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*Jehovah Jireh*
*Dordt Chapel—Sept.
20, 2005*
*Genesis 1:26-29; 22:6-14*
/Theme: God provides life./
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/Purpose: To experience the rest of living in the Good News of God’s providing./
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/Need: We need Good News of God’s providing in a broken, uncertain world./
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/Key Phrase: Jehovah Jireh, the Lord provides/
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/Image: Brought to our knees/
*Introduction: The College Experience*
1. Four weeks into the college experience—How does it feel?
2. Some are hitting the frustration stage
a. Tests are starting
b. Demands are growing
c. Things are not going as planned or hoped
(1) They are not for Prof. Weidenaar with an emergency appendectomy
(2) They are not for me with frustrations still from where I moved from two years ago
(3) They may not be for you
d.
Many of us need some good news in the midst frustrations and struggles
3.
But some of you are excited
a. New things are happening
b.
You are discovering new possibilities in yourself and in your world
c. Things are going better than expected
(1) There are new friends
(2) There are new freedoms
(3) There are new opportunities
d.
You are rejoicing in good news
4. For many of us it is probably a little of each
a.
It may change from day to day and hour to hour
b.
But I want to share one image of God, one theme song, to unite us
5.
Here it is—Jehovah Jireh
a.
Some of you might recognize it from a praise song
b.
By the time we are done I hope it will mean more to you and become a theme song for this week, maybe this year, maybe your life
c.
Jehovah Jireh means “The Lord provides”
6.
The song begins in Genesis 1, the same place the mosaic began a few weeks ago—*Read 1:26-29*
\\ I. *God Provides for Life*
A. *Creation Structures*
1.
All of creation is structured to provide for life
2.
He creates a magnificent palace with riches and treasures and then gives it to his human creatures
a.
They are to be his representatives
b.
They are to be his agents directing and developing the world
3. The key image is God’s giving
a.
He gives a place
b.
He gives power
c.
He gives permission
d.
He gives purpose
B. *Creation Blessing*
1.
The key word is “God blessed them”
2. We used to talk about this as the cultural mandate
a.
A mandate is a command
b.
In good Protestant work ethic we jumped immediately to what we have to do
c.
But it is not a command.
It is a blessing
3. What is a blessing?
a.
This is hard for us because we do not live in a blessing culture
b.
It does show up a little in significant rituals
(1) A the end of this service I will speak a blessing
(2) At a wedding a parental blessing may be given
(3) Some parents may still bless their children at a stage of transition
c.
A blessing is more than a wish or even permission
d.
A blessing is to give the power, the rights, responsibilities, and resources
(1) It is to say the words and give gifts
(2) It is to give over the future to the others care
4. God gives humanity his blessing
5. Jehovah Jireh is a celebration of life
a.
It is a song of praise and thanksgiving
b.
It is recognizing the blessing of God
\\ II.
*God Provides Life*
A. *The Desert*
1.
But let us be honest.
We do not live in this garden
a.
Even a Rock song, I think, by Crosby, Stills, and Nash, sung of wanting to get back to the garden
b.
The Fall has made the gift work, painful work, work that does not seem to work
c.
This is why we are tired and need rest, but our world tells us to work harder
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