6th December 2020-Sunday Church Service | Listen Daily to God Who Has Planned Your Life - Zac Poonen
6th December 2020 - Sunday Church Service | Listen Daily to God Who Has Planned Your Life - Zac Poonen
Summary
The central message emphasizes that Christians must prioritize listening to God's word over being busy with religious activities. The speaker warns against the immaturity of thinking one can do things for the Lord without first learning what He desires. True service requires attentive listening to God's guidance to build His church.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Congregational worship through songThe congregation joins together in various songs to praise God for His grace, majesty, and sovereignty on the throne.
A song of trust and blessingThe music continues with lyrics expressing how God leads His people by still waters and restores their souls.
Opening prayer and reading the memory verseThe speaker leads a prayer to cast away anxieties and asks God to feed the congregation with His word before introducing the week's memory verse from 1 John 2:27.
The danger of activity without listeningIt is immature to try to do things for the Lord without first learning what He wants through listening to Him. Many Christians are busy with activities but fail to listen to God's voice.
The preacher's need for personal encounterPreachers must avoid the habit of only looking for things to share with others; they must first allow the Bible to cut and transform them personally.
The necessity of fellowship and sitting at Jesus' feetTrue ministry involves seeking the fellowship that Jesus desires. By prioritizing sitting at His feet to hear His word, we find the essential foundation for our lives.
Every part of the body must listen to the HeadJust as internal organs and nerves function by responding to the brain, every member of the Body of Christ must maintain a connection with Christ by listening to Him.
Choosing faithfulness over fameReflecting on his own life, the speaker describes how he chose to abandon a rising path of international fame and ministry to focus on simply waiting on the Lord.
Finding beauty and worth in God's eyesDespite our feelings of unworthiness or sin, God views His people as beautiful and calls us to catch the 'little foxes' of pride and jealousy that ruin our relationship with Him.Song of Solomon 2:1–2
Building on the foundation of Christ's righteousnessTrue self-examination must be built on the foundation that we are clothed in the righteousness of Christ rather than trying to be good enough through our own efforts.
God is silently planning in love for youReflecting on Zephaniah, the speaker explains that God actively plans for His people with a deep, singing love and focuses on each individual as if they were the only one.
Finishing the work God has plannedWhether through family or ministry, the goal is to fulfill the specific purpose God ordained before birth by hearing His voice through a clear conscience.
Trials lead to promotionGod allows us to face difficult examinations because they are necessary for our growth and eventual promotion. Every trial is sent in love to prepare us for what is next.
God turns mistakes into goodEven our greatest blunders and sins, like those of Adam and Eve, can be repurposed by God to demonstrate His love through the cross.
God is always planning for youThe speaker concludes by encouraging believers to trust that God is constantly and silently working in their lives, even when He seems hidden.
