Rescue

Daniel 6:26b-27a “For He is the living God, and steadfast forever; His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed, and His dominion shall endure to the end. He delivers and rescues, and He works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth.”

Pastor Kyle continued in our church’s Sunday sermon series through the book of John. He said that when he performs the pre-wedding consultation, he tells the couple to be prepared for a couple things to go wrong during the ceremony. That way, if something happens, it won’t be caught off-guard and the wedding will not have to be rescued.

Jesus Christ is our “Blessed Redeemer”, who came to our rescue, for our salvation. Jesus can rescue us by (1) changing our circumstances. The Messiah has the power. Sin issues are overcome at he Cross. But, why would God change our sin issues if we do not want to change? It is a heart issue, so Jesus can rescue us by (2) changing our heart. Pray for God to change our heart; may our heart be aligned with the Lord’s. We may have a “thorn in our flesh”, (our attitude, our thoughts or our conversation). Honestly, the church is full of “fallen” human beings, repenting and following Jesus. Let Jesus turn your water into wine within your regenerated spirit and transformed heart. Everything we do that impacts our life positively has structure. Be open to God’s teaching, the Holy Spirit’s leading, and be open to Christ’s church. The Christian church equips the saints and is the hope of the world, where the light of Christ shines and gives the light of truth.

John 17:10-17 “All Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

God wants us to be in the world, living as those born of Him. We need to make responsible choices in the world as we are born of God. 1 John 2:15-17 says, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.” The temptations of the sinful flesh, the God-rejecting world system and the devil are always at our doorstep. Avoid temptation, walk in the Spirit and put yourself where you can help others.

Psalm 30:11-12 “You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, to the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.”

God wants our obedience before we see His results. Hebrews 11:1 tells us, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Anything that we lose control over ourselves (desires, temptations, dependencies or emotions), it is a sin that God wants us to repent and reclaim. He wants us to make the decision to be right in the eyes of the Lord, believing that His results are always good. Some see the problem, but don’t take action for godly change. This is like empty jars sitting in the corner waiting to be filled. Bring them out to be filled. Some stopped believing that “turns water into wine” in their lives. But, we need to know that the Lord saves the “best” wine till the last.

Psalm 34:8 “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!”

In Christ, Brian