What's His Deal?

What's His Deal?

 

Psalm 25:14 "...The secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His covenant..."

Does God know things you don't? Does He have secrets He'll share? What's His deal?

Do we know more about His dislikes or His likes?

Can we make an abomination list more easily than a list of what pleases God?

Would a concordance search on "pleased" give us a better understanding of the Almighty?

 

He meets us in our shame and embarrassment!

John 3:17 "...For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him..."

John 4:7-29 Tells of a Samaritan woman with history of five husbands and a live in.

John 8:1-11 Tells of a woman caught in adultery.

Is the God "who never deserts you nor forsakes you" interested in passing judgment, or is He interested in delivering people from bondage?

Do we have shame or embarrassment that would benefit from an honest encounter with Jesus?

 

God is pleased to work in you, as you work out your salvation.

Philippians 2:12-13 "...So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure..."

Salvation isn't owned, it's worked out.

Salvation isn't possessed, it's lived out.

Salvation is God's Will, worked into your existence, for His pleasure.

 

The accomplishment of Jesus made real in your life!

Luke 11:9-10 "...So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened..."

This is not a "name it" and "claim it" statement by Jesus.

The context of Luke 11 is Jesus describing how to pray correctly, and then giving an example of someone who needs help to care for another person.

We are to be asking for the kingdom to come, and for that which is necessary to serve others.

In this way, the accomplishment of Jesus becomes real in our lives.

 

Speak His Will into existence and bring Him glory.

John 14:12-13 "...Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. "Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son..."

Our will is affected by where we live, and especially by the people with whom we live.

To abide in Christ is to reside with Him, to live with Him, and to embrace His Will.

We dare not fritter away our spiritual life due to lack of discipline and perspective.

What is the driving influence of your life, the center that ultimately affects everything else?

Is it His Deal?