WEBVTT 00:00:00.629 --> 00:00:04.669 Hey guys, you know that situation, somebody comes 00:00:04.669 --> 00:00:08.810 to you and they ask for help, but all they do 00:00:08.810 --> 00:00:11.169 is yammer the whole time. So you're sitting there 00:00:11.169 --> 00:00:14.109 like, yeah, but, and they don't let you get a 00:00:14.109 --> 00:00:16.269 word in edgewise. They don't let you say anything 00:00:16.269 --> 00:00:17.809 that's actually going to help them. They don't 00:00:17.809 --> 00:00:20.269 listen for it, right? It's like you might start 00:00:20.269 --> 00:00:22.050 to get a little something in, but then you get 00:00:22.050 --> 00:00:25.010 cut off, right? They're just yammering away. 00:00:27.890 --> 00:00:31.350 Frustrating. It's very frustrating. But what 00:00:31.350 --> 00:00:36.429 about when it's you? What about when it's you? 00:00:37.409 --> 00:00:40.109 And we've all been that person. If we're honest 00:00:40.109 --> 00:00:42.270 with ourselves, we've all been that person at 00:00:42.270 --> 00:00:45.710 some point. Some of us a little bit more than 00:00:45.710 --> 00:00:54.369 others. It's very frustrating. Let's open our 00:00:54.369 --> 00:00:58.079 Bibles and let's open up to Mark chapter 4. Mark 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:00.920 chapter 4. And we're going to look specifically 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:05.040 at verse 39. So Mark 4, verse 39, the word says, 00:01:05.299 --> 00:01:08.799 He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:13.780 waves, Quiet! Be still! And the wind died down, 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:18.819 and it was completely calm. So here, we have 00:01:18.819 --> 00:01:21.640 the disciples, and there's a storm raging around, 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:25.400 and they are freaking out, man. Oh, we're going 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:29.329 to die! They're just freaking out. They're all 00:01:29.329 --> 00:01:33.450 over the place. And they're not realizing, you 00:01:33.450 --> 00:01:37.189 know, if Jesus is being gone, so should we. It's 00:01:37.189 --> 00:01:40.030 like, no, it's like, dude, come on. What's going 00:01:40.030 --> 00:01:43.609 on? They're going to die. And they're just losing 00:01:43.609 --> 00:01:47.170 it. And we're the same way. We run into trouble, 00:01:47.349 --> 00:01:49.349 something that we need help with, we go and we 00:01:49.349 --> 00:01:51.969 ask for help. And we can start yamming away. 00:01:52.549 --> 00:01:55.030 You know, we don't get people that way. They 00:01:55.030 --> 00:01:57.349 start to say something, And we're not hearing 00:01:57.349 --> 00:01:58.930 the whole thing. We're catching part of it. Oh, 00:01:58.930 --> 00:02:03.790 yeah, but. And then we start putting requirements 00:02:03.790 --> 00:02:06.829 for the help that they're giving. Oh, but you 00:02:06.829 --> 00:02:09.669 need to do this. Or you need to do that. Or you're 00:02:09.669 --> 00:02:12.090 going to need this to do it. And I have this, 00:02:12.090 --> 00:02:13.469 but we need something bigger. So you're going 00:02:13.469 --> 00:02:16.430 to have to go and get this. Right? And there's 00:02:16.430 --> 00:02:21.569 all this stuff. And they're panicked. They're 00:02:21.569 --> 00:02:23.969 caught up in a storm. You're caught up in a storm. 00:02:24.090 --> 00:02:28.240 So am I. It happens to all of us. And Jesus, 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:31.460 he lets it go down to a point, and finally he 00:02:31.460 --> 00:02:35.180 gets up and goes, shush! God does the same thing 00:02:35.180 --> 00:02:39.060 with us. Eventually it gets to a point. It's 00:02:39.060 --> 00:02:42.360 like, dude, enough! Enough is enough, it's time 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:51.539 for a change. Stop! Alto. Right? And he tells 00:02:51.539 --> 00:02:54.319 us to listen. See, that's the problem, is we 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:58.590 don't listen. to hear. We listen to respond. 00:02:59.650 --> 00:03:02.030 We have key phrases, key words, and then boom! 00:03:02.250 --> 00:03:06.210 We're on the attack ourselves. We need to follow 00:03:06.210 --> 00:03:10.009 the example set by the prophet Habakkuk. If you 00:03:10.009 --> 00:03:13.710 go to Habakkuk chapter 1, the whole thing, he's 00:03:13.710 --> 00:03:15.870 sitting there and he's unloading his burden, 00:03:15.949 --> 00:03:22.840 his stress. Right? Things are getting deep. The 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:24.879 Bible tells us, Judah's fallen into sin, there's 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.680 corruption all over the place, like they've really 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:32.740 messed up. And then God, he's had enough, so 00:03:32.740 --> 00:03:35.080 he's sending the Babylonians in to come and deal 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:37.580 with them. A reckoning has come, it's time to 00:03:37.580 --> 00:03:41.599 pay the piper. And Habakkuk, he's sitting there, 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:45.340 he's like, whoa. He knows what's coming, he's 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:49.830 like, whoa, Lord, I know we messed up. We got 00:03:49.830 --> 00:03:52.750 sin. We got corruption. We got things going on 00:03:52.750 --> 00:03:54.250 that shouldn't be. Things that go against what 00:03:54.250 --> 00:03:56.990 you told us to do. But really? You're going to 00:03:56.990 --> 00:04:00.110 send these animals? These guys are worse than 00:04:00.110 --> 00:04:05.030 us. They're the worst. Do you not realize what's 00:04:05.030 --> 00:04:08.689 going to happen to us? God knows. He's doing 00:04:08.689 --> 00:04:11.169 it for a reason. There's a lesson to be learned 00:04:11.169 --> 00:04:14.590 here. Punishment needs to be dealt out. I shouldn't 00:04:14.590 --> 00:04:16.990 say punishment. Justice. Justice needs to be 00:04:16.990 --> 00:04:21.730 dealt. And that's what's happening. So that's 00:04:21.730 --> 00:04:24.709 what's going on. So he voices his concerns. Oh, 00:04:24.810 --> 00:04:26.529 this is going to be bad. This is going to be 00:04:26.529 --> 00:04:30.829 painful. And he unbinds that. And when he's done, 00:04:31.009 --> 00:04:35.449 as we go into chapter 2, listen to this. This 00:04:35.449 --> 00:04:37.850 is Habakkuk chapter 2, verse 1. This is what 00:04:37.850 --> 00:04:44.069 he says. I will stand my watch and set myself 00:04:44.069 --> 00:04:49.129 on the rampart and watch to see What he will 00:04:49.129 --> 00:04:54.170 say to me and what I will answer when I am corrected. 00:04:56.230 --> 00:04:59.490 Because we need to be corrected. It's part of 00:04:59.490 --> 00:05:01.029 why we're in the situation we're dealing with 00:05:01.029 --> 00:05:05.990 at the time. We need to stop listening to respond 00:05:05.990 --> 00:05:10.149 and start listening to hear. And the problem 00:05:10.149 --> 00:05:14.189 is, when we're so focused on this, and we're 00:05:14.189 --> 00:05:16.370 busy yawning and saying, this is what you're 00:05:16.370 --> 00:05:23.490 doing. This is what you need to do. We lose sight 00:05:23.490 --> 00:05:29.949 of the big picture. We lose sight of Jesus and 00:05:29.949 --> 00:05:34.009 what He has in store for us. What He can do to 00:05:34.009 --> 00:05:39.850 help us. We're too busy talking and panicking 00:05:39.850 --> 00:05:45.490 and freaking out on the storm to hear What God's 00:05:45.490 --> 00:05:47.290 trying to tell us. Because you have to remember, 00:05:47.389 --> 00:05:50.290 God speaks to us usually in a very gentle voice. 00:05:50.629 --> 00:05:53.790 It's a very gentle way. He doesn't yell at us 00:05:53.790 --> 00:05:55.629 typically. He doesn't want to bark at us. He 00:05:55.629 --> 00:05:59.370 just wants to talk. People are more apt to listen 00:05:59.370 --> 00:06:04.029 when you talk calmly anyway. Right? And that's 00:06:04.029 --> 00:06:05.990 what we need to do. We need to follow this example. 00:06:06.709 --> 00:06:10.009 It's like, yeah, go unburden yourself. Voice 00:06:10.009 --> 00:06:12.769 your fears. Voice your concerns. Voice your frustrations. 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:16.560 But instead of saying, hey, this is how we fix 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:22.720 it, put yourself on the rampart. Close your mouth 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:28.480 and open your ears. Start listening. Listen to 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:34.000 what the Lord has for you. And you'll get the 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.579 answer that you're so desperately in search of. 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:42.939 Isaiah 21, verse 8, paints a similar image. It 00:06:42.939 --> 00:06:46.660 says, A lion, my Lord. I stand continually on 00:06:46.660 --> 00:06:49.220 the watchtower in the daytime. I have set my 00:06:49.220 --> 00:06:52.360 post every night. The Babylonians worship themselves 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:55.339 and other idols. We're the same because we get 00:06:55.339 --> 00:06:58.480 caught up listening to our own voice, our own 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:02.199 nonsense, our own pride. It gets in the way, 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:04.339 and it blocks everything out. Ultimately, it 00:07:04.339 --> 00:07:08.399 takes us down. It takes us down. We need to learn 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:12.060 patience again. We need to learn how to speak 00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:15.379 to God again. And open up that communication. 00:07:17.660 --> 00:07:19.779 Because every relationship needs communication 00:07:19.779 --> 00:07:23.160 or it will fail. But we need to get out of our 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:28.420 own way. We need to get out of God's way. And 00:07:28.420 --> 00:07:32.699 listen to what he has to say for us. He'll answer 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:36.579 your prayer if you're quiet long enough and you're 00:07:36.579 --> 00:07:39.439 paying attention and watching. You just have 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:42.420 to learn how to be still.