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This Can’t Wait

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WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.629 We're actually in week number five of 00:00:02.639 --> 00:00:05.749 our Superersize Me series and we're 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:08.150 taking a journey into the promised land. 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:12.790 So today I'm going to define what is the 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:14.789 promised land? What does it actually 00:00:14.799 --> 00:00:18.150 look like? How can I actually experience 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:21.109 this promised land that God has given us 00:00:21.119 --> 00:00:24.150 by his grace? So Hebrews chapter 4 and 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:26.630 verse 9 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:29.465 it says, "So then a Sabbath rest 00:00:29.475 --> 00:00:30.710 [snorts] 00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:33.830 still remains for the people of God. For 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:37.830 those who enter God's rest also cease 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:41.110 from their labors as God did from his. 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:43.990 Let us therefore make every effort." 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:46.549 Someone say and type in make every 00:00:46.559 --> 00:00:49.110 effort 00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:52.549 to enter that rest so that no one fall 00:00:52.559 --> 00:00:55.189 through such disobedience. There are two 00:00:55.199 --> 00:00:57.910 anchors that I want to spend my time 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:01.510 examining today. The first one is make 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:05.350 every effort to enter that rest. The 00:01:05.360 --> 00:01:07.750 picture that the writer of Hebrews was 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:10.789 placing before us is that of an Olympian 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:13.350 that is sprinting a 100meter dash. How 00:01:13.360 --> 00:01:14.870 many of you all during the Olympics or 00:01:14.880 --> 00:01:17.109 during the trials you all have that's 00:01:17.119 --> 00:01:18.469 one of my favorite things to watch 00:01:18.479 --> 00:01:20.390 because it's not long and they going to 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:22.390 give some of their best effort and they 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:23.990 have been training they have been 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.270 preparing they are making all effort 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:30.149 possible to reach the goal that they've 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:32.230 been working toward. So when it says to 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:35.590 make every effort to enter that rest, it 00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:37.910 doesn't mean don't pass goal, don't 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.550 collect $200, don't wait for another 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:43.270 opportunity. Every day that you wake up 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:45.830 as a person who is sprinting in the 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:49.190 100meter dash, your goal is to enter 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:52.710 into the rest of God. 00:01:52.720 --> 00:01:55.350 It says the purpose of you having this 00:01:55.360 --> 00:01:57.749 disposition, this intentionality toward 00:01:57.759 --> 00:02:00.230 this goal is for the second portion of 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:05.510 verse 11 that says that no one may fall. 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:08.790 So it says to give this hurry with 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:11.350 intense zeal to give this breathless 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:14.710 priority to give this maximum diligence 00:02:14.720 --> 00:02:17.910 toward the goal of finding rest so that 00:02:17.920 --> 00:02:20.790 you do not set yourself up for a 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:22.229 position to fall. But what it means to 00:02:22.239 --> 00:02:25.030 fall is to burn out. So it says if I 00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:27.350 don't give all my effort to go to rest, 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:29.430 I'm not only going to burn out before I 00:02:29.440 --> 00:02:32.309 reach my goal, but I'm going to lose my 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:33.830 stability. 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:35.830 And isn't it funny that the reason why 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:37.990 we say we can't rest is because we're 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:40.309 trying to keep our stability. But 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.470 scripture here says without rest, you'll 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:44.710 actually lose the the stability that 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:48.070 you're working to get. 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:50.630 And it says most importantly if if you 00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:55.430 don't work with all effort to rest 00:02:55.440 --> 00:02:57.670 that your foundation 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:00.949 to your life will collapse under the 00:03:00.959 --> 00:03:05.110 pressure that you face. 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.430 from what Hebrews 4:11 is communicating 00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:10.390 to us all is that if we're not making 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:13.750 our first priority every day to enter a 00:03:13.760 --> 00:03:17.110 place of rest that we will lose the very 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:18.869 stability that we're going for. I don't 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:20.869 know about you, but that communicates a 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.350 sense of urgency. 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:25.830 And the title of this message today is 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:29.830 this can't wait. Someone say and type in 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:32.309 this can't wait. 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:34.390 How oxymoronic 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:35.990 is this title that I'm going to be 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.789 teaching about rest, but it's titled 00:03:38.799 --> 00:03:43.110 this can't wait. We must understand that 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:45.589 we have an awesome opportunity of being 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:48.390 in the kingdom of God. It is a great and 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:51.430 precious privilege to be accepted in 00:03:51.440 --> 00:03:53.350 into the beloved that's filled with 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.550 righteousness, peace, and joy. That's in 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:59.830 the realm of the spirit. We live in the 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:01.910 realm of the earth. 00:04:01.920 --> 00:04:04.789 And so today I'm trying to make now the 00:04:04.799 --> 00:04:07.110 spiritual reality match up with the 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:09.670 earthly reality that we experience on
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a 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.470 daily basis. 00:04:12.480 --> 00:04:16.150 However, in the light of this truth of 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:19.990 being in the kingdom of God, 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:24.710 we cannot ignore the urgency of not 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:27.909 getting into a place of rest. Because 00:04:27.919 --> 00:04:29.590 typically when you hear someone say, 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:31.350 "This can't wait. 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:33.510 your mind automatically goes to 00:04:33.520 --> 00:04:36.469 something is in crisis. 00:04:36.479 --> 00:04:39.670 You might think of overdue bills 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:41.830 or late emails that you need to respond 00:04:41.840 --> 00:04:44.710 to, medical diagnosis that you're 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:46.070 dealing with and you need to take care 00:04:46.080 --> 00:04:48.950 of your family when they call and say, 00:04:48.960 --> 00:04:50.950 "Look, drop everything. I need you right 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:52.469 now." 00:04:52.479 --> 00:04:55.909 We live in a world where it seems like 00:04:55.919 --> 00:04:58.790 everything is the most important thing 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:01.590 at the time. And it causes us to live 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:05.430 with the level of immediate frantic 00:05:05.440 --> 00:05:06.950 energy 00:05:06.960 --> 00:05:09.510 that present prevents us from 00:05:09.520 --> 00:05:11.909 experiencing the rest that we were told 00:05:11.919 --> 00:05:17.909 to immediately dwell in every day. 00:05:17.919 --> 00:05:20.390 Now, I know the temptation is when 00:05:20.400 --> 00:05:21.990 you're in a season where you're not 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.230 resting, where you're frantic, where 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.150 you're going, where your mind is 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.070 constantly racing. You lie to yourself 00:05:28.080 --> 00:05:31.590 like I lie to myself and say in just a 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:35.270 couple weeks it'll all get better. And 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:38.070 then a couple weeks show up and you say 00:05:38.080 --> 00:05:40.710 just a couple more weeks [snorts] and I 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:42.230 promise it's going to get better. When 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:45.029 the kids get older, it's going to get 00:05:45.039 --> 00:05:46.710 better. And then I talk to parents who 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:49.110 have grown kids and say it doesn't get 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:51.073 better. 00:05:51.083 --> 00:05:52.950 [laughter] 00:05:52.960 --> 00:05:55.029 We have people who say, you know, when 00:05:55.039 --> 00:05:56.950 the battles of life stop, when this 00:05:56.960 --> 00:05:58.629 pressure at work stops, when the 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:02.790 deadlines stop, then 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.950 I'll rest. 00:06:06.960 --> 00:06:08.870 But you cannot wait for your 00:06:08.880 --> 00:06:12.150 circumstances to become peaceful before 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:14.629 you choose to enter God's rest that 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:17.430 produces his peace. 00:06:17.440 --> 00:06:22.710 Entering his rest is an urgent priority 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:27.110 that requires patient endurance. 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:28.710 So with everything that you have going 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:31.749 on in your life right now, because I'm 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:33.029 not going to act like everything is 00:06:33.039 --> 00:06:34.710 tulips and daisies and you have no 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:36.469 problems and you don't have pressure and 00:06:36.479 --> 00:06:38.150 you don't have real decisions to make, 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:40.230 I'm not even going to play like that. 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.270 Your life has very real pressure 00:06:43.280 --> 00:06:45.830 associated with it. But the question 00:06:45.840 --> 00:06:47.909 that I ask whenever I stand up here 00:06:47.919 --> 00:06:49.510 behind this holy desk and I get the 00:06:49.520 --> 00:06:51.430 awesome opportunity to communicate God's 00:06:51.440 --> 00:06:55.189 word is how do I help God's people not 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.830 only survive through what they have to 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:01.029 deal with but how can we help them to 00:07:01.039 --> 00:07:02.870 thrive through what they're dealing 00:07:02.880 --> 00:07:07.270 with? And the answer is we must learn to 00:07:07.280 --> 00:07:10.870 practice rest. 00:07:10.880 --> 00:07:14.469 Your key to success is found in your 00:07:14.479 --> 00:07:20.790 ability to rest every day. 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:22.390 Let's go back to our text you all and 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:26.230 let's read this again. So then 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:28.790 a Sabbath rest still remains for the 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:30.950 people of God. 00:07:30.960 --> 00:07:33.990 For those who enter into God's rest, 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:37.430 watch this you all, they also cease from 00:07:37.440 --> 00:07:42.309 their labors as God did his. The creator 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:46.469 of the universe said that I am the one 00:07:46.479 --> 00:07:50.309 that everything hinges upon and he still 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:55.270 was able to find time to take a break. 00:07:55.280 --> 00:07:57.589 Jesus [snorts] 00:07:57.599 --> 00:08:00.629 had three years in his earthly ministry 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:05.350 to fulfill all of the prophecies of the 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:08.629 Old Testament and the law and defeat 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:12.070 death, hell, and the grave. And he took 00:08:12.080 --> 00:08:16.790 an off day in three years. 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:20.550 While he was working those three years, 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:23.189 I do not see him leaning over to his 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:25.670 disciples and saying, "Verily, verily, I 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:29.430 say unto thee, hustle hard, no days off. 00:08:29.440 --> 00:08:32.149 Sleep when we die and raise again." I 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:35.430 don't see that 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.790 he took time to step away 00:08:38.800 --> 00:08:41.029 and pray 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:44.230 even
when he only had three years to do 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:48.470 an entire lifetime of work. 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:52.310 This is the key. 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:55.430 It says, "So let us make every effort to 00:08:55.440 --> 00:09:00.070 enter that rest so that no one may fall 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:06.230 through such disobedience." 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:09.430 So to not rest means that you're a 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:12.630 disobedient child and disobedient 00:09:12.640 --> 00:09:14.710 children don't experience the best from 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:18.550 their parents. 00:09:18.560 --> 00:09:20.710 So, we're asking God to bless 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:22.389 disobedience 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:24.710 when he's saying, "I need you to obey so 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.269 that I could do more." Because when we 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:29.910 don't rest, what we're experiencing in 00:09:29.920 --> 00:09:32.070 life is based off what we can do in our 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:34.389 own strength. Imagine what God can do 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:39.750 when you take your hand off the matter. 00:09:39.760 --> 00:09:41.670 But until you take your hand off the 00:09:41.680 --> 00:09:44.870 matter, you're living in a state of 00:09:44.880 --> 00:09:48.150 disobedience. 00:09:48.160 --> 00:09:51.110 And we think about the big sins, 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:54.949 but to violate trying to take control of 00:09:54.959 --> 00:09:57.110 what God told you to relinquish control 00:09:57.120 --> 00:10:00.389 on is just as worse of a sin as anything 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:05.190 else you can name in the book. 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.670 So let me define rest so that I give you 00:10:07.680 --> 00:10:10.790 a framework that this is your goal every 00:10:10.800 --> 00:10:12.710 day. 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:16.310 So with this goal every day, 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:18.949 it then allows you to work to a point 00:10:18.959 --> 00:10:22.150 where you have one 24-hour period of 00:10:22.160 --> 00:10:24.870 week where your only focus is what 00:10:24.880 --> 00:10:27.509 replenishes and what allows you to get 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:29.190 recreation. 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:32.389 Because without rest, you will kill 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:34.949 yourself early 00:10:34.959 --> 00:10:37.509 and then you won't fulfill all that God 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:41.110 put you on the earth to do. 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.389 So we have to practice the habit of rest 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:47.509 so that we can be here to be able to win 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:51.829 our time comes say I fought the fight I 00:10:51.839 --> 00:10:54.550 finished my course 00:10:54.560 --> 00:10:57.269 not when we see the Lord I fought the 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:00.870 fight and my body gave up I did my best 00:11:00.880 --> 00:11:03.509 on the course but Lord how you like me 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.509 now 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:13.750 the focus is to finish. Well, 00:11:13.760 --> 00:11:16.550 so let's define rest. Rest, number one, 00:11:16.560 --> 00:11:20.150 is proof of covenant. 00:11:20.160 --> 00:11:22.550 See, you're not doing what you're doing 00:11:22.560 --> 00:11:26.069 on your own. And the way that you prove 00:11:26.079 --> 00:11:29.509 to yourself that God is in a collaborer 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:31.509 with you and you are a co-aborer with 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:34.949 him is your ability to do good work. And 00:11:34.959 --> 00:11:37.110 when it's time to step away, you can 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:39.670 step away. Now, I want you all to hear 00:11:39.680 --> 00:11:43.430 me when I say do good work because some 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:46.389 folks do too much resting and not enough 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:48.310 working. 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:49.750 >> And then when you are supposed to be 00:11:49.760 --> 00:11:51.509 working, you not really working. You're 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:53.910 distracted. And so that's why when it's 00:11:53.920 --> 00:11:55.670 time to quit, you can't quit because you 00:11:55.680 --> 00:11:57.350 squandered your time when it was time to 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:00.550 work. But doing good work allows you to 00:12:00.560 --> 00:12:02.550 have great rest. 00:12:02.560 --> 00:12:05.829 And when you step back from what God has 00:12:05.839 --> 00:12:07.910 asked you to do and say, 'Lord, I place 00:12:07.920 --> 00:12:11.750 this into your hands, 00:12:11.760 --> 00:12:17.829 we're saying, I'm not working on my own. 00:12:17.839 --> 00:12:19.829 And it's proof and it helps you 00:12:19.839 --> 00:12:22.389 understand how much did the Lord tell 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.710 you to do and how much extra did you 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:26.389 take on because you felt like it was a 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:31.670 good thing to do. 00:12:31.680 --> 00:12:34.550 Rest is not passive idleness. Rest, I'm 00:12:34.560 --> 00:12:36.389 not even talking about taking a vacation 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:38.629 because some of us 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:40.870 on vacation, 00:12:40.880 --> 00:12:43.670 take your work laptop and it's not a 00:12:43.680 --> 00:12:47.030 vacation. I'm raising my hand because my 00:12:47.040 --> 00:12:49.590 wife figured the only way that I'm going 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:51.670 to get this man to let go of his 00:12:51.680 --> 00:12:54.069 devices, I got to put him on a boat and 00:12:54.079 --> 00:12:55.509 then say, "Are you going to pay for that 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:57.269 internet package? She knows I'm frugal, 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:59.590 so no." 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:02.550 And so however long the cruise is is how 00:13:02.560 --> 00:13:04.389 many days she knows I'm not going to 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.949 have this itch to pick up a device and 00:13:06.959 --> 00:13:08.629 read and do something and respond to 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:11.190 something. 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:14.069 So rest is not a vacation and rest is 00:13:14.079 --> 00:13:18.790 not emotional escapism.
00:13:18.800 --> 00:13:21.509 It is entering into a permanent 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:23.670 spiritual reality 00:13:23.680 --> 00:13:27.030 of God's Sabbath where a child of God 00:13:27.040 --> 00:13:30.470 abides in the security, 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:32.470 the peace, 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:34.069 shalom, 00:13:34.079 --> 00:13:37.990 and the authority of God. 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.069 Number two, 00:13:40.079 --> 00:13:44.870 rest is the end of self-reliance. 00:13:44.880 --> 00:13:47.990 So when I take moments to step away, I'm 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:50.150 saying it's not me who is building this 00:13:50.160 --> 00:13:52.389 work. 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:55.030 There's this false idea that that I and 00:13:55.040 --> 00:13:56.629 I'm only going to talk about me cuz I 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:58.629 know God's talking to y'all about your 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:00.389 life. So I'm going just make it nice and 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:02.150 easy. I'm going to talk about myself and 00:14:02.160 --> 00:14:04.069 then you talk to God about your stuff 00:14:04.079 --> 00:14:06.069 and we'll all get better. So there's 00:14:06.079 --> 00:14:09.189 this idea that I have sometimes that if 00:14:09.199 --> 00:14:12.389 I if I'm not there then it's going to 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:14.949 fall. So I have to show up. I have to be 00:14:14.959 --> 00:14:18.310 around. I have to do. And the reality is 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:20.790 that when I am here, it's not 100% 00:14:20.800 --> 00:14:22.949 anyway. 00:14:22.959 --> 00:14:25.990 So when I step away, all I'm doing is 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:27.910 saying, Lord, I'm not depending on me to 00:14:27.920 --> 00:14:34.389 get this done. I'm depending on you. 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:37.110 And and and I want to speak to the 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:38.790 economy that we live in because this 00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:43.269 economy in order to unfortunately afford 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:46.389 to live, it requires people to work a 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:48.949 little extra. 00:14:48.959 --> 00:14:50.949 So you're talking to a person who has I 00:14:50.959 --> 00:14:52.870 legitimately have three different jobs 00:14:52.880 --> 00:14:54.470 currently 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:58.389 because I I well I love what I do, but I 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:04.629 have a wife and a daughter. 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:07.990 expensive. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:10.870 Ash says she wasn't expensive 00:15:10.880 --> 00:15:12.629 until I got a couple coins and I found 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:14.150 out she was just waiting for the right 00:15:14.160 --> 00:15:17.910 time. 00:15:17.920 --> 00:15:19.670 But you're talking to someone with three 00:15:19.680 --> 00:15:23.829 different jobs simultaneously. 00:15:23.839 --> 00:15:25.350 Even in the midst of those three 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:28.710 different jobs, my check is, can you 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:31.189 still take 24 hours where you're doing 00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:33.269 nothing? If not, you're trying to 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:34.790 provide 00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:37.430 beyond there. Cuz let me tell you 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:40.389 fellas, it should be in your heart that 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:41.829 there are certain things that we can get 00:15:41.839 --> 00:15:45.829 from our job. Like full transparency, if 00:15:45.839 --> 00:15:48.790 I did nothing but work at the church, I 00:15:48.800 --> 00:15:50.230 could take care of our basic 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:51.990 necessities. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:53.990 We live a modest, simple [snorts] 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.310 lifestyle. 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.629 But I began to see the heart of God 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:00.790 concerning my wife, my son, my daughter. 00:16:00.800 --> 00:16:02.389 There are things that I want for them 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:04.150 that I'm not going to put on the church 00:16:04.160 --> 00:16:07.590 to provide for them. 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.870 Amen. 00:16:08.880 --> 00:16:11.509 >> It's not the church's job to take care 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:14.150 of my desires. 00:16:14.160 --> 00:16:16.069 When a person does good work, they're 00:16:16.079 --> 00:16:20.389 worthy of peer-reviewed pay. Meaning my 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:23.030 pay is set on a scale based off of the 00:16:23.040 --> 00:16:24.389 neighborhood and the budget of the 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:26.629 church. And that's all the church can 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:30.069 do. I can afford a basic lifestyle on 00:16:30.079 --> 00:16:32.870 what the church can currently do today. 00:16:32.880 --> 00:16:34.790 But there are things that I want for my 00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:36.629 wife. There are things that I want for 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:38.550 my son. There are things that I want for 00:16:38.560 --> 00:16:40.949 my daughter that I have to ask the Lord, 00:16:40.959 --> 00:16:44.949 how do you allow me to use my gifting to 00:16:44.959 --> 00:16:49.110 be able to meet those extra desires? 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:52.710 But even with the Lord using gifting to 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:55.189 meet those extra desires, at no time can 00:16:55.199 --> 00:17:00.710 I violate his principle of Sabbath 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:03.030 because then I'm providing in my own 00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:05.029 strength. And that's not what God called 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:07.669 us to do. So even in the midst of three 00:17:07.679 --> 00:17:10.710 jobs simultaneously, there's a 24-hour 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:13.909 block of time where I do nothing but 00:17:13.919 --> 00:17:16.390 rest. 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:19.189 And it shows me that even with all the 00:17:19.199 --> 00:17:21.750 demands, at the end of the day, 00:17:21.760 --> 00:17:24.470 everything belongs to God. 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:27.750 And if he doesn't build the house, they 00:17:27.760 --> 00:17:30.549 labor in vain. 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:33.430 Amen. 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:35.029 So, it's the end of self-reliance. 00:17:35.039 -->
00:17:37.590 You're not striving to earn rest by your 00:17:37.600 --> 00:17:40.070 own works. you are sprinting away from 00:17:40.080 --> 00:17:42.470 self-reliance so that you can throw your 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:45.750 full weight onto the finished works of 00:17:45.760 --> 00:17:48.070 Christ. 00:17:48.080 --> 00:17:50.549 Number three, 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:53.750 rest is a paradoxical 00:17:53.760 --> 00:17:56.070 priority. 00:17:56.080 --> 00:18:00.070 Biblical rest is the active discipline 00:18:00.080 --> 00:18:03.190 of fleeing from anxiety and placing your 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:05.909 full weight on the gift of grace to 00:18:05.919 --> 00:18:12.390 fight off doubt and unbelief. 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:14.549 Because when you take a step back, let 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:17.750 me tell you what your biggest fight is. 00:18:17.760 --> 00:18:19.909 How about now? How about now? Maybe I 00:18:19.919 --> 00:18:21.110 should look. Maybe I shouldn't. What's 00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:23.029 going on? What's happening? was and you 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:26.310 have to fight to tell your mind no we 00:18:26.320 --> 00:18:31.190 are not responding now. 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:33.590 No, it is not the time for that right 00:18:33.600 --> 00:18:36.549 now. But when it is time, I'm going to 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:39.990 re-engage and get right back to it. If I 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:42.950 had to distill the definitions that we 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:45.190 just went over, 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:49.110 rest could be defined as patient 00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:52.390 urgency. 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:55.669 Every day we should enter a place of 00:18:55.679 --> 00:18:57.430 patient 00:18:57.440 --> 00:19:00.390 urgency. Meaning, I am only going to 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:03.190 move at the pace that God has me to 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:08.070 move. Not any faster, not any slower. 00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:10.870 I'm not laxidasical concerning what God 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:12.630 is asking me to do. So, if he says 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:15.590 something, you hop right on it. 00:19:15.600 --> 00:19:17.350 But if I'm in a season where it's just 00:19:17.360 --> 00:19:18.950 not clear, it doesn't seem like it's 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.710 moving fast enough, I need to turn the 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:24.470 corner, I'm patient for the perfect 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:28.390 timing of his plan, and that's every 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:29.990 day. 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:33.830 So, we have to stay clear and open. 00:19:33.840 --> 00:19:36.870 So, let's look at this patient urgency 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:38.870 and dissect it. Going back to 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:41.990 Deuteronomy chapter 7 and verse one, go 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:45.909 over there. 00:19:45.919 --> 00:19:49.029 I want to show you all 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:54.549 in Deuteronomy, Old Testament, 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:59.029 how patient urgency shows up. 00:19:59.039 --> 00:20:01.430 Deuteronomy 7. And I love hearing pages 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.710 turning. You all are bringing your 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:05.029 physical Bibles. Is making me so happy. 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:07.510 Thank y'all. 00:20:07.520 --> 00:20:09.669 Deuteronomy chapter 7 and verse one. 00:20:09.679 --> 00:20:11.110 We've been reading this for the last 00:20:11.120 --> 00:20:12.310 three weeks, but there's going to be 00:20:12.320 --> 00:20:13.909 some more nuance that I want to bring 00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:16.470 out today. Verse one in Deuteronomy 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:18.470 chapter 7, it says, "When the Lord your 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:21.430 God," watch this, you all brings you 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:23.669 into the land. So, who's going to bring 00:20:23.679 --> 00:20:25.190 you into the land? 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:26.630 >> God's going to bring you to the land 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:31.190 that you are about to enter and occupy. 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:33.990 Two separate things. And then, watch 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:37.669 this. And he clears away many nations. 00:20:37.679 --> 00:20:42.470 Who is clearing away many nations? God. 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:44.230 The Hittites, the Gegosites, the 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:45.669 Amorites, the Canaanites, the 00:20:45.679 --> 00:20:47.270 Perizzites, the Hivites, and the 00:20:47.280 --> 00:20:50.549 Jebusites. Seven nations more numerous 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:53.590 and mightier than you. Verse two. And 00:20:53.600 --> 00:20:56.470 when the Lord your God gives them over 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:58.950 to you, who's going to give those 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:03.029 inhabitants over to you? 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:05.669 And you defeat them. Who's to defeat 00:21:05.679 --> 00:21:07.110 them? 00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:09.590 you. 00:21:09.600 --> 00:21:12.710 Interesting. And then you must utterly 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:15.190 destroy them. Who's supposed to utterly 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:17.029 destroy them? 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:20.310 >> You. Us. And we're to make no covenant 00:21:20.320 --> 00:21:23.590 with them and show no mercy. So for me, 00:21:23.600 --> 00:21:25.270 these last three weeks, what I've been 00:21:25.280 --> 00:21:26.950 kind of dancing around is the tension 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:29.110 that is placed in the text where there 00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:31.190 are some things that God does and then 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:33.510 there's some things that we do. So it 00:21:33.520 --> 00:21:35.669 says in verses 1 and two, if God brings 00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:37.909 them in, if God clears away the nations, 00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:41.430 if God gives them over, WHY DOES GOD'S 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:44.149 people still have to defeat and utterly 00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:47.270 destroy what God has given? Well, the 00:21:47.280 --> 00:21:49.110 first phrase, God brings you into the 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:51.430 land, is a simple phrase that that we're 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:54.390 all used to. Where God
guides, he 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:56.630 provides. You all ever heard that? Where 00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:59.110 God guides, he provides. So if God 00:21:59.120 --> 00:22:01.909 brought you to this opportunity, God is 00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:03.830 going to give you all of the resources, 00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:05.430 all of the skill, all of the insight, 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:07.669 all of the wisdom necessary to 00:22:07.679 --> 00:22:10.390 facilitate the opportunity. But the next 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:12.630 word where it says he clears away many 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:15.510 nations, the word clears away means God 00:22:15.520 --> 00:22:18.870 dislodges and goes ahead to fight on 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:21.190 your behalf. So, what it's saying is 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.950 wherever God is leading you, whatever 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:25.350 God is asking you to do in this moment, 00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:28.549 he not only is is guiding and providing 00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:30.310 for YOU, BUT HE'S GOING AND FIGHTING 00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:31.909 BATTLES THAT YOU HAVEN'T EVEN WENT UP 00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:34.149 AGAINST to yet. SO THAT WHEN YOU DO FACE 00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:35.990 IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S EFFORTLESS AND 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:38.549 SWEATLESS. IT'S BECAUSE HIS GRACE HAS 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:41.270 GONE BEFORE YOU in it. 00:22:41.280 --> 00:22:43.029 >> SO THAT'S WHY PEOPLE SAY IT JUST SEEMS 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:45.110 LIKE I HAVE FAVOR over here and I HAVE 00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:47.590 FAVOR OVER THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHY. YOU 00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:49.909 DON'T HAVE TO KNOW HOW GOD IS GOING TO 00:22:49.919 --> 00:22:51.750 DO IT. JUST KNOW IF HE GUIDED, HE'S 00:22:51.760 --> 00:22:55.590 ALREADY DONE IT. 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:57.510 SO THERE'S THIS CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE 00:22:57.520 --> 00:22:59.430 THAT GOD, IF YOU'RE LEADING ME THIS WAY, 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:01.750 MY MIND MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND. WHY ARE 00:23:01.760 --> 00:23:03.669 YOU TELLING ME TO DO THIS? WHY ARE YOU 00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:05.830 TELLING ME TO DO THAT? IT'S BECAUSE HE'S 00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:08.149 GOING BEFORE YOU MAKING YOUR path 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:11.909 straight. 00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:14.789 But let's keep going. 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:17.270 The next word it says that uh when when 00:23:17.280 --> 00:23:19.190 he he calls us to a place where to enter 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:22.390 and occupy, it ties into verse two where 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:27.990 it said God gives them over to you. I 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:30.630 love this give them over. 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:34.470 The word gives them over is a legal 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:37.510 transfer language. 00:23:37.520 --> 00:23:41.190 God as the supreme owner 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:44.870 of the earth transfers 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:50.710 the title deed to his people. 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:52.310 Glory to God. Let me break this down. 00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:53.909 Y'all y'all don't mind
me coming down to 00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:55.350 the floor. I'mma break this down for 00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:58.390 y'all real quick. 00:23:58.400 --> 00:24:03.350 >> Glory to God. 00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:06.950 Someone go to Ephesians chapter 2. 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:15.430 verses 8 and 9. 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:17.590 Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 and N it 00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:19.190 says 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:23.110 for by grace you have been saved the 00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:26.630 gift of God. Grace is God's gift. So 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:29.590 tying that back into 00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:32.630 Deuteronomy chapter 7 and2 00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:36.230 where he gives them over, he graces to 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:40.310 you the area, the opportunity that he's 00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:43.990 called you to in the form of a title 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:46.310 deed. 00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:48.950 It's his gift. Let's keep reading in 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:51.510 Ephesians 2:8:9. For for by grace you've 00:24:51.520 --> 00:24:53.990 been saved through faith. Watch this 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:57.510 next line. And this 00:24:57.520 --> 00:25:00.789 is not your own doing. 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:04.950 It is the gift of God. So God has given 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:08.390 you a title deed to where he's called 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:12.230 you in the kingdom and you couldn't earn 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:15.909 it. Why? Verse nine, 00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:18.710 not the result of works 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:22.549 so that no one can boast. 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:25.190 So he gives us the title deed to 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:27.510 whatever direction that he's called us 00:25:27.520 --> 00:25:30.070 to go, whatever opportunity he's called 00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:34.149 us to do. And we can't earn and nor do 00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:36.390 we ever earn the opportunities that 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:39.990 we're afforded. It is his gift. 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.870 It's it's it's his gift, his title D. 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:45.909 But it said in verse two uh verse uh 00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:49.990 chapter 2 verse8 it's by his gift but 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:53.269 it's through this other word faith. Now 00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:57.430 go with me to Hebrews 11 verse 1 in the 00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:59.990 amplified. 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:10.149 Let me break this down for you. 00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:14.950 Hebrewsap 11 verse one in the amplified 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:19.430 God has given the title deed as a gift 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:23.350 and it says in Hebrews 11:1 now faith is 00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:25.990 the assurance 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:31.830 but faith is what 00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:35.669 the title D the confirmation 00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:39.590 I'm holding the title deed to this 00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:41.830 property right here. To God be the 00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:45.110 glory. This property is broken up into 00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:47.430 three parcels. 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:50.070 There's one parcel over here, one parcel 00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:52.070 right here, and there's one parcel due 00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:55.350 west of here. I have the one in this 00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:57.830 nice envelope. Thank y'all for giving me 00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:58.870 a nice envelope because I would have 00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:02.310 kept it in its original one. 00:27:02.320 --> 00:27:05.190 I'm holding 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:07.990 the legal right 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:11.510 to the property that's due west of where 00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:14.149 I'm standing right now. And doesn't 00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:15.750 matter how anybody feels. Doesn't matter 00:27:15.760 --> 00:27:17.990 what anybody says. 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:20.310 I'm the owner. 00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:23.110 But I see Russ right here. 00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:25.590 Russ didn't have to work. 00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:26.870 He didn't have to sweat. He didn't have 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:28.390 to strive. 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:31.750 I'm telling Russ, Russ, I need you to go 00:27:31.760 --> 00:27:33.669 do west. 00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:38.950 And as you go do west, I am giving you 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:42.870 gift the deed. I put your name on it 00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:46.630 because you're in my family now. 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:48.070 Will you receive it? 00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:50.310 >> Yes, sir. 00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:53.190 >> That's called faith. Faith receives 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:55.990 grace. 00:27:56.000 --> 00:28:01.430 He has the title deed, 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:04.230 but faith alone, 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:06.230 he is sitting 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:07.990 outside 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:12.310 of what he has legally. 00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:15.510 Now, if he were to say to me, "But I 00:28:15.520 --> 00:28:19.190 just feel so unworthy. 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:21.909 I don't know, Lord, why you did it, but 00:28:21.919 --> 00:28:23.830 you did. 00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:26.310 How could you choose me after all the 00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:30.230 things that I've done before in my life? 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:34.310 Oh, woe is me. 00:28:34.320 --> 00:28:37.669 He would seem foolish 00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:42.310 because as a family member of mine, 00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:47.750 it was my pleasure to give to him what I 00:28:47.760 --> 00:28:50.230 owned and now transferred to my family 00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:52.789 member. 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:55.269 But for my family member, he has to make 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:59.110 the decision by faith to accept what I 00:28:59.120 --> 00:29:01.510 have for him. 00:29:01.520 --> 00:29:08.789 But this is where most Christians stop 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:10.789 by him holding that title deed. I have a 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:12.950 question. Legally, 00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:16.549 if I deed it over to him, that property, 00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:20.230 that parcel due west of here, legally,
00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:23.190 does that belong to him? 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:25.430 legally. 00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:33.430 Can anybody challenge his ownership? 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:35.110 Grace, 00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:39.190 faith. Most believers stop right here 00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.789 holding 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:43.430 the promises. 00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:47.669 What does he have to do? 00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:49.909 He has to what? 00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:57.029 HE HAS TO GO GET IT. HE HAS TO GO OCCUPY 00:29:57.039 --> 00:30:00.630 IT. BUT WHAT IF HE SAYS, "I don't know 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:03.190 how I'm going to occupy it because there 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:05.909 seems like there's walls in here. There 00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:08.710 seems like there's doors in here. Do 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:11.029 west means I have to actually move 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:13.669 myself. 00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:16.870 THERE'S CARS OUT THERE. 00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:20.070 There's rain out there. 00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:23.430 There's a street out there. Oh, heavens 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:25.669 know. I just I'm just waiting for the 00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:30.310 Lord to do it. 00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:35.669 How crazy does that sound? 00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.870 So, I'm going to say something pretty 00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:40.389 strong. Faith alone 00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:42.870 doesn't mean that you're going to walk 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:46.789 in the promises of God. 00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:50.230 It's faith and 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.750 patient 00:30:51.760 --> 00:30:55.510 urgency, patient endurance that you 00:30:55.520 --> 00:30:59.430 experience was already yours. What am I 00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:02.470 telling you right now? God by his grace 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:05.430 that you didn't earn has given you the 00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:09.269 keys to his kingdom by faith. You hear 00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:11.750 that? But the only reason why you're not 00:31:11.760 --> 00:31:13.750 experiencing to the fullness what God 00:31:13.760 --> 00:31:16.389 has placed inside of your spirit is 00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:19.590 because you have not fully leaned into 00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:22.389 what it means to rest in the fact that 00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:24.710 it's mine. No matter how long it takes 00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:31.430 to achieve it. 00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:34.630 So people get discouraged 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:36.070 because it seems like it's taking 00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:39.190 forever. It's not happening. I need to 00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:41.029 work a little extra. I need to do it in 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:44.149 my own strength. 00:31:44.159 --> 00:31:47.029 But a person that rests 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:48.710 knowing that no matter how long it 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:50.470 takes, 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:54.870 I have the title deed. 00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:58.630 Therefore, it's mine. 00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:02.310 That's what it means to rest.
00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:07.350 Someone say, "It's already mine. 00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:09.590 What do you need? It's already yours. Is 00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:11.669 it healing? It's already yours. Is it 00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:13.430 provision? It's already yours. Is it 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:15.190 opportunity? It's already yours. Is it 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:18.950 peace? It's already yours by grace 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:21.990 through faith. Now you have to walk it 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:25.110 out 00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:28.789 with a patient urgency. 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:30.789 Patient urgency doesn't mean frantic 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:33.029 effort. 00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:35.269 It's not human striving to no end, 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:37.830 allowing the anxiety of the moment to 00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:39.750 cause you to take matters into your own 00:32:39.760 --> 00:32:42.950 hands. Patient urgency is not on the 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:44.549 other side of the spectrum where you 00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:47.190 have passive complacency, 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:49.509 disobedience to the will and wisdom of 00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:52.630 God masked in procrastination and 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:58.149 laziness. 00:32:58.159 --> 00:33:01.110 Patient urgency 00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:03.990 is the surrender of your own will and 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:09.909 way for the plan and pace of God. 00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:12.870 God, I want your plan, but I want your 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:16.630 plan at your pace. So, this promised 00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:19.509 land that we all have been called to 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:23.830 live in and walk in every day is a place 00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:25.990 of rest. 00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:27.990 And so this series that we've been going 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:30.310 through shows you that when you are 00:33:30.320 --> 00:33:33.110 working toward this place of rest, 00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:35.509 you're going to have some giants that 00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:37.110 try to stop you from getting to this 00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:39.590 place of rest. When you finally get to a 00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:41.029 point where you're able to rest, you're 00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.630 going to have some inhabitants, some 00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:44.710 habits that show up to try to push you 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:46.630 away from rest. But I have a question 00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:51.269 for you. This promised land, real land, 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:54.310 was given as a gift of grace to you. You 00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:58.149 receive the title deed by faith. Is the 00:33:58.159 --> 00:34:01.269 place OF REST SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO 00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:04.549 A CHILD OF GOD? YES OR NO? 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:07.350 SO THAT MEANS THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON 00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:10.230 THAT HAS ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR 00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:14.230 LORD AND SAVIOR HAS A SPIRITUALLY LEGAL 00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:17.589 RIGHT TO REST AND COME BY HOOK OR BY 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:20.790 CROOK. NOTHING CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:26.869 YOU. 00:34:26.879 --> 00:34:30.310 SO, we need to now learn how to rest 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:33.669 and have peace. Rest and peace. Go to 00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:37.750 Romans 5 as I close. 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:42.550 Glory to God. 00:34:42.560 --> 00:34:45.669 So, for the duration of this series, 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:50.470 I need to explain to the church what you 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:54.950 own and how to access it, not in your 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:57.430 own strength. 00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:59.589 Glory to God. 00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:13.510 Let let let me 00:35:13.520 --> 00:35:15.829 teach this for you. 00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:18.870 The realm of the spirit is more real 00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:24.069 than the earth dimension we live in. 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:27.990 So when you need resources for earth, 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:30.390 you have to know where to locate them 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:32.630 from the spiritual realm and bring them 00:35:32.640 --> 00:35:35.349 here. 00:35:35.359 --> 00:35:37.990 But the long view of the kingdom of 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:41.270 darkness is to make God's children so 00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:43.510 numb to the realm of the spirit that 00:35:43.520 --> 00:35:45.349 they try to depend on this temporal 00:35:45.359 --> 00:35:49.990 realm to produce eternal benefit. 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:55.510 So what we're doing is we are reclaiming 00:35:55.520 --> 00:35:58.630 the first disciplines of spending that 00:35:58.640 --> 00:36:00.390 time in the realm of the spirit so that 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:03.990 we can access what we need to effectuate 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:07.670 the kingdom in this realm. It is part of 00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:10.069 the prayer that the Lord gave his 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:16.550 disciples. Thy kingdom come, thy will be 00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:19.829 done on earth. Why? That's where we're 00:36:19.839 --> 00:36:22.310 living. You need that here. But he said, 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:28.150 "Be done on earth as it already is in 00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:31.430 heaven." 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:34.390 Some of you all are sitting on the title 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:37.190 deed to the kingdom and not pressing on 00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:40.470 it and going without 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:47.430 cause. 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:51.670 That should make us want to hunger more. 00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:55.990 If I had a billionaire tell me, Vince, 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:59.670 I want you to meet me. 00:36:59.680 --> 00:37:00.950 Let me see. I don't want to offend 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.630 nobody cuz y'all live some bit of 00:37:02.640 --> 00:37:04.310 everywhere. 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:05.589 Let me see where y'all don't live cuz 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:07.030 some of y'all live far out and drive. 00:37:07.040 --> 00:37:08.630 So, I don't want to do that. Let me just 00:37:08.640 -->
00:37:11.510 go somewhere. The big city, Columbus, 00:37:11.520 --> 00:37:15.829 Georgia. I want you to meet me 00:37:15.839 --> 00:37:20.630 in Columbus, Georgia every morning 00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:25.030 for the next 21 days. And by the end of 00:37:25.040 --> 00:37:29.349 those 21 days, you will have the mindset 00:37:29.359 --> 00:37:35.829 you need to live like I live. 00:37:35.839 --> 00:37:39.270 my little hour and 50 minute drive every 00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:41.430 day 00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:43.589 there and then an hour 50 back. So those 00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:46.950 four hours after 21 days, it's an 00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:50.230 effort, but that effort's worth it for 00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:52.390 what I will get on the other side of 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:54.069 that. 00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:56.870 Some of us haven't gone in 00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:58.630 spiritually 00:37:58.640 --> 00:38:00.230 because we don't value what's on the 00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:04.470 other side of your obedience. 00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:06.150 Amen. 00:38:10.560 --> 00:38:15.430 I will say this. This church has matured 00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:18.230 because to talk like this on a Sunday 00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:19.750 morning, this is typically something you 00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:22.230 share on a Wednesday night. 00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:26.790 We're hungry. You're hungry. Your spirit 00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:30.390 is crying out for answers. And these are 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:32.310 the answers you need. There is no 00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:36.390 get-rich quick scheme in the kingdom. 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:41.670 It's not. It's with faith and patience 00:38:41.680 --> 00:38:44.870 you will inherit or experience the 00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:47.349 promised land. 00:38:47.359 --> 00:38:49.190 Amen. So here we go. Let me let me close 00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:51.430 with this. Romans chapter 5 and verse 00:38:51.440 --> 00:39:06.630 one. 00:39:06.640 --> 00:39:08.950 No, let me end right here. I'm I need to 00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:10.790 give this some time. Let me end. I don't 00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:14.230 want to do it this week. Next Sunday, we 00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:17.349 will pick up in this. I I I want to take 00:39:17.359 --> 00:39:19.349 my time 00:39:19.359 --> 00:39:23.829 and explain and walk through how to 00:39:23.839 --> 00:39:27.430 access the kingdom of God. 00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:29.190 and what that means. Amen. Stand to your 00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:34.470 feet today. Glory to God. 00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:42.069 Glory to God. 00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:44.870 Make it a priority. 00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:47.990 Make it a priority to every day remind 00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:51.109 yourself by grace through faith I have 00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:55.589 what I need for today. And so Lord, give 00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:58.390 me your wisdom and how to act out and to 00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:01.109 do what you're asking me to do with the 00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:08.950 day that I have. 00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:12.470 I want you to begin to look at your life 00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:14.470 and see where you can take pockets each 00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:15.990 day 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:18.870 to remind yourself 00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:21.670 that I don't have any other choice. I I 00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:25.270 have it can't wait. I have to enter into 00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:27.270 the rest of God. Where can you have that 00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:28.790 time? 00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:30.390 Then I want you to look at your calendar 00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:32.550 every week. 00:40:32.560 --> 00:40:34.870 Find that block of time where you're not 00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:37.990 doing anything but what puts life back 00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:41.109 into you. 00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:43.030 Where your mind is not, you know, taking 00:40:43.040 --> 00:40:44.870 care of an email or responding to a 00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:47.190 call. And if you've got to work there, 00:40:47.200 --> 00:40:49.829 that means that you need his grace and 00:40:49.839 --> 00:40:53.910 his wisdom to help you build systems 00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:55.750 so that you can rest and be around here 00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:59.109 a long time. 00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:00.950 Amen. 00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:04.470 With every bow and every eye closed in 00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:09.270 prayer, 00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:11.109 uh before you all do that, you can uh 00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:12.790 prepare your hearts to receive holy 00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:15.190 communion today 00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:17.589 and receive and have the elements. And 00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:19.670 if you need elements, someone will will 00:41:19.680 --> 00:41:23.589 assist you with them. If you're at home, 00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:29.030 pull off a piece of one of them biscuits 00:41:29.040 --> 00:41:31.430 and that coffee 00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:35.670 and participate with us today. Glory to 00:41:35.680 --> 00:41:37.670 God. 00:41:37.680 --> 00:41:39.990 Glory to God. 00:41:44.640 --> 00:41:47.510 Even in the midst of the economy that 00:41:47.520 --> 00:41:50.309 we're in, the people of God will learn 00:41:50.319 --> 00:41:53.510 how to rest in spite of. So when people 00:41:53.520 --> 00:41:56.550 see you thrive and elevate, 00:41:56.560 --> 00:41:59.670 you'll be able to say, "Not by my might, 00:41:59.680 --> 00:42:03.190 not by my power, but by his spirit, says 00:42:03.200 --> 00:42:05.430 the Lord." 00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:08.470 Whose report will we believe? 00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:11.829 We shall believe the report of the Lord. 00:42:11.839 --> 00:42:13.510 I've always said two things. Either 00:42:13.520 --> 00:42:15.030 God's going to raise my money to pay for 00:42:15.040 --> 00:42:16.550 it, is he going to bring the money the 00:42:16.560 --> 00:42:18.710 the price down where I can afford it? 00:42:18.720 --> 00:42:21.990 But either way, he's going to do it. 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:24.390 And you don't have
to wreck your brain 00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:27.109 wondering how. 00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:30.790 He's going to do it. 00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:33.349 But as you're walking toward the 00:42:33.359 --> 00:42:35.750 promised land, 00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:38.790 he needs your character to be refined so 00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:40.630 that you're able to facilitate the 00:42:40.640 --> 00:42:43.670 promise to bless others. 00:42:43.680 --> 00:42:45.430 So there's lessons. There's there's 00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:47.349 reasons why certain things are taking 00:42:47.359 --> 00:42:49.030 longer. 00:42:49.040 --> 00:42:51.910 There's a heart that you develop in that 00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:54.870 season that you're in that you're able 00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:57.589 to witness with weight to others who are 00:42:57.599 --> 00:43:01.589 waiting for your words. 00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:03.990 Man, I know what it's like to be the 00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:06.470 sole income provider and not have any 00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:09.109 income coming in, yet God was still the 00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:11.270 provider. I can talk to someone like 00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:12.950 that. 00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:15.190 I could talk to someone about, you know, 00:43:15.200 --> 00:43:17.190 things that my wife and I were believing 00:43:17.200 --> 00:43:19.430 for. They just it seemed like dead in 00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:22.630 after dead end after dead end 00:43:22.640 --> 00:43:26.230 and then it seemed like all of a sudden 00:43:26.240 --> 00:43:28.550 the windows of God opened up. I I I can 00:43:28.560 --> 00:43:30.390 talk to the person who is frustrated, 00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:32.390 feeling like, why am I in this business? 00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:34.470 What am I doing? How is this going to 00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:36.870 work? And still sticking with it no 00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:40.230 matter what. Because God put you in that 00:43:40.240 --> 00:43:42.390 place. Because there are people that 00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:44.710 you're going to reach through your work, 00:43:44.720 --> 00:43:46.950 through your words, through your 00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:49.510 character, through your life that will 00:43:49.520 --> 00:43:52.069 never dawn the doors of a church, but 00:43:52.079 --> 00:44:02.550 will hear the gospel by watching you. 00:44:02.560 --> 00:44:03.990 I've been there where you feel like 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:06.950 giving it up and just saying, "I tried. 00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:09.030 It didn't work." 00:44:09.040 --> 00:44:12.069 But I've learned a pattern in life. When 00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:15.349 I'm closest to breakdown, 00:44:15.359 --> 00:44:18.870 that's when I'm closest to breakthrough. 00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:21.990 The darkest part of the night is right 00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:26.390 before the sun rises again. And if Satan 00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:28.870 can win with discouragement, 00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:32.069 then I will not be able to experience 00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:34.790 the fullness of joy that comes with the 00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:36.550 answer to all that I've been praying 00:44:36.560 --> 00:44:38.230 for. 00:44:38.240 --> 00:44:40.230 So for the person who just thought about 00:44:40.240 --> 00:44:43.990 just walking away, no, tap back in big 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:46.790 dog 00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:49.270 and get after it. It's a new clock. 00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:52.950 Every day the score resets zero to zero. 00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:54.630 Stop stop thinking about, well, this 00:44:54.640 --> 00:44:56.150 didn't work and that didn't work and 00:44:56.160 --> 00:44:57.910 this didn't work. You woke up and 00:44:57.920 --> 00:45:00.069 there's brand new mercies today for this 00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:03.349 wake up. It's zero to zero. Get after 00:45:03.359 --> 00:45:12.870 it, big dog. Check back in. 00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:16.240 Glory to God.
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