Scripture Text
1 Peter5:6-7 & 2Kings 5: 10-15
Intro: The scripture texts for this message tells us
in very specific terms what we are to do when we have a problem, situation, or
circumstance we can’t handle or solve on our own. Our Father in Heaven wants to
help us through everything we have to face in this life, but we must come to
Him on His terms and not ours.
I. We are to humble
ourselves before God.
1 Peter 5:6
(NKJV) 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty
hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, First we are to humble ourselves before God. This means to offer oneself as
lowly and submissive; in a spirit of lowliness; to present oneself as
lowly; to be of low degree and low rank; not to be high-minded, proud, haughty,
arrogant, or assertive.
A humble person may have a high position,
power, wealth, fame, and much more; but he carries himself in a spirit of
lowliness and submission.
He denies himself for the sake of Christ,
his Savior and Lord.
II. We are to cast all our cares on God.
a. 1 Peter 5:7 acasting all your care
upon Him, Care here means (worry, anxiety, or concern). Then we are to cast our cares. Cast means to
fling; to throw; to hurl; to toss. Let go of them completely, not holding on or
taking those cares back.
b. Why you should cast all our cares on Him.
[1 Peter 5:7b] because
He cares for you! The word
cares here means God is the One who supplies the provisions of what is needed
for the well-being or protection of His children.
III. We are to be obedient to what God tells us to do.
a. God tells Naaman through the man of God
what he is to do for his healing.
2
Kings 5:10 (NKJV) And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and
wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you
shall be clean."
God
has told us in the scripture text for today what we are to do. [1 Peter 5:6-7 above]
b. We are not to argue or try to rationalize
what God tells us to do as Naaman did.
2
Kings 5:11-13 (NKJV) 11 But Naaman became furious, and went away and said,
"Indeed, I said to myself, 'He will surely come out to me, and
stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the
place, and heal the leprosy.'
12 Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?"
12 Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?"
Disobedience
can cause us to miss God’s best blessings for us.
c. Obedience brings results. 2 Kings 5:14-15 (NKJV) 14
So he went down and dipped seven
times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh
was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 15 And
he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides, and came and stood before
him; and he said, "Indeed, now I
know that there is no God in all
the earth, except in Israel.
Obedience is a test of how real
our faith is. When we do what God says to do then He will do what only He can
do. Will we trust God enough to take action on what He says and leave the
results to Him? God says “Cast all your cares on Me.”
Conclusion:
To show our faith in God and to give Him all the glory we have the privilege of
bringing our concerns to Him because Jesus’ died on the cross for our
salvation, healing or whatever we need as we ask, seek, and knock on Heaven’s
door.
When we do what He is showing us to do, He
will do what only He can do!
Invitation:
Have you been healed of your sins against God? If not now is the time to call
on Jesus confessing your sins and asking Him to forgive and save you. The bible
says in Romans 6:23 “The wages of sin
is eternal death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Jesus waits to save you right now.
Now is the accepted time for your
salvation! The decision is yours to make!
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