Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, Sunday, May 9, 2021

“If the Creek Don’t Rise”, Mother’s Day, 2021

Today Pastor Michael is expanding upon the old saying, “If the Lord is willing and the creek don’t rise”.   The old Latin saying “Deo Volente”, used for centuries, had “…if the creek don’t rise” added somewhere in country sayings and stuck.  James 4: 13-17 tells us why we should use the saying, “God Willing” and Michael is talking today about how our faith can end when the floodwaters begin and fear of failure limits us.  

Don’t let fear limit you faith!  Our theme today is, “Trusting God, even when we can’t see it working out”.  

(CSB Baker Illustrated Bible Study Notes) Jesus also calls the disciples to a life free from worry, a life defined by trusting in their God, who cares and provides daily needs of food and clothing. This exhortation was a weighty one in a culture where many people lived at a subsistence level (e.g., the day laborers of Mt 20:1–15, who might need their end-of-day wage to feed their families). Jesus’s followers are to focus their energies and priorities on the kingdom—God coming to make all things right (6:33). Trusting in God’s righteousness eliminates worry and “little faith” (6:30; cf. 8:26).

Today’s bible verses are found in Matthew chapter 6: 25-34 and James 4: 13-17.