Friends,
What a beautiful day to be in worship today! This past week I saw several instances of people putting their hope and faith in places other than God. Whether it was Obama, our Congress, sports stars, actors, pop stars…well the list goes on. We have some real problems in this world…some of them may be solved and others may linger for a long time, but ultimately, both in the big and small issues of this world, our hope and trust should be in nothing else but God and His sovreignty.
I love the verse that says in God we will “lack no good thing.” I was having a pity-party Friday afternoon and as I was carrying the groceries in the house, it hit me. How many couldn’t afford their groceries? How many people in our world are starving for food, for faith, for hope? And I am blessed with each of these. I don’t want to diminish your stresses and concerns, but I do want to ask…where are you looking for hope? In what or whom have you put your trust?
You can listen to the sermon here: Ridiculous Faith – Psalm 34 (size= ~39mb)
Scriptures Referenced:
- Psalm 34
- 1 Samuel 21:10-15
- Psalm 111:5, Exodus 16, Matthew 6:25-33
- Isaiah 46:3-4
- Job 2:10
- Proverbs 3:5-6
- Isaiah 41:10
- Romans 8:28, 31-38
- John 16:33
#1 by dorothy brown on February 20, 2009 - 9:44 pm
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Faith is about building a relationship with God. I believe that those who do not share our convection then the concept of faith seems ridiculous to others. We put our faith in the world and the people in the world, when we should be and have our faith in God. I think that since God has been taken out of things thats alot of whats wrong in our society today. As christians we suffer and I believe that this makes us stronger within our faith, and helps us to learn and grow to become mature faithful christians. I also believe that for us to find refuge in God we need to seek him and to keep our faith in Him alive along with our trust in him. If we cannot keep that faith and trust in Him then who can we trust? I believe that we can then not trust anyone, and we shouldn’t have faith in anyone but God..