Genesis 24-26 God Sightings
When was the last time you saw God working in your world? We live in a secular world where most people don’t even expect God to act anymore. We must understand the impact of secularism on our lives. Secularism means that the supernatural can be removed from life as irrelevant. When secularism has characterized a people for a long period of time, it creates a great blindness to the acts of God.
What we want to develop is our ability to see God acting in our world today. Begin to look for His answers to prayer. Learn to recognize the help He provides to accomplish His work in your world. Delight in the unexpected evidences of His care and thank Him when there is unusual linkage or timing that works to your benefit.
We see a huge God sighting in our text today. Abraham’s servant prays for success in his mission and specifically asks for a young lady to draw water as a sign. This servant was so overwhelmed by the answer to prayer that he bowed down and worshiped on the spot.
As we continue our journey through the year start to keep a list of when you see God working. Here are four specific areas that can be used to distinguish the activity of God.
1. Any obvious answer to prayer.
2. Any unexpected evidence of God's care.
3. Any unusual linkage of timing.
4. Any help to do God's work in the world.
When practicing the discipline of God Sightings, these "sightings" will be recognized for what they truly are ‑ the actions of Christ on your behalf. As believers we choose to give Jesus the credit for what others might see as mere coincidence. This awareness of our Lord's presence is what we want to rediscover in our lives. A characteristic of all spiritual awakenings or times of genuine revival is an overwhelming sense of the presence of the Lord. Such a movement is sorely needed in our lives today.
Your homework for next week: Ask God to open your eyes to see a God Sighting.
Please share your God sightings with our group. They will be an encouragement to everyone.
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Hello everyone...I wanted to share a recent God sighting in my life. My husband and I were recently considering putting our townhouse up for sale. However, we had our doubts as to whether this was in fact the best thing for us. I prayed to our Father in heaven to please guide us during this decision and clearly show us whether we were about to do the right thing. We were still afraid of making a mistake. I prayed to the Lord to please show me a sign as to what He thought was best for us. Within a week, two of the remaining townhouses in our complex went up for sale. This is even before we had the chance to put ours for sale. My husband said...this is insane. We all moved in around the same time 3.5 years ago. What are the chances that 3 (including us) out of 8 units choose to sell in the same month? One of these units is selling for a ridiculously low price due to the fact that they are facing foreclosure. We would never sell for that price, so we took this as a message from our Father that we need to hold off. Clearly, it is in his Purpose for us to remain in this townhouse for the moment. I thank Our Father for showing us the way, and trust that He is working for our good and helping us avoid making a mistake. Thank you Father for guiding me. In Jesus's name, Amen.
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