2020 08 16 - He Will Give You Rest - Rest in the Face of Conflict
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· 3 viewsConflict can be exhausting, but the Table of the Lord means that I can find rest even in the face of my enemies.
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Welcome
Today’s Passage
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SERIES INTRODUCTION
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Theme Verse:
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
God cares deeply about your rest.
God cares deeply about your rest.
RECAP PREVIOUS WEEKS IN SERIES
The last two weeks, we have been looking at Psalm 23 as this beautiful picture of what it means to find rest in the Lord centered around the image of the sheep and the shepherd.
Rest begins with trust
Rest begins with trust
We have to grow in our relationship as the sheep of the Good Shepherd.
When we do we find that his provision is better than ours which we covered last week.
Our striving for more keeps us restless, but God brings rest when we find contentment in him.
Our striving for more keeps us restless, but God brings rest when we find contentment in him.
Fear threatens our ability to rest, but in the presence of the Good Shepherd we find the courage to rest.
Fear threatens our ability to rest, but in the presence of the Good Shepherd we find the courage to rest.
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We live in a world poisoned by conflict. Conflict can be one of the most exhausting things in our lives.
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PRIMARY SCRIPTURE
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT OF THE SCRIPTURE
A change in the metaphor from shepherd to host.
MAIN IDEA
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THE MAIN THING: Conflict is exhausting, but the table of the Lord means I can have rest in the face of conflict.
THE MAIN THING: Conflict is exhausting, but the table of the Lord means I can have rest in the face of conflict.
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1. The Table means I can be refreshed in the face of my enemies.
1. The Table means I can be refreshed in the face of my enemies.
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We don’t need to have the absence of enemies to have peace.
We don’t need to have the absence of enemies to have peace.
Application: Don’t let the circumstances define your peace.
Application: Don’t let the circumstances define your peace.
2. The Table means I don’t have to fight to win.
2. The Table means I don’t have to fight to win.
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14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
We haven’t been called to fight, but we have been called to die.
We haven’t been called to fight, but we have been called to die.
Application: Stop trying to win battles God hasn’t called you to fight.
Application: Stop trying to win battles God hasn’t called you to fight.
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3. The Table means I don’t have to defend myself.
3. The Table means I don’t have to defend myself.
Text
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
My position is in God’s hands, not anyone else’s.
My position is in God’s hands, not anyone else’s.
Application: Make the Gospel, not yourself, the priority.
Application: Make the Gospel, not yourself, the priority.
15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,
4. The Table means there is a deeper goal: reconciliation.
4. The Table means there is a deeper goal: reconciliation.
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19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Those who oppose you aren’t in the way of your goal; they are the goal.
Those who oppose you aren’t in the way of your goal; they are the goal.
Application: Let go of your agenda for God’s.
Application: Let go of your agenda for God’s.
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Coming Back to the Main Thing: Conflict is exhausting, but the table of the Lord means I can have rest in the face of conflict.
Coming Back to the Main Thing: Conflict is exhausting, but the table of the Lord means I can have rest in the face of conflict.
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