Be Amazed By God!

Spiritual Inertia

Be amazed by God!

What amazes you?

1) to throw out of position, displace

1a) to amaze, to astonish, throw into wonderment

1b) to be amazed, astounded

1c) to be out of one’s mind, besides one’s self, insane

Part of Speech: verb

What breaks you out of your normal mode of thinking?

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Read Act 8:9-13

Inertia - A body at rest will stay at rest until acted upon by an outside force.

Physical and spiritual inertia

Friction and our external environment will suck energy out of us…

Spiritual inertia - sitting in one position, avoiding getting “rocked” or impacted by anything.

In order to make significant change I need to be seeking external input, external energy that will move me in the right direction.

Change requires and implies displacement, a change of position or perspective.

The enemy of transformed thinking is complacency…

Be amazed by God!

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Act 8:9 (ESV) But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.

Inputs in our lives can be good or bad. Those things that move us need to be monitored closely – make sure they are moving us in the right direction!

Be amazed by God!

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Act 8:10 (ESV) They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.”

The world will need us AWAY from God. It will either slowest down or change your direction. Don’t let it!

Be amazed by God!

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Act 8:11 (ESV) And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic.

Magic is a façade! It looks good but it has no substance. It’s just an illusion.

This is similar to the promises of the world end they look good but have no substance, they will never truly satisfy you just leave you hungering for more.

Work to be amazed by God!

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Act 8:12 (ESV) But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

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Act 8:13 (ESV) Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.

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What can we do to be amazed by God?

Rom 10:17 (ESV)

17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Heb 10:24-25 (ESV)

24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

God has put eternity in the hearts of men - don’t allow that desire for external input to be misapplied!

Seek His input, not the world’s!

What amazes you about God?

Joh 17:3 (ESV)

3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

God has called us to continually pursue understanding and knowing him because that is how we change – we are amazed when we get to know him better.

Rom 12:2 (ESV)

2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Don’t allow yourself to be complacent, to be “comfortable“

Constantly ask what you can learn about God.

Praising God it’s an act that exercises our amazement. As we look at the good that he does we begin to see that it is not normal. It displaces are thinking, shifts are minds, and energizes us to appreciate him more.

Be amazed by God!