Do you want what He is offering

What are some of the great debates of all time?

Now, what are some of the great debates about God?

Lastly, what are some of the great debates about the character of God (Who He is)?

These are so many that have been argued for centuries, and I’m sure there are many, many more that can be talked about for centuries to come.

Today, however, we are going to look at something that is undebateable – God’s desire to provide and bless us.

We will look at his desire to bless us, how we can be blessed and what that means for us. Let’s begin.

Romans 8:32 – “Since God did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?”

He didn't even spare his own son for us, can you imagine what that mean? That means that there will be nothing that separates or stops His love from coming down on us.

Philippians 4:19 – “And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus."

What is this telling us? It actually has 2 parts.
- The 1st part is that He will meet all our needs
- However, those needs that He will meet are closely tied to His son, Christ (the 2nd part). That, if we are in a relationship with Him, we will have those needs met. There is a reward in being in a relationship with Christ! He wants to bless us!

How do we get these blessings? Being in a relationship with Him!

John 15:7 - "If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you."

Are needs are met by being in a relationship with Him.

Does that mean you won’t be blessed if you don’t have a relationship with Christ? No – people succeed all the time without Christ. HOWEVER, by staying close to Christ and by receiving his blessings, we can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are headed down the right path.

Challenge

So, to sum up:
God wants to bless us
We get those blessings by being in a relationship with Him

Whether you realize it or not, we have a choice – rely on our resources and our means to achieve the end goal – which is the norm, or rely on Christ and his provisions and blessings to achieve the end goal. Which path will you take?

Remember what we talked about last week - Numbers 23:19 - "God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and then not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?"

God wants to, He seeks too and will bless us. The thing we have to ask ourselves is, do we want what he is offering?