God Wants to Use You (Faith Stories Series)

Image Credit:  Cerys Lowe - Public Domain Image - via Freely Photos

Scripture Passages:  Hebrews 11:32, Judges 6 and 7

 The following are my notes taken during my pastor's sermon.

God Wants to Use You

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets. - Hebrews 11:32

1.  God expects our obedience.

Your own wickedness will correct you,
And your apostasies will reprove you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter
For you to forsake the Lord your God,
And the dread of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord God of hosts. - Jeremiah 2:19

 When we choose to sin, we choose to suffer.

In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. - Judges 17:6

2.  God honors our humility.

For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble. - 1 Corinthians 1:26

You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. - 1 Peter 5:5

3.  God works in our faith response.

A faith that cannot be tested cannot be trusted.  Integrity is what you are in the dark.