Are You Being Used?
Are You Being Used?
“Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.”
Matthew 21:43
Does it matter to you if God uses you to show others Who He is? If it doesn’t, just keep scrolling or searching or whatever brought you here...you won’t want the rest of this message.
It is simply a mind blowing thought that the Creator God of Heaven...The triple Holy God who is the Judge of Righteousness would desire to use a broken wicked man like me. I wish I could say that everyday I surrender all of me to All of Him so that my neighbor, my co-workers, my friends, my family...my wife would see Jesus instead of me...but I don’t. There are too many occasions in each day when all anyone ever sees has two thumbs and prone to sin.
God wants to use me, but it won’t be on my terms...He has a plan that is way better than mine and all I need to do is love Him enough to give my plans to Him and just do things according to His plan...He commands me to do this, but doesn’t force me. Have you all ever had your wife say, “I don’t want you to do it because I said so, I want you to want you to do it.”? She didn’t come up with that...that is a spirit of real love wanting to be loved...That’s how God feels!
In Matthew 21:43 Jesus is telling the religious crowd that they are not going with God’s plan, so He tells them, “The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof”. In other words what God is telling me...and you if you stuck around, He wants to use me in His plan, but He doesn’t have to. Let that simmer for a bit.
Pastor Larry Hof
“Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.”
Matthew 21:43
Does it matter to you if God uses you to show others Who He is? If it doesn’t, just keep scrolling or searching or whatever brought you here...you won’t want the rest of this message.
It is simply a mind blowing thought that the Creator God of Heaven...The triple Holy God who is the Judge of Righteousness would desire to use a broken wicked man like me. I wish I could say that everyday I surrender all of me to All of Him so that my neighbor, my co-workers, my friends, my family...my wife would see Jesus instead of me...but I don’t. There are too many occasions in each day when all anyone ever sees has two thumbs and prone to sin.
God wants to use me, but it won’t be on my terms...He has a plan that is way better than mine and all I need to do is love Him enough to give my plans to Him and just do things according to His plan...He commands me to do this, but doesn’t force me. Have you all ever had your wife say, “I don’t want you to do it because I said so, I want you to want you to do it.”? She didn’t come up with that...that is a spirit of real love wanting to be loved...That’s how God feels!
In Matthew 21:43 Jesus is telling the religious crowd that they are not going with God’s plan, so He tells them, “The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof”. In other words what God is telling me...and you if you stuck around, He wants to use me in His plan, but He doesn’t have to. Let that simmer for a bit.
Pastor Larry Hof
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