Had a great day at 24-7 yesterday and a great ordination ceremony for Brian Vandermark.
Here are some of the highlights of the message
I take care of the birds and you don’t think I’ll take care of you. I love you, you are so much more valuable to me than them. Do you not trust me? Do you not believe that I want your best?
If He overcame it last time, He’ll overcome it again.
We serve a God who speaks past tense about the struggles you’re facing. Stop worrying about the battles He’s already won. If God gave you salvation and provided for your sin, He’ll take care of the smaller things.
What good is it gonna do for you to worry anyways? Are you really that prideful to believe that you control the universe? I see what your doing, I’m there when you have all those conversations in your head, coming up with all these imaginary scenario’s and figuring out what you would do, if scenario 112 happened. But have you not seen over and over, that all those scenarios that you create, don’t even happen? Are you really gonna fall into that again, thinking you control the future? I mean, if you can control the future, why don’t you just go ahead and change it, just do something easy like adding an hour to your life. Can you not do that? Then let me control the future. Stop trying to be God and let me be God. I haven’t left the throne, I’m still God, I came through for you in the past and will in your future.
Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have.
We are so wrapped in trying to plan our future that when God drops the future in front of us we aren’t able to see it or in position to respond.
Today God’s calling control freaks, saying stop, I have an amazing plan for you, I want to change the world through you, stop trying to tell me what you’ll do, when you’ll do it, who you’ll talk to, how you’ll do it. Stop trying to handle things on your own. I have incredible plans for you Jeremiah 29:11, Ephesians 2:10.
I have a vision for you life that’s amazing. Your not something insignificant, worthless, you’re more than a conqueror, let me prepare you for greatness. Give me control, let me handle it.
We think that by worrying we can create a better future for ourselves, but God’s like listen I have a better future for you than the one you’re even worrying about not having. He’s like I don’t even care that much about the lilies compared to you and I clothed them better than Solomon, why are you worried?
The things we think would satisfy us, if only I was in this situation, if only I was out of this situation, had a job, a new job, out of school, had this possession, didn’t have to deal with my wife, kids, nothing would change. And Jesus is like you’re just like the world. You’ve put all your trust in getting all these things, security, control, a bigger house, better car, your kid doing well in school that’s why you’re worried. Because your worshipping, stuff, control, people’s opinion, what your family thinks, security.
You gotta switch the object of your devotion. It’s gotta be God I want you more than anything else, because you’re the great prize. And when this happens you start seeing miracles, God coming through in mighty ways, because He’s first.
Worry shows us things are off, and it’s God’s reminder, put me first.
