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 The scripture reading comes from Deuteronomy, chapter 5, starting in verse 1.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin or Bible.

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 Verse 1.

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 And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them,

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 Hear, O Israel, the statutes and rules that I speak in your hearing today,

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 and you shall learn them and be careful to do them.

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 Then in verse 6.

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 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above

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 or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth.

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 You shall not bow down to them or serve them.

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 For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,

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 visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

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 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,

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 for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, who takes his name in vain.

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 Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.

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 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.

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 On it you shall not do any work,

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 you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant

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 or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock

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 or the sojourner who is within your gates,

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 that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

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 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt,

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 and the Lord your God brought you out there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.

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 Therefore, the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

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 Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you,

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 that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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 You shall not murder, and you shall not commit adultery,

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 and you shall not steal, and you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor,

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 and you shall not covet your neighbor's wife,

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 and you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant,

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 or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great. Thank you, Henrika.

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 Welcome, everyone, again.

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 If you don't know me, my name is Chris.

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 I'm one of the leaders here at Watermark.

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 And there's a reason that I'm standing here instead of Kevin.

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 Some of you may know, Kevin at the moment has a chest infection,

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 and he's just been in hospital for a few days to do some tests.

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 It's not COVID, so in case you're worrying.

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 But it would be great for us just to pray for him and for the family at this time

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 so that we can just support them well.

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 Again, part of being a church family is actually we care and love each other,

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 but also we don't want to overwhelm them as well.

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 We don't have 100 people texting Claire at the moment,

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 but let's just pray for them during this time.

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 So please bow your heads and let's pray together.

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 Father, thank you that you are the God that we need.

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 You are the God of all creation.

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 Thank you that you are the God who speaks to us.

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 Thank you that you are the God who heals us.

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 Lord, we just want to lift up Kevin and Claire and the whole family to you now.

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 Lord, we pray for this chest infection.

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 We pray that they'd find out what it is.

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 We pray that you give them peace.

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 We pray that you would heal.

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 We pray that you would just bring very quick restoration there.

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 And just even in this process, would they know that you're really close to them

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 and really walking alongside them at this time?

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 And Lord, I pray that even today as we listen to your word and engage with it,

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 I pray that we would just have soft hearts to you,

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 that we would hear you speak.

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 And Lord, I pray that you would just take this passage

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 and just burn it into our hearts, Lord.

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 Show us just how much, how beautiful, how great you are.

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 We want to love you with all of our hearts, soul, mind, and strength.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So for those of you who have been with us for this journey over the last 10 weeks

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 and now the 11th week, we have been looking at the 10 commandments or the 10 words.

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 And today we're actually finishing this series.

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 And we have seen over this time that the 10 commandments are not just a set of rules

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 of what to do and what not to do.

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 They actually come out of God rescuing his people out of slavery

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 and they're a freedom agenda for how God's people are to live in relationship

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 with a God who pursues his people, redeems his people,

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 and how that out of that new freedom that he wants to bring them into,

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 they are then to live in these commands, to live in the freedom that he wants for them.

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 And he's shown us that these commands are not just about internally,

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 they're also about how we become a community,

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 which also as we live out in this freedom of our relationship with God,

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 that that actually shines out to the world around us.

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 And we are going to look at this last commandment,

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 which is really another one of those commandments

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 which just brings a window on our hearts

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 and which says, do not covet,

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 which actually when we begin to think about it,

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 shows us that we desperately need a savior.

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 And so we're going to look at this commandment

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 because this one, with the first commandment,

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 really frames all the others.

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 Because the first four are about loving God,

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 the last five are about loving your neighbor.

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 And this sixth one, sorry, this tenth one,

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 I can't count, this tenth one,

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 is really bringing us not to the external behavior,

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 it's driving you deep down into what's the internal motivators of your heart,

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 which drive all the other commandments.

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 So, we're just going to look at what this command is,

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 we're going to look at some of the consequences,

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 and we're going to look at why we covet,

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 and then we're going to look at how do we desire rightly.

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 Okay?

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 So that's where we're going.

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 So, I don't know if any of you have been into Central.

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 There's a shop in Central called G-O-D.

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 God, which actually is goods of desire.

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 Okay?

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 You can tell what they were doing when they come up with the name.

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 What they're doing is actually,

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 they're hinting that consumerism is actually God.

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 That actually it can satisfy you buying stuff more than God come.

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 Because in some ways, I think deep down,

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 we actually think God is somehow anti-desire.

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 Okay?

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 He's a bit of a killjoy, really, if we're honest.

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 But when you look at scripture, you don't get that picture at all.

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 Because God, right at the beginning of creation,

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 he creates a world of desire.

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 Do you know, humans are wired for desire by God.

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 And so, why is that?

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 Because God himself desires.

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 One example, Psalm 132.

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 The Lord has chosen Zion, his people.

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 He has desired it for his dwelling place.

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 He desires his people.

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 The Garden of Eden.

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 Do you know, it said,

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 it is filled with trees which are beautiful,

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 which are pleasant.

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 That's the same word for the word for covet.

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 It's desirable.

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 And it says,

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 God made us with desires,

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 and then stuff around us,

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 which is desirable.

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 It's God's idea.

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 Buddhism says,

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 the problem in the world is desire.

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 So the solution is,

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 get rid of desires,

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 and then you'll be fine.

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 The Bible says,

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 to be fully human is to desire.

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 Do you know that?

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 To be fully human is to desire.

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 God could have made,

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 for example,

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 God could have made reproduction

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 through vending machines.

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 Octopus,

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 boop,

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 out comes a baby.

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 That's how he could have done it.

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 But he creates sexual desire and sex out of it.

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 And he creates desires for food,

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 desires for beauty,

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 desires for approval,

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 desires for security.

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 It's God's design.

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 So then in the story,

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 when Eve sees the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,

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 and it says there,

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 it was to be desired,

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 it's the same word,

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 for wisdom,

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 what does she do?

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 Her desire for wisdom

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 overtakes her desire to obey and worship God,

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 and she takes what wasn't hers to take.

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 Because you see,

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 it's not wrong to notice a tree.

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 It's not wrong to desire a tree.

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 I mean,

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 I don't know if you desire trees,

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 but we desire other things.

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 But what's the difference?

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 Coveting,

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 it's not just desire.

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 Coveting is desiring anything more

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 than desiring God and contentment in him.

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 It's desiring something that is not yours to have.

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 It is losing contentment in God

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 because another desire has replaced it.

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 And so,

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 if you think about that,

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 then what that means is

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 covetousness,

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 desiring things in that way,

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 is idolatry.

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 And if you don't believe me,

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 Paul says it directly in Colossians 3.

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 He says,

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 put to death covetousness,

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 which is idolatry.

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 In other words,

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 the first command

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 and the last command

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 are two sides of the same coin.

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 Do you get that?

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 And they frame all the other commandments

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 because if you break the last one,

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 you're going to break the first one,

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 and then you're actually going to break

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 all the others in between.

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 So,

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 I mean,

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 let me give you an example.

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 Your neighbor's wife.

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 I mean,

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 he mentions that.

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 The story of David and Bathsheba.

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 If you know that,

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 David,

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 king,

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 got everything,

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 but sees a woman.

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 I mean,

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 he's got a thousand wives,

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 but actually he wants one more.

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 So he sees this woman,

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 Bathsheba,

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 she's beautiful,

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 she's married,

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 he's not his,

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 but that coveting desire,

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 he wants what isn't his,

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 and he takes her,

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 just like Eve took the fruit.

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 That's,

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 what commandment is he breaking?

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 This is audience participation.

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 Adultery.

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 Okay,

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 do you see where it starts though?

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 Um,

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 um,

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 your neighbor's house.

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 We go things like,

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 why do we have to live in this tiny,

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 run-down flat

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 when my colleague gets to live in this huge,

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 amazing apartment complex?

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 And so what do we do?

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 We work crazily,

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 breaking the Sabbath,

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 to try and upscale our lives.

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 Or,

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 you know,

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 we go,

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 your neighbor's ox.

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 Well,

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 I don't know if you've got many oxes recently,

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 but,

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 um,

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 or their field.

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 But don't we sometimes go,

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 hey,

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 it's not fair that they always get to go to Japan skiing,

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 or to the Maldives,

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 and why can't we?

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 Because we desire,

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 and then sometimes we get angry,

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 and resentful,

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 and we end up breaking the command,

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 which at root of command,

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 do not murder,

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 about getting angry.

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 You know,

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 and we could go on and on.

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 Don't we even sometimes go,

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 and he goes,

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 anything that's your neighbor's,

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 and we go,

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 oh,

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 I wish I had his charisma.

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 I wish I had her body.

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 I wish I had their spiritual gifts.

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 And we just inside begin to desire,

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 increasingly,

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 increasingly.

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 You see,

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 this commandment is not about external behavior,

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 it's about the root of everything.

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 It's about our heart's misplaced desires.

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 And what we do is we go,

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 I want it.

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 I must have it.

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 If I can't get it,

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 then I can't be content in God.

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 That's what we say.

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 That's what's coveting.

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 And what happens when we do that?

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 What are the consequences?

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 James 4 verse 1 says this.

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 What causes quarrels,

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 and what causes fights among you?

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 Okay?

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 Is it not that your passions,

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 that's the Greek word for coveting,

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 are at work within you?

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 You desire,

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 and you do not have,

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 so you murder.

00:13:04.980 --> 00:13:05.200
 Okay?

00:13:05.660 --> 00:13:06.879
 He's reading the Ten Commandments.

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 You covet,

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 and cannot obtain,

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 so you fight and quarrel.

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 You don't have,

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 because you don't ask.

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 And when you do ask,

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 you ask with the wrong motives.

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 What is he saying?

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 He's saying,

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 out of coveting,

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 we begin to resent,

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 or not bless,

00:13:20.820 --> 00:13:21.419
 or celebrate,

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 those who have what we want,

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 and they become competitors.

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 And it breaks relationships.

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 You know,

00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:31.419
 what happens in an office,

00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:32.720
 when it's filled,

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 not with healthy comparison,

00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:36.299
 but jealous competitiveness?

00:13:37.439 --> 00:13:37.700
 Sorry,

00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:38.639
 healthy competition,

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 but jealous comparison.

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 Isn't that what we label office politics?

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 You know,

00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:46.200
 because one person wants power,

00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:47.300
 one person wants approval,

00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:48.940
 one person wants status,

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 or control.

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 Someone else seems to get it,

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 and there's a struggle,

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 that goes on.

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 And has anyone been in that environment?

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 Is that a really nice,

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 harmonious,

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 loving environment to be in?

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 No,

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 it breaks relationships.

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 But it doesn't just break relationships,

00:14:03.800 --> 00:14:04.540
 it also,

00:14:05.340 --> 00:14:06.700
 perverts justice.

00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:08.759
 Micah 2 says this,

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 they covet fields,

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 and seize them,

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 houses,

00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:14.240
 and take them away.

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 They oppress a man,

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 and his house.

00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:17.960
 Do you know,

00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:20.600
 Hong Kong has got one of the largest wealth gaps,

00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:22.019
 in the world.

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 But that wealth gap,

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 is not because of a lack of resources.

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 It's because those of us who have,

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 just want more.

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 And we don't want to share it with anybody else.

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 Because I feel like I haven't got enough.

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 It perverts justice.

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 It also robs your joy in Christ.

00:14:42.299 --> 00:14:43.500
 Have you ever seen anyone,

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 who is coveting,

00:14:45.560 --> 00:14:46.980
 someone else's life,

00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:49.340
 who are genuinely happy and contented?

00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:52.279
 Have you ever seen someone,

00:14:52.379 --> 00:14:53.879
 who's really enjoying Jesus,

00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:56.320
 and they're always wishing,

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 for somebody else's life,

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 or circumstances?

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 No.

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 I can give you the answer.

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 They don't exist.

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 Why?

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 Because coveting is a robber.

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 It robs loving relationships,

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 it robs justice,

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 and it robs joy.

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 That's why God says,

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 don't covet.

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 Because you know,

00:15:15.780 --> 00:15:17.400
 God sets up the world,

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 for maximum pleasure,

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 long term pleasure,

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 in him.

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 And he says,

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 he doesn't want you to settle,

00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:30.280
 for some little trifle,

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 what C.S. Lewis says,

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 he doesn't want you to settle,

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 for making mud pies in a slum,

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 when he wants to give you,

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 a holiday at the beach.

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 That's what God says.

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 That's why he says,

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 worship me alone,

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 because I can satisfy your desires,

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 with good things.

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 So why don't,

00:15:49.800 --> 00:15:50.780
 why do we keep coveting?

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 Why don't we believe this?

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 Well,

00:15:55.020 --> 00:15:56.960
 in the Garden of Eden,

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 and actually we could go anywhere,

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 in scripture,

00:15:58.919 --> 00:15:59.000
 scripture,

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 what you see is,

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 our desires,

00:16:02.819 --> 00:16:04.059
 get captured,

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 by lies,

00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:07.699
 and by different promises,

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 and different things,

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 that are said to us.

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 And here's three things,

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 three lies,

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 that I think we believe,

00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:15.579
 that then hook onto us,

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:17.039
 and we believe them,

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 and they end up,

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 capturing us.

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 Number one,

00:16:21.939 --> 00:16:22.399
 lie one,

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 you're missing out,

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 if you don't get this.

00:16:27.160 --> 00:16:27.360
 You know,

00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:28.160
 coveting,

00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:28.740
 we've said,

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 is discontentment,

00:16:30.560 --> 00:16:31.139
 fundamentally,

00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:32.340
 with what God has given you.

00:16:33.160 --> 00:16:33.399
 And so,

00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:35.160
 what does Satan say,

00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:37.040
 in the Garden of Eden?

00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:38.019
 He goes,

00:16:38.800 --> 00:16:40.399
 did God say,

00:16:40.540 --> 00:16:41.240
 you can't eat of that?

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.580
 No,

00:16:41.660 --> 00:16:42.660
 if you eat of that,

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:44.080
 you can get life.

00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:45.680
 God's holding something,

00:16:45.680 --> 00:16:46.639
 back from you.

00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:47.340
 God,

00:16:47.800 --> 00:16:49.700
 he's not good enough,

00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:50.680
 he's not big enough,

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.700
 he can't really,

00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.720
 take care of you.

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 And if you follow his way,

00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:55.399
 you're going to miss out.

00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:58.940
 And how does that often work with us?

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 How it works is,

00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:03.000
 we begin to focus on what we don't have,

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 more than what we do have.

00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:05.920
 You know,

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:07.019
 and we've said this before,

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.839
 Adam and Eve,

00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:09.900
 they had a gazillion trees,

00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:11.299
 desirable trees,

00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.799
 in the Garden of Eden,

00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:15.299
 but they wanted the one,

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 that they couldn't have.

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 Because,

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:21.019
 if I don't have that one,

00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:22.940
 maybe I'm just going to miss out.

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 And,

00:17:24.579 --> 00:17:26.619
 it's not just Adam and Eve,

00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:28.059
 isn't that what we all do?

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:28.960
 Right?

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.400
 In life.

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 Just think about it.

00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.619
 You've got a party,

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 and you know your friend,

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:36.059
 is like the most stylishly dressed person.

00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:37.779
 They always come in a new outfit,

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.960
 every single time,

00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:39.759
 to a new party.

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 And you go and look in your wardrobe,

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.819
 which is full of clothes,

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.900
 and you go,

00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:47.000
 I've got nothing to wear.

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.400
 And,

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:51.280
 I've got to get that new dress,

00:17:51.340 --> 00:17:52.160
 or that new shirt,

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.040
 or that new clothes,

00:17:53.100 --> 00:17:54.000
 whatever it is.

00:17:54.780 --> 00:17:55.180
 Otherwise,

00:17:55.540 --> 00:17:55.720
 you know,

00:17:55.780 --> 00:17:56.060
 I just,

00:17:56.100 --> 00:17:57.360
 I just can't go out.

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 I'm sure nobody is like that in here.

00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:04.300
 Okay,

00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:05.200
 maybe some people are.

00:18:05.540 --> 00:18:05.720
 But,

00:18:05.800 --> 00:18:06.680
 the thing is,

00:18:07.820 --> 00:18:09.019
 where's your focus?

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.259
 Your focus.

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:12.680
 Your focus is on the one thing you don't have,

00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:15.000
 rather the abundance God has given you.

00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.660
 That's the first thing,

00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:19.299
 you're missing out.

00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:19.660
 Second,

00:18:19.879 --> 00:18:21.160
 you deserve better.

00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:23.579
 You know,

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.720
 the implication,

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.799
 when Satan always comes to people,

00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.059
 is,

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:30.420
 if God really cared about you,

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:32.119
 he'd give you that tree,

00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.119
 because,

00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:35.400
 you deserve so much more,

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:36.119
 than what you're getting.

00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:38.299
 God's giving you a rough deal,

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:39.059
 isn't he really,

00:18:39.139 --> 00:18:39.559
 in life?

00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:41.059
 And don't we,

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:41.460
 you know,

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:43.319
 what's the first kind of words,

00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:44.460
 that every child,

00:18:44.639 --> 00:18:45.579
 learns to say?

00:18:46.919 --> 00:18:48.240
 It's not fair.

00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:50.099
 It's interesting,

00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:50.659
 if you go around,

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.299
 and listen to people,

00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:52.139
 in different languages,

00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:54.700
 you'll hear every language,

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.419
 saying it.

00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:56.779
 Like,

00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:58.000
 you're a domestic helper,

00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:59.379
 and your boss,

00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:00.980
 makes you work really hard,

00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:02.599
 and only lets you off,

00:19:02.659 --> 00:19:03.720
 on statutory holidays,

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:05.259
 but your friend's boss,

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:07.180
 starts telling,

00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:08.840
 your friend starts telling you,

00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.500
 about her boss,

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.840
 and the flexibility you get,

00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:11.940
 and you've got so much freedom,

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.500
 and it's such a great time,

00:19:13.620 --> 00:19:15.460
 and what you begin to start feeling,

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.759
 is life's not fair,

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.420
 because,

00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:20.720
 I work so much harder,

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.560
 than she does,

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.860
 I deserve better,

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.440
 for me.

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.500
 She doesn't deserve it.

00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:27.920
 Or,

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:28.500
 you're single,

00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:29.960
 and you've tried to stay faithful,

00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:30.920
 to God,

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:32.160
 and you see the latest,

00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:33.299
 Facebook post,

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:35.359
 from your last remaining,

00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:36.519
 single friend,

00:19:37.159 --> 00:19:41.220
 who is always flirting,

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:42.180
 with everybody,

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:44.839
 and there she is,

00:19:44.919 --> 00:19:46.019
 with her new boyfriend,

00:19:46.919 --> 00:19:47.940
 and bitterness,

00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:49.359
 just begins to creep,

00:19:49.419 --> 00:19:50.099
 into your heart,

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.619
 and you go,

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:52.159
 why am I the only one,

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:53.119
 left now?

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.539
 I've been faithful to God,

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.599
 aren't you supposed to,

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:58.279
 I haven't been sleeping around,

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.980
 don't I deserve better,

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.720
 from you God?

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:04.079
 And what we're actually saying is,

00:20:04.360 --> 00:20:04.819
 what God,

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:06.440
 in his grace,

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:08.360
 has given to other people,

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:10.140
 I deserve for myself.

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.460
 I'm entitled,

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.660
 to these things.

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:15.180
 Coveting,

00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:16.000
 always comes out,

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:17.120
 of a sense of entitlement.

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:18.880
 And you know,

00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.819
 have you ever met,

00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:20.740
 an entitled person,

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.720
 who is really thankful,

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:22.279
 and grateful?

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:25.180
 Spoilt people,

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:26.380
 are not fun to be around.

00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:28.819
 You're missing out,

00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:29.660
 you deserve better.

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.460
 Third thing,

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.319
 third lie,

00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:32.160
 that comes to us.

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.860
 You can be someone.

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.400
 You know,

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:37.420
 when Eve looks at the tree,

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.900
 it was desired,

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.880
 desirable,

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:42.579
 to make her wise.

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:43.819
 You see,

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:45.900
 Eve lingered at that tree,

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:49.180
 which fed that wrongful desire,

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.660
 because she wanted to be,

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.660
 a wise person,

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.799
 independent of God.

00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:54.700
 You know,

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.559
 advertising,

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:57.360
 thrives off desire,

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:57.860
 doesn't it?

00:20:58.479 --> 00:21:00.139
 It feeds on your sense,

00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:01.139
 of inadequacy,

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:02.000
 on your sense,

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:03.039
 of discontentment,

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.759
 with yourself,

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.659
 and with who you are,

00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.759
 and by comparing,

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:07.599
 with who you could be.

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:09.719
 You know,

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.699
 it says things like,

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.919
 you are what you wear,

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.939
 so you better wear,

00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:13.439
 something better,

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.539
 than what you're wearing now.

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:16.099
 You are what you do,

00:21:16.179 --> 00:21:17.179
 so you better get an upgrade,

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:18.479
 on what you do right now,

00:21:18.979 --> 00:21:19.959
 if you want to compete.

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.759
 You can be someone.

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:22.680
 You know,

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.359
 when I was younger,

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:26.099
 when I was in youth group,

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.420
 our youth group,

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.259
 at church,

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.299
 was filled,

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.440
 with amazing musicians.

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.539
 So like,

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.579
 almost all of them,

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:32.859
 like,

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.059
 no,

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:34.099
 probably two thirds of them,

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:35.379
 are now professional musicians,

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.160
 or music teachers.

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.299
 And,

00:21:37.379 --> 00:21:38.640
 and I was starting,

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.420
 to play the guitar.

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:41.220
 And there was one guy,

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.619
 in the guitar,

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.759
 he was way better than me.

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:43.660
 And,

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.980
 at first,

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:46.200
 it was really inspiring.

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.000
 It kind of,

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.200
 you know,

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.140
 when you see someone better than you,

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:49.000
 and it inspires you,

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.980
 to try and work harder,

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:50.799
 and to be better.

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:50.879
 Yeah.

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.879
 But then,

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.599
 I discovered,

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.680
 when he played a solo,

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.379
 on the guitar,

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:58.899
 all the pretty girls,

00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.799
 would go up to him afterwards.

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.639
 And then,

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.480
 all the guys,

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.319
 would just give him,

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.339
 loads of respect.

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:08.119
 And I wanted that.

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.899
 I wanted to be liked.

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.539
 I wanted to be respected.

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.159
 And so,

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.079
 that drove me,

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.339
 actually,

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.480
 to practice even harder.

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.180
 But now,

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.619
 it wasn't just about inspiration.

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.220
 Now,

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.299
 it was about resentment.

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:22.000
 Because he was now my competitor,

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.000
 and not my friend.

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:24.919
 You see,

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:26.039
 underneath all the stuff,

00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:26.839
 that we covet,

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.839
 you know those kind of thoughts,

00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.240
 which go,

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.519
 how come they thanked,

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.559
 that person,

00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:33.680
 but they didn't thank me,

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.759
 for doing that kind of job.

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:36.480
 Under all those kind of things,

00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:38.200
 is a desire for approval.

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:39.639
 A desire to be secure.

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:41.240
 A desire to be successful.

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.899
 It's an identity,

00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:43.859
 that we want.

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:45.220
 We want to be someone.

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:48.079
 We feel like,

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:49.200
 if I have that,

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.759
 I'll have worth.

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.960
 I'll have value.

00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:54.160
 And that's actually,

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.960
 what drives people,

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.779
 to be workaholics.

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.339
 That's what drives people,

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.860
 to commit adultery,

00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:00.299
 and do all kinds of other things.

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.400
 Breaking every one,

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.220
 of the other commands.

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.380
 Those three lies.

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.400
 You're missing out.

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.539
 You deserve better.

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.819
 You could be someone.

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.259
 So,

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:14.659
 how do we desire rightly?

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.240
 Firstly,

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:25.879
 we've got to learn,

00:23:26.939 --> 00:23:27.599
 that actually,

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:29.139
 desire is shaped,

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.379
 by what you focus on.

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.379
 Do you know,

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.539
 my son Etienne,

00:23:33.679 --> 00:23:34.539
 he's nine months old,

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:36.039
 we put him at the dinner table,

00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:37.399
 and we give him,

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.980
 amazing food to eat.

00:23:39.060 --> 00:23:39.200
 You know,

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.040
 I want to eat it.

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.600
 It's like,

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.259
 I'm drooling.

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:41.540
 I'm like,

00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:41.700
 hey,

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.300
 I get this,

00:23:42.340 --> 00:23:42.759
 you get that,

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:43.360
 that's not fair.

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:44.880
 But,

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.600
 so he starts eating,

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.519
 and he loves the food,

00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:48.540
 and then he gets distracted,

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.720
 by some kind of noise,

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.220
 over there.

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:51.840
 And,

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:53.000
 and then after a while,

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:55.160
 he's like trying to grab my plate.

00:23:55.540 --> 00:23:56.820
 He's trying to grab my food,

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:57.360
 and I'm kind of,

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.100
 shooing him away,

00:23:58.100 --> 00:23:58.360
 and I say,

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.540
 well,

00:23:58.660 --> 00:24:00.180
 if you don't want your food,

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.960
 I'll have it.

00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:02.420
 But he's trying to grab,

00:24:02.540 --> 00:24:02.720
 grab,

00:24:02.820 --> 00:24:03.400
 grab like this,

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.060
 and then to eventually,

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.220
 we're trying to refocus him,

00:24:05.300 --> 00:24:05.400
 and go,

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:05.820
 okay,

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.759
 you can eat this food.

00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:07.180
 And then suddenly,

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.920
 once he starts eating,

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.120
 it's like,

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.280
 oh,

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:09.360
 this is actually really good.

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:13.000
 And it's a whole battle.

00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.800
 This kind of goes on,

00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:14.300
 if you're parents,

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:15.160
 you know this idea.

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.080
 It goes on,

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:16.360
 and on,

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.620
 and on,

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.360
 this kind of battle.

00:24:17.560 --> 00:24:18.980
 That's actually what you and I are like.

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:22.360
 Because the battle for your desires

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:23.759
 is a battle for your focus.

00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:26.820
 It's what you fix your heart,

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.820
 and your mind on,

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:29.759
 in the day-to-day of life.

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.360
 You know,

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.240
 the Apostle Paul,

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.300
 in Philippians 4,

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:35.320
 says this amazing statement.

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.920
 This is just really challenging.

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.640
 He says,

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.940
 I have learned,

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.060
 okay,

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.480
 I have learned

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.800
 to be content

00:24:42.800 --> 00:24:45.620
 in whatever circumstances

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.540
 I'm in.

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.700
 I know what it is

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.500
 to be in need.

00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:49.759
 I know what it is

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.500
 to be in plenty.

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.660
 I have learned

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.540
 the secret.

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.700
 So it didn't come automatically.

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.840
 I have learned

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:56.500
 the secret

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.720
 of being content

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.880
 in any

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.940
 and every

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.800
 situation,

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.580
 whether well-fed

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.060
 or hungry,

00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:03.180
 whether living in plenty

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.600
 or in one.

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:05.539
 I can do all things

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.700
 through Christ,

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.480
 through him

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.560
 who gives me strength.

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.400
 And you go,

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.960
 oh, Paul,

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:13.240
 that sounds a little intense.

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.920
 What is he saying?

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.440
 What does he say?

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.779
 Firstly,

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.120
 he says,

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:17.339
 you can learn contentment.

00:25:18.459 --> 00:25:18.679
 You know,

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:20.099
 you can invest

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:21.179
 in coveting

00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:22.739
 by always comparing

00:25:22.739 --> 00:25:23.199
 yourselves

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:24.079
 to everybody else

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:25.599
 or by meditating

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:27.000
 on your circumstances

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:29.119
 and all that you don't have.

00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:31.479
 Or you can invest

00:25:31.479 --> 00:25:32.459
 in contentment

00:25:32.459 --> 00:25:33.599
 by focusing

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.639
 on who Christ is

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.679
 and all that you have

00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.179
 in him.

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:38.099
 You know,

00:25:38.199 --> 00:25:40.139
 there's this cartoon

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.759
 of Snoopy.

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.319
 Does everyone know

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.279
 Snoopy the dog?

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.839
 Some of you do.

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.119
 Some of you don't.

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.140
 You can check it out

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.980
 on Google afterwards.

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:50.640
 But Snoopy is this dog

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.400
 and there's this cartoon

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.680
 where it's Thanksgiving

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.379
 or Christmas,

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.240
 I can't remember which,

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.559
 and he's sitting out

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:57.039
 on his dog house

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.619
 outside

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.759
 and he's just got

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.819
 like dog food

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:01.039
 while his friend,

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.980
 Charlie Brown,

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.180
 and his family

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:04.420
 are all inside

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:06.299
 enjoying this amazing feast.

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.140
 And Snoopy is like

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.660
 complaining,

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.660
 like it's not fair,

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.259
 it's miserable,

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.720
 until the thought

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.839
 comes into his mind,

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.779
 it could be worse.

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.160
 I could have been

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.920
 born a turkey.

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:23.400
 And when coveting

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:26.140
 and discontent

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:28.359
 knock at your door,

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.359
 the spirit wants

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.839
 to remind you

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:35.299
 and for you

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.019
 to tell yourself,

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.500
 do you know,

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.900
 it could be way worse

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:40.019
 and I don't even

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:41.240
 deserve what I've got.

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.840
 See,

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.580
 you could be

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.720
 destined for hell.

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.440
 You could be

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.400
 a slave to sin.

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:46.860
 You could be

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.759
 away from God.

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.480
 You could be

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:50.040
 trapped in your guilt

00:26:50.040 --> 00:26:50.940
 and in your shame

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:52.140
 with no future,

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:53.120
 no hope.

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.900
 Instead,

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.820
 the God of the whole universe,

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.759
 who doesn't need

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.880
 to care about you,

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.140
 but he has

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:01.000
 your life

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.500
 in his hands

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.779
 and he loves you

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.279
 enough

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.500
 to send Jesus

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.039
 to die

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.700
 to bring you

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.500
 into this covenant

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.140
 relationship

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:09.099
 with the Ten Commands

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.660
 are all about

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.059
 and if you are now

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.759
 a Christian,

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.220
 you're not a nobody,

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.380
 you're a somebody.

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.160
 You walk into

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:17.200
 friendship circles

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:18.279
 not as a lonely

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.819
 single,

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.180
 but as a child

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:21.019
 of the God

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.440
 who says,

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.539
 I will never leave you

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.500
 nor forsake you.

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.000
 You go into

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:26.200
 your peer groups

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.519
 not as an underpaid,

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.779
 underappreciated

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.960
 parent or employee.

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.120
 You go as one

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.840
 who is rich

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:33.160
 with nothing to prove,

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.240
 nothing to lose

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.120
 because you have

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:36.600
 acceptance with the only one

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:37.819
 who at the end of time

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.759
 will really matter

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:41.700
 because God's

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.620
 trice blood

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.640
 speaks over you

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:45.120
 his words of delight

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:46.759
 and he says,

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:48.039
 is that enough for you?

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.660
 You are not

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.620
 the insecure,

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.860
 fearful person

00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.660
 whose future

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.319
 is uncertain.

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:55.240
 You have an inheritance

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:57.120
 held by the one

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:58.120
 who will never

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.900
 let you go.

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:02.340
 you will not lack.

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.299
 Paul himself

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.279
 says,

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.480
 my God

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.559
 will supply

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:09.000
 all my needs

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.980
 according to

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.380
 his riches

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.960
 and glory.

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.579
 Jesus isn't just

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.220
 concerned about

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.299
 the spiritual stuff,

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.380
 he's also concerned

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.340
 about your life

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:20.840
 and your family

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:23.500
 and everything else.

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:25.640
 and if you're

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.440
 really honest

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.339
 with yourself,

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:29.519
 hasn't he provided

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:31.539
 way more

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.660
 than just your needs?

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.480
 Hasn't he actually

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.319
 even provided

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:37.500
 many of our wants

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:37.960
 too?

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.920
 But we forget

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.720
 about those.

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.940
 We have

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:45.119
 a generous,

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.339
 rich,

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.819
 heavenly father.

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:50.179
 is there

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:51.319
 anyone else

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:53.099
 outside of the

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.799
 people of God

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.579
 who has that?

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:57.259
 And none of us

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:59.019
 deserve a single

00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:00.259
 piece of that.

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:02.039
 You haven't done

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.740
 anything to deserve it.

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.279
 It's pure

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.339
 grace.

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.439
 Do you know,

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.939
 Romans 1

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.599
 says,

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:12.179
 God gave people

00:29:12.179 --> 00:29:14.240
 over to their lusts,

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.460
 to their coveting,

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.200
 it's the same word,

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.819
 because they

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:19.519
 neither glorified

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.740
 nor thanked

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.299
 God.

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:22.400
 You see,

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.200
 coveting

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.279
 sees life

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.140
 as earned.

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.660
 Thankfulness

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.860
 sees life

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.680
 as gift.

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.460
 You see,

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.279
 it's pure grace

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.940
 that you can even

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.779
 breathe today.

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.140
 Like,

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.600
 what did you do

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.340
 to get breath

00:29:35.340 --> 00:29:35.840
 this morning?

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.220
 Before you

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:41.220
 even woke up,

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.680
 God was blessing

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.539
 you with sleep.

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.640
 God was blessing

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.400
 you with

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:46.400
 tons of things,

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.980
 which probably,

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.620
 do you know,

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.280
 your elbow.

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.720
 How many of you

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.120
 thought about

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.540
 your elbow

00:29:50.540 --> 00:29:51.019
 this morning?

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.160
 If your elbow

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.920
 wasn't working,

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.800
 would you be

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.220
 thinking about

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.640
 your elbow?

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.720
 But this,

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.140
 now,

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.540
 we could go

00:29:58.540 --> 00:29:58.920
 through every

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.540
 body part.

00:29:59.800 --> 00:30:00.240
 We could then

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.480
 go through

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.040
 everything in

00:30:01.040 --> 00:30:01.480
 your flat.

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.120
 We could go

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.800
 through everything

00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:03.580
 in your relationships.

00:30:04.060 --> 00:30:04.340
 Like,

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.060
 we would be here

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:05.700
 for like the rest

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.320
 of eternity

00:30:06.320 --> 00:30:06.980
 just saying all

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.420
 the blessings

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:07.900
 that we have

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.300
 in God.

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.980
 And thankful

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.560
 people

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:15.619
 who realize

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.179
 and focus

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.839
 on the grace

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.259
 that God's

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.159
 given them

00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:21.139
 are contented

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.460
 people.

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.940
 You see,

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:25.119
 you can be

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.579
 thankful,

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.139
 and when you

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.740
 are thankful,

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.399
 and you look

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:28.819
 at somebody

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.579
 else who seems

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.240
 to be getting

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.539
 the boss's favor

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.259
 when you think

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.179
 you deserve it,

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:35.419
 you're going to

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:35.940
 have a wrestle.

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.339
 You're going to

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.639
 want that respect

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.960
 or that credit

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.700
 for yourself,

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.420
 but you can

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.720
 go,

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.800
 it's okay.

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.340
 It could be

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:44.759
 worse.

00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:46.000
 I could be

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.460
 unemployed,

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.820
 but actually,

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.340
 I don't need

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:48.640
 that,

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.940
 because look

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.340
 at all that

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:51.780
 I have in

00:30:51.780 --> 00:30:52.240
 Christ,

00:30:53.300 --> 00:30:53.680
 and now let

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:53.980
 me go and

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.259
 see how I

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.720
 can bless

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.360
 that person

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.840
 rather than

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.640
 resenting them.

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.759
 You know,

00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.120
 I heard of

00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.660
 one pastor

00:30:59.660 --> 00:30:59.940
 who,

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.520
 whenever someone

00:31:00.520 --> 00:31:00.980
 asked him

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.440
 how he was

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:01.700
 doing,

00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:02.020
 he would

00:31:02.020 --> 00:31:02.460
 reply,

00:31:03.040 --> 00:31:03.640
 better than

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.300
 I deserve.

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.400
 That's someone

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:06.740
 who's going

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.580
 to be contented.

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.740
 So we focus

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.400
 on Christ.

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.620
 Next,

00:31:11.800 --> 00:31:12.259
 we count

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.020
 the cost.

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:15.160
 Because sometimes,

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.660
 even when you

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:15.980
 get that,

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:16.680
 you still go,

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:18.360
 but I still

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.720
 want to be

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.100
 liked,

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.580
 I want to be

00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:20.000
 successful

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.600
 really,

00:31:20.800 --> 00:31:21.780
 really badly.

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.480
 Earlier on

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.040
 in Philippians

00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:25.400
 3,

00:31:26.060 --> 00:31:27.500
 Paul again

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.860
 says,

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.360
 and you see

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.780
 where his

00:31:28.780 --> 00:31:29.320
 contentment

00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:29.840
 comes from,

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:30.759
 he says,

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.420
 I count

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.259
 everything

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.220
 a loss

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.320
 compared to

00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:35.400
 the surpassing

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:35.900
 greatness

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.820
 of knowing

00:31:36.820 --> 00:31:37.480
 Christ Jesus

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.000
 my Lord

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.619
 for whose

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:38.900
 sake

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:40.180
 I have

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.720
 lost

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.359
 everything.

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.160
 What he's

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.720
 actually saying

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:43.980
 is,

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.619
 I've actually

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.119
 had to battle

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.660
 through this,

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.160
 but here's

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.500
 now my

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.980
 focus.

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.740
 When I

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.240
 came to

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.759
 Christ,

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.160
 he became

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.099
 first place

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.900
 in my life.

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.680
 No other

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.220
 gods,

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.799
 which means

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.519
 every other

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.779
 good desire,

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.299
 not necessarily

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.799
 bad desires,

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.579
 good desire,

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.940
 if necessary,

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:05.220
 I can surrender

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:06.019
 that and I'm

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.519
 okay on

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.140
 missing out.

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:09.000
 I can miss

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.380
 out on

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:09.960
 marriage if

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.420
 I'm single.

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.640
 I can miss

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.059
 out on the

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.680
 respect that

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.079
 I think I

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.440
 deserve.

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.460
 I can miss

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.920
 out on being

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.640
 successful,

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.720
 because knowing

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.619
 Christ is more

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.579
 important to me.

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.480
 You know,

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.180
 in Hong Kong,

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.920
 we will miss

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.940
 out on vacations,

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:28.019
 on family time,

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.859
 on relationships,

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.839
 on leisure time

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.440
 for the sake of

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.000
 our career,

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.019
 for the sake of

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:33.180
 education opportunities,

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.460
 and we think it's

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.019
 worth it.

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:37.839
 Paul will say

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.359
 to us,

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.180
 do you think

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.099
 Jesus is worth

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.440
 it?

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.819
 Because Jesus

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.359
 says,

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.940
 I am preparing

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:46.299
 a banquet for

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.680
 you.

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.920
 Are you going to

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.859
 trade that in

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:50.379
 for a 7-Eleven

00:32:50.379 --> 00:32:51.819
 sandwich on the

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.960
 way when I want

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:54.299
 to satisfy you

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.500
 in a way that

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.220
 these things which

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.779
 you think will

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.480
 give you temporary

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.200
 pleasure never

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.619
 will?

00:32:58.619 --> 00:33:04.359
 being a Christian

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:06.799
 is not simply

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:08.559
 about having the

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.559
 right ideas about

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.459
 who Jesus is.

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:12.659
 It's about him

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.759
 changing your

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.419
 taste buds to

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:17.019
 desire him more

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.479
 than anything

00:33:17.479 --> 00:33:17.959
 else.

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.659
 And actually,

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.819
 that is a process

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.639
 through which God

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.539
 has to take you

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:24.199
 in surrender to

00:33:24.199 --> 00:33:24.539
 him.

00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.619
 Some of you,

00:33:27.699 --> 00:33:28.379
 God is going to

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.900
 call you and

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.100
 say,

00:33:29.520 --> 00:33:30.380
 that thing that's

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.860
 been gripping

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.520
 your heart,

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.820
 are you willing

00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:33.860
 to lay that

00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:34.400
 down on the

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.080
 altar and to

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:36.440
 trust me that I

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.420
 can satisfy your

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:38.380
 desires with

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:38.880
 something better

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.680
 than you think?

00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:41.620
 Will you trust

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:41.940
 me?

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.460
 And if you're

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.840
 honest,

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.140
 don't we actually

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:48.120
 sometimes go,

00:33:49.020 --> 00:33:49.580
 actually don't we

00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:50.260
 often go,

00:33:50.540 --> 00:33:51.460
 but I can't do

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.720
 that.

00:33:52.280 --> 00:33:53.360
 I desire this

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:54.000
 thing actually

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.800
 too much.

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.320
 Like,

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:56.080
 that sounds nice,

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.860
 but actually I know

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.959
 in the reality

00:33:57.959 --> 00:33:58.579
 of life,

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.679
 my heart just

00:33:59.679 --> 00:34:00.000
 gets,

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:02.279
 like Etienne,

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.839
 distracted,

00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:05.899
 captured by

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:06.740
 other things.

00:34:07.959 --> 00:34:08.859
 That's why this

00:34:08.859 --> 00:34:09.659
 law is here,

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.079
 you know.

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.960
 Because this

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.980
 law is supposed

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.199
 to bring you

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.259
 in desperation

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:16.799
 onto your knees

00:34:16.799 --> 00:34:17.839
 to realize,

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.880
 man,

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.920
 if you thought

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.659
 you were a good

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.259
 keeper of the

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:22.159
 Ten Commandments,

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:24.259
 don't even begin

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.160
 to think that.

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.260
 This is what

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:27.160
 hits Paul in

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.740
 Romans 7.

00:34:28.060 --> 00:34:28.620
 This is actually

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:29.340
 where Jesus goes

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.760
 with the rich

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:30.280
 young ruler.

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.620
 You've got to

00:34:32.620 --> 00:34:33.560
 begin to say,

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.600
 I can't change

00:34:34.600 --> 00:34:35.480
 my desires by

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.980
 myself.

00:34:36.180 --> 00:34:37.080
 Holy Spirit,

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.040
 you've got to

00:34:38.040 --> 00:34:38.920
 begin to work

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:40.100
 something in me.

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.000
 Do you know

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.740
 what the difference,

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.240
 one of the

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:42.940
 differences between

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:44.020
 the old covenant,

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:45.820
 these Ten Commandments

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.280
 and the law,

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.480
 and the new covenant,

00:34:47.580 --> 00:34:48.280
 the New Testament

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.740
 is?

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.320
 Hebrew says,

00:34:50.600 --> 00:34:51.280
 God has written

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:52.000
 his law,

00:34:52.140 --> 00:34:52.800
 not just on

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.700
 tablets of stone,

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.559
 he's written it

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.480
 now onto your

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.079
 heart,

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:58.259
 through the Holy

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.879
 Spirit,

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.559
 and his Spirit's

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.439
 job is to fill

00:35:01.439 --> 00:35:02.119
 your heart with

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.460
 Christ,

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.239
 but you've got to

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:04.239
 sow to the Spirit.

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.980
 You've got to

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.819
 keep focusing on

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.319
 what the Spirit

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:06.799
 wants you to

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.500
 focus on,

00:35:07.919 --> 00:35:08.719
 which is Jesus,

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:11.439
 and to surrender

00:35:11.439 --> 00:35:12.179
 him, not out of

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:14.039
 duty, but out of

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:16.159
 joy, because if he

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:16.779
 died for you,

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.579
 don't you think

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.659
 that he's actually

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.980
 able to give you

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.759
 far more than you

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.639
 could ever imagine?

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:25.879
 We focus on

00:35:25.879 --> 00:35:26.759
 Christ, we need

00:35:26.759 --> 00:35:27.279
 to count the

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:28.299
 cost and surrender

00:35:28.299 --> 00:35:30.099
 to him, and the

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:31.859
 final thing is we

00:35:31.859 --> 00:35:32.259
 need to just

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:33.599
 prioritize Jesus in

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.699
 the everyday of

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:35.239
 our lives.

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:39.259
 You know, the Ten

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.879
 Commandments are

00:35:39.879 --> 00:35:40.739
 about relationship.

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.599
 They're about a

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.339
 redeeming God.

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:44.759
 They're about

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:48.000
 someone who loves

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.839
 us so much that

00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:49.460
 he's brought us

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.839
 into a relationship

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.699
 through Christ.

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:53.039
 Christ is the one

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:54.719
 who fulfills the

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.619
 Ten Commandments.

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:57.439
 He fulfills the

00:35:57.439 --> 00:35:57.739
 law.

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.839
 He does what we

00:35:58.839 --> 00:35:59.480
 couldn't do, and

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.119
 then he gives us

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.819
 his Spirit to

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:02.399
 empower us to be

00:36:02.399 --> 00:36:03.379
 not just individuals,

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:05.259
 but a community of

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:07.879
 joyful obedience in

00:36:07.879 --> 00:36:08.699
 the trenches of

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:09.480
 everyday life.

00:36:11.859 --> 00:36:12.879
 You know, we can

00:36:12.879 --> 00:36:13.619
 actually say it's

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:14.279
 all very well to

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:15.539
 worship Jesus first,

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.279
 but then we spend

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:18.359
 all of our time

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:19.659
 listening to all the

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.619
 adverts, listening to

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.299
 all of our peers,

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:22.000
 listening to all of

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:23.019
 our friends who

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:24.159
 are all dissatisfied,

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.380
 all coveting, all

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.279
 telling us that it's

00:36:26.279 --> 00:36:27.099
 stupid to Sabbath.

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.699
 It's stupid not to

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.259
 give in to your

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:30.000
 sexual desires.

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:31.359
 It's stupid not to

00:36:31.359 --> 00:36:32.279
 cover up and to

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:33.460
 lie or to steal or

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.339
 to chase for yourself

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:34.980
 or to get that

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.259
 thing.

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:36.179
 All these people

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.900
 around you are

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.559
 telling you this.

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.239
 They're preaching to

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.900
 you all the time.

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.139
 And what do we do?

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:41.059
 We focus on that a

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.679
 lot, don't we?

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.940
 It's just one comment

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:44.059
 and it just begins to

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.880
 eat into you.

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.799
 Discontent is

00:36:47.799 --> 00:36:48.299
 infectious.

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:51.120
 So we need to be

00:36:51.120 --> 00:36:52.820
 careful who we're

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.560
 listening to.

00:36:54.580 --> 00:36:55.039
 Do you know the

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:56.260
 Psalm 19 which

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:57.260
 Jeremy's song

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:58.900
 references where it

00:36:58.900 --> 00:37:01.980
 says your law is

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.940
 more precious, more

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.640
 desirable.

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.600
 It's the same word,

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.080
 coveting.

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:07.380
 Your law is more

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:09.019
 desirable than gold.

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.720
 Do you think he just

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.900
 woke up one day and

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.720
 said, oh, I love

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:13.260
 God's word.

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:16.740
 No, like you get a

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.740
 passion for what you

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:19.360
 invest in and what

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.600
 you spend time in and

00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:21.680
 what you focus on.

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:26.880
 If you focus on just

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.920
 comparing yourself with

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:30.300
 everybody else, you're

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.580
 covered.

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:33.000
 But the alternative is

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.440
 this.

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:36.920
 God wants to call us as

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:38.400
 his people to be an

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:40.900
 alternative community, to

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:42.440
 be a people where we

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:44.119
 prioritize Jesus in the

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:45.579
 very practical things of

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.639
 our lives, in your

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.019
 budget.

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:48.840
 Do you go, my

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:50.240
 lifestyle comes first or

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:51.380
 how can I be generous

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:53.160
 first in our budget?

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:55.559
 When you go into just

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:57.240
 like even thinking about

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:58.760
 where am I going to

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.139
 live?

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.880
 Where am I going to

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.280
 stay?

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:02.900
 Is the priority in our

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:04.099
 lives, I want to find the

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:05.200
 most comfortable life for

00:38:05.200 --> 00:38:06.079
 myself and maybe that

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.780
 means I've got to get out

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.940
 of Hong Kong to get that.

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:10.099
 Or is it how can we

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:11.380
 honor Jesus best and

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:13.240
 serve him with even

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:13.960
 where we live?

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.179
 Even the things that

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:16.119
 God has provided us

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.500
 with.

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.320
 Because if you find a

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:20.280
 community, a bunch of

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:21.220
 people who are actually

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:23.659
 content in Jesus, whether

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.700
 they have plenty or they

00:38:24.700 --> 00:38:27.280
 have not a lot, that's

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:28.400
 actually really infectious

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:28.860
 too.

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:32.220
 And I want to call us to

00:38:32.220 --> 00:38:34.619
 be a people who actually

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:37.099
 make it our priority that

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:38.599
 we want to pursue

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:40.719
 contentment in Jesus more

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:41.719
 than anything else.

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.960
 More than anything else.

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:45.759
 Because if you do that,

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:46.619
 do you know you will be

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.159
 infectious.

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:49.719
 In a city that is filled

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:52.299
 with discontent, imagine

00:38:52.299 --> 00:38:55.239
 people who go, actually,

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:58.460
 I've decided not to move to

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.480
 that apartment that I could

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.679
 move to because actually I

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.299
 want to be able to be

00:39:01.299 --> 00:39:02.079
 generous and give that

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:03.400
 money away and I'm fine.

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.400
 You know, sure I'd like to

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:06.220
 but it's okay.

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:08.700
 Or people who would be

00:39:08.700 --> 00:39:12.519
 going, actually I'm

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:16.380
 willing to, I'm willing to

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:17.480
 stay in Hong Kong even

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.480
 though I want to leave

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:21.579
 because I see God calling

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.039
 me here.

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:27.940
 And you go, okay, why would

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:29.079
 you do anything like that?

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:31.980
 John Piper has a famous

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.380
 quote.

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.519
 He says, God is most

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:35.099
 satisfied in us when we are

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:36.360
 most satisfied in him.

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:40.199
 The point is not exactly

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:41.739
 whether where you stay,

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.759
 where you live or not where

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:43.019
 you live.

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:44.059
 It's where your heart is.

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:45.779
 It's what you're desiring.

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:48.099
 God wants us to be the most

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:49.659
 satisfied community in the

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:50.539
 whole of Hong Kong.

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:53.699
 Whether you have a lot or we

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.319
 have a little.

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:56.159
 Not because we're passively

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.960
 doing nothing.

00:39:57.799 --> 00:39:59.019
 But because we've taken the

00:39:59.019 --> 00:40:00.359
 command to worship no other

00:40:00.359 --> 00:40:03.739
 gods so seriously that we're

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:04.980
 finding joy in Jesus.

00:40:07.319 --> 00:40:09.099
 I want us to stop for a minute

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:09.759
 and just to pray.

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.480
 We're going to take communion

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:12.440
 in a second so I'm going to

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:13.480
 ask the communion stewards to

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:13.799
 come up.

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:22.720
 But I want you to just take a

00:40:22.720 --> 00:40:22.900
 minute.

00:40:23.580 --> 00:40:25.280
 We often don't find time in our

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:26.560
 weeks to actually stop and go,

00:40:26.660 --> 00:40:27.880
 what am I really focusing on?

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:30.820
 What actually wraps me up in my

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.180
 week?

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:35.720
 Have I actually been sowing into

00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:37.260
 an obedient lifestyle of wanting

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:39.800
 to go, hey, I want to take the

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.039
 Sabbath.

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:44.300
 Sabbath, I want to be honest where

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:45.440
 I've been tempted to lie.

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:48.880
 I don't want to steal in any way,

00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:50.279
 shape or form any longer.

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:52.579
 I want to honor my parents.

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:53.300
 I want to forgive.

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:56.739
 I want Jesus, you to be glorified

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:59.860
 in whatever I do.

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.880
 And I want you just to take some

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:05.699
 time to confess now before him.

00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:10.219
 If you're not a Christian, I want

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:14.059
 you to consider, is what you are

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:20.219
 chasing after really of eternal

00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:22.099
 value that's going to satisfy you?

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:27.219
 And if it's not, Jesus invites you to

00:41:27.219 --> 00:41:28.779
 come today to pray to him, to

00:41:28.779 --> 00:41:35.239
 confess that and to receive him.

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:39.179
 to be the one who's the center of

00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:39.719
 your life.

00:41:39.719 --> 00:42:05.099
 Just allow God to search your heart.

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:07.440
 just confess before him.

00:42:10.839 --> 00:42:12.299
 Maybe there's an area where he's

00:42:12.299 --> 00:42:14.719
 saying, I want you to focus back on me.

00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:20.839
 Father, we just want to confess that

00:42:20.839 --> 00:42:23.839
 so often we actually, we live under

00:42:23.839 --> 00:42:24.659
 those fears.

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:26.920
 Those fears that we're going to miss

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.159
 out.

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:29.639
 Those fears that we don't get what we

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:30.019
 deserve.

00:42:30.279 --> 00:42:33.259
 We live with this sense that our value

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:35.240
 is found in all kinds of other stuff.

00:42:36.080 --> 00:42:38.960
 But Lord, I pray, show us how

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.920
 beautiful you are.

00:42:41.240 --> 00:42:43.140
 Let us remember the gift of grace

00:42:43.140 --> 00:42:44.260
 that you have shown us.

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:48.740
 Father, let us not just kind of leave

00:42:48.740 --> 00:42:51.040
 with that in our heads, but actually

00:42:51.040 --> 00:42:53.320
 every day this week to be reflecting

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:54.920
 and thinking about all that we have in

00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:55.160
 you.

00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:57.340
 Lord, I pray that we'd not be Christians

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:58.920
 who know the things that we should do,

00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:01.100
 but actually then walk away.

00:43:01.099 --> 00:43:02.860
 And it just goes in one ear and out

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:03.179
 the other.

00:43:03.299 --> 00:43:04.839
 Lord, I pray, make us people

00:43:04.839 --> 00:43:10.659
 who actually will take time this week

00:43:10.659 --> 00:43:14.159
 every day to go, Jesus, thank you so

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:14.519
 much.

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:17.380
 Oh, show me more of yourself.

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:18.460
 I want to see you.

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.440
 I want to know you.

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:23.360
 That you would be everything to us,

00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:23.679
 Lord.

00:43:25.339 --> 00:43:26.759
 Father, thank you that you are

00:43:26.759 --> 00:43:27.139
 everything.

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:29.960
 Thank you that when you return,

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:33.619
 we will see that actually the promises

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:35.639
 that you made to us were way better

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:37.900
 than what we could even imagine now.

00:43:40.619 --> 00:43:42.739
 Make us contented people, I pray.

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:44.559
 In Jesus' name.

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:45.739
 Amen.