{"id":1647,"date":"2024-01-28T10:33:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T00:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2024-01-28T10:33:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T00:33:16","slug":"expecting-god-to-show-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/2024\/01\/28\/expecting-god-to-show-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Expecting God to show up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bible Reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Genesis 50<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew 25<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psalm 13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oswald Chambers said this morning, \u201cDo not look for God to come in any particular way, but <em>look for Him\u2026\u00a0<\/em>Keep your life in constant contact with God\u2026 Always be in a state of expectancy for God to show up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What distracts us from living with this attitude?&nbsp;Being in constant contact with God, dwelling in His presence, always expecting Him to show up.&nbsp;Whether to reveal Himself to us, or to reveal Himself to others through us? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Matthew 25:9-10 Jesus told a story of women waiting for the bridegroom.&nbsp;Some were prepared and brought extra oil, others weren\u2019t.&nbsp;When their oil ran out, they asked the others for oil.&nbsp;But they were told to go to a shop and buy some for yourselves. \u201cBut while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. They missed out on seeing God show up because they were distracted. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was buying oil a sin?&nbsp;No.&nbsp;Although there are times when what distracts us is actually sin.&nbsp;But, we can be distracted by so many things.&nbsp;What is it for you?&nbsp;Jesus said, (Matt 25:13) So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return.\u201d How does God show up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later in that same chapter, Jesus described how He wants to show up.&nbsp;He wants to use our lives as His instrument.&nbsp;(Matt 25:35-36) For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. <sup>40&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cwhen you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I am praying for faith for God to use you. In Gen 50:20 Joseph assured his brothers regarding what they did to him, \u201cYou intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good.\u201d&nbsp;God desires to use everything in our lives for our good, and to showcase His glory (Rom 8:28-29). As God\u2019s instruments, we don\u2019t need to know the why, we simply need to know Him, and be available for Him to use our lives.&nbsp;Keep your life in constant contact with God\u2026 Always be in a state of expectancy for God to show up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And as you face temptations and distractions, remember David\u2019s words in Psalms 13. David prayed, asking God, \u201c<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>Don\u2019t let my enemies gloat, saying, \u201cWe have defeated him!\u201d <sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. <sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me.\u201d (Ps 13:4-6).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bible Reading: Oswald Chambers said this morning, \u201cDo not look for God to come in any particular way, but look for Him\u2026\u00a0Keep your life in constant contact with God\u2026 Always be in a state of expectancy for God to show up. 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