One Thing I Know; God is For Me!

Yesterday, our sermon at church was such a great one. It was called "One Thing". We looked at Isaiah 43:18-19, where God is speaking to His people and he tells them to forget the former things. Often, we rely on the good ol' days. Sometimes we are paralyzed by our past and the bad we've done. In verse 19, God says, "See, I am doing a new thing! Do you not perceive it?"

Sometimes, we don't see the good things God is doing today, because we're still living in the past. God brings hope to the hopeless and life where there was none before. We are here to take His gospel of new life to where there is death. We are to accept his gift by grace through faith. The temptation is to try and do a million things, but we should focus on that one thing we can do right now. We can change, one thing at a time. Matthew 6:33 says to seek God and everything else will fall into place. Most of the time, we seek our own kingdom and then ask God to bail us out later.

There are 4 questions we looked at that were so thought-provoking!

1. What one thing do you desire from God?

Maybe your passion is gone, maybe you need healing, maybe you want to know Him better, etc. We pray about the little things and we pray safe prayers. We pray prayers that when they're answered, no one even notices. We serve a big and mighty God. Pray for that one thing!

2. What one thing do you lack?

In Mark 10:21, Jesus revealed to the rich man that his riches were where the treasures of his heart were. He desired and loved things. Jesus told him to sell everything and he couldn't do it. What step are you afraid to take that He is waiting on your obedience for? He still wants you to take it; it hasn't changed. It says that Jesus looked at him and loved him. But he told him that "one thing you lack, go sell everything you have....and you will have treasure in Heaven."

One example is tithing. Giving is a personal thing that God has entrusted to us. It's a control issue. We trust God for everything else, but not with our financial stuff. That's just one example.

3. What one thing do you need to let go?

Philippians 3:13 says to forget what is behind and press on toward the goal. Sometimes we are still holding on to the past. We spend time worrying about what happened and what might happen again.

4. What one promise do you need to claim?

Our Pastor listed many verses that list God's promises to us:
Phil 4:19, 1 Corinth 10:13, Eph 1:7, Rom 8:28, Heb 13:5, Psa 46:1, Isa 40:29, Psa 32:8, Phil 4:7, James 4:7, Rom 8:39.
I'm thinking one day I will do a post and list all of those verses. They are powerful promises!

Psalm 56:9 is where David says, "This one thing I know; God is for me!" Don't you LOVE that powerful truth?!! Maybe we need to cling to God's promises!

One of my all-time favorite songs is Kari Jobe's "You are for me". I can't listen to it without being completely moved by that promise. No matter what you're going through, what you're feeling, how much the enemy tries to convince you of his lies, God is for you!!!!!!!!!!! He is doing a new thing......do you not perceive it?!!!