Control

Sermon Summary:

“Control” confronts one of the most common yet hidden spiritual blind spots: our desire to control outcomes instead of trusting God. While control can feel like wisdom or responsibility, Scripture reveals it as a trust issue rooted in humanity’s earliest rebellion. From the Garden of Eden to Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, the message shows that control is often an attempt to take God’s place and manage life on our own terms.

The sermon exposes how worry, fear, and self-reliance reveal where we trust God the least. Using Genesis 2–3, it traces the origin of control to the serpent’s lie that God cannot be trusted to define what is good. Through Matthew 6, Jesus reframes control as worry and invites believers to live one day at a time under the care of a trustworthy Father. The message calls listeners to identify what they try to control, surrender it to God, and replace worry with daily trust.

Core Takeaway:

The blind spot of control robs believers of peace, joy, and growth. True freedom is not found in managing life but in surrendering it daily to a faithful God who sees what we cannot and provides what we need.