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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray put God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 3: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 39 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 3: come into your homes and if you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 3: please stop by and be a part of one of 41 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 3: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 42 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 3: at home. I like to start with something funny, and 43 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 3: I heard about this mom. She was cooking breakfast for 44 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 3: her two young boys. Ryan was five and Kevin was three. 45 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 3: They begin to argue over who should get the first pancake. 46 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 3: She saw this as an opportunity to teach them a lesson. 47 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 3: She said, boys, boys, if Jesus were here, he would say, 48 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 3: let my brother have the first pancake. Ryan turned to 49 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 3: his younger brother and said, okay, Kevin, you be Jesus 50 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 3: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 51 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what 52 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says 53 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 3: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 54 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 3: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 55 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 3: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 56 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 3: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 57 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 3: about keep your seat. In the Old Testament, the priest 58 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 3: had to go into the temple at certain times a 59 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 3: year and make sacrifices for the people's sins. That's how 60 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 3: they had forgiveness. It was all based off of works. 61 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 3: There were no chairs in the tabernacle, no reason for seats. 62 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 3: The priests couldn't sit down. They lived under constant pressure. 63 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 3: Their work was never done. Another sacrifice was always required. 64 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 3: But when Jesus was crucified. He said on the cross, 65 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 3: it is finished. He was talking about the old way 66 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 3: of having to constantly work for God's goodness. The scripture 67 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 3: says he sat down at the right hand of the Father. 68 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 3: Him sitting is a picture of rest. Under the old covenant, 69 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 3: the priests were constantly working, trying to cover the sins, 70 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 3: trying to be good enough, trying to make things happen. 71 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 3: Under the new Covenant, Jesus is sitting and resting. Here's 72 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 3: the beauty. Paul said in Ephesians, we are seated with 73 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 3: Christ in heavenly places. There is a seat of rest 74 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: that belongs to you. You don't have to go through 75 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 3: life wrought up on the inside, worried about your finances, 76 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 3: trying to make a family member do what's right, Frustrated 77 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 3: because a dream hasn't come to pass. Do yourself a favor. 78 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 3: Take your seat, Enter into this rest. When you live seated, 79 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 3: you're in peace. You may have problems, but you know 80 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 3: God is fighting your battles. People may have done you wrong, 81 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 3: You're not trying to pay them back. You know God 82 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 3: is your vindicator. He'll make your wrongs right. You're struggling 83 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 3: with an illness. The medical report doesn't look good. You 84 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 3: could go around upset worried. Instead, you stay seated. You 85 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 3: know God has you in the palm of his hand. 86 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 3: You know the number of your days he will fulfill. 87 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 3: Said though I am surrounded by trouble, my heart will 88 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 3: know no fear, for the Lord will bring me safely through. 89 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 3: He was saying, even though everything has come against me, 90 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 3: I should be worried and upset, but I know a secret. 91 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 3: The battle is not mine, The battle is the Lord's. 92 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 3: So I'm going to take my seat. But when you 93 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 3: try to make everything happen in your own strength, pay 94 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 3: people back. Fix this problem. Live worried about a child. 95 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 3: When you stand up, God steps back. As long as 96 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 3: you're working, he'll rest. But when you sit down, God 97 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 3: will stand up, so to speak, he'll go to work. 98 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,679 Speaker 3: That's why he told the Israelites again and again, be still, 99 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 3: and you will see the deliverance of the Lord. He 100 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 3: was saying, take your seat. I've got this. I'm bigger 101 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 3: than what you're facing. This doesn't mean that we don't 102 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 3: do anything. We sit back, passive all day long. We 103 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 3: should be responsible. We have to pray, believe, dream, but 104 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 3: do it from a place of rest. You can work 105 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 3: hard with a rest on the inside, knowing that you're 106 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 3: doing your best and God will get you to where 107 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 3: you're supposed to be. Not working hard, frustrated thinking when 108 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 3: am I going to get good breaks? Why isn't this changing? 109 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 3: Everybody's passing me up. Don't take your seat. Work from 110 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 3: a place of rest, knowing that God's fever is on 111 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 3: your life, that he's breathing in your direction, that goodness 112 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 3: and mercy are chasing you down. Inner rest is just 113 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 3: as important as outer rest. Your physical body may rest, 114 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 3: but if your mind never rest. If you live wrought 115 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 3: up on the inside, fighting everything you don't like, that's 116 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 3: going to wear you out, even things we should stand against, 117 00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 3: an addiction, a sickness, dysfunction. If you're always in fight mode, 118 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 3: pressured think it. I've got to change this. Constantly working, 119 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 3: it's going to drain your joy, drain your energy. You're 120 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 3: living under the old covenant under works. If I can 121 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 3: work hard enough, if I can make myself change, if 122 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 3: I can make this problem go away. Your heart is right, 123 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 3: but your approach is wrong. Why don't you approach it 124 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 3: from a place of rest. God, I can't change this 125 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 3: on my own I need your help. I'm going to 126 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 3: be my best and God, I know you're the potter 127 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 3: and I'm the clay. In your time and in your way, 128 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 3: you will help me to change instead of doing doing, 129 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 3: doing the right attitude is done, done, done, it is finished. 130 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 3: God has already defeated every enemy. He's already planned out 131 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 3: your days for good. Now take your seat. Live from 132 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 3: a place of rest, a place of peace, a place 133 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 3: of trust. When I first started ministering so nervous. I 134 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 3: knew I was supposed to step up and pasture the church, 135 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 3: but I dreaded having to get up in front of people. 136 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,679 Speaker 3: All through the week, I'd have to fight these thoughts. 137 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 3: What if I don't know what to say? What if 138 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 3: nobody comes? What if people don't listen to me. When 139 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 3: I would finish my message on a Sunday morning, for 140 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 3: about thirty minutes, I would be so relieved and so grateful. 141 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 3: Then I would start thinking about the next week. What 142 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 3: am I gonna say next Sunday? What if I can't 143 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 3: come up with anything. After about six months, I thought, 144 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 3: I am not living like this anymore. I'm going to 145 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 3: take my seat. If I had not made that decision, 146 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 3: I wouldn't have made it to forty years old. You 147 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 3: weren't created to carry those heavy burdens, weighted down with worry, stress, frustration. 148 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 3: This is the reason some people have health issues. They 149 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 3: can't sleep at night, they have digestive problems, high blood pressure. 150 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 3: It's because there's no inner rest. They haven't learned how 151 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 3: to take their seat on the inside. They're constantly worried 152 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 3: about their child, trying to figure everything out, frustrated because 153 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 3: it's taken so long. The psalm is said, be still 154 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 3: and know that he is God. This infers if you're 155 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 3: not still, if you're not seated, you won't really know 156 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,839 Speaker 3: that he is God. You won't see his favor, his blessings, 157 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 3: his goodness like you should. When things come against you. 158 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 3: Like with me, it's easy to let your mind constantly 159 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 3: play all the what ifs. What if it doesn't work out, 160 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 3: what if the report isn't good, what if they don't change. Remember, 161 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:48,959 Speaker 3: when you're working, God is resting. If you'll start resting, 162 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 3: turning that over to God, then he'll start working. He 163 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 3: sees what's happening. He knows how big the challenge is. 164 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 3: He knows who did you wrong? News is he already 165 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 3: has the solution. He's not going to just bring you out. 166 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 3: He's going to make the enemy pay and bring you 167 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 3: out better than you were before. Now do your part, 168 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 3: take your seat. Quit trying to figure everything out. Some 169 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 3: situations there is no logical solution. You have to turn 170 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 3: your mind off. In one sense, the scripture says, lean 171 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 3: not to your own understanding. It's okay to say God, 172 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 3: I don't see how this can work out. I don't 173 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 3: see a way, but don't stop there. Follow it up 174 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 3: with but I know you have a way. I know 175 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 3: this is not a surprise to you. You had the 176 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 3: solution before I had the problem. So I'm not going 177 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 3: to worry. I'm going to live from a place of peace. 178 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 3: David said, God will make your enemies your footstools. A footstool, 179 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,719 Speaker 3: of course, is something you put your feet upon. It's 180 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 3: another picture of rest. God could have said he would 181 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 3: make our enemies like grass so we could walk on them, 182 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 3: or like sand, so it's sawt. God use footstools to 183 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 3: remind us to stay at rest. When you face challenges, 184 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 3: things you don't understand, things that are not fair, one 185 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 3: of the first things you need to do is put 186 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 3: your feet up, come back to a place of peace. 187 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 3: You have to do this by faith, because every voice 188 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 3: will tell you why. It's not going to work out. 189 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 3: You're not going to get well. You saw the diagnosis. 190 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 3: Your family will never be restored. There's too much strife. 191 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 3: That's the enemy trying to deceive you. In the standing up. 192 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,679 Speaker 3: He'll do everything he can to keep you from staying seated. 193 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 3: He knows when you're seated in peace, trusting God, he 194 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 3: doesn't have a chance. When you live from a place 195 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 3: of rest, all the forces of darkness cannot stop you. 196 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 3: God has the final say. It may have been meant 197 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 3: for your harm, but God is going to turn it 198 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 3: into a footstool, not just a place of rest, but 199 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 3: instead of being a stumbling block to stop you, it's 200 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 3: going to become a stepping stone to take you to 201 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 3: the next level. It says in Hebrews labor to enter 202 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 3: into the rest of God. That sounds like a contradiction, 203 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 3: labor to rest. But God used the word labor because 204 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 3: he knew it's going to take work to stay seated. 205 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 3: It's easy to stand up. It's easy to be offended, 206 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 3: try to pay people back. It's easy to live worried, 207 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 3: discouraged by problems. That's why it says labor to enter 208 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 3: his rest is going to take effort. And this is 209 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 3: one of the few times that God tells us to work. 210 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 3: And it doesn't say work to straighten out your neighbor, 211 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 3: work to make the problem go away. He said, work 212 00:12:56,160 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 3: to stay seated. Maybe you're trying to break an addiction. Yes, 213 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 3: you have to be disciplined, you have to be determined. 214 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 3: But if there's a war going on on the inside 215 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 3: where you're upset with yourself, frustrated because you're not further 216 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 3: along trying to force it to happen in your own strength, 217 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 3: you're not tapping into the grace that's available today. You're 218 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 3: like that priest that had to make a sacrifice again 219 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 3: and again. No, you're under the New Covenant. Christ defeated 220 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 3: every enemy. The price has already been paid. You are 221 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 3: not working to get the victory. You are working from 222 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 3: victory when you know that you've already won. There's a rest. 223 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 3: You don't live worried, you don't lose sleep at night. 224 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 3: You know the outcome. God said, he always causes you 225 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 3: to tryumph. It may not turn out every time the 226 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 3: way you fought or on your timetable. But God's ways 227 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 3: are better than our ways. This is what trust is 228 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 3: all about. What I'm saying is when you live from 229 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 3: a place of peace, you'll not only enjoy your life more, 230 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 3: but God will make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 231 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 3: My parents started Lakewood in nineteen fifty nine with ninety people. 232 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 3: For about thirteen years, the church didn't really grow. They 233 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 3: had less than two hundred people. My father had much 234 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 3: bigger things in his heart. At seventeen years of age, 235 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 3: he knew one day he was going to pastor a 236 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 3: church with thousands, but he wasn't seeing any of that. 237 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 3: His friends would come by and say, John, what are 238 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 3: you doing out here? Still pastoring this little church. They 239 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 3: meant well, but sometimes your friends can be discouraging. They 240 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 3: were seeing, John, why don't you stand up? Why don't 241 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 3: you make something happen? Why don't you do it in 242 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 3: your own strength. My father's attitude was, I'm going to 243 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 3: keep doing what I know God asked me to do. 244 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 3: I'm not going to be frustrated because it's not growing. 245 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 3: I'm not going to slack off because it hasn't turned 246 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 3: out my way. I'm going to keep my seat. He 247 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 3: lived from this place of rest, knowing that God is 248 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 3: in control, that God is keeping the records. These are 249 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 3: tests that we have to pass. One of them is 250 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 3: being faithful when nothing is changing, doing the right thing 251 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 3: when it's not growing. It's easy to get frustrated. God, 252 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 3: I've got bigger things in me. Why isn't it changing? No, 253 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 3: keep your seat. God is watching you. He sees your faithfulness. 254 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 3: He sees you doing the right thing when it's hard, 255 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 3: and at the appointed time in your due season. God 256 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 3: is going to catapult you further than you can imagine. 257 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 3: You are not falling behind. You are being prepared. God 258 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 3: is getting you ready. Everything you went through deposited something 259 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 3: on the inside. The delays made you stronger. The fact 260 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 3: that you're not as far along as you would like, 261 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 3: that was ordained by God. Those people that didn't support you, 262 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 3: the people that walked away, you could have become bitter. Instead, 263 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 3: you stayed seated. You kept your peace. Now get ready. 264 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 3: Your time is coming. God has something bigger than you think, 265 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 3: more rewarding than you can imagine. He's going to exceed 266 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 3: your expectations. That's what happened to my father. He ended 267 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 3: up pastoring a church with thousands and thousands. But sometimes 268 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 3: the reason we're frustrated is we're trying to change things 269 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 3: that only God can change. You can't make people do 270 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 3: what's right. You can pray for them, you can encourage them, 271 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 3: but they have their own free will. Don't let them 272 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 3: steal your joy. You are not responsible for other people's happiness. 273 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 3: You cannot keep everyone in your life happy. You are 274 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 3: responsible for your own happiness. And I don't mean to 275 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 3: live selfishly, but sometimes we take on a false sense 276 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 3: of responsibility. We think we have to keep all of 277 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 3: our neighbors happy, all of our co workers happy, all 278 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 3: of our friends, all of our family. I've learned some 279 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 3: people don't want to be happy. They just want your attention. 280 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 3: They want you to cater to them and come run 281 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 3: and every time they call. If you don't, they'll try 282 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 3: to make you feel guilty for not meeting all your demands. 283 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 3: What they really want is to control you. Don't fall 284 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 3: into that trap. Be nice, be kind, but don't be 285 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 3: a doormat. You have a destiny to fulfill, you have 286 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 3: an assignment. It's very easy to let people cause us 287 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 3: to stand up, lose our peace, live frustrated. No, sit, 288 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 3: back down, stay at rest. I had to learn this 289 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:54,719 Speaker 3: lesson because always felt responsible to keep everyone around me happy. 290 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 3: It was easy when I was young, had a few friends, 291 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 3: a few family members. But as I got older and 292 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 3: had more family, more friends, cousins, relatives, colleagues, neighbors, I 293 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 3: ended up spending half my time putting out fires, calming 294 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 3: this one down, cheering this one up, running over here 295 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 3: so this one wouldn't be offended. One day I realized 296 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 3: I can't become who I'm created to be if I'm 297 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 3: trying to please everybody around me. I had to draw 298 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 3: that line in the sand and say, I'm sitting down, 299 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,640 Speaker 3: I'm staying in peace now. I'm not going to let 300 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 3: people who won't take responsibility for their own happiness make 301 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 3: me feel guilty and try to control me. And I'm 302 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 3: a nice person. I sound mean, but I'm not. I 303 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:47,400 Speaker 3: will go the extra mile. But some people are high maintenance. 304 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 3: They will drain all the life, the energy, the goodwill 305 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 3: out of you if you allow them to. They are 306 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 3: not being disciplined to manage their own life, their own emotions. 307 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 3: They'll expect you to keep them fixed, but you cannot 308 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 3: fulfill your destiny. You can't accomplish your assignment unless you 309 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 3: put up some boundaries and not let people pull you 310 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 3: out of rest, make you feel guilty, get your upset 311 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 3: like you have to keep them happy. That is a 312 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 3: co dependent relationship. They can't be happy without you. That's 313 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 3: not healthy. Be nice, but be firm. You have to 314 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 3: labor to enter into this rest. God wouldn't have said 315 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 3: labor if it wasn't going to be uncomfortable at times. 316 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 3: I know you're like me. You don't want to hurt 317 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 3: people's feelings, but you are not doing them a favor. 318 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:46,679 Speaker 3: By catering to them. You are enabling their dysfunction, and 319 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 3: that's keeping you from moving forward. They have to set 320 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 3: some boundaries. I'm not going to come run and every 321 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 3: time they call, not going to change my plans and 322 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 3: not spend time with my family to go help them 323 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 3: for the four one hundredth time this month. Some people 324 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 3: are alarmist every time they call it a major crisis, 325 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 3: a major emergency. It's got to be dealt with right then. 326 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 3: I don't know about you, but I have enough drama 327 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 3: in my own life. I don't need somebody else's drama. 328 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 3: If you're a drama queen. Call my brother Paul, He'll 329 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 3: help you out. Years ago, I had this friend I 330 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 3: went to high school with. We played basketball together, and 331 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 3: he's a fine young man. I enjoyed being around him, 332 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 3: but he started becoming overly dependent on me. I had 333 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,360 Speaker 3: to call him, I had to tell him what all 334 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 3: of our friends were doing. I always had to go 335 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 3: pick him up. I felt pressured. I was young, didn't 336 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 3: know any better. I did it, but he got married. 337 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 3: I got married and I didn't have the time like 338 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 3: I had before. He couldn't understand it. He would get upset. 339 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 3: I tried to keep him happy. I'd go see him, 340 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 3: Let's go play basketball, let's hang out. It was never enough. 341 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 3: He'd call back again. Upset got to the point where 342 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 3: when I saw his name on my phone, I didn't 343 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 3: want to answer it. I felt guilty, so I did, 344 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 3: but he'd tell me all the reasons why I wasn't 345 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,640 Speaker 3: being a good friend. One day I learned what I'm 346 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 3: telling you. I am not responsible to keep everyone around 347 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 3: me happy. And I was nice, but I stopped answering 348 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 3: his call. And the funny thing is I didn't feel guilty. 349 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 3: I felt good about it. I knew he was pulling 350 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 3: me out of rest. There are some people. You cannot 351 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 3: stay seated with them in your life. If you don't 352 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 3: make an adjustment, you'll be frustrated for the next twenty years. 353 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 3: Be respectful, but put up some boundaries. Well, Joel, what 354 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 3: if they get upset, what if they don't want to 355 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 3: be my friend? Say thank you Jesus, they did you 356 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 3: a favor. Here's the bottom line. When you get to heaven, 357 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 3: you are not going to answer to people about what 358 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 3: you did with your life, how you spent your time, 359 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 3: how you used your gifts. You going to answer to God. 360 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 3: Your destiny is too important to let people control you. 361 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 3: There are a lot of things in life that we 362 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,199 Speaker 3: can't change. We can't make people do what's right. We 363 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 3: can't make ourselves get well necessarily. We can't make a 364 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 3: dream come to pass. But we can change our approach. 365 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 3: We can choose to not let these things upset us. 366 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 3: We can make this decision to take our seats. Somebody 367 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 3: cuts you off in traffic, it's tempting to stand up, 368 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 3: tempting to get upset. Let me show them, let me 369 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 3: blow my horn. They've already moved on. They're already in 370 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 3: the next lane, you might as well sit back down. 371 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 3: Don't let a stranger pull you out of rest. It's 372 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 3: not hurting them, it's souring your day. A lot of 373 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 3: these things are simply test. Are we going to keep 374 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 3: letting the same things upset us, the same people get 375 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 3: on our nerves, the same delays sour our life. My 376 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 3: message today is very simple. Stay seated. This is a 377 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 3: freeing way to live. When you know that God is 378 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 3: in control, that nothing can happen without his permission, and 379 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 3: that He is directing your steps, takes the pressure off. 380 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 3: You can live calm in peace, not fighting everything you 381 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 3: don't like. You have a disappointment, the medical report is 382 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 3: not good. I'm not going to worry. I'm staying seated. 383 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 3: God is my healer. You have a set back in 384 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 3: your finances, you lose a big client. Every voice will say, 385 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 3: be worried, be upset. That's not fair. If you'll listen, 386 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,719 Speaker 3: you'll hear the still small voice saying, stay seated. God's 387 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 3: working behind the scenes. Payback is coming, Abundance is on 388 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 3: the way. I wonder how much more we'd enjoy life 389 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 3: if we would learn to live from this place of rest. 390 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 3: In the scripture, it compares a believer to an ego, 391 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 3: and it's interesting how an ego handles challenges. A crow 392 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 3: is one of the eagle's biggest pest. When the eagle 393 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 3: is flying, the crow will come up right behind it 394 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 3: and pester it, do things to annoy it. Even though 395 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 3: the eagle is much bigger, it can't turn as fast 396 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 3: as the crow, and so instead of fighting the crow, 397 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 3: getting upset trying to defend itself, the eagle will simply 398 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 3: stretch out its eight foot wingspan, catch the winds, and 399 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 3: rise higher and higher, and eagle can fly at heights 400 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 3: that no other birds can fly. At some point, the 401 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 3: crow will have to fall away. He can't breathe at 402 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 3: that altitude. In the same way, we all have some 403 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 3: crows in life, some chickens and turkeys too. People that 404 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 3: want to irritate us get on our nerves and do 405 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 3: things to try to bait us into conflict. It's easy 406 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 3: to get upset try to straighten every crow out, but 407 00:24:55,920 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 3: remember you're an eagle. You can go up higher, You 408 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 3: can fly where the crows cannot fly, but if you 409 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 3: stay down at their level, try to straighten out every 410 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 3: crow and get involved in conflicts that don't matter that 411 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 3: will keep you from your destiny. The crows, the chickens, 412 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 3: the turkeys, they are simply distractions. When an egle faces 413 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 3: a storm, there's bad weather in its path, it doesn't 414 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 3: bury its head and try to force his way through it. 415 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 3: Fight the winds, fight the rain, fight the thunder. Again, 416 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 3: it catches the thermal winds and goes up higher until 417 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 3: it's above all the turmoil. Like the eagle, We all 418 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 3: face storms, we all have difficulties. The key is to 419 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 3: rise above all the turboil. You don't have to fight 420 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 3: your way through it. Don't let it get on the inside. 421 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 3: Remain at rest, stay seated, and God will fight your battles. 422 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 3: Too often we're fighting when we should be resting. We're standing, 423 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 3: we should be sitting. And yes, I know we have 424 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,160 Speaker 3: to stand strong. I'm talking about in your spirit, even 425 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 3: when it stormy all around you, things happening that you 426 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 3: don't understand. You need to have a rest knowing that 427 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,360 Speaker 3: God is still on the throne, that He is bigger 428 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 3: than anything you're facing. When you're an eagle, when you've 429 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 3: learned to rise above the challenges, you'll be at peace 430 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 3: when you could be upset you'll have a smile when 431 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 3: you could be discouraged. You're showing God that you trust him. 432 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 3: You're taking your seat. Sometimes after a long day, I'll 433 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:38,640 Speaker 3: be standing in my kitchen talking to Victoria and our children, 434 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 3: and we can talk for a long time, and at 435 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 3: some point I'll tell them I have to go get 436 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,439 Speaker 3: off my feet. I know when I'm done, when I 437 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 3: need to sit down and relax. Maybe today you need 438 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 3: to get off your feet. You're living worried about your 439 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 3: health and stressed over your finances, upset because that child 440 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 3: still hasn't changed. Why don't you come back to a 441 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 3: place of peace. God hasn't all figured out those enemies. 442 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 3: You're concerned about those obstacles. They're not going to stop you. 443 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 3: They're going to become a footstool. And instead of laboring 444 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,120 Speaker 3: to try to fix everything, I'm asking you to labor 445 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 3: to enter this rest. You weren't created to carry the 446 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 3: heavy burdens. There is a seat of rest that has 447 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 3: your name on it. You may have been standing for 448 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 3: a long time, but God is saying, take your seat. 449 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 3: Live from a place of rest. Work hard, do your best, 450 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 3: but on the inside, stay in peace. If you'll do this, 451 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 3: I believe and declare You're not only going to enjoy 452 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 3: life more, but God's going to bring dreams to pass. 453 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 3: Problems are about to turn around. Health, wholeness, favor, victory, 454 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 3: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. If you 455 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 3: receive it, can you say amen? Today I'd like to 456 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,919 Speaker 3: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 457 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 3: your life. Would you pray with me? 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