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 For those of you who don't know me, my name is Chris. I oversee community groups here at Watermark, and it's great to see so many of you this morning.

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 How do you define success? What is it to be successful? I've got a few pictures up here. Here is Mr. Li Ka-Shing.

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 Is he a successful man? What about the next one? Here is Steve Jobs. Incredible visionary, creative talent. Was he successful in his life?

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 Here is Mother Teresa, poured out a life for many, many people, served the poor in India. Was she a success?

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 Here are my parents. Were they a success? You don't have to answer that question.

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 Okay, we all have different views of what it means to be successful in our lives.

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 And we're looking through God's story, and it's a story about what it means to be successful in life.

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 So we've looked at, and if we can have a look at the icons, we've looked so far in this story about how God has created us.

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 He's the ruler. He's the king. He's created us in his image to be like him, to enjoy relationship with him,

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 enjoy relationship with each other, and to be people who go out and fill the world with his goodness and with his love.

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 We also saw how in the story, we decided that actually we didn't want to be living in obedience to God's word.

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 We didn't want to do that. We wanted to run life our way.

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 And what happened is we said, we want to be the boss. We don't want to do things your way.

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 And what happens is things begin to break down. Relationship with God breaks down.

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 Relationship with others begins to break down. There's fear. There's hurt. There's shame.

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 There's all these things which begin to make life crumble apart.

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 And just as things have been getting bad, just as things have been getting bad,

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 the people are not really living as God's people.

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 The people are not living under God's rule.

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 The people are not living as a blessing to other people.

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 Then God comes and promises to Abraham three things.

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 He says, I'm going to recreate what I've already started.

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 I'm going to recreate a people in my image.

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 You're going to have a people.

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 He says to Abraham, you're going to have a land, a place that I'm going to put you in.

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 He says, I'm going to give you blessing.

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 And blessing which is going to go out to all the nations.

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 And so we've seen how God has taken the people out of slavery, through the Passover.

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 Passover. He's taken them into giving them his law,

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 which was meant to be a place where the people had his word

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 so they could be obedient to him, to enjoy his blessings,

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 to enjoy relationship with him, to learn how to love him first, love others.

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 And now he's going to bring them into the land that he's promised them.

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 So that's where we got to in the story so far.

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 The only problem so far has been God's wanted to take the people into the land.

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 And 40 years previous to where we are in this story,

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 he took them to the land.

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 The people of Israel said, the land looks amazing,

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 but there are some big people there.

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 We're scared. We don't want to go in.

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 So God, send us back to slavery in Egypt because it's much better there.

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 And 40 years later, all of that generation has died out except two people,

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 Joshua and Caleb.

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 So that's where we come to this story.

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 And we're going to look at this story because it's an amazing story.

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 I think it's a great story.

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 We're going to look at it about the commission, the mission, our plans, and God's plans.

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 Okay?

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 The commission, the mission, our plans, God's plans.

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 So let's kind of get into the story a little bit.

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 So it starts off, this passage, after the death of Moses.

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 And he comes to Joshua.

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 God says to Joshua,

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 Moses, my servant is dead.

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 Now you go into the land that I am giving to you.

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 Now, I don't know if you've thought about this,

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 but Moses, and in the previous chapter of Deuteronomy, it says,

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 Moses was a prophet like nobody else.

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 He saw God.

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 He met with God face to face.

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 He was someone who did incredible signs and wonders.

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 He was the man who was the most successful leader ever in the history of Israel.

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 In fact, he was the only leader.

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 But that's beside the point,

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 because he was someone who everybody looked up to.

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 And now he's dead.

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 And Joshua, who's been his little assistant walking alongside him,

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 it's his turn now.

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 And God tells him,

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 you're going to do something that even Moses couldn't do.

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 Imagine how Joshua's feeling at this point.

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 A little bit of fear.

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 A little bit of intrepidation.

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 A little bit of,

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 ooh, I'm not sure about that.

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 And so God has to tell Joshua three times,

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 be strong and courageous.

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 Be strong and courageous.

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 Be strong and courageous.

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 In fact, Moses has already told him,

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 because it seems like he hasn't quite got the message.

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 And God reassures Joshua in this moment.

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 He says, listen, I know this task seems so big for you,

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 but you know what?

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 I'm giving you this land.

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 I'm giving you the land.

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 It's a gift from me.

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 It's my land.

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 I'm giving it to you.

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 Because you may feel overwhelmed,

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 but realize that I'm the one who gives

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 and wants to bless you generously with what is mine.

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 So it's a bit like,

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 I'm giving you,

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 this is my house.

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 This is my land.

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 I'm giving you,

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 I've got the title deeds.

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 I'm giving it to you.

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 All I'm asking you to do is go and move into my house.

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 That's what he's saying.

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 And then he says,

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 he's reassuring him again by saying,

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 also,

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 what's going to make you successful

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 is the fact,

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 not of your great abilities,

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 not of your great adequacy,

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 not of your great career record,

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 because it's not looking too good at the moment,

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 but actually,

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 what's going to make you successful

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 is that I am with you

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 and you need to get into my word,

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 you need to meditate on it,

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 you need to soak in it,

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 and you need to obey it.

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 Because when you do that,

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 when you put me first,

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 you know what?

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 You will be successful.

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 You will be successful.

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 I will not leave you.

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 I will not forsake you

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 because I'm in this.

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 It's not about your adequacy.

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 It's about me.

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 In fact,

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 your success is not even really

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 just about the mission that I've got you on.

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 That's important,

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 but that's not the main thing.

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 That's not ultimate success.

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 The main success is not measured in your achievements,

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 but it's measured in your relationship.

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 God doesn't measure your success

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 in how much you've managed to get done.

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 He's measuring it in terms of your obedience

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 and your relationship with him.

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 So if you remember,

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 last week,

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 God showed us that what he wanted for his people

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 was to be a people who loved him

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 and loved others,

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 who were distinctive in the way they did relationships.

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 And who really honored him.

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 So let me just ask the question to you.

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 What is success for you?

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 What is it that if you were to look on your gravestone,

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 at the end of your life,

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 you would want to be known for?

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 Because God makes it very clear to Joshua

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 that he is to be known as somebody

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 who was God's man,

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 who was a man who loved, followed God.

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 That's the commission.

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 So now let's get in a bit more

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 into the juicy details of the story,

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 because this story is amazing.

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 And we're going to have a go and look in chapter two,

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 because we're going to look at the actual mission.

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 And I love this bit,

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 because Joshua takes this commission

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 and he comes up with a strategy

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 for entering into the land.

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 He kind of goes on a little bit of a recce mission

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 to see where the lie of the land is,

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 to see who the people are,

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 and to work out where the weak points of the land is.

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 And so they come to Jericho.

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 And if you've got a,

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 there's a picture, I think, of Jericho here.

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 Tobin took this picture while he was on.

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 It doesn't look the most exciting place,

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 but there was plenty of things to go and see.

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 So they go out on this mission,

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 two budding kind of little James Bonds, you know.

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 They're off there on their Occupy Canaan mission.

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 And let's call these little spies Dan and Ben.

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 Okay?

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 So Dan and Ben are coming along into the city

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 and, you know, heart pounding

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 because they're going right into enemy territory,

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 behind enemy lines.

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 And they come in,

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 and they come into the city

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 and they think they've got in unnoticed.

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 They slip into a local inn just at the beginning.

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 And you can see them kind of high-fiving each other.

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 Yeah, we made it.

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 We got it.

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 Okay?

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 And they get into this little place,

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 which seems to them a little bit seedy.

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 Okay?

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 A little bit on the dodgy side.

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 But these were kind of naive, young Jewish boys,

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 so they're not used to seeing the bright lights of the city.

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 And the owner seems just a little bit over-friendly.

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 Okay?

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 They're not sure what she's after,

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 but, you know, their genitals pumping,

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 and they're thinking everything's going fine.

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 Now, if you actually read the story carefully,

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 and if you read it in the Hebrews where it looks,

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 the spies are less like James Bond

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 and are more like Austin Powers or Johnny English,

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 because the whole thing is quite comical,

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 the way it's written.

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 I mean, think about it.

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 They're completely incompetent,

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 because they've just walked in.

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 They've only been there a few hours,

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 and already the king knows everything about them.

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 He knows where they are,

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 what they're doing,

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 and which house they're staying at.

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 That's not a good spy.

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 Okay?

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 Okay?

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 Then, if that's not enough,

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 where have they walked into but the local brothel?

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 Okay?

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 And for some naive Jewish boys,

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 who are meant to be the holy people of God,

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 representing him,

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 it's all getting just a little bit racy.

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 There's a few distractions going on here.

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 Okay?

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 And just as the boys maybe seem to be getting on

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 rather too well with Rahab at this point,

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 there's a knock on the door.

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 And the king's representatives come there and say,

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 excuse me,

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 there are some guys who've come,

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 and they're our vicious enemies,

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 and they've come to search out and steal our land.

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 We know they're in there.

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 Bring them out.

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 Everything seems lost for this Israeli Jewish boys.

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 Their spying career seems like it's coming

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 to a very abrupt end.

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 End.

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 But then Rahab comes along,

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 and she's obviously a pretty savvy woman.

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 She comes to these actually rather clueless kingsmen

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 and says three blatant lies.

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 I mean, these are big whoppers.

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 I mean, she says,

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 the men came to me,

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 and I didn't know where they were from.

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 Okay?

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 Being a prostitute,

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 you can only imagine what she's actually saying.

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 She's actually implying,

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 they did some business with me.

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 They went away.

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 They were satisfied.

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 Okay?

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 They left the city.

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 I don't know where they are.

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 And then she says,

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 you better run after them quickly.

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 And she says,

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 they went that way.

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 Okay?

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 And these clueless guys are like,

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 oh.

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 Okay?

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 And you see them running off into the distance,

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 out through the gates,

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 and then the gates are slammed shut,

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 and they're locked out for the night.

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 And the enemies are locked in.

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 Isn't it crazy?

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 And if that's not enough,

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 you see,

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 the spies are upstairs,

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 you know,

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 looking really macho,

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 lying under a load of grass or something,

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 trying to hide them,

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 probably, like,

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 poking in their ears,

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 trying not to sneeze

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 while the conversation is going on down below.

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 And they're wondering,

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 man,

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 what have we got ourselves into?

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 This Rahab person,

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 what is she going to give us away?

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 What's going on here?

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 They have no clue what is going on.

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 Everything seems lost.

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 And yet,

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 God has planned

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 a pagan prostitute

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 to be the means

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 that God is going to bring about

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 his purposes and plans.

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 It's incredible.

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 And if you think about this story,

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 we've got to kind of...

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 The story's not really

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 what you might call

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 a good Christian story

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 because

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 there's a part in it

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 where there's lies going on.

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 And some people have said,

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 in this story,

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 Rahab lies,

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 that means it's okay

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 for Christians to lie.

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 Okay?

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 Because she does.

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 God seems to not mind

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 too much about it.

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 Is it okay for people to lie?

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 Well,

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 I'm not going to go into much detail,

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 but I think

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 if you think about it,

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 here's just a couple of thoughts.

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 When we lie,

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 our lies are mostly

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 about saving ourselves,

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 advancing ourselves,

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 making ourselves look good

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 so we can get something

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 out of the situation.

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 Rahab lies,

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 and she's saving others,

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 and she's putting herself

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 on the line.

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 Because, you know,

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 if the king finds out

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 what Rahab has done,

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 do you know what's going to happen to her?

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 Now,

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 she's going to be dead.

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 She is willing

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 to sacrifice her life

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 for theirs

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 because she's seen

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 something about God

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 which is different.

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 Now,

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 could she possibly

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 have avoided lying?

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 Maybe.

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 But remember who she is?

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 She's a rough woman

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 who is a messy character,

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 and she does the only thing

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 she knows how to do

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 in a life-or-death situation.

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 And she chooses

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 to honor God,

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 the God of the Israelites,

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 more than saving her own skin.

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 And this is incredible.

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 I mean,

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 look at verse 9 and 11.

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 This is just quite extraordinary.

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 Rahab says,

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 Think about the scene.

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 These guys,

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 they're just lying

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 under some grass,

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 heart pounding,

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 okay,

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 looking a complete wreck,

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 and she's saying,

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 everybody's melting away

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 before you.

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 Something supernatural

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 is going on

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 because I don't think

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 anyone else

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 will be melting away

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 before them.

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 And she says,

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 Your God,

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 the Lord,

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 is the God

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 of the heavens

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 and the earth.

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 Rahab is a pagan Canaanite.

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 Remember,

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 pagan,

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 at those times,

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 they had lots

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 of different gods.

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 They had the gods

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 of the storms,

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 gods of fertility,

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 gods of marriage,

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 gods of war.

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 They had every kind

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 of god you could imagine,

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 okay?

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 And your purpose

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 as a follower

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 of the religion

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 was to make sure

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 you appeased,

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 make sure you were loyal

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 to these gods

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 because if you weren't,

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 they might kind of

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 strike you down.

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 If you were,

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 if you managed

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 to get their favor

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 like we talked about

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 last week,

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 then they might get blessing.

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 But she's actually

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 being disloyal

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 to her gods

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 and she's saying,

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 I know your god

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 is more powerful,

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 stronger,

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 mightier,

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 greater than any

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 of my gods.

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 And think even further

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 about who this woman is.

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 Rahab is an outcast

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 in society.

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 She's the lowest

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 of the low.

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 She appears to be unmarried.

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 No husband is mentioned.

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 No children are mentioned

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 when she talks about

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 who she wants to save.

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 And in a woman

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 where your honor

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 came through having

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 your children,

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 she had none.

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 in a place

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 where the women

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 would look at her profession

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 and would scorn her

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 and the men

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 would look at her

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 and they were probably

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 her clients

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 and they would think

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 she was good

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 just for one thing.

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 God looked at her

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 and saw

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 something bigger

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 and greater.

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 He wanted

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 to save

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 and reach out

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 and work

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 in Rahab's life.

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 All the others

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 are under

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 his judgment

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 and she knows

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 that she would be

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 under God's judgment

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 as well

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 and she turns

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 to God

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 and she strikes

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 a deal.

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 She says,

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 if I put this cord

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 in a window,

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 when you guys

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 come back

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 because I know

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 God's given you

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 this land,

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 when I come back

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 this will be a sign

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 that you're going

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 to save me.

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 That just like,

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 remember,

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 at Passover

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 the blood,

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 as Celeste said earlier,

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 was the protection

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 that when God saw it

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 they were safe.

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 So when the Israelites

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 were going to see

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 this cord,

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 the whole of that family

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 was going to be saved,

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 protected from death.

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 And the story's amazing

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 because the spies

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 managed to get home

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 and do you know

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 what they say?

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 In spite of their incompetence,

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 in spite of their

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 everything seeming

00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:06.900
 to go wrong,

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 God has actually

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 brought them

00:18:09.300 --> 00:18:10.259
 to the right house,

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 he's got them

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 the right information

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 and he's even

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 increased their faith

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 that God

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 is at work

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 and God is going

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 to give them

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 the land.

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 They were fearful

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 but it takes

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 a pagan prostitute

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 to encourage them

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 to trust in their God.

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 Would you have

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 planned that?

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 Would you have

00:18:33.659 --> 00:18:34.220
 planned that?

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 Because God's

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:38.139
 great plan as well

00:18:38.139 --> 00:18:39.500
 was to bring Rahab

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 into his family.

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 An outcast

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 is welcomed in.

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 She lives

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 and dwells

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 with the people

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 of God.

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 God's

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 God's

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 I'd never

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 have planned that.

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 I don't think

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 Joshua

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 and the spies

00:18:54.439 --> 00:18:54.879
 would ever

00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.539
 have planned that.

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 But

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 when we make

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.599
 our plans,

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 generally they're

00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:00.899
 often centered

00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:01.699
 around making us

00:19:01.699 --> 00:19:02.299
 more comfortable.

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 Maybe getting us,

00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:06.679
 making us look

00:19:06.679 --> 00:19:07.139
 competent,

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:07.980
 making us look

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.419
 capable,

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.439
 making us look

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 as if we're

00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:11.720
 we can do it

00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:12.480
 by ourselves.

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 But when God

00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:15.019
 does his plans,

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.059
 do you know

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.940
 who gets the glory?

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 It's God

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 because he's

00:19:21.360 --> 00:19:22.059
 the one who's

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.559
 made to look

00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.220
 more infinitely

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.799
 wise,

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 greater,

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.519
 stronger,

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 more glorious.

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 His plans

00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:29.460
 are so much

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 bigger and he

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 invites us

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 to be part

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 of his plan

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 and to fall

00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.559
 more in love

00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:35.019
 with him

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.660
 as you see

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.680
 how he works.

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 He doesn't work

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 the way we work.

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 That's the mission.

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.599
 It's an extraordinary

00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.299
 story, isn't it?

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 Who would have

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.339
 thought it?

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 So we thought

00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:48.099
 about the commission

00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:49.640
 that God told

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.740
 Joshua to go in

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 and to trust him,

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.360
 to obey him.

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 We've looked at

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.480
 the mission

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 and how everything

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:55.240
 seemed to go wrong.

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.120
 Now let's think

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:57.079
 about our plans

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 for a minute.

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 I think in Hong Kong

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 this is a place

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.799
 where we love

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.660
 making plans.

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.380
 You know,

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:04.079
 we make plans

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.880
 for our financial

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.460
 security.

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 We make plans

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:07.059
 for our investments.

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:07.860
 We make plans

00:20:07.860 --> 00:20:08.500
 for our children.

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 We make plans

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.980
 for our vacations.

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.779
 We make plans

00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:12.379
 for our career

00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:12.819
 development.

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 We're always

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:14.279
 making plans.

00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:14.839
 Big plans,

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.399
 little plans.

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.399
 Everything has

00:20:16.399 --> 00:20:16.960
 to be planned.

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.399
 Now Joshua

00:20:19.399 --> 00:20:20.279
 made plans.

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.099
 God told him

00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:22.119
 to go into the land

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.859
 but he didn't give him

00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.839
 detailed instructions

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.619
 on how to do it.

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 So he's there.

00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.319
 He thinks,

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:26.740
 okay,

00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.920
 I'm using my best

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 military tactics.

00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:29.480
 I'm going to plan

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 to go in.

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 But the thing

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.500
 is,

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.960
 with the plans,

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.180
 God didn't have

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.640
 a problem

00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:36.960
 with them

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.720
 making plans.

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.299
 God doesn't have

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:38.619
 a problem

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.000
 with us

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.819
 making plans.

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 But what was

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.940
 the primary goal

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.960
 of their plans

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:45.700
 is the essential thing.

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.299
 You see,

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.140
 at every different

00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:47.920
 stage of life,

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.700
 it's really interesting,

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.440
 every different

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.180
 stage of life,

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.759
 you'll have

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.619
 different plans

00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:53.720
 and a different view

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.460
 of what you think

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:55.380
 success is for you

00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:55.940
 at that moment.

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:57.640
 We recently had

00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:58.500
 a two-year-old

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.299
 staying with us

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 and success for her,

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.720
 the thing which

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.580
 all her plans

00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:04.460
 revolved around

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.140
 were getting

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:06.660
 a frozen pencil

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.559
 from Disneyland.

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:10.400
 This was her

00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:13.539
 great life's work

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:15.080
 that if she could

00:21:15.080 --> 00:21:16.160
 get some piece

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:17.059
 of merchandise

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:18.620
 which showed

00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:19.559
 somebody looking

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.180
 more like a

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:21.460
 Swedish pop star

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 than anything else,

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 if she could get

00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:25.059
 this,

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 then her life

00:21:26.179 --> 00:21:26.980
 was complete.

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 I look at this

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.819
 a little bit

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.279
 cynically,

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.200
 thinking,

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.519
 this is just

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.019
 a tactic

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:35.279
 to guilt parents

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.879
 into lining

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.399
 the pockets

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.539
 of rich companies,

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 but I had

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.480
 to let it go.

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 And

00:21:40.179 --> 00:21:49.399
 the thing was,

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:51.940
 when she

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:55.180
 didn't manage

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:56.380
 to get the pencil

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 or her parents

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.380
 said,

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 no,

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.200
 you can't play

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.960
 with that now,

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.700
 all hell

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.640
 let loose.

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 It was like

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 the end of the world

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 was happening.

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 Life was collapsing

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.759
 all around her.

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 But you know now,

00:22:09.320 --> 00:22:10.160
 I don't know how many

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.700
 of you think

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.519
 that that was a really

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 significant thing

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.440
 to get worried about.

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:15.420
 Because as you get older,

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:17.080
 perspective changes.

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 And actually,

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.480
 you work through

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.440
 every single different

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.640
 stage of your life

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.940
 and as you look back,

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.940
 you get a different

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.920
 perspective on what

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.980
 is really important

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.680
 and significant

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.500
 in your life.

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.299
 And you know,

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.680
 that frozen pencil,

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:32.420
 I think it's fine.

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:32.799
 I mean,

00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.579
 it can be important

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:33.980
 for her.

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.680
 It's creative.

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 I mean,

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.700
 it can help her

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.319
 maybe develop

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.960
 some skills

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.880
 of writing

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.420
 or something.

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:40.360
 But in the grand

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.279
 scheme of things,

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.940
 it's secondary.

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.860
 It's not primary.

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.740
 It's not the most

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.500
 important thing.

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.380
 And for us,

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.279
 if you think about

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.259
 the plans that you

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:50.660
 are making in your life,

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.519
 what are the things

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.680
 that you consider

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:55.220
 to be ultimate

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:56.039
 at the moment?

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.900
 It may be short term,

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.720
 it may be long term,

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.740
 it may be just getting

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:01.079
 your to-do list done

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.799
 this week.

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.180
 It may be getting a spouse,

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.420
 it may be booking a holiday,

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.640
 it could be anything,

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:08.279
 but those things

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.380
 can sometimes become

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.660
 the center of our world.

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:13.279
 And if you were to take

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:14.279
 God's perspective,

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.559
 perspective,

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.819
 which is actually

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:17.019
 far bigger than ours,

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.460
 he might look at it

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.039
 and say,

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:22.559
 important,

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:24.319
 but not primary,

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.899
 not ultimate,

00:23:26.399 --> 00:23:27.359
 not the most

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.339
 significant thing.

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.099
 Because you think

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.599
 what happens

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.960
 when you don't get

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.299
 what you want,

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.980
 when your plans

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:34.339
 don't quite work out.

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.500
 Because your reaction

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.519
 will show you

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.299
 whether something

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:39.480
 is primary or secondary.

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:39.859
 You know,

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:42.460
 when you are frustrated,

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.140
 when you're getting

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:44.660
 impatient with people,

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:47.059
 when you're having

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:48.460
 critical words

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.500
 towards other people

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.279
 because they're not

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.160
 doing what you want

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.779
 them to do,

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.539
 that may be showing

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.299
 you something

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.400
 about whether

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.140
 you're trusting

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.059
 in things which are

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:58.880
 secondary or ultimate.

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:02.000
 Because God wants us

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.539
 to put him

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.460
 as ultimate,

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.220
 to put growing

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.160
 in faith

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.920
 like God did

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.779
 with the spies

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.420
 as ultimate,

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.700
 to put our character,

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.840
 the way we reflect

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.900
 and image him

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.720
 in our lives

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.360
 as ultimate,

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.759
 to put loving him,

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.700
 loving others

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.420
 as ultimate.

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.680
 Everything else,

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.080
 important though it may be,

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.660
 is secondary.

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.500
 And many of us

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.160
 are stressed

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.980
 over things

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.779
 which are actually,

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.140
 you know,

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.559
 health,

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.620
 education,

00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:30.360
 holidays,

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.500
 getting work done.

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.740
 And we come to

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:37.539
 church service

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.180
 on a Sunday

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:39.340
 and we're stressed

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:40.140
 out from everything

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.900
 which has gone wrong

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.360
 in the week

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:41.980
 and then we say,

00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:42.320
 God,

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.740
 bless my plans

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.440
 this week

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.660
 because my world

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.620
 is out of control.

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.900
 And maybe God

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:52.940
 might say to us,

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:57.019
 stop trying to fit me

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.320
 into your plans

00:24:58.320 --> 00:25:00.720
 and maybe start

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.840
 trying to think about

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:03.799
 how do I

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.440
 fit into God's plans?

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:07.940
 because the problem is

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:10.840
 if you

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:12.380
 try

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:14.700
 and make your plans

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.180
 ultimate,

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.559
 do you know what happens?

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.539
 Three things happen.

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.840
 One,

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.460
 we mess up

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.240
 our own plans.

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.120
 You know,

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.680
 the spies,

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.559
 they were

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:26.100
 completely incompetent.

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.799
 They bungled

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.500
 everything.

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.940
 They got everything

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.500
 wrong.

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:32.039
 And we can live

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.960
 under delusions

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.840
 that if I am

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.720
 competent enough,

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.860
 if I just do

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.420
 this path,

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.279
 if I just manage

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.880
 to succeed

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:39.220
 in my plan,

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.720
 get my kids

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.319
 to grow up

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.380
 to be like Einstein,

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.660
 be wise enough

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.740
 to get my right choices

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.519
 for my career move,

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.880
 then I'll be successful.

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.880
 And it's big things

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.339
 and little things.

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:49.839
 This week,

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.299
 Friday,

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:52.200
 I was going off

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.900
 to teach at

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.519
 Mayfoo.

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.319
 I'd prepared

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.319
 this amazing lesson.

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.480
 All the resources

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.180
 prepared.

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.620
 The whole lesson

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:59.299
 was based around

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.640
 certain resources

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.780
 and so I left

00:26:01.780 --> 00:26:02.560
 and I was at

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:03.100
 Prince Edward

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.840
 on the MTR

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.560
 and suddenly

00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:05.540
 I realized something.

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.660
 I'd forgotten

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.720
 all the resources

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.420
 that I planned.

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.680
 My whole lesson

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.720
 was based on

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.380
 these things.

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:14.140
 And at that moment,

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.300
 I was thinking,

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.840
 I have three hours

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:18.340
 with 16 students

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:20.580
 and I'm just going

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.259
 to have to talk

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.660
 at them

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:23.140
 because I've got nothing.

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.100
 I'm going to have

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.780
 to wing it

00:26:24.780 --> 00:26:26.020
 because, you see,

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.819
 I make my plans

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.200
 but, you know,

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.460
 I mess up my plans.

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.420
 And if it's not you

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.019
 who mess them up,

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.879
 then you can be guaranteed

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.619
 somebody else

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.660
 is going to mess them up.

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:35.980
 You know,

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.759
 think about the story.

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:39.619
 Somebody told the king.

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:42.259
 Who was that little snitch

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.700
 who went to the king

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.519
 and told him?

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.879
 Wouldn't the whole

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.480
 of the story

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.299
 have been so much

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.359
 less stressful

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:50.519
 if they hadn't

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.139
 told the king?

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.619
 They could have

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.400
 just walked in,

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.579
 merely done a little

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.139
 look around,

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.960
 taken a few pictures

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.559
 and then gone away.

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.559
 It would have been fine.

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.859
 But God wasn't

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.799
 working like that.

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:00.359
 You know,

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.579
 I have this all the time.

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.179
 Big things,

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.759
 little things.

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.720
 I was going into

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.339
 the supermarket

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.960
 the other day.

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:06.000
 I was in a hurry.

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.039
 I had two minutes.

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:08.059
 I knew what I wanted.

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.259
 I went straight to get it,

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.279
 straight to the checkout.

00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:11.460
 Just before I reached

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.859
 the checkout,

00:27:12.159 --> 00:27:13.720
 a lady came in front of me

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.779
 who seemed she had been

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.220
 shopping,

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.579
 ready for Armageddon

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.039
 to come

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:19.559
 because she had produced

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:22.179
 everything in the whole store.

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:24.000
 So here I am.

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.619
 I'm in a hurry.

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.699
 I've got to get to a meeting.

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:27.399
 And so she slowly

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.559
 starts putting the things

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.739
 on the little conveyor belt.

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:32.159
 Time just stands still

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:33.159
 for a little while.

00:27:33.639 --> 00:27:34.579
 And as I think

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.919
 she's beginning to get through

00:27:35.919 --> 00:27:37.639
 the next three years' supply,

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:40.439
 then the lady,

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.439
 the cashier,

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:42.779
 suddenly finds

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.819
 the barcode

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.199
 doesn't work.

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:48.179
 At that moment,

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.619
 instead of being

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.519
 a sensible person

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.279
 looking at the barcode,

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:52.099
 typing it in,

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:53.000
 she decides

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.559
 that she'd like

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.359
 to have a conversation

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.859
 about this

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:56.259
 with every other employee

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.559
 in the whole shop.

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.539
 Twelve hours later,

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.740
 she arrives back

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.500
 with me fuming,

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.240
 okay,

00:28:02.459 --> 00:28:03.779
 my heart was not at peace.

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.679
 And she,

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:06.639
 then the lady

00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.879
 in front of me

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.399
 says to her,

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.519
 actually,

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.099
 I don't think

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.740
 I'll take it.

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.699
 I'll leave it.

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:14.640
 You see,

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:16.900
 if you want

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.819
 to make plans,

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.080
 if you don't mess them up,

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.680
 somebody else

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.360
 will mess them up

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.900
 for you.

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.880
 And if it's not that,

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:24.880
 then circumstances

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:26.180
 will mess the things up.

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:26.680
 You know,

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.160
 the spies,

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.640
 they're trapped

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.259
 on the roof,

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.319
 lying under this

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.980
 kind of grass,

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:31.440
 like sticking out

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.900
 of their ears,

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:33.000
 and they can't get on

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.799
 with any spying.

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.180
 Think about it,

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.720
 when they go back

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.180
 to Joshua,

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.960
 what are they going to say?

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.580
 Hey, Josh,

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:37.920
 you know,

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.920
 we had a few problems,

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:41.160
 there wasn't a great view,

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:43.080
 but we'll just go back tomorrow,

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.200
 do a few street interviews,

00:28:44.320 --> 00:28:45.400
 and just get a bit for you.

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.980
 The circumstances

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:49.060
 were not looking good.

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.880
 And we can have circumstances,

00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.740
 health problems,

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:55.100
 the economic climate,

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:57.220
 all kinds of things

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.940
 can come in

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:59.420
 and can mess up your plans.

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.680
 We can,

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.940
 other people can,

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.340
 circumstances can.

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.539
 But do you know what?

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:08.559
 I think,

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.119
 ultimately,

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:10.779
 behind many of those things,

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.659
 actually,

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.680
 God sometimes

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.500
 wants to mess up

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.119
 our plans.

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.379
 Because,

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.480
 I don't think

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.920
 we want to

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:20.960
 think about that,

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.139
 but because

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:24.539
 as you realize

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.559
 how you react

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.440
 when your plans

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.259
 are messed up,

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:29.879
 it begins to show you

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:31.039
 what you've really

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.279
 been trusting in,

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.359
 what you've really

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.359
 made ultimate.

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.799
 And what God

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.740
 wants to do

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.519
 is he wants

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.180
 to expose

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:39.180
 your heart to you

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.220
 to show you

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.960
 that maybe

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.460
 you're living

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.099
 for something,

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.879
 that when you look

00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:43.759
 back at the end

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.379
 of your life

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.419
 in full perspective,

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:46.259
 you're going to say,

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.039
 actually,

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.940
 that wasn't

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.940
 really worth it.

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.759
 That actually,

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.200
 when you look back

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:55.139
 at your plans,

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:57.379
 maybe they were

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.359
 just so narrow

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:59.720
 like this,

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:01.240
 and that God

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.899
 had something

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:03.620
 so much bigger

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.720
 that he was

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.920
 wanting to do.

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.519
 How are you

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.019
 fitting into

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.720
 God's plans?

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.140
 And maybe

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:14.000
 think about this,

00:30:14.280 --> 00:30:16.300
 how are your plans

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:17.840
 and what stops you

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:22.140
 from loving people

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:23.080
 as God's plan

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:23.880
 calls us to,

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:25.820
 to trusting him

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.540
 as God's plan

00:30:26.540 --> 00:30:27.259
 calls you to,

00:30:27.560 --> 00:30:28.500
 that stops you

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.300
 maybe noticing

00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:30.259
 the people around you?

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.660
 Because you know,

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.599
 when you're stressed,

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.680
 in that situation,

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.460
 in the supermarket,

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.660
 I was not thinking

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.420
 loving thoughts

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.319
 towards other people.

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.940
 Because you actually

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:39.400
 get so wrapped up

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.119
 with yourself

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.980
 that you actually

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.559
 lose sight

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.440
 of everything else.

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.619
 Society will tell you

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:48.420
 success is found

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.359
 in certain things.

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.539
 It will tell you,

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.879
 look at someone like

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.640
 Li Ka-Shing

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.559
 or Steve Jobs,

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.799
 and they'll say,

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:58.039
 earning that much money,

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.119
 being that creative,

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.160
 being that visionary,

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.500
 that is success.

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.140
 And you know,

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.779
 they'll write books

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.200
 about it.

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.480
 You know,

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.299
 people who become

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.819
 successful,

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.640
 they always write a book

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.180
 about how they

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.980
 became successful.

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.559
 Do you notice that?

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:08.940
 And they say,

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:09.859
 this is how you

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.299
 should do it.

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.740
 You know,

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.960
 there's even a book,

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.279
 Steve Jobs,

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.640
 for kids.

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.599
 Okay?

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:17.339
 You can go out

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.799
 and buy it.

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.539
 You can, okay,

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.700
 your life's kids

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.440
 will be amazing

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.980
 afterwards.

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.240
 Because we look

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.859
 at people

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:25.099
 with those kind

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.579
 of talents

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.259
 and those things,

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.879
 and we say,

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:28.140
 that is success.

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.259
 Society

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.759
 applauds.

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:34.440
 But in God's eyes,

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.700
 is that success?

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.599
 Did he use

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.779
 his amazing talents

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:43.079
 for the glory of God?

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.839
 Did people look at him

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.259
 and say,

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.039
 wow,

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.680
 that is a testimony

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:49.220
 to how good God is?

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.980
 I don't know

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:53.559
 Steve Jobs' heart,

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.240
 but I do know

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.559
 that many of the people

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.720
 in our society

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:59.640
 that we say success,

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.480
 God,

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.900
 in his perspective,

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.799
 which is so much

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.519
 bigger than us,

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.259
 says,

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.660
 failed.

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.299
 Says,

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.940
 you missed it.

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:11.180
 You lived for something

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.319
 which was that big

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.339
 when I wanted you

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.319
 to live for something

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.380
 that was that big.

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.680
 God may be messing up

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.539
 some of your plans

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.080
 at the moment

00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:22.140
 because he actually

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.779
 wants you

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.600
 to live

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:24.420
 a truly,

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.660
 lastingly,

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:27.560
 successful life.

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.580
 Not just getting

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:29.980
 your frozen pencil,

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.160
 whatever that is

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.539
 for you

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.340
 right at the moment.

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.759
 But he wants

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.740
 to be able to say,

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:37.600
 when you're on

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.380
 your deathbed

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:39.580
 and you look back

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:41.460
 and you have trusted him

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.759
 and you have obeyed him,

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:44.060
 he wants you to say,

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.420
 he wants to say to you,

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.519
 well done,

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.380
 good,

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.180
 faithful,

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.940
 servant.

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.080
 You trusted me.

00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:51.519
 You look to love me.

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.640
 You look to love

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.880
 the people around you.

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.720
 In your messiness,

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:57.259
 you're not perfect.

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.700
 That,

00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:00.920
 in God's eyes,

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.880
 is success.

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.860
 So that's how

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.920
 our plans work.

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:08.279
 God's plan,

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.039
 we've said it's

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.700
 so much bigger.

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.980
 Well, let's think about

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.080
 how God's plan is.

00:33:12.560 --> 00:33:13.500
 Just look at the mission.

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:15.039
 It seemed to go wrong,

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.080
 but God was doing

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.660
 something bigger.

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.500
 What was God doing?

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.580
 Joshua and the spies

00:33:19.580 --> 00:33:20.200
 thought they were

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.259
 just taking the land.

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:23.580
 But God

00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:26.040
 wanted to rescue

00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:27.800
 an outcast prostitute

00:33:27.800 --> 00:33:29.060
 and bring her

00:33:29.060 --> 00:33:30.000
 and her family

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.800
 into

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:32.240
 his family.

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.620
 And more than that,

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.640
 he was wanting

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.519
 to fulfill

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.200
 the promise,

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:38.580
 remember,

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.080
 that he'd made

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.660
 to Abraham,

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.060
 the promise that

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:41.980
 blessing would go

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:43.019
 to all the nations.

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.099
 Well, this is the beginning

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:46.259
 of a microcosm

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.000
 of how God

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.660
 is doing that.

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:50.099
 And you might even say,

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.720
 well, what about

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.599
 all the other people?

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.639
 God's judgment

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:53.299
 came.

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:54.740
 That's the bad news.

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.700
 That's the hard part

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:57.279
 of the Bible message.

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.900
 The people of Jericho's

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.559
 sin had grown so bad,

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.779
 God had waited

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.940
 500 years.

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.240
 You look,

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:04.059
 Genesis 15,

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.680
 God says,

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.079
 they're not ready yet.

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:07.299
 Their sin is not bad enough.

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.900
 But he's waited

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:08.940
 500 years

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.860
 for them to repent,

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:11.059
 and they haven't.

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.920
 And sin brings death.

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:17.220
 Same with Adam and Eve,

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.079
 same with Passover.

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.559
 But where there is

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.680
 deserved judgment,

00:34:21.160 --> 00:34:23.160
 there is undeserved grace.

00:34:24.120 --> 00:34:24.720
 And the question,

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.720
 I don't know why God

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:26.380
 sometimes does

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.140
 the things he does,

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.840
 but when I would look

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:30.180
 in a bigger perspective,

00:34:31.180 --> 00:34:32.519
 and I don't have that yet,

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:35.840
 I think my question

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.960
 would be not

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.420
 why does he judge

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.059
 some people,

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.920
 but it would be more,

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.360
 why does he save

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:42.079
 some people?

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.059
 Because would you

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.679
 have planned

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:46.159
 for an outcast prostitute

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:47.059
 to come into

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:48.199
 your community group?

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:50.500
 Would you have chosen

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:52.360
 that as your plan,

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.219
 your technique,

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.019
 your strategy?

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.019
 Would you see

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:57.000
 the people that no one

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.940
 else in the society

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.539
 sees?

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:01.340
 Probably we wouldn't,

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:03.179
 but God does.

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.480
 And part of living

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.360
 in God's plan

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.099
 is to begin

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:08.059
 to get his heart

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:09.059
 and to see the people

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:10.039
 that he sees.

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:11.119
 People in your office,

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:12.159
 people in your workplace,

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:13.500
 wherever he has placed you,

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.599
 God has people

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.179
 that he wants

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:16.139
 to reach out to

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:17.000
 and save.

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.880
 And if we're so wrapped up

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.679
 in our plans,

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.299
 do you know what?

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.619
 We may miss out

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.539
 on being part

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.820
 of what he's up to,

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.940
 which is so much bigger.

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:29.920
 I remember two years ago,

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:32.179
 I got a Facebook message

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:33.159
 from a name

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:34.059
 that I didn't recognize.

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:34.559
 And he said,

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.179
 Hi, Chris.

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.440
 And I was feeling

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.059
 a bit suspicious

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.760
 at that moment.

00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:39.019
 And he said,

00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:40.539
 Do you remember me?

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:42.340
 And I had to write back

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.639
 and say,

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:42.900
 No,

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.200
 I have no clue

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:45.780
 who you are at all.

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:47.019
 And he said,

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.099
 Do you remember

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:49.000
 ten years ago?

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.880
 And I can't remember

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.679
 five minutes ago,

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.059
 so that was

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.920
 a stupid question.

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:55.039
 He said,

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.440
 Do you remember

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:56.300
 ten years ago?

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.159
 Like,

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.400
 I met you once

00:35:58.400 --> 00:36:00.059
 and you walked,

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:02.260
 you just took me

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:04.800
 to a dinner,

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.639
 a lunch or something

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.860
 at some of your friend's house.

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.260
 And he said,

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:10.880
 You've probably forgotten.

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:12.280
 You said some things to me

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.680
 and do you know what?

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:15.000
 That was the beginning

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:16.599
 of me starting a journey

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.539
 of coming to Christ.

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:19.980
 I'd forgotten

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.780
 the guy completely.

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:22.119
 I didn't have a clue

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.940
 what was going on.

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.719
 All I'd done

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.440
 was just try and

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.659
 I saw someone there

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:26.259
 on their own

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:27.500
 and God began

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.199
 to do something

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.859
 in his life

00:36:28.859 --> 00:36:30.139
 which even if he'd never

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.339
 sent me the Facebook message,

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.559
 I would never have known.

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:35.400
 But that's the kind

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:36.299
 of God we have

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:38.039
 who has such a bigger perspective

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:39.460
 that we may not

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.199
 have a clue

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.859
 what we're doing,

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.819
 but if we're walking

00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:43.000
 in obedience to him,

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:45.380
 he will multiply

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:46.539
 exponentially

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.380
 what you do.

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.480
 And it gets

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.480
 even bigger than this.

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.519
 The story,

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:53.199
 if you go to

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:54.340
 Matthew chapter 1,

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.599
 it's a genealogy

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.159
 of Jesus,

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:58.119
 probably the bits

00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:59.099
 that you skip over.

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.519
 Read that one.

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:02.000
 It's the best genealogy

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.559
 in the Bible

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:04.420
 because do you know

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.579
 who Jesus'

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.340
 great, great, great, great,

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:07.079
 great, great, great, great, great,

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.440
 great, great, great,

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.740
 something grandmother

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:09.460
 was?

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.320
 Rahab.

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:16.580
 God was working

00:37:16.580 --> 00:37:18.940
 something 1,500 years later

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.960
 that not even Joshua

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.960
 knew was going on,

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:22.320
 that he was going

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:23.940
 to use Rahab

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:25.700
 to bring blessing

00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:26.860
 to these people

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:28.180
 and he was going

00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:29.800
 to use that story

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:31.320
 to bring about salvation

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:34.400
 through Jesus

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:37.100
 to each one of you here.

00:37:39.140 --> 00:37:40.480
 Any of you Jews here?

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:42.960
 Maybe there's a few.

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.159
 Fantastic.

00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:45.760
 Great.

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.320
 Most of us

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:49.039
 are not Jews.

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:53.039
 God was working

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.980
 something to take

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.900
 the Jewish people,

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:56.179
 to take Jesus,

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.619
 to take Rahab

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:59.039
 and to take this story

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.800
 and he wanted

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.639
 to multiply it

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.219
 so that you

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:02.079
 and you

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.900
 and you

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.719
 would come

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.639
 into relationship

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.420
 with himself.

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:07.740
 Would you have planned that?

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.860
 If you're following

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:10.620
 just your own little plans,

00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:11.700
 they're going

00:38:11.700 --> 00:38:12.460
 to be that big.

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:15.260
 You follow God's plans,

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.240
 that plans

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:18.680
 which,

00:38:19.640 --> 00:38:19.900
 you know,

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.440
 sometimes

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.400
 when everything

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.000
 in the world

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.780
 seems to be going

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:23.920
 absolutely wrong,

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:25.840
 do you know

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.220
 it's going

00:38:26.220 --> 00:38:27.400
 absolutely right

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.260
 in God's eyes?

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.220
 You know,

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:30.280
 you may think

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:32.200
 that the things

00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:32.760
 that are happening

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.680
 in your life

00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:35.000
 are out of control

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.800
 but there's not been

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.840
 one second

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.579
 in the whole

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.539
 of history

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:40.740
 which have been

00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:41.559
 out of control

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.600
 in God's plans

00:38:42.600 --> 00:38:46.460
 because God

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:49.000
 and when we

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:50.559
 meet with him

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:51.400
 face to face

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:52.220
 we will look back

00:38:52.220 --> 00:38:53.460
 from his vantage point

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.480
 and we'll say

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.280
 why did you allow

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:55.980
 that to happen?

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.380
 Why did you allow

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.780
 that woman

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:58.559
 in the supermarket

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.240
 to be there?

00:38:59.620 --> 00:39:00.800
 Why did you allow

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.820
 all those things

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.579
 sometimes to be

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.660
 taken away from me?

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.840
 Why did you allow

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.640
 this and that

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.019
 and that

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.379
 and that

00:39:06.379 --> 00:39:07.259
 and then you'll

00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:08.059
 be able to see

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:09.119
 wow,

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:09.759
 you were doing

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.739
 something so much

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:11.159
 greater

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:12.739
 because you're

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.879
 that kind of God.

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.460
 That's why

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.879
 he calls us

00:39:16.879 --> 00:39:18.259
 who are just like

00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:19.460
 those bungling spies

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:21.099
 who are just like

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.759
 Rahab

00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:23.219
 who are not adequate

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:24.379
 who are not competent

00:39:24.379 --> 00:39:25.359
 who even though

00:39:25.359 --> 00:39:26.199
 we think we are

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:27.319
 are deluded in that

00:39:27.319 --> 00:39:28.099
 and yet

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:29.739
 he wants to come

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.859
 into our life

00:39:30.859 --> 00:39:33.159
 in the same way

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:34.519
 and use you.

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:38.340
 so the question is

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:38.940
 what are the little

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.900
 frozen pencils

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.679
 that you're holding

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.480
 on to at the moment?

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:44.079
 Do you want to live

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.759
 for something

00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:45.900
 so much bigger

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:47.659
 than just your plans?

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.980
 Those plans are good

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:50.079
 maybe

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:52.880
 but maybe they're secondary

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:54.460
 if you put

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:55.940
 what God wants

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.420
 and remember

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:57.340
 what his heart is

00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:58.179
 his heart

00:39:58.179 --> 00:40:00.179
 is for you

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:01.079
 to trust him

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:02.299
 for you

00:40:02.299 --> 00:40:03.219
 to have a relationship

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:03.799
 with him

00:40:03.799 --> 00:40:04.699
 for you

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:05.519
 to respond

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:09.119
 even in the chaos

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.860
 by saying

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.279
 I don't know

00:40:10.279 --> 00:40:11.039
 what you're doing God

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.960
 but I trust you

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:13.880
 and if you begin

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.599
 to see that

00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.259
 he wants you

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:16.099
 to open your eyes

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.860
 to see the people

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.480
 around you

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.579
 how you can love them

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.759
 how you can reach out

00:40:19.759 --> 00:40:21.059
 to the outsiders

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:21.900
 that nobody else

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.920
 wants to reach out to

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.880
 do you know what?

00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:26.079
 You'll look back

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:26.819
 and you will not

00:40:26.819 --> 00:40:28.059
 have wasted your life.

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:30.119
 God will say

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:31.799
 well done

00:40:31.799 --> 00:40:33.880
 good faithful servant

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:35.259
 because

00:40:35.259 --> 00:40:37.179
 I will get the glory

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:38.219
 from your life

00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:40.239
 and he's so much

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:40.799
 more worthy

00:40:40.799 --> 00:40:42.199
 than we

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:43.500
 as bungling spies

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.519
 are.

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:46.340
 Let's pray.

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:59.779
 Father forgive me

00:40:59.779 --> 00:41:01.360
 forgive us

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:03.279
 where we

00:41:03.279 --> 00:41:04.699
 we do get

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:05.599
 so wrapped up

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:07.000
 in so many things

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:10.820
 we get wrapped up

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:11.119
 in

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:13.139
 just the things

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.599
 of life

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:14.159
 which happen

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:15.639
 we think

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.400
 that our plans

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:16.960
 are going to bring

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:17.599
 us security

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:18.400
 for the future

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:19.779
 we think

00:41:19.779 --> 00:41:20.480
 that our plans

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:21.119
 are going to give us

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:22.279
 security for the present

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:23.739
 we think

00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:24.519
 that we can

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.960
 make everything

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.440
 happen

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:27.639
 and Lord

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.200
 we strive

00:41:28.200 --> 00:41:29.000
 after success

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.780
 in so many

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.460
 different things

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.880
 and yet

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:32.099
 we so often

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:33.700
 fail to see

00:41:33.700 --> 00:41:33.920
 Lord

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.720
 I so often

00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:35.599
 fail to see

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:38.720
 that you want

00:41:38.720 --> 00:41:39.740
 me to trust you

00:41:39.740 --> 00:41:41.679
 that you want

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.579
 to open my eyes

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:43.159
 to see

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:45.019
 the people around me

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:46.519
 things which

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:47.559
 maybe the society

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.420
 will not say

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:49.940
 that that's glorious

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:50.900
 but you will say

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.700
 that is beautiful

00:41:51.700 --> 00:41:54.179
 Father

00:41:54.179 --> 00:41:55.200
 as you said

00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:55.880
 to Joshua

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:58.440
 you told him

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.059
 to keep

00:41:59.059 --> 00:42:00.539
 remembering your word

00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:01.539
 keep meditating

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.200
 on it Lord

00:42:02.200 --> 00:42:03.559
 because your word

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:04.240
 is what will bring

00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:05.039
 us perspective

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:05.660
 Lord I pray

00:42:05.660 --> 00:42:06.920
 help us as your people

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:08.019
 to be a people

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:09.079
 who know your word

00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:10.039
 who love your word

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:11.460
 who actually want

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:12.460
 to just

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:14.440
 saturate ourselves

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:14.780
 in it

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:15.380
 to obey

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:16.300
 what you call us

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:16.559
 to do

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:17.180
 whatever you're

00:42:17.180 --> 00:42:17.619
 calling us

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:17.940
 to do

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.559
 right now

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.800
 because we know

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:20.400
 that you have

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.280
 something so much

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:21.660
 greater

00:42:21.660 --> 00:42:23.280
 even though

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:24.180
 we're so tempted

00:42:24.179 --> 00:42:25.219
 to find success

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:26.079
 everybody else

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:26.699
 tells us

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.619
 that this is

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:28.139
 where life

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:28.639
 is found

00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:29.279
 Lord help us

00:42:29.279 --> 00:42:29.799
 to remember

00:42:29.799 --> 00:42:31.519
 that you're

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:31.839
 greater

00:42:31.839 --> 00:42:33.259
 you're beautiful

00:42:33.259 --> 00:42:34.940
 thank you

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.960
 for saving us

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.719
 thank you

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:37.299
 you didn't just

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 save us

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 to be

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 left on the

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 sidelines

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 of history

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 but you saved

00:42:45.259 --> 00:42:46.139
 us to invite

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 us in

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 to what you're

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 up to

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 in history

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:52.039
 let us

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 be a church

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 which we know

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 we are here

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 for such a time

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.559
 as this

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 we are here

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 not by accident

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 but by your

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.880
 plan

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 to be a light

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 in this city

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 to be a light

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 in our office

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:07.119
 to be a light

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 in our families

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 please give us

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 the strength

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 help us

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 to be courageous

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 and strong

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:14.220
 in obeying

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 whatever you're

00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:15.539
 calling us to do

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 we love you

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:18.460
 you're amazing

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:19.639
 amen