08.Jun.2007 Jesus our Mediator

Hey guys – check out this message from Pastor Jeff explaining the nature of Jesus as our mediator in times of trial.

Job 1 – Job was blessed beyond belief. Satan questioned Job’s integrity because he had been given everything, but Job had no reason NOT to be a great man. God told Satan that he could test Job – he just couldn’t kill him.

So Satan attacked Job in an extreme fashion, and Job had everything – his family, his wealth, his fortune – stripped from him. Not surprisingly, he was puzzled. He started wondering why all this stuff was happening. He wished to be dead all throughout the book. Job trusted God, but he still wanted to know WHY everything was happening.

Job 9:32-35 – Job asked for a mediator to come between him and God so that he could question why all of these things were happening to him. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to cry out to God and ask Him why everything was going wrong, he just didn’t have any reason to think that God would listen.

We don’t live our lives asking for destruction. When we face trials, we don’t ask God for more. We can all relate to Job to some extent. When we get to the times of trial, we have to know that we know about the gifts and blessings that God has given us. This has to be engrained in our heads and hearts.

1 Timothy 2:1-6 – There is only one mediator that reconcile us between God, and that is Jesus Christ. Job didn’t have that reconciliation. We can’t take for granted the blessings that we have been given. We CAN cry out and ask for help. Job couldn’t cry out because he didn’t have that mediator like we do. We have the authority as men and women, wherever we are, to go STRAIGHT to God. Jesus is sitting next to God in the throne room interceding for us and advocating us to the Father.

The encouragement here for us is not just to KNOW this, but for us also to see it and take hold of it. It’s easy to “know” these things, but not as easy to walk them out. We have to be in the House every time the doors open, no matter what our circumstances say. We don’t always have the faith to do life on our own, but that’s why we are surrounded by amazing people in the House.

If you want the amazing life that God has for, you’ve got it. The more we tell God that we want the plans and purposes that He has for our life, the more we will get. When we are doing what we were created to do, our lives are filled with joy and contentment. Step out of your comfort zone this week during our mornings of prayer and the Holy Spirit conference, and see how amazing your life can be.