1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,319 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. But I 11 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: like to start with something funny, and I heard about 12 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: this elderly woman. She was at the store and accidentally 13 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: locked her keys in the car, and she had a 14 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: coat hanger and she was trying and trying, but she 15 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: couldn't get it open. She prayed and asked God to 16 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: help her. About that time, this guy pulls up on 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: a motorcycle, very rough looking, dressed in leather and tattoos 18 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: a skull cap. Fifteen seconds later, he had the car open. 19 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: She hugged him and said, Lord, thank you for sending 20 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: me such a nice man. He said, lady, I'm not 21 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: a nice man. I just got out of prison for theft. 22 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: She hugged them again and said, Lord, thank you, you 23 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: even sent me a professional. Say it like you mean it. 24 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 25 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,759 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 26 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 27 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 28 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 29 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 30 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about a masterpiece in the making. 31 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: It's easy to get down on ourselves because we're not 32 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: as far along as we want to be. We focus 33 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: on our flaws and our shortcomings, and why am I 34 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: not more disciplined? And I'm still struggling with this addiction 35 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: being impatient saying things I know I shouldn't say. Some 36 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: people live with this nagging feeling on the inside telling 37 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: them something is wrong with them and how they don't 38 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: measure up. The scripture says God is the potter and 39 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: we are the claim. He controls the process when we change, 40 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:11,399 Speaker 1: how fast we change. The key is to accept yourself 41 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: while God is in that process of changing you. He's 42 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: taken you from glory to glory, you have to learn 43 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: to enjoy the glory that you're in right now. You're 44 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: not supposed to go through life being against yourself, over 45 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: analyzing your faults. That doesn't help you do better. Focusing 46 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: on your weaknesses doesn't help you improve. All that's doing 47 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: is slowing down the process. We put all this pressure 48 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: on ourselves to change and how got to be more focused, 49 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: got to watch my mouth. I got to be a 50 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: better mother, better spouse, better employee. And it's good to 51 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: want to improve. We should strive for excellence and be growing, 52 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: but don't get frustrated if it's not happening as fast 53 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: as you would like. Some things only God can change 54 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: until he gives you the great to do it. You 55 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: have to accept yourself where you are, and it takes 56 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: maturity to have peace in the process. Even though you 57 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: have areas you need to improve in. You're not negative 58 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: towards yourselves. Your attitude is God. I have these shortcomings. 59 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: I want to change, but I trust you as the potter. 60 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: I know at the right time you'll give me the grace. 61 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: But in the meantime, I'm gonna enjoy where you have 62 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: me right now. One thing that holds people back is 63 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: they don't like who they are. There's this war going 64 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: on on the inside. But the problem with not liking 65 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: you is you can never get away from you. You 66 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: can get away from your cousin, your neighbor, your coworker, 67 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: but you have to live with you. You get up 68 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: with you, you eat dinner with you, you go to 69 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: work with you, shower with you, take vacations with you. 70 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: If you don't like yourself, life is going to be miserable. 71 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: You may have some shortcomings. We all do. You may 72 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: have areas you wish you to overcome by now we 73 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: all do. The good news is you're not a finished product. 74 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: God is still working on you. He has you on 75 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: the Potter's wheel, making you and molding you. It's not 76 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: just up to you. You don't have to live under 77 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: this constant pressure, striving, working, trying to measure up. God 78 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: is the one who's in charge. You can relax and 79 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: enjoy your life while God is in the process of 80 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: changing you. Well, Joel, I feel good about myself when 81 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: I lose ten pounds. I like myself when I break 82 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: the addiction, when I control my temper better, when I 83 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: spend more time with my children. The problem with that 84 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: approach is when you cross one thing off your list, 85 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: something new will pop up. You overcome this weakness and 86 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: God will bring delight another area you can come up 87 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: higher in. If you don't learn to enjoy yourself where 88 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: you are, faults and all, you'll go your whole life 89 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: feeling wrong on the inside, that vague feeling of disapproval. 90 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: It's very powerful when you can say I like myself. Yes, 91 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 1: I have areas I need to improve in. There are 92 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: things I need to do better, but I'm at peace 93 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: with who I am right now. I accept myself. I 94 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: approve myself. I am happy with who God made me 95 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: to be. When you do that, despite your flaws, you 96 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: give the enemy a nervous breakdown. He'd love for you 97 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: to go through life focused on everything wrong with you, 98 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: magnifying everything you don't like. He knows if you live 99 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 1: against yourself, you will never reach your potential. If you 100 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: allow that condemning voice convincing you that you're not up 101 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: to par, that will keep you from becoming who you 102 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: were created to be. The Scripture says, looking away from 103 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: all that will distract to Jesus, the author and finisher 104 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: of our faith. God is the author. He breathed life 105 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 1: into you. He chose you to be here, a purpose, 106 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: an assignment, something to accomplish. He's not just the author, 107 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: he's the finisher. He's going to keep making you, molding you, 108 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: giving you grace to come up higher until he finishes. Now, 109 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: the key is don't give up in the middle. Don't 110 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: get discouraged while you're being changed. He's in control as 111 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: long as you're being your best. You don't have to 112 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: perform perfectly, but you have a heart to do what's right. 113 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: Then you can be assured when it's time to change, 114 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: all the forces of darkness cannot stop you. But notice 115 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,479 Speaker 1: there's a requirement for this to happen. Looking away from 116 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: all that will distract Focusing on your flaws will distract 117 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: you from your purpose. Magnifying your weaknesses, what you don't 118 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: like about yourself will keep you from your potential. Look 119 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: away from all that and look to your maker. God 120 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: told Jeremiah, before you were formed in your mother's womb, 121 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: knew you and approved you. Before Jeremiah ever did anything good, 122 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: before he ever overcame a weakness, before he ever became 123 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: a great prophet. God said, I approved you and I've 124 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: accepted you. We think when we perform better, then we 125 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: can approve ourselves. When we get rid of these flaws, 126 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: overcome this bad habit, be more patient, then we can 127 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: feel good about who we are. God approves you. Why 128 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: don't you approve yourself. He's not waiting for you to 129 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: get better, then he's going to accept you. He knew 130 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:39,119 Speaker 1: every shortcoming, every weakness you would ever have. He said, 131 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: I still approve you. It's because he's the potter. He 132 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: knows those flaws aren't going to keep you from your destiny. 133 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: They don't stop your purpose. The only way they'll limit 134 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: you is if you live down on yourself, feeling wrong, 135 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: putting all this pressure, trying to change things that only 136 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: God can change, and then rest. He's the potter. He'll 137 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: work out things that shouldn't be there. Stay pliable, be 138 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: willing to change, but don't be down on yourself if 139 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: it's not happening as fast as you woulde Give yourself 140 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: permission to have some weaknesses. Give yourself the grace to 141 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: not perform perfectly all the time. Now I'm not saying 142 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: to be sloppy, live flippant. We should dig down, have discipline, 143 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: be focused, be growing, but don't live pressured, thinking that 144 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: you have to make it all happen in your own strength. 145 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: God told Jeremiah that he was going to become a 146 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: great prophet and speak to nations. First thing Jeremiah said was, God, 147 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: I can't do that. I'm too young. I don't have 148 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: the training. I wouldn't know what to say. He started 149 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: looking at all of his shortcomings. God, I'm not old enough. 150 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: I'm not confident enough, secure enough, experienced enough. As long 151 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: as he focused on that, he was stuck. God said 152 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: to him, say not that you're too young. I will 153 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 1: give you the words to speak. Do not be afraid 154 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: of the people everywhere you go. I will be with you. 155 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: God was saying Jeremiah, I'm the potter. I don't ask 156 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: you to do things and then not give you what 157 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: you need to do it. I've already approved you. I've 158 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: already accepted you. I've already anointed you. Jeremiah had to 159 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 1: change his thinking instead of I'm insecure, I have these weaknesses. 160 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 1: I'm limited. Now I'm a child of the Most High God. 161 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: He's approved me, so I'm going to approve myself. I'm 162 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 1: accepted by the creator of the universe, so I'm going 163 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: to accept myself. He quit being down on himself, focusing 164 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: on his faults, and he rose up and became a 165 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: great prophet to the nations. What could you become if 166 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: you had quit focusing all the things you don't like 167 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: about yourself and start approving yourself. How much further will 168 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: you go? How much more will you enjoy your life 169 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 1: if you'll take all the pressure off yourself to change 170 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: and trust the Potter. You may have some flaws, things 171 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 1: you wish were different, so did Jeremiah. God didn't say, Jeremiah, 172 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: why are you so insecure, so intimidated? I had something 173 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: great for you. I guess I'll have to find someone else. No, 174 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: God said Jeremiah. I knew you would have weaknesses, but 175 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: I've already approved you. I knew what you struggle with, 176 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: but I'm the Potter. It's no problem for me. I'll 177 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: make you and mold you until you become who I've 178 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: created you to be. Are you focused on your flaws, 179 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: what you don't like about yourself, or you're looking away 180 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 1: from those distractions. Are you living pressured thinking you have 181 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 1: to make it all happen in your own strength, your 182 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: own timing, or you trusting the potter, at peace with 183 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: where you are while he's in the process of changing you. 184 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: Paul said in Ephesians, you are God's master. It's interesting. 185 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: A masterpiece never makes itself. The Mona Lisa had a 186 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: painter Leonardo da Vinci, The Statue of David had a 187 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:16,239 Speaker 1: sculptor Michael Angelo. Without da Vinci, that's just an ordinary canvas. 188 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: Some paint brushes, no big deal. Without Michaelangelo, it's just 189 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: a big piece of stone. Someone could have looked at 190 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: it and thought, there's nothing special about this rock. What 191 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: made the difference was the maker. The good news is 192 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: you have a maker. You have a designer. It's not Michaelangelo, 193 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: it's not Da Vinci. Your maker is the most high God. 194 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: It's not up to you to become a masterpiece. That's 195 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: your maker's job. You don't have to strive and perform 196 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: and live under all this pressure. You have a designer 197 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: that's making you and molding you. He knows exactly what 198 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: you need, when you need where you need it. You 199 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 1: can relate knowing that you're a masterpiece in the making. 200 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: You may have some flaws areas you need to do 201 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: better in you're not finished. The master is still at work. 202 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: If you were to watch da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa, 203 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: there would be times that you'd think, that doesn't look 204 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: like much. That's just a bunch of black over here 205 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,839 Speaker 1: and some random colors over there. Looks blad at us. 206 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: But the artist has an advantage. He can see the 207 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: picture in his mind. He knows what he's making. What 208 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: looks like a mistake, a flaw. When he had some 209 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: more strokes, more color, definition, shadowing, it begins to make sense. 210 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: When it all comes together, it becomes the masterpiece. It's 211 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: the same way with our designer. There are strokes. You 212 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: may not understand, things that seem like flaws and weaknesses. 213 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: And this color doesn't make sense, this bad break, and 214 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: why do I still struggle in this area? By itself, 215 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 1: it looks like a mistake. But stay patient. The master 216 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: is at work. Someone far greater than Michelangelo is working 217 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 1: on you, someone far more skilled than Da Vinci. Your 218 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: artist created solar systems, galaxy, sunsets, mountain ranges, all these 219 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: incredible creations. But what significant is when God created those things. 220 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: He said in Genesis chapter one that it was good 221 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: that he was pleased but when he created man, that's 222 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: the only time he said that was very good. You 223 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: can imagine when God saw the universe, when he saw 224 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: these incredible mountain ranges and spectacular sunsets, he knew that 225 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: was good. But when he created you, he thought, Wow, 226 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: there's a real masterpiece. That's what I call extraordinary, magnificent. 227 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: Not the solar system, not the Grand Canyon, not the 228 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: Swiss Alps. That's great, but his most prized possession, what 229 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: he considers a masterpiece, is you. Sometimes we're striving so 230 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: hard trying to fix this. Be more of that, stay 231 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: more focused over there. And yes, I know we have 232 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: to work with God. But when you recognize it's not 233 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 1: up to you to become a masterpiece, that's up to 234 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: your designer, then you can relax. You can stay in 235 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: peace in the process, knowing that even though you have 236 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: some shortcomings, things you don't like, God is working on 237 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: you. You're right on schedule. You don't have too many flaws, 238 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: too many imperfections. God has already approved you. He's already 239 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: called you a masterpiece. He can already see the finished product. 240 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: He knows exactly what he's making you into. Now take 241 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: the pressure off yourself when you're trying to do it 242 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: all on your own, it's frustrating. Why am I still 243 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: dealing with this and it's taking so long, and why 244 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: do I still struggle in this same area? Before long, 245 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: you're down on yourself, feeling wrong on the inside. That's 246 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 1: what slows down the process. Being against yourself is limiting 247 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: your growth. It's keeping you from God's best. The enemy 248 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 1: would love for you to go through life feeling like 249 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: you don't measure up, you don't deserve to be blessed. 250 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: Don't believe those lies. You are a masterpiece in the making. 251 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 1: God knew everything about you, and he still approves you. 252 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: He knew every flaw, every shortcoming, and he still accepts you. 253 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: You don't have too much wrong with you. You haven't 254 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: made too many mistakes. God has already approved you. He's 255 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: already said that was very good. Why don't you start 256 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: approving yourself. Not when you perform better, not when you 257 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: get it all together, Accept yourself while you're in the 258 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: process of changing. One morning, Jesus was at the Sea 259 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: of Galilee and so many people had gathered around. He 260 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: asked Peter if he could borrow his boat so he 261 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: could push out from the shore and teach the people. 262 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: He'd never met Peter, but Peter agreed. After Jesus finished, 263 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: he told Peter to go back out into the water 264 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: and he would catch a great haul of fish. Peter 265 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: had fished all night, caught nothing didn't make sense to 266 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: his mind, but he went back out and caught so 267 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: many fish that his nets began to break. He had 268 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: to call another boat over, and they both were so 269 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: loaded down they begin to sink. Peter came to the 270 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: shore and he fell at Jesus feet and says, Sir, 271 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: please go away from me. I'm too much of a 272 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: sinner to be around you. Jesus said to him, Peter, 273 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 274 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: Peter was thinking about all of his flaws, all of 275 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: his shortcomings. He was hot, tempered, loud, impatient. He was 276 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: a fisherman. They were rough and used strong language. Three 277 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: years after he had been following Jesus, he cursed the 278 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: lady out. They said he was a disciple. One time 279 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: he cut off a soldier's ear trying to defend Jesus. 280 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: Another time he denied that he knew Christ. In the 281 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: garden of Gysimone Jesus asked him to stay up and pray, 282 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: but Peter fell asleep. He didn't have great character, great integrity, loyalty. 283 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 1: He didn't come from a background of faith. He was 284 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: all over the place. When Jesus said follow me, he thought, Jesus, 285 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: you have the wrong person. You don't know who I am. 286 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: I have all these weaknesses. Jesus could have said, you're right, Peter, 287 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: I should have done a better background check. I don't 288 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 1: know you're going to be cursing people out and cutting 289 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: off ears and denying that you knew me. You're a mess. 290 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: I better find somebody else. Jesus knew everything about Peter. 291 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: He knew his shortcomings, he knew every mistake he would make, 292 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: every time he would fail. But he also knew what 293 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 1: Peter could become. We judge people on the outside, but 294 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: God looks on the inside. He knew Peter was a 295 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: masterpiece in the making, that he just had to be 296 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 1: refined and work with so he could discover who he 297 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 1: really was. At one point, Jesus said to him, you 298 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: are Simon, but you shall be called Peter. Simon represents 299 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: shifting sand and unstable, inconsistent, but Peter means rock, if 300 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 1: all the people Jesus could have chosen, he said to Peter, 301 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: upon this rock, I will build my church. Here's a 302 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: man that seems the least likely that God would build 303 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: a church on. A fisherman with rough language that compromises, 304 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: that's hot tempered. How could this be? Here's the phrase 305 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: that tells us. Jesus said to Peter, follow me, and 306 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: I will make you. Jesus was saying, Peter, you can't 307 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: do this on your own. I can see why you're confused. 308 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: You're looking at your flaws, but I'm looking at your potential. 309 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 1: I'm looking at your dysfunction, but I'm looking at your destiny. 310 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: You think you're a mess, but what you can't see 311 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 1: is you're a masterpiece. It's not up to you to 312 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: change yourself. Peter, follow me and I will make you. 313 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: I will refine you, I will favor you. I will 314 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: give you strength. I will open new doors. I will 315 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 1: set you on a better path. I will bring out 316 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 1: your talents. I will make you into the masterpiece that 317 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 1: I created you to be. When Jesus called Peter told him, 318 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: in effect, I'm gonna do something awesome with your life. 319 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to make you into a person with great 320 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: character and integrity and discipline will cause you to set 321 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 1: a new standard and leave your mark. Often we think 322 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: like Peter, not me. God, you don't know who I am. 323 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: You don't know what I struggle with. I still have 324 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: all these flaws. I still don't perform like I should. 325 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: God is saying to you what he said to Peter. 326 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: I will make you. It's not just up to you. 327 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 1: Don't worry about what you're dealing with. I'm going to 328 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 1: change things. I'm going to breathe my freedom, my healing, 329 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: my favor, my strength. I'm going to help you do 330 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 1: what you can't do on your own. Jesus said, you 331 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: are Simon, but you shall be called Peter. We get 332 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: stuck under you are You are addicted, you are undisciplined, 333 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: you are impatient, you are hot tempered. That's where the 334 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: enemy would love for you to stop. Look at you, man, 335 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: You should be down on yourself. You can't get it together. 336 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: Still dealing with the same things. God is saying, I 337 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: know what you are right now, I know what you 338 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: haven't been able to overcome. But staying courage you shall 339 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: be is on the way. God is going to make 340 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: you It's not up to you to make yourself. It's 341 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: up to you to fallow him. Keep in first place, 342 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: stay pliable, and he will make you. Peter was at 343 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: this critical point. If he'd stayed focused on his flaws 344 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: and how unworthy he was, how he didn't measure up, 345 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: we wouldn't be talking about him. He had to shift 346 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: his focus from thinking he had to change himself to 347 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: believing that God would change him. When Jesus said, follow 348 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: me and I will make you, something switched in his mindset. 349 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: The pressure is not on all me to do it. 350 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: He's going to make me. That's when he dropped his 351 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: nests and follow Jesus. He had to be willing to 352 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: accept himself, to be at peace with who he was 353 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: while God was in the process of changing him. Didn't 354 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: happen overnight. He still had rough edges, but he knew 355 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,719 Speaker 1: he was a work in progress, that he wasn't a 356 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: finished product. After Jesus died and rose again, the First 357 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: Church was starting. They needed someone to give the inaugural address. 358 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: This very prestigious wrong. If here's a rabbi, a theologian, 359 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: the chief priest, they chose Peter. He spoke and three 360 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: thousand people gave their life to Christ. Peter was the 361 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 1: one that when people got in his shadow, they were healed. 362 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: This was the man that said I'm unworthy, the man 363 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: that said I don't have it all together. I have 364 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: too many shortcomings. I'll never measure up. But look what 365 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: happens when you let God make you, the masterpiece comes out. 366 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: I don't know, Joe, I still struggle in these areas. 367 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,239 Speaker 1: I should be further along. I'm not as disciplined as 368 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: just should be. The problem is you're trying to do 369 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: it all in your own strength. That's pressure. That's when 370 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 1: you feel wrong on the inside, that nagging feeling, why 371 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: can't I do better? Try a different approach. God. I 372 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: have some flaws, I have weaknesses, but I believe I'm 373 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: a masterpiece in the making. I know you've approved me, 374 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: you've accepted me. You've already and my days for good. 375 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: Like Peter, I'm gonna follow you and let you make me. 376 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna accept myself while you're changing me. I'm gonna 377 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,880 Speaker 1: enjoy the glory that I'm in right now. Some one 378 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 1: hundred says know with approval. The Lord, our God is 379 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: he who makes us and not be ourselves. You're trying 380 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: to be a self made person, do it all on 381 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 1: your own. Change this, fix this. You're going to struggle. 382 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: That's a constant battle. But when you let God makes you, 383 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: it takes the pressure off. When you learn to like 384 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: yourself where you are, knowing that He's in control of 385 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 1: the process, how fast it happens, then you can enjoy 386 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 1: your life while God is working. When my father passed 387 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 1: and I stepped up to pass through the church, I 388 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: didn't feel qualified. I was insecure and intimidated, and my 389 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: father had a big personality, and I'm more quiet and reserved. 390 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,880 Speaker 1: The newspaper said, noe ar church where the son took 391 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: over ever made it. I overheard a couple of people 392 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: talking about how I wasn't as good as my father. 393 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: When you're about to step into a new level, the 394 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 1: enemy will work over time to try to make you 395 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 1: feel unqualified, unworthy, like you don't measure up. I had 396 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: to do what I'm asking you to do, I said, God, 397 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: I know you've raised me up for this time. You 398 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: said if I follow you, you would make me. I'm 399 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 1: looking away from all these distractions, from what I'm not, 400 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 1: from what I don't have, from what people have said, 401 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: and I'm trusting you to get me to where I'm 402 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 1: supposed to be. Voices would whisper in the night. You're 403 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 1: not qualified, I learned to say, talk to my maker. 404 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,640 Speaker 1: You're not strong enough. Talk to my maker. You don't 405 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 1: have what your father had. Talk to my maker. You 406 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,239 Speaker 1: need to be more dynamic. Talk to my maker. You 407 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 1: can't make yourself into a masterpiece. That's your maker's job. 408 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: You follow him, Believe what he says about you, Obey 409 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 1: that still small voice, and he'll make you into the 410 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:10,719 Speaker 1: masterpiece he created you to be. My challenge today is 411 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 1: don't go through life against yourself, feeling wrong on the 412 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: inside because you're not as far along as you should be. 413 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: Neither was Peter when Jesus called him, but he still 414 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,959 Speaker 1: became a masterpiece. You have to put on that approval. 415 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: Know that God is pleased with you right where you are. 416 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: He's not shaking his head because you're still dealing with 417 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 1: some things. He's the one that's gonna help you get free. 418 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: Why don't you accept yourself while he's changing you. Being 419 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: down on yourselves not gonna help you do better until 420 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,880 Speaker 1: you like who you are, even though you have shortcomings, 421 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: you'll never reach your potential. Take the pressure off trying 422 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 1: to perform perfectly. Then you're gonna feel good about who 423 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: you are. That's gonna frustrate you. Do your best and 424 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 1: trust God to take care of the rest. He's the potter. 425 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,199 Speaker 1: He has you on the will follow him and he 426 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: will make you if you'll do this, I believe and 427 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 1: declare this is a new day. Things that have hindered 428 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,360 Speaker 1: you in the past will hinder you no more. You're 429 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: about to experience a new sense of freedom, wholeness, fulfillment, joy, victory. 430 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: You will become the masterpiece God created you to be 431 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, can you 432 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 1: say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity to 433 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray 434 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 1: with me? 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