Treasured Truth

As we continue to look at misunderstanding today on Treasured Truth, we’ll see that often manipulation can be a factor that leads to misunderstanding.  And sometimes people who might have their own interests in mind can complicate the communication process even further, for their own purposes.

Misunderstanding can occur so easily.  And often, it can happen when someone who is involved in the misunderstanding assigns the wrong motivation to the person who is sending the message.  And Pastor Ford will point out today that no matter how good your motivation may be for what you are doing, there’s always going to be someone who will ascribe to you a different motivation.

Today, Pastor Ford will challenge us today to consider these questions—Can you worship Jesus, even when you don’t get what you want? If you don’t get the job, if the sickness isn’t healed, if you never get a husband, if you never get a wife, if your children never leave the far country?  Like Job, can you still say, “The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord?”

What do you do when Jesus doesn’t do what you want, how you ant and when you want?  Today, Pastor Ford will point out that the mother we meet in Matthew 15 decided she was going to go beyond her expectation.  She expected Jesus to help her, but He was silent in that moment.  So, she began an exercise in fatih by deciding to sit and wait for Him to respond.

Who do you go to when you have a problem?  Is the fact that Jesus is ready to help you with anything you need something that you remember in your time of need?  As we begin a new study in Matthew 15, Pastor Ford will introduce us to a woman who had audacious faith and believed that Jesus was the only One Who could help her.

As we continue to work our way through the beginning of Psalm 23 with Pastor Ford, he will explain the significance of the names that the Psalm’s author, King David, used to refer to God and what that significance means for us, even today.

We continue to look at the law today and understand how it exposes our sin, exalts God’s promises and enhances the gospel.  And Pastor Ford will remind us that if we’re crucified with Christ, then Christ lives in us and His love covers us. So we’re under love, not under the law!

Today, Pastor Ford will help us understand that the law of the Old Testament was given to us to show that God had a standard that we couldn’t reach.  Therefore, it demonstrated our need for God’s grace, through the promise that He gave, which would be fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

Pastor Ford will challenge us today to consider the need we have to understand how our problems and pain can be motivating factors in our lives. Even though we go through difficulties, they can motivate us to live in our “not yet,” right now.  In other words, we can focus right now on the hope we have in our future with Jesus, instead of dwelling on our current situation.

When we face problems and pain in life, we need to understand that what we’re going through is for the future that we’re going to.  That struggle is a part of making us who we’re going to become and it is designed to accomplish God’s purpose for our lives.