SERMON NOTES
KEEP GOING
PASTOR LEVI THOMPSON
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
MOSES’ FAST
Exodus 34:2-5
Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. 3 No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. 5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord.
Exodus 34:28
Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
God invited Moses to get alone with him. And God extends similar invitations to people all throughout scripture.
Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and you will find me when you seek me with all of your heart.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to me and I will answer you and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Matthew 7:7-8
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
He is inviting you to get alone with him. To seek him. To fast. To pray. How have you been responding to his invitation?
God wants us to not only show up - he wants to teach us to stay.
What happens when you stay? …When you keep going?
Exodus 34:29-32
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.
Moses kept going for 40 days and he was transformed!
We are all in need of more of God. Even if you’ve sought God and fasted before, what are you doing today?
2 Corinthians 3:13
…Moses… would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away.
:::RESPONSE:::
What specific ways are you going to respond to Jesus’ invitation to fast/pray/seek him?
If you haven’t begun fasting for our 28 days, it’s not too late! Pick up a manual and make a plan today.
Consider setting aside at least one time this week where you can get alone with God and have unrushed, unhurried time with him.
