This Is Your Sign (3 of 8)
Series: Unleashed
Craig Smith
Acts 8:1-25
Introduction This is week number three of our Unleashed series where we’re talking about how to get off of the short leashes we sometimes put ourselves on as followers of Jesus, the leashes that can keep us from living on mission with Jesus and living the lives Jesus created and redeemed us for. And today I want to talk to you about signs. Not road-signs...not like stop or yield or stuff like that...I’m talking about spiritual signs. Miraculous signs, signs from God. Have you ever had a sign from God? I think I’ve had a couple over the years, but not a lot. And can I be honest? I’m a little skeptical about people who seem to get a lot of signs. Sometimes I feel like it’s more about their creativity than their sensitivity to the Spirit. Like the guy who shows up 15 minutes late to a meeting with me and says, ‘‘Sorry I’m late, but every light I hit was red and I think it was a sign from God that I need to slow down and stop rushing through life so much!’’ And I’m like, ‘‘I think it was a sign that you need to leave earlier for meetings and stop wasting people’s time!’’ I’m just a little skeptical about people who seem to get a lot of signs. I’m not saying God never gives us signs...He does. But, I tend to think most of the things God wants us to do, we know to do without needing a sign. Not everyone thinks that way about signs. A couple of years ago we had a family live with us for a while that definitely thought differently about signs. They believed that God was always giving us signs, and actually, they believed that we shouldn’t do anything until God gives us a sign. So every morning they would get together as a family and pray about what God wanted them to do that day and they wouldn’t do anything until one of them felt like God gave them a sign about what they were supposed to do. Which sounds super-spiritual, doesn’t it? But is that what following Jesus is supposed to look like? Do we ...
Series: Unleashed
Craig Smith
Acts 8:1-25
Introduction This is week number three of our Unleashed series where we’re talking about how to get off of the short leashes we sometimes put ourselves on as followers of Jesus, the leashes that can keep us from living on mission with Jesus and living the lives Jesus created and redeemed us for. And today I want to talk to you about signs. Not road-signs...not like stop or yield or stuff like that...I’m talking about spiritual signs. Miraculous signs, signs from God. Have you ever had a sign from God? I think I’ve had a couple over the years, but not a lot. And can I be honest? I’m a little skeptical about people who seem to get a lot of signs. Sometimes I feel like it’s more about their creativity than their sensitivity to the Spirit. Like the guy who shows up 15 minutes late to a meeting with me and says, ‘‘Sorry I’m late, but every light I hit was red and I think it was a sign from God that I need to slow down and stop rushing through life so much!’’ And I’m like, ‘‘I think it was a sign that you need to leave earlier for meetings and stop wasting people’s time!’’ I’m just a little skeptical about people who seem to get a lot of signs. I’m not saying God never gives us signs...He does. But, I tend to think most of the things God wants us to do, we know to do without needing a sign. Not everyone thinks that way about signs. A couple of years ago we had a family live with us for a while that definitely thought differently about signs. They believed that God was always giving us signs, and actually, they believed that we shouldn’t do anything until God gives us a sign. So every morning they would get together as a family and pray about what God wanted them to do that day and they wouldn’t do anything until one of them felt like God gave them a sign about what they were supposed to do. Which sounds super-spiritual, doesn’t it? But is that what following Jesus is supposed to look like? Do we ...
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