1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 2: I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 2: podcast and I wanted to thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 2: Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 2: it gives your perspective to see God is moving in 6 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 2: your life. Enjoy the message. This week, we want to 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 2: look at a scripture in John chapter six, verses one 8 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 2: through thirteen. I'll read it and I may interrupt myself 9 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: if I get excited about something that I see while 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: I'm reading, and you just hang in there with me, 11 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 2: and they'll put it on the screen. And so they'll 12 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: follow along with me. They are trained professionals in the back. 13 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 2: And if I stop, they'll stop, and if I go, 14 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 2: they'll go, and we'll all get there together in Jesus' name, 15 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 2: John chapter six, verse one. 16 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: Are you excited? Say ah? 17 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 2: Sometime after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of 18 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 2: the Sea of Galilee, that is the Sea of Tiberius, 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 2: and a great crowd of people followed him because they 20 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 2: saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. 21 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 2: At this point, they are following him for the stuff 22 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 2: he can give, not for who he is. It is 23 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 2: the first stage of following Christ. At first, you follow 24 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 2: him because of what he can do for you. Progress 25 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 2: with him long enough, and your question will no longer 26 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 2: be what can he do for you? 27 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: It will be what can He do through you? Now 28 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: Jesus is on a boat. We studied about the boat 29 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,479 Speaker 1: in a previous week. We learned that. 30 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: Jesus picked Peter not because he was such a great preacher, 31 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: but because he had a car or a boat in 32 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: this case. You know how some friends that you have 33 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 2: you have because they can give you a ride. Well, 34 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: Peter was like that for Jesus in some sense, some kidding, 35 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:48,559 Speaker 2: of course, but the truth needed transportation. Jesus is the Truth, 36 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 2: and in order for the Word to get out is 37 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,279 Speaker 2: going to take a vehicle. It's going to take a vessel, 38 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 2: in this case a boat. And since his ministry was 39 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 2: happening primarily around the Sea of Galilee, Peter had what 40 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 2: Jesus needed to get around, and Jesus had what Peter 41 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: needed that he couldn't be without him. How many of 42 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 2: you want God in your boat, God in your life, 43 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 2: God in your decisions. And so Jesus had been healing 44 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: many people and crowds had been coming all because Peter 45 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 2: was willing to say, yeah, sure, use my boat. They 46 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 2: launched out ministries growing people. 47 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: Here. Jesus is so successful that. 48 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 2: He can't even get away for a little bit of 49 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 2: a retreat you see in verse three. Then Jesus went 50 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: up on a mountain side and sat down with his disciples. 51 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 1: The Jewish Passover feast was near. 52 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 2: When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming 53 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 2: toward him, He said to Philip, where shall we buy 54 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 2: bread for. 55 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: These people to eat? 56 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: And he asked this only to test him, for he 57 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 2: already had in mind what he was going to do. 58 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: He already knew what he was going to do. 59 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 2: Can I tell you something about Jesus hanging on that 60 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 2: cross while everybody wept and thought that the light of 61 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 2: the world was extinguished. 62 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: He already knew what he was going to do. 63 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 2: Can I tell you about every situation in your life 64 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 2: that you didn't see a way out before God ever 65 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 2: lets you get in it. He already knew what he 66 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 2: was going to do to bring you out with a 67 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 2: mighty hand and an outstretched arm. 68 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: I can't find any help. 69 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: At elevation Ballatie to preach about the way maper. So 70 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 2: Jesus is messing with Philip because he is the Messiah 71 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: after all. Whatever Philip answered him, I think he took 72 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 2: a little while before he answered, because he gives a 73 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,119 Speaker 2: pretty precise calculation. 74 00:03:55,080 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: He doesn't guesstimate. He says eight months wages. Hold on 75 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: a second. If we took eight months. 76 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 2: Wages, we still couldn't pass a crumb out to everybody 77 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 2: who came to hear you preach. 78 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: It's five thousand men out here. Many of them brought 79 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: their wives. 80 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 2: Crumb snatching kids are running around. Eight months wages would 81 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 2: not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite. 82 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: And another of his disciples, Andrew Simon. 83 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 2: Peter's brother, spoke up, here's a boy with five small 84 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 2: barley loaves and two small fish. 85 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: But how far will they go amongst so many? 86 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: And Jesus said, have the people sit down and be humble. 87 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 2: There was plenty of grass in that place, and the 88 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 2: men sat down, about five thousand of them. 89 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks. 90 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 2: Huh can you say thank you over a little bit? 91 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 2: Can you be grateful over what seems to you not enough? 92 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 2: If I look at this passage. I see the theme 93 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 2: not enough. Look, it's not enough. Now the Bible says 94 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 2: in verse ten, there's plenty of grass, but we don't 95 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 2: need grass. 96 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,799 Speaker 1: We need grub, and it's not enough. 97 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 2: But Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks over what was 98 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 2: not enough, and distributed to those who were seated as 99 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 2: much as they wanted. 100 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: And he did the same with the fish. 101 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 2: And when they had all had enough to eat, he 102 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 2: said to his disciples, gather the pieces that are left over. 103 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: Let nothing be wasted. 104 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 2: So they gathered and filled twelve baskets. Each of them 105 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 2: got to take one home, twelve disciples, twelve baskets with 106 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 2: the pieces of the five barley loaves left. 107 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: Over by those who had eaten. 108 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 2: I told the Lord I didn't want to preach this 109 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 2: text because I preached it so many times before that 110 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 2: there would be many in the church who would think 111 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 2: I didn't have time to study this week. And I 112 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 2: reached and grabbed something from Sunday School. And plus, I said, 113 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 2: all the Sunday school people in the church are going 114 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 2: to look at me judgmentally when I read the text 115 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 2: about the feeding of the five thousand, because. 116 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: I already know this starring, and I. 117 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 2: Know how it ends, and I know I am aout 118 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 2: the little Boy, and I know i'mbout the leftovers, and 119 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 2: nothing you can say about John chapter six now I 120 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 2: don't already know, and I already know that this is 121 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 2: the miracle, the only miracle other than the Resurrection that 122 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 2: is recorded in all four of the Gospels. And so 123 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 2: are you really going to bring me out here today 124 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 2: and preach about this little Bible vacation, Bible school, backyard 125 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 2: Bible club story in the Bible? And I told the 126 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 2: Lord I didn't want to preach it, and he said, fine, 127 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 2: you can stop preaching it when you get it right. 128 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 2: So what I began to see because the Bible to 129 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 2: me is much like my relationship with Holly in that 130 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 2: it continues to unfold for me over time with new 131 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 2: levels of transcendence and beauty. I was talking to one 132 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 2: of my friends who has a little bit of a 133 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 2: different belief system than me, and he said he admitted 134 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: it that he said, I don't see the. 135 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: Bible like you see the Bible. 136 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 2: I think the Bible is a good starting place, but 137 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 2: he said, I look at the Bible as basic instructions 138 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 2: before leaving Earth you know b ibl e And just 139 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,559 Speaker 2: because you can make an acronym out of it doesn't 140 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 2: mean it's true. He said, the Bible is a good 141 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 2: place to start, but then you should progress past the Bible. 142 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 2: I've never had that problem, because for me, the Bible 143 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: is not only a starting place for me to understand 144 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 2: my own life, life, my own needs, my own psychology, 145 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 2: my own psychopathy, that a thing. 146 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: My own. Is not only a. 147 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 2: Place for me to discover who God is in his fullness. 148 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: But I find that the. 149 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 2: More I read the Bible, the more the Bible starts 150 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 2: reading me. And so something so simple as this story 151 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 2: can unfold with new layers and levels of meaning, not 152 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 2: only from the customary background in which it was written, 153 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 2: but also in seasons of our life. We will see 154 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 2: our needs differently, and there may be a sense in 155 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 2: which the driving point of this passage is what. 156 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: To do when there is not enough. 157 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 2: I thought it would be a good time of year 158 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 2: to preach about not enough, in a time of year 159 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 2: where there is so much demand and so little supply, 160 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 2: so little time here in Charlotte, we have people all 161 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 2: over the world. It's getting dark right now, about two 162 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 2: thirty in the afternoon. 163 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 1: Not enough. They like, not enough patience. 164 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 2: Do any of you have any family members that there 165 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 2: is no supply. 166 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: Of patients that could equip you? Oh, y'all are gonna 167 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: look at me like that? Not enough. I like this 168 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 1: author named Brene Brown. She's you. Like Brene. 169 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 2: She says that the mantra of our day is never enough. 170 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: She says we live in an age of never enough. 171 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 2: And she's right because no matter how much information we 172 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 2: seem to put out into the world, we come up 173 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 2: with more ignorance, less wisdom. 174 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: She says that often we wake up. 175 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 2: In the morning and our first thought is I didn't 176 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 2: get enough sleep. We go to bed at night and 177 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 2: I didn't get enough done. We earn a lot of money, 178 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 2: but we don't have enough opportunity to enjoy it. We 179 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 2: have opportunity to enjoy our lives where we don't have 180 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 2: enough money to get out the house. 181 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: Never enough. 182 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 2: But when I read the passage this week in preparation 183 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 2: for the season that we're in as a church, God 184 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 2: spoke something new to me. When I began to realize 185 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 2: that this in John chapter six is the collision of 186 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 2: too much and not enough. 187 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: And God said, I want you to realize that. 188 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 2: With my spirit within you and the power of my 189 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 2: word on your lips. In Christ, who is enough, in Christ, 190 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,119 Speaker 2: who before all things. 191 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,959 Speaker 1: Existed, was all things, and now. 192 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 2: Is the Word made flesh to dwell among us in Christ. 193 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 2: You are never not enough. Say it with me, never 194 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 2: not enough. I don't know what a little bit of 195 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 2: bread you've got in your cupboard today, but I want 196 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 2: to tell you, in the hand of the Master, it is. 197 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: Never not enough. 198 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 2: I feel a spirit of faith rising up. 199 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: It's never not enough. 200 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 2: Push your neighbors so hard they think they're gonna fall over. 201 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 2: Tell them it's never not enough. It is never not enough. 202 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 2: And what a powerful practical passage where we can see 203 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 2: this principle illustrated dynamically. Never not enough, Never say it, 204 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 2: never not enough, never not enough, never not enough, never 205 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 2: not enough, never not enough, even in a draw, even 206 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 2: in a famine, never not enough. God will send a 207 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,839 Speaker 2: bird to drop food where you are, if you will 208 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 2: be in position. 209 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: It is never not enough. 210 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:48,719 Speaker 2: I got a little bit of oil, Gets your a 211 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 2: little bit of oil. Get some jars from your neighbors. 212 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 2: It's never not enough. Give me something to feel. I'll 213 00:11:52,920 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 2: fill it. It's never not enough. I thought scarce was 214 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 2: a situation, but now I found out it's a sensation. 215 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 2: Because I found out that there can never be enough 216 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 2: money to make you feel like you have enough. Until 217 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 2: God within you becomes enough. 218 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: It will never be. 219 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 2: I thought enough people could compliment you where you would 220 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 2: get enough compliments, where you would have confidence. But I 221 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 2: found out that if Christ is not the cornerstone of 222 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 2: your core concept of yourself and your character, it'll never 223 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 2: be enough. But now, when He speaks over my life, 224 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 2: who I am in him and what I have because 225 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 2: of Him, there is no shortage in this world that 226 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 2: can disconnect me from my supply. You hear what I 227 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: appreciate to you this Christmas season. 228 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: It's enough. And the disciples are going to learn this. 229 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 2: And in order to learn this, there are three things 230 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 2: they must do. I would love for you to take 231 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 2: that pen that we generously gave you because of the 232 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 2: financial support of our ministry partners and write these three 233 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 2: points down. And the first thing that the disciples had 234 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 2: to do that we must do if we are to 235 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 2: receive what God has promised to us. Because God's promises 236 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 2: are optional. Though they were promises, they are but the 237 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 2: promise is always attached to a principle, and you cannot 238 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 2: separate the promise from a process that creates it. So 239 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 2: he promises peace, but the process of peace is keep 240 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 2: your mind stayed on me. He will keep you in 241 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 2: perfect peace. If you keep your mind stayed on him, 242 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 2: you can't fill your head with facebook. And then ask 243 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 2: God to cancel out the empty calories of ignorant opinions 244 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 2: and provide you with supernatural, celestial, extraterrestrial peace. 245 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: Peace is produced by. 246 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 2: A process, and so it is provision. Both are in 247 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 2: the passage. But the first thing we must do to 248 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 2: receive all that God has will to supply is to 249 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 2: do what many of you are doing, especially in the 250 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 2: first few rows today, lean In. 251 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 1: Lean In, I mentioned. 252 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 2: That this miracle is recorded in all four gospels. It 253 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 2: seems to be an insignificant miracle to record in all 254 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:18,959 Speaker 2: four gospels. I don't mean that it's not cool. It's 255 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 2: very cool, very impressive, very entertaining. 256 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: But to choose one miracle. 257 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 2: To record across Matthew's gospel his record, and Mark's gospel 258 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 2: his record, and Luke's gospel his record, and then. 259 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: John wants to talk about it too. 260 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 2: When we see people getting up off of stretchers when 261 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 2: Jesus walks through the street, and that's not in all 262 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 2: four gospels. We see little girls being raised from the dead. 263 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 2: Even Lazarus didn't make all four gospels. 264 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: But this little boy did with some barley bread. 265 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 2: Barley bread, the cheapest bread available in the day. 266 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: This is not a yeast roll, This is not a 267 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: cheese biscuit. This is not even pumper nickel. 268 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 2: And yet it's recorded in all four gospels, which is 269 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 2: fortunate because John leaves something out that I need to 270 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 2: know about the situation that created the provision. Okay, And 271 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 2: what John says is verse one. Sometime after this, Jesus 272 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 2: crossed to the far shore, like it was a good 273 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 2: time for a retreat and a good time for a buffet. 274 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 2: But it wasn't, because the other writers tell us that John, 275 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 2: the Baptist, who had been the forerunner of the message 276 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 2: of Jesus Christ, the one who prepared the way for 277 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 2: the Lord, had just had his head taken off by 278 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 2: a king who didn't want to hear the truth. On 279 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 2: the heels of this news, in an effort to get 280 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 2: away and regroup with the disciples who would have no 281 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 2: doubt been confused by this turn of events. Jesus is 282 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 2: met by a crowd. Now every mother of a three 283 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 2: year old can relate to. 284 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: The time when you finally. 285 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 2: Get five minutes for a shower and hear somebody banging 286 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 2: on the door of the shower. 287 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: This is the situation for Jesus. 288 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 2: He is finally on the boat and he gets up 289 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 2: to situate. 290 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: And he sits down. 291 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 2: To tell his disciples whatever he wants to tell him, 292 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 2: and here come people. Write it down. Your greatest opportunities 293 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 2: will come at the most inconvenient times. You won't be 294 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 2: in a good mood, you won't feel ready, you won't 295 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 2: have an extra fifteen thousand dollars laying around, and no kids. 296 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: Going to college. 297 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 2: Uh, God is going to show up in a time 298 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 2: of shortage to see do you really trust me or 299 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 2: do you trust stuff? 300 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: That's the question. 301 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 2: And the disciples first instinct it was a pretty logical one. 302 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: It's Jesus. 303 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 2: Jesus is irrational, and Jesus will just teach people all 304 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 2: day long. 305 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: Who needs to be healed? I got all day I'm eternal. 306 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 2: But the disciples it was like, hey, man, probably they should. 307 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: Eat and Matthew Records it. 308 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 2: He said that the disciples came to Jesus with the 309 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 2: suggestion send the crowds away. Okay, there is always a 310 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 2: temptation to send away the very thing that God sent 311 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 2: to supply you with, the very thing you prayed for. Remember, 312 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 2: they followed him because they wanted to make a difference. 313 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 2: Now here comes a chance to make a difference, and 314 00:17:54,960 --> 00:18:00,239 Speaker 2: they do this because they were operating by this. They 315 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:07,479 Speaker 2: were operating by this, not by this send them away. 316 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 2: If they had sent the crowds away, not only would 317 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 2: this miracle not have occurred, but. 318 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: They wouldn't have had lunch. Can I tell you how 319 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: I know that? 320 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 2: Because it was a little boys lunch that ended up 321 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 2: feeding the multitude. 322 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: Not Peters. 323 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 2: Peter didn't pack a sandwich. Why are you pointing that out? 324 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 2: Because the very provision was in the inconvenience, you see it. 325 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 2: It was what they wanted to go away, that was 326 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 2: carrying what they needed that they signed up for in 327 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 2: the first place. And so when you come to church, 328 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 2: there are certain things that the preacher will say that 329 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 2: you will lean into because your neighbor needs to hear that, 330 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 2: because you've been trying to tell your husband, and would 331 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,640 Speaker 2: you Please listen to Pastor Steve and he's. 332 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: Saying something important stuff right now, and you lean in 333 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: to that. 334 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,239 Speaker 2: Can I tell you the word that you need the 335 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 2: most in your life is the one that you resist 336 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 2: at first, that one that makes you cross your arms 337 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 2: and look at me like you think you're Connor McGregor. 338 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 1: That word, that's the one you need to lean into. 339 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 2: The one that makes you uncomfortable, the one that makes 340 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 2: the one that makes something inside of you conflict with 341 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 2: something else inside of you. 342 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,400 Speaker 1: That's the tension that produces growth. 343 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 2: That's the one, the one, the one that challenges your 344 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 2: comfort zone. 345 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: That's the one that's. 346 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 2: The one to lean into, even if you got to 347 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 2: lean in with crossed eyes, even if you got to 348 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 2: lean in with sweaty palms. It is the word that 349 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 2: God brings to you that you most fiercely resist at first, 350 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 2: that often releases the resource that you need the most. 351 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 2: So are you leaned in to where we're going as 352 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 2: a church in this season? Because not everybody is. Some 353 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 2: people come to church and sit back, and sit back 354 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 2: and leave early to avoid traffic and watch football. We 355 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 2: announce an offering and some people go here, we go. 356 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 2: I heard about this. I knew it was coming. Of 357 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,959 Speaker 2: course it was coming. You think God was gonna let 358 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 2: you sit there in your comfort and never challenge you 359 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 2: to take your own step of faith. Of course it's coming. 360 00:20:53,359 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 2: This is what we signed up for. Oh you thought 361 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 2: Jesus was your burger king where you could have it 362 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 2: your way, And now you sit back at the time 363 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 2: when the very thing that he came to do is 364 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 2: being done. Lean in in your marriage. 365 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: Lean in to. 366 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 2: The difficult conversations if you want to stay married. It 367 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,160 Speaker 2: was the thing they wanted to send away that held 368 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 2: the supply that they needed to accomplish the mission. 369 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:34,719 Speaker 1: That they signed up for. 370 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 2: And that's why the man said, Ah, he's leaning in. 371 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:46,239 Speaker 1: That's why we give with a cheerful heart. I'm leaned in. 372 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: I'm leaned in. 373 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 2: How can you be a part of what you're not 374 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 2: leaned in towards? How can you receive from God if 375 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 2: your posture is this? But if you lean in I'm 376 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 2: not talking about physical posture is fine. I know you 377 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 2: got a back thing and you're paying attention, but you 378 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 2: just need some lumbar support. I know. I'm talking about 379 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 2: the posture of your heart. 380 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 1: Blake me. 381 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 3: The posture of your Heartlake Norman, and the posture of 382 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 3: your heart is most reflected in where. 383 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 2: You put your treasure. Your treasure. Where your treasure is, 384 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 2: there will your heart be also. So they had to 385 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 2: lean in. And here's the second thing that they had 386 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 2: to do, not only to lean in to the situation 387 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:48,479 Speaker 2: that they wanted to send away, but after they had 388 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 2: leaned in, they had to number two, look down. Maybe 389 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 2: you think I made a mistake on my text, because 390 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 2: if you were paying close attention to all these little details, 391 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 2: the Bible says that when Jesus went up on a 392 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 2: mountain side verse three and sat down with his disciples 393 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 2: verse five, he looked up and saw a great crowd. 394 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 2: So intuitively we would say look up, But studying the 395 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 2: passage a few more times, I realized that as Jesus 396 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 2: looked up at the crowd, he was looking down from 397 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 2: the mountain. 398 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 1: Watch it again. Verse three, Jesus went. 399 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 2: Up on a mountain and sat down with his disciples 400 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 2: verse five when he looked up. So it matters your 401 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 2: vantage point in terms of what your decisions will be. 402 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,360 Speaker 2: It matters where you're seeing it from, It matters at 403 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 2: what altitude you are looking at. Your situation, what conclusions 404 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 2: you will come to now? 405 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: I would suggest to you that the only reason. 406 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,879 Speaker 2: Jesus was able to see the needs of the crowd 407 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 2: is because he saw them from Heaven's perspective. If he 408 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 2: had not been on that mountain side seeking the will 409 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,919 Speaker 2: of his father in Heaven, he would have seen the people. 410 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: As an inconvenience. 411 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 2: But because he had been on the mountain side spending 412 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:11,360 Speaker 2: time with God, when when they saw an inconvenience, he 413 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 2: saw an invitation. 414 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 1: It was where he. 415 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 2: Saw it from that determined what he saw. 416 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: And if you look at your. 417 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 2: Life from the level of your life, you will only 418 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 2: ever see problems obstacles. 419 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 1: If you ever look. 420 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 2: At your life from the vantage point of your heavenly Father, 421 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 2: who knows the hairs on your head, and not one 422 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 2: sparrow falls from the sky, you will not see shortage. 423 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 2: You will see opportunity. You will see space for God 424 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 2: to move, You will see room for God to maneuver. 425 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 2: But you have to you have to go up to 426 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 2: look down. This is such a powerful principle. If you 427 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 2: would let me, I'd like to explain it one layer deeper. Okay, 428 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 2: all right, we have to break away from the Bible 429 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 2: for one moment to get this because you got Philip, 430 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 2: you got Andrew, and they are both employing two different 431 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 2: methods of information processing. This is the psychological terminology. Okay, 432 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:10,719 Speaker 2: not the biblical terminology. 433 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 1: But there are two ways of processing information. 434 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 2: One is called bottom up, one is called top down. 435 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:24,919 Speaker 2: Bottom up processing is when you look at something and 436 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 2: don't have knowledge about it, and so the way you 437 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 2: look at it is based on your visual or sensory 438 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 2: perception of it. It would be like you looking at 439 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 2: this microphone. You would know certain things about this microphone. 440 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 2: Through your sensus. You would see that it is perhaps 441 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 2: a black microphone, a black cordless microphone. So I can 442 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 2: move all around this church a big black cordless microphone, 443 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 2: a big black, loud cordless microphone, and then most of 444 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 2: you would be done. Why because you can only describe 445 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 2: it according to your senses. However, if Zach Kimri, who 446 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 2: is on our tech team, and I believe he's off 447 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,640 Speaker 2: this weekend so I can say whatever I want about him, 448 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 2: if he came up to talk about the microphone, he 449 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 2: would bore you to tears with details about this microphone 450 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 2: that you never asked in your life to hear about. 451 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,439 Speaker 2: He would tell you what frequency this microphone must be 452 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 2: on to cooperate with the equipment that lines up with 453 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 2: the solar eclipse, and how it was engineered in the 454 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 2: nineteen thirty twos by a German. 455 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: And he would tell you he knows more. 456 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,360 Speaker 2: About this microphone than he knows about his wife. 457 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: Is scary? Is scary? 458 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 2: They'll go on and on, how is a special thing 459 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 2: on the microphone? And which battery and what all these 460 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 2: little numbers mean on the microphone? 461 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: Why? 462 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 2: Because he brings his knowledge and experience to the situation. 463 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 2: That's not bottom up processing. This is called top down processing. 464 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 2: It means I take what I know and I apply 465 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 2: it to what I see. So I don't start with 466 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,679 Speaker 2: what I see and guess about what it is. 467 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: I start with. 468 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 2: What I know because of what I've seen, and I 469 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 2: apply it to. 470 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: What I'm looking at now. 471 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 2: So I want to ask a question, Church, are you 472 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 2: living life from the bottom up or the top down? 473 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: Because when you have a revelation of. 474 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 2: The faithfulness of God, I'm trying not to holler, Hollywood, 475 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 2: I'm getting excited. When you see him move the mountains 476 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 2: in your life. You look at the next mountain, You 477 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 2: look at the next need, you look at the next man, 478 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 2: you look at the liath, you stare him down and say, 479 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:52,639 Speaker 2: God's got this. 480 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 1: I've been there, done that, But the slink shut. Bring 481 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 1: it on. 482 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 2: I got my stick up to this too. 483 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,680 Speaker 1: I'm living from the top down. And the word. 484 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 2: Became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory. 485 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 2: I know his glory. I know he's good. I know 486 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 2: he's a provider. He's Jehovah Zira. He's been there for me. 487 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:28,400 Speaker 2: He'll see me through. 488 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: Tot. 489 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,719 Speaker 2: Somebody say I know something, I know something, I know something. 490 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 2: Jesus knew something that they didn't know, because he came 491 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 2: from somewhere they hadn't been. 492 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: The only way I know. 493 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 2: This is because of what he said later in John 494 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 2: chapter six, and it was the first of seven statements 495 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 2: that he made that started with two English words, I am. 496 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 2: The background of this phrase is so sacred. It is 497 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 2: the very name that God gave Moses. When Moses wanted 498 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 2: to know how. God did not answer the how, he 499 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 2: answered the who never not enough. He left a blank. 500 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: I am. 501 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 2: I am what you need I am. 502 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: So he performs the miracle. He feeds the people. 503 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 2: And then he reveals his identity and he says something 504 00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 2: very challenging to his Jewish audience. I am the bread 505 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 2: of life. 506 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: If you're hungry, I am enough for every appetite. 507 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 2: Do you believe this or do you have to go 508 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 2: get your needs met somewhere outside of God. 509 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: I am the bread of life. 510 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 2: When you bring your offering next weekend, you will be 511 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 2: declaring who God is to you. Is he a bare minimum, 512 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 2: is he an insurance policy? 513 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: Or is he the bread of life? He said? 514 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 2: I am the bread of life. So what you're searching for, 515 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 2: I supply. 516 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: What you need. 517 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 2: I am the next thing, he said, refers to darkness. 518 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 2: For the times that you live in confusion. I am 519 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 2: the light of the world. There will never be so 520 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 2: much darkness that my light cannot guide your path. The 521 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 2: world will never get so dark that the witness of 522 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 2: a unified church cannot shine brightly the love of God. 523 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 2: You are the light of the world. A city on 524 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 2: a hill cannot be hidden. But this light is not 525 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 2: up you. It shines through you. I am the bread 526 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 2: of life. If you're hungry, I am the light for 527 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 2: all those who walk in darkness. I am somebody shout, 528 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 2: I am I am the gate for the sheep. 529 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 1: I am your way out. I am your way in. 530 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 2: Feel trapped, I am feel stuck. I am feel locked out, 531 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 2: feel feel feel unincluded. 532 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: I am feel unwonted. 533 00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 2: I am I am passage to greener pastures. Not only 534 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 2: am I the gate, I am the good shepherd. 535 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 1: You need some direction in your life. 536 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 2: Get behind me and follow me through the valley, through 537 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 2: the pain, through the toil, through the pestilence. 538 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 1: Follow me. I am the resurrection. Even if it. 539 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 2: Does if I say, get up, it's gotta live. I 540 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 2: am the Resurrection and the Life. I am the true vibe. 541 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,640 Speaker 2: If you feel disconnected, hook up with me. You looked 542 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,239 Speaker 2: up with everybody else and they left you like they 543 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 2: found you. But when you get connected to this, I 544 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 2: am the true vibe. I am the Way, the truth, 545 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 2: and the life, and I'm making a way for everybody 546 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 2: who will walk by faith. Shout if you. 547 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 1: Believe you. 548 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 2: I'm seated in heavenly places with Christ. Philip, shut up 549 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 2: for a minute. You're doing your calculations how we can 550 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 2: buy bread, and we're standing right in front of bread. 551 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 2: He is what you don't think you have enough of 552 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 2: thank God for Andrew. Andrew saves the day Philip from 553 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 2: the bottom up. 554 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,640 Speaker 1: Let's see, it's about five thousand million, and. 555 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 2: There are CPA anointing on Philip about to mess up 556 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 2: the whole miracle, and that will always mess it up. Okay, 557 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 2: are you going to do this by reason or revelation? Well, 558 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 2: let's see they're doing the offering at the church. Honey, 559 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 2: I think we'll give them a little bit on nerves 560 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 2: over there, and then a little bit to the fire 561 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 2: department and it'll just be great. 562 00:33:53,040 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 1: Want to be wonderful. He wasn't wrong. What he said 563 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: was correct. 564 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 2: It was just incomplete, just failed to account for the 565 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 2: greatest resource they had. 566 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:14,839 Speaker 1: So watch this, watch this, lean in, look down, listen up. 567 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 2: The Bible says something it never says again. Here Andrew 568 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:27,480 Speaker 2: spoke up. You never see him talk again in the 569 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:31,400 Speaker 2: whole Bible except this one time. And thank God he talked, 570 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,239 Speaker 2: because what he said next led to a miracle that 571 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:38,800 Speaker 2: all four Gospels would record. He spoke up, He spoke 572 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:43,839 Speaker 2: what he spoke up, he was hearing something else. All 573 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,359 Speaker 2: Philip heard was Reason's excuses. 574 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 1: But Andrew, he hears something different. 575 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,760 Speaker 2: In Jesus question he said, women, he wouldn't be asking 576 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,759 Speaker 2: us this if he didn't know what he was going 577 00:34:55,800 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 2: to do. God will never ask anything for you that 578 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 2: He will not give to you. Please believe that. And 579 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:10,760 Speaker 2: that's how I can say that my God shall supply 580 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 2: all my needs according to his glorious riches from the 581 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 2: top down. 582 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 1: As never not enough. 583 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:25,360 Speaker 2: But if you listen down, you'll find a thousand reasons 584 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 2: why not to trust, A thousand reasons why not to pray, 585 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,880 Speaker 2: A thousand reasons why not to forgive? A thousand reasons 586 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,080 Speaker 2: why not to stay, A thousand reasons why. 587 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 1: Not to participate. 588 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:39,040 Speaker 2: You have an opportunity next weekend to come before God 589 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 2: not with empty hands, but with the faith filled heart. 590 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,240 Speaker 2: We have preached these messages that have built your faith. 591 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 2: Many of you have experienced healing in your life, and 592 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,640 Speaker 2: now you get to make that same way for somebody else. 593 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 2: There will be another voice after I put the mic down. 594 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 2: It will tell you all the reasons it doesn't make sense. 595 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,680 Speaker 2: It will be the voice of calculation, not the voice 596 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,880 Speaker 2: of faith, and it will keep you from seeing what 597 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:12,399 Speaker 2: God can do through you. Andrew spoke up, and he said, 598 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,720 Speaker 2: it doesn't seem like enough, and it doesn't make sense, 599 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 2: but here's what we have. 600 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 1: He asks a question of his own, though, how far 601 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: will it go? 602 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 2: Among so many? Is that the question isn't enough? Will 603 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,440 Speaker 2: it even matter? Will I have enough? If I give 604 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:38,359 Speaker 2: to God? Will I have enough? It depends on who 605 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:44,279 Speaker 2: you think he is. If he is bread, how could 606 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 2: you ever need bread? See, there's a question in verse nine, 607 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 2: how far will they go? 608 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 1: Among so many? 609 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,279 Speaker 2: And I think there's an invisible verse in here that 610 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 2: didn't make the final cut. I think it's the verse 611 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 2: where Jesus said, you want to find out, bring it 612 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,799 Speaker 2: to me, because you have seen what it can do 613 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,239 Speaker 2: in your hands. You have seen how many fish your 614 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:14,719 Speaker 2: boat could catch without. 615 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:20,120 Speaker 1: Me in it. Put it in my hands. I'm not 616 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,080 Speaker 1: giving my offering away next weekend. 617 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,400 Speaker 2: I'm transferring ownership to someone who knows what to do 618 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:26,000 Speaker 2: with it. 619 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,000 Speaker 1: It's an investment. 620 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 2: By the way, where did the twelve baskets come from? 621 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,360 Speaker 2: You think it's possible that Jesus put them in the 622 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,440 Speaker 2: boat before they ever got in, because he already. 623 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,759 Speaker 1: Knew what he was going to do. 624 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 2: He already knows, he knows all those voices that would 625 00:37:55,160 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 2: keep you from doing it, and he allready knows your needs, 626 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,840 Speaker 2: and if you have the faith to believe it, I 627 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:09,439 Speaker 2: declare that they are all ready met in His name 628 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:19,760 Speaker 2: this day. What are you doing in this offering next weekend? 629 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 2: I'm living from the top down. I am declaring who 630 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:28,799 Speaker 2: God is to me. Father, I thank you for the 631 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:34,440 Speaker 2: word that has gone forth today. This word registered so 632 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,919 Speaker 2: deeply in somebody's heart that they will be set free 633 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 2: in a way that will change the rest of their life. 634 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:44,759 Speaker 2: I believe it and declare it in this moment. We 635 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,200 Speaker 2: thank you for this church that you are building, this 636 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:52,200 Speaker 2: ministry that you have established. We feel privileged to be 637 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 2: a part of something that is touching the world. I 638 00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,400 Speaker 2: want to pray right now, God, for every person in 639 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:04,360 Speaker 2: every sea, watching on every screen, that this message would 640 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:07,960 Speaker 2: not just provide a moment of inspiration, but that you 641 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,440 Speaker 2: would speak now giving clear instruction to your people. 642 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,239 Speaker 1: Faith without works is dead. 643 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,319 Speaker 2: So show them what to do with what they've heard, 644 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,239 Speaker 2: Show them who you are, and then allow them to 645 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,200 Speaker 2: see what they're going through through the lens of who 646 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:29,359 Speaker 2: you are. We don't want to live by reason. We 647 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,600 Speaker 2: want to live by revelation. And you are the bread 648 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,040 Speaker 2: of life. You are the light of the world. You 649 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:37,840 Speaker 2: are the Gate, You are the Shepherd. You are the 650 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:41,040 Speaker 2: Resurrection and the Light. You are the Vine. You are 651 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:45,400 Speaker 2: the Way. And now God, we want to be way makers. 652 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 2: We want people to find you through us. That's what 653 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:52,800 Speaker 2: we're here for. Stand to your feet, no one moving. 654 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,400 Speaker 2: I like to take my hands like this sometimes and 655 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:03,600 Speaker 2: just put them out in front of me. If you 656 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:08,720 Speaker 2: would do that now, please. All that I have comes 657 00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:14,480 Speaker 2: from you, God, and you are more than enough for me. 658 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 2: Declare over these people today that no area of shortage 659 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,720 Speaker 2: in their life is greater than your glory. 660 00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:29,160 Speaker 1: You are enough for me. 661 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:42,080 Speaker 2: Speak to our hearts good, speak to our deepest needs. 662 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:50,000 Speaker 2: Made the knowledge of who you are be greater than 663 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,600 Speaker 2: the fear of what it is or what it's not. 664 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,200 Speaker 2: I pray that we would see a true mint, this 665 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:06,759 Speaker 2: release of faith and a tremendous release of provision on 666 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,759 Speaker 2: behalf of your people as this year ends. Many need 667 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:15,520 Speaker 2: miracles in their families, in their bodies, in their minds, 668 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 2: and you are the great I am thank you for 669 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 2: joining us. Special thanks to those of you who give 670 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:27,800 Speaker 2: generously to this ministry. 671 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,560 Speaker 1: Is because of you that this ministry is possible. 672 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,200 Speaker 2: You can click the link in the description to give 673 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:37,440 Speaker 2: now or visit Elevationchurch dot org slash podcast for more 674 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:41,280 Speaker 2: information and if you enjoyed the podcast, you can subscribe. 675 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:42,880 Speaker 1: You can share it with your friends. 676 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:45,440 Speaker 2: You can click the share button, take a screenshot and 677 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,600 Speaker 2: share it on your social stories and tag us at 678 00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:55,200 Speaker 2: Elevation Church. Thanks again for listening. God bless you.