When God Trusts You

 February 18, 2024

Sunday

Sometimes you are on your own. There is no one visible who will back you up. No visible is there to give you advice or direction. And then, sometimes that One who is invisible doesn't seem to act either. It is at a moment like this that you act on your faith. It is at a moment like this that you cling to the revelations you have been given. You apply them to the moment.

Too often, the message from the church is that there will be something supernatural that will happen when things are going wrong. God will again split the Red Sea, cause water to come out of a rock and rain manna from heaven. While God certainly could do that, most of the time He doesn't.

We operate most of the time in a very natural way. We remember those times when God supplied, healed, and revealed more of Himself to us. We lean on what we have learned of His character.

Paul writes to the Corinthians and tells them that he has asked Apollos to come help them. They truly needed a spiritual leader like Apollos. However, Apollos couldn't come for some time. So Paul writes:

1 Corinthians 16:13–14 (NASB 2020) ¹³ Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. ¹⁴ All that you do must be done in love.

These are the words they needed to hear. They needed to watch that they didn't fall into apostasy or sin, they needed to stand firm and act like strong men. They needed to act in love.

These are exactly the problems we have when we head out on our own. We are tempted so we stand strong in the faith. We forget who we are so we decide beforehand that we will be strong and act in love.

Maybe today you will not know God's manifest presence. You may pray, but God is silent. You may believe you can't make it, but you can. Sometimes God expects us to act without a miracle. Sometimes He is silent because He trusts us to do the right thing.

So, do the right thing today!

This week's sermon: (You will need to copy and paste): https://prentis.podbean.com/e/praying-in-the-spirit/