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Nov. 18, 2022
Doing Things God’s Way
We need to learn how to do things God’s way. Even when trying to discern His will we need to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit in how to pray and what to look for. We also need to accept when God may say “no” or we think we have been wronged. Walking in victimhood and unforgiveness will destroy us. It is far better to trust God and accept His plan for our life with gratitude.
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Doing Things God’s Way (Out of Zion Episode #152)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Transcript
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Well, this week's Torah reading is going to teach us how to hear from God and how to live
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rightly before Him.
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So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional, when I seek to share just a little
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inspiration, bring a little peace to the close of your very busy week.
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This week our Torah reading is Genesis 23-1 through 25-18 and it's called Chayeh-Sarah
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and that's because it starts out with that Sarah lived, those are the two words Chayeh-Sarah,
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Sarah lived 127 years and then she dies.
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So the opening verses are about the end of Sarah's life and then how that Abraham bought
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a piece of property in order to bury her in and so the portion is named after Sarah.
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But the story goes on and the two stories we're going to talk about actually are after
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Sarah's life and death.
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So Abraham decides, you know, he's getting old too and he needs to find a bride for his
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son Isaac and we all know the story and how he sent his servant to go back to the area
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what today would be known as Syria where he had originated from and to find a bride from
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his relatives there for Isaac.
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And so the servant goes and in the story of course the servant gets there and he tells
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the Lord, if it be your will then let the young woman that comes out and gives me a
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drink of water and then offers water to all my camels.
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May that be the one that you have chosen for the bride of the son of my boss.
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And so sure enough he goes and here comes this beautiful young woman and she gives him water
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and then she offers to give water to the camels.
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And he then proclaims the greatness of God and she runs off to her family to tell them
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about this man claiming to be the servant of their relative Abraham.
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And of course the family hears this whole story.
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They understand that God has provided a sign and they go along with this and they send
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Rebecca back to be the bride of Isaac.
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You know Rebecca and Isaac were married for ninety years so this was really a God ordained
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marriage.
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And at the end of this week's reading we read about the death of Abraham and he lived to
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be a hundred and seventy-five years old.
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So the people lived longer than and therefore marriages lasted a long time.
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And Abraham lived so far beyond Sarah that he actually had a second family by a woman
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named Ketura.
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But he always knew that Isaac was the son of the miracle, that he was the promised one.
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And so Isaac had a special place in the family and in the future of the family.
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So we all know these stories.
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I'm not going to retell the story about Isaac and Ishmael.
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It would take too long.
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But we did have these two sons, Isaac and Ishmael, which are a little bit of rivalry
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between them.
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And Ishmael and his mother Hagar end up having to leave Abraham's tent, leave the camp and
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go out on their own.
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But at the end of Abraham's life, what we read this week is that Ishmael and Isaac came
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together to bury their father.
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And then they lived the remainder of their lives in the same region.
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So it seems that they were at peace and that they lived in peace with each other.
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So what are our lessons this week?
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The first is that to do things God's way.
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And so the servant went to find the bride and he put this, what we call a fleece before
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the Lord.
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But it was a fleece that the Lord had ordained and therefore the Lord fulfilled it.
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It's so important that as we try to navigate life and discern God's will that we do it
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His way.
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And if we ever do a, well Lord, if you want this then do that kind of situation, what we
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call a fleece, make sure it's born of the Holy Spirit and not just something you're
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making up in your mind.
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And our second lesson as we bring this week to a close is to also not allow yourself to
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become a victim, to live in victimhood.
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You know, we've all suffered offense at some time in our life.
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We may have all suffered some degree of injustice at some time in our life.
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And look at Ishmael.
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He could have claimed great injustice, but he ended his life in peace with his brother
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Isaac.
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And it's so important we learn to forgive and to get on with life because all of life
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is really based on forgiveness.
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If we're not walking in forgiveness for the little hurts and the little injustices then
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we're walking in unforgiveness and that will destroy us.
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So with that, I hope that you take a little break this weekend, enjoy your tour of reading,
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and I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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Well, this week's Torah reading is going to teach us how to hear from God and how to live
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00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,840
rightly before Him.
3
00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:14,520
So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional, when I seek to share just a little
4
00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:20,640
inspiration, bring a little peace to the close of your very busy week.
5
00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:30,320
This week our Torah reading is Genesis 23-1 through 25-18 and it's called Chayeh-Sarah
6
00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:37,400
and that's because it starts out with that Sarah lived, those are the two words Chayeh-Sarah,
7
00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:42,640
Sarah lived 127 years and then she dies.
8
00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:50,400
So the opening verses are about the end of Sarah's life and then how that Abraham bought
9
00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:56,800
a piece of property in order to bury her in and so the portion is named after Sarah.
10
00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:02,680
But the story goes on and the two stories we're going to talk about actually are after
11
00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,680
Sarah's life and death.
12
00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:11,920
So Abraham decides, you know, he's getting old too and he needs to find a bride for his
13
00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:19,360
son Isaac and we all know the story and how he sent his servant to go back to the area
14
00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:27,880
what today would be known as Syria where he had originated from and to find a bride from
15
00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,960
his relatives there for Isaac.
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00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:36,840
And so the servant goes and in the story of course the servant gets there and he tells
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00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:43,120
the Lord, if it be your will then let the young woman that comes out and gives me a
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drink of water and then offers water to all my camels.
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May that be the one that you have chosen for the bride of the son of my boss.
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And so sure enough he goes and here comes this beautiful young woman and she gives him water
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00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,560
and then she offers to give water to the camels.
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00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:14,120
And he then proclaims the greatness of God and she runs off to her family to tell them
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00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:19,520
about this man claiming to be the servant of their relative Abraham.
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00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,040
And of course the family hears this whole story.
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00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:28,560
They understand that God has provided a sign and they go along with this and they send
26
00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,480
Rebecca back to be the bride of Isaac.
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00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:41,600
You know Rebecca and Isaac were married for ninety years so this was really a God ordained
28
00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,440
marriage.
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00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:50,640
And at the end of this week's reading we read about the death of Abraham and he lived to
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00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:53,920
be a hundred and seventy-five years old.
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00:02:53,920 --> 00:03:00,120
So the people lived longer than and therefore marriages lasted a long time.
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00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:07,000
And Abraham lived so far beyond Sarah that he actually had a second family by a woman
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00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,160
named Ketura.
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00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:16,880
But he always knew that Isaac was the son of the miracle, that he was the promised one.
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00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:22,040
And so Isaac had a special place in the family and in the future of the family.
36
00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,520
So we all know these stories.
37
00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:28,160
I'm not going to retell the story about Isaac and Ishmael.
38
00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,360
It would take too long.
39
00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:35,640
But we did have these two sons, Isaac and Ishmael, which are a little bit of rivalry
40
00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:36,640
between them.
41
00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:44,400
And Ishmael and his mother Hagar end up having to leave Abraham's tent, leave the camp and
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00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:45,680
go out on their own.
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00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:50,920
But at the end of Abraham's life, what we read this week is that Ishmael and Isaac came
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together to bury their father.
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00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:58,120
And then they lived the remainder of their lives in the same region.
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00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:04,480
So it seems that they were at peace and that they lived in peace with each other.
47
00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,400
So what are our lessons this week?
48
00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,560
The first is that to do things God's way.
49
00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:17,680
And so the servant went to find the bride and he put this, what we call a fleece before
50
00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:18,680
the Lord.
51
00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:23,280
But it was a fleece that the Lord had ordained and therefore the Lord fulfilled it.
52
00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:29,960
It's so important that as we try to navigate life and discern God's will that we do it
53
00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:31,760
His way.
54
00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:37,360
And if we ever do a, well Lord, if you want this then do that kind of situation, what we
55
00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:42,200
call a fleece, make sure it's born of the Holy Spirit and not just something you're
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00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,800
making up in your mind.
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00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:52,840
And our second lesson as we bring this week to a close is to also not allow yourself to
58
00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:56,560
become a victim, to live in victimhood.
59
00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,400
You know, we've all suffered offense at some time in our life.
60
00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:05,360
We may have all suffered some degree of injustice at some time in our life.
61
00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,080
And look at Ishmael.
62
00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:12,640
He could have claimed great injustice, but he ended his life in peace with his brother
63
00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:13,920
Isaac.
64
00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:19,760
And it's so important we learn to forgive and to get on with life because all of life
65
00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,400
is really based on forgiveness.
66
00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:27,600
If we're not walking in forgiveness for the little hurts and the little injustices then
67
00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:33,120
we're walking in unforgiveness and that will destroy us.
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00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:39,480
So with that, I hope that you take a little break this weekend, enjoy your tour of reading,
69
00:05:39,480 --> 00:06:07,560
and I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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