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Have you ever watched someone do something and think, “Are the doing that right?”  Usually we ask this because we know some detail that the other person may not know, and there lies the secret; the details. We all heard it said “Its all in thedetails,” and that statement is very true, but it is not just true with us, it is true with God.

God is all about details. We can see this in the way God instructed Noah to build the Ark, or the detail of the law that God gave to Moses.  The reason I write this post is because as I was reading in 1 Kings 6, the evidence of God’s care for detail is quite apparent.  This chapter describes Solomon building the Lord’s temple. Every detail was fully though out and carefully constructed. He used the finest materiel and they took utmost care building this temple. God is into details.

When constructing you and I, God paid careful attention to the details. I love Psalm 139.13 that states “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” We are certainly no accident and God made us as we are for a distinct and important purpose.

So do not fool yourself into thinking that you are just like everybody else when you clearly are not, because God is in the details. We are who we are for a reason and God has that all planned out as well, so seek Him and your detailed purpose will be made known to you.

If only we could see people the way Jesus sees them, the world would be a different place. We would certainly treat each other differently. If only we could see their hurt instead of their anger. If only we could see their loss instead of their taking.

I view the world much differently when God allows me to catch a glimpse of the way He sees the things. We are surrounded by people who desperately need help, and God is reaching out to them through us; the redeemed.  Our job as Christ-followers is the single most important task ever to exist on this planet for human being. If only we could see them as they are.

We must beg God to allow us to see His people like He sees them. We must be filled with His compassion, His desire to give them salvation, and His willingness to do whatever it takes.

There are a few verses in the Bible which have really been bothering me lately.

John 14.12-14
¹²I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. ¹³And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. ¹⁴You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

I underlined the part “He will do even greater things…” because this statement has been keeping me up at night, so bear with me as I try to explain why.

We, as in the entire Christian community,  have missed the boat entirely on what it is we are suppose to be doing.  Christianity has become the butt of jokes and the secular world just looks at us with distain.  We are constantly in the news for the wrong reasons and typically do more harm for the name of Jesus than good.

The reason for this, in my opinion, is because we talk to much.  We preach and promise but never seem to deliver.  That is the fascinating thing about Jesus.  He did not seem like that much of a talker, but a changer.  Everywhere He went, people were changed. He demonstrated the power of God, where as we just talk about it, and I think people are fed up with our broken promises and our empty words.  We tell them that God can heal, but are they being healed.  We tell them that God can protect, save, restore, change, or all the other promises of God, but we continually fail to deliver, and the fault does not fall on God, but on us.  We have been given a job to do and we have done it poorly.  We have traded in the power for “higher education” or selfishness, or cowardice. Whatever the reason, we have missed the boat, and we must return to the place where God can really use us.  The best way to prove or explain God is not in debates, but in demonstrations of his power.

Time is short and the harvest is great. We must commit ourselves to seeking the face of God with the fervency of those recorded in scripture, because God has chosen to accomplish His will through us!

Seek His Face!
Seek His Purpose!
Seek His POWER!

Romans 2.6-8
⁶God “will give to each person according to what he has done.” ⁷To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. ⁸But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.

The phrase “will give to each person according to what he has done” is repeated two other times in the OT (Ps. 62.12 & Prov. 24.12).  This princinple is so important and it all comes down to the idea that God looks at the heart of men, not just thier actions.

In our culture, we reward work regardless of the motive.  ”As long as stuff is getting done” we say.  This is not the way God works. We cannot separate our doing and our being.  What we do should, and eventually will, show who we really are.

I found it interesting that Paul describes doing as “seeking glory, honor and immortality.”  He did not say it was being a good person, doing good things for others, planting a church, preaching, giving to the poor, or all the other “good” works we are to do.

We are to seek God and His plan.

It is by this standard we will be judged; not how hard we worked at “doing,” but how hard we worked at “seeking!“

I was studying for our student service this week on the topic of love and I felt I should share this.  We will be learning from 1 Corinthians 13.1-8. Here it is…

What if I could speak all languages of humans and of angels? If I did not love others, I would be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. ²What if I could prophesy and understand all secrets and all knowledge? And what if I had faith that moved mountains? I would be nothing, unless I loved others. ³What if I gave away all that I owned and let myself be burned alive? I would gain nothing, unless I loved others. ⁴Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful, proud, or ⁵rude. Love isn’t selfish or quick tempered. It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs that others do. ⁶Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil. ⁷Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting. ⁸Love never fails!

Now I don’t want to sound like a hippie leftover from the 60′s, but as I was reading, I am reminded that love really is the answer. The only command that Jesus stated from the Law was “Love God… and your neighbor as yourself.”  Love is the secret to society’s problems, family issues, selfishness, hatred, racism, and the list goes on.

The funny thing is, the above description of love is truly a districption of God.

So, let us all stop for a second and look at our heart.

• Are you in ministry for your love of Jesus or love for attention?
• Do you serve others because you love them as yourself or because you love their praise?
• Do you love God or love yourself?

1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.