How Hard seasons help you see God more clearly

A storm has a marvelous way of A storm has a marvelous way of eliminating and erasing all the eliminating and erasing all the eliminating and erasing all the distractions in our lives. You know what distractions in our lives. You know what distractions in our lives. You know what else Job learns? He learns that you else Job learns? He learns that you else Job learns? He learns that you can't live your life based on can't live your life based on can't live your life based on second-hand evidence. second-hand evidence. second-hand evidence. But so many Christians are still basing But so many Christians are still basing But so many Christians are still basing their faith on what somebody told them. their faith on what somebody told them. their faith on what somebody told them. I wish that this was just another I wish that this was just another I wish that this was just another sermon. sermon. sermon. But it's not. But it's not. But it's not. Because I literally lived that Because I literally lived that Because I literally lived that transition from hearsay transition from hearsay transition from hearsay information informing me about what I information informing me about what I information informing me about what I thought God was thought God was thought God was to seeing him to seeing him to seeing him with my own eyes. Pastor Rick, how did with my own eyes. Pastor Rick, how did with my own eyes. Pastor Rick, how did you see him with your own eyes? you see him with your own eyes? you see him with your own eyes? I started going through storms. I started going through storms. I started going through storms. And all of a sudden I saw his purposes And all of a sudden I saw his purposes And all of a sudden I saw his purposes more clearly. more clearly. more clearly. I experienced his power I experienced his power I experienced his power more profoundly. more profoundly. more profoundly. I dwelled in his presence I dwelled in his presence I dwelled in his presence more intimately. In the middle of a more intimately. In the middle of a more intimately. In the middle of a storm! [screaming] storm! [screaming] storm! [screaming] David says, "Here's how you react. You David says, "Here's how you react. You David says, "Here's how you react. You worship God with intensity and totality worship God with intensity and totality worship God with intensity and totality out of necessity and watch what happens out of necessity and watch what happens out of necessity and watch what happens in your life. The situation may not in your life. The situation may not in your life. The situation may not change, but change, but change, but oh, something happens inside of you."