Pursuing Our Purpose- Does God Care?

Does God care about our predicament?
Does God have us in His plan? Does God have a purpose for our life?
Can God provide for our protection?
Can God fulfill His promises?
Can God enable His people?

Pursuing our Purpose

Consequences of Sin

• Sin, suffering, sorrow
• Problems, pain, perplexities, predicaments
• Ezekiel 18:20; Romans 6:23; James 1:15-16
• Bondage
• Spiritual death, physical death

Hope of Deliverance

• Omniscient
• Omnipotence
• Omnipresence

The Problem of Pain

• Gideon questioned the justice of God
• Gideon questioned the power of God
• Gideon questioned the faithfulness of God

Truth for Today

• God is with us, even when it seems like He is not
• God cares even when feel as if He does not
• God is in control, even when it appears things are out of control
• What is going on with God above cannot be determined by circumstances below
• A lot of our questions about God are assumptions
• Our questions are often not questions, but questioning the goodness of God, and revealing our lack of faith

Questions Not Answered; Commission Given

• The priority – Go
• The power – I will be with thee
• The promise – Thou shalt save Israel

Excuses

• Poverty and weakness is no excuse against the exceeding riches of God’s grace and power
• Our conscious weakness is on the best qualifications for His service
• God can use ordinary people to do great and mighty things.
• God can us no matter who we are

1 John 4:4  
2 Corinthians 4:7
2 Corinthians 12:9-10