258 FBCWest | The Stood at a Distance by First Baptist Church of Westminster, California

Even though we often do not verbalize it, we have things that we want from God. But do we ask ourselves what God wants from us? We also asks what is His will and what is our purpose? When God’s brings His people to the mountain of God to meet Him, God asks: “Are His people willing to listen to Him and obey Him?” If they are willing to do so, He wants to treat them as His special and unique possession and that they are to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. This is what God wants of not only this people, but of us as well. In numerous places in the New Testament states that God has made us to be “a kingdom of priest and a holy nation”. As a part of that we are to proclaim God’s excellencies. Maybe some times the real questions are not what does God want and what is our purpose, but are we willing to do what He wants of us?

Moses was raised in Pharaoh’s house, called by God to delivered God’s people, which He did; leads God’s people from bondage and is leading them to the promise land; and it is Moses that speaks to God face to face, participates in signs and miracles performed by God; and, yet Moses, when his father-in-law comes to him, Moses goes out to him, bows down to him, and kisses him.  They ask of each other’s welfare.  Moses knows no matter how important we are, or think we are, it still about the relationships with others, even a father-in-law.

This father-in-law, observing how if Moses continues doing things the way he is, will eventually wear out.  Therefore, he gives him good counsel.  But it is only wise counsel, if God approves.  AS part of the counsel given to Moses is probably the most important part of the counsel.  See if God commands it.  That should be our procedure as well.  Determine if it is good counsel and check with God.  When we give counsel, it should also be with the proviso: Does God approve.

Moses built an altar don’t want to give you the kind of sense of it be like a flag.

The True Banner Over Me is the Lord. Because he is love me with an everlasting love. He is the king of Kings and Lord of Lords and he’s who’s kingdom I’m looking forward to being it’s. And so, we build an altar and he said the Lord as warm. The Lord will have or against ... from generation to generation. I want to conclude this message by simply saying this. We have seen God provide his people with water be seen bread and meat. We see him fight their enemy’s interval. He tells Joshua to write it in a book. Remember, it. To remember what everybody else will forget. So, I’m going to ask you. Testimony of what God has done for you.

Did God deliver from that circumstance so this time? As a Memorial Anazeh statement of faith. I’m going to see what God is going to do rather than be worried about my situation. I’m not much of their some people who love to keep journals, and that’s a wonderful thing is, you can write down a number of things that God has done to bless. You and just testing you I’m just saying. If you’re not a journalist. Just take a sheet of paper and if you’re not him in our congregation, you’re hearing this message. The various make me that we have Jacob or blank sheet of paper. Will you have access to it and when you see God doing something right, it down as a memorial? And I suspect. 2 things. I suspect it will help you get your eyes off of the circumstances in under God. I also think what may happen is many, many days from now.

When you’re in his presence. And your love ones are coming through your Bible? They will see a personal testimony of what God has done for you, not just what God has done for Israel not just what God has done for Joshua and Moses. And Ezekiel and Ezra and Nehemiah and Esther and Ruth not just the people in the Bible. But people that they knew the people that they were hopefully that they loved and said. My father’s face was genuine. Because he saw the hand of God in his life. So, please, please, please let you and me. Not be like, those people who have to fifth verse same as the first. May we sing a new song that says, I know whom I believed. And I’m more than I’m convinced days able to keep me. No matter what the circumstances I’m going to ask the band to come. And we’re going to sing. A little more up temple song for A. Invitation song name of it is This Is It.

This a live recording of Pastor Joe Davis from our worship service October 1, 2017.

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You cry out to God saying save me or keep me from this happening. And we have this tendency to cry out to God. But there is no similar tendency then to trust him after we’ve cried out to him. We have this tendency if you will too... Just live our lives the way we want to live them until a difficulty arises that we can’t fix. But my next question is, is if you do trust God and some general sense. My question is, for what do you trust God? See that brings a little more to home. Because let’s face it, most of us, including me kind of live the adage. That even some people think that’s in the Bible in, “God helps those who help themselves.” And, so are always trying to be independent of God and we only turn to God or cry out to God or Trust God. When we no longer can handle the circumstances. Maybe we are loved. One is being diagnosed with some sort of disease. After doctors can’t seem to do anything or we don’t want that disease, then we call out to God. But even then, it’s done that silly trust because we’re not sure what’s going to happen where again calling out we don’t trust the circumstances.

What is their journey from where they were in slavery to where they’re going where God promised to the promise land and by the same way we kiss children are on a journey where on our journey from where God called us to be believers to someday when we will see God face to face and there is that question during that time? What is it that you trust God 4? And most of us who believe based on the scriptures that Salvation is by Grace and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, We Trust God for our Salvation. We say, Well, God. I can’t save me. You can save me, I’m trusting you in there. So, what else you trust in for. You’ve already conclude you can save yourself. So, there’s no one else. You can trust but God but what about everything else in life. Then that’s what we’re going to see that the children of God do that, so often. We do as well. So next chapter 16 this is this then they that being the congregation of Israel set up from a limb and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness in which is between 11 cents. I night on the 15th day of the second month after their departure for the land of Egypt, so about 45 days.

Because Aaron and Moses are the leaders that God has used to. Bring forth children out of Egypt. But God himself is in their presence. God himself is been leaving them and yet instead of having the real guts to complain against God himself. They complain against his leaders Witch Aaron Moses understand. Did not complain against them but I guess God? This individual set of them would that we had died by the Lords hand in the land of Egypt. When we stop by. When we ate bread. The full you have brought it out to do this will have to kill this whole assembly with hunger. Now this will not be the last time that when there’s problems with the people got say. Yeah, it was better. Back then, yeah, I would’ve been better to die back then. Back then, when their babies were thrown into the Nile back, then, when they were impressed with hard labor. Back then, when they were slaves. Back then, when they didn’t trust God. They just called out to him and now it’s necessary to trust God, but rather than trust him. They want to go back then. And as I get older and I talk about the good old days. The good old days were not all that good.

This a live recording of Pastor Joe Davis from our worship service September 17, 2017.