God's Sovereignty and Love in Ordinary Lives

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And he said unto them behold when you are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you bearing a picture of water, follow him into the house where he entereth in, and you shall say unto the good man of the house, the master saith unto thee, where is the guest chamber where I shall eat the passover with my disciples. [00:28:24]

But the fact is what he didn't know was that he was actually being used by God at that time. Yes, there would be another man that would be presented to us and quite vaguely a little lower in the text, but this one man that we're looking at first of all he he was the first in line as it were for the fulfilling of of God's purpose through the Lord Jesus on this occasion. [00:58:40]

I believe that these who engage themselves in this way these, these are the hidden ones they're not standing on the platform they're not in the bright lights, these are the hidden ones whose secret ministry I believe will garner the greatest reward in that day we also praise the Lord and thank him for those who also serve God. [00:44:08]

I know there are a lot of people these days who are keen to listen to anything that's sensational sort of wrapped up in the words of the gospel, something that sort of helps them to understand the news in today's newspaper or on the television or whatever it is, but if we're not careful, we come up with the sort of conclusion evidently that those kinds of emphases are the most important things. [00:65:36]

You know there's always something distinctive about the men and women of God the authentic men and women of God there's always something there are distinctive marks that set them apart somehow I could illustrate this in many ways I could illustrate it from some scriptures, I could I could say for example I'm thinking of a young 17 year old boy. [00:72:36]

He basically was saying he's a wise man or she is a wise woman who goes home and sells everything that they have in order that they can go out and buy that field so that they could have the pearl. Amen there's no price too high to be paid when we recognize that God is leading us and whatever the particulars may be about the life that we could go on describing the life that is the life of a true man a woman of God. [00:89:60]

And so incredibly satisfying and fulfilling and the Lord, the Lord is working in my life and he's working in your life in a similar way he causes events and circumstances which some of which very likely seem adverse to us and unattractive to us in fact they may be grievous to us, but we have a sovereign God and as he has set his heart upon us. [00:1320:32]

He will cause all things to work together, all the issues each and every one of them to converge together according to his will his sovereign will and he will cause all things to serve his will and for his purpose, you know it's as though we need to pray, I do pray this in one way or another pity us Lord pity us Lord when we insist that in the process everything is sort of makes sense. [00:1346:48]

But if God is who he is if this Jesus is who he is he is causing all things to work together for the purpose of the good the good which is his will not just to solve all our problems but according to his sovereign good his sovereign will amen, we really need to trust him more because he is the God who once said prove me now prove me put me to the test. [00:1410:00]

I have eagerly desired that we might be together to eat the passover together, let me remind you it's hinted at right there in the text that Jesus himself was only hours away from what we can only refer to as a catastrophic suffering which was far more far far more than even the physical suffering that he would endure. [00:1496:56]

It's for a purpose and and I believe that purpose is because he eagerly desires to be together with you, that's that's what his suffering was all about, that's why he came it's why he lived as a man it's why he went to calvary he he eagerly desires to be with you, hear me clearly he loves you. [00:1586:15]

Of course you're unworthy but that's irrelevant he's not looking for me or you to contribute anything to this relationship other than what you are it has everything to do with who he is there's a line in a hymn that we have so many times over the years, nothing in my hand I bring simply to thy cross I cling. [00:1741:76]

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