OUR GREAT AND AWESOME GOD

 

Psalm 111:9     He provided redemption for His people;

                         He ordained His covenant forever—                                                                      Holy and awesome is His name.

 

 

HE KNOWS THE NUMBER OF THE STARS

 

Psalm 147:4     He determines the number of the stars.

                         1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000  

 

Genesis 22:17  I will make your descendents as numerous as the                        stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore.

 

 

HE KNOWS THE NUMBER OF HAIRS ON YOUR HEAD

 

Matthew 10:29-31   And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?  So don’t be afraid, you are worth more than many sparrows.  (Luke 12:6   Are not 5 sparrows sold for 2 pennies?)

 

 

HE KNOWS THE NAMES OF THE STARS

 

Psalm 147:4     He...calls them each by name.

 

 

 

HE KNOWS YOUR NAME

He and you alone will know your new name

 

Revelation 2:17      I will give him a white stone with a new name                             written on it, known only to him who receives it.

 


HE KNOWS THE PURPOSE OF EVERY STAR

 

1Corinthians 15:41   ...Star differs from star in splendor.

Job 38:4,7  Where were you when I laid the earths’ foundation?                     ...while the morning stars sang together.

 

 

 

HE KNOWS THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH HE CREATED YOU

What is the largest number in the Bible about?

 

Psalm 139:17,18     How precious to me are your thoughts Oh God, How vast is the sum of them.  Were I to count them they would outnumber the grains of sand.

 

 

 

HOW DO WE DISCOVER THAT PURPOSE?

 

Psalm 37:4  Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the                     desires of your hearts.

 

We know we have found our purpose when we are experiencing the desires of our hearts.

 

DISCOVER YOUR GIFT(S)

DEDICATE YOUR GIFT(S)

DEVELOP YOUR GIFT(S)

DEPLOY YOUR GIFT(S) FOR A HIGHER CAUSE THAN YOURSELF.

 

 

CONCLUSION

 

Romans 11:29  God’s gift and His call are irrevocable.

Psalm 18:33     He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and sets me                    on my high places.