In reading Psalm 139, we see how important it is to see God rightly. Psalm 139 displays that God is a good and loving Father who is just, but often our own lenses through which we see the world distorts this truth. This week, we talk about beginning to see God rightly and how to understand scripture that can seem scary or intense. 

In the last week of our ‘Jesus is the Answer’ series, we talked about how to take our thoughts captive and day-by-day live in freedom from the anxious, sinful, and hopeless thoughts that so many of us struggle with.

In week 3 of our ‘Jesus is the Answer’ series, we talked about how Jesus is the answer to the hopes and fears we have about our future. God’s promise is that as we walk with Jesus, He will build our lives into all that He has purposed for us.

In week 2 of our ‘Jesus is the Answer’ series, we talked about how Jesus is the answer to our struggles with sexual sin and pornography. At the cross, Jesus died to both forgive us of our inner sin and outward sins and deliver us from their power.

We started our ‘Jesus is the Answer’ series by talking about how Jesus is the answer to our struggles with anxiety and fear. In all of the ways we’re not in control, God is, and He’s always working to lead us into His good and perfect plans for our lives.

What do we do if we feel like God is giving us faith for something, so that we can actually experience his power and presence in our lives? By looking at the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000, we see that there are several ingredients we can cultivate in our lives for experiencing the miraculous. 

Trying to follow Jesus and become like Him by giving Him a couple hours on Mondays is like trying to have a healthy and deeply connected relationship with someone by only spending a couple hours a week with them. The math just doesn’t add up. But, there are things we can do daily in our normal routines to experience His Presence on a consistent basis in our lives.  

When we can receive with gratitude what God entrusts to us, our hearts are positioned to give extravagantly, which is one of our most powerful expressions of worship.

We can feel a lot of pressure to make our lives everything we hope for, and we can think we need to be someone else to make that happen. By looking at the story of God calling Moses to lead the Israelites in Exodus, we see that when we feel pressure, the Lord says we are enough.