There is good news and there
is bad news. The good news is
there is one true living God. The
bad news is that he is not like a lucky rabbits foot?
Is God like the winning lottery ticket?
Is He like the government or your president?
Is He going to solve all of your problems and take away the pain?
Is He going to make sure that you never have a problem, an ache, or
pain? Is He going to take away
all the abusive people out of your life?
Is he going to cure every ill and fix every problem?
The good news is that He is God and as God He will do whatever God can
do whenever God wants to do it. Here
is story that shows us that God will be God.
He is there for you and for me.
2Kin
7:3 Now there were four men with leprosy at he entrance of the
city gate. They said to each other, "Why stay here until we die? 4 If we
say, `We'll go into the city'--the famine is there, and we will die. And if we
stay here, we will die. So let's go over to the camp of the Arameans and
surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die." 5 At
dusk they got up and went to the camp of the Arameans. When they reached the
edge of the camp, not a man was there, 6 for the Lord had caused the Arameans
to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said
to one another, "Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and
Egyptian kings to attack us!" 7 So they got up and fled in the dusk and
abandoned their tents and their horses and donkeys. They left the camp as it
was and ran for their lives. 8 The men who had leprosy reached the edge of the
camp and entered one of the tents. They ate and drank, and carried away
silver, gold and clothes, and went off and hid them. They returned and entered
another tent and took some things from it and hid them also. 9 Then they said
to each other, "We're not doing right. This is a day of good news and we
are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will
overtake us. Let's go at once and report this to the royal palace." 10 So
they went and called out to the city gatekeepers and told them, "We went
into the Aramean camp and not a man was there--not a sound of anyone--only
tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were." 11
The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported within the palace.
Who is God?
He is Rich!
Psalm
50:10 for every animal of the
forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I
know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine.
12
If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is
in it.
What do you need?
The people needed food and so
God provided.
Do you need to win the
lottery?
Do you need to have some
food?
Do you need to have health?
Do you need a friend you can
depend on?
Do you need someone to
provide for you?
Do you need someone to help
you?
Do you need to someone to
give you all you will ever need?
Do you need someone to heal
you because you have been deserted through death?
Do you need someone to help
you because you know that death is coming and you have nowhere to run?
Do you need someone to love
you?
Do you need someone to get
revenge because you have been mistreated?
Do you need someone to give
you a reason to live?
Do you need someone to take
away all of the problems out of your life?
Do you need someone to help
you raise your children or grandchildren?
Do you need someone to help
you bear the pain?
Do want temporary relief?
Would you rather have eternal help and hope?
Do you want Him/God?
Is it time you turned for some help?
Psalm 121
Look to the creator of the hills.
He is the maker of heaven and earth.
He will help.
How do you get Him?
What are your options?
The lepers thought about their options before making a decision.
Try to make it on your own. Eat
whatever is available. One mother
ate her son. She was still going
to die. People will give
everything else a try. Give Him a
chance to see what He can do. Let
Him fight your battles. Let Him
save you. Let Him heal you. Let Him be your God. Repent and walk with the Lord.
Invite Him to come into your heart. The Lord will provide.
What do you do with Him?
Enjoy your freedom in Christ. Enjoy God’s gifts. Enjoy
knowing Him.
Give Him away.
Tell others what God has done. Let
others know that help is on the way.
Get to know Him better.
Spend some time with Him and go with Him throughout your life.