Knowing the Ways of God. Today's main scripture
is in Psalms and it talks about the Israelites
knew God's acts while Moses knew God's ways.
When it says know God's ways, it means know him,
God himself. How he operates, how he thinks.
Also is about a deeper relationship with Christ.
When Moses talked to God, it was not what God
can do for me, but it was more of how can we
build and grow this intimate relationship I have
with God. To understand this is that knowing
God's ways is knowing Him personally, knowing
Him intimately. And we see that throughout the
scripture how Moses walked with God. how he listened
to God, how he understood God. The Israelites,
on the other hand, they knew his acts, but then
afterwards, they forgot. When you have a friend,
you don't want them to just come to you when
they need something. You want them to talk to
you. You want to grow your friendship, to have
a deeper friendship with that person, instead
of them just coming to you whenever they want
something. When we're willing to actually talk
to God, that's when we understand God. He wants
to stretch us and mold us into his likeness so
that he can have a deeper intimate relationship
with us. Knowing God's ways is knowing his thoughts,
how he thinks. Of course, we are not going to
know everything because if we knew everything,
we would think that we are higher than God. Also,
When we understand God's ways, we also build
a deeper connection with God. So that means that
we become a friend of God and also a person after
God's own heart. Just like David. When we put
our trust in God, we actually see God move in
our lives. We see how God operates in our lives.
So then we focus on Him instead of what He just
did for us. For instance, when we think of God's
acts, we think of Him healing us, taking care
of all of our needs, giving us that new car,
also getting us out of trouble. But when we think
of God's ways, we think of how God is a faithful
God, how He's a compassionate God, how He's the
fruit of the Spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self -control.
How he is slow to anger and abounding in love.
That and also how he loves the sinner but not
the sin. That is how he operates because that
is who he is. That's the character of God. And
also when we focus on God's character we grow
in the likeness of Christ. We grow more of his
character. That's what it means to know the ways
of God because now we are not operating in our
flesh but in the spirit. So, I have two questions
for you. One, do you have a personal intimate
relationship with Jesus Christ? And two, If so,
are you more focused on the ways of God or His
acts? So, if you have a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ, then this message will help
you. But if you don't have a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give
your heart to the Lord today. To receive Him
into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 -10. It says,
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus
and believe in your heart that God has raised
him from the dead, you will be saved. For with
the heart one believes unto righteousness and
the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are
saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You
are saved from all your sins, past, present,
and future sins you may commit. Now this truth
is not a free past to sin anytime. Instead, Jesus
gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers
you to spread the gospel about Jesus. You are
saved forever and your name is written in the
book of life.