Feb. 22nd What does God really want for us?

Feb 22, 2012

What Does God Really Want for Us?

 

Why did God make us, Why are we here? What does he want us to do?

Psalm 139

1 You have searched me, LORD,
   and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
   you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
   you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
   you, LORD, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
   and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
   too lofty for me to attain.
 7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
   Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
   if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
   if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
   your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
   and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
   the night will shine like the day,
   for darkness is as light to you.
 13 For you created my inmost being;
   you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
   your works are wonderful,
   I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
   when I was made in the secret place,
   when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
   all the days ordained for me were written in your book
   before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God!
   How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
   they would outnumber the grains of sand—
   when I awake, I am still with you.
 19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
   Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
   your adversaries misuse your name.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD,
   and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
   I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
   test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
   and lead me in the way everlasting.

I love what this says, I saw a part of this scripture framed in the Doctors office when I was pregnant with my first son, and at that time I was not far along in my faith at all, but I wrote it down, and later put it in Shane's Memory book next to his sonogram picture.

It is so amazing how God created us! We are all different, not one of us has the same finger prints, even identical twins have different finger prints. I often wonder how people who claim they don't believe in our Lord, can even explain that... How can you witness a baby growing in a Mothers womb,and then it be born this perfect gift, and not believe in God???

Last time we met we talked about our passions, which I believe is our gifts, what we are suppose to do in this life. We are all parts of the body of Christ... We are all born with a gift, his light that is in us, and as our faith strengthens those gifts become clearer to us. As we step out in our Faith and let it be know we are true believers, the more he will lead us to our calling in life. Some people chose to not step out in their faith, and may never really know their purpose in life, which is so sad...

I wonder what keeps people from pursuing their faith, is it fear, uncertainty, stereotypes (they think it is not fun to be a believer)? What do you think it is? Why fight it. Why not accept this Gift of the Lord, he Holy Spirit? What keeps them from walking with the Lord?

“But when God, who set me apart

from birth and called me by His grace...” - Galatians 1:15,16

Meaning of Grace: sweetness, attractiveness,favor, goodwill, and loving-kindness!

See to it that you complete the work you have received in the Lord'.” -

Colossians 4:17

My Pastor just preached about how it is not just his job as the pastor to make disciples, that we are all called to do this?

Ephesians 4:11-12

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and the teachers, to equip his people for the works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up

Acts 26:16

But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you

Romans 8:28

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

(Matthew 22:36-40)“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets”

So it is very simple that we were made to Love God, be filled with the Holy Spirit, be his witness, and make Disciples.
How do we do this?
I have some songs to listen to about this!
This group of us have made knowing God, and walking with him a priority in our life, our children's life, we do so much at our church's, but what can we do to reach the people in our community that aren't walking with God, who don't know him? How can we actually make disciples in our community? Please pray about this, and we will talk when we meet!

Love you!