When God Shows Up, He Shows Out! Part I
Psalm 77:7-14
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! This week, I’d like to begin a message about the great God that we serve!
Psalm 77 is the lament and expostulation with God of an afflicted person, who speaks as the mouthpiece of his countrymen, complaining of Israel’s apparent desertion by God. It is a psalm that has grown out of deep mental anguish. In verses 1-6, the author points out that he continued in prayer all through the night and could not be comforted. Even when he remembered God, He was troubled. This condition remained for days or weeks. You see, it was God who had brought the calamity upon his people. His perplexity hindered his ability to speak, and the perplexity was probably caused by an inability to understand God’s ways.
We live in a day and age when many people seem to have come to the place where they apparently question the power, and the authority, and the ability of God. There seems to be some who obviously feel that the God we serve must surely have ‘limitations.’ We say that God is ABLE to do abundantly above all that we can even ask or think (Eph. 3:20); yet we sometimes live and act as if God is NOT ABLE; that God is ALL POWERFUL, yet we often seem to question His ability to do what we human beings sometimes refer to as being “impossible;” that our God is SUPREME, and ABOVE ALL, yet how often we question His power and authority over sin and Satan; that our God is the ONE and ONLY TRUE GOD, yet we so often seem to be very slow and even reluctant to believe that He can do something about our particular problem or difficulty. And although “we” may declare that our GOD “can,” yet all too often we act like God “can’t!”
· But today I want to remind you, that we serve a God…
· Who can comfort lonely hearts…
· Who can remove difficult hindrances…
· Who can change adverse circumstances…
· Who can pardon disappointing failures…
· Who can provide blessed assurance…
· Who can perform astounding impossibilities…
And we serve a God…
· Who can supply ALL our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:19)!
Indeed, WHEN GOD SHOWS UP, HE SHOW OUT!
Next week, we’ll continue this discussion! Our Mission and Vision, is to be “a New Testament church seeking to evangelize, starting with the central core of Greater Cleveland. We will use our unique gifts and opportunities to engage with the community to bring souls to Jesus, develop and equip them for a 21st century ministry.” Until next week, remember that God loves you, Jesus died for you, I love you and I am your servant for Jesus’ sake!
