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HOW THE KING SAVES.
Therefore, to say that the Israelites “forgot” God is to say that they no longer were controlled by what they knew.
We could put it another way.
Though they knew who God was and what he wanted, those things were not real to them.
This is a spiritual problem today, too.
What we know with our heads is not “real” to our hearts and our whole beings.
We may acknowledge intellectually that something is true, but in our heart of hearts it does not grab us or penetrate us or control us.
So, the reason that the Israelites (like all of us) continually needed revival was because truths about God which were once vibrant and real to them eventually became unreal.
Our hearts are like a bucket of water on a very cold day—they will freeze over unless we regularly smash the ice that is forming.
Though we know truths about God, we can very easily lose the sense upon our hearts of their reality.
We know them, but we don’t “taste” or “see” or “feel” them.
Therefore, other things—idols—become more real to our hearts, and we serve them instead.
When Robert Ingersoll, the famous atheist, was lecturing, he once took out his watch and declared, “I will give God five minutes to strike me dead for the things I have said.”
The minutes ticked off as he held the watch and waited.
In about four-and-a-half minutes, some women began fainting, but nothing happened.
When the five minutes were up, Ingersoll put the watch into his pocket.
When that incident reached the ears of a certain preacher, Joseph Parker, he asked, “And did the gentleman think he could exhaust the patience of the Eternal God in five minutes.
The only thing the people contribute to their rescue is to cry out to God.
THE KING SENDS AN UNDYING SAVIOR.
THE KING SENDS AN UNEXPECTED SAVIOR.
THE KING SENDS AN UNCONVENTIONAL SAVIOR.
WHO THE KING USES.
THE KING USES SPIRIT FILLED PEOPLE.
The only way to keep a broken vessel full is to keep it always under the tap.
THE KING USES SHUNNED PEOPLE.
THE KING USES SIMPLE PEOPLE.
It has often been said that you can be too big for God to use, but you can never be too small.
The overwhelming majority of people who make up the church today are, as always, ordinary.
The Lord, however, can use ordinary people to do extraordinary things.
The Church is not an organization of spiritual giants.
It is broken men and women who can lead others to the Cross.
Hudson Taylor said: God is sufficient for God's work… God chose me because I was weak enough.
God does not do His great works by large committees.
He trains someone to be quiet enough and little enough, and then He uses him.
By that standard, which is God's standard, all of us qualify.
The issue is not whether He can or will use us, to His glory.
The great question is whether or not we will trust Him to use us.
Give whatever tools you have to the Lord, stand your ground courageously, and trust God to use what’s in your hand to accomplish great things for His glory.
WHY THE KING SAVES
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