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Good Evening Church Family! God is able and faithful and I am so glad that He is! I often wonder what people do who don't know the Lord and can't call out to Him. There is such peace knowing He is always with us (Deuteronomy 31:8 The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”) and He hears us when we pray (1 John 5:15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.). These are truths in God's Word that are yes and amen or 'So be it'. We were talking on Sunday why David could have such confidence when we went out into battle... he knew what the results would be! David went to the Lord and inquired or asked him and the Lord gave him the answer. Even though he was an experienced warrior he didn't rely on himself for the answer. He relied on the Lord. David could have this confidence just as we can today. David had the assurance that God was with him and He would hear and answer his prayer and he had seen God be faithful to these promises. Now, David didn't have the Bible... he just had his relationship with the Lord and the stories that had been passed down through the generations. We have the Bible and the Holy Spirit... proof of God's faithfulness in the past and the promise inside of us that He WILL be faithful today. The key is to be like David in that he never got to the place where he knew it all. He depended on the Lord and put his trust in Him. David understood his ability but he relied on the word of the Lord! When you learn to rely on the Lord in all things, He will direct your path and give you the victory that David experienced in his life. A battle is nothing to fear when God, Himself, has told you ahead of time you will be victorious! David was able to express that complete confidence to his men when he would give them the battle plan and then affirm that plan with, "Oh, yeah... the Lord says if we do it His way, we are going to win this!" Then the men themselves saw God's faithfulness and knew that when David said we are going to win, they won! Guess what Church Family? I have read the Bible multiple times, in multiple translations and I have found that the truth never changes... WE WIN!! The truth is whatever battle you are facing, Jesus already paid the price and so we have already won!! We can't let our situations and circumstances and health and family and finances be the determining factor for how we respond. THE WORD... GOD'S WORD is the FINAL WORD! We need to be like David when we are facing something in our lives and we need to first inquire of the Lord. Just because you got your healing one way doesn't mean it will be the same for you the next time. Just because you tried one thing for your finances 25 years ago and it worked doesn't mean that this is the right path this time. The church as a whole reminds me of a guy who played on our varsity basketball team in high school. He was pretty good at what he did but he could have been amazing. The problem was, he had some amazing moves that he used all the time. Those moves worked until someone on the other team caught on and stopped him. If he would have just listened to his coaches, we probably could have won every game but he didn't. He knew everything and didn't feel he needed to change. The church as a whole acts just like this. We have all the answers and we have all the right techniques and all the right programs. I'm not saying that having these things isn't good BUT we can't trust in these more than we trust in the Lord. We need to get back to the basics and remember that we can't accomplish God's plan for our lives without God. He wants to lead us and guide us and He even left the Holy Spirit here with us to be in us! God has the answer for us and it is a perfect plan!! He is waiting for us to come to Him for the battle plan.
In these last days, we need to be ready Church Family and alert. We have a real enemy that we are fighting against BUT we can have victory over him! We need to go to the Lord before carrying out our ideas for battle and ask the Lord, "Should I go to battle? How should I go to battle? Where should I go? and Will you be with me?" Then you have to wait on the Lord and as you wait He renews your strength! He encourages you and reminds you of who's you are and who you are in Christ! He builds you up in your most holy faith and he gives you the confidence you need to carry out His plan and purposes. Then He directs your path and tells you the answer you need for that particular battle. You see, when we wait on the Lord, we are really saying, "God, you know way more than I do and so I am putting my trust in You and I'm going to wait right here until you give me marching orders." This is really where faith becomes vital. Patience is not something that we all do real well, right? It's easier for us to just move out and move on and move, move, move. But sometimes when we move ahead of God, we end up in a mess and it's kind of funny how often we blame God for that mess we are in. He has a mess-free, full proof plan for the victory we need in our lives. We just have to be willing to stay teachable, wait patiently before Him and then do what He tells us to do. If we will, we will have the same victory that David had over his enemies! I don't know about you, but I'm ready to see more victories!! Amen? Amen!! Have a blessed rest of your week Church Family and let's be a family that waits on the Lord for the plans for our victories!! Blessings, Pastors Sheli and Steve
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