1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,320 Welcome to Ocean Water. 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:09,120 We hope you feel refreshed by the living water of Jesus Christ as we help people receive 3 00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:13,120 drinking water from the ocean for free. 4 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:17,520 Thanks for joining us for this weekend's message and if you enjoy it, please share it with 5 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,520 a friend. 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:26,260 Hi, I'm Dr. Ryan Dellamater at Ocean Water. 7 00:00:26,260 --> 00:00:27,680 I'm here today at the beach where I live. 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,440 It's going to be another beautiful day. 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,360 I'm glad you can join us for this week's beach talk. 10 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:38,800 We've been spending nine weeks learning from a person named Daniel in the Old Testament. 11 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:44,040 This is week four and we're calling our time together Waves, learning to ride what life 12 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:45,600 brings. 13 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,760 Today we're going to talk about the tidal wave. 14 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:55,520 Have you or a friend ever said to you, I need you to do this for me and you go, there's 15 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,120 no way I can get this done. 16 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:02,880 I don't have the time, I don't have the money, I don't have the background, I don't have 17 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,760 the talent, I don't have the connections. 18 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:11,520 Many times in our life we'll be faced with an impossible situation. 19 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,400 What do you do in that situation? 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:19,840 Well Daniel 2 verses 10 and 11 says, nobody can do what you ask, you're asking the impossible. 21 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,360 What do you do when you're asked to do the impossible in your life? 22 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:28,840 I've shared in the last couple of weeks that God always tests us before he blesses us. 23 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,560 He tests us with stress before he trusts us with success. 24 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:37,160 Before God gives you blessing, success, power, influence, whatever he wants to give you, 25 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,800 he sees first if you're ready to handle it. 26 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,640 He tests you before he trusts you with the success. 27 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:49,360 So in this story, in Daniel's life we're looking at the nine major tests that he went through 28 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,520 and the ones that we go through. 29 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,960 He passed every one of them and we want to pass them as well. 30 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,400 Every time you pass a test you get promoted. 31 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,880 When you face an impossible task like a tidal wave, the first thing that you need to do 32 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,760 is don't panic or be afraid. 33 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,360 In Daniel's case he had a legitimate reason to be worried. 34 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:14,520 If the government sent somebody to assassinate you, you'd probably panic, but he didn't. 35 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:19,140 The Bible says in Daniel 2, 14 when Ariok, the commander of the Kingsguard came to kill 36 00:02:19,140 --> 00:02:24,160 him, Daniel handled the situation with wisdom and discretion. 37 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,560 Once again Daniel's faith was tested and he passed. 38 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:32,960 This guy shows up to kill him and he handles the situation with peace and calmness. 39 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:34,760 Not bad for a young guy. 40 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,360 He wasn't afraid and he didn't panic. 41 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,240 He asked you a question. 42 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,120 What are you panicked about right now? 43 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:41,400 Is it your job? 44 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:42,400 Is it money? 45 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,240 Is it debt? 46 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,840 Is it maybe you're down? 47 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,040 Maybe you're feeling really bad? 48 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:49,480 Maybe it's your health? 49 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,140 Maybe you're wondering if your life is actually headed in the right direction. 50 00:02:53,140 --> 00:02:56,560 Maybe you're worried about your marriage or your future or that dream you've worked so 51 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:57,560 hard for. 52 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,760 Well the second thing you need to do is you need to get the facts. 53 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:06,160 When you're faced with an impossible situation, you need to get all of the facts involved 54 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,240 because good information leads to good results. 55 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,520 So we have all the motivation to find that out. 56 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:17,560 You see there was an emotion behind what King Nevid Kinezor was asking. 57 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:23,160 He was furious because no one could answer his dream so he put that pressure on Daniel. 58 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:29,040 He's scared to death now he's vomiting that fear on Daniel and he wants some answers. 59 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:30,280 We've all faced this in life. 60 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:35,000 When people panic and there are crises, they get emotional. 61 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:41,400 Maybe right now with work or with life or with COVID-19 or with finances or all the 62 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:46,500 tension that is in our culture right now, you may feel a lot of pressure. 63 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:48,520 So what's going on here? 64 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:54,040 Well when people feel pressure, they feel stress, a lot of time they take that out on 65 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:55,040 others. 66 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,440 When you're feeling the heat, sometimes it goes to the people that are around you. 67 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:03,400 When you're feeling fear about your job or your life or your company or your business, 68 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,040 that can trickle down. 69 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:09,200 But you need to ask why are people doing this? 70 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:14,960 Daniel said, in Daniel 2.15, Daniel asked Ariok the captain, why has the king issued 71 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,800 such a harsh decree? 72 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,800 Ariok said, well you've got to get the facts. 73 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:28,400 Proverbs 23.23 says, get the facts at any price, don't make a major decision on emotion. 74 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,960 Don't make major decisions just based on the way you feel. 75 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:31,960 You see our feelings lie. 76 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,640 We need to get the facts at any price. 77 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,880 In this step, you do what you want to do is what you need to know. 78 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,200 What do I need to get so that I can get it done? 79 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,960 You have to ask yourself the question why and what and what is the reason? 80 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,000 What do I need in order to make this decision? 81 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,160 What do I need to know? 82 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:58,240 The third thing you need to do is ask for time to create a solution. 83 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:03,360 The reason why you need to ask for time instead of just immediately going to work on it is 84 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:09,960 because in a crisis, the greatest temptation you have is to be impulsive. 85 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:15,160 It's always more important to make the right decision than to make a fast decision. 86 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,840 The wrong decision is the wrong decision no matter how fast or slow you make it. 87 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:25,880 When you're facing an impossible situation, take time, step back, take a deep breath, 88 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:27,680 calm down, talk to God. 89 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,840 Daniel was asking for time here. 90 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:32,760 He said, there's no way I'm going to be able to figure out the king's dream so I need a 91 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,320 little bit of time. 92 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,520 But maybe I could ask God. 93 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,760 He's asking for time to create a solution. 94 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:43,080 He knew he was going to have to spend some time with God to find the answer. 95 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,720 The Bible says in Daniel 2.16, Daniel went at once to see the king and requested more 96 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:52,400 time so he could tell the king what the dream meant. 97 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:57,840 He's going to give his best shot, just not say it's impossible like the other guys did. 98 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:00,880 Maybe God will tell me, I'm going to give it my best shot. 99 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,280 I'm going to die trying if that's what it takes. 100 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:09,840 You see, he went to the king to get a request because he really wanted the right answer. 101 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:14,200 He goes immediately to the source of Nebuchadnezzar's pain. 102 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:15,360 He doesn't mess around. 103 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:16,360 He doesn't procrastinate. 104 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:17,360 He doesn't delay. 105 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,000 He doesn't postpone or get distracted. 106 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:24,640 He faces his fear head on and talks to God about it. 107 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,780 What are you procrastinating right now in your life? 108 00:06:28,780 --> 00:06:33,280 Something that you've known you've needed to deal with for a long time and you've been 109 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:35,320 putting it off because it's painful. 110 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,920 Let me ask you another way. 111 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:42,680 What are you pretending isn't a problem maybe in your marriage or in your company or in 112 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:43,680 your business? 113 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:48,160 You don't really want to deal with it because you know it's going to erupt like a volcano. 114 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,480 There's going to be a lot of fallout from it. 115 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:56,160 Sometimes it's easier to sweep things aside rather than to deal with them head on. 116 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,820 Soon that stuff we sweep under the carpet becomes a mound and then you start tripping 117 00:06:59,820 --> 00:07:02,640 on it as you walk through your house. 118 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,680 What is it that you're pretending isn't a problem in your life? 119 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,240 We all do this sometimes. 120 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,000 Maybe it's the one thing that you really don't want to do. 121 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,760 You really don't want to deal with. 122 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,240 You really don't want to face head on. 123 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:21,600 If we do things over and over again, it can create more problems for us. 124 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,720 That's why we want to deal with those things. 125 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:30,320 If you're procrastinating and procrastination only makes problems worse. 126 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,360 Procrastination has never solved any problem. 127 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:33,360 Time doesn't make it better. 128 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:34,880 It makes it worse. 129 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:36,360 People say time heals all wounds. 130 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:37,480 That's nonsense. 131 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:38,480 Time doesn't heal all wounds. 132 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,160 If you had cancer, time's not going to make it better. 133 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,440 You've got to get a game plan for treatment and execute it ASAP. 134 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,840 If time can heal everything, all you would have to do is go sit in a doctor's office 135 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:55,000 and you'd get healed eventually because you're going to wait a long time there. 136 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,960 You say, well, I don't have time to sit the doctor. 137 00:07:57,960 --> 00:07:58,960 I've just sat here long enough. 138 00:07:58,960 --> 00:07:59,960 I'm well. 139 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:00,960 Well, that doesn't work. 140 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,200 We have to get the facts, we have to get them immediately, and then we have to go to the 141 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:09,240 source and ask for time to consider and come up with the game plan to make a really good 142 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:10,240 decision. 143 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,520 We have to move against our fears. 144 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,240 The only way you get rid of fear is to move against it. 145 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:15,920 You can't argue against it. 146 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,060 You can't talk yourself out of it. 147 00:08:18,060 --> 00:08:19,680 We have to move against it. 148 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,600 It requires action. 149 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:26,040 We have to do the very thing we fear the most to make progress. 150 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:32,240 The fourth thing that we need to do is enlist people to pray for you. 151 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:38,840 Daniel 2, 17 and 18 says, Daniel went home and told his three friends what happened. 152 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:44,840 Then he said, pray that God who rules from heaven will be merciful and explain this mystery 153 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:49,520 so that we and the other advisors won't be put to death. 154 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,100 Do you have any friends who pray for you? 155 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:57,640 If you were in a major crisis, who would be the first people that you would call? 156 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,840 If you don't know who those people are and you haven't lined them up in advance, I recommend 157 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,520 that you build a personal prayer team. 158 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,200 Everyone needs one because the inevitable crisis has come. 159 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,080 If we don't have that team set up, we're going to face it alone. 160 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,200 We're going to face impossible situation, dark days. 161 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:21,040 We're going to have information that on a dime turns the direction of our life. 162 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:22,040 Count on it. 163 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,080 We know ahead of time who we would call. 164 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:25,080 Daniel knew immediately. 165 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,920 He said, I'm going to go to my friends and I'm going to ask them to start praying. 166 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:35,640 Now you don't need 25 people to pray for you, but you do need a handful, maybe three or 167 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:41,600 four or five people that you know will pick up the phone and immediately start praying. 168 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,200 We all need that in our life. 169 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:48,120 So I want you to develop that list today of people you can reach out to right now if you 170 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:49,920 need a prayer. 171 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,000 So don't panic. 172 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,080 We ask time to create a solution and ask our friends to pray. 173 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:59,520 And then the fifth thing that we want to do is we want to pray and expect God to give 174 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,840 supernatural help. 175 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:08,040 When you're facing an impossible situation in your life, we want to pray and expect God 176 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,600 to help us. 177 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:14,560 Now when I say supernatural help, I'm talking about the kind of help that you don't have 178 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:22,560 on your own power, your own logic, your own wisdom, your own talent, your own connections. 179 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:26,320 It's not going to happen unless God does it. 180 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:31,960 When you don't have the money, when you don't have the resources, God has to show up and 181 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,040 do a miracle. 182 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:40,440 God loves to do miracles when we depend completely upon him. 183 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,840 God loves it when we say, I'm not smart enough. 184 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:48,880 When we ask him to give us supernatural help. 185 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,720 Here's the interesting thing about this. 186 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:53,160 God wants you to do this. 187 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:54,960 God wants you to ask. 188 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:59,680 Over and over again in the Bible, God says, I want you to ask for my help, supernatural 189 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:04,160 help when you're up against impossible odds and problems. 190 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,560 That's when God says, I'm in. 191 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:10,320 Jeremiah 33 says, call to me and I will answer you. 192 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:17,120 I'll show you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own. 193 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:21,200 The Bible says that we have not because we ask not. 194 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,400 There are a lot of things in our life that God wants to give, but he's never given them 195 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,720 to us because he's waiting for us to ask. 196 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:34,560 You know over 20 times in the New Testament, God says, you're commanded to ask anything 197 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:37,600 in my name and it will be given to you? 198 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,240 The Bible says ask and you will have it. 199 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:42,760 Ask and you will find. 200 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,560 Knock and the door will be open. 201 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:46,360 Seek and you will find. 202 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:47,680 That's asking. 203 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:50,880 He's just saying the same thing three different ways. 204 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,160 Ask, ask, seek, knock. 205 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,640 We have not because we ask not. 206 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,320 So many things we've already missed out on our lives simply because we've never asked 207 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:01,440 God for it. 208 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,120 He wants to give us things. 209 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:04,120 We just have to ask. 210 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:05,120 God is a gentleman. 211 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,240 He doesn't force himself upon us. 212 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:11,200 He just asks that we ask him. 213 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:15,000 God says he'll show you great and wonderful things because there's no way that we can 214 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,320 figure it out on our own and then we will know that it was him that did it. 215 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,120 I've prayed many times in my life, God I'm not smart enough to do this. 216 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,600 I'm asking you today. 217 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:25,600 Here's what I need. 218 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,160 I get really specific. 219 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:29,760 This is what Daniel did. 220 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,240 He comes and he prays and he says, I can't figure this out on my own. 221 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,120 Well, there's one condition. 222 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,520 When you pray, you have to expect God. 223 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:40,920 That's faith. 224 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:46,880 Pray and expect God to give you supernatural help and if you pray and God's going to do 225 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,720 anything we pray, we say, I need this, I need this money. 226 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:50,720 I need this person. 227 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,120 I need this opportunity. 228 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:53,280 I need health. 229 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:54,280 I need this answer. 230 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,200 I need this solution. 231 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,400 Specificity gets the answer. 232 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,240 He moves when we expect him to. 233 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:08,240 James 1, 5 through 7 says, if any of you needs wisdom, ask God and he will gladly give it. 234 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:13,480 He won't resent you asking, but when you ask him, be sure that you expect him to answer 235 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:19,400 for a doubtful mind is unsettled as a wave of the sea that is tossed by the wind. 236 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,680 People should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 237 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:27,640 So if you're not going to believe it, if you're not going to expect an answer, then don't 238 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,360 pray. 239 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,800 What we want to thank God in advance, that's called faith. 240 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:37,400 If you thank God after the fact, after he's given it, that's called gratitude. 241 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:41,040 God wants us to have both faith and gratitude. 242 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,080 God I believe you're going to do this, then when he does it, God I thank you that you 243 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:45,080 did it. 244 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:46,560 Faith and gratitude. 245 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:50,680 Now the sixth thing that you want to do is you want to worship God. 246 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:53,080 What do I mean by that? 247 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:54,080 Explain what that means. 248 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,400 A lot of us think worship is music. 249 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,200 No, that's one way to worship God. 250 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,640 There's actually like a thousand ways. 251 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,080 Worship is simply focusing on God. 252 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,320 That's all it means. 253 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,520 Anytime I turn my attention to God, that's called worship. 254 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,280 When I express my love to God, that's called worship. 255 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:13,800 You can worship God in a car. 256 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:15,680 You can worship him at the beach. 257 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:18,680 You can worship him at In-N-Out Burger, which I did this week. 258 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:20,400 It's three miles from my house. 259 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:21,400 Thank you Jesus. 260 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,540 I love that place. 261 00:14:23,540 --> 00:14:27,240 So you come to God and you worship God. 262 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:31,520 That's what means is I get the focus off of my problem and I focus on God. 263 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:37,560 I stop looking at the difficulty, the impossible problem, and I start looking at God and how 264 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:38,560 big he is. 265 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,120 This is what Daniel did. 266 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,840 After he asks his friends to pray, then he goes and spends all night praying. 267 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:50,240 Daniel 2.19 says this, during the night, God revealed and explained the mystery of the 268 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,940 dream to Daniel in a vision. 269 00:14:52,940 --> 00:14:53,940 What does that mean? 270 00:14:53,940 --> 00:14:56,360 It means he got this picture. 271 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,100 God put this picture in his mind. 272 00:14:58,100 --> 00:15:01,720 He showed him exactly what he was doing in Nebuchadnezzar's life. 273 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,680 He put that picture in his mind and then he went and shared that picture with Nebuchadnezzar. 274 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,400 He said, I know what it means. 275 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:08,640 God just told me. 276 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:14,720 That means that I know more than Nebuchadnezzar because God gave me that information. 277 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,120 It all came from God. 278 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,920 Daniel could have never gotten that on his own. 279 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,440 Then Daniel praised the God of heaven. 280 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,920 Have you ever prayed all night about anything? 281 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,520 In your life, have you ever stayed up all night because something was so heavy on your 282 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:32,520 heart? 283 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,680 You see, prayer reveals what's important to us. 284 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,560 If it's important to you, you'll pray about it. 285 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:46,000 If you're not praying about it, it's probably not that important to you. 286 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,240 God says it's obviously important to Daniel and God showed up. 287 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:51,960 Prayer shows you care. 288 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,880 Is there anything in your life worth praying for all night? 289 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,720 Maybe it's your kids or your business or your marriage or your career. 290 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,280 Something that makes you feel like things are on the line. 291 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:03,820 God says, I'm here. 292 00:16:03,820 --> 00:16:04,820 Just ask me. 293 00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:11,560 I would love to help you because if you call to me and ask, I will do it. 294 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:16,320 Now the seventh thing you need to do is use what God showed you to serve other people. 295 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:23,160 Use what God showed me, what God gives me to what he's blessed me with to serve others. 296 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:28,880 God wants to save you from an impossible situation so that you can serve other people. 297 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:35,080 Daniel 2.24 says, then he rushed to see Ariok who'd been ordered to execute all the king's 298 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,080 advisors. 299 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,760 He says, call off the execution. 300 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,820 God's not interested in just saving us. 301 00:16:40,820 --> 00:16:42,640 He wants to save others too. 302 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,000 This is called witnessing. 303 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:50,240 God wants everyone to be saved, everybody to know him and to love him and to understand 304 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:54,920 the purpose that God has them for, for being here on earth. 305 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,640 Christ reached out to us and we're going to keep reaching out. 306 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:04,080 It's why we're praying for Billy Perez as he prays and talks about doing ocean water 307 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:10,560 and ocean beach and Martinez up in Laguna Beach. 308 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,720 It's why we're going to Bangladesh and Indonesia in 12 months to help people get their water 309 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,040 from the ocean for free. 310 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:18,040 Service to others. 311 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,200 We always want to keep reaching out. 312 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:21,200 It's in our DNA. 313 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,940 You see, it's not just for our benefit. 314 00:17:23,940 --> 00:17:25,700 We also want to serve other people. 315 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:29,460 That's called witness, our mission in the world. 316 00:17:29,460 --> 00:17:33,640 You see, when you're in a crisis and you're praying and asking God to give you supernatural 317 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:38,520 help, when you get the answer, you don't take the credit for yourself because you didn't 318 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:39,520 think of the solution. 319 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:40,520 You give it to God. 320 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,920 God says, I'm going to give you the solution. 321 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,800 I want to get credit for it. 322 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,660 I want the glory to go to me, not to you. 323 00:17:48,660 --> 00:17:50,780 This is exactly what Daniel does. 324 00:17:50,780 --> 00:17:55,120 He gives God all the credit. 325 00:17:55,120 --> 00:18:01,080 So here's what Daniel says to the most powerful man in the world at the time. 326 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,460 Daniel 2, 27 through 30. 327 00:18:03,460 --> 00:18:08,840 He says, no wise or psychic or fortune teller or astrologer explained to me this. 328 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,380 He says, but there's a God in heaven. 329 00:18:11,380 --> 00:18:12,840 You know, I'm so grateful for that verse. 330 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:14,720 There's a God in heaven. 331 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:19,000 Things may be falling apart in our life, but there's a God in heaven. 332 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,320 Your dream may not be working out the way that you want it to, but there's a God in 333 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:23,400 heaven. 334 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:30,360 You may be experiencing failure, but there's a God in heaven and God gives us hope because 335 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:34,540 God can do what none of us can do. 336 00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:40,420 None of us can solve our problems, but there's a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. 337 00:18:40,420 --> 00:18:43,800 He shows us the way forward and the way out. 338 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:49,240 This happened in Nebuchadnezzar and he says, God's revealed this mystery to me, not because 339 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:53,560 I'm cooler or better than anyone else, not because I'm smarter than anybody else, because 340 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,140 I'm not. 341 00:18:55,140 --> 00:18:56,400 So what does Daniel do? 342 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,400 Well, he points people to God. 343 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,460 You know, the word evangelism simply means sharing good news in Greek. 344 00:19:03,460 --> 00:19:04,460 Evangelism is good news. 345 00:19:04,460 --> 00:19:06,160 Evangelism is simply sharing good news. 346 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:10,680 The good news is that God can help us no matter what we're going through. 347 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,680 That's the good news. 348 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:13,680 Here's how this story ends. 349 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:18,320 Daniel 2.48 says, then the king promoted Daniel to a high position and gave him many 350 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:19,400 valuable gifts. 351 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,960 He made Daniel ruler over the whole province. 352 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:23,360 Well, what's going on here? 353 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:25,760 Well, this is called a promotion. 354 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,800 Every time we pass a test, God makes sure we get promoted. 355 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:36,200 He made Daniel ruler over the whole province as well as the chief over those wise men. 356 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:37,280 You see, Daniel's humble. 357 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:42,520 He's thinking about his friends while he's getting promoted. 358 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,780 He says, well, I'm going to be in charge of all of this stuff. 359 00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:47,260 I'm taking my friends with me. 360 00:19:47,260 --> 00:19:48,260 That's how we want to be. 361 00:19:48,260 --> 00:19:52,380 If you get promoted in life, you take your friends with you. 362 00:19:52,380 --> 00:19:56,420 This is just one of nine tests and I really want you to follow us in this whole series. 363 00:19:56,420 --> 00:20:01,360 This was the fourth one because we're going to learn how to get rewarded and get more 364 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:02,360 responsibility. 365 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:05,360 The greater the prize is, the greater the position. 366 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:06,360 That's what we want for our life. 367 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:08,480 Well, let me close with this. 368 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,040 What seems impossible in your life right now? 369 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,040 What's the thing that's got you panicked? 370 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,160 What is it that causes you to stay awake at night? 371 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:19,720 Is it money or work or maybe your marriage and your family? 372 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:20,720 When am I going to have a kid? 373 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,360 When am I going to see my dream come true? 374 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:28,400 When am I going to graduate from the stuff that I've been working on? 375 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:32,800 All of these impossible problems can feel like they're piling up against us. 376 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,000 Maybe things aren't going to work out. 377 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:46,200 Well, today we can pray and we can ask for God's help no matter what it is that we're 378 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:47,200 facing. 379 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:48,200 I love that. 380 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:55,840 I do this all the time and I would love to invite you, to ask you to pray with me right 381 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:56,840 now. 382 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:57,840 It's so simple. 383 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,720 I do it every day and just expect that God's going to help you out. 384 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,960 In fact, we could do that right now. 385 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,360 We could just pray as you're watching this. 386 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:10,560 Just say, God, I admit my life isn't what I want it to be. 387 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,840 Jesus, please forgive me of my sins. 388 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:17,200 I ask you to be my friend and my guide in my life. 389 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,000 I ask you to help me today. 390 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,920 In Jesus' name, amen. 391 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,240 If you prayed that today and you meant it, would you just message me at Ocean Water? 392 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,880 I have some resources I'd like to get you. 393 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:35,200 I'd like to text you a few things as well, encourage you in your friendship with Jesus. 394 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,720 I want to thank those of you who support Ocean Water. 395 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:44,680 In the next 12 months, we're praying and planning to grow from two locations to six locations. 396 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:49,320 We're currently in San Clemente and Palmercito in El Salvador. 397 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:53,880 Now we're planning to grow to Ocean Beach and Laguna Beach and Mongolia, Bangladesh 398 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,280 and Sibirut Island in Indonesia. 399 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:01,160 With more finances, we can go and grow to more places and help more people. 400 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,640 Now, the Bible says this is part of our worship. 401 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,200 I'd like you to pray about what you can give as your part of worship. 402 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,720 I want you to pray about it. 403 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:15,640 Then I want you to do what God tells you to do and go online at OceanWater.com and include 404 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,680 that as part of your worship today. 405 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,160 Thank you so much for being with us for this week's Beach Talk. 406 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,760 Have a great week. 407 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,440 Thanks again for joining us this weekend. 408 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,920 If you'd like more information about Ocean Water Church, how to join us on an upcoming 409 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:36,920 trip, how to be part of one of our Clean Water projects, how to financially support our movement 410 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:43,200 or even information on how you can start an Ocean Water Church yourself, please look us 411 00:22:43,200 --> 00:23:10,200 up at OceanWater.com.