALARY, GO FOR DAYS WITHOUT FOOD, AND WALK GREAT DISTANCES TO GET ONE COPY OF THE BIBLE TO SHARE WITH THEIR ENTIRE FELLOWSHIP. LET'S NOT BE TOO QUICK TO CAST ASPERSIONS UPON THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE AMATEUR GEM COLLECTOR. OFTEN WE ARE JUST AS BAD IN ATTRIBUTING THE TRUE WORTH TO THE BIBLE.
THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT, CONVERTING THE SOUL
THE TORAH, THE INSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, WHOLE AND PERFECT; IT REVIVES AND REFRESHES OUR LIVES
THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD IS STEADFAST AND FIRM AND SURE;
IT MAKES US WISE IN THAT IT GIVES WISDOM.
THE STATURES OF THE LORD ARE RIGHT, REJOICING THE HEART…
THE RULES, GUIDELINES AND REGULATION S ARE NEVER WRONG;
THEY BRING JOY TO TH HEART
THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD PURE, ENLIGHTENING THE EYES
THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF YAHWEH ARE RADIANT, GIVING US UNDERSTANDING
THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS CLEAN, ENDURING FOREVER
THE REVERENCE FOR THE LORD IS PURE, LAST FOREVER
THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LORD IS TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS ALTHOUGH
THE LAWS ARE TRUE AND EACH ONE IS FAIR.
IMP. GOD NOT ONLY SPEAKS IN THE SKIES; HE SPEAKS THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE; HIS WORD, THE BIBLE. AND IT SATISFIES OUR SOUL.
MATTHEW 5:17 " DO NOT THINK THAT I CAME TO DESTROY THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS. I DID NOT COME TO DESTROY BUT TO FULFILL. 18 "FOR ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY, ONE JOT OR ONE TITTLE WILL BY NO MEANS PASS FROM THE LAW TILL ALL IS FULFILLED. 18 "FOR ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY, ONE JOT OR ONE TITTLE WILL BY NO MEANS PASS FROM THE LAW TILL ALL IS FULFILLED.
JOHN 17:17 SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH THY TRUTH: THY WORD IS TRUTH.
2 TIMOTHY 3:16 ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION, FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, 17 THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE COMPLETE, THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK.
APPL: READ, MEDITATE, STUDY, AND MEMORIZE;
HEAR IT PREACHED / LIVE IT OUT / LET IT TRANSFORM
THE BIBLE - I READ MY BIBLE TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE OUGHT TO DO AND MY NEWSPAPER TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THE BIBLE SHOULD MORE THAN INFORM US--IT SHOULD TRANSFORM US.
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST MAKES US SAFE; THE WORD OF GOD MAKES US SURE.
THE BIBLE IS NOT ONLY THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLER--IT'S MAN'S BEST BUY.
SOME OF THE BIBLE'S MOST PRECIOUS TREASURES ARE DISCERNED ONLY WITH TEAR-FILLED EYES.
ILL: YES, THE BIBLE IS GOD'S MIRACLE BOOK!
IF YOU ARE COLD, LET IT WARM YOU,
IF YOU ARE ASLEEP, LET IT WAKE YOU,
IF YOU ARE A BACKSLIDER, LET IT WARN YOU,
IF YOU ARE DEFILED, LET IT WASH YOU.
IF YOU ARE DISOBEDIENT, LET IT WHIP YOU.
IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN, LET IT WITNESS TO YOU.
IF YOU ARE UNSAVED, LET IT WIN YOU.
THIS GREAT BOOK IS THE BEST GIFT GOD HAS GIVEN TO MAN. BUT FOR IT, WE COULD NOT KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG.
WE HAVE NEVER TRULY BREATHED AIR NOR SEEN LIGHT UNTIL WE HAVE BREATHED IN THE GOD-INSPIRED BIBLE AND SEE THE WORLD IN THE BIBLE'S LIGHT. -- FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, CHRISTIAN READER, VOL. 33, NO. 5.
MP.III. LOOK OUT FOR THE WAR V.11FF
PSALM 19:11-13 11 MOREOVER BY THEM IS THY SERVANT WARNED: AND IN KEEPING OF THEM THERE IS GREAT REWARD. 12 WHO CAN UNDERSTAND HIS] ERRORS? CLEANSE THOU ME FROM SECRET FAULTS. 13 KEEP BACK THY SERVANT ALSO FROM PRESUMPTUOUS SINS; LET THEM NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER ME:: THEN SHALL I BE UPRIGHT, AND I SHALL BE INNOCENT FROM THE GREAT TRANSGRESSION.
WAR – THE WAR IN NOT SO MUCH EXTERNAL BUT INTERNAL; YES, THERE IS SATAN WHO CROUCHES AT EVERY DOOR BUT THERE IS SELF. THE WAR OF THE INNER TUGGING OF THE FLESH AND THE DESPERATELY WICKED HEART …..AND THE HOLY SPIRIT….IS THE VOICE WITHIN THAT WARNS US..
WARNING SYSTEM BY WAY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT…
IMP. RESPOND AND BE REWARDED, TRUST AND OBEY. BECAUSE THERE IS THE MATTER OF SIN
INVOLUNTARY SIN
SECRET SIN AND
WILFUL SIN….
THERE IS THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL AWAY FROM GOD.
ROMANS 7:18-25 18 FOR I KNOW THAT IN ME (THAT IS, IN MY FLESH) NOTHING GOOD DWELLS; FOR TO WILL IS PRESENT WITH ME, BUT HOW TO PERFORM WHAT IS GOOD I DO NOT FIND. 19 FOR THE GOOD THAT I WILL TO DO, I DO NOT DO; BUT THE EVIL I WILL NOT TO DO, THAT I PRACTICE. 20 NOW IF I DO WHAT I WILL NOT TO DO, IT IS NO LONGER I WHO DO IT, BUT SIN THAT DWELLS IN ME. 21 I FIND THEN A LAW, THAT EVIL IS PRESENT WITH ME, THE ONE WHO WILLS TO DO GOOD. 22 FOR I DELIGHT IN THE LAW OF GOD ACCORDING TO THE INWARD MAN. 23 BUT I SEE ANOTHER LAW IN MY MEMBERS, WARRING AGAINST THE LAW OF MY MIND, AND BRINGING ME INTO CAPTIVITY TO THE LAW OF SIN WHICH IS IN MY MEMBERS. 24 O WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM! WHO WILL DELIVER ME FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH? 25 I THANK GOD -- THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD! SO THEN, WITH THE MIND I MYSELF SERVE THE LAW OF GOD, BUT WITH THE FLESH THE LAW OF SIN.
LOVE NOT THE WORLD, NEITHER THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD. 1 JOHN 2:15-17 15 DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD OR THE THINGS IN THE WORLD. IF ANYONE LOVES THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM. 16 FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD -- THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE -- IS NOT OF THE FATHER BUT IS OF THE WORLD. 17 AND THE WORLD IS PASSING AWAY, AND THE LUST OF IT; BUT HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF GOD ABIDES FOREVER.
APP: OBEY THE WORD OF GOD. …AND REJOICE
WE MUST GUARD AGAINST GROUNDING OUR SPIRITUAL COMMITMENT ON THE QUICKSAND’S OF FLUCTUATING EXPERIENCES. EXPERIENCE (YES, EVEN REVIVAL EXPERIENCE) MUST BE CONSTANTLY TESTED AND VERIFIED BY THE OBJECTIVE TRUTHS OF THE WORD OF GOD.
ILL: IT IS AWESOME TO REALIZE THAT AT THE END OF OUR LIVES WE WILL BE THE SUM TOTAL OF OUR RESPONSES TO GOD'S ANSWERS TO OUR PRAYERS, FOR GOD HAS CHOSEN TO BE LIMITED IN HIS NEXT ACTION BY OUR RESPONSE TO HIS PREVIOUS ANSWER. THE FINAL OUTCOME OF OUR LIVES IS DECIDED BY A LIFE-LONG SERIES OF RESPONSES OF GOD'S ANSWERS TO OUR PRAYERS.
WE RESPOND WHEN GOD BREAKS IN TO OUR LIVES…
JUST LIKE A ROCK THROWN IN TO A POOL OF WATER THERE THE RIPPLE EFFECT..
WHEN GOD BREAKS IN ON US…TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT REALITY…
FOR GOD BROKE IN ON
ABRAHAM AT MT. MORIAH
JACOB AS HE WRESTLED WITH AN ANGEL ALL NIGHT LONG
JOSEPH AS HIS DREAM CARRIED HIM FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
MOSES AT THE BURNING BUSH
JOSHUA WHEN HE SAW THE SOLDIER OF THE LORD
GIDEON WHEN HE ONLY HAD A FEW GOOD MEN
ESTHER WHEN HE BEAUTY OVERCAME THE PLOT OF HAMAN THE BEAST
DANIEL ..WHEN HE WENT INTO THE LIONS DEN
THEN JESUS CAME AND BROKE INTO OUR EXISTENCE
THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US..
BROKE IN ON MARY WHO CONCEIVED AND NEVER KNEW A MAN
BROKE IN ON THE WISE MEN WHO CAME FROM THE EAST
BROKE IN ON THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW IN THE TEMPLE AT THE AGE OF 12
BROKE IN ON JOHN THE BAPTIST AT THE JORDAN
BROKE IN ON THE DISCIPLES AND CALLED THEM TO FOLLOW HIM
BROKE IN ON THE WOMAN AT THE WELL…
BROKE IN ON A LITTLE BOY WHO GAVE HIM HS LUNCH
BROKE IN BLIND BARTIMAUS, ZACCEHUS, AND THE LAME MAN
BROKE IN RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE DAY ….WHO WERE PURPOSE TO SILENCE HIM….
AND AS HE BROKE IN ON OUR EXISTENCE HE TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN..
ON A FRIDAY OUTSIDE OF JERUSALEM…
ON THE CROSS…HE DIED AND ROSE AGAIN…REVEALING HIMSELF AS KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS…
THE WAY WE RESPOND TO GOD
AND, IN TURN, HOW HE RESPONDS TO US
DETERMINES THE DIRECTION
OUR LIVES WILL TAKE
OUR RESPONSE TO GOD DETERMINES THE REALM IN WHICH WE LIVE.