Sunday Highlights: Epic

Last week we started a new series Epic.  I didn’t do Sunday Highlights not because there wasn’t good content but because it was mainly background of the book of Esther.  If you don’t know the story of Esther, please take the time to read it.  Last week he talked up to the part of Esther being chosen as Queen in Vashti’s place.  As a theme, he talked about how God is not mentioned in book at all but how God is present and working in our lives even when it doesn’t seem like it.

This week he talked about choices we make and how we usually count the cost of opting in to something.  How much time will it take? How much money?  What consequences?  However, we should look at the cost of opting out.  What happens when we DON’T do something God has asked us to do?

Opting out always cost more than opting in to God’s plan

God would figure out a way to deliver His people whether Esther opted in or not but maybe she was chosen for such a time as this.  It was no coincidence she was there.  She could have lost her position as Queen by talking to Xerxes.  Our positions don’t matter it’s how we respond in our positions that matter.  No matter what our circumstance, our purpose is to know Him and make Him known.

We tend to look at God and see him as a personal assistant, deciding whether to opt in.  Do I need Him? Will He make me happy?  But measure the cost of not opting in to the God that holds all the galaxies together with His pinky.  Now is the time and is always the time to know Him and make Him known.

There is a cost to opt in but the cost to opt out is much greater.  Our greatest joy is found in His good pleasure.

Here is the sermon online at northrockhill.com.