1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,760 Hey everyone, this is Josh from Encounter Church Henley and thanks so much for tuning 2 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,000 into our podcast. 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,680 Our prayer is that through this podcast you can have an encounter with Jesus that will 4 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:22,800 change your life. 5 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:28,800 And now get ready for an inspiring message from our preaching team. 6 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,360 So I want to take you all the way back for a second to September 2009. 7 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:37,280 Some of you are like that long ago and I say yes, what I call my heyday, but hey that's 8 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:38,960 okay. 9 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:44,680 So inarguably the greatest basketball player of all time is being inducted, inarguably 10 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,920 I'll just settle on that word for a second, inducted into the basketball hall of fame. 11 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,000 He is a six-time NBA champion. 12 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,320 He is a five-time MVP. 13 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:53,520 He has 10 scoring titles. 14 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,560 He is a 14-time All-Star. 15 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:01,280 And he at this point is giving an inauguration speech that gives him the opportunity to speak 16 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:05,720 to the world about his legacy. 17 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:11,200 And Michael Jordan proceeds to use that time to air petty grievances, complain, slight 18 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,640 his family, like every awful thing that you can really think of. 19 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,720 It's quite a feat really, it's endless. 20 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:25,800 Number 23 speech goes for a really indulgent 23 minutes and 23 seconds. 21 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,320 You wish that that's how long I was going for today. 22 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:33,880 And the self-indulgence from MJ in that moment is just bordering on absolute insufferable. 23 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:40,480 Now the real nail in the coffin of his speech for me is this line where he says, my kids, 24 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,120 Jeffrey, Marcus and Jasmine, I love you guys, start strong, right? 25 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:45,120 I love you guys. 26 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,960 I think you guys represent a lot of me, a lot of different personalities. 27 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,440 Your mum, you represent her as well. 28 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:56,520 You know, I think that you guys have a heavy burden. 29 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:01,280 I wouldn't want to be you guys if I had to because of all the expectations that you now 30 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,000 have to deal with. 31 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Thanks dad. 32 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,640 Awesome stuff. 33 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:11,440 Now on that same night, same induction, another titan of the game gets the opportunity to 34 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,920 give his Hall of Fame induction speech. 35 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:15,680 He's a legend of the game, not quite the same race. 36 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,360 You may only a two-time champion, one-time MVP. 37 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,640 He is the San Antonio Spurs David Robinson, also happens to be one of my favourite players 38 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:23,640 of all time. 39 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:28,520 Now Robinson's speech differs pretty drastically from Jordan's in just about every way. 40 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,960 None more noticeably than when he talks about his own kids during his speech. 41 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,400 He singles out and prays as each of them. 42 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,400 And then in his summary, he says this. 43 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,880 He says, I hope that this gives you something that you want to live up to, that this makes 44 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:48,120 you want to be proud of the Robinson name because I'm proud of you all and I love you. 45 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:52,280 He honours the past and he blesses the future. 46 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,840 He doesn't mention personal achievement once. 47 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,320 Now at this point, his speech has gone for six minutes and he says, I'm going to give, 48 00:02:58,320 --> 00:02:59,960 I want to take one more minute. 49 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:00,960 Again, you wish. 50 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:02,760 He says, I'm going to take one more minute. 51 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,640 And in this final minute, he says, I want to thank God. 52 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:08,640 He has strengthened, blessed and encouraged me. 53 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:12,280 Anyone who has journeyed with me has seen God's hand on my life. 54 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:18,080 And my prayer is that he will walk with you as he has walked with me through all my life. 55 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:19,080 And then he says, Amen. 56 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,720 And he walks off the stage. 57 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,240 Seven minutes. 58 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,400 Seven minutes is how long his speech goes for in total. 59 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,400 And that's all it takes to pour out love, grace and respect. 60 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,280 He praises and blesses his family. 61 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:35,800 He honours God and then he leaves the stage. 62 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:42,200 Now I'm a huge sports fan, though not a huge athlete despite my stature. 63 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:49,000 I always kind of laugh and go, God's cruel joke, like six, five and let's face it, 100 64 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 kilos. 65 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,960 And I move back to Australia and every coach was like, footy and I'm like, you don't want 66 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,960 that. 67 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:54,960 You don't want that. 68 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:55,960 You think you do. 69 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:56,960 You don't want that. 70 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:57,960 I certainly don't want that. 71 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:03,040 So I think anybody who's a big sports fan has probably or like, if you're into acting 72 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,920 saying you see the Oscars and I think you have that moment, you think like, what would 73 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:06,920 my speech be? 74 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:07,920 What would that entail? 75 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:08,920 What would people think of me? 76 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:09,920 What would they say? 77 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:10,920 What would it look like? 78 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,640 What do I want to say? 79 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,280 Like honestly, if you're a little bit morbid and you're not like someone who's into acting, 80 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,880 whatever, I think quite often this turns into like, what would people say at my funeral? 81 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:20,400 That's a little bit morbid for me. 82 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:21,920 So we're going to go with the Hall of Fame speech. 83 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:22,920 Okay. 84 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:23,920 So it's like, what would it look like? 85 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:24,920 What would I want to say? 86 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:26,400 What would I hope that people say about me? 87 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,480 Would those closest to me be left feeling like they've been given this like unattainable 88 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,640 mountain to climb, this burden that they have to now carry? 89 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,040 Or what they feel like potentially and hopefully they've got a name that's worth living up 90 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,040 to. 91 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:43,720 What would a name that is something to aspire to? 92 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:48,800 For me, I often think, like, it sounds really weird, but like, would my kids miss me? 93 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,320 Would they be proud of the man that I was? 94 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,840 Will I leave a legacy that honors God? 95 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:58,400 And I think of all these things. 96 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,440 And I wonder if you think of all these things because the reality is like, legacy just isn't 97 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,160 built in a single moment. 98 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:05,160 Okay. 99 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,960 It's not built in a speech. 100 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:13,440 The legacies are defined and built in a series of decisions that we make, a lifetime of them, 101 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,840 if you will. 102 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:19,040 And if we're reality, we kind of have a few different ways that we get to go. 103 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:25,800 And one is that most of the decisions we quite often make, will they be born out of selfish 104 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,320 motivation? 105 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,960 Or will they reflect a desire to leave a longer lasting impact? 106 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:39,960 Because really there's kind of those two massive divergences in any choice that we make. 107 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:46,040 And if you're looking for one that makes a longer lasting impact and you're in this room, 108 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,280 you kind of get to ask yourself the question as well as, will I leave a legacy and an impact 109 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:54,280 in one that I put God at the centre? 110 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:57,040 Now as we return to today's teaching text, we find King David. 111 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,080 He is a mighty and holy king. 112 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,720 His legacy is actually already cemented. 113 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:02,920 It's 1322. 114 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:04,280 A man after God's own heart. 115 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:05,400 We all know that about King David. 116 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,320 If you hear it, you've probably heard that expression. 117 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,400 David is the goat of the Old Testament, if you will. 118 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:16,400 So David, he's not called a man after God's own heart because he possessed it. 119 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,240 He's called a man after God's own heart because he pursued it. 120 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:20,920 And then he continued to pursue it. 121 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:26,280 David was not a perfect man by any stretch, but he did continue to return to God time 122 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:27,640 and time again. 123 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:34,400 Now his faithfulness has brought him great victory, power, wealth beyond imagine. 124 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:38,520 One of his crowning achievements is he brought the Ark of the Covenant back to the holy city 125 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:43,800 of Jerusalem so that the people that live there would live under the blessings of God. 126 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:48,320 So he sees this as this real great momentous occasion. 127 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,880 And then he gets back and he brings it in and he realises that he lives in this ornate 128 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:57,720 palace which I guess if you're the king is kind of befitting of your position. 129 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:58,720 And then he kind of has this sense. 130 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,800 He's overtaken with this sense of the fact that I'm actually unworthy of this. 131 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:06,200 If I am a man after God's own heart, I've got the Ark of the Covenant that is out there 132 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,880 residing in a tent as it always has. 133 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,720 And I'm living in this life of luxury. 134 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,000 So he says, I know what I'm going to do. 135 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,000 I live ornate palace. 136 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,040 Here's where I'm going to build a fancy temple for the Ark of the Covenant, which feels like 137 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:19,120 a good way to go, right? 138 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,640 Like very nice and honouring and it seems super duper fancy. 139 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,680 I'm not just going to build a temple for the Ark. 140 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,720 I'm going to build the temple for the Ark. 141 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,440 And then he goes, I'm going to talk to the prophet Nathan about this, which he does. 142 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:31,840 He says, this is the plan. 143 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:32,840 Isn't it great? 144 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,160 And Nathan says, yeah, sounds great. 145 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,080 And then Nathan goes to bed that night and he has a dream. 146 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,760 He receives a vision from God. 147 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,440 And there's a couple of things that happen in this vision. 148 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,000 One is that God makes it pretty clear. 149 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,920 He's like, I don't actually want nor need this temple. 150 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:49,920 But I tell you what, I'm going to let it happen. 151 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:51,720 He's a gracious God. 152 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,280 I'm going to let this happen. 153 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:54,280 You can build this. 154 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:55,280 That's fine. 155 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:56,280 It's totally okay. 156 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,280 But here's the kick. 157 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,120 David's not going to do it. 158 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,960 Solomon's going to do it. 159 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:09,720 He goes so far as to give Nathan incredibly specific plans and layouts, like a bill of 160 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:10,720 materials. 161 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:11,880 Like he's like, this is what you'll need. 162 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:13,080 This is how you'll build it. 163 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:14,520 This is what it will look like. 164 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,080 Again, this is what it will look like when Solomon builds it, not when David has built 165 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:19,080 it. 166 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,320 He wakes up having this really clear vision. 167 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,480 And he probably goes like, great, cool. 168 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:28,320 I get to tell David that this temple that he really wants to build will be built and 169 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:29,560 he just doesn't get to do it. 170 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,840 I'm sure the king is going to absolutely love that. 171 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:37,320 Now, Nathan does this though, because he himself in that moment is honoring this call 172 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:38,320 from God. 173 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,920 He's honoring this really clear word from God. 174 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,240 And he's like, this is not going to be fun, but I'm going to have to do it anyway. 175 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:50,120 Now on receipt of this info, David has two choices in that moment. 176 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:57,800 One, he can ignore it and take the glory and the prestige and the credit for building this 177 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,440 impressive temple. 178 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:05,440 He can convince himself that he's still glorifying God despite this direct obedience, because 179 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:10,680 what could be better than personal glory, especially personal glory that we can actually 180 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:16,760 justify to ourselves is being faithful to God. 181 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:20,240 Or he has option two, which is very clear. 182 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:27,560 It's just listening and honoring the word of a God he intends to glorify. 183 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:32,760 And in the process of doing so, he gets to uplift and empower the next generation of 184 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:40,200 believers and followers of Christ, followers of God in this moment, his own son. 185 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:45,920 So David makes his choice. 186 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,520 He gathers everyone of note together. 187 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:53,000 Anyone of sway or influence in the kingdom is brought into his audience so that he can 188 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,720 make it really, really clear what's about to happen. 189 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,720 And he does so with three key and deliberate steps. 190 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:03,680 The first is he provides resources. 191 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:04,680 Okay. 192 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:09,240 David has been, he's been wanting to build this temple for a while. 193 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,440 I turned into a New Zealander there for a second. 194 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,760 So he's been wanting to build this temple for a while, right? 195 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:18,480 So he's already been acquiring the resources and the materials and the laborers and everything 196 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,160 he's going to need to construct it. 197 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,640 And what he does, he calls all these people together and he's like, Hey, just so you know, 198 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:26,720 all this, all this goes to Solomon. 199 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,160 He's going to have everything he needs to build this temple. 200 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:30,640 He's going to want for nothing. 201 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,200 It's all right there. 202 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,320 And then he takes a second step, which is he imparts knowledge. 203 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,800 The first is he literally provides Solomon with the plans that have been provided to 204 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,520 him from God through Nathan. 205 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:44,720 So he's like, here you go. 206 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,600 What good materials without a plan? 207 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,160 There you go. 208 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:49,160 You got it. 209 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,160 Everything you need and the designs on how to do it. 210 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,160 It's all there. 211 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,120 So Solomon now has that as well. 212 00:10:55,120 --> 00:11:00,520 And then he provides him with a bit of fatherly advice in the moment as well. 213 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:05,560 He says, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. 214 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:09,920 Keep and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind for the Lord sees every heart 215 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:11,520 and knows every plan and thought. 216 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,800 If you seek him, you will find him. 217 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:18,600 Now what David is doing in this moment is saying to Solomon, Hey, here's what I'm giving 218 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:19,600 you right now. 219 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,880 Do not forget the why. 220 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:26,680 David is foregoing personal glory in this decision making process. 221 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:30,560 And he's saying to Solomon, a kind of don't forget that I've done that. 222 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:34,200 That's why we're here and be now you can't forget why we want to build this to begin 223 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,680 with. 224 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:42,080 The next step is he transfer transfers power decisively. 225 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:43,080 Okay. 226 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,520 Keeping in mind, David has gathered everyone of note. 227 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,640 They go through the laundry list earlier in the teaching test. 228 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,400 You can go back to that of your own accord. 229 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:54,560 He gathers everyone of power, these captains of industry, if you will, the CEOs and business 230 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:58,880 leaders and the owners of property and the owners of all the resources, all the people 231 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:00,520 that are provided with these resources. 232 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:05,640 He brings them all into a room and then makes this declaration. 233 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,640 He brings everyone together and says, Hey, here's what's going to happen. 234 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,560 Resources, plans, knowledge, everything. 235 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:13,440 Solomon's your guy. 236 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,000 I love this because it's like this ultimate and like, did I stutter? 237 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,280 Did you hear me? 238 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,760 Let there be no room for argument here. 239 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:21,840 This isn't mine. 240 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:22,840 This is Solomon's. 241 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:23,840 Okay. 242 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,560 You go to him. 243 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:28,200 God has made himself incredibly clear in this. 244 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:33,280 And now I am going to do exactly the same. 245 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:37,120 I'm the great King David, if you will. 246 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,440 But in this instance, Solomon is your guy. 247 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:49,360 Now this is incredibly explosive and powerful moment of empowerment. 248 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:55,960 Because with this act, not only does he empower Solomon, but David actually removes his own 249 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,040 out clause. 250 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,080 If he's having a one-to-one conversation, if I sit Jacob down and go, Hey man, I'm 251 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:03,320 going to do this, this and this for you. 252 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,600 And Jacob goes, That sounds really great, Tex. 253 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:06,600 Thank you. 254 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:07,960 And then Jacob starts doing that. 255 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:09,400 And it's all Jacob's looking pretty good. 256 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,920 And he's, you know, maybe he's acquiring some finance and maybe things are going pretty 257 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:12,920 well for Jacob. 258 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,000 And then I'm like, Actually, you know what? 259 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,520 I might just, I might just grab that back off you there, buddy. 260 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:18,520 Good job so far. 261 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,040 I might finish this one off and see it at home. 262 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,040 Right? 263 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,040 Like it's too easy to do that. 264 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:27,240 It's too easy to let ourselves backtrack when we give ourselves an hour. 265 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,560 And what David does in this moment is go, Hey, if I now do the exact same thing, if 266 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:35,000 I now hand something to Jacob right now in front of all of you, and then two weeks later 267 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,400 I'm doing the thing that I said I was going to hand to Jacob, there's a few of you are 268 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:43,240 probably going to have some questions and rightfully so. 269 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:48,560 So not only is David responding to God in this moment, but he actually builds in an 270 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:53,080 earthly accountability. 271 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:58,080 Now I actually think this is the bit that really stuck with me a little bit last night 272 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,680 because I think that this is something that most of us probably struggled with a little 273 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:01,680 bit. 274 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:05,160 I know that I do is there's an ideal, right? 275 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:10,600 We hear this thing of like denying self and denying glory and it sounds really easy to 276 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:14,840 enforce when we're directing it at somebody else. 277 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,680 And then all of a sudden, you know, these these sentences that we say to ourselves, 278 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:22,720 man, they really should have fill in the blank. 279 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,400 Why don't they just fill in that blank? 280 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:30,960 And if it were me, if it were me. 281 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:35,840 So what if it was you when it was faced with a decision of this nature, when the options 282 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:42,240 are to glorify self or glorify God, how well do you handle that situation? 283 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,720 How do you handle that tension? 284 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,560 Especially if you can't even take credit for the glorification of God, because it's not 285 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,440 coming from you. 286 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,720 In this example, that glorifications, I'm empowering Jacob and then I'm sending him 287 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:55,720 off. 288 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,360 Everybody's going, like, Jacob's this great man of God, look at all these great things 289 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,360 that are happening. 290 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,200 And I just have to sit there and go, yeah, you're great. 291 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:07,120 Because the end result here is not me and it's not Jacob, it's God. 292 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:16,200 Would you build in your own accountability or would you build in your own wiggle room? 293 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:22,360 So how do we, like David, wisely ensure that our focus and our plans are pointed at leaving 294 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:27,560 this this solid legacy? 295 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:28,840 The first steps an easy one. 296 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:29,840 No, it's not. 297 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:30,840 They're never easy. 298 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,280 You just ask, is it of God? 299 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,200 When you when you're thinking about the decision you're going to make and the plan that you're 300 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,880 going to put forth and maybe you're going to hand something over to somebody before you 301 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:40,760 do that, ask yourself, is it of God? 302 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,560 Because if yes, that's great. 303 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:43,560 You can pursue that. 304 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:44,560 Go nuts. 305 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:45,560 Excellent. 306 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:46,560 Good starting point. 307 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:47,800 How do you know? 308 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:48,800 Some simple steps. 309 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:49,800 Is it biblical? 310 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:50,800 Cool. 311 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,800 Have you discerned well with wise counsel? 312 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,160 Have you talked to people about it? 313 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,880 Have you talked to people that you trust and respect and sought their instruction? 314 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,680 And if they have given you instruction, they have given you advice and it's completely 315 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:06,360 counter to where you thought you were, did you actually listen to it or did you ignore 316 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,560 it, which is what many of us guilty of myself included? 317 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:10,560 Have you prayed? 318 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:11,560 Have you fasted? 319 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,080 Does it align with your core beliefs? 320 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:22,080 Because if yes to all of the above, then you're probably on the right track. 321 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:28,680 If no, get no to one, many or all of those, then we probably find ourselves in number 322 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:36,320 two, which is do you just need to kill your own preference? 323 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:37,320 Start here. 324 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:43,440 Let me tell you, this is a prayer that I pray every single morning. 325 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,040 I'd love to say that my prayer life, like I'm one of those people, you listen to people 326 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,920 like John Mark Comer and they're like, I get up before I am. 327 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,960 I sit in my chair and I spend an hour with God and then I have coffee. 328 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:55,080 I'm like, wait, you do that before you have coffee? 329 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:56,760 Amazing stuff, man. 330 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:57,880 I'd love to say I'm that guy. 331 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:58,880 I'm not. 332 00:16:58,880 --> 00:16:59,880 I'm not. 333 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:00,880 It's something I'm working on. 334 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:02,560 I guess if we're doing it right, we're always working on it right. 335 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,840 But here's what I do pray every single day before I start making decisions, before I 336 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,120 start thinking about church stuff. 337 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:11,320 I pray, God, please remind me whose kingdom it is that I'm building. 338 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:15,880 I can honestly say that I pray that prayer every single day. 339 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,880 Okay? 340 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:19,880 Why? 341 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:26,880 Because if the answer to that question isn't God's, stop what you're doing. 342 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:33,200 Refer back to point one. 343 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:38,920 Because church, if you are a follower of Jesus, the reason we kill our preferences is because 344 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,560 this isn't about you. 345 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:42,800 None of this is about you. 346 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:43,800 None of this is about me. 347 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:44,800 Not really. 348 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,400 Not in that direct personal level that we want it to be where we think it's about our 349 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,320 control and our kingdom and what we're building and what we're doing. 350 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:51,840 It's not about us. 351 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:53,400 David wanted to make it about David. 352 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:54,400 Really? 353 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,840 When we get to the heart of it, David wanted to make it about David and God said, absolutely. 354 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:57,840 Absolutely not. 355 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:58,840 Right? 356 00:17:58,840 --> 00:17:59,840 Solomon. 357 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,000 That's what's going to happen here. 358 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,120 You want it cool. 359 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:06,720 You want, if you really, your intent is pure, it doesn't matter if you build the temple 360 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,720 or not. 361 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,120 It matters that the temple gets built. 362 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:11,320 So Solomon's going to do it. 363 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:12,320 Right? 364 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:13,320 Why? 365 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:18,960 Because for followers of Jesus, it's always been about who was, who is and who is to come. 366 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:19,960 Okay? 367 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,160 God is the fulfillment of all three. 368 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:27,640 For us, we can only ever be in the is or the was. 369 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,800 In a current moment, right now, we can only be the is or the was. 370 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,240 Those are the only states we can ever be in. 371 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:41,080 You can never ever though, let those two override the desire for what is to come. 372 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:47,120 Because that is where legacy has lived out. 373 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:50,600 That is where the kingdom of God will be found. 374 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:58,480 Number two, I've been for a while, I've been in number three. 375 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,520 If all else fails, be the person that you needed. 376 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:07,920 Now, some of you in this room, probably like that's easier said than done, you feel like 377 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,480 you've not come from the best examples. 378 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,360 You've been hurt, you feel like you've been stepped on, you've been downtrodden, you've 379 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:14,120 been stepped over. 380 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:17,680 The example that came before you is a healthy one. 381 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,800 Full transparency. 382 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:20,800 It sucks. 383 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:21,800 I'm really sorry. 384 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,640 Like, really, it's horrible. 385 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:26,080 I'm not here to downplay that. 386 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:27,280 I'm not here to override that. 387 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,040 I'm not here to do the whole, well, maybe just like pray more about it. 388 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,040 Like, you should. 389 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,200 But I'm not going to pretend that's going to fix all your problems, man. 390 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:35,200 That's a great starting point. 391 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:36,200 Take it all to God. 392 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:41,280 But some people just don't get the same opportunity that other people get when they start. 393 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:47,080 Here's the one, the one thing I can say that you can take away from that is that you know 394 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,880 what you didn't need because that's what you got. 395 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,520 Okay, so you have an opportunity in that moment to go, not that. 396 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,600 Okay, so if not that, then what? 397 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:56,600 And be that. 398 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:57,600 Okay. 399 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:05,680 And once we've done all these other things, once we've kind of taken it to God and we 400 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:09,240 made sure it's their own preference and we've got the idea of who we want to be and how 401 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:14,560 we want to be, once we've done all that, our job is to get out of the way. 402 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:19,160 That's actually the last step of empowerment, get out of the way. 403 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:20,400 Why? 404 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:28,000 Because next door, we've got a great group of kids and their leaders and those kids are 405 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,000 your legacy. 406 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,120 Tex, I didn't choose that. 407 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:34,120 I didn't ask for that. 408 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:35,120 I don't want that. 409 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:36,120 Sorry. 410 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:37,920 It's not the way legacy works. 411 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:38,920 You're here. 412 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:39,920 You're here. 413 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:40,920 You're in this building. 414 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:41,920 You're in those kids' lives. 415 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:42,920 They are part of your legacy. 416 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:43,920 That's just not how this works. 417 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:48,520 You don't get to choose. 418 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:54,440 And we have to get out of the way because otherwise that sense of empowerment never comes. 419 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,360 As I was thinking about this, I was like, get out of the way. 420 00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:58,840 I'm going to loop it all around in a sec. 421 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,040 And I was thinking, what if Jesus was still alive now? 422 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,920 Like, what if it had been the 2,000 years and he was still here? 423 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,480 The churches would struggle in a way. 424 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,920 Can you imagine being the intern or the person who does bookings for like every megachurch's 425 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,360 conference, being like, who have we got as our guest speaker? 426 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:15,360 Did you get Jesus? 427 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:17,520 And it's like, I got John Tyson. 428 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,920 And I'm like, I mean, he's pretty good. 429 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,640 Couldn't get Jesus. 430 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:26,040 Like honestly, like people would just stop because it would be constantly like, no, no, 431 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,280 I need this one person to make the call. 432 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:29,280 I need this to happen. 433 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:30,840 And Jesus knew and recognized that. 434 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:31,840 I went, you know what? 435 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,160 It'll be better when I go. 436 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,000 You know, like that is why we get out of the way. 437 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 Of course we know. 438 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,120 Like not being funny. 439 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:40,120 I'm pretty sure. 440 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:41,120 Praise God. 441 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:46,400 I mean, hopefully I know better than what an eight year old might want to do on a Sunday. 442 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:47,400 Right? 443 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:48,400 Maybe. 444 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:49,400 I don't know. 445 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,120 But at some point you have to empower. 446 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:52,120 You have to go. 447 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:53,800 You have to push forward. 448 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,840 You can't lead and push forward. 449 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,640 And these kids can't lead at some point and push forward if they are forever turning and 450 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:04,280 looking behind them to see that sense of approval, forever looking to see if we're trying to catch 451 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,240 them up and put, overtake them again. 452 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:10,040 If that is what they think is going to happen, they are never going to lead. 453 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:11,880 They are never going to feel a sense of entitlement. 454 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,840 They are never going to feel a sense of empowerment. 455 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,760 They're going to be forever just going, I'm waiting for that shoulder to pull me back 456 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:17,760 a step. 457 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,040 That's why you got to get out of the way. 458 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:24,960 David's example and these steps are designed to be a safeguard against us trying to lean 459 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,840 over and put our hand on the steering wheel. 460 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,200 Anybody's ever had their parent teach them to drive? 461 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,880 And that's what we're trying to stop doing. 462 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,760 That we got to remove it, man. 463 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:44,920 Because again, the truth is we are all going to leave a legacy. 464 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:50,760 For most of us, the truth is the most immediate response is that legacy is lived out through 465 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:51,760 children. 466 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,760 That doesn't have to be your children. 467 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,480 It's just lived out through children because that's that next logical step, right? 468 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:01,720 Now, that's some of them will be of blood and some of them will be by choice and some 469 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,360 of them will just be by proximity. 470 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:10,560 So I ask you, what example are you setting and what does it tell them? 471 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:17,000 If David had chosen glory over a solid legacy, what would that have said to Solomon? 472 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,120 He could have justified it because we can always justify it. 473 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:21,120 Right? 474 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:22,680 It's pretty easy. 475 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,160 Every single selfish decision we make, we can justify. 476 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,160 How do I know? 477 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,320 Because I've done it and you've done it. 478 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:31,320 We've all done it. 479 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:32,720 Let me give you the top one. 480 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,640 This is a super specific example, but I think this is one of those things that in today's 481 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,840 culture, everybody just loves to justify away. 482 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:44,320 And that is just the idolization of like the 60 hour work week. 483 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:45,320 Okay? 484 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:50,120 Because if you ask somebody who's doing the big hours, right, the 50, 60, I'm just so 485 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:52,720 busy, I'm just so busy, I'm doing work, just need me a work. 486 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:53,720 It's always the justification. 487 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,400 It's like, I'm providing for my family. 488 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,960 That's all I'm doing. 489 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:58,960 Providing for my family. 490 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,840 Let me tell you, you can provide for your family working 30 hours a week at Woolies. 491 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:07,680 You have to change the definition of what provide looks like. 492 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,160 You can do it. 493 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:10,160 Right? 494 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:15,800 The 60 hours at work are not for your children. 495 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,880 The 60 hours you do at work are for you. 496 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,040 Okay? 497 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,400 It makes you feel important and it makes you feel needed, right? 498 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,480 And that's great. 499 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,920 But the problem is that quite often comes at the expense of the people you're meant 500 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:35,640 to be making feel important and the people that need you. 501 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:41,000 That one example ends up too many people being the greatest defining characteristic of their 502 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,000 legacy. 503 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:48,280 And if you let it, it will. 504 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:55,360 Because if you get to like posthumously define your own legacy, that's awesome. 505 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,360 Guess what? 506 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:58,360 It's not the way it works. 507 00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:00,360 You don't get to do that. 508 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:06,000 Our legacies are born and defined in our choices and our actions that we make every single 509 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,200 day. 510 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:17,760 Our legacy is lived out by us, but it will be written by others. 511 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,640 For most people, it ends up being written by their children. 512 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:28,400 Again, children of birth, children of my blood, children by proximity, children that you choose 513 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:29,640 to have in your life. 514 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,320 What will they say about your life? 515 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,200 What will they say your legacy is? 516 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,840 Because what do you think? 517 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:42,560 What do you think about your own parents, about your grandparents? 518 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:48,920 Did they leave a legacy that made you want to honor and live up to that name? 519 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,800 What do they leave one of those legacies where you go, not that? 520 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:57,080 Anything but that. 521 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,040 The reason we talk about legacy and the reason we talk about generations is the next time 522 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,520 you're reading the Bible and you get to one of those lists of lineage, you know the ones 523 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:09,680 that we all really, really love and we just really hammer down into the details of. 524 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,640 And what I mean is we skim it so we can get to the good stuff. 525 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:14,320 Stop, go back and read it. 526 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,320 And then when you get to the end, stop and go back and read it again. 527 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:19,440 That is not a list of names. 528 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,880 That is a list of generations. 529 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,920 That is a legacy in name form. 530 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,120 That is the ceremonial passing of the torch over and over and over again. 531 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:33,360 Now that ceremonial passing of the torch either happens by choice or it happens by force, 532 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:36,320 but it's coming for each and every single one of us. 533 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,000 Each generational change has its own story to tell. 534 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,800 That's what that list is. 535 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,120 Now we've always got to have our eye on the future. 536 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:46,720 We have to honor our past as part of that. 537 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:47,720 That's how it works. 538 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:48,720 We've got our future, right? 539 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:49,720 We've got our present. 540 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:50,720 We've got our look at the future. 541 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:51,720 We're honoring the past. 542 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:52,720 And why do we do that? 543 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:57,200 Because we worship right now in a space and in a building that we didn't build, in a building 544 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,160 that we don't own, using songs we didn't write. 545 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,320 I mean sometimes there are songs we write, but that just didn't help in my point if I'm 546 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,920 being honest. 547 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,400 Even that, we received a grant to help fund those songs. 548 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,400 So there you go. 549 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:10,400 We didn't pay for them. 550 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,560 Now that happens due to the equipping and the empowerment of other churches. 551 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,000 And one of those churches is an aging church. 552 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:22,360 Let's call it Spada Spade, who meet in this very building. 553 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:26,600 And they prayed and discerned and then ended up desperate to be part, make sure that part 554 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:31,600 of their legacy is a church that is for future generations. 555 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:32,880 Okay? 556 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,800 Now that's beautiful and that is humbling and that's something we just absolutely cannot 557 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:38,480 nor should we ever ignore. 558 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:39,480 Okay? 559 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:43,880 We will never take our friends at Grand G-dining Church for granted because their prayers and 560 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:48,400 their faithfulness are the reason that you are sitting in this building today. 561 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,120 We didn't create that. 562 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:53,440 Now the church exists. 563 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:59,040 This church, this church exists because we got equipped, empowered and released by Encounter 564 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:00,040 Prospect. 565 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,040 Huh? 566 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:07,000 Now that happened because Brant Jones planted a church that equipped, empowered and released 567 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:13,120 Stephanie Hogaeth, who in turn equipped, empowered and released Mike and Jenny Wardrop, who in 568 00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:17,440 turn equipped, empowered and released me and okay, yes, the little foots too, but again, 569 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:22,360 for the sake of today, me, right? 570 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:28,520 Now let me tell you, if that lineage now ends with me, I've failed completely. 571 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,920 Like if that stops here with me, I'm done. 572 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:31,920 I failed. 573 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,440 It's that simple. 574 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:38,360 Now I intend to dedicate my life to equipping, empowering and releasing all of you and all 575 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,480 the people in there and all the kids in there. 576 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:41,640 That's actually my role in this. 577 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:42,640 That's my job. 578 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:43,640 I'm not going to do that in the church. 579 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:44,640 Yeah, absolutely. 580 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:45,640 Sure. 581 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,960 But my job is to make sure that each and every person in this room is equipped, empowered 582 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:48,960 and released. 583 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:49,960 Okay? 584 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:50,960 It's simple. 585 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:51,960 Why? 586 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:56,640 So that the kids in there can do that and then their kids can do that and the next generation 587 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,640 and so on and so on and so on. 588 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,800 They will have their own lineage one day. 589 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,400 So how about you? 590 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,720 Does your legacy include the same promises? 591 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:14,040 If not for the church, how about for your own family, for your own kids? 592 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,160 And the band can probably come back up in a sec because let us never forget that Jesus 593 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,040 was the provider of the greatest act of empowerment of all. 594 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:25,360 He gifted us a plan, a pathway, proximity and then God actually gifted it as his own 595 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:26,360 bride. 596 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:27,360 He gifted us the church. 597 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,120 He left that in our hands, in our stead. 598 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:35,040 Now in Hebrew culture, Jesus' method of teaching produced what became a well-known saying. 599 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,200 And I know this is the point where normally the person up here gets you to try and butcher 600 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:39,200 some Hebrew. 601 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,000 I'm not going to do that to you. 602 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,800 I'm going to do it on your behalf. 603 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:43,800 Okay? 604 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,440 So there was an expression which I'm definitely going to get wrong but is there any Hebrew 605 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:47,440 scholars in the room? 606 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:48,440 Fingers crossed, not. 607 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:49,440 Right? 608 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:53,920 Havel mitabek baffa raglehem. 609 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:59,800 This literally means cover yourself with the dust off their feet. 610 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:06,200 Now the idea of this is that the disciples should follow so closely behind Jesus that 611 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:11,400 their clothes became covered in the dust that kicked off his feet and his sandals. 612 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:18,360 Church, what would our legacy look like as church and as individuals if we allowed ourselves 613 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,840 to be covered in the dust from the feet of the people that journeyed before us? 614 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,920 What would happen if the kids in that room got covered in the dust from your feet because 615 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:29,720 you allowed them and invited them in to be in such close proximity to you that they became 616 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,880 covered in the dust from your feet? 617 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:37,840 But they had the opportunity to see the example of what we want to set in such minute detail 618 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:43,440 and transparency with no outlaws, with no outplan, no turning back. 619 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,120 What happened if they got to see that? 620 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,640 What if the young people who walked through these doors weren't seen as children but they 621 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:56,920 were seen as the future leaders that will one day form the next step of our legacy? 622 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:02,680 The only way they can do that is if you and I empower them to do so. 623 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,720 What if each of you decided to choose one kid and you go, you know what, I'll be the 624 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:07,560 David, they'll be the Solomon? 625 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:09,060 It doesn't matter. 626 00:31:09,060 --> 00:31:10,060 I don't need the glory. 627 00:31:10,060 --> 00:31:11,060 I don't need that. 628 00:31:11,060 --> 00:31:16,760 What I need is to empower them and I need to see the kingdom of God on it. 629 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,080 Jesus entrusted us with his legacy. 630 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,200 He trusted us with his church. 631 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,760 The very same process that King David used Jesus himself used, funnily enough, because 632 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,120 we are resourced. 633 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:32,520 We have been provided with knowledge and then we have been empowered by the Holy Spirit. 634 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:37,120 Matthew 28, 18 to 20 says, And Jesus came and said to them, All authority in heaven 635 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,240 and on earth has been given to me. 636 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:43,920 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and 637 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:48,240 the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. 638 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:55,440 And behold, I am with you always to the end of the age. 639 00:31:55,440 --> 00:32:00,880 You have been filled with the Holy Spirit for this very purpose so that we can take 640 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,280 Jesus' teaching. 641 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:06,760 We can walk with, lead and empower others. 642 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:12,720 And then we transfer that power to them so that the platform that's been built for you 643 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:18,080 can be used for them to build a platform on and then for others to build on and so on 644 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:19,880 until kingdom come. 645 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,240 So now you have a choice. 646 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,440 And what'll it be? 647 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:31,760 Will the legacy you leave be one in which it is marked by selfish pursuit of glory or 648 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:37,280 one in which you continually humble yourself before God? 649 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:45,280 The future generation are watching our every move. 650 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:49,520 What legacy are you leaving them to follow? 651 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:50,520 Let's pray. 652 00:32:50,520 --> 00:33:00,960 Heavenly Father, we are just so thankful for a God that just wants to journey with us. 653 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,160 That wants to empower us. 654 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:14,360 That wants to do nothing but enrich our lives, to lift us up. 655 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:18,320 You can do this on your own and you just don't want to. 656 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:25,800 Father, may we never take for granted what has come before us and what it is that will 657 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:27,840 leave in our wake. 658 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:33,040 May we always turn our attention towards you. 659 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:39,560 May our eyes always be upwards, not forwards. 660 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:47,400 May this church, congregation, relationships with each other and these children that we 661 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,000 have, Father. 662 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,760 May they just always honour you. 663 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,920 May you have your hand over us all. 664 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:56,920 Amen. 665 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:57,920 Amen.