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Praise The Lord Jesus Christ.
We will be looking at the calling of God and our response to the calling of God.
i will be doing little recap of what i talked in last bible study about life of Moses.
1) From birth to 3 months old - Moses was hidden in the house.
2) Then in the basked in the river
3) then in palace for 40 years
4) then hidden in Fathers in laws house for 40 years
Finally God called Moses.
Be hidden in the presence of God, you will see a clear calling of God.
After God calls , then the response of the call is important.
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them,[c] embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
God is not ashamed to be called their God.
Today we give testimony about ourselves, but a true testimony for believer is from God Himself.
God talks about Job and throws a challenge to satan. Have you seen my servant Job?
Today God should not be ashamed at looking us, saying oh i can not show my face before satan about this believer, he or she is very weak in this area.
so what made God to be not ashamed about these 3 men.
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.
1) V 15 - They forgot from where they come.
Forget your fathers house O Jerusalem.
Abraham came from wealthy background, but he did not consider from where he came. His eye is always on what is coming.
He never talked about Mesopotamia, how that life was.
He always talks about saving the righteous people being saved.
They lived as strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Living as a stranger and pilgrim- how to understand this.
--Although you have everything in your hands, but still live as foreigners in homeland.
Jesus although he had everything at hand , but he lived as foreigner.
Genesis 25
29 Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom.[d] 31 But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.” 32 And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?” 33 Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.”So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
When Jacob says sell your birthright , Esau should have said how dare you ask that , you ask your brothers birthright. but he says he was dying.Esau even before dying he want to eat.
But see Jacob, Even though the food is in his hands, and is before eyes,
he is wont eat. he is hungry for birthright.
right from in the womb , he hunger is for birthright. This is living as strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
This is the true fasting. you have everything to enjoy
You might have very nice house, but you desire is how to invite people and how to share the gospel, how your house is altar for God, that kids might grow in the fear of God.
You might have a nice car, but your desire is not the car itself but inside that car while driving your desire is how i can take one more soul to church in this car.
David, was king, but he wants to sit in the temple of God.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord.
Luke 19:8
8 Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”
The moment we believe in Jesus, we try ask and ask and ask..
But Zacchaeus is different, give and give and give.
Also look at the life of Job.
Because all blessings he praise God, but if no blessing curse.
I think today Christianity this is the challenge before every beleiever that satan might be throwing before God.
Can God be proud of us. Challenge for each one of us.
But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”
Job 1:11 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/job.1.11.NKJV
2) Going forward on Gods promise.
A foundation for believer is Gods Promise.
The call that you received.
My first promise is
Genesis 15:1
I am your shield and your great reward.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Psalms 12:6
The words of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.
Once you receive the promise, Go forward based on that promise.
Calling is one thing and response to call is what takes us to next level.
There are adventurous journies that men and women of God took by faith , and only thing that drive them is the promise of God.
Luke 1:34- 38
The only thing that led Mary to live is Promise of God.
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?
Matthew 1:20
20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
--- Listen to God over the voices of other people.
Do you live as a stranger or alien in home land.
Do you live base your walk in the promises of God.
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