1. God is still actively working (John 5:17)
2. God created us to be in relationship with Him (John 17:3)
(God’s great desire for us is not that we would study him – as if he were a subject to be figured out and mastered –
Not just to know him intellectually but know him as a person and experience him withing the context of a loving personal relationship
3. God speaks to his people (John 10:27)
(5 clear ways – word, prayer, by the Holy Spirit, through other believers, amd through circumstances)
4. God speaks to usto show us what he’s doing and invite us to join him in that work (John 10:27)
(We’re hearing him and he has a reason for speaking to us.). When God speaks to us he does it clearly enough to know it’s him and what he’s saying to us.)
5. The crisis of belief
(God always leads us in the direction of what is good and best and will never call us to do anything that He will not also empower us to do.)
Where’s the crisis? (Philippians 4:13 – I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.). (1 Thess. 5:24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.)
So where’s the crisis? God oftentimes invites us to follow him into assignments for which we do not feel qualified, at times that are inconvenient to us and that take us in directions that conflict with our personal likes and desires. (Like being a parent)
(It’s moving from what do we believe in our mind or with our lips, but requires us to step forward with actions.). It’s not our words that reveal what we believe but our actions. Biblical faith requires action.
Biblical faith always requires action. God doesn’t want you to merely believe what he says. He wants you to obey what he commands. When you face a crisis of belief, what you do next reveals what you really believe about God. – Henry Blackaby
(Heb. 11:6)
What have I already heard? – to talk with ILs about finances…