The Eternal Purpose of God - Part 8 — Stephen Kaung

God's Eternal Purpose and Power

Is made out of love. And God lays down a plan according to his wisdom. And now God works with his exceeding great power to fulfill that purpose. So can you doubt that his purpose will fail? His purpose will be realized.

Knowing God's Power Through Paul's Experience

But we need also to know that power. If we want to work together with God, if we want to be in that plan for that purpose, that brothers and sisters, we need to know the power of God. The apostle Paul, he knows the power of God in his own life.

Grace Sufficient in Human Weakness

You remember in 2 Corinthians chapter 12, when he had that thorn in his body, how he prayed with God to remove that thorn. It's at stake to remove it, that he may be strong. And God said, my grace is sufficient for you.

God's Power in Earthen Vessels

In other words, in his weakness, he experienced the power of God. The reason why we do not experience the power of God is because we are too strong. Our problem is not weakness. Our problem is strength.

If we realize our weakness, even to the point of boasting of our weakness, not in the right way, but boasting in our weakness, then we will experience the exceeding great power of God. You know, we are an earthen vessel, but there is a treasure within us that the surpassing greatness of a power may be of God and not of ourselves.

Laboring in God's Power

Paul, even in his labor, how he taught and labor in the power of God. So, brothers and sisters, we need to know how to work with God. We need his power that we may be able to be used by God in bringing his purpose into fullness.

Participating in God's Eternal Purpose

So, dear brothers and sisters, actually, we are here with something tremendously great before us. It is not just a small conference. It is something that touches eternity. It is something that touches the eternal purpose of God.

And thank God he is drawing us in that purpose. We are in that purpose, and we need to know what that purpose is. We need to work together with him, allow him to work it out in us and through us until his glory is manifested.

Offering Ourselves for God's Purpose

So, dear Lord, we do praise and thank thee that thou art willing to show us thy very heart. We want to thank thee that thou dost desire that we may be men and women of thy heart, that we may know thy heart and may allow thee to work that out in us and even through us, that thy purpose of eternity may become a reality.

Lord, we want to offer ourselves to thee for thy purpose. Have mercy upon us in thy precious name. Amen.