WEBVTT - King Me (Chet Pete) 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:05.240 If we haven't met before. My name's Chet I'm the 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:13.720 pastor at our university city campus. You see, it's no 0:00:13.800 --> 0:00:16.880 place like it eighty one oh five. I VM job 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:19.880 in the North side of Charlotte. I love you, I 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:22.240 love you. I love you. And it's such an honor 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:24.520 to be able to open up God's Word with you today. 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:28.040 And I'm excited about it. I'm really really excited about it. 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:30.960 God's been dealing with me over the last Really, I 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:33.640 feel like God's been showing me this message over the 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:36.480 last year, and to be able to have a moment 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:39.840 to release it today, I'm full. I'm really, really, really full. 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:43.080 And before I jump into God's Word, I just got 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:48.520 to tell you I love my church. Do you love 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:52.960 your church? Do you love your church? I love my church. 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:56.520 I love my church. You know, in a week like 0:00:56.680 --> 0:01:00.200 this week, when you've all been scrolling on Instagram and 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:04.640 watching the news seeing the devastation of Hurricane Ian this week, 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:07.479 I got to see God move in such a powerful way. 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:09.880 But I love the vision of our church. See what 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:13.800 God can do through you. And so we've been praying 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:16.319 this week as a church. We've been praying for families 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:19.399 and praying for everybody that's been affected, but not only praying. 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:22.840 We've been showing up. Your church has been showing up. 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.280 I wanted to just share a couple of things with you. 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:29.640 I mean, we're partnering with over nine partners across the 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:33.759 Melbourne and Orlando area with our campus is there. Matter 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:39.319 of fact, today is Coop's birthday our Melverne campus pastor 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:42.640 Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday book. But when I was thinking 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:44.920 about all that's going on, like I mean, Convoy of Hope, 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:48.560 Samaritan's Person Mission and Hope are on the ground providing 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:52.400 relief efforts right now. Earlier this year, maybe you packed 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:55.480 some of these hygiene kits. I'm talking about fifty thousand 0:01:55.640 --> 0:02:01.279 hygien kits that are being distributed right now. We've given 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:05.760 Convoy a Hope over five hundred thousand dollars in supplies 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:09.800 in two hundred and fifty thousand to go towards disaster 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:14.400 relief efforts. Tell your neighbors say I love, I love 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:17.840 I love, I love my church. We don't just talk 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.720 about making a difference. We are making a difference. Sit 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:27.200 and at the beginning of October, I could not stand 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:31.400 on this stage and not honor my pastors, Pastor Stephen 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:36.280 and Holly and Holly Burdenson. Tell your neighbors say, I 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:40.920 love my pastors. I love my pastors. I got to 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:43.959 sneak in to reflect and I snuck in at U 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:47.200 see and Hollywood was just so surgical in the way 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.200 that she ministered to the women of our church. And 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:53.120 I can't wait. I can't wait to see God continue 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.760 to give her fresh revelation and continue to inspire through 0:02:56.800 --> 0:03:00.120 our Creus ministry. All that Holly's doing, it's amazing. What 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:02.200 about Pastor Steven. It would be easy to sit and 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:05.440 talk about the messages, the sermons, and the songs that 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:08.440 God has used him to released into the world. You know, 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.280 maybe you know like me, I sometimes here these messages 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.400 like is he bugging my Phone's it been following me? 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:17.680 But I really wanted to tell you guys about a 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:22.200 moment that we had in a staff meeting. I was 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:25.280 leading this staff meeting. It was a whole staff, all 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:28.240 of our campuses, all of our central teams, the Digital team, 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:32.480 HR team, everybody was together. Everybody was together in the room. 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:35.080 All of our campus inside Charlotte, outside Charlotte were all 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:38.520 together in one room. We were worshiping, We were praying, 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.280 we had some updates and things to share, and I'm 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:44.120 leading this meeting and we had some prayer time and 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:47.960 I'm up leading and I look down and I make 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:51.480 eye contact with pastor and he just waits for me 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:53.800 to come off the stage. So I was like, oh, 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:57.800 what did I do? What did I do? I walked 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.760 downstage and I got next to him and he says, 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:04.560 give LB the microphone. I said, what did I mess up? 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.640 I thought I was doing a good job. He said, 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:10.680 bow your head, and he put his hands on my 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:14.600 shoulders and he began to pray for me. And the 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:16.760 first thing that he said, the first thing that he 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:20.080 said was the worder of the Lord is is rest. 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:24.800 God says, sleep well tonight. Custer didn't know. I didn't 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:26.200 call him and tell him that there were a few 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.719 nights that I was just up laid and I couldn't sleep. 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.839 Because who knows that life be life in sometimes things, 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:36.719 things be happening sometimes, and life doesn't stop. Because I'm 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:39.160 struggling and I'm going through something. I stepped the show up, 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.919 and in that moment, he prayed for me, spoke life 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:44.880 into me, and in that moment, I knew that he 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:47.720 cared more about me as a man. He cared more 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.599 about me as the husband that he's called me to be, 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:52.640 the father that he's called me to be, than anything 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:54.440 that I could ever do on a stage or in 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:57.880 a pulpit. And for that, I'm so forever grateful. I 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:02.520 love I love, I love my pastors. And he asked 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:04.240 me to preach today, and that's what I'm gonna do. 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:13.479 That's what I'm gonna do. So we're gonna go to 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.919 Genesis chapter forty one. We can go to Genesis chapter 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:20.760 forty one and read a few scriptures, and I'm believing 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:22.960 that God's gonna show up in a powerful, powerful way. 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:25.960 We're gonna start at verse thirty eight. We're gonna start 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.359 at verse thirty eight. I'm gonna spend some time with 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.520 Joseph today, and this is what it says. It says, 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:35.960 so Pharaoh asked them, can we find anyone like this man, 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:40.440 one in whom is the spirit of God? Then Pharaoh 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:43.480 said to Joseph, since God has made all things known 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:47.160 to you, there is no one so discerning and wise 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:49.680 as you. I gotta pause right there and give the 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:52.320 wives of little heads up. This would be a good 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:56.039 verse for you to send to your husband. Just send 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:58.000 it from time to time. Add some hearts and some 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:01.320 kissy faces in it. Just listen to They said, can 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:05.080 we find anyone like this man, one in whom is 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:08.040 the spirit of God? Then Pharaoh said it, so the 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.240 six God has made all of this known to you. 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:14.680 There is no one so discerning, And so whyts sinnate senate? 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:19.520 This week? You might get a you might get a blessing. 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:25.680 Verse forty it says you shall be in charge of 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:29.440 my palace, and all my people are to submit to 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:34.440 your orders. Only with respect to the throne. Will I 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:38.320 be greater than you? So Pharaoh said to Joseph, I 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:42.279 hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt. 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:47.080 Then Pharaoh took his senate ring from his finger, and 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:50.440 he put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:54.440 robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain around 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.080 his neck. If I was talking to my boys or 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.360 to the youth, they would say, he's Joseph's getting drippy. 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:02.600 His drip goes hard. That's what they would have said. 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:04.480 That's what they would have said. Verse forty three says 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:08.400 he had him ride in a chariot, a second in command, 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:12.720 and all the people shouted before him make way. Does 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:16.560 he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt. 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:22.360 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh. But without 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:26.000 your word, no one will lift a hand or foot 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:31.520 in Egypt. Let's pray God, we love you, We thank you. 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:34.800 Give us ears to hear what you have to say. 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:37.720 Open our hearts to receive whatever it is you want 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:40.440 to speak to us. Have your way in this place. 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.200 We love you, We thank you. And this in Jesus' name, 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:46.600 I pray a man. Amen. Amen. Before you take your seat, 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:48.000 I need you to look at your neighbor to the left, 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.760 look your neighbor to the right, and I need you 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.239 to give them both a compliment, Now, a real compliment. 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.840 Give them a compliment. If you smell their cologne, tell 0:07:56.880 --> 0:08:00.680 them you smell good. You like their heads that make up? 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:12.920 Say who did it? Yeah? You can be seated. You 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:17.320 can be seated. You can be seated. It's something about 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:21.520 encouragement that just made you smile, didn't it. You know 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.320 when you released that compliment. It just does something. It 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:27.040 just does something. It just does something. But hey, I 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:29.040 want to start with this. You know, many of you 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:31.200 we haven't got to meet before. And one of the 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:33.000 things you want to know about me is I am 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:38.400 very competitive. I'm extremely competitive. I don't care what it is. 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:41.839 As matter of fact, we got a spades tournament coming 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:45.080 up for the stat Do I have any real space player, 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:48.400 any real space player in it? We'll find out this week. 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:52.080 Now I won't say his name, but I've been getting 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:58.880 some text that talking a little smack and and you know, 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:02.599 you see hear me and my partner. We got some chemistry. 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:04.360 We've been doing this for a little bit. We won 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:09.680 some some competition, some tournaments in the past, and you know, 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:15.000 but uh, but Chump's been texting me talking about I'm 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:19.120 gonna go down this week and just pray, just pray. 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.280 I don't get let go or anything after after I 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:25.400 handle some business. I'm extremely competitive. I don't care what 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:29.160 it is, even if I'm playing checkers. Like, even if 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:32.720 I'm playing Checkers, I mean, I mean, smoke before fire. 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.640 Who knows how to play flying kings, Flying kings, Flying Kings. 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:39.960 I'm real, I'm real, I'm real. But that's a there's 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:43.000 a moment in the game of checkers for the tables turn. 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:46.319 You know, when you're making your way from one side 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:48.120 of the board all the way to the other side 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:51.280 of the board, you don't jump some pieces, some of 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:54.240 your pieces have gotten jumped. And then you make it 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:57.400 into that spot. You make it into that spot. And now, 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.640 if you're like me, you're real competitive. When you get 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:01.880 to that spot, you say it with swagger. You know, 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:03.720 you say it with your chest. You step into it, 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:08.640 and what do you say, king me? Hey? The title 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:12.719 of my message today is king me, king me, king me, 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.040 king me, because I believe that some of you are 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:20.280 waiting until you get to a certain position, You get 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:23.960 to a certain spot, and when you get there, you'll 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.840 be able to have so much authority, so much power. 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:30.800 The thing about the game of checkers, I love it. 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:32.280 I love it. I love it because when I get 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:36.160 to that spot, the other player, my opponent has to 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:40.800 take a piece that they took from me. They have 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.319 to take a piece that they took from me, place 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:47.719 it on my piece, and say, king me, maybe you 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:50.120 would take a moment and praise God because there's some 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.800 things that's been taken from you and you're like, I 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:58.120 need my piece back, I need my joy back. I 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:01.720 need to be happy again. I feel like I'm losing energy. 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:05.560 Give it back, Give it back, give it back. There's 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.080 something about when you get to that spot. From that 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:10.199 moment on, I'm talking junk the rest of the game. 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.120 I'm talking junk the rest of the game. But this 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:16.319 is where, this is where we are in Joseph's life. 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.640 You say he's at this moment where you know he's 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:24.000 given charge over all of Egypt. Then, and I don't 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:28.160 know about you. Actually, I dreamed. I dreamed of being 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:30.920 the man like I dreamed of it. I dreamed of 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:35.400 being the captain on my basketball team. I dreamed, I 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:39.320 dreamed of it. You know, I dreamed. I dreamed of 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:43.040 having a beautiful wife in perfect Kids. I did hear 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:45.120 the picture of my family, they have it up on 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:49.360 the screens. I dreamed of this. I really did of 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:53.640 a beautiful wife. I got a beautiful wife. She's God. 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:59.200 God did that. He did that. I'm still praying for 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:03.800 perfect kids. I love my boys. I love them. I 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:07.080 love them. They are amazing. They're amazing. They're amazing. I 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:08.640 love them. I love and I love them. You know, 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.640 I dreamed, I dreamed of having, you know, a big 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:16.319 house with a white picket fence and all that I 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:17.960 dreamed of it I dreamed of happening one day. But 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:19.800 here's the thing I didn't dream of. I didn't dream 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:24.480 of painting that fence. I didn't dream of painting it. 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:29.920 You see, sometimes sometimes what you dream of you don't 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:32.960 picture the demand that comes with it or the responsibility 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:36.199 that comes with it. Or sometimes sometimes you don't see 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:39.200 that you see, sometimes what you pictured isn't even what 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:42.600 God promised you see, I'm trying to get you to 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.120 understand that sometimes we've been having a picture or dreaming 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.360 of what this would be like when you got to 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:50.640 that spot. And so God's been dealing with me about 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:54.040 this idea of being in charge, of being in charge. 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.679 You see, Joseph's story was less about him going from 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.240 the pit to the palace. It was more about him 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:02.240 going from having a respective of being in charge to 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:06.280 being a servant. And so I want to take some 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:08.960 time today because sometimes the way that God deals with 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:12.560 me to show me what something is, he'll show me 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:16.680 what it isn't first, like He'll omit some thing so 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.200 then I could figure it out. And so here's what 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.160 I want to do, because I do believe that you're 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:24.320 in charge, your son, daughter of God. I believe that 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:27.760 he puts you in positions. You have authority, you have influence, 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.600 and I believe that. But we got to understand what 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:32.880 this means. And so here's the first thing I want 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.880 you to write down. Being in charge isn't a choice. 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:42.040 Being in charge isn't a choice. Joseph's story goes from 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:46.240 Genesis chapter thirty seven all the way to Genesis fifty. 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.160 You gotta go back in your own time and read 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.280 this story. There's so much in it. But when you 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.800 go and you read Joseph's story, what's powerful to me 0:13:55.720 --> 0:14:01.000 is this idea that everywhere Joseph went received a promotion, 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:04.840 but he never asked to be promoted. Going read to 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:07.760 go and read to yourself. Fact check me, fact check me. 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.920 Everywhere Joseph went, he was promoted, and he didn't ask 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:14.880 for a promotion. I can't see in scripture where he 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:17.760 asked his father to be his favorite son. I can't 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:19.920 see that he asked his father. I can't see when 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:23.160 he was at Potiphar's house, he never said make me headmaster. 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:26.760 When he went to prison, he never went to the 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:28.960 prison ward and said hey, I could run this side 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:33.560 of the week, and he never went to federalh and said, please, 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:38.560 please please make me second in command. Being in charge 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:40.800 isn't a choice. Now, there's two ways we can look 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.560 at this. One way gets me excited. I start shouting, 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:46.160 because who knows that God will answer prayers that you 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:49.480 don't even have the faith to pray sometimes that sometimes 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:51.920 God will just show up in ways. He'll put you 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.440 in positions, he'll work some things out, and you didn't 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:57.440 even ask for us. Some of you are in a 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.480 position right now. You got promoted for it, and you 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:02.120 know you're not qualified for it. Some of you are 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.400 in rooms that you know you shouldn't be in. Here, 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:09.360 You're like, how did I get here? How did I 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:15.440 find myself in this spot? Moses didn't ask to lead 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.000 the children of Israel out of slavery. Peter did not 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:23.920 ask Jesus to get into his boat. You see, being 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.440 in charge isn't a choice. The Lord will make you 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:31.200 the head and not the tell who's above and not beneath, 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:34.440 who's a lender, not a bar? You see, God will 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:38.440 make you make you now now this scripture, right here, 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:40.720 the Lord will make you the head that's something normal 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.280 we shot about. But when I was studying this time 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.840 put it up. This is dude, und chapter chapter twenty eight. 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:49.560 Look at this. It says, the Lord will make you 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:57.080 the head God. What if I don't want all that responsibility? 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:00.480 Cause what if I don't want all that that comes 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:03.240 with being the head. What if I don't want that 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:07.120 and you just gonna make me? You just gonna make me. 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:10.480 The more that I thought about this, I realized, you know, 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.000 I have twin boys, Carson and Carter. They are eight. 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:19.920 They're not eight. There are eleven, there are eleven. There 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.640 are eleven. There are eleven. There are eleven, there are eleven. 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.840 And I love these boys. The reason I said eight 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:30.720 because all they do is eat, and like over it's 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:34.200 all they're doing. They're just eating everything. I'm gonna tell 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:38.120 you a story about my boys. I drive home, drive home, 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:39.960 and I wouldn't notice Carson and Carter. They love to 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.480 play basketball, and they're pretty good. They're pretty good. They 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:44.920 love playing ball. And I would drive home. I would 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:48.920 drive home and I would notice basketballs all over all 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:51.640 over the neighborhood. I'm talking like, so this is basketball 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:53.360 go that all the kids come to and I drive 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:55.800 home and I see basketballs in the yards. I see 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.360 basketballs in the street. I just see basketballs all over 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.320 the place. So I came into the house that day 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:04.359 and I said, hey, hey, listen, boys, I need you 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:08.880 to make sure when you're done playing basketball, I need 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:10.720 you to make sure that all of the balls are 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:12.720 put up. Put them, put them by, put them by 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:14.960 the garage, put them next to the goal. I don't 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:16.439 want them all in the street. I don't want them 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:19.119 all out in the yard. Now. I want you to 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:22.000 do this for me too. Sometimes you won't be out 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:24.880 there playing and you'll come out there and you'll see 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:26.880 all the balls out there, and you'll be like, hey, 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:31.480 I didn't do it. You're responsible for picking up the basketballs, 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.160 even if our neighbor doesn't, even if the boy down 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:37.479 down the street doesn't. You're responsible for making sure the 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:40.600 basketballs get put up. You got my back on this. Boy, 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:45.680 Say yeah, Dad, I got you. Well. A couple days later, 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:51.399 I'm driving home and I see basketballs in the street, 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.119 in the yard, and I see basketballs all over the place. 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:59.800 I said, hey, boys, come outside, what is this. I 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.720 see basketballs in the street, I see basketballs in the yard. 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:06.400 I told you to be responsible for making sure these 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:09.840 basketballs get put up. The first thing out of their 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:14.359 mouth it was Noah. It was Noah next door Dad, 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:23.240 it was Noah Son. Do I feed Noah Son? Do 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:31.600 I buy Noah's men's shoes that they're wearing. Now. The 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.919 reason why this is so so important because some of 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:37.480 you be like, why are you so passionate about making 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:40.520 them pick up the basketballs? Why are you so passionate? 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:44.399 Because I'm not so passionate about the basketballs and making 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:49.240 them do something. I'm passionate about making them into something. 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:52.480 You see, God's called me to raise these boys to 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:58.199 be strong, confident, responsible men of God. Some of you 0:18:58.240 --> 0:18:59.840 have been in a season where you're like, God, why 0:18:59.840 --> 0:19:02.439 are you making me do this? Why are you making 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:04.879 me go through this? God? Why are you making me? 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:06.879 Why are you making me? Why are you making me? 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:12.480 And God is like, I'm making you, I'm forming you. 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:16.600 My hands are owing you. And so sometimes I'm gonna 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:19.040 ask you to do some things you don't like. Sometimes 0:19:19.080 --> 0:19:21.600 I'm gonna put you in positions that you're struggling with. 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:25.720 You gotta understand that being in charge, it isn't a 0:19:25.800 --> 0:19:29.399 choice and some of you are here today because God's 0:19:29.440 --> 0:19:32.439 been making you for a long time. Some of you, 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:35.760 some of you don't act pride forel now, don't act 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:38.480 pride for now. If it wasn't for the hand of 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:41.200 God making you, forming you, that no way you'd be 0:19:41.240 --> 0:19:43.880 able to take care of your family. There's no way 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:46.520 you'd be able to keep that job. There's no way 0:19:46.560 --> 0:19:49.239 you'd be able to stay off that substance. There's no 0:19:49.359 --> 0:19:54.440 way God's been making you. Tell your neighbors, say, he's 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:58.280 making me, He's making me, He's making me, He's making 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:03.480 me in charge. Isn't about you, It isn't about you. 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:09.600 Tell your neighbors say, it isn't about you. Now, when 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:16.560 you start walking in confidence, you start walking in boldness, 0:20:17.960 --> 0:20:21.000 you start making sure that you live this thing out, 0:20:21.119 --> 0:20:24.240 you can walk out this shoe. That being in charge 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:30.000 isn't about you. Now we're gonna pick up at a 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:33.520 moment in Joseph's life, because Joseph has gone through some things, 0:20:33.560 --> 0:20:36.080 some ups and downs, and we find ourselves where he 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:39.400 has been sold into slavery by his brothers, and he's 0:20:39.480 --> 0:20:44.400 now in Potiphar's house. He's now in Potiphar's house, and remember, 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:47.359 being in charge isn't about you. And so you gotta 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:52.520 understand that wherever Joseph went, he made an impact. Wherever 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:55.440 Joseph went, he made a difference. And I want to 0:20:55.480 --> 0:20:57.760 show you a picture of this. In Genesis chapter thirty nine, 0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:00.520 we're gonna go to verse two. This is what it says. 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:05.240 It says the Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, 0:21:05.960 --> 0:21:08.879 and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master 0:21:09.920 --> 0:21:12.720 when his master saw him the Lord, and that the 0:21:12.720 --> 0:21:15.240 Lord was with him, and that the Lord gave him 0:21:15.320 --> 0:21:20.199 success in everything he did. Joseph found favor in his 0:21:20.320 --> 0:21:26.120 eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:30.359 of his whole household, and he entrusted everything that he 0:21:30.480 --> 0:21:34.240 owned to his care. From the time he put him 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:38.360 in charge of his household and all that he owned, 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:43.080 the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because Joseph 0:21:43.480 --> 0:21:47.560 was there. The blessing of the Lord was on everything 0:21:47.640 --> 0:21:52.280 Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field. 0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:56.000 The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had 0:21:57.119 --> 0:22:02.840 because Joseph was there. Can the same be said about you? 0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:11.840 Is your family better because you're in it. Is your 0:22:12.040 --> 0:22:15.679 organization better because you're a part of it. Is the 0:22:15.800 --> 0:22:21.440 team that you're on better because you're on that team? 0:22:21.760 --> 0:22:24.840 Is your school better because you're a student at that 0:22:24.960 --> 0:22:28.040 high school? You See. The thing that you got to 0:22:28.119 --> 0:22:30.960 understand is that being in charge, being in high places, 0:22:31.040 --> 0:22:38.400 it's not about you. Wherever Joseph went it was better 0:22:38.440 --> 0:22:41.280 because of him. Why. That's why I told you I 0:22:41.320 --> 0:22:43.200 love my church. But you want ano the real reason 0:22:43.200 --> 0:22:45.840 I love my church is because this is a generous church, 0:22:46.560 --> 0:22:49.240 because this is a selfless church. I want to take 0:22:49.280 --> 0:22:51.520 a moment and celebrate all of the men and women 0:22:51.600 --> 0:22:54.880 that give faithfully at Elevation Church. I want to thank 0:22:54.920 --> 0:22:58.720 the men and women that serve faithfully at Elevation Church. 0:22:58.960 --> 0:23:01.239 I'm talking about our ee, the kids volunteers that are 0:23:01.280 --> 0:23:05.000 taking care of your crazy kids right now, that are 0:23:05.000 --> 0:23:08.400 teaching them about Jesus right now. I want to think 0:23:08.560 --> 0:23:11.720 are parking volunteers that park your car. I want to 0:23:11.720 --> 0:23:15.040 thank our users that pray for your seat so that 0:23:15.160 --> 0:23:18.600 you can come in and step into an atmosphere and 0:23:18.720 --> 0:23:23.520 feel the presence of God. When our volunteers walked in today, 0:23:23.640 --> 0:23:25.480 you know what they said, How can I make this 0:23:25.560 --> 0:23:29.880 place better? How can I make this place better? How 0:23:29.880 --> 0:23:33.240 can I make a difference. There's some people that walk 0:23:33.280 --> 0:23:35.160 in and they're just like, Hey, I want to hear 0:23:35.320 --> 0:23:39.960 a word. Where's my word? I want to hear my song. Hey. 0:23:40.000 --> 0:23:42.240 Regardless if you never do anything, this will be a 0:23:42.280 --> 0:23:44.199