What Was I Made For ? | Part 4

WHAT WAS I MADE FOR?

Part 4: Made for His Presence

May 18, 2025

 

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (AMP) He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]…

 

John 15:5 (NIV) If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

without

produces frustration.

 

Exodus 33:15 (NIV) Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.”

 

Exodus 31:1-5 (NIV) (NIV) Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts.

 

• Bezalel: Every requires .

 

1 Samuel 10:5-7 (NIV) After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying. The Spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person. Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you.

 

1 Samuel 16:14 (NIV) Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.

 

• Saul: Hosting the Presence is a , not a .

 

Judges 16:20 (NIV) He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.

 

• Samson: don’t equal .

How the Presence of God

Reveals Your Purpose

 

1. The Presence fills you with .

 

Acts 1:4-8 (NIV) On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit…you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

2. The Presence leads you with .

 

John 16:13 (NIV) But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

 

Isaiah 30:21 (NIV) Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

 

Romans 8:14 (NIV) For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.

3. The Presence forms you with .

 

Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

4. The Presence equips you with .

 

1 Corinthians 12:4-7(NLT) There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us. A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.