Summit Church
I See You Pt 4 | Found in the Field | Andrew Serr
Locations & Times
Summit Church
7200 S Clinton St, Centennial, CO 80112, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
Big Idea:
You’re closer than you think, more loved than you know, and more important than you realize.
You’re closer than you think, more loved than you know, and more important than you realize.
1. You’re Not Too Far Away
God meets you right where you are.
God meets you right where you are.
God’s presence isn’t tied to a location or guaranteed by religious practice.
Form = outward structure, behavior, ritual
Power = the active, life-changing presence of God
Power = the active, life-changing presence of God
When God’s glory finally appears, it comes first to people the world overlooks.
2. You’re Not Too Messed Up
Jesus moves toward your need, not away from it.
Jesus moves toward your need, not away from it.
God doesn’t wait for you to be clean to be close.
God meets you right where you are.
3. You’re Not Too Ordinary
God gives meaning to your everyday life.
God gives meaning to your everyday life.
They returned to the same field, but not as the same people.
God gives you purpose where you already are.
Response
Break these lies:
Lie #1: “I’m too distant.”
Truth: God meets you right where you are.
Lie #2: “I’m too broken.”
Truth: Jesus moves toward your need, not away from it.
Lie #3: “I’m too ordinary.”
Truth: God gives meaning to your everyday life.
Break these lies:
Lie #1: “I’m too distant.”
Truth: God meets you right where you are.
Lie #2: “I’m too broken.”
Truth: Jesus moves toward your need, not away from it.
Lie #3: “I’m too ordinary.”
Truth: God gives meaning to your everyday life.
Discussion Questions
1. Luke 2:8–9 — The shepherds were simply doing their jobs when God showed up.
Where were the shepherds when God revealed His glory, and what does that tell us about where God is willing to meet people today?
2. Luke 2:9–10 — The shepherds’ first reaction was fear.
Why do you think fear is often our initial response when God shows up unexpectedly in our lives?
3. The angel says the good news is “for all the people.”
Who do you think felt excluded from God’s presence in that culture—and who might feel excluded today?
4. God chose shepherds, not priests or religious leaders, to receive the announcement.
What assumptions about who “qualifies” for God does this challenge in us?
5. Ezekiel 11 & Luke 2 connection — God’s glory had been absent from Israel’s religious center for centuries.
What does it mean to have religious activity without God’s presence, and how can that still happen today?
6. “You’re not too far away” — God met the shepherds in a field, not a temple.
Have you ever experienced God meeting you outside of a “church” or spiritual environment?
7. “You’re not too messed up” — Jesus moves toward need, not away from it.
What kinds of struggles or life circumstances tend to make people feel disqualified from God?
8. Luke 2:15–16 — The shepherds had to decide whether to act on what they heard.
What keeps people from responding when God invites them closer?
9. Luke 2:17–20 — The shepherds returned to the same field but not as the same people.
What changed about them, and what stayed the same?
10. Application — Which of the three lies do you most identify with right now?
“I’m too distant”
“I’m too broken”
“I’m too ordinary”
How does the truth of the Christmas story directly confront that lie in your life?
Where were the shepherds when God revealed His glory, and what does that tell us about where God is willing to meet people today?
2. Luke 2:9–10 — The shepherds’ first reaction was fear.
Why do you think fear is often our initial response when God shows up unexpectedly in our lives?
3. The angel says the good news is “for all the people.”
Who do you think felt excluded from God’s presence in that culture—and who might feel excluded today?
4. God chose shepherds, not priests or religious leaders, to receive the announcement.
What assumptions about who “qualifies” for God does this challenge in us?
5. Ezekiel 11 & Luke 2 connection — God’s glory had been absent from Israel’s religious center for centuries.
What does it mean to have religious activity without God’s presence, and how can that still happen today?
6. “You’re not too far away” — God met the shepherds in a field, not a temple.
Have you ever experienced God meeting you outside of a “church” or spiritual environment?
7. “You’re not too messed up” — Jesus moves toward need, not away from it.
What kinds of struggles or life circumstances tend to make people feel disqualified from God?
8. Luke 2:15–16 — The shepherds had to decide whether to act on what they heard.
What keeps people from responding when God invites them closer?
9. Luke 2:17–20 — The shepherds returned to the same field but not as the same people.
What changed about them, and what stayed the same?
10. Application — Which of the three lies do you most identify with right now?
“I’m too distant”
“I’m too broken”
“I’m too ordinary”
How does the truth of the Christmas story directly confront that lie in your life?