1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 2: I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and. 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: This is our podcast. 4 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 2: I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope 5 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 2: this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope it 6 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,120 Speaker 2: gives your perspective to see God is moving. 7 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: In your life. Enjoy the message. 8 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 2: If you wouldn't mind standing, I'd like to preach, and 9 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 2: I want to read the scripture while you stand. And 10 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 2: I want to just share a simple message today from 11 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 2: First Samuel classic text. God has given me a fresh 12 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 2: insight on First Samuel chapter seventeen, and I just want 13 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 2: to give you verses forty eight through fifty one. 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: And I love this little Bible story. 15 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 2: That's the one where David kills Goliath spoiler alert. And 16 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 2: I think there'll be some things in this message today 17 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 2: that will be pertin it to your personal life as 18 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 2: well as our plight. Is a nation, so I like it. 19 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 2: Lean in and listen carefully. I believe there is a 20 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 2: word from the Lord. 21 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: In this house. How many are ready to receive it? 22 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: Come on? Are you excited? How many want to hear 23 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: from God? Today? 24 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 2: As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran 25 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 2: quickly toward the battle line. God's people don't run from trouble. 26 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 2: We run toward it in the name of the Lord. 27 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 2: He ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him, 28 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 2: Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he 29 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 2: slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead, and 30 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,919 Speaker 2: the stone sank into his forehead and he fell face 31 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 2: down on the ground. So David triumphed over the Philistine 32 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: with a sling and a stone, without a sword in 33 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 2: his hand, he struck down the Philistine and killed him. 34 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 2: David ran and stood over him. He took hold of 35 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 2: the Philistine's sword, drew it from the sheath. After he 36 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 2: killed him, cut off his head with his own sword. 37 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 2: Sometimes you got to take what the devil brings against 38 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 2: you and put it to use to do the work 39 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: of God. And when the Philistines saw that their hero 40 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 2: was dead, they turned and ran. They turned and ran. 41 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 2: Now I need you to announce my title to your neighbor. 42 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: Okay. 43 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 2: And this might be something that your wife says to 44 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 2: you when you're driving. You might have said this to 45 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 2: your husband today trying to find elevation Valentine or whatever 46 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 2: campus you're at. But would you look at your neighbor 47 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 2: and give them my title. Say neighbor, don't miss your turn. 48 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 2: Look at your other neighbor and say you might miss 49 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 2: your turn. Pay attention, don't miss your turn. Amen, you 50 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 2: may be seated. 51 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 3: Thank you, Worship team, Thank you worship team. All are 52 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 3: worship teams. Oh man, so much I want to say 53 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 3: to you. Let me just look at you real quick. 54 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 2: It's a new building, so I don't know where everybody's 55 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 2: sitting and used to having people all my familiar faces. 56 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: Okay, I'm looking for my love. I'm looking for my 57 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: love this school. 58 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 2: Those of you at the other campuses, you can't see this, 59 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 2: but the way we've set up the room is very strategic. 60 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: We have it where everybody can keep an eye on 61 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 2: each other and monitor them to make sure that they 62 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: are paying attention and being responsive in the sermon. So, 63 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 2: those of you on my right, if these people over 64 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 2: here start looking like they're dozing off, they start looking bored, 65 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 2: you could shoot a spitball at them. You can do 66 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 2: whatever you have to do this side. Over here on 67 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: the left side, these people really love Jesus. 68 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: In fact, it's going to be a competition. We're going 69 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: to get to see over. 70 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 2: The course of the coming weeks and months which section 71 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 2: loves Jesus the most, and so it should be interesting. 72 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: But I just want to share a little bit with 73 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: you today. 74 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 2: I want you to get something on your mind as 75 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 2: we look at this classic text in the Valley of Elaw, 76 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 2: where the giant from God, who some say was nine 77 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 2: three inches tall, has come to defy the armies of 78 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 2: the Living God, and a boy named David decides to 79 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: do something about it. I want you to think if 80 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 2: you would just for a moment about something in your 81 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: life that you almost missed out. 82 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: On, and that. 83 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 2: You you you came really close to missing out on it, 84 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 2: but you know you did it, and now that you're 85 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 2: looking back on it, you are like, oh, I'm so 86 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 2: glad that I didn't let fear or apathy or laziness 87 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 2: or other people keep me from doing that, because I 88 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 2: would have missed so much. In fact, some of you, 89 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 2: to listen to other people, you never gonna come to 90 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 2: the church, you know what I'm saying. 91 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: And you would have missed out because it is a 92 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: great place. It's great people. I said, this is a 93 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: great place with great people. Come on, y'all, let's break 94 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: it in this building. 95 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 2: Don't be looking at me stuffy, Amen. Something you would 96 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 2: have I missed out on Holly, of course, is of 97 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 2: thinking about if she had said no instead of I do, 98 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 2: how much she would have missed. 99 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: She would have missed her miracle. 100 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 2: She would have missed her man, she would have missed 101 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 2: her moment. Aren't you glad you didn't miss it? You 102 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 2: know different things in life, opportunities that you had that 103 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 2: scared you at the time. Amy, Think about if when 104 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 2: I took unk chunks out the Golden Corral and said 105 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 2: start the church with me, Hattie said, I. 106 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: Don't want to do it. 107 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 2: I want to keep on working physical therapy, rubbing on 108 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 2: old people's backsides. 109 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: I want to keep serving. Then nothing wrong being a 110 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: physical therapist. I'm just having a little humor here with you. 111 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 2: But just imagine you wouldn't even be here on the 112 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 2: front row watching. 113 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: The grand opening of a location. 114 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 2: Last night, I gave away almost a quarter of a 115 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 2: million dollars, because that's what you do when you move into. 116 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: A thirty million dollar building. You give away quarter of 117 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: a million dollars just to make the devil mad, to 118 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: let him know that the church is on the move. 119 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 2: As a matter of fact, I want to make a 120 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 2: prophetic announcement. This church is not gonna miss our turn 121 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 2: We are determined in this season in our cities to. 122 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: Shine like never before. 123 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 2: The world needs us now and we're not gonna miss. 124 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: Our turn out. 125 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 2: I'm not a big believer in having regrets. I think 126 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 2: that what's better is if you can learn the lesson, 127 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 2: get the benefit of the lesson without the burden of 128 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 2: the regret. You know what I'm saying, get the burden 129 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 2: of the lesson or the benefit or whatever I said 130 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 2: of the lesson j LA, without the burden of the regret. 131 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: What I do believe in is the power of pregret. 132 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: I made up the word. I believe that. 133 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 2: If you can learn how in your life to experience 134 00:06:55,279 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 2: what you would experience if you did something dumb in 135 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 2: your emotions without having to do the dumb thing and 136 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 2: deal with the consequences and the disaster of your decision, 137 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 2: I think it's. 138 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: A good thing. I might write a book about this, 139 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: the power of pregret. 140 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 2: You know, so you can learn how to discern guys 141 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: that you shouldn't date by seeing the patterns that he's 142 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 2: like the last guy, he's like the last guy, and 143 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 2: if I go out with him, and if I sleep 144 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 2: with him, I'm going to end up having to be 145 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 2: in the same cycle. And so I think there's something 146 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 2: to learn from the things that we've missed out on, 147 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 2: the things that we've almost missed out on. You may 148 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 2: think this is a strange introduction, and I forgot that 149 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 2: my text was David and Goliath. But this common text 150 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 2: has an often overlook application I find in First Samuel 151 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 2: sixteen and seventeen. And those of you at are Matthew's 152 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 2: campus are going to be particularly interested in this sermon 153 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 2: because I began to share on this topic with you 154 00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 2: a few weeks ago when I came over in supp 155 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 2: I do for a visit because I was noticing that 156 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 2: the climax of the story, when David took his slingshot, 157 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 2: his rocks, his shepherding equipment, and used it to kill 158 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 2: a giant named Goliath, it almost didn't happen. It it 159 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 2: almost didn't happen. It's one of the those famous Bible stories. 160 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 2: It's epic, and we learned it in Sunday school. Was 161 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 2: very violent thing to teach our children. But for some reason, 162 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 2: we do uh that that with with the first of 163 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 2: five stones, he took him down. That that that David, 164 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 2: the unlikely one, took down the giant that had defied 165 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 2: in this challenge of champions, in this ancient format and 166 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 2: known as representative combat, where the sides would say, instead 167 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 2: of you sending all of your men and us sending 168 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 2: all of our men, why don't we eased to send 169 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 2: our best fighter, and whoever wins that fight will represent 170 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 2: the rest of the nation. And in this contest, we're 171 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 2: very familiar with the conquest of David, with the moment 172 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 2: where he stands Goliath. But I want to suggest to 173 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 2: you that it almost didn't happen. I think a lot 174 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 2: of us miss our turn to be used by God 175 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: because of disappointment. 176 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: In our life, setbacks we've experienced. 177 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 2: On the other side of disappointment, often we can see 178 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 2: that our disappointments led us to our destiny. I'm preaching 179 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 2: better than you're talking back to me. I'll give you 180 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 2: a minute to catch up. Is that some of the 181 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 2: things that we thought we wanted were the things that 182 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 2: God had to withhold to make room for the things 183 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 2: that we ultimately needed. It is easier to clap about 184 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 2: that when you're not living through it. Have you ever 185 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 2: noticed how the way we explained something after the event 186 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 2: has transpired is often much different than how we experienced it. 187 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 2: And we say, after we've experienced something that you know, well, 188 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 2: it all turned out for the good. 189 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: But you weren't so sure about that. 190 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 2: While it was happening. You weren't so sure about that 191 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 2: during the divorce. But now after the divorce you can say, Okay, well, 192 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 2: you know I didn't want the divorce, and I'm not 193 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 2: saying the divorce was God's will, but I can see 194 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 2: how God's even using that now in my life. 195 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: But when you're going. 196 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 2: Through it, it feels like death and you can't. 197 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: Even see any life after this. 198 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 2: You can't see how the fact that they laid you 199 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 2: off from that job was actually preparing you for something, 200 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 2: teaching you some things, gonna get you some discipline in 201 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 2: some areas, and that later on a door would open 202 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 2: up that God. 203 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: Would use to move you into new dimensions. 204 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 2: But you can't see the destiny in the face of 205 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 2: the disappointment. David is an illustration of how to deal 206 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 2: with disappointment. 207 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: I believe you want to know the truth about it. 208 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 2: David was more than just a shepherd, more than just 209 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 2: a giant killer. He was a future king in training. 210 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 2: I know many of you know this, but for the 211 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 2: benefit of those who may not have gotten to go 212 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 2: to vacation Bible school, let me share a little bit 213 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 2: of the context for Samuel sixteen. 214 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: Can I teach you a little bit? Can I teach 215 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: you a little bit. 216 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 2: On the day that Samuel came to town to replace Saul, 217 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 2: because the Lord was grieved that he made Psaul king, 218 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 2: because although Saul had the stature of a king, he 219 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 2: didn't have the. 220 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: Heart of a shepherd. God give us shepherds. 221 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 2: Even in our nation, in political seats of power, that 222 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,479 Speaker 2: will have a heart for your people. Give us pastors 223 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 2: and fathers and leaders that. 224 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 1: Will have a heart for your people. 225 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 2: And so God said, I'm looking for a man after 226 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: my own heart. Well, when Samuel came to town with 227 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 2: this horn of oil, which was symbolically. 228 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: Poured on the head of the next king, he. 229 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 2: Went to Jesse's house because that's where God told him 230 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 2: to go. He said, the next king is in Jesse's house. 231 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 2: But he didn't tell him which of Jesse's eight sons 232 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 2: was going to be the king. Because sometimes God will 233 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 2: give you enough of the details to get you in 234 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 2: the right area, but he won't give you enough specifics 235 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 2: where you don't need him to show you what to 236 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:56,559 Speaker 2: do next. 237 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: Sometimes we want God to show us. 238 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 2: Everything about our life and our decisions, but if he did, 239 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 2: we wouldn't need him. So he gives us enough light 240 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 2: to know the next step, but not enough light where 241 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 2: we won't need him to guide us along the path. 242 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,079 Speaker 2: So he goes to Jesse's How Samuel the prophet goes 243 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 2: to Jesse's house and he and he looks at all 244 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 2: the sons of Jesse. Eliab was the oldest one. One's 245 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 2: name was Shemma. All these boys that were so impressive. 246 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 2: Eliab was very tall, Saul was tall. And God said, 247 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 2: not him, and not him, and not him, and not him, 248 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 2: and not him and not him. I love this about God, 249 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 2: that he selects what man rejects. He uses the weak 250 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 2: things of the world to confound the wise. And after 251 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 2: they passed over all seven of the select sons, Samuel says, 252 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 2: do you have another one? And when Jesse talks about David, 253 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 2: he doesn't even have the common courtesy. 254 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: To mention his name. 255 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 2: He calls him, I want to read this to you 256 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 2: is in verse eleven, Chapter sixteen, Verse eleven, Jesse said, well, 257 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 2: there's the youngest. There's the youngest. He doesn't identify him 258 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 2: according to his potential, just his current position. 259 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: You know, life will do this. 260 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 2: To you, try to label you according to your educational background, 261 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 2: according to your ethnicity, according to whether you're a man 262 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 2: or a woman, according to your life will try to label. 263 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: You this way. 264 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 2: Well, there's the youngest, but he's been in the sheep. 265 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:54,199 Speaker 2: And Samuel said, sin for him. We won't sit down 266 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 2: until he arrives. And the one that they didn't. 267 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: Even think to bring in the room, zoom, was the one. 268 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 2: That God had chosen from the foundation of the world. 269 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: I want to make an announcement. 270 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 2: You can't disappoint what God has appointed. You can't disappoint 271 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 2: when God calls your name, when God gets ready to 272 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 2: use you, when God gets ready to do work in 273 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 2: your life, when God gets ready to raise you up, 274 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 2: when God gets ready to send you forward, when God 275 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 2: gets ready to stir up your gift, when God gets 276 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 2: ready to. 277 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: Release your purpose. This new stage breach is pretty good. 278 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: I feel good about it. 279 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 2: Shut somebody next to you and tell him he's calling 280 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 2: your name, and see. I love God because he knew 281 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 2: how to find David even in the field. 282 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: He didn't need David to be in the lineup. Do 283 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: you know what. 284 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 2: You don't have to position yourself in front of people 285 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 2: to be used by God. You don't have to convince 286 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 2: a committee that you're good enough for grace of God. 287 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: How many are grateful. 288 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 2: But God chooses sobidly whom he wills, and uses sofidly 289 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 2: whom he wills. 290 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: And when God gets. 291 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 2: Ready to use you, there's no devil in hell. 292 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: They just stop. Touch your neighbors say don't. 293 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 2: Miss it, don't miss your turn and see. If it 294 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 2: had been up to people, David wouldn't have gotten his turn. 295 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 2: But when God says it's your time, he knows exactly 296 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 2: where to find you. Don't stress out about it. Don't 297 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 2: worry about whether or not people appreciate you. Don't even 298 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 2: worry about whether they notice you. Don't even worry about 299 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 2: whether they call you by your correct name. 300 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. 301 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 2: You cannot disappoint what God has appointed. But if David 302 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 2: hadn't been in the field keeping sheep, he wouldn't have 303 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 2: been prepared to lead people what he's what he should 304 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 2: have could have would have seen as being very insignificant, 305 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 2: was exactly the thing that he needed to prepare him 306 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 2: for his assignment. It's a funny thing, though, because you 307 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 2: know you would expect and after this moment where David 308 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 2: is anointed and pointed and called to be a king, 309 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 2: that the next scene we would see would be that 310 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 2: of David. 311 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: And his driver making a trip. 312 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 2: Perhaps Deniman Marcus, come on, if God told you you 313 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 2: would be the next king, wouldn't you want to go 314 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 2: try on some robes and some crowns. 315 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: Size forty two short? 316 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 2: Wouldn't you want to try on some versace crowns Armani wrote, 317 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 2: I need, I need to get ready for this thing. 318 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 2: And sometimes we expect that when God announces a change 319 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:21,719 Speaker 2: in our life, it's going to be activated immediately, and 320 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 2: we get confused when God says it's your time, but 321 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 2: he makes us wait our turn. And sometimes God is 322 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 2: doing things that It was on that day that David 323 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,199 Speaker 2: was announced to be a king, but it would be 324 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 2: many years later. 325 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: That he would wear the crown. 326 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:52,359 Speaker 2: You know, when you give your life to Christ in 327 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 2: a moment, you're saved in a moment you're forgiven, and 328 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 2: a moment you're cleansed, and a moment you're redeemed. All 329 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 2: of those things are true of you immediately. All of 330 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,719 Speaker 2: the changes that those new realities are meant to produce 331 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 2: in your life happened not immediately, but gradually. 332 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 1: You know what I see people do? 333 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 2: I see people become very discouraged in the process of 334 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 2: awaiting the change that God initiated, because we're a little 335 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 2: bit confused. I remember Elijah was so confused when we 336 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 2: gave the money to build Elevation Valentine. 337 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 1: We bought the land back in twenty twelve, and Elijah was. 338 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 2: Six years old at the time, and he gave an offering. 339 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 2: Our whole family was supposed to give, and so I 340 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 2: let Elijah give seventy dollars of my money that we 341 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:42,959 Speaker 2: pretended was his. 342 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: It's like all the money that he thinks he has. 343 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: And after he gave the. 344 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 2: Money, he said, so, Daddy, we're having church at Elevation 345 00:18:55,320 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 2: Valentine next Sunday, because in his mind I gave money. 346 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 2: And so now now it's four years later now and 347 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 2: here we are finally. We bought the land. In one season. 348 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: We built the building in the next. 349 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 2: And sometimes you walk away from your initial investment because 350 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 2: you don't see the immediate development. I'm trying to say, 351 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 2: sometimes you give up on your calling too easily. 352 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: And you miss your turn. 353 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 2: David didn't go on, try on crowns and practice is 354 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 2: king wave and practice signing kingly autographs. David went back 355 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 2: to the sheep field to do what he was doing 356 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 2: before until one day, everybody say, one day, one day 357 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 2: he was given an. 358 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: Assignment by his father. 359 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 2: His father turns to him one day, and I don't 360 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 2: know if a lot of people know this part of 361 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 2: the story, because everybody knows about the sling shot, and 362 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 2: everybody knows about Goliath, and everybody knows about well how 363 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 2: Goliath fell. 364 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what, if you. 365 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 2: Ever want to be a preacher, you should preach about Goliath. 366 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 2: People love to hear sermons about Goliath because everybody has 367 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,880 Speaker 2: something in their life that's bigger than them. Everybody has 368 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 2: something in their life that's been intimidating them. Everybody has 369 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 2: a fear and anxiety and addiction. 370 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 1: I could go around the room. 371 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 2: I think I could probably point in people and look 372 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 2: at them long enough and guess what your goliath is? 373 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 2: Some of y'all spend too much. Some y'all eat too much, 374 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 2: some of y'all talk too much. Some of y'all chudged 375 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 2: too much. Can I keep going? I won't do it, 376 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 2: but I could. And everybody has a Goliath right preach 377 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 2: about Goliath and makes for good preaching, man, And Goliath 378 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 2: is going to fall down, and you could kill the giant. 379 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: I believe that, man. 380 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 2: But can I tell you something that fascinating to me? 381 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 2: If the Lord spoke to me. Lord spoke to me, 382 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 2: I was studying this text. Lord said to me, most 383 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 2: of the people you're talking to never even get to Goliath. 384 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 2: You're trying to teach them how to kill an enemy 385 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 2: that they're never even going to meet. So when he 386 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 2: said that to me, you know, not out loud, it 387 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 2: just kind of this impression I got. 388 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: I was like, what do you mean? 389 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 2: And I went back to the text and I remembered this. 390 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 2: I saw this back in college. In fact, I used 391 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 2: to share about it in college because I thought it 392 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 2: was important to talk about faithfulness in the small things. 393 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 2: And it was one day everybody say one day, say 394 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 2: a loud or say one day touch your neighbors. 395 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: Say this could be your day for a turnaround, now, Jesse. 396 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 1: This is for Samuel seventeen seventeen. 397 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 2: It says that this giant from Gaff named Goliath was 398 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 2: confronting and defying the people of God for forty days, 399 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 2: and every day he would talk them. 400 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:17,479 Speaker 1: But Jesse said to his son David, huh. 401 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 2: Verse seventeen is kind of confusing, because Jesse must have 402 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 2: forgotten that he was talking to a future king, because 403 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 2: what he asked him to do was so menial. He said, 404 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 2: take this etha of roasted grain and these ten loaves 405 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 2: of bread for your brothers, and hurry to their camp. 406 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: And David could have said, who do you think you're 407 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: talking to? 408 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 2: Didn't you hear what Samuel said about me? I am 409 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 2: a man of potential, and I. 410 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 1: Don't have time to run your little errands. 411 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 2: I'm not trying to take bread and cheese to the 412 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 2: same brothers who didn't even bring me into the room 413 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 2: when Samuel came to choose a king. But this is 414 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:22,719 Speaker 2: the test, see to see if David will do the 415 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 2: basic things. Sometimes we want God to use us to 416 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 2: do a big thing, and we won't even do the basics. 417 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 1: Talk to me somebody, how in the world. 418 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 2: Can God use us to do something big and we 419 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 2: won't even do something basic. I love David's heart because 420 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 2: the story could have stopped right here if he had said, 421 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 2: I'm not doing that. I'm a king, I'm not doing that. 422 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 2: I'm not your demeaning to me. I'm not doing that. 423 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 2: You know all the ways that we disobey God, these 424 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 2: little things that he asked us to do. Call your 425 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 2: sister and tell her you're sorry. Reach out to somebody 426 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 2: who looks different than you and listen to them about 427 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 2: their struggle. 428 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:14,199 Speaker 1: It's funny to me. 429 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 2: Some of us want to kill Goliath, but we don't 430 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 2: want to tend sheep, and we don't want to make deliveries. 431 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 1: We want to see big victories. 432 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 2: But how in the world can God use us to 433 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 2: kill giants if we can't even follow simple instructions. 434 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 1: The Bible says. 435 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 2: That David, and I think this is why God used him. 436 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 2: You know, every time we see David in the scripture, 437 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 2: he's moving now. He says at first though, that he 438 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 2: ran to Goliath. But you got to understand before he 439 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 2: ran to Goliath. Look at verse twenty. It says early 440 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 2: in the morning, David left the flock in the care of. 441 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: A shepherd, loaded up and set out. 442 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 2: Now here's what David didn't know at the time, because 443 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 2: we know it and it's much easier to interpret what 444 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 2: God is going to do when you know the ending. 445 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 2: But can I tell you something David did not know 446 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 2: that this was Fir Samuel seventeen. 447 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: From his perspective, this was just another day. 448 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 2: Sometimes God raps destiny in what we perceive is just 449 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 2: another day. The same day that he was told to 450 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 2: take bread to the battle lines was the same day. 451 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: He stood over Goliath. 452 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 2: But he didn't know that, and he would have missed 453 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 2: his turn if he did not obey. And so for me, 454 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 2: I'm asking God to use me in big ways, but 455 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 2: will I obey him in the small ways? 456 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: And you know, I bet if you will pray, God 457 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: show me. 458 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 2: A small way, because we all right now are concern 459 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 2: about things in our nation. Josh van Allman was telling me. 460 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 2: He's an officer, he serves. How long have you been 461 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 2: Charlotte Police. How long have you been on the force. 462 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 2: He's been twelve years. He's also been serving in the 463 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 2: church for all ten and. 464 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 1: A half years. 465 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 2: Josh drives me to church every week, So I can 466 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 2: look at my notes in the car, and so I 467 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 2: thought that's a safer way than me driving and looking 468 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,439 Speaker 2: at my notes, and so I can get ready on 469 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 2: the way. 470 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: And he was telling me just. 471 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 2: This week about people black people, white people coming up 472 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 2: to him and buying lunch for him. I thought that 473 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 2: was amazing. I thought that just he said it was 474 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 2: a small thing, he said, but to me, that just 475 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 2: went a long way. I know his wife appreciates it. 476 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 2: He also told me how somebody spat on him this 477 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 2: week while he was walking down the street with his 478 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 2: little girl. 479 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 1: And so here's the thing. We can get up in. 480 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 4: Our churches and preach really big stuff, you know, deep stuff, reconciliation, 481 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 4: high sounding stuff, unity, But I think probably our small. 482 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:16,360 Speaker 2: Acts of actual love go a lot farther than our 483 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,879 Speaker 2: loud screaming preaching. 484 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: Like I'm doing right now. 485 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 2: And God wants to know, will you do the small things? 486 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 2: Sometimes the blessing of God is in doing the thing 487 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 2: that seems beneath you. We always want to look beyond, 488 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 2: God says, sometimes it's in doing the thing that seems 489 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 2: beneath you that releases the blessing. 490 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: We're on vacation this past. 491 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 2: Month and we rode our bikes over to the farmer's market. 492 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 2: Because we're such a charming family, we rode our bike 493 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 2: over to the farmer market there in the little town 494 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 2: where we were staying. 495 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: And Holly's idea and. 496 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 2: When we walked in, just tell you the story kind 497 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 2: of how it happened. 498 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: Was that air love you man. 499 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 2: While we walked in, this girl who was behind a booth. 500 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 2: She was selling cupcakes and and candy and other sugar 501 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 2: confection items. 502 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: Name was Adie May, Adie May. 503 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 2: And I'm going to tell you how I know her 504 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 2: name in a minute. 505 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 1: But she she started screaming behind her. 506 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 2: But oh my god, I said, sorry to bother you, 507 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 2: but I'm like a total fangirl. 508 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 1: I love your podcast, I love your turns. Can I 509 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: a sealthie? I was like, yes, of course, to take 510 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 1: a somethie. And she was super nice. 511 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 2: So we stood there for a minute, talked to her, 512 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 2: found out you know that where I was from, she 513 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 2: also had some family from there. 514 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 1: All stuff. 515 00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 2: We was talked from minute and she goes, boy is 516 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 2: going to be so excited so jealous when I. 517 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: Tell him I met you. I was like really, and 518 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 1: I said cool, who's your pastor? She said his name. 519 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: I never heard his name and she said, I said, 520 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 1: that's great, and she said, uh. 521 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 2: And in my church, she said, we're having holy convocation 522 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 2: this week. 523 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: You should come. 524 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 2: And I'm thinking, in the back of my mind, girl, 525 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 2: i am on vacation. 526 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: I am not coming to your complication, not this week. 527 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: I love the Lord, I love his church, but I 528 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: am chilling. 529 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 2: So I'm just thinking that right, And I'm like, oh, 530 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 2: that's great. I'll come in complications, complications, that's great. And 531 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 2: so she goes, yeah, it's convocation, and she listed off 532 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 2: the people who were preaching and. 533 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: The dates and all that, and one of the guys. 534 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 2: She mentioned is a preacher that I greatly respect and 535 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 2: I actually have been wanting to meet him. 536 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: And so I was like, well, that's cool. And you know, 537 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: something told me just write it down, just write it down. 538 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 2: You know, sometimes you just get this little thing and 539 00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 2: you're not even sure if it's God. 540 00:29:59,080 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: You're not ready to say. 541 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 2: And the Lord spoke to me, just like, just write 542 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 2: it down, just a little thought, just write this down, 543 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 2: just a little thing. 544 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: Everybody say little things. You talked about the little things. 545 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: So I just write it down. 546 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 2: And uh, you know, and and I wrote it down 547 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 2: the dates and everything like that, and I walked away, 548 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 2: and she came back over to our table. She was 549 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 2: so nice, and she brought all these uh all these 550 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 2: cupcakes and candies and sugar confection items over to us 551 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 2: and she was like, I just brought something for your kids. 552 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 2: And I was like, thanks, and uh, you've can come 553 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 2: watch them. 554 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: And I just brought you something. It was so sweet, right, 555 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: And she was like. 556 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 5: And I just called my pastor and and she said 557 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 5: and he and he and he told me that we 558 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 5: had actually invited you to come speak at our convocation, 559 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 5: but your office told us that you were. 560 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 1: On vacation this week. 561 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 2: And so I said, well, obviously you can see that 562 00:30:59,080 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 2: I am there was. 563 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: We really are on vacation. 564 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 2: So anyway, I texted Jess and said, hey, just I said, 565 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 2: reach out to this pastor, the one that was coming 566 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 2: to town and on this certain date, I said, and 567 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 2: see if he wants to meet up for lunch. 568 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 1: We'd been trying to meet each other before and we 569 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 1: didn't get to. 570 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 2: I said, just tell him I'm close by to the 571 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 2: church he's going to be preaching at and I'm not 572 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 2: going to the church service, but just tell him if 573 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 2: he wants to eat after before church, I would love 574 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 2: to have a meal with him, and just let me know. 575 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter, just let me know. I don't just 576 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: let me know. And so, you know, some time passes 577 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: and everything just says I'll let you know, and I 578 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: forget all about it. 579 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 2: I forget all about the whole. 580 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 1: Holy convocation among the beach. 581 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 2: Then one day, it's about three o'clock in the afternoon, 582 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 2: Jess text me and says, Hey, the pastor was going 583 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 2: to come and meet with you, but he actually his 584 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 2: back went out in the airport and they had to 585 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 2: take him in for emergency surgery and he's not even 586 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 2: going to be able to make the trip, so he's 587 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 2: not going. 588 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: To be able to have dinner with you tonight. And 589 00:31:58,800 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, that's cool. 590 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 2: When I get the text from Jess, I'm reading all this, 591 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 2: I'm thinking that's cool. 592 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: Moment I put my phone away, something fuck to me again. 593 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 2: I'm not sure as God at this point, and I 594 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 2: don't even really want to hear from God at this point, 595 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 2: but something fuck to me and said, remember they had 596 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 2: wanted you to come preach at the convocation. Call the church, 597 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 2: and to which I said, Lord, I don't even know 598 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 2: the phone number, to which the Lord said, google it. 599 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 1: So I'm like, what am I gonna do. I'm gonna 600 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 1: call the church and say, hey, I never invite myself 601 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: to go preach somewhere. That's kind of creepy. Hey I'm 602 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: gonna come preaching your church. I don't do that. I 603 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 1: don't do that. But the Lord was like, you do 604 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: what I tell you to do. 605 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 2: So so I by this time, it's three thirty and 606 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 2: I'm thinking, man, they've already got a speaker. 607 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: There's thing is tonight, but I'll call. This is stupid. 608 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 2: I'm called church, called church, looked up the number, and 609 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 2: it rings and rings and rings and rings. 610 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,320 Speaker 1: It rings like five times. 611 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 2: I'm like, Lord, didn't tell me to leave a voicemail, 612 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 2: so I promise you. On the sixth ring, God picks up, 613 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 2: says the name of the church and how can. 614 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:27,880 Speaker 1: I help you. I'm like crap, and I said, hey, man, 615 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: this is my name. 616 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 2: Is Stephen Ferdick. Come over in Charlotte. And I was 617 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 2: just calling, I know, to talk to the bishop. I 618 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 2: know he's not available. I'm sure he's not available. But 619 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:42,240 Speaker 2: you don't have to give him a message or anything. 620 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 2: He's no, no, no, I'll give him a message. What's 621 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 2: a message? 622 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: I said, well, you just tell him. Here's my phone number. 623 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: I'm calling about the revival. If he wants to call 624 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 1: me back. He doesn't have to call me back. You 625 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,479 Speaker 1: probably have time to call me back or anything like that. 626 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: Just calling about the revival. 627 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 2: A few minutes later, the pastor and he goes, are 628 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 2: you serious? 629 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: Are you serious that you're calling me right now? 630 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 2: I said, yeah, I said, I met Addie May over. 631 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: At the Farmer's market. 632 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 2: And I told her that I was here on vacation, 633 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 2: and she told. 634 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 1: Me that you would invite me. I know you probably 635 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:22,399 Speaker 1: don't want. 636 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:23,560 Speaker 2: To do this, and I know you got to cover, 637 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,719 Speaker 2: but I heard that your speaker is back, went out 638 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 2: and all this, and I'm sure you got it cover 639 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 2: by now, but I just felt like prompted to tell 640 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:32,239 Speaker 2: you that if you want me to come preach, and 641 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,400 Speaker 2: I'll preach. I'm on vacation and everything like that, but 642 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 2: you want to come preach, he said. 643 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: We were praying this morning. 644 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 2: He said, I've had the most crazy week you can imagine. 645 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: I've done three funerals. This week. 646 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 2: I called five of my friends and asked them could 647 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 2: they come preach tonight. 648 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: None of them could come. 649 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 2: You are the only speaker that we invited to their 650 00:34:55,440 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 2: convocation that couldn't come. He said, would you come tonight 651 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 2: and preach for us? He said, because I was so 652 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 2: stressed out when I was praying and I got up 653 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 2: from prayer and one of my staff members looked at 654 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,200 Speaker 2: me and said, don't worry about it. 655 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: Pastor. God has a ram in the bush. And I said, well, 656 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: I'm your ram, baby. What time do I show up 657 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:25,240 Speaker 1: at the church. 658 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 2: Where is the church? I don't even know where the 659 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 2: church is. He said, don't worry about it. I'll send 660 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:36,839 Speaker 2: you a car. I'll pick you up. And man, I'm 661 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,839 Speaker 2: gonna tell you. They picked me up and I went 662 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 2: to church. I told him, I said, I don't have 663 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:44,440 Speaker 2: any church clothes now, because this is holy convocation. People 664 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 2: got church hats and church dresses. I said, man, all 665 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 2: I have is T shirts and skinny jeans and Yeezies. 666 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: And he said this all right, I'll wear my jeans 667 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:59,879 Speaker 1: and my Jeezy's too, he'd get them Jesus. I said 668 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 1: all right. 669 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 2: I said, I'll be there and man, it was amazing. 670 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,240 Speaker 2: And he got up and he told his church, he said, 671 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:06,800 Speaker 2: our speaker. 672 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:06,879 Speaker 1: Is not here. 673 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 2: And they all moaned and growned because they all loved 674 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,399 Speaker 2: that preacher couldn't make it. 675 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 1: And they all moaned and grown and he said, and 676 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,319 Speaker 1: that's y'all's problem. 677 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,920 Speaker 2: Some of y'all come for the personality, oh that you 678 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,000 Speaker 2: come for the principles of the presence of God and 679 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:21,879 Speaker 2: the power. 680 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:26,799 Speaker 1: Of the man. He laid them out, and then he 681 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:27,800 Speaker 1: told the story. 682 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,520 Speaker 2: And just I don't even know how well I preached 683 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:32,319 Speaker 2: that night or anything like that. I mean, I gave 684 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,840 Speaker 2: it everything I had the best I could on short 685 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,000 Speaker 2: notice in my ye'zis and my T shirt at. 686 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:38,840 Speaker 1: The Holy Convocation. 687 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 2: But God shoot up in an amazing when you know that, 688 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 2: Pastor said to me. He said, in twenty seven years 689 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,400 Speaker 2: of ministry, I've never been more convinced of God's favor 690 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,360 Speaker 2: on my life than to know that he heard my prayer. 691 00:36:56,640 --> 00:37:02,000 Speaker 1: But I told you that story not because not because 692 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: I'm so obedient. I didn't even want to do it. 693 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 1: It turned out to be a blessing. I would have 694 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 1: missed it. 695 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,719 Speaker 2: I would have missed the blessing if I would have 696 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:17,400 Speaker 2: ignored the impression, but really I would have missed the 697 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 2: blessing of Addie made hadn't brought over a cupcake. When 698 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 2: Addie May showed up to work that day, she had 699 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:27,879 Speaker 2: no idea that she. 700 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:32,359 Speaker 1: Was the answer to her church's prayers. Do you see 701 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:33,799 Speaker 1: what I'm trying to say to you. 702 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:39,600 Speaker 2: I'm trying to say that God wants to use. 703 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:45,560 Speaker 1: You right where you are, with what you have. 704 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,799 Speaker 2: David said, I don't have much. All I got is 705 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,960 Speaker 2: a sling in a stone. But in the name of 706 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:53,879 Speaker 2: the Lord. 707 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:58,480 Speaker 6: Goliath, when I do what I do with what I have, 708 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:03,080 Speaker 6: you've kind of down. And I declare that when the 709 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 6: people of God do what we can in the. 710 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:10,480 Speaker 2: Power we have, colia must fall. 711 00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:12,160 Speaker 1: Somebody shout about it. 712 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 2: Touch your neighbors said, don't miss your turn, don't miss 713 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:31,839 Speaker 2: your turn. If David had not been willing to do 714 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:36,239 Speaker 2: the simple thing, he never would have seen the supernatural thing. 715 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,440 Speaker 2: And I guess why the Lord put this message on 716 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:46,319 Speaker 2: my heart. Everyone's standing is because in our nation right now, 717 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,120 Speaker 2: there's a lot of supernatural breakthroughs. 718 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:49,040 Speaker 1: That we need. 719 00:38:55,440 --> 00:39:00,160 Speaker 2: Systemic racism is a real issue. 720 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,920 Speaker 1: There are epidemics in our land and we're praying to 721 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,879 Speaker 1: God about stuff I want to get beyond that. Even 722 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,120 Speaker 1: I want to get beyond that. See. 723 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:13,959 Speaker 2: I was getting this message ready while I was still 724 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:18,399 Speaker 2: in Australia and I got on the plane. 725 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,520 Speaker 1: I had my little message ready when I landed. 726 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,440 Speaker 2: While I was in the air, young men gets shot 727 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,120 Speaker 2: in Paton Rouge. 728 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:33,239 Speaker 1: Young men gets shot in Minnesota. And I look at 729 00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:38,120 Speaker 1: that and I was like, Okay. I was thinking, I 730 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:39,480 Speaker 1: need to change my message now. 731 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,960 Speaker 2: I've prepared a message on David and Goliath before I 732 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:46,600 Speaker 2: left Australia. I came back to America and I realized 733 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:50,279 Speaker 2: everything that's going on, and I thought, well, this isn't 734 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:51,560 Speaker 2: an appropriate message anymore. 735 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:53,719 Speaker 1: The Lord said, yeah, it is. 736 00:39:55,400 --> 00:40:00,600 Speaker 2: You're just looking at Goliath on the wrong level. When 737 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,440 Speaker 2: we preach about Goliath, we make it a personal issue, 738 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,720 Speaker 2: your addiction, your struggle. 739 00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:13,160 Speaker 1: Your debt, your depression. But when I was reading it 740 00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 1: this time, the Lord showed. 741 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:19,400 Speaker 2: Me Goliath wasn't a personal issue for David. It was 742 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:23,480 Speaker 2: a national issue that was keeping. 743 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:31,000 Speaker 1: The whole nation deadlocked in the stranglehold of fear. 744 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:42,600 Speaker 2: Something interesting happened just before David went to fight Goliath. 745 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:48,239 Speaker 2: The Bible says that when David showed up that day. 746 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,319 Speaker 1: You know, he's got his cheese and his bread. He's 747 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:51,439 Speaker 1: just doing a simple thing. 748 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:56,400 Speaker 2: Don't think that because you can't affect something at the 749 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,799 Speaker 2: highest level of power, that God can't use you in 750 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:03,719 Speaker 2: a great way. David wasn't even in the army and 751 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,759 Speaker 2: he won the war. I said, he wasn't even in 752 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:12,440 Speaker 2: a uniform. He didn't even have a weapon that was 753 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:13,560 Speaker 2: fit for combat. 754 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:18,040 Speaker 1: And he's the one who brought down the giant. So 755 00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:19,320 Speaker 1: so David. 756 00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:22,200 Speaker 2: Here's this giant taunting the armies of God. 757 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,279 Speaker 1: And he says, what's up with this? This isn't right. 758 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,480 Speaker 2: He can't talk that way about my God. He can't 759 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,600 Speaker 2: talk that way about my people. He can't talk that way. 760 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:37,040 Speaker 2: This isn't right. And his brother overheard him, Eliah, the 761 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:41,840 Speaker 2: tall one, and he comes up to David, and you know, 762 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,839 Speaker 2: we actually accused this David when Eliah verse twenty eight, 763 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,319 Speaker 2: David's older brother, the one that they thought was fit 764 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,200 Speaker 2: to be a king, the one that you would have 765 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:53,680 Speaker 2: thought won the battle. When Eliab heard David's conversation, he 766 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 2: burned with anger at him and asked, why have you 767 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:57,680 Speaker 2: come down here? 768 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,279 Speaker 1: And with whom did you leave those few shit in 769 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,120 Speaker 1: the wilderness. Do you know what. 770 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,239 Speaker 2: If David and this really spoke to me. And I 771 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,920 Speaker 2: didn't say this in my message last night, but I 772 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:09,440 Speaker 2: wanted to. 773 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:10,040 Speaker 1: Say it today. 774 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:17,040 Speaker 2: If David would have listened to Eliab, he never would 775 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:23,239 Speaker 2: have even seen Goliath. If David would have fought with 776 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 2: his brother, he never would have killed his enemy. Do 777 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,399 Speaker 2: you know what I think the devil tries to do 778 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,919 Speaker 2: to keep us from being victorious as a church, as 779 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,160 Speaker 2: a people, as a nation, as the body of Christ. 780 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:45,760 Speaker 2: He wants to keep us so divided, fighting each other 781 00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:50,840 Speaker 2: that we never even engage our real enemy. We're not 782 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:54,640 Speaker 2: fighting each other, We're not against each other. 783 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:59,000 Speaker 1: You're my brother, you're my sister. We're in this together. 784 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:02,760 Speaker 2: If we're gonna oh my darkness, we gotta stand together. 785 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:15,880 Speaker 2: So David has his eyes on something bigger, and the 786 00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:19,640 Speaker 2: Bible says in verse twenty nine, I close with this. 787 00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:25,360 Speaker 2: Now what have I done? Can't I even speak? And 788 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:30,759 Speaker 2: then he did something much. He then turned away to 789 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:38,080 Speaker 2: someone else. He then turned away. Touch your neighbor one 790 00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:40,400 Speaker 2: more time. This will be the last time, and tell him. 791 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,960 Speaker 1: Don't miss your turn. 792 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:49,360 Speaker 2: See, because if you get distracted by Eliab. If you 793 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:53,839 Speaker 2: get distracted by what the media presents to us, that's 794 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:58,080 Speaker 2: not reality, that's an image that is projected to. 795 00:43:58,200 --> 00:43:59,360 Speaker 1: Sell us on fear. 796 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:04,760 Speaker 2: If you'll fight Eliath, you'll miss Goliath. But I feel 797 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,440 Speaker 2: a turn coming in the Body of Christ, and we 798 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,760 Speaker 2: will stand together and we will turn together. 799 00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:14,920 Speaker 1: I hear second Chronicles say, if my. 800 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:19,960 Speaker 2: Vegle who are called by my name, will humble themselves 801 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,799 Speaker 2: and pray and seek my. 802 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:29,560 Speaker 7: Face and turn and turn and turn. I want to 803 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:34,759 Speaker 7: plead with the Body of Christ, don't miss your ter. 804 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,839 Speaker 7: You are the light of the world, and you are 805 00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:46,279 Speaker 7: the sought of the earth. And Goliath, my small in 806 00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:47,080 Speaker 7: the name. 807 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:48,680 Speaker 4: Of the Lord. 808 00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:55,359 Speaker 8: In justice, my small in the name on the law 809 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,960 Speaker 8: prejudice mys all, and. 810 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:06,640 Speaker 1: How the Lord come on out the church comedy. 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