God Sends Us To Persons

I. EXORDIUM:

Can GOD send you? Yes, He sends out everything and everyone He wants to use.

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To show that only GOD can send out everything and everyone.

IV. TEXT:

1 Samuel 9:16 (Amplified Bible)

9:16 Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be leader over My people Israel; and he shall save them out of the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon the distress of My people, because their cry has come to Me.

V. THESIS:

Praise, worship and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You are the One who planned for me and sent me out to people.

VI. TITLE:

GOD sends us to persons

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Author: unknown

B. Date written: After 1011 B.C.

C. Purpose: To record the founding of the Hebrew monarchy

D. To whom written: The nation of Israel

E. Keyword: king

F. Key verses:

1 Samuel 8:7-8 (Amplified Bible)

And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken to the voice of the people in all they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not be King over them.

According to all the works which they have done since I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they also do to you.

1 Samuel 15:22 (Amplified Bible)

Samuel said, Has the Lord as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

VIII. MAIN BODY:

A. GOD knows the details of our lives

1. GOD knows the time - "Tomorrow about this time"

2. GOD knows the man to send - "I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin,"

3. GOD knows the present life of the person - "I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin,"

4. GOD knows the future life of the person - "and you shall anoint him to be leader over My people Israel;"

Because GOD is the Sender and we are the sent ones.

"Send" or "shalach" in Hebrew which means:

1. to send away

2. appoint

3. bring

4. conduct

There's no accidents or coincidences in the LORD but all are His plans and His Divine effort. We need to be thankful in every circumstances that come into our lives for we don't that the LORD is using that situation to send us someone.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (Amplified Bible)

5:18 Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will].

GOD sends the following:

1. commandment

Malachi 2:4 (King James Version)

2:4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

2. man

1 Samuel 9:16 (Amplified Bible)

9:16 Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be leader over My people Israel; and he shall save them out of the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon the distress of My people, because their cry has come to Me.

3. help

Psalms 20:2 (Amplified Bible)

20:2 Send you help from the sanctuary and support, refresh, and strengthen you from Zion;

4. Light and Truth (JESUS)

Psalms 43:3 (Amplified Bible)

43:3 O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your dwelling.

5. HOLY SPIRIT

Psalms 104:30 (Amplified Bible)

104:30 When You send forth Your Spirit and give them breath, they are created, and You replenish the face of the ground.

6. WORD

Psalms 107:20 (Amplified Bible)

107:20 He sends forth His word and heals them and rescues them from the pit and destruction.

Psalms 147:18 (Amplified Bible)

147:18 He sends out His word, and melts [ice and snow]; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

Isaiah 9:8 (Amplified Bible)

9:8 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob [the ten tribes], and it has lighted upon Israel [the ten tribes, the kingdom of Ephraim].

7. Prophets

Jeremiah 7:25 (Amplified Bible)

7:25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have persistently sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily, early and late.

B. GOD moves through the good and bad

"and he shall save them out of the hand of the Philistines."