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 --> 00:00:07.519 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:13.480 Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible Guys. 5 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:16.359 I'm Chris and I am Wesley. Back again. You can't 6 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:16.879 get rid of. 7 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:19.839 Me, No, you cannot, and we are glad to have you. Wesley. 8 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:23.839 Yeah, it's been really fun actually having you know, just 9 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:26.160 get and spend time with you, and you know, through 10 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:28.679 these goofy little segments, I get to know you a 11 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:31.160 little bit more. Yes, Jeff is out of town, so 12 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:33.560 Wesley is a part of our church that we both 13 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:35.479 work at. That Jeff and I both work out in 14 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:37.399 case you're listening out of state or out of country. 15 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:40.880 But this next segment's actually gonna help me get to 16 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:43.759 know you even better because Desiree has put together a 17 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:44.640 segment for you and. 18 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:46.479 Me called two Truths in a Lie. 19 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:47.079 Awesome. 20 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:49.200 We're all familiar with this game. Yes, you have to 21 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:51.399 tell me three things. Two of them are going to 22 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:53.439 be true. One's going to be a lie. Now listen, 23 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:56.960 My only caveat is don't tell a story and then 24 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.039 be like, oh, I was going eighty miles an hour 25 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:00.520 and then say Oh that was a lie. 26 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:04.480 I was only going seventy nine miles yea. Yeah, so 27 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:07.000 it's gonna be a lie. It's gonna be a full lie. 28 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:07.319 Yeah. 29 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:09.719 Okay, So all right, so I'm ready. 30 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:13.840 But okay, here we go. Three things. So number one, 31 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:17.719 these are just gonna be short phrases. So I have 32 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:24.560 never traveled north in Michigan, like to the up that thing. 33 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:25.079 That's one. 34 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:28.159 Wait, okay, so you're just meaning only up. 35 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:32.359 So or northern. I'll put it this way. 36 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:33.640 People might consider up north. 37 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:38.480 Yeah, I have never traveled north of Saginaw or something 38 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:38.879 like that. 39 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:39.519 Wow. 40 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:40.640 Okay, so that's one. 41 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:43.319 That is, if that's true, that's gonna be hard to believe. 42 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:48.599 I've never or I have traveled to Montana when I 43 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:52.599 was younger. That's another one. The third one would be 44 00:01:53.200 --> 00:02:00.920 I love Southern style deep fried catfish. So those are 45 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:02.200 one is false. 46 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:05.439 Well, there's two traveling stories and then there's a southern 47 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:07.280 catfish story. 48 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:09.879 Okay, holy cow. 49 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:12.520 Which one is the lie? 50 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:14.080 Well, I'll tell you. 51 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:17.879 I'll tell you what you lived in Michigan, I think 52 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:24.280 your whole life, so uh so, in order for you 53 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.919 to not have, you know, up north. For those of 54 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:30.199 you who aren't Michigan or is listening to the podcast. 55 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:33.280 I know it sounds crazy to even say north if 56 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:35.479 you live in Michigan, because if you live anywhere else 57 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:37.560 in the United States, they're like, aren't you the most north? 58 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:39.560 But it goes even further north? 59 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:41.719 Well and that, but it's sort of a thing. 60 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:45.599 Michigan is known for its beauty. The land up north, 61 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:49.759 Northern Michigan is the best part of Michigan. Marquette, yes 62 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:53.319 and so, but but who would ever claim that though 63 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:56.439 that is so outlandish that I'm going to say that 64 00:02:56.439 --> 00:03:00.319 that's true, as hard as that is to believe. I 65 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:06.560 have to believe that you like catfish, because that is 66 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:09.960 also atlandish. But I've had Southern fried catfish because I 67 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:10.919 lived in Atlanta. 68 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:11.240 For ten years. 69 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:12.400 That's where my wife's from. 70 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:14.840 And I would say, I would say, you have to 71 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:18.919 love that because it's it's it's a it's a weird 72 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:20.680 thing to point out to hate. 73 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:23.280 So I'm going to say, you've never been to Montana. 74 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:23.960 That's the lie. 75 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:30.639 Okay, here it is drum roll. I am allergic to fish, 76 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:32.680 No way, I am allergic. 77 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:34.560 So well, wait a minute, but you didn't say that. 78 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:38.560 You said you love it. Do you love it? But 79 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:39.960 you love it but you're allergic to it? 80 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:40.520 Oh? 81 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:42.639 Maybe I messed that up, but I am alert. So 82 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:44.759 the fact, did I say I love it or you 83 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:47.039 said I love it? Yeah? So I don't love it? 84 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:48.479 Okay, okay. 85 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:53.240 So because when I was young, my mom would fry fish. 86 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:56.039 I would literally have to go in the basement because 87 00:03:56.080 --> 00:04:00.360 the rising smoke would irritate my eyes and okay and 88 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:04.520 all that stuff. So yeah, I am a no fish person. Yeah. 89 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:06.960 So so and then. 90 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:11.400 For going up north, I have never been north of 91 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:12.360 probably Midland. 92 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:15.680 That is crazy. 93 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:18.040 I have never in my So here's the thing. 94 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:22.040 We do a fair amount of travel, but whenever we travel, 95 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:23.360 we go out of the state. 96 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:27.560 We don't typically vacation in Michigan. Not normally. 97 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:30.040 We normally going to Georgia, where my wife is from, 98 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:31.079 or going to Florida or. 99 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:33.519 New York about like a little week and away or something. 100 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:38.000 We don't go to freaking Mouth. Maybe you know that's north. 101 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:48.680 Yeah yeah, right, so no, that's the furthest Well, okay, 102 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:50.959 that is technically not correct. 103 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:55.879 My sister went to uh Far Estate, which is in 104 00:04:55.959 --> 00:05:01.360 Big Rapids, so technically that's north. And so I don't 105 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:03.839 know where that rinks in terms of Midland how high 106 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:04.279 that is. 107 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:07.920 But Big Rapids is almost north, It's almost up north. 108 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:09.959 Yeah. So I've been to Big Rapids before. 109 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:12.759 Okay, So then I have been to Montana when I 110 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:14.879 was like fifteen fourteen something like that. 111 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.519 Okay, yeah, Well, I gotta let you know. I'm going 112 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:21.959 up north to Midland. No, no, no, not to Midland. Actually 113 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:26.439 up north twice wow in the next three weeks. 114 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:27.199 Oh man. 115 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:27.879 Yeah. 116 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:30.680 So I have a wedding and Big Rapids, which is 117 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:34.879 like north of Trevors City, which is like way up here, right, 118 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:38.920 And then I'm also going to, uh, Pataski. 119 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:41.439 So do you need a passport to go to Pataski? 120 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:43.360 Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. 121 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:45.959 And I'm going to Pataski, which is pretty much almost 122 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:51.199 right near there, next weekend because we have just this 123 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:54.959 well we're going to visit my mother who's sick, my 124 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:57.920 mother in law who's sick. Then but then at the 125 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:01.600 end of that we're going to to get it get 126 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:04.519 away for a couple of days up north. And I 127 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:07.800 got to tell you, uh, that's some of our favorite 128 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:11.279 places ever in the United States. My wife would say 129 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:13.959 that I think she would probably say her favorite place 130 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.600 to get away in the United States is Potoski, Michigan. 131 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:20.120 Yeah, isn't that crazy? Yeah, and you've never been. 132 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:21.279 I have never been. 133 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:21.879 Wow. 134 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:24.199 Yeah, one day I got to make the trek past 135 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:26.639 Midland and show that I'm a true Michigander. 136 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:29.439 Yeah, yeah, I would. I would encourage you to get 137 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:30.360 away just for a weekend. 138 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:30.720 Yeah. 139 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:33.519 Yeah, we've talked about it, like Traverse City and then yeah, 140 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:36.240 I think is it Holland that has the flower festival 141 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:39.759 the Lily's or I don't know what they are, but that's. 142 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:40.720 That's sort of west though. 143 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:41.199 Yeah. 144 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:43.839 Yeah, so that's I mean, that's slightly north, but it's 145 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:44.439 mostly west. 146 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:44.959 Yeah. 147 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.240 But I would say I would say the northern cities. 148 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:49.439 You know, what you probably ought to do is do 149 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:52.279 the Tunnel of Trees when. 150 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:55.040 When the leaves change that you have done that before? 151 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:57.600 Are you kidding me? Multiple times? 152 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:00.800 And and we'll probably do it, you know again, even 153 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:03.279 though the leaves aren't changed yet. We'll probably still do 154 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:05.319 the Tunnel of Trees because it's tremendous. 155 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:08.480 Yeah, And everyone says you gotta do Macanal Island. Have 156 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:09.680 you not been right? 157 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:12.800 I've been to mcana Island like five times. So yeah, 158 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:13.920 that's crazy. 159 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:16.560 So that the truth never been north. 160 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.720 I've stayed the Grand Hotel twice, oh man, So yeah 161 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:24.199 that's crazy. So all right, well, hey, we are going 162 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:28.319 to jump straight into First Amul chapter sixteen, versus one 163 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:34.399 through thirteen. And this is a very big moment because 164 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:39.800 basically David is chosen by God long before Saul's reign 165 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:43.560 is over right, So King David is recognized by God 166 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:46.959 as the next king, and it's there becomes a jealousy 167 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:51.519 factor that happens because the favor falls off of Saul, 168 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:56.680 a God's favor, God's God's anointing, God's you know, power 169 00:07:57.279 --> 00:07:59.959 falls out of Sault because Saul is just too inconsistent. 170 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:04.040 He's just a guy who just is not consistent in 171 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:07.600 his faith, in his faithfulness, and so God chose as 172 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:08.160 somebody else. 173 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:12.759 And this is First Samuel chapter sixteen, verses one through thirteen, 174 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:16.360 New Living Translation, and it says, now the Lord said 175 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:19.920 to Samuel, you have more long enough for Saul. I 176 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:22.720 have rejected him as king of Israel. So fill your 177 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:26.199 flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a 178 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:29.160 man named Jesse who lives there for I've selected one 179 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:32.440 of his sons to be my king. But Samuel asked, 180 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:35.080 how can I do that? If Saul hears about it, 181 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:37.720 he will kill me. Take a heifer with you, the 182 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:40.200 Lord replied, and say that you have come to make 183 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:43.799 a sacrifice to the Lord. Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, 184 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:45.840 and I will show you which of his sons to 185 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:49.480 anoint for me verse four. So Samuel did as the 186 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:53.000 Lord instructed. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of 187 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:56.879 the town came trembling to meet him. What's wrong, they asked, 188 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:01.279 Do you come in peace? Yes, Samuel reply, I come 189 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:04.960 to sacrifice to the Lord. Curify yourselves and come with 190 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:09.000 me to the sacrifice. Then Samuel performed the purification rite 191 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:12.960 for Jesse and his sons and invited them to sacrifice too. 192 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:17.600 When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Elliott and thought, 193 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:20.600 surely this is the Lord's anointed. But the Lord said 194 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:24.200 to Samuel, don't judge by his appearance or height, for 195 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:27.519 I have rejected him. The Lord doesn't see things the 196 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:31.120 way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but 197 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:34.679 the Lord looks at the heart Verse eight. Then Jesse 198 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:37.960 told his son abinadept to step forward and walk in 199 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:41.679 front of Samuel, but Samuel said, this is not the 200 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:46.320 one the Lord has chosen. Next, Jesse summoned Shemiah, but 201 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:49.559 Samuel said, neither is this the one the Lord has chosen. 202 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:53.120 In the same way, all seven of Jesse's sons were 203 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:56.879 presented to Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, the Lord 204 00:09:56.879 --> 00:10:00.240 has not chosen any of these. Then Samuel asked, are 205 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:03.720 these all the sons you have? There is still the youngest. 206 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:06.519 Jesse replied, but he's out in the fields watching the 207 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:09.840 sheep and the goats. Send for him at once. Samuel said, 208 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:13.399 we will not sit down until he arrives verse twelve. 209 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.639 So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome, 210 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:20.279 with beautiful eyes, And the Lord said, this is the one, 211 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:24.440 anoined him verse thirteen. So as David stood there among 212 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:27.440 his brothers, Samuel took the flask of oil he had 213 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:30.679 brought and anointed David with the oil. And the spirit 214 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:33.559 of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. 215 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:36.559 Then Samuel returned to rama. 216 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:41.159 Wow, this is such a great passage of scripture, isn't it. 217 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:47.639 You know, it's first of all, it's rooted in things 218 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:51.000 that God is doing behind the scenes. Now, we did 219 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:54.360 skip a couple of chapters between yesterday's podcasts and this podcast. 220 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:57.000 Yeah, so you know, but. 221 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:02.799 Basically, Saul destroys the Amlachites, he has military successes, but 222 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:04.200 then he takes a foolish oath. 223 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:04.919 Uh. 224 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:07.720 The Lord rejects Saul. They go back and forth, Saul 225 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:11.639 pleads for forgiveness. Uh and then uh, anyway, it just 226 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:15.200 goes back and forth and and uh and ultimately God 227 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:18.759 obviously comes to the conclusion that, uh, you know, Saul 228 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:23.159 has been unfaithful. You know, it was predicted, right, and 229 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:26.600 uh and and and uh they chose somebody who was 230 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.480 head and shoulders above everybody else. He was tall, his 231 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:32.759 countenance was tall. And uh and so it's really interesting 232 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:35.120 how you know, it was definitely said that Saul was 233 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:39.000 a military leader and he was famous and uh he 234 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:39.720 knew how to fight. 235 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:41.200 And uh. 236 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:46.159 In this time around, Samuel sees the first son and says, well, 237 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:49.080 this is just like Saul, right, so surely God. 238 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:50.320 Is gonna replace this one. 239 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:53.759 He replace He replaced the tall guy with the tall 240 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:57.759 guy with with the military guy. But you know, but 241 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:00.240 but God says the famous phrase yeah. 242 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:01.960 I mean you've in a ministry a long time. How 243 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:03.679 many times has this verse been used? 244 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:04.240 Yeah? 245 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:05.759 Right, yep, God looks at the heart. 246 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:08.960 Yeah, yeah, that's a popular one, Yeah for sure. Yeah. 247 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:11.759 I want to circle back really quick to verse one. 248 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:15.639 It says, and I love this aspect about God. It says, 249 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:19.480 find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I've 250 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:22.279 selected one of his sons to be my king. Then 251 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.399 verse two, but Samuel asks, how can I do that? 252 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:27.960 If Saul hears about it, he will kill me. Oftentimes 253 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:30.919 we see this in the Bible, where God will ask 254 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:35.039 us to do something without giving us all the next steps. 255 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:38.360 Yes, he will say, go do this all the time. 256 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:39.240 All the time. 257 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:42.600 God says that. But I think I'm not God, but 258 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:47.919 I have a hypothesis of what God does. That is 259 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:51.919 because if God were to ever break down the full 260 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:55.679 story to us of all the steps in the process, 261 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:58.120 we probably would look at God and say, God, you 262 00:12:58.159 --> 00:12:59.480 know what, Nah, I'm good. 263 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:01.000 I wanted the blessing. 264 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.320 But now that You've revealed everything, I'm going to go 265 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:05.360 through the people that are going to lie on me, 266 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:08.120 the bad things that are going to happen, all the 267 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:09.879 things en route to the blessing. 268 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.159 Nah, I'm good, right, And I'm sure you can. 269 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:14.080 Say that in your own personal life when you look 270 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:18.080 back at the eventual blessing. But what it took to 271 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:20.879 get to the blessing? If God had told you that 272 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:23.360 at square one, you may have said, well, God, I'm 273 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:24.440 not going in the ministry. 274 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:25.600 I'm not doing that. 275 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:30.000 I'm not I would I can stand or actually sit, 276 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:32.600 I'm sitting. I could sit here in front of you, 277 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:35.720 and I could say without a shadow of a doubt 278 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:41.279 in my mind even now, even now, if I had 279 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:43.559 the choice unless God said I absolutely had to, because 280 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:46.159 I believe that God's will is sort of lateral, right, 281 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:48.600 and you know, and I believe that you know, it's 282 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:51.919 not necessarily like you know, I would find another way 283 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:55.360 to preach, right, I'd go on radio, I'm traveling evangelist. 284 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:57.600 I would do something else right as long as I preached. 285 00:13:57.919 --> 00:14:00.000 But even now, if I went back to the very beginning, 286 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:02.919 knowing what I know about ministry, and then saying go 287 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:07.840 into ministry, I'm pretty certain I would probably find a 288 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:10.519 way to barter with God and say, God, I'm not 289 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:10.960 going to. 290 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:13.759 Do that, Almost like the prayer Jesus had you know 291 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:14.960 if this cup can pass. 292 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:17.519 Yes, I'm not saying let it pass, but if there's a. 293 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:21.000 Way, if there's any other way to fulfill your will, 294 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:22.240 can it please be that? 295 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:28.120 Because ministry has just kicked me around and beat me 296 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:31.000 up and spit me out, chewed me up. And I'm 297 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:31.600 telling you what. 298 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:34.799 Man, it has been the most brutal, most difficult thing 299 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:38.399 in my life. Now it has been rewarding. It has 300 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:44.360 been fulfilling. There's blessing. It has been incredibly fulfilling. So 301 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:46.519 I know that even my wife probably is listening to 302 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:48.279 this saying, Chris, what are you saying? 303 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:50.519 What are you saying? Right now? 304 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:52.759 I'm not saying I wouldn't do what I feel like 305 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:54.440 God wants me to do. That's not what I'm saying. 306 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:56.600 I would say that I would go to God and say, 307 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:00.759 give me another path to preach your world, give me 308 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:02.799 another way to speak to the masses, give me another 309 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:06.600 way to proclaim you know, and help people, lead people, 310 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:08.120 counsel people, direct people. 311 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:10.440 Like comes with less bumps and bruises. 312 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.679 Right, That's that's all I'm saying. Yeah, because I'm saying 313 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:17.240 that I agree with you. Had God said here's what 314 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:18.399 I want you to do and let me tell you 315 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:19.639 exactly what's going to happen. 316 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:22.639 Yeah, I would say, you know what, no, thanks, Yeah, 317 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:23.000 And I. 318 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:25.720 Think that's helpful for us to remember because there are 319 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.480 some people I'm gonna call them the checklist people, the 320 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.600 calendar people. You like everything in alignment. You want to 321 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:33.600 know all the steps. You want to know how it's 322 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:36.039 going to happen. And if that doesn't happen this way, 323 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:38.039 what's the backup plan of that? We want to know 324 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:40.840 all the ins and outs, and God is just saying 325 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:42.240 do step one. 326 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:45.399 You know what? This reminds me of? Ye remember mister Miyagi. 327 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:47.679 Oh yeah, from the Karate kill For sure, I do. 328 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:52.000 The karate kid wanted to know how to karate chop, backflip, 329 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:55.519 all that stuff, and mister Miyagi said, you're gonna go 330 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:57.279 take this rag. I think it was a rag or 331 00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:57.840 a sponge. 332 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.840 Yeah, wipe on, wipe wax on. 333 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:03.759 Ye. Why yeah, that's the only thing I want you 334 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:06.399 to focus on. I'm not giving you all the next 335 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:09.440 steps right now. I'm giving you this one thing to do, 336 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:12.559 and once you have done that, well then we'll move 337 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:13.000 to steps. 338 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:17.200 Stand the floor, paint the fence, wax on, wax off. Yeah, 339 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:19.840 that's what it was. And so, yeah, you asked me, 340 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:21.600 do I remember, mister Miagie, I was going to say, 341 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:25.399 do you know who you're talking to? So so, uh, 342 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:28.000 you know, it's a uh, it's it's a it's a 343 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:31.559 great thing to understand. Uh, you know, you said, you know, 344 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:33.840 this reminds me of I was actually thinking of a 345 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.840 biblical story, one of my favorite biblical stories that demonstrates 346 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:40.799 this is one of the greatest miracles ever, which is 347 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:41.919 the part of the Red Sea. 348 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:43.440 Because the instruction that God. 349 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:45.600 Gave Moses is, you know, he's getting changed by chariots, 350 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:48.799 by horses. Everybody thinks they're going to die, and God 351 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:51.440 gives instructions to Moses, and here's the instructions. He goes, Okay, 352 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:54.000 God says, I have a plan. Here's what you's gonna do. 353 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:56.080 You're going to run over to the beach, to the 354 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:58.039 to the you know, to the to the side of 355 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:00.399 where the where the water meets the ocean between these 356 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:01.000 two cities. 357 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:04.119 And then the Israelites or the army is going to 358 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:06.160 think that you're you have nowhere to go and that 359 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:10.680 you're trapped. Okay, ready break, Yeah, God doesn't say. 360 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.400 Any other word. 361 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.559 God doesn't say another word, He doesn't say Okay, and 362 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:16.640 then I'm going to give you an escape. I'm going 363 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:19.200 to part the Red Sea. Moses probably thought to himself, 364 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.200 I don't even know where the option is here, right, 365 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:24.880 because God's plan is to run and trap myself. 366 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.240 Ready go, break, break any ready? 367 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:27.519 Go? 368 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.799 And that's it. 369 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:32.599 But imagine if God did tell him on the front end, 370 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:35.000 I'm going to part the Red Sea. 371 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:37.200 It's going to be like a wall of water on 372 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:38.279 either side. 373 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:41.559 He might have run the opposite direction, right, like, I'm 374 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:43.240 not running in between that, you. 375 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:44.960 Know, right? Or that's too hard to believe? 376 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:46.599 Yeah, like, there's no way that can happen. 377 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:50.359 But but Moses at this point had seen all the plagues. Yeah, 378 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:52.680 and he knew, he knew immediately, right, he was the 379 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:55.920 burning bush guy. So so he actually the turn of 380 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:58.599 Israel said, why have you called us out to the 381 00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:59.599 desert to die? 382 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.279 You should have left us alone? 383 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:05.039 And then uh, and then Moses, having no idea God's plan, 384 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:08.160 he says, just stand back and watch God deliver us. 385 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:10.680 So so Moses did have didn't have any idea what 386 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:13.839 was going to happen, but he knew he had confidence 387 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:17.400 that God wasn't gonna leave him behind and dry. Well, 388 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:20.759 no pun intended, right, But I got to tell you 389 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:25.480 that is the way that God does everything. He asks 390 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:30.519 us to do something not knowing, God says, hey, give generously, 391 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:33.039 you know, you know, whether it's tithes and offerings, or 392 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:35.279 whether it's to help somebody or or make a donation 393 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:38.079 or whatever it is. God impresses upon us and says, 394 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:40.079 you know, give it your times and your resources and 395 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:43.880 everything else. But he never says why or what for 396 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:47.000 how it's going to be used, right, at least rarely. 397 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:49.200 And then and then then then there are times where 398 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:51.799 He asked us to do something crazy. You know, hey, 399 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:55.720 quit your job and uh, and and start this other thing, 400 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:58.680 this this ministry or this nonprofit or or go to 401 00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.960