So there in Psalm 37 look at verse number 18 the Lord
Knoweth the days of the upright the total for the sermon this afternoon is what the Lord knows about you
What the Lord knows about you now obviously the Lord knows everything the Lord knows everything
There is to know about you of course and knows even beyond all of that his understanding is perfect
But I was just thinking about
You know we the Lord's given us this life to live and it's good to
You know that like this morning
You know we want to make sure that we set
Jesus Christ as the Lord of our lives, and I want you to also be aware that you know even though
We are serving Jesus Christ. We are serving our our Lord and creator
Christ cares about you like the Lord thinks about you
There are certain things that he's aware about in your life, and I want to share with you what some of those things are
Psalm 37 verse 18 it says the Lord knoweth the days of the upright so what I've got today
Six things that the Lord knows about you in your life
And I want you to just meditate upon this this afternoon the very first thing that we see there
Is that the Lord knows your days the Lord knows your days?
You know sometimes we don't even remember what we did yesterday
Well, we you know sometimes people tell me hey Pastor K remember this time two years ago when you said this or we did
That and like I don't know. I can't really remember. I don't really recall
Yeah, I kind of remember what that was about
But the Lord knows about every single day of your life, and he knows every day you will live
You know the Lord knows how many days you've got yet to live before you pass on and go into eternity
The Lord knows your days
What good is there for the Lord to know your days well as human beings where we we have limited?
Understanding you know we don't know how much we're going to live you know when it you're not guaranteed to live tomorrow
To see tomorrow we don't know that we don't know when what might happen right?
But the Lord knows and I have great comforts knowing that the Lord knows exactly when I'm going to perish
That means I'm pretty much unstoppable until that day comes and I can I can serve him mightily until that day comes
But the Lord knows our days. You know he knows how many days we've got left
And you know you might want to turn there keep your finger there and actually need to keep your finger there come with me
To Psalm 90 you don't need to keep your finger there. We're not coming back to Psalm 37 come with me to Psalm 90 and
And
And verse number 12 Psalm 19 verse number 12
I really like this verse it really is a verse that I I stop and meditate on in my own personal life
But it says in Psalm 90 verse 12
So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto
Wisdom the Psalmist is telling God teach us to number our days look. I don't know how many days
I've got you know how many days I've got left, but you know what I've done with my life
You know whether I'm on track. You know whether I've been living within your will or not
But teach us help us to understand that our days are numbered and for what purpose
Well that Psalm says that in verse number 12 that we may apply our hearts unto
Wisdom you see you've got a limited time on this earth and God wants you to think that every day that we live
You know we should not just waste the days. You know we should not just live the days for ourselves
We should be looking for wisdom every day
We live you know wisdom that we can take from the Lord yes, but wisdom is more than just your understanding
You know wisdom is really the application of the knowledge that God has given you
God wants us to live this life and every day we live in wisdom
I'm going to quickly read to you. You say that in Proverbs 2 6 it says for the Lord giveth wisdom
this is this out of his mouth cometh knowledge and
understanding out of his mouth cometh knowledge and
Understanding you see wisdom is different from knowledge and knowledge is different from understanding
What is understanding understanding is the ability to acquire knowledge?
Okay, if knowledge is presented to you
Understanding will help you acquire that information for yourself. That's what understanding is okay
Knowledge is knowing the facts about a situation
Okay, but wisdom is the application of that knowledge
Wisdom is the application of that knowledge and so God wants us to number our days
We haven't got forever to live we have a limited time span the Lord knows how long it is
And he wants you to apply to knowledge
Meaning not just sorry to wisdom not just to knowledge acquiring information
But what are you going to do with that information? How are you going to act upon that information?
See one of the problems we have with our school system is that it's built around knowledge gathering
You know those that are considered to be to do academically well are those that have the ability
You know I have the understanding have the ability to acquire as much knowledge and to retain as much knowledge
So then when they do a test they can give the right answers
But the school system does not teach wisdom
What is the application of that? What does it mean?
You know I mean I I recall and my wife tells me herself
You know we remember our days in school where you may have a child that is very academic right they get a you know
They're always getting A's in class. You know they have a great knowledge
I have great understanding
But then in life
They're kind of clueless
Have you ever come across something like that in life? They're just they just don't seem to function in life
They can't seem to achieve in life. Yeah, they're able to gather information, but for what purpose
That's a problem the school system. It's all that's a good students
You're going to be successful in life because you can get knowledge
What's the point of knowledge if you can't apply the wisdom if you can't apply it to your life and
Brethren it's the same thing with Church
What's the point of being a hearer if you're not going to be a doer?
What's the point of hearing and knowing doctrine if you're not going to apply the doctrine in your life?
If you're not going to make the change in your life
What's the point just someone says oh yeah that person has a lot of knowledge about the Bible so what?
What are you doing with that knowledge? Are you living a victorious Christian life?
I'd rather know half the things of the Bible and do half the things of the Bible than to know all of the Bible and do nothing of it
I mean, it's the application. It's the wisdom. It's living day by day that actually benefits me in the long run and
That brings us back to the verse that we read originally the Lord knows the days of the upright the second part said and
their inheritance shall be
forever
So God knows that when we got limited days
but we do have a forever we do have an eternity that we're looking to live and
God wants us to give us an inheritance in eternity to come
But you know what the greater you're in here you can increase your inheritance
You can increase your rewards in heaven
How do I do that pastor by numbering your days and applying it unto wisdom?
God's wisdom doing what God wants and he'll reward you and your inheritance in heaven will be even greater
So that's what God knows about you. He knows your days
So how have you been using your days? You know are you applying the wisdom of God day by day as you live?
Say pastor yes, I am I am a hero
I'm not really a doer, but I'm just I'm just getting ready for that day to come you know sometime in the future
Sometime in the future. I'll read my Bible cover to cover
Sometime in the future. I'll go soul winning
Sometime in the future right oh, whatever whatever it is that you know you believe that you need to do in God's words
Sometime, I'll do it in the future
But your days are numbered you haven't got you don't know if you've got next week
You don't know if you have next month apply your wisdom today
What God has given you do it today?
You know I kind of think of this like cramming for an exam again back to school illustrations
Have you ever not studied and just like on the last night before your exam or tests you've crammed for your exam
Okay, well that's kind of the Christian that keeps putting off the wisdom applying the wisdom. Yeah, I've got knowledge on knowledge
I one day I'll do yeah well when you figure out that your days are short
And there's not much time left for you to serve the Lord you're gonna try to cram for the exam
You're not going to be effective
You're better off. Just doing a little bit at a time
You know you don't want to overwhelm yourself
You don't want to become weary in well doing right, but just take a few basic things from God's Word make necessary changes
Apply the knowledge do the things that God you know God wants you to do bit by bit little by little
Okay, and you'll increase your inheritance to come
The Lord knows your days come with me to the Luke chapter 16 come with me to Luke chapter 16, please
What else does the Lord know about you Luke 16 verse 13?
Luke 16 verse 13
The Bible says no servants can serve two masters
For either he will hate the one and love the other or else. He will hold to the one and
Despise the other ye cannot serve God and mammon. I was originally gonna have this to my son in the morning
Who's your Lord money or Jesus Christ, but I want to notice as we keep going here, okay?
It says in verse number 14 and the Pharisees also who were who were covetous heard all these things and they derided him
All right, so Jesus Christ says look who do you serve you serve your money or do you serve Jesus Christ and the Pharisees know?
Man, we are after money
That's what the Pharisees you know and it's it's bothering them that Jesus Christ is teaching this look at verse number 15
And he said unto them ye are they which justify yourselves before men
But God knoweth your hearts
For that which is highly esteemed among men. That's money chasing money is
Abomination in the sight of God
Everyone what's the second thing that we learn this afternoon that Lord knows the Lord knows your hearts
The Lord knows your heart look the Pharisees the scribes. Where are they? They're in the house of the Lord
They're in the temple. They're the religious leaders
Reverend I see you this morning this afternoon
I should say here in the house of the Lord and you know as far as I'm concerned you're here for the right reasons
But I don't know your heart I
Don't know if you really want to be here. Maybe you don't want to be here
Maybe your heart prefers other things than the house of the Lord
What Jesus Christ says you cannot serve two masters. You'll either hate the one and love the other
You know what if you're not here in the house of the Lord for Jesus, then you hate Jesus
You've got some other thing that you love and brethren the Lord know. I don't know your heart
I don't know it and sometimes we don't even know our own hearts
Okay, but the Lord knows your hearts, okay, if the Lord knows your heart
Then you need to go to the Lord and say Lord reveal to me. What is in my heart?
Reveal to me even I may not be aware, right?
What's that? What's a passage? Um the heart is desperately wicked who can know it? Yeah, you know we can't always
Understand what's taking place in our heart, and so it's good to go to the Lord to say Lord
You know my heart, please reveal to me if there's any wicked way in me
We're talking about money here, they were serving mammon. They were chasing the money
they were in the ministry for the money for the finances and
You know I'll quickly read to you this familiar passage
You all know it first Timothy chapter 6 verse 10 for the love of money is the roots of all evil
Look it doesn't say money is a root of all evil, okay?
We need money we need to buy things we need to sell things we need to function
But the love of money is the root of all evil
What does your heart love does your heart love Jesus, or does it love money?
You cannot have two masters. You'll either hate the one and love the other. I'm asking you which one do you love?
The Lord knows your heart
It continues in that verse what which while some coveted after they have erred from the faith and
Pierce themselves through with many sorrows
What's gonna happen when you start to love money you go into earth from the faith?
You're gonna start backsliding. You're gonna start getting far from the Lord. You're gonna stop caring about the things of the Lord and
Then pierce themselves through with many sorrows you're gonna have unnecessary sorrows
Unnecessary problems
Lord knows your heart
Now look this is not saying that you should never think about money in fact
I'll be honest with you the last few months. I've been thinking about money a lot
Not because I love money. It's because I've got a big family
There are bills to pay and I need to make sure I can make ends meet
I've got to make sure I take it, but why is that why you know nothing wrong?
You know sometimes I'm sitting there my wife walks into the bedroom, and I've got these spreadsheets up
You know trying to figure out how much is coming in this month
You know what are the bills gonna?
Be you know what's coming in for church, and what are our expenses, and I'm trying to balance the books and all that kind of stuff
But Brevin I I really don't love I don't love money. I couldn't care less
I don't want a big bank account. I don't want more possessions
The more possessions and the more money you have I it brings more sorrows it brings more pain
The reason I have to sometimes think and money and consider it again because I love my family
I need to make sure they have what they need to get through life and guess what else I love
I love my ministry. I love the church
I want to make sure that I've got what I need so I can teach it function as the pastor of new life Baptist
Church and pastoring blessed our Baptist Church
The Lord knows your heart and sometimes I got to tell the Lord like I could be spending a lot of time
Looking at numbers looking at looking at things and making sure and they say Lord
Can you just make sure my heart is pure here?
I want to make sure that you know the reason I'm spending time on this
The reason I've gone to get other work is just to make sure my family has what they need and to make sure it doesn't
Interrupt with my work life. So we might we might we've my ministry is what I'm trying to say
The Lord knows your heart and it's so hard because this world just bombards you with the whole
the whole money game and
People feel inferior, you know if they're not achieving as much as other people financially
You
Know the Bible says in Psalm 44 verse 20 if you can um
Keep you think actually come with me to accept the one come with me to accept the one
Can we to accept the one?
Point number two Brevin was the Lord knows your heart and in Psalm 44 verse 20
It says if we have forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange God
Shall not God search this out
For he knoweth the secrets of the heart
You know what? If you don't love God of your heart the Bible says here that the Lord will search you out
Okay, he knows the secrets of your heart
There are secrets in your heart or secrets in your mind right now
That you know nobody else on the earth knows and I'm glad no one on the earth knows
But the Lord knows the Lord knows your heart
You know if you've done something that needs rectifying
I don't care how secret it is or how you feel like you got away with us
The Lord knows and the Lord will hold you accountable
Make sure you fix the things that you've damaged even if nobody else knows
Whatever that is. I don't know what it is in your hearts. The Lord knows your hearts
Look at Acts chapter 1 verse number 23
Now this might seem a little bit
You know a little bit off base here, but not really this is just talking about the fact that when Judas Iscariot went and hung himself
that they
were looking for another man to step into that position as an apostle and
they set these two men here Joseph and
Basabas before the the congregation and
Well, let's just read it quickly. Acts chapter 1 verse 23 and they appointed to Joseph called Basabas who was surnamed justice
oh, sorry and Matthias that was the other one verse number 24 and
They prayed and said thou Lord is which knowest the hearts of all men
show whether of these two thou has chosen
They're saying you know the hearts of all men
the reason I quoted this brethren is because
if you ever want to get into
Ministry for Church if you ever want to become take on an office a deacon or a pastor or something like that
Your heart has to be right
Okay, the choosing which of these men are going to take on the position that Judas has left and they said Lord
Can you just you tell we don't know we don't know their hearts
can you just point out to us who is the one that has the right heart and
And look yes, that's talking about an office, but brethren we all call to serve the Lord
We're all called. We're all called to be servants of the Lord
Is your heart right with the Lord the Lord knows your hearts?
The Lord knows your heart that's point number two come with me to Deuteronomy chapter 2 Deuteronomy chapter 2 verse number 7
Deuteronomy chapter 2
And
Verse number 7
So what the Lord knows about you number one in the Lord knows your days
The Lord knows your heart
What else does the Lord know Deuteronomy 2 verse number 7? I'll give you the context very quickly
You know the story the children of Israel, right? They came out of the they came out of Egypt
They were on their way to the Promised Land
Did the Lord want them to go to the Promised Land?
Absolutely, okay, but they rebelled they pushed back and the Lord said alright
Then you can wander the wilderness for 40 years and the next generation can be the ones that go in
All right, so they wander in the wilderness was 40 years that wasn't God's ideal plan for them
Okay, that's the consequences of them rebelling against the Lord, but even though they were walking in the wilderness
I want you to notice what it says in verse number 7
For the Lord thy God have blessed thee in all the works of thy hand
Look at this he knoweth thy walk in through this great wilderness
The next point that I have for you brethren is the Lord knows your path
The Lord knows your path right now the children of Israel are wandering the wilderness
He knows thy wandering through this great wilderness
These 40 years the Lord thy God have been with thee thou hast lacked nothing. I
Like that a lot
I actually like that a lot because they're meant they were meant to go to the Promised Land the right path
Was to go into the Promised Land
They chose the wrong path they went into the wilderness, and I was stuck there for 40 years
Reverend the Lord knows your path
Israel chose wrong didn't they they chose wrong, but what do we see here it says?
These 40 years the Lord thy God have been with thee
Even while they're on the wrong path the Lord was still looking out for their best
and
I know some of you because I have conversations with you will say past us, but I wasted so many years
I've been on the on the wrong path for so many years
Well you know what the Lord was with you those years
He doesn't leave us. He doesn't forsake us
The Lord knows your path now obviously the Lord wants us to be on the right path
Obviously the Lord wants us to be on our way to the Promised Land
And if you want to take a figurative lesson the Promised Land just represents a victorious Christian life
Right living that the best Christian life you can this earth is a representation of the Promised Land
But sometimes instead of being on the path to the Promised Land
We're in the wilderness. We're wandering about for 40 years in circles going around and around and around
Is that you
We say past of the last few years. I've just been wandering around in a circle circle circle circle
I've just I don't seem to be having the victorious Christian life
I don't seem to be having the great spiritual highs that I thought I would have as a Christian
Yeah, maybe you chose the wrong way. Maybe you've been wandering the wilderness
But I want to know the Lord knows your path
See eventually the tomb of Israel did get into the Promised Land right that punishment was 40 years in the wilderness
but eventually they went to the Promised Land eventually they got on the right path and
Brethren if the Lord knows your path and is with you whichever way you go
Then he can help you today
If you say I'm in the wilderness today pastor well he can get you to the Promised Land today
He can get you on the right path today, and all I say to you Brethren is take the right path
Ask the Lord he knows your path
You may not even know you may not even realize right now that you're on a wrong path
Leaning you away from the Lord
Go to the Lord say Lord. You know my path. You know which way my life is headed
Can you please point me to the right way? I want to go to the Promised Land
And
You all know this passage
Proverbs chapter 3 one of the most famous passages in the Bible Proverbs chapter 3 verse number 5
Trust in the Lord with all thine hearts and lean not unto thine own understanding in all thy ways
acknowledge him and
He shall direct thy paths
See the Lord knows your path the Lord knows you're walking. Where are you headed?
You see whichever way you are maybe you're in the wilderness. Maybe you are in the Promised Land
Maybe you're on your way to the Promised Land
I hope you're not stuck in Egypt
Because being stuck in Egypt represents an unsaved life basically. Okay, maybe you're you just come out of Egypt
Maybe you're you're recently saved or a new convert, but whatever path you're on the instruction is in all thy ways
acknowledge him
Even if you're in the wilderness today, you know what you say Lord. I'm your servants. I'm your child
Thank you for your blessings. Thank you for always being there
Thank you for never leaving me nor forsaking me and look if you acknowledge the Lord in your life no matter where you are today
He'll get you where he needs you to be the Lord knows your path
It also said there in Deuteronomy chapter 2 verse 7 if you're still there
Not only did it say at the end of this at the end of the verse these 40 years the Lord thy God have
Been with thee it says thou has lacked nothing
Thou has lacked nothing which brings me to my next point if you can turn with me to
Matthew chapter 6 and verse number 7
Matthew chapter 6 and
verse number 7, please
What else does the God what else does God know about us? Matthew chapter 6 and verse number 7?
Matthew chapter 6 verse number 7 it says but when ye pray
Use not vain repetitions as the heathen do for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking
Look at verse number 8 be not ye therefore like unto them for your father knoweth what things ye have need of
Before ye ask him
The next one that I have for you brethren is the Lord knows your needs
Lord knows your needs. So that's where we're obviously when Israel was in the wilderness
God said they lacked nothing because God knew their needs in the wilderness
Okay, well, we're commanded here that or reminded here that we should not pray with vain repetitions
Like the Catholics do you know with the rosary beads, you know, our father our father our father our father hail Mary
Hey, hey, Mary, I don't know
And you know also when you pray
try to
Try not to just be on this repetitive loop when you pray as well
Don't forget you actually speaking to a real being the creator of all things
Speak to him like, you know, if you spoke to me
We just said replay the same conversation over and over and over again. You're like, what are we talking?
It's kind of vain repetition. Is it not?
Just be mindful when you pray to the Lord to speak to him. He wants to hear from you
Okay, doesn't want to just hear this
You know a record tape playing over and over again vain repetition
But it says that your father know if what things you have need of and I'm sure you all have needs right now
There are things that you're saying I man. I really need to come this to come through the Lord knows ready
The Lord actually it says know what things you have need of before you ask him
Even before you realize you have this need the Lord already knew you had that need
Now this is not saying don't ask him because he already knows no, you know, I think some people take that view but
Before you ask he knows but that doesn't negate the need to ask
Okay, it doesn't negate the need to ask
I often wonder how many things does God know I need and he's got it in his hand right there
Just there you go. It's right here. Are you gonna ask for it? And I go well
You know, I need a load. Yeah, but you're asking for it, but you know, I need a load
Yeah, but you're asking for it
How many times do we just not pray for things that we need and the Lord has it right there in his hands
He's got it ready for us
You need to ask you need to get in the habit of going to prayer and ask and even though you know
You know, the Lord already knows what you need
In fact, he knows better than what you know that you need right many times we may ask of something we say Lord
I have a need of XY and Z and the Lord goes well
Actually, I've thought about this longer than you do you don't need that you actually need something else and he gives you something else
to fulfill your requirements
the Lord knows
You know if I can just give you another personal example
The Lord knew that I needed more work. The Lord knew that I needed more income, you know for my family
And look he opened the doors. You guys know that I'm doing part-time cleaning
And I had a you know, well-meaning brother say to me
Pastor come on. We can't have you clean like, you know, that's a low-level job
I don't like the idea of my pastor having to clean, you know
Can't you look after yourself by the church and you know, I didn't like the idea and I was like brother
The Lord knows what I need
It's it's not I don't look at some low-level job and think I don't want to do that
I think of it. Well Jesus gave it to me
If I need to increase my income, I don't care what it is. I'll find a way. I'll do whatever I need and it's not
The status that's important to me. It's not the position that's important to me
There was many more things that I needed beyond just an income
Like what like yeah, I could sit in an office and make more money, but then I'll just put on more weights
The Lord knows I needed a job that requires a little bit of physical movements
Right and not only that cleaning requires no mental effort. It's just my hands moving around
So what does that mean? That means I can clean and
At the same time I can prepare sermons
At the same time I can strategize at the same time
I can start thinking about what the church needs. I can be actually working two jobs
My body's doing the cleaning my head's doing the thinking for things that matter for the Lord God
the Lord knows what I need what I need and
Then I come home and guess what no stress
It's the kind of job that you do and you don't have to think about it when you get home
There's a lot of jobs that I could do and I come home and I'll be bringing that home with me mentally
So it's not just cleaning the Lord knows
I needed that because it answers it deals with other things that I needed more so than I realized when I if
Initially went looking for work
And he pays all right
Allows me time to prepare sermons it allows me time to speak to the Lord
You know if I really wanted to I guess I could listen to some podcasts listen to some audiobooks
I could listen to some sermons if I wanted to increase my my my learning I could do that as well
I mean that there are many there to me
There are so many more benefits being a cleaner then getting paid twice as much working in the office
The Lord knows what we need
Can you come with me to Psalm 103 come with me to Psalm 103, please?
Psalm 103
You know, I hope you're encouraged when you do go to God in prayer and you don't get what you thought
You want it or you thought you needed
The Lord knows what you need
Please just rest in that
Okay, don't take the attitude or God never answers my prayer or God doesn't give me what I want
If God doesn't give it to you, it's because it's gonna cause you harm
Okay, or you're not ready to receive it
Maybe later you're going to receive that or God has a better solution for you
But still God wants to hear from his children that you have need of such things
Where you're lacking, you know open your heart to the Lord and speak to him
Anyway, the next one Psalm 103 Psalm 103 in verse number 14. What else does the Lord know?
Psalm 103 verse number 14. It says for he knoweth our frame
He remembereth that we are dust
Okay, so the dust represents our body. The frame is there our body as it were
So it says for you know if our frame what it basically saying this is that point number five
The Lord knows your capability
The Lord knows what you can do in the body that he has given you he know of our frame
He remember if that we are dust he realizes that we're we're weak
He realizes that you know, we're not strong in the body
He knows that boy you just walk the street get hit by can't that be the end of you. We're just dust
We're very fragile human beings actually
We have weaknesses we have sicknesses
You know
Even maybe mental burdens that can cause your physical body to get sick or tired
the Lord knows that we're limited and
Again, I like that. In fact if we keep going look at verse number 15 for as man
His days are as grass come back to the first point, right?
You know, we need to number our days as a flower of the field. So he flourish of
For the wind passeth over it and it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more. I
Realize that I realize that the truth of this passage more so now because in our house
We've got this garden and Christina doesn't you know tries to look after it and you know
You see the flowers come out and they look beautiful, but then you can have like a storm
Are you gonna have like, you know heavy weather and then you look at the at the garden?
It's all like it's all falling over
Like so much effort and so much beauty originally when he came out
But then all it takes is a wind to pass over it and gone
It's destroyed looks like the kids have just run through and maybe they have run through and trampled it
I don't know but that's that's our life. It's that's what's comparing our life our frame
God knows our capability. He knows our weaknesses
So
If the Lord knows our capability he knows what we're able to do and
yet he gives us his word and
He says do this or do that obey this commandment obey that Commandments
Are we capable of doing those things?
We have to be able to be he knows our frame
I've said this in a recent sermon
Why would the Lord ask you to do things that you can't do makes no sense
The Lord knows your frame
He knows what you're capable of doing like we can't turn around to God and say yeah
I know your Bible says that Lord, but I can't do it
Why the Lord knows your frame? He wouldn't ask of you. This Bible is a one-size-fits-all book
It covers you you don't think God didn't think of you when he wrote this book
God knows what we're made of. He knows what we're capable to achieve what we're able to achieve
And
Many times we don't do what God asks of us because we think we're unable
We make excuses
You know we say Lord, but I can't because whatever it is. I can't Lord my life is like this
What do you know your frame better than God knows your frame? Do you know your capability better than God knows your capability?
The
Truth is there are many things we can't do that God asks of us
But that's why it says in Ephesians 3 20
now unto him
That is able to do exceedingly
Abundantly above all that we ask or think look at this according to the power that worketh in us
Brethren God can use us to do exceedingly above
Abundantly above what we think God can utilize you more than you realize
According to the power that worketh in us
Yeah, a hundred percent in the flesh doing things by our own our own strength our own power a hundred percents
We can't keep the laws of God. We can't do what God asks of us a hundred percent
But according to God's power you can you can do even more than you realize
So
God knows your capability. He knows your weaknesses
He wouldn't ask you to do something that he can't you know that that you can't do
But you need to tap into God's power to make it happen
The Lord knows your capability
Can you turn to me to Philippians chapter 1?
Come with me to Philippians chapter 1
What I'm saying brethren is whatever he commands you are capable of following through that command
If there's something in the sermon this afternoon that challenges you you have the capability of making that change
Not in your own strength. You ask God God you're working me. Give me that power
It says in Philippians chapter 1. I want you to notice this verse number 6 Philippians chapter 1 verse number 6
Look how it starts being confident of this very thing
God wants you to have confidence in what we're about to read
Okay confidence no doubts
I know this can happen been confident of this very thing that he which have begun a good work in you
will perform it
until the day of Jesus Christ
God will perform this work in you and God wants you to be confident about it
The Lord knows your frame the Lord knows your capability. He knows your limitations
But he knows you can do it and he wants you to have the confidence to know that you can do it
There's nothing wrong with the Lord
Okay, like if you're not achieving what God is asking of you in his word. The problem is not with God
He's trying to help you. He's giving you that power
The problem is with us because we think we're unable we think it can't be done. We think we're too weak
We think we have limitations
but that's why the Lord knows your frame the Lord knows your capability and
So as we as I go for this the Lord knows this Lord knows
What are the things that Lord knows then if he knows this better than you then you've got to trust him
You've got to rely on him the Lord knows better than you
You
What the Lord knows about you is the title for the sermon
This afternoon. Let me go through those very quickly number one. The Lord knows your days number two, the Lord knows your heart
Number three the Lord knows your path
Number four the Lord knows your needs and what we just looked at the Lord knows your capability number five
The Lord knows your capability come with me to 2nd Peter now come with me to 2nd Peter chapter 2
2nd Peter chapter 2 verse number 9
2nd Peter chapter 2 verse number 9. What else does the Lord know about you?
2nd Peter chapter 2 and verse number 9
The Bible says in 2nd Peter chapter 2 verse 9 the Lord knoweth what?
how to deliver the godly out of temptations and
To reserve the unjust and to the day of judgment to be punished
Let's focus on that first part though, because we're not consider. We're not the unjust we're the saved right now. We've been justified
But the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations
Point number six break from the last point I have for you. The Lord knows how to deliver out of temptation
now
Before you sin
Before you disobey the Lord before you break his commandments
Before that happens you've been you're tempted to do those things
the temptation comes
Okay, and we're all tempted
You know, we're all made of the same flesh and blood
Many of the temptations in my life going to be the same temptations in your life
And there are some things that we're better at and not so good at whatever, you know
If you've got a past life where you've you know, struggled with a lot of sins
You're gonna have greater temptations when those sins come to meet you where maybe others will not like alcohol for me
It's like a non-issue. I'm gonna be careful though. Can't just smile obviously gonna be careful, you know
And not set my eyes upon those things
But for me, I was never really into Africa
In fact, I hated alcohol before I even realized was something that God did not like and I never liked it
I think it's I think it's disgusting to be honest with you
Like tasting that stuff but others that may have it been alcoholics or you know had certain favorite drinks
They're gonna be and they try to overcome that obviously the temptation to go back
That way is gonna be much stronger for that individual person
But by and large a lot of the temptations we I have and you have a shed amongst us because we've got the same
frailties
But the Lord knows how to deliver out of temptation
So when you are tempted to sin
You have a choice, right
But you can't stop the temptation and Satan is a tempter
Satan and his devils can come along and put things in front of you that you know
You try to stay away from or just temptations simply from the lust of your own heart that you have
Okay, but it's not a sin to be tempted. You need to understand that that's not the sin
It's given into the temptation that is the sin given into into it
But what's great about this and look when you are tempted there's that danger because it's just one more step in sin
It'd be even better if we didn't have to go for the temptation wouldn't you say
even better if we didn't have to go for that temptation and
That's why it says the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations
So when you are tempted brethren you need to run to the Lord the Lord knows how to get out of that situation
The Lord knows how to overcome that situation
I love what Jesus Christ says remember they got the disciples go to Jesus and
They say hey teach us how to pray and Christ gives these words in Matthew 6 13
He's just Christ giving this example. He prays to the Father and lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil and there's a two-part there deliver us not into temptation
Jesus Christ said it's better if we don't even get tempted in the first place
And look if you want to you know, if you're struggling with temptation
You're struggling sin and when the temptation comes you're so weak. You just give into it
Then how about pray to God and say God lead us lead me not into temptation
Help me just get around that so I didn't have to even face that temptation in my life
But then if you are tempted Christ says the next part of that sentence but deliver us from evil
So when the temptation comes well, Lord, please deliver me, you know, I don't want to do evil
I don't want to do wrong. I don't want to harm myself. I don't want to sin against you Lord
The Lord knows how to deliver out of temptation
You think you're strong enough
By yourself, you're not
By yourself, you will be you will give into the temptation by yourself. You will sin against the Lord. You're not strong enough
You need to go to the Lord and say Lord, you know how to deliver me out of this temptation
Come with me to 1st Corinthians chapter 10
1st Corinthians chapter 10
Let me encourage you brethren when you're tempted and you're thinking of sinning you go. No, I can't you know, I'm gonna do this
And it could be just so natural in your flesh. You just do it without thinking
But if you have a moment just to really collect your thoughts
Just as much as you don't want to face God potentially just just cry out to God
God you know how to deliver me out of this
And I don't know, you know, there's something about that
Just just to get crying out to the Lord and just reminding you that the Lord is looking the Lord sees the Lord knows
The Lord knows my frame. He knows my weaknesses. He knows how to deliver me out of this
Maybe quote a Bible verse
Maybe sing a line of a hymn of a praise that you know toward the Lord and I tell you somehow it just gives
That power to just say no to that temptation
No, I'm gonna walk away and I'm gonna serve my Lord. I'm gonna please my Lord
Because in your brain by yourself you're going ah, it's just a little thing I
Mean I've sinned all day anyway, so I might as well just give it to this one as well
The Lord knows how to deliver you out of temptation look at 1st Corinthians chapter 10 verse 12
It says wherefore let him that thinketh his standeth take heed lest he fall
That's the whole alcohol example where I feel like it's got no power over me
I don't even care for that thing
Well, it says wherefore let him that thinker if you stand up
Yeah
I'm saying take heed lest he fall
It's gonna be careful just because you think you've got victory over certain things and it's not gonna bother you. You don't know
Like in other words don't play with fire or you'll get burnt okay, but then it says in verse number 13
There have no temptation taken you but such as is common to man
See our temptations are common things you struggle with same things that I struggle with like you're not some weirdo
Okay, people struggle with those things, too
But God is faithful who will not suffer you or allow you to be tempted above that you are able
But will with the temptation also make a way to escape that you may be able to bear it
Wow
You know when you're tempted you can't say to God that temptation was just too strong God I couldn't stop myself
No
God will not allow such temptations to come into you
Every sin you commit every time you give in to the temptation you can't turn and say what God was out of my control
You know I was forced to do it. No as you gave in to us
God made sure it was at a level where you could overcome it
It says and will with the temptation also make a way to escape there's always a way to escape
There's always a way to not give in to that temptation
God makes an opportunity for you you decide it's up to you. You either give in to it and sin against the Lord
Or you find that way of escape which one's easier
It's much easier to just give in to the temptation and then just go sorry Lord did it again
Now look the Lord will forgive you of course he will you know come with him with to him with a broken and contrite heart
Hey, he won't refuse you. You know confess your sins, but you would have been even better if you just
Found the escape route you know that God had opened so that you may be able to bear it
Look, I know we're all sinners, and I know we're gonna sin today
We die
But the only way to have victory in your life the only way to improve and be more holy
Okay, and to overcome is to just you've got to beat it. You've got to overcome when the temptation comes
You just got to fight against and say no Lord with your strength. What's the way of escape show me?
And just beat it and as you beat it and you and you overcome it you better overcome bigger temptations in your life and
bigger temptations in your life and bigger ones and your life can become more and more holy
More and more righteous more and more like Jesus Christ
The Lord knows how to deliver you out of temptation
All right brethren. I'll wrap it up there just in conclusion very quickly number one the Lord knows your days number two
The Lord knows your hearts number three the Lord knows your path number four the Lord knows your needs
Number five the Lord knows your capability and number six the Lord knows how to deliver out of temptation okay? Let's pray