WEBVTT 00:00:14.450 --> 00:00:21.789 Isaiah 55, let's read. Come everyone who thirsts, 00:00:21.789 --> 00:00:27.350 come to the waters. And he who has no money, 00:00:27.469 --> 00:00:33.299 come buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without 00:00:33.299 --> 00:00:37.259 money and without price. Why do you spend your 00:00:37.259 --> 00:00:41.780 money for that which is not bread and your labor 00:00:41.780 --> 00:00:47.439 for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:52.000 to me and eat what is good and delight yourself. 00:01:10.340 --> 00:01:14.060 Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:17.780 a leader and a commander for the peoples. Behold, 00:01:17.859 --> 00:01:21.239 you shall call a nation that you do not know. 00:01:21.769 --> 00:01:25.230 and a nation that did not know you shall run 00:01:25.230 --> 00:01:29.129 to you because of the Lord, because of Yahweh 00:01:29.129 --> 00:01:33.849 your Elohim, and of the Holy One of Israel, for 00:01:33.849 --> 00:01:39.250 he has glorified you. Seek the Lord while he 00:01:39.250 --> 00:01:42.629 may be found. Call upon him while he is near. 00:01:42.829 --> 00:01:46.230 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 00:01:46.230 --> 00:01:50.370 man his thoughts. Let him return to the Lord 00:01:50.370 --> 00:01:54.709 that he may have compassion on him and to our 00:01:54.709 --> 00:01:59.390 God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts 00:01:59.390 --> 00:02:02.390 are not your thoughts, neither are your ways 00:02:02.390 --> 00:02:05.269 my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens 00:02:05.269 --> 00:02:08.409 are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher 00:02:08.409 --> 00:02:11.150 than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 00:02:11.819 --> 00:02:14.819 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven 00:02:14.819 --> 00:02:18.379 and do not return there but water the earth, 00:02:18.580 --> 00:02:21.560 making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:25.939 to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall 00:02:25.939 --> 00:02:31.500 my word be that goes out from my mouth. It shall 00:02:31.500 --> 00:02:34.840 not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:38.580 that which I purpose and shall succeed in the 00:02:38.580 --> 00:02:42.909 thing for which I sent it. For you shall go out 00:02:42.909 --> 00:02:47.110 in joy and be led forth in peace. And the mountains 00:02:47.110 --> 00:02:49.710 and the hills before you shall break forth in 00:02:49.710 --> 00:02:52.849 singing. And all the trees of the field shall 00:02:52.849 --> 00:02:56.969 clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall 00:02:56.969 --> 00:03:01.409 come up the cypress. Instead of the briar shall 00:03:01.409 --> 00:03:05.969 come up the myrtle. And it shall make a name 00:03:05.969 --> 00:03:09.210 for the Lord, an everlasting sign that shall 00:03:09.210 --> 00:03:11.800 not... be cut off. Lord, I want to thank you 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:15.620 for your word. Help us, Lord, as we open, continue 00:03:15.620 --> 00:03:18.919 to go through Isaiah 55, that you would give 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:21.240 us clear understanding of what you're saying 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:25.180 concerning your word. How you are calling your 00:03:25.180 --> 00:03:29.759 people to listen diligently, to incline, to hear, 00:03:29.979 --> 00:03:35.960 to come, to know, to be obedient. Help us, Lord, 00:03:36.099 --> 00:03:40.349 to really understand that we must know your word 00:03:40.349 --> 00:03:44.129 and know you more that we may have favor with 00:03:44.129 --> 00:03:47.509 you. Lord, we praise you and thank you in Jesus 00:03:47.509 --> 00:03:51.430 name. Amen. So five basic principles. Are we 00:03:51.430 --> 00:03:55.389 connected? I'm going to try one more time. Hey, 00:03:55.430 --> 00:04:10.860 we're connected, man. Let's go. All right. It 00:04:10.860 --> 00:04:12.639 says we were connected. I don't know why it stayed 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:15.960 connected that time, but I'll go with it. First 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:24.139 one, are you hungry and thirsty? Come, he does 00:04:24.139 --> 00:04:28.680 satisfy. So when you think about your life, what 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:32.279 are you hungry and thirsty for? Are you hungry 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:34.139 and thirsty for the thing that fills the belly? 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:38.339 It satisfies the grumblings. Are you hungry and 00:04:38.339 --> 00:04:43.899 thirsty for the true bread and the true water? 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:49.120 Come, he does satisfy. John 6, 35. Jesus said 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:53.779 to them, I am the bread of life. Whoever comes 00:04:53.779 --> 00:04:56.699 to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes 00:04:56.699 --> 00:05:02.750 in me shall never thirst. Do you hear that? The 00:05:02.750 --> 00:05:06.250 very one that Isaiah 55 is talking about, the 00:05:06.250 --> 00:05:09.949 king who sits on the throne of David, everlasting, 00:05:10.110 --> 00:05:14.470 the one who will completely and totally satisfy, 00:05:14.730 --> 00:05:19.189 he is the one who quenches our thirst and takes 00:05:19.189 --> 00:05:23.029 away our hunger. But how does he do it? Because 00:05:23.029 --> 00:05:25.069 he fills your cabinet full of food and goodies? 00:05:25.850 --> 00:05:29.810 No, he does it through his word. In Isaiah 55, 00:05:29.990 --> 00:05:34.730 one through two way. Come. Yolak is the word 00:05:34.730 --> 00:05:38.689 here. Yolak means, refers to a starting point 00:05:38.689 --> 00:05:44.350 or summons you to start here. Where do you start? 00:05:44.829 --> 00:05:51.550 If you aren't seeking out God in his word, he's 00:05:51.550 --> 00:05:55.029 telling you start here. This is your starting 00:05:55.029 --> 00:05:58.230 point. The word. Oh, it went out again. I don't 00:05:58.230 --> 00:06:05.279 know. I'm still connected, bud. Says I'm connected. 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:11.459 It's the system. Don't worry about it. Don't 00:06:11.459 --> 00:06:14.459 worry about it. Put up the God said and that's 00:06:14.459 --> 00:06:18.879 it. So my question to you, are you willing to 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:25.860 start at the word? At the thing that gives everlasting 00:06:25.860 --> 00:06:30.800 water and manna, spiritual manna? Are you there? 00:06:33.050 --> 00:06:35.790 In the word, are you getting something daily? 00:06:37.310 --> 00:06:42.670 You have to eat and drink daily. Start here. 00:06:42.769 --> 00:06:46.149 Start where your hunger and your thirst begin. 00:06:46.589 --> 00:06:52.110 There. Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters. 00:06:52.689 --> 00:06:56.990 Everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters. 00:06:57.250 --> 00:07:01.519 And he who has no money. Come and buy and eat. 00:07:01.579 --> 00:07:06.100 How can you buy anything with no money? Because 00:07:06.100 --> 00:07:13.699 this is free. It's a marketplace, a free marketplace 00:07:13.699 --> 00:07:17.180 of everything you need for life and godliness. 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:22.759 As a matter of fact, he says, come buy wine and 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:27.420 milk without money and without price. Come and 00:07:27.420 --> 00:07:32.069 take, come and get. Why do you spend money for 00:07:32.069 --> 00:07:37.209 that which is not bread? And your labor for that 00:07:37.209 --> 00:07:39.709 which is not satisfied. The word satisfy here 00:07:39.709 --> 00:07:43.509 is soba. And the word soba means to be filled 00:07:43.509 --> 00:07:49.029 or fulfill. Where do you get your fill? Do you 00:07:49.029 --> 00:07:52.889 get your fill on all the things that are around 00:07:52.889 --> 00:07:55.629 you in life? Do you get your fill on your family? 00:07:56.829 --> 00:08:00.430 Does that fill you? Or do you get your fill on 00:08:00.430 --> 00:08:03.110 the thing you love the most when it comes to 00:08:03.110 --> 00:08:09.470 goodies? Mine's Lindor truffles. Okay. Or peanut 00:08:09.470 --> 00:08:12.850 butter balls. I do have a tendency to get my 00:08:12.850 --> 00:08:17.750 fill on. I shouldn't. But that really doesn't 00:08:17.750 --> 00:08:21.670 satisfy. It's temporary. But real true satisfaction, 00:08:22.069 --> 00:08:26.829 real fill comes from Christ. Or are you just 00:08:26.829 --> 00:08:31.310 working? To fill or to be filled with the things 00:08:31.310 --> 00:08:35.610 of this earth. Number two, how does he satisfy 00:08:35.610 --> 00:08:41.409 his people? If we want to be satisfied, how does 00:08:41.409 --> 00:08:45.250 God satisfy our hunger and thirst? He gives us 00:08:45.250 --> 00:08:50.330 the answer here. Listen diligently. Incline your 00:08:50.330 --> 00:08:54.850 ear. Hear what he's saying. He has glorified 00:08:54.850 --> 00:09:00.200 his people. John 8, 45 through 47. But because 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:03.039 I tell you the truth, and I want you to pay attention 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:08.820 to this. This is so huge. I wish the church in 00:09:08.820 --> 00:09:13.360 America grabs this truth. But I tell you the 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:19.480 truth, Jesus says, you do not believe me. Jesus 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:23.919 came, preached the truth. And the scripture says, 00:09:24.100 --> 00:09:29.299 you do not believe me. Which one of you convicts 00:09:29.299 --> 00:09:35.059 me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not 00:09:35.059 --> 00:09:41.200 believe me? They know he tells the truth. Whoever 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:48.000 is of God hears the words of God. You hear that? 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:54.299 Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The 00:09:54.299 --> 00:09:57.779 reason why you do not hear them is that you are 00:09:57.779 --> 00:10:07.000 not of God. Do you get that? We live in a world 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.639 where there are people that are of God and many 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:13.970 more that are not of God. And the reality is 00:10:13.970 --> 00:10:15.990 they don't hear the word of God or the truth 00:10:15.990 --> 00:10:20.149 of God because they're not of God. How did I 00:10:20.149 --> 00:10:23.429 ever come to know the gospel, to know the Christ 00:10:23.429 --> 00:10:25.350 of the gospel, to know the God of the gospel? 00:10:25.529 --> 00:10:30.340 Because I belonged to him. When? Before the foundation 00:10:30.340 --> 00:10:32.879 of the world, the scripture says. I was written 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:34.899 in the Lamb's book of life. It happened to be 00:10:34.899 --> 00:10:38.720 on that day at that particular time in his wisdom 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:42.539 and goodness and mercy. He has shown me the truth 00:10:42.539 --> 00:10:47.820 because I belonged to him. But there are many 00:10:47.820 --> 00:10:51.860 who don't hear because they don't belong to him. 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:56.769 Jesus makes this very clear. Whoever is of God 00:10:56.769 --> 00:11:00.490 hears the words of God. My sheep know me and 00:11:00.490 --> 00:11:03.409 they know my voice. The reason why you don't 00:11:03.409 --> 00:11:08.110 hear them is that you are not of God and you 00:11:08.110 --> 00:11:12.370 are not of my sheep, Jesus also says. In Isaiah 00:11:12.370 --> 00:11:15.490 5, 2b through 5, he says, listen diligently. 00:11:15.730 --> 00:11:20.649 Here is what the people of God do. So my question 00:11:20.649 --> 00:11:24.789 to you is, are you thirsty and hungry? How are 00:11:24.789 --> 00:11:28.370 you getting the word? He doesn't tell you how 00:11:28.370 --> 00:11:31.590 to get it. He just tells you to get it. You can 00:11:31.590 --> 00:11:33.610 get it through reading your Bible. You can get 00:11:33.610 --> 00:11:35.669 it through listening to the Bible. You can get 00:11:35.669 --> 00:11:38.309 it through some of you guys like your little 00:11:38.309 --> 00:11:42.590 digital Bibles and little notices and stuff. 00:11:42.730 --> 00:11:46.169 Get it that way. Get the word. Listen diligently. 00:11:46.990 --> 00:11:54.009 Salma. Hear intently. Act in your hearing. Act 00:11:54.009 --> 00:11:59.549 in what you hear. Be obedient. Do what God says. 00:11:59.629 --> 00:12:03.470 That is what hearing or listening diligently 00:12:03.470 --> 00:12:09.850 means. Do what God says. Listen diligently to 00:12:09.850 --> 00:12:14.690 me. That's what God's people do. So if I am thirsty 00:12:14.690 --> 00:12:19.110 and hungry and I come to the water, I must listen 00:12:19.110 --> 00:12:22.190 diligently. Do what God says. Don't just hear 00:12:22.190 --> 00:12:26.730 it. but do it. Then he says, and eat what is 00:12:26.730 --> 00:12:31.289 good and delight yourself in rich food. Psalm 00:12:31.289 --> 00:12:35.230 119 is all about the word. Delight yourself in 00:12:35.230 --> 00:12:37.649 the word. How can a young man keep his way pure 00:12:37.649 --> 00:12:40.070 by living according to your word? I have hidden 00:12:40.070 --> 00:12:41.870 your word in my heart that I might not sin against 00:12:41.870 --> 00:12:45.389 you. I memorized those when I was a young lad 00:12:45.389 --> 00:12:48.649 in the Lord. My challenge to you is, do you delight? 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:53.379 in his word as rich food. The scripture also 00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:58.740 says that his word is as sweet as honey. It's 00:12:58.740 --> 00:13:03.600 greater than gold and silver. Then he tells us 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:08.100 to incline, nolta. This word incline means to 00:13:08.100 --> 00:13:14.139 turn to obedience. Incline, repent, turn to obedience. 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:17.980 Am I turning to be obedient? Am I inclining my 00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:24.080 ear? To obedience. Do you see that? Listen diligently. 00:13:24.659 --> 00:13:29.399 Do what I say. Incline your ear. Turn to obedience. 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:34.279 Same thing, isn't it? And then he says, and come 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:39.240 to me. See, if I'm listening diligently and I'm 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:42.539 doing what I'm hearing, and then I incline my 00:13:42.539 --> 00:13:45.980 ear, I'm turning and moving towards obedience, 00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:51.179 then I will come to him. And I will hear him. 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:57.820 Soma. Why? That my soul or that your soul may 00:13:57.820 --> 00:14:01.100 live. You want life? You want to live life? You 00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:04.559 want to feel alive? You don't want to feel defeated 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:06.320 every single day of your life? You don't want 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:11.120 to feel like every day is a struggle? In this 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:13.399 world, you're going to have struggle. You're 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:17.340 going to have trouble. Jesus promised it. But 00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:21.039 can you? Can you feel alive in the struggle? 00:14:22.580 --> 00:14:28.419 Yes. My soul may live if I listen diligently, 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:34.820 if I incline my ear, if I come to him, if I hear. 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:40.659 Look what it says next. It says, and I will make 00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:45.299 with you an everlasting covenant. Who is our 00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:49.360 everlasting covenant? Jesus. He says, I give 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:53.960 you a new covenant in my blood. We have an everlasting 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:57.220 covenant. This is what he's talking about here. 00:14:57.399 --> 00:15:02.320 Why? My steadfast, sure love for David. What 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:05.519 did he say to David? David, your throne will 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:09.740 be a throne forever. Who sits on the throne of 00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:12.220 David? The king of kings and the Lord of lords, 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:16.750 Jesus. He is our everlasting covenant. And he's 00:15:16.750 --> 00:15:20.070 calling us to listen diligently, to incline our 00:15:20.070 --> 00:15:24.470 ear, to hear and to come. Behold, I made him 00:15:24.470 --> 00:15:31.490 a witness, aid, a testimony, an evidence. Who's 00:15:31.490 --> 00:15:34.110 the evidence? David. Why is he the evidence? 00:15:34.230 --> 00:15:36.690 Because he is the proof that God is a God of 00:15:36.690 --> 00:15:41.490 promises. And he keeps his word. What is the 00:15:41.490 --> 00:15:44.450 witness? David was a witness to the peoples. 00:15:47.820 --> 00:15:53.500 A leader and a commander for the peoples. Behold, 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:56.440 you shall call a nation that you do not know. 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:03.799 Isn't that interesting? How has there been a 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:07.039 nation that has been called that they do not 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:12.960 know? It's called the nation of Gentiles. God 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:15.710 has called us. And then look what it says. And 00:16:15.710 --> 00:16:18.929 a nation that did not know you shall run to you. 00:16:20.590 --> 00:16:26.250 Isn't that beautiful? Because of Adonai, your 00:16:26.250 --> 00:16:30.870 Elohim. Because of Yahweh, your Elohim. Of the 00:16:30.870 --> 00:16:32.909 Holy One. That's actually Yahweh. I don't know 00:16:32.909 --> 00:16:37.000 why. transferred to lowercase O -R -D, but it's 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:40.379 actually all capitals, Yahweh, your Elohim, and 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:43.419 of the Holy One of Israel. Who is the Holy One 00:16:43.419 --> 00:16:48.200 of Israel? Christ. Because for he has glorified 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:53.159 you. How has God glorified us? Because he has 00:16:53.159 --> 00:17:03.639 made us a people. So, Do you as a people seek 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:08.500 the Lord and have you called on his name? He 00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:11.859 hears and forgives and he does not forsake those 00:17:11.859 --> 00:17:15.259 who truly seek him. I want you to notice in Psalm 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:19.339 9, 9 through 10, the Lord is a stronghold for 00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:22.480 the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:25.940 And those who know your name put their trust 00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:31.549 in you for you, O Adonai. Have not forsaken those 00:17:31.549 --> 00:17:35.950 who seek you. God will not forsake you if you 00:17:35.950 --> 00:17:41.089 seek him. He is faithful to continue to care 00:17:41.089 --> 00:17:44.890 for you. He will preserve you. Look what it says 00:17:44.890 --> 00:17:50.190 in Isaiah 55, 6, and 7. Seek the Lord while he 00:17:50.190 --> 00:17:54.150 may be found. Call upon him while he is near. 00:17:54.750 --> 00:17:58.369 This word, call upon, is the word to summon for 00:17:58.369 --> 00:18:03.789 help or to repent. Seek the Lord while he may 00:18:03.789 --> 00:18:09.710 be found. Repent while he is near. This implies 00:18:09.710 --> 00:18:12.029 something that we'll get to in a minute. I want 00:18:12.029 --> 00:18:14.609 you to think about that. While he may be found 00:18:14.609 --> 00:18:18.930 and while he is near, let the wicked forsake 00:18:18.930 --> 00:18:22.890 his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts. 00:18:23.810 --> 00:18:29.710 Turn to him. Let him return to the Lord that 00:18:29.710 --> 00:18:34.569 he may have compassion on him. Repent. Turn to 00:18:34.569 --> 00:18:39.930 Jesus. Repentance is not turning away from sin. 00:18:40.829 --> 00:18:45.369 Only. Repentance is turning to Christ. And as 00:18:45.369 --> 00:18:47.710 a result of turning to Christ, you turn from 00:18:47.710 --> 00:18:50.430 your sin. You forsake the thing you love the 00:18:50.430 --> 00:18:53.380 most. for the one you want to love the most. 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:59.220 And how does that happen? The work of God, through 00:18:59.220 --> 00:19:02.420 the work of regeneration and transformation of 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:07.339 the heart. Look what it says, that he may have 00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:12.960 compassion on him and to our Elohim, for he will 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:17.640 abundantly pardon. So what do we notice here 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:21.069 in these verses? There's the idea and understanding 00:19:21.069 --> 00:19:26.809 that repentance is necessary. Repent. When? Now. 00:19:28.089 --> 00:19:31.910 Now. Because there will be a day when it will 00:19:31.910 --> 00:19:35.690 not. He will not be found. And he will not be 00:19:35.690 --> 00:19:39.150 near. But you're like, well, he's omnipresent. 00:19:39.750 --> 00:19:43.130 Yes, he is omnipresent. Doesn't mean he's not 00:19:43.130 --> 00:19:45.109 going to be present. He's just not available 00:19:45.109 --> 00:19:49.099 for you. I want you to understand something. 00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:55.720 This term, seek now while he may be found and 00:19:55.720 --> 00:20:01.200 while he is near, implies while, implies there's 00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:05.700 a day, the day, when you will not be able to 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:09.579 seek him and no one will find him because he 00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:14.930 will not be near to be found. Why? Because the 00:20:14.930 --> 00:20:19.150 great day of judgment and wrath, when you feel 00:20:19.150 --> 00:20:24.769 like coming, you'll never feel like coming. That's 00:20:24.769 --> 00:20:28.130 important. No one feels like coming to Jesus. 00:20:29.349 --> 00:20:34.390 John 3. Just read that. John 3, 16 through 21. 00:20:35.230 --> 00:20:39.990 The reality is that there is a day, the great 00:20:39.990 --> 00:20:43.769 day. When God will pour his judgment and wrath 00:20:43.769 --> 00:20:49.069 on the earth and upon everything here, and that 00:20:49.069 --> 00:20:52.829 he will not be found for repentance. It's too 00:20:52.829 --> 00:21:01.720 late. Now, number four, God's word does. accomplish 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:05.420 that which he purposed and shall succeed in the 00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:07.500 thing in which he sent it. Now this is important 00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:10.039 because we just read the reality that there's 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:12.220 going to be a day when you're not going to be 00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:15.140 able to find Jesus. The Lord's not going to be 00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:18.259 found. He'll be present, but not in the way you 00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:21.460 want. It's not going to be the lamb that's like, 00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:25.000 hey, I want you to come to me. He's going to 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:27.680 be like, I'm the God of war and I'm going to 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:31.869 destroy everything that's contrary to me. But 00:21:31.869 --> 00:21:35.730 I want you to understand something. That doesn't 00:21:35.730 --> 00:21:37.789 mean that everything that God doesn't plan or 00:21:37.789 --> 00:21:43.390 set, that it will never happen. It will always 00:21:43.390 --> 00:21:47.210 happen. He will always complete what he started. 00:21:48.170 --> 00:21:51.589 Deuteronomy 8 .3 says it this way. And he humbled 00:21:51.589 --> 00:21:55.809 you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, 00:21:55.809 --> 00:21:58.849 which you did not know, nor did your fathers 00:21:58.849 --> 00:22:02.769 know. Now think about that. God leads his people 00:22:02.769 --> 00:22:05.990 out of Egypt, places them in the wilderness, 00:22:06.289 --> 00:22:14.089 and lets them go hungry on purpose. Well, that's 00:22:14.089 --> 00:22:17.849 mean. No, it's not. Because you're going to find 00:22:17.849 --> 00:22:20.430 out why. God let them go hungry. He didn't let 00:22:20.430 --> 00:22:23.869 them die. He let them have some stomach pains. 00:22:25.490 --> 00:22:27.930 So they understood that, you know, it's not what 00:22:27.930 --> 00:22:32.319 you put in the belly that satisfies. Look what 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:36.579 it says here. Let's keep reading. That he might 00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:41.519 make you know that man does not live by bread 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:45.960 alone, but man lives by every word that comes 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:48.599 from the mouth of the Lord. The reason why you 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:51.220 didn't die in the wilderness is because I said 00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:55.279 so. Not because you were hungry. That's what 00:22:55.279 --> 00:23:00.740 he's saying here. That's power. Now I can understand 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:03.640 why some dudes just don't eat for 40 days. Of 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:06.119 course, they probably look all nice and trim 00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:11.500 or really, really sick looking. But not really. 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:15.200 Can you imagine? Moses didn't. He fasted for 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:20.259 40 days. It's kind of wild, actually. Look what 00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:25.480 it says in Isaiah 55, 8 through 11. Why? Why? 00:23:26.670 --> 00:23:29.670 Does God say, man does not live by bread alone, 00:23:29.809 --> 00:23:31.529 but by every word that comes from the mouth of 00:23:31.529 --> 00:23:38.809 God. It's because he's different. For my thoughts, 00:23:38.990 --> 00:23:42.690 this word thoughts is the word plans or devices. 00:23:43.869 --> 00:23:49.710 My plans, my devices are not yours. Man plans 00:23:49.710 --> 00:23:53.869 his ways, but God ordains his steps. Man thinks 00:23:53.869 --> 00:23:57.660 he's got it all figured out. But then God throws 00:23:57.660 --> 00:24:00.720 a monkey wrench in and says, that's not my plan. 00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:05.440 So my plans and my devices are not your plans 00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:08.920 or your devices. Neither are your ways of living, 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:14.339 my ways. Neither are my ways, neither are your 00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:16.759 ways, my ways, he says here. This idea of the 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:21.859 word ways means the way of life. The way you 00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:24.059 want to live is not the way I'm commanding you 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:26.480 to live. My ways of living are way different 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:30.839 than your ways of living. For as the heavens 00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:35.359 are higher than the earth, so are my ways of 00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:40.819 living higher than your ways and my devices and 00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:47.569 my plans than your plans. For as the rain And 00:24:47.569 --> 00:24:50.130 the snow come down from heaven and do not return 00:24:50.130 --> 00:24:55.990 there, but water the earth, making it bring forth 00:24:55.990 --> 00:24:58.309 and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread 00:24:58.309 --> 00:25:02.789 to the eater. Here it is. So shall my word be 00:25:02.789 --> 00:25:09.650 that comes out from my mouth. It shall not return 00:25:09.650 --> 00:25:14.250 to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which 00:25:14.250 --> 00:25:19.799 I purpose. That's sovereignty. That's providence. 00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:26.500 And shall succeed. Notice. Succeed. Accomplish. 00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:30.180 Win. Every single time. Never to lose. It will 00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:34.519 always succeed in the thing in which I sent it. 00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:40.140 That's power. So though your life may not look 00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:43.680 like you planned it, it's not your plan, it's 00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:46.569 his. The question is, are you going to get in 00:25:46.569 --> 00:25:50.529 line with his plan? Are you willing to settle 00:25:50.529 --> 00:25:56.509 in behind him and trust him as a chick does to 00:25:56.509 --> 00:26:04.509 the eagle? Number five, blessed are those who 00:26:04.509 --> 00:26:09.269 come hungry and thirsty, who listen diligently, 00:26:09.609 --> 00:26:15.420 who incline the ear and hear. To hear his word, 00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:18.079 who seek the Lord with all their heart, who call 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:21.359 upon him for they lack no good thing, who know 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:26.019 fully that his word will accomplish and succeed 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:30.119 in which he sent it. Do you know? Are you that 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:37.619 confident in God's word? Do you live with that 00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:40.799 kind of confidence, that kind of victory? You 00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:45.420 know why Christians don't win? Because they want 00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:48.559 to win on their terms, their way, with their 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:53.420 thoughts and their own ways. And you wonder, 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:57.359 why am I still struggling? Because you ain't 00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:00.400 willing to get in line. You're not willing to 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:03.440 be obedient. You want it your way. You want the 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:07.740 cake and eat it too. Lord knows I'm not a big 00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:15.349 cake guy. Lindor truffles. Matthew 6, 33. Here's 00:27:15.349 --> 00:27:18.690 the answer. It says, but seek first the kingdom 00:27:18.690 --> 00:27:20.730 of God and his righteousness and all these things 00:27:20.730 --> 00:27:23.529 shall be added to you. There it is. What's the 00:27:23.529 --> 00:27:29.750 kingdom of God? Christ and his word. And his 00:27:29.750 --> 00:27:32.230 righteousness. Which is righteousness? Live his 00:27:32.230 --> 00:27:38.829 ways. Seek him and his word. Live his ways. It's 00:27:38.829 --> 00:27:42.730 the same thing Isaiah says. Jesus does it masterfully. 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:47.720 just does it in this really simple way. Now, 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:53.220 Isaiah 55, 12 through 13. For you shall go out 00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:57.839 in joy and be led forth in peace. Oh, you guys 00:27:57.839 --> 00:28:01.279 know this song. I know you know this song. If 00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:04.720 you've ever went to a Christian retreat or a 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:10.339 camp, you get behind the fire. I know fire, you 00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:16.619 know me. Far. About to get that s'more on. Little 00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:21.960 hot dog on a stick. And then you start singing 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:26.599 this song. I know, Carol knows this song. You 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:29.480 might. I might make you sing it in a minute, 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:33.299 Carol. I shall go out with joy and be led forth 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:35.099 in peace and the mountains and the hills shall 00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:41.789 sing. You guys know it. Right? They shall break 00:28:41.789 --> 00:28:44.230 forth out into singing and the trees of the field 00:28:44.230 --> 00:28:51.369 shall clap their hands. You know. But that's 00:28:51.369 --> 00:28:53.329 not what this means. That is what it means for 00:28:53.329 --> 00:28:58.130 us. But we take anything, make it a song. We 00:28:58.130 --> 00:29:01.829 even put it on our wall. But understand, this 00:29:01.829 --> 00:29:05.869 is about those who are in Christ. You see, we 00:29:05.869 --> 00:29:11.130 who have trusted him and his word. who believe 00:29:11.130 --> 00:29:15.849 in his name, who have inclined and have lived 00:29:15.849 --> 00:29:21.029 with purpose, obediently with his power and his 00:29:21.029 --> 00:29:25.009 strength, we can and shall go out in joy and 00:29:25.009 --> 00:29:28.430 we shall be led forth in peace. When? When it's 00:29:28.430 --> 00:29:31.950 all done. Because the mountains and the hills 00:29:31.950 --> 00:29:34.190 shall break forth into singing and all the trees 00:29:34.190 --> 00:29:37.549 of the field shall clap their hands. When? The 00:29:37.549 --> 00:29:41.069 earth moans and groans for the day of the saints. 00:29:43.069 --> 00:29:46.509 Instead of the thorn shall come the cypress. 00:29:46.910 --> 00:29:52.589 No more thorns and thistles. No more weeds. Instead 00:29:52.589 --> 00:29:55.490 of the briar shall come up the myrtle. Oh, thank 00:29:55.490 --> 00:29:59.829 God. I don't know if there's going to be hunting, 00:29:59.910 --> 00:30:01.470 but I'm sure you'd love to hunt without some 00:30:01.470 --> 00:30:07.359 briar. It'd be really nice. Why? Because this 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:12.480 day, this moment, shall make a name for Yahweh, 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:16.059 an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. 00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:21.519 Who is that? Jesus. He is the way, the truth, 00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:26.640 and the life. So what does Christ say? He says, 00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:30.460 if you love me, you obey my commands. That's 00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:34.920 his word. Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness. 00:30:36.490 --> 00:30:40.329 And all your needs will be taken care of. Doesn't 00:30:40.329 --> 00:30:42.029 mean that you're not going to go through struggle 00:30:42.029 --> 00:30:45.190 and hardship during him providing the needs, 00:30:45.309 --> 00:30:48.650 but he provides the needs anyway. But the problem 00:30:48.650 --> 00:30:52.470 is that in America, because we have not preached 00:30:52.470 --> 00:30:55.630 the word, and we have not been consistent with 00:30:55.630 --> 00:31:03.490 the word, we have developed this softness. And 00:31:03.490 --> 00:31:06.839 we want... What God has without the suffering 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:14.240 required. And the only way to get through suffering 00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:20.160 is through his word. You have nothing else to 00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:25.839 stand on. So my challenge to you is, are you 00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:32.039 hungry and thirsty? Then come to the water. Eat 00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:37.339 some manna. Be satisfied. How do I get satisfied? 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:43.420 Listen diligently. Incline your ear. Hear the 00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:49.619 word of the Lord. Come to him. Know the word 00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:54.059 of the Lord that you may know him. He will satisfy. 00:31:55.839 --> 00:32:01.140 And he will give you all good things. That's 00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:03.539 the word of the Lord. So my encouragement to 00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:07.819 you is, may this year, 2026, be a year that you 00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:12.519 commit to knowing the word. Because that's what 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:16.000 we're going to be on all year. So we talked about 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:20.420 biblical manhood, biblical womanhood. Now that 00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:23.420 you know what it means to be a biblical man and 00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:25.640 a biblical woman, it's time for you to be a biblical 00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:30.200 man and a biblical woman in the word. Know the 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:33.210 word. Be ready to give an answer for the hope 00:32:33.210 --> 00:32:37.049 you have. Because the days that are coming are 00:32:37.049 --> 00:32:41.210 going to be very difficult. We'll talk more about 00:32:41.210 --> 00:32:44.329 a lot of that stuff in the future. Thank you 00:32:44.329 --> 00:32:46.710 so much. Father, I want to thank you so much 00:32:46.710 --> 00:32:50.089 for your word. Thank you that your word is living 00:32:50.089 --> 00:32:51.710 and active, sharper than a two -edged sword. 00:32:51.930 --> 00:32:56.789 You have given us your word to teach us, to train 00:32:56.789 --> 00:33:02.210 us, to rebuke us, and to discipline us. Or train 00:33:02.210 --> 00:33:05.890 us in righteousness. We do praise you and thank 00:33:05.890 --> 00:33:09.750 you for your word. We thank you that man does 00:33:09.750 --> 00:33:12.029 not live by bread alone, but by every word that 00:33:12.029 --> 00:33:15.549 proceeds from your mouth. And you have purposed 00:33:15.549 --> 00:33:21.890 and that you have succeeded. It will succeed 00:33:21.890 --> 00:33:23.690 in everything that you have sent it out to do. 00:33:24.150 --> 00:33:27.549 We praise you that you are our God, our King, 00:33:27.710 --> 00:33:32.970 and our Savior. May your reign continue to be 00:33:32.970 --> 00:33:36.069 proclaimed throughout the earth as is promised. 00:33:36.289 --> 00:33:39.589 And may us as your people be willing to proclaim 00:33:39.589 --> 00:33:43.069 it loudly. We praise you and thank you in Jesus' 00:33:43.170 --> 00:33:44.109 name. Amen.