Monday, February 21, 2005
Feb 19-20 Are You Experiencing Personal Significance (Lake Avenue Church - Kirk's sermon)
What is essential to experience optimum personal significance?
First, we need to understand that we were created, designed to serve God.
"Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless."-- Bertrand Russell, atheist.
God's workmanship - we are His works of art from His sovereign purpose and planning (Eph 2:10). See also Eph 1:4, "He chose us in Him before the creation of the world"
Second, we must realize that we have been gifted to serve.
Eph 4:8 - grace gift for each. We are gifted as God decides to give.
Eph 4:11 ( and 1 Cor 12, Romans 12, I Peter 4). Spiritual gift lists - maybe 20 listed.
1) gifts are different than God given ability
2) Everybody has a gift
3) Recommit to know and use the gifts you are given.
Third, we must embrace the fact that serving is the pathway to significance.
In God's service we have opportunity to a) Worship Him b) Building up of each other in the Church c) impacting the world thru outreach
How can I experience optimum personal significance?
The mix in you or I, in the Body, is unique, it is God given, - to counter that leads to frustration and mediocrity
(the tale of the "school for animals" where the duck must run, the squirrel must fly (starting from the ground!) and the rabbit swim)
First, we need to understand that we were created, designed to serve God.
"Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless."-- Bertrand Russell, atheist.
God's workmanship - we are His works of art from His sovereign purpose and planning (Eph 2:10). See also Eph 1:4, "He chose us in Him before the creation of the world"
Second, we must realize that we have been gifted to serve.
Eph 4:8 - grace gift for each. We are gifted as God decides to give.
Eph 4:11 ( and 1 Cor 12, Romans 12, I Peter 4). Spiritual gift lists - maybe 20 listed.
1) gifts are different than God given ability
2) Everybody has a gift
3) Recommit to know and use the gifts you are given.
Third, we must embrace the fact that serving is the pathway to significance.
In God's service we have opportunity to a) Worship Him b) Building up of each other in the Church c) impacting the world thru outreach
How can I experience optimum personal significance?
The mix in you or I, in the Body, is unique, it is God given, - to counter that leads to frustration and mediocrity
(the tale of the "school for animals" where the duck must run, the squirrel must fly (starting from the ground!) and the rabbit swim)
