Baptism Sunday | Pastor Shane Johnston | Resonate Church

But I'm not sure I got time for that. Because I don't know if you've seen my work schedule, and I don't know if you've seen my kids' activities, and I don't know you've seen how hard it is to get groceries, and I don't know if you've seen traffic in Vancouver, and I don't know if you've seen all the other things. And and and I would want to I would wanna do this. I would wanna dare to submit to your heart today that it's not a lack of time that's keeping us from union with god. It's distraction. [00:42:27] (23 seconds)  #DistractionNotTime

But in the midst of whatever I'm in, I have God's more than enough. I got more joy in one ordinary day. And the world thinks you need the best day ever to have the best time ever, but God's way is different than that. There's more joy in one ordinary day than they get in all their shopping sprees, the writer says, because at day's end, I'm ready for sound sleep for you, God, have put my life back together. Come on. Say an amen if that's your testimony. Yeah. [00:39:28] (26 seconds)  #JoyInOrdinaryDay

the enemy's at war with your attention. If what God wants is your attention, if it's the one thing Jesus said is most important, then number two, the enemy is at war with your attention. If this was true for Martha two thousand years ago, think about how true it is for us today. If Jesus had to wake Martha up in that culture, and there's no screens, and there's no Internet, and Martha wasn't scrolling, how much more is it true in our culture? [00:51:00] (33 seconds)  #EnemyOfAttention

Right? Like, you get the order wrong, you got a messy day. It's the same in our walk of faith. Like, my union with God comes before everything else. So number one big idea today, God wants your attention. Matthew six thirty three says it this way, but seek first the kingdom of God. Notice that word first. There's other things in your life, but seek first the kingdom and his righteousness, and all those other things will be added to you. So God's after your attention. [00:50:20] (31 seconds)  #SeekFirstGod

Oh, he cares about the rest he cares about the rest of your life. He cares about your paycheck. He cares about your home. He cares about your kids. He cares about your responsibilities. He cares about your life. It's just that there's an order to these things. And number one is being present in the union that you have with God. The order matters, doesn't it? The order matters in your morning. It's it's first shower and then get dressed. [00:49:55] (24 seconds)  #PutGodFirst

So where do we land today? We're gonna have we're gonna have we're gonna have some fun for four weeks. Like, this is good. This is good for you. I'm Shane. I'm your pastor, and I love you. We talked about Mary and Martha. We've seen how Martha had the right things in the wrong order. She had doing things for Jesus. That's the right thing. She had hospitality. She had loving people. She had cooking good food. Those are the right things. She just had them in the wrong order. Why? Why was the order off? She was distracted. [00:59:14] (37 seconds)  #RightThingsWrongOrder

But did you notice there's a condition on the promise? We all want the unconditional promises. The bible actually the bible has some of those. The bible has lots that are conditional. How do I get filled with all the good stuff God has for me? How do I get blessed? Jesus said he wanted my life to be blessed. How do I actually get blessed and get filled in the right way? Well, I got a hunger and thirst for the right things. So that's what we're gonna do. [01:00:22] (26 seconds)  #HungerAndThirst

Can you imagine what union with Jesus is really gonna feel like? Can you imagine the wisdom of God speaking into your everyday? Can you imagine going into work not feeling like you've gotta figure it all out on your own, but God's actually speaking to you? Could you imagine actually going through your day without your hands on the reins of your own life and trusting that God is still speaking and wanting to speak you? Could you imagine walking into a conversation with someone far from Jesus and believing God wants to speak to you to them? This is this is gonna be special. [01:01:03] (30 seconds)  #GodSpeaksEveryday