We Need God To Reveal It

We Need God To Reveal It The message centers on our complete dependence upon the Lord to see life, sin, ourselves, and Jesus rightly. Like Israel in Numbers 15, we are naturally inclined to follow our own hearts and our own eyes, but God calls us to look, listen, and live—to look to Him, listen to what He says, and then walk by faith in what He reveals. The contrast between Joshua and Caleb and the other ten spies shows that faith does not deny what is visible; faith simply believes God's report above what seems right to us. The message then moves into the ongoing work of revival in the believer's life through three essential truths: God must reveal it, grace must remove it, and His goodness must replace it. We cannot properly deal with bitterness, unforgiveness, pride, self-reliance, or any other work of the flesh until God shines His light upon it. Once He reveals it, we do not overcome it through our own strength; we surrender it to the sufficient grace of Jesus. But God does not merely remove what is wrong—He fills that place with His own goodness, character, and ways so that the life of Jesus can be manifested through us. Numbers 15, Leviticus 18, and the wilderness journey all reinforce the same truth: God's people are not to live according to where they came from or according to the world around them. We have been given a new life, a new family, and a new way of living. We do not learn that life from Egypt, Canaan, our past, our feelings, or the culture; we learn it by looking unto Jesus and yielding to His Spirit. The message ultimately calls us to intentional dependence upon the Lord. We cannot accidentally obey God, accidentally walk in the Spirit, or accide