1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,900 Hi, I'm Dr. Ryan Dellamater with Ocean Water. 2 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:07,060 We help people get their water from the ocean. 3 00:00:07,060 --> 00:00:10,900 I'm down here at the beach today with my family and I want to say hi to all of our friends 4 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:14,440 here in California and in El Salvador. 5 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:21,300 Today I want to talk with you about six ways to get your vision back. 6 00:00:21,300 --> 00:00:24,100 Today's message is out of Psalms, out of our daily reading group. 7 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:28,020 If you'd like to read the Bible with us every day, I'd love to have you join us. 8 00:00:28,020 --> 00:00:32,800 If you'll just message me on Instagram or Facebook, at Ocean Water, I'll make sure that 9 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,360 you are able to get that plan. 10 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:35,360 Today we're in Psalms 99. 11 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,280 It says, the Lord reigns, let the nations tremble. 12 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,000 He sits enthroned, let the earth shake. 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,040 Great is the Lord in Zion, he's exalted over the nations. 14 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,800 Let them praise your great and awesome name. 15 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:52,720 He's holy, the king is mighty, he loves justice, you've established equity. 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:57,720 In Jacob you've done what is just and right, exalt the Lord our God, worship at his foot 17 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,520 stool, he is holy. 18 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,160 What a vision. 19 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,840 Many of you can identify with this conversation I had recently. 20 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,840 Someone said to me, man before this whole thing started I was already feeling pretty 21 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:10,840 low. 22 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:15,400 Now my wealth's been cut in half, my house has lost its value, I've seen the stock market 23 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:16,400 plunge. 24 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,560 A lot of you high school seniors and college seniors have been looking forward to a graduation 25 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,440 you worked on for four years. 26 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,080 That's not going to happen. 27 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:29,680 26 million people just in the United States have lost their job. 28 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,320 A lot of people have lost their vision because of what's happened in the last two months. 29 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:38,400 So you might be saying, Ryan, why would I be talking about vision right now at this 30 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:39,400 moment? 31 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:45,120 Well actually there's never been a better time than right now to get a new vision. 32 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,280 The Bible tells us in Proverbs 29 where there's no vision that people perish. 33 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,080 You have to have vision if you're going to make it in life. 34 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,720 The word vision in this verse means a dream. 35 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:58,360 It's the word haszone. 36 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,320 It means that you've got to have a dream for your life. 37 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,360 You've got to have a goal for your life. 38 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,920 You have to have a vision for our time here on earth. 39 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,240 We all know what it means to perish. 40 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:12,440 Have you ever bought a piece of fruit or vegetable and you left it in the refrigerator and you 41 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:17,200 forgot about it and you came back and you opened up the door and you could smell that 42 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:18,840 it had perished? 43 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:23,960 That word actually means in Hebrew, parah, and it means out of control. 44 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,960 That's exactly what happens in our lives when we don't have a vision for it. 45 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,360 There's nothing to guide it. 46 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:30,360 There's nothing to direct it. 47 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:35,880 Where there's no clear objective, where there's no vision for our future, our lives literally 48 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,880 get out of control. 49 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:43,120 In Luke 18 there's a story about a guy who lost his vision, actually his physical vision. 50 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,640 Let me give you the background of a story I also want to share with you. 51 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:49,840 It's a story of a blind man named Bartimaeus. 52 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,240 He's heading and marching towards Jerusalem where he knows they're going to arrest Jesus. 53 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,240 They're going to kill him. 54 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:56,400 They're going to crucify him. 55 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,680 Jesus knows he's going to die and resurrect three days later. 56 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,920 It's the whole purpose he came to earth. 57 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:03,400 So he's got a lot on his mind. 58 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,480 It's the last week of Jesus' ministry and the crowds are enormous. 59 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,040 They're following him everywhere. 60 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:11,640 He's walking south to Jerusalem. 61 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:13,560 He's going through all these different cities. 62 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:14,960 He comes to the city of Jericho. 63 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,360 There's a huge crowd following him. 64 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:18,640 He comes up to the city gates. 65 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:22,160 At the city gates there's a bunch of blind people that were sitting there. 66 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,360 Now this wasn't uncommon at the time. 67 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,880 There were blind beggars at the gate of almost every major city in the Middle East because 68 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,760 in those days blindness was the worst curse you could possibly have. 69 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,120 It was the lowest level of the status quo. 70 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,840 It was like boogie boarding at Lowers. 71 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,840 Not cool. 72 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:48,720 Today a person can be blind and live a highly productive life because all of our technology. 73 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,320 We have seeing eye dogs. 74 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,040 We have braille on street lights so people know when to cross the street when it's red 75 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:55,040 and green. 76 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,560 We have all kinds of disability conveniences. 77 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,760 We have audible books and we have computers that will talk to you. 78 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,800 We can live a very productive life today and be blind. 79 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,640 That wasn't the case back then. 80 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:10,720 In those days blindness meant absolute poverty because if you were blind in those days it 81 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,320 meant that you couldn't read anything and you couldn't write anything and you would 82 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:19,200 have no work and you were literally left at the mercy of everybody else. 83 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:23,360 So blindness meant you were going to be a beggar for most of your life. 84 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,840 You'd sit at the gates and depend upon the mercy and the pity of other people. 85 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:32,760 It was a miserable life to live without physical vision. 86 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:37,120 Luke 18 says as Jesus approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside when 87 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,040 he heard the crowd ask, he said, what's happening? 88 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,200 And they told him Jesus is passing by. 89 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,480 And then he cried out Jesus son of David have mercy on me. 90 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,160 Those who led the way rebuked the blind man and told him to be quiet. 91 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,840 He shouted son of David have mercy on me. 92 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:57,840 So Jesus stopped and he ordered the man to be brought to him. 93 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:02,360 When he came Jesus said what do you want me to do for you? 94 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,640 That's a very profound question. 95 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,440 We're going to come back to that. 96 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,160 Jesus wants to ask us that question. 97 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,640 What do you want me to do for you? 98 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,560 Bartimaeus said Lord I want to see. 99 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,200 Jesus said to him receive your sight. 100 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,200 Your faith has healed you. 101 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,560 And immediately he received his vision and followed Jesus praising God. 102 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,400 And when the people saw it they also praised God. 103 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:32,120 Helen Keller the famous philanthropist who was born blind said isn't it a great tragedy 104 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:33,120 to be blind? 105 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:38,600 And her reply was it's a greater tragedy to have eyes and not see. 106 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,560 There are a lot of people who can see physically but they have no vision spiritually. 107 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,560 They have no vision for their life and their world and their marriage and their kids and 108 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,240 their finances and their career. 109 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,600 Most of us go through life without a compelling vision. 110 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:57,600 But how you see your vision is exactly how you see your future. 111 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,920 Next week we're going to celebrate 365 days of ocean water. 112 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,720 It was just a year ago that we started this journey and next week I'm excited I'm going 113 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,000 to recap everything that God's done in the last 365 days. 114 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:16,240 And I'm also going to share some things that I'm stoked about for the next 365 days. 115 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:21,800 I'm so excited about this I want to ask you to text someone and ask them to join us. 116 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,840 Just text them that'll be enough. 117 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:25,520 One person. 118 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:31,120 So the way you see your life determines your stress, your success, your stability and your 119 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:32,120 spiritual life. 120 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,880 It's really all about vision. 121 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,480 There's six parts to the process. 122 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,380 You know every miracle that Jesus did, he did it to teach us something. 123 00:06:39,380 --> 00:06:42,560 Not just to heal somebody, not just to help somebody. 124 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,960 He was doing that but it was also a teaching tool. 125 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:50,940 Every miracle is a parable of truth and from this healing of a physical blindness we can 126 00:06:50,940 --> 00:06:54,520 also see some stuff about how we can get vision back for our lives. 127 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,740 So let's look at this together. 128 00:06:56,740 --> 00:07:01,120 The first step to getting your vision back is to do what Bartimaeus did. 129 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,400 Believe Jesus can change my situation. 130 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,260 This is the hope step. 131 00:07:06,260 --> 00:07:09,080 We need hope to cope. 132 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:13,800 If you're going to believe that things can be better in the future it starts with hoping. 133 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:17,980 Hope is believing that Jesus can change any situation that you're in. 134 00:07:17,980 --> 00:07:18,980 This is what happened. 135 00:07:18,980 --> 00:07:23,840 He said as Jesus approached a blind man was sitting by the roadside when he heard the 136 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:29,000 crowd he asked what was happening and they told him Jesus of Nazareth is passing by. 137 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,040 He cried out Jesus son of God have mercy on me. 138 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,200 Now imagine this there are a lot of blind guys sitting there. 139 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:36,480 He's not the only one. 140 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,200 This is nothing new. 141 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:39,200 He's not by himself. 142 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,080 There are probably a few other blind people with him. 143 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:48,360 But one guy in spite of the crowd decides to shout Jesus I'm over here. 144 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,560 Hey he's basically making a scene. 145 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,560 I'm sure the crowd is looking around. 146 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,560 Who does this guy think he is? 147 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,160 This guy is being rude. 148 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,320 Why is he so desperate? 149 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:08,000 Well it was a cry of hope because he believed that Jesus could change his situation. 150 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,400 Think about that. 151 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,600 Now right now most people have lost their hope and the reason why they've lost hope 152 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,720 is because they put it in the wrong source. 153 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:22,680 There's only one source that will never disappoint you and me and that's God. 154 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:27,400 If you're going to have a source of hope and you put it in anything that can be taken away 155 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:32,720 from you or anything that can disappoint you it won't work. 156 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,200 Our hope must be in Christ alone. 157 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,720 Only he can meet all our needs all the time. 158 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,720 No human being. 159 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:40,720 No woman. 160 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:41,720 Only God can do that. 161 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:47,640 The reason why so many people have lost hope right now and are drifting is because they're 162 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,600 looking in the wrong places for hope. 163 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,800 Some people put it in stocks. 164 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,960 Some people put it in their retirement. 165 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,800 Some people put it in their job. 166 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:03,320 Some people put it in a relationship or the economy. 167 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:08,720 Some people put all their hope in the government and in politics. 168 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,940 None of that works. 169 00:09:11,940 --> 00:09:16,520 We think maybe if I can get into this relationship I'll have something I need. 170 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,520 When I go to this bar I'm with this person. 171 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:24,440 We try all these different things to try to give us the hope and the vision for our life 172 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,080 but really we just have to come back to God. 173 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:33,480 It's not technology and another relationship or another trick or another therapy. 174 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:34,480 It's God. 175 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:35,680 It's simply saying God help me. 176 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:41,440 1 Peter says God paid for you with the precious life blood of Christ. 177 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:45,100 In other words he paid for your salvation when Jesus died for you. 178 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:46,100 Because of this you can trust. 179 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:49,760 You can trust in God who raised Christ from the dead. 180 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:50,760 That's a pretty big thing. 181 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,000 And gave him great glory. 182 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,480 Now your faith and hope can rest in him alone. 183 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,600 In Christ alone our hope is found. 184 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,560 The second thing you've got to do is you've got to ignore all the negative voices. 185 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:05,560 This is what I call the resistance step. 186 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:09,320 All the negative voices that you're going to have to ignore if you're going to get your 187 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:10,320 vision back. 188 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:14,760 If you're going to see where you're supposed to go with the rest of your life. 189 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:20,200 Most of the people who go through life go through without any vision. 190 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,880 A lot of people don't want you to have a dream for your life or have a goal for your life. 191 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:29,200 They don't want you to go after the big things that you can do and that you can accomplish. 192 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:34,160 And there's a lot of negative voices that are around people all the time. 193 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:42,880 If you're going to break out of drifting and discouragement and even depression you've 194 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:47,040 got to begin to disregard all of the people around you. 195 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,800 A lot of people are going to say when you get really focused, are you kidding? 196 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,200 You can't do that. 197 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,200 Forget that dream. 198 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,200 It's never going to happen. 199 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,680 You're not going to be able to change. 200 00:10:57,680 --> 00:10:59,600 You've had too many wrong things happening. 201 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:00,600 You're not the right guy. 202 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,600 It's just negativity. 203 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,240 It's discouragement. 204 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:09,640 But don't pay attention to what I call dream busters. 205 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,280 And believe me there's plenty of them. 206 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,560 Want to bust your dream or kill your dream or discourage you from doing the things that 207 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:17,880 you really feel like you're supposed to do with your life. 208 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,760 And they want you to be filled with fear and anxiety and doubts about yourself. 209 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,920 They keep you from launching out. 210 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:30,920 One of the greatest fears of people fall trapped in a fear of the disapproval of other people. 211 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:35,600 If you fear the disapproval of other people you'll never ever have God's vision for your 212 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:40,000 life because you can't please God and everybody else at the same time. 213 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,400 You've got to decide who you're going to live for. 214 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:49,040 You've got to decide that yeah you're going to have some resistance going to that but 215 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:50,840 I'm going to do it anyway. 216 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,600 So let me help you out with this. 217 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:59,720 No one in the United States tonight or anywhere for that matter is going to be thinking about 218 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:05,520 what you or I think about them when they go to sleep tonight. 219 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,680 We sort of interact a little bit with people throughout the day and that's good and that's 220 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:10,680 encouraging. 221 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:16,720 But ultimately we just come back to our vision and our plan for what God wants us to do. 222 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:21,320 Everyone wants everybody to listen to them and follow them today but God wants us to 223 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,600 follow him. 224 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,800 God wants us to follow his plan for our life. 225 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,760 The Bible says this in verse 39. 226 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:33,840 It says those who led the way rebuked him and they told him to be quiet. 227 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,480 He just shouted all the more son of David have mercy on me. 228 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:39,280 Now what's the crowd doing? 229 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,720 The crowd's saying what are you doing? 230 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,200 Jesus is important but you're just a blind person. 231 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,720 Who do you think you are asking God to help you? 232 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,320 Who do you think you are asking God to do anything with your life? 233 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,480 Don't make a scene just relax. 234 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,360 What the crowd is basically saying is this. 235 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:01,480 Surely Jesus wouldn't be interested in using a person like you. 236 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,480 We all say that to ourselves all the time. 237 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:08,760 We say why would Jesus be interested in using a person like me? 238 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:13,880 Well if you're going to get back to the vision that God wants to have for your life we're 239 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:18,560 going to have to get past that negative voice even the one we tell ourselves that God can't 240 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:19,560 use us. 241 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:21,440 Let me ask you a question. 242 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,320 Whose disapproval do you fear the most in life? 243 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,200 Who would you be most afraid to be rejected by? 244 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,480 Because whoever that is is your God. 245 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:35,080 And when anybody is God in your life that's called an idol. 246 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:39,000 The Bible says in the Ten Commandments have no other gods before me and in the Bible it 247 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,240 says to have no idols. 248 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:47,900 Anybody you fear their disapproval more than God's ends up being your God. 249 00:13:47,900 --> 00:13:51,920 That's why so many people have no hope because they're stuck in the rut of thinking if I 250 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:56,920 really went after my dream what would my boyfriend think or what would my spouse think? 251 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,680 What would my parents think? 252 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:00,680 What would my kids think? 253 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:02,840 What would all these people around me think? 254 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:07,920 The Bible says that when you fear the disapproval of others you're a disabled person. 255 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:09,360 Did you know that? 256 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,560 The Bible calls that a disability. 257 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:18,880 Disability is at an all time high because people want people so badly to follow them. 258 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:23,400 The Bible says when you worry about the approval of others it's a spiritual trap. 259 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:29,240 It says the fear of human opinion disables you in problems. 260 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:33,520 You might think what would everybody think if I really followed God's plan for my life? 261 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:34,520 What would I do? 262 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,000 What if I went after the big goals that I have? 263 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:42,040 Well the Bible says that the moment you ask that question you're dead in the water. 264 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,920 You see the fear of human opinion disables you but trusting in God protects you from 265 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:47,920 all that. 266 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:50,920 You're either going to fear people or you're going to fear God. 267 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:51,920 Those are the two options. 268 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:56,160 The third thing you've got to do is you've got to listen for God's call. 269 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,600 This is like the attention step. 270 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:04,120 You've got to pay attention to what God means. 271 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:05,960 He wants you to slow down. 272 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:06,960 We're going to have to stop being busy. 273 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:07,960 We're going to have to quiet our lives a little bit. 274 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:08,960 Think about that. 275 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:09,960 Quiet down. 276 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:10,960 Slow down. 277 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:11,960 Settle down and focus. 278 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:12,960 What is God saying? 279 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:13,960 What is God saying? 280 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:26,960 What does God want you to do? 281 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:33,960 Sometimes you just literally have to slow down. 282 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:34,960 You've got to relax. 283 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:35,960 You've got to close your eyes and just pray. 284 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:36,960 It's that quiet. 285 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:37,960 It's that quiet. 286 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:38,960 It's that quiet. 287 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:39,960 It's that quiet. 288 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:40,960 It's that quiet. 289 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:41,960 It's that quiet. 290 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:42,960 It's that quiet. 291 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:51,440 It's that simple... trying to get that clarity and try to bring things down a little bit. 292 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:59,380 You see... God in the next verse says so Jesus stopped and said call him. 293 00:15:59,380 --> 00:16:01,280 Talking about this blind guy. 294 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,720 I said he called to the blind man. 295 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,640 Cheer up on your feet. 296 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:05,640 He's calling you. 297 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,120 He's calling you. 298 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:11,820 Throw in his cloak aside fi he's come to his feet. 299 00:16:11,820 --> 00:16:18,220 Jesus is calling me, but you've got to listen for God's call. Calling and vision go together. 300 00:16:18,220 --> 00:16:22,620 What do I mean by that? God's call on your life is God's vision for your life. They go together. 301 00:16:22,620 --> 00:16:28,420 If you want to know God's vision, you have to know God's call for your life. 302 00:16:28,420 --> 00:16:33,520 When people talk about, I was called by God, a lot of people think that's some kind of weird thing. 303 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,620 Well, it basically means that you're supposed to be different. 304 00:16:36,620 --> 00:16:42,020 Everybody's called by God. In the whole world, everybody's called by God. 305 00:16:42,020 --> 00:16:46,220 We're all called to know Him. We're all called to love Him. We're all called to serve Him. 306 00:16:46,220 --> 00:16:51,620 We're all called to share His love with all of the people around us through our actions and our words. 307 00:16:51,620 --> 00:16:55,520 We're all called to be forgiven by Him. We're all called to go to heaven. 308 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,220 The only question is, are you going to answer the call? 309 00:16:59,220 --> 00:17:05,220 Or let me put it this way. Are you going to answer God's texts? God's texting you. 310 00:17:05,220 --> 00:17:12,620 He's calling you today. In fact, He's been trying to text you and call you literally our entire lives. 311 00:17:12,620 --> 00:17:17,220 But some of us say, Lord, I don't want to talk to you right now. I don't want to answer that call. 312 00:17:17,220 --> 00:17:20,120 I don't want to return that text that you sent to me. 313 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:25,620 Calling is not something that's supernatural. It's God's plan and purpose for your life. 314 00:17:25,620 --> 00:17:30,820 Some people are called to do real estate development. Some people are called to teach preschoolers. 315 00:17:30,820 --> 00:17:35,020 Some people are called to drive a truck. Some people are called to do accounting. 316 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:39,520 Some people are called to raise kids. And some people are called to roast coffee. 317 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:45,620 Some people are called to study underwater animals. Some people are called to make music and art. 318 00:17:45,620 --> 00:17:50,320 We're all called by God to do different things at different times in our life. 319 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:55,120 What we do changes, but who we become like Jesus is the constant. 320 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:58,720 God called us to do all these different things so everything in the world could get done. 321 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:03,620 It says here that Jesus called and He said, get up on your feet. 322 00:18:03,620 --> 00:18:09,820 And here's the point. Bartimaeus could have missed God's call if he wasn't listening. 323 00:18:09,820 --> 00:18:13,720 God's calling you. Are you listening? 324 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:19,520 Which means you have to spend time alone with God, reading His word and praying 325 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,520 and thinking about your life and asking for His help. 326 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:28,220 You see, you can't hear God's call. You can't get God's vision if you're distracted by all these other things. 327 00:18:28,220 --> 00:18:34,520 Isaiah 30 says, in repentance and rest is your salvation. In quietness and trust is your strength. 328 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:38,820 So they called the blind man and the crowd said, cheer up on your feet. He's calling you. 329 00:18:38,820 --> 00:18:42,520 Notice how the crowd's thoughts have changed. Earlier they're telling them to be quiet 330 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,620 and now they're telling them to cheer up. That's how fickle the crowd is. 331 00:18:46,620 --> 00:18:52,220 One minute you're the hero, the next minute you're the zero. Public opinion changes all the time. 332 00:18:52,220 --> 00:18:55,720 It's so fickle. That's what I want to tell you. Jesus calls you. 333 00:18:55,720 --> 00:19:02,720 It doesn't matter what the crowd says. Go do it. If God has called you to do it, then you better do it. 334 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:07,620 Because that's going to be the right thing for you. It's going to be the vision for your life. 335 00:19:07,620 --> 00:19:15,020 It's why it's called a personal relationship with Jesus because His plan for you is personalized in detail. 336 00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:21,120 It says, throwing His cloak aside, Bartimaeus jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. 337 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:25,820 Notice He's saying, I'm not going to procrastinate. I'm not going to delay. I'm not going to change my mind. 338 00:19:25,820 --> 00:19:32,320 I'm not going to wait. I'm not going to keep putting it off. When God calls you, He just says, I'm here. 339 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,520 I'm never going to get this chance again. I'm going to make the most out of it. 340 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:39,020 I'm going to take advantage. It's now or never. 341 00:19:39,020 --> 00:19:44,320 You see, God's been calling some of us for weeks, some of us for months, maybe some of us for years. 342 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:50,820 And we've just been putting it off. That's unwise. We need to do it right now. 343 00:19:50,820 --> 00:19:56,820 If He's calling you, just answer the call right now. And all you say is, God, I'm here. What do you want me to do? 344 00:19:56,820 --> 00:20:03,420 My guess is you already know some of the things that you're supposed to do with your life because God's been whispering them to you. 345 00:20:03,420 --> 00:20:07,420 And you probably already know the benefit of what they'll do for your life. You have a little fear. 346 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:11,820 You say, I'll get around to it someday. I'll put it off. You're delaying the call of God in your life. 347 00:20:11,820 --> 00:20:17,520 You're postponing His vision for your life. Every day you postpone God's vision for your life. 348 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:23,320 You're wasting another day. So right now, you can just pray with me. You can just say, God, I'm ready. 349 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,020 I hear you. I'm in. 350 00:20:26,020 --> 00:20:31,720 Now, here's the fourth thing you've got to do. Tell God exactly what you want. 351 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:36,520 This is what Bartimaeus did. Jesus calls him. He goes up and notice what he says. He says, 352 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:43,620 When he came near, Jesus asked him, What do you want me to do for you, Lord? 353 00:20:43,620 --> 00:20:49,120 He says, I want to see. I love this. I love this because it's so simple. 354 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:54,420 Nobody can say it's too hard to understand. It's not complicated to get your vision back. 355 00:20:54,420 --> 00:21:04,520 You just tell God exactly what you want. A blind guy says to Jesus, I want to see. 356 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:09,420 Bartimaeus doesn't go into a long speech. He doesn't go into why he went blind. 357 00:21:09,420 --> 00:21:14,920 He just says, I'd like to see. And Jesus goes, Well, here's your sight. 358 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:26,520 Next, it's pretty simple. He said, Receive your sight. Your faith is healed. Just like that. 359 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:31,520 Bartimaeus said, I want to see, Lord. He said, Go. Your faith has made you well. 360 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:40,120 Bartimaeus believed that he could do it. You're healed. It's that easy. Tell God exactly what you want. 361 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:46,820 He knew. He had it clear in his mind that this is the way that you get your vision back. 362 00:21:46,820 --> 00:21:52,020 People think, Should I set goals? Goals are statements of faith. 363 00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:55,920 The Bible says that God loves when we trust him. He loves faith. 364 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,920 Without faith, it's impossible to please God. So when you set a goal, you can say, 365 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:04,920 Lord, I believe that you're going to do this in my life. You can write it down. 366 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:11,820 That is a statement of faith. You're telling God what you want out of your life. 367 00:22:11,820 --> 00:22:18,820 Ocean water has a goal. Five thousand ocean-based access points for people to receive their water from the ocean for free. 368 00:22:18,820 --> 00:22:23,920 That's our goal. It's what we work on. Five thousand churches along the coast and beaches of the world 369 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:27,720 in 108 countries that have ocean-based coastline. 370 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,920 That's what I'm committed to doing for the rest of my life. 371 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:38,620 If you're under the age of 30 and you're interested in going to one of these countries and starting ocean water, 372 00:22:38,620 --> 00:22:44,120 I want you to message me on Instagram and in Facebook. And I want to start praying with you. 373 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:51,220 We have six countries that I've already asked us to come. Is God calling you? 374 00:22:51,220 --> 00:22:54,320 Could you be the answer to 38 families in a country somewhere? 375 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:59,320 Right now we help 38 families in Palo Mercino, El Salvador. And God is blessing me. 376 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:05,120 Could you be the answer for 38 families in a country somewhere around the world? 377 00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:07,520 I want to pray with you about that. 378 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:12,920 And I recommend that you just don't think this through, but you write down your prayer requests as statements or goals. 379 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:17,820 Writing down your vision makes it more specific. It makes it more clear. It makes it more clarified. 380 00:23:17,820 --> 00:23:22,420 Now, obviously Bartimaeus didn't write it down because it was blind. 381 00:23:22,420 --> 00:23:25,220 But he's been thinking about the one thing he wanted this entire life. 382 00:23:25,220 --> 00:23:28,720 And Jesus comes up and says, what do you want me to do for you? 383 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:33,820 Here's the question. Why in the world did Jesus ask that? 384 00:23:33,820 --> 00:23:38,020 Isn't Jesus God? Yes. Doesn't he know everything? Yes. 385 00:23:38,020 --> 00:23:43,220 Doesn't he? Didn't he create Bartimaeus? Yes. 386 00:23:43,220 --> 00:23:47,920 He knew that Bartimaeus wanted to be healed. 387 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,120 He already knows what Bartimaeus is going to ask. 388 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:59,420 So why in the world when Jesus calls the blind man does he say, what do you want me to do for you? 389 00:23:59,420 --> 00:24:04,620 It's because every time God asks you a question, it's never for his benefit. 390 00:24:04,620 --> 00:24:10,220 He already knows the answer. When God asks you a question, it's because he wants you to know the answer. 391 00:24:10,220 --> 00:24:15,420 He wants you to have it clarified in your mind. Jesus knew what Bartimaeus wanted. 392 00:24:15,420 --> 00:24:18,320 The question was for his benefit. 393 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:25,620 He was giving Bartimaeus the opportunity to publicly announce what he wanted God to do in his life. 394 00:24:25,620 --> 00:24:30,420 If you want your life to be different after COVID-19, then this is the next step. 395 00:24:30,420 --> 00:24:34,520 You've got to tell God in advance, this is God. This is what I want you to do in my life. 396 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,620 This is what I want. This is who I want to be. 397 00:24:38,620 --> 00:24:43,220 Bartimaeus was a poor man. Now he's standing in front of thousands of people when Jesus says, 398 00:24:43,220 --> 00:24:45,620 tell me what you really want. What can I do for you? 399 00:24:45,620 --> 00:24:52,020 That took a lot of courage to say, Lord, I'd like to be healed. 400 00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:55,620 And that he had to believe that Jesus could do it. 401 00:24:55,620 --> 00:24:59,620 Jesus loved him enough and wanted to heal him. It was a statement of faith. 402 00:24:59,620 --> 00:25:02,320 And Bartimaeus did it in front of everybody. 403 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,920 He said, I want to get my vision back. 404 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:12,920 If Jesus Christ was in the room with you today and stood in front of you today and asked you, 405 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:17,120 what do you want me to do for you? 406 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:22,220 What would you tell me? 407 00:25:22,220 --> 00:25:25,620 What do you want God to do in your life? 408 00:25:25,620 --> 00:25:28,320 Well, what if you might think, what if this sounds self-centered? 409 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:29,920 What if it's too personal? 410 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,420 Or what if it's too big of a request? 411 00:25:32,420 --> 00:25:34,920 And what will other people think? 412 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,720 Well, this is exactly what Jesus is asking you right now. 413 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,820 He's asking you this question. What do you want me to do for you? 414 00:25:40,820 --> 00:25:44,820 Just like he asked Bartimaeus 2,000 years ago. 415 00:25:44,820 --> 00:25:47,820 God is saying, what do you want me to do for you? 416 00:25:47,820 --> 00:25:51,620 Right now, I want these seagulls to leave. 417 00:25:51,620 --> 00:25:54,120 So tell God your dream. Tell God your goal. 418 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:57,920 Because he says, without a goal and a vision, my people perish. 419 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,720 Jesus says, what do you want me to do for you? 420 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:08,120 If you're worried about what other people think, you're not going to go anywhere in this next season of your life. 421 00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:09,920 Bartimaeus wasn't hesitant. 422 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,020 He states his goal and faith. He states it out loud. 423 00:26:13,020 --> 00:26:16,520 He says in public, I want to see you. 424 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:21,920 Which means that he believed that God was able to do it. 425 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:27,520 Jesus Christ asks us today, what do you want me to do for you? 426 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:29,920 That's a wonderful question. 427 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,420 But we all can wrestle with it. 428 00:26:33,420 --> 00:26:36,020 Romans 8.32 says this. 429 00:26:36,020 --> 00:26:40,920 Since God did not even spare his own son, he sent Jesus to die for us. 430 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,420 But gave him up for us all. 431 00:26:42,420 --> 00:26:47,120 If God loved us enough to do that, to send Jesus on a cross, 432 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:52,020 won't God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else? 433 00:26:52,020 --> 00:26:54,720 If God loved you enough to come and die for you on a cross, 434 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:58,720 don't you think he loves you enough to help you with your mortgage, 435 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,520 or your job, or your graduation, or where you're supposed to live, 436 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,320 or what country you're supposed to go to? 437 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:05,520 Of course he is. 438 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,920 Don't you think that he loves you? 439 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:14,820 Everything is small compared to the fact that Jesus died on a cross for us. 440 00:27:14,820 --> 00:27:19,220 Tell God exactly what you want. 441 00:27:19,220 --> 00:27:20,920 When you're hearing the call of God, 442 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:28,120 God often gives you a call to a new direction by letting other things dry up. 443 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:32,020 A lot of things are drying up right now. 444 00:27:32,020 --> 00:27:38,520 But often what we think is a dead end is just a detour to a better path. 445 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:39,920 We think it's a dead end. 446 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,920 God says, I just don't want you going down that path anymore. 447 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,220 So I'm putting this here. 448 00:27:45,220 --> 00:27:46,220 It's not a dead end. 449 00:27:46,220 --> 00:27:47,220 It's a pivot. 450 00:27:47,220 --> 00:27:49,820 It's a detour. 451 00:27:49,820 --> 00:27:55,020 And my answer to this question, what do you want me to do for you? 452 00:27:55,020 --> 00:27:58,820 I recommend don't ask for material things. 453 00:27:58,820 --> 00:28:05,920 Ask for a vision that relates to God and serving and seeing people come to him. 454 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,820 And God will help you do that. 455 00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:12,320 Just like Bartimaeus said, Lord, I want to see. 456 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,220 What do you want me to do? 457 00:28:14,220 --> 00:28:19,020 The fifth thing you've got to do is you've got to receive your vision and faith. 458 00:28:19,020 --> 00:28:20,620 That's what Bartimaeus did. 459 00:28:20,620 --> 00:28:21,620 He received it in faith. 460 00:28:21,620 --> 00:28:25,820 The Bible says, receive your sight. 461 00:28:25,820 --> 00:28:26,820 Your faith is sealed you. 462 00:28:26,820 --> 00:28:30,820 And immediately he received his sight. 463 00:28:30,820 --> 00:28:32,320 Immediately. 464 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,320 Receive your faith, he said. 465 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,120 Your faith is sealed you. 466 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,120 Receiving in faith, go together. 467 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,620 If you don't believe, then you won't receive. 468 00:28:40,620 --> 00:28:46,120 The two of them are linked. 469 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:51,620 He had faith and he knew that Jesus was willing to give him his answer. 470 00:28:51,620 --> 00:28:53,520 Because faith is placed in a person. 471 00:28:53,520 --> 00:29:03,320 I talked about this one time with someone and I said faith is always attached to a person. 472 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:07,820 Bartimaeus attached his faith to Jesus. 473 00:29:07,820 --> 00:29:14,020 He knew that Jesus was the only answer and he placed his faith in him. 474 00:29:14,020 --> 00:29:19,420 Faith is believing that something is true because you know, you believe something is truthful. 475 00:29:19,420 --> 00:29:23,620 Faith is believing that something is going to happen because you believe that someone 476 00:29:23,620 --> 00:29:26,020 is going to make it happen. 477 00:29:26,020 --> 00:29:29,120 And this is what Bartimaeus got right. 478 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,320 He said I need sight, I need to see, this was his vision. 479 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,420 He put his faith in Christ. 480 00:29:35,420 --> 00:29:38,720 Jesus did. 481 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,320 He could see who Jesus was. 482 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,220 He could see that Jesus was the answer. 483 00:29:43,220 --> 00:29:44,220 I want you to notice this. 484 00:29:44,220 --> 00:29:47,920 Did Bartimaeus not have a personal relationship with Jesus? 485 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:52,420 He was a stranger to him but he believed there may be people who are going to see this today. 486 00:29:52,420 --> 00:29:55,020 You don't have that personal relationship with Jesus. 487 00:29:55,020 --> 00:29:57,220 You say I don't know him that well. 488 00:29:57,220 --> 00:29:59,720 I don't know him well enough to ask me for anything. 489 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:04,520 Well today you can ask God for anything you need. 490 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,420 First you can say God help me to love you, help me to follow you and then help my life 491 00:30:08,420 --> 00:30:10,520 to have meaning and purpose. 492 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,120 The relationship came after the request. 493 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,120 The relationship came after the healing. 494 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:16,620 The Lord can do the same thing in your life. 495 00:30:16,620 --> 00:30:18,220 Don't be afraid to ask him. 496 00:30:18,220 --> 00:30:23,120 And then the sixth thing, the last thing is stick with Jesus on the road that he travels. 497 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,920 Because if you want to keep your vision you're going to have it leaks sometimes. 498 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,920 And we get distracted a little. 499 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,520 You've got to stay on that road with Jesus. 500 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:36,320 This is exactly what happened to Bartimaeus after he got his vision restored. 501 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:43,920 He says this immediately after Bartimaeus received his sight he followed Jesus. 502 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:48,520 When people saw it they also praised God. 503 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,920 That's what happens when we start to follow God. 504 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:55,720 Other people notice it and then they start to praise God and follow God as well. 505 00:30:55,720 --> 00:31:00,320 So if you don't take your next step of faith you're going to get behind because Jesus is 506 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:01,320 moving on. 507 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,320 So we've got to, following Jesus implies movement. 508 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,320 That's why you have to work at it a little bit every day. 509 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,120 That's why you've got to read God's word a little bit every day because you want to 510 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:10,120 stay in step with him. 511 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,320 So let me ask you two questions. 512 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:17,320 What's your next step and what's your next step today? 513 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:21,320 Now I don't know what it is but I want you to ask God what it is. 514 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:25,920 Maybe you know this thing you've been meaning to do but you've just been putting it off. 515 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,620 Bring that to God today. 516 00:31:27,620 --> 00:31:32,120 For some of you it may be that you have to ask forgiveness from somebody that you hurt 517 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,120 or someone that hurt you. 518 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:38,320 I don't know what it is. 519 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:42,120 It might be giving, it might be being generous, it might be ending a relationship, it might 520 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:43,520 be starting a business. 521 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:49,520 Whatever that thing is I want you to bring that back to God today, right now in your 522 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:50,520 life. 523 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,920 Now if you're watching this today I want everybody who watches this to be in a small group or 524 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:59,720 a house church because that's one of the things that's going to help you in your life every 525 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,720 week. 526 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:06,320 Bartimaeus got up on the day he got healed and what was his plan for the day? 527 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:11,520 It was the same plan that had been every day before but Jesus intervened. 528 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:18,320 When Jesus met him in the middle of his life he had no idea that Jesus was coming by. 529 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,120 He had no plan to get ready. 530 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:26,320 Just the savior of the world was going to walk right in front of him and change his 531 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,320 life and that's our opportunity today. 532 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,320 That's our opportunity to have a new vision. 533 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:35,320 There was no time to prepare, he just did. 534 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:36,720 Now would you pray with me? 535 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:40,320 Would you say, dear God I want you to help me today? 536 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:44,320 I'm tired of trying to do things my own way and not getting the results that I want. 537 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:48,720 God help me to do things your way so I can get different results, better results with 538 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:49,720 my life. 539 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,120 God be my savior today. 540 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:53,120 Help me today. 541 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:57,320 I trust you today in Jesus name. 542 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:58,520 Amen. 543 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:02,520 I'm stoked that you've been with us for today's message. 544 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,320 I'd like to stay in touch with you throughout the week. 545 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:10,920 If you'll message me at Ocean Water I'll make sure and get you information to help you grow 546 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:11,920 every day. 547 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:12,920 Thank you so much for being with us. 548 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:35,920 I love you all and I'll see you next week for our one year message.