1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,080 If you have your Bible with you, I'd love for you to turn to the 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,720 book of James. We're going to be in James this 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:10,240 morning. It's right near the end of your 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,200 Bible, just after Hebrews. If you reach the maps, you've 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,880 gone too far. Come on back, James chapter 1. 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,960 Like so you can see we are doing a series called Teach Us to 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,640 Pray. And I think this morning we're 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,160 going to look at Teach Us What to pray. 9 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,960 I love this backdrop because it's important that you 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,920 understand who it is that we get to pray to and what it is that 11 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,720 he's able to do. And then James chapter 1 and 12 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:42,680 verse 5, you can underline this. It says if any of you lacks 13 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,240 wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without 14 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,120 finding fault, and it will be given to you. 15 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,600 Your there's there's one three letter word in there that has 16 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,320 really bothered me this week. If any of you lacks wisdom, you 17 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,320 should ask God, not your neighbor. 18 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:08,000 Ask God, the creator of the heavens and the earth, the one 19 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:12,880 who put the sun, a ball of nuclear fusion in the sky. 20 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,400 I don't know if you know this, but you can put 1.2 + 1,000,000 21 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,680 planet earths in that little sky. 22 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:27,200 That little sun 1.2 + 1,000,000 earths of nuclear fusion all 23 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:33,160 there because God said light be and he says if any of you lack 24 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:39,680 wisdom, I can help. I mean he's he's the God who who 25 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,400 created this light that captivates me. 26 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,600 I don't know if you know this, but astrophysicists say I'm sure 27 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,120 you do a lot of reading on the material published by 28 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,880 astrophysicists. One that I found fascinating was 29 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,120 when the Hubble telescope was launched back in the 1990s, they 30 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:59,600 say what they discovered through that process in terms of their 31 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,000 understanding of light, the guy says essentially, if what we 32 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,600 knew was one piano worth of information said now on the back 33 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,639 of this Hubble telescope launch, that piano needs to stretch 34 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,600 around the entire equator, the earth of what we've discovered. 35 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:18,320 I mean, who knew God? I don't know if you know this, 36 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,000 but they take spectroscopes and they look at planets that are 37 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,360 billions of light years away, and they can tell with 38 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,880 specificity what gases are in that atmosphere and what 39 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,760 materials are on the surface of that planet because of the 40 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,920 understanding of light. Who knew what God knew? 41 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,880 I mean, this is the same God who invented time, created sound. 42 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:48,320 He created the female brain. He is gone where no man has gone 43 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:52,440 before. And in some instance, no, no 44 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,120 woman either. He created that with 45 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,400 understanding. I'm going to get behind that. 46 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,000 If my if a friend of mine. Chris, I don't know if you know 47 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,840 Chris Smith, you need to know him. 10 distinctions in the 48 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,680 trick, including 100% for mathematics. 49 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:15,640 Yeah, I taught him well. But if I had to ask Chris, 50 00:03:15,640 --> 00:03:18,240 listen, I want to understand. Chris, can you tell me why is it 51 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:22,400 that the accurate artery and the interlobular arteries weren't 52 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,680 able to sustain the renal pyramids within my daughter's 53 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,720 kidneys and LED to her kidney failure? 54 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:33,320 Chris, can you tell me why I'd get just as blank a stair as I 55 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,200 am from you if I had to ask Chris? 56 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,960 Who's going to win the American elections, Chris? 57 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,760 What's it going to mean to Stalwart, to Sebanya's mines and 58 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,040 their minerals and the value of the Rand of the dollar? 59 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,120 Can you tell me, Chris? Chris, can you help me? 60 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,240 Because I've been waiting for this Hazel Dean project to be, 61 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,520 well, the grounds will be broken because we've heard rumours that 62 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,240 the halt train is going to be having a station there within 63 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,360 two years time, coming right underneath our land. 64 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,960 And when that happens, they're also going to build a freeway 65 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,800 that's going to divide the property of three CR in half. 66 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,280 Chris, can you tell me is that going to happen? 67 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,040 Can you tell me what are the boardroom discussions when it 68 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,120 comes to these things that are going to have massive 69 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,920 ramifications for this church and our ministry and our impact 70 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:18,200 in the city? Can you help me, Chris? 71 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,760 What's going on in those boardrooms or those bedrooms? 72 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,200 Which is why the Bible says, if any of you lacks wisdom, let him 73 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:28,320 ask God, who knows? I don't know if you know this, 74 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:32,120 but in Second Kings, there's a moment where the king of Aram is 75 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,920 busy attacking the nation of Israel. 76 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,320 And so he comes around the northern perimeter, and all of a 77 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:38,880 sudden Israel's there with their army. 78 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,840 And so he tries to flank them. And lo and behold, there's the 79 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:45,080 army and he does this nut it actually says in 2 Kings chapter 80 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,040 6 it says this enraged the king of Aram. 81 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,360 He summoned his officers and demanded of them tell me which 82 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,280 of us is on the side of the king of Israel? 83 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,880 None of us, my Lord, the king said one of his officers. 84 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,480 But Elisha tells the king of Israel the very words you speak 85 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:09,280 in your bedroom. So if God knows the how train 86 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:14,280 from the next president of the US and he does, and if God is 87 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:18,240 able to open doors that no man can shut and close doors that no 88 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,760 man can open, and he can. And if he invites you and I to 89 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:28,640 come and receive counsel, which he has, why is it that we 90 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:32,280 struggle to say those 3 little words? 91 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:38,440 Let us pray because he says if any of you lacks wisdom, you 92 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,880 should ask God who gives generously. 93 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,680 He doesn't say well I'll give you a clue. 94 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:49,280 It starts with P. No, he gives generously to all 95 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:51,840 without finding faults he doesn't like. 96 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:54,400 Well you didn't come yesterday, you didn't want to ask me if 97 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,360 there was snow in Fernando's past without faults and it will 98 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,600 be given to you. Why is it that we struggle to 99 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,120 say those 3 little words? Let us pray. 100 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,400 Heard the story of a teacher moved to the UK and she 101 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:14,120 discovered that British students or hooligans and she didn't know 102 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,200 what to do. She's like overwhelmed. 103 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,600 But what's sat in the class before her. 104 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,880 And so she said, God, you've got to come through. 105 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,160 You've got to give me wisdom. How do I reach my students? 106 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,080 How do I reach this generation? And she would pray every morning 107 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,600 driving in the car, she'd turn up the worship music real loud. 108 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,520 And she'll pray for those kids by name for each class, each 109 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,200 subject, praying for the the teachers that she worked with. 110 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:38,920 And she said this went on forever. 111 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:40,800 It just seemed like it wasn't getting through. 112 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,960 And she kept saying, but Lord, you said it will be given to 113 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,960 you. If I ask for wisdom, it will be 114 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,000 given to you. But I need wisdom. 115 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:55,560 And all he gave her was Isaiah 62, which says give God no rest. 116 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,880 Look it up. It's a wonderful promise. 117 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:04,080 He says, come, give me no rest. So every morning, every 118 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,120 lunchtime and tea time and after school, she would pray. 119 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,520 And all of a sudden, something began to shift. 120 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,960 At the beginning of this year, she tells the story of how one 121 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,760 of the kids, you know, everyone's sort of filing out. 122 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,440 One of the kids comes past and just out of the blue says, 123 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,280 ma'am, are you a Christian? And she's thrown, hey, because 124 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:23,720 you're not allowed to proselytize. 125 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,080 You're not allowed to mention your faith in British schools. 126 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,880 She's sort of like looking for microphones and hidden cameras. 127 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,800 She says, yes, yes, I am. Why do you ask? 128 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:33,680 Because we want to come to church with you. 129 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,520 She's like, no, that would be very inappropriate. 130 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,840 And where are these cameras? But they pitched, they came to 131 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,360 church. So she's telling the pastor, 132 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,840 she's like, listen, back row there, there's great nuns. 133 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,560 They're all from my class. And then God touched them. 134 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,200 They had this incredible encounter with the heavenly. 135 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,280 Now the heavenly Father got radically saved, baptized. 136 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:03,360 And so she gave God no rest. Lord, what about the rest of my 137 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,400 grades? And she says my grade Elevens 138 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:07,600 then asked where I go to church as well. 139 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:11,680 I told them and one guy said Oh yeah, I'm worried about him. 140 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,080 Some of me friends started going there literally for no reason. 141 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:22,120 Like they're not religious or anything, but they said I should 142 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:28,840 come close trip. Yeah, they're literally going 143 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:35,919 for no reason other than one young lady gave God no rest. 144 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:40,200 One young lady said, Lord, you have said that if anyone lacks 145 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,919 wisdom, let them ask. And so I'm asking you knows the 146 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:46,120 end from the beginning, knows what they are going through, 147 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:47,840 knows what they need to hear and see. 148 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,040 And so I will give you no rest and I will trust that I'll be 149 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,400 given that. And there's this mini revival 150 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:58,280 happening in their classes. I had the most incredible 151 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:03,240 experience this week going through this press series. 152 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,480 It's gotten under the skin of many people, and particularly 153 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,360 among businessmen. And I had a group of young 154 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,560 businessmen come to me with a little bit of a predicament, 155 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,920 wanted some advice on this. Having heard of my business 156 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:20,120 background, they wanted to chat and so basically gave me the 157 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,440 premise of the problem. And part of it was 158 00:09:22,680 --> 00:09:26,920 pharmaceutical issue related. And because that's way above my 159 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,720 pay grade, I said, well, listen, actually, I know someone with a 160 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:33,920 pharmaceutical background. He's a big hitter, big capacity 161 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,640 businessman in the city. But best of all, he's a a giant 162 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,760 of the faith. So would you like to sit with 163 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:41,920 him and bring your situation to him? 164 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:44,360 And they, of course, jumped at the opportunity. 165 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:49,360 So Monday we were in his beautiful, swanky corner office 166 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,320 laying this issue before him. And the back story is that this 167 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,960 business has been running for quite a few years, but young 168 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,800 businessman is their first company and they got radically 169 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,480 saved about a year and a half, two years ago. 170 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,080 And now they're looking at their business and their 171 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:05,360 infrastructure and everything like this. 172 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,680 And they're asking the question, how do I do this to glorify God? 173 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:11,080 How how do our business in a Kingdom way? 174 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,160 And so they've been changing some of their processes and some 175 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,600 of their stuff. And they came across something 176 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,560 that they discovered recently that one of the products that 177 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:22,360 they're selling, there's AI don't know the jargon, forgive 178 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,320 me for the pharmacists here, but essentially, like one of the 179 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,040 ingredients is now a scheduled medication. 180 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,320 And so you now need a prescription to get this product 181 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:32,880 that they're just putting on all the shelves. 182 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,320 And now they don't know what to do because if they continue with 183 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:41,040 this, it's essentially illegal. But they've got all the reasons 184 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,920 to continue because, you know, big pharma, they just wait to 185 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,040 find something that's really, really profitable. 186 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,360 Then they take it back from the little guy and the little guy's 187 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,920 business collapses. And they're also, they're really 188 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:53,640 on the brink of this is like the premier product that they're 189 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:55,800 selling. If we take it off the shelves, 190 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,600 what does it mean to us as a company? 191 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,280 But there are people that sell this. 192 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,640 There are families depending on income on selling this product 193 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,960 and it really is the backbone of the business. 194 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:09,720 So they're sitting there. My friend is just listening and 195 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,640 there's this moment of silence and he says, I don't know if you 196 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:17,480 know James one verse 5. This is says there, if anyone 197 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,560 lacks wisdom, which it seems like you do, you should ask God 198 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,120 who gives generously to all without finding fault and he 199 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,560 will give it to you. He says that's all you need to 200 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:29,000 do. And these guys, I was growing. 201 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,160 He says what you need to do is you need to go away this 202 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,280 weekend. He said take two or three days, 203 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,400 no cell phones, no laptops, no distractions. 204 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,400 And he said you go and pray. And this is was his advice. 205 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,960 A senior businessman who has seen God come through in the 206 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:50,040 most remarkable ways to them. And I say to you, he says you go 207 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,120 and you pray. You get on your knees, you 208 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,200 humble yourself before God and you hold this promise before 209 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,000 him. The Lord, you said, if we ask 210 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,400 for wisdom, you will give it to us. 211 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,480 Said you read the Bible and you wait. 212 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,520 Because when the the disciples were on the road to Emmaus, when 213 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,680 Jesus intersected them and said, didn't the word burn in our 214 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:10,040 hearts? I said, you read scripture until 215 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,440 something burns in your heart, he said, or if God drops the 216 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,440 Scripture in your mind, you know, go take a look. 217 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,040 Maybe there's something there. If it jumps off the page, if it 218 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,440 gets a hold of you, God is trying to get your attention. 219 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,000 And he said, and then you pray over that and you intercede on 220 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,560 behalf of your company and your business and your future around 221 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,320 this. Is it Because there are three 222 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:33,280 reasons why you want to do this. Firstly, this is a big, bold 223 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,040 decision that you are going to need to make and it's highly 224 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,840 likely you're going to have to sink that part of your business 225 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,680 and you need to remind yourself that God has spoken. 226 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,320 Secondly, this is where the the enemy loves to operate. 227 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,280 Oh, you're a man of God, man of faith. 228 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:51,080 Yeah. But you see, now you've got no 229 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:52,840 money to pay and now you've got to move in with your 230 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,680 mother-in-law. You know, clearly God does 231 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:56,680 another. You need that, that Scripture 232 00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:59,400 and that promise because you need to put that in the enemy's 233 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,040 face and say no, no, no, God has spoken. 234 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,520 And thirdly, you need that because you got to get into 235 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,080 God's presence and say, God, you have spoken. 236 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,680 You said we need to let go of this. 237 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,120 You have given us this as an act of faith, an act of obedience, 238 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,720 as an outworking of the wisdom that we've been seeking for. 239 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,520 And you have said if anyone asks, you will give it. 240 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,360 Now you need to be. Yeah, sort of handle your side 241 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,840 of the the bargain. And then he told us a story. 242 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:35,880 He said he's not just namby pammy. 243 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:37,640 You know, here's something, use it, don't use it. 244 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:39,880 He said this is how God has built my business. 245 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,240 I mean, right back to the very beginning when he started, he 246 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,560 had his first pharmacy and he's telling the story of how the 247 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:48,080 rubber hit the road really early on. 248 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,120 But this was like 40 years ago. So his budget was something like 249 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:56,080 15,000 grand a month. And one of his clients pulled 250 00:13:56,080 --> 00:14:00,400 out, they did the the medicine for a string of old age homes 251 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,880 and overnight he was going to lose 50% of his business. 252 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,040 This was like February and say the 1st of March, it was gone. 253 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:10,440 And he's like, Lord, this is going to sink me. 254 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,240 This is going to finish me. I've sold everything. 255 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,360 I've got this bond number, you know, like I do not know what to 256 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,240 do. I need wisdom. 257 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,960 And he got on his knees and he put into practice the very thing 258 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,880 that he was encouraging these young businessmen to do. 259 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,760 And he said out of the blue, you know, sort of praying for this 260 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,760 thing. Out of the blue, this guy walks 261 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,200 in and he says, listen, what? What are your facilities when it 262 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:35,000 comes to helping paraplegics? And so thinking that this was 263 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,280 like a family request, he said, listen, we're not really set up 264 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,040 for that because you need training. 265 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,040 You need facilities, you you really need access to certain 266 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,680 elements in the industry. So he's like, oh, we're not set 267 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,640 up. So he said, well, would you be 268 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:52,920 able to get yourself set up? And he's thinking like, I really 269 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,800 have an issue here. If you wouldn't mind. 270 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,160 You know, I can't afford to do staff training. 271 00:14:58,160 --> 00:14:59,680 I can't afford to get this thing set up. 272 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:02,840 So he said to the guy, he said, listen, I'll go and I'll pray 273 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,720 about it. You know, which is you'll get 274 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,080 out of jail free card. As a Christian, you know, we're 275 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,160 praying for you. You never think of them again or 276 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,280 you send the praying emoji, which actually is 1/2 Father, I 277 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:16,920 don't know if you know that. So he says I'll go pray for you. 278 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,000 And so he's praying for this thing and God's like, hey, have 279 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:24,240 you thought of this? And he felt God say that is 280 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,880 actually the answer to this prayer. 281 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,240 So if I'm the guy back, he said, OK, did the training, 282 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,320 implemented the setup or whatever the case might be, not 283 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,520 knowing what this would mean, if there would be ones or twos or 284 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:42,640 maybe it's only this guy. And so he started getting, I 285 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,160 don't know what to call it, if it's business or customers or 286 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,880 clients or patients, but he started getting a lot of 287 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,960 requests from from those with paraplegic needs. 288 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,480 But he's still praying saying, Lord, I don't know if this is 289 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,360 everything that you're wanting to show me. 290 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,400 And then God point out, pointed out the catheters that these 291 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:04,000 guys needed because he was very surprised that they would order 292 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,600 100 or 200 catheters at a time. So he for all his patients was 293 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,640 ordering a thousands, thousands and thousands at a time. 294 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,040 And he said he was getting it saved for two Rand, 75 each and 295 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,520 selling them for three Rand. And then he thought, let me go 296 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,240 and see, maybe there's something to this because it just wouldn't 297 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,120 leave him. Now this was back in the day and 298 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,200 this was probably in the 80s. So he couldn't just go on team 299 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,080 and order like 50,000 catheters, you know, with a price tag 300 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:35,160 stapled onto it. So he well done. 301 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,400 Thank you for those who are awake. 302 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,440 So he did some research and he found in Germany he could import 303 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,880 them, he could land the catheters at $0.50 each. 304 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,760 And so he began to sell these catheters to his customers, 305 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,680 clients, patients for the same, but for the basically the 306 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,320 production rate at 275. And then he started distributing 307 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,720 them at 275. And he said one thing that led 308 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:06,400 to another and got his open doors and open doors and open 309 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:10,640 doors because he found that when I needed wisdom, I went to him 310 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:15,000 and he could trust me with this. And so in the meeting I've went 311 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,240 over and I said, so it was 15,000 Rand a month back then. 312 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,960 What is your business worth at the moment? 313 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,280 And he threw out some figures and my lower grade mathematics 314 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,200 sort of hit the ceiling when when we crossed the billion Rand 315 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,960 mark and kept on going. And so I turned to these young 316 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,520 men and I turned to you this morning. 317 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,080 I said, what you need to understand is the Bible says in 318 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:43,760 Luke 16, if if you are faithful with little, you will be 319 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,520 faithful with much. But if you're unfaithful with 320 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:52,760 little, you'll not be faithful, not be entrusted with much. 321 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:57,280 And it goes on to say this, it says, so if you have not been 322 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:01,760 faithful or trustworthy, and with these guys, all righteous 323 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:07,600 in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches, 324 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,240 See. And what they needed to see, and 325 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:14,520 what you and I need to see is that it's not a financial 326 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,720 moment. It's not a financial prayer that 327 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,000 you are praying. It's a faith thing. 328 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,640 It's a small thing. He talks there about worldly 329 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,120 wealth being a very little thing. 330 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:28,560 It's like God says this. He says, OK, I'm going to put 331 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:32,080 that down there. I want to see who do you run to? 332 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,640 Who do you trust? Where does your heart wander in 333 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,320 this little thing? Because I want to see if I'm 334 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,360 central in that decision and in that process, then I will 335 00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:46,360 entrust much to you. And it doesn't say much worldly 336 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:49,320 wealth, it says true riches. And I said to these men, God is 337 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,840 waiting to see, will you be faithful with this? 338 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,120 Because he wants you to be faithful for generational 339 00:18:55,120 --> 00:18:57,720 impact. I said what God is actually 340 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,560 putting is not this, but he's putting this gentleman who's in 341 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:06,400 the room here in front of you. That is the much will you 342 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,080 entrust God with this little thing so that he can entrust you 343 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,200 like he's entrusted this gentleman for generational 344 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,480 impact and influence. Because I said to them, your 345 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:20,400 marriage is either going to be taking strain or will flourish 346 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,840 under your faithfulness or lack thereof. 347 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,000 Some of them are married and that the guys are away. 348 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,400 Some of them and the wife and the wives are at home going like 349 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:36,840 yo, my man is asking my heavenly Father how to get through this. 350 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,960 I can trust him with my heart. Some have children and they're 351 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,960 seeing their fathers go away to inquire of their Heavenly 352 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:45,720 Father. And you've got to know that will 353 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,240 make an indelible imprint on their walk with the Heavenly 354 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,280 Father and his ways. And they will install this for 355 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,160 generations to come. And so when it says if any of 356 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,520 you lacks wisdom, it's not a small thing. 357 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:02,000 It's a generational nation shaping moment. 358 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:07,400 It looks so small to you that you might even overlook it. 359 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,800 But in God's heart, he's saying, if you can just learn my ways 360 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,160 here, boy, do I have something for you. 361 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:22,360 Why can I put you in that CEO corner office, head of States? 362 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,960 Boy, there's a presidency waiting for you because of what 363 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,240 I can do and what I can entrust to you. 364 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:32,600 And so he says, if any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask 365 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,440 God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it 366 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,040 will be given to you. But I want to go back to the 367 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,520 very beginning there. If any of you like wisdom, you 368 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,320 should ask God. I was reading through a 369 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,560 devotional in the you version and it said the following here. 370 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:47,920 I think we have the quote for the screen. 371 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,720 The problem with anxiety. Is it up there? 372 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,000 Yeah. The problem with anxiety, the 373 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,440 problem with the question that you're asking the the little is 374 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,600 that it narrows our perspective, allowing us to only see that 375 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,280 which is directly in front of us. 376 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,480 It magnifies the unknown in our lives and diminishes the 377 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,920 omnipotence of God. The problem with anxiety, the 378 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:14,120 problem with the little, it narrows your you only see your. 379 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:19,000 But this product and our sales staff and you know, I don't do 380 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,440 paraplegics. It narrows it down. 381 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,680 It magnifies the unknown. But what if we give up on this 382 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,240 business? What if I take that job in 383 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:35,080 bloom, Fontaine? Clearly God is speaking. 384 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:42,560 It magnifies the unknown and diminishes the omnipotence of 385 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,600 God. It makes an idol of your 386 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:51,480 decision and it says I know you're the creator of the sun. 387 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,880 But actually this is very important to me. 388 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,280 This deserves my under farted attention. 389 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,680 I'll get to you, just you just wait there. 390 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,000 But I just need to sort this out. 391 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:05,320 If you're taking notes, you probably don't have much. 392 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,080 James one verse 5. Good. 393 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:13,880 Add to that Genesis 37 to 47 in Genesis 37 all the way to 394 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,520 Genesis 47. It's the accounts of a guy named 395 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,160 Joseph. I'm sure you know the story. 396 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,080 Joseph in the Technicolor dreamcoats. 397 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,520 His brothers hate him. He's the runt of the litter, 398 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,040 gets sold into slavery, ends up in prison. 399 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,760 One thing leads to another. He interprets a dream in prison. 400 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,720 And so when Pharaoh needs his dream interpreted, the cupbearer 401 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:38,840 says Mr. Farrah Basu Anoaga, he comes out and he interprets that 402 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:42,200 dream and Pharaoh basically points him to IC because of the 403 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,200 wisdom that he sees. Essentially, he identifies James 404 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:50,840 15 in Joseph that here is a man who inquires of God and God 405 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:54,760 gives him wisdom. And that's generally the the 406 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,360 entirety of the story when it comes to Joseph. 407 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,520 But I want to show you one last thing in the final chapter, 408 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,880 Genesis 47. It's a long portion. 409 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,280 I'm going to read it to you. It'll be on the screen. 410 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:11,000 But you on this now this is Genesis 47 verse 13. 411 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,280 It says there was no food in the whole region because the famine 412 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,400 was so severe. Both Egypt and Canaan wasted 413 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:21,080 away because of the famine. Joseph collected, and I've 414 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,600 underlined this, all the money that was to be found in Egypt 415 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,440 and Canaan and payment for the grain they were buying, and he 416 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,360 brought it to Pharaoh's palace. When the money of the people of 417 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:34,400 Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said 418 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,760 give us food. Why should we die before your 419 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:37,960 eyes? Our money is all gone. 420 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:40,200 Then bring your livestock, said Joseph. 421 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,280 I'll sell you food in exchange for your livestock, since your 422 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,560 money is gone. So they brought their livestock 423 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,200 to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, 424 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:53,080 their sheep, their goats, their cattle, their donkeys, no cats. 425 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,480 And he brought them through that year with food in exchange for 426 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,360 all their livestock. When that year was over, they 427 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:03,440 came to him the following year and said, We cannot hide from 428 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:08,040 our Lord the fact that since our money is gone and you own all 429 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,400 our livestock, there is nothing left for our Lord except our 430 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,680 bodies and our land. Why should we perish before your 431 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,640 eyes? We in our land as well by us and 432 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,600 our land exchange in exchange for food. 433 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,280 And we with our land will be in bondage to Pharaoh. 434 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,080 Give a seed so that we may live and not die, and that the land 435 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:29,840 may not become desolate. So Joseph bought all the land of 436 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:36,720 Egypt, Silver Lakes, Muycliffe, Boardwalk Estate, Santon City, 437 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:43,320 Stellenbosch. He bought all the land in Egypt, 438 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,800 the Egyptians 1 and all sold their fields because the famine 439 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,440 was too severe for them. Then Joseph said to the people, 440 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,800 now that I've bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, 441 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,400 here a seed for you. So you can plant the ground, but 442 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,640 when the crops come in, just a tax of 20%, give 1/5 of it to 443 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,720 Pharaoh. The other 4/5 you may keep a 444 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,880 seed for the fields and there's food for yourselves and your 445 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,320 household and your children. Here is a guy with no education, 446 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,440 no business background, no business degree. 447 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:15,080 He is 50 years old. Someone here needs to know he 448 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,760 was 30 years old. You know, we think we big deal 449 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,720 with our mergers and acquisitions, but here is a guy 450 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:25,480 through the wisdom of God, they say in this time, this day and 451 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,080 age, and if you do the calculations, if you think of 452 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,840 the value of the land, the natural resources, its strategic 453 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:37,120 position and the Army in that time, it's like he's essentially 454 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:42,040 bought America, the US of a lock, stock and barrel for 455 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:47,040 Pharaoh at 30 years old. Why? 456 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:52,080 Because he had an understanding that if anyone lacks wisdom, let 457 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:56,600 him ask God, who gives generously to all without 458 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,960 finding fault, and it will be given to you. 459 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,680 And I know what you're saying. It's like, yeah, but that was 460 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,840 the Bible. And it was easier in those days. 461 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,320 And didn't men wear dresses? And you know what I mean? 462 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,680 Like everyone was wearing Crocs and it was like, it was back in 463 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:14,800 the day before they had an IQ. It's different for me. 464 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:19,520 I mean, you've got to understand global markets and dividends. 465 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,400 And OK, I'll see your cynicism and I'll raise you some faith. 466 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,080 Have you heard of the president of El Salvador? 467 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:35,440 His name is Naib Bukele, he is the first El Salvadorian 468 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:40,760 president in two or three generations who has had a second 469 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:45,320 term as president. And the reason for this is 470 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,040 because El Salvador is such a terrible country to run. 471 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:53,520 It is not only rather scarce when it comes to natural 472 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:58,760 resources and this huge, dense population, but it is the most 473 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,600 dangerous country in the world, or at least it was when he took 474 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,120 over the most dangerous country in the world. 475 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,960 He's now being president for five years of El Salvador. 476 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:15,760 The crime rates, the murder rate is so high that you've got mafia 477 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:20,920 running the underbelly. You got hits happening almost 478 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:26,280 every day, gangs, St. corners, drugs, crimes, you name it, it 479 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:30,240 is It is safer in Iran or Iraq than in El Salvador. 480 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,720 And in three years, it became the safest country in the 481 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:39,640 Western Hemisphere, safer than America and all their picket 482 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,680 fences, safer than Canada in three years. 483 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,120 And so he's just been re inaugurated starting of his 484 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:48,200 second term, I think it was this year, beginning of this year. 485 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,480 And so the world wants to know like, what is your secret sauce? 486 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,120 I'm a super keen to know, you know, can we send our president? 487 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,760 What is your secret sauce? And so there's one high profile 488 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:04,120 journalist that sits at and and has an interview with him and he 489 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:05,920 also a small talk. But then he goes, he's like, 490 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,680 what, how is it that you did this? 491 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,840 And he says, well, we've got sort of the party line and then 492 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,280 we got the real line. Is it not that the party line is 493 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,480 a lie? Is it, you know, he says 494 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,280 essentially what we did was we gathered Intel on, on what was 495 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,240 happening and we figured out where some of the kingpins were. 496 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,720 And then we trained up our police force and, and weaponry 497 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,160 and hostage negotiation. We doubled or tripled our army 498 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,320 and they came and they backed up. 499 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:37,840 And then we had the six week period in six weeks, they turned 500 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:43,400 the country upside down. And he said that's the official 501 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:44,880 line. You know, this is what you can 502 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,120 do, he said. And then the guys and the real 503 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,960 line, the real truth, he said it was a miracle. 504 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,960 It's like, what do you mean? So no, we prayed and he goes 505 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,400 like, really, you prayed? And then the president said, 506 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,480 well, what would you suggest we do? 507 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:06,800 No, no, no, pray, pray's good. Yeah, he said. 508 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:11,040 Because in in your address now as he's been re inaugurated, he 509 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,120 said now they've they've settled, there's now a peaceful 510 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,520 country. Now they want to look at the 511 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,320 economic situation. And he said in his address, they 512 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,400 got a three-point plan, plan #1 is seek God's wisdom. 513 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,680 So this journalist is saying, is that what you mean by seeking 514 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,680 God's wisdom, praying? He said, yeah, So what happened 515 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:31,320 now in this last three years? He said, well, they started now 516 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,200 with a six week period. The gangs were on the run. 517 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:38,440 They'd managed to capture, and they were sentencing some key 518 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,200 mafia kingpins. And then they turned. 519 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,440 They suddenly realize, no, no, no, no, no, you're not going to 520 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,480 get away with this. And the gang members and the 521 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,400 Mafia basically turned and became, it was like guerrilla 522 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,640 warfare. And he said they suddenly 523 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:58,400 realized this is impossible. It looked wonderful on paper, 524 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,680 but actually it's impossible. And he gives details, he says 525 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:06,240 because, say, in the city with 6 million people, there are only 526 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:10,640 70,000 gang members, but these guys can shoot anyone. 527 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,120 They can shoot their grandmother. 528 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,840 And it's a statistic for the Mafia. 529 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,960 So where they have to, with specificity, track down these 530 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,920 criminals, and they realize it was impossible. 531 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:25,840 And he said often 3-4 AM, they're in the situation room, 532 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,960 and they start praying. We need your wisdom. 533 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:34,080 And so the journalist says, you know, everyone, you know, would 534 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:35,960 everyone be comfortable with pray? 535 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,080 You know, whatever. He said, no, no. 536 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:44,920 All our military cabinets are believers said we were on our 537 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:49,240 knees most of the time. And what God did was you got the 538 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,680 situation breaking out here. Do we give it our undivided 539 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,800 attention? Well, we, it looks like this 540 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,120 guy's in this house. What do we do? 541 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,280 And God will speak. And they'd do it and they'd find 542 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,480 it and they'd find success so that in six weeks time they turn 543 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:06,840 this place upside down, going from the most dangerous nation 544 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,720 in the world to one of the safest in three years. 545 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,080 And so then he says, listen, we're going to rap with this. 546 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:18,080 This is the journalist and this is very political. 547 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,520 I don't know if you clip this out of the sermon and get me in 548 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,160 trouble is very prickly or these are his words. 549 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:28,360 He says, OK, let me understand. By turning the country around 550 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,840 with no help from other nations, what you have proven is that 551 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:36,680 it's possible to fix any nation because the Bible says is able 552 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,240 to do exceedingly, abundantly above what we could also 553 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,720 imagine, right? Able to fix any nation even with 554 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:46,280 no finances because it was a very poor nation, no outside 555 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:50,280 help at all. And the guy says, yes, that's 556 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,880 what we've proven. Doesn't matter what condition 557 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,680 your country is in, it can be fixed. 558 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,120 And then this guy thinking of the nation he's from, says the 559 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,640 following. He says, therefore, my 560 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:06,720 conclusion is that all crime and corruption and dereliction of 561 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:10,840 duty must be a voluntary decision that my government is 562 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:15,240 making about our citizens. This is, yes, that would be 563 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,000 true. Prickly, right? 564 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,920 Very political, right. Now, I know what you're 565 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,880 thinking. You're thinking of Cyril 566 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,120 Ramaphosa. I'm not. 567 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:33,360 I'm not making a political statement, I'm making a prayer 568 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:38,720 statement by turning that country around with no help from 569 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,720 other nations. What he has proven is that it 570 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:45,080 doesn't matter what you are facing, God can redeem it. 571 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:54,440 All he requires is that we ask. Andrew Murray says God always 572 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,680 works according to the counsel of his will. 573 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:03,560 The more that counsel of His will is sought and found and 574 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:09,880 honored and obeyed, the more surely and mightily will God do 575 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:17,640 His work for us and through us. We have just to ask James one, 576 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:23,320 verse 5. If any of you lacks wisdom, ask 577 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:28,520 God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it 578 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:32,920 will be given to you. Let's be a people constantly 579 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:38,120 give God no rest, constantly on our knees asking thank you.