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It's a joy to come into 44 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 4: your homes and if you're ever in our area, please 45 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 4: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 46 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 47 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 48 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 4: about this mom. She was cooking breakfast for her two 49 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 4: young boys, Ryan was five and Kevin was three. They 50 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 4: begin to argue over who should get the first pancake. 51 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 4: She saw this as an opportunity to teach them a lesson. 52 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 4: She said, boys, boys, if Jesus were here, he would say, 53 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 4: let my brother have the first pancake. Ryan turned to 54 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 4: his younger brother and said, Okay, Kevin, you be Jesus. 55 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 56 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what 57 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 58 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 59 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 60 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 61 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 62 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 4: about keep your seat. In the Old Testament, the priest 63 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 4: had to go into the temple at certain times a 64 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 4: year and make sacrifices for the people's sins. That's how 65 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 4: they had forgiveness. It was all based off of works. 66 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 4: There were no chairs in the tabernacle, no reason for seats. 67 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 4: The priests couldn't sit down. They lived under constant pressure. 68 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 4: Their work was never done. Another sacrifice was always required. 69 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 4: But when Jesus was crucified, he said on the cross, 70 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 4: it is finished. He was talking about the old way 71 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 4: of having to constantly work for God's goodness. The scripture 72 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 4: says he sat down at the right hand of the Father. 73 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 4: Him sitting is a picture of rest. Under the old covenant, 74 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 4: the priests were constantly working, trying to cover the sins, 75 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 4: trying to be good enough, trying to make things happen. 76 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 4: Under the new Covenant, Jesus is sitting and resting. Here's 77 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 4: the beauty. Paul said in Ephesians, we are seated with 78 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 4: Christ in heavenly places. There is a seat of rest 79 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 4: that belongs to you. You don't have to go through 80 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 4: life wrought up on the inside, worried about your finances, 81 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 4: trying to make a family member do what's right, Frustrated 82 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 4: because a dream hasn't come to pass. Do yourself a favor. 83 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 4: Take your seat, Enter into this rest. When you live seated, 84 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 4: you're in peace. You may have problems, but you know 85 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 4: God is fighting your battles. People may have done you wrong, 86 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 4: you're not trying to pay them back. You know God 87 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 4: is your vindicator. He'll make your wrongs right. You're struggling 88 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 4: with an illness. The medical report doesn't look good. You 89 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 4: could go around upset worried. Instead you stay seated. You 90 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 4: know God has you in the palm of his hand. 91 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 4: You know the number of your days he will fulfill. 92 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 4: David said, though I am surrounded by trouble, my heart 93 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 4: will know no fear, for the Lord will bring me 94 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 4: safely through. He was saying, even though everything has come 95 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 4: against me, I should be worried and upset, but I 96 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 4: know a secret. The battle is not mine. The battle 97 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 4: is the Lord's. So I'm going to take my seat. 98 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 4: But when you try to make everything happen in your 99 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 4: own strength, pay people back. Fix this problem. Live worried 100 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 4: about a child. When you stand up, God steps back. 101 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 4: As long as you're working, he'll rest. But when you 102 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 4: sit down, God will stand up, so to speak, he'll 103 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 4: go to work. That's why he told the Israelites again 104 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 4: and again, be still, and you will see the deliverance 105 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 4: of the Lord. He was saying, take your seat. I've 106 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 4: got this. I'm bigger than what you're facing. This doesn't 107 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 4: mean that we don't do anything. We sit back, passive 108 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 4: all day long. We should be responsible. We have to pray, believe, dream, 109 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 4: but do it from a place of rest. You can 110 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 4: work hard with a rest on the inside, knowing that 111 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 4: you're doing your best and God will get you to 112 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 4: where you're supposed to be. Not working hard, frustrated thinking 113 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 4: when am I going to get good breaks? Why isn't 114 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 4: this changing? Everybody's passing me up. Don't take your seat. 115 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 4: Work from a place of rest, knowing that God's fever 116 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 4: is on your life, that he's breathing in your direction, 117 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 4: that goodness and mercy are chasing you down. Inner rest 118 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 4: is just as important as outer rest. Your physical body 119 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 4: may rest, but if your mind never rest. If you 120 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 4: live wrought up on the inside, fighting everything you don't like, 121 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 4: that's going to wear you out, even things we should 122 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 4: stand against, an addiction, a sickness, dysfunction. If you're always 123 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 4: in fight mode, pressured, thank it. I've got to change this. 124 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 4: Constantly working, it's going to drain your joy, drain your energy. 125 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 4: You're living under the old covenant under works. If I 126 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 4: can work hard enough, if I can make myself change, 127 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 4: if I can make this problem go away. Your heart 128 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 4: is right, but your approach is wrong. Why don't you 129 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 4: approach it from a place of rest? God, I can't 130 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 4: change this on my own. I need your help. I'm 131 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 4: going to be my best and God, I know you're 132 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 4: the potter and I'm the clay. In your time and 133 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 4: in your way, you will help me to change. Instead 134 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 4: of doing, doing, doing the right attitude is done, done, done, 135 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 4: it is finished. God has already defeated every enemy. He's 136 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 4: already planned out your days for good. Now take your seat. 137 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 4: Live from a place of rest, a place of peace, 138 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 4: a place of trust. When I first started ministering, I 139 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 4: would get so nervous. I knew I was supposed to 140 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 4: step up and pasture the church, but I dreaded having 141 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 4: to get up in front of people. All through the week, 142 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 4: I'd have to fight these thoughts. What if I don't 143 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 4: know what to say? What if nobody comes? What if 144 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 4: people don't listen to me. When I would finish my 145 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 4: message on a Sunday morning, for about thirty minutes, I 146 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 4: would be so relieved and so grateful. Then I would 147 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 4: start thinking about the next week. What am I gonna 148 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 4: say next Sunday? What if I can't come up with anything. 149 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 4: After about six months, I thought, I am not living 150 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 4: like this anymore. I'm going to take my seat. If 151 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 4: I had not made that decision, I wouldn't have made 152 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 4: it to forty years old. You weren't created to carry 153 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 4: those heavy burdens, weighted down with worry, stress, frustration. This 154 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 4: is the reason some people have health issues. They can't 155 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 4: sleep at night, they have digested problems, how blood pressure. 156 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 4: It's because there's no inner rest. They haven't learned how 157 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 4: to take their seat on the inside. They're constantly worried 158 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 4: about their child, trying to figure everything out, frustrated because 159 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:18,959 Speaker 4: it's taken so long. The psalm is said, be still 160 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,439 Speaker 4: and know that he is God. This infers if you're 161 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 4: not still, if you're not seated, you won't really know 162 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 4: that he is God. You won't see his favor, his blessings, 163 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 4: his goodness like you should. When things come against you. 164 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 4: Like with me, it's easy to let your mind constantly 165 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 4: play all the what ifs. What if it doesn't work out, 166 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 4: what if the report isn't good, what if they don't change. Remember, 167 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 4: when you're working, God is resting. If you'll start resting, 168 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 4: turning that over to God. Then he'll start working. He 169 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 4: sees what's happening. He knows how big the challenge is. 170 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 4: He knows who did you wrong. The good news is 171 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 4: he already has the solution. He's not going to just 172 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 4: bring you out. He's going to make the enemy pay 173 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 4: and bring you out better than you were before. Now 174 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 4: do your part, take your seat. Quit trying to figure 175 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 4: everything out. Some situations there is no logical solution. You 176 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 4: have to turn your mind off. In one sense. The 177 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 4: scripture says, lean not to your own understanding, and it's 178 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 4: okay to say God, I don't see how this can 179 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 4: work out. I don't see a way, but don't stop there. 180 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 4: Follow it up with but I know you have a way. 181 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 4: I know this is not a surprise to you. You 182 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,719 Speaker 4: had the solution before I had the problem. So I'm 183 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 4: not going to worry. I'm going to live from a 184 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 4: place of peace. David said, God will make your enemies 185 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 4: your footstools. A footstool, of course, is something you put 186 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 4: your feet upon. It's another picture of rest. God could 187 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 4: have said he would make our enemies like grass so 188 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 4: we could walk on them, or like sand, so it's 189 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 4: sawt God use footstools to remind us to stay at rest. 190 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 4: When you face challenges, things you don't understand, things that 191 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 4: are not fair. One of the first things you need 192 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 4: to do is put your feet up, come back to 193 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 4: a place of peace. You have to do this by faith, 194 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 4: because every voice will tell you why. It's not going 195 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 4: to work out. You're not going to get well. You 196 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 4: saw the diagnosis. Your family will never be restored. There's 197 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 4: too much strife. That's the enemy trying to deceive you. 198 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 4: In the standing up. He'll do everything he can to 199 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 4: keep you from staying seated. He knows when you're seated 200 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 4: in peace, trusting God, he doesn't have a chance. When 201 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 4: you live from a place of rest, all the forces 202 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 4: of darkness cannot stop you. God has the final say. 203 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 4: It may have been meant for your harm, but God 204 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 4: is going to turn it into a footstool, not just 205 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 4: a place of rest, but instead of being a stumbling 206 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 4: block to stop you, it's going to become a stepping 207 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 4: stone to take you to the next level. It says 208 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 4: in Hebrews labor to enter into the rest of God. 209 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 4: That sounds like a contradiction, labor to rest, But God 210 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 4: used the word labor because he knew it's going to 211 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 4: take work to stay seated. It's easy to stand up, 212 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 4: it's easy to be offended, try to pay people back. 213 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 4: It's easy to live worried, discouraged by problems. That's why 214 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 4: it says labor to enter his rest is going to 215 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 4: take effort. And this is one of the few times 216 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 4: that God tells us to work. And it doesn't say 217 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 4: work to straighten out your neighbor, work to make the 218 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 4: problem go away. He said work to stay seated. Maybe 219 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 4: you're trying to break an addiction. Yes, you have to 220 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 4: be disciplined, you have to be determined. But if there's 221 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:11,079 Speaker 4: a war going on on the inside where you're upset 222 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 4: with yourself, frustrated because you're not further along trying to 223 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 4: force it to happen in your own strength, you're not 224 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 4: tapping into the grace that's available today. You're like that 225 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 4: priest that had to make a sacrifice again and again. No, 226 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 4: you're under the New Covenant. Christ defeated every enemy. The 227 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 4: price has already been paid. You are not working to 228 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 4: get the victory. You are working from victory when you 229 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 4: know that you've already won. There's a rest you don't 230 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 4: live worried. You don't lose sleep at night. You know 231 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 4: the outcome. God said, He always causes you to triumph. 232 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 4: It may not turn out every time the way you thought, 233 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 4: or on your timetable, but God's ways are better than 234 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 4: our ways. This is what trust is all about. What 235 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 4: I'm saying is when you live from a place of peace, 236 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 4: you'll not only enjoy your life more, but God will 237 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 4: make things happen that you couldn't make happen. My parents 238 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 4: started Lakewood in nineteen fifty nine with ninety people. For 239 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 4: about thirteen years, the church didn't really grow. They had 240 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 4: less than two hundred people. My father had much bigger 241 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 4: things in his heart. At seventeen years of age, he 242 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 4: knew one day he was going to pastor a church 243 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 4: with thousands, but he wasn't seeing any of that. His 244 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 4: friends would come by and say, John, what are you 245 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 4: doing out here? Still pastoring this little church. They meant well, 246 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 4: but sometimes your friends can be discouraging. They were seeing, John, 247 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 4: why don't you stand up? Why don't you make something happen? 248 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 4: Why don't you do it in your own strength? My 249 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 4: father's attitude was, I'm going to keep doing what I 250 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 4: know God asked me to do. I'm not going to 251 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 4: be frustrated because it's not growing. I'm not going to 252 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 4: slow off because it hasn't turned out my way. I'm 253 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 4: going to keep my seat. He lived from this place 254 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 4: of rest, knowing that God is in control, that God 255 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 4: is keeping the records. These are tests that we have 256 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 4: to pass. One of them is being faithful when nothing 257 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 4: is changing, doing the right thing when it's not growing. 258 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 4: It's easy to get frustrated. God, I've got bigger things 259 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 4: in me. Why isn't it changing. No, keep your seat. 260 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 4: God is watching you. He sees your faithfulness. He sees 261 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 4: you doing the right thing when it's hard, and at 262 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 4: the appointed time in your due season. God is going 263 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 4: to catapult you further than you can imagine. You are 264 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 4: not falling behind. You are being prepared. God is getting 265 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 4: you ready. Everything you went through deposited something on the inside. 266 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 4: The delays made you stronger. The fact that you're not 267 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 4: as far along as you would like, that was ordained 268 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 4: by God. Those people that didn't support you, the people 269 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 4: that walked away, you could have become bitter. Instead, you 270 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 4: stayed seated. You kept your peace. Now get ready. Your 271 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 4: time is coming. God has something bigger than you think, 272 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 4: more rewarding than you can imagine. He's going to exceed 273 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 4: your expectations. That's what happened to my father. He ended 274 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 4: up pastoring a church with thousands and thousands. But sometimes 275 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 4: the reason we're frustrated is we're trying to change things 276 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 4: that only God can change. You can't make people do 277 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 4: what's right. You can pray for them, you can encourage them, 278 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 4: but they have their own free will. Don't let them 279 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 4: steal your joy. You are not responsible for other people's happiness. 280 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 4: You cannot keep everyone in your life happy. You are 281 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 4: responsible for your own happiness. And I don't mean to 282 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 4: live selfishly, but sometimes we take on a false sense 283 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,919 Speaker 4: of responsibility. We think we have to keep all of 284 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 4: our neighbors happy, all of our co workers happy, all 285 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 4: of our friends, all of our family. I've learned some 286 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 4: people don't want to be happy. They just want your attention. 287 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 4: They want you to cater to them and come run 288 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:25,880 Speaker 4: and every time they call. If you don't, they'll try 289 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 4: to make you feel guilty for not meeting all your demands. 290 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 4: What they really want is to control you. Don't fall 291 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 4: into that trap. Be nice, be kind, but don't be 292 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 4: a doormat. You have a destiny to fulfill, you have 293 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 4: an assignment. It's very easy to let people cause us 294 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 4: to stand up, lose our peace, live frustrated, no, sit 295 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 4: back down, stay at rest. I had to learn this 296 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 4: lesson because always felt responsible to keep everyone around me happy. 297 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 4: It was easy when I was young, had a few friends, 298 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 4: a few family members. But as I got older and 299 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:09,479 Speaker 4: had more family, more friends, cousins, relatives, colleagues, neighbors, I 300 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 4: ended up spending half my time putting out fires, calming 301 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 4: this one down, cheering this one up, running over here 302 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 4: so this one wouldn't be offended. One day I realized 303 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 4: I can't become who I'm created to be if I'm 304 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 4: trying to please everybody around me. I had to draw 305 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 4: that line in the sand and say I'm sitting down, 306 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 4: I'm staying in peace now. I'm not going to let 307 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 4: people who want take responsibility for their own happiness make 308 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 4: me feel guilty and try to control me. And I'm 309 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,199 Speaker 4: a nice person. I sound mean, but I'm not. I 310 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 4: will go the extra mile, but some people are high maintenance. 311 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 4: They will drain all the life, the energy, the goodwill 312 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 4: out of you. If you allow them to, they are 313 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 4: not being disciplined to manage their own life, their own emotions. 314 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,719 Speaker 4: They'll expect you to keep them fixed, but you cannot 315 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 4: fulfill your destiny. You can't accomplish your assignment unless you 316 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 4: put up some boundaries and not let people pull you 317 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 4: out of rest, make you feel guilty, get you upset 318 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 4: like you have to keep them happy. That is a 319 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 4: co dependent relationship. They can't be happy without you. That's 320 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 4: not healthy. Be nice, but be firm. You have to 321 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 4: labor to enter into this rest. God wouldn't have said 322 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 4: labor if it wasn't going to be uncomfortable at times. 323 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 4: I know you're like me. You don't want to hurt 324 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 4: people's feelings, but you are not doing them a favor 325 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 4: by catering to them. You are enabling their dysfunction, and 326 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 4: that's keeping you from moving forward. They have to set 327 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 4: some boundaries. I'm not going to come run and every 328 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 4: time they call, not going to change my plans and 329 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 4: not spend time I'm with my family to go help 330 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 4: them for the four hundredth time this month. Some people 331 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 4: are alarmist. Every time they call it a major crisis, 332 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 4: a major emergency. It's got to be dealt with right then. 333 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 4: I don't know about you, but I have enough drama 334 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 4: in my own life. I don't need somebody else's drama. 335 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 4: If you're a drama queen, call my brother Paul. He'll 336 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 4: help you out. Years ago, I had this friend I 337 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 4: went to high school with. We played basketball together, and 338 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 4: he's a fine young man. I enjoyed being around him, 339 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 4: but he started becoming overly dependent on me. I had 340 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 4: to call him, I had to tell him what all 341 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 4: of our friends were doing. I always had to go 342 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 4: pick him up. I felt pressured. I was young, didn't 343 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,679 Speaker 4: know any better. I did it, but he got married. 344 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 4: I got married and I didn't have the time like 345 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,880 Speaker 4: I had before. He couldn't understand it. He would get upset. 346 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 4: I tried to keep him happy. I'd go see him, 347 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 4: Let's go play basketball, let's hang out. It was never enough. 348 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 4: He'd called back again. Upset got to the point where 349 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 4: when I saw his name on my phone, I didn't 350 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 4: want to answer it. I felt guilty, so I did, 351 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 4: but he'd tell me all the reasons why I wasn't 352 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 4: being a good friend. One day I learned what I'm 353 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 4: telling you. I am not responsible to keep everyone around 354 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 4: me happy. And I was nice, but I stopped answering 355 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 4: his call. And the funny thing is I didn't feel guilty. 356 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 4: I felt good about it. I knew he was pulling 357 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 4: me out of rest. There are some people You cannot 358 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 4: stay seated with them in your life. If you don't 359 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 4: make an adjustment, you'll be frustrated for the next twenty years. 360 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 4: Be respectful, but put up some boundaries. Well, Joel, what 361 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 4: if they get upset, what if they don't want to 362 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 4: be my friend? Say thank you Jesus, they did you 363 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 4: a favor. Here's the bottom line. When you get to heaven, 364 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 4: you are not going to answer to people about what 365 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 4: you did with your life, how you spend your time, 366 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 4: how you used your gifts. You're going to answer to God. 367 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 4: Your destiny is too important to let people control you. 368 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 4: There are a lot of things in life that we 369 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 4: can't change. We can't make people do what's right. We 370 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 4: can't make ourselves get well necessarily. We can't make a 371 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 4: dream come to pass. But we can change our approach. 372 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 4: We can choose to not let these things upset us. 373 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 4: We can make this decision to take our seats. Somebody 374 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 4: cuts you off in traffic. It's tempting to stand up, 375 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 4: tempting to get upset. Let me show them, let me 376 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 4: blow my horn. They've already moved on, They're already in 377 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 4: the next lane. You might as well sit back down. 378 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 4: Don't let a stranger pull you out of rest. It's 379 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 4: not hurting them, it's souring your day. A lot of 380 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 4: these things are simply test. Are we going to keep 381 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,880 Speaker 4: letting the same things upset us, the same people get 382 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:59,199 Speaker 4: on our nerves, the same delays sour our life. My 383 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 4: message today is very simple. Stay seated. This is a 384 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,719 Speaker 4: freeing way to live. When you know that God is 385 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 4: in control, that nothing can happen without his permission, and 386 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 4: that He is directing your steps. Takes the pressure off. 387 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 4: You can live calm in peace, not fighting everything you 388 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 4: don't like. You have a disappointment, the medical report is 389 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 4: not good. I'm not going to worry. I'm staying seated. 390 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 4: God is my healer. You have a set back in 391 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 4: your finances, you lose a big client. Every voice will say, 392 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,199 Speaker 4: be worried, be upset. That's not fair. If you'll listen, 393 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 4: you'll hear the still small voice saying, stay seated. God's 394 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 4: working behind the scenes, Payback is coming, abundance is on 395 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 4: the way. I wonder how much more we'd enjoy life 396 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 4: if we would learn to live from this place of rest. 397 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 4: In the scripture, it compares a believer to an egle, 398 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 4: and it's interesting how an ego handel's challenges. A crow 399 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 4: is one of the eagle's biggest pest. When the eagle 400 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 4: is flying, the crow will come up right behind it 401 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 4: and pester it, do things to annoy it. Even though 402 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 4: the eagle is much bigger, it can't turn as fast 403 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,160 Speaker 4: as the crow, and so instead of fighting the crow, 404 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 4: getting upset trying to defend itself, the eagle will simply 405 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 4: stretch out its eight foot wingspan, catch the winds, and 406 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 4: rise higher and higher, and eagle can fly at heights 407 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 4: that no other birds can fly. At some point, the 408 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,959 Speaker 4: crow will have to fall away. He can't breathe at 409 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 4: that altitude. In the same way, we all have some 410 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:47,640 Speaker 4: crows in life, some chickens and turkeys too. People that 411 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 4: want to irritate us get on our nerves and do 412 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 4: things to try to bait us into conflict. It's easy 413 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 4: to get upset try to straighten every crow out, But 414 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 4: remember you an eagle. You can go up higher, You 415 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 4: can fly where the crows cannot fly. But if you 416 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 4: stay down at their level, try to straighten out every 417 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 4: crow and get involved in conflicts that don't matter, that 418 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 4: will keep you from your destiny. The crows, the chickens, 419 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 4: the turkeys, they are simply distractions. When an egle faces 420 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 4: a storm there's bad weather in its path, it doesn't 421 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 4: bury its head and try to force his way through it. 422 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 4: Fight the winds, fight the rain, fight the thunder. Again, 423 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 4: it catches the thermal winds and goes up higher until 424 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 4: it's above all the turmoil. Like the egle, we all 425 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:45,239 Speaker 4: face storms, we all have difficulties. The key is to 426 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 4: rise above all the turboil. You don't have to fight 427 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 4: your way through it. Don't let it get on the inside. 428 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 4: Remain at rest, stay seated, and God will fight your battles. 429 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 4: Too often we're fighting when we should be resting. We're 430 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 4: standing when we should be sitting. And yes, I know 431 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,360 Speaker 4: we have to stand strong. I'm talking about in your spirit, 432 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 4: even when it stormy all around you, things happening that 433 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 4: you don't understand. You need to have a rest knowing 434 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 4: that God is still on the throne, that He is 435 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 4: bigger than anything you're facing. When you're an eagle, when 436 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,199 Speaker 4: you've learned to rise above the challenges, you'll be at 437 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 4: peace when you could be upset. You'll have a smile 438 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 4: when you could be discouraged. You're showing God that you 439 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 4: trust him. You're taking your seat. Sometimes, after a long day, 440 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 4: I'll be standing in my kitchen talking to Victoria and 441 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 4: our children, and we can talk for a long time, 442 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 4: and at some point I'll tell them I have to 443 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 4: go get off my feet. I know when I'm done, 444 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 4: when I need to sit down and relax. Maybe today 445 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 4: you need to get off your feet. You're living worried 446 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 4: about your health and stressed over your finances, upset because 447 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 4: that child still hasn't changed. Why don't you come back 448 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 4: to a place of peace. God hasn't all figured out 449 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 4: those enemies you're concerned about, those obstacles, They're not going 450 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 4: to stop you. They're going to become a footstool. And 451 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 4: instead of laboring to try to fix everything, I'm asking 452 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 4: you to labor to enter this rest. You weren't created 453 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 4: to carry the heavy burdens. There is a seat of 454 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 4: rest that has your name on it. You may have 455 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 4: been standing for a long time, but God is saying, 456 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 4: take your seat, live from a place of rest, work hard, 457 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 4: do your best, but on the inside, stay in peace. 458 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 4: If you'll do this, I believe and declare You're not 459 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 4: only going to enjoy life more, but God's going to 460 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 4: bring dreams to pass. Problems are about to turn around, health, wholeness, favor, victory, 461 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, if you 462 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 4: receive it, Can you say amen? Today I'd like to 463 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 4: give you an opportunity to make g Jesus the lord 464 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 465 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 4: Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come into my heart. 466 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 4: I'll make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you 467 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,359 Speaker 4: prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 468 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 4: Get in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 469 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the joelus Deine podcast. Help 470 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 6: us continue to share the message of hope with those 471 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 6: all over the world. Visit Joeloustin dot com slash give 472 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 6: hope to give a gift today. 473 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 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