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 Make some objectives for your life for the new year. This is about the time where you begin to do that.

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 And that's why this is the time where we as a church begin to think, what does this year hold for us as a body?

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 And so we spend some time and has been the standard here, as I understand it, is this is the time for setting forth initiatives.

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 What will we do this year as a church to be following after the standard of the Lord?

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 To be looking at his word, to conform our hearts to what he is asking us to do, and to model him, to mimic him in new ways.

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 Well, this morning, and as I've been thinking about this Sunday, as I've been thinking about initiatives,

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 I want to approach it a little differently.

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 Because this morning, I think what stands in our way, more than anything else in terms of being productive and fruitful and effective for the Lord,

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 is not so much what we are doing or are not doing, but what our identity is, who we are as the people of God.

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 What is your identity this morning?

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 Where do you find your place?

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 How do you define yourself as an individual?

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 And how does that begin to shape your perspective and your approach to life?

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 I think this really came front and center for me several years ago,

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 when I had the opportunity to go and to teach some Christian leaders in Russia.

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 Yaroslavl is about 160 miles north of Moscow.

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 And by way of introduction, we were supposed to give our name and we're supposed to describe ourself.

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 What is something that is true about you, so that we can kind of get to know one another a little bit better.

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 And of course, the teachers went first, followed by the people, the students in the class,

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 and I think there were as many as 20 students, Christian leaders in this church and surrounding churches who are part of this venue.

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 And of course, as you would expect and describe yourself, I'm Andrew Scheer, and I've been a pastor for X number of years.

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 I live, at that time, I live in Aurora, Illinois.

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 I'm a graduate of the Master's Seminary.

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 I've been married for so many years.

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 I have so many children.

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 And this is what defines me as a person.

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 Listen, maybe your description of yourself would be along the same lines.

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 That's how we tend to think.

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 And I was struck, I was struck by how the venue began once it was turned over to the Christian leaders.

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 First said,

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 My name is Mikael, and I am a sinner saved by grace.

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 Sasha, I am a son of the king because of the grace of God in my life.

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 Nikolai, I am redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.

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 And on and on and on and on they went, describing their identity in relationship to Christ.

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 Not their identity and what they did as an individual.

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 Who they were is defined by their function, by their role.

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 But their identity based upon the work of God in their life.

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 That is what shaped them as an individual.

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 That is what changed their perspective about every one of those other spheres in which they lived.

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 As a father.

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 As a husband.

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 As a pastor.

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 As a worker.

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 As a student.

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 Whatever context in which you find yourself.

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 It is shaped by the identity that you have because of Jesus.

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 So who are you this morning?

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 How is that identity shaping and changing the way you live?

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 How does an understanding of who Jesus is and what he has done for you?

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 Help to focus your agenda.

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 Help to filter out the activities.

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 Help to provide some perspective for the moments that you find yourself in from day to day.

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 Rather than your agenda.

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 Rather than trying to force something else into this already packed schedule.

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 We come to the beginning of the year and we think strategically about all of the things that we need to do in life.

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 And we wonder how in the world can we come to this point and add anything else to an already saturated schedule.

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 Do you understand what I'm talking about this morning?

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 And so as we stand here at the beginning of the year I want to take a radical step.

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 I want to take a radical step backwards.

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 A step back.

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 And I want us to remember our identity which will shape our activity.

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 And as we get this right in life it will begin to change everything for us this year.

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 In the approach that we have to ministry and family and neighboring and working and everything else that comes into your sphere.

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 Who are you and why does it matter?

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 What are the radical life changing implications?

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 And what difference does it make for you tomorrow?

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 We can't even begin to exhaust this subject.

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 And this is going to be an introduction for us in a year of looking at and understanding our identity in Christ.

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 We're going to keep coming back to this because I think this is so significant for us.

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 We're going to keep coming back and appreciating who God is and what he has done for us and what that means tomorrow.

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 I want to put a part of a verse on the screen.

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 So if you could do that for me.

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 This is the verse that we're going to look at this morning.

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 I wonder if you can fill in the blanks.

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 It goes like this.

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 Just think about that for a moment.

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 If you were to begin to put the words into those blanks.

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 How would you begin to describe what must be true of your life in order to experience salvation and strength of God in your life?

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 What are the activities?

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 What are the agenda items you must put in your calendar from day to day in order to experience the presence of God?

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 Really, the presence of God in your life in terms of salvation and strength.

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 I think this verse is key for us.

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 It's key for us because every one of us in this room wants to experience rescue.

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 Every one of us in this room has cried out for help.

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 Every one of us in this room desires God to show up in your life.

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 Every one of us in this room wants to look back on a life of productivity and fruitfulness.

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 A life that has been effective.

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 A life that has enduring significance.

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 And this is the key.

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 This is where it begins.

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 This is how it starts in your life.

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 It shatters our conception of salvation.

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 It obliterates any ideas that we have in terms of thinking how strength shows up in your life.

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 Because it's counterintuitive.

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 It's not what the culture would say in terms of how strength should come.

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 But as we look at it this morning in Isaiah chapter 30, verse 15,

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 I think we'll begin to understand why this verse is so significant.

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 So turn with me, if you would, to Isaiah chapter 30, verse 15.

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 If you're a guest with us this morning, it's on page 591 in the Pew Bible ahead of you.

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 These are the words of God.

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 The Lord God.

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 The Holy One of Israel.

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 This phrase found nowhere else in all of the Bible.

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 This exact phrase.

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 The Almighty God.

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 The Holy God shows up to give us a word this morning.

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 We've looked at Him throughout the book of Isaiah.

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 Showing up in various ways through the history of Israel.

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 And seeking to intervene in their lives.

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 And now He speaks.

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 What does He say?

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 Here's what He says.

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 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel.

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 In returning and rest, you shall be saved.

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 In quietness and in trust shall be your strength.

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 How many of us would have filled in the blank with those words?

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 Quietness.

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 Rest.

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 Returning.

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 Trust.

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 The very things that probably are very foreign to us in this Western culture.

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 Driven by the idea that we need to be about hurry and about scheduling and about activity and about ministry in so many different areas.

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 But the word of the Lord for us this morning is rest.

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 Be quiet.

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 Trust.

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 Wait for me.

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 Let my salvation and power and strength show up for you.

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 Stop taking the things that are in your life into your own hands.

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 And start trusting me with these things.

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 And maybe you'll begin to see.

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 Maybe you'll begin to see.

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 Fruitfulness.

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 Take shape.

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 This morning I want to just lift up in this verse.

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 In chapter 30 verse 15.

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 I want to lift up to us the demand of God for dependence.

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 God demands your dependence.

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 That is what this verse is speaking to this morning.

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 And it happens in a couple of ways.

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 First we're going to look at the fact that it happens as we are running to God.

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 You see in this verse there are two couplets.

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 There are two phrases that go hand in hand.

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 They're side by side.

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 And they use words that help to describe one another.

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 It begins with the word returning or repentance maybe in your translations.

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 And it ends with the word trusting in that second phrase.

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 And so the first and last words go together.

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 Returning in trust.

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 That's what I want to look at this morning.

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 I want to describe it as running to God.

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 Can you say that it's true of your life that you are one who runs to God in every moment of your life?

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 Essentially, we invite God to the party of our lives when we are running to him for help.

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 His presence is clear.

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 And so the benefits of his presence show up for us.

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 And it results in what we see there.

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 The rescue or the salvation of God in that first part of the phrase.

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 And the strength of God in the second phrase.

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 That becomes clear when God is invited to the party of our lives.

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 Imagine it.

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 Every conversation.

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 Every activity.

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 Every thought.

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 Every moment.

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 That is fruitful and effective because it is surrendered and yielded to the salvation and the strength of God in your life.

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 Can you imagine it?

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 What kind of life would that be?

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 If guided and governed by God.

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 It will be empowered by the divine.

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 And you will experience salvation and strength.

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 Notice what it says here.

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 Notice how God puts this in this verse.

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 In returning and rest, you shall be saved.

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 In quietness and trust shall be your strength.

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 There are no exceptions.

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 There are only expectations.

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 The expectation of God coming into your life and intervening in miraculous ways.

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 When we surrender in this way as God has called us to surrender.

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 Returning to him.

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 So when God shows up in your life.

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 His power will prevail.

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 And it will result in enduring fruit.

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 So what are we talking about?

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 Well first, in returning and trust, these two go hand in hand.

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 And when the Old Testament talks about returning or it talks about repentance and trust, it's referring to a turn of heart.

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 And the only time in all of the Old Testament this word is used, returning, is used in a noun form.

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 It wants us to understand the end of the position, not the initial phases of returning.

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 It wants us to recognize that it is in the full yielding of heart that begins to experience the benefits of God coming into a life.

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 It's often repentance or turning back.

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 A turning away or a turning towards the Lord.

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 And throughout our study in Isaiah, we've come face to face with the people who've been disloyal.

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 From chapter 1 all the way through chapter 66, this group of rebellious individuals.

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 And even when they had some righteous kings, whether it be Uzziah or Jotham, there still seemed to be compromise among the people.

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 There was still idolatry.

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 There was still a waywardness of heart.

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 There was still a drifting in focus, in devotion, in worship.

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 Maybe God was speaking in that situation.

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 Or perhaps God was speaking during the reign of Ahaz.

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 When there was a wholesale rejection of the things of God.

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 When the worship of God was corrupted.

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 When the temple was polluted and dismantled.

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 When the worship was turned over to idolatry.

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 Maybe that's where the prophet Isaiah is speaking to that situation.

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 They need to return.

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 They need to repent from what they're doing.

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 And yet as we understand the context.

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 As we look back to the first few verses of chapter 30.

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 We begin to understand that actually the returning needed to come.

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 Even in the midst of restoration and revival.

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 In the time of Hezekiah.

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 When there was this resurgence of the people in terms of worship and devotion.

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 There was still dysfunction.

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 As it related to holy embracing trust and confidence in God.

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 Look with me.

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 At verses 1 and 2 of chapter 30.

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 Notice the description we find here.

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 It says,

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 Ah, stubborn children, declares the Lord.

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 Who carry out a plan but not mine.

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 And who make an alliance but not by my spirit.

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 That they may add sin to sin.

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 Who set out to go to Egypt.

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 Without asking for my direction.

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 To take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh.

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 And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt.

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 Although Hezekiah had helped to redirect the focus of the people.

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 And to reorient their heart.

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 There was this resurgence among the people in terms of worship.

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 Not only in Judah.

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 But also in the nation in totality.

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 He invites them to come and participate in a Passover.

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 And as we look in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles.

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 We see that in that day.

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 Like no other day.

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 There was this resurgence among the people.

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 In terms of worship.

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 Speaking of Hezekiah.

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 The writer of Kings says.

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 There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah.

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 Either before him.

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 Or after him.

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 And yet.

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 And yet here we are.

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 A call to repentance.

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 Because if you remember.

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 Back at the end of last year.

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 When the nation of Assyria was coming against Israel.

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 Coming against Judah.

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 The initial posture of Hezekiah's heart.

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 And the heart of all of those in Jerusalem.

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 Was how do we protect ourselves?

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 What can we do?

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 And so.

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 They take matters into their own hands.

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 We find from 2 Chronicles.

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 That they stop the water supply.

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 And they channel it into the city.

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 They build up the wall.

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 They raise the towers.

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 They build a second wall for additional protection.

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 They make weapons and shields.

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 They set commanders over the people.

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 They appeal to Egypt for help.

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 As we see here.

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 In the first part of chapter 30.

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 There was.

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 There was a dysfunction.

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 There was a disconnect of heart.

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 How faith and action show up in a life that is consistent.

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 A deficiency that led to running to human ingenuity.

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 Running to human strength.

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 Rather than surrendering and yielding to the power of God.

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 So that Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem need to recognize.

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 That trusting God leads to looking to God for help.

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 Not looking to the world.

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 It might seem obvious.

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 But if they were going to experience salvation.

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 Salvation that only comes from God.

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 Then they must look to the source of salvation.

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 They must yield and surrender and hope in the God of salvation.

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 To bring salvation to them as a people.

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 The same is true for us.

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 What is the greatest hindrance to salvation and strength showing up in your life this morning?

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 It is the same.

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 It is the same.

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 That instead of looking to the source of salvation.

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 We look to human ingenuity.

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 We look for salvation within ourselves.

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 We look for salvation within our world.

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 We look for salvation within human philosophies.

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 And we don't look for salvation in Him.

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 Until things get so desperate.

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 And all of our options have been expended.

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 That then we begin to look for help.

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 Because we understand we can't find it any other way.

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 We need to have hearts.

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 That look for answers.

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 And solutions that are only found in God.

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 Not apart from Him.

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 And it is an unrepentant heart that says,

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 I know what is best.

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 I have a better way.

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 And that is deception.

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 And that is pride.

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 And God in His mercy is calling us to faith.

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 He's calling us to trust.

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 He's calling us to repentance.

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 Repentance to trust in Him.

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 And surprisingly,

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 this heart shows up in the most unexpected time.

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 In the most unexpected place.

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 In the heart of Hezekiah,

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 whose heart was given to the Lord.

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 In the heart of a people who had been revived,

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 in a sense, spiritually.

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 And yet, here, again,

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 they needed to be called back to trust.

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 What does trust look like

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 when Assyria comes knocking at the gates?

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 What does trust look like

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 when difficulty and adversity

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 comes knocking on the door of your life?

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 What situations in your life

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 need rescue this morning?

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 How does this clear message

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 confront our current approach

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 to where we find salvation and strength?

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 Is it time for returning in your life?

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 Is it time for repentance?

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 Perhaps the best indication

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 of trust and faith in returning?

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 Perhaps the best indication

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 that is taking place in your life

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 is in this second point

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 that we find in Isaiah 30, 15.

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 First, there is a running to God.

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 And second,

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 there is a resting in God.

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 A resting in God.

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 Have you ever heard an initiative

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 that said we need to rest?

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 How about that for an initiative?

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 We ought to have that one

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 every single year, right?

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 But the resting that the Bible talks about

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 is not the resting that we're so familiar with.

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 It's not the resting of leisure.

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 It's not the resting of inactivity.

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 It's not the resting of idleness.

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 It's not the resting of just checking out.

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 It is a resting that is active.

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 It is a resting that is deliberate.

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 It is a resting that is opposed to striving.

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 It is a yielding of self.

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 A surrendering to God.

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 That is the resting of the Old and New Testament.

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 That is the resting of the Scripture.

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 And that is the resting

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 that God wishes for His people to enjoy.

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 Are you enjoying rest this morning?

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 Would you say that the quality of your life

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 is one of rest and peace and quietness?

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 Look at this again with me.

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 This is what God is calling us to know

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 and to enjoy in Isaiah 30, 15.

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 In returning and rest, you shall be saved.

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 In quietness and in trust shall be your strength.

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 Rest, which is the ease from trouble.

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 It's peace or tranquility.

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 It is implying the faith in a greater individual.

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 In here, namely God,

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 who will deliver us and make us safe.

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 Quietness is to be at rest or to be at peace.

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 To be hushed.

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 To be silent.

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 God's word for us this morning is rest.

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 Do not strive.

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 Rest in Him.

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 Let the peace of God reign in your life

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 as the Apostle Paul would say to us.

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 Stop thinking that you need to give God a helping hand

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 and start leaning, resting, waiting,

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 and depending upon Him.

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 In this chapter and throughout the book of Isaiah,

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 Israel is confronted with their striving.

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 We find it in verse 1

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 where He is calling them

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 and confronting them about making alliances,

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 carrying out plans that don't belong to God.

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 setting out to go to Egypt

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 before God had ever given them the word

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 to move in that direction.

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 They're full of activity,

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 but none of which is sanctioned by God Himself.

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 And thus, all of this activity will end up in futility.

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 They were busy.

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 They were diligent.

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 But they were disobedient.

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 It's a hard word for those of us who love to serve.

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 It's a hard word for us who want to be faithful.

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 This is a hard word for us who want to be in control.

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.900
 This is a hard word for us

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 when we compare other scriptures,

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 and particularly,

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.740
 walk circumspectly,

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 not as fools,

00:27:03.800 --> 00:27:04.540
 but as wise,

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 redeeming the time because the days are evil.

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 That's calling us to work, right?

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:11.600
 Not calling us to rest.

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 And I would present to you,

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 it's because we misunderstand

00:27:17.719 --> 00:27:20.599
 what God is calling us to

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 when He's calling us to dependence.

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 There is working,

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:27.459
 but there is first waiting.

00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:34.319
 Waiting that rests in the direction and guidance of God

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 so that He can move us in the direction of working

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.599
 that He wants us to go.

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:43.599
 We must yield to God's agenda,

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 not our own,

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:46.899
 so that He might get the glory.

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 That's what is at stake here.

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.939
 What is at stake

00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:53.859
 is the glory of God.

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 Now imagine for a moment

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 that the people of Israel

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.500
 didn't get the memo

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 because we do understand

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:03.539
 that their heart changed.

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 It became submissive to God.

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 It began to wait.

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 And by the way,

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:10.919
 all of the working that they had done in Jerusalem,

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:14.299
 all of the building up of reinforcements,

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 was that necessary?

00:28:16.959 --> 00:28:18.000
 Remember the story?

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 Assyria comes,

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 and what happens?

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:23.439
 God turns them away.

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:29.000
 God kills 185,000 soldiers,

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:31.559
 sends them back to Assyria.

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:33.419
 Not a sword is raised.

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 Not a person is killed.

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 And God gets the glory

00:28:37.219 --> 00:28:40.240
 because they yield themselves

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:42.019
 and wait for Him to show up.

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:46.559
 But so often in life,

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:49.479
 because of our working,

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:52.400
 we get in the way

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:55.140
 of God getting the glory.

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.640
 We obscure

00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:01.039
 the power of God

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:02.539
 and His ability to work

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:05.039
 in your specific situation

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:06.940
 because we decide

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:10.039
 that God is not faithful enough

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.019
 to intervene

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:13.640
 because He's not doing it now.

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:16.560
 He needs some help.

00:29:17.520 --> 00:29:18.920
 Help Him out a little bit.

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.100
 Imagine

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:22.880
 if the people of Jerusalem

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:25.100
 had tried to help God out a little bit.

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.820
 Here's what would have happened.

00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:30.960
 Look with me at verse 16.

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 And you said,

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.440
 excuse me,

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:39.600
 the end of verse 15 says,

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:42.039
 but for all of this appeal,

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:44.420
 the people initially said

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.640
 they were not willing.

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:48.460
 So here's what God's going to do to them.

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.740
 You said no.

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:53.340
 We will flee upon horses.

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.680
 Therefore, you shall flee away.

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:58.440
 We will ride upon swift steeds.

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:01.440
 Therefore, your pursuers

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:03.020
 will be swift.

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:05.080
 A thousand will flee

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.900
 at the threat of one.

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.300
 At the threat of five,

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:08.220
 you will all flee

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:10.700
 till you are left

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.860
 like a flagstaff

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.860
 on the top of a mountain,

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:15.240
 like a signal on a hill.

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:18.520
 God in His grace

00:30:18.520 --> 00:30:20.060
 shows up for you

00:30:20.060 --> 00:30:22.100
 when you take matters

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.980
 into your own hands

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:24.320
 and He shows you

00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:25.520
 the futility

00:30:25.520 --> 00:30:28.020
 of your own ingenuity

00:30:28.020 --> 00:30:30.960
 until you're left isolated.

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:34.280
 He does that as a grace for you

00:30:34.280 --> 00:30:35.580
 so that there will be a point

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:36.380
 in your life

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.440
 where you finally turn

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:39.600
 and you finally let Him

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.520
 receive the glory

00:30:40.520 --> 00:30:43.700
 for all that He wishes to do

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.960
 in your life.

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:48.000
 So if there's any anxiety,

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:51.220
 any sleeplessness,

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:54.940
 then rest.

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:57.020
 Learn to rest.

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:58.460
 Learn to wait.

00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:01.140
 Learn to trust in God.

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:04.480
 He is the God

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:04.960
 who speaks

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.620
 in the still,

00:31:06.060 --> 00:31:07.340
 small voice.

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:10.220
 He is the God

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.820
 who says,

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.840
 Be still

00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:13.280
 and know

00:31:13.280 --> 00:31:14.900
 that I am God.

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:17.540
 Can you imagine it?

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:19.520
 The God of the universe

00:31:19.520 --> 00:31:21.220
 wants to show up

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:22.259
 for you

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:25.080
 to make His name glorious

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:26.580
 in whatever situation

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:27.840
 you find yourself.

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:35.119
 And when we don't hear His voice,

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.459
 it's not as though

00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:37.439
 He were not speaking,

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:39.299
 but as though

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:40.159
 we were turning up

00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:41.879
 the volume on everything else,

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.619
 every other voice,

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:45.480
 every other philosophy,

00:31:46.199 --> 00:31:47.299
 every other plan,

00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:50.019
 screams in our head

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.139
 to drown out

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:52.359
 the voice of God.

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:55.039
 So we need to step back.

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.919
 We need to rest.

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.619
 We need to listen

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.479
 and be silent

00:31:58.479 --> 00:31:59.299
 and be quiet

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:02.240
 as we're instructed to do

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.179
 so that we can hear

00:32:03.179 --> 00:32:04.279
 the voice of God

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.099
 and then move.

00:32:05.939 --> 00:32:06.479
 And then,

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.899
 we will appreciate

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:08.759
 and understand

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.599
 and experience

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.359
 His saving

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.939
 and powerful presence

00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.639
 in our life.

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:16.259
 wouldn't you agree

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:18.800
 that one of the greatest

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:22.400
 sources of sin

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.240
 in our life

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.680
 is hurriedness?

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.580
 Like,

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.759
 for me,

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:30.060
 when I'm in a hurry,

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.780
 I'm edgy.

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.580
 I get in the car

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:34.920
 and I begin

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:36.780
 wherever I'm supposed to go

00:32:36.780 --> 00:32:38.600
 and I'm running late,

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:41.320
 which I tend to run late a lot.

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:43.380
 And so when there's people

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.080
 in front of me

00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:45.420
 who are not driving

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:47.280
 the way that normal people should,

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:50.900
 there is a little frustration

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:52.120
 in my heart.

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:55.260
 Or how about at home?

00:32:56.560 --> 00:32:57.620
 When there is

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.400
 the pressure

00:32:58.400 --> 00:33:01.300
 of your workplace

00:33:01.300 --> 00:33:02.840
 or the pressure of life,

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:04.500
 it's bearing down on you

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.560
 and there is not

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:06.420
 the quietness,

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.600
 there is not the resting,

00:33:08.040 --> 00:33:08.800
 there is not the waiting

00:33:08.800 --> 00:33:09.980
 and trusting on God.

00:33:10.300 --> 00:33:12.260
 How does that show up

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.420
 in your interactions

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:14.079
 in your home?

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:17.160
 Is there tenderness

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:18.160
 typically?

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.319
 Or does it tend to be

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:21.039
 a little bit

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:22.599
 brazen

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.839
 and harsh?

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.140
 And

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:27.440
 you look back

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.039
 on the situation

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.379
 and say,

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:28.720
 oh,

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:31.460
 that did not demonstrate

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:33.240
 the compassion

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.079
 and gentleness

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.839
 of my Savior.

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.819
 Or the hurriedness

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.599
 of the schedule

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:40.740
 that takes us away

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.279
 from the things

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.720
 that we know

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.419
 are so important.

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:44.399
 The rush of the day

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:45.779
 that moves us along

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:47.599
 so that there isn't time

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:49.460
 for personal devotion

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.759
 and meditation

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.740
 on the Lord

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:53.579
 and building that relationship

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:55.039
 and having that fellowship

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.500
 with Him.

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:58.059
 And so we sin

00:33:58.059 --> 00:34:00.879
 not because we are

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:02.759
 actively involved

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.759
 in sinning against God,

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.980
 but because we are

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.599
 blown away

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.420
 by our schedule

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.619
 and we're unable

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.380
 to dial into

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:09.119
 what really matters.

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.199
 Or how about

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:12.300
 in our neighboring?

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.820
 I was reminded

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.480
 of the significance.

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.800
 I'm typically

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.619
 in a hurry

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.659
 and yet

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:20.500
 by God's grace

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.340
 He helped me

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:23.139
 a couple of weeks ago

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:24.219
 not to be in a hurry.

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.820
 I went

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:27.119
 to go to the parts store,

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:28.119
 the auto parts store

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:29.920
 and it was freezing cold

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.199
 that day.

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.639
 I think it was like

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:32.199
 five degrees outside

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:33.439
 and there was a guy

00:34:33.439 --> 00:34:35.059
 with just a thin coat

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.919
 standing outside

00:34:35.919 --> 00:34:37.019
 shaking like crazy

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:39.939
 and his front hood was up.

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.699
 Now, I don't know

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.319
 the first thing

00:34:41.319 --> 00:34:43.179
 about cars, okay?

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.419
 But I just wanted

00:34:44.419 --> 00:34:45.799
 to demonstrate

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:47.719
 a little bit of concern.

00:34:47.939 --> 00:34:48.839
 Hey, what's going on?

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:50.079
 Found out that he had

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:51.299
 a problem with his battery

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:54.259
 and that should be

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.819
 an easy one.

00:34:54.859 --> 00:34:55.279
 I should be able

00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:56.119
 to help with that one.

00:34:56.379 --> 00:34:57.899
 So for the next hour

00:34:57.899 --> 00:34:58.319
 and a half

00:34:58.319 --> 00:34:59.579
 we labored over his battery.

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.399
 That would never

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:01.980
 have happened.

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:03.239
 If I'd have been

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.659
 in a hurry.

00:35:04.919 --> 00:35:06.379
 I would have typically

00:35:06.379 --> 00:35:07.480
 missed that opportunity.

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.519
 And yesterday

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:11.559
 you know

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.460
 more neighboring

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:14.019
 happens by coincidence

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.939
 than by plan.

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.379
 Yesterday

00:35:16.379 --> 00:35:17.339
 we're out shoveling

00:35:17.339 --> 00:35:17.980
 and I met

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.619
 four brand new neighbors

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.839
 down our street

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.719
 because of

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:23.319
 just a willingness

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:25.399
 to let God

00:35:25.399 --> 00:35:26.539
 govern my own agenda

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.599
 instead of me

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.759
 taking ownership

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.559
 of it myself.

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.299
 The opportunity

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:32.340
 the opportunity

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:31.920
 to serve

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.440
 the opportunity

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.120
 to meet

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:34.039
 the opportunity

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:35.260
 to initiate

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:36.620
 a relationship.

00:35:39.160 --> 00:35:40.420
 God wants us

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.880
 to be people

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.680
 of quietness.

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.460
 He wants us

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:44.980
 to be people

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.700
 of rest

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:47.440
 so that he can

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.960
 show up

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:49.120
 and get the glory

00:35:49.120 --> 00:35:50.539
 for the great things

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.900
 that he will accomplish

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:53.420
 in your life.

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:58.360
 I also want to

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.860
 bring some balance

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.800
 into our discussion

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.639
 this morning.

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.980
 I'm a person

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.519
 who tends

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.440
 to be very disciplined.

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.360
 I've always

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:08.720
 tended to do that

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.460
 even as a

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.659
 small child.

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.800
 I love

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.500
 discipline

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:14.820
 to the extent

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:16.039
 that I still have

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.860
 a couple of notebooks

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.960
 that I did

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.840
 when I was in high school.

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:20.300
 I went through

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:21.220
 the whole book

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:21.800
 of Daniel

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:23.200
 verse by verse

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:24.120
 and wrote down

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:24.960
 all that I learned.

00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:26.220
 I went through

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:27.079
 the entire Old

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.680
 and New Testament

00:36:27.680 --> 00:36:28.980
 and have copies

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.680
 of every chapter

00:36:30.680 --> 00:36:32.200
 that I wrote about

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:33.400
 in the book

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.880
 of the Bible.

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.820
 Discipline is good

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.680
 don't get me wrong

00:36:36.680 --> 00:36:37.500
 but I want you

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.860
 to understand

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.340
 this morning

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:39.680
 that we're not

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:40.480
 talking about

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.079
 discipline

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:42.280
 when we're talking

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.039
 about dependence

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.640
 on God.

00:36:45.100 --> 00:36:46.059
 When I speak

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.800
 about dependence

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.500
 on God

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.580
 I'm not talking

00:36:48.580 --> 00:36:49.280
 about discipline

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:50.820
 and I think

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.280
 there are some

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:52.740
 dangers to discipline

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.680
 that I want to

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:54.440
 talk about next.

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:55.880
 What are some

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.640
 of the dangers

00:36:56.640 --> 00:36:58.460
 of discipline?

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.280
 Maybe

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:02.820
 you have thought

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:04.000
 these things yourself

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:07.019
 and it comes

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.600
 with a leading

00:37:07.600 --> 00:37:08.180
 statement.

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:09.500
 The leading

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.440
 statement that says

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.160
 I have done

00:37:11.160 --> 00:37:12.100
 all that I am

00:37:12.100 --> 00:37:13.220
 supposed to do

00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:14.700
 and the first

00:37:14.700 --> 00:37:15.360
 one is

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:17.039
 why

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:19.180
 do I feel

00:37:19.180 --> 00:37:20.099
 so

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:21.039
 empty?

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.120
 Why

00:37:23.120 --> 00:37:24.800
 do I feel

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.780
 so

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:26.780
 empty?

00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:29.559
 Have you ever

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.220
 felt that way?

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:33.079
 You have all

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.980
 the discipline

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:35.079
 you're supposed

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.720
 to have.

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:37.519
 You read

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.380
 your devotions.

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.599
 You read

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.120
 the scripture.

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:41.240
 You pray

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:42.260
 to the Lord

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:43.079
 faithfully

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:44.079
 day by day.

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:45.179
 you serve

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:46.219
 in a ministry.

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:48.019
 You're faithful

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.840
 as a parent.

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.639
 You do

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.039
 or at least

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.679
 try to do

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.440
 all that God

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:52.299
 has called

00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:53.059
 you to do

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:55.019
 and yet

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:56.079
 you walk

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.639
 away

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:58.039
 feeling so

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.739
 empty.

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:01.159
 What is

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:02.079
 this about?

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.440
 What does

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:04.380
 this mean?

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:06.059
 What is it

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:07.079
 supposed to do

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.719
 for me?

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.659
 All it is

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:09.380
 is me

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:10.139
 going through

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.759
 the motions

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:13.279
 and so

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:13.819
 you come

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:14.219
 to this

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.739
 point in

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.139
 life

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.460
 where you

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:16.500
 because of

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:17.119
 the emptiness

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.599
 that you

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.039
 feel

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.679
 and you

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.239
 feel like

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.739
 you're going

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.119
 through the

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.440
 motions

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:20.779
 you're

00:38:20.779 --> 00:38:21.900
 faced with

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.699
 this question

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.359
 and the

00:38:23.359 --> 00:38:24.199
 question is

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:25.440
 God

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.719
 do I

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.480
 keep on

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.039
 going

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.359
 through

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:28.179
 the motions

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:29.379
 or

00:38:29.379 --> 00:38:30.099
 do I

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.599
 stop

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.199
 playing

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:32.059
 the hypocrite?

00:38:33.339 --> 00:38:34.039
 You ever

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.519
 felt that

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:34.839
 way?

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.480
 Do you

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.199
 ever wonder

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:38.179
 in your

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.599
 life

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.480
 why God

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:40.139
 seems so

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.659
 distant

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.659
 from you

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.679
 when you

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:42.919
 have

00:38:42.919 --> 00:38:45.799
 put so

00:38:45.799 --> 00:38:46.419
 much energy

00:38:46.419 --> 00:38:46.899
 in being

00:38:46.899 --> 00:38:47.779
 so faithful?

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.480
 I think

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.980
 the parable

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.279
 of the

00:38:51.279 --> 00:38:51.619
 soils

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:53.480
 may speak

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:53.799
 very

00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.539
 clearly

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.179
 to us.

00:38:55.419 --> 00:38:55.739
 Remember

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.799
 as Jesus

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.500
 was talking

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:57.960
 about the

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.299
 parable

00:38:58.299 --> 00:38:58.619
 of the

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:58.859
 soils

00:38:58.859 --> 00:38:59.960
 he identifies

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:01.099
 four soils

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:03.000
 this is the

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.859
 response to

00:39:03.859 --> 00:39:04.219
 the word

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:05.299
 four responses

00:39:05.299 --> 00:39:05.899
 to the word

00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:06.460
 and the

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.320
 first response

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:07.800
 to the word

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.340
 is that it

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.539
 lays on the

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.679
 surface of

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.240
 the soil

00:39:11.240 --> 00:39:11.920
 hard and

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.340
 packed

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:13.400
 it's unable

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:14.500
 to penetrate

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.720
 and so what

00:39:15.720 --> 00:39:16.220
 happens?

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.720
 The enemy

00:39:17.720 --> 00:39:18.400
 comes and

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:19.159
 snatches it

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:19.380
 away.

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.760
 I wonder

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:23.340
 I wonder

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:24.019
 if maybe

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:25.240
 because

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:26.199
 of the

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:27.059
 hurriedness

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.800
 of life

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:30.039
 the seeds

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.760
 of the word

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.800
 never have

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:32.320
 time

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:33.360
 to be

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:33.980
 cultivated

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.860
 and to

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.360
 penetrate

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:37.120
 the heart

00:39:37.120 --> 00:39:38.760
 and actually

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:39.660
 make a

00:39:39.660 --> 00:39:40.120
 difference.

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:42.079
 Perhaps

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.660
 the word

00:39:42.660 --> 00:39:43.000
 of God

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.380
 is just

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:44.099
 glancing

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:45.160
 off the

00:39:45.160 --> 00:39:45.660
 surface

00:39:45.660 --> 00:39:46.640
 and that

00:39:46.640 --> 00:39:47.220
 is why

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:48.120
 you feel

00:39:48.120 --> 00:39:48.460
 empty.

00:39:48.700 --> 00:39:49.160
 That is

00:39:49.160 --> 00:39:49.720
 why I

00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:50.380
 feel empty

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:51.620
 because I've

00:39:51.620 --> 00:39:52.260
 not allowed

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:52.740
 the word

00:39:52.740 --> 00:39:53.260
 to have

00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:53.980
 its way

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:55.120
 through

00:39:55.120 --> 00:39:55.820
 meditation

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.860
 through

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:57.559
 time

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.180
 through

00:39:58.180 --> 00:39:59.780
 spending

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:01.240
 fellowship

00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:02.099
 with God

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:02.500
 through

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.379
 the word.

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:07.000
 It's

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.339
 never been

00:40:07.339 --> 00:40:07.559
 given

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:07.979
 opportunity

00:40:07.979 --> 00:40:08.639
 to penetrate

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.759
 the soil

00:40:09.759 --> 00:40:10.019
 of your

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.299
 heart.

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.399
 So

00:40:12.399 --> 00:40:14.379
 you feel

00:40:14.379 --> 00:40:14.699
 empty

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:16.500
 frustrated

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:18.779
 for all

00:40:18.779 --> 00:40:19.399
 the discipline

00:40:19.399 --> 00:40:20.099
 there is

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.899
 no fruit

00:40:20.899 --> 00:40:21.759
 in your

00:40:21.759 --> 00:40:22.099
 life.

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.859
 Don't be

00:40:23.859 --> 00:40:24.319
 deceived.

00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:26.379
 Discipline

00:40:26.379 --> 00:40:27.159
 is not

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.899
 a substitute

00:40:27.899 --> 00:40:28.939
 for dependence.

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:30.820
 danger

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.099
 number

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.400
 two.

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.240
 I have

00:40:33.240 --> 00:40:33.740
 done all

00:40:33.740 --> 00:40:34.099
 that I

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.619
 am supposed

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:35.200
 to do

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:36.380
 how can

00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:36.920
 I do

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.880
 any more?

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:39.519
 I addressed

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:40.260
 this briefly

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:41.420
 at the

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.720
 beginning

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.119
 of our

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:42.519
 introduction.

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:44.139
 I don't

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.500
 know how

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.119
 long I

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.639
 can keep

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:46.099
 up this

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.559
 pace.

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:47.579
 I don't

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:47.860
 know how

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.780
 I can

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:49.360
 add anything

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:50.260
 more to

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:51.059
 my agenda.

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:51.900
 It's already

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.679
 so full.

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:53.800
 How can

00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:54.480
 you possibly

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.220
 expect me

00:40:55.220 --> 00:40:55.780
 to do

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:56.380
 something

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:57.039
 else in

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.519
 terms of

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:57.960
 ministry?

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.039
 ministry.

00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:00.179
 I'm already

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:01.500
 tapped out.

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:02.720
 I've already

00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:03.480
 got enough

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:03.940
 on my

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.400
 plate.

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.240
 Don't

00:41:05.240 --> 00:41:05.679
 ask me

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:05.980
 to do

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.500
 any more.

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.440
 Maybe

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:09.720
 you're

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:10.940
 a good

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.440
 employee,

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.099
 a good

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:12.480
 student,

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:12.780
 a good

00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:13.400
 spouse,

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.720
 a good

00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:15.400
 parent.

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:16.179
 You're

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:16.639
 involved

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.740
 in ministry,

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:18.320
 spending

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.920
 time in

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.260
 fellowship

00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:19.960
 with the

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.240
 Lord.

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:20.920
 How could

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.320
 you add

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:21.659
 anything

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:22.199
 else to

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:22.720
 that already

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:23.179
 busy

00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:23.659
 agenda?

00:41:25.240 --> 00:41:26.400
 I can't

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:27.119
 keep up.

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.679
 And so

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.059
 when new

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.460
 ministry

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:30.099
 opportunities

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:31.559
 are presented

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:31.980
 to you,

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:32.220
 you're like,

00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:35.139
 it's already,

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:35.699
 I'm already

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:36.400
 at capacity.

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.320
 It's too

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:37.559
 bad.

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.420
 There's

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:39.320
 nothing more

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:39.699
 I can

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.000
 do.

00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:41.880
 But

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.639
 surprisingly,

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.559
 a look at

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:43.860
 Jesus'

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:45.300
 life demonstrates

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:46.000
 that he was

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.720
 not only

00:41:46.720 --> 00:41:47.980
 never in a

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.360
 hurry,

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:49.360
 but he was

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:50.860
 also extremely

00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:51.360
 productive

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:52.639
 and fruitful.

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:52.679
 spiritual.

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:54.179
 How did

00:41:54.179 --> 00:41:54.699
 that happen

00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:55.000
 in his

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:55.259
 life?

00:41:55.339 --> 00:41:55.420
 Well,

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:55.920
 it happened

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:58.000
 because of

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.719
 a heart that

00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:59.179
 was given

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.739
 to dependence

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:00.359
 on God.

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:03.359
 Jesus models

00:42:03.359 --> 00:42:04.199
 for us that

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:05.139
 more can be

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:06.039
 done when

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.759
 our lives are

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.559
 empowered by

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:10.079
 God and

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:10.799
 directed by

00:42:10.799 --> 00:42:11.299
 him than

00:42:11.299 --> 00:42:11.539
 they could

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:11.940
 ever be

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.400
 accomplished

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:12.900
 through

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.539
 discipline

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:14.379
 itself.

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:17.400
 danger

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:17.619
 number

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:17.900
 three.

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:19.760
 Danger

00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:20.000
 number

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.420
 three is

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:20.760
 I have

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:21.400
 done all

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:21.860
 that I'm

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.420
 supposed to

00:42:22.420 --> 00:42:22.740
 do,

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:24.960
 so obviously

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:26.240
 that's why

00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:26.760
 things are

00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:27.460
 going well

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:27.800
 in my

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:28.220
 life.

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:30.500
 This is

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:31.360
 perhaps the

00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:32.660
 most dangerous

00:42:32.660 --> 00:42:33.160
 of them

00:42:33.160 --> 00:42:33.380
 all.

00:42:34.740 --> 00:42:35.140
 This

00:42:35.140 --> 00:42:35.700
 heart

00:42:35.700 --> 00:42:36.900
 of a

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.500
 Pharisee

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:38.480
 that would

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:38.860
 say,

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:40.099
 God is

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:40.559
 indebted

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:41.140
 to me.

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.740
 His grace

00:42:42.740 --> 00:42:43.320
 is not

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:43.860
 grace.

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:44.800
 it is

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:46.220
 merit.

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:46.820
 It is

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:47.519
 something I

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:48.000
 deserve.

00:42:48.140 --> 00:42:48.400
 And so

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:48.980
 when I have

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.780
 good health

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.400
 and when my

00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:51.420
 cars don't

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:52.120
 break down

00:42:52.120 --> 00:42:53.140
 and when I

00:42:53.140 --> 00:42:53.539
 get that

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:54.079
 promotion

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:55.200
 and when my

00:42:55.200 --> 00:42:56.400
 relationship

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:57.400
 is going

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:57.920
 well and

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.340
 when my

00:42:58.340 --> 00:42:58.840
 kids are

00:42:58.840 --> 00:42:59.480
 well behaved,

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.559
 it's because

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:01.700
 I have

00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:02.519
 followed the

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.539
 magic formula

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:04.900
 as prescribed

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.720
 in the Bible

00:43:05.720 --> 00:43:06.660
 and so

00:43:06.660 --> 00:43:07.700
 my life

00:43:07.700 --> 00:43:08.360
 looks this

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:08.780
 way.

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:10.280
 And so

00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:11.160
 just follow

00:43:11.160 --> 00:43:12.019
 my example

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:13.160
 and everything

00:43:13.160 --> 00:43:13.820
 will go well.

00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:14.140
 with you

00:43:14.140 --> 00:43:14.480
 too.

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.720
 It is

00:43:16.720 --> 00:43:17.180
 the heart

00:43:17.180 --> 00:43:17.480
 of a

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:18.000
 Pharisee.

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:20.099
 The heart

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.340
 of a

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:20.840
 Pharisee

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:21.740
 that says

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:22.980
 essentially

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:23.780
 that God

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:24.740
 owes me

00:43:24.740 --> 00:43:25.700
 that's why

00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:26.720
 things go

00:43:26.720 --> 00:43:27.200
 well for

00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:27.460
 me.

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:32.360
 Of course,

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.340
 I've done

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:33.900
 my part

00:43:33.900 --> 00:43:34.940
 so God

00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:35.240
 will do

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.940
 his part

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.519
 as well

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.640
 and subtly

00:43:37.640 --> 00:43:38.220
 we take

00:43:38.220 --> 00:43:38.780
 credit for

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:39.460
 God's grace.

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:39.559
 grace.

00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:42.539
 And in

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:43.159
 doing this

00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:44.780
 we demonstrate

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:46.179
 that our

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:47.220
 true affection

00:43:47.220 --> 00:43:48.559
 and our

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.260
 true heart

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:50.139
 is not

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:51.400
 to make

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:51.679
 God

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:52.240
 glorious,

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:52.800
 it is to

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:53.740
 make me

00:43:53.740 --> 00:43:54.699
 comfortable.

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:57.280
 Rather than

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.860
 knowing God

00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:58.440
 more

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:59.360
 and loving

00:43:59.360 --> 00:44:00.320
 God more

00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:01.420
 and glorifying

00:44:01.420 --> 00:44:02.280
 God more

00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:03.079
 whatever the

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:03.619
 cost,

00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:04.500
 even through

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:05.300
 difficulty,

00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:06.960
 what really

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.880
 matters in my

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:08.880
 life is being

00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:09.380
 happy.

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:11.280
 And in

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:11.860
 order to be

00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:12.400
 happy,

00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:13.539
 I am

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:14.180
 disciplined

00:44:14.180 --> 00:44:15.099
 and I walk

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.920
 through the

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:17.160
 checklist and

00:44:17.160 --> 00:44:17.840
 then everything

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:18.800
 will be okay.

00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:22.380
 It's not to

00:44:22.380 --> 00:44:23.460
 bring God

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:24.119
 glory but to

00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:24.640
 bring me

00:44:24.640 --> 00:44:25.500
 happiness.

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.640
 Very dangerous.

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:30.160
 The opposite

00:44:30.160 --> 00:44:32.240
 truth is also

00:44:32.240 --> 00:44:33.420
 just as

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:33.840
 dangerous.

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:35.440
 I have done

00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:36.240
 all that I'm

00:44:36.240 --> 00:44:37.180
 supposed to do.

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:38.659
 why is my

00:44:38.659 --> 00:44:39.679
 life such

00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:40.480
 a mess?

00:44:41.859 --> 00:44:42.339
 You ever

00:44:42.339 --> 00:44:42.719
 felt that

00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:42.940
 way?

00:44:44.819 --> 00:44:45.639
 I have

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.139
 followed the

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:46.519
 formula.

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.759
 After all,

00:44:48.859 --> 00:44:49.480
 we find,

00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:50.319
 especially in

00:44:50.319 --> 00:44:51.199
 1 Peter

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:52.699
 chapter 3,

00:44:52.819 --> 00:44:53.719
 if you would

00:44:53.719 --> 00:44:54.699
 love life

00:44:54.699 --> 00:44:55.519
 and see good

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:56.019
 days,

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:56.359
 let him

00:44:56.359 --> 00:44:57.199
 refrain his

00:44:57.199 --> 00:44:57.739
 tongue from

00:44:57.739 --> 00:44:58.159
 evil,

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:59.219
 his lips from

00:44:59.219 --> 00:45:00.279
 speaking deceit,

00:45:00.339 --> 00:45:01.339
 let him turn

00:45:01.339 --> 00:45:02.199
 from evil and

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:02.719
 do good,

00:45:02.779 --> 00:45:03.460
 let him seek

00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:04.079
 peace and

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.679
 pursue it,

00:45:04.819 --> 00:45:05.419
 because the

00:45:05.419 --> 00:45:05.980
 eyes of the

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.460
 Lord are on

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:07.000
 the righteous,

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:08.159
 his ears are

00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:08.679
 open to their

00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:09.119
 prayers,

00:45:09.740 --> 00:45:10.360
 but the face

00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:10.679
 of the Lord

00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:11.039
 is against

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:11.480
 those who do

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.760
 evil.

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:12.079
 So,

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:13.380
 if I follow

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:13.980
 the magic

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:14.599
 formula,

00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:15.599
 then certainly

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:16.240
 my life will

00:45:16.240 --> 00:45:16.740
 go well,

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.519
 and if things

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:18.079
 are not,

00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:18.599
 then maybe

00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:19.219
 it's because

00:45:19.219 --> 00:45:19.740
 I've missed

00:45:19.740 --> 00:45:20.840
 something along

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:21.300
 the way.

00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:22.900
 Or worse

00:45:22.900 --> 00:45:23.320
 yet,

00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:25.619
 God is not

00:45:25.619 --> 00:45:25.980
 faithful.

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:28.980
 God doesn't

00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:30.420
 actually do

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:31.579
 what he says

00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:32.079
 he's going

00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:32.480
 to do.

00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:35.920
 Discipline

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:36.239
 can be

00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:36.719
 dangerous.

00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:40.480
 But I want

00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:40.619
 you to

00:45:40.619 --> 00:45:41.299
 understand that

00:45:41.299 --> 00:45:43.059
 the converse

00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:43.779
 is also

00:45:43.779 --> 00:45:44.559
 dangerous.

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:45.599
 Not only the

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:46.340
 danger of

00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:46.779
 discipline,

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:47.179
 but the

00:45:47.179 --> 00:45:47.779
 danger of

00:45:47.779 --> 00:45:48.420
 doing nothing.

00:45:49.219 --> 00:45:49.900
 The danger

00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:51.119
 of doing

00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:51.460
 nothing.

00:45:54.179 --> 00:45:55.299
 We live

00:45:55.299 --> 00:45:56.519
 in a world

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:57.360
 that is

00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:57.940
 caught up

00:45:57.940 --> 00:45:58.980
 with leisure.

00:45:58.980 --> 00:46:00.639
 have you

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:01.699
 felt its

00:46:01.699 --> 00:46:03.000
 tug on

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:03.400
 your heart?

00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:04.820
 Whether it

00:46:04.820 --> 00:46:05.519
 be social

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:06.099
 media,

00:46:06.579 --> 00:46:06.880
 whether it

00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:07.519
 be gaming,

00:46:08.219 --> 00:46:08.619
 whether it

00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:09.559
 be movies,

00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:10.159
 whether it

00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:10.940
 be entertainment,

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:11.740
 whether it

00:46:11.740 --> 00:46:12.300
 be hobbies

00:46:12.300 --> 00:46:13.260
 and activities,

00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:14.039
 or even

00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:14.960
 family time,

00:46:15.380 --> 00:46:16.039
 fill in the

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:16.559
 blank with

00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:17.579
 everything but

00:46:17.579 --> 00:46:18.179
 God.

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:19.539
 Everything

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:20.519
 seems to be

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.659
 more important

00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:25.599
 than cultivating

00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:27.420
 a fellowship

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:28.480
 with God.

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:30.840
 there is a

00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:31.440
 danger in

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:31.980
 doing nothing.

00:46:33.280 --> 00:46:33.760
 There are

00:46:33.760 --> 00:46:34.320
 several, but

00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:34.960
 just two that

00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:35.360
 I want to

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:36.219
 briefly focus

00:46:36.219 --> 00:46:37.659
 on in the

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.400
 next couple

00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:38.780
 of moments.

00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:40.780
 First, it

00:46:40.780 --> 00:46:41.440
 is not what

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:41.880
 you were made

00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:42.119
 for.

00:46:43.340 --> 00:46:44.260
 It is not

00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:45.360
 what you were

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:45.840
 made for.

00:46:46.860 --> 00:46:47.500
 When God

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:48.360
 talks about

00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:49.360
 waiting, he

00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:50.300
 is not talking

00:46:50.300 --> 00:46:51.059
 about idleness.

00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:57.699
 waiting, he

00:46:57.699 --> 00:46:58.219
 is thinking

00:46:58.219 --> 00:46:59.360
 about active

00:46:59.360 --> 00:47:00.440
 dependence.

00:47:01.739 --> 00:47:02.699
 We see this

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:03.239
 show up in

00:47:03.239 --> 00:47:03.739
 Acts chapter

00:47:03.739 --> 00:47:04.099
 1.

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:05.599
 When he

00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:06.500
 calls the

00:47:06.500 --> 00:47:07.159
 disciples to

00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:07.779
 go back to

00:47:07.779 --> 00:47:08.739
 Jerusalem and

00:47:08.739 --> 00:47:09.360
 to do what?

00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:10.440
 Do you

00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:11.179
 realize he

00:47:11.179 --> 00:47:11.880
 calls them to

00:47:11.880 --> 00:47:12.820
 go back and

00:47:12.820 --> 00:47:13.579
 to wait?

00:47:13.579 --> 00:47:16.279
 wait for the

00:47:16.279 --> 00:47:17.039
 Holy Spirit to

00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:17.759
 show up and

00:47:17.759 --> 00:47:18.360
 then power

00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:19.039
 will come?

00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:20.019
 The presence

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:20.619
 of God will

00:47:20.619 --> 00:47:21.019
 mark their

00:47:21.019 --> 00:47:21.699
 life and

00:47:21.699 --> 00:47:21.960
 they will

00:47:21.960 --> 00:47:22.599
 change the

00:47:22.599 --> 00:47:23.199
 world upside

00:47:23.199 --> 00:47:23.679
 down?

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:26.900
 It begins

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:27.619
 with waiting,

00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:29.199
 not with

00:47:29.199 --> 00:47:29.639
 working.

00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:31.400
 And so they

00:47:31.400 --> 00:47:32.019
 go back and

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:33.019
 they pray and

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:33.860
 they fellowship

00:47:33.860 --> 00:47:35.000
 and they pray

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:35.940
 some more and

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:37.199
 they sing and

00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:37.980
 they develop

00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:39.119
 community together

00:47:39.119 --> 00:47:40.000
 and then the

00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:41.039
 spirit comes and

00:47:41.039 --> 00:47:42.019
 the rest is

00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:42.420
 history.

00:47:43.819 --> 00:47:45.019
 God shows up

00:47:45.019 --> 00:47:46.980
 and that's

00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:47.400
 when they

00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:47.960
 begin to

00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:49.380
 experience true

00:47:49.380 --> 00:47:51.559
 true meaning

00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:52.339
 and purpose

00:47:52.339 --> 00:47:53.019
 in life.

00:47:53.799 --> 00:47:54.719
 When they

00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:55.960
 are operating

00:47:55.960 --> 00:47:56.599
 in the

00:47:56.599 --> 00:47:57.900
 pattern that

00:47:57.900 --> 00:47:58.759
 God has put

00:47:58.759 --> 00:47:59.460
 in their life.

00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:00.980
 It begins

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:01.599
 with waiting.

00:48:02.819 --> 00:48:03.500
 God has made

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:03.980
 you to be a

00:48:03.980 --> 00:48:05.299
 vessel of

00:48:05.299 --> 00:48:06.239
 divine power.

00:48:07.380 --> 00:48:07.920
 You will

00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:08.659
 not

00:48:08.659 --> 00:48:10.679
 feel satisfied

00:48:10.679 --> 00:48:11.500
 until you

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:11.940
 are doing

00:48:11.940 --> 00:48:12.539
 what God

00:48:12.539 --> 00:48:13.079
 made you

00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:13.599
 to do.

00:48:14.359 --> 00:48:15.059
 Rather than

00:48:15.059 --> 00:48:15.739
 looking back

00:48:15.739 --> 00:48:16.299
 on a life

00:48:16.299 --> 00:48:16.659
 full of

00:48:16.659 --> 00:48:17.119
 regret,

00:48:17.679 --> 00:48:18.019
 you can

00:48:18.019 --> 00:48:18.619
 look back

00:48:18.619 --> 00:48:19.179
 on a life

00:48:19.179 --> 00:48:20.299
 full of

00:48:20.299 --> 00:48:20.819
 productivity

00:48:20.819 --> 00:48:21.879
 and fruitfulness.

00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:23.059
 Not only

00:48:23.059 --> 00:48:23.799
 for yourself

00:48:23.799 --> 00:48:24.139
 as God

00:48:24.139 --> 00:48:24.519
 has worked

00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:24.779
 in your

00:48:24.779 --> 00:48:25.219
 life but

00:48:25.219 --> 00:48:25.779
 as it

00:48:25.779 --> 00:48:26.799
 spills out

00:48:26.799 --> 00:48:27.579
 and blesses

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:28.059
 the people

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:29.039
 around you.

00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:30.739
 Next is

00:48:30.739 --> 00:48:31.139
 it will

00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:31.399
 never

00:48:31.399 --> 00:48:31.940
 satisfy.

00:48:33.899 --> 00:48:34.199
 It will

00:48:34.199 --> 00:48:34.440
 never

00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:34.960
 satisfy.

00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:36.379
 To do

00:48:36.379 --> 00:48:36.859
 nothing

00:48:36.859 --> 00:48:37.940
 will never

00:48:37.940 --> 00:48:38.460
 satisfy.

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:39.779
 You keep

00:48:39.779 --> 00:48:40.179
 filling

00:48:40.179 --> 00:48:41.219
 yourself up

00:48:41.219 --> 00:48:41.679
 with all

00:48:41.679 --> 00:48:42.079
 of these

00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:42.940
 other things

00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:43.819
 and as

00:48:43.819 --> 00:48:44.319
 Jeremiah

00:48:44.319 --> 00:48:45.379
 describes it,

00:48:45.619 --> 00:48:46.420
 he describes it,

00:48:46.460 --> 00:48:47.019
 my people

00:48:47.019 --> 00:48:48.199
 have committed

00:48:48.199 --> 00:48:48.759
 two evils.

00:48:48.879 --> 00:48:49.119
 They have

00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:50.079
 forsaken me,

00:48:50.420 --> 00:48:51.079
 the fountain

00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:51.679
 of living

00:48:51.679 --> 00:48:52.179
 waters,

00:48:52.819 --> 00:48:53.599
 and hewn out

00:48:53.599 --> 00:48:54.159
 for themselves

00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:54.759
 cisterns,

00:48:54.879 --> 00:48:56.119
 broken cisterns

00:48:56.119 --> 00:48:56.659
 that can hold

00:48:56.659 --> 00:48:57.099
 no water.

00:48:58.440 --> 00:48:59.259
 We fill up

00:48:59.259 --> 00:48:59.879
 our lives

00:48:59.879 --> 00:49:00.460
 with all

00:49:00.460 --> 00:49:01.099
 of the earthly

00:49:01.099 --> 00:49:01.940
 satisfactions

00:49:01.940 --> 00:49:02.659
 and we never

00:49:02.659 --> 00:49:03.799
 come to a

00:49:03.799 --> 00:49:05.079
 place of

00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:06.399
 true rest.

00:49:06.400 --> 00:49:06.579
 rest.

00:49:07.920 --> 00:49:08.760
 God wants

00:49:08.760 --> 00:49:09.420
 rest for

00:49:09.420 --> 00:49:10.559
 you but

00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:11.139
 only come

00:49:11.139 --> 00:49:12.039
 through him.

00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:13.579
 And finally,

00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:15.000
 finally we

00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:15.460
 see in

00:49:15.460 --> 00:49:16.500
 Isaiah 30

00:49:16.500 --> 00:49:18.220
 18 now,

00:49:18.300 --> 00:49:18.900
 drop down a

00:49:18.900 --> 00:49:19.360
 few verses,

00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:20.579
 we see the

00:49:20.579 --> 00:49:21.400
 description of

00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:22.139
 God's desire

00:49:22.139 --> 00:49:22.639
 for you.

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:24.019
 The description

00:49:24.019 --> 00:49:24.740
 of God's

00:49:24.740 --> 00:49:25.619
 desire for you.

00:49:26.440 --> 00:49:27.059
 Therefore the

00:49:27.059 --> 00:49:27.960
 Lord waits.

00:49:29.579 --> 00:49:29.980
 Isn't that

00:49:29.980 --> 00:49:30.380
 interesting?

00:49:30.380 --> 00:49:31.900
 God waits.

00:49:33.420 --> 00:49:33.820
 The Lord

00:49:33.820 --> 00:49:35.019
 waits to be

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:36.160
 gracious to

00:49:36.160 --> 00:49:37.740
 you and

00:49:37.740 --> 00:49:39.200
 therefore he

00:49:39.200 --> 00:49:40.500
 exalts himself

00:49:40.500 --> 00:49:42.039
 to show

00:49:42.039 --> 00:49:43.340
 mercy to

00:49:43.340 --> 00:49:43.700
 you.

00:49:44.579 --> 00:49:44.900
 For the

00:49:44.900 --> 00:49:45.680
 Lord is a

00:49:45.680 --> 00:49:46.059
 God of

00:49:46.059 --> 00:49:46.660
 justice.

00:49:47.260 --> 00:49:48.760
 Blessed are

00:49:48.760 --> 00:49:49.740
 all those

00:49:49.740 --> 00:49:51.099
 who wait

00:49:51.099 --> 00:49:52.119
 for him.

00:49:53.960 --> 00:49:55.160
 He is a

00:49:55.160 --> 00:49:55.559
 God of

00:49:55.559 --> 00:49:56.200
 patience.

00:49:57.019 --> 00:49:57.619
 He is a

00:49:57.619 --> 00:49:57.980
 God of

00:49:57.980 --> 00:49:58.360
 waiting.

00:49:58.360 --> 00:49:59.519
 He is a

00:49:59.519 --> 00:50:00.280
 God who

00:50:00.280 --> 00:50:01.340
 is long

00:50:01.340 --> 00:50:02.059
 suffering.

00:50:03.539 --> 00:50:04.120
 He is

00:50:04.120 --> 00:50:04.900
 also a

00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:05.300
 God who

00:50:05.300 --> 00:50:06.099
 is full

00:50:06.099 --> 00:50:07.079
 of mercy,

00:50:08.140 --> 00:50:08.740
 full of

00:50:08.740 --> 00:50:09.180
 grace.

00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:11.039
 He wants

00:50:11.039 --> 00:50:12.400
 to draw

00:50:12.400 --> 00:50:13.160
 you in

00:50:13.160 --> 00:50:14.079
 to himself.

00:50:15.039 --> 00:50:15.559
 He wants

00:50:15.559 --> 00:50:16.579
 to be real

00:50:16.579 --> 00:50:17.340
 with you,

00:50:17.480 --> 00:50:18.420
 to fellowship

00:50:18.420 --> 00:50:19.099
 with you.

00:50:19.400 --> 00:50:19.780
 Can you

00:50:19.780 --> 00:50:20.579
 conceive of

00:50:20.579 --> 00:50:20.780
 it?

00:50:21.039 --> 00:50:21.400
 The God

00:50:21.400 --> 00:50:21.620
 of the

00:50:21.620 --> 00:50:22.000
 universe

00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:23.660
 wants to

00:50:23.660 --> 00:50:24.220
 know you

00:50:24.220 --> 00:50:24.440
 and to

00:50:24.440 --> 00:50:24.880
 be known

00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:25.460
 by you.

00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:29.280
 He

00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:29.720
 waits for

00:50:29.720 --> 00:50:30.220
 you this

00:50:30.220 --> 00:50:30.480
 morning.

00:50:32.539 --> 00:50:33.519
 He wants

00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:34.179
 to make

00:50:34.179 --> 00:50:35.079
 you fruitful.

00:50:36.360 --> 00:50:37.119
 He wants

00:50:37.119 --> 00:50:37.519
 to clear

00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:37.980
 away the

00:50:37.980 --> 00:50:38.920
 clutter of

00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:39.400
 your life

00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:39.720
 so that

00:50:39.720 --> 00:50:39.960
 you can

00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:40.360
 really

00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:41.559
 experience

00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:42.539
 salvation

00:50:42.539 --> 00:50:43.260
 and

00:50:43.260 --> 00:50:43.900
 strength

00:50:43.900 --> 00:50:44.260
 today.

00:50:48.880 --> 00:50:49.579
 Are you

00:50:49.579 --> 00:50:49.800
 willing?

00:50:49.800 --> 00:50:49.840
 Are you

00:50:49.840 --> 00:50:49.840


00:50:49.840 --> 00:50:49.980
 willing?

00:50:52.980 --> 00:50:53.880
 At the

00:50:53.880 --> 00:50:54.100
 end of

00:50:54.100 --> 00:50:54.760
 verse 15

00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:55.420
 it says,

00:50:56.340 --> 00:50:56.680
 but you

00:50:56.680 --> 00:50:57.440
 were not

00:50:57.440 --> 00:50:58.519
 willing.

00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:00.960
 May that

00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:01.500
 not be

00:51:01.500 --> 00:51:02.400
 said of

00:51:02.400 --> 00:51:02.740
 us.

00:51:04.100 --> 00:51:05.059
 May we

00:51:05.059 --> 00:51:05.800
 be willing

00:51:05.800 --> 00:51:07.360
 and running

00:51:07.360 --> 00:51:08.840
 and resting

00:51:08.840 --> 00:51:10.460
 so that we

00:51:10.460 --> 00:51:11.700
 can really

00:51:11.700 --> 00:51:12.360
 be fruitful

00:51:12.360 --> 00:51:13.519
 as God's

00:51:13.519 --> 00:51:14.519
 people this

00:51:14.519 --> 00:51:14.720
 year.

00:51:14.719 --> 00:51:16.719
 it comes

00:51:16.719 --> 00:51:17.019
 as we

00:51:17.019 --> 00:51:17.500
 understand

00:51:17.500 --> 00:51:18.219
 and appreciate

00:51:18.219 --> 00:51:19.539
 our identity

00:51:19.539 --> 00:51:20.139
 in him.

00:51:20.899 --> 00:51:21.459
 Let's pray.

00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:23.039
 God we

00:51:23.039 --> 00:51:23.480
 thank you

00:51:23.480 --> 00:51:25.019
 this morning

00:51:25.019 --> 00:51:27.379
 for identity

00:51:27.379 --> 00:51:27.859
 that can be

00:51:27.859 --> 00:51:28.359
 found in

00:51:28.359 --> 00:51:28.819
 you and

00:51:28.819 --> 00:51:29.399
 you alone.

00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:31.219
 That you

00:51:31.219 --> 00:51:32.039
 desire to

00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:32.819
 show up in

00:51:32.819 --> 00:51:33.419
 our lives

00:51:33.419 --> 00:51:33.759
 and you

00:51:33.759 --> 00:51:34.439
 desire

00:51:34.439 --> 00:51:35.459
 Lord

00:51:35.459 --> 00:51:36.679
 to be a

00:51:36.679 --> 00:51:37.000
 God of

00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:37.439
 rescue

00:51:37.439 --> 00:51:37.959
 and a

00:51:37.959 --> 00:51:38.539
 God of

00:51:38.539 --> 00:51:39.139
 strength

00:51:39.139 --> 00:51:39.739
 for us.

00:51:41.500 --> 00:51:42.439
 May we

00:51:42.439 --> 00:51:43.099
 look to

00:51:43.099 --> 00:51:43.419
 you,

00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:44.579
 wait for

00:51:44.579 --> 00:51:44.739
 you,

00:51:44.840 --> 00:51:45.420
 trust in

00:51:45.420 --> 00:51:45.880
 you this

00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:47.000
 morning and

00:51:47.000 --> 00:51:47.219
 throughout

00:51:47.219 --> 00:51:47.679
 this year.

00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:48.559
 We pray in

00:51:48.559 --> 00:51:49.119
 Jesus name.

00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:50.099
 Amen.