Valley Lights Church Podcast Valley Lights Church (Santa Clarita, CA)

God's invitation has gone out to all people- indiscriminately. If you have put your faith in Jesus, then you have started experiencing life in God's Kingdom. We will experience His eternal joy in its entirety in heaven. For now, we carry an invitation that invites more people to step into His Kingdom.

The Golden Buzzer is a breathtaking award for exceptional performances. In those intense moments, the things that are highly valued in our culture are put on display. Let’s open the Bible to see how the world’s values compare to the things that are important to God. If God awarded you with a Golden Buzzer, what would it take?

Comparison is where grumbling starts. We see someone and think “no fair.” We may develop an insolent attitude. We must believe that what God has given us is enough, choosing to be content.

Testing God is demanding that He prove Himself. “Why?” is one of the common words we use when we are grading God’s paper. We have forgotten our place. God will remind us. Whenever we publicly vent our anger against the leaders over us, we are publicly calling God out. We’re accusing God of doing wrong to us.

Some of our desires are healthy, some destructive. When God says “no,” we often don’t like it. We may continue doing right, but we long for what is wrong. We begin to justify a “yes” to the out-of-bounds desire. Even though God has made it clear, we manage to turn all kinds of no’s into yes’s.

God is enough. We must refuse to find satisfaction elsewhere. Nothing else can bring
peace and joy. We continue waiting for God, hoping and enduring, while things in life
seem dim and delayed.