1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,480 Hello and welcome to the Arise Church Podcast. 2 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,600 We are so glad you're here and want to thank you for joining us 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,640 today for the audio version of our Sunday morning message. 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,040 We want to invite you to join us in person at our Sunday morning 5 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,440 celebration every Sunday at 10 AM. 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,160 We are located on Old Jenks Rd. in Apex, NC. 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,480 Well, if you have a Bible, would you grab it with me? 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,600 And if you would go to Exodus chapter 40, Exodus chapter 40, 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,960 Exodus is the second book of the Bible and chapter 40 is the last 10 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:38,400 chapter of that book. So that'll help you find it. 11 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,360 Exodus chapter 40. And as you do, I have an 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,440 exciting announcement for that's kind of personal, but I feel 13 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,520 like it's going to be a big blessing to you and to many 14 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,480 people out there. But I told you a few weeks ago, 15 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:53,880 in fact a few months ago now that I was going to be releasing 16 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,320 a book in the fall. Well, it's available for 17 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,880 pre-order on everywhere books are sold. 18 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:03,240 So in fact, if you want to pull out your phone and just this is 19 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,200 AQR code that'll take you to the website for the book so you can 20 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,160 read all about it. So go ahead and take your phone 21 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,200 out. That way you can at least look 22 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,000 at it later and just read about it later. 23 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,640 But I'm really thrilled about, I've had several people read it 24 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,800 and a lot of friends and people that I respect and different 25 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,960 people who have given their recommendation on it. 26 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:28,480 I feel like this is very timely message for the body of Christ. 27 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:33,040 And you know, I'm practicing what I preach. 28 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,600 This is all by faith. Nobody's called me up and said, 29 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,040 you know, you ought to write a book and we're going to pay you 30 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,600 a big ol advance to do it. And you know what you're going 31 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,760 to be guaranteed to sell so many copies. 32 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,040 And we think nothing is just by faith. 33 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,200 So it's a vulnerable thing to throw it out there. 34 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,680 But I'm like, I'm doing it. I'm I'm charging full steam 35 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,360 ahead believing that God's going to use it and he'll take it to 36 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,760 wherever he wants to take it. Amen. 37 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:02,360 So it'll be released officially on September, the first our 38 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:08,520 church that Sunday before on August 30th in the morning, 39 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,040 you'll be the first to get it. And so I'll have physical copies 40 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,520 here, but you can pre-order it online so that it's available to 41 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:21,920 you even on Kindle or whatever kind of app you may use for your 42 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:23,440 own books. It'll be available there. 43 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:28,720 So it's on Amazon, Walmart, Barnes and Noble, Walmart, all 44 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,440 the things, it's there. Praise the Lord. 45 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,160 Isn't that cool? First, I've learned a lot 46 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,440 through this process. All right, Exodus chapter 40, 47 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:43,360 let's read together starting at verse 34, Verse 34, I'm going to 48 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,320 read. Then the cloud covered the 49 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,880 Tabernacle of meeting and the glory of the Lord filled the 50 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,160 Tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter 51 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,440 the Tabernacle of meeting because the cloud rested above 52 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,400 it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. 53 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,880 Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the Tabernacle, the 54 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,520 children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys. 55 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,840 But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey 56 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:11,320 till the day that it was taken up. 57 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,960 For the cloud of the Lord was above the Tabernacle by day, and 58 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,680 fire was over it by night, and in the sight of all the House of 59 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,000 Israel throughout all their journeys. 60 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,080 Now I want you to go over to Numbers Chapter 9, Numbers 61 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:29,360 Chapter 9, because it's just a a couple books over Numbers 62 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:35,640 Chapter 9 and I really want to see this just a little bit more 63 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,120 detail and then we're going to talk about it. 64 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,240 So Numbers Chapter 9, I'm going to start at verse 15. 65 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,000 Now on the day that the Tabernacle was raised up, the 66 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,000 cloud covered the Tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. 67 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,600 From evening until morning it was above the Tabernacle like 68 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,600 the appearance of fire. So it was always the cloud 69 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,120 covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night. 70 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,720 Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the Tabernacle, after 71 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,720 the children of Israel would journey, and in the place where 72 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,960 the clouds settled, there the children of Israel would pitch 73 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,560 their tents. At the command of the Lord, the 74 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,880 children of Israel would journey, and at the command of 75 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,200 the Lord they would camp. As long as the clouds stayed 76 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,040 above the Tabernacle, they remained and camped. 77 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,320 Even when the cloud continued long many days above the 78 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,320 Tabernacle, the children of Israel kept the charge of the 79 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:30,360 Lord and did not journey. So it was when the cloud was 80 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,480 above the Tabernacle a few days, according to the command of the 81 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,960 Lord, they would remain encamped, and according to the 82 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,160 command of the Lord they would journey. 83 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,640 So it was when the cloud remained only from evening until 84 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,040 morning. When the cloud was taken up in 85 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,000 the morning, then they would journey. 86 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:52,080 Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud was taken up, 87 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,880 they would journey. Notice the pattern, the rhythm 88 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,200 of even the Scriptures. The Holy Spirit inspired it. 89 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,040 Whether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud 90 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,560 remained above the Tabernacle, the children of Israel would 91 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:09,120 remain encamped and not journey. And when it was taken up, they 92 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,640 would journey at the command of the Lord. 93 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,440 They they remained encamped and at the command of the Lord, they 94 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,880 journeyed and they kept the charge of the Lord at the 95 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,760 command of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 96 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:24,880 It's a lot of Scripture, but I just want to notice some of the 97 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:29,440 details that are here. You know, Exodus 40 gave us the 98 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,760 picture of it, but Numbers Chapter 9 gives us a lot more 99 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,840 detail of what that meant for them. 100 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,200 And today I really just felt in my heart like, oh, God's got 101 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,600 something to say to us about following the cloud of glory. 102 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,320 Following the cloud of glory. If you're taking notes, you can 103 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,320 just title this message that. And this is going to be one of 104 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,560 those messages where you're going to want to hear what I'm 105 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,120 saying that you're going to more so hear what is God saying to 106 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,360 you? Because the process that the 107 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,600 children of Israel went through here is not unlike what he is 108 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:08,560 asking of you. And I follow him and what I'm 109 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,120 feeling from the Lord today and what I've just been sensing, and 110 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,200 I think it could pair out through so many scriptures. 111 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,320 But I, I resisted the urge to just bring you example after 112 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,280 example after example of scripture where this pairs out. 113 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,960 But what what it shows is that so many times, so many times, so 114 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:32,000 many times, God is trying to get us to follow him, follow him. 115 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,840 And we live in a culture. We live where there is an 116 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:42,000 enormous amount of pressure to get you to stop following the 117 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:47,720 cloud. We have a church culture, not 118 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,400 just here at a Rise Church, but we've got a church culture that 119 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:55,160 some of us grew up in that we were surrounded by that just 120 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,040 said, you know, just stay faithful. 121 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:58,520 Just keep showing up. Just keep doing it. 122 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,480 And all of that has truth to it. Absolutely. 123 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:07,040 But if the cloud has left, stop doing the same thing you've been 124 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:13,640 doing. Find the Lord, find the cloud, 125 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,600 find the fire again. And that's what I just kept 126 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,000 sensing as we would as I was preparing for today. 127 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,600 And I was just thinking about the glory of the Lord and our, 128 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,040 our, our really praying that we would experience just that 129 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,400 manifest presence of God, that glory of God. 130 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:37,240 As I noticed and I was studying it, I'm like, man, it doesn't 131 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:38,960 just happen. You have to follow it. 132 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:44,520 It's not just going to stay here today and then be here tomorrow 133 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,240 or three months from now. We have to be obedient. 134 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,240 We have to follow. Come on. 135 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,000 Am I preaching to the right crowd this morning? 136 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:52,800 Y'all here? Yeah. 137 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:58,320 Oh, this is important. And there are many times where 138 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:04,560 in our own life, in our own experience, we can settle. 139 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:09,640 And God moved on years ago, but you just happy as a lark over 140 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:14,000 there, enjoying the wilderness without God. 141 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:18,560 And then you're wondering, why are we still in the wilderness? 142 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:23,760 Because the cloud left. The cloud left, You know, we're 143 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,920 in a denomination that is more than 100 years old now. 144 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,360 And I'm in a lot of meetings where people will say, oh, we 145 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,000 just need to get back to those glory days. 146 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,600 And I'm like, no, we need to find the glory again. 147 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:40,600 And the glory isn't where it used to be. 148 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:45,520 He's moved. He moved on. 149 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:52,840 That was wonderful for them. Hello, Some of y'all. 150 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,040 You're like, I love the good old days. 151 00:08:55,480 --> 00:09:00,880 Good, have nostalgia, enjoy the memories, but what we're not 152 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,800 going to be able to do is go back to the good old days and 153 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,320 experience fresh, anointing the fresh glory of God. 154 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,320 Today you have to find him today. 155 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:15,440 You have to find him today. You have to search for him 156 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,720 today. Where is the cloud? 157 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,520 Where is the fire? Where is it? 158 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:27,040 And I'm telling you, most people are not going to be able to tell 159 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:31,960 you where it is. It's not going to be where 160 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:36,040 there's human logic or human wisdom points you to go. 161 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,760 You know, we're starting a school of ministry in the fall 162 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:45,800 and by the grace of God, we already have how many 8 signed 163 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:52,200 up full time students. We're shooting for 12 and the 164 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,720 School of Ministry is a training school. 165 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,440 And it's not just it's ministry and leadership and it's not just 166 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,680 for people who are in vocation going to be in vocational 167 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:03,000 ministry. It's for young adults to give 168 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 nine months of their life to be completely transformed to set 169 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,280 them up for the rest of their life. 170 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,120 That was my story. That was Lilia's story, that was 171 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,040 Frankie's story, that was Tim's story, J JS story. 172 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,200 And I could go down the list, the list, the list, the list, 173 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,560 the list. This was our story. 174 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:22,320 So what are we doing? We're passing on part of our 175 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,120 story. We were transformed by this. 176 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,520 But you know, if you go to a lot of families and if I probably 177 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,680 peek myself into certain family conversations, a lot of people 178 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,000 would tell these young adults, why would you do that? 179 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,520 This is this is in this season. You need to do this, this and 180 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,320 this and this and this. And there's, they're probably 181 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,560 all good stuff. Probably not bad. 182 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:46,440 But oh, we should be encouraging our young adults follow the 183 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:52,960 cloud cause the career won't save you, the job won't save 184 00:10:52,960 --> 00:11:00,280 you, the degree won't save you. In fact, many of the young 185 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,160 adults that I have encountered who walked away from the Lord 186 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,680 did so while they were at a liberal arts college. 187 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,200 Can I just be honest? And I'm not talking about one or 188 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,160 two. I'm talking about dozens upon 189 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:18,680 dozens of pastors, kids, preachers, kids, ministers, kids 190 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:23,000 and they go to a liberal arts college and they lose themselves 191 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,400 because the parents and the child didn't know that there's a 192 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,840 billion dollar industry that is completely designed to undermine 193 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,520 everything you taught them and we taught them and they're good 194 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:40,680 at it. So we have a school that's 195 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:44,600 launching and the wisdom of man would say, don't do that. 196 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:46,600 You need to get started. You need to get started on your 197 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:47,760 career. You're going to need to get 198 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:49,480 started in school. You need to do all this stuff. 199 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:54,240 The wisdom of man will say that, but what if the cloud is in the 200 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:58,480 school for them? Some of y'all older folks are 201 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,200 like, man, I, I want to join the school right now. 202 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,680 Sign me up. We got plans for you. 203 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:09,760 Don't worry, we have things in mind, but this is for young, 204 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:15,120 young people. Wherever, whenever the cloud was 205 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,320 taken up from above the Tabernacle, after that the 206 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,680 children of Israel would journey. 207 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,240 That word journey really struck out to me in this passage. 208 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:28,200 Did it stick out to you? As as I was reading it over and 209 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,720 over, it would talk about it, verse 21, where it would just 210 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,160 say and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they 211 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,600 would journey. Whether by day or night, 212 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,600 whenever the cloud was taken up, they would journey. 213 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,920 Whether it was two days a month, a year, when it was taken up, 214 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,560 they would journey. At the end of the command of the 215 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:46,840 Lord, they remained encamped and at the command of the Lord they 216 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,760 journeyed. They journeyed. 217 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:50,760 Where were they heading? They were heading to the 218 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,040 promise, they were heading to the Promised Land and they were 219 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,040 following the cloud. Why 'cause they didn't know how 220 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,560 to get there and they could have detoured at any point and said 221 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:03,320 forget this, we're going out on our own to find it. 222 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:09,080 And I have seen so many believers peace out on God to go 223 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:13,000 find their own way. In fact, it's a pretty popular 224 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,040 saying out there that is even encouraged to people. 225 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,560 You have to find your own way. I've heard parents say this 226 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:21,680 about their children. You know, they need to find 227 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:24,840 their own way. That is baloney. 228 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:30,040 Come on. I need a stronger Amen. 229 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:35,120 That is baloney. And if you said it, repent fast 230 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,760 that you let baloney come out of your mouth. 231 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:40,680 By the way, have you ever eaten baloney? 232 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,920 No one knows what it's made of. That's why that is baloney 233 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,440 'cause you don't even know where that came from. 234 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:53,040 It's not scriptural. Find your own way, follow your 235 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,680 heart. This is not Disney. 236 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,520 Disney is full of witchcraft. And you telling your kids to 237 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,440 follow the way of Disney, which is witchcraft. 238 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,400 No, you have to follow the Lord. You have to follow the cloud. 239 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,240 You have to follow his voice. Where is he leading you? 240 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:16,640 Where he leads, I will follow. Come on, where he leads, I will 241 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:17,840 follow. Where he leads. 242 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,840 I will journey. I will journey. 243 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:22,760 I will go on that journey. And you know what? 244 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:28,320 Sometimes it's inconvenient. It's inconvenient because this 245 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:34,960 passage says even if it was for one day, they would have to pack 246 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,400 up and move on. I don't have the time to go in 247 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,480 to tell you to what that even means. 248 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:44,840 They built the Tabernacle of the Lord, which means all of the, 249 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:50,520 the, the, the, the material that it took to put up the walls of 250 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:54,600 the Tabernacle and then to clean everything from the journey and 251 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,360 then to put it all in its right place. 252 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,520 And then to, to get the altar of sacrifice going again and to get 253 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:04,600 the, the, the Candelabra or the, the Candlestick going inside of, 254 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,320 inside of the, the, the holy place and to get the incense 255 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,640 going again. I'm you're talking about an 256 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:19,800 unbelievable amount of work, and for one day, for one day. 257 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,680 And yet when the glory leaves, it's worthless. 258 00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:34,460 So you spent a whole day doing an unbelievable amount of work, 259 00:15:34,780 --> 00:15:38,180 and for that day that the glory was there, it was worth 260 00:15:38,220 --> 00:15:41,140 everything you had. And the moment the glory leaves, 261 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:47,760 it's worthless. You know, they have something in 262 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,400 finance called sunk cost analysis. 263 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,800 So in other words, there's a lot of times where people won't 264 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:58,080 abandoned a project or abandoned a business because of how much 265 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,600 money they put into it. And so they will literally go 266 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:05,440 down with the Titanic of their company because, well, I put all 267 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,400 this money into it, not realizing it would be better for 268 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:13,800 you to cut bait and run. Thank you, mom. 269 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,560 That was the appropriate time to do it. 270 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:21,320 Thank you so much. I can count them on mom for the 271 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,560 southernisms. She knows them. 272 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,840 No, but you just cut bait and run. 273 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,960 Cut bait and rub bait being, you know, fish and bait. 274 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,240 OK, you just cut. You cut it and get going. 275 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,400 Go on to the next spot. Well, I've been fishing this 276 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,240 whole all day, and I'm going to. Well, if it's not producing, 277 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,880 move on. So that's some cost analysis. 278 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,920 Well, when you're following the Lord, you may think, well, we 279 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,080 put so much into that. I put so much into this program. 280 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:50,320 I put so much into this ministry. 281 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,800 I got a degree in it. But if God's not in it anymore, 282 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,760 move on. Move on. 283 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:57,960 Turn to your neighbor and just tell him. 284 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,000 Move on. If you're married to that 285 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,520 person, tell him. But not for me. 286 00:17:05,319 --> 00:17:07,040 The glory's still on this marriage. 287 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:12,920 All right. No, There, there, there, there 288 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,640 is there. This is a daily thing. 289 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:25,680 This is a daily thing. And what's what's, what's hard, 290 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,800 and I acknowledge this even for myself and my own personality, 291 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,840 the way that I like things is this is not set up for people 292 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:38,960 who like rhythms. Nobody said Amen to that, but 293 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,440 it's true. You're like, I like my rhythm. 294 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,480 I like my routine. How many of you like your 295 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,840 morning routine? I love a good morning routine. 296 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:53,920 Cup of coffee, the Bible, catch up on the news, get ready, go to 297 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:55,880 work. Some of you, you have your own 298 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:57,360 routine. Don't judge mine, all right, but 299 00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:00,600 that's mine. I love a good routine, you know? 300 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,040 But you know what? Your routine can get in the way 301 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,080 of the cloud if you're not careful. 302 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,240 And you'll wonder, why do I feel so dry? 303 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,880 Why do I feel so like out of place? 304 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:18,400 Because the cloud moved four days ago and you sip in your cup 305 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:26,880 of coffee and it tastes so good. I hope that it's comfortable in 306 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,240 that chair. It's comfortable in that place. 307 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,440 But if the cloud moved, why are you still there? 308 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,080 And the wonderful thing for us is Spirit filled people, those 309 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,400 of us who have asked the Lord, fill us with your Holy Spirit so 310 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,640 we could be led by the Spirit, so we can have the power of the 311 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,680 Holy Spirit. The wonderful thing is, is He 312 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,680 will lead us and guide us on the journey. 313 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,680 We're not left without a helper. He will help you get to where 314 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:55,440 you're supposed to go. He will tell you in the morning, 315 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,040 go over here, go over there, have this conversation, call so 316 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,760 and so. He'll show up for you when you 317 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,520 follow Him. One of the things though, that I 318 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:09,000 think is so important is if the Lord tells you to stay put 319 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,800 because the glory is still on that thing, then you better stay 320 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:16,680 put. Keep your can in the seat, 321 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,880 right? Not all of this is about church, 322 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,200 though I would include church in it, but this is about your job, 323 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:31,280 your career, your family. That the enemy is attacking 324 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:36,400 families like crazy and he's no respecter of how long they've 325 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,920 been married. I know people this year who 326 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,480 walked away completely from their family after 30 years of 327 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:50,320 marriage, got deceived. I said they got deceived. 328 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,440 You say, well, you don't know their circumstances. 329 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,840 I know enough to know that scripturally they had no basis 330 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,040 to leave that marriage, but they got deceived. 331 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:05,560 They got deceived. They thought, oh, it's better if 332 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,320 I move on. Well no, God didn't move on from 333 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:14,200 your marriage, for better or worse, till death do us part. 334 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,920 You remember that vowel married people? 335 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,400 Yes, some of you. When you're single, you better 336 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,000 not go sleeping around because there's no glory on that. 337 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:33,000 It's too real today, huh? But it's true, right? 338 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:38,080 You have to know, Oh no, the Lord is on, on, on this. 339 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:41,400 And I need to stay and I need to be faithful and I need to be 340 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,920 faithful with it and I need to protect it and I need to make 341 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,480 sure that I tend to it. So they would remain in camps. 342 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,120 They would remain in camps. How long until the cloud left? 343 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:57,880 And this, this passage shows us, it gives us the indication that 344 00:20:57,880 --> 00:20:59,800 there were times where he would stay put. 345 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,520 The Lord would stay put for a while. 346 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,440 Fact, there's one place where it says it was a couple years they 347 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,360 stayed in the wilderness. In other words, they had not yet 348 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:11,960 gone to the promised land. They were not enjoying the milk 349 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:13,760 and honey that God said they would enjoy. 350 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:19,160 They they were stuck in one place for two years with no 351 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:27,760 benefits except God was there. Hello, this speaks to people who 352 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,680 would rather follow the benefits than God. 353 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,960 They would rather follow the benefits than God. 354 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,360 I've seen this multiple times. I've seen it where people, they 355 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:45,760 are consistent at church when they have no job because they 356 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:50,640 come to church calling on God, help Lord, help Lord, I have no 357 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,560 job. We're about to go broke. 358 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,720 We have nothing. They get the job and I don't see 359 00:21:54,720 --> 00:22:03,880 them for months, if ever again. Oh man, it's it's tight in here 360 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:04,920 today. I can feel it. 361 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,520 It just went woop. But don't worry, y'all are here 362 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:09,960 today. You're in the good seats. 363 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,360 This is for everybody. You know who ain't here. 364 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:17,720 Maybe they'll hear it later, but they get the job and then you 365 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:22,520 don't see them, I guess, when you start to see him again, when 366 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,800 that job dissolves. Why? 367 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,400 Because they're following the benefit, not the clout. 368 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,520 They want the benefits. Lord, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, 369 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:33,800 Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme. 370 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,880 And as soon as they get what they want, even if it's not even 371 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,640 from the Lord, they just get what they wanted. 372 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,240 They get theirs, and then they're gone. 373 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,000 And they might be at another church. 374 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,200 But I don't think so. I've been around a long time and 375 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,160 I've seen human behavior, human nature, and by the way, all of 376 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:54,280 us would go that same, except by the grace of God, we have our 377 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:58,280 own proclivities in us. So this isn't to condemn, but it 378 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,240 is to call it out and say, yes, that is human nature. 379 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,360 That's why the Lord put it in the Bible, so that we would know 380 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,760 they struggled with it too. Like Lord, I've been waiting in 381 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,080 the same spot in the wilderness for two years and I can tell 382 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:12,640 you're here. So what's that mean? 383 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:18,360 I'm in the will of God with nothing to show for it except to 384 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:21,720 say I'm in the will of God. You ever been in that place 385 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,640 before and all your cousins and everybody's wondering what's 386 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,560 wrong with you? What'd you do wrong? 387 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:30,000 Where'd you sin 'cause you ain't got. 388 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,320 I don't see any of the promises coming to pass in your life or I 389 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,840 don't see any of what you proclaim as your faith. 390 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,280 And yet you know I'm in the will of God. 391 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,160 I can't move, I can't leave. I just got to say right put. 392 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:43,960 I'm, I'm into the Southern today. 393 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:49,720 I got to stay right put. I got to say right put right in 394 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,520 the middle, right where I'm supposed to be. 395 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,320 Don't move. Don't move. 396 00:23:56,120 --> 00:24:00,560 If God's not left that thing, if he is not giving you permission 397 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:06,240 to move on, you don't move. You stay put. 398 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,720 And the pressure of what you need, the pressure of what's on 399 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,040 your heart will push you to freak out. 400 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,680 You know, it's like watching one of those movies and you know, 401 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,440 sometimes it's war movies, but sometimes it's it's just those 402 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,400 movies where, you know, there's some sort of enemy, some sort of 403 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:27,040 threat, and the first one to die is the one that freaks out and 404 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,120 runs out on their own. Have you ever seen that? 405 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,800 You know the one, what the movie I'm thinking of is Jurassic 406 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,040 Park. Have you ever seen Jurassic 407 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,800 Park? And there's the guy he's in, 408 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,720 he's in the the SUV and the kids are there and the other guy's 409 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:45,560 there and T Rex is coming and it's roaring and the guy like, 410 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:51,400 and he runs to the bathroom on the toilet and he's the first 411 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,480 dead one he's gone. Why? 412 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:59,600 Because he freaked out and ran away just because he got scared. 413 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,640 Don't get caught on the toilet, all right? 414 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:10,040 Praise the Lord that could preach. 415 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,520 I don't even know. Some of y'all spend too much 416 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,760 time on the toilet scrolling, but that's maybe that's a whole 417 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:22,240 other. I didn't mean to say it, but 418 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,160 you, you encamped there and the Lord's not there. 419 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:40,800 OK, let's just say that, OK? They would journey, they would 420 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,320 journey, they would journey at the command of the Lord. 421 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,600 They remained in camped and at the command of the Lord. 422 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,600 They journeyed the command of the Lord. 423 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,760 They remained in camp and that command of the Lord. 424 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:52,760 They journeyed the command of the Lord. 425 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,440 They remained in camp and at the command of the Lord. 426 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:01,600 They journeyed the command of the Lord and at the command of 427 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,320 the Lord. At the command of the Lord. 428 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,960 Are you getting it at the command of the Lord? 429 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:14,120 At the command of the Lord, The command of the Lord? 430 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:18,800 Are you hearing God? That's how we're LED today. 431 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,720 How do you follow this cloud? How do you follow the glory 432 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:23,200 cloud? You're obedient. 433 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,480 You hear his voice. Jesus said. 434 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,400 My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me. 435 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,240 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me. 436 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,360 You want to live this type of life that was clearly laid out 437 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:44,560 with the children of Israel. You follow the shepherd, You 438 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,960 hear His voice and you follow the shepherd. 439 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,400 You're obedient. You're obedient. 440 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,360 Obedience will always lead you to the glory. 441 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:58,120 Let me say it again. Obedience will always lead you 442 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,400 to the glory. One of the things that I said a 443 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,840 couple weeks ago when we're talking about the glory of God 444 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,840 and bringing back the glory of God even in our own church, in 445 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:13,120 our own, in our own community, was that with the pattern of the 446 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:16,040 Tabernacle, which is this tent and this building that would 447 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,280 have to erect every time they would set up camp, they had to 448 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,480 do all of this work. All of the work was for the 449 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,720 glory. So the altar of sacrifice, the, 450 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,960 the, the, the, the wash basin where they would get themselves 451 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,680 clean. Then they go into the holy 452 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:33,520 place. And there's the, the, the 453 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,600 showbread, which represents the word of God and the word of 454 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,400 life. And then there's the, the 455 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,120 Candlestick, which represents the Holy Spirit and the presence 456 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:46,040 of the Holy Spirit and the power of God and the light of God. 457 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:50,680 And then there's the the the incense and the burning of the 458 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,240 incense represents the prayers of the Saints. 459 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,680 So it's this constant prayer being lifted and lifted and 460 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,720 lifted. And then you get beyond the veil 461 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:05,280 and in there is the mercy seat. And that's where the glory of 462 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:09,440 God was. Everything was about that place. 463 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:14,160 Without that, the sacrifice made no sense. 464 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:21,200 Without that, the Candlestick unnecessary because it was light 465 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,720 the path so you could get to the other side, so you could get 466 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:28,040 beyond the veil. Without that, the incense is 467 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,200 useless. The incense is just smoke. 468 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,640 But the incense made sense because it was the glory of God 469 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:39,440 received it. So what is it for us? 470 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,240 Obedience is all about that place. 471 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,000 So all that he calls you to do for them, it was set up, this 472 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,560 sacrifice, this altar of sacrifice, set up, this, set up 473 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,000 this, set up this. What has God asked you to do? 474 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:58,000 Because it's to that place. He's trying to get you to a 475 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,120 place. And many of us, we stopped our 476 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,560 our obedience 20 years ago. And we wonder why we don't 477 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,320 experience the glory and the full benefits of God. 478 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,840 Because continued obedience is the only thing that will get you 479 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:13,960 there. Are y'all hearing what I'm 480 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,120 saying today? I'm going a little deep, I 481 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,080 understand. But obedience isn't just so you 482 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,680 can be a goody goody to shoot and just squeak through to the 483 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,200 sweet. By and by, obedience will bring 484 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:29,120 you to the glory of God. Today in the here and now are 485 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,360 y'all hearing me? Obedience produced for the 486 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:36,720 children of Israel such a weight of glory that the elders and the 487 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,440 priests and those who served in this Tabernacle couldn't move. 488 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,720 They just fell on their face. There were sometimes where it 489 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,560 was so thick on the whole Tabernacle, no one could even 490 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:53,040 enter, not even Moses. There was a time where it was so 491 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,400 thick that only Moses could be in the room. 492 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,480 Well, what what got them there? Obedience. 493 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:06,480 If they had shortcut, the steps, if Moses had said that's a 494 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:10,200 little much Lord, you're a little extra today, he would not 495 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,680 have come. God would not have showed up. 496 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,640 There was an obedience required. It's true for us too. 497 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:24,160 Some will, some may refute me and say, no, we're under grace. 498 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,120 We're under grace now. We don't have to do all of those 499 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,320 things now. We can just live like aliens and 500 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,800 expect God to bless it. And you are wrong. 501 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,080 And not only are you wrong, you're deceived. 502 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,200 And that's scarier. Listen to me. 503 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:42,880 There is a doctrine of demons that uses the word grace, but it 504 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,960 misapplies is it? And it misuses it. 505 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,280 And it has excused an entire generation of Christians to 506 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:53,560 continue in the way they were living before Jesus and yet call 507 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:56,960 themselves Christian so they can fit into whatever narrative they 508 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,560 want in this life, not knowing that it's really eternity they 509 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:05,240 should be concerned about. I hope you caught that. 510 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,840 If you didn't, you're going to have to rewind it and watch it 511 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,480 on YouTube 'cause I probably couldn't say it again even if I 512 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:14,400 tried. But the point remains, there are 513 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,760 many people and I hear it. I hear it from even friends of 514 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,040 mine who will talk about the grace of God. 515 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,560 Which really means I can show up on Sunday however I want, do 516 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:27,160 whatever I want, say whatever I want, and just call on God like 517 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:32,080 he is a bum, a gumball machine. Just throw 1/4 in and God's 518 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,360 glory will pop out. And that is false. 519 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:41,520 It is false and it's deceptive. And you get hordes of churches 520 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,600 that meet and meet and meet and the cloud is nowhere on the 521 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,520 church. There's no glory, there's no 522 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,680 manifest presence, there's no miracles, there's no 523 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:51,360 deliverances. There's none of the things that 524 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,560 Jesus said would follow those who believe. 525 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:57,120 And yet we gather and we clap and we're like, wow, that was a 526 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:01,000 great message. But a message with no power 527 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,960 means there's no glory. Is it OK that I'm just leaning 528 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,560 all the way in today? I'm like, well, I'm already 529 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,480 halfway there. I might as well just dive into 530 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,360 the deep end. So it's something that I 531 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:15,000 confront myself with. I'm like, Lord, I am not OK with 532 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,560 the church that has no glory, that has no power, that has no 533 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:19,080 healings, that has no deliverance, that has no 534 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,560 salvations. I I, I will, I will leave this, 535 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:26,320 this, this, this, this, this wilderness place and find you 536 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:30,360 whatever that means. And we all we all ought to have 537 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:35,680 that posture where it's like Lord, I refuse to just live in 538 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,480 the wilderness. Just live in camped in a place 539 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:40,520 that you moved on from a long time ago. 540 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:44,600 But what gives me that conviction? 541 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,840 Because I know my obedience matters. 542 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,920 When our prayer time this morning, I quoted the Scripture 543 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:54,480 that says, but be doers of the word, not hearers only deceiving 544 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:59,160 yourselves. Let me say it again, but be 545 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:03,960 doers of the word, not hearers, only deceiving yourself. 546 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,960 So when you get in the pattern or the routine of this, this 547 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:13,000 false grace theology that says it doesn't matter what I do, you 548 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:17,560 are now deceived and you deceived yourself. 549 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,320 Satan didn't even help you. You deceived yourself. 550 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:25,040 Why 'cause you convinced yourself that I don't have to do 551 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:26,880 anything. I can just hear, hear, hear, 552 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,320 hear, hear, hear, hear, hear, hear, hear, hear, hear. 553 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,120 And God doesn't care about my doing. 554 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,280 And it's it's deceived. Are y'all hearing what I'm 555 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,920 saying this morning? Oh, this is good teaching. 556 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,560 You know why? Because when you receive this 557 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,200 kind of teaching, you say, Oh Lord, I received that 558 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,040 correction. You will find the glory. 559 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:51,680 You start obeying, you start doing what Jesus asked of you in 560 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,480 your business, in your home life. 561 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,520 You start doing what He asked of you 3 years ago that you still 562 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:03,320 ain't done. You will find what He has put in 563 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,200 front of you. You will find His glory. 564 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,239 You'll find His presence. You'll find fulfillment. 565 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,760 You'll find all the things that your soul was looking for 566 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:16,080 elsewhere and you'll find it. You'll find it. 567 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,679 This journey that we're all on together, it's to the glory of 568 00:34:19,679 --> 00:34:23,480 God. Are you hearing me This journey 569 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:27,639 that our church is on, I'm like, I refuse to settle and you can 570 00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:30,600 ask some of our team. I get intense about it because I 571 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,360 know how easy it is to settle where God left. 572 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,239 I know it is. I know it's it's easy. 573 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,280 You know why? Because when when you're the one 574 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,760 has to go and tell the camp time to pack up. 575 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:49,199 God left and you got to rouse up everybody out of sleep, 576 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,440 spiritual sleep. You know how unpopular that is. 577 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,760 You're like, why can't we just chill out for a minute? 578 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:02,240 I'm like, I know I think the same thing, but we know he he 579 00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:03,760 left. So it's time to go. 580 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:09,480 Are you hearing what I'm saying? The the there there are things 581 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:14,200 today that I do not feel that the Lord will allow of our 582 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:20,560 church that three years ago he allowed listen to me when we 583 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,000 were coming out of a hard season. 584 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,040 Most of you weren't here, but this church was coming out of a 585 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:31,280 hard season and there were things that we we lovingly and I 586 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,200 felt like the Lord lovingly let gave us patience for. 587 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:39,000 He was kind. He was like, I'm going to help 588 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:43,120 you. But there's a, there's a time 589 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:47,280 and a place where that's like, OK, time to grow up and that's 590 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:52,240 not OK anymore. I feel that for our church, like 591 00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:56,000 there is a pace that just swept up under me the last few months. 592 00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:01,360 I I feel Tim and JJ came and I, I felt bad because I was like, 593 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,280 Oh yeah, you know, you can have the first couple weeks just to 594 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,000 get settled and all that. I think day one I was like, hey, 595 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:11,720 can y'all meet today? And it was and then and we've 596 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,960 and just a lot of the team has been, you know, keeping up with 597 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:15,680 the pace. Why? 598 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,600 Because the cloud moved and it's like, oh, we got to go. 599 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:23,480 Like we got to pack this sucker up and move towards where he's 600 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,120 asking of us. By the way, there's nothing 601 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:27,680 hidden. Like we're I'm pretty 602 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,120 transparent about all the things that the word is doing here. 603 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,840 So you're in the loop. So unless you think what's he 604 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,160 talking about, you're in the loop. 605 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:35,800 If you have ears to hear, you're in the loop. 606 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,680 But what's important for us as a church to know is we are 607 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,480 changing on the way because the clouds moved. 608 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:49,200 So there's things that even that I may not even point, pinpoint 609 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:52,640 or say about you may you're going to hear from the Lord 610 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,080 where he's going to say, hey, three years ago that was OK for 611 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:59,880 you. It's not OK today and you're 612 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:04,160 going to have to self have the self-discipline and, and, and 613 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:08,080 the fruit of the spirit of self-control to get that in line 614 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,480 and cut that out or start up that thing he's asking you to 615 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,240 do. And you don't waste any time 616 00:37:15,240 --> 00:37:17,760 sitting around and be like, well, three years ago it was OK 617 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,080 or why did they change that or why are we doing that or why is 618 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,040 God asking me of that? It's like, 'cause the cloud 619 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,760 moved, bro. I don't know what else to say. 620 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:33,040 It moved and we are moving and you know what, once you get this 621 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,840 rhythm in your life, I'm telling you, you won't go another season 622 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,040 without the glory of God on your house. 623 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,840 I look over at Dennis and Valerie Dilly and they were a 624 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:49,760 part of a wonderful church and where was it? 625 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:55,880 Van Nuys, Thank you. Van Nuys, CA called church on 626 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,480 the church on the way pastor by Jack Hayford. 627 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,240 So Jack Hayford's gone on to be with the Lord. 628 00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:05,360 Many of you may not who he is know who he is, but one of the 629 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:09,000 best Foursquare churches in the history of our denomination was 630 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:13,760 in Van Nuys, CA and they were on staff there, pastoral team 631 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,520 there. And at that time, back in the 632 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:19,200 70s, he wrote a book called Glory on Your House. 633 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,960 And with our team, just what was it y'all? 634 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,560 A year and a half ago or so, our Lee team, we read the book Glory 635 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,440 on Your House because I felt like the Lord was doing 636 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,760 something among us. And one of the things that as I 637 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:37,080 read that book is it talked about just the move of God that 638 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:40,280 swept them up. And it was like just as a small 639 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,200 church when he first started pastoring there, how many 640 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,040 people? They start with 50 people. 641 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:49,400 Pastor Jack started with, by the time he was done pastoring 642 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:55,400 there, it was over 10,000 people, 10 to 15,000 people in 643 00:38:55,440 --> 00:39:00,320 Van Nuys, CA. And the numbers don't always 644 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:04,200 tell the story, but there was glory on that house, a 645 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:07,080 significant glory. If you've ever heard the song 646 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:12,720 Majesty Worship His Majesty, He wrote that song and he wrote it 647 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:14,920 in that environment and then that church. 648 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,600 So we come from a heritage lineage and others have 649 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,760 experienced what I'm talking about and, and you could 650 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,080 probably talk to him about what does that mean? 651 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:27,680 What does it look like in your own life when God comes up under 652 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,400 a house, under a church and starts to move on? 653 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,040 It starts to breathe on it and you have to start making 654 00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:37,320 adjustments because he says, Hey, what worked for you back 655 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:41,120 then isn't going to work now. You have to adjust. 656 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,320 You have to change. I'm not going to use the word 657 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:49,640 pivot because COVID killed that for me, but you have to pivot. 658 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:53,800 You know, you have to move to a different position so that you 659 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:56,360 can follow him. So that's the invitation. 660 00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:58,240 I feel like of our church. Are y'all hearing me this 661 00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:00,680 morning? I feel like he's inviting you 662 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:04,200 and this is something that I'm praying he'll personalize for 663 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:04,680 you. Why? 664 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:08,800 So you don't miss out. I'm praying this for all of our 665 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,200 team. I'm praying this for all of our 666 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:12,520 ministry leaders, for all of our pastors. 667 00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:16,480 I don't want anyone to to to miss out, but we are moving. 668 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:20,480 We're not physically moving because we have a paid for 669 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,480 property. Praise the Lord and he paid for 670 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:31,080 it and he this, but spiritually maturity, we're moving and the 671 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,840 Lord wants every single one of us a part of this. 672 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:38,880 Would you close your eyes? Glory to God as you close your 673 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,720 eyes. I just encourage you to not 674 00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:46,040 allow any distraction. Just allow your heart to 0 in on 675 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:50,040 the Holy Spirit and His guidance, His word to you, His, 676 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:54,600 his whatever instructions He may be whispering to you right now, 677 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:59,520 confirming to you that this is for you, that He's calling you 678 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:01,720 to experience Him in a whole new way. 679 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,680 For some it's repent. Repent that you went too long 680 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:10,040 outside the will of God, too long where you weren't 681 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:15,560 experiencing that full presence of the Lord and just right where 682 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,760 you're at as you hear him respond to him. 683 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:24,240 You might just say, I hear you, Lord, I hear you, Lord, I hear 684 00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:30,000 you, Lord, forgive me. Lord, come on. 685 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:34,320 If he's correcting you, he whom he loves, he corrects, Oh, he 686 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,080 loves you, He loves you, He loves you. 687 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:41,760 You just respond and say forgive me Lord, forgive me Lord, 688 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:47,760 forgive me Lord for allowing convenience to keep me away from 689 00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:53,280 your glory. Might just ask the Lord to help 690 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:58,240 you help me Lord, to not chase the benefit and leave you. 691 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:08,600 Help me Lord, to not chase the promises and miss the promise of 692 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:17,200 your presence. Help me Lord, to obey you daily. 693 00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:23,160 Come on, this is a good place right across the room to just 694 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:26,400 out of your own heart and mouth ask the Lord to help you. 695 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,480 Come on, just let that prayer prayer arise out of our 696 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,560 sanctuary right now like that incense. 697 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:35,280 Help us Lord, help us, Lord, Come on, come on, come on. 698 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,400 Pray. Pray for help because this is 699 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,240 part of the obedience. We call on the name of the Lord. 700 00:42:41,240 --> 00:42:44,400 We call on him for our help. You are our helper, Lord. 701 00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:48,240 You're the one who will, who will, who will lead us on this 702 00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:49,680 journey. So I ask you for help. 703 00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:52,800 Come on, come on, leaders and pastors, we ought to be praying, 704 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,800 praying, praying that He would lead us in this journey. 705 00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,240 Lord, if you don't go with us, we're not going. 706 00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,760 And Lord, if you're going, we're not staying. 707 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,320 So Lord, we just commit our whole selves to you, as Jesus 708 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:09,920 said, to love you with all of our heart, mind, soul, and 709 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:11,880 strength. So I just say that out loud to 710 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:15,240 you today, Lord, I love you. Lord, I love you with all of my 711 00:43:15,240 --> 00:43:18,160 heart, with all of my mind, with all of my strength, and I will 712 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,920 follow you all the days of my life. 713 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,360 Come on, say that out loud out of your own mouth. 714 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:28,760 Lord, I will follow you all the days of my life, all the days of 715 00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:30,960 my life until my very last breath. 716 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:34,320 I'll be following the clouds. I'll be following your glory. 717 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:38,000 I'll be obedient to your word. I will not settle in the 718 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:39,080 wilderness. I will. 719 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:42,320 I will meet you, Lord, in the sky, and I will. 720 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:46,560 I will have my place in eternity with you because I will follow 721 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:50,400 you. Lord, glory to God. 722 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,600 Glory to God, come on, this is a commitment. 723 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:58,200 This Is Us saying till the last breath I take, I will follow 724 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:03,680 this cloud. I will not look forward to a day 725 00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:06,880 where I have to stop being obedient. 726 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,120 Oh, I look forward to obedience, Lord. 727 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,560 I look forward to you calling, Lord. 728 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:16,120 I look forward to the next command that you will give me. 729 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:23,560 Oh, you're so worth it, Lord. You're so worth it, Lord. 730 00:44:25,720 --> 00:44:28,320 You're so worth it, Lord. Let's all stand to our feet. 731 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:33,680 We want to thank you again for joining us for the Arise Church 732 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,800 podcast. We hope you were encouraged by 733 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:37,600 what you heard today. You can find 734 00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:42,400 us.online@arisechurchn-c.com and on Instagram at Arise Church NC. 735 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,800 If you need prayer or support or are interested in learning more 736 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:49,480 about Arise Church, we encourage you to connect with us online or 737 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,520 in person at our Sunday morning service. 738 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:53,080 Thank you and God bless.