| Where is God, Day by Day? – A.
This question is sometimes answered with one of two
extremes:” 1. God does not interact with his creation at
__________ .” 2. God has a hand in every _______________ ,
working in the smallest and most mundane of situations. B.
What can we learn from God’s revelation that might help us answer this
question faithfully? I. “Who ______________ ?” A.
Mordecai to Esther (Est 4:12-14) – “who knows whether you have not
come…for such a time?” B. David (2 Sam 12:14-23) – “who knows whether
the LORD will be gracious to me?”
C. Joel (Joel 2:12-14) – “who
knows whether he will not turn and relent?”
D. The king of Nineveh (Jonah
3:4-9) – “who knows? God may turn and relent” II.
“____________________ ” and “Maybe”” A.
Moses after the golden calf (Exo 32:30) – “perhaps I can make
atonement for your sin” B. Amos (Amos 5:15) – “it may be that the
LORD…will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph” C.
Zephaniah (Zeph 2:3) – “perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the
anger of the LORD” D. Caleb (Josh 14:12) – “it may be that the
LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out” E.
Jonathan (1 Sam 14:6) – “it may be that the LORD will work for us F.
Paul to Philemon (Phlm 15-16) – “for this perhaps is why he was parted
from you for a while III.
_______________ and the Benefit of Decades’ Worth of Hindsight A.
Expresses great confidence in God and what he had been doing (Gen
45:5-8; 50:20) B. What we are not told is when Joseph reached
this conclusion C. We do know that Joseph had reached the
point that he celebrates forgetting his family (Gen 41:51) IV.
Conclusions A. When it comes to our perspective, there are
the extremes, and then there is the Bible
1. Joseph allows for human evil
while showing that God can control the ultimate outcome 2.
Job acknowledges the working of Satan while demonstrating that God
remains sovereign 3. The Preacher teaches that there is “time
and chance” (Eccl 9:11) while affirming that “the righteous and the wise and
their deeds are in the hand of God” (Eccl 9:1). B.
How should we think and talk and live in this light? 1. ________________ God’s presence, his
reign, and heart (Dan 4:17; Psa 119:68)
2. Look for _________________
to serve and glorify him (Dan 3:16-18) 3. ____________________ to speak for
God (Eccl 5:2) 4. Walk by ____________, not by sight (2 Cor
5:6-10)” |
