God Will Be Acknowledged
The sermon emphasizes the importance of acknowledging God in all aspects of life, leading to a change of motive and dependence, and resulting in a life lived at ease in God's Presence and a greater sense of divine wisdom and resourcefulness.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches on the importance of being diligent in our work, fervent in spirit, and serving the Lord in all aspects of our lives. She emphasizes the need to acknowledge God in everything we do, relying on His wisdom, strength, and guidance for the right execution of our tasks. Tileston highlights the transformation that occurs when our motives and dependence shift towards serving God, leading to a life lived in the presence of God with divine wisdom, efficiency, and abundance of resources.
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Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.
ROMANS 12:11
LET us begin from this moment to acknowledge Him in all our ways, and do everything, whatsoever we do, as service to Him and for His glory, depending upon Him alone for wisdom, and strength, and sweetness, and patience, and everything else that is necessary for the right accomplishing of all our living. It is not so much a change of acts that will be necessary, as a change of motive and of dependence. The house will be kept, or the children cared for, or the business transacted, perhaps, just the same as before as to the outward, but inwardly God will be acknowledged, and depended on, and served; and there will be all the difference between a life lived at ease in the glory of His Presence, and a life lived painfully and with effort apart from Him. There will result also from this bringing of God into our affairs a wonderful accession of divine wisdom in the conduct of them, and a far greater quickness and despatch in their accomplishment, a surprising increase in the fertility of resource, and an enlargement on every side that will amaze the hitherto cramped and cabined soul.
HANNAH WHITALL SMITH
Sermon Outline
- Acknowledging God in All Our Ways
- The Result of Acknowledging God
- Accession of divine wisdom
- Quickness and despatch in accomplishing tasks
- Increase in fertility of resource and enlargement of the soul
Key Quotes
“It is not so much a change of acts that will be necessary, as a change of motive and of dependence.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“There will result also from this bringing of God into our affairs a wonderful accession of divine wisdom in the conduct of them,” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- Make a conscious effort to acknowledge God in every aspect of your life, from the mundane to the spiritual.
- Recognize that God's presence and power are available to you in every situation, and depend on Him for wisdom, strength, and sweetness.
- Seek to live a life of purpose and fulfillment by acknowledging God and depending on Him in all your ways.