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INTRODUCTION:
This passage is one of my favorite passages -
because when I question whether I have God’s blessing and favor - I reminded that through the Cross - I have every blessing available.
In 1883, Daniel Whittle authored the hymn we are today familiar with - “There shall be showers of blessings”
“There shall be showers of blessings”
There shall be showers of blessing:
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
Sent from the Savior above.
Showers of blessing,(Showers, showers of blessing)
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drops 'round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.
[Chorus]
Showers of blessing,(Showers, showers of blessing)
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drops 'round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.
Now, that song sounds wonderful - Doesn’t it.
But - What does it mean that God blesses us?
What does it mean that God blesses us?
What does it mean that God will shower us with blessings?
For many,
God showering us with blessings means - we have no pain, no sadness, and no setback.
Life is good, and profitable, and filled with fun.
Now that is not entirely without truth - Because God does promise that kind of future blessing.
The Showers of Blessings speaks of God’s future blessing of Israel in the book of Ezekiel.
But we don’t live in the time of blessings that Ezekiel describes.
We live in a time between mercy drops of the cross and the showers of blessing to come.
So I want to challenge you - what does it meant God blesses you - in a fallen world waiting for Christ to return.
From our passage this morning-
And may I suggest,
By understanding how God blessed Israel in this passage , we can learn how
PROP: God blesses us today-
TRANS: And this text will shows us 5 ways that God blesses us.
We can learn from this passage the kind of God that we follow - and what kind of blessings we can expect from God.
One of the fastest ways we question the blessing and goodness of God - is when we hurt deeply.
Again the focus is the Character of God.
So let’s look at our passage.
CAVEAT:
describes how God blessed Israel.
And we many not be Israel - but we get a glimpse at the same God who blesses us.
The God who blessed Israel in power and might is the God who blesses us providentially as we await his return.
So the more we learn the Character of God in blessing Israel;
the more we can understand what it means God blesses NT Christians.
First, we learn -
1) God blessed Israel by seeing their affliction.
(v.
9a-11; ; ; )
Is their a struggle in your life - May I start by declaring God see’s your affliction!
He see’s your pain and suffering.
and in particular he see’
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According to our passage - what does it mean God delivered Israel.
And God demonstrated his character by delivering Israel -
According to our passage - what does it mean God delivered Israel.
How did God bless Israel with deliverance?
(a) He Saw their Affliction
“And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt”
God
This affliction here describes the harsh hate and slavery of Israel in Egypt.
CAVEAT:
While many aspects of American slavery are much harsher than what we find in the Ancient world - this was probably an exception.
The descriptions of Israel in Egypt is a harsh, hard, and even hateful or proud of slavery.
Personal Exposition:
Sometimes, we can feel oppressed and trapped.
Almost like we are slaves in shackles.
But God saw their affliction!
And I guarantee he see’s yours.
God is a god who see’s all - He is a God who of all seeing.
This idea is related to God being all-knowing.
Which means - God always see’s those who are hurting and desperate - are afflicted.
God is the one who see’s those with afflictions.
But when it says God saw their afflictions - it means more than just that he knew it was happening.
When God see’s the helpless being hurt - he see’s that with compassion.
God doesn’t ever sit as bystander watching the afflicted.
Consider -
ILLUSTRATION:
Consider -
Everything we see in life we are making a judgement about.
That is why it is ironic when someone says - Don’t judge me.
And you say - I wasn’t >>>> you were driving like a mad man.
In other words, even we do not just see something >>>>> we always make a judgement.
But God being the infinite creator never just looks at something and judges,
his judgement carries a proclamation enforced by his own might and power.
God is repeatedly in Scripture described as a God who see’s affliction.
Ps 34:19
Verse -
That should comfort us.
God bless’s the nations by seeing their afflictions.
And we are blessed because God see’s our afflictions.
Afterall, consider
Scripture tells us that Christ is also an advocate for Christians who suffer with affliction.
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God blesses us, through his Character and his working in the Gospel, by seeing and intervening in our afflictions.
But also,
2) God blessed Israel by hearing their cries.
(v.
9b-11; ; )
Our text says,
“and heard their cry at the Red Sea”
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