WEBVTT - Safety in Christ 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:04.360 Coming to you from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio. 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:08.120 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:11.880 The amazing thing about coming to belief in Jesus Christ, 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:19.040 which is what? When Thomas asked Jesus, which I again, 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:22.800 I just love Thomas. I gotta say, he asked questions 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:25.640 no one else had the courage to ask. It should 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:29.480 be Doubting Thomas. Okay, if you're calling him Doubting Thomas, 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:34.560 it should have a added parenthetical statement that says Doubting Thomas, 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:37.400 who actually spoke up for all those that didn't have 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:41.360 the courage to ask the same questions. Oh, really? 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:42.960 I mean, yeah, it's true. 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:45.440 Guaranteed. The others are like, yeah. 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:48.400 He asked that and glad. 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:51.600 Oh, he put fingers in there and he's given the affirmative. Whew. 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:55.920 That's good. Yep. He felt his nail pierced hands. Okay. 0:00:56.120 --> 0:01:01.520 That's good. Right. Because everybody felt that I would suspect 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:05.240 not everybody, but a few of them did for sure. 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:08.480 I mean, it's just a cool thing, but Peter gets 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:13.640 told by Jesus when he's clarifying where he's going. He says, 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:18.000 Believe in God. Believe also in me. Now that belief 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:21.880 changes things. I mean, and it's not just a theological change. 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:26.520 It is a practical shift. Everything happens differently. Now look 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:28.720 at Paul on the road to Damascus. How did his 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:29.640 career shift? 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:32.320 Oh, in a major way. I mean, he was he 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:36.560 was headed to persecution. He was a persecutor of Christians. Yeah. 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:41.960 I mean, he was persecutor slash he was a what's 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:45.959 it called? Uh, what's the law called when you're is 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.000 it what's it called when you're a bystander? Nah, it's 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.960 not a bystander. When you're watching a homicide and you 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:55.120 do nothing. What's it called? Somebody help me. That's got 0:01:55.120 --> 0:02:02.240 a law degree. 805 five, five, 7898, 805 five, five, 7898. 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:07.080 It's not co-conspirator. It's something else. Anyway. There's a technical 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:10.320 term for it. So at minimum he's that some people 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:14.280 have said he's a murderer. I think directly murder one 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:17.560 he was heading for. But on the on the way 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:22.720 to Damascus clearly. But he was at minimum passive when 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:26.880 Steven was getting stoned to death. I mean, here he 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:28.639 was collecting cloaks. 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.799 Yeah. That that rule or that law is, is, comes 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.880 from the bystander effect. So Paul wouldn't be a bystander. 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.200 But from that, that rule, it's bystander. 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:39.040 Name that we have in our in our system. By 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:40.880 the way, every system is different. Wherever I go in 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:42.400 the world, everybody's got a different. 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:45.000 Where you are. You know, like you think about when 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:48.000 someone commits an armed robbery, they will charge the and 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.560 it goes bad and someone dies. The person who's driving 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:53.360 the getaway car gets can get the same charge. 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:54.320 Get the same charge. 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:56.370 Because they were. And so Paul was kind of in 0:02:56.410 --> 0:02:58.570 more in that role where he was he was a 0:02:58.690 --> 0:03:03.210 not an active participant, but certainly a part of the group. 0:03:03.250 --> 0:03:04.049 Kind of like a I. 0:03:04.610 --> 0:03:06.090 Know it's called accessory to murder. 0:03:06.330 --> 0:03:06.930 There you go. 0:03:06.970 --> 0:03:07.770 Accessory. 0:03:07.810 --> 0:03:10.690 Accessory to murder. So he was an accessory to murder, 0:03:10.690 --> 0:03:11.570 if not a murderer? 0:03:11.610 --> 0:03:12.490 Outright, for sure. 0:03:12.530 --> 0:03:14.010 And he had a career shift. 0:03:14.730 --> 0:03:15.690 Yeah. He did. 0:03:15.730 --> 0:03:16.210 And a. 0:03:16.210 --> 0:03:16.690 Half. 0:03:17.770 --> 0:03:18.370 Big one. 0:03:18.570 --> 0:03:22.609 Yeah. I mean, come on. So we were. We were 0:03:22.610 --> 0:03:24.530 talking about this, and I want to kick it around 0:03:24.530 --> 0:03:26.610 with you boom crew. Because this is an important one. 0:03:26.610 --> 0:03:33.250 When you believe in Jesus Christ. Everything changes in your life. 0:03:34.210 --> 0:03:36.610 I mean, just take the parable of the soils. You 0:03:36.610 --> 0:03:39.410 go from a hard hearted person where you heard about 0:03:39.410 --> 0:03:42.490 the scriptures and you heard about Jesus, but the seed 0:03:42.490 --> 0:03:45.570 fell on hard soil. Dink dink dink. Satan comes along 0:03:45.570 --> 0:03:48.490 and grabs that seed so that, lest it bear fruit. Right? 0:03:48.530 --> 0:03:51.170 And then you've got the seed on shallow soil. It 0:03:51.170 --> 0:03:55.930 goes into a heart. It's not grounded. Shoots up, says I. Yeah, 0:03:55.970 --> 0:03:57.930 I'm all in. And then, you know, by high noon 0:03:57.930 --> 0:04:01.570 we're out. And then you've got the third kind of 0:04:01.610 --> 0:04:05.770 soil that's described by Jesus, which is the thorny soil, 0:04:05.770 --> 0:04:08.530 the worries of this world, the deceitfulness of wealth, and 0:04:08.530 --> 0:04:12.330 the desire for other things make it unfruitful. By the way, 0:04:12.370 --> 0:04:16.170 do you know what, John Piper? Um, let me go 0:04:16.170 --> 0:04:20.370 through the ones that I studied this up on. John MacArthur, 0:04:20.370 --> 0:04:24.250 John Piper. Uh, Sam Storms, I don't want to speak 0:04:24.250 --> 0:04:26.530 out of turn here, but those I studied all three 0:04:26.529 --> 0:04:30.810 of those guys in particular, contemporary kind of theologians, deep thinkers, 0:04:31.089 --> 0:04:35.130 all of them put that in the category of three 0:04:35.130 --> 0:04:39.650 out of the four heart conditions of soil are lost. 0:04:39.690 --> 0:04:43.810 Do not know Jesus. All of them. And only one does. 0:04:44.010 --> 0:04:46.849 And that's the one that produces a crop 30, 60 0:04:46.850 --> 0:04:52.890 and 100 fold. It's fascinating stuff. So when you're truly 0:04:52.890 --> 0:04:57.010 born again, everything changes. For me, it did. I mean, guys, 0:04:57.010 --> 0:05:01.610 I went from coke snorting, Crown royal drunk and foolish 0:05:01.610 --> 0:05:07.530 man to radically transformed. And my entire orientation of my 0:05:07.529 --> 0:05:11.969 world shifted overnight. I mean, overnight in a matter of 0:05:12.010 --> 0:05:19.810 six months. Was it six months? In a matter of. Yeah, six, 0:05:19.850 --> 0:05:24.570 eight months. I was applying to a Bible college to 0:05:24.610 --> 0:05:27.170 go to a Bible college that I told my big 0:05:27.170 --> 0:05:31.089 sister who went to this same one. I will never 0:05:31.130 --> 0:05:33.690 go to this man. This place is filled with dorks 0:05:33.690 --> 0:05:35.089 and weirdos. Those are the. 0:05:35.089 --> 0:05:35.570 Exact. 0:05:35.730 --> 0:05:37.450 Those are the exact words I told her. 0:05:37.490 --> 0:05:37.890 Wow. 0:05:38.089 --> 0:05:42.290 And she just smiled at me. She's five years older 0:05:42.290 --> 0:05:43.970 than me. She thought I was a knucklehead. 0:05:44.010 --> 0:05:44.370 Yeah. 0:05:44.890 --> 0:05:48.289 But now I'm at the Bible college that I told 0:05:48.290 --> 0:05:51.450 her I would never go to. Why? Because Jesus radically 0:05:51.450 --> 0:05:54.010 altered me now. It doesn't mean that you get an 0:05:54.010 --> 0:05:58.930 absolute career shift for everyone. Look at somebody. You didn't 0:05:58.930 --> 0:06:01.489 get a career shift. You got a career supercharge. 0:06:01.529 --> 0:06:04.450 Oh, absolutely. And a mind shift of the career that 0:06:04.450 --> 0:06:05.010 I had. 0:06:05.050 --> 0:06:08.930 Okay. So really quickly, Hancock Tower, is it called tower? 0:06:08.970 --> 0:06:09.770 What's it called? 0:06:09.810 --> 0:06:11.729 It was the John Hancock building. 0:06:11.770 --> 0:06:12.130 Building? 0:06:12.170 --> 0:06:12.690 Yes. 0:06:12.730 --> 0:06:13.050 Right. 0:06:13.089 --> 0:06:13.890 So. Yeah. 0:06:14.250 --> 0:06:18.570 So you're up there. God smokes you 3 a.m. or 0:06:18.570 --> 0:06:19.370 something like that. 0:06:19.410 --> 0:06:20.610 To about 215. 0:06:21.130 --> 0:06:21.810 To be exact. 0:06:21.930 --> 0:06:27.170 2:15 a.m. central. Exactly. Between traffic reports. Absolutely. Smoked me 0:06:27.290 --> 0:06:30.570 up and became a Christian as an adult. Cared a lot. 0:06:30.610 --> 0:06:33.730 A lot of hate, a lot of revenge in me 0:06:33.730 --> 0:06:36.250 just because of things that had happened through my life, 0:06:36.250 --> 0:06:40.410 and just keeping that in a backpack like cement and 0:06:40.410 --> 0:06:43.369 just carry that all my life. And that night, reading 0:06:43.370 --> 0:06:47.500 the Bible between traffic reports and in Romans eight and 0:06:47.500 --> 0:06:51.500 just fell to my knees. Let that backpack drop and 0:06:51.620 --> 0:06:52.540 never look back. 0:06:52.580 --> 0:06:55.539 Yeah. Change the way you related to people. 0:06:55.580 --> 0:06:58.099 How I related to people. My heart I mean, I truly, 0:06:58.100 --> 0:07:02.260 physically felt warmth. And as I was just sobbing and 0:07:02.260 --> 0:07:03.940 had to pull it together to do another traffic report 0:07:03.980 --> 0:07:05.540 and then sob some more. Yeah. 0:07:06.540 --> 0:07:07.140 Yeah. 0:07:07.180 --> 0:07:07.820 But yeah. 0:07:08.180 --> 0:07:10.540 Okay, so here's the deal, guys. We got a question 0:07:10.540 --> 0:07:16.980 for you here today. How has your spiritual transformation, genuine 0:07:16.980 --> 0:07:22.460 faith in Christ, changed the trajectory of your life? And 0:07:22.460 --> 0:07:24.460 it could have been career. It could have been something else. 0:07:24.460 --> 0:07:26.540 It could have been you stayed in that career path, 0:07:26.540 --> 0:07:30.020 but it changed kind of how that thing worked. 0:07:30.180 --> 0:07:30.780 Absolutely. 0:07:30.820 --> 0:07:32.300 And coming up here in a minute, we're all going 0:07:32.300 --> 0:07:34.300 to take a shot at this. Okay. We're all going 0:07:34.340 --> 0:07:36.140 to go after it and go, all right. This is 0:07:36.140 --> 0:07:38.380 how it changed me. But we want your phone calls 0:07:38.380 --> 0:07:39.020 right now. 0:07:39.060 --> 0:07:44.100 How did being transformed by Christ change your career trajectory? 0:07:44.140 --> 0:07:50.179 805 0555 7898 800 555 7898. 0:07:50.620 --> 0:07:55.220 She's a choreographer extraordinaire and everything is Greek to her. 0:07:55.660 --> 0:07:59.380 Super dei is in the crew. It's Carl and crew 0:07:59.380 --> 0:08:00.660 on Moody Radio. 0:08:00.940 --> 0:08:04.460 Asking you question. How did being transformed by Christ change 0:08:04.460 --> 0:08:08.060 your career trajectory? Now, it may have shifted you to 0:08:08.100 --> 0:08:10.020 a whole new job, but it could have changed everything 0:08:10.020 --> 0:08:12.900 within that kind of career path that you were on. 0:08:12.900 --> 0:08:15.700 But it changed something. Light them up, guys. Phone lines 0:08:15.700 --> 0:08:19.220 available eight. Eight. Eight. Excuse me. Let me get you 0:08:19.220 --> 0:08:28.620 the right number. 800 555 7898 800 555 7898. Scott 0:08:28.660 --> 0:08:30.140 in Illinois. What do you say Scott? 0:08:31.380 --> 0:08:33.660 Good morning Carl. A quick shout out to my wife 0:08:33.660 --> 0:08:35.500 Lorinda and Lagrange Bible Church. 0:08:35.540 --> 0:08:35.860 There you. 0:08:35.860 --> 0:08:38.700 Go. And so, um, I gotta say that the age 0:08:38.700 --> 0:08:42.380 of 27in 1988, I was driving truck and I got 0:08:42.420 --> 0:08:44.540 home and I continued to drive and truck, but started 0:08:44.540 --> 0:08:47.900 going to Lagrange Bible and was challenged to go to 0:08:47.940 --> 0:08:50.460 the missions field by Walt Unander and a member of 0:08:50.460 --> 0:08:53.819 the members of the Men's Prayer Breakfast and others, but 0:08:53.820 --> 0:08:56.860 mostly Walt Unander and um, he was sold out on 0:08:56.860 --> 0:09:00.660 new tribes and uh, their ethos 360 now. But so 0:09:00.660 --> 0:09:03.220 I went to Brazil, and before I went to Brazil, 0:09:03.220 --> 0:09:05.780 I met my wife at Lagrange, at, um, New Tribes 0:09:05.780 --> 0:09:09.939 Bible Institute in Waukesha, and we got married after we graduated, 0:09:09.940 --> 0:09:12.060 and we went to Brazil together for three years. So 0:09:12.100 --> 0:09:14.380 I never would have been there if I hadn't gotten saved. 0:09:14.420 --> 0:09:18.300 Yeah. That's awesome bro. That is so cool. Scott. Boom, brother. 0:09:18.300 --> 0:09:21.060 That's why we call you the Boom crew. Way to go, 0:09:21.100 --> 0:09:23.740 my man Tyler in Illinois. What do you say, Tyler? 0:09:24.660 --> 0:09:28.460 Hey. Yeah, so I was saved in 2012 after living 0:09:28.460 --> 0:09:32.380 a pretty hellish lifestyle. Um, addicted to drugs. Similar to you, Kyle. 0:09:32.380 --> 0:09:37.260 But in 2000, uh, I was working as a butcher 0:09:37.260 --> 0:09:40.940 at the time. That's a small slaughterhouse in Michigan. 0:09:40.980 --> 0:09:41.340 Yeah. 0:09:41.460 --> 0:09:47.179 And God just started to transform my life. And he 0:09:47.179 --> 0:09:51.500 called me to be a counselor. And I graduated from 0:09:51.540 --> 0:09:56.140 Moody in 2018, went back to grad school and became 0:09:56.140 --> 0:09:58.939 a therapist. And that's where I'm working today in Evanston 0:09:58.940 --> 0:09:59.900 as a therapist. 0:09:59.940 --> 0:10:03.220 Wow. From a butcher to a therapist, a chef. 0:10:03.260 --> 0:10:03.980 That's so cool. 0:10:04.020 --> 0:10:04.380 Story. 0:10:04.820 --> 0:10:06.940 Bro. Dog. Way to go. Boom, brother. 0:10:06.980 --> 0:10:07.380 Yeah. 0:10:08.860 --> 0:10:12.059 Oh, I love this question, man. We've never asked this before. 0:10:12.100 --> 0:10:14.579 No, we're asking you this morning. How did being transformed 0:10:14.580 --> 0:10:22.860 by Christ change your career trajectory? 800 555 7898 (800) 555-7898. 0:10:23.420 --> 0:10:27.980 A basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is 0:10:27.980 --> 0:10:31.620 in the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:10:32.380 --> 0:10:35.100 Okay, guys, um, got a question for you. And this 0:10:35.100 --> 0:10:37.260 is so much fun asking you to pour it on here. 0:10:37.260 --> 0:10:39.630 You might think, oh, boy, you got too many callers. 0:10:39.630 --> 0:10:44.470 We're ready for you. 805, 55, 78, 98. What's the question, Ali? 0:10:44.510 --> 0:10:48.350 How did being transformed by Christ change your career trajectory? 0:10:48.390 --> 0:10:51.069 805 55. 78. 98. 0:10:51.110 --> 0:10:55.390 Yeah, young thunder man. Give em your story, I love this. 0:10:55.429 --> 0:10:59.710 Yeah. So my career didn't change because I'm in the 0:10:59.710 --> 0:11:02.990 same job, but my career changed. So I was born 0:11:02.990 --> 0:11:06.110 into a Christian home. I was a son of a pastor. 0:11:06.110 --> 0:11:09.310 Ministry life was very familiar to me, very comfortable to me. 0:11:09.309 --> 0:11:11.510 That's why it wasn't hard to go to Moody Bible 0:11:11.510 --> 0:11:15.510 Institute or work on Moody Radio and not know Jesus. 0:11:15.510 --> 0:11:18.429 I believed Jesus existed and that he died for my sins, 0:11:18.429 --> 0:11:21.230 that he was my Savior, but I just didn't really 0:11:21.230 --> 0:11:24.990 have the desire to follow him in my life. But 0:11:24.990 --> 0:11:27.390 I still knew all the stuff so I could come 0:11:27.390 --> 0:11:29.710 on here and I could talk about it. Be pretty 0:11:29.710 --> 0:11:33.470 convincing sometimes to convince myself. Sometimes I wasn't trying to 0:11:33.470 --> 0:11:39.229 deceive anybody. I didn't know, and When I came to Jesus, 0:11:39.230 --> 0:11:41.949 not just saying I believe you exist and that you 0:11:41.950 --> 0:11:44.709 died for me, but that I give my life to you. 0:11:45.630 --> 0:11:48.829 Everything changes. I can get up and when I'm driving 0:11:48.830 --> 0:11:51.350 into work in the morning, I can pray. God, help 0:11:51.350 --> 0:11:55.630 me to glorify you today in the way that I work. 0:11:55.670 --> 0:11:55.870 So. 0:11:55.870 --> 0:11:59.150 Good. And so I'm doing the same ministry work, but 0:11:59.150 --> 0:12:01.950 I'm doing it with a with a heart that is 0:12:01.950 --> 0:12:05.230 for God, a heart that's not for Jonathan, a heart 0:12:05.230 --> 0:12:10.230 that is wanting to bless others and exalt his name 0:12:10.230 --> 0:12:11.790 through everything that I say and do. 0:12:11.830 --> 0:12:18.950 Beautiful. How did being transformed by Christ change your career trajectory? 0:12:18.990 --> 0:12:20.510 We got time to get in a couple of a 0:12:20.550 --> 0:12:29.429 couple more callers here. 800 555 7898 805 55 7898 0:12:29.429 --> 0:12:31.550 super day. You got a story and a half? 0:12:32.150 --> 0:12:35.510 Yeah. I mean, God changed me. Absolutely. I mean, just 0:12:35.630 --> 0:12:38.030 things that I experienced through my life. I just carried 0:12:38.030 --> 0:12:42.870 a lot of hatred. I carried a lot of revenge. Um, sarcasm. 0:12:42.870 --> 0:12:47.110 Just things were commodity. People were commodity. Commodity. I mean, yeah, 0:12:47.110 --> 0:12:48.790 I had some close friends, but I just carried a 0:12:48.790 --> 0:12:51.750 lot in my heart. And, um, it was a lot 0:12:51.790 --> 0:12:53.709 of anger and darkness in my heart. And I carry 0:12:53.710 --> 0:12:58.390 that well into adulthood. And God just used. It was 0:12:58.390 --> 0:13:01.870 an overnight shift. I was doing traffic reports in, in 0:13:01.910 --> 0:13:06.350 here in Chicago, uh, top of a very famous building 0:13:06.350 --> 0:13:09.110 called the John Hancock Building at the time. And between 0:13:09.110 --> 0:13:13.150 traffic reports, I spirit led, took the Bible in to 0:13:13.190 --> 0:13:16.510 read something to read during the overnight and so convicted 0:13:16.510 --> 0:13:20.470 in Romans eight, so convicted in Romans eight that nothing 0:13:20.470 --> 0:13:22.350 can separate me from the love of Christ, and to 0:13:22.390 --> 0:13:25.590 know that I could be loved unconditionally, that that love 0:13:25.590 --> 0:13:28.350 was there for me. That was such a mind blowing 0:13:28.390 --> 0:13:33.190 concept for me and my experiences. That was my changing point. 0:13:33.190 --> 0:13:36.230 Was that love, that power of love of Christ to 0:13:36.270 --> 0:13:38.069 go to the cross for me, to want to spend 0:13:38.070 --> 0:13:40.950 eternity with me. To know that that love is never changing. 0:13:40.950 --> 0:13:43.630 No matter what I do, I am still loved. That 0:13:43.630 --> 0:13:46.590 just blew circuits for me and I just fell on 0:13:46.590 --> 0:13:50.070 my knees bawling and said, you know what? I'm done on. 0:13:50.070 --> 0:13:52.430 I am done on the hamster wheel, I am done, 0:13:52.429 --> 0:13:55.950 I am done, I everything I did for myself, I 0:13:55.950 --> 0:13:59.750 went in the wrong direction. The wrong relationships. Just wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. 0:13:59.870 --> 0:14:01.990 And I just surrendered it all, put my hands up, 0:14:01.990 --> 0:14:05.510 physically cried, gave it to him and I seriously felt 0:14:05.510 --> 0:14:08.710 a warmth and I felt cement come off my back. 0:14:08.870 --> 0:14:13.950 It was amazing. Amazing experience and from then on just yes, 0:14:13.950 --> 0:14:17.550 I stayed in radio. Absolutely. But how I did my job, 0:14:17.550 --> 0:14:20.310 why I did my job, and most importantly, how I 0:14:20.310 --> 0:14:23.550 acted towards those I worked with changed immensely. I mean, 0:14:23.550 --> 0:14:25.830 I even went back to people and apologized. 0:14:26.910 --> 0:14:27.150 For. 0:14:27.150 --> 0:14:30.750 Treating them the way I did treat them. That's awesome. 0:14:30.750 --> 0:14:33.840 I mean, I was a manager with no like, ah, 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:37.400 it was very black and white. How I managed and 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:41.520 I apologized to those who I was able to like. Man, 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:43.760 I am sorry. You know your value. 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:45.160 How was that received? 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:46.840 Mixed. 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.680 Yeah, because some had a wait and see. It's like right, 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:52.840 who took over this woman who took over? 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:54.480 It did cost me a position. 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:54.960 It did. 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:58.479 It did eventually cost me a position. It really did. 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:00.600 But I just kept working with joy and I just 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:04.320 kept working. I knew the Lord had me there, and 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.600 people began to see a difference in me, and it 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:10.640 just changed relationships and it was amazing. Yes, some were 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:14.720 obviously skeptical. Skeptical. Skeptical. There we go. And others? Yeah. 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.720 Just going. Okay. Wow. You know, in that situation. But 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:20.960 just kept going at it. And then eventually the Lord 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.160 just opened the door for me to come here to Moody. 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:26.080 And here I am years later. 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:26.720 It's beautiful. 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:30.200 And God, I am so humbled and so beyond blessed. 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.320 I am very grateful for where I'm at and what 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.200 I get to do and why I get to do 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.760 it for the people, the boom crew, the listeners. 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:43.160 Here's how this relates to you today. In one of 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:46.520 about three different ways. And you know what? I feel 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.040 compelled to do this right now. Here's one way. Some 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:53.040 of you have been in church, but you've never been 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.920 in Christ. Like Young Thunder was in radio, but he 0:15:56.920 --> 0:16:01.480 wasn't in Christ. Hard to do Christian radio when you're 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:02.640 not in Christ. 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:03.120 Yeah. 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:05.480 With the kind of power. Young Thunder does it now. 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:12.160 And so some of you have this absolute salvation. Hallucination. 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:14.720 You think you see something in you that is not there. 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:17.640 You're not born again. That's a reality. Jesus said many 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:21.480 would be in that boat. Don't wait till the end 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:26.120 to find out. And don't let pride hold you back. Oh, 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:27.840 I know the tendency is to think, well, think, well, 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:29.480 I did this and this and this and this is 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:32.520 what I'm doing right now. Forget what you're doing. I 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:36.000 got one simple question for you. Is it Christ in you, 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.520 the hope of glory. Is it his life in you 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:42.280 that's fueling you, or are you living it by your bootstraps? Friend, 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:44.840 today is a day of salvation. This is for you. 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:46.760 I'm going to focus on that one group. The other 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:51.000 two groups are you're born again and, and and you've 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.800 not leveraged that career choice that you're in to for 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:56.120 all that God has for you. For some of you, 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.520 you're hearing this right now and you're like, oh boy, 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:01.080 young Thunder, Super Story. And the other two callers that 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:03.360 we just had, Tyler and Scott from the boom crew, 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:06.240 you're like, oh my goodness, God's got a career change 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:11.080 for me. Those are great. But for some of you, 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:16.679 you're not in Christ. And so your career trajectory is 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:23.760 being propped up and manifested by your own juice. And 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:26.000 you don't even know what you're missing out on the 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.480 life that is found in Jesus. So I'm just asking 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:31.040 you today. Is today the day, my friend, that you're 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:33.560 going to follow Jesus for the first time and the 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:36.800 Spirit of God is speaking to you right now. And 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:39.840 you're like, I've never heard that voice before, and it's 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:43.960 almost audible. And he's saying, come to me, you're weary, 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:47.560 you're heavy laden, and take my yoke on you. Learn 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:49.440 from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart. 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:51.640 You're going to find rest for your souls. For my 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:54.200 yoke is easy and my burden is light. That's what 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:57.680 Jesus is saying to you today. It's time to be 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:03.199 born again. You're saying, Carl, I'm there. Join me in 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:06.719 a prayer right now. Right now. Just a cry of 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:08.919 the heart, Jesus, today I give you all my life, 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:13.520 my career, my resources, my time, talent, treasure every bit 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.320 of it. I laying it down at the foot of Jesus. 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:23.760 I give you my life today. I acknowledge, I confess 0:18:23.850 --> 0:18:28.290 I'm a sinner and I need a Savior. His name 0:18:28.290 --> 0:18:34.689 is Jesus. Today I surrender everything I am to Jesus Christ. 0:18:34.730 --> 0:18:38.490 Tell him that. Just shout it out. Driving at home, 0:18:38.490 --> 0:18:40.729 at work. Just shout it out. Give it all to 0:18:40.770 --> 0:18:46.770 you God. Today I repent, I turn around, I'm no 0:18:46.770 --> 0:18:52.930 longer following even a religious scheme, even a cultural vibe. 0:18:54.250 --> 0:18:58.609 Today I followed the Savior of the world. And I 0:18:58.609 --> 0:19:01.690 pray this over you. In Jesus name, Amen. If this 0:19:01.690 --> 0:19:03.609 is you, I want you to do something right now. 0:19:03.650 --> 0:19:06.810 We're all about helping you take your next step with Jesus. 0:19:06.810 --> 0:19:08.570 For some of you, this is a first step. We 0:19:08.609 --> 0:19:11.450 got a great resource. I'm asking you right now, grab 0:19:11.450 --> 0:19:14.689 your phone right now, we're going to auto response out 0:19:14.730 --> 0:19:18.010 a link that has three embedded links. And in those 0:19:18.010 --> 0:19:20.649 links you're going to find great resources, right Ali. What 0:19:20.650 --> 0:19:21.850 are the three things they're going to find. 0:19:21.930 --> 0:19:24.330 You're going to find help to find a church. You're 0:19:24.330 --> 0:19:26.290 going to find what to look for in a Bible 0:19:26.290 --> 0:19:28.890 and an opportunity to get a resource that we're going 0:19:28.930 --> 0:19:31.210 to send to you to your home. That's going to 0:19:31.210 --> 0:19:32.250 give you some encouragement. 0:19:32.290 --> 0:19:35.210 Yeah, it's going to it's going to absolutely fuel you up. 0:19:35.210 --> 0:19:37.490 So here's what we've got to have you do right now. 0:19:38.010 --> 0:19:44.570 Text the word new to 800 555 7898. Text new 0:19:44.570 --> 0:19:52.090 to 800 555 7898. Just that one word. New to 0:19:52.130 --> 0:19:56.409 800 555 7898. I know we need some time, so 0:19:56.410 --> 0:19:58.530 I'm blowing out news that's coming up here. We're getting 0:19:58.530 --> 0:20:01.409 rid of that. Okay. Right now this is more important. 0:20:02.890 --> 0:20:08.810 Just text new to 800 555 7898. And you are 0:20:09.170 --> 0:20:13.890 now born again because of your proclamation that Jesus is 0:20:13.890 --> 0:20:18.489 my leader. I'm repenting. I'm turning around. Look at him 0:20:18.490 --> 0:20:29.609 pouring in here. 74.996. 1776 3840 7413 1318 5604. Keep 0:20:29.609 --> 0:20:34.370 pouring it on here, guys. Today you're saying Jesus is 0:20:34.369 --> 0:20:40.450 my leader. Jesus is my savior. Carl. He's saving my 0:20:40.450 --> 0:20:46.170 life right now. 0922. Just text the word new right 0:20:46.170 --> 0:20:50.970 now when you can, to 805 five. Five. 78. 98. 0:20:53.450 --> 0:20:56.130 Gotta keep it right here. Ali, shout them out here. 0:20:56.570 --> 0:21:02.010 We've got. Thank you. 20 1267 and zero two, 73, 0:21:02.050 --> 0:21:04.890 7568 and 7568. 0:21:05.690 --> 0:21:06.970 How sweet is this? Wow. 0:21:07.450 --> 0:21:11.250 8932. Just came in 1760. 0:21:12.210 --> 0:21:14.570 Just praising God. And by the way, if you're crying 0:21:14.609 --> 0:21:20.290 tears right now, that's I get it. It's gonna happen. 0:21:20.330 --> 0:21:21.250 Great place to be. 0:21:21.290 --> 0:21:22.090 Great place to. 0:21:22.090 --> 0:21:23.129 Be. It really is. 0:21:24.850 --> 0:21:28.170 1251 welcome to the family. Just text the word new 0:21:28.170 --> 0:21:35.610 when you can. To 800 555 7898. Wow. This is. 0:21:35.609 --> 0:21:38.530 We are messengers. Welcome to the family. We'll shout out 0:21:38.530 --> 0:21:39.890 more numbers when we get back. 0:21:40.650 --> 0:21:43.330 You can take him out of Alaska, but you can't 0:21:43.369 --> 0:21:47.210 take Alaska out of him. Carl is in the crew. 0:21:47.410 --> 0:21:50.010 It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:21:50.730 --> 0:21:53.210 Shout out a couple more here. I don't know where 0:21:53.210 --> 0:22:00.690 we left off exactly, but 1996, 91, 53, 56, 98, 88, 57. 0:22:00.730 --> 0:22:03.490 A lot of people surrendering to Jesus today. Ali. 0:22:03.530 --> 0:22:10.689 Yes. 56, 98, 8857, 1251, 94, 67 1760 if we 0:22:10.690 --> 0:22:15.370 missed you, apologies. God sees you. Hopefully you got that link. 0:22:15.410 --> 0:22:19.020 Yes. Grateful for what he's doing in you coming up 0:22:19.020 --> 0:22:21.980 here in just a moment, man. We're praising God. You 0:22:21.980 --> 0:22:24.540 want to know who you are in Jesus? Boy, have 0:22:24.540 --> 0:22:29.820 we got something for you. Philip miller coming up. This 0:22:29.820 --> 0:22:34.140 is Toby Mac. It's called faithfully. God is faithful, isn't he? 0:22:34.180 --> 0:22:35.619 Is faithful. Indeed. 0:22:36.260 --> 0:22:39.260 He was sharing the gospel on the radio. And then 0:22:39.300 --> 0:22:43.619 he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's Carl 0:22:43.619 --> 0:22:45.380 and crew on Moody Radio. 0:22:45.820 --> 0:22:48.860 So get back from vacation. You learn a lot when 0:22:48.859 --> 0:22:51.580 you're away. One is you better have ID when you're 0:22:51.580 --> 0:22:56.020 going through different checkpoints. You better have ID. I mean, 0:22:56.060 --> 0:22:59.459 it's amazing, isn't it? I mean, goodness sakes, if you 0:22:59.460 --> 0:23:02.780 don't have, what's the new ID called the real ID. Oh, yeah. 0:23:02.820 --> 0:23:05.419 Real ID as opposed to what, by the. 0:23:05.420 --> 0:23:06.540 Way, fake ID. 0:23:08.220 --> 0:23:12.140 Well, the world are we doing here? So I didn't 0:23:12.140 --> 0:23:14.980 have the real ID, but I had a passport. Could 0:23:15.260 --> 0:23:19.379 you hold on to that? Right. Because that's who you are. 0:23:19.700 --> 0:23:22.900 Is my face is on there. And there's my number. 0:23:22.940 --> 0:23:26.860 And it's. I was game from Homer Alaska. And it's 0:23:26.859 --> 0:23:28.540 got it all right down there. But you got to 0:23:28.580 --> 0:23:32.020 have it. This whole ID stuff is important when it 0:23:32.020 --> 0:23:34.220 comes to who we are in Jesus. Ali. 0:23:34.260 --> 0:23:36.260 There was a movie that was popular a couple years ago, 0:23:36.260 --> 0:23:38.300 and I can picture the scene. And this woman, she 0:23:38.300 --> 0:23:40.540 grabs a hold. She's a nanny for this little girl. 0:23:40.540 --> 0:23:42.540 And she grabs a hold of the little girl's face, 0:23:42.540 --> 0:23:44.780 and she looks at her deep in her eyes and 0:23:44.780 --> 0:23:49.180 she says. She says, you is strong, you is smart, 0:23:49.380 --> 0:23:53.340 you is important. And it kind of became a meme. 0:23:53.580 --> 0:23:56.700 And it was her trying to speak identity into this 0:23:56.700 --> 0:23:59.020 little girl and tell her that she was strong, smart 0:23:59.020 --> 0:24:01.979 and important. Those were her big three. We've got a 0:24:01.980 --> 0:24:05.220 special guest, Philip miller, joining us right now. You have 0:24:05.220 --> 0:24:07.580 a big three, and it's a little different from that 0:24:07.580 --> 0:24:10.020 popular phrase out of the movie. 0:24:10.220 --> 0:24:12.899 Yeah. So, you know, when we look at the Bible, 0:24:12.900 --> 0:24:16.220 there's three big core identity needs that lie in the 0:24:16.220 --> 0:24:18.300 heart of each one of us, and that is we 0:24:18.300 --> 0:24:23.859 need significance, we need security, and we need satisfaction. And 0:24:23.859 --> 0:24:26.580 the reality is, all three of those things we're meant 0:24:26.580 --> 0:24:29.260 to find in God, in our relationship with him as 0:24:29.260 --> 0:24:32.340 his children. And if you think about it, Jesus at 0:24:32.340 --> 0:24:34.939 his baptism, you know, the God the Father says, this 0:24:34.940 --> 0:24:39.700 is my son. Significance, right? He's beloved. He's we're secure 0:24:39.700 --> 0:24:41.940 in his love. Jesus is secure in the father's love 0:24:41.940 --> 0:24:46.020 and in him. I'm well pleased. Right. There's there's satisfaction there. 0:24:46.020 --> 0:24:49.220 And so the reality is, if we are in Christ, 0:24:49.220 --> 0:24:52.700 those statements actually apply to us as well, that we 0:24:52.700 --> 0:24:56.380 are God's children. We are beloved in him. We he 0:24:56.380 --> 0:24:59.820 is well pleased over us for Jesus sake. And so 0:24:59.859 --> 0:25:03.820 the deep identity that we all long for to matter, 0:25:03.820 --> 0:25:07.260 for significance, to feel safe in the universe, to be secure, 0:25:07.260 --> 0:25:10.260 to be delighted and happy in the world. To be satisfied. 0:25:10.260 --> 0:25:14.260 Those deep identity needs are met in God as our father, 0:25:14.260 --> 0:25:16.980 and we are his beloved children. That's where our real, deep, 0:25:17.020 --> 0:25:18.540 true identity lies. 0:25:18.580 --> 0:25:21.860 Philip miller again. Our guest right now, pastor of the 0:25:21.900 --> 0:25:24.260 Moody Church. You've still got the up there, right? I mean, 0:25:24.260 --> 0:25:25.179 it's got. Oh, yeah. 0:25:25.660 --> 0:25:26.820 The Moody church. Yeah. 0:25:26.859 --> 0:25:30.220 I love that. Philip, here's what I love. I think 0:25:30.220 --> 0:25:32.540 if most people are talking about who we are in Christ, 0:25:32.580 --> 0:25:37.740 they go, okay, um, I'm significant. That's good. I'm secure. 0:25:37.780 --> 0:25:41.740 That's good. But I am satisfied. I'm not so sure 0:25:41.740 --> 0:25:44.660 that makes a list. Why is that so important? 0:25:44.940 --> 0:25:49.100 We're made to rejoice. We're made to be happy like God. 0:25:49.140 --> 0:25:51.900 God is, um. You know, you read the Psalms and 0:25:51.900 --> 0:25:55.659 you see things like delight yourself in the Lord, or 0:25:56.180 --> 0:26:00.260 at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Right. There's abundant 0:26:00.260 --> 0:26:04.899 promises that God is the fountain of our satisfaction. We're 0:26:04.900 --> 0:26:07.740 made for him. We're made to come alive and and 0:26:07.740 --> 0:26:10.470 find joy. That's what the woman at the well was 0:26:10.470 --> 0:26:13.630 looking for in all those failed relationships. And Jesus said, 0:26:13.630 --> 0:26:16.990 I'm the real deal, right? So we were made for 0:26:17.350 --> 0:26:20.550 the Lord himself. And here's what happens, Carl, I think 0:26:20.550 --> 0:26:23.110 we wake up in the universe. We're made for God. 0:26:23.109 --> 0:26:26.310 We're made to have these deep identity needs met in 0:26:26.310 --> 0:26:29.910 relationship with him. But we wake up estranged in the universe. 0:26:29.910 --> 0:26:33.310 And so we wake up functionally as orphans, and we 0:26:33.310 --> 0:26:36.750 go out and we fend for ourselves and we think, well, 0:26:36.750 --> 0:26:40.670 I've got to get significant security and satisfaction on my own. 0:26:40.710 --> 0:26:42.750 I've got to go find it somewhere else. And so 0:26:42.750 --> 0:26:46.030 we look for anything that will give us promises that 0:26:46.030 --> 0:26:49.150 sound like they're plausible. And so we look to career 0:26:49.190 --> 0:26:53.510 and romance and relationships and vacations and all the things 0:26:53.510 --> 0:26:57.070 that promise to make us happy and significant and safe. 0:26:57.070 --> 0:27:00.149 And of course, all those things fail their idols, and 0:27:00.150 --> 0:27:03.470 they will never deliver what God alone can give. And 0:27:03.470 --> 0:27:07.870 so our orphan hearts, though, create these like habitual patterns, 0:27:07.869 --> 0:27:11.709 these muscle memories of like how to cope through life 0:27:11.710 --> 0:27:15.310 in the universe and find identity on on our own. 0:27:15.630 --> 0:27:18.389 And it never works. And so then at the end 0:27:18.390 --> 0:27:20.110 of the day, we come back and we say, wait 0:27:20.109 --> 0:27:22.990 a minute, maybe, maybe God is the one we were 0:27:22.990 --> 0:27:24.190 made for all along. 0:27:24.230 --> 0:27:25.630 Maybe God had something to say here. 0:27:25.670 --> 0:27:29.230 Yeah. And here's the thing. Even as Christians, followers of Jesus, 0:27:29.230 --> 0:27:31.590 here's what I think. What happens? I think we have 0:27:31.590 --> 0:27:35.469 so much muscle memory from living as orphans that even 0:27:35.510 --> 0:27:38.990 though we confess Jesus as Lord, we believe in the gospel. 0:27:38.990 --> 0:27:42.470 We have this deep muscle memory, these habits of a 0:27:42.470 --> 0:27:47.710 lifetime that have programmed us, as it were, to live 0:27:47.750 --> 0:27:50.830 as orphans, even though we have the resources of being 0:27:50.830 --> 0:27:55.990 children of God at our fingertips. And part of sanctification 0:27:55.990 --> 0:28:00.550 growing in Christ is learning to retrain that muscle memory, 0:28:00.550 --> 0:28:02.590 so that we learn to look to God for our 0:28:02.590 --> 0:28:06.470 significant security and our satisfaction, instead of all the other 0:28:06.470 --> 0:28:09.389 stuff that that are the false promises out there. 0:28:10.030 --> 0:28:13.270 Oh my goodness. Phillip miller here with us, lead pastor 0:28:13.270 --> 0:28:17.510 of the Moody Church downtown Chicago. Coming up here, I'm 0:28:17.510 --> 0:28:19.870 going to pin you, pastor. Here we go. How does 0:28:19.869 --> 0:28:22.950 this work for you? Because here's the truth a lot 0:28:22.990 --> 0:28:27.510 of people just want to know, is anyone else like me, 0:28:27.710 --> 0:28:30.670 pastor Miller, just like you. Coming up. 0:28:31.190 --> 0:28:33.870 Your shot of hope to help you through the day. 0:28:34.190 --> 0:28:37.270 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:28:37.790 --> 0:28:40.710 With us right now. Phillip miller. He's pastor of the 0:28:40.710 --> 0:28:43.950 Moody Church downtown Chicago. All right, I promised it. Now 0:28:43.950 --> 0:28:47.070 we got to deliver. Pastor, we all live this right. 0:28:47.070 --> 0:28:50.070 We can all get on tilt. And I love your analogy. 0:28:50.070 --> 0:28:53.190 Living as orphans. And we have a memory muscle of 0:28:53.190 --> 0:28:56.870 living as orphans. That is powerful. But how does this 0:28:56.870 --> 0:28:59.030 work for you? You've been kicked in the teeth, you've 0:28:59.030 --> 0:29:02.550 been sucker punched before, and you've got to regroup around 0:29:02.550 --> 0:29:03.470 your identity. 0:29:03.830 --> 0:29:07.590 So here's what here's my thesis I think for, you know, 0:29:07.630 --> 0:29:11.830 these categories, I've given significant security satisfaction. I think one 0:29:11.830 --> 0:29:16.390 of those for most people is a primary longing. We 0:29:16.390 --> 0:29:18.910 need all three. But I think for one of those 0:29:18.950 --> 0:29:21.190 is for most of us going to be dominant. So 0:29:21.190 --> 0:29:24.550 for me, it's significance. I want to matter. I want 0:29:24.590 --> 0:29:27.270 to know that I count. I want to make a difference. 0:29:27.270 --> 0:29:30.230 I want people to say, man, Philip, you know, that 0:29:30.230 --> 0:29:33.510 guy's significant, right? So that's the deep longing in my heart. 0:29:33.510 --> 0:29:35.670 What I learned as a child was that, you know what? 0:29:35.710 --> 0:29:39.150 If I got good grades, if I scored a goal 0:29:39.190 --> 0:29:43.510 in soccer, I would get applause. I would get affirmation. 0:29:43.950 --> 0:29:46.950 And so I learned this is the formula. If I 0:29:46.950 --> 0:29:50.390 want significance, I got to get it from people. And 0:29:50.390 --> 0:29:53.550 so I'm going to perform and I'm going to win. 0:29:53.910 --> 0:29:56.310 And then I'm going to get the approval and the applause. 0:29:56.350 --> 0:29:58.430 And that's going to give me the significance my heart 0:29:58.430 --> 0:30:02.560 is longing for. That was my orphan hearted strategy for living. 0:30:02.920 --> 0:30:06.640 And here's the reality that echoes into all kinds of 0:30:06.640 --> 0:30:10.080 problems in my life, right? Like, like if you have 0:30:10.080 --> 0:30:12.120 to win all the time, it makes you a really 0:30:12.120 --> 0:30:16.880 bad person. Like, because you'll cut corners, you'll do whatever 0:30:16.880 --> 0:30:20.200 it takes to get ahead, and you'll be a really 0:30:20.200 --> 0:30:23.320 lousy loser. Like you will not be able to handle 0:30:23.320 --> 0:30:26.120 it if you don't get the applause. And it doesn't work. 0:30:26.160 --> 0:30:29.160 Like you cannot come in last place, right? And so 0:30:29.200 --> 0:30:31.640 it doesn't make you very loving. It makes you very 0:30:31.640 --> 0:30:35.080 needy as a human being because you're not just doing things. 0:30:35.080 --> 0:30:39.160 You're getting identity from the things you're doing. And so 0:30:39.480 --> 0:30:42.440 you have way too much of your self wrapped up 0:30:42.440 --> 0:30:46.240 in your pursuits. And it just makes everything unhealthy, right? 0:30:46.560 --> 0:30:49.720 So for me as as a pastor, this is honestly Carl, 0:30:49.720 --> 0:30:52.320 this is how it works in ministry, I think for 0:30:52.320 --> 0:30:55.160 a lot of pastors is like, if people are coming, 0:30:55.480 --> 0:30:59.280 if attendance is rising, if programs are working. If the 0:30:59.320 --> 0:31:03.880 budget is balanced, then God must love me. Instead of 0:31:03.880 --> 0:31:06.520 looking to God for my significance and resting in the 0:31:06.520 --> 0:31:09.880 fact that he delights in me for Jesus sake, and 0:31:09.880 --> 0:31:12.720 that I'm his child and that nothing can take that away. 0:31:12.920 --> 0:31:15.440 And like, that's the highest level of significance I could 0:31:15.440 --> 0:31:18.320 ever want. I'm a child of God. Instead of resting 0:31:18.320 --> 0:31:20.680 in that, what I've done is I've. I've become an 0:31:20.680 --> 0:31:24.600 orphan that's looking for that significance in my ministry. And 0:31:24.600 --> 0:31:27.320 now the ministry itself is not just a thing I 0:31:27.320 --> 0:31:30.160 do for Jesus. It's something I'm trying to get my 0:31:30.160 --> 0:31:34.200 identity from. And so it goes toxic on me and 0:31:34.200 --> 0:31:36.320 it destroys me. And of course, it can never give 0:31:36.320 --> 0:31:39.000 me what I what I want. And that's where I think, 0:31:39.160 --> 0:31:41.080 you know, you can feel it in your own soul. 0:31:41.120 --> 0:31:44.120 That's just how ministry can become an idol. And you 0:31:44.120 --> 0:31:47.760 can end up really getting toxic as a human being 0:31:47.760 --> 0:31:51.600 because you're you're living for the wrong stuff, right? So 0:31:51.800 --> 0:31:54.920 for me, I've got to get up every morning and say, God, 0:31:54.960 --> 0:31:57.800 I thank you that you love me because you love me. 0:31:58.080 --> 0:32:01.960 Help me to serve you today from that acceptance and 0:32:01.960 --> 0:32:05.720 not for it. Wow. I'm not trying to get identity 0:32:05.760 --> 0:32:10.280 from my ministry. I'm pouring my identity out into my 0:32:10.280 --> 0:32:13.520 ministry because my identity is rooted somewhere else. It's rooted 0:32:13.520 --> 0:32:14.960 in my relationship with God. 0:32:15.000 --> 0:32:17.840 Philip miller, our guest right now, pastor of the Moody Church. 0:32:17.880 --> 0:32:20.600 This framework, as a child of God, I am significant. 0:32:20.600 --> 0:32:23.920 As a child of God, I am secure, I am satisfied. 0:32:23.960 --> 0:32:26.200 Thanks for honestly sharing what it looks like in your 0:32:26.200 --> 0:32:29.400 own heart of when you're not secure in this significance. 0:32:29.440 --> 0:32:32.280 Quick thought for those listening. What might it look like 0:32:32.280 --> 0:32:37.200 for those who are primarily searching for security or satisfaction 0:32:37.200 --> 0:32:39.640 and struggling to find it in Christ? 0:32:40.040 --> 0:32:43.120 Yeah, it's interesting because there's people in my life that 0:32:43.120 --> 0:32:45.320 are wired this way. Like, I have a friend and 0:32:45.320 --> 0:32:47.880 she's a security person. She just wants to feel safe 0:32:47.880 --> 0:32:51.560 in the world. You know, that's her top value. And 0:32:51.560 --> 0:32:55.360 so it's a slightly different set of resources. They're all 0:32:55.360 --> 0:32:57.600 in the gospel. The gospel is the same, but the 0:32:57.600 --> 0:33:00.360 set of the resources you metabolize are a little bit different. 0:33:00.360 --> 0:33:03.120 So I'm I'm looking for significance. I'm like, where does 0:33:03.120 --> 0:33:06.760 God validate and give me a sense of identity that 0:33:06.800 --> 0:33:09.880 says he matters, right? That's what I'm looking for. This 0:33:09.880 --> 0:33:12.800 friend of mine is looking for security. So different verses 0:33:12.800 --> 0:33:16.000 will appeal. Like the Lord is my shepherd, I shall 0:33:16.000 --> 0:33:19.400 not want. Like he makes me lie down in green pastures. 0:33:19.400 --> 0:33:22.760 He restores my soul. He leads me beside still waters 0:33:22.760 --> 0:33:25.760 like his rod and staff. They comfort me like the 0:33:25.760 --> 0:33:28.280 fact that God is with me always. He will never 0:33:28.280 --> 0:33:31.760 leave me or forsake me. That I'm perfectly safe in 0:33:31.760 --> 0:33:36.720 his arms in this universe. That nothing ultimately can take 0:33:36.720 --> 0:33:40.080 me down because I'm secure in his love forever, right? 0:33:40.120 --> 0:33:44.600 Even death itself cannot disrupt the bond that I have 0:33:44.720 --> 0:33:50.680 with my Savior. Those are deeply securing truths that help 0:33:50.680 --> 0:33:55.170 us remember that we really are safe and that like 0:33:55.210 --> 0:33:58.970 a medical diagnosis is not the end of the story, 0:33:59.010 --> 0:34:01.970 you know? And so you can face all kinds of 0:34:01.970 --> 0:34:04.570 storms in life if you know you're safe in the 0:34:04.570 --> 0:34:05.570 arms of the Lord. 0:34:05.610 --> 0:34:09.050 It dawns on me that the rich young ruler was 0:34:09.050 --> 0:34:12.810 orphaned by his wealth. Yes. He was not secure in Christ. 0:34:12.850 --> 0:34:16.130 He did not lean into that so we can get orphaned. 0:34:16.130 --> 0:34:20.970 Insecurity in weird, funky things that are actually blessings from God. 0:34:20.969 --> 0:34:22.410 But not him. Right, Philip? 0:34:22.810 --> 0:34:25.890 Yeah. So, you know, zooming out here, all three of 0:34:25.890 --> 0:34:30.810 these deep soul needs significant security satisfaction. I think when 0:34:30.810 --> 0:34:34.050 we're an orphan hearted mode, they mainly attach to three 0:34:34.050 --> 0:34:38.810 things people, power or possessions. Yes. And and those three 0:34:38.810 --> 0:34:42.250 things people power and possessions. They work for each of 0:34:42.250 --> 0:34:44.130 those three things. So if you actually think about it, 0:34:44.130 --> 0:34:48.530 there's nine sort of permutations here, if you will. So 0:34:48.690 --> 0:34:51.210 and what that means is that you can actually be 0:34:51.210 --> 0:34:54.009 looking to, let's say, possessions. Let's say you want a 0:34:54.010 --> 0:34:57.530 new car. So if you're a significance guy, you're probably thinking, 0:34:57.530 --> 0:35:00.130 I need a new car because that's a status symbol. 0:35:00.170 --> 0:35:02.609 It's going to show the world I've made it. If 0:35:02.610 --> 0:35:05.010 you're a security person, you might need a new car 0:35:05.010 --> 0:35:07.290 because you don't want your you don't want to break 0:35:07.290 --> 0:35:09.850 down on the road. It's a safety thing for you. 0:35:10.210 --> 0:35:13.650 Or if you're a satisfaction person, you're probably buying the 0:35:13.650 --> 0:35:16.450 new car because you want to treat yourself. I deserve 0:35:16.450 --> 0:35:18.450 to be happy. I worked hard for this, and you 0:35:18.450 --> 0:35:20.810 know I deserve a little treat in my life, right? 0:35:20.969 --> 0:35:23.810 So here we are buying a car. It's the same action, 0:35:23.810 --> 0:35:26.489 but deep down it's doing different things for our soul. 0:35:26.650 --> 0:35:29.049 Pastor Philip miller, our guest right now, we want you 0:35:29.050 --> 0:35:30.810 to get this in front of you. This is a 0:35:30.810 --> 0:35:33.690 great little printout. You can download it on your phone 0:35:33.690 --> 0:35:35.890 and keep it on your your device, but I would 0:35:35.890 --> 0:35:38.370 highly recommend if you can get to a printer, print 0:35:38.370 --> 0:35:40.530 it out so you have a hard copy. Just text 0:35:40.530 --> 0:35:49.490 identity to 855 five 7898. Text identity to 855 five 7898.