WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:11.599 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.599 Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible guys. Now we are 5 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:18.160 excited to be here. This is Chris and Wesley coming 6 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:21.359 to you directly into your probably. 7 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:25.519 Phone or car or that's true. I guess right, Well, 8 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:27.920 it could be the phone, the car through the phone, 9 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:30.519 or it's true, that's true, or your TVA. 10 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:32.880 Some people actually watch it on big screen TV. Yeah, 11 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:34.399 the air air drop it or whatever. 12 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:37.320 Yeah, says they want to see Chris in h D 13 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:40.200 four K and on the screen. 14 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:44.240 You notice I said air drop, Yeah, right, because that's. 15 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:47.200 Just a foreign concept. 16 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:48.119 For those of it. For those of you who don't know, 17 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:51.119 Wesley is one of the very few people that I 18 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:52.320 know in my entire life. 19 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:54.399 Actually that is very. 20 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:59.200 Much pro Samsung and PC over Macro Apple. 21 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:03.000 Yes, because I just prefer the more superior devices. 22 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:06.680 Yeah yeah, I don't know how that is going to 23 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:09.799 fly with most of the people on the planet. Yeah, 24 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:12.719 but actually, well actually most people on the planet actually 25 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:17.319 prefer Samsung. It's just the United States prefers Apple. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, 26 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:20.719 so that's true. You know that Apple is more common 27 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:22.599 in the United States, but if you consider the rest 28 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:23.879 of the world, it's actually Samsung. 29 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.959 Yeah, probably because of the price, that's true. 30 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:32.000 That's true. And the fact that you know, under developing 31 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:34.959 countries have a tendency to pick underdeveloped technology. 32 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:41.040 Oh no, no, all right, I'm still sticking with my Samsung. 33 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:44.159 Okay, all right, Well, hey, before we dive into God's 34 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:47.799 promises for today, we are going to read and Jeff 35 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:50.640 always says we're committed to giving the best news. Yes, 36 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:54.239 which is the Babylon Beat. Yeah, so what do we 37 00:01:54.319 --> 00:01:55.040 have for today? 38 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:59.400 This article is nine best times to interrupt whatever your 39 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:02.400 husband is doing to tell a long story. 40 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:04.319 Okay, First of all, I didn't know that's what the 41 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:04.959 topic was. 42 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:08.039 That is hilarious, and we did not pick this. Does 43 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:11.159 are pick this? So ladies do not get angry at us. 44 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:15.719 Okay, So this is advice. It's nine times yes, okay. 45 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.759 Yeah, the nine different times. Here we go, Ladies, Sometimes 46 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:21.520 you just have to tell your husband a really long, 47 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:26.800 meandering story involving people he doesn't really know, doing things 48 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:31.199 they don't that don't pertain to him. The important thing 49 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.400 is knowing when is the right time to do it. 50 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.520 The Babylon B is here to help wives everywhere by 51 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:41.360 giving you the following list of perfect times to interrupt 52 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:44.719 what he's doing to tell him a story. Number one, 53 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.759 I love this the last two minutes of his team's 54 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:52.280 playoff game. The tighter the score, the better it is. 55 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:55.759 Number two, Monny, when he turns his night stand lamp 56 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:58.840 off and lays his head on his pillow. He wouldn't 57 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:02.080 do those things if he actually wanted to sleep. Oh, 58 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:07.120 that's so good. Number three on a transcontinental flight. It's 59 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:11.120 not like he can go anywhere. Number four, when he's 60 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:14.080 halfway out the door to go hang out with the guys. 61 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:17.800 You can also try stopping the story to do something 62 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:20.039 else and make him wait for you to come back 63 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:20.759 to the story. 64 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:21.639 Oh No. 65 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:25.719 Number five, as soon as he's holding something incredibly heavy. 66 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:30.000 Make sure you don't start until after he has already 67 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:34.719 lifted it, though. Number six, when you can tell he 68 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:37.879 needs to go to the bathroom. Hearing you out is 69 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:43.240 far more important than urgent bodily functions. Oh No. Number seven, 70 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:47.560 when he's got the burglar pinned down and he's screaming 71 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:50.199 at you to call nine to one one. Save your 72 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:52.599 longest stories from WinCE like this. 73 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:55.960 Wow, that's over the top, isn't it. 74 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:59.879 Number eight, anytime he asks you what you bought it 75 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:03.520 target today, By the end of your story, he won't 76 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:07.639 even remember asking you. And then number nine right after 77 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:12.719 you finish telling your last long story. Everyone loves a 78 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:17.240 good sequel, And don't worry, he'll be happy to stop 79 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:19.839 and listen to your long story in any of the 80 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:25.040 situations listed above, even if he doesn't show it. When this, 81 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:29.360 it's hilarious. When are other ideal times to tell your 82 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:32.279 husband a really long story that seems like it doesn't 83 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:35.439 have any point or ending. Post them in the comments below. 84 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:37.639 But that's absolutely hilarious. 85 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:44.519 Wow, Well that that story assumes that all wives share 86 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:49.160 with their husbands meaningless stories that involve people they don't 87 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:50.800 know in situations they don't care. 88 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:53.879 About, which does not apply to my wife or your wife. No, 89 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:55.439 of course, does not apply to. 90 00:04:55.399 --> 00:05:00.120 Them, of course not. I'm only laughing on behalf of it. Yes, 91 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:04.000 where everybody else who applies to besides me and you? 92 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:07.360 Yeah, that is so funny, dude, that's good. 93 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:08.399 Yeah, that's really good. 94 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:13.800 And because we're talking about how things don't apply to 95 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:18.639 me and you, Uh, huh. Rebellion to God does not 96 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:20.399 apply to each of us either. 97 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:26.759 Oh, there's the transition. There's the transition. Yeah, okay, rebellion 98 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:31.399 from God or of God doesn't apply to me or you. 99 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:34.399 I get it. I get it. Hey. So today we're 100 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:39.959 talking about Isaiah, the Book of Isaiah, and the context 101 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:44.199 is Israel's rebellion right and running to Egypt instead of 102 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:47.279 running to God. But there's a promise in there somewhere, 103 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:50.199 and it's one of the coolest promises, that's very personal. 104 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:53.519 Yeah. So we're gonna do Isaiah thirty. We're going to 105 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:56.800 read that new Living translation. But the section that we're 106 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:00.560 going to cover, I'm going to do verse fifteen to 107 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:04.240 verse twenty two, and I think we'll cut it off 108 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:07.319 right there. So starting at verse fifteen again, this is 109 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:08.639 Isaiah chapter thirty. 110 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:10.519 In our highlight of verses verse twenty one. 111 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:15.360 Yes, verse twenty one is the main passage. So verse fifteen, 112 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:18.160 this is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of 113 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:22.199 Israel says. Only in returning to me and resting in me, 114 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:26.720 will you be saved in quietness and confidence in your strength. 115 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:30.560 But you would have none of it. You said, no, 116 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:33.680 we will get our help from Egypt. They will give 117 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:37.279 us swift horses for riding into battle. But the only 118 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:40.439 swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of 119 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:44.079 your enemies chasing you Verse seventeen. One of them will 120 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:47.040 chase a thousand of you. Five of them will make 121 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:50.199 all of you flee. You will be left like a 122 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:54.000 lonely flagpole on a hill, or a tattered banner on 123 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:58.160 a distant mountaintop. So the Lord must wait for you 124 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:00.240 to come to him so he can show I owe 125 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.879 you his love and compassion. For the Lord is a 126 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:06.160 faithful god. Blessed are those who wait for his help. 127 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:10.279 Verse nineteen O People of Zion who live in Jerusalem, 128 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:13.759 you will weep no more. He will be gracious if 129 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:17.439 you ask for help. He will surely respond to the 130 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:20.800 sound of your cries. Though the Lord gave you adversity 131 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:23.879 for food and suffering for drink, he will still be 132 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:27.120 with you to teach you. You will see your teacher 133 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:31.160 with your own eyes. Your own ears will hear him. 134 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:34.759 Right behind you. A voice will say, this is the 135 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:37.279 way you should go, whether to the left or to 136 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:41.160 the right. Then you will destroy all your silver idols 137 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:44.519 in your precious gold images. You will throw them out 138 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:47.720 like filthy rags, saying to them, good writtens. 139 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:53.560 So the promise that we're focusing on in versver twenty 140 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:59.279 one is your ears will hear him. Right behind you, 141 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:01.319 a voice will say this is the way you should go, 142 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:05.480 whether to the right or to the left. So there's 143 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:06.000 the promise. 144 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:09.279 Yeah. So verse twenty one it says your ears will 145 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:13.199 hear him him referring to God. Yep, but Chris, when 146 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:17.480 it says right behind you, a voice will say this 147 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:19.360 is the way you should go, whether to the left 148 00:08:19.399 --> 00:08:21.040 or to the right. What do you think is the 149 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:23.560 significance of that, like right behind you? 150 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:26.720 Well, i'll tell you what. There's there's a great word 151 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:29.839 picture there. It's a beautiful word picture. Because number one, 152 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:34.600 it indicates that God is not far off. Yeah right close, Yeah, 153 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:38.679 that's very close. In fact, it says a voice will say. 154 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:41.240 It doesn't say a voice will shout, which means that 155 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:44.679 God's not off in a distance saying hey, go that 156 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:47.799 way right. It says he will say. So if it's 157 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.399 right behind you, then chances are, you know, he could 158 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:55.200 whisper into your ear right. So it's I think it's 159 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:59.000 a I think it's a word picture reminding us that 160 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:02.000 God is close. And then also it's a word picture 161 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:07.320 very much so like a shepherd guides the sheep, a 162 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:12.039 shepherd actually stands behind the sheep and will push them 163 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:14.600 in the direction that they should go. And so when 164 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:19.440 God guides personally, God guides, he is he is standing 165 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:23.320 behind and he is giving direction left or right, and 166 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:26.519 he's and he's just like a shepherd guiding us, which 167 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:29.000 is that's where the shepherd would stand, pushing the sheep 168 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:31.320 down the certain path. And then I think, I think 169 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:33.720 there's a third thing too, and it's the thing actually 170 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:37.279 that I just thought of. You know how, you know 171 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:40.840 how God said to Moses, nobody can look upon my 172 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:46.879 face and live, and so so in other words, for Moses, 173 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:49.600 he said, stand in the cleft of the rock, and 174 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:52.120 I will pass by, and you will see my afterglow 175 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:55.559 and you'll be able to see, you know, the backside 176 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:58.200 of me, but you can't look upon my face. I 177 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:02.799 think that there's also something very personal here that says 178 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:06.159 that God is right behind you, meaning He's not gonna 179 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:08.519 melt your face off if you see him face to face. 180 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:12.759 His his his wrath, and you know his Uh, his 181 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:16.320 glory to be feared. There's nothing to be fearful of. 182 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:19.799 If he's behind you, he's as close as he can 183 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:26.080 be to you without you having to fear God in 184 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:29.440 that way, fearing that you're gonna die, or that you 185 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:31.440 know that you're gonna you know again, have your face 186 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:33.720 melted off. I say that in jest, right, but that 187 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:36.279 but that's what God says. God says, nobody can look 188 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:38.440 upon my face and live. So there's that there's a 189 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:42.279 there's a fear of God in that way, his majesty, 190 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:46.559 his holiness, but not if he's behind you, right then 191 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:49.360 then all your fear is gone, you see. So I 192 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:52.200 think that there's another word picture there, like he removes 193 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:55.000 all of our fear and anxiety where he's He's gonna 194 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:56.720 tell us where to go, but he's not gonna yell 195 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:59.039 at us. He's not gonna tell us. 196 00:10:58.879 --> 00:10:59.759 You know you must go. 197 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:02.840 Didn't I tell you not to go that way? The 198 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:05.639 fear of the Lord, that part of it is taken 199 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:09.759 away because he's still God. Yeah, but there's nothing to 200 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.080 fear by looking into his face. 201 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:14.639 Yeah. Then it says as a result of all that 202 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:18.279 what you've just said, then you would destroy all your 203 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:22.279 silver idols and your precious gold images. And when I 204 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:25.080 think about that, I think about what are the idols 205 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:30.639 in our life occupying space that God should be occupying? Like, 206 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:33.559 what are those It could be something as simple that 207 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.720 it doesn't have to be something major, deep and spiritual. 208 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:40.840 It can be something as simple as a TV program 209 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:45.720 that's occupying your Bible reading time? What is that idol 210 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:49.399 that thing that is occupying the space that God should 211 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:54.440 be occupying. For some people, maybe it's their boat on Sundays, Yeah, 212 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:57.000 instead of being in church, and I know it's in 213 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:59.320 here in Michigan it's starting to get cold. But in 214 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:02.840 the summertime, is your boat? Your God is your boat? 215 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:06.960 Your idol? Is your corvette that you have, you know 216 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:09.799 in the garage covered up that you dust every week, 217 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:12.919 is that you're I want to be very very clear 218 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:16.360 on this. God does not care if you have a corvette. 219 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:19.720 God does not care if you have a nice boat. 220 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:23.559 The nice boat. That's irrelevant. The point is where do 221 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:26.799 those things rank in your life in relation to God? 222 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:29.919 That's the key right there. So it's not the boat. 223 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.440 But if the boat replaces your God time, then there's 224 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.519 a problem with the boat. Yeah, you know. 225 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:37.639 And what's so funny is in this day and age, 226 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:40.559 thank God for streaming, right, yeah, and streaming I don't 227 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:44.120 think should ever take substitute for church in person. 228 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:46.200 Yea, his coming together as a body. 229 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:49.159 Yeah, because because God calls us to come together. You know, 230 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:52.240 you can't be edified if one hundred percent of all 231 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:55.519 your church experiences on the other end of a phone, yeah, right, 232 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:59.600 or a TV. But thank God for streaming for the 233 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:03.120 one of life. But I just had a friend who 234 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:06.080 does have a boat, who actually said to me, uh, 235 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:08.159 he said, Chris, for the first time, he said, normally, 236 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:11.279 when I go out my boat, you know, I just 237 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:14.360 miss church entirely, he goes. But then I realized, if 238 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:15.840 I take it out into the middle of the lake, 239 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:19.440 I turn off the engine and then I go ahead 240 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:23.320 and watch, you know, Heritage Church. And you know, not 241 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:26.240 not every Sunday obviously, right, but you know, but but 242 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:29.200 when he when he can, and so so when he 243 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:31.240 was away he did, and he said, I got to 244 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:34.759 tell you, he goes. That's my new favorite thing. He goes, 245 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:36.720 just being out in the middle of the of the 246 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:39.919 lake and you know, just at God's presence during you 247 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:42.559 know during this time and and and and watching it, 248 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:44.600 to which I just thought, Wow, there's there's the best 249 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:45.279 of both worlds. 250 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:45.480 Right. 251 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:47.159 So now you have a boat and you have your 252 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:50.080 God time, which is good. So so in some cases, 253 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:54.279 thank God for streaming. Right. So, but it's not a replacement, folks, 254 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:57.759 it's not a replacement. It's not a substitute. 255 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:00.559 Sos to circle back to verse two twenty one, I 256 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:05.039 just thought of something. It says your own ears will 257 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:09.320 hear him. Yeah, so your own ears, So not through 258 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:15.519 someone else or through something else, your own ears. That 259 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:19.559 means that you have to be working at spending time 260 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:21.600 with Him for yourself. Yeah. 261 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:25.000 And that's just another thing that reminds us that that 262 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:27.639 the that the God of the Old Testament is just 263 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:31.200 as personal as the Jesus of the New Testament. Yeah, right, 264 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.279 because because you know, God's the same yesterday, today and forever. God, 265 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:39.120 the Son, and the Spirit are one God, the triune God. 266 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:43.120 And so so God himself says that that he's going 267 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:45.759 to speak. In other words, the will of God is 268 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:49.559 not a broadcast. Yeah, it's a personal conversation. Right. So 269 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:52.519 when it says your own ears will hear, it means 270 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:55.679 that God is right behind you. He is close to you, 271 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:00.480 and he will speak personally into your own ears, giving 272 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:02.960 you advice if you go to him right. So he 273 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:05.559 speaks in a way that you can hear right and 274 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:09.080 and and so I think that I think that when 275 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:12.600 it says your own ears will hear him right behind you, 276 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:15.080 a voice will say this is the way you should go, 277 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:18.120 whether to the right or to the left. You know what, 278 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:21.240 that also indicates that God is going to speak in 279 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:26.240 times of decision, because that that yet is another example 280 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:30.240 in the scriptures that indicates crossroads. Right, just like yesterday 281 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:33.600 we talked about what was it yesterday Proverbs three. 282 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:37.159 Five and six, a couple of couple of days ago. 283 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:39.799 Yeah, But but again it's it's that it's the idea 284 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:42.399 that like I could take this path or this path, 285 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:45.840 and God is going to personally give us advice whether 286 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:48.679 to go to the right or to the left, and 287 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:52.200 and it's and it's the moments of decision and and 288 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.519 and it says that God is, you know, his advice 289 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:59.000 is practical. It's not going to be, you know, a 290 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:01.279 hard It says this is the. 291 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:02.600 Way walk in it. 292 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:05.080 It's not going to be something too difficult. 293 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.720 For us to do. 294 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:10.720 God always gives us practical advice. And then another thing 295 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:13.399 that steps out in this verse stands out is that 296 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:17.360 it indicates movement right, that God always wants us to 297 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:20.519 be moving forward, which means in our walk and our faith, 298 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:26.799 you know, if we stand still, Jesus is constantly moving. 299 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:30.519 You know, it's so interesting when Jesus said follow me, 300 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:34.799 it indicates that Jesus is walking right. And so if 301 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:38.919 we actually stop, and you know, we grow, we stop 302 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:42.440 in our faith, We're like, Okay, I've tried my best 303 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:45.200 to grow closer to God. I've worked, you know, I've 304 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:48.200 listened to the Bible. Guys, I've read my Bible, I've prayed, 305 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:52.320 I've surrounded myself around godly people, and so I've done 306 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:54.639 my best to get close to God. And now I've 307 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:58.320 stopped for this season of my life. Well, we can't 308 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:02.799 picture ourselves still close to God because God's constantly moving, 309 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:06.960 because God says, follow me. And so as we go 310 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:11.799 through life, God is constantly refining us. And just like 311 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:14.799 we said in week number one, we said that by 312 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:16.319 the time we get to the other side, we want 313 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:18.920 to be transformed. So God is going to work on 314 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.440 us along the way God is going to transform us. 315 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:23.640 God has a plan for us, but we have to 316 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:29.440 continue to move and grow and develop, because when we stop, 317 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:31.279 that means that there's going to be a distance created 318 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:33.039 between us and our heavenly Father. 319 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:35.200 So I got a question, Chris, and this is to 320 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:38.319 be very practical for the people that are listening. What 321 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:42.759 do you do when you just don't want to go 322 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:47.640 the direction God is leading because you want to be disobedient. 323 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:51.839 Maybe the direction that God has taken you is a 324 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:56.039 scary direction. Maybe the direction God is taking you you 325 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.039 feel like it's going to cost you too much. It's 326 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:01.839 going to cost too much sacrifice costs too much time. 327 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:05.960 And you're just thinking, man, Jesus is he's waving me on, 328 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:09.240 He's telling me to come, But this road just seems 329 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:10.680 like I don't know if I want to go down 330 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:14.559 this road. Yeah, what does a person do in that instance? 331 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:17.559 Well, I'll tell you what. At best case scenario, you're 332 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:21.880 missing out on blessings. Worst case scenario is is that 333 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:25.119 God gets your attention through conviction, misery or tragedy. 334 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:26.519 Yeah, which you don't want, right. 335 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:29.119 You know, if you refuse to go the way in 336 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:32.039 which He wants you to go. But best case scenario is, 337 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:36.000 you know you're gonna miss out because I've always said 338 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:39.440 this my entire life that when God again, it's it's 339 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:42.880 another sermon altogether. To try to determine is this the 340 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:46.319 voice of God or is this my voice? Right, it's 341 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:47.559 a whole other sermon, you know. 342 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.880 But when we. 343 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:54.519 Are mature Christians and we are people of faith, and 344 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.240 we know for a fact that God is clearly saying this, 345 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:02.440 and He's either saying that through his word, or through prayer, 346 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:05.680 or through advice from somebody else, or through practical or 347 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:08.599 godly wisdom, you know, we just know it's from God. 348 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:14.480 At best case scenario, we miss out because God's advice 349 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:18.920 is always first and foremost for his glory and always 350 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:22.960 secondary for our benefit. So every time God gives an invitation, 351 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:25.480 every time God gives us a command. 352 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:27.079 It's not just to inconvenience your day. 353 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:30.839 No, it is always first and foremost for His glory 354 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:36.079 and secondary for our benefit, every single time. So best 355 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:38.720 case scenario is we miss out on a blessing, We 356 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:40.880 miss out on an opportunity to be a part of 357 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:43.519 what God is doing in us and through us. We 358 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:45.960 miss out on something that we never would have experienced 359 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:48.799 about God and his character. Otherwise we miss out on 360 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:52.079 getting to know God in a deeper way. We're going 361 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:55.200 to miss out on something if we just don't go 362 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:56.279 the way God wants. 363 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:59.680 Us to go. And it kind of ties into verse eighteen. 364 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:02.079 So the Lord must wait for you to come to 365 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:05.400 him so he can show you his love and compassion. 366 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:09.200 The reason that God is standing behind you, guiding you, 367 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:11.359 telling you to go to the left or to the right, 368 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:14.440 is because he wants to show you his love and compassion. 369 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:17.000 It's not to harm you, it's not to hurt you. 370 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:19.079 It's not to make you have a bad day, like 371 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:22.279 you said. It's literally he just wants to show you 372 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:25.839 his love and his compassion by leading you in the 373 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.640 way that you should go. 374 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:29.799 Yeah, and that we mentioned earlier, the context for this 375 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:33.200 is rebellion for the children of Israel. They wanted to 376 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:36.240 go to Egypt instead of going to God. Yeah, right, 377 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.079 We'll go to Egypt. 378 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:42.160 And Egypt was the land of bondage, of yes slavery, 379 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:45.759 and they were saying, I would rather choose that than 380 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:47.440 obey God, right. 381 00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:50.200 Right, and and so and so God is saying in 382 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:52.559 these verses he goes, hey, go back to Egypt if 383 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:55.160 you think that their stallion horses are going to be 384 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:58.079 the thing that you need in battle. But I'm telling you, 385 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:02.799 even even a horse that runs swiftly isn't going to 386 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:04.559 do you any good when you look back and see 387 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:07.839 your enemies chasing you, Because if you go with me, 388 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:11.200 your enemies won't even chase you. Right, trust in me, 389 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:13.519 and I will give you victory over your enemies. And 390 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:16.240 that's really what he's saying. He's saying, just go in 391 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:18.920 my way and not the ways of the world. Or 392 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:21.759 you know, you know, hey, a lot of times we 393 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:25.640 think money is going to give us security. Right, money 394 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:29.799 promises the things that only God promises. Money says, I'll 395 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:34.240 give you security, I could take away your worry. I'm 396 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:37.640 going to give you, you know, a future. But those 397 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:40.400 are the things that only God can promise, Right, So 398 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:43.960 we look to money instead of God. God's like, no, 399 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:46.400 you know, I'll show I'll show you what it means 400 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:48.480 to trust in money. It's here one second, it's gone 401 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:52.160