Do You See What God Sees?
We continue week 2 of our latest series Underdog: God is for the forgotten. This sermon series is about resilience. ANCHOR TEXT: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 TPT
Introduction: Forward in Resilience
Our word for 2026 is Forward. This sermon series focuses on Resilience.
- Focus
- Obedience
- Resilience
- Wisdom
- Alignment
- Resolve
- Discipline/Diligence
Resilience is the ability to adapt well to adversity, trauma, or significant stress. It allows individuals to "bounce back" and often grow from difficult experiences; it is grit.
An underdog is a person, team, or group expected to lose a contest or competition. They are the unlikely winner in a struggle, a dark horse or a long shot.
The term underdog refers to anyone at a disadvantage, one who loses consistently or is a victim of injustice. It originates from 19th-century dogfighting, referring to the dog that lost as opposed to the "top dog" that won.
27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28 He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
29 so that no one may boast in His presence.
30 It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
I. Culture counted them out. Christ counted them in.
14 He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,
15 and to have authority to drive out demons.
16 These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),
17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
II. Christ sees something in underdogs that culture can't or simply won't.
There's more to you than meets the eye.
48 “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
III. Culture sees the superficial. Christ sees both the internal and eternal.
IV. It's an inside job.
Identity precedes influence. Jesus had to develop His disciples before He could deploy them.
14 He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,
1. Identity is the tension that exists between how I see myself and how God sees me.
2. The purpose of identity is not for you to become the best version of yourself. The purpose is for you to look more like Jesus.
Identity: Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him
Influence: and that He might send them out to preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons
3. Intimacy ➡️ Identity ➡️ Integrity ➡️ Influence
4. The labels you accept will eventually become the limitations you allow.
I'm not who I think I am. I'm not who others think I am. I'm not who I think others think I am. I am who God says I am.
Question: Do you see what God sees⁉️
If you miss week one: Catch the the replay on YouTube.
