Have No Fear, God Is Here, Part 5

through this? But you're saying we need to change the way we're thinking about that? If God's letting us go through that painful thing you're saying, ultimately it's because he does love us.

there should be more Lord in Ford. And often what God has to do is use my circumstances as the hammer and the chisel in his hand to chip off the Ford so that people can see the Lord. And, uh, it's painful. I don't like it, get. But God does it because he is making me better, not bitter. And he's forming me into the image of Christ. I don't know what's ahead, but something is ahead where I'm going to need to be on a higher level of maturity to be able to deal with it. And it's like

I used to I used to work out. And of course, you can see now my chest that was up around my chest area has slid down. It's now around my waist.

And as we are being exercised in these trials, we are getting stronger so we can look back and I can look back and say things that used to floor me, don't even faze me anymore, you know? And now I'm on to bigger problems and trials and tests.

promised one thing. You'll go into the water and you're going to get wet, but you ain't going to drown. And you go into the fire and you will not be burned. Alright, maybe you're going through the fire because God is trying to burn the earthly empire off of you so that you'll focus on the heavenly empire. Maybe it's because you got the wrong power. Maybe you got the power on TV 32 instead of the power of the Holy Spirit. Maybe it's because he's trying to keep you from a scandal.

person of God. He identifies himself. Why? He wants us to know that whatever is bigger than us, he's bigger than it. I'm so glad I've got a God who's bigger than what's bigger than I am. And so what does he do? Hey, look at this, look at this, look at this, look at this. Verse one. God is able. Verse two God is available. Verse three God is awesome. You know what he's telling us? Verse one. He's powerful.

Verse two, he's present. Verse three, he's perfect. I told you this before, but I'm going to repeat it because I do use Google a lot. And a couple days ago my Google went out and I was I was calling everybody I can't get my Google back on. I can't get my Google on because I get a lot of information from Google. I just call them my phone.

They say, what about let me Google it. And so my administrative assistant said, okay, we're going to teach you how to do this computer thing and get it together. You got to start doing your own stuff. So I started doing my own stuff. I wish I was like Brother Garland. He does all his own stuff on a computer, puts his PowerPoint together, everything. I can't do none of

that yet, doc. And so I'm trying it. So I wanted to do a series called God Is Able, and I knew there was about 8 or 9 of them, but I said, there's gotta be more than what I know. And so I put punched in God is able and it said no reference is found. I said, that's what I'm talking about. I called up my administrator. I said, this thing is stupid. I said, I know at least 4 or 5 of them. You know, God is able, you know, uh, but God is able to do exceedingly

abundantly above all you know. And it didn't even pull up anything she said to me without missing a beat. Did you capitalize the G. I looked and it was a small G, and lo and behold, the stupid computer became a smart one, and the smart pastor became stupid because the computer was saying to me, I do not recognize a God who is able with a small G. What you gotta do is capitalize God, and once you capitalize God, then all the references came through. There were

30 something references, but God. And I said, oh, I wonder, is the assembly like me walking around with a small G. And you need to change from a lowercase g to a uppercase G so that you can get some references, because God won't answer when you make him too small. I'm in Bible territory. And now unto him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that you could ask or think, according to the mighty working power in us. Now, now, I don't have time, but I gotta go through this

because I'm a teacher, not a preacher. And I want you to see something here. I want you to see something that just blew me away. 13 I's in this pericope. Watch this. But now, thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, fear not, for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy name thou art mine. When thou pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers they

shall not overflow thee. When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee. Therefore I will give men for thee, and people for thy life. Fear not, for I am with thee. I will bring thy seed from the east,

and gather thee from the west. I will say to the north, give up, and to the south keep not back. Bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth. Everyone that is called by my name. For I have created him for my glory I have formed him. Yea, I made him third eyes. Do you think that God is trying to get our attention? I think he is. And it's like sometimes what we do is we forget who gives us everything. It wasn't your job,

it wasn't who you know. It wasn't your Edumacation James said it this way, he said, but every perfect gift comes from above, from the father of lights, in whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. We've got it twisted. We think it's agency and not source. Remember what God did. God had the ravens feed Elijah. And then the brook dried up and the ravens stopped coming. Why? One reason. Many reasons. But one of them is this. I can't

have you thinking. And depending upon ravens and brooks. I can't have you looking at agency when I'm the source. So I gotta shut that down so that you won't be looking at Ravens and Brooks. And you'll look to me, and you will realize I'm the one that did it. So I'm going to supply a widow for you. And then on and on it goes. That's what God does. You ever hear that story about this guy? He went off to the service. And so every day he sent his boo a love letter. And he was in there

for three years. Brother Dave in the Marine Corps. Gotta be a marine cause we were Marines. And, uh, for three years. That's a lot of letters, isn't it? Yeah, 365 every year. Guess what she did? Say what she do. She married the mailman. Yeah, she got it twisted, didn't she? Yeah. The mailman kept giving her the love letter. Oh, well, let me move on.

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so wide, can't get around him. What is that? That's the transcendence of God. That God high and lifted up and above all of his creatures. He is the creator. What does it mean? He's so white? It's called the immensity of God that there's nowhere that God is not. He fills all time and space and then the ubiquity of God, that God is the God that is everywhere at the same time. Then notice the comprehensiveness of his person. What does this imply? Take my word for it. But

you go through this. This seven verses covers our person, our pardon, our purity, our promotion, our protection, our prominence, and our posterity, those seven things. Look at the consistency of his person. The first verse are the eyes of the past. Two through five are the eyes of the present, and six and seven are the eyes of the future. Notice the comprehensiveness of his person. He identifies Himself as Jehovah Elohim, as Jehovah Shammah, as Jehovah, as Jehovah Shalom.

This thing is powerful. But then notice with me number four. Fourth reason you don't have to fear because God is here. It is the passion or the love of God. Listen to this verse. Listen to this. He says, since thou was precious, put a pin there in my sight. Thou hast been honourable. Put a pin there, and I have loved thee. Put a pin there. Therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. Now you

gotta understand what God is saying here. Now let me just set it up this way, because we talk about the love of God all the time. Let me say it this way. Okay? Let me say it this way. Is there anybody in here who ever went through anything? And the first thing you thought is, God, you said you love me. If you love me, why am I going through? Is there anybody who would tell truth, shame the devil? Even though there were a lot of hands up?

That wasn't enough. Because some of you sitting there lying, thinking that that makes you spiritual. He put both mine and I add stuff to it. I'm a pastor. I'm going through all this for you. Yeah. They only gotta put up with me. One person I gotta put up with them 800. Thought you love me. Every time I turn around, somebody's critical about something. Thought you love me. Every time I come around, I gotta deal with this one. Who don't like this, I deal with that one who

don't like this and deal with that one. I thought you love me. And what we don't understand is God is saying I do. That's why I gave em to you. That's why you got haters. Cuz they love you. Yeah, because he knows that you ain't going to do nothing but sit on your rusty dusty. But when somebody start hating God uses your haters as your elevators. God use your haters as your motivators. God use your haters as

your Consecrators God use them. You will get on your knees quicker with a hater than ten people who love you. You'll seek God's face quicker when somebody's hating. And when they're when they ain't. You ain't got no money. Yeah.

of you and a stick out handle? Skin horse. Real isn't how you are made. It's a thing that happens to you when a child loves you for a long time. Not just to play with, but really loves you, then you become real. Does it hurt? Said the rabbit. Sometimes, said the skin horse, for he was always truthful. When you are real, though, you don't mind being hurt, because you know the hurt is a demonstration of love. Does it happen all at once? Like being wound up? The

rabbit asked. Or bit by bit. Skin horse. It doesn't happen all at once. You become. And it takes a long time. Mhm. See, the deeper they dig the hole. Come on. Somebody remembers the hide. They're going to make the skyscraper. Okay. Let me, let me come with something different. God was working in a curious person walking by and said wow, that's intricate. What are you doing now? He was building a church and the church was already built except for the steeple. And so he said, well, what

is that? I mean, I see you're done with the building, aren't you? And he said, well, no, we have one more piece to put in. It's at the top of that steeple. He said, really? So what are you doing it down here for? Listen to this. I'm carving it out down here so that it fits up there.

the Hebrew Masoretic Text, here's what you find. Though. Every one of those words, those three words, that word would be agape. In the New Testament, that word precious would be what Peter would use to translate that Jesus Christ is a precious stone. Uh, that word honorable is the same word that would be translated, uh, that the Lord Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone. And he is precious. All those words were about Jesus. You see what he's saying? Listen, listen, listen.

Help me tell somebody. I don't got too much longer to preach to you this morning, but look at somebody and say, say, saint. God can never love you more than he does now. And he'll never love you less than he does now. Tell em you are loved by God. Unconditionally unmerited, unparalleled love. So the things have changed, but they don't change. And he said, my love for you have it the way I esteem you and consider you precious in my sight. That hasn't changed. The unconditional love

hasn't changed. I'm here right now and you ain't living right. You ain't acting right. You ain't walking right. But yet I haven't abandoned you. You tried to get away from me. And every time you did, you turn around. I was right there. I said I put something together. I say everything is changed. What? Don't change. Pastor, for here they are. Let me just give em to you. Say give em to us. Alright. This ain't move on after that. Yeah. Number one, God is still sitting on his throne. Number two,

God never sleeps nor number summers. Number three Jesus still saves. Number four, the Bible is still God's word. Number five. Prayer still changes things. Number six Jesus still loves us. Number seven preaching is still God's method. Number eight his grace is still sufficient. Number nine God still inhabits praise. Number ten and 11 his yoke is easy and his burden is light. And don't forget the last one. There's still room at the cross for you.

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