Sermon
Inquire of the Lord
Bellevue Baptist Church
Speaker: Jim Cymbala
August 8, 2014 · 40 min
Summary
Drawing from 1 Samuel 23, the sermon teaches that God desires to guide believers in non-moral decisions through the Holy Spirit's direction, not just in matters of right and wrong. The preacher illustrates how consulting God before acting—as David did—leads to divine blessing and protection, while ignoring God's guidance results in costly mistakes. Listeners learn that yielding to God's leading requires humility, faith, and willingness to follow even when circumstances don't make logical sense.
Highlights
When you don't know what to do, don't do anything. Don't make a decision. Don't feel the pressure of it.
We need the Lord to direct us. We need the Lord. We need the Lord. Oh, some of the boneheaded decisions I've made in my life because I was going too fast and didn't stop and say, God, what is your will concerning this?
Where he leads me, I will follow. I do what I want and then God comes along like a master card in the sky. That's not quite biblically true. In fact, it's wrong.