Knowing God--He is Adequate PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jim Gerlt   
Monday, 03 August 2009 13:18

 

 

The latest message on the attributes of God was, “He is Adequate.” The definition for adequate I used is: sufficient in quality or quantity to meet a need. Our God is more than adequate to meet our needs. His adequacy plays out in our lives the following ways:
I.                   BECAUSE GOD IS ADEQUATE I CAN FIND PEACE. Vs. 31
Our sign—north side—says, “FIND PEACE.” Here’s the reason we can find peace.  If God is for us, who can be against us?
            Please note this is NOT a universal promise to everyone. It IS a promise to the followers of Jesus Christ.\
            When Paul writes “for us,” he’s making a reference to the covenant relationship followers of Jesus Christ have with God. It can’t be broke. God is our advocate and is for us. We have made peace with God through Jesus Christ.
II.                BECAUSE GOD IS ADEQUATE I AM GIVEN CONTENTMENT. Vs. 32.
…how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
            Contentment is a gift from God. No matter how much “stuff” I might accumulate it won’t provide me contentment. God has created us with a God-shaped hole in our lives that only He can full.
III.             BECAUSE GOD IS ADEQUATE I CAN BE RELEASED FROM GUILT. Vs. 32-33
Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? Who is he that condemns?
            The evil one seeks to destroy my joy in the Lord and one way is to continually remind me of my sin. If he can get me to dwell on my failings, he can derail my effectiveness as a servant of the living Lord. But because God has declared me forgiven, there’s no need for me to dwell on the sins that God has forgiven and forgotten.
            Psalm 103:12 (NIV) tells us …as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Have you ever wondered why the psalmist used the east/west and not the north/south coordinates? I found out why. If you fly north long enough and cross the North Pole, you will begin to fly south. But, if you fly east and continue circumnavigating the globe, you’ll never stop flying east and begin flying west. The east and west never meet.
IV.             BECAUSE GOD IS ADEQUATE I HAVE SECURITY. Vs. 35-39.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? If you read the passage you’ll find Paul presents every scenario possible and always declares that nothing can separate us from Christ. We are secure in Him.