1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,880 Welcome to the River City Church podcast and a message by our 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,960 lead pastor, Jason Powers. Our prayer is that this message 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:12,240 would inspire and encourage you, build your faith and point you 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:14,840 to the life changing love of Jesus. 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,640 May you enjoy the goodness of God as you follow him today. 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,320 Amen. It is so good to be here this 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:22,400 morning at church. Family. 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,680 My name is Andrew. I'm the youth pastor here, so I 9 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,960 typically hang out with a lot of people sitting in that section. 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,040 I know in this we have a lot of students here in the second 11 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:32,759 service. I'm so glad to be here. 12 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:35,720 I'm the youth pastor here. I've been here since December, 13 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,960 so about seven months or so. I'm super excited to be here and 14 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,560 I'm looking forward to all that guy's going to do here. 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,160 But before we do that, I want to I want to go and and just 16 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,720 remember to to say our confession. 17 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,400 I'd like to stop and and make that confession because what our 18 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,840 confession does as a church is it slows us down right And what 19 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,040 does this this morning could have been crazy for you. 20 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,080 A lot of stuff going on. So it recenters. 21 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:04,040 Excuse me, your life in your mind around God before we hear 22 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,880 from him and and I know that in every single one of these seats 23 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,160 right here is a story. Some of you are feeling that the 24 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,400 badly broken part of our confession. 25 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,560 You are man, you've had a hard week. 26 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,360 It's been exhausting you. You don't know what's going on 27 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,200 you you've barely made it through the door this morning. 28 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:23,520 Everyone. I'm glad I'm so glad you're 29 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,920 here. You know, some of you maybe 30 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,280 you're you're hanging by a third. 31 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,000 You're not sure if God really is in control. 32 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:34,480 You don't know what's going on. Know that God is here and he 33 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,840 sees you others of you. You guys are here on top of the 34 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,200 world, man, God has been so good to you this week and you 35 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,640 couldn't wait to run into the door and tell everyone all that 36 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,520 God is doing. You're feeling that deeply loved 37 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,800 part of our confession and some of us are just right in the 38 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,400 middle. We've had some good parts, we've 39 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,920 had some bad parts this week, but our confession is for all. 40 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,120 Some confession, it rings true, is that we are badly broken and 41 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,320 we are deeply loved. Man, what a great reminder as we 42 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,479 enter into the Word of God this morning. 43 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:13,440 God sees you where you are and he loves you in the midst of 44 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,960 whatever you're in. Like I said, my name is Andrew. 45 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,160 I'm the youth pastor here. I'm the new guy, been here seven 46 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,160 months. So it's been an amazing 47 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,960 experience, man, It's it, God has done so much just in the 48 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,600 short time that that we've been here. 49 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,360 Many students there. We're going to talk about this 50 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,120 later, but man, they are, they're amazing. 51 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,760 So moved here from Houston, so just outside of Houston. 52 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,160 I served as youth pastor, youth pastor there, excuse me, for 53 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,600 about 7 years or so. I'm a huge fan of all like 54 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,880 Houston sports. I actually think that's one of 55 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,960 the reasons why Pastor Jason hired me because he knew like, 56 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,840 hey, I got to have an Astros fan Rangers to anything like dude, 57 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,680 like you're going to have to go down the road, OK. 58 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,240 But thankfully I'm a huge fan of all Houston sports. 59 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,960 So we, we get along really well. It's nice we can just sit and 60 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,360 talk about baseball and the Rockets and Kevin Durant, things 61 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,280 like that. Good things with the Houston 62 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,400 sports. So, yeah, I'm married. 63 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,840 I've been married for about a year and a half, I think a year 64 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:19,000 and seven months. I was waiting for that. 65 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,120 Yeah, exactly. Well, I was actually in the room 66 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,240 this service, too. So Joy, no. 67 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,920 So we, we've been married about a year and a half now. 68 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,400 It's been amazing. We we got married and then moved 69 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,040 here. So it's, you know, it's been a 70 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,520 crazy first couple of years of marriage, but I have a picture 71 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,600 of my wife and my dog. That's Luna. 72 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,160 She's the greatest dog in the world. 73 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,040 We got her when we got here, just just in case you didn't see 74 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,080 enough, I have another picture of, of Luna actually. 75 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:50,120 So yeah, she is just, her tongue is just perpetually like that. 76 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,440 It's too big for her mouth. So like, don't make, if you ever 77 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,880 see her, don't make fun of her. She's kind of self-conscious 78 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,960 about it. But yeah, she is the greatest 79 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:01,400 dog ever. Thank you for asking. 80 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,960 So it's been amazing. It's it's really been an awesome 81 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,080 time just being here in New Braunfels, being loved by this 82 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:10,360 church. It's been great. 83 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:15,360 I've loved every minute of it. You know, I don't have kids yet, 84 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,040 but there are sometimes where I, I often find myself thinking 85 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,160 about just like what my legacies and what are we going to leave 86 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,920 to my kids in the future? You know, I don't know, some of 87 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,640 you guys are on different, you know, points in that road and 88 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,760 doesn't necessarily have to be kids, but just like what, what 89 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,920 am I going to leave to the the next generation that comes 90 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,720 behind me? Like like what is my legacy? 91 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,240 And that's we're going to get into that a little bit today, 92 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,920 but I'm going to be honest, I understand and I recognize that 93 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,080 this topic of like death and and legacy and what we're going to 94 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,200 leave behind, that's not exactly what we're talking about around 95 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,480 the dinner table every night. Like I get it could be a bit 96 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,440 uncomfortable. It can be a bit challenging. 97 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,880 It can be a bit just weird to talk about because we don't like 98 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,800 to think about what happens, what's going to happen here when 99 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,480 we're gone. That's not a, a topic that we 100 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,840 like to approach. And I understand that and, and, 101 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:06,520 and I see you in that because I'm the same way. 102 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,760 I, I don't like talking about it like I, I just want to assume 103 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,120 that I'm just going to be here forever and it's going to be 104 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,880 great. But we have to understand the 105 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,240 reality the same way that that David did. 106 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:19,720 OK, we are wrapping up our series on David. 107 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,920 But before we, before we get into that, I don't know if 108 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:27,560 you're like me, but I have those thoughts of, of legacy and, and 109 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,520 what I'm going to leave behind and, and all those things, they 110 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,400 often surface in just some quiet, reflective moments. 111 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,320 Obviously those aren't screaming at you because we don't like to 112 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:37,720 talk about them. We like to think about them, 113 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:40,120 right? Maybe we, we find ourselves 114 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,320 wondering like I do, like, how are people going to Remember Me? 115 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:46,440 Am I truly doing enough to set my children up for future 116 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:47,240 success? Right. 117 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,960 And sometimes it like, again, for me, my mind even drifts to 118 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,880 the, the thought of like, is anything I'm doing really going 119 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,440 to make a difference in the world? 120 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,400 Like it is it going to make a difference when I'm gone? 121 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,440 Like, is it going to matter? Some of us are uncomfortable 122 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,400 right now and I get it because we don't like to think about 123 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,360 that stuff makes us uncomfortable because we are 124 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:11,400 very, we're a very like closed tunnel vision kind of people. 125 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,920 We just like to think about what's going on right now, the, 126 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:20,280 the tangible things around us. But ultimately, I think I can 127 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:23,440 say deep down, we all care about whether or not our lives were 128 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,120 going to leave an impact. You know, for some it's, it's 129 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,480 the impact on our children, our close friends, our family, 130 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,280 things like that. For others, it's, it's making a 131 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:33,600 difference on a global scale. But I would say either way, 132 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,920 there's this just innate desire within us to leave our mark. 133 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,880 And that desire is powerful. We want to matter, we want to 134 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,960 make a difference. We want to change the world for 135 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:49,000 the future, whether it be for our family or for the world as a 136 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,040 whole. The issue is, though, in this 137 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,640 pursuit, we often misorder our priorities. 138 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,600 We get, we get focused on just this very small, just part of of 139 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,320 the the eternal story and it's our part of the eternal story. 140 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,080 We get so focused here. We get more concerned with our 141 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,440 impact on this fleeting world than than we do with the impact 142 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:16,360 that God can make through us. Like I said, we're concluding 143 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,160 the series on David. We've, we've looked at his life, 144 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,200 we've looked at the, the good things he's done. 145 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,560 We looked at some of the bad things that he he's done and the 146 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,080 way he responded and, and how through it all, he was still a 147 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:30,920 man after God's own hearts. But as we conclude our series on 148 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,240 David, I was tasked with with wrapping this up. 149 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,720 What I wanted to do is I wanted to examine the idea of how he 150 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:42,280 grappled with legacy and his legacy and, and more 151 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:46,720 specifically how he prepared the next generation of Israel. 152 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:47,840 Excuse me. So if you, if you have your 153 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,760 Bibles, it took me the book of first Chronicles chapter 22. 154 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,600 If you turned for for Pastor Brian's Bible reading, it's just 155 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,640 a couple pages before that First Chronicles 22. 156 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,600 But before we start reading, I'm going to give you all some time 157 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,440 to get there or scroll there or whatever it is. 158 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,280 I want to set the scene for us, David had learned, right? 159 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,320 As Chris Canton shared a few weeks ago, we talked about David 160 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,600 not being able to build the temple, and he learned that he 161 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,000 wouldn't be the one to build the temple of God. 162 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,240 He wanted to desperately. He wanted to be the one who's 163 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,400 going to build a temple, but he wasn't going to do it. 164 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,960 Instead, that task was going to fall to his son Solomon, right? 165 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,120 Immediately after receiving this news, I'm sure there's a lot of 166 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:31,800 emotions. This was David's desire. 167 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,799 He wanted to build a temple to honor God. 168 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,679 And then God says, dude, sorry, it's not going to be you. 169 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,760 If I'm David, I'm like, so then what's the point of my life if 170 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,520 I'm not going to get to do what I want to do with what I believe 171 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,000 I should do? Then then what's the what am I 172 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:52,000 going to do? How am I going to do this swirl 173 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,680 of emotions going on with David? And and we see that David, 174 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:01,840 instead of just giving up, he provides us with this example of 175 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,160 what building a true legacy looks like. 176 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:10,360 What unfolds in in these verses and in First Chronicles isn't 177 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,880 David just ensuring that Solomon has a comfortable kingship. 178 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,960 He doesn't have just like a, a a peaceful time in his life. 179 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,320 That's not what Solomon does. It was not what David does. 180 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,360 Excuse me, what David's does. What David does is this. 181 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:32,760 He goes to work diligently preparing the next generation of 182 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,920 Israelites to undertake the task that God placed on his heart. 183 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,760 So we're going to read in First Chronicles 22 verses 2 through 184 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:44,080 19. It's a little bit of scripture. 185 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,680 I want you guys to have the full picture of what's going on here, 186 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,200 says this. So David gave orders to call 187 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,040 together the foreigners living in Israel, and he assigned them 188 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,240 the task of preparing finished stone for building the temple of 189 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,720 God. David provided large amounts of 190 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,440 iron for the nails that would be needed for the doors in the 191 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,880 gates, and for the clamps, and he gave more bronze than could 192 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,400 be weighed. He also provided innumerable 193 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,680 cedar logs for the men of Tyre and seden had brought vast 194 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:14,440 amounts of cedar to David. David said, My son Solomon is 195 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,840 still young and inexperienced, and since the temple to be built 196 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,000 for the Lord must be magnificent, must be a 197 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,640 magnificent structure, famous and glorious throughout the 198 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,160 world, I will begin making preparations for it now. 199 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,640 So David collected vast amounts of building materials before his 200 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,760 death. The David sent for his son 201 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,120 Solomon and instructed him to build a temple for the Lord, the 202 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,320 God of Israel. My son, I wanted to build a 203 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,600 temple to honor the name of the Lord, my God. 204 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,720 David told him. But the Lord said to me, you 205 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,960 have killed many men in the battles you have fought. 206 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,960 And since you have shed so much blood in my sight, you will not 207 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,480 be the one to build the temple to honor my name, but you will 208 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,160 have a son who will be a man of peace. 209 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,240 I will give him peace with his enemies and all the surrounding 210 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,360 lands. His name will be Solomon and I 211 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,080 will give peace and quiet to Israel during his reign. 212 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,680 He is the one who will build a temple to honor my name. 213 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:11,240 He will be my son and I will be his father, and I will secure 214 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,240 the throne of his Kingdom over Israel forever. 215 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:19,120 Now my son, may the Lord be with you and give you success as you 216 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,120 follow his directions and building the temple of the Lord 217 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,640 your God. And may the Lord give you wisdom 218 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,360 and understanding that you may obey the law of the Lord. 219 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,640 Your God is your rule over Israel, for you will be 220 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:35,120 successful if you carefully obey the decrees and regulations that 221 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,280 the Lord gave to Israel through Moses. 222 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:41,360 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or lose heart. 223 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:43,960 I've worked hard to provide materials for building the 224 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,360 temple of the Lord. Nearly 4000 tons of gold, 40,000 225 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,200 tons of silver, and so much iron and bronze that it cannot be 226 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,800 weighed. I've also gathered timber and 227 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,440 stone for the walls, though you may need to add more. 228 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,040 You have a large number of skilled stonemasons and 229 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,000 carpenters and Craftsman of every kind. 230 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,840 You have expert Goldsmiths and silversmiths and workers of 231 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,400 bronze and iron. Now begin the work, and may the 232 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,720 Lord be with you. And then David ordered all the 233 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,200 leaders of Israel to assist Solomon in this project. 234 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,240 The Lord your God is with you, He declared. 235 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,640 He has given you peace with the surrounding nations. 236 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,880 He has handed them over to me and they are now subject to the 237 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,160 Lord and His people. Now seek the Lord your God with 238 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,160 all of your heart and soul. Build the sanctuary of the Lord 239 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,000 God so that you can bring the Ark of the Lords Covenant and 240 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,960 the holy vessels of God into the temple built to honor the Lords 241 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:33,520 name. Pray with me this morning. 242 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,480 Dear God, we love you. We thank you for this word that 243 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,480 you've given us the the scriptures that we can God, we 244 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,520 can be guided and LED in wisdom and we can walk in faith knowing 245 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,560 that you have spoken to us. God, I pray that you would speak 246 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:47,640 to us this morning and speak to our hearts. 247 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,280 That'll be your words that are softening our hearts and and 248 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,080 urging us on in a, in a new direction towards you. 249 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,720 God, we love you so much and we give you this time. 250 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:58,560 Pray all these things in your son's name, Amen. 251 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,200 I mean, so a lot of a lot of scripture, but I wanted you guys 252 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,280 to get the full picture of what was going on here. 253 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,400 And, and in these verses there, there are three actions that 254 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,440 David takes for Solomon and, and ultimately for the next 255 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,080 generation of Israel of God's people. 256 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:17,480 And, and what that did for us is that reveals a legacy, what a 257 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,160 truly honoring God looks like, right? 258 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:21,480 A legacy that truly honoring God. 259 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,480 This is what it looks like. This is the very first thing 260 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,800 that David David does. You see it in verses 2 through 5 261 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,560 is that David prepares the way for Solomon, right? 262 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:32,800 When David heard the news that he wasn't going to be the one to 263 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,240 build the temple, he wasn't just like, all right, well, Solomon, 264 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,160 get to it. I guess I'm going to let you do 265 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,320 it and I'm just going to go sit and mope in the corner. 266 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,880 Like, I mean, he could have. This was his dream that he 267 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,760 believed God had given him to build and and he was just told 268 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:50,160 no, no, what he did is David prepares the way for Solomon. 269 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,280 He gets to work, right? He he begins to gather the 270 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,520 workers in the quantities of materials and, and everything. 271 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,280 It was so much that you couldn't even you didn't even know how 272 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,560 much you you had right. David made it his personal 273 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:07,240 mission to ensure that Solomon would have everything that he 274 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,760 needed. Solomon face this enormous task 275 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:14,400 this this building project of of a temple on an unprecedented 276 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:15,720 scale. We think this building is nice 277 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:19,360 man like this would be a a shack in comparison to the temple that 278 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,480 that was for the holy and living God. 279 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,200 And he was building this and, and before David's time on earth 280 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:29,280 was done, he wanted to make sure that Solomon had everything he 281 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:34,960 need to allow him to do the work that God had commanded him to 282 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,560 do. Like I said, David didn't just 283 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,760 throw his hands up and assume that Solomon would figure it 284 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,120 out. He didn't just say, well, God 285 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:47,120 told you to do it, so go do it. He understood that he had a 286 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,600 vital role to play in the future of God's people. 287 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:55,040 His part, David's part we're learning now, wasn't to build a 288 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,600 temple. David's job was to ensure that 289 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,880 Solomon was fully equipped for the incredible task of building 290 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,680 the temple. And he did that through 291 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,760 preparing the materials, preparing the land. 292 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,160 He bought the land. We, we read about that David's 293 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,880 jogged and just in with the, the materials and the, the, the, the 294 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,880 land, though there's, there's more to it. 295 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,640 He didn't just need to prepare the land and materials. 296 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,640 He needed to prepare Solomon as well. 297 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,720 That leads us to the next thing that we see in the in the 298 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,120 Scripture that that David does in verses 6 to 13, we see David 299 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:35,800 encouraging Solomon, right? So David encourages Solomon 300 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:41,120 wasn't enough for the land to be prepared, the materials to be 301 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,280 stockpiled, right? Solomon, it says in Scripture, 302 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:46,120 he was a young and inexperienced king. 303 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:50,960 He needed to be firmly reminded and encouraged about his divine 304 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,040 calling, right? Solomon needed to be reminded 305 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:58,320 that he was the chosen one to build the temple, and more 306 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:02,440 importantly, that he would have God with him through every 307 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:06,320 challenge. David here in, in these verses 308 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,720 performs this, this passing of the torch, right? 309 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,360 But it's more than just this transfer of authority from king 310 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:17,720 to son. He actively empowered Solomon, 311 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:19,360 right? He built them. 312 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:20,640 He built them up. Excuse me. 313 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,680 With this unwavering confidence, David wanted Solomon to grasp 314 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:31,120 deep in his spirit that he was fully capable, right of what was 315 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,760 about to happen. And not only was he capable of 316 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:38,280 it, that it was both his sacred privilege and his duty to do 317 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:42,040 those things. Solomon's job was to build the 318 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,640 temple. David's job was to prepare and 319 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,920 encourage Solomon to do those things. 320 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,640 So, so Church, we're going to get to this in a second. 321 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,680 I'm jumping ahead, but I want you to know where I'm going with 322 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,600 this. Your job may not be to do the 323 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:56,200 big thing that God asks you to do. 324 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,880 You have on your heart. What you may be called to do is 325 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:02,760 prepare the next generation to do that. 326 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,800 Your job may not be revival, but it's prepare the next generation 327 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:13,119 for revival. Getting too far ahead, y'all? 328 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:20,440 Sorry, I'm all in it now. David reminded Solomon of God's 329 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:21,839 specific promises. Right? 330 00:17:21,839 --> 00:17:26,400 The promise of success, right? The promise of peace, right? 331 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,200 He reminded Solomon with, with all the things he's like, hey, 332 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,840 I've done this for you. You're going to do great. 333 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,320 You're going to do amazing things, right? 334 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,600 David didn't just encourage Solomon with words, but with the 335 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,520 assurance that he wasn't in this alone. 336 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,200 God's promise was the foundation. 337 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:46,320 And beyond that, David encouraged. 338 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,600 It wasn't just a soft, hey, Attaboy, you're going to do it, 339 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,640 kid. It was he was challenging and he 340 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,320 said, hey, Solomon, you're going to need to be strong and you're 341 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:56,560 going to need to be courageous because things are going to be 342 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,680 difficult. I'm doing the best I can to 343 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,400 prepare you, but it doesn't mean it's going to be easy. 344 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:03,680 You need to be prepared for that. 345 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,600 So be strong, be courageous, find your strength, find your 346 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,840 courage in God, not in you, not in this Kingdom, not in this 347 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:19,440 temple, but in God is that reminder in the challenge, in 348 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,800 those moments, we see David's final action, right? 349 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:28,160 That led to us using his legacy as a template to follow and one 350 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:33,320 that truly glorified God. And last couple of verses in 17 351 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:38,080 through 19, we see that David reminds Solomon of the goal. 352 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,560 He reminds Solomon of the goal with this, this immense, you 353 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,320 know, preparation and, and honestly, like, think about the 354 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,280 pressure that Solomon was under in this moment. 355 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,360 He's a young and inexperienced king. 356 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:54,520 He's never done this before. And his father, who was the 357 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,160 greatest king up until this point Israel had ever had, his 358 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,920 father comes in to say, hey, you know that dream I have to build 359 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,200 the temple. You're going to do that. 360 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,440 Like just, I don't know if you put yourself in Solomon's shoes 361 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,800 right there, knocking my mic off, Sorry. 362 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,040 I'll put yourself in Solomon's shoes right there. 363 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,200 But it's just an idea of like the weight of the world is just 364 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,200 got to be crushing down on his shoulders. 365 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,320 Just that idea of I have to do what my father couldn't. 366 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,960 God has called me to, to just undertake this immense task. 367 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:32,520 And in that, David was going to make sure to ensure that Solomon 368 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:36,800 never loses sight of the point of what he is doing. 369 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:42,880 See this temple, this temple was not for David. 370 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,520 This temple was not for Solomon. This temple was not for Israel. 371 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:55,480 This temple had one purpose, and that purpose was to bring glory 372 00:19:55,640 --> 00:20:01,440 and honor to the one true God. It was going to be vast. 373 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:05,200 It was going to be magnificent. It was going to be just beyond 374 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,680 anything in our comprehension. Not because they wanted to just 375 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:13,080 have a fancy building project. Because David understood and he 376 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:17,760 impressed on this to Solomon, the idea that what we do is not 377 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,560 for us, it's for the glory of God alone. 378 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,320 And David wanted to glorify God. And he did that by passing on 379 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,880 this legacy to his son, that hey, you are not doing this for 380 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,360 you, you are not doing this for your people, You are not doing 381 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:35,440 this for me, You are doing this for the glory of God. 382 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,920 David instilled in his son this laser focused, single minded 383 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:43,160 vision for the temple and it's a vision that would frame the 384 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:44,960 entire beginning of Solomon's reign. 385 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,120 Like I said, just the pressure building this structure while 386 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,440 he's doing that while also trying to maintain Israel status 387 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,960 is like a like a power in the world. 388 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,640 And and to be honest, it would have been really easy for 389 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:01,720 Solomon to lose focus. We lose focus all the time. 390 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,560 And we're not kings. They're Queens. 391 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,600 They don't have massive building projects at hand, and yet we 392 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,320 lose focus on God all the time. So David wanted to make sure 393 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,800 that Solomon knew what the point was. 394 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,800 David, in his wisdom, he set this tone. 395 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,880 He reminded Solomon that the only goal was to glorify God. 396 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,400 Nothing else mattered. And we witnessed this in David's 397 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,640 life before this. Like David, he had some really 398 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,640 good things that he did. And as we also know, he had some 399 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,960 really bad things that he did. But above all, what we see in 400 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,760 his life and the legacy that he leaves to Solomon into us too, 401 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:42,320 is this sense that he wanted to do everything he could forgot 402 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,520 nothing else mattered to him. He got in his way. 403 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,640 Sometimes he stumbled, he tripped, he fell hard, he jumped 404 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,840 off cliffs sometimes into sin. But man, he wanted to do 405 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,160 everything he did for the glory of God. 406 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,120 And we see this is is what Pastor Brian read earlier. 407 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:01,400 I wanted to to give you guys that whole prayer, but I'm going 408 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,400 to just take a little bit of it from first Chronicles 29 just to 409 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:08,120 see David's heart laid bare out for all of Israel to hear. 410 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:13,680 He says this says, O Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, may 411 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:18,400 you be praised forever and ever. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, 412 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,080 the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. 413 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,320 Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this 414 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,920 is your Kingdom. We adore you as the one who is 415 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,120 over all things. Church, This was David's prayer. 416 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,720 This was a resounding truth that he wanted Israel to remember, 417 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,920 and this was the eternal truth. He passionately desired Solomon 418 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,840 and the next generation of Israelites to carry forward. 419 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:48,960 That's his legacy. So you'll be asking like, why? 420 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,680 Why is a youth pastor with no kids talking about legacy? 421 00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:55,440 That's question. You know, I, I asked God the 422 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,160 same question whenever he told me, I was like, no kids. 423 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:01,840 I'm not really working with people who are worried too much 424 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,480 about their legacy right now. What's going on here? 425 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:11,040 Well, here, here's why. You know, David left, left us 426 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,880 this example. It's a legacy that honors God 427 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,760 and powerfully equips the next generation for his work. 428 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:32,310 Now church, that's something I'm passionate about preparing and 429 00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:38,070 equipping the next generation because like I said earlier, 430 00:23:38,070 --> 00:23:41,070 church, the revival of tomorrow starts today with us here at 431 00:23:41,270 --> 00:23:45,240 River City Church. It doesn't start with us 432 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,600 bringing revival, but it starts with us preparing this next 433 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:51,360 generation for revival. I'm not going to go into the 434 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:53,800 statistics for anything I could, but there's there's this thing 435 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,080 happening all around the world. You may have heard of it, you 436 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:58,880 may not have. It's it's this, this thing. 437 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,160 It's it's they're calling it the silent revival, which is kind of 438 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,720 crazy, like counter intuitive, but they're calling it a silent 439 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,320 revival. And, and what it is, is we're 440 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:12,440 seeing just this incredible, like statistical jump in the 441 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:18,120 amount of young men going to church across the world, not 442 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:19,480 just here like in other countries. 443 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:23,440 It's I'm talking like 200, three, 100%, just this increase 444 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:31,160 of young men going to church. If you, if you want to know like 445 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:36,240 how your life can be, how you can have a purpose and how your 446 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,920 legacy can matter, maybe you're wrestling with that. 447 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,480 How how can you truly make a difference in the world, man? 448 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:48,680 It starts, it starts with you setting the example for the next 449 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,280 generation. OK, now you understand why the 450 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,960 youth pastors here. OK, You're like, OK, this is 451 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,960 making sense now. But let me, let me be clear, OK? 452 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,720 Beyond me as a youth pastor, just me as as a follower of 453 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:09,360 Jesus, there's nothing that you can do outside of God's call on 454 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:12,440 your life that will leave a lasting impact. 455 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:19,680 Think about this. What good is a substantial trust 456 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:24,120 fund for your child if you never shared the transformative love 457 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:28,720 of Christ with them? Is it truly matter that you 458 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,800 built a comfortable life for your family if they never 459 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,520 learned about Jesus's life, his death, and his resurrection? 460 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:41,440 For the forgiveness of our sins, Church, we fail the next 461 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,960 generation. If we offer them only comfort 462 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:47,520 instead of preparing them for the next generation of work that 463 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,960 God has for them, we fail them. And that's like, I'm not going 464 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:52,480 to not that we are. Listen, I want to, I'm going to 465 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,480 get this out front. Like I'm not saying that River 466 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,280 City Church is doing bad. You guys do an incredible job of 467 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,040 loving the next generation. You guys do an incredible job 468 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,080 of, of building them up. But like, this is not just a 469 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,440 River City church initiative. This is a follower of Jesus 470 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,120 initiative. It's each and every one of us. 471 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:10,880 It is our legacy is to pour into the next generation for the 472 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:16,080 glory of God. And if we're not doing that, we 473 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:17,960 we fail them. Right. 474 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,160 David, he understood this right. He, he ensured that Solomon had 475 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,240 everything that he needed to construct the temple. 476 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,240 He prepared the way for him. He encouraged him, he built him 477 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,720 up. He reminded them of the goal. 478 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,040 That's what this generation that's coming up needs from us. 479 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,040 They need us to prepare them to glorify God to the ends of the 480 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,600 earth, not just to live comfortably here in America. 481 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,960 And I'm not saying that this next generation is missionaries, 482 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:47,760 but man, I'm going to tell you, if you haven't been in a high 483 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,600 school in a few years, it is a mission field. 484 00:26:52,120 --> 00:26:54,240 And these students have it so hard. 485 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,280 They have to grow up at the age of 10, basically with social 486 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,400 media and the expectations placed upon them. 487 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,840 It's hard for them. I see it because I, I'm with 488 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,280 them. I, I hear them, I hear their 489 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:07,480 stories. And some of you that have kids 490 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,840 that are that age, you know, you know how hard it is. 491 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:17,920 This is why they need us. They need a, a person, a people, 492 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,320 a, a generation willing to pour into them so that they can go 493 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,040 and they can move beyond all the stuff that's holding the back. 494 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,240 And they can go and share the love of Christ with their 495 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,120 friends, with their, their, their, their whoever's around 496 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:30,440 them with the to the ends of the earth. 497 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,200 Let me tell you something about the next generation too. 498 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,160 If you don't know, I spend a lot of time with him. 499 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,200 I do stuff like that research or whatever. 500 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,240 I'm a bit of an expert. I hate saying that because it 501 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,600 sounds weird, but I'm an expert on youths. 502 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,280 It's weird. But hey, let me tell you 503 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:46,240 something about them. I've learned. 504 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,320 I just spent, I spent two weeks at Cannes, one week with middle 505 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:50,520 school, one week with high school. 506 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,480 And the one thing is true across both ages here. 507 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,720 And this is even for kids too, for kids that are in our kids 508 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,160 ministry. This is the same this 509 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,200 generation. They're hungry, y'all. 510 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,320 And I don't mean hungry in the sense of they eat you out of 511 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,120 house and home. Like I know a lot of them are 512 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:08,800 that too. Like you guys are like, dude, 513 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,800 just move out so I can afford groceries again, right? 514 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,000 But that's that's not what I mean. 515 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,320 But what I mean is church. They are weary of shallow 516 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,440 religion and empty rituals. They're tired of soft 517 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,560 Christianity that just tells them to behave, do better, be 518 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,920 better. What's the point of that? 519 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:36,760 They long for authentic worship, and they crave the challenge to 520 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,920 grow and live a life that's completely devoted to Christ. 521 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,240 Church. They want this. 522 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,400 You're not going to have to do a lot of work. 523 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,680 They desperately want people to come alongside them and show 524 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,360 them how to live, because the world's going to show them the 525 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:58,920 other way to live. If we don't, they're hungry. 526 00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:02,000 Man, it was so funny at the camps. 527 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:02,880 I say funny. It's not funny. 528 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,400 It's it's cool. We had so much impromptu 529 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,600 worship. Like the high schoolers know the 530 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:09,600 middle schoolers did the same thing. 531 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,640 They just wanted to worship. They wanted to sit and they 532 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,440 wanted to be in the presence of God together. 533 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,720 All we have to do is show up and show them how they're ready. 534 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,000 Crucial question then becomes like, how do we do this? 535 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,000 How do we build a legacy that honors God and equips the next 536 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:39,720 generation? I mean, thankfully we have the 537 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,880 scripture. You know, David's life provides 538 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,720 this powerful, timeless example for us. 539 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,840 But before we even get to the example of David, for each one 540 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,480 of us here in this room, it begins with an authentic 541 00:29:53,480 --> 00:30:00,600 relationship with Jesus Christ. Parents, if you want your kid to 542 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,480 follow Jesus, you have to follow Jesus. 543 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,200 Don't just tell them to do something and you're not going 544 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:07,680 to do it. This generation, they see right 545 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,600 through that. They're not going to listen to 546 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,920 you tell them what to do and watch you live a different way. 547 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,120 And that's, that's a lot of pressure. 548 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:21,160 I get it. But man, that is that's what 549 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:25,880 they need. So reach one of us in the room 550 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,480 what it starts with, and this is for the next generation too. 551 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,080 They need to hear this because they're going to be the ones in 552 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:32,800 a few years preparing the next generation. 553 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:34,400 This is, this works for all of us. 554 00:30:39,770 --> 00:30:43,650 You need to be fully devoted to Christ. 555 00:30:46,850 --> 00:30:52,090 Let me be clear, if I haven't been clear enough yet, nothing 556 00:30:52,090 --> 00:30:55,530 that you pass on to the next generation, no inheritance, no 557 00:30:55,530 --> 00:30:59,690 worldly success, no nothing is going to hold eternal 558 00:30:59,690 --> 00:31:04,880 significance unless you first have made the life altering 559 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,400 decision to surrender your own life to Jesus. 560 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,800 Humbling ourselves before the Saviour and saying I can't do 561 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,360 this, I need you. Because isn't that the example 562 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,960 we want for our next generation? Isn't that the example we want 563 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,960 for our children to to to humbly devote themselves to the 564 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:29,160 Saviour? That starts with us, because 565 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,400 here's the truth, you can't give something away that you don't 566 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:35,280 possess yourself. So if if you're fighting with 567 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,680 your kids, making sure that that you want them to have a 568 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:42,160 relationship with Jesus, like where are you at in your 569 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,520 relationship with Jesus? We put a lot of pressure on the 570 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:49,480 next generation to be so good while we ourselves just we 571 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,400 phoned it in. I grew up in church. 572 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:53,640 It's fine. It's not. 573 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:59,880 Your kids need to see you living out in authentic faith, and that 574 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,480 is where our legacy begins and ends. 575 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,000 So question is, what's this look like in our daily lives? 576 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,880 Well, if you have children, it starts right in your own home. 577 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:16,480 Do they see you constantly and consistently putting God first, 578 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,280 choosing Him above the endless distractions of the world? 579 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,600 When they observe your life, they see someone like David, 580 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,680 someone who's passionately pursuing Christ despite their 581 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:36,520 own sins and shortcomings. Let me take some pressure off. 582 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,440 I feel like we're, we're kind of in it right now. 583 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,720 I'm not saying that you need to be perfect or your kids are 584 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,640 going to go to hell. That's not what I'm saying. 585 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,440 What I'm saying is that this next generation needs to needs 586 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:54,280 to see you as authentically you. That's what they need. 587 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,360 They need to be. They need to see you just being 588 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:04,800 unashamedly sinful and broken and unashamedly loved by God the 589 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,640 Father. They need to see those two 590 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,000 things come together and go. That's what it looks like to 591 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,440 follow Jesus. Your kids don't want you to be 592 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,000 perfect. They want you to be authentic. 593 00:33:21,610 --> 00:33:26,130 Are you preparing your children? Are you encouraging them? 594 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,400 Are you pointing them to Christ on a daily basis? 595 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,720 Because that's the legacy that truly matters. 596 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,280 Not much money, none of that stuff. 597 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,360 It's important. Again, I'm not saying those 598 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:38,280 things are bad. Don't hear me. 599 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,760 Don't be like, you know, the pastor said that we don't need 600 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,200 to give them money. So we're going to take their 601 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,480 college and we're going to go and we're going to go on a 602 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,600 vacation for, you know, six weeks. 603 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,200 They don't need that. Like, no, they do. 604 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,560 Please, like make sure that they can make it through life, but 605 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,080 ultimately make sure that they can make it to eternity as well. 606 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:59,880 That's the goal. And then there's another group 607 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,160 in there. Maybe you don't have children. 608 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,440 You know, my wife and I, we don't have kids yet. 609 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,480 And so the question then becomes, where do you step in? 610 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,000 Or maybe maybe your kids are grown and gone and, and like 611 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,360 you've done the, the, the faithful work of pouring into 612 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,000 them and they're going and they're honouring God and 613 00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:14,159 wherever they are. And, and 1st off, like they're 614 00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:16,120 always going to be your kids. They need your example. 615 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:21,440 They love you, they see you. But then beyond that, and where 616 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,320 are the opportunities for you to invest in preparing, 617 00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:27,480 encouraging, and in pointing the next generation to Christ? 618 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:32,360 And, and this is not like a, like an advertisement for youth 619 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,120 in kids ministry. Come help. 620 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,880 Like, yes, I would love for you to come and help on Monday 621 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,199 nights. It's amazing #1 because it's a 622 00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:42,520 lot of fun #2 because church these like I said, these kids 623 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,719 are hungry. They're showing up like we have, 624 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:49,000 we have a sanctuary full of students who want to be here and 625 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,360 who wants to hear the word of God and want to be changed by it 626 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,520 and growing community, right? This is, again, this is not an 627 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:59,880 advertisement. This is a, a, a pointing to what 628 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,960 the, the goal is, what the point of all of this life is. 629 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,360 David understood that his life as he as he followed God 630 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,720 throughout the life, the, the, the legacy was to make sure that 631 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:15,120 Israel could glorify God, make sure that Solomon was ready to 632 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:19,920 do the work to glorify God. So maybe like I said, you don't 633 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,960 have children where the opportunities and all that. 634 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,120 And well, let me tell you like my own story. 635 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:29,920 It is filled with just this impact of of older men and women 636 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,880 who they just showed me the way of Christ. 637 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:37,320 There is a guy I remember specifically, he was an 638 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,320 electrician by trade. He worked in the plants. 639 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,840 We live by a bunch of refineries in Houston on the on the east 640 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,520 side. He was an electrician by trade. 641 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,640 And there was one time I was at the church, I was actually 642 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,560 working at this point. So I was a little older. 643 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,800 He was an older guy and he was there doing some work. 644 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,160 He was always working around the church. 645 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,320 He was always, he wasn't very like, he wasn't like a small 646 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,360 group leader or anything, but he was always at the church just 647 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:05,280 working and and making things right at our church building. 648 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,200 He's an amazing man. He is an amazing man. 649 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:11,440 And one day he, he came to my office and he was like, Hey, I'm 650 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,880 doing some electrical work. Can you, can you come up on the 651 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:17,000 roof with me? I was like, like the roof. 652 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,640 So our church, I, I was worried because our church where I came 653 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,400 from, it had this massively steep roof, you know, like the 654 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,320 classic like church and all that stuff. 655 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,080 And I was like, you don't mean to get up there? 656 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,880 Like I'm already too tall. Like I don't like heights. 657 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:30,720 Like I don't want to, I don't want to fall off of that. 658 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:34,600 But you know, it was a different part and it was even part of the 659 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,320 roof. Thankfully it was flat, so I can 660 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,600 actually get up there and not feel like I'm going to cry. 661 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:44,960 So I got up there and like there was no plan. 662 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,560 It wasn't like a like a hey, here. 663 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,200 I have this Bible said in the reading here, you know, here's 664 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,520 what we need to do. I want I want to tell you this. 665 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,880 It was like a like a hey, hand me this tool. 666 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,440 Hey, you know, do this. Here's how you do this. 667 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:05,160 Here's how you make this connection here kind of safely. 668 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:11,680 So, you know, we survive. So it's OK, you know, and that 669 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,360 that's that's what it looks like church. 670 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,480 It's not just this this thing of like, well, I got to come and 671 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,160 volunteer and lead a small group and do others like those are 672 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:19,360 great. Again, I want you to do that. 673 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,400 But man, just involve somebody younger in your life. 674 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:25,760 Bring some like these kids, OK, You may have to teach them a 675 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,160 little bit of stuff to do, like they're not going to be perfect. 676 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,080 They may mess things up, but man, give them grace. 677 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,560 That's how they grow. That's how we grow, right? 678 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,120 Because ultimately, no matter how old we get, we always want 679 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,960 somebody there with us, just guiding us and leading us and 680 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:44,640 walking us through life. Like without, without that man, 681 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:46,840 without countless. I honestly, I could stand here 682 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,600 for an hour and tell you stories about men and women that just 683 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,680 poured into my life. They weren't my parents, like 684 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,120 they, they, they didn't, you know, they, they didn't have any 685 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:59,640 parental, you know, rights or whatever you want to say over 686 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,800 me. They just showed me the love of 687 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:07,800 Christ and because of that, like, like I wouldn't be who I 688 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:12,400 am without them. They poured so much into me. 689 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,000 And like I said, it wasn't this big specific thing like, man, 690 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,640 just find somebody and pour into them. 691 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:20,000 And if you need help find somebody, talk to me. 692 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:24,160 We got, like I said, we church this, this student ministry is, 693 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,720 is doing amazing things. I'm not saying this for for like 694 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,720 glory. I'm saying this because they 695 00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:32,080 need you. The more students we get in, the 696 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,960 more church members we need to to lead them and guide them and 697 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,840 show them and pour into their lives, because ultimately that's 698 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,560 what the legacy, that's what our legacy is. 699 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:48,400 Experience the tangible love of Christ through these people and, 700 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:52,240 and the the joy is that you get to be that person for somebody 701 00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:55,600 too. And it's a beautiful thing to be 702 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,280 able to pour into the next generation and just love them 703 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:05,520 and church like man, we are specifically called to be those 704 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:08,320 people for this generation that's rising up. 705 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:14,680 And I know it's, it's scary. I know it's, it's so it's 706 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:16,840 amazing because again, I just want to make sure that we 707 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:18,720 understand this point. I'm not saying that you were 708 00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:20,720 doing a bad job church. I'm not trying to stand up here 709 00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:22,000 and be like, you need to do this better. 710 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,480 I can't believe they're just all falling away. 711 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,120 Like no church, you do an amazing job supporting student 712 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,360 ministry here. I could, I could go on for 713 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,640 examples of people here in this room right now that are pouring 714 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:34,080 into the next generations. And it's a beautiful thing to 715 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:35,640 see. I love that our church loves the 716 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:39,480 next generation, but what I, what I want to do is I want to, 717 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,160 I want to narrow the focus from just a church wide thing that we 718 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,840 do well to individually things that we do well as followers of 719 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,520 Jesus. Because preparing the next 720 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,880 generation for the work of God is not the work of the church. 721 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:54,240 It's the work of the Christian. That's what we're called to do. 722 00:39:54,240 --> 00:40:00,640 And let me tell you, it's hard, but it's so rewarding whenever 723 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:04,240 we see just that, that switch flip and that light bulb go on 724 00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:06,000 in in their heads. And like, I get it now. 725 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:11,600 I understand. I love that that we get to walk 726 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,200 them through that. God gave us the the opportunity 727 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:19,560 to do that. So Church, my hope for us is, is 728 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:23,680 that we would commit to leaving a legacy that's eternal, right? 729 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:27,120 A legacy doesn't fade when the money runs out and the fame 730 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:31,040 dissipates or like when the earthly stuff is gone. 731 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:37,360 The goal is a legacy that goes beyond ourselves and that can 732 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,480 only be found through preparing, encouraging, equipping, and 733 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,440 pointing the next generation towards Christ. 734 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:47,320 And that's our goal. We pray this morning. 735 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:50,000 Dear God, thank you so much that you love us. 736 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:57,120 God, thank you that God, thank you that you sent your Son to 737 00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:01,560 die for us. God, thank you that we have the 738 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,400 opportunity to have a relationship with you even 739 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:11,280 though our sins are many. God, I pray that we would be a 740 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,520 church that prepares and equips the next generation. 741 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,120 And beyond that, God, I pray that we would just be a people 742 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,080 that prepares and equips the next generation. 743 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:25,680 God, give us wisdom and how to do that. 744 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:32,880 God, show us how we can better honor you in our everyday life. 745 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:40,960 I just pray that you would just continue instilling us a desire 746 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:47,400 to chase after you. God, we love you so very much. 747 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:51,280 We give you all the glory, all the honor, all the praise, 748 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,120 forever and ever. Amen. 749 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,480 Thank you for joining us today. River City Church is all about 750 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,200 experiencing and expressing God's love in our lives and 751 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,880 community, and we hope that you've been able to experience 752 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,560 that today. As grateful as I am that you've 753 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,840 spent this time listening in this morning, this podcast is no 754 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,840 substitute for full participation in a local church. 755 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,440 I love it when River City people listen to other pastors, but it 756 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,520 is those who show up week after week, faithfully giving their 757 00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:20,360 support and time and resources that make all of this possible. 758 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:24,240 If we can help you get connected to a local church, pray for you, 759 00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,560 or support you in any way, click the link in the description and 760 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,640 let us know. If you'd like to financially 761 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,480 support the ministry of River City, click the give link on our 762 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:35,640 website in the description. Don't forget to subscribe and 763 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:37,360 don't forget to share this with your friends. 764 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,400 Thanks so much for listening. May the Lord bless and keep you 765 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:41,960 in all grace and peace.