Proving God’s Will Pt-7 ~ Message 104

  This message continues with the importance of proving God’s will rather than just assuming that if it sounds right to us it must be right.  It also starts into making application to the changes that come with viewing our lives with a purpose that is not self serving.

  The question of “Why do I exist?” is one that most people ask themselves at some point in their lives.  It is one that can only be answered by personal experience following death, but that comes with the profound risk of finding out only after it is too late to benefit from the knowledge.

  The problem is the unknown quantity.  From the beginning of mankind to the present we don’t know in advance what the results of our actions will be.  Only hindsight reveals success or failure.  Because of this we all live by faith.  We choose to trust our decisions, or to trust others that we believe have found the answers.

  A few logical conclusions to this question range from; “there is no purpose because everything from the Hollywood Stars to the Celestial Stars have an expiration date, so get all you can while you can”, to “there must be a higher purpose for this amazing universe than believing that it is all an accident”.

  The only way to know for sure is personal experience.  For example, if someone says this is the right way and they have been this way before they have personal experience but you can’t know unless you go and find out for yourself.

  That is exactly what God has set up on this earth.  The only way to know for sure is through personal experience.  We say show me God, and God replies, trust me first then I’ll show you.  This is because his way exposes our motive for what we do.  Proof requires God to yield to our will instead of us yielding to his.   So God shows us proof of our correct choices in ways that are non transferable. 

  The problem for us is that it’s easier to trust ourselves, or someone else who we agree with, than to trust an unseen God that doesn’t give us proof until after we decide to trust him. 

Salient Points: Things hard to understand, Turning to God, The awe of creation, Free will, For God’s pleasure, The meaning of life, Luke warm, Not made to produce, A life of faith, Help in understanding God, It’s not about relief it’s about learning, Despising God’s chastening, See the big picture, Much more than duty, God’s reward, Failed chastening, Focused on self, What counts in the end, Justifying your existence, Despise not, Selfish prayers, Think like God does, Problems, When God makes sore, Eating to God’s glory, Spoiled by more.             

 Scripture: Rev. 4:11, 3:14-16, 19, Job 5:17-18, Mt. 18:7, Heb. 12:10, Phil. 2:13, Eph. 1:4-11

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