Living Faithfully Through Change: Lessons from Isaac

I must ask myself, do people know more about my political allegiance than my kingdom allegiance? Do people hear more of what I'm upset about than what I feel about Jesus? I don't have to be professional or or eloquent to influence people based on how the Lord has has blessed me. I just have to know him. I just have to experience So let your blessings that the Lord has blessed you with influence those around you. [00:24:59] (37 seconds)  #BlessingsInfluence

We all have questions about, well, how am I gonna navigate this situation or that situation? My family's dealing with this. How are we gonna get through it? What are we gonna do? It's good and right to wanna know how to answer those things. But often, if we will answer that first question, how do I be faithful? How do I continue to follow the Lord and trust him? Often, we'll find the other questions answered as well. And not just as a way to to get what we want, not just as, you know, like rubbing the magic lamp, and this is how we get God to do what we want and to do, but because we see this as the only way to live, being faithful to the Lord. [00:25:50] (40 seconds)  #FaithFirst

Not showing up and waiting for somebody else to to allow us or show us a good time and worship. Experience with the Lord is driving our worship. I saw this on on social media recently, and I think it applies here where this person was saying that, hey. If you see me getting loud in worship, if you see me raising my hands, leave me alone. The devil was laughing about my sin. I'm a be loud about Jesus. That's experience driving our worship. And don't let the devil be louder about your sin than you are about Jesus and what he's done for you. [00:21:12] (48 seconds)  #WorshipFromExperience

The Lord appears to Isaac and tells him, he says in verse two, don't go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I tell you. So in spite of the fact that there was a a famine, that was kind of the outward circumstance. What's really going on here is that the Lord is providing for Isaac. Even though there's a famine, Isaac is right where the Lord wants you. The Lord says, I want you to stay right here. [00:05:18] (29 seconds)  #StayWhereGodLeads

Much like with Isaac, I we need to remember the Lord's blessings as our backing, that we have the Lord's blessings going with us, that that is the sure thing in our lives. Jesus had much the same thing to say in Matthew six twenty five through 34, where he said that's really the cure for anxiety, to remember the Lord's care for us. Jesus says, think of the sparrows. The Lord takes care of them. Aren't you worth more than them? And if the Lord cares for his creation so much, he certainly care for us. [00:09:47] (36 seconds)  #RememberGodsCare

When we put our faith and our our trust in the Lord, he truly does rescue us. He rescues us in Christ. He brings us to a wide open space. It doesn't matter what hostility or hardship we may face. It is the Lord who brings us along. It is the Lord who provides a place for us. The next thing we see in Isaac's life is we see that experience drives his worship. So let experience drive your worship. Let experience drive your worship. [00:15:29] (38 seconds)  #FaithRescues

Then maybe we make a conscious effort to see, okay, Lord, you know, where are you gonna show up this week? Where can I can I see you doing something tremendous? Maybe we see and recognize he's answering prayers or or moving in response to our prayers. Maybe we see and recognize his greatness all around us. when we show up for worship, we're so full that we can't help but praise the Lord. We can't help but shout his praises. We can't help but be loud about the Lord. That's experience driving our worship. [00:20:31] (41 seconds)  #SeekGodAllWeek

Isaac is living in the land of the the Philistines with the Bimelech, he decides to tell everybody that Rebecca is his sister, not his wife. He's afraid of what might happen to him if people found out that Rebecca was his wife. Sound familiar? And so Isaac is is overcome by fear. He's making the mistake again of of not trusting the sure thing that he had in the Lord, of not trusting the Lord's blessings. [00:06:52] (36 seconds)  #FearVsTrust