“Who Art In Heaven….”

 

How can God possibly understand what we are going through, what our perspective is, or what we are feeling?

 

And yet, He does.

 

And, not only that, He has earned the right to speak into our world.

 

2000 years ago, He dropped His regal position and pulled the ultimate game of “Undercover Boss”……

 

Born as a man, He came to earth to do the unthinkable—–

He came that He might actually see into the realm of man without any excuse.

 

And He was given no advantage.

 

He was born illegitimate.

Herod sent men to kill Him before He could walk or talk.

He was poor, He had no power, and He had nothing given to Him that made Him stand out in the flesh.

 

In His ministry, He never forgot who He was either.

 

Matthew 22  15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”  18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, “Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?”  21 “Caesar’s,” they replied.  Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.

 

Remember a few things that are vitally important today as you reach out to God.

1. He owns the cattle on a thousand hills (Psalm 50:10)…but His riches are not of this world.
2. We can try every human facet to attain purpose–wealth, pleasure, wisdom—ANYTHING.  But we will find that our life is “meaningless”, just as Solomon did (Ecclesiastes), without His hand on who we are and what we do.
3. Time is IMPORTANT to Him.  I have often cried out and wondered WHEN He was going to show up.  Jesus referenced that His “time had not yet come” (John 7) many times, almost looking like He was delaying things.  But when His time DID COME, He acted quickly and without hesitation.

 

Our God is not of this world.

He is not bound by time or space.

He is not intimidated by the enemy or worried about tomorrow.

He doesn’t get swayed by circumstances or allow doubt to sway Him.

 

And when He saw us doing it, He did something about it—-He came down and faced it.

 

On a hill on Gethsemane, He asked God to take the cup from Him (Luke 22)…..yet reaffirmed His commitment to come and save you by saying:  “YOUR will be done” to God.

 

If you have ever felt distant from the Lord and wondered when He was going to enter into your world and speak into your life, you are just like everyone else out there……..

 

But my encouragement to all of us is to quit telling Him how to change our world and start asking Him to change our hearts.

 

2000 years ago He moved on a culture that had no room for Him and a new faith exploded upon His death and resurrection.

 

And in 2019 He is waiting for one of us to step up and represent Him to a rebellious, misguided, and broken world.

 

We belong to Him.

 

And He is in heaven.

 

Let’s bring a little of that here—-we could use it.

 

“Who Art In Heaven….”

 

Take a moment to say the Lord’s Prayer….or listen to this song and sing it out in worship.  He will take whatever you’ve got. And remember what you are saying when you say: “Thy Kingdom Come”, because you belong to the King of the Universe, and our God has an incredible plan for you.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eIVSWdBaTE

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J