WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.540 What am I doing and what is the point? 00:00:04.540 --> 00:00:07.000 This is a question asked by many people, 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:10.880 including in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald last Sunday. 00:00:11.540 --> 00:00:16.719 Author Lisa Leong told a story about a musician friend of hers 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:20.719 who, in the first lockdown, had lost her job. 00:00:21.100 --> 00:00:25.900 She was a musician and her job wasn't considered essential. 00:00:26.660 --> 00:00:30.019 It made her feel devalued when she lost her job. 00:00:30.659 --> 00:00:34.000 And the author reflected that our sense of self 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.820 is often wrapped up in our identity. 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:41.579 And so when we lose a job, we can feel devalued. 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:46.560 And she suggested that the biggest blow to losing a job 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:50.719 is not just dollars, but the hit our identity can take. 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:55.539 She suggested that it's because our identity gives us meaning 00:00:55.539 --> 00:00:57.240 and purpose in life. 00:00:57.759 --> 00:00:59.719 And I think she's hit onto something there. 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:01.399 She's come from outside Christianity, 00:01:01.579 --> 00:01:03.659 but I think she's hit onto something quite interesting there. 00:01:04.219 --> 00:01:07.060 Our identity gives us meaning and purpose. 00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:10.980 Have you ever felt devalued? 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:14.120 Have you ever questioned, what am I doing? 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:15.840 What is the point? 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:17.700 What is the purpose of my life? 00:01:17.700 --> 00:01:24.140 Maybe you felt like that musician who looked at the things that she did, 00:01:25.299 --> 00:01:28.640 the fact that she could no longer do what she thought gave her purpose, 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:30.700 and she felt like she had no purpose. 00:01:31.140 --> 00:01:33.700 Have you ever felt like, you're just questioning, 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:34.579 what am I doing? 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:38.579 Because when we have these things taken away, 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:41.900 we can feel like a leaf adrift in a river. 00:01:41.900 --> 00:01:46.020 I'm sure that there's at least one person here in the building 00:01:46.020 --> 00:01:47.840 or watching at home online 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:52.140 who maybe has lied awake late at night thinking, 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:53.920 what is the point? 00:01:54.880 --> 00:01:55.860 What am I doing? 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:57.480 God, what is my purpose? 00:01:57.540 --> 00:01:59.400 What do you want me to be doing with my life? 00:02:01.080 --> 00:02:03.320 And that is the challenge set before us today. 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:06.080 Just a small question 00:02:06.080 --> 00:02:08.480 to dive into some of life's deepest questions. 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:10.259 Who am I? 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:12.000 And what am I here for? 00:02:13.299 --> 00:02:15.539 We are in our vision series as a church, 00:02:15.620 --> 00:02:17.780 a time where we refocus as a church 00:02:17.780 --> 00:02:19.759 about the direction we're going in. 00:02:20.099 --> 00:02:22.859 And we've been looking over the last three weeks 00:02:22.859 --> 00:02:26.299 to see who we as a church are to be, 00:02:26.679 --> 00:02:28.419 particularly within a culture 00:02:28.419 --> 00:02:33.159 that is battling racism amongst other challenges. 00:02:33.859 --> 00:02:35.879 And this week we are changing tack slightly 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:38.199 from thinking about us as a church 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:40.979 to thinking about us as individuals 00:02:40.979 --> 00:02:43.219 who make up the broader church. 00:02:44.359 --> 00:02:47.359 And so as we seek to answer those two questions today, 00:02:47.699 --> 00:02:50.479 who am I and what am I here for? 00:02:51.079 --> 00:02:51.739 Let me pray. 00:02:53.079 --> 00:02:53.799 Heavenly Father, 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:55.579 as we come to your word, 00:02:56.500 --> 00:02:57.899 give us insight, 00:02:58.219 --> 00:03:00.799 not only into who you are and into your word, 00:03:01.139 --> 00:03:03.280 but who you have made us to be. 00:03:03.819 --> 00:03:06.679 And give me your words to speak today, Lord. 00:03:07.019 --> 00:03:07.439 Amen. 00:03:08.359 --> 00:03:10.379 Three points for us this morning. 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:11.419 Made, 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:12.639 ruined, 00:03:13.419 --> 00:03:14.280 and remade. 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:16.759 Let me encourage you to be using the St. Paul's app 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:17.939 to be following along as well. 00:03:18.300 --> 00:03:18.979 First of all, 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:20.800 we're starting in Psalm 8 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:22.159 to see how we are made. 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:23.960 And as John read for us, 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:26.219 this is a wonderful meditation 00:03:26.219 --> 00:03:28.180 from King David 00:03:28.180 --> 00:03:30.000 about who he is 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:31.819 and about who our God is. 00:03:31.819 --> 00:03:33.759 So have a look with me, 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:34.979 Psalm 8. 00:03:35.299 --> 00:03:37.659 That'll come up on the screen as well, 00:03:37.939 --> 00:03:39.419 starting in verse 1. 00:03:40.219 --> 00:03:43.120 And it starts off with David praising God. 00:03:43.539 --> 00:03:45.039 Lord, our Lord, 00:03:45.519 --> 00:03:48.759 how majestic is your name in all the earth. 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:51.740 You have set your glory in the heavens. 00:03:51.740 --> 00:03:54.120 And I wonder where David is 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:55.159 as he's saying this. 00:03:55.740 --> 00:03:56.680 Is he outside 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:58.379 looking up at the sky, 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:01.060 staring at the vast sky? 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:03.240 Is he in the middle of nature? 00:04:04.340 --> 00:04:06.640 I think even those who don't believe in God, 00:04:06.760 --> 00:04:08.060 sometimes when we're confronted 00:04:08.060 --> 00:04:11.680 by just the vastness of creation, 00:04:12.140 --> 00:04:13.300 makes us stop and think, 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:13.759 wow, 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:16.839 there must be something bigger. 00:04:17.060 --> 00:04:18.339 There must be something beyond me. 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:20.959 And David in this scene 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:23.620 is just reflecting on God's awesomeness 00:04:23.620 --> 00:04:24.540 and his glory. 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:27.459 God is so vast 00:04:27.459 --> 00:04:28.819 and so beyond us 00:04:28.819 --> 00:04:31.840 that he even uses the unlikely 00:04:31.840 --> 00:04:32.800 for his own glory. 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:33.519 Verse 2. 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:36.319 Through the praise of infants 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:37.180 and children, 00:04:37.180 --> 00:04:38.519 you have established 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:40.319 a stronghold against your enemies 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:43.100 to silence the foe and the avenger. 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:46.360 You don't see too many countries 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:47.400 assembling armies 00:04:47.400 --> 00:04:48.780 out of infants and children. 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:51.740 But God can silence the strong 00:04:51.740 --> 00:04:53.240 with the very weak 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:55.060 because God is just that powerful. 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:57.480 And David continues 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:58.960 considering God in verse 3. 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:01.199 When I consider your heavens 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:03.220 the work of your fingers, 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:04.720 the moon and the stars 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:06.060 which you have set in place, 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:09.060 it makes him consider who he is. 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:10.280 But this is actually 00:05:10.280 --> 00:05:11.920 quite amazing as well. 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:13.420 It tells us 00:05:13.420 --> 00:05:15.819 something about God. 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:18.040 David could have said that 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:19.220 God made the world 00:05:19.220 --> 00:05:20.500 with his mighty arm, 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:21.560 with an outstretched arm, 00:05:21.620 --> 00:05:22.720 with a powerful arm. 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:24.540 But David said that 00:05:24.540 --> 00:05:25.620 God made the world 00:05:25.620 --> 00:05:26.800 with his fingers. 00:05:28.699 --> 00:05:30.980 God is intimately involved 00:05:30.980 --> 00:05:31.959 with his creation. 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:33.560 It's almost like 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:34.479 a picture of God. 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:36.459 I've painted a lot 00:05:36.459 --> 00:05:37.579 of little figurines. 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:39.079 It's this picture of God 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:40.879 intricately making us 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:41.719 with his fingers. 00:05:43.620 --> 00:05:44.539 That the God 00:05:44.539 --> 00:05:45.899 who is bigger than galaxies 00:05:45.899 --> 00:05:47.459 beyond time and space 00:05:47.459 --> 00:05:50.479 works with delicate intricacy, 00:05:50.719 --> 00:05:51.620 like an artist, 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:53.219 a model builder. 00:05:54.779 --> 00:05:56.259 Steve, in the last couple of weeks, 00:05:56.299 --> 00:05:58.240 has looked at Genesis 1 and 2. 00:05:58.240 --> 00:05:59.759 And that's what David 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:00.379 is doing here. 00:06:00.740 --> 00:06:02.480 He's recalling creation. 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:05.500 He's looking at the vastness 00:06:05.500 --> 00:06:06.180 of creation, 00:06:06.460 --> 00:06:07.600 the goodness of God, 00:06:08.379 --> 00:06:09.519 and it brings him to think 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:10.180 about himself 00:06:10.180 --> 00:06:11.420 in verse 4. 00:06:12.960 --> 00:06:14.460 What is mankind 00:06:14.460 --> 00:06:16.680 that you are mindful of them? 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:18.460 Human beings 00:06:18.460 --> 00:06:19.639 that you would care for them. 00:06:19.900 --> 00:06:21.360 God, what am I? 00:06:21.579 --> 00:06:22.920 Because in the vastness 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:23.500 of all these things 00:06:23.500 --> 00:06:24.000 you've created, 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:26.120 I am an insignificant 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:27.399 little dot. 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:28.980 What am I 00:06:28.980 --> 00:06:31.060 that you would think of me? 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:32.579 That God, 00:06:32.620 --> 00:06:34.300 your mind would be on me. 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:36.740 Why would I be in your heart? 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:38.180 Why would you care for me? 00:06:40.699 --> 00:06:41.959 David answers this 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:42.680 in verse 5. 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:44.340 You have made them 00:06:44.340 --> 00:06:45.079 a little lower 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:45.800 than the angels, 00:06:46.280 --> 00:06:47.860 and you've crowned them 00:06:47.860 --> 00:06:49.040 with glory and honor. 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:51.319 This answers the question 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:52.079 of who are we? 00:06:53.060 --> 00:06:54.519 We are people 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:55.699 intimately made. 00:06:56.539 --> 00:06:57.079 We are people 00:06:57.079 --> 00:06:58.519 who are known by God, 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:00.240 who God chooses 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:01.539 to know and love. 00:07:01.979 --> 00:07:02.839 God chooses 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:04.000 to honor us. 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:05.299 He crowns us 00:07:05.299 --> 00:07:06.339 with glory and honor. 00:07:07.599 --> 00:07:08.560 We are a people 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:09.799 that God has made 00:07:09.799 --> 00:07:11.479 and he makes much of. 00:07:12.859 --> 00:07:14.339 God made a people 00:07:14.339 --> 00:07:15.639 in his image. 00:07:16.299 --> 00:07:17.439 We're recalling 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:18.299 Genesis 1 and 2 00:07:18.299 --> 00:07:19.319 where God made us 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:20.120 in his image. 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:23.279 This is primary. 00:07:23.419 --> 00:07:24.419 This is really central. 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:26.139 This is core 00:07:26.139 --> 00:07:27.659 to us as people, 00:07:28.259 --> 00:07:29.339 to us as Christians. 00:07:29.539 --> 00:07:30.139 We are people 00:07:30.139 --> 00:07:31.719 made in God's image. 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:33.459 So, 00:07:33.579 --> 00:07:35.120 when someone asks, 00:07:35.819 --> 00:07:36.000 oh, 00:07:36.060 --> 00:07:36.399 hi, 00:07:36.579 --> 00:07:37.819 I'm James. 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:39.219 Who are you? 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:40.259 You know, 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:41.240 we should be saying, 00:07:41.339 --> 00:07:41.959 before we say, 00:07:42.039 --> 00:07:43.240 I'm employed in this field 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:44.879 or this is some things 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:45.319 about me, 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:47.099 the answer really should be, 00:07:47.459 --> 00:07:47.639 oh, 00:07:47.699 --> 00:07:48.899 I'm a child of God. 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:50.620 Before I knew 00:07:50.620 --> 00:07:52.000 what to do in my life, 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:53.439 God crowned me 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:54.879 with his glory 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:55.740 and his honor. 00:07:55.819 --> 00:07:57.019 He made me his child. 00:07:58.019 --> 00:07:58.899 That might make things 00:07:58.899 --> 00:07:59.639 a little bit awkward 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:00.879 in social settings, 00:08:01.379 --> 00:08:03.180 but it is true. 00:08:03.300 --> 00:08:03.639 God 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:05.620 has made us 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:06.680 in his image 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:07.639 like him 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:09.240 before we knew 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:10.279 anything about ourselves. 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:13.279 I found it really difficult 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:14.519 in the last week 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:15.539 to see what's been happening 00:08:15.539 --> 00:08:16.739 in the Ukraine. 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:17.959 I'm not sure 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:18.919 if you've been following 00:08:18.919 --> 00:08:20.599 what's been happening, 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:22.259 but one thing 00:08:22.259 --> 00:08:23.219 that has been encouraging 00:08:23.219 --> 00:08:24.139 is seeing 00:08:24.139 --> 00:08:25.500 the Christians 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:27.479 continue 00:08:27.479 --> 00:08:29.099 to praise God 00:08:29.099 --> 00:08:29.879 in that season. 00:08:30.619 --> 00:08:31.479 There's a video of them, 00:08:31.559 --> 00:08:31.899 I think they were 00:08:31.899 --> 00:08:32.679 in a train station, 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:33.240 there's this group 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:33.819 of Christians 00:08:33.819 --> 00:08:35.019 just praising God. 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:36.740 And one of the things 00:08:36.740 --> 00:08:37.539 that they have said 00:08:37.539 --> 00:08:38.159 is even 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:39.860 with oppression coming, 00:08:40.079 --> 00:08:41.240 we will not hide 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:41.939 who we are 00:08:41.939 --> 00:08:43.519 if we need to go 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:44.980 underground as the church. 00:08:45.179 --> 00:08:46.079 We will do that, 00:08:46.139 --> 00:08:47.079 we've done that before, 00:08:47.299 --> 00:08:48.899 and we will do that again 00:08:48.899 --> 00:08:49.740 if they need. 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:50.819 And they're able 00:08:50.819 --> 00:08:51.460 to say that 00:08:51.460 --> 00:08:52.919 because they know 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:53.939 what is core 00:08:53.939 --> 00:08:54.919 to who they are 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:55.360 as people. 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:57.100 It is their Christian 00:08:57.100 --> 00:08:58.059 identity. 00:08:59.000 --> 00:08:59.600 And even with 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:00.480 opposition coming, 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:01.159 that's not going 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:02.079 to make them hide 00:09:02.079 --> 00:09:02.980 or run away 00:09:02.980 --> 00:09:04.159 from who they are 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:04.600 as people, 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:05.680 they're going 00:09:05.680 --> 00:09:05.940 to go, 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:07.159 we will continue 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:07.960 as Christians 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:10.100 even in the face 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:10.759 of opposition. 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:13.440 David finishes 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:14.320 with the same words 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:14.920 as he started 00:09:14.920 --> 00:09:15.960 in verse 9. 00:09:16.980 --> 00:09:17.500 Lord, 00:09:17.980 --> 00:09:18.580 our Lord, 00:09:18.680 --> 00:09:19.480 how majestic 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:20.659 is your name 00:09:20.659 --> 00:09:21.759 in all the earth. 00:09:22.740 --> 00:09:23.279 You have set 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:23.840 your glory 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:24.560 in the heavens. 00:09:25.259 --> 00:09:26.040 So in the midst 00:09:26.040 --> 00:09:27.100 of David meditating 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:28.040 on who he is, 00:09:28.259 --> 00:09:29.259 made in the image 00:09:29.259 --> 00:09:29.800 of God, 00:09:30.040 --> 00:09:31.279 it's all framed 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:33.440 in praising God. 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:35.399 Paul says 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:36.580 in 1 Corinthians 10, 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:37.879 whether you eat 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:38.800 or drink 00:09:38.800 --> 00:09:40.480 or whatever you do, 00:09:41.100 --> 00:09:41.820 do it all 00:09:41.820 --> 00:09:42.379 for the glory 00:09:42.379 --> 00:09:42.940 of God. 00:09:43.779 --> 00:09:44.740 And this is the theme 00:09:44.740 --> 00:09:45.440 of our series. 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:47.120 It's all of life. 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:48.980 That we are to be 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:50.480 Christians all of life. 00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:51.600 That we are to bring 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:52.519 praise and glory 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:52.960 to God 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:53.899 all of life. 00:09:53.940 --> 00:09:55.420 Not just for an hour 00:09:55.420 --> 00:09:56.240 or two on a Sunday. 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:57.980 Not just for a couple 00:09:57.980 --> 00:09:58.240 of minutes 00:09:58.240 --> 00:09:58.660 when we're reading 00:09:58.660 --> 00:09:59.100 the Bible. 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:00.100 But we are to be 00:10:00.100 --> 00:10:00.899 following God 00:10:00.899 --> 00:10:01.840 all of life 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:02.860 because we are made 00:10:02.860 --> 00:10:04.300 in his image. 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:06.100 We are to be doing 00:10:06.100 --> 00:10:06.740 what Paul said 00:10:06.740 --> 00:10:07.180 in 1 Corinthians 00:10:07.180 --> 00:10:07.580 said, 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:08.940 to be bringing him 00:10:08.940 --> 00:10:09.720 glory. 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:12.220 This is the 00:10:12.220 --> 00:10:13.320 biblical picture 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:15.200 of who we are 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:16.460 and what we are 00:10:16.460 --> 00:10:17.019 to do. 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:18.980 We are to be, 00:10:19.040 --> 00:10:19.940 we are made 00:10:19.940 --> 00:10:20.840 in God's image 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:22.360 and we are to be 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:23.340 bringing him glory. 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:24.960 Our purpose 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:26.540 is to magnify him. 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:28.160 To bring him glory. 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:30.699 to show how awesome 00:10:30.699 --> 00:10:32.079 he really is. 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:33.699 To his praise 00:10:33.699 --> 00:10:34.959 and to enjoy 00:10:34.959 --> 00:10:36.419 relationship with him. 00:10:37.439 --> 00:10:38.600 On the one hand, 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:40.399 it makes a lot of sense. 00:10:41.299 --> 00:10:42.079 The Bible presents 00:10:42.079 --> 00:10:42.959 a pretty clear picture. 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:43.839 We are made 00:10:43.839 --> 00:10:44.639 in God's image 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:46.419 and we are made 00:10:46.419 --> 00:10:47.120 to glory, 00:10:47.620 --> 00:10:48.740 to bring him glory 00:10:48.740 --> 00:10:50.000 and to enjoy him. 00:10:51.439 --> 00:10:52.600 But on the other hand, 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:53.699 it's really hard. 00:10:55.019 --> 00:10:56.139 We still have this 00:10:56.139 --> 00:10:57.399 existential angst 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:58.079 that comes from 00:10:58.079 --> 00:10:58.539 questioning, 00:10:58.799 --> 00:10:58.860 well, 00:10:59.539 --> 00:11:01.259 what am I to do? 00:11:01.439 --> 00:11:02.399 Who am I to be? 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:04.799 And this comes 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:05.360 because 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:07.139 our image 00:11:07.139 --> 00:11:08.860 has been marred. 00:11:08.959 --> 00:11:09.740 It's been damaged. 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:10.720 It's been ruined. 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:11.240 And that's our 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:12.500 second point today. 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:14.500 The problem comes 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:15.120 from the fall 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:16.120 where the image 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:17.319 of God was damaged. 00:11:17.439 --> 00:11:18.259 It was messed up. 00:11:19.019 --> 00:11:20.019 Our purpose in life 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:20.860 got confused. 00:11:21.220 --> 00:11:23.100 Instead of glorifying God, 00:11:23.179 --> 00:11:24.360 we pursue ourselves 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:25.980 and the other 00:11:25.980 --> 00:11:26.919 idols of life 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:27.639 that we make. 00:11:28.740 --> 00:11:29.320 The article 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:30.039 talking about 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:32.060 identity from last week 00:11:32.060 --> 00:11:32.919 in the City Morning Herald, 00:11:33.419 --> 00:11:34.700 it concluded 00:11:34.700 --> 00:11:35.759 with some fairly 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:36.659 depressing words. 00:11:37.779 --> 00:11:38.300 It said, 00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:39.740 everything matters 00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:41.820 and nothing matters. 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:43.120 It's messy 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:44.060 and hard to define, 00:11:44.340 --> 00:11:45.159 but it's like standing 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:46.039 on top of a mountain 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:47.659 and feeling huge 00:11:47.659 --> 00:11:48.820 and small 00:11:48.820 --> 00:11:50.240 all at once. 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.440 This is a wonderful 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:53.539 paradox to hold 00:11:53.539 --> 00:11:55.120 within our every experience. 00:11:55.980 --> 00:11:56.500 What a beautiful 00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:57.639 perspective to carry 00:11:57.639 --> 00:11:58.299 through the world. 00:11:58.820 --> 00:11:59.799 What you do matters, 00:12:00.659 --> 00:12:01.399 but not as much 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:02.180 as who you are. 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:03.440 They both matter, 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:04.480 but also 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:05.860 not at all. 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.659 It's so similar 00:12:08.659 --> 00:12:09.779 to David's experience 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:10.600 in Psalm 8. 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:11.720 He's standing 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:12.360 and beholding 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:13.480 the awesomeness 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:14.039 of God, 00:12:15.940 --> 00:12:17.659 but this author 00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:18.399 suggests 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.679 that, 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:20.939 you know, 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:21.500 experiencing 00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:22.480 how large 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:23.120 and how small 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:24.019 the reality is 00:12:24.019 --> 00:12:24.319 that, 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:25.019 you know what, 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:25.500 it's actually 00:12:25.500 --> 00:12:26.139 all meaningless. 00:12:26.419 --> 00:12:27.199 It's all pointless. 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:28.659 You can give yourself 00:12:28.659 --> 00:12:29.620 meaning if you like, 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:30.679 but actually 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:31.620 there is no meaning 00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:32.120 to life. 00:12:33.459 --> 00:12:34.340 And if we follow 00:12:34.340 --> 00:12:36.340 this directionless 00:12:36.340 --> 00:12:38.799 questioning, 00:12:39.299 --> 00:12:40.740 we just end up 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:41.620 purposeless, 00:12:42.139 --> 00:12:42.439 hopeless. 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:44.699 Nothing matters, 00:12:45.319 --> 00:12:46.240 but you can pretend 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:47.019 it like it does 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:47.819 if you like. 00:12:47.820 --> 00:12:49.379 until your deathbed 00:12:49.379 --> 00:12:50.240 and you'll think, 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:51.720 what's it all been for? 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:53.660 But when we take 00:12:53.660 --> 00:12:55.600 God out of the picture, 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:56.980 that's what we're 00:12:56.980 --> 00:12:57.480 left with. 00:12:58.379 --> 00:13:00.080 Self-invented purpose 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:01.300 that doesn't satisfy. 00:13:02.340 --> 00:13:03.100 We can create 00:13:03.100 --> 00:13:03.740 an identity 00:13:03.740 --> 00:13:04.320 that can be 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:05.400 lost or broken 00:13:05.400 --> 00:13:06.480 with a pandemic 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:07.200 coming through 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:08.000 and a job lost. 00:13:09.280 --> 00:13:10.600 Paul says in Romans 1, 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:12.200 for although they knew 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:12.600 God, 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:14.060 they neither glorified 00:13:14.060 --> 00:13:15.000 Him as God 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:16.180 nor gave thanks to Him. 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:17.620 But their thinking 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:18.800 became futile 00:13:18.800 --> 00:13:19.560 and foolish, 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:20.279 and their foolish 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:21.120 hearts were darkened. 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.680 Although they claimed 00:13:22.680 --> 00:13:23.240 to be wise, 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:24.040 they became fools 00:13:24.040 --> 00:13:24.879 and exchanged 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:26.080 the glory of the 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:26.800 immortal God 00:13:26.800 --> 00:13:27.700 for images 00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:30.040 made to look like 00:13:30.040 --> 00:13:31.139 a mortal human being 00:13:31.139 --> 00:13:32.259 and birds and animals 00:13:32.259 --> 00:13:33.100 and reptiles. 00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:34.340 We have been made 00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:35.680 in the image of God 00:13:35.680 --> 00:13:36.920 to bring Him glory, 00:13:37.460 --> 00:13:38.940 but the image of God 00:13:38.940 --> 00:13:39.800 has been marred 00:13:39.800 --> 00:13:41.320 by our sin, 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:42.180 it's been damaged, 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:43.139 and so we chase 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:44.000 other things. 00:13:44.560 --> 00:13:45.519 We choose to give 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:46.840 them glory instead. 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:49.379 And when we don't know 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:50.580 who we are in God, 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:52.920 we lose our purpose. 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:54.659 And instead, 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:56.320 it gets redefined for us. 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:57.320 Instead, 00:13:57.460 --> 00:13:58.759 we get a different identity 00:13:58.759 --> 00:13:59.360 and we end up 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.540 with a different purpose. 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:02.180 And instead of it being 00:14:02.179 --> 00:14:03.459 shaped by God, 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:04.959 it's shaped by 00:14:04.959 --> 00:14:06.099 the culture 00:14:06.099 --> 00:14:07.419 around us. 00:14:09.359 --> 00:14:10.579 What my purpose is 00:14:10.579 --> 00:14:11.419 gets shaped by 00:14:11.419 --> 00:14:12.620 my culture around me. 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:13.620 It gets shaped 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.959 by aspects of me. 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:16.139 It gets shaped by 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:17.879 what I do for work, 00:14:18.479 --> 00:14:19.799 my sexuality, 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:21.599 the things I do, 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:23.099 my role within my family. 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:25.279 It's going to be influenced 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:25.779 differently 00:14:25.779 --> 00:14:27.039 in different cultures. 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:29.339 But every culture, 00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:30.359 every culture 00:14:30.359 --> 00:14:31.459 is not based 00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:32.320 on God. 00:14:32.400 --> 00:14:33.320 And so every culture 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:34.300 is going to make 00:14:34.300 --> 00:14:35.960 a different idol. 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.500 It's going to make 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.200 our identity, 00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:39.980 which might be 00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:40.700 something good, 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:41.940 like work, 00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:42.860 it's going to take 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:43.700 something good 00:14:43.700 --> 00:14:44.540 and make it 00:14:44.540 --> 00:14:45.660 the ultimate thing 00:14:45.660 --> 00:14:46.660 and an idol. 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.200 And it's going to make 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:49.240 it the most important 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.220 thing in our life. 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:52.160 The image of God 00:14:52.160 --> 00:14:53.080 is marred 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:54.080 and so our purpose 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:54.879 gets confused. 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:57.220 I think in the West, 00:14:57.879 --> 00:14:59.040 it looks like 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:01.339 the personal pursuit 00:15:01.339 --> 00:15:02.079 of happiness, 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:03.139 the pursuit 00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:04.179 of personal happiness. 00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:06.199 It's the big dream. 00:15:06.459 --> 00:15:07.500 It's the goal. 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:08.980 It's the vision 00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:10.019 of personal success. 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:11.099 I'm going to have 00:15:11.099 --> 00:15:12.539 a vision board. 00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:13.559 Well, there was a book 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:14.219 that came out 00:15:14.219 --> 00:15:15.139 a number of years ago 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:16.059 called The Secret. 00:15:16.699 --> 00:15:17.360 Not sure if you've heard 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:17.799 of The Secret. 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:19.039 It was on Oprah 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:20.120 at the time. 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:21.839 It was all about 00:15:21.839 --> 00:15:22.620 envisioning 00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:23.860 what your success 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.500 looked like. 00:15:24.959 --> 00:15:25.740 And so you'd think 00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:26.279 about it. 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:27.059 And because you're 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:27.779 thinking about it, 00:15:27.959 --> 00:15:28.959 the universe was going 00:15:28.959 --> 00:15:29.839 to give it to you. 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.079 And this was the thinking. 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:34.620 In the West, 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:35.319 it really is about 00:15:35.319 --> 00:15:36.839 personal success. 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.159 I've seen this 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:40.279 impact my own heart. 00:15:40.839 --> 00:15:42.000 I've seen this impact 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:43.639 other people 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:45.360 in my line of work 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:45.980 as pastors. 00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:48.100 In church ministry, 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:49.720 we're in a culture 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:51.639 which is about 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:53.100 growth and success 00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:53.579 generally. 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:54.539 You know, 00:15:54.579 --> 00:15:55.399 you look at companies, 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:56.259 they must always 00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:58.179 have year-on-year growth. 00:15:59.699 --> 00:16:00.559 There can be no 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:01.500 staying the same. 00:16:01.579 --> 00:16:02.419 We must always 00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:03.500 grow and succeed. 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:04.639 And it can be 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.799 the same in the church 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:08.059 because growth 00:16:08.059 --> 00:16:08.500 is, 00:16:09.059 --> 00:16:10.079 and bigger numbers 00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:11.240 is a sign of success. 00:16:12.079 --> 00:16:12.480 And so, 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:14.139 I talk to other ministers 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:15.699 and the same comment, 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:16.439 the same question 00:16:16.439 --> 00:16:16.959 comes up. 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:17.179 Oh, 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.879 how big is your church? 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.879 How is it growing? 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:22.220 And I see the challenge 00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:23.279 in my own heart 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:25.199 to be influenced 00:16:25.199 --> 00:16:26.620 by what our culture 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:28.279 defines success as. 00:16:29.339 --> 00:16:30.519 But that's not biblical. 00:16:31.959 --> 00:16:32.959 It's a culturally 00:16:32.959 --> 00:16:33.899 driven purpose. 00:16:35.339 --> 00:16:36.720 From an Eastern perspective, 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:38.360 identity and purpose 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.600 might not look like 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.919 individual success, 00:16:41.579 --> 00:16:43.220 but it might look like 00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:44.539 having success 00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:45.600 to care for a family 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:48.740 or having success 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.460 academically 00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:51.700 on behalf of other people 00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.440 so that others 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:53.159 in the family 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:54.340 can boast 00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:55.759 about how their family 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.240 is doing. 00:16:57.580 --> 00:16:58.680 It doesn't matter 00:16:58.680 --> 00:16:59.980 the ethnic background 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:01.000 that we come from, 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:02.420 they are all 00:17:02.420 --> 00:17:03.340 adrift from God 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:04.700 and we are all 00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:06.140 going to find 00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:06.779 an identity 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.799 and purpose 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:09.120 away from God. 00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:11.019 It's going to make 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:12.559 us look successful 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.559 and desire to have 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.460 those around us 00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.460 look successful too. 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.199 A culture that says 00:17:18.199 --> 00:17:19.059 to be successful 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:20.019 you must earn 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.639 a lot of money, 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:22.019 you must be busy, 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.559 it's no wonder 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:24.399 that our identity 00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:25.679 becomes so closely 00:17:25.679 --> 00:17:27.039 tied to our jobs, 00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:30.039 to the things we do. 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:32.199 It shapes our days 00:17:32.199 --> 00:17:33.039 and so very often 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:34.099 it gives us purpose. 00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:36.259 But it's also true 00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:37.619 that we want to do 00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:39.219 valuable things. 00:17:40.379 --> 00:17:41.139 I know over the last 00:17:41.139 --> 00:17:41.579 couple of weeks 00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:42.279 it's been wonderful 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:43.619 to hear from people 00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:44.359 like Soren 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:45.139 who's a solicitor 00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:45.659 about how 00:17:45.659 --> 00:17:47.359 he does his 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:48.019 nine to five 00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:49.279 to help people, 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:50.259 to care for other people 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:51.299 and this is good. 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.359 The challenge is 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:54.199 when it becomes 00:17:54.199 --> 00:17:54.819 ultimate, 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.379 when it becomes 00:17:56.379 --> 00:17:57.059 no, no, no, 00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.979 this is who I am, 00:17:58.059 --> 00:17:59.500 I am the teacher 00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.279 and this is all 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:01.219 about my life. 00:18:02.959 --> 00:18:03.759 But that's not 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.319 who we are. 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:06.279 If something 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:08.019 core to our identity 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:09.459 can be so easily 00:18:09.459 --> 00:18:10.259 taken away 00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:11.419 by a pandemic 00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:12.640 or by a job loss, 00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:14.320 then it isn't 00:18:14.320 --> 00:18:15.380 really core 00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:16.200 to who we are. 00:18:18.100 --> 00:18:18.539 First, 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.360 we are Christians 00:18:19.360 --> 00:18:20.920 and then that 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:21.880 shapes our purpose. 00:18:23.080 --> 00:18:23.519 Otherwise, 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:25.000 we'll have a 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.519 short-term purpose 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:28.620 and we can be 00:18:28.620 --> 00:18:29.220 left feeling 00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:30.160 like life 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:30.740 is meaningless. 00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:33.000 I like to think 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.539 about this 00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:34.100 as 00:18:34.100 --> 00:18:36.360 a fast-food 00:18:36.360 --> 00:18:36.960 identity 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:38.799 version 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.299 of identity 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:39.840 and purpose. 00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.860 We can think 00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:41.259 that 00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:42.920 having 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:44.019 all purpose 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:45.180 in my job 00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:45.860 will satisfy 00:18:45.860 --> 00:18:47.180 but it can 00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:47.600 ultimately 00:18:47.600 --> 00:18:48.200 leave us 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.000 feeling empty. 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.700 I have a 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.400 cheeseburger here. 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.160 I don't know 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:53.539 if anybody 00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.299 likes cheeseburgers. 00:18:54.340 --> 00:18:54.660 Does anybody 00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.279 like eating 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:55.860 cheeseburgers? 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.640 This is a 00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:57.380 Macca's cheeseburger 00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:59.380 and it's being 00:18:59.380 --> 00:18:59.980 kept warm 00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.559 in my pocket 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.960 for about 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.519 an hour and a half. 00:19:04.840 --> 00:19:05.259 I'll tell you 00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.500 what, 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.740 even warm, 00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.160 it's still 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.440 delicious. 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:07.940 Steve's looking 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:08.359 at me right 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:08.539 now, 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.059 he's thinking 00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.779 that's going 00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.180 to spike 00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.720 your sugars. 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.220 That combination 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:13.059 of carbs 00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.779 and sugars 00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.440 and fat 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:15.160 and protein, 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:17.099 it tastes 00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.539 good. 00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.120 Does anybody 00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:18.579 want some? 00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:18.759 No? 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:18.960 Okay. 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.519 It tastes 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:21.900 good 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:23.720 but soon, 00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.339 let me just 00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:24.680 finish my 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:24.960 mouthful. 00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:31.440 Excuse me, 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:31.980 my mouth is 00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.279 dry. 00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:33.980 Should have 00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.299 gotten a 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:34.519 Coke. 00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.140 Soon my 00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:36.540 system is 00:19:36.540 --> 00:19:36.700 going to 00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:36.980 go into 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.700 overdrive 00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.540 from this 00:19:38.540 --> 00:19:39.259 combination of 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:39.740 fats and 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.020 sugars. 00:19:40.560 --> 00:19:41.480 And I'm 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:41.700 going to 00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.560 crash soon. 00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.259 You'll see me 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.700 on the floor 00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.140 in the last 00:19:44.140 --> 00:19:44.440 song. 00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.540 I'm not sure 00:19:46.540 --> 00:19:47.120 how you feel 00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:47.560 after you 00:19:47.560 --> 00:19:48.380 eat fast 00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:48.759 food, 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.940 but often 00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:51.120 can feel 00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.500 just a little 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:51.940 bit sick. 00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:53.880 It can 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:54.480 often leave 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.820 me feeling 00:19:55.820 --> 00:19:56.200 just a little 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:57.640 bit unsatisfied, 00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:59.620 like I need 00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:01.200 a real meal. 00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.259 food. 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:02.920 It leaves 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.400 me craving 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:03.900 a meal 00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:05.220 with real 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.259 food and 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.880 family and 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.299 friends. 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.200 That satisfies 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:09.039 not just the 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.600 taste buds, 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.039 not only does 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.580 it not make me 00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.100 feel sick, 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.100 but it feeds 00:20:13.100 --> 00:20:13.660 my soul. 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:16.160 Imagine if I 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:17.039 only ever 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.980 ate Maccas. 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:19.660 You'd be 00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.140 concerned for 00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:20.559 me, yes? 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:23.080 My life would 00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:23.620 not go very 00:20:23.620 --> 00:20:24.240 well for very 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.500 long. 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.420 I might enjoy 00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.980 it to a 00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:26.500 certain extent. 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:28.240 I think 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.660 that is a 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.599 temptation on 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.079 how we 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:31.240 approach the 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.720 question of 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.339 who I am 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:32.859 and what my 00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:33.500 purpose is. 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:35.079 We seek 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:36.680 fulfillment and 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.359 purpose in 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:37.920 things that are 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.819 only temporary 00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:40.539 and ultimately 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.480 things that 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.700 don't actually 00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.440 satisfy. 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.839 But we don't 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.480 even realize 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.079 that they 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.839 won't satisfy. 00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.099 Instead of 00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.759 understanding how 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.299 God has 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:52.000 intricately and 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.900 lovingly made 00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.700 us in his 00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:55.960 image, we 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:57.140 take something 00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:57.759 off the 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.759 shelf of 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.779 identity and 00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:01.079 purpose and 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.660 think, I'll 00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.180 have that. 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.420 I'll devote 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.140 myself to 00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.480 that. 00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.759 I'll devote 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.400 myself to 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:07.120 this career. 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.220 I'll devote 00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.059 myself to 00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.400 fixing the 00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:10.759 world in 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.299 this way. 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:13.819 I study 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.140 law. 00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.460 I'm a 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:14.759 solicitor. 00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.299 I'm going 00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:16.279 to devote 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.039 everything to 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.160 that. 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.440 I'm a 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:17.700 teacher. 00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.380 I'm going 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.180 to fix a 00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.900 generation of 00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.220 kids. 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:21.920 And these 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.279 are good 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.799 things. 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.120 But when 00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.620 they are made 00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:25.120 the ultimate 00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:25.640 things, it 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.140 shapes what 00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.480 we do 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:26.980 each day. 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.080 It shapes 00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:28.720 how we 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:28.960 want to 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.580 get glory 00:21:29.580 --> 00:21:29.840 for 00:21:29.840 --> 00:21:30.320 ourselves. 00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.180 It shapes 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:32.700 our purpose 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.220 in life. 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.920 But like a 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.440 cheeseburger, 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:38.340 they are not 00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:39.120 ultimate things. 00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.759 They will just 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.340 leave us 00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:41.860 feeling unsatisfied. 00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.440 We can end up 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.920 with that question 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.240 before. 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.740 Is that it? 00:21:47.520 --> 00:21:48.080 Is that all 00:21:48.080 --> 00:21:48.580 my life? 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.740 What happens 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.420 when my job 00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.700 ends? 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.180 What happens 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.600 when I hit 00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:52.120 retirement? 00:21:52.560 --> 00:21:53.259 I'll have an 00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:54.100 existential crisis. 00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:56.379 God offers 00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:57.339 us something 00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.299 far deeper, 00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.459 far more 00:21:59.459 --> 00:22:00.139 satisfying. 00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.939 One that only 00:22:01.939 --> 00:22:02.399 comes from 00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:02.579 him. 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.779 Now, don't 00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.519 hear me say 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.139 we shouldn't 00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:05.939 pursue work, 00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.740 we shouldn't 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.639 pursue significant 00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.119 things. 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.379 Work is a 00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:10.059 good gift 00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.539 given from 00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.839 God. 00:22:12.219 --> 00:22:12.919 But one 00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.419 way to 00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:13.959 figure out 00:22:13.959 --> 00:22:14.779 whether a 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.199 good gift 00:22:15.199 --> 00:22:15.619 from God 00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.099 has become 00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:16.639 an idol 00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.879 is to 00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.459 question what 00:22:18.459 --> 00:22:18.899 would happen 00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.439 if we 00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:19.959 didn't have 00:22:19.959 --> 00:22:20.139 it. 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.419 Tim Keller 00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:21.779 asked a 00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.259 question to 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.539 help us 00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:22.960 identify 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.500 our idol, 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.180 which is 00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.440 what do 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:24.980 we go to 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:26.220 bed thinking 00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.579 about? 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.019 What is our 00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.259 goal? 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.619 What is our 00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:28.920 dream? 00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.460 Before we 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.099 drift off to 00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.339 sleep, 00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:31.759 what are we 00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.039 thinking, 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.599 I really 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.440 want that? 00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.700 What would 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.619 happen if 00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.119 we couldn't 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.519 get it? 00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.099 Now, I know 00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.400 there's a 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.759 number of 00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.200 teachers in 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.539 the room, 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.319 so let me 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.039 use a 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.759 teacher example. 00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.700 Let's say 00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.019 you're a 00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.859 teacher and 00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.500 your dream 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.980 is to be 00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.500 the principal. 00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:48.039 I hear 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.319 that's a 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.680 good thing. 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.000 And that's 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.720 your goal and 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.000 you think, 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.259 I can lead 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.720 a school 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.380 really well, 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.180 I can change 00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.619 culture, 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.119 I can shape 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.740 a generation, 00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:57.500 and you 00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.259 apply for a 00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.660 job and 00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:58.940 it's your 00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.960 dream job and 00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.380 you think you 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:00.779 would be the 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.539 best at it, 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.559 and then you 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:02.960 get knocked 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.319 back. 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.640 You don't 00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.039 get it. 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.200 And there's 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.680 sadness and 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:08.880 pain, but 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.460 is there 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:11.740 anger or 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.319 righteous 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.160 indignation? 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.400 I deserve 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:14.640 that. 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.119 That should 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.420 have been 00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.220 my job. 00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:18.019 If we 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.700 have those 00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.339 kinds of 00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.799 responses, 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.140 it indicates 00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.880 that that 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.360 might actually 00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.740 be an 00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:22.920 idol, 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.299 that might 00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.839 actually be 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.180 the thing 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.440 we are 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.019 attaching our 00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.680 purpose and 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.279 our identity 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.720 to, 00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.799 because if we 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.299 don't get 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.339 it, there 00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.120 is pain. 00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.000 Are you 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.579 satisfied and 00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.120 able to 00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:36.079 glorify God 00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.279 where you 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.600 are? 00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.940 If you were 00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.640 to stay in 00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.380 the same 00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:40.960 house, in 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.339 the same 00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.819 job, with 00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.079 the same 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.460 amount of 00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.380 money, with 00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.740 the same 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.759 situation in 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.819 your life, if 00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.799 you didn't 00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.859 get that 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.440 goal that 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.900 you have. 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.619 So what 00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:51.980 do we do? 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.200 Third point 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.960 today is 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.299 that we 00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.579 are remade. 00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.160 If our 00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.900 image of 00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.299 God has 00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.900 been marred 00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.339 by our 00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:00.259 sin, and 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.539 we are 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.019 off pursuing 00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.599 new things 00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.140 that don't 00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.519 ultimately 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.359 satisfy it, 00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.559 what now? 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.079 In 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.440 Colossians 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.980 chapter 1, 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.680 it describes 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:09.059 Jesus as 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.879 the image 00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.299 of the 00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.180 invisible 00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.700 God, 00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.940 firstborn 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.440 over all 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:13.920 creation, 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.820 and in 00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.500 him we 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.560 are remade. 00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:17.800 Our 00:24:17.800 --> 00:24:18.640 likeness is 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.200 given back 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:20.279 to, the 00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.740 image of 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.180 God is 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.880 remade for 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.160 us. 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.560 He has 00:24:23.560 --> 00:24:24.080 come to 00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:24.820 restore us 00:24:24.820 --> 00:24:25.440 to God's 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:25.840 image. 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.279 Jesus 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.460 perfectly 00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.120 reflects 00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.700 God. 00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.120 The rest 00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.560 of Psalm 00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:32.140 8 that we 00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.400 were looking 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.759 at before 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.360 is a 00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:33.840 picture of 00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.360 what happens 00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:35.100 after Jesus 00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:36.060 dies and 00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:36.440 is raised 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.820 back to 00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.100 life. 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.300 David is 00:24:38.300 --> 00:24:38.759 talking about 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.680 himself, but 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.140 he's actually 00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.800 talking about 00:24:40.800 --> 00:24:41.160 Jesus. 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.980 From verse 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.220 4 of Psalm 00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.460 8, 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.440 hopefully 00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.640 it'll be 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:44.820 on the 00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.140 screen. 00:24:46.580 --> 00:24:47.140 What is 00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.600 mankind 00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.580 that you 00:24:48.580 --> 00:24:49.100 are mindful 00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.620 of them? 00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.200 Human 00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.320 beings or 00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:51.759 the son 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.320 of man 00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:53.060 that you 00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:53.440 care for 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:53.660 them? 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.620 You have 00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.000 made them 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.279 a little 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.720 lower than 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.200 the angels 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.019 and crowned 00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.240 them with 00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.720 glory and 00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:57.920 honor. 00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.700 You made 00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.160 them rulers 00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.700 over the 00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.000 works of 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.539 your hands. 00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:00.940 You put 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.400 everything 00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:01.960 under their 00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.300 feet. 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.660 Jesus 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.680 is the 00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.140 perfect 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.680 man. 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.779 He is 00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.460 the perfect 00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:07.860 image 00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:08.460 bearer of 00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.880 God. 00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:09.800 He is 00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.240 the one 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.860 who restores 00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.140 us to 00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.380 God's 00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:11.560 image. 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:11.980 And as 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.720 Psalm 8 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.079 says, 00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:13.779 he was 00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.799 crowned 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.220 with glory. 00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.700 Everything 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.179 has been 00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:17.819 placed under 00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:19.000 his feet. 00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:20.740 And now, 00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.339 believing in 00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.759 Jesus, 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.359 by the power 00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.819 of God's 00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.379 Holy Spirit, 00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.399 we are being 00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.200 remade in 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.579 the image 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.019 of God. 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.000 Romans 8 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.319 says, 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:30.899 for those 00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.179 God 00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:31.740 foreknew, 00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.579 he also 00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.240 predestined 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.559 to be 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.259 conformed 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.839 to the 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.480 image of 00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.939 his Son. 00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.799 Every day, 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.000 God is 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.720 making us 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.619 to be 00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:41.200 who we 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.679 were made 00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:42.200 to be. 00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.419 In the 00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:44.039 power of 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.339 the Holy 00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.559 Spirit, 00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:44.939 he is 00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.639 conforming 00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.519 us back 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.859 to the 00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.439 image of 00:25:47.439 --> 00:25:47.899 who we 00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.259 are. 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.759 He has 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.359 restored 00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.759 our identity 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.240 as his 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.659 children, 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.599 so we can 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:53.960 be called 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.419 Christian, 00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.859 and now 00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.139 he's 00:25:56.139 --> 00:25:56.899 restoring us 00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.299 to his 00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.879 purpose, 00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.539 to glorify 00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.939 him. 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.439 But it's 00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:01.700 hard. 00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.079 It's a 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.559 challenge. 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.579 It's hard 00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:04.980 to take 00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.339 off that 00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.879 identity, 00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.460 the goal, 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.079 that dream 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.740 that our 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.439 culture can 00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:10.119 give us, 00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.559 and the 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.240 dream to 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.039 have success, 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.879 and realign 00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.159 it with 00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.859 God's purpose 00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.319 of giving 00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.659 him the 00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:15.939 glory, 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.819 because he 00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.159 is the 00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:17.460 one who 00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.960 has all 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.399 success. 00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.099 He is 00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.480 the one 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:19.759 who is 00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.299 in control 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.659 of all 00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:21.000 things. 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.879 So who 00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.339 are we, 00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.099 brothers and 00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.399 sisters? 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.919 God has 00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.939 bought our 00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:29.579 identity, 00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.559 which was 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:30.980 marred at 00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.559 the fall 00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.159 with the 00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.500 blood of 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.000 his son, 00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.740 so that 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.139 we might 00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.519 be his 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.859 people. 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.419 So that 00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:37.159 whatever role 00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:37.579 we do, 00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.139 whatever we 00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:39.599 do in our 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.059 nine to 00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.599 five, 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.679 we are his 00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.859 children first, 00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.059 made in his 00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.599 image to 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.399 glorify him. 00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.619 How then, 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.119 how can we 00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.859 live our life 00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.299 for the glory 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.759 of God? 00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.240 How can we 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.119 magnify God 00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.799 in all we do? 00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.980 How do we 00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:56.139 pursue his 00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:56.680 glory, 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.960 regardless of 00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.339 what we are 00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.740 doing in 00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.019 life? 00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.599 After that 00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.099 cheeseburger, 00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.659 I need a bit 00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:03.119 of a drink, 00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:03.659 so I'm 00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.240 going to 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.159 help illustrate 00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:05.919 this with 00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:07.099 an illustration 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.619 from John 00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.220 Piper about 00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.859 orange juice, 00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.579 but I don't 00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.980 have orange 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.279 juice, 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.200 I have 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.759 some black 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.019 currant 00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.339 juice, 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:13.960 which we'll 00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.159 do. 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.559 Firstly, 00:27:19.419 --> 00:27:20.440 this black 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.779 currant 00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:22.879 juice is 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.320 just an 00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:23.600 illustration 00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.060 of what 00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.320 we can 00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:24.620 do in 00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:24.980 all of 00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.300 life. 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.320 John 00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:27.600 Piper 00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.100 encourages 00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.820 us to 00:27:28.820 --> 00:27:29.800 glorify 00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:30.420 God in 00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.220 every moment, 00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.280 as 1 00:27:32.280 --> 00:27:32.540 Corinthians 00:27:32.540 --> 00:27:33.040 calls us 00:27:33.040 --> 00:27:33.400 to do, 00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.460 and we 00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.740 can do 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.320 that simply 00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:36.420 with a 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.040 moment like 00:27:37.040 --> 00:27:37.340 drinking 00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.740 juice. 00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.220 First, 00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.620 I don't 00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.360 deserve this 00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.700 juice. 00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:43.080 The reality 00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.580 is that 00:27:43.580 --> 00:27:44.000 because of 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.240 my own 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.780 sin, 00:27:46.300 --> 00:27:47.500 I deserve 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.420 punishment, 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.160 I deserve 00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:50.220 hell right 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.520 now. 00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.180 And so 00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.880 even holding 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.580 this plastic 00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:54.199 cup, I 00:27:54.199 --> 00:27:54.539 can give 00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.980 thanks to 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.319 God that 00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.619 he has 00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:55.980 forgiven 00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.519 my sin. 00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.179 And the 00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:59.439 pleasure of 00:27:59.439 --> 00:28:00.419 drinking juice 00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:01.619 is bought 00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.559 for me by 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.419 Jesus' death 00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:03.699 on the 00:28:03.699 --> 00:28:05.419 cross, so 00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:06.119 that I can 00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:07.339 enjoy every 00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.019 minute of 00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.839 my day and 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.259 the minute 00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.799 when I drink 00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.299 some juice. 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.720 I don't 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.279 deserve it. 00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.460 Drinking 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.240 this juice 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.220 actually reveals 00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.259 something about 00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.679 the goodness 00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:18.279 of God. 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.519 God is a 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.439 creative God 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.600 who enjoys 00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.240 pleasurable 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.880 things. 00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.480 And God 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.440 made us to 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:26.779 be able to 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.259 enjoy his 00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.539 world. 00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.480 This tastes 00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.799 good because 00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.660 God has 00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.580 made us in 00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.500 a way to 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.799 be able to 00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.380 enjoy things 00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.740 that taste 00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.019 good. 00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.140 And that's 00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.900 wonderful that 00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.600 our God has 00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.160 given that to 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.460 us. 00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.120 Thirdly, 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.980 the fact that 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.600 I can even 00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.940 stand up here 00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.980 and hold this 00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.620 cup means 00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:45.640 that God has 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.100 given me 00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:46.500 health. 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.259 He's blessed 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.900 me with health 00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.540 to work, 00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.080 health to 00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.920 earn money 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.440 so I can 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.500 afford juice. 00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.820 Even when 00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.680 I have fully 00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.280 drunk this 00:28:57.280 --> 00:28:57.980 cup and 00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:59.300 all of the 00:28:59.300 --> 00:28:59.960 value of the 00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.780 vitamin C has 00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:01.160 gone through 00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.840 my body and 00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.180 I've gotten 00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.860 everything out 00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.180 of it, 00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.240 even after 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.840 it's finished, 00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.759 God is still 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.800 good to me 00:29:07.800 --> 00:29:08.580 and he is 00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:09.200 still helping 00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.880 me and he is 00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.680 still the 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.340 great healer. 00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.000 And lastly, 00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:15.280 I don't pursue 00:29:15.280 --> 00:29:15.720 the black 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.500 currant juice. 00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.859 I don't 00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.420 make it the 00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:18.839 purpose of 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.319 my life, 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.779 I don't 00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.359 worship it, 00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.819 I don't 00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.220 become the 00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.720 black currant 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.180 juice guy 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.579 who's always 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:22.940 talking to 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.279 you about 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.500 it and 00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.039 encouraging 00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.259 you, 00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:24.700 you really 00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:24.940 should buy 00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.299 more black 00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.480 currant 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:25.619 juice, 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.220 it is really 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.480 the best 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.660 of the 00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:26.940 juices. 00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:27.759 I also 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.259 don't believe 00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.519 that, 00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:31.140 but I'm 00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:32.019 thankful for 00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.400 it but I 00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.400 still pursue 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.259 the one who 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.640 has given 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.339 me the gift. 00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.940 Now if I 00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.720 can do that 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.859 with a cup 00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.519 of black 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.920 currant 00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.319 juice, 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.039 how much 00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.579 can we do 00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.880 that with 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.359 every moment 00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.859 of our day? 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.099 The moment 00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.700 we wake up 00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.119 early, 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.019 the moment 00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.720 I got 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.480 woken up 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.160 early this 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.559 morning because 00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:49.859 of my 00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.140 kids, 00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.460 I can 00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.180 thank God 00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.519 that I 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.000 have my 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.359 kids, 00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.339 that I'm 00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.960 well enough 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.420 to play 00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.799 with them, 00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.279 I can 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.859 thank God 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.079 that I 00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.339 can go 00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.599 to work, 00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.079 I can 00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.579 thank God 00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.099 for coffee 00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.799 and I 00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.099 can thank 00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.259 God 00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.599 multiple 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:00.940 times 00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.079 throughout 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.319 the day 00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.700 for coffee 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:01.980 because I 00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.180 drink 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.640 multiple 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.099 coffees. 00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.119 Brothers 00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.539 and sisters, 00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.079 we have a 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.559 good God 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.500 who restores 00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.299 us to 00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.880 his image 00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.420 and to 00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.000 his purposes 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.759 and that 00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.500 purpose of 00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.319 glorifying 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.200 him and 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.720 enjoying 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.140 him. 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.359 He 00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.220 offers us 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.859 an identity 00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.220 and a 00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.160 purpose that 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.720 is far 00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.200 better than 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.180 the unsatisfying 00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:23.039 ones that 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.339 we have 00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.660 been, 00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.380 that we've 00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:24.799 chosen. 00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:26.960 Let me 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.720 encourage you, 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.640 spend a moment 00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.519 to think what 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.420 is the purpose 00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.839 that you were 00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.640 thinking about as 00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.299 you drift off to 00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.599 sleep? 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.259 Because God 00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.700 offers us 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.380 something far 00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:37.700 better, 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.819 made in his 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.180 image, 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.079 with the purpose 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.700 of glorifying 00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:40.940 him. 00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.559 let me 00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:41.799 pray. 00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.960 Heavenly 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.360 Father, 00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:45.559 I thank you 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.160 so much 00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.100 that we 00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.920 were made 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.200 in your 00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.580 image, 00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.460 that even 00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.240 though we 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.920 sin against 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.240 you, 00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:52.779 you have 00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.759 remade us 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:55.160 through the 00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.539 death and 00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.120 resurrection of 00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.580 your Son, 00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.080 and you are 00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.860 making us 00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.420 like you 00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.980 each day. 00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.600 Father, 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:02.000 help us 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.580 to pursue 00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:02.980 you, 00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.640 to desire 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.620 to see you 00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.420 glorified, 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.400 and not 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.140 our own 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.480 glory. 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.980 Help us 00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.400 not to 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.960 seek our 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.620 success, 00:31:13.560 --> 00:31:14.020 but to 00:31:14.020 --> 00:31:14.660 see your 00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.520 name made 00:31:15.520 --> 00:31:17.400 known by 00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.920 the people 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.360 that we 00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.780 know, 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.620 all for 00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.040 your glory. 00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.300 We pray 00:31:21.300 --> 00:31:21.660 this in your 00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.259 Son's name. 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.160 Amen.