The Day of Danger

Everything in our lives are determined by how we respond to God's word. 

In the parable of the sower and four soils, the Word of God did not determine the harvest, but the soil that it fell into did.

Mark 4 (NKJV)

14 The sower sows the word. 

15 And these are the ones by (1) the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts. 

16 These likewise are the ones sown on (2) stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

17 and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble. 

18 Now these are the ones sown (3)among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, 

19 and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 

20 But these are the ones sown on (4)good ground, those who hear the word, accept it,and bear fruit: some thirty fold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

Do we take hold of God's Word or cast it away?  We don't believe in luck, but we believe in our God and His Word.  In distress, talk like this...

Psalm 91:7-10 (NKJV)

7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;

We are not one of the lucky ones when calamity strikes.  We are protected because we have made the most high our fortress.

  

It's not because we are better than anyone else.  It's because we run to Him for shelter in times of disaster. 

I'm going to surrender my life, my mind, my words, and my actions to our Great God in faith before, during, and after calamity strikes.

We have been made in the image and likeness of God.

  

Genesis 1:26 (NKJV)

26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.

How does God talk?

Romans 4:17 (NKJV)

God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;  

Talk how God talks no matter how it looks like.  God says what He desires. When God saw the darkness, He spoke light (Genesis 1:3).  He never mentioned the darkness.     

Ephesians 5:1  (NKJV)

Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.

Mark 11:23 (NKJV)

Jesus speaking: For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

We can believe what we pray and what we say as long as our words line up with Scripture.

1 John 5:14 (NKJV)

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

We live in a world that talks unbelief.  We must not do that. Satan is always trying to put words into our mouths that he can destroy us with.

1 Peter 5:8 (NKJV)

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

The enemy devours those who are not aware of his tactics. We must be vigilant (1 Peter 5:8) . 

Keith Moore, Faith Life Church