Deep Seated Saints
Isaiah 54:2 NET 2 Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep.
Luke 6:46-49 ASV 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.
3 Deep Seated Reminders:
I. WE ARE NOT JUST CALLED TO BUILD – WE ARE CALLED TO BUILD WELL.
Luke 6:48 ASV “…because it had been well builded.”
Luke 6:47 ASV 47 Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:
II. DEEPER ISN’T ALWAYS THE EASIEST
Luke 6:48 ASV “he is like a man building a house who digged and went deep…upon the rock.”
III. YOU CAN ALWAYS DEPEND ON DEPTH
Luke 6:48 ESV “and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it.”
Philippians 4:6-7 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 2:6 ESV 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
Matthew 6:33 NIV 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Psalm 37:4 ESV 4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 5:8 NIV 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Romans 12:1-2 CEV 1 Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That’s the most sensible way to serve God. 2 Don’t be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.
Psalms 96:6-7 6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
My Beginning. My Forever. 