Except the Lord Build the House
Songs of Degrees: This is a sermon series about Psalms 120 through 134. The Songs of Degrees, or the Songs of Ascents, are meant to teach us about our upward journey toward what God wills for His church. There are 15 of these songs and there were 1,500 years between the ministry of Moses and the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ. When God gave Moses the plan for the Tabernacle, it was the beginning of His plan to restore man, to rescue man. This plan, we know, was fulfilled by the death, resurrection, and ascension of our Lord and Savior.
As these songs of ascents take us further on, we come to a very important lesson pertaining to leadership. No one can lead a person past the place where they are themselves. All who would heed God’s call to leadership in the church MUST submit to God’s refining fire in their lives or they will have no authority to lead someone else into deeper places in the Lord. The fire purifies the Word that is planted within us so that it comes forth as gold. If we can’t stand the heat, God can’t finish His work in us or use us as He would desire to.
Scripture: Psalm 127, 1 Corinthians 3:1-13, 1 Corinthians 3:14-4:2, Daniel 9:25-27, Proverbs 6:19
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