TEAM 180:

When did you see the Lord for the first time?
I know that none of us have physically seen God at any time however we have seen the Work of God haven't we?

180 SECRET - IN THAT YEAR I SAW THE LORD!

This is how it was in Isaiah's day. The people were desperate for a leader and Uzziah was the Leader that God used to bring Israel back to Him.

"In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple."
Isaiah 6:1

180 SECRET - IN THAT YEAR I SAW THE LORD!

Isaiah and the people didn't see the work of God toward the end of Uzziah's long reign as King of Israel. They only remembered the past and what it used to be like when Uzziah first came to a Leadership position.

So when Uzziah passed away Isaiah was forced to look for a New Work of God in his own life and in Israel.

180 SECRET - IN THAT YEAR I SAW THE LORD!

Notice that he saw the Lord High, Exalted and Seated on a Throne. The Train of His robe filled the Temple with Glory.

Friends, sometimes when someone of Great Leadership passes on the Lord uses this as an Opportunity for all of us to get our own House in Order.

Sometimes we rely on the Church, Pastor, Parents, Past Experience, Pope etc... for our own relationship with God.

180 SECRET - IN THAT YEAR I SAW THE LORD!

For Isaiah as well as us we tend to get complacent and take for granite what God did in the early days of a Ministry like Calvary Chapel.

In the early days the TENT on Sunflower was filled with the Presence of God Seated High and Exalted. The Train of His Robe filled the TENT with desperate people looking for answers.

The Train of His Robe was seen as the Traffic Jams and Caravans of cars on Sunflower and MacArthur in Santa Ana Ca.

The Train of His Glory was literally 4-5 thousand people parking miles away and walking to the Tent of Meeting!

180 SECRET: WHY THEN AND NOT NOW!

The Church became an Institution in the early part of the First and Second Century AD as the Newness wore off.

180 SECRET - IN THAT YEAR I SAW THE LORD!

It's like the excitement of that brand new car. Five years later the newness has totally worn off and it is time for a new car.

Pastor Chuck Warned us not to live on the Past but on the Now and the Future Work of God!

Pastor Chuck also Encouraged us to take Responsibility for our own Relationship with God and not to rely on an institution.

Today, where is your relationship with God? When was the last time you saw the Work of God in your own life and the life of others?

Let's respond as Isaiah did:

When Isaiah saw God working and the Train of His Robe he said, "I'm a man of unclean lips!" After this confession of Complacency God began to do a Great work in Isaiah's Life.

Jesus will do the same for us!

180 SECRET - IN THAT YEAR I SAW THE LORD!

Just Go 180!

Rick