1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,380 Thanks for checking out the anchor faith message podcast 2 00:00:05,380 --> 00:00:07,660 from St. Augustine, Florida. Now 3 00:00:07,660 --> 00:00:16,520 enjoy this message. So any Ephesians chapter four 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,700 to verse four Ephesians two, four, let's read this 5 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:23,780 together says this, but God being rich in mercy because 6 00:00:23,780 --> 00:00:26,520 of his great love of which he loved us. Even 7 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,400 when we were dead and our trans, transgression made us 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,420 alive together with Christ by grace. You 9 00:00:32,427 --> 00:00:36,980 have been saved and raised us up with him and seated 10 00:00:36,980 --> 00:00:41,260 us, right? And seated us with him in 11 00:00:41,260 --> 00:00:45,140 heavenly places in Christ Jesus so that in the ages 12 00:00:45,140 --> 00:00:50,360 to come, not just this age only in the ages to come, 13 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,300 he might show the surpassing riches of his 14 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:56,800 grace in kindness towards us. In 15 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,360 Christ Jesus four by grace, you have been saved through 16 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:01,840 faith. It is not of yourself. It 17 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,680 is a gift of God, not as a result of works so that 18 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,080 no one may boast for we are his what workmanship. 19 00:01:09,620 --> 00:01:10,720 All right. Created 20 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:14,460 in Christ for good works. So 21 00:01:14,460 --> 00:01:17,540 again, you couldn't independently do something 22 00:01:17,540 --> 00:01:20,280 and say, God, you have to accept me. I've 23 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,460 done it good enough. You couldn't do that because 24 00:01:23,460 --> 00:01:26,000 your nature was ungodly. We've 25 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,900 all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. 26 00:01:28,060 --> 00:01:32,500 However, once we are born again by 27 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:35,640 grace, but how through faith, faith activates the 28 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,520 grace. Now we have the ability because 29 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,220 our spirit man is alive to God to do works that are 30 00:01:42,220 --> 00:01:46,380 pleasing to him because our nature is like his. Cause 31 00:01:46,380 --> 00:01:51,140 God himself works. I'm going to say that again. 32 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,320 God himself works. Work 33 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,540 is not a bad word. Hallelujah. 34 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,120 Amen. So we should all be working. 35 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,000 Now our working did not make 36 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,540 us right with God. Our working proves we're already 37 00:02:12,540 --> 00:02:19,580 right with God. Hallelujah. Jesus came down on the 38 00:02:19,580 --> 00:02:24,400 earth. Why? To do a work. He 39 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,280 said, I've come to destroy the works of the devil. 40 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,220 Well, the devil has works. Jesus 41 00:02:29,220 --> 00:02:30,860 had works. He said, if you see me doing 42 00:02:30,860 --> 00:02:33,140 something, it's only cause I've heard from the father. 43 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:34,660 He said, if you don't even 44 00:02:34,660 --> 00:02:37,340 believe that I am Jesus and I'm the son of God, 45 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,300 I'm the Messiah. He said, believe the works. 46 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,020 Well, who was doing those works? 47 00:02:42,860 --> 00:02:43,600 He was. And 48 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,560 how was he doing them under grace? Cause 49 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,620 Jesus was full of grace. Hallelujah. 50 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,100 So there's an aspect of grace, not the first grace 51 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:58,820 that we introduced, God introduced us to, which was 52 00:02:58,820 --> 00:03:02,820 a unmerited favor. We did not deserve what Jesus 53 00:03:02,820 --> 00:03:05,840 did based upon our own merit. We 54 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,800 deserve to be judged and cast into the lake of 55 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,780 fire, which is the second death, but God wanting to 56 00:03:11,780 --> 00:03:16,960 fulfill his word, let man have dominion and being our 57 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:21,260 likeness that after Adam fell out of dominion, he 58 00:03:21,260 --> 00:03:25,200 said, well, I'll send another man, my son in the 59 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,580 form of a man to get back what Adam lost. So 60 00:03:27,580 --> 00:03:29,880 man would have the opportunity again. Now, 61 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:31,720 if man don't want to accept it, he didn't have 62 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,260 to, but he won't be able to look at me and say, 63 00:03:34,340 --> 00:03:37,300 well, Adam fell. And then all of a sudden, all 64 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:39,720 of us were made in his image now, the fallen 65 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,900 state. There's no way I could have gotten 66 00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:45,940 right to sitting right. Why am I being, you know, 67 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:47,600 because of his first failure? You're 68 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,800 Jesus like, I'll take care of that. I'm 69 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:51,700 going to fix it, but you'll still have to 70 00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:53,920 confess me. You'll still have to choose that. 71 00:03:54,740 --> 00:03:56,460 So a finished work of Jesus 72 00:03:56,460 --> 00:03:58,560 doesn't even come to your account until you do 73 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,300 something. It's called a work of faith. 74 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,240 And that is you believe that 75 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,100 Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose from the 76 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:08,280 grave, right? That he was, you know, born of 77 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,400 a virgin and he paid the price for our sin and you 78 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,740 proclaim him Lord of your life, which is supreme in 79 00:04:14,740 --> 00:04:16,420 authority. And now he has the right to 80 00:04:16,420 --> 00:04:20,260 tell you what to do. Hallelujah. 81 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:25,020 Amen. So with that being said, we 82 00:04:25,020 --> 00:04:29,400 are created for good works that God prepared beforehand 83 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,060 so that we could walk in them. And 84 00:04:31,060 --> 00:04:34,720 notice verse six said, we're seated with him. Now, 85 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,720 this position of being seated with him means that 86 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,020 we are in his authority. We 87 00:04:40,020 --> 00:04:42,960 have his authority. Are you hearing me? But 88 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,020 again, you cannot function in his authority correctly 89 00:04:46,020 --> 00:04:53,780 if you're not hearing from him. The 90 00:04:53,780 --> 00:04:58,260 authority we have is called delegated power. If 91 00:04:58,260 --> 00:05:01,140 it's delegated, that means it comes from a different 92 00:05:01,140 --> 00:05:07,400 source. You can abuse power. You 93 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:11,300 can walk in authority abusively, but you can't 94 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:14,160 abuse God's power if you're always listening to him on 95 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:18,180 how to appropriate it. In order for you to 96 00:05:18,180 --> 00:05:21,140 appropriate it correctly, you have to do what Jesus 97 00:05:21,140 --> 00:05:25,100 did. Be seated, meaning you got to 98 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:32,740 come at the feet of Jesus and listen in order for 99 00:05:32,740 --> 00:05:37,020 you to then act. Jesus himself, all the miracles 100 00:05:37,020 --> 00:05:40,580 that we read about him, all the miracle signs and 101 00:05:40,580 --> 00:05:44,340 wonders that he did, they are a result of a seated 102 00:05:44,340 --> 00:05:48,200 position, meaning he would go to the mountain or he 103 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,060 would go out by himself and what pray? He 104 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:53,580 would spend time with the Father. In 105 00:05:53,580 --> 00:05:56,300 essence, he would be at his Father's feet, receive 106 00:05:56,300 --> 00:05:59,720 an instruction by the Holy Ghost on things to do. 107 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:01,120 That way, then, when he went 108 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,820 out and got into service and began to serve, he was 109 00:06:04,820 --> 00:06:08,280 only serving what he heard while he was seated. So 110 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:11,280 Jesus knew when it's time to be seated and listen, 111 00:06:11,460 --> 00:06:13,420 I'm going to listen, and then when it's time to 112 00:06:13,420 --> 00:06:15,600 act, I'm going to go act and serve. Now 113 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,480 my serving has power because I've listened first. 114 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:22,820 So Jesus didn't just go around 115 00:06:22,820 --> 00:06:29,180 doing a bunch of work without listening. In 116 00:06:29,180 --> 00:06:32,080 fact, he could have not done the works he did if 117 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,159 he was not connected to the Father. Or 118 00:06:35,159 --> 00:06:38,320 at least he couldn't have done them righteously. I 119 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,920 mean, Jesus is making statements like this, we've 120 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,000 got to do this so that scripture can be fulfilled. 121 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,240 That's because he heard scripture. 122 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,320 That's because it's been revealed 123 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,220 to him. That's because he listened. I 124 00:06:51,220 --> 00:06:54,200 mean, he doesn't overcome the temptation of the devil 125 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,720 if he's not first listening to the Holy Spirit. Who's 126 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:03,020 leading him? So Jesus was a great listener. 127 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:05,440 He would be able to sit and 128 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:11,740 hear before he acted. In essence, he could turn off 129 00:07:11,740 --> 00:07:16,020 when it was necessary, doing for the sake of 130 00:07:16,020 --> 00:07:21,860 listening. And both are necessary. You 131 00:07:21,860 --> 00:07:24,960 can't just listen and not do. James 132 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,100 says, okay, you're going to hear the word and not be 133 00:07:28,100 --> 00:07:30,720 a doer of it? Well, you're deceived. So 134 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,140 if Jesus only would have sat at the feet of the 135 00:07:33,140 --> 00:07:35,500 Father, oh, I miss heaven. Oh, 136 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,100 I miss you Lord, I miss being in your presence. I'm 137 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:41,620 just going to stay on this mountain forever. The 138 00:07:41,620 --> 00:07:44,220 Father been like, well, then why did I send you? 139 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:48,480 You're not just sitting here, son. 140 00:07:49,380 --> 00:07:50,380 You're not just going to sit 141 00:07:50,380 --> 00:07:51,580 here. I mean, could you imagine 142 00:07:51,580 --> 00:07:54,700 Jesus when he gets transfigured? You 143 00:07:54,700 --> 00:07:56,420 know, when Peter, James and John's with him and he's 144 00:07:56,420 --> 00:07:58,340 like, man, he's shining bright. That 145 00:07:58,340 --> 00:08:00,920 is like, isn't this amazing the presence of God? It 146 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,160 is so amazing. I just love being in his 147 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:04,240 presence. I'm right here at his feet. 148 00:08:04,300 --> 00:08:05,420 I'm listening to him. He's 149 00:08:05,420 --> 00:08:11,640 talking to me. I'm not going back down. If 150 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,140 all he wanted to do is listen to his Father, then 151 00:08:14,140 --> 00:08:16,280 his life on earth would have been a deceptive life. 152 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:18,700 James said, if you're here of 153 00:08:18,700 --> 00:08:20,340 the word and not a doer of the word, you live 154 00:08:20,340 --> 00:08:22,640 deceived. So we were never supposed to 155 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:28,980 just sit and listen. Right. We listen so we can do, 156 00:08:29,140 --> 00:08:32,559 James says, be a doer of the word. Not 157 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,360 just a hearer, only. There's 158 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,200 a time to listen or sit at the feet of Jesus, so 159 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,419 to speak, so that we can receive instruction and then 160 00:08:42,419 --> 00:08:44,760 there's a time to go and serve. But 161 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,840 then some get over and start doing without 162 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,320 listening, which means then they're doing stuff that 163 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:54,980 God's not even authorizing. And 164 00:08:54,980 --> 00:08:57,980 then they stay so busy doing, they quit listening. 165 00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:02,040 Then they just become a busy 166 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:08,560 body, but saying they're serving the Lord. And 167 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:10,540 they serve so much that they get aggravated when 168 00:09:10,540 --> 00:09:15,060 other people are not serving. Now 169 00:09:15,060 --> 00:09:18,700 everybody should serve, but everybody should equally 170 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:24,100 listen, which brings us to Luke chapter 10. In 171 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:27,000 Luke chapter 10 starting verse 38, it says, now as 172 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,780 they were traveling along, he entered a village and a 173 00:09:29,780 --> 00:09:34,400 woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She 174 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,380 had a sister called Mary who was seated at the 175 00:09:37,380 --> 00:09:40,500 Lord's feet. Where was she at? Seated 176 00:09:40,500 --> 00:09:43,100 at the Lord's feet. What was she doing? Listening 177 00:09:43,100 --> 00:09:47,120 to his word. But Martha was distracted with 178 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,040 all her preparations. She came up to him that she's 179 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,300 and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has 180 00:09:53,300 --> 00:09:56,660 left me to do all the serving alone? Then 181 00:09:56,660 --> 00:09:59,360 tell her to help me. But the Lord answered and said 182 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,200 to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered 183 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,980 about so many things, but only one thing is necessary 184 00:10:05,980 --> 00:10:09,640 for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not 185 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:14,040 be taken away from her. Okay? 186 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,140 Now I'm gonna break some things down so we don't 187 00:10:17,140 --> 00:10:19,880 get ditched in this message. All 188 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:21,080 right? But let me read out the 189 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,060 passion translation first. Passion 190 00:10:24,060 --> 00:10:26,280 translation says it this way, and as Jesus and his 191 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,320 disciples continued on their journey, they came to a 192 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,780 village where a woman welcomed Jesus into her 193 00:10:30,780 --> 00:10:32,940 home. Her name was Martha and she 194 00:10:32,940 --> 00:10:34,260 had a sister named Mary. Mary 195 00:10:34,260 --> 00:10:38,320 sat down attentively before the master, absorbing every 196 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:42,780 revelation he shared. But Martha became exasperated by 197 00:10:42,780 --> 00:10:45,980 finishing the numerous household chores in 198 00:10:45,980 --> 00:10:47,240 preparation for her guest. So 199 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,660 she interrupted Jesus and said, Lord, don't you think 200 00:10:49,660 --> 00:10:51,900 it's unfair that my sister left me to do all the 201 00:10:51,900 --> 00:10:54,140 work by myself? You should tell her to get up 202 00:10:54,140 --> 00:10:56,700 and help me. The Lord answered, Martha, my 203 00:10:56,700 --> 00:10:59,660 beloved Martha, why are you upset and troubled? Pulled 204 00:10:59,660 --> 00:11:02,040 away by all these many distractions. Are 205 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,440 they really that important? Mary 206 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,660 has discovered the one thing most important by 207 00:11:07,660 --> 00:11:10,000 choosing to sit at my feet. She 208 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,640 is undistracted. I won't take this privilege 209 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,840 from her. Now the first thing I want you 210 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:23,180 to know is that serving is a requirement. Number 211 00:11:23,180 --> 00:11:26,300 one, so we are not gonna take this out of context 212 00:11:26,819 --> 00:11:29,600 and say we should, see that's the problem, Martha 213 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,960 just was serving, she should just be listening. 214 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:33,740 Well, Jesus said I'm the servant. 215 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:39,160 So you can't go there, that's 216 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,260 why we read the whole Bible. Right, 217 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,240 so you can't just go to this one thing and go to 218 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:45,700 your pastor and say, you know what, I'm not gonna 219 00:11:45,700 --> 00:11:47,500 serve anymore. I just need to be in 220 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:49,920 service. Well, you need to be in service. 221 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,160 And if the church does right, 222 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:56,120 which we do, we schedule you, right? Now 223 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,640 ushers may be on every service, but they're sitting 224 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,120 listening. I mean, you're in the 225 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:06,720 service. That's not a hard task. You 226 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,020 wear a different shirt, you got a different, fewer 227 00:12:09,020 --> 00:12:11,060 response, but you get to listen to the message. 228 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:12,740 You're not in the children's, 229 00:12:12,780 --> 00:12:14,780 where you're not in the service. And 230 00:12:14,780 --> 00:12:20,080 you have to pick it up later on, on our podcast 231 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,660 or YouTube, whatever, wherever we're at, which 232 00:12:22,660 --> 00:12:24,640 actually, and we're gonna start filming all of our 233 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,780 services, just let y 'all know. Okay, 234 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:31,640 anyway, with that being said, people, well, I just 235 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,360 need to sit. Well, if you just need to sit, 236 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,500 it's because you have failed somewhere. Now 237 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:40,740 I'm not saying you failed in sin, I'm just saying if 238 00:12:40,740 --> 00:12:44,460 you're ready to get out of serving, this is a problem. 239 00:12:48,820 --> 00:12:51,160 So this is not saying just 240 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:55,960 listen. Because Jesus said, if you wanna 241 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,300 be great, you're gonna have to be the servant of all. 242 00:13:00,820 --> 00:13:03,640 Hallelujah. But what does this mean? 243 00:13:03,980 --> 00:13:05,120 Well, the first thing we wanna 244 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,520 look at is this, and I'm break it down, receiving 245 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:12,160 Jesus does not mean you're hearing Him. Because 246 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:17,180 Martha received Him into her home, but she was not 247 00:13:17,180 --> 00:13:21,400 listening to Him. So here's Jesus present in her 248 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:26,180 house, but she's busy doing something else while he's 249 00:13:26,180 --> 00:13:28,000 talking. The next thing we learn is 250 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:33,720 serving Jesus does not mean you're hearing Him. This 251 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,200 is why a lot of times when people join the 252 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,980 church, they wanna get involved here and here and 253 00:13:38,980 --> 00:13:41,600 here and here and well, this involvement in this 254 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,060 area and this involvement in this area and this 255 00:13:43,060 --> 00:13:44,860 involvement in this area means there's additional 256 00:13:44,860 --> 00:13:47,220 meetings there, and that at the end of the day, we 257 00:13:47,220 --> 00:13:49,920 can get you so involved that you're always out 258 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:54,520 serving that you're in the church, but you're not even 259 00:13:54,520 --> 00:14:00,360 listening to Jesus anymore. And 260 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:04,840 in fact, we monitor, we watch the congregation, if 261 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,340 they only show up when they're scheduled to serve, 262 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,040 and we do not see them in service when they're not 263 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:16,140 scheduled, this is a problem. That 264 00:14:16,140 --> 00:14:19,060 means we're having a conversation because all of 265 00:14:19,060 --> 00:14:22,240 a sudden, why do you not wanna hear from Jesus? 266 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,940 Amen? Because when you're not 267 00:14:30,940 --> 00:14:33,120 scheduled, it's your time to come be at His feet. 268 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,320 Now, I'm not Jesus and I'm not 269 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,200 implying that, so please don't take it that way, 270 00:14:40,340 --> 00:14:42,960 but this is where we communicate the heart of 271 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,920 God, the things of God, the spirit of God moves, 272 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,140 the gifts of the spirit of getting operation, the 273 00:14:47,140 --> 00:14:49,180 ministering of the word, the spirit of God does 274 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:50,500 revealing. So at this point, this is 275 00:14:50,500 --> 00:14:54,360 your time to sit and listen and receive in order 276 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:58,200 to go do and serve. And serving is not just 277 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,060 connected with the church and I'll break that down 278 00:15:00,060 --> 00:15:01,820 here in a minute anyway. Now, 279 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:06,160 I ministered, I spoke this message to our staff 280 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,680 because they have a bigger challenge than you do. And 281 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,380 that is they must not confuse their work with 282 00:15:12,380 --> 00:15:16,700 their worship, because unlike you who does not 283 00:15:16,700 --> 00:15:20,040 work here full time or part time, you don't see 284 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,460 these walls as often as they do, which means then 285 00:15:23,460 --> 00:15:26,860 it can get kinda clouded where I'm always there. And 286 00:15:26,860 --> 00:15:28,860 all of a sudden, the time they wanna take off is 287 00:15:28,860 --> 00:15:31,300 when they should be at His feet. That's 288 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:34,660 good. So they begin to think, well, 289 00:15:34,860 --> 00:15:38,600 I'm employed, I do this because I serve God, so 290 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,400 I'm here all the time, but while you're working, you're 291 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:48,540 not listening. You're focused on your assignment. 292 00:15:50,180 --> 00:15:52,100 And that in and of itself is 293 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:57,260 not the only way that we're serving God, okay? It 294 00:15:57,260 --> 00:16:00,440 can become work so much that we're like, I don't 295 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,060 even wanna be here. And the time you don't wanna 296 00:16:03,060 --> 00:16:05,140 be here is when you're supposed to come and 297 00:16:05,140 --> 00:16:11,440 worship Him, participate in singing praises to Him, and 298 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,360 then receiving the word where you're just not 299 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,020 thinking about what's going on. And 300 00:16:15,020 --> 00:16:17,460 here's the thing, and our staff, what I have to 301 00:16:17,460 --> 00:16:19,840 watch and monitor them is that are they thinking 302 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,520 about what they're supposed to be doing or are they 303 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:26,500 in areas somewhere? While service is going on, cause 304 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:29,960 they're trying to get ahead for the week. I'm 305 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:31,820 not asking you to get ahead of the week. In 306 00:16:31,820 --> 00:16:33,500 fact, your week could be better if you'll come sit 307 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:37,100 at His feet. Cause you're seated to serve. 308 00:16:40,860 --> 00:16:42,680 Because if you just try to serve, 309 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,020 serve, serve, you're no longer connected to the 310 00:16:45,020 --> 00:16:47,420 listening part of the church you're assigned to, 311 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,480 and then the things you're serving will be of your 312 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,980 own opinion and your own direction, and then they'll 313 00:16:52,980 --> 00:16:56,560 become conflict. Because you're taking God in a 314 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,900 direction He's not even going. You're 315 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:02,120 trying to take Him on a path He's not going. It 316 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,280 seems right to you, but it's not what He's saying. 317 00:17:06,819 --> 00:17:08,839 So serving Him, Jesus, doesn't 318 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:11,240 mean that you're hearing Him. And 319 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,079 a lot of people like to go to churches and just 320 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:15,859 get involved, but they don't actually wanna apply 321 00:17:15,859 --> 00:17:20,339 anything they hear. Hallelujah. 322 00:17:21,579 --> 00:17:24,020 That becomes a problem. So you yourself have to 323 00:17:24,020 --> 00:17:28,280 understand, don't confuse work with worship. Because 324 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,140 here's the thing, you have the same challenge. Many, 325 00:17:32,860 --> 00:17:35,440 and if I ask you to show me hands, I'd probably get 326 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,880 quite a few of you, that you've sat in the service 327 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:42,180 and thought about work. Cause 328 00:17:42,180 --> 00:17:44,240 you just came off of something, something was 329 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,400 going on, and you're sitting there, and you're 330 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,180 taking notes about what you need to do. You're 331 00:17:48,180 --> 00:17:50,200 in the service, but you're not listening because you're 332 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,320 thinking about tomorrow, or you're still thinking about 333 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,160 the problem that you had would work. So 334 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:56,720 at the end of the day, you are Martha when you 335 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:06,660 should be married. Because you're distracted. Now 336 00:18:06,660 --> 00:18:09,280 I get it, apparently Martha at the end of the day 337 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,160 wanted her house to be in a certain way since she 338 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,720 received her guest in. I understand that, my wife's 339 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,660 that way. My wife has the standard, she 340 00:18:16,660 --> 00:18:18,640 wants that house to look when people come, and in 341 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:23,220 my mind I'm like, well it's a big deal. Now 342 00:18:23,220 --> 00:18:26,300 on some sides, yes, but on others I'm like, you know, 343 00:18:26,380 --> 00:18:29,320 like when my kids come over, I'm like, you need 344 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:30,820 to blow off the front entrance. I'm 345 00:18:30,820 --> 00:18:34,020 like, why? They're my kids. I 346 00:18:34,020 --> 00:18:36,420 mean, if they get all upset about a little bit 347 00:18:36,420 --> 00:18:39,860 of leaves, I mean, come on, right? But 348 00:18:39,860 --> 00:18:41,500 I'm like, I'll do it in the morning cause I'm not 349 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:45,220 gonna do it tonight. I'll do it before service then. 350 00:18:46,060 --> 00:18:47,320 Can't guarantee something won't 351 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:51,420 blow up on them before. Right? 352 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,480 Now don't get me wrong, I'm not acting like that's 353 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,080 a problem. I mean, I want my stuff to 354 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,740 look good and I'm thankful that my wife has a very 355 00:18:59,740 --> 00:19:01,940 high standard. You know, but in the whole 356 00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:10,620 grand scheme of things. But the kids come over because 357 00:19:10,620 --> 00:19:12,860 you know, we're all eating and I'm like, oh, I forgot 358 00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:16,560 to blow off the front, I better go do that. I 359 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,180 mean, it's a little irrelevant now. For 360 00:19:20,180 --> 00:19:22,520 principles sake, but here's how people get locked in. 361 00:19:22,740 --> 00:19:23,700 I've got to finish, I got to 362 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:25,100 do this, I got to finish this, I got to do this. 363 00:19:25,180 --> 00:19:26,420 And they get so locked in that 364 00:19:26,420 --> 00:19:30,620 they don't, they miss the moment they're in. And 365 00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:32,480 a lot of times we have a hard time turning Martha 366 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:40,840 off when we should be married. Right? 367 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,340 And here's the thing, again, you work somewhere 368 00:19:48,340 --> 00:19:49,920 else. So coming to the building 369 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,320 isn't as often as our employees, you know, so I 370 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,220 have to remind our employees, look, the 371 00:19:55,220 --> 00:19:58,300 building is not a substitute and your work 372 00:19:58,300 --> 00:20:00,640 schedule is not a substitute for you coming 373 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:06,840 to church and serving as a church member. It's 374 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:10,020 not a substitute. And you can't say, well, I do 375 00:20:10,020 --> 00:20:13,740 more than anyone else. You know, you're paid by God 376 00:20:13,740 --> 00:20:16,800 to be a part of the vision this way, but 377 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,200 there's still a whole church side that's totally 378 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,120 different. And if you're confused into 379 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:25,220 two, that's a problem. And then if you want me to 380 00:20:25,220 --> 00:20:27,900 pay you because you're doing like stuff, that's 381 00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:30,080 even a bigger problem. Because 382 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:34,220 now you've reduced me to a paycheck and you've 383 00:20:34,220 --> 00:20:37,140 forgotten your relationship with God. You 384 00:20:37,140 --> 00:20:39,580 know, there's many churches now that have paid 385 00:20:39,580 --> 00:20:45,920 musicians. Honestly, we have paid musicians. 386 00:20:46,980 --> 00:20:49,020 What do I mean by that? Some 387 00:20:49,020 --> 00:20:51,400 of our musicians work for us full time that I pay 388 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:55,140 them to do that, something else, but yet they also 389 00:20:55,140 --> 00:20:58,320 play. And because I pay them to do 390 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,480 something else, if I wanted to use them during the 391 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,740 week or something, I could technically because they're 392 00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:07,040 employed here, but they don't get extra money just 393 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:12,120 to play here. Because at the end of the day, I 394 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:16,920 don't want an entertainer. I 395 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,920 don't want an entertainer. I 396 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,440 don't want to pay for perfection and miss the 397 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:28,060 anointing. At the end of the day. So 398 00:21:28,060 --> 00:21:29,880 there are certain things that's like, well, just 399 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:36,160 show me your heart. Because if we've reduced everything 400 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,060 to the church, and here's another thing that happens. 401 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,000 Well, you know, this is where 402 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,480 you would have a challenge. Well, 403 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,600 you know what? They have staff, they can do 404 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,140 it. That's what they're paid to do. 405 00:21:48,780 --> 00:21:49,980 Well, there's still a church 406 00:21:49,980 --> 00:21:52,380 that's outside of the staff. And 407 00:21:52,380 --> 00:21:55,140 there's things to do beyond that. Because 408 00:21:55,140 --> 00:21:58,180 again, if you reduce the church to the paid staff, 409 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:02,200 then again, you can't come unless you're paid. Well, 410 00:22:02,220 --> 00:22:05,080 then who are you actually serving? Which 411 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,380 brings us back to Martha. Because 412 00:22:07,380 --> 00:22:10,660 Jesus said, you can't serve two masters for your loved 413 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:12,360 one and hate the other. And 414 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,740 you can find yourself coming to church, being in 415 00:22:14,740 --> 00:22:17,260 church, because you know you should be, but you're 416 00:22:17,260 --> 00:22:19,780 not actually listening to Jesus while you're here, 417 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,020 because you're still thinking about what's been 418 00:22:22,020 --> 00:22:24,660 going on at your work. So who are you actually 419 00:22:24,660 --> 00:22:29,380 serving? Because you're not disconnecting and 420 00:22:29,380 --> 00:22:33,220 saying, I'm not even gonna think about it. You 421 00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:34,940 know, for some of you, you should probably go to a 422 00:22:34,940 --> 00:22:37,840 paper Bible, because the electronic one is such a 423 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:43,460 distraction during service. Because 424 00:22:43,460 --> 00:22:46,620 it's keeping you from being a Mary, because you're 425 00:22:46,620 --> 00:22:50,100 checking in on all your social activity, or other 426 00:22:50,100 --> 00:22:54,260 things for that matter, which is a distraction when 427 00:22:54,260 --> 00:22:57,140 you should be a Mary. Mary in the past, she says she 428 00:22:57,140 --> 00:23:03,500 was attentively listening to the revelation. Again, 429 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,600 at the end of the day, we have to be intentional in 430 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,040 these moments. Because again, I'm not here to 431 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,020 waste your time. You shouldn't waste your time. 432 00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:11,080 God's definitely not here to 433 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,000 waste your time. God is to empower you and 434 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,340 release your gift. But in order for you to 435 00:23:15,340 --> 00:23:17,800 release your gift, you have to be willing to sit and 436 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,380 listen, and then know that he's empowering you with 437 00:23:20,380 --> 00:23:23,960 information, or really revelation, of who he is 438 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:27,180 and who you are, so that you can serve better. Amen. 439 00:23:29,810 --> 00:23:32,620 So God's not rebuking Martha because she's a 440 00:23:32,620 --> 00:23:35,180 server. What he's saying to her is that 441 00:23:35,180 --> 00:23:40,160 you've put your serving over listening, and that's 442 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:44,900 what time it is now. Are you hearing me? All 443 00:23:44,900 --> 00:23:51,580 right. So one must learn how to 444 00:23:51,580 --> 00:23:54,580 engage the worship, and forget about all they need 445 00:23:54,580 --> 00:24:00,820 to do for work the next day. You've 446 00:24:00,820 --> 00:24:01,840 got to learn how to do that. 447 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:13,620 If you're always thinking about 448 00:24:13,620 --> 00:24:18,160 work, this is how I know you are. You 449 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,220 get offended at those who come in freely worship. 450 00:24:23,020 --> 00:24:25,500 Because Martha was offended at Mary 451 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:30,020 just sitting there. You've got a lot going on, trial 452 00:24:30,020 --> 00:24:31,720 and tribulation, you're bringing them into church, 453 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,540 and instead of having an ear to hear, you're 454 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:37,000 watching people freely just engage God, and you're not 455 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,720 engaging, so you get offended. Look 456 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,380 at that. Especially if you have people that 457 00:24:44,380 --> 00:24:47,680 are part of your business that attend church too, 458 00:24:47,740 --> 00:24:50,960 because you have influenced them to come and they did. 459 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,780 And then they worship and 460 00:24:52,780 --> 00:24:54,640 you're like, well, they have no idea what it 461 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,440 takes. Guess what? You're 462 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,280 distracted by your work, and you're upset that your 463 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:04,260 employee has become a Mary when you should be a Mary 464 00:25:04,260 --> 00:25:11,500 too. As far as the employees of 465 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:14,620 Anchorage Church, they have no idea. And 466 00:25:14,620 --> 00:25:15,980 then let me go over to the congregation. You 467 00:25:15,980 --> 00:25:19,660 have no idea of things that we deal with, because 468 00:25:19,660 --> 00:25:26,100 you're not supposed to. But at the end of the day, in 469 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:28,840 fact, something just happened tonight before I 470 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,420 came on the platform. And I said, if that's true, 471 00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:34,940 then this is what's gonna happen. But 472 00:25:34,940 --> 00:25:40,180 it didn't stop me from being Mary. Because 473 00:25:40,180 --> 00:25:41,940 at the end of the day, that will be taken care 474 00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:45,660 of. I'm not gonna be concerned 475 00:25:45,660 --> 00:25:48,400 about it. That's take care of itself, I've 476 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,500 called why the head of the church is taking care of 477 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:53,660 it. At the end of the day, he's 478 00:25:53,660 --> 00:25:57,060 awesome. Yeah, so I can engage him. Cause 479 00:25:57,060 --> 00:26:01,300 again, my worship to him can give me insight to 480 00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:03,840 situations that are going on when I need to get 481 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:08,560 them. Because listening is what serves 482 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,140 better. In essence, he's saying, look, 483 00:26:11,220 --> 00:26:13,400 Martha, if you would quit being distracted by your 484 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,780 stuff and come listen to me, then when you go back, 485 00:26:15,860 --> 00:26:19,800 when it's time, then you're gonna be better at, you 486 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,600 gotta have a better attitude. You're 487 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,720 gonna be better equipped. I mean, how could you go 488 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,920 back to work frustrated if you came to church on 489 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:33,740 Sunday? Because if you came to church on 490 00:26:33,740 --> 00:26:36,740 a Sunday and went to work Monday and was mad, but 491 00:26:36,740 --> 00:26:39,260 something that was last week, then you didn't 492 00:26:39,260 --> 00:26:44,520 listen when you came to church. Same 493 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:48,300 in anyway. I mean, if you've got 494 00:26:48,300 --> 00:26:50,700 something going on, you know what, your job now, 495 00:26:51,780 --> 00:26:53,820 we could go, let's get out of jobs. Let's 496 00:26:53,820 --> 00:27:00,780 just go to home life. Distractions 497 00:27:00,780 --> 00:27:03,400 are you allowing things to go through your mind that 498 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,840 you're trying to figure certain things out, how to 499 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,660 take care of certain things when you should just be 500 00:27:08,660 --> 00:27:13,400 listening. And a lot of times we want to 501 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,040 get an answer about what we're in right now in the 502 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,680 Lord's life. That's irrelevant. Because 503 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,020 at the end of the day, he already has the answer. He 504 00:27:24,020 --> 00:27:25,420 already knows what to do. He 505 00:27:25,420 --> 00:27:27,220 already knows when he can release it to you and when 506 00:27:27,220 --> 00:27:29,500 he wants to release it to you. Because 507 00:27:29,500 --> 00:27:32,460 you know, some situations, God has no problem with it 508 00:27:32,460 --> 00:27:37,000 going on because it proves your character. Okay, 509 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,540 no, nobody will apparently hear this now. I 510 00:27:40,540 --> 00:27:44,580 don't know what's happening. Jesus 511 00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:47,680 said you'll have trials and tribulations. He 512 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:51,920 didn't say I will remove the trial immediately. He 513 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,200 never says that. I'm with you in it because you 514 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,880 being in it lets me know that you still trust me. 515 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:00,080 It's not my issue. I 516 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,960 got it. And you just need to stay 517 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,040 solid in it. Because he's a lamp into your 518 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:09,800 feet, a light into your path. He 519 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,140 will walk with you through the valley of the shadow 520 00:28:13,140 --> 00:28:16,000 of. A valley is not one step, 521 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,580 people. Wow, that was the quickest 522 00:28:18,580 --> 00:28:20,820 valley I've ever been. And no, valleys are long. 523 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,620 They're mountain ranges on each 524 00:28:22,620 --> 00:28:24,780 side. It takes time to get through 525 00:28:24,780 --> 00:28:27,600 a valley. But God's with you the whole 526 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,720 time, which means you can walk through a valley. It 527 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,480 seemed like everything's falling apart. But 528 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:35,060 for you, it seemed like it's been awesome. Even 529 00:28:35,060 --> 00:28:37,440 though the environment is there, but because you know 530 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,380 how to listen, sit at his feet, hear what he's 531 00:28:41,380 --> 00:28:51,620 saying, and then serve into the next step. So 532 00:28:51,620 --> 00:28:54,240 during services, we must learn how to turn Martha's 533 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:58,720 off. Must learn how to turn it off. 534 00:29:02,140 --> 00:29:03,680 I'm not gonna say that there 535 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,460 isn't the occasional interruptions. Can 536 00:29:06,460 --> 00:29:08,900 that happen? Sure, I understand that. We're 537 00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:11,240 not looking for, it's perfect. You 538 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,680 never miss out on a moment, that there's never 539 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,680 an emergency or something happened that pulls you, 540 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,940 that can happen, no problem. But 541 00:29:19,940 --> 00:29:23,700 if it's constant, next thing you know, you're more 542 00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:27,540 concerned, well, I, you know, we got this going on 543 00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:29,360 and it's going on so much that you can't even sit 544 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:33,460 and listen anymore. That's when it becomes a problem. 545 00:29:34,620 --> 00:29:35,780 Now as far as the church in 546 00:29:35,780 --> 00:29:39,300 the realm of church, we monitor this. We 547 00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:41,400 look at your serving, we look at what's going on. 548 00:29:41,500 --> 00:29:43,540 We're asking those questions, you 549 00:29:43,540 --> 00:29:46,400 know? And in some aspects, we're even 550 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:51,700 seeing your engagement. Now at the end of the day, I 551 00:29:51,700 --> 00:29:54,080 can't tell your heart other than the Holy Ghost telling 552 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,380 me what's in your heart and how you're responding, 553 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:57,920 you know? Cause the person can shout and 554 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:02,060 scream and be just as disconnected. I 555 00:30:02,060 --> 00:30:04,460 get that, someone can run and be disconnected. I 556 00:30:04,460 --> 00:30:11,800 understand that. However, you know your heart. And 557 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,960 you know if you're fully engaged and you've let 558 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:20,160 everything else about today, tomorrow, next month, not 559 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:25,080 be a problem right now. I'm 560 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:29,800 not sure. Although God's not obligated to 561 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,640 answer your problem right out the gate, although he 562 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:37,420 will answer it. Sometimes he just says, well, how 563 00:30:37,420 --> 00:30:41,120 much are you just attentive to me? Cause 564 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:48,480 again, Jesus said in the realm of serving. The 565 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,940 greatest is the servant of all. Jesus 566 00:30:51,940 --> 00:30:54,000 did that. He laid down his life for 567 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,820 you. Now he's Lord, so who should 568 00:30:56,820 --> 00:30:59,540 be doing the serving? Obviously 569 00:30:59,540 --> 00:31:02,260 us, and it was always been us. And 570 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:04,720 you'll never stop Jesus from serving you cause he's 571 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,620 gonna do that. However, you should be just as 572 00:31:07,620 --> 00:31:10,400 adamant about serving him. And 573 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:17,420 one sway of serving, it's kind of like ironic, is 574 00:31:17,420 --> 00:31:20,320 you listen. You listen. Because 575 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,600 the king's saying, at this point, stop doing, just 576 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:34,080 come and sit here. Now being at his feet, you 577 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:38,400 can't pick what that moment is. What 578 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,280 do I mean by that? Obviously 579 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,700 you can't say, well, I wish this worship, I mean, 580 00:31:42,740 --> 00:31:44,400 I wish the singing would get done so we can get to 581 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,120 the preaching. Well, singing is a foot moment. 582 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,940 You should participate in that. 583 00:31:57,060 --> 00:31:59,300 You should lift your hands. You 584 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:02,180 should sing with your mouth. You 585 00:32:02,180 --> 00:32:05,480 should be engaged. It's your worship to God. And 586 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,900 he's worthy of it. Not, you know, I need him to 587 00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:10,400 say something to me. I wish he'd get to the word. 588 00:32:10,540 --> 00:32:12,220 I wish I, no, you need to 589 00:32:12,220 --> 00:32:15,320 just, cause you could get a word in the midst. Of 590 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,620 you just worshiping him. I'm 591 00:32:17,620 --> 00:32:20,900 just in your presence right now. Corporately 592 00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:22,140 speaking, you understand. Cause 593 00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:23,940 I mean, God goes with us everywhere we go cause he 594 00:32:23,940 --> 00:32:27,680 lives in us, right? Okay, so when one does not turn, 595 00:32:28,639 --> 00:32:31,720 does not know how to turn off Martha, then they will 596 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,500 fail to discern being at the feet of Jesus is 597 00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:39,060 better. I heard a guy a long time 598 00:32:39,060 --> 00:32:42,440 ago, and that's when I first started moving into 599 00:32:42,780 --> 00:32:45,000 the Pentecostal church that was, it was the assembly 600 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,720 God that I went to. And this guy just hated this 601 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,120 story, be honest with you, cause he was just, he was 602 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,940 a serving junkie. He just wanted to serve. And 603 00:32:55,940 --> 00:32:59,900 he was so adamant that, you know, this issue here 604 00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:03,400 in this story makes it look like, you know, God 605 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:04,700 doesn't want people to serve. And 606 00:33:04,700 --> 00:33:06,320 that is not a true statement. God 607 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,520 wants us to serve, but he equally wants us to listen 608 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:13,680 when he says, hey, I'm talking, you need to stop. 609 00:33:17,940 --> 00:33:19,380 The New Testament actually 610 00:33:19,380 --> 00:33:24,340 describes another group that is under the guise of 611 00:33:24,340 --> 00:33:26,500 serving, but he calls it a different term. He 612 00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:30,600 says they're busy bodies. They're 613 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,200 busy bodies. So they're always given the 614 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:34,940 appearance, they're doing something, but they're 615 00:33:34,940 --> 00:33:37,440 actually not doing anything. And 616 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,080 whatever what they're doing is they're avoiding 617 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:42,320 listening. Cause here's the thing about 618 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,740 being at his feet. Jesus is going to talk to you. 619 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:50,120 And he's going to tell you 620 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:55,160 what you need. He's going to tell you what's 621 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,400 best for you. And some of those conversations, 622 00:33:58,879 --> 00:34:07,440 we don't always like to hear. So 623 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,960 sometimes it's easier to be a Martha because it avoids 624 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,100 us from hearing. Cause every time I go to 625 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:15,340 service, it's, you know, have you ever heard 626 00:34:15,340 --> 00:34:16,920 someone, every time I go to service seem like 627 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,100 they're always talking about, well, it's cause you 628 00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:21,760 finally showed up again and we are still pounding on 629 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:27,040 the one thing you're not dealing with. Cause 630 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,040 obviously it's only happening when you're in. 631 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:35,260 So it must be for you. Every 632 00:34:35,260 --> 00:34:36,860 time I go to that church, all they do is talk about 633 00:34:36,860 --> 00:34:39,179 money. Well, it must be about you. You 634 00:34:39,179 --> 00:34:41,659 must have a money problem. And 635 00:34:41,659 --> 00:34:45,560 God always makes me go there because I can give 636 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,360 you plenty of services. We don't even talk about 637 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:54,520 money. Right? Cause it's easy to get 638 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:59,560 busy cause busy will allow you not to listen. Again, 639 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,720 my wife made the statement here during prayer. She 640 00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:03,700 says, you know, when you're talking to your children or 641 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:05,580 you're either giving them instruction or correcting 642 00:35:05,580 --> 00:35:08,880 them, one or the other and you see them in the room, 643 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,900 but they're not intently engaged in you and you 644 00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:15,360 make the statement. Are you listening to me? So 645 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,540 you know they're hearing you, but they're not 646 00:35:18,540 --> 00:35:21,740 attentive to understand what you're saying. Right. 647 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,300 And you understand, we can get in here and get busy 648 00:35:25,300 --> 00:35:29,880 under the guys we're doing something or just out and 649 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,660 about in our own work. We want to go to work. We 650 00:35:31,660 --> 00:35:33,260 want to get there. We want to get there because 651 00:35:33,260 --> 00:35:34,520 why? I really don't want to get 652 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:40,960 here. And a lot of times it is true 653 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:45,120 you're working, but why are you working so much? Is 654 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:53,580 it to avoid hearing? Because 655 00:35:53,580 --> 00:35:59,320 when you become Martha only, it's easy for you to 656 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:05,240 see your accomplishments. It's 657 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:07,980 easy. Martha can say, okay, I've done 658 00:36:07,980 --> 00:36:09,760 this, I've done that, got this done. I 659 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:13,220 mean, she had a list. She goes to Jesus and says, 660 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,400 you should tell Mary to get up and come help me 661 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:20,960 with my list. Cause we can't stop till the 662 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,520 list is done. And the thing about hearing 663 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:30,880 from God is God will mess up your routine. Yes? 664 00:36:32,740 --> 00:36:35,480 He'll mess up your routine because at the end of the 665 00:36:35,488 --> 00:36:37,180 day there's only one routine we should have. 666 00:36:38,020 --> 00:36:41,940 His. When he's Lord, if he's 667 00:36:41,940 --> 00:36:45,860 like, hey, I want you to go do this today. Okay. 668 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:56,160 Well, who you serving? Who are we listening to? So, 669 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,460 you know, for, so a lot of congregation members, the 670 00:36:58,460 --> 00:37:01,660 challenge you have is that you can get so involved in 671 00:37:01,660 --> 00:37:08,580 work, which is serving that capacity that you pull 672 00:37:08,580 --> 00:37:12,720 yourself out of church, serving the body, but then 673 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:17,740 also, but more importantly, you're not listening. Cause 674 00:37:17,740 --> 00:37:20,460 I can tell you right now, having something on the 675 00:37:20,460 --> 00:37:28,460 radio doesn't mean you're listening to it. Cause 676 00:37:28,460 --> 00:37:31,120 I know what you're all doing. I 677 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,100 know what you're all doing when it comes to your 678 00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:37,020 Bible reading. You're for the ones that have the 679 00:37:37,020 --> 00:37:40,760 audio, you're listening to it. Cause 680 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,280 in your Bible reading, you're like, man, I'm, you 681 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:44,020 know what I'm gonna do? I'm 682 00:37:44,020 --> 00:37:48,940 gonna play that. Now, hearing is awesome cause 683 00:37:48,940 --> 00:37:51,180 faith comes by. So there's nothing wrong with 684 00:37:51,180 --> 00:37:58,440 you listening unless you're not listening. It's 685 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:02,920 there, but it became background noise to your 686 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,900 project or whatever you're doing that's keeping you 687 00:38:05,900 --> 00:38:09,240 from stopping and either going through your 688 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:11,400 electronic device or flipping your pages. Right, 689 00:38:11,580 --> 00:38:17,760 right. So for me, if I'm going to 690 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,740 listen to the Bible, number one, I'm gonna put it 691 00:38:21,740 --> 00:38:27,020 right here in my ears. So there is nothing else that 692 00:38:27,020 --> 00:38:28,520 is out there to hear. Number 693 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:33,140 one, number two, then I have to be conscious, and 694 00:38:33,140 --> 00:38:36,840 I am conscious of whether or not I got something 695 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,180 like I'm aware of where I'm at in the guy talking 696 00:38:40,180 --> 00:38:42,720 to me. Now there are some places that 697 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:45,460 are easier for me to be very attentive, driving in 698 00:38:45,460 --> 00:38:48,280 the vehicle is that cause I'm not locked in, but I'm 699 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,220 not so locked into traffic that I can't be locked 700 00:38:50,220 --> 00:38:52,660 into what I'm hearing. We've 701 00:38:52,660 --> 00:38:54,880 kind of conditioned ourselves to hear that way 702 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,960 in one sense. So it's a good place for me 703 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,880 to do it. But to have it at the house 704 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,360 just open where you can hear, man, we could be 705 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:06,460 five chapters in, I'm like, what? Well, 706 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,080 that was a waste of time because I'm gonna have to 707 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:11,600 go back and read it anyway now. Right, 708 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:17,020 because my busyness has kept me from being married. 709 00:39:19,279 --> 00:39:21,540 Married, you know, and I realized 710 00:39:21,540 --> 00:39:25,060 there's a lot of believers out there that genuinely, 711 00:39:26,339 --> 00:39:29,300 they do love God. I'm not questioning someone 712 00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:33,120 loving God in the general sense, okay? I'm 713 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,260 not getting in the biblical sense of loving him, just 714 00:39:35,260 --> 00:39:38,120 in the general sense, you know, they're not there to 715 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,560 not to just be anti -God. I 716 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:41,560 don't want nothing to do with you. I 717 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:45,080 understand that's not their attitude. However, 718 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:48,900 some of the ways they're trying to act like they're 719 00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:51,360 being closer, they're actually not being closer 720 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:55,600 at all because they're not being attentive at his 721 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,460 feet. In essence, they're not being 722 00:39:57,460 --> 00:40:03,700 seated to hear so that it makes a change so that I 723 00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:07,600 can be somewhere else. Are you hearing me? And 724 00:40:07,608 --> 00:40:10,180 I'm gonna tell you, hear from God when you learn 725 00:40:10,180 --> 00:40:13,480 how to sit at his feet, opens up a lot. I'll 726 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,780 give you a case in point tonight. Pastor 727 00:40:16,780 --> 00:40:20,380 Marci, we did our prayer and Pastor Marci's, you 728 00:40:20,380 --> 00:40:25,360 know, praying, giving some discourse and we moved into 729 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:29,240 prayer and then she came back and then she started 730 00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:30,940 talking about the relationship with the 731 00:40:30,940 --> 00:40:34,480 father. And then God downloaded me a 732 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:38,600 bunch of stuff for the marriage conference. I'm 733 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:43,880 like, I had one thought, I'm like, dude, so now I'm 734 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:48,220 on my phone because now I'm just, and it has 735 00:40:48,220 --> 00:40:49,860 nothing to do with prayer. It 736 00:40:49,860 --> 00:40:51,480 has to do with a conference that's coming up 737 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,760 at the end of this month. And 738 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:59,040 I wasn't even talking to him about it. I 739 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,180 didn't ask him about it. It 740 00:41:01,180 --> 00:41:03,180 wasn't part of my prayer walk, Lord, what are we 741 00:41:03,180 --> 00:41:04,760 gonna do with the marriage conference? I'm 742 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,000 not even thinking about the marriage conference other 743 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,840 than telling you what date it is and you need to 744 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:12,600 register, you know, in an announcement tonight. Other 745 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,640 than that, I'm not thinking about it, but because I've 746 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:18,720 learned that I'm in his feet, he has permission to 747 00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:20,280 talk to me about anything. You 748 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:22,100 know what he decided? Hey, I'm gonna give you 749 00:41:22,100 --> 00:41:23,880 something to start chewing on. Cause 750 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,220 he didn't give me an answer. He 751 00:41:26,220 --> 00:41:31,960 just gave me a what? Which means this is gonna require 752 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,960 some more seconds on. I'm like, that's good, I need 753 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:39,340 this. So I'm writing it down. Now 754 00:41:39,340 --> 00:41:41,940 I've got, I'm all locked in to something. I 755 00:41:41,940 --> 00:41:43,400 don't know what anybody else is gonna talk about 756 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,440 at the marriage conference, but I'm locked into a 757 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,220 thought process now that me and the Lord is gonna have 758 00:41:48,220 --> 00:41:51,700 further discourse. And it came through the 759 00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:55,680 simplicity of being in prayer, not thinking about 760 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,640 what I have to do at work tomorrow, what I have to 761 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:03,060 do at my house, what I have to do here, this at 762 00:42:03,060 --> 00:42:08,000 the other, I learned how to turn Martha off. And 763 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:11,840 I'm just married now. Cause you know, even in this 764 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:15,360 moment with you today, I have to learn how to be 765 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,080 married in the midst of Martha, turn it on and 766 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:19,940 off. I'm serving you as a pastor, 767 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,040 this is what I do, but at the same time, I gotta be 768 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:32,280 still sitting at his feet at the same time. When 769 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:35,500 one does not know how to turn off Martha, you'll 770 00:42:35,500 --> 00:42:39,540 fail to discern being at his feet is better. Because 771 00:42:39,540 --> 00:42:41,860 I've come to find that those who genuinely love 772 00:42:41,860 --> 00:42:45,180 church and love to be in church, to hear from the 773 00:42:45,180 --> 00:42:48,480 Lord and to grow every aspect of their life 774 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:52,840 becomes better. I mean, how would it not? 775 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,700 You're talking to God. You're 776 00:42:56,700 --> 00:42:59,700 allowing Him to talk to you. You're 777 00:42:59,700 --> 00:43:03,320 giving Him access. This is not religious training. 778 00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:04,620 I mean, religious exercise 779 00:43:04,620 --> 00:43:07,180 where you're just showed up and you're checking a box. 780 00:43:09,140 --> 00:43:10,900 You're attentive, you're like 781 00:43:10,900 --> 00:43:14,580 intentional. Cause if you cannot attend 782 00:43:14,580 --> 00:43:18,120 service due to work, it's gonna move you to anxiety 783 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,980 about things related to work. Because 784 00:43:20,980 --> 00:43:24,040 she couldn't recognize, I mean, I invited Jesus in. 785 00:43:24,420 --> 00:43:25,100 I mean, it's not like she 786 00:43:25,100 --> 00:43:28,680 doesn't know who Jesus is. And 787 00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:32,880 then he's gonna start revealing stuff. And 788 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:36,220 we're gonna be like, I wish I could listen, but I 789 00:43:36,220 --> 00:43:42,380 got too much to do. And that's why Jesus prompts 790 00:43:42,380 --> 00:43:45,520 the response he does to Martha. Because 791 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:49,220 basically what she did is she prioritized what she 792 00:43:49,220 --> 00:43:53,480 needed to do as more important than what he was 793 00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:58,760 saying, even though she invited him. She's 794 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:02,700 in the same room with him, but she's decided that what 795 00:44:02,700 --> 00:44:06,300 she has to do actually has priority over what he's 796 00:44:06,300 --> 00:44:09,600 saying. And since what she has to do 797 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:12,480 has more priority, it actually takes more than 798 00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:16,060 one person, or at least it would be accomplished 799 00:44:16,060 --> 00:44:19,880 quicker. And since Mary lives here too, 800 00:44:21,100 --> 00:44:24,360 by all rights, she should abandon what she's hearing 801 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:30,340 from him and come and serve her. And 802 00:44:30,340 --> 00:44:35,500 work with her to accomplish her priority first, then 803 00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:38,900 when we're done, if Jesus isn't finished, we'll catch 804 00:44:38,900 --> 00:44:45,240 the end. Instead of saying, I've walked you 805 00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:47,140 in, I got this, but he starts talking. It 806 00:44:47,140 --> 00:44:48,600 seemed like he ain't worried about that we 807 00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,760 hadn't finished the dishes. Okay, 808 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:55,820 well, you might find that Jesus had come cook with 809 00:44:55,820 --> 00:44:58,440 you after he finished his talking. Cause 810 00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:02,000 that's just kind of how he is. He's 811 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,920 not like, I'm gonna talk, now serve me, go do the 812 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,260 rest of your chores. I mean, he's like, I'll come 813 00:45:07,260 --> 00:45:10,720 into the kitchen and help you out. Right? 814 00:45:11,380 --> 00:45:14,220 And I have found that if I will take the time with 815 00:45:14,220 --> 00:45:18,620 him, then in my serving, he's like, I'm right here. 816 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,580 Why? Cause he's a co -laborer. 817 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:25,340 So in essence, the Lord's 818 00:45:25,340 --> 00:45:26,500 like, I know what you gotta do. That's 819 00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:28,400 okay. I'm gonna help you after I get 820 00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:33,060 done talking to you. And most of us miss that 821 00:45:33,060 --> 00:45:37,040 moment of him helping us in whatever we're doing in 822 00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:39,260 life. Same thing with the church 823 00:45:39,260 --> 00:45:42,000 staff. You're gonna miss out the 824 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:43,840 challenges that you have just with the different 825 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:47,120 things that they do, especially the preschool and 826 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,220 the private school, the different challenges they 827 00:45:49,220 --> 00:45:52,400 have with students and parents that don't attend 828 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,960 our church at all. And some students that don't 829 00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:56,980 attend our church either. And 830 00:45:56,980 --> 00:45:58,880 those challenges they have, you understand you'll be 831 00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:00,760 able to navigate them better because you come and 832 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:06,700 sit and hear instead of just going home and 833 00:46:06,700 --> 00:46:11,200 sleeping. So you can be ready for the 834 00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:15,240 next day when the Lord's like, I'll download in you. 835 00:46:15,380 --> 00:46:16,940 I'll quicken your mortal body. 836 00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:18,900 I'll give you then sweet rest 837 00:46:18,900 --> 00:46:21,200 that you, you know, never would have been able to 838 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:24,500 get on your own. And then I'll make peace about 839 00:46:24,500 --> 00:46:28,020 that situation the minute you walk in the room or 840 00:46:28,020 --> 00:46:30,320 deal with them on my own. You 841 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,280 might show up and they'd be like, I'm sorry. Oh, 842 00:46:32,540 --> 00:46:35,120 they're actually sorry. Wow, how did this happen? Well, 843 00:46:35,140 --> 00:46:36,620 cause an angel showed up and said, you better tell 844 00:46:36,620 --> 00:46:42,320 your teacher. I saw an angel. I 845 00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:46,780 got to go tell you I'm sorry. You 846 00:46:46,780 --> 00:46:48,660 know, Jesus, the Lord knows how to put his finger here 847 00:46:48,660 --> 00:46:51,960 on a wall and write things out. He 848 00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:56,200 can do stuff and he still does stuff today and wants 849 00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:59,240 to get involved with us, but he wants us to be 850 00:46:59,240 --> 00:47:03,320 attentive to him. Amen. That bless you. So 851 00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:07,120 when we come to service, let's be passionate that 852 00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:10,380 when we're here, cause again, like the ushers, 853 00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:13,320 they have to turn stuff off to be Mary right now. 854 00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:14,300 But in a minute, they're fixing 855 00:47:14,300 --> 00:47:18,140 to jump in to their Martha role. Okay. 856 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,540 But then there's those that are being Martha's right 857 00:47:21,540 --> 00:47:24,680 now. They're serving the church, but I 858 00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:26,320 pray they're disciplined enough that they'll go 859 00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:29,020 online to listen to this message. And 860 00:47:29,020 --> 00:47:31,200 when they're listening, they won't be doing it while 861 00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:37,460 they're working at the house. Now, 862 00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:39,720 when it comes to preaching, when I do watch preaching, 863 00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:44,640 I do nothing cause that's a waste of my time. I've 864 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:47,840 put a couple of ministers on at times. And 865 00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:49,700 next thing you know, you're starting, you're like, I 866 00:47:49,700 --> 00:47:52,080 don't even know where they're at. I 867 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,920 mean, it's just, wha, wha, wha, wha. That's 868 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:57,580 what it's become. My spirit's not getting it. 869 00:47:57,660 --> 00:47:59,580 Nothing's getting it. I 870 00:47:59,580 --> 00:48:01,140 mean, honestly, at that point, it's kind of like 871 00:48:01,140 --> 00:48:03,900 the sea thrown to the wayside. Cause 872 00:48:03,900 --> 00:48:05,080 you have no understanding. I 873 00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:07,640 mean, you're no, there's no attentiveness to it at all. 874 00:48:07,900 --> 00:48:09,160 It's in the background, but 875 00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:10,900 you've given yourself this appearance that you're being 876 00:48:10,900 --> 00:48:14,240 holy cause you're listening to preaching all day. But 877 00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:16,700 you're not even receiving anything you're hearing 878 00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:19,820 cause it's not a merry time. It's 879 00:48:19,820 --> 00:48:23,720 a Martha while Jesus is in the room, right? So 880 00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:26,360 again, for me, I don't do that. I 881 00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:27,840 can't. I mean, that's, but that's my 882 00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:29,740 limitation. All right. You 883 00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:32,020 may not have that. You can do it and obtain and 884 00:48:32,020 --> 00:48:34,380 do the other things. And that's awesome. As 885 00:48:34,380 --> 00:48:37,560 long as you're can be at the feet, then that's good. 886 00:48:38,060 --> 00:48:39,700 You're seated. And 887 00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:41,880 then at once you receive, and you know what it is 888 00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:44,680 that God gave you, then you can go serve. Amen. 889 00:48:45,020 --> 00:48:46,640 Let's pray. Father, we love you. We 890 00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:51,600 honor you. Thank you so much for listening 891 00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,160 to this message. If you want more, subscribe to 892 00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:57,060 our message podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify 893 00:48:57,060 --> 00:48:59,680 and SoundCloud. 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