What Will You Do When You Get God's Attention?

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Teacher: Valencia Moses

What Will You Do When You Get God's Attention?

This past Tuesday we received an excellent word from the Lord, by our teacher Valencia Moses who spoke about our response when we actually get God’s attention. Because many times in life, we often find ourselves at the throne of God calling and crying out to the King of kings and when we finally get the Kings attention…well…what do you say?

Thus we turn our bibles to

1 Kings 3:1-15

The famous story of King Solomon, son of David asking God for wisdom but let us dissect this further by asking ourselves these questions. Be honest with yourself:

·      What will you say when God presents you with an opportunity?

·      How prepared are you now and how prepared can you be?

Tonight you must examine yourself and wonder are you ready for the answer that you have often prayed to God about.

V: 1-3: Starting with some surface level questions: Have you ever heard of Egypt? Have you ever heard of Pharaoh? Good because there is a reason why this nation is mentioned in 1 Kings. It is because Solomon was so rich and so wealthy that even the wealthiest country such as Egypt wanted to form an alliance with him. It has been said that Solomon was engaged to the Pharaoh’s daughter. And unfortunately the ways of the foreign nations influenced the nation Israel so as they worshipped in high places, so did the Israelites. Although Solomon loved and worshipped God, he himself also went to worship God in these high places. This is a stark difference between David who set apart a place to worship God.

 God will always make an opportunity to choose Him because God wants us to show Him how much we really love Him. There is nothing we can do to make God love us any less. To get God’s attention Solomon did something quite special often times we must step out our comfort zone to show our love to God.

V: 3-9: Solomon presented a thousand burnt offerings unto God. A burnt offering meant complete dedication and worship to God. It is the best of the flock and the fire consumes it, it is a complete surrender. Worship is what got God’s attention it was heart and the same heart that was in David also was passed down to his son, Solomon. 

There are multitude ways to worship God:

·      Prayer

·      Praise: lifting up your voice

·      Meditation upon his word

·      Offerings/ an act of trust

Once God saw how Solomon humbled himself and worshipped Him. God finally gave Solomon his attention.

V: 10-12: When we get God’s attention properly and in the correct manner, we must be honest and sincere in what we want. Because we did it His way, Matthew 6:33, “seek ye first and his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you as well.” What are practical ways you can make God first? It is more than a matter of intention it is a matter of effort. It means getting up in the mornings to give God a thank you, to show your gratitude it means consulting God before you consult anyone else. It is making sure nothing in your life equals the level of attention, of which you place upon God.

Reference scripture Jeremiah 33:3à Seeking God and calling upon Him is an active on-going process, searching for him daily. Once we seek God earnestly, He will reveal His will and intimate details of his plan as long we remain dedicated to him.

V: 13-14: God answered Solomon through his dreams and when Solomon awoke he offered up burnt offerings unto God. When we are not lead by the Holy Spirit, we create a high place, situation for idolatry and it is so easy for us as Christians to not place other gods before Him. There are millions of things after our attention everyday it is a constant battle for our attention, for the places in our hearts and mind. Solomon started seeking God, asking him for help, God gave him wisdom and discernment and God is always favorable all His blessings are never earned by us.

V: 15: And as an indication of Solomon’s commitment he did not celebrate and have an offering with God in the high place but had it at the altar. Solomon showed his commitment by returning to where God is, which is at the ark of the covenant, showing his turn from idolatry to the tried and true God.

So Pray and mediate on these verses:

·      Matthew 6:28-33

·      Luke 12:33-34

·      Malachi 6:13à He knows and God is always aware of the people who are obedient to Him.

And know that everyday we have an opportunity to make choices to choose God. To seek God you must give God the top cut, you must give Him the best of your best. At the ending of everything it is always our choice, we can do things God’s way to get His attention and once we get it then we must ask are we prepared to use it for His glory.

Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to the Lord,

Trust also in Him,

And He shall bring it to pass.