When in Need, Remember - Part 1

Welcome to the intense podcast with Charles Stanley for Thursday, August 11. The apostle Paul wrote my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

Let's learn about the power of the promises of God during difficult times. All throughout life. We have the different ways at different times and some the older we get their needs change sometime environment determines whatever leads are all of us have the usually one of the reasons we struggle with some leaves that God so willing to provide is because we either forget or we don't realize that herein lies a God whereby if I will follow its leadership.

I will understand about my lead. I will be able to find that the weldment so I want to ask you to be sure to jot down these three things I want to share with you and then I want you to listen to this, not only with your own needs and mine, but I want you to listen to this with somebody else and mine you know is in need right now so I want you to think for just a moment who I know who is in real need somebody who may be desperate somebody who's confused someone who's frustrated someone who's has needs that you know about a little of what to do about the and they desperately need what I want to share with you this morning but I want you to think about this and listen to it from two perspectives number one because of your own personal need and secondly, what about the other fella who doesn't know what you know and who would be greatly blessed because you took the time to share with them this message so I want you to picture yourself today as you listen this as being prepared to preach this message to somebody else who is in need. So I want you turn if you will to Hebrews chapter 4 Hebrews chapter 4, and this passage deals in the beginning with the promise of God's rest and illustrates that with the nation of Israel and then he comes down to the 13th person. I want us to read verses 13 1415 and 16 of the fourth chapter verse 13 says, and there is no creature hidden from his site, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the son of God, let us hold fast our confession, for we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but rather one who has been tempted in all things as we are yet without sin. Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need, another first thing I want you to jot down is this God knows all about our needs. God knows all about our needs.

Listen to what he says in this 13 verse and there is no creature hidden from his site, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of him with whom we have to do the Scripture says in second Chronicles chapter 16 verse nine that the eyes of the Lord run to and throw throughout the whole earth in the hundred and 39 Psalm you recall, this wonderful promise of our Lord.

He says in this particular passage where can I go from thy Spirit.

Where can I flee from thy presence even the darkness is not dark to the and the night is as bright as the day darkness and light are alike to the there is no darkness there is no place that can cover us is no place to hide.

The Bible says that everything has been laid bare. Everything has been only open to him and when he uses the term laid bare the term really and in essence says everything is open and neck into the eyes of him with whom we have to do now.

The Bible teaches us that God is omniscient that is.

He knows everything there is not anything that he does not know. He knows all things about all of us, so that every single one of us every moment of our life are in God's sight, that is, he is not in heaven looking down upon us as a judge to see what he can find that's wrong but rather he's looking down upon us as a protective father as a protective Shepherd who is always looking out on his flock, making sure that they're all being well graze together all their so is it that our heavenly father is always looking he never looks the find out where we are is of an ornament or what about what God said in the garden of Eden when he came looking for Adam know he wasn't looking for Adam. The Bible says he came into the garden, God knew exactly where Adam was awarded God's Adam, where are there because God wanted Adam to confess his own whereabouts.

And that's exactly what he did. God always knows where we are. Think about how comforting that is that you could never get in the situation. You can never be in a dilemma. You can never be an environment you can never be in a place of helplessness that God the father does not know exactly where you are and sees in perfect detail everything that you see and more than your eyes could ever be whole because he's omniscient that is.

There is nothing beyond his knowledge and understanding.

So what he saying in this passage here is when he says, and there is no creature hidden from his site.

Everything and everybody is always inside of this in the omniscient loving eyes of our Lord. Nothing hidden but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of him with whom we have to do that is there is only one know it all and that one know it all is God. He knows it all. And aren't we glad that there is anything that he does not know. He knows everything there is no about us and so he says here that God knows all about all of her needs.

Now he has everyone abuzz in his site and then also. Everything about us is known to him when you turn if you will to. First of all, Psalm 33 looking Psalm 33 and I want to give you several passages of Scripture here. First of all, Psalm 33 and look if you will, at the 13th verse, the Bible says the Lord looks from heaven and sees all the sons of men from his dwelling place. He looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth. He who fashions the hearts of them all.

He who understands all their works so he's looking from a different perspective than you and I look for example I lived in Miami I used to always look forward to the Orange bowl parade. And so, my family, I would still get down the side of the curve. Early in carrier sandwiches and picnic and so forth and so when the parade came by. We always babysit the way most people thought that is one section of town, but one year we had the privilege of going up hard to building almost the top floor and looking down, and what a whole different perspective is like you could almost see it from one into the other. You could almost see the whole parade will that's exactly what he saying in this passage that when God looks down upon us.

He looks down on this earth, and he sees every single one of us and all there is that omniscience can know about us all at one time. From the moment you were conceived until the moment you take your last breath.

And God calls you hope he sees it all just like he's looking at it right now and everything to him is in his presence. Everything is present with him. He says I'm the great I am not the great. I was at the great Shelby but the great I am. Everything is present before him is wonderful to know that we are always in his side and everything there is to know about us here in knows that's good because all you turn to Matthew chapter 6 for a moment and in this passage as our Lord begins to share with his disciples how to pray. It's interesting what he says in this eighth verse because following that is the prayer that he gives is our father which art in heaven, but verse eight says about us. Therefore, do not be like them.

That is like the Gentiles, the unbeliever who make many meaningless repetitions, but he says therefore do not be like them, for your father knows what you need when before US. He knows all there is to know about as he knows what we need before we ask and that's what this message is all about and that is when in need. Remember remember what first of all, that I Lord knows all about our needs.

So if you need today is emotional.

He knows it perfectly. If it is physical, some form of healing.

He knows all about. If it is a financially knows about that. If you need a job. He knows all about that if you just feel that you just low at this time and you're going through some.

Discouragement, disillusionment, depression, things are going to surrogate you think God where the world are you listen you and I may ask God where in the world are you, but God never asked where in the world are you he knows exactly where you are what's going on in your life, and he knows specifically what every single ladies you see, he knows your hurts. He knows your hangups. He knows what makes you happy. He knows what you desire.

He knows what you feel like you need oftentimes you even know what is. You see, God knows that we have needs, and sometimes he will burden us to cry out before him when he hasn't necessarily told us what it he knows perfectly and you see sometimes we think we know what our needs are.

We come to him and we say, Lord.

Here's what I need and we have it all perfectly designed and got I'm sure listens. Sometimes he must smile. You see, God is this old grandfather sitting up in heaven grouchy God must have a sense of humor, we wouldn't have one who created a sense of humor would you say that God is more gloomy than he is glad are not my God, he's not somebody who's hung up and's got to be always serious God. While he has the whole world its whole burden upon them. God must likewise have a sense of human sometimes we come in sooner Lord we want to tell you about this need an army we get there we built up this tremendous case he must say I've heard that so many times God isn't impressed that you see we don't bargain with him.

We just come to him and tell him I need and he knows exactly what is now notice.

First of all, there is no creature hidden from his site. All things are open and laid bare the eyes of him with whom we have to do. The second thing I what notices this and that is God is ready, willing and able to help us with their needs. Not only does God know all about our needs, but he is ready, willing and able to help us meet our needs now missing what he says in verse 14. Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the son of God, let us pull as our profession. He says that you and I have a great high priest, not just a high priest, but a great high priest grading. This law grading this power grading this mercy.

Grading his goodness taught us, and if you want to see him describe the other way. Look back, if you will, in Hebrews chapter 1 because the right of Hebrews begins this whole epistle, showing us how superior Jesus is the prophets and angels and everyone and he begins by saying in verse one God, after he spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in his son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the world and he is that is Christ, the great high priest is the radiance of his glory, the radiance of the glory of God and the exact representation of his nature to know the Lord Jesus Christ is the know God the father and upholds all things by the word of his power, when it made purification of sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become is much better than the Angels as he has inherited a more excellent name than they you and I have listened not a high priest. But the great high priest listen. Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the son of God, let us hold fast our confession now. It's one thing for us to know a great high priest. He didn't say all of us know a great high priest. He says you and I have a great high priest. What is he saying to us, simply that there is a relationship that you and I have and that relationship is this. When you and I confess their sins and repented of them and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal savior, the Lord Jesus Christ or the Holy Spirit came to indwell us so that now we are possessed by and possess the Lord Jesus Christ through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. He says we have been sealed by him another day of redemption that is Jesus put it this way.

He says I am abiding in you and you are abiding in me. I am in you and you and me.

What is that mean that you and are in a union with him whereby the two of us have now become one and you recall the 17 chapter John when Jesus was praying. Listen to what he says in the 17 chapter. This is his prayer in them, and thou in me.

Verse 26 and I've made that name known to them and will make it known that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them so that you and I can say I have you knocking say person I have the great high priest who is the son of God sitting at the father's right hand, making intercession from me. That is, we have someone who is personally interested in us and God says we can claim him as our own. We have a great high priest.

Now, this would have priest's are done many things right and what is it me when he says in verse 14. Who is passed through the heavens, Jesus the son of God, let us hold fast our confession when the Lord Jesus Christ went to the cross. He won the cross for this primary reason he went in order to bear upon himself.

All of our sins past, present, future.

That is, he took upon himself our sins that you and I would not have to bear. That is, he acted as a mediator or as a sin bearer in our behalf that you and I may be able to send the presence of Almighty God with perfect assurance and perfect confidence that we are the forgiven children of God. Somebody paid our debt and that somebody is Jesus Christ. So when he died on the cross. It was enough for him to simply die for our sins, but is the Old Testament priest had to do once a sacrifice was offered. Let's say for example, day of atonement, the sacrifice was offered the blood was shed, the priest must take that blood into the holy of holies in the mercy seat and present that blood as sacrifice and atonement, and the payment of the debt of the nation of Israel all over the years, the priests were offering sacrifices as payment for sin indication symbolical of the great high priest who was to come, whom John the Baptist identified of the Jordan as behold the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world. So when Jesus died, he did exactly what this passage says. The Bible says when he died he passed through the heavens. What heavens those heavens that surround us. Those heavens, in whom are in which demonic powers, satanic powers, Satan and all of his host reside. He passed right through that great multitude into the throne room of God, to present listen in his blood lesson body.

The blood of his own body as atonement for your sin and my sin.

He says therefore he says, with great confidence, he says let us hold fast our confession that is with great confidence. You and I know that our relationship to him is based not on our performance, but is based on his performance that he shed his blood for our sins at Calvary and he passed through the heavens to present himself as the ultimate Lamb of God, to atone for your sin in my sin this God who knows all about our needs. This God who is ready, willing and able to meet our needs is none other than the son of God who sits at the father's right hand, having atone for my sin. This if he could make payment for your sins and mine. There is no need that you and I will ever be able to experience for which he does not have adequate provision to meet Fuller that need based on who he is and what he started on his dancing thing he says we have this great high priest.

We have a relationship with him whereby we can call him our Savior, our Lord, our life, our great high priest, and he says we have this great high priest, that is, this is who he is and their voices. Don't be discouraged. He says let us hold fast our confession that is your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He says whole faster that hang onto that believe that never waver from that because there is one seated. The father's right hand, who is on your side who is on your team who has his eternal grip on your life and you will never be lost another to the son of God, and not only will ever be too great for his omnipotence as well as his omniscience in his omnipresence guarantee you that every time you have a need you have that need in his presence under his all seeing eye and within the what within the power of his Almighty and eternal grip. Nothing you will ever need is beyond his arm departments to provide. Thank you for listening to when in need. Remember if you want to know more about Charles Stanley test ministries intact start enlarging back after the presentation of interest ministry in Atlanta, Georgia