WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000 message today is I'm so so grateful to God to 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.179 come into and to share it with you and I just 00:00:07.179 --> 00:00:12.240 pray that it's as impactful as as as God has 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:14.939 just stirred my spirit up to see I'll just pray 00:00:14.939 --> 00:00:17.359 we experienced the fruit of it in this moment 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:20.660 but week week week one we started with let's 00:00:20.660 --> 00:00:23.940 get loud right and so this week we're gonna talk 00:00:23.940 --> 00:00:29.820 about can you see what God is doing Can you see 00:00:29.820 --> 00:00:32.420 what God is doing? And what do you mean by Pastor 00:00:32.420 --> 00:00:37.100 Brian? We can see what God is doing You can't 00:00:37.100 --> 00:00:41.619 help but start to praise him but seeing what 00:00:41.619 --> 00:00:46.299 God is doing and It is not as Automatic as we 00:00:46.299 --> 00:00:49.899 may want it to be the Bible tells us that behold. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.539 I'm doing a new thing Will you not perceive it 00:00:53.539 --> 00:00:56.100 which lets us know you can miss what God is doing. 00:00:56.219 --> 00:01:00.310 You can miss God could be moving, changing things, 00:01:00.670 --> 00:01:03.210 shifting things right in front of you, and you 00:01:03.210 --> 00:01:06.030 not perceive it. But we know that that is not 00:01:06.030 --> 00:01:08.430 the design that God has for us, but God wants 00:01:08.430 --> 00:01:11.129 us to see everything that he's doing. So look 00:01:11.129 --> 00:01:14.310 at your neighbor and say, hey neighbor, can you 00:01:14.310 --> 00:01:20.930 see what God is doing? And I pray that by the 00:01:20.930 --> 00:01:23.069 end of this message that anything that could 00:01:23.069 --> 00:01:25.909 be withholding your ability to see what God is 00:01:25.909 --> 00:01:28.170 doing in your life I pray that the Spirit of 00:01:28.170 --> 00:01:30.969 God removes whatever that is and you leave here 00:01:30.969 --> 00:01:34.730 with clear sight and say I can see what God is 00:01:34.730 --> 00:01:38.269 Doing let's just flip that we said can you let's 00:01:38.269 --> 00:01:42.430 just what no no I Love it y 'all right here with 00:01:42.430 --> 00:01:46.969 me The question was can you see what God is doing 00:01:47.659 --> 00:01:50.260 The goal would be by the time we leave this message 00:01:50.260 --> 00:01:55.260 is you to look at you. Hey neighbor, I Can see 00:01:55.260 --> 00:02:02.120 what God is doing I Can see him I can see him 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:07.359 whoo, I can see him getting excited But we'll 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:10.039 start at verse 15 and we will finish chapter 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:17.900 1 today in faith You know what, I'm gonna go 00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:22.960 up to 13. But it says, in him, you also, when 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:26.060 you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your 00:02:26.060 --> 00:02:30.860 salvation, and believed in him were sealed with 00:02:30.860 --> 00:02:33.699 the promise, Holy Spirit, say, hey neighbor, 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:41.020 you are sealed. And this is important because 00:02:41.020 --> 00:02:44.460 when we start to talk about, Seeing what God 00:02:44.460 --> 00:02:48.860 is doing. You have to see a finished work is 00:02:48.860 --> 00:02:52.569 that foundation and so what? Paul is giving credence 00:02:52.569 --> 00:02:57.229 to here, are bringing to our mind or to our hearts 00:02:57.229 --> 00:03:00.090 more, most importantly, is that when you believe, 00:03:00.150 --> 00:03:03.770 when you said, I am saved, I believe Jesus died 00:03:03.770 --> 00:03:07.810 and rose again, through that confession, at that 00:03:07.810 --> 00:03:12.729 moment, you became sealed with the promised Holy 00:03:12.729 --> 00:03:16.490 Spirit, right? So saved, sealed. Look at neighbor 00:03:16.490 --> 00:03:23.969 say, saved, sealed. Saved and sealed I'm God 00:03:23.969 --> 00:03:28.689 keep going Who is verse 14 so right? That's a 00:03:28.689 --> 00:03:33.629 thought right who is the guarantee of our inheritance 00:03:33.629 --> 00:03:37.409 until we acquire Possession of it to the praise 00:03:37.409 --> 00:03:40.590 of his glory verse 14 Paul then says hey you 00:03:40.590 --> 00:03:43.189 were saved now you are sealed I'm hearing myself 00:03:43.189 --> 00:03:50.969 somewhere But um But you were saved then Through 00:03:50.969 --> 00:03:54.009 that, you were sealed by the Holy Spirit, but 00:03:54.009 --> 00:03:57.370 not only are you sealed by the Holy Spirit, but 00:03:57.370 --> 00:04:00.990 that sealing is representation of a guarantee. 00:04:01.669 --> 00:04:04.650 What is that guarantee? That you have eternal 00:04:04.650 --> 00:04:09.409 life. Say, hey, neighbor. I have eternal life. 00:04:09.550 --> 00:04:15.930 It's been sealed. It's sealed. Much like a container, 00:04:16.370 --> 00:04:21.519 you know. that depending on how they seal something 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:25.160 determines how long it can be preserved. A weak 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:27.600 seal won't lead to something being preserved 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:31.939 for a long time. But you could put a seal around 00:04:31.939 --> 00:04:34.720 something and it can be preserved for a very 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:36.879 long time. I don't know if many of you guys noticed, 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:39.699 but yesterday they were sealing a time capsule 00:04:39.699 --> 00:04:42.000 and they were saying, we don't want this open 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:44.399 for another 250 years. Any of y 'all saw that? 00:04:45.420 --> 00:04:48.220 Thank y 'all for paying attention to the world 00:04:48.220 --> 00:04:52.259 around us But if you saw it, they didn't just 00:04:52.259 --> 00:04:57.420 put it in a Ziploc baggie If it's going to last 00:04:57.420 --> 00:05:01.339 250 years there must be something, a way it's 00:05:01.339 --> 00:05:04.540 done so that it's guaranteed survive the journey, 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:07.040 right? So they took it and they made sure it 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:10.279 was airtight, because if liquid gets in, it can 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:12.920 harm what's inside of it. They made sure how 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:15.639 deep it was dug. They made sure that what it 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:18.199 was made out of could last that time. Now you 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:19.899 would think, why couldn't they just put it in 00:05:19.899 --> 00:05:21.819 the ground? Well, if you're talking about 250 00:05:21.819 --> 00:05:25.600 years, you have to put it in the ground in a 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:28.860 way that it can survive all types of things. 00:05:28.620 --> 00:05:32.259 So when the Bible speaks of you being sealed 00:05:32.259 --> 00:05:34.920 by the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit being 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:38.100 a guarantee, it's saying that this is what was 00:05:38.100 --> 00:05:42.199 necessary so that your eternal life would never 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:45.399 be in question. Because the Holy Spirit is the 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:48.420 greatest seal you could have to God being on 00:05:48.420 --> 00:05:51.620 your side. That the Holy Spirit represents God 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:55.060 Himself living on the inside of you. And if God 00:05:55.060 --> 00:05:56.759 moved on the inside of you, look at your neighbor 00:05:56.759 --> 00:06:03.649 saying, Check it out. He sealed himself in there. 00:06:07.430 --> 00:06:09.509 Often tell people sometimes when you pass away, 00:06:09.550 --> 00:06:11.649 you just bring God back where he already put 00:06:11.649 --> 00:06:15.629 in you. Some of y 'all will catch that. God, 00:06:15.730 --> 00:06:18.910 I'm bringing back what you put in me. When I 00:06:18.910 --> 00:06:24.490 got saved, you moved in. Now I'm returning with 00:06:24.490 --> 00:06:29.319 what you sealed me with. That's how we can experience 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:32.779 heaven here on earth heaven lives in you I'm 00:06:32.779 --> 00:06:34.399 gonna have y 'all some y 'all didn't catch that 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:38.759 it's how we can experience Heavenly realities 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:41.879 in this physical world is because heaven lives 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:44.899 on the inside looking every say hey neighbor 00:06:44.899 --> 00:06:51.860 heaven lives in you Haha y 'all wanna hear something 00:06:51.860 --> 00:07:01.360 heaven is sealed in you I often get into arguments 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:03.399 with people theological arguments. There's like 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:05.399 can you lose your salvation? I said, well, do 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:11.160 you know how to undo the seal? You would need 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:15.740 you would need to know how to undo the seal in 00:07:15.740 --> 00:07:19.139 order to it to take what was secured and make 00:07:19.139 --> 00:07:25.740 it insecure Mmm, but this is important that you 00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:30.790 see this because this is that finished word You 00:07:30.790 --> 00:07:32.750 know what I don't like? This is not even part 00:07:32.750 --> 00:07:35.949 of my message. But it is so wrong, but some of 00:07:35.949 --> 00:07:37.370 y 'all just need to hear this, because you know 00:07:37.370 --> 00:07:39.750 what people think? They think their behavior 00:07:39.750 --> 00:07:43.569 unseals you. But he sealed you so your behavior 00:07:43.569 --> 00:07:49.449 can't undo what he did. That was the whole point. 00:07:50.129 --> 00:07:52.810 Jesus was sent so you could no longer get in 00:07:52.810 --> 00:07:56.569 the way. So how could you now disrupt what he 00:07:56.569 --> 00:07:58.750 sealed so that you couldn't even mess it up? 00:07:59.310 --> 00:08:08.110 Y 'all hear what I'm saying It's like putting 00:08:08.110 --> 00:08:12.209 a child lock on a piece of medicine You know, 00:08:12.370 --> 00:08:14.350 they put a little child lock so the kid can't 00:08:14.350 --> 00:08:18.149 get in it. They don't know how to Get it out 00:08:18.149 --> 00:08:28.759 It's been sealed You've been sealed It's important 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:31.819 that you see this because what you understand 00:08:31.819 --> 00:08:37.559 is this is all done so that you can stop interpreting 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:41.440 life through the lens of God not being for you. 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:46.980 Because if you start to think that somehow God 00:08:46.980 --> 00:08:50.519 is out to get you, then you'll start to perceive 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:53.299 what's in front of you as him trying to get you. 00:08:53.620 --> 00:08:56.289 And I tell people God doesn't. punish people, 00:08:56.490 --> 00:09:00.289 he prunes people. What is punishment? Punishment 00:09:00.289 --> 00:09:03.710 is when I am correcting you without vision of 00:09:03.710 --> 00:09:07.769 your future. Pruning is me adjusting you because 00:09:07.769 --> 00:09:12.389 I know what you can become. Can you perceive 00:09:12.389 --> 00:09:15.970 and see what God is doing? God knows what he's 00:09:15.970 --> 00:09:19.330 doing with you. So anything that comes to you, 00:09:19.549 --> 00:09:23.029 Right comes to you that makes you adjust that's 00:09:23.029 --> 00:09:26.029 not punishment. That's not that's that's pruning 00:09:26.029 --> 00:09:29.509 It's for your good and you understand that certain 00:09:29.509 --> 00:09:33.070 trees have to be seasonally prune Looks at this. 00:09:33.070 --> 00:09:41.750 Hey neighbor You are seasonally prune Every year 00:09:41.750 --> 00:09:44.379 there should be something you're working on The 00:09:44.379 --> 00:09:46.679 fact that I have something to work on isn't evidence 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:49.100 that I'm going in the wrong direction. It's evidence 00:09:49.100 --> 00:09:51.480 that I'm headed in the right direction. The Bible 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:55.200 describes God as a loving father who does not 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:58.519 withhold what is necessary so that you can become 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.460 to your full potential. He's not like your earthly 00:10:01.460 --> 00:10:03.759 father. Your earthly father would correct you 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:06.320 through convenience. Your heavenly father corrects 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:09.899 you based on what's promised. If your earthly 00:10:09.899 --> 00:10:12.559 father is tired, you may get a couple a cup, 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:15.820 you know a couple lashes If you scream too long, 00:10:15.820 --> 00:10:21.740 I'm getting emotional it hurts Your heavenly 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:27.320 father's like pain don't last always I Can heal 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:34.539 anything is broken There's nothing like when 00:10:34.539 --> 00:10:36.580 you to punish and the physician I know what I 00:10:36.580 --> 00:10:45.730 can fix He said who is the guarantee of our inheritance 00:10:45.730 --> 00:10:50.509 until we acquire possession of it to the praise 00:10:50.509 --> 00:10:55.509 of his glory. So he's also wanting us to live 00:10:55.509 --> 00:11:01.909 as though we have a reward after life here on 00:11:01.909 --> 00:11:07.470 earth. The term inheritance speaks of set aside 00:11:07.470 --> 00:11:12.100 for an appointed time. Set aside for an appointed 00:11:12.100 --> 00:11:16.120 time and and when you know you have an inheritance 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:24.440 How you treat every day should change? Just think 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:28.279 about in the natural sense that if You knew you 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:32.059 had an inheritance and this inheritance Kicked 00:11:32.059 --> 00:11:37.659 in once you hit the age 55 you treat 40 54 different 00:11:39.319 --> 00:11:44.220 Cuz I'm almost there You if someone calls you 00:11:44.220 --> 00:11:45.919 and says hey you just got fired you like, you 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:47.399 know I could just live at somebody else for a 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:54.940 year that ain't too long How you how you treat 00:11:54.940 --> 00:12:00.019 problem changes How you adjust to what's happening 00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:04.259 around you changes so he's not He's not saying 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:07.379 you have an inheritance waiting on you so that 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:10.240 you can just put hope in the future. He's wanting 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:14.299 you to perceive today differently. He's wanting 00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:18.200 you to shape this truth and allow it to change 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:23.259 how you act tomorrow. In the same way of some, 00:12:23.259 --> 00:12:26.440 I mean, say it again. If someone told you when 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:29.419 you turn 55, you have a million dollars coming 00:12:29.419 --> 00:12:35.340 your way. If you get fired at 54, From a $35 00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:42.019 ,000 a year job You going out stressing you worried 00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:52.100 you concerned No, some of y 'all they pass what 00:12:52.100 --> 00:12:57.059 you talking about they fired me I quit Soon as 00:12:57.059 --> 00:13:03.129 I found out it was coming I quit Quit at 44 knowing 00:13:03.129 --> 00:13:12.730 it was coming at 54 Why why why because I have 00:13:12.730 --> 00:13:17.289 taken ownership of what's to come and So when 00:13:17.289 --> 00:13:20.210 we talk about living from a finished work is 00:13:20.210 --> 00:13:23.889 saying I'm taking ownership of what's to come 00:13:23.889 --> 00:13:28.669 in my today, that I am shaping what I see based 00:13:28.669 --> 00:13:35.409 on what I already know is settled. Amen, amen. 00:13:40.690 --> 00:13:46.450 He says, for this reason, because I have heard 00:13:46.450 --> 00:13:50.340 of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and your love 00:13:50.340 --> 00:13:56.940 towards all the saints, I do not cease to give 00:13:56.940 --> 00:14:02.159 thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers." 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:07.360 So what Paul is starting to say, he's listing 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:10.840 qualifiers for what he's about to say. The most 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:13.120 important thing for you to understand about what 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.259 he's saying is, is I've observed the condition 00:14:16.259 --> 00:14:25.309 of your heart. I see how you are. He said, I 00:14:25.309 --> 00:14:28.350 see your faith in the Lord. I see your love towards 00:14:28.350 --> 00:14:32.230 the saints. So I don't cease to give thanks for 00:14:32.230 --> 00:14:36.070 you. Remembering you in my prayers that the God 00:14:36.070 --> 00:14:39.340 of our Lord Jesus Christ. The father of glory 00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:42.600 may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:46.440 in the knowledge of him. Let me put this in context, 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:48.559 because part of what we've been learning to do 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.740 is become a better community. And he's shaping 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:54.159 how we should interact with each other, that 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:56.519 we often see brothers and sisters in the faith. 00:14:56.940 --> 00:14:59.840 Man, your heart ever cried out towards somebody 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:02.620 that they are just doing the right thing, but 00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:07.549 there's not a lot of good things happening. That 00:15:07.549 --> 00:15:11.169 that it's man. I see you You're keeping the faith. 00:15:11.250 --> 00:15:14.490 I see you. You're praying. I see you. You're 00:15:14.490 --> 00:15:18.409 praising. I see you. My heart goes out towards 00:15:18.409 --> 00:15:21.950 you because I see you are as remaining faithful, 00:15:21.950 --> 00:15:25.090 although there are many unsettling things in 00:15:25.090 --> 00:15:27.450 your life. I just want to put you in the context 00:15:27.450 --> 00:15:30.090 of this. This is what Paul is speaking about 00:15:30.090 --> 00:15:33.230 them. He's saying, I know it's been long. I know 00:15:33.230 --> 00:15:37.529 it's been a lot. I know, I know I get it. I get 00:15:37.529 --> 00:15:40.289 it. You have done what's right. You've been loving 00:15:40.289 --> 00:15:43.710 on people, you've been praying, praising, so 00:15:43.710 --> 00:15:46.490 you've been doing all the things yet you have 00:15:46.490 --> 00:15:51.289 not yet to materialize or see what God is doing 00:15:51.289 --> 00:15:57.970 for you. Is that all right? Can we talk? And 00:15:57.970 --> 00:16:01.169 so he prays, this is a prayer. He said, I pray 00:16:01.169 --> 00:16:05.370 that you can begin to discern the wisdom of what 00:16:05.370 --> 00:16:10.620 God is doing. Woo, you gotta hear this. I'm gonna 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:13.940 read it again. He says, I do not cease to give 00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:16.240 thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:18.919 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:22.820 of glory may give you the spirit of wisdom and 00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:25.720 revelation and the knowledge of Him having the 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:29.700 eyes of your hearts. enlightened that you may 00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:32.480 know what is the hope to which he has called 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:35.340 you, what the riches of his glorious inheritance 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:38.360 is in the saints." So what is Paul praying? Is 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:41.080 he praying that God open up the windows of heaven 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:43.379 and pour out a blessing that there ain't room 00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:46.539 to receive? Is he praying that you receive breakthrough 00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:49.120 and you get that thing you've been praying about? 00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:51.799 Is he praying that your job changes? Is he praying 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:53.960 that your career changes? Is he praying that 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:56.299 your family changes? He's not praying for any 00:16:56.299 --> 00:16:58.370 of those things. What he's actually praying is 00:16:58.370 --> 00:17:01.870 that you grow in wisdom to see what God is doing. 00:17:02.570 --> 00:17:05.849 He's actually praying that your eyes are enlightened, 00:17:06.130 --> 00:17:10.289 that your heart becomes aware of what God is 00:17:10.289 --> 00:17:13.009 doing. Paul doesn't take a posture of God's not 00:17:13.009 --> 00:17:16.109 doing nothing. He says, no, no, in every season, 00:17:16.130 --> 00:17:18.970 God is doing something. The problem is we can't 00:17:18.970 --> 00:17:22.569 always see what God is doing. So I pray that 00:17:22.569 --> 00:17:27.190 your eyes become open to what God is doing. I 00:17:27.190 --> 00:17:30.789 pray that your eyes become exposed, that wisdom 00:17:30.789 --> 00:17:34.069 grows, your knowledge of Him increases so that 00:17:34.069 --> 00:17:36.549 you can see what God is doing, because to say 00:17:36.549 --> 00:17:39.049 He's doing nothing would make you a liar, because 00:17:39.049 --> 00:17:42.990 God is always working together everything for 00:17:42.990 --> 00:17:46.009 your good. You can't see it, but He's doing it. 00:17:46.009 --> 00:17:48.789 You can't recognize it, but it's happening. You 00:17:48.789 --> 00:17:51.069 don't feel like it, but it's going on. So I'm 00:17:51.069 --> 00:17:52.890 not praying for breakthrough. I'm praying that 00:17:52.890 --> 00:17:56.650 your eyes can see what He's doing. God is not 00:17:56.650 --> 00:17:59.869 withholding any good or beneficial thing from 00:17:59.869 --> 00:18:03.250 you. God is moving right now. Oh, I'm getting 00:18:03.250 --> 00:18:06.869 excited. Because this is the message to us today. 00:18:07.170 --> 00:18:08.829 I know many of y 'all walked in like, God, I 00:18:08.829 --> 00:18:10.650 pray you break through tomorrow. And God's like, 00:18:10.730 --> 00:18:15.589 I pray you see what I'm doing right now. You 00:18:15.589 --> 00:18:17.809 ain't for me to break through. I've already broke 00:18:17.809 --> 00:18:21.390 through You you have to now take off the scales 00:18:21.390 --> 00:18:24.450 that are stopping you from seeing what i'm doing 00:18:24.450 --> 00:18:28.069 Right now because if you can't see me now, you're 00:18:28.069 --> 00:18:39.309 not gonna see me then Look at them say god is 00:18:39.309 --> 00:18:46.500 doing a new thing. Can you see it? He's doing 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:51.380 it, can you see it? He's doing it, can you see 00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:54.980 it? It's never his doing, it's our seeing that 00:18:54.980 --> 00:19:06.140 has the problem. So he prays, open up their hearts. 00:19:06.509 --> 00:19:10.150 open up their eyes. Let them see God. Let them 00:19:10.150 --> 00:19:13.410 not get weary and well -doing. Let them continue 00:19:13.410 --> 00:19:16.450 to be fervent. Let them continue to be patient. 00:19:16.750 --> 00:19:22.930 Let them see what I'm doing. This is prayer. 00:19:25.869 --> 00:19:27.829 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened that 00:19:27.829 --> 00:19:30.569 you may know what is the hope to which he has 00:19:30.569 --> 00:19:34.430 called you what What are the riches of his glorious 00:19:34.430 --> 00:19:38.569 inheritance to the saint and what is? immeasurable 00:19:38.569 --> 00:19:42.009 Greatness of his power towards us who believe 00:19:42.009 --> 00:19:44.670 he's perceived. He's hoping that you can see 00:19:44.670 --> 00:19:50.569 the power that is working on your behalf He says 00:19:50.569 --> 00:19:58.000 to the same measure at which his great might 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:02.019 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:08.759 the dead and seated him at his right hand in 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:13.839 heavenly places, far above. Here we go, verse 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:20.000 21 of Getcha. He said, far above all rule and 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:23.759 all and authority and power and dominion and 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:27.579 above ever. name that is named not only in this 00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:31.660 age but also in the one to come not only in this 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:35.460 age but also in the one to come that he is seated 00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:40.000 in authority all power over all things on heaven 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:43.539 and all things on earth that it is governed by 00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:48.789 Christ himself That all things in both above 00:20:48.789 --> 00:20:52.549 and beneath all things in heaven and on earth 00:20:52.549 --> 00:20:55.930 are governed by Christ What is he challenging 00:20:55.930 --> 00:20:58.809 us to do to never take Christ out the picture? 00:20:59.099 --> 00:21:03.480 Cause all things are governed. All things are 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:07.420 under his power, under his authority, under his 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:10.700 rule, under his reign on both heaven and earth. 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:12.900 What does that mean? That means if you can't 00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:14.759 see God, it doesn't mean cause he's not there. 00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:23.400 Cause all things are under his power, under his 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:28.210 authority. And he is seated next to God. Interceding 00:21:28.210 --> 00:21:31.170 on the behalf of the believer saying the blood 00:21:31.170 --> 00:21:34.329 still covers them you can ooh I'm getting ahead 00:21:34.329 --> 00:21:37.009 of myself, but I'm getting excited cuz we almost 00:21:37.009 --> 00:21:39.849 there He says then he put all things look 22 00:21:39.849 --> 00:21:43.589 and he put all things Under his feet and gave 00:21:43.589 --> 00:21:48.089 him as head over what all things to the church 00:21:48.089 --> 00:21:51.369 Which is his body the fullness of him who feels 00:21:51.369 --> 00:21:58.980 all He's saying so he's over all Rules are fills 00:21:58.980 --> 00:22:10.619 are He's in all Can you see What God is doing 00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:15.420 Now pastor, this is bad news. Can you see? What 00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:17.839 God is doing? No, this report ain't good. Can 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:22.799 you see? Because he is in all things governs 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:35.299 all things over all things Nothing happens that's 00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:41.400 outside of heaven's reign. Nothing. I know this 00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:45.259 challenges us, but it challenges us to do what? 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:50.480 Pray that God opens up. God, I don't understand 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:55.339 why that person is in authority, but open up 00:22:55.339 --> 00:23:05.150 my eyes. Give me the wisdom to discern why you 00:23:05.150 --> 00:23:13.589 are allowing this He doesn't give us a space 00:23:13.589 --> 00:23:21.089 to say that ain't God Whoa What a minute wait 00:23:21.089 --> 00:23:26.029 a minute we love to say that ain't God he doesn't 00:23:26.029 --> 00:23:31.140 give space to a that ain't God He gives a challenge 00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:36.460 to see God, even when you don't like what you're 00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:43.640 seeing. He gives an invitation to trust him, 00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:47.599 even when you don't like what you're seeing, 00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:50.900 but he does not give you the authority to say 00:23:50.900 --> 00:24:00.269 it ain't him. He's challenging us. To go deeper 00:24:00.269 --> 00:24:04.170 in our knowledge of God He's challenging us to 00:24:04.170 --> 00:24:08.329 anytime. I can't see you. It's not a you. It's 00:24:08.329 --> 00:24:14.170 a me Y 'all just say something with me just say 00:24:14.170 --> 00:24:20.990 it to yourself God open up my eyes of understanding 00:24:20.990 --> 00:24:26.549 I Know there's some things you walked in here 00:24:26.549 --> 00:24:29.180 wondering God is this you This should be your 00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:35.380 prayer. God, I know you're in it. You cannot 00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:40.279 be in it. I know you have authority over. Open 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:46.900 up my eyes. Grow me in the knowledge of who you 00:24:46.900 --> 00:25:01.650 are so that I can see you. But Paul covers three 00:25:01.650 --> 00:25:05.289 core principles of our finished work. Seated, 00:25:05.710 --> 00:25:11.589 sealed, and settled. That we must see Christ 00:25:11.589 --> 00:25:18.690 as seated. We must see ourselves as sealed. And 00:25:18.690 --> 00:25:22.369 we must see everything concerning our lives as 00:25:22.369 --> 00:25:25.430 settled. Because it's all under his authority. 00:25:26.910 --> 00:25:29.660 There's nothing in your life that God doesn't 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:37.299 govern. I'm gonna let that sit for a moment, 00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:40.480 because we love to say you messed it up. His 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:51.079 grace is sufficient. His mercy endures. You can 00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:54.400 either take that statement and cast it out or 00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:59.079 use that truth to reshape what you see. Choice 00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:02.740 is yours. You can say past Brian you crazy fine 00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:09.460 stay sad Fine stay frustrated stay mad stay unsettled 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:21.180 But as for me I'm seated Boy the joy of the Lord 00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:27.599 is like a flowing river in my life Why because 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:36.500 I refuse to remove God from my life. Good decisions, 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:40.339 bad decisions, great outcomes, bad outcomes. 00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:46.059 It doesn't matter. He's seated. I'm sealed. So 00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:56.250 everything that concerns me is settled. Look 00:26:56.250 --> 00:26:59.630 at your neighbor, say, it's settled. And then 00:26:59.630 --> 00:27:01.069 look at him and say, hey, I'm talking about, 00:27:01.950 --> 00:27:05.230 look, keep talking to him. I'm talking about 00:27:05.230 --> 00:27:10.349 that thing you're worried about. It's settled. 00:27:14.369 --> 00:27:18.890 If he be seated and you be sealed, all things 00:27:18.890 --> 00:27:27.019 are settled. He's walking us through these theological 00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:29.920 principles that are a core foundation to our 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:32.759 finished work and how we move as people of faith 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:45.519 Seated sealed settled Truth is we don't just 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:48.299 fill our hearts with the future. Hope we fill 00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:51.559 our eyes with the present god That's what he's 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:54.980 trying to get us to do is You have to fill your 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:58.559 eyes with the present God. I think one of the 00:27:58.559 --> 00:28:00.880 most powerful things that Paul says here, which 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:04.160 really should agitate you just a little bit, 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:08.779 it says having the eyes of your heart enlightened. 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:12.460 See, the thing about the heart, a heart is a 00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:15.480 controversial topic in the church. Many people 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:18.960 are under the belief that your heart is of evil 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:22.509 and it has no hope. But Paul is actually challenging 00:28:22.509 --> 00:28:26.349 that very set of theological belief that your 00:28:26.349 --> 00:28:31.730 heart is forever ruined That what happened to 00:28:31.730 --> 00:28:34.329 you will forever be a part of how you shape what 00:28:34.329 --> 00:28:37.950 you see No, no, no. He's coming against the very 00:28:37.950 --> 00:28:41.490 thing that people have Wrongfully theologically 00:28:41.490 --> 00:28:43.849 said that it is irrelevant to your faith and 00:28:43.849 --> 00:28:48.549 he's saying no I Know you know your spirit the 00:28:48.549 --> 00:28:52.309 spirit is his I know you know your mind is being 00:28:52.309 --> 00:28:55.009 renewed, but many of y 'all still believe that 00:28:55.009 --> 00:28:57.930 your heart has been damaged and so you can't 00:28:57.930 --> 00:29:02.269 do nothing about it. It's the result of your 00:29:02.269 --> 00:29:04.369 decisions, it's the result of what people have 00:29:04.369 --> 00:29:06.710 done to you, that there are things inside of 00:29:06.710 --> 00:29:12.329 you that you are just, can't get past. It hurt 00:29:12.329 --> 00:29:19.569 me. They hurt me. It hurt me. I'm damaged. How 00:29:19.569 --> 00:29:22.549 I treat people, interact with people, interface 00:29:22.549 --> 00:29:27.809 with people is forever going to be tainted because 00:29:27.809 --> 00:29:33.910 God can't do nothing with this. I'll remind you 00:29:33.910 --> 00:29:39.849 the words of David. Lord, creating me a clean 00:29:39.849 --> 00:29:45.509 heart, renewing me a right spirit. Paul is also 00:29:45.509 --> 00:29:49.250 acknowledging. that same process at that point, 00:29:49.750 --> 00:29:53.410 and said, may their hearts be flooded and filled 00:29:53.410 --> 00:30:00.130 with you. May God continually and perpetually 00:30:00.130 --> 00:30:04.369 purge you from the pain. May he continue to heal 00:30:04.369 --> 00:30:08.190 you from what happened. A lot of our unanswered 00:30:08.190 --> 00:30:10.470 questions about what's going on are actually 00:30:10.470 --> 00:30:23.559 stored in our heart. The heart does describe 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:26.599 that one space that many people don't wanna hear. 00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:31.180 It's not what you said, it's how you said it. 00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:35.579 That you find out that the heart rules expression. 00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:38.559 Matter of fact, Jesus says out of the abundance 00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:43.859 of the heart, the mouth speaks. That it controls 00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:48.160 and it dictates what is expressed. That truthfully 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:51.819 you can believe a thing. But if your heart remains 00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:55.319 disconnected, it will be hard for you to even 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:59.180 speak what you believe. I ain't talking to myself. 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:03.460 That many of you guys truthfully allow the pain 00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:06.460 of your past to control the confession you have 00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:12.900 today. You allow your present conditions to stop 00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:15.079 the confession of faith God has given to you. 00:31:16.730 --> 00:31:20.269 You you're allowing people's perception of how 00:31:20.269 --> 00:31:22.750 they will feel about what you said and how many 00:31:22.750 --> 00:31:24.890 times you said it before and nothing happened 00:31:24.890 --> 00:31:28.589 I'm gonna wait this time till I get some evidence. 00:31:28.910 --> 00:31:32.509 What are you talking about? The just shall live 00:31:32.509 --> 00:31:37.029 by faith You holding my past failures against 00:31:37.029 --> 00:31:42.609 me is your problem not mine How you change perception 00:31:42.609 --> 00:31:45.890 of me based on my past is your problem not mine 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:48.380 It's time that you put the problem in the right 00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:52.579 place And you thinking that you can outwork people's 00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:56.140 perception of you is crazy If they have decided 00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:59.680 that you are a failure Let let let god be true 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:05.940 and every man be a liar. I could care less I'm 00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:09.099 gonna say it to this side. You just I could care 00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:20.460 less I believe God says, and shout it from the 00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:26.660 top of the mountain until he bring me home. I'm 00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:37.259 not gonna stop. I'm not gonna stop. I'ma keep 00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:42.359 saying it as he said it to me. I'ma keep speaking 00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:45.960 it as confidently as I see the work is finished. 00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:54.579 God is what it is. What that sound like to y 00:32:54.579 --> 00:33:00.960 'all? Settled. I'm not gonna let my heart determine 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:07.000 how I respond to who God is. You believe it in 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:11.079 your mind, but it is your heart that has you 00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:17.599 half -stepping and half -speaking and shy, discouraging. 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:27.579 And he says, I pray that God take that heart 00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:32.420 and enlightens it with the understanding of who 00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:49.309 he is. I'll never forget this. I've never shared 00:33:49.309 --> 00:33:51.490 this from the pulpit. I've shared this to people 00:33:51.490 --> 00:33:56.910 privately, when it's important. And I just felt 00:33:56.910 --> 00:33:58.549 the Spirit of the Lord say, it's okay, you can 00:33:58.549 --> 00:34:12.750 share it now. Some of the greatest battles that 00:34:12.750 --> 00:34:16.250 I faced in order to be where I'm standing right 00:34:16.250 --> 00:34:22.000 now, no one ever saw. I'm saying this not so 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:24.179 you can think about me. I want you to think about 00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:29.179 you as I'm talking about this. And so it's hard 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:32.880 for people to see that I belong here because 00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:35.059 they weren't there for the battles that got me 00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:42.719 here. And if I'm being honest, the battles that 00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:45.760 got me here aren't even battles you would even 00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:50.139 share or shout from the mountaintops. The actual 00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:54.500 struggles aren't things that are popular to talk 00:34:54.500 --> 00:35:03.980 about in church. The victories that I'm most 00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:08.920 proud of aren't the ones that you would write 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:16.579 a post about. And I look back and I say, man, 00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:18.480 God, I didn't know that was what you was doing. 00:35:20.230 --> 00:35:25.889 I know. I can look back now and realize why that 00:35:25.889 --> 00:35:31.369 was what it was, but... In the midst of it... 00:35:31.369 --> 00:35:39.510 So what happened, Pastor Bryan? Um, and y 'all 00:35:39.510 --> 00:35:41.489 forgive me for the dates. It's not the dates 00:35:41.489 --> 00:35:46.110 that's important, but the timing of things. Um, 00:35:46.210 --> 00:35:52.550 I was in college. Truly truly believed that I 00:35:52.550 --> 00:35:55.550 that God had called me to be a designer and architect 00:35:55.550 --> 00:35:58.469 So I went to USF and signed up to be an architect 00:35:58.469 --> 00:36:04.349 and engineer And First semester I could just 00:36:04.349 --> 00:36:09.869 tell like something something something it I 00:36:09.869 --> 00:36:14.889 Called up my mom and I said I'll just expedite 00:36:14.889 --> 00:36:17.429 this to so I can get to the part. I said mom 00:36:17.429 --> 00:36:20.199 God just told me that The church needs some help 00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:22.219 and I'm supposed to help she could tell you I 00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:23.519 thought it was like I was supposed to go out 00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:27.039 there and come up here move some boxes and Something 00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:33.400 like that That's what I thought The truth of 00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:37.199 the matter is I never saw the destiny of my life 00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:41.340 connected to this building So I would go up and 00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:45.579 do whatever I was asked to do But I didn't really 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:49.530 see myself as woven into the future of it. This 00:36:49.530 --> 00:36:51.369 is how far back I'm dating. I'm just coming out 00:36:51.369 --> 00:36:53.929 of college. I was like, I'm going to be an architect. 00:36:56.630 --> 00:36:59.170 At that time, I was trained to be a professional 00:36:59.170 --> 00:37:01.670 golfer. And I was on the side of, you know, I'm 00:37:01.670 --> 00:37:03.769 going to help the church by giving big offerings. 00:37:05.130 --> 00:37:09.809 Anybody ever been in that category? So that would 00:37:09.809 --> 00:37:14.150 be my thing. Once I pop off as a professional 00:37:14.150 --> 00:37:17.280 golfer, you know, My parents will never have 00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:19.460 to worry about asking people to sew again cuz 00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:22.659 I got you and I figured that's my service to 00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:27.460 the kingdom I'm just saying this as a son watching 00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:35.119 my parents and so She says yeah, I'll come up 00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:37.639 I went to her I said so what do you want me to 00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:40.659 do? She said I don't know My dad was here. So 00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:42.360 I went up to him. I said what you want me to 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:44.800 do he says I don't know. I said, no, one of y 00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:46.199 'all got to tell me something to do so I can 00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:49.599 leave. But God told me to come here. She can 00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:51.599 tell you, I literally was walking between his 00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:54.579 office and the parking lot. My dad just gets 00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:57.599 up to leave like I'm leaving the building. This 00:37:57.599 --> 00:38:00.679 is your thing, not my thing. So I end up back 00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:03.039 to my mom's expediting it. And I said, listen, 00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:05.780 I just need to do whatever it is that God told 00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:10.500 me to do so I can go. What I observed was that 00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:14.309 there was Help needed one of the hardest places 00:38:14.309 --> 00:38:17.670 to to get people to be a part of is as it concerns 00:38:17.670 --> 00:38:20.650 the finances in the church Simply because people 00:38:20.650 --> 00:38:26.809 just be tripping to make that supple and so I 00:38:26.809 --> 00:38:30.070 Said okay. I've always been very acute as it 00:38:30.070 --> 00:38:35.239 comes to financial things and so Said alright, 00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:37.340 I'll tell you what. Um, it had grew to the point 00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:38.920 to where she was like This is where we need help 00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:41.940 at I had switched my major to accounting in business 00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:45.699 So that I could specialize Once I realized you 00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:48.179 need a degree to do what this is so I can specialize 00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:49.960 so I can do my assignment and keep it moving 00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:58.079 What I didn't know Is at that same point in time 00:38:58.079 --> 00:39:01.360 now I'm going pretty fast here is um, you know, 00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:05.960 I would find a young lady named Rashida Fall 00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:09.219 in love with her Now we talking about marriage. 00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:12.519 Well marriage and my part -time career don't 00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:17.139 go together. I need a job now So now the place 00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:19.920 I came to volunteer not I was I was working for 00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:27.199 free He bothered me I got other plans It was 00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:29.239 actually became a joke at one point because I 00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:31.639 had got seven people jobs and I still ain't had 00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:34.679 one that's what people would say What they didn't 00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:36.860 know is that I'm gonna just talk a little trash 00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:39.039 that I have provision, you know Not of you know, 00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:41.320 I'm saying my heavenly father takes care of Brian 00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:46.940 I've already out that was fine But now I need 00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:49.260 a job because I'm talking about getting married 00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:54.260 we need things I Stay upstairs at my parents 00:39:54.260 --> 00:40:08.909 crib Seated sealed instead of upstairs Bother 00:40:08.909 --> 00:40:11.610 me. Yeah, you can ask mama. It did not bother 00:40:11.610 --> 00:40:14.429 me People will come how long you gonna live upstairs 00:40:14.429 --> 00:40:17.329 at your parents house. I said listen when I leave 00:40:17.329 --> 00:40:19.809 here I guarantee you it will be in my own house 00:40:19.809 --> 00:40:22.750 That's what I told him through some look back 00:40:22.750 --> 00:40:24.449 at them. You throw shade at me I got some shape 00:40:24.449 --> 00:40:26.909 for you to Christians know how to poke bears, 00:40:27.230 --> 00:40:29.690 too Y 'all don't lie. We got petty in our system. 00:40:29.690 --> 00:40:31.909 It was a little petty, but it was what it was 00:40:31.909 --> 00:40:35.110 You know I'm saying so I'm upstairs when I leave 00:40:35.110 --> 00:40:38.679 here will be with my wife in our new house I 00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:43.820 had no job. I had some aspirations, strong ones. 00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:51.500 So let me fast -forward. So, you know, it was 00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:54.480 determined that my work unto the Lord was worthy 00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:57.940 of being hired, but at an entry -level position. 00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:02.219 So I got hired at an entry -level position with 00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:09.960 entry -level dollars. If you don't know my father, 00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:11.980 maybe it would confuse you. But no, he don't 00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:21.460 care about none of that stuff. Listen. So here 00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:41.110 I am. God has called me to do, to the job. He's 00:41:41.110 --> 00:41:46.630 called me to do. And I do feel... Can we just 00:41:46.630 --> 00:41:51.329 talk? I do feel pressure. I'm thinking about, 00:41:51.409 --> 00:41:56.409 I just proposed to this girl. We need a house. 00:41:57.230 --> 00:42:02.789 We need cars. I'm feeling real financial pressures, 00:42:02.929 --> 00:42:05.389 because I'm still upstairs in my parents' crib. 00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:10.980 We got to get up out of here I'm trying to find 00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:14.699 anything that fit my budget as far as housing 00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:23.139 But you got to eat once you get in there And 00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:33.219 in my mind I told myself Brian just work as hard 00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:42.090 as you can They'll see it. And when they see 00:42:42.090 --> 00:42:46.769 it, you'll get increase. So give it all you got, 00:42:47.949 --> 00:42:51.489 because you got to get married. And you can't 00:42:51.489 --> 00:42:53.849 stay here, although you know that here is where 00:42:53.849 --> 00:43:01.829 you belong. I worked, I worked, I worked. Guess 00:43:01.829 --> 00:43:06.650 what, y 'all? No increase. Matter of fact... 00:43:07.849 --> 00:43:10.550 I got a change in assignment. Don't want to hear 00:43:10.550 --> 00:43:17.969 what it was. I was assistant to doing payroll 00:43:17.969 --> 00:43:26.610 for the church. See, I thought everybody was 00:43:26.610 --> 00:43:36.619 getting paid when I was getting paid. I'll never 00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:42.780 forget the day That book rolled open And I saw 00:43:42.780 --> 00:43:46.619 what my co -laborers was getting paid And what 00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:50.079 I was getting paid what they was doing and what 00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:58.320 I was doing what I needed that they had And I 00:43:58.320 --> 00:44:07.750 said god, why did you put me here The first thing 00:44:07.750 --> 00:44:15.030 that hit me was envy, jealousy, strife. When 00:44:15.030 --> 00:44:19.269 I tell you I got hit with every spirit, I was, 00:44:20.530 --> 00:44:26.889 God get me out. You know my need. Why would you 00:44:26.889 --> 00:44:31.889 put me here? I'm trying to keep my heart pure 00:44:31.889 --> 00:44:38.769 and every week I'm reminded. not appreciated 00:44:38.769 --> 00:44:41.610 them thoughts start coming I never had that thought 00:44:41.610 --> 00:44:46.530 a day in my life I said I'm unappreciated they 00:44:46.530 --> 00:44:50.809 don't see my value they don't recognize me all 00:44:50.809 --> 00:44:54.869 these things every week are flooding my heart 00:44:54.869 --> 00:44:59.190 I'm getting mad at people they don't even know 00:44:59.190 --> 00:45:06.130 why I stopped doing things because I was like 00:45:06.889 --> 00:45:10.869 You gonna do this one you doing this one today 00:45:10.869 --> 00:45:22.710 you will work today I Was in the fight of my 00:45:22.710 --> 00:45:33.389 life To remain Pure While having to deal with 00:45:33.389 --> 00:45:41.789 emotions that I knew were there to shipwreck 00:45:41.789 --> 00:45:49.809 me. I said, God, I don't know what you were doing 00:45:49.809 --> 00:46:03.849 and why you have me here, seeing this. And I 00:46:03.849 --> 00:46:07.150 just kept remembering, God, I don't want to become 00:46:07.150 --> 00:46:16.679 what I'm thinking. Don't want to become realistic, 00:46:16.679 --> 00:46:29.800 but I was failing I was Times ticking down People 00:46:29.800 --> 00:46:33.719 complain and I'm thinking you complain you don't 00:46:33.719 --> 00:46:40.360 even know what struggle is But I'm surrounded 00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:43.239 I want y 'all get the reality I'm surrounded 00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:51.039 by so much wealth. But I'm seated in the midst 00:46:51.039 --> 00:47:05.039 of it with so much struggle. And God told me 00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:08.360 to do this, and this is my suggestion to some 00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:13.719 of y 'all. I said, Brian, I need you to sit down. 00:47:16.139 --> 00:47:18.920 Because obviously the first attack first attack 00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:24.500 was with my parents And I knew he was trying 00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:30.900 to get me Just to change my heart towards them 00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:36.619 My parents have been incredible Unbelievable 00:47:36.619 --> 00:47:47.489 So I need you to sit down He says, you know how 00:47:47.489 --> 00:47:52.409 much you make? I say, yeah. He says, now I need 00:47:52.409 --> 00:48:01.510 you to add up. If you had to pay for all the 00:48:01.510 --> 00:48:06.710 things I've blessed you with this year, how much 00:48:06.710 --> 00:48:11.710 would it add up to? I sat down and started to 00:48:11.710 --> 00:48:17.369 write it every Every dinner, my parents paid. 00:48:18.469 --> 00:48:19.829 I said, man, I'm living in their house. If I 00:48:19.829 --> 00:48:22.789 had to pay rent, how much would that be? I started 00:48:22.789 --> 00:48:35.329 to write it all out. All the trips. What my parents 00:48:35.329 --> 00:48:42.090 had blessed me with was more than I was making. 00:48:43.989 --> 00:48:54.889 I'm not done yet. He says, Brian, this is what 00:48:54.889 --> 00:48:57.289 I want you to receive for the rest of your life. 00:49:00.329 --> 00:49:07.510 If you receive this, you'll be able to serve 00:49:07.510 --> 00:49:11.130 me in purity for the rest of your life. I didn't 00:49:11.130 --> 00:49:15.750 see this assignment. but I never want you to 00:49:15.750 --> 00:49:19.949 ever think that how blessed you are is governed 00:49:19.949 --> 00:49:22.989 by the amount of money you make. He said them 00:49:22.989 --> 00:49:29.889 two things can never be connected. He said you 00:49:29.889 --> 00:49:35.550 are blessed. You are blessed. You know what you 00:49:35.550 --> 00:49:41.070 make, but you are blessed. Think about how you 00:49:41.070 --> 00:49:48.630 were living. Think about what I have done. He 00:49:48.630 --> 00:49:50.570 said that he went in on Friday and said, Brian, 00:49:52.409 --> 00:49:58.250 had I had given you the same money that they've 00:49:58.250 --> 00:50:00.489 blessed you with, would you have done the things 00:50:00.489 --> 00:50:04.610 you enjoyed with the money? I said, no. If you 00:50:04.610 --> 00:50:07.190 had given me the money instead of it coming through 00:50:07.190 --> 00:50:10.690 them, I would have saved it. He says, not only. 00:50:12.269 --> 00:50:15.409 Am I taking care of you? But I'm making sure 00:50:15.409 --> 00:50:18.849 you enjoy life Because if I had given you the 00:50:18.849 --> 00:50:21.449 money you wouldn't have even used it to enjoy 00:50:21.449 --> 00:50:25.730 life. He said I'm protecting your enjoyment in 00:50:25.730 --> 00:50:30.769 life He said but you got one other problem you 00:50:30.769 --> 00:50:37.210 got to settle You can never disqualify a blessing 00:50:37.210 --> 00:50:40.860 because of the hands it came through Because 00:50:40.860 --> 00:50:43.619 they were my parents I had disqualified it as 00:50:43.619 --> 00:50:49.179 a blessing. Oh I'm talking now. I have figured 00:50:49.179 --> 00:50:56.659 it's their responsibility. No, it's not No, it's 00:50:56.659 --> 00:51:00.420 not It's not their responsibility. It wasn't 00:51:00.420 --> 00:51:03.800 their responsibility. So I had a whole category 00:51:03.800 --> 00:51:09.179 of blessings from God that I had disqualified 00:51:09.179 --> 00:51:13.110 as part of what he was doing so I couldn't see. 00:51:13.519 --> 00:51:16.480 What he was doing not because he wasn't doing 00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:20.320 it But because my heart was fixed on seeing things 00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:22.980 how I want them to be I wanted the money to go 00:51:22.980 --> 00:51:25.699 through my account. I wanted to make the choice 00:51:25.699 --> 00:51:28.159 I wanted to control this I wanted to control 00:51:28.159 --> 00:51:30.659 that meanwhile God's like boy I'm trying to bring 00:51:30.659 --> 00:51:34.039 you to a life where you are freely living according 00:51:34.039 --> 00:51:37.099 to what I dictate I want you to understand the 00:51:37.099 --> 00:51:39.780 numbers will never determine how blessed you 00:51:39.780 --> 00:51:45.610 are. I am with you. I'm with You will always 00:51:45.610 --> 00:51:55.949 live above what that paycheck says I Came out 00:51:55.949 --> 00:52:01.610 of there not a dollar had changed But my whole 00:52:01.610 --> 00:52:06.570 life changed when I allow God to sit me down 00:52:06.570 --> 00:52:17.789 So I could see what he was doing an incredible 00:52:17.789 --> 00:52:21.429 tool but a horrible master he will never let 00:52:21.429 --> 00:52:29.989 you be the master but that don't dictate the 00:52:29.989 --> 00:52:34.570 life you gonna live and the life you are living 00:52:34.570 --> 00:52:42.409 look at you never say I am blessed if you struggling 00:52:42.409 --> 00:52:46.269 with that the prayer is God open up my eyes So 00:52:46.269 --> 00:52:50.730 that I can see how blessed I am because the it 00:52:50.730 --> 00:52:54.210 ain't with you That's me and a lot of y 'all 00:52:54.210 --> 00:52:57.969 have disqualified things cast things out consider 00:52:57.969 --> 00:53:03.829 it no longer good Some things God's been so consistently 00:53:03.829 --> 00:53:10.570 good you don't even call it good no more That's 00:53:10.570 --> 00:53:15.179 a you problem not a he problem I don't count 00:53:15.179 --> 00:53:17.699 that no more. It's been too consistent. That's 00:53:17.699 --> 00:53:21.219 a crazy thing to say. That's a crazy thing to 00:53:21.219 --> 00:53:28.079 say. When's the last time you was hungry and 00:53:28.079 --> 00:53:37.139 couldn't buy food? Exactly. You the problem. 00:53:38.039 --> 00:53:46.019 Because there's people... If you can't if you 00:53:46.019 --> 00:53:49.760 are willing to become callous because of consistency 00:53:49.760 --> 00:53:54.159 That's a principal problem more ain't gonna solve 00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:58.440 that Matter of fact more will cause you to form 00:53:58.440 --> 00:54:07.619 pride right there Some of y 'all trying to figure 00:54:07.619 --> 00:54:09.559 out why the money always funny it ain't funny 00:54:09.559 --> 00:54:20.119 it's always control just not by you Why can't 00:54:20.119 --> 00:54:22.320 I ever just get to this because if you got to 00:54:22.320 --> 00:54:37.099 that you would leave him Take no thought for 00:54:37.099 --> 00:54:41.199 what you need for your heavenly father knows 00:54:41.199 --> 00:54:46.780 You have to see God as walking with you to live 00:54:46.780 --> 00:54:49.510 by that We know that, but we struggle to live 00:54:49.510 --> 00:54:53.510 that. Can I get a cap? Y 'all better testify. 00:54:54.409 --> 00:54:58.570 We know that we are not supposed to live and 00:54:58.570 --> 00:55:05.050 plan and store, yet we store, we keep, we protect. 00:55:05.869 --> 00:55:08.369 And he says sufficient for today is the supply. 00:55:11.170 --> 00:55:13.010 I tell you all the time, you don't have a money 00:55:13.010 --> 00:55:15.659 problem. You just thinks it's you. Think it's 00:55:15.659 --> 00:55:18.659 gonna last longer than what God has planned You 00:55:18.659 --> 00:55:23.739 have a timing problem The only reason you're 00:55:23.739 --> 00:55:26.219 not blessed because you think a five -year supply 00:55:26.219 --> 00:55:29.099 is supposed to go ten years You can't see what 00:55:29.099 --> 00:55:33.340 God's about to do in four years So you you don't 00:55:33.340 --> 00:55:36.619 know there's a real So you living like it's the 00:55:36.619 --> 00:55:39.440 last so you stressed out though. You're blessed 00:55:39.440 --> 00:55:43.340 That ain't God promise you problem that's what 00:55:43.340 --> 00:55:46.159 you can see because you can't see the next thing 00:55:46.159 --> 00:55:49.059 he's doing you only can you're only monetizing 00:55:49.059 --> 00:55:51.480 and looking at the last thing he's did as if 00:55:51.480 --> 00:56:02.320 it's the last thing he's gonna do that's a perception 00:56:02.320 --> 00:56:05.360 problem that's an eye problem not a God problem 00:56:26.320 --> 00:56:29.880 It's amazing. I just want to say this so that 00:56:29.880 --> 00:56:33.639 y 'all can hear what I'm saying. Y 'all saying 00:56:33.639 --> 00:56:36.659 this off the chain, and I cry every time I think 00:56:36.659 --> 00:56:41.440 about it. That was one of the most painful moments 00:56:41.440 --> 00:56:46.860 of my life. Satan was trying to get me to hate 00:56:46.860 --> 00:56:57.039 my parents. Y 'all didn't see that victory. Couldn't 00:56:57.039 --> 00:57:01.159 post about that one That wasn't popular to talk 00:57:01.159 --> 00:57:07.199 about It was the fight of my life and no one 00:57:07.199 --> 00:57:10.139 even gives you an applause for it That's what 00:57:10.139 --> 00:57:12.699 I want y 'all to connect with Because many of 00:57:12.699 --> 00:57:14.579 you guys are in a fight for your life ain't nobody 00:57:14.579 --> 00:57:17.300 gonna give you no applause, but God sees you 00:57:25.679 --> 00:57:27.280 They look at me and say, I don't know how he 00:57:27.280 --> 00:57:29.420 got up there. I think about all the nights I 00:57:29.420 --> 00:57:34.039 cried to keep my heart pure so that God could 00:57:34.039 --> 00:57:42.360 use me in this moment. Battles fall in one that 00:57:42.360 --> 00:57:57.440 no one even cares about. Acronym, something is 00:57:57.440 --> 00:58:04.239 always shifting. God is always erasing, and my 00:58:04.239 --> 00:58:09.340 situation is always evolving. C, I'm looking, 00:58:10.000 --> 00:58:13.159 but I must remember, something is always, not 00:58:13.159 --> 00:58:18.639 shifting, sifting. That God is always separating 00:58:18.639 --> 00:58:21.820 the wheat from the tares. That's why some people 00:58:21.820 --> 00:58:27.139 you thought was gonna be there. Because he's 00:58:27.139 --> 00:58:31.500 always sifting. He's always sifting. He's always 00:58:31.500 --> 00:58:36.159 taking what is and making sure what don't belong 00:58:36.159 --> 00:58:42.380 don't stick around. It's always sifting. So I 00:58:42.380 --> 00:58:45.539 don't care if they tripped out and left because 00:58:45.539 --> 00:58:50.769 God is always sifting. Always sifting. Life feels 00:58:50.769 --> 00:58:53.190 unsettled. It's not unsettled. It's all God's 00:58:53.190 --> 00:58:55.630 always sifting. That's I call it unsettled. He 00:58:55.630 --> 00:59:00.710 calls it sifting That's my perception It's always 00:59:00.710 --> 00:59:09.309 sifted always He's always a racing what you mean 00:59:09.309 --> 00:59:11.849 a racing for giving you for what you've done 00:59:11.849 --> 00:59:17.409 So I can't look at what I see and think I'm being 00:59:17.409 --> 00:59:26.489 punished Because God's always a race I Know you 00:59:26.489 --> 00:59:32.349 did it but his grace is sufficient So I can't 00:59:32.349 --> 00:59:36.530 take the lens of condemnation and say this is 00:59:36.530 --> 00:59:42.809 my punishment He's always a racing and things 00:59:42.809 --> 00:59:50.949 are always evolving evolution we're like from 00:59:50.949 --> 00:59:56.070 caterpillars to butterflies the transformation 00:59:56.070 --> 01:00:01.050 is unmistakably real but still hard to fathom 01:00:01.050 --> 01:00:03.150 how can you can go from a life of crawling to 01:00:03.150 --> 01:00:15.789 a life of flying I never knew it could fly It's 01:00:15.789 --> 01:00:17.130 nothing like when God hits you with those, I 01:00:17.130 --> 01:00:22.449 never knew it could be like this. These things 01:00:22.449 --> 01:00:28.130 are always evolving. You are always evolving. 01:00:29.110 --> 01:00:36.710 I never saw myself as this. But you are always 01:00:36.710 --> 01:00:45.610 evolving. So when I... that what I'm seeing is 01:00:45.610 --> 01:00:50.449 always sifting, God's always erasing, and I'm 01:00:50.449 --> 01:00:55.869 always evolving. Father God, I thank you for 01:00:55.869 --> 01:00:58.809 today and thank you for the opportunity to come 01:00:58.809 --> 01:01:01.449 and to present your word. I pray that your word 01:01:01.449 --> 01:01:05.690 went forth and just healed our hearts and renewed 01:01:05.690 --> 01:01:09.070 our minds and stirred us up in our spirit. Father 01:01:09.070 --> 01:01:11.309 God, I pray that as we go out with this truth 01:01:11.309 --> 01:01:17.940 that... We don't keep it to ourselves that we 01:01:17.940 --> 01:01:20.780 impact the community around us with this truth. 01:01:25.539 --> 01:01:28.639 Let's bring a new question to those atmospheres 01:01:28.639 --> 01:01:39.519 of doubt. Can you see what God is doing? But 01:01:39.519 --> 01:01:41.219 if anybody's hearing you're not saved, you haven't 01:01:41.219 --> 01:01:43.699 given your life to Jesus Christ, I'd like to 01:01:43.699 --> 01:01:50.139 take this moment to open up. I guess it's always 01:01:50.139 --> 01:01:55.079 open. I'd like to take this moment for us to 01:01:55.079 --> 01:01:58.519 have the pleasure of welcoming you into the kingdom 01:01:58.519 --> 01:02:01.159 of God. So if that's you and you want to be saved, 01:02:01.239 --> 01:02:06.039 I want you to do something. I want you to use 01:02:06.039 --> 01:02:10.239 the first one on the left if you're here. Type 01:02:10.239 --> 01:02:15.960 it in the chat if you're listening. It takes 01:02:15.960 --> 01:02:18.840 a confession of the mouth and a belief in the 01:02:18.840 --> 01:03:07.300 heart. nor forsake us. We understand that God 01:03:07.300 --> 01:03:12.500 is always one of us to sow a seed, because as 01:03:12.500 --> 01:03:14.840 long as the earth remains, there shall be seed, 01:03:15.360 --> 01:03:20.179 time, and harvest. But we sow cheerfully because 01:03:20.179 --> 01:03:22.739 we're not doing it out of necessity. We're not 01:03:22.739 --> 01:03:24.440 doing it because we've been convinced or forced 01:03:24.440 --> 01:03:26.900 to do it. We're doing it because we've heard 01:03:26.900 --> 01:03:29.679 from God, and God has instructed us to do so. 01:03:29.679 --> 01:03:32.619 So you can be cheerful. about anything God has 01:03:32.619 --> 01:03:34.820 placed in your heart to do. But that's why we 01:03:34.820 --> 01:03:38.659 declare that we are, what church? Cheerful givers. 01:03:41.920 --> 01:03:46.019 Amen? Well, as you guys, so I'm gonna have them 01:03:46.019 --> 01:03:51.519 play a video. This is incredible, but I'll let 01:03:51.519 --> 01:04:36.440 them play it and then I'll talk afterwards. at 01:04:36.440 --> 01:04:40.639 the Young Hearts Big Dreams Summer Camp. Let's 01:04:40.639 --> 01:04:50.320 go. Art is what? It's a way of what? Expressing 01:04:50.320 --> 01:04:54.380 yourself. Art was a form of escape for me. It 01:04:54.380 --> 01:04:57.960 was a way of me getting outside of the world.