WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Disruptive Glory 2 - The Barzallai Syndrome Publishing Date: 2021-11-28T05:00:44-08:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/disruptive-glory-2-the-barzallai-syndrome/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.280 So I thought we'll come up with a fancy title for this one. So it's called the Barzili syndrome 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:08.580 I wish there was music when I said that so 00:00:09.600 --> 00:00:13.700 the Barzili syndrome and it's still in the topic of 00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:18.920 disruptive glory that we started last week and so today I'll be using 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:28.120 Slightly non-kosher terms like old older young words like that and so 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:31.680 if 00:00:31.680 --> 00:00:36.520 If any of those words apply to you or to me and some of them do apply to me 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:40.640 Try not to be offended by words like old older because they're still 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:43.640 part of the English language, so 00:00:44.120 --> 00:00:46.120 I 00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:52.000 Don't know what other word to use so old older young younger will be used 00:00:52.160 --> 00:01:00.160 So guys we've been talking about we started talking about revival last week and we said that the revival will be mostly among the young 00:01:01.160 --> 00:01:06.840 The teens the 20s and 30s, but the work of God in the lives of the young is 00:01:07.360 --> 00:01:11.520 Through the old the work of God in the lives of the young is through the old 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.360 Yeah, and so today we want to talk about how 00:01:16.600 --> 00:01:18.600 How does 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:20.080 How 00:01:20.080 --> 00:01:22.200 How does 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:28.160 How do people that are old and let's for our sake put old as 50 and above 00:01:30.360 --> 00:01:34.320 Let's put old as 50 and above and so 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:41.120 How do old or older people participate in a revival that is for the young? 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:47.160 How do older people fit in a church where we have the young adults we have who are? 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:49.200 highly mobile 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:51.200 spiritually financially 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:55.280 Relationally, I mean we are blessed with these young guys 00:01:56.360 --> 00:02:02.480 How do we fit? I think that needs to be spoken to spoken off spoken about 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:05.520 When you look at the revival at the in the Hebrides 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:12.320 Which we said would be very similar to what will happen through us. It was basically initiated by 00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:17.480 Two really old women they would be the Agma and Gisela's age 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:22.240 90 and 95 or thereabouts 80 and 85 that's 00:02:22.880 --> 00:02:29.480 Those are the women that really brought one of the world's most amazing revivals onto those islands and changed 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:32.120 the nature of the earth 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:37.320 Revivals change the nature of the earth we won't talk about that today, but we need to figure out 00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:41.520 How does it work in a church with young adults like this? 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:46.960 Where do we fit as older ones? What if you're not a pastor then how do you fit as an older one? 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:50.080 and 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:54.700 In a revival that's going to target teens 20s and 30s. How do the old fit? 00:02:56.120 --> 00:03:02.120 So let's look at barzila first and some of you are sitting here thinking. Oh, I didn't need to come today 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:04.120 I'm not 50 you'll be 50 soon 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:08.600 And 00:03:08.600 --> 00:03:10.600 If you learn this now 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:13.080 You won't need to hear this preached later 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:16.800 so 00:03:18.200 --> 00:03:20.200 This is to help us 00:03:20.880 --> 00:03:27.360 Be like you know at Eddie's church in South Africa when the church was built 00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:31.000 God told Yvonne Eddie's wife to 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:34.000 bring two palm trees and 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:39.200 Plant them at the gates of the church and these were not palm trees that were grown 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:46.600 These were palm trees that were transplanted and the idea was Psalm 92 that you will flourish like the palm trees 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:49.400 even in your old age and 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.320 so the intent is if we as 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:58.160 Guys who are maybe between 20 and 40 today if we learn these ways 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:01.520 We will not need to struggle with this as we go forward 00:04:02.720 --> 00:04:05.760 So if you look at barzila in second Kings 19 00:04:07.200 --> 00:04:09.200 3237 00:04:09.760 --> 00:04:11.760 You don't want to be like him 00:04:13.480 --> 00:04:19.640 Barzila second Kings 19 32 32 to 37 00:04:21.280 --> 00:04:28.760 Second Kings 19 32 to 37. I really believe that this teaching will be taught 20 years from now 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:34.480 Things will be added to it, but it's that kind of a thing that will help many churches avoid pitfalls 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:37.680 second Kings 19 32 to 37 00:04:40.200 --> 00:04:48.520 Therefore no, it's not second Kings 19 second Samuel. Okay second Samuel 19 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:59.520 Second Samuel 19 31 onwards 00:05:01.440 --> 00:05:08.400 Barzila the Gileadite also came down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and to send him on his way from there 00:05:08.640 --> 00:05:16.160 Now barzila was a very old man. It's very odd a how the Bible sometimes calls people very old when 00:05:17.200 --> 00:05:20.440 Caleb was five years older and it doesn't speak of him like that 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:25.440 It doesn't speak of Caleb as a very old man 00:05:25.960 --> 00:05:31.560 But it speaks of barzila as a very old man. Even the barzila is 80 and Caleb is 85 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:38.240 and if the word of God is authored by the spirit of God, but written by 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:44.680 Humans then two things are at play here one the human whose writing is seeing barzila as old 00:05:44.840 --> 00:05:49.920 But the Holy Spirit is also revealing that even though he's five years younger than Caleb. He is old 00:05:56.320 --> 00:05:59.200 Now barzila was a very old man 80 years of age 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:04.800 He had provided for the king during his stay in I wanted to say Manhattan, but it's Mahanim 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:10.240 He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanim for he was a very wealthy man 00:06:10.280 --> 00:06:14.560 The king said to barzila cross over with me and stay with me in Jerusalem 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:18.320 And I will provide for you the barzila answered the king 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:23.120 How many more years will I live that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king? 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:27.440 I'm now 80 years old. Can I tell the difference between what is good and what is not? 00:06:27.520 --> 00:06:33.180 Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I steer still hear the voices of men and women singers? 00:06:33.220 --> 00:06:39.420 Why should your servant be an added burden to my Lord the king your servant will cross over the Jordan with the king for a 00:06:39.420 --> 00:06:42.360 Short distance, but why should the king reward me in this way? 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:47.540 Let your servant return that I may die in my own town near the tomb of my father and mother 00:06:47.820 --> 00:06:54.580 But here is your servant Kim ham let him cross over with my Lord the king do for him whatever pleases you 00:06:55.220 --> 00:07:00.220 Sometimes this is like a refrain that I've heard so many times from our mums and dads 00:07:00.780 --> 00:07:03.500 That it's scary that we can become like that 00:07:05.500 --> 00:07:11.300 But here is a man who has the opportunity to walk with the king of Israel which was a highly prized 00:07:12.420 --> 00:07:14.700 Association he's being offered it 00:07:15.900 --> 00:07:20.700 But he decides not to because of this thing called the barzila syndrome 00:07:20.700 --> 00:07:25.980 Which is an inability after a certain age to participate in the activity of God 00:07:26.220 --> 00:07:31.860 That is what we have to resist as 50-plus 00:07:35.220 --> 00:07:39.380 So some of the things that happens with us as we get older is 00:07:40.020 --> 00:07:42.700 Sometimes there's an indifference that comes in 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:45.500 indifference 00:07:45.820 --> 00:07:47.820 Sometimes it's sentimentality 00:07:48.900 --> 00:07:50.900 sentimentality 00:07:52.380 --> 00:07:54.380 Sometimes it's not 00:07:55.260 --> 00:08:01.500 Sometimes it's insecure and intimidated by the next generation 00:08:06.140 --> 00:08:08.140 By the next generation 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:14.500 Sometimes it's 00:08:15.180 --> 00:08:17.020 Entitlement and 00:08:17.020 --> 00:08:22.040 If it's not entitlement as in I have paid my dues you you guys owe me now 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:27.600 Then if it's not entitlement itself pity I have paid my dues, but you don't treat me well 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:36.400 Sometimes it's a tolerance for compromise in your life a tolerance for compromise as in 00:08:36.680 --> 00:08:43.620 I'm 55 or I'm 60. Yeah, I've got this problem and flaw and defect in my moral ways 00:08:43.620 --> 00:08:50.600 But I've run my race and it's okay. You don't have to keep pushing that button. Just let me be 00:08:51.560 --> 00:08:53.840 Sometimes it's disappointment with God 00:08:54.560 --> 00:09:01.260 Because the older you are the more it is possible to look back in life and see where God did not work 00:09:01.520 --> 00:09:07.320 And it becomes so large that you don't see where God worked or you don't see how God is going to work in the future 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:10.200 disappointment with God 00:09:11.920 --> 00:09:14.820 Another thing that happens is the idol of comfort 00:09:15.340 --> 00:09:21.940 Where you've worked hard and this is why you worked hard you now have an apartment in Mahane 00:09:21.940 --> 00:09:24.460 And you want to settle and then here is this 00:09:25.500 --> 00:09:32.360 Upstart king who wants to take you across the Jordan and will have to fight a few wars and I'd rather put my feet up 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:34.360 and retire 00:09:34.980 --> 00:09:38.860 And so what happens in the process is we get stale we resign 00:09:41.140 --> 00:09:43.140 We are afraid 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:51.480 And that is kind of handleable this is scarier when you become unteachable and stagnant 00:09:54.900 --> 00:09:57.440 So this is what this syndrome looks like 00:09:58.100 --> 00:10:02.900 There's an indifference sometimes to the gospel sometimes to theology sometimes to learning new things 00:10:03.940 --> 00:10:09.100 Sentimentality all the good old days the good old days were never good day. They were plumbing was really bad 00:10:09.100 --> 00:10:11.100 And 00:10:12.380 --> 00:10:14.380 So 00:10:14.780 --> 00:10:20.000 Insecure and intimidated by the next generation that's happening more and more now because everything is 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:23.360 My sister and I were talking as she was saying 00:10:24.580 --> 00:10:27.860 When when we look back at the last I won't tell you her age 00:10:28.860 --> 00:10:33.560 Jacob when you look back at the last 45 years of your life you realize 00:10:34.180 --> 00:10:38.500 you realize how much things have changed and 00:10:39.100 --> 00:10:45.700 It can be intimidating even in a church where you see the next generation rising up so fast learning quickly 00:10:46.220 --> 00:10:51.460 And it brings in insecurity. What am I doing here? What can I do here? 00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:57.520 As ones who are young who are learning you're in the throes of learning you don't realize it 00:10:58.300 --> 00:11:04.860 It's a part of us talking about this is just so if you're young you're aware of what I'm going through and if I'm old 00:11:04.860 --> 00:11:08.460 I'm aware of where you're at and where I'm at it's both ways 00:11:08.460 --> 00:11:12.740 And I hope you can use this to help your parents because our parents are stuck in this warp 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:23.620 Any questions before we move on and if you're here with your parents, they are the only exceptions they're not stuck in the warp Sam 00:11:29.780 --> 00:11:31.780 Any questions 00:11:32.620 --> 00:11:38.860 So when we begin to think like this we walk as if the race is done and 00:11:39.820 --> 00:11:45.500 There's a loss of loss of zeal. I mean Paul only said at the end of his life that I have run the race 00:11:46.140 --> 00:11:50.620 We start saying it early. I have run the race because you lose zeal 00:11:54.860 --> 00:11:57.280 No questions, okay 00:11:58.700 --> 00:12:00.460 So how do 00:12:00.500 --> 00:12:05.980 We as older ones maintain fruitfulness in a young church or in a 00:12:06.540 --> 00:12:13.740 Revival or a movement that might target the young how do we as older ones maintain fruitfulness in a 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:17.740 Youngest younger movement or context 00:12:18.940 --> 00:12:24.260 These are just three simple ways, and then I'll move on to other things one is through 00:12:26.540 --> 00:12:28.100 Sacrifice 00:12:28.100 --> 00:12:34.840 There's nothing that gives life like sacrifice Jesus said if you want something to be fruitful let it die 00:12:35.700 --> 00:12:42.860 So one of the ways the older generation can begin to be fruitful at all times in any situation is through sacrifice 00:12:43.340 --> 00:12:46.260 sacrifice of time of treasure of talent of 00:12:46.940 --> 00:12:48.940 preferences of privilege and 00:12:49.420 --> 00:12:56.340 Of strength why so that the so that others may mature the reason we have worship wars and 00:12:56.740 --> 00:13:04.100 Other such wars in church is because usually a generation be the younger one or the older one is not willing to sacrifice 00:13:05.140 --> 00:13:11.980 one of the one of the ways to be highly fruitful for the for the entirety of your life is through sacrifice and 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:15.460 sacrifice involves sacrifice of time talent treasure 00:13:17.180 --> 00:13:20.780 Strength preferences privileges 00:13:23.380 --> 00:13:25.380 For the maturity of others 00:13:26.700 --> 00:13:29.620 Jesus talked about it in John 12 00:13:32.260 --> 00:13:38.340 Second thing is through proclamation. How can we be fruitful through proclamation? What do you mean by proclamation? 00:13:39.420 --> 00:13:45.060 It's so beautifully worded in Psalm 48 for instance if you go to Psalm 48 verse 13 00:13:45.820 --> 00:13:47.820 Psalm 48 verse 13 00:13:56.700 --> 00:14:03.620 It says there I love this starting at verse 12. There's something I long to do for the rest of my life 00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:09.860 Walk about Zion go around her count her towers consider well her ramparts 00:14:10.420 --> 00:14:17.300 View her citadels that you may tell often to the next generation for this God is our God forever and ever 00:14:17.300 --> 00:14:23.860 He'll be our guide even to the end. It's something I long and love doing where can I tell Evan? Can I tell? 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:30.180 Me can I tell dawn can I tell you about the God of the God that I knew? 00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:37.260 So that you can see the God of my fathers you cannot say the God of your fathers unless I tell you 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:45.600 And God will always be a generational God 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:50.100 He's always been the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob 00:14:50.300 --> 00:14:53.740 And if I don't tell you you cannot say the God of your fathers 00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:59.460 Look at another scripture that is similar it's 00:15:00.300 --> 00:15:02.180 Psalm 71 00:15:02.180 --> 00:15:05.180 Psalm 71 verse 17 and 18 00:15:05.900 --> 00:15:10.580 I'm gonna finish this today. So if it takes long stick around 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:13.340 Psalm 71 verse 17 and 18 00:15:13.700 --> 00:15:15.980 Psalm 71 was 17 and 18 00:15:20.540 --> 00:15:25.180 Since my youth of God you have taught me and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds 00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:30.780 Even when I'm old and gray do not forsake me. Oh God till I declare your power to the next generation 00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:34.120 Your might to all who are to come 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:40.220 You know there are certain nations I go to and there are certain people that I 00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:45.940 Admire and they're older than me and whenever I leave that nation, I always ask them to pray for me 00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:49.380 Like Dano's wife blessy her dad is in Bahrain 00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:56.180 If I go to Bahrain, I usually go to him at some point and ask him to bless me because I know he's a godly man 00:15:56.980 --> 00:16:00.860 And I expect him to that if he blesses me there's something to it 00:16:01.660 --> 00:16:07.620 I'm a product of people older than me who have taught me and blessed me. What is your story? 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:15.580 And if it is your story speak it through proclamation 00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:26.100 Third one is through evident growth through 00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:29.740 Evident growth 00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:35.680 Through evident growth, what are we talking about? We talk about how can 00:16:36.520 --> 00:16:43.240 The ones who are older be fruitful in the context of a young movement that the God Lord has started or a young church 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:56.240 Through evident growth what happens with evident growth when growth is evident you lay down tracts of wisdom 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:58.800 You lay down tracts of wisdom 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:02.840 For the younger to run in 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:05.080 You lay down tracts of wisdom 00:17:05.760 --> 00:17:12.640 The church becomes a place where things happen quickly because the wisdom of the ages and the wisdom of the ancient one 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:15.040 Is laying down tracts for people to run off 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:21.160 You get to places faster because there are tracts laid down. It's been hewn through rock 00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:24.120 and now tracks are laid down and 00:17:25.320 --> 00:17:29.720 In Proverbs 16 23 it says that wisdom is 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:36.160 One through a righteous life wisdom is one through a righteous life and the fear of the Lord wisdom is one 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:40.480 Through a righteous life and the fear of the Lord Proverbs 16 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.680 verse 31 verse 31 and the point is 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:51.040 You cannot give wisdom as an older person and when I say older person is relative now because a 20 year old 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:53.680 Older person would be a 30 year old 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:58.760 So you cannot lay down tracts of wisdom unless you've lived a righteous life 00:17:58.760 --> 00:18:02.040 Because wisdom is one through a righteous life and the fear of God 00:18:02.040 --> 00:18:08.520 So when you think of ones that are older to you that you want to draw from do not look at anything else, but 00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:15.840 Do they have a dread of grieving the one they love as in the fear of the Lord and do they have righteous lives? 00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:17.840 Only is their wisdom 00:18:18.360 --> 00:18:21.400 Genuine otherwise their wisdom is borrowed 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:24.440 Learned book it's not real 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:29.200 Any question on that 00:18:30.520 --> 00:18:32.520 Any questions 00:18:41.040 --> 00:18:44.000 No, how can we be fruitful we can be fruitful by 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:48.680 In a how can we be fruitful in a young movement or a young context? 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:51.320 We can be fruitful in a young movement or a young context 00:18:51.320 --> 00:18:59.000 We can be fruitful in a young movement or a young context context by evidencing growth and growth is always 00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:04.400 Able a growth is measured in wisdom that lays down tracts for the young to run on 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:11.560 Yeah, I've seen years yeah, but wisdom is 00:19:12.320 --> 00:19:14.320 won by a 00:19:14.560 --> 00:19:18.700 Righteous life and the fear of the Lord probably 1631 any questions any other questions 00:19:25.080 --> 00:19:31.040 Yeah, yeah, yeah, because there are people that are getting old and they're just getting old 00:19:32.760 --> 00:19:36.660 But there's this is there evidenced growth 00:19:39.120 --> 00:19:41.440 That's important every year I must grow 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:49.200 Absolutely till you tell me not to 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:55.400 Yeah, yeah 00:19:57.160 --> 00:20:00.280 See this is why God is a god of generations like 00:20:00.560 --> 00:20:05.960 The great thing about God being a god of generations is that he expects the church to be a church that is also 00:20:06.280 --> 00:20:09.480 generational why because it's only through generations that 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:13.520 Relationships can be built inheritances can be obtained 00:20:14.560 --> 00:20:19.980 Otherwise not possible if a church is not relational then you cannot 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:23.720 Gain an inheritance in this church 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:30.940 It's not possible a pastor can never give you an inheritance a father can 00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:38.480 And so 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:43.000 Relationships in a church are critical for you to receive an inheritance 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:47.600 It is critical for God to pass down revelations to a next generation 00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:53.920 So they can make it flower and run with it so that if I give you an iPhone 3 you develop an iPhone 13 in 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:55.920 10 years 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:01.440 Otherwise you'll be stuck with Samsung 00:21:08.840 --> 00:21:12.840 How many people can I see hands please Samsung hands I 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:16.960 See you there I see you brother I see you 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:23.680 Repent 00:21:31.760 --> 00:21:36.400 Fine no because they're the good ones 00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:41.520 Yeah, no we ate the apple 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:48.160 Okay, so here are some of the things that 00:21:49.040 --> 00:21:52.240 We as older ones can begin to do so we don't mess up 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:58.300 So as you get old the company you marinate in as you get old 00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:02.560 As you get old 00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:10.480 Which will be the standard opening statement for all these lines as you get old the company you marinate in 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:13.160 the company you marinate in 00:22:15.040 --> 00:22:19.040 Affects how you speak affects how you speak 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:22.640 Think and 00:22:23.520 --> 00:22:26.360 Therefore the works that you do for God 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:29.640 And God works 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:37.360 It's odd when you're younger you think before you speak when you're older you speak before you think 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:44.120 Yeah, let me read no, it's surprising I'm talking about influence 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.680 When as you get older what you speak becomes what you think 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:56.960 You get stuck in a certain way of speaking you'll hear this it's very sad 00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:58.960 It's very sad 00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:03.160 People as they get older begin to speak a certain ways 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:07.800 They have a either a negative view or something or a positive view or something or a neutral view or something 00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:09.880 And they keep speaking it they keep speaking it 00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:16.680 It's like the thing the piston of an engine they keep speaking it and it's only a matter of time before they start thinking like that 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:20.960 And as they begin to think like that God is limited in the works he can do 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:29.960 So marinate yourself in company that that will not drive you to a place of speaking where your speaking begins to affect your thinking 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:32.960 And your thinking limits the works that God can do 00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:46.320 Second one as you get old know that 00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:50.320 Second one as you get old know that 00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:56.960 Purpose and life are connected purpose and life are connected 00:23:58.400 --> 00:24:01.480 When you run out of purpose you begin to run out of life 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:06.000 This is why 00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:11.880 This is why very often people that retire 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:15.160 Suddenly find life slipping away 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:20.640 Because they were active and then they don't know what to do and they try to fill their lives with activity 00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:23.840 And you can only cut down so many trees and chop so much firewood 00:24:27.760 --> 00:24:33.800 And you have to have more purpose than cutting down trees and chopping firewood and building a deck for your daughter 00:24:37.760 --> 00:24:40.040 And so purpose and life are connected and 00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:46.000 This is why it is good if we can realize that God leads us into rooms 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:50.000 We've been talking about thresholds God leads us into rooms till we die 00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:58.100 So if we can learn it early at 55 at 65 at 75 when we get to 90 00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:05.840 We will not ever think that God has stopped asking us to cross thresholds that rooms are continuously opening up 00:25:06.520 --> 00:25:08.520 Psalm 92 verse 14 00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:11.400 Psalm 92 verse 14 00:25:16.800 --> 00:25:18.800 Psalm 92 00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:22.120 Verse 14 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:29.320 They still bear fruit in their old age 00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:36.080 They are ever full of sap and they are green why so that they can proclaim and declare that the Lord is upright 00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:40.840 He is my rock and there is no unrighteousness in him. They still bear fruit in old age 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:46.120 They are ever full of sap as in they bear fruit in their old age 00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:52.400 Not as some kind of a concession that God is making because there is Zoe life in them the life of Christ still 00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:58.280 Pulsates in them, but it is something that you have to train yourself in so that you can be fruitful 00:25:58.280 --> 00:26:02.400 So that you can keep crossing thresholds entering new rooms till the day you die 00:26:02.520 --> 00:26:07.560 May you be found at the threshold of some new room that was opening and you died 00:26:08.560 --> 00:26:11.200 So that the door is still open for someone else to cross through 00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:25.280 God keeps leading you into new rooms and the and the speed at which he leads depends on the speed at which you travel I 00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:30.480 Just love these new rooms that God allows us to enter into 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:32.640 These are new rooms that basically 00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:40.480 divulge some facet of his or some new project of his or some new assignment of his or some new move of his on the 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:43.440 Earth or some new character of his that he wants you to 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:48.640 Get so deeply that you can pass it on to someone else you know so that on the earth 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:52.880 There are a whole lot of people who are super kind or really in love with burgers or whatever 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:56.240 It's that kind of a thing where you pass it on 00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:58.880 These rooms are wonderful 00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:00.880 Sheldon that's two yawns huh 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:05.680 It wasn't a it was a sigh okay 00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:14.720 Yeah, good good that with the mask just you never know whether it's a yawn or a sigh 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:22.000 As you get older guys psalm 27 verse 1 is something that you must 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:26.640 Wear you must wrap it around like a cloak it's from the message 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:28.640 I'll read it from the message psalm 27 verse 1 00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:33.440 Oh god, give me zest give me light give me space 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:40.240 I want to be someone who's wrapped in this cloak that is knit with light space zest 00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:42.880 light 00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.840 space 00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:45.120 zest 00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:50.480 The NIV puts it as the Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear the message puts it as oh god 00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:54.960 Could you cloak me in light space zest light as in 00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:58.640 the ability to see things clearly and then the obedience to 00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:01.200 Have clarity in what you want me to do 00:28:01.760 --> 00:28:09.120 I'm just rushing over it because it'll take a whole teaching by itself space as in space to create room for your presence in my life 00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:11.040 space to 00:28:11.040 --> 00:28:17.680 Do things that are unpredictable space to have you send me wherever you want at my age 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:21.200 Zest we talked about that 00:28:21.760 --> 00:28:23.120 Beholding you 00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:26.880 Beholding you walking as if you're walking with me man 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:34.320 If you were actually physically here jesus and you walked with me i'd be the king of the road man the 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:37.200 the 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:39.200 Big whatever 00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:44.720 All those words that you put when a guy goes walking down the road like he's the dada of bombay. It's that kind of a thing 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:48.080 Yeah 00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:50.080 The big kahuna 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:55.440 It's that kind of a thing 00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:01.840 As you get old teachability and humility this one is important because old people lose this 00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:04.560 And by old people I mean 00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:06.560 Me and some of you 00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:12.320 That's why I said this would be so uncold sure but hopefully someone in the future can 00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:15.120 Make this politically correct and preach it 00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:19.540 As you get old teachability 00:29:19.540 --> 00:29:22.900 Humility and humility 00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:27.860 In community 00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:32.900 Will keep you 00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:38.320 Vitally 00:29:39.540 --> 00:29:41.540 Connected 00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:44.180 To god 00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:47.220 And man 00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:54.980 It's not just teachability and humility on your own teachability and humility in community 00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:58.820 It is odd how as we grow older 00:29:59.540 --> 00:30:01.540 we take 00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:07.860 An old 90 year old jacob and put him in a home because we say oh he's 90 now 00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:13.220 He needs a community that he can be part of and play checkers or whatever 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:16.660 And so let's just put him in a community setting 00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:19.860 But when it comes to the church 00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:25.060 We don't realize that as you get older if you're teachable and if you're humble 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:28.900 And it's in the context of a community you get vitally alive 00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:35.940 But the problem with ones that get old is that we become less and less teachable if you don't practice it 00:30:36.260 --> 00:30:41.080 And we will be humble but on our own not in the context of a community 00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:45.300 There are so many people that get old and get 00:30:46.260 --> 00:30:52.500 Cranky when it comes to order when it comes to teachability when it comes to humility. It's like 00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.260 Nah 00:30:54.260 --> 00:30:58.420 You guys are too modern. That's one of the things I hear what you're saying. It's too modern 00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:02.420 What I learned when I was young that's good enough or no 00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:06.180 I don't want to participate in this you guys do it you guys are young enough to do this 00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:09.700 Come up and do this. No, I don't want to I don't want to 00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:12.500 I don't want to 00:31:13.540 --> 00:31:14.980 This is not 00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:21.220 This is not the way to behave teachability and humility in community will keep you vitally alive as you grow older 00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:25.780 If a part of your body is beginning to get old you put it aside 00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:31.300 It'll die you keep it in the body. It may get oxygen and life and it may revive 00:31:32.020 --> 00:31:34.580 The older we get the more we need the body of christ 00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:41.140 And somehow in our minds the devil has played the trick that the older I get the more I can step to the sideline 00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:46.100 There is no sidelining in the body. My elbow now is 55 years old. It doesn't just move to the side 00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:52.420 Yeah, I mean the older I get the more I have to use my elbows 00:31:57.780 --> 00:31:59.780 Give me something to throw 00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:03.860 My right arm at 56 can still hit you at that distance 00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:07.940 This is getting more and more kosher 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:19.620 As you get old begin to empty yourself materially and physically as you get old begin to empty yourself materially and physically 00:32:21.760 --> 00:32:28.820 Materially and physically begin to empty yourself. Otherwise the graveyard will become the richest place in the earth 00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:30.820 I 00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:34.740 Am praying 00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:38.260 My sister was asked me yesterday. So aren't you worried that as you get old? 00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:42.340 You'll be living alone. I said no, I've raised so many sons and daughters 00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:46.420 I'll find out who's got the best house best meal and I'll start doing a tour 00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:51.620 Who's house next Derek now 00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:57.700 Yes, I mean there should be some payoff for all the work 00:32:58.820 --> 00:33:00.820 This is a retirement plan guys 00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:04.500 So 00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:09.620 My hope and I really mean this with all sincerity and my god, I hope my life proves me 00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:18.100 When i'm dead, I want to make sure that my bank balance is empty everything in my life physically and materially is spent 00:33:20.260 --> 00:33:25.620 If you have children leave them in inheritance but do what warren buffet does don't give them everything 00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:34.980 This is terrible advice on a preach, you know, it's open. Sorry, Sam. I should have told you to put your hands in your ears before I said that 00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:39.860 But you'll get the major share 00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:46.260 So we're not supposed to leave our entire 00:33:46.780 --> 00:33:50.900 Inheritance of family and then that just becomes old money that keeps circulating 00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:55.380 But I must spend myself materially and spiritually before I leave the earth 00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:57.860 I'm not going to do that 00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:02.420 Any questions on that please feel free to push back 00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:09.220 Many of us will not be able to do this but many of us will be able to do this because we have time to practice this 00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:14.900 Sorry 00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:18.980 One that comes to mind is in ever when they 00:34:19.060 --> 00:34:24.500 Sabians come raiding in second kings 1321 and they throw 00:34:26.020 --> 00:34:31.940 The dead body into elijah's grave and it comes up alive and one of the parallels I draw from that is 00:34:32.580 --> 00:34:37.060 If anyone throws anybody into my grave, you should just lie in the grave. You shouldn't come alive 00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:40.580 Like I should have nothing left when I leave the earth 00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:44.660 When you fall into my grave, there should be no life in me that will cause you to come alive 00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:48.340 You should be as dead as you were when they brought you and threw you in my grave 00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:53.700 That's one parallel I can draw the other parallel I can draw is david 00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:56.260 It's strange how david 00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:57.540 left 00:34:57.540 --> 00:34:59.140 so much 00:34:59.140 --> 00:35:01.140 For solomon for the building of the temple 00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:04.900 David didn't give all his wealth to solomon 00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:11.700 David gave all his wealth in terms of what was required to build the temple that he did not build and because 00:35:12.020 --> 00:35:17.300 Solomon then took what david left him and built the temple solomon became the richest man on the face of the earth 00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:19.380 David left him everything 00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:21.380 He had gold 00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:26.980 He had silver hyrum had given him a lot of stuff. He could have kept all that it said solomon here is your inheritance 00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:31.220 Here is all the wealth that I've gathered. He said solomon. Listen, here is what I leave for you 00:35:31.540 --> 00:35:37.540 I'll leave you everything to build the temple solomon builds the temple a while is building the temple god turns up and says what do you want? 00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:41.220 And instead of asking for wealth he asks for 00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:44.660 Wisdom god says i'll give you wisdom and i'll give you all the wealth he needs 00:35:45.060 --> 00:35:47.060 Queen sheba walks into his palace and she 00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:54.180 Like she literally swooned not at seeing solomon, but seeing his wealth took her breath away 00:35:57.140 --> 00:35:59.140 It's strange how god and wealth work 00:36:02.580 --> 00:36:07.380 Give it away it sticks to you don't give it away you stick to it 00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:09.380 As you get old oh 00:36:10.020 --> 00:36:13.860 When jimun was praying this for sue I was thinking he saw my notes 00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:17.460 As you get old 00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:23.780 Examine ancient paths as you go old examine ancient paths 00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:27.300 ancient doors 00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:30.420 Examine ancient paths 00:36:31.060 --> 00:36:33.060 Examine ancient paths 00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:36.100 Examine ancient doors 00:36:36.100 --> 00:36:38.100 Examine ancient doors 00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:41.940 Unfulfilled promises 00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:48.500 And demand them 00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:52.180 Because they were given to you 00:36:54.020 --> 00:36:56.020 Demand them in faith 00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:59.380 For the sake of others 00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:05.460 For others and for his fame 00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:08.660 I 00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:15.700 Want to say like joshua said at the end of my life 00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:19.460 And there are so many things I want to do at the end of my life that I hope god tells me it's 00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:23.140 The end of your life. So do you want to quickly do all these things over the next two days? 00:37:25.620 --> 00:37:29.380 At the end of the life end of my life, I want to call you guys and say hey guys 00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:33.380 I've been young and i've been old but i've never seen any of the promises of god 00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:35.620 Fail 00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:41.300 What do you think joshua's doing in joshua 14 verse 10 where he says he goes up to 00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:47.700 What do you think caleb is doing when he goes up to joshua and says I was promised this land 00:37:48.100 --> 00:37:50.100 40 years ago. I've waited 00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:52.660 It is an unfulfilled promise 00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:54.820 Give it to me 00:37:54.900 --> 00:38:00.360 Examine as you get older examine ancient doors ancient pathways ancient promises given to you unfulfilled 00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:02.820 and 00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:05.540 This is how we live young old 00:38:07.060 --> 00:38:11.140 Now the title for this is not barzilas syndrome living old young 00:38:13.700 --> 00:38:15.700 Living old young 00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:18.420 I will try my best to show you this 00:38:19.540 --> 00:38:22.500 But if I fail, I hope someone else picks up the baton and runs 00:38:27.140 --> 00:38:29.140 Because there's a 00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:36.500 One of the things the devil loves doing in today's church is to decapitate fathers and mothers 00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:40.100 To remove them 00:38:40.100 --> 00:38:45.940 So that all you get is by the strength of your hands and that you never get an inheritance and you've got to start building 00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:48.020 All over again 00:38:48.020 --> 00:38:52.820 It's the nature of moab moab would always moab is a fatherless one 00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:54.820 So that they have to again work 00:38:55.460 --> 00:39:00.340 They don't get an inheritance and how does satan remove fathers and mothers not by killing them 00:39:01.140 --> 00:39:04.420 But by making them resign retire regress 00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:13.140 So that they're not effective anymore it's not the fault of the kids it's the fault of the parents who now think they're too old 00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:15.860 And they're not effective anymore 00:39:16.020 --> 00:39:22.600 So that they're not effective anymore it's not the fault of the kids it's the fault of the parents who now think they're too old 00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:35.560 As you get old don't back off from challenges in opposition 00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:39.320 As you get old don't back off from challenges and oppositions 00:39:39.780 --> 00:39:45.140 It's another trick of the enemy where he says you run the race. You've got battle scars 00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:48.820 On your back. Do you really want to go through this again? 00:39:49.620 --> 00:39:51.620 Don't back off from challenges and opposition 00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:54.260 Because that's how you race against hostility 00:39:55.140 --> 00:39:57.140 Don't back off from challenges and opposition 00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:07.300 And if you're feeling terribly discouraged disappointed hang out with wise young ones or wise old ones so that they can encourage you 00:40:08.100 --> 00:40:14.100 Otherwise you'll back off from challenges and oppositions when a challenge comes when an op when opposition comes you'll think to yourself 00:40:14.100 --> 00:40:17.220 I fought this before I got the scars to prove it 00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:22.340 Hey, if you got the scars to prove it your skin is so thick the arrow won't pierce as deep 00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:31.620 There are certain areas in my life where it's impossible for you to hurt me 00:40:31.620 --> 00:40:33.620 Any questions 00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:37.460 As you get old 00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:42.420 As you're getting older, this is one of those as you're getting older statements as you're getting older 00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:49.380 Eliminate weaknesses so it doesn't hobble you later or cause you to languish as you're getting older 00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:52.100 Remove the weakness 00:40:52.660 --> 00:40:54.660 And that's what I'm talking about 00:40:55.300 --> 00:41:03.560 So it doesn't hobble you later or cause you to languish as you're getting older remove eliminate weaknesses 00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:09.540 What are the weaknesses character defects that are going to haunt you later 00:41:10.180 --> 00:41:14.580 Because now you practice them for 65 years has very hard to break out of it 00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:20.420 When I say character defects, it's i'm not talking about moral failure. I'm talking about character defects in here 00:41:21.620 --> 00:41:23.780 In here where I can't think any other way 00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:28.420 Eliminate them because they'll hobble you later 00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:33.300 Or they'll cause you to languish 00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:38.820 Samsung is a classic. It's not i'm sorry. I meant to say samsung 00:41:40.100 --> 00:41:42.100 Not samsung. It was samsung 00:41:42.660 --> 00:41:47.540 Samsung is a classic example samsung could be a classic example too, but samsung definitely is 00:41:47.780 --> 00:41:53.940 So samsung is a classic example of a guy who had a problem in his life that he would not correct till he's found 00:41:54.560 --> 00:42:01.220 languishing in the lap of delilah strangely enough the word delilah means languish where you just lay your head down 00:42:01.620 --> 00:42:08.260 On a lap that you have no business laying your head down on and that's where you get shorn and your strength is taken 00:42:11.620 --> 00:42:18.360 Remove these defects early because as we get older it's harder to escape traps if you're not wise 00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:25.940 So 00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:28.820 Not bad we're still doing okay for time 00:42:30.020 --> 00:42:31.620 I love this next one 00:42:31.620 --> 00:42:37.460 As you get old let go of the seat at the step as you get old let go of the seat at the table 00:42:38.020 --> 00:42:39.700 As you get old 00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:41.700 Let go of the seat 00:42:42.660 --> 00:42:44.660 At the table 00:42:49.140 --> 00:42:53.640 But exert your influence 00:42:54.740 --> 00:42:56.740 In the room 00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:07.860 Very hard for pastors to do a or leaders to do older leaders to let go of the seat at the table 00:43:08.660 --> 00:43:14.020 As in it's not important to be at the table that makes the decisions, but I love it when you can still 00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:17.140 exert influence even though you're not sitting at the 00:43:18.180 --> 00:43:20.180 table 00:43:20.180 --> 00:43:23.540 Where you don't need a seat at the table you don't need to be in command you don't need to be 00:43:24.020 --> 00:43:27.140 The one who is in charge but you have the ability 00:43:27.700 --> 00:43:33.140 Because of the wisdom you carry is so evident that even while they're sitting at the table once they come to a decision 00:43:33.140 --> 00:43:36.980 They'll quickly turn to you to see your face and not even hear your words 00:43:37.140 --> 00:43:42.580 But to see either the frown or the laughter on your face and know whether they're making a right decision or not 00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:48.100 That kind of place if you can get to oh my god god begins to applaud 00:43:48.100 --> 00:43:50.100 God god begins to applaud 00:43:56.740 --> 00:43:58.740 That's another one of my hopes 00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:04.020 We'll have this large table around which all of you guys are sitting and i'm on the side 00:44:05.060 --> 00:44:09.860 working my way through a burger and then you guys are making decisions and then 00:44:11.540 --> 00:44:15.380 I'll drink a sip of coffee and then you'll look at me and i'll be busy with my burger 00:44:18.580 --> 00:44:20.580 But 00:44:21.780 --> 00:44:24.900 These are the musings of a man who's getting old young 00:44:26.660 --> 00:44:31.940 I love getting old. There's nothing bad about it guys. Let me assure you 00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:38.980 You get smarter you get wiser people respect you they carry things for you that you can carry 00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:42.820 You don't have to help anyone move 00:44:43.220 --> 00:44:45.220 So 00:44:51.060 --> 00:44:53.060 She's on probation 00:44:58.660 --> 00:45:00.660 Yeah 00:45:01.540 --> 00:45:06.100 Yeah, but see you just just let the air out of the balloon 00:45:08.180 --> 00:45:12.180 Yeah, yeah moving never buy a pickup guys put poor brandon 00:45:12.820 --> 00:45:14.820 Yeah 00:45:17.540 --> 00:45:20.900 Yeah, yeah smaller vehicle, yeah, yeah moving on 00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:30.180 We need sages we need sages and what do I mean by sages 00:45:32.180 --> 00:45:35.300 Sages are those that are spiritually 00:45:37.860 --> 00:45:39.860 Mature 00:45:40.180 --> 00:45:42.180 Mature 00:45:43.220 --> 00:45:45.220 Age-wise mature 00:45:51.780 --> 00:45:53.780 Gift-wise mature 00:45:57.780 --> 00:45:59.780 And experientially 00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:05.380 Mature 00:46:06.020 --> 00:46:14.100 We need these in church spiritually mature and you can easily figure them out 00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:21.620 Age-wise mature as in you've grown older, but you've grown you've matured as you've grown older you're not 00:46:22.820 --> 00:46:29.940 You're not immature as you grow older. These are not just old bones. You've got an old head and old bones too and then 00:46:30.820 --> 00:46:32.820 You can 00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:37.700 Gift-wise mature where you've learned how to you've learned how to 00:46:38.740 --> 00:46:46.820 Use your gifts for the benefit of others maturity is not in the skill of the gift maturity is in how beneficial is the gift for others 00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:56.500 And finally experientially mature experience matters because man whose experience is not at the mercy of a man who has an opinion 00:46:57.460 --> 00:47:04.260 And so we need this and guys anyone over 15 this church is prime candidate for this 00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:06.900 If you're not aiming for this 00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:08.980 You're doing everyone a disfavor 00:47:17.060 --> 00:47:22.980 The next thing really cool as you get old expect the rush of the spirit every so often 00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:25.780 Um 00:47:25.780 --> 00:47:30.980 As you get old expect the rush of the spirit to birth an isaac or a john through you 00:47:32.820 --> 00:47:39.300 As you get old expect the work of the spirit to be dramatic because you are not capable of 00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:46.040 Producing an isaac or producing a john and along comes the holy spirit and suddenly you're pregnant 00:47:46.600 --> 00:47:48.600 Is this the rush of the spirit that you're expecting? 00:47:50.040 --> 00:47:57.960 A people some laugh some scorn, but you know that at this age you're still bearing isaac and you're still bearing johns 00:47:58.920 --> 00:48:04.120 And then expect the spirit to come upon you in a rush so that you pick up a jawbone 00:48:04.280 --> 00:48:07.000 And it becomes a weapon of mass destruction in your hands 00:48:09.000 --> 00:48:11.480 It this is not because you have physical strength 00:48:11.640 --> 00:48:13.960 Causes you to do amazing things in a limited time 00:48:15.160 --> 00:48:21.100 As you get old expect the rush of the spirit which will cause you to run faster than ahab's chariots 00:48:26.360 --> 00:48:31.240 As you get old expect even in your isolation on the island of patmos to see 00:48:31.800 --> 00:48:36.600 Dreams and revelations that no human being on the earth has seen only you have seen 00:48:37.560 --> 00:48:41.160 These are things that you can you can so expect 00:48:42.600 --> 00:48:44.600 This is why I said 00:48:45.080 --> 00:48:53.320 If we practice this if this church the ones that are younger practices you will show the world that getting old in god is 00:48:54.680 --> 00:48:56.680 Is a blessed thing 00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:59.480 Is a blessed thing 00:49:06.600 --> 00:49:15.480 So expect the rush of the spirit so that of all the lands you can choose you can you you ask for the land filled with the anach 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:28.040 As you get old guys you have earned the right to ask 00:49:29.080 --> 00:49:33.320 As you get old you have earned the right to ask what was promised 00:49:34.280 --> 00:49:38.360 You have earned the right you should go up to the pastor you should go up to the leader and say 00:49:38.680 --> 00:49:41.720 Hey, I want to do this. I want you to help 00:49:42.280 --> 00:49:46.280 I want you to give me this so I can do this you have earned the right to ask 00:49:46.680 --> 00:49:51.960 And then get battle ready if you need training because some of your skills are old get trained 00:49:52.120 --> 00:49:53.480 But you have earned the right to ask 00:49:53.480 --> 00:50:00.200 I love how joshua waits for the right time and then once moses is beginning to dispute things he goes up to moses moses 00:50:00.760 --> 00:50:02.760 I'm asking i'm not 00:50:03.000 --> 00:50:07.400 I'm not waiting for you to distribute i'm asking I want that and I want that and I want that hill 00:50:07.720 --> 00:50:09.720 You have earned the right to ask 00:50:10.280 --> 00:50:12.280 It is strange how as we get older 00:50:12.600 --> 00:50:14.840 We almost are intimidated to ask 00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:19.800 We think we are not adequate enough or we think we haven't proven enough or we think 00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:22.920 we don't have the skill or the speed or the strength or the stamina or the 00:50:24.200 --> 00:50:25.860 accent or the 00:50:25.860 --> 00:50:30.340 Influency that the younger ones have and instead of instead of taking a step forward 00:50:30.420 --> 00:50:34.740 We take a step backwards and we don't ask as you get older you have earned the right to ask 00:50:38.500 --> 00:50:42.180 And when you ask ask for what you're good at what your purpose is about 00:50:44.180 --> 00:50:51.400 Because sometimes the one in charge doesn't even know that if you ask this and you do it you might actually start something new 00:50:56.340 --> 00:50:59.460 The problem is people come and ask but then when you tell them to train for it 00:50:59.700 --> 00:51:02.600 Now I want to ask and get but I don't want to be battle-ready 00:51:03.300 --> 00:51:06.200 No, sometimes you might have to lose a little bit of flab 00:51:09.860 --> 00:51:11.860 Don't don't look at me and smile 00:51:17.300 --> 00:51:22.760 Next one as you get old, it's easy to be insecure in your inadequacy 00:51:23.720 --> 00:51:28.060 As you get old it is easy to be insecure in your inadequacy 00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:35.800 It's easy to be insecure in your inadequacy and it's easy to be intimidated by the next generation 00:51:36.840 --> 00:51:41.160 I remember going to a church in Sharjah many many many many moons ago 00:51:42.200 --> 00:51:44.440 And I taught them on leading worship 00:51:46.200 --> 00:51:48.200 My teaching was really good 00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:50.440 Even though it was that many years ago 00:51:50.680 --> 00:51:52.680 And then they asked me to lead worship 00:51:54.200 --> 00:51:58.440 And I went up on stage I was so intimidated because I realized that 00:51:59.400 --> 00:52:01.400 There were so many skilled 00:52:01.940 --> 00:52:07.480 Musicians that I was playing the guitar and leading that the voices were so much better that all my songs 00:52:08.520 --> 00:52:11.240 Many moons ago the songs I was singing was older 00:52:12.040 --> 00:52:14.360 So my songs were as old as their parents 00:52:15.720 --> 00:52:18.940 And i'm standing there and I am so insecure 00:52:20.840 --> 00:52:26.200 And so when you're insecure, what do you do you go to your favorite go-to things? 00:52:27.640 --> 00:52:34.600 And whether god is in it or not, you'll pull out those things and you'll start using them hoping that you can drum up enough 00:52:36.360 --> 00:52:38.920 Fervor enthusiasm to make things happen 00:52:42.200 --> 00:52:44.440 For you young guys, you must realize that 00:52:44.600 --> 00:52:52.280 The longer a person lives the greater sometimes their inadequacies in certain areas and the greater their confidence in some areas 00:52:57.560 --> 00:52:59.560 I was such a bad worship time 00:53:00.280 --> 00:53:03.800 I've I almost felt like my teaching didn't match up to my 00:53:04.440 --> 00:53:10.920 Ability to lead because I was in following god. I was just trying to show them that I can teach and I can lead 00:53:10.920 --> 00:53:12.920 I can teach and I can lead 00:53:22.680 --> 00:53:26.460 Any questions on any of the things i've said you're almost concluding 00:53:34.200 --> 00:53:37.580 As you get old it's easy to be insecure in your inadequacy 00:53:38.300 --> 00:53:43.580 And intimidated by the next generation because they seem to be doing it so easily with much less practice 00:53:47.980 --> 00:53:50.460 One of the tricks is to see them as your sons and daughters 00:53:53.180 --> 00:53:59.340 One of the tricks is to see them as your sons and daughters the moment you see them as your sons and daughters your heart leaps 00:54:02.060 --> 00:54:06.540 Whose heart did not leap if your heart did not leap we'll come and check your pulse 00:54:08.300 --> 00:54:11.100 Whose heart did not leap to see mia singing up here 00:54:13.260 --> 00:54:17.580 Whose heart did not leap to see aaron playing the keyboard some six weeks ago 00:54:18.700 --> 00:54:21.500 Whose heart did not leap to see isaac and 00:54:23.420 --> 00:54:30.220 What's sheldon's daughter's name phoebe taking those ribbons and jumping up and down whose heart did not leap 00:54:33.980 --> 00:54:35.980 When you begin to see them as your own 00:54:37.660 --> 00:54:41.120 Intimidation goes out of the window insecurity goes out of the window 00:54:53.660 --> 00:54:57.500 As you get old this is a tough one, I better write it down 00:54:59.260 --> 00:55:04.720 This is a tough one, but super important the tough ones are usually important. It's almost like organic food 00:55:08.220 --> 00:55:14.540 No, what I meant is no what I meant is like it's it's healthy, but it's not tasty yeah 00:55:19.420 --> 00:55:21.420 No not with organic food 00:55:30.460 --> 00:55:33.580 Yeah, i'm only talking about the thing that beef eats 00:55:37.580 --> 00:55:39.580 No green juice 00:55:40.860 --> 00:55:42.860 Excuse me we're in the middle of a 00:55:45.100 --> 00:55:52.780 As you get old change change your wine skin 00:55:58.140 --> 00:56:01.980 Change your wine skin by changing 00:56:01.980 --> 00:56:03.980 What is familiar 00:56:09.580 --> 00:56:11.580 Changing peers 00:56:18.940 --> 00:56:20.940 Sometimes changing location 00:56:20.940 --> 00:56:22.940 Sometimes changing location 00:56:30.940 --> 00:56:32.940 Changing 00:56:34.940 --> 00:56:40.940 Hobby horses and pet teal pet pet theology i'll explain 00:56:45.500 --> 00:56:48.220 Pet theology could also mean your cat 00:56:48.220 --> 00:56:50.220 Your cat here 00:56:52.380 --> 00:56:54.380 Otherwise 00:56:55.900 --> 00:56:57.900 You could 00:56:58.860 --> 00:57:00.860 Die 00:57:01.340 --> 00:57:03.340 Concealed 00:57:05.340 --> 00:57:07.340 In ribbons 00:57:08.620 --> 00:57:10.620 Land 00:57:13.180 --> 00:57:18.140 Okay guys as you get older you start to see the difference 00:57:18.220 --> 00:57:21.580 As you get older change your wine skin this is your wine skin you're thinking 00:57:22.140 --> 00:57:27.260 Change your wine skin sometimes changing your wine skin can only happen by changing what is familiar 00:57:28.060 --> 00:57:29.660 familiar routines 00:57:29.660 --> 00:57:31.900 Familiar ways of doing things as you get older 00:57:32.780 --> 00:57:34.780 If you don't change what is familiar 00:57:37.660 --> 00:57:43.580 You'll end up looking like the ones that you find so difficult right now because they won't change their ways 00:57:45.660 --> 00:57:47.660 Nobody starts off with the 00:57:48.060 --> 00:57:50.060 Slogan i will not change 00:57:53.260 --> 00:57:59.740 Change your wine skin by changing what is familiar changing your peers as in the ones that you hang out with 00:58:01.020 --> 00:58:05.180 Change add to them sometimes we are locked into a best friend 00:58:07.020 --> 00:58:09.980 And you call them your best friend 40 years ago now you can't take it back 00:58:13.580 --> 00:58:15.580 And so 00:58:16.060 --> 00:58:19.340 Every christmas every thanksgiving you have to spend with them because 00:58:20.380 --> 00:58:25.260 You said too much the first 10 years and now you don't know how to withdraw and you wish you could spend it with someone else 00:58:25.260 --> 00:58:30.300 But too bad 10 years. I told him that I would spend the rest of every thanksgiving with him 00:58:31.020 --> 00:58:33.020 Change your peers 00:58:33.500 --> 00:58:41.340 Sometimes change location sometimes change location. It's important to change location. Do you know how flexible this church is? 00:58:42.060 --> 00:58:43.820 Do you know? 00:58:43.820 --> 00:58:47.100 Don't you find it odd that we can change things? 00:58:47.740 --> 00:58:52.860 At 10 15 in the morning and send you an email and you will still turn up not being grumpy 00:58:53.020 --> 00:58:55.020 Or at least pretending you're not grumpy 00:58:57.100 --> 00:58:59.100 How did this happen 00:59:00.620 --> 00:59:02.860 I know some of you I know how how 00:59:03.660 --> 00:59:05.500 How much you like? 00:59:05.500 --> 00:59:12.560 Order how much you like things that are predictable i've seen how sheldon folds his vests 00:59:14.220 --> 00:59:16.300 And his socks, I mean they 00:59:17.100 --> 00:59:21.900 Like you should see they're so well folded and they're arranged in color these things 00:59:22.460 --> 00:59:25.980 That's the first prophetic word I had for him. I went up to him and said 00:59:26.460 --> 00:59:30.300 Uh if I went to if I were to come and open your drawer and find your 00:59:30.860 --> 00:59:35.100 Vests folded and your socks arranged in neat order and he said yes 00:59:35.820 --> 00:59:38.300 So I know how important it is 00:59:38.860 --> 00:59:40.860 Hi guys 00:59:40.860 --> 00:59:42.860 I 00:59:43.100 --> 00:59:47.580 Don't know who you were matt. I knew who ranita was I thought okay? 00:59:49.340 --> 00:59:51.340 Okay, so um 00:59:52.060 --> 00:59:59.100 So I know how predictable you are but have you noticed how nothing phases you now because a culture can be created where? 00:59:59.900 --> 01:00:02.300 You change your wineskin by changing things that are familiar 01:00:02.780 --> 01:00:07.900 Changing peers changing location changing hobby horses hobby horses are when you decide that 01:00:08.300 --> 01:00:10.940 These are a few of my favorite things 01:00:14.460 --> 01:00:20.700 20 years have gone by you keep saying the same thing same topics being taught same things being whispered 01:00:21.660 --> 01:00:23.660 That is when you know 01:00:23.900 --> 01:00:25.900 Sounds what's that? 01:00:25.900 --> 01:00:31.020 Sound of music yeah, you've got to change get rid of your hobby horses and 01:00:32.060 --> 01:00:36.700 Change your pet theologies it is important. Otherwise you will die concealed in lay bands 01:00:36.860 --> 01:00:41.580 Concealed in lay bands land any questions about this one because this one is difficult go ahead dine 01:00:43.420 --> 01:00:44.860 Pet theologies 01:00:44.860 --> 01:00:51.660 When a part of god's theology is what becomes super important to you you god proved himself to you that 01:00:52.220 --> 01:00:56.860 20 years ago, and you haven't gone past it every time you talk it's the same thing 01:01:00.540 --> 01:01:04.620 It applies to cats also change your pet theology yeah 01:01:06.780 --> 01:01:10.860 No, they live nine times before they die that's the problem 01:01:15.500 --> 01:01:17.500 Yes 01:01:17.660 --> 01:01:20.060 Pet theologies when you have one thing that you flog 01:01:21.020 --> 01:01:27.420 Over and over and over again beat israel beat the end of the world beat whatever never stops 01:01:28.700 --> 01:01:31.580 Never stops never doubt. What's the rest of the song? 01:01:31.980 --> 01:01:33.980 Never stops never think 01:01:36.300 --> 01:01:39.020 Moving on since we have to end yeah 01:01:43.420 --> 01:01:44.460 So 01:01:44.460 --> 01:01:46.620 When I don't change my wine skin 01:01:47.740 --> 01:01:53.340 I get so used to the familiar that I will not have the strength to break out of 01:01:55.100 --> 01:01:58.620 That it is familiar and you keep serving in the same place 01:01:59.100 --> 01:02:02.300 And you're not able to break out you lose your power to break through 01:02:03.820 --> 01:02:05.820 You lose your power to break through 01:02:08.300 --> 01:02:10.300 I mean he shouldn't have stayed at all 01:02:10.540 --> 01:02:14.300 He spent seven years for one then got duped and stayed seven years for the other 01:02:14.780 --> 01:02:17.980 Then got duped and stayed another six years 20 years concealed 01:02:19.100 --> 01:02:21.100 Where you do not have the power to break through 01:02:23.180 --> 01:02:25.180 And familiarity does that 01:02:28.620 --> 01:02:34.380 Yeah, it's not stepping over the thresholds many of you don't know this but when we used to meet at raw street 01:02:35.020 --> 01:02:40.380 There would be saturdays where I would come with some of the there were no young people then so I would ask the older 01:02:40.380 --> 01:02:46.620 People to come and help me and we would completely change the furnishing so that when people came on sunday 01:02:46.620 --> 01:02:48.620 They couldn't find their favorite places 01:02:49.260 --> 01:02:50.460 and 01:02:50.460 --> 01:02:53.580 I mean when we were doing it there was this evil glee to it 01:02:54.060 --> 01:02:58.860 But it was a godly thing so they would come the next morning and they wouldn't find their favorite seat 01:02:59.100 --> 01:03:01.100 It used to be a lot of fun, but 01:03:01.500 --> 01:03:05.820 It was just a token exercise so that nobody gets used to anything 01:03:12.300 --> 01:03:15.180 Yeah, but this is just for a year we might move again 01:03:17.660 --> 01:03:20.640 Yeah, yeah, it's easier to just move you over Diana 01:03:23.580 --> 01:03:28.940 Yeah, changing peers is because if I don't change peers the way I speak is always constant 01:03:29.900 --> 01:03:32.780 If I if I only hang out with Betty and me 01:03:33.660 --> 01:03:35.180 then 01:03:35.180 --> 01:03:37.820 I'll soon start talking about biking and hiking 01:03:39.580 --> 01:03:40.940 And then 01:03:40.940 --> 01:03:44.220 Nothing will change will never talk about anything else because 01:03:44.940 --> 01:03:47.660 Peer-to-peer relationships always end up that way that's one of the 01:03:48.060 --> 01:03:52.060 Things that the young adults have to be careful of and the older adults have to be careful of 01:03:52.060 --> 01:03:55.260 And the older adults have to be careful of if we don't have new 01:03:56.060 --> 01:03:58.380 new people injected into our 01:03:59.900 --> 01:04:04.780 Network of the ones that we associate with the jokes are the same. I mean 01:04:05.660 --> 01:04:11.420 I'm so scared that I'm retelling my jokes always but unfortunately you don't stop me 01:04:11.420 --> 01:04:16.940 So I keep retelling them anyways many of you have heard some of my stories so many times and you tolerate it 01:04:17.900 --> 01:04:22.780 And it gets to a point where everything becomes the same and it's not conducive to growth 01:04:23.820 --> 01:04:30.300 And therefore I want new people in my life who can come and break me out of the same pattern 01:04:31.420 --> 01:04:37.500 Now with the young adults, it's in Bahrain. We had to shut the church down for a while because the aim became fellowship 01:04:39.900 --> 01:04:46.220 The aim of the church is never fellowship anyone who comes to acts 29 looking for fellowship will get it but that ain't the aim 01:04:47.500 --> 01:04:49.500 I 01:04:55.980 --> 01:05:02.460 Don't add adding to them change changing your peer network so that it's not always the same 01:05:02.620 --> 01:05:04.620 Okay 01:05:12.940 --> 01:05:16.620 Jacob doesn't become israel had he not broken out. He would have been jacob. Yeah 01:05:19.580 --> 01:05:21.580 Last two points 01:05:23.340 --> 01:05:26.140 This is a tough one as you get old take your eyes off 01:05:26.780 --> 01:05:28.220 your outer 01:05:28.220 --> 01:05:29.420 impotence 01:05:30.380 --> 01:05:35.580 As you get old take your eyes off your external 01:05:36.280 --> 01:05:42.940 Importancy there are things that you realize others are better at you at and you look at your own self and you realize 01:05:43.260 --> 01:05:45.260 You are important in that area 01:05:45.420 --> 01:05:51.740 But this as I get older man, I will lean back on my ability to connect with the presence of god 01:05:51.980 --> 01:05:56.860 I will lean back on the storehouse that god has allowed me to collect of new things and old things 01:05:57.100 --> 01:06:03.660 I will lean back on the power of the holy spirit to do potent things through an important 01:06:04.700 --> 01:06:12.080 Body I will lean back on the wisdom that has been gathered because houses are built with wisdom and knowledge 01:06:12.540 --> 01:06:17.500 They are furnished with understanding i'll lean back on that. I won't look at my external 01:06:18.120 --> 01:06:23.180 Importancy and say but i'm old. I can't do this. I can't do that. Betty does it better 01:06:23.340 --> 01:06:25.420 I will not let that happen 01:06:26.060 --> 01:06:29.980 Because you know why I won't let that happen not because jacob wants to be big 01:06:29.980 --> 01:06:36.300 But because you will miss out on everything that jacob is because jacob's attitude is so self-deprecating 01:06:43.500 --> 01:06:45.500 Can't afford that 01:06:53.660 --> 01:06:58.540 As you get older take your eyes off your outer impotency, that's exactly what's happening to barzili 01:06:59.180 --> 01:07:03.180 He's being invited for david to set up his throne zion 01:07:03.820 --> 01:07:06.380 The ultimate place that people wanted to go to 01:07:07.260 --> 01:07:14.220 Oh, my tongue doesn't taste things. My eyes don't see things. Look at me and my god the lament starts 01:07:20.860 --> 01:07:22.860 We can't go down this route guys 01:07:24.140 --> 01:07:28.540 Because of the life of christ that is present in the body and is present in you 01:07:29.340 --> 01:07:33.580 You're talking about the personal presence of jesus christ in your body 01:07:39.500 --> 01:07:44.860 We also don't get caught up in cultural complacency cultural complacency 01:07:46.060 --> 01:07:51.980 I pray god that we never have a day when people over 65 will gather together to 01:07:53.740 --> 01:07:55.920 Throw a ball that will knock off some pins 01:08:00.060 --> 01:08:05.500 Because if you want to do it do it because you want to do it don't do it because you're 01:08:07.100 --> 01:08:10.060 That's not what seniors in a church do 01:08:13.500 --> 01:08:15.500 Then go do it 01:08:17.340 --> 01:08:20.140 No, no, no, I really mean it my heart breaks when 01:08:20.540 --> 01:08:23.420 When when when we have a seniors 01:08:24.860 --> 01:08:30.240 Group that plays games it is retiring them too early. It's not right 01:08:36.300 --> 01:08:38.480 It's almost like putting you out to pasture 01:08:50.940 --> 01:08:57.740 We don't do this guys it's it's it's a it's like saying your time is done 01:09:06.780 --> 01:09:08.860 And then 01:09:08.860 --> 01:09:16.460 Take your eyes off your resource reserve take your eyes off your resource reserve as we get older 01:09:17.340 --> 01:09:23.420 We look at the resources we have left and we decide that we cannot do certain things 01:09:27.020 --> 01:09:32.240 Take your eyes off your resource reserve. Don't keep looking at your rrsps 01:09:36.140 --> 01:09:38.140 Resource reserve saving plan 01:09:38.780 --> 01:09:43.020 Don't keep looking at it because as you look at it and as you're getting older 01:09:43.020 --> 01:09:47.340 It may be getting a little lesser and as is getting lesser you are deciding so 01:09:48.220 --> 01:09:52.140 List of things to do. Okay, this one this one this one. Sorry can't do that 01:09:54.540 --> 01:09:58.140 But jesus that is so highly impractical absolutely true 01:10:03.100 --> 01:10:05.100 God thrives in impracticality 01:10:05.100 --> 01:10:11.420 But jesus if I do something like that and then I don't have any money will you take care of me don will 01:10:18.060 --> 01:10:21.660 Someone will any questions 01:10:24.780 --> 01:10:26.780 Any questions 01:10:29.260 --> 01:10:34.620 Why are we doing this because we need to contend for our children and we need to be content for our children 01:10:35.100 --> 01:10:40.700 We have to prepare an inheritance because we need to contend for our children and we have to prepare an inheritance 01:10:41.260 --> 01:10:47.660 Only the older or the ones that are getting older can prepare an inheritance for the younger and only the older can contend for your 01:10:47.660 --> 01:10:49.580 for their children 01:10:49.580 --> 01:10:55.500 You see it's guys you i'm standing here so that you know how serious I am and because i'm short 01:10:57.180 --> 01:11:01.820 You have no idea how absolutely passionate and completely devoted I am to two things 01:11:02.620 --> 01:11:07.100 Preparing an inheritance for you and second contending for 01:11:08.940 --> 01:11:11.340 The ones that come after me two things 01:11:12.460 --> 01:11:17.680 This must consume you because it consumed the father and the son and the holy spirit 01:11:18.080 --> 01:11:20.080 You 01:11:28.560 --> 01:11:34.160 This is what david did first chronicles 29 verse 2 first chronicles 29 verse 2 01:11:38.000 --> 01:11:40.000 First chronicles 29 verse 2 01:11:40.640 --> 01:11:47.520 With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my god gold for gold work silver for silver bronze for bronze iron for iron 01:11:47.520 --> 01:11:55.520 Wood for wood as well as onyx for the settings turquoise stones of various colors all kinds of fine stone and marble all these in large quantities 01:11:57.520 --> 01:12:05.520 Besides in my devotion to the temple of my god I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my god over and above everything 01:12:05.520 --> 01:12:13.520 I have provided for this holy temple 3000 talents of gold 7000 talents of refined silver overlaying of the walls and so on 01:12:15.520 --> 01:12:19.520 Let me end with this last scripture which will blow your mind 01:12:21.520 --> 01:12:29.520 And I preface it by saying how dare you rob god of the years of your life as you get old how dare you rob god 01:12:29.520 --> 01:12:37.520 Mike Karen Sue Diana Ranita Heidi Reba 01:12:39.520 --> 01:12:41.520 Uma Mohini Ruth Joan 01:12:45.520 --> 01:12:51.520 Dilna Jacob how dare you rob god of the life that has been given to you 01:12:53.520 --> 01:12:55.520 You listen to this verse 01:12:55.520 --> 01:13:03.520 I grabbed your heart Isaiah 46 I'm reading from the message 01:13:05.520 --> 01:13:07.520 Isaiah 46 01:13:09.520 --> 01:13:11.520 Was three to five from the message 01:13:13.520 --> 01:13:17.520 Isaiah 46 was three to five from the message 01:13:19.520 --> 01:13:21.520 Listen to me family of Jacob 01:13:21.520 --> 01:13:23.520 Listen to me family of Jacob 01:13:25.520 --> 01:13:27.520 Everyone that's left of the family of Israel 01:13:29.520 --> 01:13:35.520 I have been carrying you on my back from the day you were born and I will keep on carrying you when you are old 01:13:35.520 --> 01:13:43.520 I'll be there bearing you when you're old and gray I've done it and will keep on doing it carrying you on my back saving you 01:13:43.520 --> 01:13:49.520 So to whom will you compare me the incomparable can you picture me without reducing me 01:13:49.520 --> 01:13:59.520 How dare I take my life that he's carried since birth and that he will carry when I'm gray and now say that I don't think you're capable 01:13:59.520 --> 01:14:01.520 I've got to plan for my old age 01:14:03.520 --> 01:14:05.520 That's robbing god 01:14:05.520 --> 01:14:07.520 That's robbing god 01:14:13.520 --> 01:14:19.520 The part that I'm not going to teach right now is how do you locate yourself in this present moment of god 01:14:19.520 --> 01:14:27.520 Movement of god that is upon Acts 29 and upon the earth I'll have to do it another time because that's only one point but it's got eight sub points 01:14:27.520 --> 01:14:37.520 So I'll do that another time because as older ones we have to know okay so if there is a revival or if there is something that's going to happen here on earth 01:14:37.520 --> 01:14:43.520 How do I now based on all these things locate myself so that I'm fruitful so that I'm fruitful 01:14:43.520 --> 01:15:03.520 So here's what I want us to end with I want two young two from the under 50s and two from the older 50s or above 50s to come and just pray and we'll close with that 01:15:03.520 --> 01:15:23.520 Pray for each other pray for pray for the under 50s pray for the over 50s and the over 50s pray for under 50s remember guys you can be 49 or 50 and still people can write about you 01:15:23.520 --> 01:15:35.520 That Barzilai was a very old man and they can say about Caleb Caleb was as young as 40 years ago so age is a thing here and here and a few other places but 01:15:35.520 --> 01:15:52.520 Yeah and when we talk about how do we fit into the revival and what God is doing we'll talk about okay as I grow older what about the fact that my physical body isn't as capable as I was when I was 20 01:15:52.520 --> 01:15:58.520 That's a reality too the Bible talks about it in Ecclesiastes 12 and a few other places we'll talk about that 01:15:58.520 --> 01:16:13.520 How do we handle the physical limitations that come as we get older that part is real and sometimes some of us may be struggling with illnesses or sicknesses how do we compute that in 01:16:13.520 --> 01:16:24.520 So those are realities too but I'm praying that you young guys will be able to navigate life so well that the Holy Spirit will quicken your mortal bodies even as you get older 01:16:24.520 --> 01:16:32.520 Yeah so two from the young I don't know what to call you two from the that side and two from the this side if you could pray for each other 01:16:36.520 --> 01:16:40.520 Just two so make a mad dash for the mic 01:16:43.520 --> 01:16:48.520 I think he heard it as make a mad dash mic but that's okay 01:16:55.520 --> 01:16:58.520 Got to turn it up there we go 01:17:02.520 --> 01:17:18.520 Father we thank you for your revelation that transcends all that we see around us all that all that is in this culture and we reject what this culture says that young people are young people are 01:17:18.520 --> 01:17:39.520 The only ones that matter and older people are the ones that that should be should be shelved and put aside and we ask that you would that you would quicken our our minds our thinking that you would that you would help us to reinvent our thinking that we that are the we that are older and help us from 01:17:39.520 --> 01:18:08.520 And help us from keep us from getting caught up in that in that lie of being put aside and and we've we've arrived and we deserve to to to relax now and and keep listening to you and keep crossing those thresholds and keep finding those new rooms to walk into and and having having a life with you that is that is exciting and that is that is accomplishing your will and and making your word go forward 01:18:09.520 --> 01:18:38.520 And giving our giving our wisdom and and our our accumulated knowledge unabashedly to the to the young people without without without apology without without intimidation so that so that they would gain from what you've put into us not because of our own our own our own arrogance or being puffed up but just because you've put things into us that that you want us to to give back to you 01:18:39.520 --> 01:18:56.520 to to to put into the put into the younger ones and we we thank you that that we don't have to we don't have to live the way the culture says we have that we should live we don't have to to do things any other way but your way which is the right way and we thank you for that 01:19:09.520 --> 01:19:38.520 Father I just pray for for your zeal to fall afresh. You are God of dignity and and of worth father and so often this culture starts removing dignity and worth as people age we say oh you there's now this is expected or this is expected but father I speak your dignity I speak your worth over every person in this room and connected to this body who's who's older father because they're older than you are. 01:19:39.520 --> 01:19:56.520 Because this is who you are this is how you see them and their dignity and worth it doesn't it's not on a timeline. There is no end point father. So I thank you for your dignity and your worth I thank you that they are valued that they're an integral part of this body they're an integral part of the young being able to rise up. 01:19:56.520 --> 01:20:21.520 Because it is through the old that generations are created without the up farther the older generation there is no younger generation father. So I thank you for your dignity and your worth and I pray for a zeal to fall a zeal to rise that it will no longer just be the young people running ahead but the young people will have to compete because they'll have to realize that hey there's something we have to run after we have to actually run to stay ahead. 01:20:21.520 --> 01:20:34.520 So I thank you father for for what you're doing and I I just I just come against the enemy schemes the enemy's plans to bring discouragement to bring doubt to say hey maybe this is all there is. 01:20:34.520 --> 01:20:54.520 And and I pray for a passion I pray for a zeal I pray for a zest a new life that there is no tiredness there is no fatigue but there's a refreshing father a refreshing of your presence of your purpose in each one's life father because when there is purpose there is life. 01:20:54.520 --> 01:20:57.520 So I thank you for your purpose a fresh father. 01:20:57.520 --> 01:21:14.520 Hallelujah. 01:21:14.520 --> 01:21:18.520 Father just one. 01:21:18.520 --> 01:21:27.520 Father just want to thank you first and foremost for the older ones that we have in this church. 01:21:27.520 --> 01:21:35.520 And it's it's actually pretty cool because I was just praying this similar prayer over my mother like two days ago. 01:21:35.520 --> 01:21:49.520 And yeah I want to pray the prayer based on Kela Bogart who in numbers when he was younger had a voice to silence the multitude. 01:21:49.520 --> 01:21:56.520 But your word says that he he followed you wholeheartedly and he had a different spirit. 01:21:56.520 --> 01:22:10.520 And then as we were reminded all father in in Joshua 14 father that he came back all over and and remembered the promises that you had spoken over his life. 01:22:10.520 --> 01:22:24.520 So father we speak over the promises that everybody had all over that you know maybe they thought that some people had started giving up but father was speaking for a newness all over those promises father. 01:22:24.520 --> 01:22:32.520 And so as Caleb said he said I'm still able to battle I'm still as vigorous and he reclaimed those promises. 01:22:32.520 --> 01:22:39.520 So father I speak that over over this I don't know what to call them older generation I guess. 01:22:39.520 --> 01:22:48.520 Yeah so father we thank you for that because you are the one who's able to do this father and you're the one who gives them the inheritance is that you promised them all God in the young age father. 01:22:48.520 --> 01:22:53.520 So we're speaking for a newness Oka. I thank you father because you are the one who's able to do this. 01:22:53.520 --> 01:22:56.520 In Jesus name I pray. Amen. 01:22:56.520 --> 01:23:19.520 Father I just want to pray for the young the younger people in this body and the ones who are listening. 01:23:19.520 --> 01:23:23.520 And that includes Jacob. 01:23:23.520 --> 01:23:43.520 Father I just pray that all of the things that Jacob taught today which are really good for us older people would be picked up early and easily by these young ones who are still who are already running in a phenomenal speed and growing in leaps and bounds beyond what I've ever experienced. 01:23:43.520 --> 01:23:59.520 So I speak that into their lives and I just pray that they would take what the teaching has been and run with it because if they don't they will run into the same problems that we older ones are doing and having to get out of the ruts that we're in. 01:23:59.520 --> 01:24:09.520 So I speak life and zeal and rest and peace and all that God has for you. 01:24:09.520 --> 01:24:19.520 In fact I bless each one in this room with that all that God has for us would be manifest in our lifetimes so that we can bless others in their lifetimes. 01:24:19.520 --> 01:24:24.520 Awesome. 01:24:24.520 --> 01:24:30.520 Could the ones over 50 just stand? 01:24:30.520 --> 01:24:34.520 And I just turn towards the ones that are young here. 01:24:34.520 --> 01:24:37.520 You have no idea how proud we are of you. 01:24:37.520 --> 01:24:42.520 I speak for the rest of us. We haven't seen this like Diana said. 01:24:42.520 --> 01:24:44.520 We haven't seen this in our lifetime. 01:24:44.520 --> 01:24:54.520 A bunch of guys from different parts of the world, different backgrounds and you've gathered here and you've shown us what it is to pursue God with a passion. 01:24:54.520 --> 01:24:57.520 I look at you and I marvel. 01:24:57.520 --> 01:25:02.520 Be it someone as new as Chava or someone as old as Betty. 01:25:02.520 --> 01:25:09.520 Betty came what? How many years ago Betty? Six years ago in Chava? Six months. 01:25:09.520 --> 01:25:16.520 I marvel at you guys and we just want to tell you how grateful we are for you and what you've done to our lives. 01:25:16.520 --> 01:25:21.520 You have made our lives so rich you have no idea. 01:25:21.520 --> 01:25:24.520 Very proud of you. 01:25:24.520 --> 01:25:27.520 I mean Sue and Joan have been in other churches. 01:25:27.520 --> 01:25:33.520 Diana has been in other churches. Mike and Karen were born in a church. 01:25:33.520 --> 01:25:38.520 Heidi's been in multiple churches and I'm telling you as we look it is mind boggling. 01:25:38.520 --> 01:25:43.520 Right Heidi? So proud of you. I have no idea.