Don’t Serve God

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Desiring God

Joy, Unknown, Devotional, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Daily Devotional, 163859, Religion & Spirituality, Solid Joys, Jesus, John Piper

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🗓️ 7 May 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

God will gladly receive anything from us that shows our dependence and his all-sufficiency. Therefore, we can gladly cast all our anxieties on him.

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0:00.0	May 7.
0:02.1	Don't serve God.
0:05.2	The eye of the Lord runs to and fro throughout the whole earth
0:09.7	to give strong support for those whose heart is blameless toward him.
0:15.6	What is God looking for in the world?
0:18.8	Assistance? No. The gospel is not a help-wanted sign.
0:24.2	Neither is the call to Christian service.
0:27.2	God is not looking for people to work for him.
0:31.0	The eye of the Lord runs to and fro throughout the whole earth
0:34.5	to give strong support for those whose heart is blameless towards him.
0:39.7	He's the great worker. He's the one with broad,
0:42.9	burden-bearing shoulders. He's the strong one.
0:46.0	And he is looking for ways to show it.
0:49.1	This is what differentiates God from the so-called gods of the world.
0:53.9	He works for us, Isaiah 64-4, from of old.
0:59.0	No one has heard or perceived by the ear.
1:02.4	No eye has seen a God besides you.
1:05.6	In other words, this is his uniqueness,
1:08.8	who works for those who wait for him.
1:13.1	What does God want from us?
1:16.4	Not what we might expect.
1:18.6	He rebukes Israel for bringing him so many sacrifices.
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