August 18th, 2008
SAFE IN GOD’S HANDS
God gives us the victory in our everyday lives, it’s just that we need to, keep Him first, in everything we do. But pastor you don’t understand what I’ve gone thru this week. My job has run me crazy, I’m stressed out, I went to put the dog out and I got kicked out, I have more family problems than anyone else.
Let me reassure you this morning that you are not in this long, first of all other people are going through worst things than you, just look around. Look how God took care of Moses and Joshua in this first battle.
Ex 17:8-15
Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 Then the LORD said to Moses,”Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-LORD-Is-My-Banner;
This is the first time Israel was called on to wage warfare. We can expect a spiritual battle whenever the enemy’s stronghold is threaten, God used faithful men to subdue Amalek, and He raises up faithful people today to fight the good fight of faith.
The battle is the Lord’s and our victory is assured. I’m reminding you that when you go on the offensive and take back what is yours that Satan has taken, your in for a fight. Remember who’s side that your own!!
Our heavenly Father always anticipates His people’s needs before they arise. God sent Moses to lead the children of Israel, He also dispatched an angel of the His to go with them and protect them on their way to Canaan. God’s holy angels are protectors of God’s people.
Ex 23:20-31
“Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him.
22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. 23 For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.
24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars. 25 “So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. 26 No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
27 “I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 28 And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you. 29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land.
This is what God did in the OLD TESTAMENT; look at what he did in the NEW TESTAMENT.
We have the Holy Ghost to live in us to help comfort, protect us, carry us, and lead us in the paths that God wants us to walk in. That He will be with us in the good times as well as during our difficult times.
God preserves His saints: Rev.1:1-9
In this vision, John saw God will keep those who believe in Christ until they are safe with Him in Heaven. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection, and the life: he who believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” John 11:25.
Rev 19:1-9
After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! 2 For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.” 3 Again they said, “Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever!” 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying,”Amen! Alleluia!” 5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying,”Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!”
6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
9 Then he said to me, “Write:’Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me,”These are the true sayings of God.”
WE ARE SAFE IN GOD’S HANDS: Why make so many of the wrong choices, when we know the ones that are important. Are you ready to turn it all over to Him this morning, get rid of what’s eating you up mentally, spiritually, physically, emotionally, and stressed out. Let the Master have control.
