Crossroads - Weekend Messages

It is time for a new leader to be set in place and for Moses to go home to be with the Lord. In Deuteronomy 31 we watch God’s design for leadership transition as Moses passes the baton to the next generation and Joshua emerges as God’s pick to lead the people of God in the next season.

Like Daniel and his friends, we want to live structurally, not emotionally. That means putting much of our lives on holy autopilot, so that in the anxiety of a moment, the emotions and pressures won’t get the best of us. This requires establishing healthy and holy habits. This was the reason why when a law was enacted that Daniel could no longer pray to the Father as he always did, there wasn’t even a dispute in his heart as to what he should do. Daniel just did his usual habit – he prayed to the Father … and with some extraordinary results.

Foolishness is defined very specifically in the Bible as someone who does not believe in God and acts according to that belief. While nobody likes foolishness, if we are not careful, we end up playing the fool. The prophet Daniel was no fool, and even as he grew older, his faith in God never wavered. Yet there was a new king who came on the scene who was very foolish. He didn’t know Daniel’s God but he was about to meet Him!

It is said that home is where the heart is. For the children of Israel, God intended home to be Him. And when they abided in the Lord, He would keep them safe in the Promised Land. The same is true for each one of us today, but, like the children of Israel, it is not automatic. It is a choice we have to make for ourselves daily.

Here at Crossroads we love to “simply respond to Jesus.” We know that because Jesus is real, we can always expect His invitations and know that He is expecting our responses. That is why we are excited to release a new worship album from the Crossroads worship department – the team we call, “The Responding,” as an expression of our response to what Jesus is doing among us. This weekend we will celebrate who Jesus is and also look at how King Nebuchadnezzar responded to the Lord after he was restored to sanity.

Life is a series of choices and outcomes. Sometimes you choose and sometimes others choose for you, but also there are times when God steps in and intercedes supernaturally in your circumstances to accomplish His will. Explore this next episode in our Friction series to see what it looks like when God chooses to intervene, and how you can respond.