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  KEEPING OUR EYES ON GOD'S GREATNESS
  by David Wilkerson
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Summary: Keeping your eyes on God's greatness is the key to overcoming
fear and doubt and trusting in his power to deliver you.

Topics: "God's Sovereignty", "Trust in God's Greatness"
Scripture References: Job 38:4-39, Psalm 19:1, Psalm 104:24-25, Isaiah 40:26, Matthew 6:26, Romans 1:20, Hebrews 11:3

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David Wilkerson emphasizes the importance of focusing on God's
greatness, using the awe-inspiring experience of astronaut Charlie Duke
as a metaphor for recognizing the Creator's power. He reflects on God's
dialogue with Job, where God reveals His sovereignty over creation,
urging Job to shift his perspective from his suffering to the majesty of
God. Wilkerson highlights that by keeping our eyes on God's greatness,
we can overcome fear and doubt that often cloud our hearts. Ultimately,
the sermon encourages believers to trust in God's omnipotence and care
for His creation.

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Former astronaut Charlie Duke once spoke about what it was like being in
a tiny space capsule 28,000 miles from Earth, racing toward the moon. As
the crew turned the craft to its side, someone exclaimed, "What an
incredible sight!" They all looked and saw the planet Earth, hanging
wondrously in black space -- a huge, bright ball, supported by nothing
at all. The whole crew was overwhelmed at the sight; they knew only an
incredible Creator could have wrought that.

God beautifully used the reference to his creation when he was bringing
Job out of his sufferings. "Where were you when I laid the foundations
of the earth? ... To what were its foundations fastened?" (Job 38:4, 6).
He was asking, "What holds the earth up in space?" And he goes further,
"Who shut up the sea in its borders? Who tells the mighty ocean, 'Come
to this point but no farther'? What keeps the waves from overwhelming
the land? And where is the spring from which the seas flow?

"How is the light parted from the darkness? How is the wind divided and
scattered? How is rain born? Can man produce lightning, thunder, clouds?
Who put wildness and tameness in the nature of beasts? Who do you think
set all these forces of nature in place, Job?"

God literally took Job through a "power course," revealing his past
creation. Through it all, Job was being told, "You accuse me of neglect
and you doubt my power to deliver you, yet I have shown you how I care
for all my vast creation" (read this in Job 38 and 39).

Job was totally overwhelmed and when he looked at his problems again, he
said, "I've been so foolish. I've had my eyes on the wrong things. I was
concentrating on my pain when I should have been looking at you and your
greatness. I know you can do everything and I also know that no thought
can be withheld from you" (see 42:2).

If you keep your eyes on God and his greatness, fear and doubt cannot
get a stranglehold on your heart.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/david-wilkerson/keeping-our-eyes-on-gods-greatness/
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