As Jesus Did

And this is the reality I've seen in ministry in in many different places over and over again. People don't grow. They're mature because they read the bible, they pray, but they're not willing to listen to what god is saying. Let me tell you, you will find yourself stuck if you're in that place drinking quote unquote spiritual milk. Right? Spiritual milk because because you're a baby. [00:35:24] (25 seconds)  #StopDrinkingSpiritualMilk

Right? Instead of feasting on god's solid food and wondering why you're not growing or maturing your faith or having any impact in the kingdom of god. That's a sad place to be. And that's why we're starting with obedience. Obedience as Jesus did. Let me say that again. Obedience as Jesus did. That right there should give you a clue as to how I'm going to to unpack this today. [00:35:48] (28 seconds)  #FeastOnSpiritualFood

Not only that, this is my point of view. I think he was whining. Whining about how he's not qualified to do this. And the reason for why he's not qualified, since he has a stuttering problem. Okay. That could be self pity because I used to stutter. I mean, I was a extreme stutterer. And, yeah, I pity myself a lot. So I I can understand, you know, in a way, add to that when Moses tells god to send someone else. K? He said, no. No. Somebody else, god. K? That kindles angering god. So god's like, you know what? Let your brother Aaron speak for you. [00:40:09] (49 seconds)  #NoSelfPityServeAnyway

Now brothers and sisters, when God personally appears to you before you're out of nowhere and tells you what to do, you don't stand there and argue with him. You say, yes, sir. I mean I mean, Moses, he's in the very presence of God. God who created the heavens and the earth, and he and he came down to meet with Moses personally, one on one. K? To call him to this amazing task of rescuing god's chosen people. An entire nation. [00:41:01] (29 seconds)  #DontArgueWithGod

If god ever called you that way and you say, what Moses said to god? Who? Who am I to do this? Guess what? That's not humility. That's false humility. When god tells you you can't and you say, I know I can't. Oh, no. No. No. I can't. I'll say it again. That's false humility. When god says you can't and you say you can't. [00:41:35] (25 seconds)  #NotFalseHumility

``If god tells you directly, I'm sending you with power and authority to do miracles, and I will be with you. He's not saying, dude, you go by your I will be with you. Then your response should be a clear, yes, Lord. Send me. I mean, who are we to argue with God? You see, true humility believes God. True humility believes god and does what he says. That's obedience. [00:41:59] (30 seconds)  #YesLordSendMe

I used to think that he has such faith that he wanted to absolutely make sure that he was dealing with god. That that if god's, you know, if he shows himself, proves himself that he's gonna do it. But, you know, the more I think about it and as as looking at this and and praying about this, I think he was a fool for not trusting god. Eventually, he does what god asked him to do and 300 of his men overcame 135,000 of the Midianites. That's that's a miracle. [00:48:45] (32 seconds)  #FaithOverFear

Right here is where I want to jump right into principles, two principles for walking in obedience. For the first principle, I need to ask this question first. What do all four men that we just talked about, k, men of God from the both Old Testament, New Testament have in common? What do they have in common? This is it. They all encounter the living god. They all encounter the living god. That's what made a difference. That's what enabled them to do what god asked them to do. [00:52:58] (40 seconds)  #EncounterChangesEverything