Wednesday, June 16, 2010

How do we get God's attention

We can only get God’s attention by sticking to His will. God will always honour and protect the interest of those that do His will.
He will reveal what everyone is craving for to those that stay in will, that is why Paul said in 1 Cor 2:9 No one's ever seen or heard anything like this, Never so much as imagined anything quite like it- What God has arranged for those who love him.
The best place a man can be is to be in the will of God. Man fell because he used his will wrongly.

WHY DO WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO DO THE WILL
*The suffering and the shame. Heb 11:8-11
*Immediate gratification –2cor. 8:9
*Secular humanism
*Societal acceptance

THE PROCESS
*Keep yourself exposed to the standard –
Psa 40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Psa 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Psa 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

*Pray until you see it. Psa 143:10 Teach me how to live to please you, because you're my God. Lead me by your blessed Spirit into cleared and level pastureland Make it a rule for everyday living.
*Don’t be quick to carve anything on stone. Strong willed people are mediocre.
*Always keep Christ in focus as our perfect example.
*Be teachable. –
1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
1Pe 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.


Strong willed people are proud and will want to take glory for their actions. We will not be able to attain the position of LIVING IN HIS SIGHT, if we have our will in place.

WHAT IS WILL
Will is the seat of decision. It is the faculty of our being to judge the best form action to take in any situation.
Act 13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
David lived according to the will of God's command, and he died by the will of his decree. He served the good of men, but did not serve the will of men

There are a lot of things that are seen in David's life that are worthy of emulation
*Devoted – lion and the bear could not take the sheep in His care.
*Courageous – He dared Goliath.
*Obtained showbread – 1sam21:1-6; Matt 12:3-4
*Saved keilah – 1sam23:1-13

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