Getting God's Attention

Getting God's Attention

Psalm 50:5-15

Bring my faithful people to me-those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices. Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. O my people, listen as I speak. Here are my charges against you, O Israel: I am God, your God! I have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly offer. But I do not need the bulls from your barns or the goats from your pens. For all the animals of the forest are mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for all the world is mine and everything in it. Do I eat the meat of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats? Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.

Matthew 7:7-8   Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

• Th Giving of Offerings
  • • Psalm 50:5   Bring my faithful people to me-those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.
    • Philippians 4:18   At the moment I have all I need-and more! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable and pleasing to God.
    • Malachi 3:10   "Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do," says the Lord of Heaven's Armies, "I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!" 
    • Romans 12:1   And so, dear brothers a sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice-the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. 
• The Giving of Thanks
  • • Psalm 50:14   Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God.     
    • Psalm 50:23   But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me.   
    • Psalm 100:4   Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. 
    • Philippians 4:6-7   Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. 
• The Response of Obedience
  • • Psalm 50:14   Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High.
    • Psalm 50:23   If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.
    • 1 Samuel 15:22   But Samuel replied, "What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams." 
    • John 14:15   If you love me, obey my commanments. 
    • John 14:21   Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them. 
    • 1 John 3:24   Those who obey God's commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us. 
• Call on the Lord
  • • Psalm 50:15   Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory. 
    • 2 Chronicles 7:14   Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 
    • Matthew 11:28-30   Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light."
    • Revelation 3:20   Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends. 

Romans 10:13   For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.