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 --> 00:00:13.839 practical ways. Hey, good morning everybody. My name is Chris. 4 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:18.839 I got my heart leapt with joy for yes. I 5 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:20.120 thought you were gonna sing. 6 00:00:20.199 --> 00:00:22.600 No, no, no, not today it is. 7 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:27.120 It is Thursday, Yes, good morning, and we are the 8 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:30.440 Bible Guys, and we're in a series about dangerous prayers. 9 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:32.039 Yes, and today is a little. 10 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:33.679 Lighter than yesterday or the day before. 11 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.240 Yeah. Yeah, yeah, Today's Wednesday, by the way, Oh today's Wednesday. 12 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:38.600 Oh okay, sorry about that. 13 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:43.240 Today is Wednesday, and we are recording five in a row. 14 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:44.439 And sometimes I get my days. 15 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:48.759 Yes, confused, we understand. Yes, poor Chris. Pray for him. 16 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:50.640 His mind comes and goes, comes and goes. 17 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:53.520 Hey, age, that's right. 18 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:56.799 Well, before we dive into our series, we have a 19 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:03.039 segment that has a theme song and it is mail Bags. 20 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:03.759 There you go. 21 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:06.599 Mail Bags comes in today from Elizabeth. 22 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:08.000 Hy Elizabeth H. 23 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:10.920 And she asked this question, if you could ask God 24 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:14.359 one silly question, what would it be. 25 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:19.359 Oh, that's a good question, Elizabeth. One Does it say 26 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:21.120 only one? It says only one? 27 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:24.359 Yes, it says if you could ask God one silly 28 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:25.879 question because I have several? 29 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:27.000 Do you have several? 30 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:29.920 I have several silly questions. Okay, like did Adam and 31 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:30.959 Eve have a belly button? 32 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:33.480 Yeah, that's a good question, right, Yeah, because they didn't 33 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:35.519 have a bilical cord. Yeah, they didn't need an ubilical court, 34 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:37.920 so maybe they didn't have belly but yeah, so big question. 35 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:39.079 That's a big one, big one. 36 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:39.680 It's silly. 37 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:43.640 Yeah, I'm One of my questions that I'm always asking 38 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:47.840 is if nothing sticks to teflon, how does teflon stick 39 00:01:47.879 --> 00:01:50.239 to the pand hm? 40 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:50.920 That's pretty good. 41 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:52.120 That's it's like magic. 42 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:55.319 It's a big one. Yeah, I have one. I have one. 43 00:01:56.079 --> 00:02:00.439 Uh is there a color in heaven that does exist 44 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:00.840 on Earth? 45 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:03.280 Because think about it, think about it. 46 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:04.840 I don't know if that's silly, that's a good question. 47 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:05.760 No, think about this. 48 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.280 Every single thing that you try to imagine is in 49 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:12.759 the colors that you only know. But what if there 50 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:15.000 was a color and if you try to imagine it 51 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:17.280 right now, you actually can't do it. 52 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:19.919 Because everything you know, so we already know that there 53 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:25.759 are colors outside of our spectrum of sight. What there's 54 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:28.120 all kinds of things out we have a very narrow 55 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:32.719 so all color is right on a wave that comes 56 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.159 back to you. It's a reflection back to you. Yes, 57 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:37.000 And that there are things outside of what you can 58 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:41.120 see that animals can see and other bugs can see, pheromones, 59 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:42.800 stuff like that. They can see stuff we can't see. 60 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:44.599 And they can see colors we can't see. 61 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:48.400 But are they different colors or they're just a combination 62 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:49.319 of our color. 63 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:51.879 Power since we can't see them, I'm not sure we can. 64 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:55.039 Know which means I'm not sure I believe that claim. 65 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:59.960 Well, the spectrum, it's a spectrum, right, So so sounds 66 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:02.159 that you can't hear, it turns out are different than 67 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:04.520 the sounds you can hear. I think colors you can't 68 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:06.280 see turns out to be different than the colors you 69 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:06.719 can see. 70 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:08.599 I think animals see the same colors as we do. 71 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:10.520 Don't We don't know. Okay, Remember the predator. 72 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:11.199 I think we do know. 73 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:12.400 Remember the predator and. 74 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.360 Predator too he changed his heat vision to all these 75 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:18.280 different types of visions. Not like that, okay, But but 76 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.439 my point is is that they were still all colors 77 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:23.520 that we could see. You know why, because we can't 78 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:26.599 make movies without the colors that we can see we can't. 79 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:28.840 But it's only for us. We're not making movies for them. 80 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:30.680 Animals don't see different colors. 81 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:33.879 They do, they don't, they do so, and there's all 82 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:35.759 kinds of it's it's a spectrum. And so because of 83 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:38.240 that we we have a very narrow version of very 84 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:42.360 narrow range within the heart. What other silly question, where 85 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:45.919 do all the socks go in the wash in the dryer? Like, 86 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:49.879 is there a sock heaven? Where do they go? 87 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:50.960 Yeah? I don't know. 88 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:55.840 I have another one. Why does buttered toast always land 89 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:57.120 on the floor on the butter side. 90 00:03:58.159 --> 00:03:58.759 That's a good one. 91 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:01.759 This yeah, this is a I got a bunch of them. 92 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:03.840 I got so many that just bother me. 93 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:08.919 Okay, here's it's not silly. It is kind of silly. 94 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:10.879 But we're dinosaurs on the arc. 95 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.000 Uh yeah yeah, probably. 96 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:17.000 Yeah they could have been baby They could have been 97 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:20.879 babies or eggs or eggs. Well, God brought the animals 98 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:22.720 to know. I don't think the eggs could have rolled. 99 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:24.800 Probably baby dinosaurs. 100 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:28.439 Okay. He could have asked them to behave, behave. 101 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:31.120 Yeah, wow, go to Noah and behave. 102 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:32.959 Okay, that's a good one. Do you have another one. 103 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:35.480 I think, I. 104 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:39.199 Think you know there's there's this question. Ready, Hey, God, 105 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:42.079 can you create a boulder so large that. 106 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:44.000 You can't move it? Yeah? 107 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:49.079 That's a that's a fallacy loop, right, Yes, yeah, that's 108 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:55.439 a hard one. I've thought on several occasions about that 109 00:04:55.439 --> 00:05:00.519 that of course he can, but he won't. He can 110 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:03.240 do anything he wants to do. Yeah, but then if 111 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:04.480 he wants to lift it, he can lift it. 112 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:05.199 Right. 113 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:08.639 But so the question isn't can you lift a boulder 114 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:10.800 you create that you can't lift. That's not the question. 115 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.879 The question is can you create a boulder so big 116 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:17.120 you can't lift it? Yes, but then if he wants 117 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:18.319 to lift it, he can lift it. 118 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:20.639 Well, then that means he can't create one that he 119 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:21.079 can't lift. 120 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:24.240 Sure, he can you do anything he wants. 121 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:26.199 Oh, I see, I see what you're saying. 122 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:27.879 You're saying he could do that and he could do 123 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:29.680 the other exactly right. 124 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:30.920 Right. What you're trying to do is you're trying to 125 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:33.439 put him in a linear situation, and he's not stuck 126 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:34.199 in the linear time. 127 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:36.319 Brame, I got you, I got you. Yeah that's funny. 128 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:38.879 So yeah, yeah, those are those are good? 129 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:41.680 Anything else man, No, I don't have. I have I 130 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.360 have so many of those weird things like that, why 131 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:49.720 did he make mosquitos? Well, yeahs make me mad? Yeah, 132 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:53.319 that's right. Like of all the things if I could change, well, 133 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.600 there's a lot of big things that would change. Yeah, 134 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:58.360 but one of the biggest things I would change is mosquitoes. 135 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:00.959 Just get rid of moskuit give it the mosquitos. Just 136 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:06.120 have them, you know, drink sap or something or water, yeah, 137 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:07.279 drinking blood. 138 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:10.399 Well, you know, without mosquitos, we never would would have 139 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:12.079 been able to have Jurassic Park. 140 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:14.079 This is true. That's true. 141 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:18.839 Yeah, yeah, uh and and uh, you know there's other 142 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:21.319 like Bible questions that I have for sure. 143 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:23.040 What kind of Bible questions do you have? 144 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:26.639 Like what was Paul's thorn in the flesh? 145 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:26.680 Mm? 146 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:28.439 Like because he doesn't tell. 147 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:30.279 Us it was his podcast host co host. 148 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:34.720 Yeah. And then here's another question, did the prodigal Sun. 149 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:37.120 That was a joke? You didn't even smile at that? 150 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:39.759 Oh, I wasn't listening. I was thinking of another question. 151 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:44.600 Case and point. What did you say? What did you 152 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:47.279 with his podcast co host? Oh? 153 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:51.319 That is casing point. That is casoon point that. 154 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:54.360 It's hard to do this job. If you're not listening, man, 155 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:56.079 you know what, I was trying to. 156 00:06:56.040 --> 00:07:01.600 Think of another question, and that was actually really funny. Yeah, okay, Oh, 157 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:02.959 you know what I should have said. If I was listening, 158 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:04.279 Here's what I would have said. I would have said, 159 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:06.240 that's right, Jeff, it was. 160 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:09.319 That probably was it. 161 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:11.480 Yeah, I would directed it back to you. 162 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:13.680 Okay, all right, that's enough. 163 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:16.120 So if you I. 164 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:17.759 Don't even know where we were going with that, No, 165 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:18.279 it was it. 166 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:20.639 Was silly questions. Yeah, yeah, yeah, So listen. 167 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:23.600 If you are at home and you're listening and you've 168 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:25.920 never written in before, this would be a fun time 169 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:26.399 to write in. 170 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:28.519 If you think of another silly question, you're like, oh, 171 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:29.079 this is a good one. 172 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:29.879 Yeah, that's a good one. 173 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:33.319 Right in and send an email to info at the 174 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:37.079 Bible guys dot com, or comment on the YouTube channel 175 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:39.639 or something, and and leave us a comment or an 176 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:40.399 email somewhere. 177 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:41.480 We'd love to hear from you. 178 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:44.600 The reason why I was saying that it seemed like 179 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:46.399 I couldn't even figure out where we were going, it's 180 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:50.319 because David wrote a prayer about the fact that you 181 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:51.199 never got. 182 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:52.600 That was your transition. 183 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:58.000 There you go, there you is okay. So in Psalm 184 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:02.079 chapter twenty five, David writes, this is kind of a 185 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:05.000 God's GPS for my life, kind of a prayer. God, 186 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:06.639 just show me your will, show me what I'm supposed 187 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:11.959 to do. And so in Psalm chapter twenty five, what 188 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:15.720 verses are we reading for four through four through ten? Yes, 189 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:21.279 and my phonus stuck man. Okay four through ten, It says, 190 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:24.600 show me the right path, Oh Lord, point out the 191 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:27.360 road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth 192 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:29.720 and teach me. For you are the God who saves me. 193 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:32.840 All day long. I put my hope in you. Remember, 194 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:36.399 oh Lord, your compassion and unfailing love, which you've shown 195 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:39.720 from long ages past. Do not remember the rebellious sins 196 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:41.639 of my youth. Remember me in the light of your 197 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:45.759 unfailing love, for you are merciful, Oh Lord. The Lord 198 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:48.080 is good and does what is right. He shows the 199 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:50.759 proper path to those who go astray. He leads the 200 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:54.159 humble and doing right, teaching them his way. The Lord 201 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:57.120 leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his 202 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:00.639 covenant and obey his commands. Well, there you go. 203 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:05.159 There it is so we're talking about God's showing us 204 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:09.120 the way. And uh so, I mean how often do 205 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:10.840 we pray God show us the way? 206 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:15.720 It's just about every major decision. Yeah that exists right now. 207 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:17.919 Uh, let me ask you this, this, this brings up 208 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:21.039 a pretty good question. Have you ever had a conversation 209 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:26.000 with anybody in the past where they believe there's only 210 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.960 one perfect will and there and they have a little 211 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:33.120 bit of a fear like like like they say they say, well, 212 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:34.799 I don't know if I want to marry this person 213 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:38.279 because I know that there's only one perfect will and 214 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:39.919 or or I don't know if I don't know if 215 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.960 I should choose the school to go to because there's 216 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.840 only one perfect will or or whatever it is, and 217 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:50.639 and uh and they're always constantly wondering about, uh, you know, 218 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:53.559 if I'm in God's perfect will because it seems like 219 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:55.120 there's only one right. 220 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:58.480 Yes, Yeah, I think a lot of people have a 221 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:02.919 very linear view of God's will, that there's a HASTI 222 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:05.519 lead to be hastily to see God only has one 223 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:08.840 plan and there's only one path for your life. And 224 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:12.320 I don't believe that. I think if that's why it was, 225 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:14.120 Jesus would have explained it that way. I think the 226 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:16.879 Bible would have explained it that way. It just doesn't 227 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:20.679 doesn't say that. So it does say we've already read 228 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:25.279 this week. A couple days ago we read where David said, 229 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:28.480 you knew all the days of my life before I 230 00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:34.320 was ever born. Right, But that's less about God prescribing 231 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:36.919 precisely what would happen, as opposed to God knowing what 232 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:41.399 will happen. That's right, that's right, right, And so I 233 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.200 think that you navigate to your life. God's made it 234 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:45.840 really clear in scripture. Love God with all your heart, 235 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:47.519 all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. 236 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:50.919 God wants us to love our neighbor as our self. 237 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:54.279 God wants us to seek his kingdom and his righteousness 238 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:55.879 and all these other things to be added to us. 239 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:58.360 God wants us to lean on him and his word, 240 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:01.320 and it'll be a light to our path as we're going. 241 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:04.159 The Bible says that delight yourself and the Lord, and 242 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:06.799 he will give you the desires of your heart. And 243 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:08.480 we know that in Hebrew there's kind of a double 244 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:11.440 entendre there. He'll give you the right desires and then 245 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:16.159 he'll give those to you. Right, it's both ways, but 246 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:19.600 it's like, do you want the blue one or the 247 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:22.919 red one? There's not a God's will isn't involved in 248 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:25.039 the blue or the red necessarily, it's what do you want? 249 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:26.840 As long as you're honoring God, you can have you 250 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:28.879 the one that's right, right, as long as you're seeking 251 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:30.399 Him first. You can have you the one as long 252 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:32.360 as you love God and love people and you're not 253 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:34.960 taking advantage of anybody. If it's just a neutral decision, 254 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:38.320 you can have either one. Yeah, and so God, but 255 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:40.279 God knows which one you're going to do, and he 256 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:41.960 has a plan based on that. 257 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:44.600 Now, I do believe that there are times where God 258 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:48.200 will impress upon us and tell us it's the red one. Right, 259 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:50.679 So there could be a thing where you think it 260 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:53.159 you think it choice is linear, and you think or 261 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:55.879 you know or you know it's optional, and then God 262 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:58.600 will say, clearly, this is the right choice. 263 00:11:58.679 --> 00:11:58.879 Right. 264 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:01.120 So God impresses upon us all the time. 265 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:04.080 Yeah, but those are supernatural moments in our life, that's. 266 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:04.840 Right, Yeah, that's right. 267 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:07.519 Yeah, Because you know there are times where you know, 268 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:11.120 I'll be you know, praying between two things, or even thinking, 269 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:13.799 not even praying necessarily, you know, thinking like, oh, these 270 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.600 are the two options because it doesn't, in my mind, 271 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:19.679 require prayer. And it's like, this isn't a big deal. 272 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:21.600 I can choose you to one of these things. And 273 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:23.600 then all of a sudden, I feel like God impresses 274 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:27.080 upon me and says, this is the this is what 275 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:29.600 I want you to do. Right, and then you all 276 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:32.720 of a sudden you're like, oh, out of nowhere, I 277 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:36.000 sort of feel like God is telling me this, right, 278 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.559 you know, make this phone call or choose this person. 279 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:41.080 You know I've done that. 280 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:45.080 It's simple. It's as simple as this, right. I remember 281 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:51.120 thinking recently who to grab and take the lunch and 282 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:52.799 I remember thinking like, I'm in the mood to go 283 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:55.360 to lunch with somebody, and I have an agenda to 284 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:57.960 go to lunch with a lot of staff members just 285 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:00.440 because I want to spend time with them, connect with them, 286 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:03.639 et cetera, et cetera. And I remember thinking, Oh, this 287 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:06.080 guy's available. He looks like he's working at his desk. 288 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:08.320 This guy's available. I'm gonna go ask one of those. 289 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:12.000 And I felt like God was saying ask that person. 290 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:15.120 And I was like, oh, I thought that was a choice, 291 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:17.320 that was no big deal, but I felt like it 292 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:18.759 was that person, and I was like, Okay, I don't 293 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:20.039 know why, but I feel like this is the right 294 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:20.559 move to make. 295 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:21.600 And I did. 296 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:24.879 And turns out that was definitely the right move to make, 297 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:27.399 because the conversation that unfolded. 298 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:29.559 Was like, oh now I see what God is doing. 299 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:33.240 Right, was this conversation was meant to happen in this 300 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:34.240 particular moment. 301 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:38.960 So the Book of James tells us that if we 302 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:41.679 lack wisdom, ask from God. Ask God, and He'll give 303 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:45.440 to us generously. Right, and so all the time, I 304 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:48.159 would say, be praying for wisdom, be praying for discernment. 305 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:51.320 Solomon says, wisdom is the principal thing. So with all 306 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:52.759 the things that you're getting your life, make sure you 307 00:13:52.759 --> 00:14:00.240 get lots of wisdom. It's the core of being able 308 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:03.399 to live a life that avoids a lot of the pitfalls. 309 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:04.960 And we know the fear of the Lord is a 310 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:08.639 beginning of wisdom. So David writes in Someone nineteen that 311 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:12.080 God's he talks about this unlimited amount of wisdom that 312 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:16.360 comes from God's words, and so you know, God's word 313 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:19.600 is a light under our path, he says. His son 314 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:21.639 Solomon says, trust in the Lord with all your heart. 315 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:24.519 Lean not onto your own understanding, but in all your ways, 316 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:28.799 acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. So I'm 317 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:31.039 constantly praying God give me wisdom and discernment in my 318 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:34.559 everyday decisions. I'm constantly leaning on Him, saying, I don't 319 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:36.919 want to make a dumb choice. So if it's a 320 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:41.480 frivolous choice, do I want a black pickup truck or 321 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:44.639 a gray pickup truck? Hey, which one's going to give 322 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:45.240 you the best deal? 323 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:45.639 Right? 324 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:50.279 That kind of thing. But when it comes to people, 325 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:52.840 people matter. So many other things matter, And I'm not 326 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:55.440 saying the black versus a great pickup truck don't matter. 327 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:59.039 Maybe they do. But I think that if you're constantly 328 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:01.720 leaning on the Lord's making first, his kingdom, his righteousness, 329 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:04.000 all these other things will be added to you. So 330 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:06.320 you don't have to worry about your decisions if you're 331 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:07.600 just constantly pursuing God. 332 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:10.720 Right, I think lovely regard with our heart, soul, mind, 333 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:13.600 and strength. You can do that at this university or 334 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:17.039 this university. So the location isn't necessarily the important thing. 335 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:19.720 The important thing is You're in God's will in either 336 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:22.919 one of those places. My placing your life in God's hands? 337 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:25.960 Right? Right? Yeah? Yeah, So then the measure would be 338 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:29.919 is it moral? Is it ethical? Is it biblical? Right? 339 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:33.919 Is it legal? Right? So, if you've got those kind 340 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:37.519 of four those four areas, is it biblical? Is it moral? 341 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:40.480 Is it ethical? Is it legal? If you're kind of 342 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:43.320 in the right place there? And am I taking advantage 343 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:47.000 of anybody? Is it based off out of love? Right? 344 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:51.120 Am I being humble? God opposes the pride, but he 345 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:53.360 gives grace to the humble. I think there's a few 346 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:56.039 of those questions we can ask ourselves. Does this align 347 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:59.279 with what the character of who Jesus is? I'll sometimes 348 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:01.440 ask myself, can I imagine Jesus doing something like this 349 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:04.440 if he was walking around right now in twenty twenty five? 350 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:09.840 If I can, then I think I can confidently just 351 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:13.360 make that decision. It's okay. And trust. If you're constantly 352 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:16.320 walking with God and you're always in his word, then 353 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:19.120 you can trust that He's going to guide you to 354 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:22.559 do the right thing. Now if his word says don't, 355 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:24.840 you can't blame the Holy Spirit saying I just really 356 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:27.679 felt a lot of peace about it. Right. How many 357 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:30.000 times have we had people say, oh, praise the Lord God, 358 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:31.440 you know, help me get rid of my old spouse, 359 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:33.559 and I got a new spouse. It's so wonderful, right, 360 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:35.960 God answered all my prayers. He led me to do it. 361 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:40.039 I felt so much peace about it. And clearly the 362 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.240 Bible doesn't give us permission to do that. So God's 363 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:45.120 not going to go against his own words. But if 364 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:48.200 it's in alignment with his word, and it's moral and ethical, legal, 365 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:51.240 and it doesn't hurt other people, then I think now 366 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:54.320 we're just looking for God, what's most advantageous to your 367 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:56.759 mission and to my life. That's all I'm looking for 368 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:58.759 at that point. Everything else is set aside. Now I'm 369 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:01.399 just looking God, what's most vintageous to your mission in 370 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:03.320 my life? Help me to make the right choice there. 371 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:05.559 And then if he still doesn't like whisper froc happen, 372 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:08.200 I think you can make your own choice. Yeah. 373 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:11.720 The only uh, I don't know why, I'm I'm impressed 374 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:15.440 to say this, but the only exception. I never recommend divorce. 375 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:17.799 That's not a recommendation that I go down the road 376 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:21.119 and recommend. But I do recommend people in an abusive 377 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:21.839 situation to. 378 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:23.920 Get safe, right, Yes, be safe? Yeah, be safe. 379 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:27.039 So so I don't know why I felt pressed to 380 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:29.759 say that, So I just didn't want anybody on the 381 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:31.759 other end to hear it that way. 382 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:34.880 So we're not talking to you if you're on. 383 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:36.880 The other end and you're in an abusive situation, we're 384 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:41.279 not saying there's no room for safety. There's there's definitely 385 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.000 room for safety. So get out and get safe in 386 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:49.799 that situation. So well, here another thing is, you know 387 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:52.920 God always says that He's going to light our paths. 388 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:57.440 How about that, right, So think about the first century. Uh, 389 00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.960 they didn't have flashlights. 390 00:17:59.480 --> 00:17:59.680 Right. 391 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:01.359 And by the way, this is written way before the 392 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:04.200 first century Psalms when more Palms. 393 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:10.680 Written ah man a thousand years before Jesus. 394 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:12.559 Yeah, yeah, yeah, look it up. 395 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:14.880 Yeah, fourteen hundred years before Jesus something like that. 396 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:21.240 So so back then they they would have had you know, 397 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:27.519 candles fire, that's really about it. Lanterns and uh and 398 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:30.759 so yeah, so oil burning oil and uh and so 399 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:35.119 the difference between you know, you know, a candle back 400 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:38.319 then just like torches. Think about how much more valuable 401 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:42.160