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It's always a joy 33 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 2: to come into your homes. We love you. 34 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 4: We know God has great things in store for each 35 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 4: one of you. And if you're ever in our area, 36 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,839 Speaker 4: I hope you'll stop by and see us. I promise 37 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 4: you will make you feel. 38 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 2: Right at home. 39 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for tuning in today, and thank you 40 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 4: again for coming out. I like to start with something 41 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 4: funny each week, and I heard about this man. He 42 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 4: got caught shoplifting at the grocery store. He was at 43 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 4: court and the judge said, sir, I understand you stole 44 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 4: a can of peaches. 45 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 2: How many peaches were in that can? He said five? 46 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 4: Your honor, he said, all right, I'll give you one 47 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 4: week in jail for each peach. You got five weeks. 48 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 4: His wife stood up and said, your honor may I 49 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 4: say something. 50 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 2: He said, yes, you may. 51 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 6: What is it? 52 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 4: She said, he stole a can of peas too. Hold 53 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 4: up your bible and say it like you mean it. 54 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 55 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 56 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 57 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 58 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. 59 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 60 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 2: bless you. 61 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about freedom from competition. 62 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 4: It's easy to go through life competing with everyone around 63 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 4: us when we see someone that's more talented, more beautiful, 64 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 4: someone that has more gifts. Instead of running our race 65 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 4: and being comfortable with who we are, so often we 66 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 4: feel inferior and we think I've got to catch up 67 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 4: to them. We're always trying to measure up to someone else. 68 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 4: We lose twenty pounds, but a coworker loses twenty five. 69 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 4: Instead of celebrating their success and staying in our lane, 70 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 4: we think I've got to do better. 71 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,959 Speaker 2: They're going to pass me up. Or we wear a new. 72 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 4: Outfit and we're just as happy as can be until 73 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 4: a friend comes in wearing a nicer, new outfit. 74 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 2: They look better than us, and now. 75 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 4: We're discouraged, thinking I wish I look like them, or 76 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 4: a neighbor pulls up in a brand new car. On 77 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 4: the outside, we're happy for them, it's beautiful congratulations. On 78 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 4: the inside, we're depressed. We start feeling insecure. I gotta 79 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 4: work harder. I've got to keep up with them. They're 80 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 4: making me look bad. The problem with this unhealthy competition 81 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 4: is it's a never ending cycle. 82 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 2: There will always be somebody up ahead of us. The 83 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 2: very freeing thing when you realize I'm not competing with you. 84 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 4: I don't have to have as big a house as 85 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 4: my neighbor to feel good about myself. I don't have 86 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 4: to look like she looks or wear what she wears 87 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 4: to feel secure. I don't have to keep up with 88 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 4: my coworker or I'm going to feel less than Now 89 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 4: I understand that I'm not in competition with my friend. 90 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 4: I'm not in competition with my neighbor. I'm not in 91 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 4: competition with my coworker. The only person I'm competing with 92 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 4: is myself, and I'm going to be the best need 93 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 4: that I can possibly be. 94 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 2: Now the best. 95 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 4: You may not be as successful as your neighbor, but 96 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 4: that's okay the best. You may not be as thin 97 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 4: as your sister, but that's okay the best. You may 98 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 4: not be as talented, as dynamic, as outgoing as your coworker, 99 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 4: but that's okay. 100 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 2: You've got to be comfortable with who God made you 101 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: to be. 102 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 4: You can't get distracted and lose your focus by comparing 103 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 4: what someone else has, or what they do, or what 104 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 4: they drive or where they're going on vacation. 105 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 2: Now you've got to run your own race. Now, I 106 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: realize I may not be the best minister in the world. 107 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: I'm okay with that. But I'm going to be the 108 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 2: best minister that I can be. I may not be. 109 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 4: As good a father as somebody else, but that's okay. 110 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 4: I'm not competing with them. I'm going to be the 111 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 4: best father that I can be. I may not be 112 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 4: the ideal husband, don't you say amen, Victoria, But I'm 113 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 4: gonna be the best husband that I can be. 114 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 2: I have a friend that is so romantic. He plans 115 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 2: these big weekend getaways with his wife. He writes her 116 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 2: beautiful poetry. 117 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 4: He'll talk to her hour after hour about how beautiful 118 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 4: she is, on and on. I want to tell him, 119 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 4: would you quit doing that? You're making me look bad? 120 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 4: But I've learned I'm not Romeo, I'm Jolio. God made 121 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 4: us different on purpose, and yes, we can be inspired 122 00:05:58,839 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 4: by others. 123 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 2: We can be challenged to come up higher. 124 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 4: But I don't have to go around condemned thinking I 125 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 4: gotta do what he's doing. He's showing me up. He's 126 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 4: making me look bad. No, I'm not in competition with him. 127 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 4: He has strengths that I don't have. You know what, 128 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 4: I have strengths that he doesn't have. He can write 129 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 4: some beautiful poems, but I've written some pretty good books. 130 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 2: And God never created us. 131 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 4: To go around competing and comparing with others. The reason 132 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 4: some people are not secure and they don't feel good 133 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 4: about themselves is they're always looking at what somebody else 134 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 4: is doing, where they're going, what they're driving. Now, stay 135 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 4: focused on your own race. You're not anointed to do 136 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 4: what they're doing. God's giving you the grace to be 137 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 4: who He's called you to be. When we have this 138 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 4: unhealthy competition, life's a constant struggle. We're never good enough 139 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 4: because as soon as we catch up to one person, 140 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 4: we see somebody else that's up ahead. 141 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 2: Ladies, you may have. 142 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 4: A good friend that's a sigh eight, but you know 143 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 4: the best you is a size fourteen. Your attitude should 144 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 4: be I'm not gonna go through life beating myself up, 145 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 4: feeling inferior because I can't measure up to those standards. Now, 146 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 4: I'm gonna wear this fourteen like nobody's ever worn a 147 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 4: fourteen before. I'm gonna dress it up, paint it, strut 148 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 4: it like it's the hottest thing going. I've seen ladies 149 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 4: before that were not particularly attractive. 150 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: They would normally stand out in the crowd. 151 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 4: But by the way they carry themselves, the way they walk, 152 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 4: the way they talk, the way they think, They've got 153 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 4: so much confidence. They are so secure in who God 154 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 4: made them to be. After a while, you start thinking, 155 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 4: you know what they've got it going on? You see 156 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 4: something in them that you didn't see before. 157 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 2: Why is that? 158 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 4: Because what's on the inside will eventually come out to 159 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 4: the outside. They are so comfortable in their own skin. 160 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 4: They're not intimidated because they don't look like they step 161 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 4: out of a fashion magazine. They're not inferior because they 162 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 4: don't have the perfect shape. They understand they're not in 163 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 4: competition with all of those others. They're being the best that. 164 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 2: They can be. 165 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 4: You've got to take what God's given you, the height, 166 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 4: the weight, the personality, and make the most of it, 167 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 4: dress it up and wear it proudly. But I see 168 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 4: too many people that are always frustrated with how they look. 169 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 2: Their height, they're weighting, They're. 170 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 4: Constantly trying to change things and fight against what they 171 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 4: don't like. 172 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 2: And don't get me wrong, I'm all for doing what 173 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 2: we can. 174 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 4: To improve staying in shape, working out, eating right. I'm 175 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 4: not saying we should be sloppy, but we have to 176 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 4: realize at some point there's something called genetics. 177 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 2: We have to accept the. 178 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 4: Fact that genes have been passed down from our parents, 179 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 4: grandparents given by God, and these genes, for the most part, 180 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 4: determine that ideal size and weight and how tall or 181 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 4: short we are, how much or how little here we have, 182 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 4: and whether we have this strong athletic muscular physique or 183 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 4: a physique like. 184 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 2: My brother Paul. 185 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 4: But most of that, in general is predetermined. And yes, 186 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 4: we may be able to adjust that weigh fifteen to 187 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,599 Speaker 4: twenty percent from our ideal weight. But if you have 188 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 4: genes that say one hundred and fifty pounds, no matter 189 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 4: what you do, you're not going to consistently live at 190 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 4: one hundred pounds. 191 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 2: That's not who God made you to be. 192 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 4: But if you're in competition with someone that's naturally one 193 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 4: hundred pounds and you feel bad because you don't look 194 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 4: like them, you can't fit in. 195 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 2: A size five, and I don't know what's wrong with me. 196 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 4: Before long, you'll not only lose your enthusiasm, but you'll 197 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 4: start to feel inferior and less than all because you're competing. 198 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 2: With someone that's not even in your race. 199 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 4: Your race is made up of one person, you, and 200 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 4: God is not going to hold you accountable for somebody 201 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,839 Speaker 4: else's gifts or somebody else's gems. He's not going to 202 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 4: judge you by saying, did you keep up with your coworker? 203 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 4: Did you drive as fancy as a car as your neighbor, 204 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 4: Were you as successful as your brother? Were you as 205 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 4: thin as your best friend? Oh, he's going to judge 206 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,719 Speaker 4: you by saying, did you run your race? Did you 207 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 4: make the most with what I gave you? Did you 208 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 4: live confidence? Secure knowing who you are? Or did you 209 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 4: go around thinking I'm just not up to par, beating 210 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 4: yourself up because you didn't measure up to somebody around you. 211 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,479 Speaker 4: The other day, I watched the Indianapolis five hundred on television. 212 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 4: Those race cars are incredibly sleek. They're load to the ground, 213 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 4: extremely aerodynamic. They've got these huge engines. They can go 214 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 4: two hundred miles an hour on a straight away and 215 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 4: even take a curve at one hundred miles an hour. 216 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 4: They're quick, they're fast, they're precise. But in spite of 217 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 4: all these strengths, do you know they have weaknesses? Can 218 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 4: only hold one person. They're not that comfortable on the inside. 219 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 4: It's all metal and equipment, no AC, no luxury. Why 220 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 4: is that it's designed for a specific purpose so it 221 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 4: can be the best in the field. That is in 222 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 4: at home, Victoria and I have an suv, a suburban. 223 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 4: It can easily hold eight people. It's got a big 224 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 4: trunk area, put bikes and plenty of luggage. Sits up 225 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 4: high off the ground. You drive it, you feel like 226 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 4: you're the king of the road. But if you took 227 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 4: that suv and entered it into the Indianapolis five hundred 228 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 4: wouldn't have a chance. 229 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 2: It would get laughed again and again. 230 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 4: If you tried to take a turn in it at 231 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 4: one hundred miles an hour, you'd be hearing the angels say, 232 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:46,319 Speaker 4: welcome to Heaven. 233 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 2: It couldn't handle it. What's the problem. 234 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 4: It's competing in a race it was never designed to 235 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 4: be in. On the other hand, if you trade the 236 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 4: suv in for the Indie race car, you bring it 237 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 4: home for your everyday use, you would quickly find out 238 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 4: that even though the race car gets a lot of attention, 239 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 4: even though it has a lot of sizzle, you couldn't 240 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 4: take your children to school in it. It's too small, 241 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 4: only holds one person. Couldn't really go to the grocery store. 242 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 4: There's no place to put the groceries, no storage. 243 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 2: You could drive it on the freeway, but it's so 244 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 2: low to the ground and the suspension is so tight. 245 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 4: If you hit a pothole, it feels like an earthquake. 246 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 4: In a few days, you'd be saying, can I get 247 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 4: my suv back? 248 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 2: Here's my point. Each car is designed for a specific purpose. 249 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 4: The suv isn't going to have a chance in the 250 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 4: Indianapolis five hundred, and the race car is not going 251 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 4: to do a lot of good on the city streets. 252 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 4: They both have incredible strengths. The key is to make 253 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 4: sure you keep them in the right race. 254 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 2: Today. 255 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 4: You may be that indy car with the talent, the education, 256 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 4: the family, the looks. 257 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,719 Speaker 2: If that's you, go for it. Be the best that 258 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 2: you can be. Run your race. 259 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 4: If you're not, don't feel bad about it. There's nothing 260 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 4: wrong with saying those are not my strengths. I'm never 261 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 4: gonna be that fast. I'm never gonna be a sisfive. 262 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 4: My personality is never gonna be outgoing and dynamic, but 263 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,839 Speaker 4: I'm okay with that. In the New Testament, John was 264 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 4: baptizing all these people and getting a whole lot of recognition. 265 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 4: Somebody came up and said, John, are you the Christ 266 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 4: or should we keep looking? Without missing a beat, John said, no, 267 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,839 Speaker 4: I am not the Messiah. John knew what he was, 268 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,719 Speaker 4: but he also knew what he was not. It's just 269 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 4: as important to know what you're not, because if you 270 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 4: don't realize your limitations and what you're not good at, 271 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 4: then you'll get pulled over into areas that may look 272 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 4: impressed that they may feed your ego, but they're outside 273 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 4: of your gifting your calling of what God anointed you 274 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 4: to do, and it'll be a constant struggle. I see 275 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 4: too many SUVs out on the indie track, thinking this 276 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 4: is where I belong. I can't be happy unless I 277 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 4: can run with the fastest, unless I achieve the most, 278 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,559 Speaker 4: unless I look the best. Now, could it be that 279 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 4: you're competing in a race that you were not naturally 280 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 4: designed for? In of the words, you're still trying to 281 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 4: have a twenty eight inch waist, feeling bad that you 282 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 4: don't look like that coworker that's twenty years younger than 283 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 4: you and has a different set of genes. The truth 284 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 4: is for you to be that small again. You would 285 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 4: hear the angel saying welcome to heaven. 286 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 2: Not going to happen. 287 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 4: Understand, there's nothing wrong with not being a race car. 288 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 2: There's nothing wrong with not being. 289 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 4: The fastest, the most beautiful, the most successful, the most talented. 290 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 4: In fact, an suv has greater versatility, it can hold 291 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 4: more people, it can carry more luggage, it's got greater strengths. 292 00:14:57,920 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 2: But so often we. 293 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 4: Look at the sizzle factor, the magazine covers and the 294 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 4: soap opera stars and that one coworker that's unusually exceptionally talented, 295 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 4: and instead of celebrating their success and letting their gifting 296 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 4: inspire us, we start thinking I got to compete with them. 297 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 4: They're making me look bad. I'm starting to feel inferior. 298 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 4: So we put pressure on us to do things we 299 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 4: didn't really want to do. We get the extra job, 300 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 4: work all the time so we can buy the bigger 301 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 4: house and keep up with our friends. We have our 302 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 4: children in twenty two extra classes so we can keep 303 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 4: up with the other mothers and not be looked down on. 304 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 4: Or we're working out twice a day, tirelessly, trying to 305 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 4: look like that co worker that's naturally fit and never 306 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 4: even has to work out. No, take the pressure off yourself. 307 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 4: You're not in competition with them. You have nothing to prove. 308 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 4: And when we see someone that's more talented, more successful, 309 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 4: more gifted, our attitude. 310 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 2: Should be that indy car doesn't have anything on me. 311 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 2: I'm not in that race. 312 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 4: I'm in my own race, and I Am not going 313 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 4: to be frustrated or jealous and think I got to 314 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 4: get over there to the indie track. I got to 315 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 4: see if I can keep up. Now, I'm gonna stay 316 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 4: focused on my own race and be the best that 317 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 4: God's called me to be. But a lot of times, 318 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 4: because of pride, because of competition, we have a hard 319 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 4: time admitting what we're not. It takes a secure person 320 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 4: to say, I'm not an Indy car, but I'm okay 321 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 4: with that. 322 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 2: I'll never be a size five, but I still like myself. 323 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 4: I'm not gifted in that area, but I don't feel 324 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 4: bad about it. Or I may never be able to 325 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 4: preach like Tdjakes, That's okay. 326 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 2: One day he'll come around. 327 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 4: Or when I hear our Spanish pastor Marcos whit minister, 328 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 4: we all love him and sometimes at the end of 329 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 4: his sermons he'll burst out into singing so natural to him, 330 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 4: so effortless. He's won several Grammys. Heard him the other 331 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 4: day and it gave me chill, bumps uping down my arms. 332 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 2: My first thought was, God, that's not fair. 333 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 4: How come he's got two good gifts he can minister 334 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 4: and sing. Then I realized, I've got two good gifts 335 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 4: I can minister. 336 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 2: Plus I'm good looking. I'm just kidding it. I didn't 337 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 2: get that gift of humility, though. 338 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 4: But when we compare our gifts so often, we start competing, 339 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 4: trying to outperform the other person, trying to prove to 340 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 4: them that we're important, so we can feel good about ourselves. Now, 341 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 4: what I'm saying is you can feel good about yourself 342 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 4: right where you are. You have an anointing on your 343 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 4: life not to be like somebody else. You are anointed 344 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,719 Speaker 4: to be you, And the good news is nobody can 345 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 4: be a better you than you. 346 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 2: Quit wishing you were somebody else. Quit thinking if. 347 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 4: I could just sing like them, if I could look 348 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 4: like them, if I could lead like them, then I could. 349 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 2: Feel good about myself. 350 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 4: No, if the truth be known, those people they probably 351 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 4: want to be like you. I read about this seven 352 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 4: year old boy named Joey. He never really liked who 353 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 4: he was, and he always was much more impressed with Billy. 354 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 2: He walked like Billy and talk like Billy. Well, Billy 355 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 2: didn't like who he was. He liked Corey. So Billy 356 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 2: walked like Corey and talk like Corey. Now Joey was 357 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 2: copy and Billy who was copy and Corey. Come to 358 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 2: find out, Corey didn't like who he was. He was 359 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 2: much more. 360 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 4: Impressed with Frankie. So he walked like Frankie and talk 361 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 4: like Frankie. Now Joey is copy and Billy, who's copying Corey. 362 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 4: He's copying Frankie. Come to find out, Frankie. 363 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 2: Didn't even like who he was, you know who. 364 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,639 Speaker 4: He liked Joey, So he was walking like Joey, talking 365 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 4: like Joey. 366 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 2: Let me see if I can do it. 367 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 4: Now Joey is copying Billy, who's copying Corey, who's copying Frankie, 368 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 4: who's copying himself. 369 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 2: What am I saying? 370 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 4: The people that you want to be like, very often 371 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 4: they want to be like you. They see something in 372 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:20,959 Speaker 4: you that they admire. There's nothing wrong with looking up 373 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 4: to people. It's good to show respect and admiration, but 374 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 4: don't try to be like them. 375 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 2: Run your own race. 376 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 4: You have something great to offer. I'll never forget the 377 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 4: first time Victoria and I went. 378 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 2: To Billy Graham's home. 379 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 4: He invited us to come and visit with he and Ruth, 380 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 4: and we were so honored about it. When we walked 381 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 4: in the living room and saw Billy Graham sitting in 382 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 4: that chair. I mean, it was like seeing Moses. Here's 383 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 4: one of the heroes of faith. I've always had the 384 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 4: utmost respect and admiration for him, looked up to him 385 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 4: in a great, great way, and he's sitting there bigger 386 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 4: than life. The first thing he said was, Joel, I 387 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 4: love watching you on television and I'm just so admire 388 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 4: how you can take that message of hope around the world. 389 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 4: I thought, that is so amazing. Here I've admired him 390 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 4: my whole life, and somehow he's found something in me 391 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 4: to admire, and I realize that's his personality. 392 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 2: He's very gracious. But here's my point. 393 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 4: Every one of us has something special about us. 394 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 2: You are anointed in your own unique way. 395 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 4: You are gifted, You have accomplishments, and we tend to 396 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 4: see how great everybody else is. But let me tell you, 397 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 4: there's something great about you. Somebody thinks you're amazing, somebody's 398 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 4: inspired by your life. Somebody even wishes that they could 399 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 4: be you. 400 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 2: You, in your own right, are. 401 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 4: Someone to be celebrated. So put your shoulders back, hold 402 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 4: your head up high. You don't have to compete with 403 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 4: anyone else. Just be the best you that you can be. 404 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 4: A few months ago, I was out running and I 405 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 4: noticed a person in front of me about a quarter 406 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 4: of a mile. I could tell he was running a 407 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 4: little bit slower than me, and I thought, good, I'll 408 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 4: try to catch him. 409 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 2: I had about a mile to go on my path. 410 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 4: Before I needed to turn off, so I started running 411 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 4: faster and faster, and I could tell that every block 412 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 4: I was gaining on him. 413 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 2: Just a little bit. 414 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 4: A few minutes later, I was only about one hundred 415 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 4: yards away, and so I really picked up the pace 416 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 4: and started pushing it and pushing it. 417 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 2: You would have thought I was in the last leg 418 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 2: of the Olympic Games. I mean, I was determined to 419 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 2: catch him, and finally I caught him. I passed him by, 420 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 2: and on the inside I felt so good I beat him. 421 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 2: Of course, he didn't even know we were racing. But 422 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 2: when I got my mind back on what I. 423 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 4: Was doing, I realized I had missed my turn. I 424 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 4: was so caught up in trying to beat him that 425 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 4: I had gone nearly six blocks further than I was 426 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,959 Speaker 4: supposed to and I had to turn around go all 427 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 4: the way back. But really, that's what happens in life 428 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 4: when we're trying to catch some one else, a neighbor, 429 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 4: a friend, caught up in that competition, trying to outdo them, 430 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 4: outdress them, trying to prove. 431 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 2: That we're important. 432 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 4: We're spending all this time and energy going down that 433 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 4: path when we should be using it to move toward 434 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 4: our own god given destiny. Some of you today would 435 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 4: see your life go to a new level if you 436 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 4: would just quit competing with everyone around you. It takes 437 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 4: a lot of energy, physical and emotional to try to 438 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 4: impress people all day long. Try to keep up with 439 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 4: your family member and try to outperform the neighbor, and 440 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 4: try to look better than your friend, or let it go. 441 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 4: It's very freeing to say I don't have to impress 442 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 4: anybody today. I have nothing to prove. I'm secure in 443 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 4: who I am, and I am not going to feel 444 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 4: bad if you look better or make more money or 445 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 4: get more recognition. 446 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 2: I don't have to keep up with you. I'm not 447 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 2: in that race. 448 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 4: You're not really free until you realize you don't have 449 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 4: to impress people. 450 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 2: You don't have to prove who you are. 451 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 4: You're not in competition with anyone else. This is one 452 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 4: of the things that got King Saul off track. 453 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 2: He was doing fine. Samuel had anointed him to be king. 454 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 4: His future looked very bright, but he didn't understand this 455 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 4: principle one. 456 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 2: Day he and David were out in a battle. 457 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 4: They defeated the Philistines, and everything was great. Everybody was 458 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 4: happy until some of the women started saying, Saul has 459 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 4: killed thousands and David has killed tens of thousands. Says 460 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 4: in verse nine that Saul never looked at David again 461 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 4: the same way. Saul was so insecure that he let 462 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 4: someone else's success. 463 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 2: Make him feel inferior. In other words, he wasn't comfortable 464 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,919 Speaker 2: being an suv. He had to be that indie race car. 465 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 4: You would have thought he would have been happy having 466 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 4: somebody like David on it, somebody that was skilled in 467 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 4: such a great way. 468 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 2: But no, It takes a secure person, a. 469 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 4: Person who really knows who they are, to say, even 470 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,719 Speaker 4: though I'm ahead of you, I'm gonna let you shine, 471 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 4: I'm gonna let you rise higher. One of the tests 472 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 4: that we will all have to pass in life is 473 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 4: the test of not being jealous and critical when someone 474 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 4: passes us up. 475 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 2: The Scripture says, you have to accept the gift that 476 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 2: God has given you. You may be a one. 477 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 4: Thousand level person, but you have a friend, a neighbor, 478 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 4: a coworker that's a ten thousand level person. The real 479 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 4: test as to whether God continues to promote you is 480 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,679 Speaker 4: can you handle their success? Can you celebrate what God's 481 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 4: doing in their life and not get jealous and critical 482 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 4: and think that you have to compete with them. Saul 483 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 4: lost the kingdom in part because he could not let 484 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 4: anyone become greater. A spirit of competition, spirit of pride, 485 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 4: a spirit of jail. Ellousy, It'll cause us to do 486 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,919 Speaker 4: things that we never dreamed we would do. Saul loved David. 487 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 4: He treated him like a son. He took him into 488 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 4: the palace. David would eat dinner with Saul and his 489 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 4: family every night. Saul never dreamed one day he would 490 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 4: throw a javelin at David and try to kill him. 491 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 4: He never dreamed one day he would chase him through. 492 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 2: The wilderness and try to end his life. What was 493 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 2: his problem? 494 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 4: Saul couldn't handle being number two. He couldn't stand the 495 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 4: fact that David was a ten thousand level person and 496 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,719 Speaker 4: he was a one thousand level person. If it had 497 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 4: just been like John the Baptist and said, hey, this 498 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 4: is what I am and this is what I'm not, 499 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 4: and I'm okay with that, if it had just been 500 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 4: satisfied with his gift and run his race. He could 501 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 4: have fulfilled his God given destiny, but instead he got distracted, 502 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 4: wasted his time and energy competing with someone that was 503 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 4: not even in his race. God had already ordained David 504 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 4: to go further. We have to be big enough to 505 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 4: recognize I may not be a ten thousand level person. 506 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 4: God may have made me to be a one thousand 507 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 4: level person. But I can promise you this, I'm will 508 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,640 Speaker 4: be the best one thousand level person you've ever seen. 509 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 4: And I'm not gonna stop at nine point fifty or 510 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 4: nine seventy five or nine ninety nine. 511 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be all God created me to be. 512 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 4: When you hit a thousand, don't be depressed if you 513 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 4: see someone else hitting ten thousand. 514 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 2: Run your race. Understand there's nothing wrong with being a 515 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 2: one thousand level person. 516 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 4: Quit thinking that you have to measure up to somebody 517 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 4: else in order to feel good about yourself. You don't 518 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 4: have to feel inferior because you're not as successful as 519 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 4: your cousin. You don't have to be intimidated because you. 520 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 2: Have a coworker that's extremely talented. 521 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 4: I don't have to feel less than because my brother 522 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 4: is a skilled surgeon, and he completed twelve years of 523 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 4: college and I just finished my first year. 524 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 2: We're not against each other. 525 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 4: You are in a class all by yourself. When God 526 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 4: made you, he threw away the mold. So don't compare yourself. 527 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 4: Celebrate yourself. You have everything you need to fulfill your 528 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 4: God given destiny. 529 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 2: I want you to be more comfortable in your own skin. 530 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 4: Some of you are always competing with a neighbor, a coworker, 531 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 4: a friend, trying to one up them, outdress them outperform them. 532 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 2: No, let it go. They're not in your race. That's 533 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,919 Speaker 2: a distraction. Your race is made up of one person. 534 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 2: You be the best you that you can be. Remember 535 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 2: you don't have to impress anybody. You don't have to 536 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 2: prove who you are. 537 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 4: You know who you are, a child of the most 538 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 4: High God, anointed, equipped, empowered. So keep your shoulders back, 539 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 4: keep your head held high, be secure in who God 540 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 4: made you to be. If you will stay free from 541 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 4: a spirit of compety and just run your race, you'll 542 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 4: not only enjoy your life more, but you'll see your 543 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 4: gifts and talents come out to the full. Because when 544 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 4: you celebrate others, God will celebrate you. He'll pour out 545 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 4: his blessings in favor, and I believe and declare you'll 546 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 4: live that life of victory he has in story. 547 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 2: Amen, do you receive it today? 548 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 4: Well, we'd never like to close our broadcast without giving 549 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 4: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 550 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I 551 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 552 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,159 Speaker 2: you my Lord and savior. 553 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 4: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 554 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 4: got born again. 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