“All this,” David said, “I have in writing as a result of the Lord ’s hand on me, and he enabled me to understand all the details of the plan.” David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the Lord is finished. (1 Chronicles 28:19, 20 NIV)
The Big Idea: Don't be afraid of God's plan.
But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth. (2 Timothy 4:17 NIV)
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. (Proverbs 9:10 NIV)
* We should only FEAR The Lord, not his plans for us.
We must remember:
1. Fear and faith don't go together.
*And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe
that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. (Hebrews 11:6 NIV)
*He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a
mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing
will be impossible for you. ” (Matthew 17:20 NIV)
*For we live by faith, not by sight. (2 Corinthians 5:7 NIV)
2. True faith can appear foolish to some.
*Noah looked foolish to everyone else but his own family.
*so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power. (1 Corinthians 2:5 NIV)
*But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of
the world to shame the strong. (1 Corinthians 1:27 NIV)
*Have you ever been a stumbling block for someone's walk with God, like Peter was to Jesus?
Read this in Matthew 16:
From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer
many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he
must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
“Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!” Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get
behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God,
but merely human concerns.” (Matthew 16:21-23 NIV)
3. Obeying God's voice never leads to failure.
* God's voice will never contradict the word of God.
*The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “I swear by myself,
declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the
sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and
through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
(Genesis 22:15-18 NIV)
*The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “I swear by myself,
declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the
sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and
through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
(Genesis 22:15-18 NIV)
*In Greek the word "BELIEVE" means to live by.
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