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 Well, I appreciate that.

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 I think giving thanks helps keep our perspective.

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! We have a lot to be thankful for, especially during this time of the year.

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! We have a lot of blessings the Lord has given us.

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 Frankly, we don't deserve, but He loves us anyway.

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 Go ahead and turn your Bibles with me to Genesis chapter 26.

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 Going along that theme of blessings in our life.

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 We have blessings, battles, burdens.

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 And even though it may not seem fair, I think through Scripture we've seen,

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 and maybe in your own life you've seen, that blessings bring about those burdens and battles.

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 I think about Job, all the blessings he had, and he had to be tested.

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 And I think it's important to understand that God doesn't tempt us.

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 You know, God tests us.

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 He tests our faith in Him to see what it's made out of.

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 And a lot of times, if you have this perspective of, oh, woe is me, why is He doing this?

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 You've got it backwards.

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 You know, I even, I test my daughter, Sophia.

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 I test her obedience.

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 You know, I test that she'll trust me because I want her to trust me in the little things now.

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 That way, when she's older, she can trust me on the big things.

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 You know, she knows that I will be there for her before she falls off the couch.

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 She knows that I'll be there when she makes a big mistake in the future.

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 She'll know that she can come and trust me and talk to me.

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 That's how God wants us to be with Him.

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 Just trust Him in the little things so that when we can, that way when we come to the big things, we can trust Him.

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 God is the one that tests us, but Satan likes to tempt us.

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 And that's not for our good.

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 That's to distract us, to turn us away from what the Lord has for us.

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 If you found your place in Genesis 26, we're going to be talking about growing pains and digging wells.

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 So please stand with me, if you will.

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 Genesis chapter 26.

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 We'll start reading in verse 17.

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 It says,

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 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

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 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night and said,

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 I am the God of Abraham, thy father.

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 Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

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 And he built in an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there.

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 And there Isaac's servants digged a well.

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 Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for this day you've given us.

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 Lord, I ask that our hearts would just be open to your word today.

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 Lord, I pray that you would be with my voice and just calm my nerves.

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 Lord, I ask that despite me that we would glean from your word.

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 I just thank you for your goodness to us.

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 And I ask all these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You can go ahead and be seated.

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 I think it's important to look at people in the Bible and see how they navigate the feats and failures of life.

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 Because we're going to have those same things.

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 And I think it's important.

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 Sometimes the way we're brought up, maybe sometimes in Sunday school or your church, it's not the intention.

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 But sometimes we get this flannel graph board of what the Bible is.

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 And Isaac is just like you and I.

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 He's just the guy.

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 He has the same feelings, the same temptations to sin.

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 He's not anything superhuman.

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 None of these characters are except Christ.

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 And I think it's interesting to see that we can see ourself in them.

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 And I want to focus a little bit on Isaac.

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 When you look at Isaac in Scripture, he's one of the patriarchs.

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 You have Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph.

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 Isaac kind of gets looked over a lot of the times.

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 It doesn't seem to be as much exciting stuff in his life.

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 But I want to focus on some things today about being a well digger.

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 In Scripture, a lot of times water can be a symbol of a lot of things.

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 Obviously, living water, new life, and through Jesus Christ.

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 The water can also be blessings.

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 And in this Scripture, the blessings had been stopped up by the Philistines.

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 And I kind of look at that as things in life, like the world, our flesh.

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 They stopped that access of water to us.

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 Isaac would understand here, because Abraham and Isaac, they were kind of nomadic people.

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 They didn't have a fixed place where they lived.

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 They lived in tents.

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 They traveled around with their herds.

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 Water was key to survival.

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 They needed the water.

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 And here the enemy has stopped it up.

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 They're not getting that access that they need.

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 So Isaac, he received his father's inheritance.

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 You look with me in our text here, verses 12 through 14.

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 It says,

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 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year, an hundredfold, and the Lord blessed him.

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 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great.

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 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants, and the Philistines envied him.

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 So he has this amount of wealth that he's obtained.

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 In verses 3 through 5, we see not only did he have great wealth, but he also had the covenant promise.

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 The covenant that was promised even unto Abraham.

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 Let's look at verses 3 through 5.

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 It says,

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 So what's going on here?

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 That God is telling him this.

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 Well, there's a famine in the land.

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 See that in verse 1.

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 A famine comes up.

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 It means there's a shortage of food.

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 How are you supposed to take care of your family, take care of the things that God has blessed you with,

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 if you can't provide for them?

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 Not only did Isaac inherit his father's wealth, the covenant blessing,

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 but we see here, first off, he also inherited his father's temptations.

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 This is where Isaac is just a man, just like everybody else.

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 In verse 1 it says,

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 And there was a famine in the land beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham.

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 And Isaac went unto Abimelech, king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.

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 And the Lord appeared unto him and said,

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 Go not down into Egypt, well in the land which I shall tell thee of.

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 I don't know that we'll have time today, but Genesis chapter 12, specifically in verse 10,

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 there's a famine in Abraham's time.

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 And what does he do?

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 He runs to Egypt.

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 Isaac, he's tempted to run.

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 Just go to Egypt.

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 Follow, you know, man's wisdom.

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 And go to Egypt where there's going to be food.

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 God's saying, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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 Trust me.

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 I'll take care of you.

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 I'll bless you.

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 I've already given you that promise.

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 Trust me.

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 Sometimes that can be hard, because we look around and we try to do everything in our strength,

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 and things aren't coming up the way we would think.

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 If I'm going to be completely transparent with you today,

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 many of you know Amanda and I were trying to sell our house, get another house,

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 and we were praying about this house that we saw.

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 We really liked it.

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 It was the first one that we were both like, this isn't just a house that we have to move to.

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 This could be a home.

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 We were excited.

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 We prayed about it, and we said, Lord, if this is your will,

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 we're going to put this offer in and make them accept it immediately.

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 What happened?

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 We prayed, put the offer in.

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 They accepted it immediately.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 The Lord is in this.

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 The only issue was our house is contingent.

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 We have to sell our current house before we get this house.

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 And know what happened?

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 Another offer came in on that house, and they accepted that one.

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 So boom, we have that 48 hours, and I'm praying, okay, God, I trusted you.

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 You already proved that you would answer that prayer.

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 You know, we're doing this.

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 And we have 48 hours to become noncontingent.

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 So we're already looking.

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 Hey, we can do this thing called a bridge loan where we can get the money we're already approved for.

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 We can buy the house, and then we could sell it later.

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 Downside.

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 We might not sell our current house.

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 Now we're paying two mortgages.

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 That's not very wise.

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 The other side is, hey, maybe we just continue to sell our house.

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 Try to.

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 And this other house, we're moved it on.

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 We can't get it now.

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 So now we're tempted.

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 Do we continue to keep our house on the market?

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 But say someone buys this one, and we don't have a place.

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 Then we're homeless.

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 So it's like, what's going on?

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 Well, these are the times you have to trust God.

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 And in your own might, you feel like, I've got to take this upon myself.

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 I've got to do what I know to do.

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 That's what Isaac is thinking.

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 He's like, I've got a family to take care of.

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 I know that there's food in Egypt.

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 I'm going to go that way because my dad did it.

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 Back in chapter 12, you know, this is what happened.

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 God says, trust me.

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 I'm going to take care of you.

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 He's tempted to run.

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 You know, we see through scripture, the safest place that we can be in is the will of God.

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 Trust me, ask Jonah when you get to heaven.

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 Ask how that worked out for him.

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 God said, go to Nineveh.

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 And he said, I don't think so.

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 And God had to make it all work out to say, you are going to obey me.

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 And it worked out.

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 Unbelief asks, how can I get out of this?

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 Faith asks, what can I get out of this?

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 Isaac, he was the promised son, Abraham, and he needed to stay in the promised land, which was Canaan.

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 We don't have a whole lot of time to go through this, but in Genesis chapter 24, Abraham knew the importance of this because he would not let Isaac go and find a wife.

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 He sent his servant.

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 He said, Isaac needs to stay here.

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 He's the promised son.

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 How is my, you know, how is God's covenant promise with me to be able to have multiple, you know, members, his descendants, if there's not a promised son?

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 So he makes Isaac stay, sends out the servant.

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 So he's tempted to run.

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 Secondly, in our chapter here, he's tempted to lie.

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 Drop down to verse 11.

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 It says, chapter 12, or I'm sorry, look at verse, let's see here, verse 7.

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 And the men of the place asked him of his wife, this is Isaac.

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 And he said, she's my sister, for he feared to say she is my wife, lest said he, the men of the place, should kill him for Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon.

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 So he comes into the land, he's got this beautiful wife, and here's the deal.

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 This is my sister.

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 So don't kill me if you like her, she's just my sister.

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 Why was he tempted to lie the way he did?

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 Because he saw his dad do it earlier in chapter 11.

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 Or chapter 12 of Genesis.

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 He also, Abraham lied to Abimelech.

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 Now, Abimelech is a title, just like Pharaoh means king, king is king.

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 Abimelech is king.

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 I think it could be very possible it could be the same guy.

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 Just the study I did on it, the timeline.

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 Regardless, Abimelech, the king, he sees Rebekah, sees that she's beautiful.

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 The men of the city, see that she's beautiful.

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 Isaac lies, says, nope, she's my sister.

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 And it came to pass in verse 8, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech, king

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 of the Philistines, looked out a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah,

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 his wife.

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 And Abimelech called Isaac and said, behold, of a surety, she is thy wife.

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 And how said she is my sister?

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 And Isaac said unto him, because I said, lest I die for her.

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 So he sees them acting like husband and wife and says, whoa, whoa, whoa, you guys aren't

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 brother and sister.

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 What's going on here?

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 Why'd you lie?

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 And he's like, I didn't want to be killed.

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 And so, verse 10, and Abimelech said, what is this that thou hast done unto us?

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 One of the people might lightly have aligned with thy wife, and thou shouldst have brought

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 guiltiness upon us.

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 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, he that touches this man or his wife shall

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 surely be put to death.

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 And Abimelech said, whoa, whoa, whoa, we don't want to be guilty of anything, because

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 we know the God that you serve.

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 Get out of here.

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 We don't want any problem with you.

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 You know, again, God is taking care of it.

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 We try to do things in our own might, try to conjure up these blessings.

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 God can take care of it.

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 Isaac was afraid that a pagan king would kill his wife, or kill him to obtain his wife.

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 And this was the lie, his lie was evidence of his unbelief.

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 Earlier, if we look back in chapter 25, Genesis chapter 25, verse 21, it says,

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 And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren.

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 And the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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 So Isaac has a barren wife, and he can't have children.

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 I know you have problems.

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 Give us a child.

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 God says, Isaac had enough faith back then to say, make my barren wife pregnant.

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 But he was too afraid now to say, watch over my family.

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 Protect my life.

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 I don't want to be killed because they're envious of my wife.

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 Faith means to live without scheming and telling lies.

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 And that seems to be one of humanity's favorite ways to escape responsibility.

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 We see it all the way back in the Garden of Eden.

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 Right?

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 The blame shifting.

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 Why did you eat the fruit?

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 Oh, my wife, Eve, she made me do it.

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 So then God asked Eve, what's going on?

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 Oh, I didn't do it.

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 The serpent made me do it.

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 The serpent's just standing there like, eh?

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 You know, you don't blame anybody else.

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 Blame shifting.

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 All the way back in the Garden of Eden, it's happened.

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 He's tempted to lie.

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 You know, Isaac has a reputation that they're living for the one true God.

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 Here he is lying to the king, lying to the men.

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 Verse 12, we see that we already read that he received a hundredfold.

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 He kind of put roots down in this area, and they're living here.

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 And the Philistines, they become envious of him.

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 So we see the temptations.

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 We also see the task.

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 Isaac inherited flocks and herds from his father, who had lived that nomadic life.

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 But now this wealthy heir has settled down, and he's becoming a farmer.

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 He's going to remain in Gerar for a long time.

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 I think it's interesting to see Isaac and his neighbors, they had the same access.

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 The soil, the sun, the rain.

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 But only Isaac is being blessed.

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 Why?

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 Because God is taking care of him.

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 He's living for the Lord.

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 It's the same in our life.

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 God kept his promise and blessed all that Isaac did.

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 We see that in verses 3 through 5.

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 God also blessed Isaac because of Abraham's life and his faith.

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 And this is just how God blesses us for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Because we've been born again, we're washed under his blood.

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 He sees that and he blesses us.

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 First off here in the task, we see the destruction of the wells.

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 Sometimes blessings bring trials.

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 It happens.

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 Isaac has all this stuff.

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 We've read that he was blessed a hundredfold.

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 You can't imagine all the animals, the livestock that he's responsible for,

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 the servants that it would take to upkeep everything.

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 He's got a lot going on.

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 And the Philistines in verse 14, it says,

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 For he had possession of flocks and possession of herd

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 and a great store of servants in the Philistines.

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 They envied him.

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 So what did they do?

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 They stopped up the wells.

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 They said,

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 If you think you're going to come to our land

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 and lie trying to get us into trouble,

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 stop up your wells.

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 Maybe we can starve him out of here and he'll leave.

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 Sometimes I think about the wells in our lives,

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 the wells that bring access to blessings.

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 End up losing.

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 I was thinking about,

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 why would you let these wells?

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 I don't know about you.

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 I've never had to dig an actual well,

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 but I used to work for someone who had horses.

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 And he had this trough about six inches.

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 It was six feet all the way around.

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 He had to dig about four feet down.

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 And I'm telling you,

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 I'm digging.

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 Nebraska, it's hard to dig.

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 About a foot down of the soil,

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 now you're at clay.

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 So I'm breaking my back.

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 And at the time,

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 we had a guy that was older than I was,

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 church.

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 He's complaining the whole time.

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 And I'm just like,

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 yeah, you know,

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 this isn't easy being the only one,

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 especially when you're sitting there complaining.

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 It's like,

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 not like my back hurts any less than yours.

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 Not like my bald head is catching fire right now.

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 That in the sun.

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 But it's backbreaking work.

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 And what happened was,

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 Doug and the person who measured it,

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 was off.

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 Had to dig again.

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 I was not happy about that.

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 That was a lot of work that was wasted.

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 I can only imagine how Isaac is feeling.

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 This happens.

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 But I got to thinking,

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 why would,

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 how could you allow that to happen?

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 And I think the first thing is forfeit.

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 Maybe he forfeited the wealth.

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 Forfeit means to kind of render loss.

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 Sometimes when we let sin into our life,

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 we forfeit those blessings that could be.

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 I think about Isaiah chapter 59.

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 Isaiah chapter 59 verse 2.

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 Some of you are familiar with this.

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 It says,

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 but your iniquities have separated

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 between you and your God

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 and your sins have hid his face from you

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 that he will not hear.

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 When we allow sin into our life,

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 basically cutting off that fellowship

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 that we have with God.

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 You notice it said that it's us

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 that's the problem.

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 God is fixed.

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 He stays where he is.

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 It's us who stray away.

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 Forfeit.

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 Forfeiting the wealth.

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 Maybe he forgot the importance.

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 Sometimes in life,

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 don't we get busy?

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 I know I do.

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 Sometimes,

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 I don't even think that there's anything

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 necessarily in and of itself wrong with that.

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 You just get busy.

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 There's things that need your attention.

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 And you have to kind of learn to prioritize

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 and what gets your attention.

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 But maybe they were too busy with everything else.

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 They forgot to defend you.

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 Defend that access of blessing into your life.

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 Romans chapter 12 says,

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 We're not supposed to be so busy.

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 I've seen that so many times

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 growing up in church.

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 Especially,

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 I've seen it a lot,

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 mainly with the young people

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 trying to cater.

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 Kids got this event going at the school.

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 Gotta be there for that.

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 And all these hobbies.

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 And you start seeing them

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 less and less in church.

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 What happened?

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 They're just getting too busy.

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 What are you doing?

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 Setting off that access.

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 Blessing.

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 We all want the best for our children.

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 What's that cost?

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 What's that going to look like?

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 What's more important?

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 Having a relationship with Christ?

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 Not because they were brought to church by you,

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 but because they have that of themselves.

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 They've learned,

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 Hey, I don't believe in God

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 just because my parents do.

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 I don't believe in God

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 just because I went to church.

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 But I have a personal,

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 individual relationship with Christ by myself.

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 That should be the goal.

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 Those soccer trophies

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 get put in a box.

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 Don't look at them again.

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 What good does it do?

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 In the grand scheme of everything,

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 when we get to heaven,

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 God isn't going to be impressed

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 with how long we had a home run,

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 with our math leak,

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 you know, stuff.

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 It doesn't matter.

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 Doing things for eternity

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 is what matters to the Lord.

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 Being faithful is what matters to the Lord.

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 Maybe they just failed to protect them.

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 Ephesians chapter 6.

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 Maybe they're just a little lazy,

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 a little apathetic.

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 They failed to protect them.

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 Ephesians chapter 6,

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 starting in verse 11.

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 Put on the whole armor of God,

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 that ye may be able to stand

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 against the wiles of the devil.

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 For we will wrestle not

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 against flesh and blood,

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 but against principalities,

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 against powers,

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 against the rulers of darkness

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 of this world,

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 against spiritual wickedness

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 in high places.

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 Put on that armor of God.

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 You have to have your heart right.

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 When we read about the armor of God,

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 I think it's interesting

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 that there's nothing,

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 there's no protection for your back.

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 Because we're supposed to be

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 moving forward.

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 In the army of God,

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 there's no retreat.

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 We're not supposed to be

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 running backwards.

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 But sometimes you can get lazy

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 and apathetic.

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 That's how sin enters our life,

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 is we're not guarding ourselves.

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 I think about all these,

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 I read a story one time

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 about this guy,

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 crazy,

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 barrel riding,

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 I think is what they call it,

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 goes into a barrel

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 and it goes over Niagara Falls.

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 Crazy stuff.

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 And he survives.

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 So this guy is kind of a daredevil.

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 And you know how he ended up dying?

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 He slipped on an orange peel.

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 Fell, died.

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 Like, whoa.

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 It's crazy.

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 But what was the difference?

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 For Niagara Falls,

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 he was prepared.

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 He was prepared.

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 He was ready for that.

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 This orange peel,

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 he wasn't ready for.

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 Took him out.

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 Think about the sins

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 of great men in the Bible.

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 So they weren't prepared.

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 Think about Noah.

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 What faith Noah had.

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 He said, hey,

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 I know it's never rained before,

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 but at that time the water came out.

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 The water's going to fall from the sky,

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 and I need you to build this thing

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 called a boat.

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 It's a big boat.

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 You're going to put a bunch of animals

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 in this thing.

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 And I just want you to trust me.

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 Here's the specs.

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 Get it done.

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 120 years he's building this thing.

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 And he still has faith.

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 God told me to do it.

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 I'm going to do it.

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 And then it happens.

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 God closes up the door.

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 They survive.

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 But at the end of Noah's life,

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 you know what we see him as?

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 Naked.

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 What happened?

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 He wasn't prepared.

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 I think about, you know,

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 Thomas.

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 He kind of gets a bad rap.

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 What do we know him as?

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 Doubting Thomas.

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 But Thomas was one of the

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 disciples of Christ.

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 Read through scripture.

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 There's one time where he's like,

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 hey, are we going to go

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 and preach to these people?

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 He was about it.

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 What happened?

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 There was one day

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 he didn't decide

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 to put on his armor,

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 and that day caught up with him.

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 He wasn't where

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 he was needed to be

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 because all the other disciples

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 were present

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 when Jesus appeared to them.

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 He wasn't there.

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 And he said, oh,

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 I can't believe this.

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 It was one day

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 that he wasn't ready.

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 He failed to protect himself.

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 He cut that access

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 of blessing to his life.

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 Number four,

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 maybe Isaac figured

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 that the wells

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 would always be there.

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 Don't we get like that?

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 We just take it for granted.

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 Turn with me

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 to Hebrews chapter 12.

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 It's always frustrating

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 turning to the back

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:31.939
 of my Bible

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 because my Bible

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.279
 is old.

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 Ages come out.

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 So if we ever have

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 a sword drill,

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 you guys are like,

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 hey, give me Ethan a chance

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 and do it in the Old Testament

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 because the New Testament,

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 my Bible will fall apart.

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 Hebrews chapter 12,

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 verse 5,

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 and ye have forgotten

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 the exhortation

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 which speaketh unto you

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 as unto children.

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 My son,

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 despise not the chastening

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 of the Lord,

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 faint when thou art

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 rebuked of him.

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 For whom the Lord loveth,

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 he chasteneth

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 and scourges every son

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 whom he receiveth.

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.400
 If ye endure chastening,

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.340
 God dealeth with you

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:08.120
 as with sons.

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.660
 For what son is whom

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:11.539
 the Father chasteneth not?

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.559
 But if ye be without

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.400
 chastisement,

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:17.400
 whereof all are partakers,

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.759
 then are ye bastards

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.620
 and not sons.

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.240
 Furthermore,

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.820
 we have had fathers

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.500
 of our flesh

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.359
 which corrected us

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:24.559
 and we gave them reverence,

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.740
 shall we not much rather

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.740
 be in subjection

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.319
 unto the Father

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.379
 of spirits and live?

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.359
 For they verily

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.399
 for a few days

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:34.000
 chastened us

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.159
 after their own pleasure,

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:37.059
 but he for our profit

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.500
 that we might be partakers

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.399
 of his holiness.

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:41.679
 Now no chastening

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.419
 for the present

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:43.579
 seemeth to be joyous,

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.139
 but grievous.

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:44.980
 Nevertheless,

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.759
 afterward,

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.200
 it yieldeth

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.099
 the peaceable fruit

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:48.639
 of righteousness

00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:49.339
 unto them

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.599
 which are exercised thereby.

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:53.039
 True faith

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:54.019
 is always tested

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:56.079
 either by temptation

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.980
 within us

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:58.359
 or trials around us

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.379
 because a faith

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.279
 that can't be tested

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.459
 can't be trusted.

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.539
 That's the destruction

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.980
 of the wells.

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.219
 But then we see

00:27:04.219 --> 00:27:05.439
 the digging of the wells,

00:27:06.219 --> 00:27:07.419
 the real chore here.

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.259
 Starting in verse,

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:12.139
 let's see here.

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:14.339
 We'll see verse 18.

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.740
 And Isaac digged again

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.619
 the wells of water

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.759
 which they had digged

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.639
 in the days of Abraham

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.119
 his father,

00:27:19.219 --> 00:27:19.839
 for the Philistines

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.459
 had stopped them

00:27:20.459 --> 00:27:20.980
 after the death

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.399
 of Abraham

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:22.939
 and he called their names

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:23.639
 after the names

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.500
 by which his father

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.439
 had called them.

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.839
 And Isaac's servants

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.679
 digged in the valley

00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:28.279
 and found there

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.500
 a well of springing water.

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.819
 And the herdmen

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.299
 of Gerard

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.959
 did strive

00:27:31.959 --> 00:27:32.959
 with Isaac's herdsmen

00:27:32.959 --> 00:27:33.299
 saying,

00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:34.159
 the water is ours.

00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:35.139
 And he called the name

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:36.179
 of the well Essek

00:27:36.179 --> 00:27:37.419
 because they strove

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:37.859
 with him.

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.500
 That word Essek

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.439
 means strife.

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:42.039
 He shows up,

00:27:42.679 --> 00:27:44.099
 they re-dug the well,

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.459
 now the Philistines

00:27:45.459 --> 00:27:45.759
 are like,

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.139
 uh,

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.959
 that's our well.

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:48.199
 You can find your own.

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:49.980
 Uh,

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.759
 alright,

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.700
 not gonna,

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:54.259
 so,

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.640
 they move on,

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.279
 verse 21,

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.940
 and they digged

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.500
 another well

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.319
 and strove for that

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.660
 also.

00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.500
 And he called

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.059
 the name of it

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.480
 Sitna.

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.400
 That means contention.

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.019
 Again,

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.980
 they show up

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.240
 and they're like,

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.360
 hey,

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.019
 this is our well.

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.120
 Go find your own.

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.340
 Alright.

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:09.519
 And he moved

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.080
 from thence

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:10.519
 and digged

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.100
 another well

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.759
 and for that

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:13.039
 they strove not.

00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:13.700
 And he called

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.340
 the name of it

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:15.259
 Rehoboth.

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.960
 That means roominess.

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.680
 It says,

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.660
 for now the Lord

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.860
 hath made room

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.579
 for us

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.100
 and we shall be

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:22.240
 fruitful in the land,

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.400
 digging of the wells.

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.840
 It's important

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:27.259
 to understand

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:30.980
 when I was in Bible college,

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.559
 one thing I really

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:31.920
 appreciated

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:34.100
 was he would say

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.660
 thank you,

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.660
 he would say this,

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.420
 pray like it depends

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.100
 on God

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:39.279
 and work like it

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.960
 depends on you.

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.319
 And I think that was

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.940
 really good

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:43.180
 because sometimes

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.980
 it's easy to just

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.480
 sit there

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.640
 pray.

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:51.059
 When I was praying

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:52.120
 for a wife,

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.960
 how ridiculous

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.579
 would it have been

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.539
 if I just stayed home

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.180
 all the time

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.599
 and just prayed,

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.140
 alright God,

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.460
 bring a wife to me.

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.559
 Like she's supposed to

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.799
 just knock on the door.

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:02.700
 No,

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.660
 it's not going to happen

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.140
 like that.

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:05.980
 You know,

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.779
 there had to be

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:08.039
 some work there.

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:09.899
 I remember

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:11.180
 it wasn't ideal,

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.500
 you know,

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.720
 you want to

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:15.180
 do things on your own

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.680
 and you just

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.440
 meet somebody.

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.740
 That's not how

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.559
 the Lord in my

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.740
 had it.

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.240
 Brought some friends

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.639
 and they were like,

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:21.879
 hey,

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.440
 it's a little bull

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.899
 to get to know.

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.700
 So,

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.079
 this is kind of the stage

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.819
 I'm at right now

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:29.279
 and if it takes

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.019
 getting set up,

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.019
 I'll do that.

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.659
 Then I spent

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.500
 three hours

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.599
 trying to make up

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.279
 a text that was

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.099
 about this big.

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.559
 You know,

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.720
 running it by my friends,

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.600
 does this sound good?

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:39.860
 So,

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.480
 I text her,

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.259
 hey,

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.700
 I'd like to get to know you.

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.220
 She's like,

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.539
 so,

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:47.360
 we start talking

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:47.799
 and,

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.720
 you know,

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.339
 there was work

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.319
 involved there

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:53.220
 to get the blessing.

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.180
 You know,

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.720
 how ridiculous,

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.579
 like I said,

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.319
 would it have been

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.460
 if I hadn't put in the work?

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.220
 In our lives,

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.880
 through scripture,

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.480
 there's things

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.140
 that we know

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.839
 we ought to do.

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.279
 We don't have to pray

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.799
 about it.

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.920
 So many times

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.339
 we think,

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.120
 you know,

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.839
 I just got to,

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.180
 you know,

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.180
 we know it's right

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.620
 to pray.

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:11.860
 We know it's right

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.500
 to read our Bible.

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.299
 We don't have to pray

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.740
 about those.

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.980
 So many times

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.600
 I think we try

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:19.360
 in our own way,

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.140
 just like Isaac,

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.180
 to manipulate

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.900
 and try to get

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.519
 what we want.

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.200
 Just let God

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.759
 take care of it.

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.779
 Show up,

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:26.000
 do what you need to do,

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.039
 know is right,

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.019
 and God will take

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.740
 care of the rest.

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:30.039
 We got to put

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.620
 in that effort.

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.539
 And God blesses

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.860
 effort,

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.400
 by the way.

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:34.780
 that was one thing

00:30:34.780 --> 00:30:36.540
 I remember,

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.500
 and it's always

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.080
 stuck with me.

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:39.900
 I couldn't even

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.759
 tell you the guy's name.

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.380
 I had gone to a,

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.660
 while I was still

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.240
 in high school,

00:30:45.800 --> 00:30:46.880
 I had gone to a college.

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.519
 They were having

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.300
 like a college day

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.500
 and kind of get

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.019
 people there.

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.740
 And I was there

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.700
 and to get into

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.559
 the dorm that I was

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:54.940
 staying at,

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.720
 they gave me a key.

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.879
 And I had put it

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.419
 in my wallet,

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.200
 put it in a little

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.059
 special pocket in my

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.480
 wallet because I

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.000
 didn't want to lose

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.460
 the key.

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.619
 Lost it.

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:06.960
 So I had it there

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.460
 in my wallet

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:09.019
 and the speaker,

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.419
 I can't tell you

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:10.700
 his name,

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.440
 I don't even remember.

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:12.700
 He came up and

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.220
 he grabbed the door

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.059
 and he tried to open

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.720
 it and it was locked.

00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:15.399
 He said,

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.960
 do you have a key?

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.159
 And I said,

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.539
 yes.

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.480
 And so I'm fumbling

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.899
 around,

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.820
 trying to grab my

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.080
 wallet,

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.600
 open the,

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:20.880
 you know,

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.380
 I'm shaking

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.480
 because I forget

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.940
 who he was,

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.620
 but he was the

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:24.500
 speaker for the

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.800
 college ordeal.

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:27.040
 So I just felt

00:31:27.040 --> 00:31:27.940
 like this guy

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.480
 is important.

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.900
 And I'm fumbling

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.700
 around in my wallet

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.400
 and someone on the

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.080
 inside opened the

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:33.400
 door and he told me,

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:34.300
 God's going to

00:31:34.300 --> 00:31:34.900
 bless you for your

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.180
 efforts.

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:37.100
 I don't know why

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.600
 that has always

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:38.900
 stuck in my head.

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.880
 And it's true,

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:41.000
 we may not get the

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.140
 result that we wanted,

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.380
 but God blesses

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.700
 efforts.

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:44.500
 You know what God

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.680
 is,

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:46.620
 he's interested in

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.700
 our faithfulness.

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.519
 I think about

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.940
 Jeremiah,

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:50.400
 he was like,

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.040
 nothing's going

00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:51.740
 my way,

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.440
 you know,

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.380
 I'm the only one

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.960
 serving you.

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.280
 Keep showing up.

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:56.200
 God blesses

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.700
 faithfulness,

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.360
 he doesn't bless

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.960
 outcome.

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.300
 So dig the

00:31:59.300 --> 00:31:59.580
 wells.

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.940
 If you've

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.540
 forfeited,

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.360
 forgotten the

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:02.800
 importance,

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:03.420
 failed to

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:03.820
 protect,

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.420
 or figured it

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.980
 would always be

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.220
 there,

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.380
 back to the

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.280
 well and start

00:32:07.280 --> 00:32:07.600
 digging.

00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.480
 God will bless

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.720
 that.

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:10.160
 Not only do we

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.680
 see the digging

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.200
 of the wells,

00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:11.880
 but the drinking

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.480
 of the wells.

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.519
 Let's see here,

00:32:13.820 --> 00:32:14.240
 he ended on

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.720
 verse 22.

00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.360
 Verse 23,

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.159
 And he went

00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:16.799
 up from thence

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.539
 to Beersheba.

00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:18.879
 The Lord

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.779
 appeared unto him

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:21.279
 in the same

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:22.299
 night and said,

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:22.979
 I am the God

00:32:22.979 --> 00:32:23.519
 of Abraham,

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.259
 thy father.

00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:24.839
 Fear not,

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.459
 for I am with

00:32:25.459 --> 00:32:25.639
 thee,

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.759
 and will bless

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.039
 thee,

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:27.779
 and multiply

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:29.119
 thy seed for

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.579
 my servant

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.500
 Abraham's sake.

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.439
 And he

00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:32.179
 built an altar

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.599
 there,

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.399
 and called upon

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:33.879
 the name of

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.279
 the Lord,

00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:34.859
 and pitched

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.579
 his tent

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:35.859
 there.

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.779
 There Isaac's

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.079
 servants

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.759
 digged a well.

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:40.000
 Then Abimelech

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.459
 comes.

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.159
 You've got to

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:41.419
 remember,

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:41.919
 they were in

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.439
 the land,

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.840
 and then the

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:44.320
 Bible says

00:32:44.320 --> 00:32:44.720
 that he was

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.440
 grown a hundred

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.960
 fold.

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.080
 God's blessing

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.360
 him.

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:48.840
 Abimelech

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.700
 notices this,

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.500
 no doubt has

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.880
 heard the

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:52.019
 mumblings of

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.320
 the other

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:53.100
 herdsmen in

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.420
 Gerar.

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.180
 So he comes.

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.480
 Just a side

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.120
 note real quick.

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.660
 It says,

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.700
 he comes from

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.140
 Gerar,

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:02.279
 and who is

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.620
 that?

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.100
 Sneeze when

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:05.360
 you get to

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.759
 that part.

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.500
 One of his

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.880
 friends,

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.299
 and then it

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.680
 says like

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.180
 Fichel,

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.600
 the chief

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:09.000
 captain of

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.279
 the army.

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:10.940
 These could

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.480
 be titles,

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.059
 but the

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.400
 Fichel,

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.720
 the chief

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.100
 captain of

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.420
 the army,

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.840
 is the

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.279
 same

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.860
 Fichel

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.559
 that is

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.940
 mentioned

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.940
 with the

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.180
 same title

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.900
 Abimelech

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:20.059
 in Abraham's

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.580
 time in

00:33:20.580 --> 00:33:21.180
 chapter 12.

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.059
 And when you

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.660
 think and

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.240
 consider how

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.480
 long Abraham

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.059
 and Isaac

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.480
 lived,

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.240
 there's a

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.860
 good possibility

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:28.420
 that Abimelech

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.259
 lived that same

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.519
 time.

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.640
 I don't know.

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.299
 I just think it

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.820
 was interesting.

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:33.080
 I'm not saying

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:33.759
 it is or isn't

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.299
 the same guy.

00:33:34.840 --> 00:33:35.200
 I think he

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.460
 would feel

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:36.160
 pretty ridiculous

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.820
 falling for

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.559
 that twice,

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:39.080
 going after

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:40.080
 somebody's wife

00:33:40.080 --> 00:33:40.500
 and being like,

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.400
 you know,

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.059
 this is my

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.240
 sister.

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.440
 Oh,

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.619
 nope,

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:42.940
 she's the

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.159
 wife.

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.200
 Several years

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.819
 later doing it

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.059
 again,

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.339
 that'd be

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.759
 embarrassing.

00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:47.899
 But Isaac

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.339
 said unto

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:48.639
 them,

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.500
 wherefore,

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.099
 come ye to

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.339
 me,

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.779
 seeing ye

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.139
 hate me,

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.460
 and have

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.980
 sent me away

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:53.779
 from you.

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.259
 So Isaac

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.839
 is asking a

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.480
 good question.

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.220
 What are you

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.599
 doing here?

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.500
 And verse

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.839
 28,

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.339
 they said,

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.859
 we saw

00:33:58.859 --> 00:34:00.159
 certainly that

00:34:00.159 --> 00:34:00.519
 the Lord

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.000
 was with

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.179
 thee,

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.819
 and we

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.199
 said,

00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:02.619
 let there

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.019
 be now

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.359
 an oath

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.939
 betwixt us,

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:06.099
 even betwixt us

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.419
 in thee,

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.980
 and let us

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.879
 make a

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.139
 covenant

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.739
 with thee,

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.579
 that thou

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.159
 wilt do us

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.860
 no hurt,

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.420
 as we have

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.000
 not touched

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.239
 thee,

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.039
 and have

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.639
 done unto

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:14.960
 thee

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.860
 nothing but

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.239
 good,

00:34:16.319 --> 00:34:16.679
 and have

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.079
 sent thee

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.539
 away in

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:17.940
 peace.

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.980
 Thou art

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:20.639
 now the

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.139
 blessed of

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.579
 the Lord.

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.420
 I think

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.639
 what's

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.139
 interesting

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:25.039
 is when

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.460
 we're doing

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.819
 what we

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.159
 ought to

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.460
 do,

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.179
 even our

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.840
 enemies see

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.119
 that.

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.380
 Even people

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.739
 that we

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.139
 may not

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.639
 like,

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.000
 they notice

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.239
 that in

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.679
 our life.

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.719
 I'm not

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.039
 saying our

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.500
 co-workers

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.900
 are our

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.159
 enemies,

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:37.519
 I'm not

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.119
 saying friends

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.639
 and families,

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.059
 neighbors,

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.880
 but people

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.340
 notice.

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:40.920
 You're doing

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.159
 what you

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.460
 ought to

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.679
 do.

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.759
 The Lord

00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:43.239
 is blessing.

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.039
 They notice

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.659
 these things.

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:47.119
 And Abimelech,

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.880
 servants,

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.400
 they notice

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.819
 this.

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.239
 And verse

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.619
 31,

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:50.940
 and they

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.400
 rose up

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.139
 bee

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.700
 times in

00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.039
 the morning

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.480
 and swear

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.820
 one to

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.079
 another.

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:54.480
 And Isaac

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.940
 sent them

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.260
 away,

00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:55.960
 and they

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.420
 departed

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.920
 from him

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.500
 in peace.

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.599
 And it

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:58.860
 came to

00:34:58.860 --> 00:35:00.139
 pass the

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.619
 same day

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.160
 that Isaac's

00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:01.380
 servants

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.840
 came and

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.160
 told him

00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:02.500
 concerning

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.960
 the well

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.619
 which they

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.220
 had digged

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.619
 and said

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.019
 unto him,

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.519
 we have

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.900
 found

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.400
 water.

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.639
 And he

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.119
 called it

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.720
 Sheba,

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.280
 means promise.

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.139
 Therefore

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.539
 the name

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.039
 of the city

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.780
 is Beersheba

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.300
 unto this

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:13.639
 day.

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.280
 Drinking

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.539
 of the

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.720
 wells.

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.360
 Beersheba

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:16.900
 means the

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.240
 well of

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.700
 the oath.

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.099
 That's

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.579
 where Abraham

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:19.880
 had made

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.380
 that oath

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:21.940
 with Abimelech

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.680
 many years

00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.039
 ago.

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.860
 Isaac, he's

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:26.160
 identified by

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:26.680
 his tent

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:26.960
 and his

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.220
 altar.

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.480
 The king of

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.119
 Gerar shows

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.420
 up, sees

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.260
 this tent,

00:35:32.640 --> 00:35:33.220
 obviously we

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:34.360
 see Isaac

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.360
 built this

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:36.079
 temple or

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:37.860
 altar to

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.380
 pray to the

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:38.940
 Lord to

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.500
 give blessing.

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.420
 So he was

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.940
 wealthy enough

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.460
 to be able to

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.160
 build himself a

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:43.680
 fine house,

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:44.220
 but his tent

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:45.340
 identified him

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:46.059
 as a pilgrim

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:47.340
 and a stranger

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.840
 in the land.

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.599
 Let's turn to

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.659
 Hebrews 11.

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.400
 Like I said,

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.920
 he was wealthy

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.440
 enough, he could

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.659
 have built

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.219
 those nice

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:56.119
 things, but

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:58.099
 his tent was

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.539
 what showed

00:35:58.539 --> 00:36:00.320
 him that he

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:00.739
 was just a

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:01.199
 pilgrim.

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:03.039
 And we sing

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.539
 that song,

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.239
 this world is

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:04.940
 not my home,

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.519
 I'm just a

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.219
 passing through.

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:08.039
 Hebrews chapter

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.960
 11 verse 8

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:10.779
 says,

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:22.120
 Talk about

00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:22.519
 faith.

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.800
 Imagine if

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.160
 God said,

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:24.420
 Ethan,

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:25.620
 sell your

00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:26.420
 house and

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:26.640
 I'm going to

00:36:26.640 --> 00:36:26.920
 take you

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:28.240
 someplace and

00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:28.560
 I'll let you

00:36:28.560 --> 00:36:28.840
 know where

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.260
 it is.

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.580
 That'd be

00:36:30.580 --> 00:36:31.140
 faith.

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.480
 Convince my

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.840
 wife,

00:36:33.580 --> 00:36:33.960
 pregnant,

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.440
 and take our

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:35.880
 one-year-old

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.519
 daughter and

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.680
 just move.

00:36:38.640 --> 00:36:39.300
 But Abraham

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:39.780
 did it.

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:41.040
 Verse 9,

00:36:41.100 --> 00:36:41.940
 By faith he

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.620
 sojourned in

00:36:42.620 --> 00:36:43.040
 the land of

00:36:43.040 --> 00:36:43.640
 promise as

00:36:43.640 --> 00:36:44.320
 in a strange

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.860
 country,

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.740
 dwelling in

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.480
 tabernacles with

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:46.960
 Isaac and

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.420
 Jacob, the

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.880
 heirs with

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.720
 him of the

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.440
 same promise.

00:36:49.720 --> 00:36:49.980
 For he

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.620
 looked for a

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:51.280
 city which

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:52.200
 hath foundations

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:52.980
 whose builder

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 and maker is

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 God.

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 Up down to

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 verse 13.

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 These all

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 died in

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 faith, not

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 having received

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 the promises,

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 but having

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 seen them afar

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 off, and

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:04.060
 were persuaded

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 of them, and

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 embraced them,

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 and confessed

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 that they were

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 strangers and

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 pilgrims on

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 the earth,

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 for they that

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 say such

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 things declare

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 plainly that

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 they seek a

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 country, and

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 truly, the

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 Bible says, if

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 they had been

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 mindful of that

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 country from

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 whence they

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 came out, they

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 might have had

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 opportunity to

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 have returned,

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 but now they

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 desire a better

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:25.440
 country, that is

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 in heavenly,

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.120
 wherefore God is

00:37:27.120 --> 00:37:28.000
 not ashamed to be

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.760
 called their God,

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 for he hath

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 prepared for them

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 a city.

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 Isaac all the

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 way back then

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 knew, I'm just

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 passing through.

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 Isn't it

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 interesting, you

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 can have

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 somebody who

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 has good and

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.859
 bad days just

00:37:41.859 --> 00:37:42.339
 like we do,

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 there's some

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 days we're on

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 the mountaintop,

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:44.699
 other days we're

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.139
 in the valley,

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:46.219
 he was, I

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 think this is

00:37:46.839 --> 00:37:47.480
 interesting, a

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.460
 fugitive is

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 someone fleeing

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:50.480
 from home, a

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.779
 vagabond has no

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.359
 home, but a

00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:53.159
 pilgrim is heading

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:54.359
 home, and that's

00:37:54.359 --> 00:37:54.900
 what we're doing.

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.599
 The tent identified

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.420
 Isaac as a

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:58.039
 pilgrim, and the

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.599
 altar announced

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.179
 that he worshipped

00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:00.460
 Jehovah, and was

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.279
 heading up to the

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:02.639
 heavenly kingdom.

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:04.099
 Like Isaac, all who

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.779
 have trusted Jesus

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.760
 Christ are strangers

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.600
 in the world, and

00:38:06.600 --> 00:38:07.880
 pilgrims heading for

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 a better world.

00:38:09.560 --> 00:38:10.260
 So all of us would

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:11.060
 like to find our

00:38:11.060 --> 00:38:12.480
 Rehoboth, the

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.280
 enlargement, the

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.640
 roominess.

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:17.040
 I think about the

00:38:17.040 --> 00:38:19.880
 Sheba here in our

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.160
 text.

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 This is the place,

00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:22.160
 you know, I

00:38:22.160 --> 00:38:22.880
 started off telling

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:24.000
 you that blessings

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:25.400
 bring battles and

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.720
 burdens.

00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:27.480
 For Sheba has a

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.080
 special place.

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.800
 Because, you know,

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.640
 Abraham, when he

00:38:31.640 --> 00:38:32.660
 had that encounter

00:38:32.660 --> 00:38:34.160
 with Abimelech, they

00:38:34.160 --> 00:38:34.720
 made that promise.

00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:37.000
 But later on, Hagar

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:39.560
 runs there, burdened

00:38:39.560 --> 00:38:41.240
 by the fact that

00:38:41.240 --> 00:38:43.240
 Sarah hates her, and

00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:44.940
 Ishmael isn't

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:47.280
 working out, and the

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:48.180
 Lord appears to her

00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:48.460
 there.

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:50.400
 I mean, Isaac, he

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:51.300
 gets to Beersheba.

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:53.100
 The Lord blesses him

00:38:53.100 --> 00:38:53.980
 in his time of

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.940
 fighting with the

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:57.200
 enemy for water.

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:59.220
 During those times of

00:38:59.220 --> 00:39:00.140
 blessing and battle,

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:01.320
 God shows up.

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:03.500
 Later, Elijah is at

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:04.300
 Beersheba, hiding

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.940
 under a juniper

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.320
 tree.

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.679
 The Lord appears to

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:06.920
 him.

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:08.079
 Now, the Lord comes

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:09.119
 to us in our times of

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:10.139
 battle and burden.

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:12.019
 He wants to bless us.

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.840
 But there's also an

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:15.239
 expectation on us to

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:16.239
 trust him and allow

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:17.460
 him to do what he

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:18.099
 said he would do.

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.739
 All of us are looking

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.519
 for that enlargement

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:23.980
 where we have plenty of

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.860
 room and no

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.380
 contention.

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:26.719
 But Isaac's Rehoboth

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:28.320
 was found only after he

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:29.260
 endured conflict.

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:30.880
 It's through

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:32.100
 difficulties that God

00:39:32.100 --> 00:39:33.580
 enlarges us for larger

00:39:33.580 --> 00:39:34.000
 places.

00:39:34.120 --> 00:39:35.100
 He prepares for us.

00:39:36.520 --> 00:39:37.560
 In Psalm 4.1, it

00:39:37.560 --> 00:39:38.140
 says, Thou hast

00:39:38.140 --> 00:39:39.500
 enlarged me when I was

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.400
 in distress.

00:39:41.700 --> 00:39:42.580
 So when the troubles

00:39:42.580 --> 00:39:43.240
 of our hearts are

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:44.240
 enlarged and we trust

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:46.080
 God, then the Lord

00:39:46.080 --> 00:39:47.080
 can enlarge us.

00:39:48.620 --> 00:39:51.060
 Psalm 25.17, I'll

00:39:51.060 --> 00:39:51.900
 turn there real quick.

00:39:52.160 --> 00:39:52.840
 The troubles of my

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:54.120
 heart are enlarged.

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:55.320
 O bring thou me out of

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:56.260
 my distresses.

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:59.520
 Psalm 18.19, it

00:39:59.520 --> 00:40:00.220
 says, He brought me

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:01.180
 forth also into a

00:40:01.180 --> 00:40:01.860
 large place.

00:40:02.040 --> 00:40:03.460
 He delivered me because

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.740
 he delighted in me.

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:07.620
 If we want room, we

00:40:07.620 --> 00:40:08.660
 have to suffer because

00:40:08.660 --> 00:40:09.460
 that's the only way we

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:10.460
 can grow and feel at

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.500
 home in a larger place

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:13.540
 that God gives us when

00:40:13.540 --> 00:40:14.280
 we're ready for it.

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.940
 I think that's why

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:16.860
 Paul says, glory in

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.700
 your infirmities.

00:40:18.120 --> 00:40:18.960
 It sounds silly,

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:19.500
 right?

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.900
 Oh, wow, this is

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.560
 happening to me.

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.400
 So good.

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.960
 You know, I love being

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:25.480
 able to spend, you

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:25.760
 know what?

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:28.720
 Here, before we put

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:29.420
 that offering on the

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.200
 house, it was like

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:30.660
 two weeks.

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.520
 Every night, we're

00:40:31.520 --> 00:40:32.180
 going and looking at

00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:32.480
 houses.

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:34.140
 That's exhausting.

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.580
 Work all day, now

00:40:35.580 --> 00:40:36.000
 you're looking at

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:36.320
 houses.

00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:37.600
 Your poor kid is

00:40:37.600 --> 00:40:38.040
 confused.

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.740
 Why are we going to

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:39.580
 these strange houses

00:40:39.580 --> 00:40:40.220
 all the time?

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:41.220
 You know, she thinks

00:40:41.220 --> 00:40:41.680
 we're going to buy

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:42.380
 every single one of

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:42.520
 them.

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:43.420
 And you're trying to

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.960
 do all this, you

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.680
 finally land on

00:40:44.680 --> 00:40:45.940
 something, and then

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:46.560
 it's not the one.

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:48.400
 I have a choice.

00:40:49.240 --> 00:40:50.160
 I can go back to

00:40:50.160 --> 00:40:50.940
 that well and start

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:52.040
 digging again, let

00:40:52.040 --> 00:40:54.080
 God bless, or I

00:40:54.080 --> 00:40:54.400
 can't.

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.300
 Those are our

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:55.580
 choices.

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.019
 I think about the

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.600
 things that happen

00:40:57.600 --> 00:40:58.700
 in life that don't

00:40:58.700 --> 00:40:59.180
 go our way.

00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:00.039
 We may not even

00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:00.900
 understand why did

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.620
 God allow this to

00:41:01.620 --> 00:41:01.920
 happen?

00:41:03.560 --> 00:41:03.920
 Digging.

00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:05.660
 Go to the wells.

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:06.600
 Dig old wells.

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:07.039
 You know what?

00:41:07.100 --> 00:41:07.920
 Dig new wells.

00:41:08.600 --> 00:41:09.440
 Let God meet you

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:09.780
 there.

00:41:10.680 --> 00:41:11.340
 Let him be that

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:11.840
 for sheep.

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:14.280
 Let's pray.

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:14.300
 Let's pray.

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