Psalm 127:1-2 (NLT) --- Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the L ord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones.
Remember the story about the little train that could? It is a story of perseverance and straining to complete a task right in front of you. We learn to keep on - keeping on and do all we can to succeed.
Another old saying puts it this way: work like it all depends on you and pray like it all depends on God.
I am not sure what you think about those two points of illustration, but I believe it is time for the church to believe God. It is time for us to let God stretch our faith and for God to show up in awesome and huge ways that will shake the world around us and prove that He is God.
Those two illustrations reminded me this morning that without God, I am sunk. I am a failure and useless. Best part about it...God is with me and He is for me. The same is true for you. God wants to build and work in and through our lives. His desire is for us to trust Him and let Him show the world how awesome He is.
What gets in the way of people seeing God in our lives? We do. That is right. We sometimes get in the way. It can be for many reasons, but # 1 is the point where we just don't believe God or our faith won't allow us to press on.
Yesterday, I shared a message with our church about our core value of Creativity. The story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel is awesome and points people to God. It is found in 1 Kings 18:20-46. People saw God because Elijah was a man of Faith and believed God for the best. What did God do? God showed up and showed everyone that He is God. What would have happened had Elijah done nothing? People would have not met the one true God.
I want to challenge you and me to let others see, be impressed by and be led to fall on their faces in awe of God. Here is what the Bible says about the people around Elijah on that day:
1 Kings 18:39 (NLT) --- And when all the people saw it, they fell face down on the ground and cried out, "The L ord—he is God! Yes, the Lord is God!"
Remember the story about the little train that could? It is a story of perseverance and straining to complete a task right in front of you. We learn to keep on - keeping on and do all we can to succeed.
Another old saying puts it this way: work like it all depends on you and pray like it all depends on God.
I am not sure what you think about those two points of illustration, but I believe it is time for the church to believe God. It is time for us to let God stretch our faith and for God to show up in awesome and huge ways that will shake the world around us and prove that He is God.
Those two illustrations reminded me this morning that without God, I am sunk. I am a failure and useless. Best part about it...God is with me and He is for me. The same is true for you. God wants to build and work in and through our lives. His desire is for us to trust Him and let Him show the world how awesome He is.
What gets in the way of people seeing God in our lives? We do. That is right. We sometimes get in the way. It can be for many reasons, but # 1 is the point where we just don't believe God or our faith won't allow us to press on.
Yesterday, I shared a message with our church about our core value of Creativity. The story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel is awesome and points people to God. It is found in 1 Kings 18:20-46. People saw God because Elijah was a man of Faith and believed God for the best. What did God do? God showed up and showed everyone that He is God. What would have happened had Elijah done nothing? People would have not met the one true God.
I want to challenge you and me to let others see, be impressed by and be led to fall on their faces in awe of God. Here is what the Bible says about the people around Elijah on that day:
1 Kings 18:39 (NLT) --- And when all the people saw it, they fell face down on the ground and cried out, "The L ord—he is God! Yes, the Lord is God!"
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