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Introduction
I know we were all expecting to go into the next section of 1 Corinthians.
Don’t worry, we will get there.
However, before we do, there are some things we need to address.
We need to address the fact that 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 are very controversial verses.
Because that is true, there are some things I want us to remember before we go there.
We need to be reminded of who our God is.
To do that we are going to be in Joshua chapter 1.
As you get there this morning I want to revisit an illustration we have used before and you may have seen and heard others use it as well.
CHAIR ILLUSTRATION
Here we have a chair.
All of us know what chairs are for.
We sit in them.
What we don’t often think about is the faith that is required to sit in a chair.
For me to entrust my weight to this chair requires that I believe it is going to hold me up.
Now, if I wanted to, I could test the chair.
I could read reviews, and safety reports, I could inspect the chair and do everything I can to be sure it will hold me.
However, at some point, I am going to have to take a leap of faith and sit in the chair.
SIT
When it comes to spiritual things, the same rules apply.
We can read God’s Word and learn of His faithfulness to others.
This is something we should do.
We can talk to others in the body of Christ and find that He has been faithful all the time!
We can gather all the facts and correlate all the data, but at some point, we have to take that leap of faith and trust the Lord!
When we take a step of faith, there is something we learn.
Let me go back to this chair again.
How many of you spend time inspecting and checking out chairs before you sit in them?
Anyone?
I have to confess that I have never inspected a chair before sitting in it.
In fact, the other day I went somewhere I had never been and sat in a chair I had never seen!
I mean, I just sat in it!
Talk about risky, right?
We laugh because our experience with chairs has demonstrated that we can trust them.
It doesn’t matter if we are in a new place or looking at a chair we have never sat in before, we know we can trust them because they have never let us down!
Brothers and sisters, our God is the same way!
He may lead us to places we have never gone, He may call us to do something we have never done, He may ask us to challenge a belief we have always held, but He has never let us down!
We can trust God because over and over and over again He has proved Himself worthy of our trust.
This is really, really important.
God’s past faithfulness means we can trust Him both in the present and in the future.
We are going to face things that are difficult, but we can trust our God.
Our passage in 1 Corinthians, when we get back to it, may challenge something you have believed.
It does conflict with our society and culture.
What we need to remember is that…
We can trust God in difficult circumstances.
We can trust God with uncertainty.
We can trust God when our beliefs are challenged by His Word.
Principle:
We trust God because He has proved Himself trustworthy.
He has never let us down and He never will!
In addition to that reality, we are given Biblical reasons we can trust the Lord.
Guidance:
This passage presents two reasons we can trust God.
We trust God because of our experience, we also trust God because of what Scripture reveals.
Outcome:
Because we trust God, we accept difficult truths and take difficult actions.
We know Who our God is, and we trust Him even in difficult times and with difficult truths.
2 Reasons we can trust God.
We can trust God because of…
1.
The Calling Of God vv.
1-4
Every single believer has been called by God!
Romans 8:28-30
This is a general call.
We also have a specific calling that is coupled with our gifting and equipping.
In Romans and Corinthians Paul declares that He has been called to be an apostle.
You have been called by God to be a saint, you have also been gifted by God and called to use those gifts in His service.
As we have seen in 1 Corinthians, there are limitations in the use of our gifts.
For now, let’s focus on this reality.
We can trust God because He has called us.
We trust Him in our calling because of what He knows.
What does God know?
First…
a. God knows our qualifications vv.
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Have you ever put yourself in Joshua’s place?
Think for just a moment of the shoes he had to fill.
Moses.
The friend of God, leader of Israel.
The guy who God spoke to from a burning bush!
Raised in Egypt, used to bring plagues to deliver Israel, given the ten commandments, and repeatedly defended by God.
Talk about a hard act to follow.
It is possible, maybe even probable, that Joshua felt inadequate to the task.
After all, he was only Moses’ assistant!
How can he lead these people?
This is where faith comes in.
God is calling Joshua to lead these people.
God knows full well the qualifications of Joshua!
Joshua must trust that God is not going to call him to something He will not equip and prepare him to do.
The same is true for us.
The gifts God has given us must be used in His service.
He will equip and prepare us to use them.
As we read these verses, I love what God tells Joshua.
He gives him 3 responsibilities here.
Arise
We cannot do things for the Lord if there is no motion.
The classic illustration is of a car that is neither turned on nor in gear.
It cannot be directed because it is not in motion.
To follow the Lord’s leading, we must move.
Cross the Jordan (leading the people)
When God gives us a direction, we need to follow it.
We also need to bear in mind those who will be going with us.
Joshua is going to take the people across the Jordan.
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