GOD FOUND US we did not find God!!!!! He found us when we were deep in sin yet He drew us to Him. He has His ways of doing that when He knows what is truly in our hearts. He knows the trials we have been through, He knows that this world can harden our hearts, cause us to be cynical, hurtful, indifferent and bitter. It is not God who does these things to us, it is the one who He cast out of Heaven and now roams the earth and attempts to destroy the very things God created. When we have had enough of this world and we hit rock bottom and our hearts are calling out for Peace and Love, it is GOD WHO COMES TO YOU!!!! He comes to you because HE IS LOVE!!!! There is VICTORY in Gods plan. He's a very smart Dad!!! He made us in His image so He knows us through and through. We may have put up a wall around our hearts and let this world see us as rough and tough. We may even let folks around us perceive us as a cool "You can't hurt me" kind of guy or gal. That's the outer shell that the enemy creates in us over the years. But, aha, you can't fool God. He knows your heart, the very core that you had built that wall around. It's still in there, doing what it has always done and that is LOVING!!!! There are no amount of bricks and cement in the world that can destroy what God put IN US when He created us. HE IS IN US!!!! HE CAN RECLAIM US!!!! Once we receive Christ into our lives and confess Him as our Lord and Saviour, the Holy Spirit starts working to guide us back to the love and the peace we know is In Christ. Every one of us are different and the Spirit will not work the same or at the same speed as He does with your brother or sister and yes even your Pastor, who by the way is still also clay in the Hands of God until the day of Christ's return. So, you see!!! God NEVER LETS GO!!!! If He did not let you go when you were deep in sin, what makes us think that He will let go now that He has reclaimed us. It is up to us to stay in His Word, live in His Word, read His Word, Pray (Especially for others, especially for those who hurt us) and love one another as He loves us. The Spirit will guide us to ALL TRUTH and as we go along our faith will build up more and more until no evil can break us and just the very GOODNESS OF GOD WILL MAKE US STAND STRONG!!! JUST LET HIM DO THAT!!!!
HE WILL COME FOR US AND SHOW US OUR WAY BACK TO THE FLOCK
LUKE 15:1-7 1 Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear Him, 2 but the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." 3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until He finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbours together and says,” Rejoice with me, I have found my lost sheep." 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in Heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent . CONTENTMENT AND KNOWING THAT HE IS ALWAYS NEAR
HEBREWS 13:5-6 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, NEVER will I leave you; NEVER will I forsake you.
So this message today is for those of us who feel God has left us. There are times He is silent, Yes, and if you have ever noticed , it is during these times that we humans seek Him even more passionately than ever. He collects His sheep back to Him but He NEVER forsakes us. NOTHING CAN EVER SEPERATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!
GOD DOES NOT EVER LET US GO!!! GLORY TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, ALWAYS