FEAR NOT | God is in Control – Motivational Video ᴴᴰ
and for the next few minutes this
morning I want to talk to you about one
of the most asked questions that I get
asked of me in courtrooms and
legislatures all over America people are
continually asking this and let me tell
you what the question is and then we’re
going to look at what the Word of God
has to say David if your God is so great
so awesome so incredible so all-knowing
so all-powerful if your God is
everything that your people say it is
then how come your people are all torn
up and worried about life the way we are
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we understand why we worry we understand
why we’re consternated and all upset
because we don’t pretend to have that
guy but your people say they do have
that God and if you have that God and he
is everything you say that he is
then how come you worry and are upset
the very same way we are now that’s a
fair question and one that as a child of
God we ought to be prepared to answer
now how many of you’re aware that the
Bible teaches that worry is a sin how
many of you are aware of it okay now I
want to confess something to you my
dilemma is whatever it is I’m worried
about I’m worried about that and then
I’m worried that I’m worrying about it
how many of you understand the double
whammy of that one okay
surely goodness and mercy will follow me
all the days of my life that’s a promise
and I will dwell in the house of the
Lord forever
that’s heaven that’s the future now
anytime you start worrying you need to
remember the last verse of Psalm 23
if you have difficulty with the future
you tend to get anxious about the future
you get fearful about the future you get
worried about the future you feel
anxiety welling up within you over the
future you need to remember this last
verse because this last verse tells us
the three reasons you never need to fear
the future if you’re a believer you
never need to fear the future because of
the three things that it tells us in
this last verse I don’t need to fear the
future because God’s goodness is
watching over me I don’t need to fear
the future because God’s goodness is
watching over me the Bible says surely
goodness will follow me all the days of
my life do you know that God in His
goodness is always paying attention to
you did you know that you’ve never had a
second of your life God was not watching
you God is always paying attention to
you what because he created you to love
you and he’s a good God so how in the
world can God be interested in me
there’s seven-and-a-half billion people
in the world the God has created
trillions of stars can surely care about
7 billion people all at the same time
you don’t understand how big God is if
you don’t understand that God can pay
100 percent attention to you while
paying 100% attention to everybody else
– he’s God there has never been a moment
in your life
God was not watching he knows every
detail of your life he knows when you
get acid indigestion and when you get a
few other things in your stomach he
knows there has never been a moment he
knows the highs and lows the goods and
the bads the ups and downs
he’s paying attention to you right now
in fact God knows you
better than you know yourself God knows
the details of your life every one of he
knows more details about you than you do
why he is a good god and the goodness of
God is following me all the days of my
life
psalm 145 verse 20 says this the Lord
watches over all who love him God’s
goodness is watching over he doesn’t
miss any details and not only does he
watch over you
he actually protects you you are
protected from thousands of things you
don’t even know you missed accidents
that you could have gotten into problems
that you could have created decisions
that you made and God said now we’re not
gonna let the consequences of that one
happen right now how does God watch over
you how does God protect you well one of
the ways this may shock you his angels
the Bible says God created angels to
watch over you some women our Angels
real oh yes they’re very real the Bible
tells us that but they don’t have
physical bodies you don’t talk to them
you’ll you probably never have any
interaction with them in your life but
they’re out there watching over you they
are protecting you they are actually
created by God to encourage
circumstances that encourage you the
Bible says in Psalm 91 verse 11 God
orders his angels to protect you
wherever you go so they’re like
invisible helpers and there are many
ways they do this but one of the ways is
they create circumstances that you don’t
even know how in the world did that
happen well an angel is in action I
could give you thousands of examples of
this you don’t even know how many times
you’ve been helped by the goodness of
God but God says I my mercy and my
goodness will be with you always now it
says surely goodness will follow me all
the days of my life what does that mean
what doesn’t mean that only good things
will happen to you obviously that’s not
true a lot of bad things happen a lot of
disappointments up and David had bad
things happen in the guy who wrote this
does it mean only good things will
happen to me when the Bible says surely
goodness will God’s good as to follow me
every day of my life it means that God
will ensure that good will come out of
everything that happens to me even the
bad stuff that’s the promise not
everything that happens to you is good
but surely goodness will follow me means
God will bring good even out of the bad
stuff the evil stuff that happens to you
you cannot control what happens to you
in life
but you can be sure this if you are if
the Lord is your Shepherd God will
always bring good always out of bad
anybody can bring good out of good God
specializes in bringing good out of that
and that’s the great promise of Romans
8:28 which says this we know that all
that happens to us is working for our
good and say it’s all good it says it’s
working for our good if this is a
promise if we love God and are fitting
in this plans all things do not work
together for good for everybody if
you’re going in the opposite direction
of God if you’re ignoring God’s plan for
your life if you’re not trying to live
in God’s love all things are not working
for good they’re all working for bad in
your life but this is a promise that
those who love God that those who really
want to go God’s way we want to follow
God’s purpose he says okay if you really
want my will in your life even the bad
stuff that happens you I will bring good
even out of that now of course when
you’re going through a bad time you
never never see the good in the moment
it’s what it says Psalm 103 verse 2 to
11 I will not forget the glorious things
that God does for me
he forgives you might circle that he
forgives all my sins he heals me that’s
mercy he ransoms me from hell
that’s mercy he surrounds me with
loving-kindness that’s mercy he fills my
life with good things he is merciful and
tender toward those who don’t deserve it
that’s mercy he slow to get angry I’m
glad for that
that’s mercy he never bears a grudge
aren’t you glad for that one some of you
don’t believe that you think that
something you did a long time ago God’s
still trying to get even with you for it
anything anything bad happens your uncle
God’s getting even with me God it says
does not carry a grudge
he’s not getting wheat how many times
have you heard me say God is not mad at
you he’s mad about you no man will ever
love you like Jesus Christ no woman will
ever love you like Jesus Christ any
human love is miniscule in comparison to
the Creator who created you and he made
you simply to love you and so he follows
your life with goodness giving you the
things you don’t deserve and mercy don’t
not given you the things that you do
deserve and he’s following you these two
things he never bears a grudge he is not
punished us as we deserve for our sins
for his mercy there’s the word is this
great as the height of the heavens he’s
like a father to us tender and
sympathetic to those who reverence him
now because God’s mercy is following you
every day of your life it means you can
come to God with any problem any screw
up any mess up any fault any failure not
any sin and you God has a 24-hour
drop-in service because his mercy is
constantly following you there’s never a
moment he’s not showing mercy to you
God’s goodness and God’s mercy will be
with me all the days of my life since
all of the days now you say well I don’t
always feel
God’s goodness in my life I don’t always
feel God’s mercy every day of my life
who said anything about feelings
feelings are unreliable feelings come
and go
God is not a feeling God is always good
to you whether you feel it or not and
God is always merciful to you whether
you feel it or not it’s based on who he
is not how you feel now here’s the third
reason you don’t need to fear the future
God’s goodness is watching over me God’s
grace is working in me here’s a big one
God’s glory is waiting for me God’s
glory is waiting for me and I will dwell
in the house of the Lord forever
that’s heaven now if you’re taking notes
circle that little word and goodness and
mercy will follow me all the days of my
life and I’ll dwell in the house the
Lord forever
that’s the little word that connects
today with tomorrow even after you’ve
lived a life of blessing here on earth
it’s not the end
friends this Psalm is building to a
crescendo I will dwell in the house of
the Lord forever
that’s a big ending that’s the big
inning that means I don’t have to fear
death and that’s the number one fear
people have because death is not the end
it’s a transition it’s a transference
we’re going to heaven God saves the best
for last
if you love and know Jesus if the Lord
is your Shepherd it just gets better and
better because even if I have a tough
life here on earth I will do all in the
house of the Lord forever where there is
no more sorrow no more suffering no more
sin no more sickness no more sadness no
more problems no more pain no more
pressure
that’s unbelievable with Jesus that
keeps getting better and better the best
is yet to come
what makes heaven heaven what why is it
so different what makes heaven heaven
well there are a lot of things that are
different about heaven but one of the
biggest one of all is this it’s the home
to God’s full glory the home to God’s
full glory and God’s glory is all the
good things that he does for you it’s
his character it’s based on who he is
now we can see a glimpse a little
glimpse of God’s glory right now when
you look at the heavens the Bible says
the heavens declare the glory of God you
look at all the stars whoa God is pretty
big that’s pretty powerful you look at
the Sun in the moon when you look at all
of the tens of thousands of plant
varieties and animals and the varieties
of animals of species that God created
you see the glory of God that God is a
creative God when you see the beauty of
a sunrise and a sunset and a waterfall
you see the glory of God the glory of
God we see a small glimpse of it here
even on a broken planet there’s a lot of
beautiful stuff on this planet the Bible
says that I could see God’s glory in you
just to glimpse because you carry the
image the image of God in you it’s
broken but you see you carry anything
you can see it God’s glory in me but the
Bible says one day when you get to
heaven oh now you’re gonna see the full
glory the full goodness the full
greatness the full beauty of God
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