What Does God Want From Me? (Harvest Sermon)

SERMON OUTLINE:

God wants to be known - missions (vs 2)

God wants to be praised - worship (vs 3&5)

God wants to be enjoyed – fellowship (vs 4)

God wants to be entrusted – ministry (vs 6)

God wants to be feared – discipleship (vs 7)

SERMON BODY:

Ill:

• It is a classic musical,

• And you probably all know some of the songs,

• Let me remind you of a few off them.

• “Food Glorious Food”

• “Consider Yourself”

• “You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two”

• The best musical version was released in 1968,

• Based on Charles Dickens’ timeless novel, Oliver Twist.

• Featuring an all-star cast, with Mark Lester as Oliver Twist.

• The film, Oliver, won virtually every award going.

• And the most famous line in the movie, musical and book,

• Is said by the nine-year-old Oliver Twist.

• In the workhouse run by Bumble the Beadle,

• It is of course…

• , “Please, sir, I want some more.!”

• YouTube: https://youtu.be/7tOkpntQtBM?si=CsgHeUUG7CCoWQhX

• TRANSITION: , “Please, sir, I want some more.!”

• It is an expression Children learn early on in life,

• “I want!”

• As adults we might not say it out loud,

• But we all think it, “I want!”

Question: Have you ever thought about what God wants?

Answer: This Psalm tells us 5 things that God wants from us!

• Now there is a big contrast between God wanting something,

• And you and me wanting something.

• Often our wants are also our greed’s,

• e.g. New car, lavish holiday,

• Season ticket to watch my football team etc.

• My wants are so often selfish,

• But not so with God.

The five things mentioned in the Psalm are due to God.

• He deserves them for who he is.

• (God, creator, life-giver, provider!)

• And for what he has done

• (In Jesus Christ he has entered his own creation to save us!).

Note: God is the subject of all the verbs in verse 1.

• i.e. “GOD be gracious to us”.

• i.e. “GOD bless us.”

• i.e. “GOD cause his face to shine upon us.“

• The writer of this Psalm/song,

• Makes it very clear, that he believes,

• God is the source of all the good things that we have.

• So, this past week if you have enjoyed something good,

• i.e. food, water, drink, nature, love, and companionship,

• Anything good you can think of in your life,

• You can thank God for it,

• For he is the ultimate source of everything good and perfect.

Ill:

• Anyone know who this is?

• How about now (2nd photo)?

• If you don’t know the face you know the name,

• (Walt Disney).

• (The American animator, film producer, voice actor, & entrepreneur).

• You probably don’t know that Walt had a brother named Roy.

• Who he recruited to manage his finances.

• And Roy was good at his job and dedicated to his brother.

• Late in his life, someone asked Roy about that, and he said,

“My brother has made me a millionaire,

do you wonder why I want to do everything I can to help him?”

• Roy Disney was incredibly grateful to his brother Walt,

• For all he had done for him, and rightly so.

• TRANSITION: likewise,

• How much more should you & I be grateful to God,

• Who has blessed us with everything we have?

• He is the source of life,

• He is the giver of every good and perfect gift we enjoy!

GOD’S FIVE PURPOSES REVEALED IN PSALM 67

(1). God wants to be known – missions (vs 2)

NIV:

“so that your ways may be known on earth,

your salvation among all nations.”

NLT:

“Send us around the world with the news of your saving power.

and your eternal plan for all mankind.”

We may today, be taking an interval from the book of Jonah.

• But the theme of mission continues.

• It has to because that is the God we worship.

• Remember the quote I gave you recently?

Quote: Jürgen Moltmann.

“It is not the Church of God that has mission.

But the missionary God who has a Church.”

Notice:

• How many times the words,

• “people,” “nations,” and “earth,”

• Are used in this Psalm.

• Twice in verse 2: “earth” & “nations.”

• Twice in verse 3: “people” & “people.”

• Four times in verse 4: “nations,” “people,” “nations,” & “earth.”

• Twice in verse 5: “peoples” & “peoples.”

• Once in verse 6: “earth (land).”

• Once in verse 7: “earth.”

• Now add them up, that is twelve times,