TWO SEPARATE FEAR ISSUES GOING ON HERE.
Jesus was being hunted in Judea
Lazarus was very sick and could die.
SPOILER ALERTS BEFORE WE READ THIS:
Jesus did not get captured or die….BUT it did increase the heat exponentially.
Lazarus DID die….but was raised from the dead by Jesus, for a greater purpose.
John 11:1-16
When you’re able to look at life in the way that Jesus did--that death is NOT the end--you look at obedience differently too.
New perspective = new willingness
Daniel 3 “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”
WE ARE IN A FAITH BUILDING SEASON. This is when DEEP faith is born. And every single day that you are tested is an opportunity! But what we have to remember during all this, is that God sees things differently than we do….
We have to remember that God sees things so differently than we do.
Your surrender = others surrender
Your leaders need you right now.
“There is a reason the Army pays for chaplains who jump out of airplanes—because soldiers need them.”
SURRENDER IS A PRIVILEGE.
1st week - We can TRUST God with our 10%, because He promises to provide.
2nd week - And he provides SO MUCH, that we have overflow to give to others and be generous. He doesn’t provide that ABUNDANCE AND OVERFLOW for YOU--He provides it so you can be generous with others...
BECAUSE, as we learned last week, the 3rd week - Jesus modeled for us that He treasures PEOPLE over money and possessions--every single time.