God never promised that it would be easy to obey Him. He did say He would be with us, that He would comfort us, strengthen us, and provide for us along the way. But the task He has given us requires us to act in opposition to Satan and his demons.
Our ultimate task is to bring glory to God. “The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever” (Westminster Shorter Catechism).
God gives us other responsibilities that enable us to bring Him glory, but the end goal is always the same – God’s glory.
This morning I read Exodus 5 and even though God had called Moses and Aaron to lead the people out of Egypt, it did not go well early on. God’s people received worse treatment and life got harder and not easier for them at the beginning. I wonder how many people who had prayed for God’s intervention to rescue them were at that moment regretting those prayers or doubting God’s intentions to bless them.
God has called us as His church to help people get to God, grow in Christ, and give to others. We must share Christ whimsically, correctly, and consistently. This is not going to make life easier for us. Satan wants as many people as possible to live without Christ in their life and die to spend eternity in hell to rob God of the glory He is due.
God saved His people and brought them out of the bondage of Egypt.
Let’s not allow the challenge of the enemy of God keep us from staying the course and fulfilling the mandate of our Master.
God has changed cities before. God can do it again. Click here to see an example. The picture above is where it all started for New York years ago.
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Don't you thing that another "good" aspect of guilt that you talked about in your sermon sunday and eluded to here is that God allows us to feel the consiquences of our sin so that we learn to rely on Him more? I want to remember that bondage and the sting that it caused. I want that memory so that I run to my savior to resist temptation!
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