The Exchange: Present Your Burdens, Receive Peace

David was not denying his circumstance because right there, he was being chased down. The person that was meant to mentor him was chasing to kill him. David knew what abandonment was. David knew what hurt was. But what do we see that's very clear? David didn't start with the problem he was facing. He started with acknowledging the character of god. Because the character of god doesn't change because we're going through something. The character of god is the anchor in the midst of what we're going through. [00:32:27] (57 seconds)  #GodIsMyAnchor

And the big idea for today is anxiety is broken when burdens are transformed to the one true god. And one of the things that we realize that anxiety shrinks when we are focused on god becomes greater. Anxiety it's like light in darkness. Darkness doesn't stop existing, but when light enters a room, there is no more darkness. [00:27:14] (47 seconds)  #BurdensToGod

See, Hezekiah, after he presented the letter, King Hezekiah and the people of Israel saw great victory after he presented the the letter. Something that humanistically was impossible, but that's what the god of the bible does. He says, I don't use logic. I don't want you to think that you have me figured out because we can never figure it out, god, in the ways that he does things. His ways are higher than mine. His thoughts are higher than mine or greater than mine, the word reminds us. So this is why when we release, we can rest assured that Jehovah Jireh is working. Jehovah Rapha, the god that heals, is is working. Jehovah Shalom, the prince of peace, he is working. [00:43:28] (70 seconds)  #GodsWaysHigher

He presented the letter that said they would be destroyed. What letter do you and I have that maybe today we need to present before god? What diagnosis did you receive? What does your bank account say? Where is your job and your career? What letter do you have? What are you facing that you have a letter that needs to be presented before god? [00:38:02] (50 seconds)  #PresentYourLetter

Thanksgiving is saying, god, it is done. I have the moment I present it to you, I know you are already working this out because this is who you are. You are god of movement. You move. You're not a god that when I when we say something that you stay. No. Moving movement is already occurring. But that's the whole thing. What is faith? Hebrews 11 verse one. What is faith? Is knowing something has occurred, and I'm paraphrasing, without me needing to see it. Where is my faith anchored? In him. [00:41:21] (46 seconds)  #FaithThroughThanksgiving

And that's what thanksgiving is. It is the it is the transfer. This no longer belongs to me. Now it belongs to you. And then it goes on verse seven. Then the peace that transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds. See, I can live a life of peace not because I'm exempt from problems. It's because I choose to transfer my problems. [00:42:29] (30 seconds)  #PeaceThroughTransfer

But, see, man was never meant to take a place that only god can. The thing is we like instant gratification. We like something that's ready in thirty seconds. What god says is the process of not living a life of anxiety is when you surrender it onto me. You gotta exchange. You gotta hand off what you can't carry, what I can't carry because god never designed it for us to carry that. He always made us to have relationship and dependability on whom? On him alone. [00:29:44] (43 seconds)  #SurrenderDontCarry

The minute that we make god greater, anxiety has the anxiety lessens because it's a shift in our focus. It's no longer how hard this problem is, or it's no longer the feeling that I have. It's more that, god, you are more than capable that beside even though I feel what I feel, I know I will get through. [00:28:01] (27 seconds)  #MakeGodGreater