WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Wind over the Water Publishing Date: 2014-08-10T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/wind-over-the-water/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.400 work in the community of the spirit of the church. 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:07.080 So today we talk about wind over the water. 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:09.480 At least I like that title, so that's why I put it on. 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:11.580 You can put some other title if you want. 00:00:12.420 --> 00:00:13.960 Wayne, am I good to go? 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:14.860 Okay. 00:00:14.860 --> 00:00:18.400 So guys, it reminds me of smoke over the waters, 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:19.920 but that's a different thing. 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:20.900 Yeah. 00:00:20.900 --> 00:00:25.320 So guys, John 6 63, it says there, 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:27.600 and we've been talking about this again and again, 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:32.600 it is the spirit that quickens and the flesh profits nothing. 00:00:32.760 --> 00:00:35.880 I mean, I was sitting with somebody yesterday 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:37.500 and they asked me a question 00:00:37.500 --> 00:00:39.200 and immediately I responded with this. 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:41.960 I'm using the scripture every which time I can, 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:44.040 because it has to settle in my head, man, 00:00:44.040 --> 00:00:46.560 that it is the spirit that gives life, 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:49.160 the flesh profits nothing. 00:00:49.160 --> 00:00:51.280 It is the spirit that gives life, 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:52.840 the flesh profits nothing. 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.800 The more you begin to hone in on this simple scripture, 00:00:56.800 --> 00:01:00.320 the less you will operate in what is our default, 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.400 which is basically our fleshly ways of functioning. 00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:06.080 It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh profits nothing. 00:01:06.080 --> 00:01:08.560 And strangely enough, guys, in John chapter three, 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:10.320 and the moment I say John chapter three, 00:01:10.320 --> 00:01:13.400 anyone who's read the Bible once will immediately think 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:16.560 of Jesus and Nicodemus, where Jesus said, 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:18.280 what shall I do to be born again? 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:22.800 And we always relegate that passage to this born againness 00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:25.000 or becoming new believers. 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:27.520 But Jesus says so much there, man, 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:28.800 about the spirit of God. 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:31.600 I mean, in John chapter three, verse six, 00:01:31.600 --> 00:01:35.260 he says, flesh gives birth to flesh, 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:38.600 but spirit gives birth to spirit. 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:41.240 It kind of ties in with John 6, 63. 00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:44.720 It is the spirit that quickens, the flesh profits nothing. 00:01:44.720 --> 00:01:46.320 In John three, six, Jesus said, 00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:48.120 flesh gives birth to flesh, 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:51.840 the spirit gives birth to spirit. 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:56.240 Guys, and I know we've heard this line many times over, 00:01:56.240 --> 00:02:01.240 just as God's spirit brooded over the waters 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:03.720 like a bird in Genesis one, two, 00:02:04.880 --> 00:02:09.880 so I must understand that he hovers over me every day, 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:15.280 every moment to form in me and birth through me 00:02:17.320 --> 00:02:18.440 things of the spirit. 00:02:18.440 --> 00:02:19.640 Let me say that again. 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:25.280 I must understand that 24 seven, the spirit of God, 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:29.680 who hovered over or brooded over the waters 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:33.160 in Genesis one, two, in the same manner, 00:02:33.160 --> 00:02:37.840 the spirit of God who is present in me hovers over me, 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:42.080 waiting to form in me and birth through me, 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:43.360 God things, man. 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:48.960 But the sooner Jacob comes to the realization 00:02:49.160 --> 00:02:54.160 that flesh profits nothing, but the spirit gives life, 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:58.280 the sooner Jacob will be able to birth God things 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:01.400 here on earth that are not contaminated with Jacobness. 00:03:02.920 --> 00:03:05.880 Because most of our works are sometimes mixed, man. 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:11.120 So unless a person submits to the, 00:03:12.160 --> 00:03:17.160 unless a person submits to the spirit, 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:23.960 to the wind hovering over the water construct, 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.840 and the wind hovering over the water construct 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.160 is the way Eugene Peterson puts it. 00:03:38.160 --> 00:03:40.120 I love the way he sometimes takes words 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:43.000 and gives it new meaning. 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:45.160 So unless a person submits to the wind 00:03:45.160 --> 00:03:47.200 hovering over the water construct, 00:03:47.200 --> 00:03:51.680 one cannot function, 00:03:52.600 --> 00:03:54.480 one cannot function, 00:03:55.600 --> 00:03:58.800 one cannot function in the kingdom of God, 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:00.880 one cannot function in the kingdom of God 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:09.960 the way he should, the way she should. 00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:13.240 Unless a person submits to the wind 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:15.800 hovering over the water construct, 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:18.480 where you become more and more aware that, 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:20.240 Spirit of God, I know you're resident in me, 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:21.840 but you hover over me, 00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:24.320 just like a bird howls over water, 00:04:24.320 --> 00:04:25.960 just like you did in Genesis 1-2, 00:04:25.960 --> 00:04:28.600 you're just waiting to form in me and through me 00:04:30.840 --> 00:04:34.040 so that you can birth things of the spirit here on earth. 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:38.080 I need to come into a greater realization 00:04:38.080 --> 00:04:38.920 that unless a person, 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:41.360 unless Jacob submits to the wind 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:43.800 hovering over the water construct, 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:46.440 Jacob cannot function in the kingdom of God 00:04:46.440 --> 00:04:48.640 as he should. 00:04:48.640 --> 00:04:49.640 Because at the end of the day, 00:04:49.640 --> 00:04:50.960 remember guys, 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:52.400 it's been said many times over, 00:04:52.400 --> 00:04:54.080 who is the agency of the kingdom of God? 00:04:54.080 --> 00:04:55.680 The Spirit of God. 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:59.680 Any kingdom work has to be birthed by the Spirit of God. 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:03.680 I have to begin to think like this. 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:05.720 I've been practicing this guys, 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:07.720 I've been practicing this for a long time, 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:10.960 on Friday I had to speak somewhere, 00:05:10.960 --> 00:05:12.560 on Saturday I had to speak somewhere, 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:14.520 and what I'm doing now is I'll go 00:05:14.520 --> 00:05:18.080 and begin to read chunks 00:05:18.080 --> 00:05:20.040 that I know God wants to work with. 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:22.400 And I'm trying this out, 00:05:22.400 --> 00:05:24.280 and then I'll go to these meetings 00:05:24.280 --> 00:05:26.400 and I'll stand there 00:05:26.400 --> 00:05:28.960 and not take out my notes and decide, 00:05:28.960 --> 00:05:30.560 okay Spirit of God, 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.600 I might end up looking foolish 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:34.760 and it may not sound as good as my notes, 00:05:34.760 --> 00:05:37.200 but can you begin to do something? 00:05:37.880 --> 00:05:40.080 And both times it's worked out wonderfully. 00:05:42.080 --> 00:05:43.800 Both times it's worked out wonderfully. 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:45.560 Where the Spirit of God now begins to take over 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:47.280 and he takes the substance 00:05:47.280 --> 00:05:49.560 of what you have ingested, 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:50.400 what you have eaten, 00:05:50.400 --> 00:05:51.760 what you've meditated on 00:05:51.760 --> 00:05:53.400 and it begins to now come out. 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:58.760 The same thing can apply to every area of life guys. 00:05:58.760 --> 00:06:01.520 Because what area does he not know about? 00:06:01.520 --> 00:06:03.200 What is he not an expert in? 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:06.240 What is his desire? 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:07.880 He has a vested interest 00:06:07.880 --> 00:06:10.120 in producing things of the Spirit here on earth. 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:12.480 Because the flesh profits nothing, 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:14.560 but the Spirit gives life. 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:15.800 This is his desire. 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:17.600 He's got a vested interest in it. 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:18.920 That's what encourages me. 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:23.200 This is not an endeavor that we have to engage in 00:06:23.200 --> 00:06:26.280 and somehow squeeze out of God. 00:06:26.280 --> 00:06:27.360 This is God's desire. 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:29.600 It is my pleasure to give you the, 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:30.760 do not be afraid little flock, 00:06:30.760 --> 00:06:33.600 it's my pleasure to give you the kingdom. 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:36.920 As in the rule and the reign of Christ here on earth. 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:39.280 So unless a person submits to the wind 00:06:39.280 --> 00:06:41.320 hovering over the water construct, 00:06:41.320 --> 00:06:43.480 one cannot function in the kingdom of God. 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:44.680 Because guys remember, 00:06:47.080 --> 00:06:49.760 the invisible 00:06:51.520 --> 00:06:54.320 must permeate 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:57.080 and move 00:06:58.720 --> 00:06:59.560 the visible. 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:01.880 The invisible 00:07:03.080 --> 00:07:07.160 must permeate and move the visible. 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:09.200 That's how it works in the kingdom man. 00:07:09.200 --> 00:07:10.560 And we don't realize this. 00:07:11.880 --> 00:07:14.520 That I have to let him who is invisible, 00:07:14.520 --> 00:07:15.840 him who is unseen, 00:07:16.760 --> 00:07:19.120 begin to first permeate the seen, 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:21.120 the physical, the visible, 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:24.040 and then begin to produce things here on earth. 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:25.200 This is how it works. 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:28.280 But we don't necessarily let it happen. 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:30.880 And then what happens is we produce here on earth, 00:07:30.880 --> 00:07:33.120 Amon and Moab. 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:35.640 Remember Lot went and slept with us, 00:07:35.640 --> 00:07:37.040 daughters and produced, 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:38.920 children of incest, Amon and Moab, 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:41.960 who later on turned against Israel. 00:07:41.960 --> 00:07:43.920 So either you produce things of flesh 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:47.720 that are so putrid that what is produced now in the flesh, 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:49.200 and I'm not talking about the world out there, 00:07:49.200 --> 00:07:50.720 I'm talking about us Christians. 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:54.240 We either end up producing things in the flesh 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:56.280 that are so putrid that a generation later 00:07:56.280 --> 00:07:58.200 they attack the very ones who 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:00.280 birth them. 00:08:00.280 --> 00:08:02.080 Or you produce Ishmaels. 00:08:04.080 --> 00:08:05.680 Ishmael means God hears. 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:07.080 Now in the case of Ishmael, 00:08:07.080 --> 00:08:08.320 it may not be putrid, 00:08:08.320 --> 00:08:09.920 but it's still a mixture 00:08:10.960 --> 00:08:11.800 of the son of, 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:16.240 of the man of promise with a slave 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.960 to produce a son who later on persecutes the son of promise. 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:24.520 Guys, we can't afford this anymore. 00:08:24.520 --> 00:08:26.600 We've been doing this for too long. 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:29.080 We cost you men, but we can't afford it. 00:08:29.080 --> 00:08:30.880 Things that are produced here 00:08:30.880 --> 00:08:33.160 should be things that are of the spirit. 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:36.720 You'll have real life guys, real life. 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:38.200 Any questions before we go on? 00:08:39.640 --> 00:08:41.880 Is it possible to start with promise as in 00:08:41.880 --> 00:08:46.400 Isaac has left particularly some promise as in Jesus? 00:08:46.400 --> 00:08:47.680 Both in a sense. 00:08:47.680 --> 00:08:51.200 No, with Jesus he was supposed to be dead. 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.880 I was talking more about Isaac and Ishmael 00:08:53.880 --> 00:08:55.320 because when Ishmael grows up, 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:58.800 Ishmael now begins to scorn Isaac. 00:08:58.800 --> 00:09:00.720 And that's why Sarah gets pretty upset 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:04.000 and tells Abraham to send Hagar and the boy away. 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:04.840 So 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:11.320 Yeah. 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:12.160 Keeps repeating. 00:09:15.400 --> 00:09:16.240 Yeah. 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:18.000 But in this particular case, 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:19.360 because Ishmael is birthed, 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:21.480 Ishmael now starts persecuting Isaac. 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:24.400 The son of, the son of the slave woman 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:27.160 now begins to persecute the son of promise. 00:09:27.160 --> 00:09:28.360 And it will happen. 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:31.840 Whenever stuff is produced off the flesh, 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:33.200 and whenever there's mixture, 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:36.360 remember that it will always turn against us. 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:38.240 And so even in our structures guys, 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:40.080 in the things we do in church, 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:41.800 the way we construct things in church, 00:09:41.800 --> 00:09:43.080 if it is off flesh, 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:46.160 it will eventually either require that you maintain it. 00:09:47.880 --> 00:09:48.840 And what are we maintaining? 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:49.680 Decay. 00:09:50.520 --> 00:09:51.520 That's the sad part. 00:09:51.520 --> 00:09:52.360 Decay. 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:57.360 I, before, now that I'm on the 12th floor, 00:09:57.360 --> 00:09:59.200 and now that I, I mean, I live on the 12th floor. 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:01.120 So before there used to be this chute 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:03.080 that you could go put stuff down. 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:05.320 So all you had to do is somehow jam the thing in 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:07.400 and you could hear it going down. 00:10:07.400 --> 00:10:09.080 And they locked the thing up 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:11.320 because I believe the chute was getting damaged 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:13.640 because people were literally throwing their kids 00:10:13.640 --> 00:10:14.720 down that thing. 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:17.360 So now that they've locked it, 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:18.760 you've got to carry your garbage, 00:10:18.760 --> 00:10:20.400 go down the elevator, 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:23.280 go out to the back of the building and throw the thing. 00:10:23.280 --> 00:10:28.040 And it's become a chore. 00:10:28.040 --> 00:10:29.120 I don't know where I'm going with this. 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.280 It had a relevant point a little while ago. 00:10:31.280 --> 00:10:32.640 Well, let's move on. 00:10:32.640 --> 00:10:34.160 Completely lost track. 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:37.280 Decay. 00:10:37.280 --> 00:10:40.440 And so on hot summer days, 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:44.120 you try to get scented bags 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:45.880 so that they last a little longer 00:10:45.880 --> 00:10:49.760 because you want to somehow sanitize the decay. 00:10:49.760 --> 00:10:52.120 Guys, this is what we sometimes do. 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:54.640 Anything, oh, put on the fans, man. 00:10:57.080 --> 00:11:00.080 Because we want to just keep the air the way it is. 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.580 It's a little strange to use. 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:08.200 Yeah. 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:09.040 Is it working? 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:11.600 Maybe it needs to be checked in. 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:12.760 Thanks, man. 00:11:12.760 --> 00:11:15.200 Yeah, so you can't maintain decay. 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:17.480 And remember guys, anything that you and I produce, 00:11:17.520 --> 00:11:19.840 you know, for some strange reason, 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:24.840 we are willing to justify and live with things of the flesh. 00:11:25.040 --> 00:11:26.040 That's the problem. 00:11:26.040 --> 00:11:27.280 There is no, 00:11:28.640 --> 00:11:31.840 we don't have sufficient enmity 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:33.440 against the things of the flesh. 00:11:34.760 --> 00:11:37.200 And yet the Bible clearly says the spirit gives life 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:39.800 and the flesh profits, nothing. 00:11:39.800 --> 00:11:43.800 Yet our hearts don't rage against things of the flesh 00:11:43.800 --> 00:11:45.800 because we've gotten so used to it, 00:11:45.880 --> 00:11:48.520 it's almost like we can't do without it. 00:11:48.520 --> 00:11:49.640 This is how life is. 00:11:49.640 --> 00:11:52.080 No, man, this is not how life is. 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:53.320 Because remember guys, 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:55.460 you and I may have gotten accustomed to it, 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:59.080 but Tavis's generation has to have a fresh new start. 00:11:59.920 --> 00:12:03.840 They have to have a legacy of things produced in the spirit. 00:12:05.900 --> 00:12:08.600 Not a legacy of things that were birthed in the flesh. 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:11.240 So the question is then, 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:14.060 how do you move with this invisible spirit? 00:12:14.060 --> 00:12:15.760 How do you move with this invisible spirit? 00:12:16.760 --> 00:12:18.440 We keep saying that, okay, 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:20.720 the invisible must permeate and move the visible. 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:21.540 How? 00:12:22.920 --> 00:12:26.120 Jesus kind of touched on that in John 3, 8. 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:29.160 In John 3, 8, and look at the statement he makes, 00:12:29.160 --> 00:12:30.440 very categorical statement. 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:34.760 He says, anyone born from above or anyone born again, 00:12:34.760 --> 00:12:37.800 he says, and if he says it, then it must be true. 00:12:37.800 --> 00:12:41.160 Anyone born from above knows well enough 00:12:41.160 --> 00:12:44.260 how the wind blows this way and that. 00:12:44.260 --> 00:12:46.900 You hear it rustling through the trees, 00:12:46.900 --> 00:12:49.980 but you have no idea where it comes from 00:12:49.980 --> 00:12:51.900 or where it's headed next. 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:56.000 The point being this guys, 00:12:58.060 --> 00:13:01.740 I have a 10 foot by five feet balcony. 00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:04.300 And so, because it's hot now, 00:13:04.300 --> 00:13:05.700 I spend a lot of time on the balcony. 00:13:05.700 --> 00:13:07.560 But one of the things I do on the balcony 00:13:07.560 --> 00:13:11.900 is I keep walking to different spots in the balcony 00:13:11.900 --> 00:13:14.140 because I know there will be some spots 00:13:14.140 --> 00:13:18.780 where if you stand, the breeze begins to come on you. 00:13:18.780 --> 00:13:21.380 But you can, I mean, it's only a 10 foot balcony. 00:13:21.380 --> 00:13:24.220 You can stand here and you're sweating 00:13:24.220 --> 00:13:27.620 and you can stand here and the breeze comes on you. 00:13:27.620 --> 00:13:30.300 So the first thing I do when I go onto the balcony 00:13:30.300 --> 00:13:32.020 is try to find out where the breeze is 00:13:32.020 --> 00:13:34.020 and then take my chair and plonk myself 00:13:34.020 --> 00:13:36.580 so that I have a cool breeze on a hot summer day. 00:13:37.700 --> 00:13:40.240 This is how we are supposed to be guys. 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:42.440 Where in the midst of things, 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:45.760 you and I have this deep desire on a hot summer day 00:13:45.760 --> 00:13:50.600 to find or locate ourselves in where, Spirit of God, 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:53.120 are you doing something and how would you recognize it? 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:54.520 It'll be refreshing guys. 00:13:54.520 --> 00:13:56.280 It'll have life in it. 00:13:56.280 --> 00:13:57.360 You will know it. 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:59.520 Jesus said that if you're born from above, 00:13:59.520 --> 00:14:01.000 you will recognize it. 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:04.080 The only thing you will not know 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:07.440 is where it's going to shift to and which way it's heading. 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:09.120 So you might have to move your chair, 00:14:09.160 --> 00:14:10.800 but you will recognize it. 00:14:10.800 --> 00:14:11.640 Why? 00:14:11.640 --> 00:14:13.000 Because the same Spirit that was in Jesus 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:14.840 and that's in your father is now in you. 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:16.320 Surely you will recognize it. 00:14:17.400 --> 00:14:19.720 Will you ever not know your children? 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:21.400 I mean, you could have twins man 00:14:21.400 --> 00:14:23.240 and they'll know which one is which. 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:26.200 Got to understand this. 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:27.720 Begin to live like this, think like this, 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:30.540 that father, I'm out on my balcony, it's hot, 00:14:30.540 --> 00:14:34.040 but I will easily recognize the way your spirit is blowing. 00:14:34.040 --> 00:14:36.180 I just need to locate it and I'll stand in it. 00:14:36.180 --> 00:14:38.560 If it shifts, I'll shift. 00:14:38.560 --> 00:14:40.760 But I am going to learn how to, 00:14:40.760 --> 00:14:42.780 or be conscious on how to locate it. 00:14:44.520 --> 00:14:46.960 And there are different reasons we are dull to the Spirit. 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:48.280 And one of the main things 00:14:48.280 --> 00:14:51.200 is because of the domination of the soul. 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:54.480 Where we've become soulish people 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:59.880 who live our lives not by the Spirit. 00:14:59.880 --> 00:15:01.840 You know, our spirits were supposed to be able 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:04.360 to engage the heavens, deep calls to deep, 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:05.660 spirit to spirit. 00:15:06.660 --> 00:15:10.260 As believers, I'm supposed to engage the heavens 00:15:10.260 --> 00:15:12.540 with my spirit and relate to the earth 00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:14.540 with my five senses and my soul. 00:15:14.540 --> 00:15:18.500 But my soul was never supposed to have dominance 00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:19.860 over the ways of my spirit. 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:22.580 Wasn't supposed to happen. 00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:28.100 But here's the thing guys, in many of our lives, 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:30.100 and I see this happening so often to me, 00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:32.940 so the soul has become like an octopus 00:15:33.180 --> 00:15:35.140 with tentacles that cover the eyes 00:15:35.140 --> 00:15:36.640 and the ears of the spirit. 00:15:37.540 --> 00:15:41.420 Your feelings, the way you think, your rational 00:15:41.420 --> 00:15:44.020 has become like the tentacles of an octopus 00:15:44.020 --> 00:15:47.780 that come and cover the eyes and the ears of the spirit 00:15:47.780 --> 00:15:50.260 to the point where you're not able to recognize 00:15:50.260 --> 00:15:52.180 the things of the spirit. 00:15:52.180 --> 00:15:54.980 And remember, the soul operates in logic. 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:58.480 I know it's being renewed, but our souls operate in logic. 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:01.300 The spirit operates in truth and revelation. 00:16:02.300 --> 00:16:05.780 God often works illogically. 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:11.140 I mean, like I said earlier, there's very little 00:16:11.140 --> 00:16:13.660 that God has done that is practical in the Bible. 00:16:14.660 --> 00:16:18.020 Everything is so highly impractical and illogical, 00:16:18.020 --> 00:16:19.620 and yet there is logic in it. 00:16:21.060 --> 00:16:24.260 So if I'm operating by the soul and if the soul 00:16:24.260 --> 00:16:27.620 is the one that is in charge, it's very hard for me 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:29.780 then to hear the things of the spirit, man. 00:16:32.300 --> 00:16:35.060 And so what happens then is if I'm someone 00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:37.660 who lives by the soul, my soul is now hostile 00:16:37.660 --> 00:16:40.900 to the things of the spirit, and it dismisses it, 00:16:40.900 --> 00:16:44.980 or it theologizes it, or it minimizes it, 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:47.380 or it sanitizes all spirit activity. 00:16:47.380 --> 00:16:51.620 Hurts me, man, when I see that happening around me 00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:53.360 or when I see it happening in my life, 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:57.140 where because I am so consumed by my feelings 00:16:57.140 --> 00:17:00.060 and my way of thinking, I either theologize, 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:03.500 sanitize, or dismiss spirit activity 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:06.060 because my soul says this is not logical. 00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:11.860 And yet there is very little that God does 00:17:11.860 --> 00:17:14.100 in Hebrews chapter 11 that is logical. 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:19.740 Gotta leave a different legacy for Tavis and Sarah, man. 00:17:23.020 --> 00:17:25.700 Begin to practice this, eh guys, begin to practice this. 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:28.860 Remember, the spirit gives life, 00:17:28.860 --> 00:17:31.220 the flesh profits nothing. 00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:36.300 The spirit of God now resides in my spirit. 00:17:36.300 --> 00:17:39.820 I have the ability now to begin to live 00:17:39.820 --> 00:17:44.100 as one whose spirit leads and the soul follows. 00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:45.440 I have that ability. 00:17:47.060 --> 00:17:48.460 I have that ability now. 00:17:49.520 --> 00:17:51.300 I just have to train myself 00:17:51.300 --> 00:17:53.780 because for a long period of our lives, 00:17:53.780 --> 00:17:55.800 our soul dominated. 00:17:55.800 --> 00:17:57.180 When I say soul, I mean our thinking 00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:58.460 and our feeling dominated. 00:17:58.460 --> 00:18:00.800 I can retrain myself. 00:18:00.800 --> 00:18:03.640 Meanwhile, my mind is being renewed by the word, man. 00:18:04.560 --> 00:18:06.800 Every time I read the word, the veil is lifted 00:18:06.800 --> 00:18:08.040 and the mind is renewed. 00:18:11.060 --> 00:18:12.360 Things are on my side. 00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:16.460 Go ahead, Matt. 00:18:17.100 --> 00:18:18.900 The spirit that's been healing too, 00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:23.100 so that's why the flesh profits are renewed. 00:18:23.100 --> 00:18:28.100 How do you differentiate the flesh profits and nothing? 00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:30.300 What I mean by the flesh profits and nothing matters 00:18:30.300 --> 00:18:34.060 is that things that are birthed from my own thinking 00:18:34.060 --> 00:18:37.220 that is not renewed, that is not goddish, 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:39.740 things that are produced out of my own feelings 00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:43.060 which move this way one day and this way the next day, 00:18:43.060 --> 00:18:45.900 which are not necessarily goddish, 00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:47.740 things that come out of my personality 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:49.680 which is flawed and defective 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:52.460 and which I say is my way of doing things 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:55.260 or pose or are hostile or are suspicious 00:18:55.260 --> 00:18:57.740 or are unable to handle things of God. 00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.860 I mean, you're talking about healing. 00:18:58.860 --> 00:19:00.200 Just take that. 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:03.700 What is it that the mind can handle about healing? 00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:07.500 Everything in our mind say this is not possible 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:11.620 because medical evidence says so, 00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:13.180 scientific evidence says so, 00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:15.120 experiential evidence says so, 00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:17.760 pastors say so, theology says so. 00:19:17.760 --> 00:19:19.520 We got theologies for, 00:19:19.520 --> 00:19:21.440 we got 100 different theological reasons 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:23.360 why God does not heal. 00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:26.640 So we got all this and then comes along 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:28.200 the spirit of God and says, 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:30.280 I'm gonna raise you up and you'll be fine. 00:19:30.280 --> 00:19:31.840 How does the mind compute that? 00:19:32.760 --> 00:19:33.600 Impossible. 00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:37.160 You don't shut it off. 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:39.360 You let one dominate the other 00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:43.040 where I realize that oh shucks, I understand this fear. 00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:44.600 I understand the feeling of it. 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:46.680 I understand the thought of fear. 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:50.760 Yet I know in my spirit that he has said again and again, 00:19:50.760 --> 00:19:52.800 I will not leave or forsake you. 00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:55.420 I am your helper, your shield. 00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:59.920 And that's why the word is so vital 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:02.360 because one, it lifts up the veil over me 00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:03.820 and two, it renews my mind. 00:20:07.760 --> 00:20:10.400 Guys, some of the other reasons we are dull to the spirit. 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:13.600 One other reason is the fear of man. 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:17.040 So many things that the spirit prompts us to do, 00:20:17.040 --> 00:20:21.360 we are afraid to do because we either want the acceptance 00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:25.160 or the approval or we are scared of the disapproval of man. 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:30.160 The fear of man dulls us to the wind of the spirit. 00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:34.960 The fear of man dulls us to the wind of the spirit. 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.960 I'll tell you this. 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:39.900 Sometimes when I'm standing out there in the balcony, 00:20:40.020 --> 00:20:44.180 some of the neighbors come out. 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:47.900 And during summer I wear shorts. 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:50.780 I don't have the best looking legs in the world. 00:20:50.780 --> 00:20:54.220 And so sometimes when I'm standing there in my shorts 00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:55.700 and the neighbors come out, 00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:57.780 and especially if they're young neighbors, 00:20:57.780 --> 00:21:00.180 I kind of step in because I think to myself, 00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:02.740 these legs don't look as good as they should look. 00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:07.240 It's a self-conscious vain thing. 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:09.640 But what happens is, 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:14.640 there's this, hmm, I don't want them to see these shorts. 00:21:15.280 --> 00:21:16.720 Maybe I should wear better shorts. 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.760 So I go better. 00:21:17.760 --> 00:21:20.760 I mean, these are very colorful red and white shorts. 00:21:20.760 --> 00:21:22.360 You don't wear them out. 00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:25.840 So I go change my shorts and I stand out. 00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:27.440 Why am I giving you this example? 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:30.840 Because so many times when you want to locate 00:21:30.840 --> 00:21:33.120 and you know where the wind of the spirit is 00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:35.240 and you want to step into it, 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:38.200 you're afraid of what others will say. 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:41.240 The fear of people so prevents us 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:43.940 from soaring in the wind of the spirit. 00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:45.040 What will they say? 00:21:45.040 --> 00:21:46.520 What will the church say? 00:21:46.520 --> 00:21:48.760 What if I change this? 00:21:48.760 --> 00:21:49.960 What if they complain? 00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:56.600 The second reason is the fear of foolishness. 00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:58.000 The fear of foolishness, 00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:00.480 which is so connected to the fear of man, 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.860 the fear of foolishness, 00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:05.500 where there's this fear of appearing illogical, 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:08.380 the fear of appearing unsophisticated, 00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:10.340 the fear of appearing extreme. 00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:11.700 That's another word. 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:14.620 Because many of the things the spirit of God may require 00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:19.380 of me will look extreme in the eyes of the average Christian. 00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:21.220 And so you step back from it. 00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:26.220 I was listening to stories about this guy called Jim, 00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:29.620 who's a pastor, Jim from Richmond, Pentecostal. 00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:32.340 He's an interim pastor there for the next two weeks. 00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:34.360 And he was saying how, 00:22:37.300 --> 00:22:38.620 one day the spirit of God asked him 00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:40.820 to go to Vancouver airport. 00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:42.460 And so he lands up there. 00:22:43.780 --> 00:22:47.540 And he's lined up in the Air Canada queue. 00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:51.660 And so the person behind him is a friendly chatty kind of guy. 00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:53.980 So he comes and says, so where are you going? 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:55.380 And he says, I don't know. 00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:57.940 Because all that the spirit of God told him 00:22:57.980 --> 00:23:00.840 was turn up at the airport and wait in line. 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:04.060 Wait in line and I'll tell you what to do. 00:23:04.060 --> 00:23:06.300 So he's standing there in the airport. 00:23:06.300 --> 00:23:09.960 I mean, I've gone to Australia because God has told me to 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:12.940 with nobody to meet, but that's one thing. 00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:14.580 This is a whole different ball game 00:23:14.580 --> 00:23:18.020 where you turn up at the airport with suitcase 00:23:18.020 --> 00:23:20.140 and you don't know where you're going. 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:21.620 And he says, I'm waiting. 00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:24.140 So the guy said, so you don't know. 00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:27.020 So what flight are you catching? 00:23:27.060 --> 00:23:27.900 I don't know. 00:23:28.780 --> 00:23:30.500 And so he's waiting in line. 00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:33.500 And he said, God just told me, 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:35.140 I think he said, God just told me to turn up 00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:37.260 and he's feeling more and more foolish 00:23:37.260 --> 00:23:39.940 as he repeats this thing, because it's so illogical. 00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:42.700 Sounds extreme and completely ridiculous. 00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:45.300 And finally, there are only three or four people left 00:23:45.300 --> 00:23:48.100 in front of him and along comes a man 00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:49.940 and he's got an envelope. 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:53.560 And in the envelope is money. 00:23:53.560 --> 00:23:55.420 And he comes and says that this morning, 00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:57.660 the Lord woke me up and told me to come here 00:23:57.660 --> 00:24:00.520 and meet a guy who would be standing in the line. 00:24:00.520 --> 00:24:03.460 And I'm supposed to give you this money for tickets too. 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:06.020 And he even told him where the tickets were too. 00:24:06.020 --> 00:24:08.020 And he gives him the money, 00:24:08.020 --> 00:24:10.060 passes him steps up, buys the tickets 00:24:10.060 --> 00:24:11.820 and goes where he's supposed to go. 00:24:13.260 --> 00:24:18.260 Another instance, he was in some part of East Europe 00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:21.180 and he took his best suit, 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:23.320 which he had spent a lot of money buying. 00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:26.240 And then as he's in the flight, 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.880 God tells him, when you come back, 00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:29.160 I want you to come back with nothing 00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:31.320 but the clothes on your body. 00:24:31.320 --> 00:24:34.200 And so he starts giving away everything he has. 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:36.600 And he was even complaining, father, this suit, 00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:38.720 it took me months to collect the money for this suit. 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.800 You want me to give this away? 00:24:39.800 --> 00:24:40.760 Gives that away. 00:24:40.760 --> 00:24:41.800 And then just when he's leaving, 00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:43.440 the Lord says, your shoes, your shoes. 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:45.520 And so he takes and gives his shoes away. 00:24:45.520 --> 00:24:49.560 And now he's walking in his socks back to the hotel 00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:50.640 because he has to pick up. 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:52.720 And he says, I had an ugly pair of sneakers. 00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:54.680 So he put on those sneakers instead. 00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:57.280 Those are the only things and the clothes on his back. 00:24:57.280 --> 00:25:00.720 And he's lining up and everybody has loads of luggage 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.560 and he's got nothing. 00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:03.720 At least he's got shoes now, 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:06.480 but he had to leave from the place of the conference 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.760 to his hotel in his socks 00:25:07.760 --> 00:25:09.800 because he gave his shoes away. 00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:11.040 And I'm listening to these stories 00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:12.600 and I'm thinking to myself, father, 00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:15.040 I thought my life was adventurous, it ain't. 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:21.240 Because this man has somehow learned the simple way 00:25:21.280 --> 00:25:24.960 of finding the wind of the spirit and stepping into it. 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:27.400 And then he does things that are illogical, 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:30.960 extreme by most of our standards and unsophisticated. 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.200 It's not very sophisticated 00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:34.240 to go walking into a hotel in your socks. 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:37.000 But this is how it works. 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.760 And you think to yourself, thank God, 00:25:38.760 --> 00:25:40.200 God doesn't ask us to do things 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:41.520 that he asked of Ezekiel. 00:25:45.280 --> 00:25:48.200 Even, so we wouldn't be able to handle stuff like that. 00:25:51.320 --> 00:25:52.880 Lie on your side for so many days, 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:54.240 lie on this side for so many days, 00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:57.680 only wear a loin cloth, only don't wear a loin cloth, 00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:59.400 take your loin cloth and bury it 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:01.400 and pull it out 365 days. 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.280 Now try wearing it. 00:26:02.280 --> 00:26:03.320 What? It's in tatters. 00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:04.880 Well then, too bad, go ahead. 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:14.240 Guys, God's asking us to step into a whole different realm. 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:16.480 The flesh profits nothing. 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.920 The spirit gives life. 00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:19.480 There's this fear of foolishness. 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:21.520 The third thing is the fear of the unknown. 00:26:21.520 --> 00:26:22.800 The fear of the unknown. 00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:27.920 One of the things with the spirit of God is this, 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:31.320 is that you'll have to yield control 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:34.920 or you'll have to risk losing control 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:39.560 and trusting like Abraham did. 00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:41.600 I love Hebrews 11, eight. 00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:44.280 And Abraham set out not knowing where he was going. 00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:47.920 The fear of the unknown, 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:50.880 as in the risk of losing control, 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:53.360 is something that frightens the heck out of us, man. 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:59.240 And so we get dulled to the ways of the spirit 00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:01.040 because we don't know how to operate there. 00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.640 The risk of the unknown. 00:27:08.520 --> 00:27:12.480 And the last one, the fear of security. 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:14.640 The fear of security. 00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:16.680 The fear of security. 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:19.120 As in the fear of financial stability, 00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:22.760 the fear of not ending up being successful 00:27:22.760 --> 00:27:24.280 as the world sees it. 00:27:24.280 --> 00:27:25.920 The fear of security. 00:27:27.040 --> 00:27:27.880 Yep. 00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:30.240 The fear of security, not insecurity. 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.520 I thought of that too. 00:27:31.520 --> 00:27:34.160 So whichever one fits. 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:35.160 I wasn't sure. 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:37.120 So either the, nothing has changed about Diana 00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:38.240 since you were gone. 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:41.760 Yeah, the fear of security or the fear of insecurity. 00:27:41.760 --> 00:27:43.280 I was debating that. 00:27:43.280 --> 00:27:45.200 Guys, the point being, 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:48.400 many of us won't do the things the spirit of God asks us to 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:53.080 because it will incur financial instability sometimes, 00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:56.720 and it may cause our definition of success 00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:58.000 to be completely messed up. 00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:00.960 So why do the things the spirit of God is doing? 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:03.480 Instead, produce something that's off the flesh, 00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:05.840 that is both successful and that is secure. 00:28:08.520 --> 00:28:10.600 I remember when Acts 29 had to be started, 00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:12.400 I delayed it for two years, man. 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.280 Two years. 00:28:13.280 --> 00:28:15.800 People would come, guys who didn't know me, 00:28:15.800 --> 00:28:20.240 some, one man who was a prophet, 00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.640 and then the spirit of God telling me, 00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:23.440 Jacob time to move, time to move. 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.280 Jacob would not move. 00:28:24.280 --> 00:28:25.120 Why? 00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:28.720 Because to leave the security of a regular paying job 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:32.480 with 110 people was very scary. 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.880 For two years, I delayed it. 00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:40.360 There's a fear of security and of success. 00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:43.560 Any questions before we move on? 00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:46.440 Guys, do you see how this can cripple us? 00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:48.840 Do you see why we produce things of the flesh? 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:54.520 So much safer, but it's decay. 00:28:54.520 --> 00:28:55.360 It's decay. 00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:58.320 It will turn putrid if not in this generation, 00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:59.960 in the next generation. 00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:01.120 Can't afford it, man. 00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:02.920 Go ahead. 00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:09.240 Yeah, there's a lot of living by faith in this, Maryam. 00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:11.160 There's a lot of stepping out in faith. 00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:13.200 But see, it's faith in... 00:29:15.040 --> 00:29:16.400 Here's the thing about it, eh? 00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:20.120 Why do I keep moving my chair to find that breeze? 00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:23.320 Because I know that, yes, it's inconvenient, 00:29:23.320 --> 00:29:26.400 but when I find it, it will refresh me. 00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:31.960 And that is this whole thing where I keep moving 00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:35.000 till I know this is life and this is refreshing. 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:37.960 This is risky, but there is something about this 00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:40.200 that is so different from the way I have been. 00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:45.440 Any questions? 00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.760 Okay. 00:29:52.800 --> 00:29:55.560 Guys, we were called to soar on the wings of the wind, eh? 00:29:56.560 --> 00:30:00.000 We were called to have our lives invaded, steeped 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.480 and stirred up by the spirit, unbroken, free-flowing. 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:05.760 Suddenly, guys, life will stop happening 00:30:05.760 --> 00:30:07.560 and the spirit will begin happening. 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:10.160 You know, we say life happens. 00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:11.320 No, no, no, no, no, no. 00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:13.840 You begin living like this and life stops happening. 00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:17.680 The spirit of God starts happening and life is part of that. 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.200 It's no longer life happening 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:21.920 and the spirit of God intervening every now and then. 00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:24.800 No longer is my life broken up into times of church, 00:30:24.800 --> 00:30:27.160 times of ministry, times of counseling, 00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.960 times of prayer, times of Bible study. 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.800 No, no, no. 00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:33.000 It is always finding that refreshing breeze 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:37.240 and staying there and in and as it moves, you move. 00:30:37.280 --> 00:30:39.040 Suddenly, everything is continuous. 00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:39.880 It's unbroken. 00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:41.160 It's flowing, man. 00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.680 It's something else then. 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:58.200 That's what we're being invited to, eh? 00:30:58.200 --> 00:31:00.640 Gotta model this, guys. 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:04.680 It may take us another one year, two years, five years, 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:07.000 but if we can finally model this, 00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:09.560 John 3, 8 becomes alive. 00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:11.840 You guys, Jesus said, 00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:13.600 know the breeze when it comes 00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:16.520 because you see the rustling of the leaves on the trees. 00:31:16.520 --> 00:31:21.000 All you don't know is where it comes from and where it goes. 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:23.480 Leave that to me and I'll help you locate it. 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:26.240 But watch the rustling of the leaves and jump into it. 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.840 So, 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:35.760 how do we go about doing this, guys? 00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:37.520 Hear the sound first, eh? 00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.480 Hear the sound of the rustling of the leaves 00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.800 and what do I mean by that? 00:31:41.800 --> 00:31:44.560 First, guys, and this applies to any of us 00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:46.920 who are planning on making a change, 00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:48.440 planning on starting afresh, 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:51.080 planning on starting tomorrow differently, 00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:54.360 planning on purpose, planning on reason, 00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:57.120 reason for living as in planning on destiny, 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:59.040 whatever your thing is, 00:31:59.040 --> 00:32:01.760 how do you figure, how do you work on this? 00:32:01.760 --> 00:32:04.400 First, hear the sound, 00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:07.760 as in, begin by hearing the sound of the written word, 00:32:07.760 --> 00:32:08.600 eh? 00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:11.000 Begin by hearing the sound of the written word. 00:32:12.760 --> 00:32:15.320 Sometimes that's where you begin. 00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:17.480 Many of us want a rehmah word from God, 00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:19.240 want a prophetic word from God, 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:21.920 want some kind of a vision from God that'll jumpstart, 00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.760 but God first says, 00:32:22.760 --> 00:32:25.480 Jacob, start hearing the sound of my written word. 00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:28.480 Let the baby begin to jump in your womb 00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:31.040 because you're constantly listening to the written word 00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:33.000 and you've gotten so accustomed to it 00:32:33.040 --> 00:32:34.880 that you know my nature through the written word. 00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:37.360 Hear the sound of the written word first. 00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:39.120 And once you're used to that, 00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:41.360 then hear the sound of the rehmah word, 00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:43.160 the prophetic word that I sent. 00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:46.520 And it happens so often in this church, guys, 00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:49.760 the rustling of the trees. 00:32:49.760 --> 00:32:51.240 And once you hear it, 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:54.160 then check to see whether it matters with the nature of God. 00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:57.480 Check to see whether it's the direction 00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:59.880 God has been traveling in your life for a while. 00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:02.160 Is that what he has been speaking for a while? 00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:05.880 Check to see if you have that bold piece that he gives 00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:08.120 in the face of what seems illogical. 00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:09.760 Guys, why Mongolia, guys? 00:33:09.760 --> 00:33:10.760 Why Mongolia? 00:33:10.760 --> 00:33:11.600 Why now? 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.960 Because many years ago, 00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:15.800 almost four or five years ago, 00:33:15.800 --> 00:33:17.680 God had started speaking about Mongolia, 00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:20.360 saying this church has a stake in Mongolia. 00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:22.680 And it's been lying fallow for so many years. 00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.960 Every now and then, 00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:25.480 we'd bring up Mongolia and it would die, 00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.800 bring up Mongolia and it would die. 00:33:26.800 --> 00:33:30.880 But we knew that God had set his face towards Mongolia. 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:33.040 Face towards Mongolia for this church. 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:37.000 And then suddenly Southeast Asia happened, 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:39.200 where we began to decide that this church is now 00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:41.440 to leave the Middle East and India as secondary 00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:43.960 and move towards Southeast Asia. 00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:46.080 And I remember standing in Hong Kong on my trip back 00:33:46.080 --> 00:33:48.000 from Indonesia on June 29th, 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:49.400 I'm saying, where next, father? 00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.320 What's gonna happen next? 00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:51.920 Which country in South Asia? 00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:54.080 Because Malaysia is over, Singapore is happening, 00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:55.440 Indonesia is done. 00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:58.040 I've visited Cambodia and something is brewing there. 00:33:58.040 --> 00:33:58.880 Where next? 00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:01.280 And along, as I'm watching, standing and watching, 00:34:01.280 --> 00:34:02.640 along comes this airline 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:05.480 and it's got the word MIAT written on it, M-I-A-T. 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:08.200 And M-I-A-T stands for Mongolian something airline. 00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:11.280 I've got the photograph on my camera 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:12.600 because I took it immediately. 00:34:12.600 --> 00:34:14.840 I said, okay, father, if that's what you're saying, 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:17.960 sure, you got to begin to identify the direction 00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:20.440 God is walking in so that you can know, 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:22.680 aha, but father, you've been saying this for a while, 00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:23.880 perhaps now is the time. 00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.480 And then what happens with him happens, 00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:28.560 where it was a casual conversation 00:34:28.560 --> 00:34:31.440 and I mentioned Mongolia and he's got this relative 00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.920 who's here for two days. 00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:35.480 And that starts a whole series of events. 00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.960 You know what happens next? 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:41.840 I write to the person that she gave me the address for 00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:44.040 and he writes back saying, 00:34:44.040 --> 00:34:48.320 there's someone called Jillian Parker in Vancouver 00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:49.760 who works in Mongolia. 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:52.640 Perhaps you should meet her. 00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:53.480 And guess what? 00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:56.080 Jillian is their friend, I've met her before 00:34:56.080 --> 00:34:58.000 and she's in town right now. 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.880 So I go meet with Jillian. 00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:02.240 And one after the other things begin moving. 00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:04.080 Once you hear the sound guys, 00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:07.040 there's an activity that begins. 00:35:07.040 --> 00:35:08.680 You got to hear the sound, 00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:11.200 first of the written word and then of what God is saying, 00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:14.200 be the Rehma word or the prophetic or what God has revealed 00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:15.440 and begin to walk in it. 00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.760 Knowing that God has set a direction, 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:18.600 this comes from his nature 00:35:18.600 --> 00:35:20.480 and then you begin to walk in it guys. 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.880 That's how it all begins. 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:24.680 And there's this bold piece, 00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:27.960 that he gives in the face of what seems illogical. 00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:30.200 You think I'm not aware that I'll be coming back 00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:32.680 on the 21st and leaving again on the 26th? 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:36.120 You think I'm not aware of the money it'll cost? 00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:38.160 You think I'm not aware of the fact that I'll be here 00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:42.040 every alternate Sunday and that I have a responsibility here? 00:35:42.040 --> 00:35:45.280 But there is a bold piece in the face of what is illogical. 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:49.520 Hear the sound first. 00:35:50.040 --> 00:35:51.040 Hear the sound first. 00:35:53.640 --> 00:35:57.880 The next thing guys is step out, step out, step out. 00:35:57.880 --> 00:36:01.000 Once you hear the sound, you got to step out. 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:03.400 And if you, like I always say, 00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.800 when you hear the sound guys, 00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:07.400 go check with others who are good at this 00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:09.040 so that you can verify it 00:36:09.040 --> 00:36:12.200 because sometimes you need things to be. 00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:14.200 Sometimes there's greater clarity 00:36:14.200 --> 00:36:16.520 when someone from the outside is looking at something 00:36:16.520 --> 00:36:17.680 because you're so close to the thing 00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:19.040 because you're so close to the thing 00:36:19.040 --> 00:36:21.400 that you may not see it clearly. 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:25.200 So step out, begin with ankle deep boldness. 00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:28.360 Begin with ankle deep boldness. 00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:30.440 What do I mean by ankle deep boldness? 00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:33.600 It's what the priest did in Joshua chapter three, 00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:35.240 verse 13 and 15. 00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:36.080 God says to Joshua, 00:36:36.080 --> 00:36:39.800 listen, tell the priest to go and step into the Jordan. 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.640 And so what did the priest do? 00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:47.480 The people are following and they go step into the Jordan. 00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:49.160 And when they step into the Jordan, 00:36:49.160 --> 00:36:53.680 70 miles away, the water start collecting 00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:56.480 at a place called Adam. 00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:59.400 And the water is just seized there, 70 miles away. 00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.720 Eddie taught us about this. 00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:04.200 As soon as they step, nothing is happening. 00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:05.440 As far as they're concerned, 00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.960 they could still see the water. 00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:10.280 But 70 miles away, a miracle had started 00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:11.800 where water was beginning to pile up 00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:13.360 and the rest of the water began to flow 00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:15.280 till the whole place was dry. 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.880 Step out, man. 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:18.560 Why so that we do that? 00:37:18.560 --> 00:37:19.760 It's called ankle deep boldness. 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:21.680 That's my new word for it. 00:37:21.680 --> 00:37:25.840 Ankle deep boldness where I have to risk some action. 00:37:27.040 --> 00:37:31.400 And once you do, your boldness will translate into focus. 00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:34.520 Whenever you're bold like that, new focus comes 00:37:34.520 --> 00:37:37.360 where even though the victory has not blossomed 00:37:38.560 --> 00:37:40.240 and there's no evidence, 00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:42.760 God and not the victory becomes your obsession. 00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:46.120 That's a strange thing with boldness. 00:37:46.120 --> 00:37:48.120 When you step into boldness 00:37:48.120 --> 00:37:52.360 because you have heard the sound and are taking action, 00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:55.920 you won't notice that the victory has not blossomed. 00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:59.400 God and not the victory becomes your obsession. 00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.520 That's the first thing. 00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:05.920 The second thing is you'll be foolish enough, man. 00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:09.360 Once you take a step, the first step is the hardest to take. 00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:12.040 You take the first step and then it's foolishness 00:38:12.040 --> 00:38:15.640 that just takes over, wonderful foolishness takes over. 00:38:15.640 --> 00:38:18.720 Where without armor, armed with five stones, 00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:20.320 you go up against Goliath. 00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:24.000 But the first, I mean, the things I dare to do 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:27.240 before I go to sleep and the things that evaporate 00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:28.800 when I wake up in the morning. 00:38:30.520 --> 00:38:33.040 I'm so full of ideas the night before. 00:38:33.040 --> 00:38:35.400 And then when I get up, reality hits you. 00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:37.400 So I would suggest that the first thing you do 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:39.680 if you have made a decision before you go to sleep 00:38:39.680 --> 00:38:41.520 is as soon as you get out of bed, 00:38:41.680 --> 00:38:43.840 do not think, do it. 00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:48.840 Because if you can break that threshold and step out, 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.160 guys, you've got it made. 00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:58.240 The hardest thing for me sometimes when I'm traveling 00:38:58.240 --> 00:39:00.520 is to click purchase. 00:39:00.520 --> 00:39:02.320 You know, there's that button at the end, 00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:05.840 you book and you see the amount and you think, no. 00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:07.480 And then you shut your eyes and go click 00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:08.840 and the deal is done. 00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:11.080 Now if you cancel, you've got to pay a cancellation fee. 00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:14.160 And that is hindrance enough. 00:39:14.160 --> 00:39:18.480 So, and thirdly guys, 00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:22.240 begin to walk in the works that you have been summoned to. 00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:23.840 And don't be too afraid, 00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:26.800 Proverbs 37, the steps of a righteous man are 00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:28.880 ordered of God, man. 00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:31.640 If you're someone who's delighting in God and obeying him, 00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:33.600 know this too with confidence 00:39:33.600 --> 00:39:36.520 that surely the steps of a righteous man are ordered of God. 00:39:36.520 --> 00:39:39.800 Surely I can step out and God knows how to help me 00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:41.560 and correct me and take care of me. 00:39:43.200 --> 00:39:45.480 And the last step guys, hear the sound step out 00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:48.480 and the last bit is steward with wisdom. 00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:52.000 Steward now what you have started with wisdom. 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.800 Be willing to make adjustments as you go along. 00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:57.360 Be open to what God may change. 00:39:57.360 --> 00:40:00.240 One of the things that happens to me sometimes is God says, 00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:02.040 I want you to do this, this and this. 00:40:02.040 --> 00:40:05.200 And I'm so stuck with it that I don't see what else 00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:07.160 God may want to change. 00:40:07.160 --> 00:40:08.680 And I miss out on stuff. 00:40:08.680 --> 00:40:11.440 Steward with wisdom, be open and willing to make 00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:13.080 adjustments along the way. 00:40:13.080 --> 00:40:15.240 As God directs, as circumstances direct. 00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:19.480 I mean one of the classicist, I know it's wrong. 00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:23.640 One of the classicist passages that kind of shows this 00:40:23.640 --> 00:40:27.040 is in Acts 16 verse five to eight. 00:40:27.040 --> 00:40:30.480 It says, when they came to the border of Mycea, 00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:32.560 they tried to enter Bithynia, 00:40:32.560 --> 00:40:34.960 but the spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:39.080 So they passed by Mycea and went down to Troas. 00:40:39.080 --> 00:40:42.400 During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia 00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:43.920 standing and begging him, 00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.840 come over to Macedonia and help us. 00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:48.360 Here he was being led by the spirit 00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:50.360 and he knew the wind of the spirit man. 00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:52.800 He had a call to Asia Minor 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:54.320 and he's going to different places, 00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:57.440 but he would know the rustling of the sound of the spirit 00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.880 and he would stop. 00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:00.680 And then look at this passage, 00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:03.240 look at 2 Corinthians 2.12. 00:41:03.240 --> 00:41:05.920 You'll find another twist to the story. 00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:07.360 2 Corinthians 2.12. 00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:12.480 I've just read the first bit from Acts 16. 00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:14.200 So he lands up in Troas, 00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:16.080 but then look at what happens in Troas. 00:41:16.080 --> 00:41:17.320 This is the backstory. 00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:19.760 It says there, now when I went to Troas 00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:21.720 to preach the gospel of Christ 00:41:21.720 --> 00:41:24.280 and found that the Lord had opened the door for me, 00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:25.240 who opened the door? 00:41:25.240 --> 00:41:26.400 The Lord opened the door. 00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:28.440 I still had no peace of mind 00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:30.800 because I did not find my brother Titus there. 00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:33.760 So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia. 00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:36.360 There are times guys 00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:39.400 where God can have an open invitation for you 00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:42.360 and yet you may be restless inside 00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:43.640 either because you're not ready 00:41:43.640 --> 00:41:45.280 or because there is another pressing need 00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:46.560 or something else happens 00:41:46.560 --> 00:41:48.720 and God knows how to accommodate that too. 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:52.520 2 Corinthians 2.12 is the backstory 00:41:52.520 --> 00:41:54.520 of what is not said in Acts 16. 00:41:54.520 --> 00:41:56.760 In Acts 16 it just says I went to Troas 00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:59.440 and I had a dream that night and I went to Macedonia. 00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:01.480 The truth is in Troas there was a door open 00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:03.560 that the Spirit of God had opened for him 00:42:03.560 --> 00:42:05.320 and he still chooses not to take it 00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:06.800 because his spirit was not at rest 00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:09.240 because he wanted to find Titus. 00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:11.400 Devaraj, Papo, yeah. 00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:13.000 See you later. 00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:14.920 Guys, got to understand that too. 00:42:18.120 --> 00:42:19.920 All day that that should happen. 00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.760 Go. 00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:28.840 No, I'm saying that God sometimes allows me the latitude 00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:31.440 to come to a place of peace. 00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:35.000 Lauren and Sigar leaving the building. 00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:37.760 I told them I'd embarrass them. 00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:39.480 So thanks for coming, Lauren. 00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:50.440 Yeah, guys, here's the thing guys. 00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:53.800 Sometimes God may open a door for you 00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:56.080 and you may still not be at rest. 00:42:56.080 --> 00:42:57.520 And guess what? 00:42:57.560 --> 00:42:59.920 Sigari isn't going to be upset with it. 00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:04.920 He would rather have you come to a place of peace and rest 00:43:05.040 --> 00:43:06.440 and do things out of that 00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:08.400 than be forced into doing things. 00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:14.280 So Macedonia calls and he goes to Macedonia. 00:43:16.200 --> 00:43:17.040 Surprising. 00:43:19.640 --> 00:43:20.480 I want to say this, 00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:22.600 just because there is an invitation 00:43:22.600 --> 00:43:26.160 does not mean that you now have to take it. 00:43:26.160 --> 00:43:29.080 There is an invitation, you have to consider it. 00:43:32.560 --> 00:43:33.400 Hard, eh? 00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:38.760 There's more in those lines than I'm telling you, 00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:40.560 but I just wanted to present a backstory 00:43:40.560 --> 00:43:41.880 of what actually happened. 00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:43.440 We'll talk about it more later. 00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:44.280 Let me conclude. 00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:48.920 Guys, as you steward with wisdom, 00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:50.360 seek who you will walk with. 00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:54.520 Try to find people who can lead you into daring. 00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:58.280 Try to find people who can lead you into divine daring. 00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:07.600 Yeah. 00:44:10.160 --> 00:44:12.920 Be careful of who steps into your boat. 00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:16.000 If he or she is not walking on water, 00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:19.680 keep them out of the boat. 00:44:20.560 --> 00:44:23.280 When you were stewarding a new thing in God, 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:25.480 when you are stepping into divine daring, 00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:28.280 make sure you know who's stepping into your boat, man. 00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:30.720 Because if they don't know how to walk on water, 00:44:30.720 --> 00:44:34.480 when you get a call to do something crazy, 00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:36.400 they will not be able to help you. 00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:38.320 They'll precipitate in your life, 00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:40.360 systems and alliances and things 00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:42.000 that have nothing to do with God. 00:44:43.240 --> 00:44:47.720 Remember guys, upgrade comes through association, 00:44:47.720 --> 00:44:49.640 imitation and formation. 00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:53.200 Upgrade comes through association 00:44:54.120 --> 00:44:55.760 as in has God called you to something 00:44:55.760 --> 00:44:58.040 that needs divine daring in it? 00:44:58.040 --> 00:45:00.680 Then make sure you associate with people 00:45:00.680 --> 00:45:03.320 who know how to walk on water. 00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:06.080 Because otherwise, when Jesus commands come 00:45:07.080 --> 00:45:08.240 and they are in your boat, 00:45:08.240 --> 00:45:09.400 they'll say, what's wrong with you? 00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:12.680 Don't you know that people drop straight down 00:45:12.680 --> 00:45:15.280 to the bottom of the ocean when they step out of a boat? 00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:19.160 Upgrade comes through associating 00:45:19.160 --> 00:45:22.120 with those that are of like spirit. 00:45:24.200 --> 00:45:25.960 So there's association. 00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:27.600 And then when you associate with them, 00:45:27.600 --> 00:45:30.480 it's easy to imitate what God wants you to do. 00:45:31.680 --> 00:45:33.680 And then it begins to form in you 00:45:33.680 --> 00:45:35.520 where it's no longer imitation, 00:45:35.520 --> 00:45:37.040 it's the willingness to step out. 00:45:37.040 --> 00:45:39.960 You know, I'd love to meet this pastor 00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:41.240 from Richmond, Pentecostal. 00:45:41.240 --> 00:45:43.160 Unfortunately, he's only interim, 00:45:43.160 --> 00:45:44.840 so he'll be leaving in a couple of weeks. 00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:46.360 But the point is, I'd love to meet him. 00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:47.200 Why? 00:45:47.200 --> 00:45:50.880 Not to exchange stories and tell him how wonderful I am, 00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:53.680 but just to hear more stories from him 00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:58.680 so that it stirs me up to begin to walk at another level, man, 00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:05.040 as and when the Spirit of God calls. 00:46:05.040 --> 00:46:06.680 Because upgrade only happens 00:46:06.680 --> 00:46:10.400 through association, imitation, formation. 00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:13.840 Make sure that you walk with people who have divine daring 00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:15.840 and who know how to walk on water, guys. 00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:25.920 And finally, to steward things with wisdom, 00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:29.000 manage your present resources well, eh? 00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:31.320 Manage your present resources well. 00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:34.400 Because, and when I say resources, I mean wealth, 00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:38.080 I mean time, manage your resources and time well. 00:46:38.080 --> 00:46:39.440 Because if you do, 00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:41.120 then God will give you greater dominion 00:46:41.120 --> 00:46:43.600 because the secret for dominion 00:46:43.600 --> 00:46:46.280 is faithfulness with present resources. 00:46:47.120 --> 00:46:48.520 The secret for dominion 00:46:48.520 --> 00:46:50.720 is faithfulness with present resources. 00:46:50.720 --> 00:46:55.280 So many times I step out, I hear God, I step out, 00:46:55.280 --> 00:46:58.320 but I don't necessarily manage my resources well. 00:46:59.400 --> 00:47:02.280 So what happens is the next time God asks me to step out, 00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:03.600 I have less to work with. 00:47:04.600 --> 00:47:06.400 Manage your resources well. 00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:09.320 Because faithfulness is the seed for dominion. 00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:11.720 Any questions? 00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:14.600 I know there's a lot that was said today, 00:47:14.720 --> 00:47:15.920 so go and listen to the tape. 00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:17.960 It'll add to your own pace. 00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:22.600 Any questions, guys? 00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:30.320 Okay, I'm gonna ask 00:47:32.080 --> 00:47:37.080 Heidi and Jason to come up and just send me off 00:47:37.080 --> 00:47:40.080 on this trip and we'll take a break.