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Create an environment where people can see the presence of God
This morning we are going to talk about a seemingly difficult subject; difficult because on the surface it would appear scripture is paradoxical in its’ approach to seeing God.
Our mission statement states that we want to create an environment where people can see the presence of God.
So how does that happen?
This process is broken down into three parts:
See God
Share God
Show God
1. See God
We may not see God face to face but can see the evidence of God everyday.
On the one hand scripture tells us that no one has seen the face of God, that if we were to see the face of God we could not live:
John tells us twice that no one has ever seen God, except the son.
1 john 4:
God tells Moses that no one can look upon His face and live;
Here is the paradox; scripture also tells us throughout scripture people saw the God, even the face of God and lived.
So how could scripture say on one hand that you cannot see the face of God and live and then turn around and say that people saw God and lived?
The answer to that question is much simpler than one would think; people saw God in how He chose to reveal himself.
They did not see the fullness of God or the true face of God.
What they saw was God as He chose to reveal Himself to them.
Moses saw him in a fiery bush, Abraham saw Him as a traveller, and Jacob saw God as a wrestler in the middle of the night.
So is it possible to see God today?
I believe it is but it will take some work on our part, God desires a relationship with each one of us and He does the heavy lifting but we are never called to be bystanders waiting for the presence of God to appear.
If we desire to see God in our lives then we need to; pursue God, receive God and believe God.
Let me show you some examples of this:
Pursue God
Moses saw God in the burning bush which was only his first interaction with God.
He was called to deliver a nation from slavery to freedom in the Promised Land, to do this Moses would have to be in intimate relationship with God and rely on His guidance continually.
Moses was called to pursue an intimate relationship with God and it was the outpouring of that relationship that freed the nation and led them into the Promised Land.
So how did he pursue God and what was the result?
The answer is in Exodus:
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Everywhere the nation stopped Moses pitched a “tent of meeting” this was not the temple but a separate tent specifically for meeting with God.
He established a place specifically to pursue being in the presence of God and the result was he saw God face to face.
Look at what happens when Moses pursues God by going to the tent of meeting; “And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent.”
Moses pursued God, Abraham received God when he saw God;
Receive God
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When Abraham saw God he immediately recognized Him and received Him into his home.
Abraham did not look at the man there and doubt, saying; “oh I am sure that is not God, He wouldn’t waste His time on me!”
gen 18:1-3
When Abraham saw God he immediately recognized Him and received Him into his home.
Abraham did not look at the man there and doubt, saying; “oh I am sure that is not God, He wouldn’t waste His time on me!”
Many fail to see God because when He reveals Himself to them they refuse to receive Him into their lives.
The third part of seeing God is to believe Him.
Believe God
Last week we saw Jacob had a dream about a stairway going to Heaven and when he awoke he knew the Lord was in that place and named it Bethel, which means ‘house of God.’
Jacob for all his faults also believed God when he wrestled with Him all night long.
Jacob held onto God until God would bless him.
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Jacob for all his faults also believed God when he wrestled with Him all night long.
Jacob held onto God until God would bless him.
2. Share God
Jesus repeatedly taught about the importance, even necessity of intentional acts of servitude.
John 13:
Humble Approach
We can approach people in basically one of two ways:
The world’s way which asks; “what can you do for me?”
God’s way which asks; “what can I do for you?”
Humble Action
3. Show God
Matt 6:1
Luke 21:
3. Show God
Using the great research tool, Google I found out the average person will meet between 10,000-80,000 people in their lifetime.
If the average person meets 10-80K people in their lives think about the countless number of people you don’t actually meet but who see you throughout the day.
What kind of testimony would that be if you saw God in your life, shared God with those you meet and show God to those who you will never meet.
You have the potential to influence and/or impact hundreds of thousands of people throughout your life.
Some of you may be saying there is no way I can show God to everyone throughout all of my life!
Imagine how often that would be!
Relax, I am going to let you off the hook by giving you only three times when you should be showing God in your life.
First, when you know someone is looking
Matthew 5:
Second, when you think no one is looking
Second, when you think no one is looking
The problem is when you think no one is looking, someone is!
It may not be anyone you know but there is always someone seeing what you are doing.
Moses had this problem when he tried to save a Hebrew from the lash of an Egyptian.
Ex 2:11-15
Third, when you know no one is looking
In 2014 the commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Admiral William McRaven gave a tremendous commencement ceremony speech at the University of Texas.
A Navy Seal for over forty years and the commander of the Navy Seals told of ten things he learned in Seal training as principles to live by that would change your life and change the world.
The first principle was one that no one else would see and the no one would know whether you did it or not.
The first principle for changing the world was to make your bed, that may sound a little to simplistic to you but he gave three reasons for doing so.
You have accomplished your first task of the day, in doing so you can move on to accomplish the second task, then third and so on.
The little things in life matter, if you can’t get the little things in life right you will never be able to do the big things in life.
If you have a miserable day and everything goes wrong, which you will all have at some point, when you go to bed that night it will be made.
You will have a nice, made bed to get into and a reminder that at least something in your life is in order.
God reflects these same principles, we pursue God when no one is looking
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