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But 44 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 3: thanks so much for tuning in. And thanks again for 45 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 3: coming out today. And I like to start with something funny. 46 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 3: And I heard about this middle aged woman. She had 47 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 3: a heart attack on the operating table. She asked God 48 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 3: if this was it. God said, no, you have forty 49 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 3: more years. Upon recovery, she decided to stay in the hospital, 50 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 3: have a facelift, Tommy Tuck, life of suction, and extreme makeover. 51 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 3: Two months later, as she was leaving the hospital, she 52 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 3: was hit by a car and killed. She got to Heaven, 53 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 3: said God, I don't understand it. I thought you said 54 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 3: I had forty more years. God said, I'm sorry. I 55 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 3: didn't recognize you no spiritual value. But let's say it ready. 56 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 3: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 57 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. I can do 58 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 3: what it says I can do. Today I will be 59 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 3: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 60 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 3: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 61 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 3: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 62 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,679 Speaker 3: to talk to you today about nothing to prove. Too 63 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 3: often we're trying to get our worth out of what 64 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 3: we do, how well we perform. Am I good enough? Mother? 65 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 3: Am I talented? Enough, strong enough, successful enough. We think 66 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 3: if we work harder, outperform our coworker, outdress our friend, 67 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 3: outdrive our neighbor, then we'll feel good about ourselves. We 68 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 3: live in this proving mode, with this need to impress. 69 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 3: The problem is we're getting our value from the wrong place. 70 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 3: If you don't know who you are, a child of 71 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 3: the Most High God, then you'll spend your energy trying 72 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 3: to get other people to validate you. But when you're 73 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 3: secure in who God made you to be, when you're 74 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 3: comfortable with your gifts, you're content with your looks, you're 75 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 3: happy with your personality, then you don't go around competing 76 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 3: with others, jealous of a friend that's more talented, living 77 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 3: to impress that cousin that's more attractive. You know you're 78 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 3: one of a kind, a masterpiece made in the image 79 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 3: of God. When you know who you are, you won't 80 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,799 Speaker 3: live in this proving mode trying to impress people, getting 81 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 3: your value out of what they think. Do they accept me, 82 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 3: do they compliment me? Do they approve me? If not, 83 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 3: let me work harder, Let me prove to them that 84 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 3: I'm good enough. Now you don't need their applause them 85 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 3: validating you is not going to move you towards your destiny. 86 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 3: Them cheering you on is nice, but if you're getting 87 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 3: your worth out of that, if they quit doing it, 88 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 3: then you'll feel devalued, not good enough. You'll have to 89 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 3: work harder, do more to impress them. It's a treadmill. 90 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 3: You're doing all this this work but not going anywhere. 91 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 3: Take the pressure off. You have nothing to prove. Your 92 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 3: destiny is not contingent on them liking you. Their approval 93 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 3: is not keeping you from your purpose. It's a distraction. 94 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 3: You're spending time and energy trying to impress outperform, to 95 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 3: show them that you're good enough, when in fact you're 96 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 3: already good enough. You've already been approved. God created you 97 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 3: in his own image. Now run your race. They may 98 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 3: be more talented, celebrate them. You're not competing with them. 99 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 3: You don't have to prove to them that you're talented too. 100 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 3: You have gifts that they don't have. Be confident in 101 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 3: who God made you to bee. I talked to a 102 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 3: man growing up. His father was very hard on him, 103 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 3: very condescending, told him that he was never going to 104 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 3: amount to anything. Now, this man is in his forties, 105 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 3: working night and day trying to prove to his father 106 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 3: that he was wrong, Prove to him that he's talented, 107 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 3: Prove that he's successful. His father still doesn't acknowledge his success, 108 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 3: he still doesn't compliment him. I told him what I'm 109 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 3: telling you. You don't have to convince him that you're 110 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 3: good enough. He doesn't control your destiny. That's a distraction. 111 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 3: You're trying to impress someone that's never going to be impressed. 112 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 3: No matter what you do, is not going to be 113 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 3: good enough. Your job is not to change people's mind. 114 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 3: Your job is to run your race. Don't get your 115 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 3: value from people, get your value from God. Anytime we're 116 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 3: trying to prove something, the root cause is insecurity. Your 117 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 3: value should come from who you are, and not what 118 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 3: you do, and not what you have. If not, there 119 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 3: will always be a voice saying you don't measure up. 120 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 3: You need to be stronger, skinnier, taller, wealthier, more talented, 121 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 3: a better mother. It's very freeing when you understand you 122 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 3: have nothing to approve. You don't have to prove to 123 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 3: others that you're good enough. That neighbor that's a super mom. 124 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 3: She does everything for her children. After school, they do 125 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 3: arts and crafts, then Little League, then ballet, then singing lessons, 126 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 3: then pilot lessons, then algebra thiie. They do field trips 127 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 3: on the weekends. She makes all of their clothes. On Fridays, 128 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 3: they learn Chinese. You don't have to keep up with 129 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 3: her to prove that you're a good mother too. She 130 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 3: may have been grace for that. She's walking in her anointing, 131 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 3: her calling her gifting. Feel sorry for her kids, But 132 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 3: you're not competing with her. If you go into approving mode, 133 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 3: trying to outperform, feeling less than because you're not like her, 134 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 3: all that's going to do is wear you out and 135 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 3: take your joy. You're trying to prove something that you 136 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 3: don't have to prove. You've entered a race that you're 137 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 3: not competing in. Walk in your anointing. You don't have 138 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 3: to keep up with other people. If you're getting your 139 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 3: value on how you measure up to your peers. Am 140 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 3: I as talented as my coworker, Am I as successful 141 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 3: as my cousin? Then you'll live in approving mode, working harder, 142 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 3: trying to impress. That's a never ending cycle. Get off 143 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 3: that treadmill. You have nothing to prove you don't have 144 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 3: to be better than your neighbor, more talented than your friend, 145 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 3: skinnier than your cousin. That's not your race. You're not 146 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 3: competing with them. You're competing with yourself. Be the best 147 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 3: you that you can be. I've seen ladies that are 148 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 3: naturally a size fourteen. You can meet someone that's naturally 149 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 3: a size six. It's not necessarily about discipline, diet, will power. 150 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 3: It's about genetics. It's about who God made you to be. 151 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 3: If you're competing in a race you're not supposed to 152 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 3: be in, you're going to live frustrated. You could not 153 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 3: eat for three years and still not be a SI six. 154 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 3: Why are you competing in a race that was never 155 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 3: designed for you? What are you trying to prove that? 156 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 3: If you get small enough, strong enough, successful enough, then 157 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 3: you can feel good about yourself. Get out of that race. 158 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 3: You can feel good about who you are. Right now. 159 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 3: You are in a class all by yourself. When God 160 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 3: made you, he threw away the mold. He stepped back 161 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 3: and said that was good. Another masterpiece. He put his 162 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 3: DNA in you. Who said you don't look good, Who 163 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 3: said you're not talented enough, Who said you needed to 164 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 3: be taller, more creative, have a better personality. Don't believe 165 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 3: those lies. Quit comparing, quit competing, and run your race. 166 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 3: When our children were small, most of my siblings homeschooled 167 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 3: their children, and I asked my sister Lisa about it. 168 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 3: She said, when you send them off to school, that's 169 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 3: eight hours a day that they're being influenced by someone else. 170 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 3: I thought, that's eight hours that I get a break. 171 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,839 Speaker 3: But we felt this pressure to be like them. Sometimes 172 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 3: we do things with the wrong motives. I'm a homeschool 173 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 3: my children, so you won't look down on me. I'm 174 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 3: going to try to prove that I'm a good parent too. 175 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 3: You have to fall of your own heart. When you 176 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 3: compare with others, you'll start competing. The problem is you're 177 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 3: not running their race. The grace on their life is 178 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 3: going to be different than the grace on your life. 179 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 3: It's not a one size fits all. And if you 180 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 3: think you have to do what they're doing or you're 181 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 3: going to look less than you have to prove that 182 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 3: you're just as strong, just as committed, just as talented, 183 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 3: then you're going to get distracted from your destiny. We 184 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 3: put our children in school and for the first four 185 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 3: or five years they did great. Eventually, when we started 186 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 3: traveling a lot, we did homeschool them. The point is, 187 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 3: run your race. You have nothing to prove. You don't 188 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 3: have to prove to God that you're worthy. He's already 189 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 3: made you worthy. You don't have to prove that you 190 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 3: deserve his goodness. He knew every mistake you would make, 191 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 3: every fault, every weakness, and he's already accepted and approved. 192 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 3: You quit trying to win over his approval. Thinking if 193 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 3: you read your Bible enough, pray enough, quote enough, scripture, 194 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 3: serve enough, give enough, rest in who he made you 195 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 3: to be. You're not supposed to live striving, pressured, hoping 196 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 3: you can measure up, hoping you can do good enough. 197 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 3: Maybe you can earn his blessings. You don't have to 198 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 3: earn it. When he breathed life into you, he put 199 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 3: his blessing on you. You're already qualified. Take the pressure 200 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 3: off and walk in that blessing. We weren't created to 201 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 3: live in this proving mode, trying to impress others, outperform 202 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 3: your coworker, not feeling good about yourself unless you're achieving, impressing, outperforming, 203 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 3: living to impress people will keep you from your destiny. 204 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 3: That's time and energy that you need for your dreams, 205 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 3: for your goals. You may impress people, you may win 206 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 3: their approval. They compliment you, man, you look great today, 207 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 3: you sure are successful. Praise from people just feeds our ego. 208 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 3: We should live to impress God, He controls the universe. 209 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 3: Promotion is not going to come from that person you impress. 210 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 3: Proving to your friend that you're talented, you're successful may 211 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 3: make you feel good, but they don't open doors, they 212 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 3: don't part red seas, they don't line up favor divine connections. 213 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 3: Instead of impressing people, we should spend our time impressing God. 214 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 3: When you're secure in who God made you to be, 215 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 3: you don't feel less than because you can't do what 216 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 3: somebody else does. God has given us different gifts. I 217 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 3: don't feel inferior because my brother is a medical doctor 218 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 3: and I don't have a college degree. I realize he 219 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 3: got the brains, but I got the looks. But my 220 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: security is not in how I perform, in what I do, 221 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 3: what I wear, what title is behind my name. My 222 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 3: security is in the fact that I'm a child of 223 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 3: Almighty God. Now I say this with humility. But I 224 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 3: realize I'm a masterpiece. I'm fearfully and wonderfully made. I'm equipped, empowered, 225 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 3: approved and anointed. You have to get your value from 226 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 3: who you are and not what you do. Otherwise you 227 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 3: spend your whole life competing with others, trying to prove 228 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 3: your importance to convince him to be for you. Look 229 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 3: at the car I drive, Look at the business I built, 230 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,719 Speaker 3: Look at my position. Look how great a shape I'm in. 231 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 3: That's all good, but it's superficial. If it changes, then 232 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 3: your self worth will change. I was riding to a 233 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 3: friend's house from the gym. This was years ago. He 234 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 3: invited us to come over after we played basketball. I 235 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 3: jumped in the car with him. He had this very 236 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 3: nice sports car, really beautiful. As we were driving to 237 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 3: his house, I noticed we drove the long way. We 238 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 3: could have saved a few miles, but he went all 239 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 3: the way around. I asked why he didn't go the 240 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 3: easy way. He said, my ex girlfriend lives on this street. 241 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 3: Now I always drive by to make sure she sees 242 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 3: what she's missed out on. They had been broken up 243 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 3: for almost ten years, but still every chance he gets. 244 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 3: He was going out of his way to prove what 245 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 3: she was missing out, prove that he was successful, proved 246 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 3: that he was happy without her. Funny is he found 247 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 3: out later that she had moved across town a couple 248 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 3: of years earlier. All that time he was driving by, 249 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 3: proving his point, she wasn't even there. I wonder how 250 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 3: many times we're trying to prove something and the person 251 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 3: is not even paying attention, trying to impress people that 252 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 3: don't care, competing with someone that doesn't even know we're competing. 253 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 3: And yes, it's good to have goals, good to have 254 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 3: people that challenge us, inspire us to go further. But 255 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 3: we're not going to be blessed if our motives are 256 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 3: not pure. When we're trying to prove to people to 257 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 3: feed our ego, to pay them back, to show them 258 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 3: how great we are, or to make up for our 259 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 3: lack of self worth, that's a dead end street. Let 260 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 3: God fight your battles, let him promote you, let him 261 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 3: vindicate you. His favor is not so we can prove 262 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 3: that we're talented, prove that we're as good as someone else. 263 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:01,479 Speaker 3: It's to fulfill our assignment. It's to it advance the kingdom. 264 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 3: Who are you trying to impress. Who are you competing with? 265 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 3: How much energy are you spending trying to feel good enough, 266 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 3: talented enough, smart enough, worthy enough. Try a different approach. 267 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 3: Come out from under that pressure, striving working. You have 268 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 3: nothing to prove. What people think about you doesn't determine 269 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 3: in your destiny. Accomplishing more is nice, but it's not 270 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 3: going to make you more valuable. Your income may increase, 271 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 3: but your value is not going to increase. Don't get 272 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 3: baited into being competitive trying to outperform thinking that's going 273 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 3: to give you more worth. Run your race. Stay focused 274 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 3: on what you'll call to do. Don't live for people's applause, 275 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 3: Live for God's applause. Luke. Chapter three, Jesus was being 276 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 3: baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. When 277 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 3: he came up out of the water, a voice boomed 278 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 3: out of the heaven saying, this is my beloved son, 279 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 3: in whom I am well pleased. A dove came down 280 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 3: and landed on Jesus, representing the Holy Spirit. What's interesting 281 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 3: is Jesus had not started his ministry. He had never 282 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 3: healed anyone, never opened a blind eye, never turned water 283 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 3: into wine. Yet his father said, I am well pleased 284 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 3: with you. God was pleased with who he was and 285 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 3: not what he could do. His value didn't come from 286 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:31,719 Speaker 3: his performance. I could understand God's saying he was pleased 287 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 3: with him after he raised Lazarus, after he multiplied the 288 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,439 Speaker 3: five loaves, after he cured the lepers. But God doesn't 289 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 3: base your value on what you do, on how well 290 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 3: you perform, on how talented you are, how many people 291 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 3: look up to you. It's based on the fact that 292 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 3: you're his child. He breathed life into you, he made 293 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 3: you in his own image. There's nothing you can do 294 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 3: that will make you more valuable. No matter how good 295 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 3: you no matter how successful, it doesn't change how God 296 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 3: sees you. Right now. We think, man, if I could 297 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 3: perform better, if I could be more disciplined, if I 298 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,199 Speaker 3: could become more successful, then God would smile down on me. 299 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 3: Then he would show me his favor. He's already smiling 300 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 3: on you. He's already crowned you with his favor. And 301 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 3: sure you may have areas you need to improve in 302 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 3: we all do, but that doesn't change your value. When 303 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 3: God looks at you, he says, that's Charles, that's my son. 304 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 3: In whom I'm well pleased. That's Nancy, that's Maria, that's Ronda, 305 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 3: that's my daughter's in whom I am well pleased. When 306 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,199 Speaker 3: you understand, if God is pleased with you, it doesn't 307 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 3: really matter what other people think about you. They may 308 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 3: not be for you. They may try to discredit you 309 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 3: withhold their approval. Big deal. They didn't breathe life into you. 310 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 3: They didn't know you before you were formed in your 311 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 3: mother's womb. They didn't call you, equip you, anoint you. 312 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 3: Why are you trying to prove to people who you 313 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 3: are when God has already said he is well pleased 314 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 3: with you. Why are you spending time and energy trying 315 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 3: to impress that neighbor, Prove to that person that walked 316 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 3: away that you really are okay, proved to that coworker 317 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 3: that you are talented. You don't have anything to prove. 318 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 3: They don't control your destiny. They can't stop what God 319 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 3: has purpose for your life. Get your eyes off of people, 320 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 3: off of your faults, off of how you think you 321 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 3: don't measure up. You are approved, you are accepted, you 322 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 3: are anointed. Now step into your destiny. After Jesus was baptized, 323 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 3: after this great moment where God announced that he was 324 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 3: pleased with him, the spirit came down like a dove. 325 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 3: The scripture says, the spirit led Jesus into the wilderness 326 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 3: to be tempted. On one side of the Jordan River 327 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 3: it was love, bush, green, fruits and vegetables, so fertile 328 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 3: and beautiful. On the other side it was barren, dry, nothing, 329 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 3: growing hot, dusty. You would think, after this incredible moment, 330 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 3: surely the spirit would take Jesus into the nice, comfortable, 331 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 3: fertile land so he could start his ministry with ease. 332 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,360 Speaker 3: But it was just the opposite. He was led into 333 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 3: the desert to be tempted. You can be in the 334 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 3: desert by design. Sometimes God will lead you into the wilderness. 335 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 3: The good news is God will not take you into 336 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,719 Speaker 3: something that he's not going to bring you out of. 337 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 3: Stay faithful in the wilderness, pass the test, keep doing 338 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 3: the right thing. One of the tests Jesus had to 339 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 3: pass in the desert was not proving himself. After forty days, 340 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 3: the enemy came to Jesus and said, if you are 341 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 3: the son of God, turn these stones into bread. He 342 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 3: was saying, Jesus proved to us who you are prove 343 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 3: that you're really the son of God. Prove that the 344 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 3: voice we all heard was really true. Jesus wouldn't do it. 345 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 3: He said, man doesn't live by bread alone. He was saying, 346 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 3: I don't have anything to prove. I don't need you 347 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 3: to be for me. I don't need your validation. I'm 348 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 3: not going to waste my time trying to convince you 349 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 3: who I am. The enemy took Jesus to a high 350 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 3: place overlooking the temple. He said it again, if you 351 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 3: are the son of God, jump off this ledge. Jesus said, 352 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 3: in effect, why do I need to show you who 353 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 3: I am when just forty days ago you heard my 354 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 3: father announcing who I am. If I was his child 355 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 3: in the water, then i'm his child in the desert. 356 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 3: I don't need to impress you. I'm not going to 357 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,719 Speaker 3: show off hoping you'll be convinced who I am. I 358 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 3: have a destiny to fulfill. Like Jesus, you have nothing 359 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 3: to prove. Don't get distracted by the negative chatter people 360 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 3: that discount you. Don't start competing with someone that's not 361 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 3: in your race, trying to outperform or impress them so 362 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 3: they'll be for you. You don't need them to be 363 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 3: for you. The enemy wanted Jesus to show off so 364 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,239 Speaker 3: everyone will see how powerful you are, so you can 365 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 3: impress all these people. Jesus wouldn't use his power for 366 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 3: the wrong motives, just to bring attention to himself, just 367 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 3: to show how great he was before he was crucified. 368 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 3: He said, I could have called ten thousand angels down 369 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 3: to turn things around. But I'm not living to impress people. 370 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 3: I'm not living to prove who I am. I know 371 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 3: who I am. I'm living to fulfill my purpose. When 372 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 3: your motives are right and you need favor, you need 373 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 3: a breakthrough, God will step in and make things happen 374 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 3: that you couldn't make happen. But if anyone could have 375 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 3: proved something, it was Jesus. He has all power. He 376 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 3: could have shut the enemy up. He could have created 377 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 3: a state dinner in the desert. He could have flown 378 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 3: down off that ledge like a fighter pilot. Everyone in amazement. 379 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 3: He was showing us you don't need people's validation. You 380 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 3: may have the power to prove something. You have the talent, 381 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 3: the funds you could get, even you could show off, 382 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 3: you could impress, but you realize it's a distraction, Like 383 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 3: with Jesus, we're all going to face these tests. Are 384 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 3: you going to get baited in? Start competing in things 385 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 3: that don't matter, trying to prove your self worth, trying 386 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 3: to impress people so they'll think good of you, Trying 387 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 3: to prove your value when your heavenly father has already 388 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 3: taken care of that. He's already said he's well pleased 389 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 3: with you. If we would spend the same amount of 390 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 3: time that we're normally trying to prove, trying to impress, 391 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 3: trying to feel better about ourselves, pursuing our goals, working 392 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 3: on our assignment, focused on our purpose, how much further 393 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 3: alone would we be? How much more of God's favor 394 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 3: would we see? Takes pressure to live in approving mode. 395 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,880 Speaker 3: If you fall into that trap, the enemy won't leave 396 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 3: you alone. You'll prove one thing. He'll come again. If 397 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 3: you won't turn these stones into bread, then at least 398 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 3: jump off the temple. At least prove that you're mighty. 399 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,159 Speaker 3: Three times he tried to get Jesus to prove who 400 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 3: he was kept coming back again and again. You have 401 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 3: to be determined. I am not going to give in 402 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 3: to this temptation to prove to compete, to outperform, to 403 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 3: show people that I'm strong enough, smart enough, talented enough. 404 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 3: I have nothing to prove. Years ago, my father wanted 405 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 3: to build a new sanctuary. We were in an auditorium 406 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 3: that held a thousand people. The church was growing and 407 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 3: we needed a larger place to meet. For several years, 408 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 3: he had been making plans, saving the funds, but he 409 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 3: just couldn't get it going. Four or five of his 410 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 3: pastor friends, men that were much younger than him, were 411 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 3: building these large sanctuaries. When my father would hear about it, 412 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 3: he'd get all fired up and tried to make it happen. 413 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 3: In the back of his mind, he thought, I can't 414 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 3: let them out do me. I'm getting older. It looks 415 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 3: like I'm falling behind. There was this underlying pressure to 416 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,360 Speaker 3: try to compete, to keep up, to prove that he 417 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 3: was successful, prove that he wasn't too old. He was 418 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 3: tempted to give into it, but he recognized that wasn't 419 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 3: his race. He wasn't competing with them. He didn't have 420 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,640 Speaker 3: to keep up. He passed the test. Several years later, 421 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 3: everything fell into place and he built a beautiful, new 422 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 3: debt free sanctuary. It's important to keep the right motives. 423 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 3: Why do you want to accomplish the dream? Why do 424 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 3: you want the bigger house, Why do you want the promotion. 425 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 3: If your motives are pure, to fulfill your destiny, to 426 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 3: help more people, to accomplish your assignment, then God will 427 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 3: bless it. But if it's to keep up with my neighbors, 428 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 3: not look bad in front of my family, impress the 429 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 3: people under me, it's going to be a struggle. God's 430 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 3: favor is not to build our ego, It's to build 431 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 3: the kingdom. When David went out to face Goliath, his 432 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 3: brothers made fun of him. His father didn't think he 433 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 3: had what it takes. King Saul thought he was too small. 434 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 3: David had all these people that didn't believe in him, 435 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 3: but he didn't go out to prove to them who 436 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 3: he was, proved that he wasn't too small, proved that 437 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 3: he was anointed. It wasn't about proving, it was about 438 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 3: fulfilling his purpose. He saw Goliath as someone standing in 439 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 3: the way of the Israelites, a giant defying the armies 440 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 3: of the living God. If David had gone out just 441 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 3: to prove to people, to show them who he was, 442 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,439 Speaker 3: to feed his ego, he wouldn't have seen God's favor. 443 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 3: His motives were to advance the kingdom. He wasn't doing 444 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 3: it for people's applause, for fame, notoriety. Hey, this is 445 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 3: going to make me look good. It was about honoring God. 446 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,719 Speaker 3: When you have the right motives, God will take your 447 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 3: slingshot and cause you to defeat a giant. He'll open 448 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,119 Speaker 3: doors you couldn't open. He'll cause you to look good, 449 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 3: to be honored, to be admired. You weren't seeking that, 450 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 3: trying to impress, trying to outperform. You were seeking the kingdom. 451 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 3: My question today, how much pressure are you putting on yourself, 452 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 3: trying to prove, trying to measure up, trying to get validation. 453 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 3: This can be a new day. You can go out 454 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 3: if you're much lighter. You have nothing to prove. You 455 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 3: don't have to keep up with everyone. You're not in 456 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 3: competition with others. You don't have to perform better for 457 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 3: God to approve you. He's already said, you're my beloved son, 458 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 3: my beloved daughter, in whom I am well pleased. Wasn't 459 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 3: based on what you did or didn't do. It's based 460 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 3: on who you are His child. You're not supposed to 461 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 3: live striving, stress, competing. Get off that treadmill, Rest in 462 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 3: who God made you to be, run your race, focus 463 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 3: on your goals, and keep the right motives. If you'll 464 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:23,120 Speaker 3: do this, I believe and declare, you're gonna live freer. 465 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 3: You're going to see God's favor in greater ways, accomplishing dreams, 466 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 3: overcoming obstacles, becoming all you were created to be in Jesus' name, 467 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,439 Speaker 3: And if you receive it, can you say amen? Today? 468 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 3: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 469 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 3: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 470 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 3: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 471 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 3: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 472 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 3: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 473 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 3: born again. 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