Experiencing God's Presence Amid Failure, Fear, and Fatigue

Hey, failure doesn't mess with your identity. It does mess with your intimacy. Here's what I mean by that. If you've trusted in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, Ephesians 1, 13 and 14 says, The Spirit of God has sealed you forever. But it does mess with your intimacy with God. [00:38:08] (16 seconds)  #failureAffectsIntimacy

Whatever you cover, God reveals. And whatever you reveal, God covers. Whatever you cover, God reveals. And whatever you reveal, God covers. And maybe the only reason I'm here is because there's someone in the room who's got this hidden sin that they've decided I'm taken to the grave. Let me tell you something. There's life for you. [00:39:14] (19 seconds)  #coverRevealCover

Sin never starts at the end. It always starts like this. And it grows and it grows and it grows. The interest rate for sin is, gosh, man, like the rate, you think a high yield savings is high? Look at sin. That thing just compounds and grows. [00:40:39] (15 seconds)  #sinCompounds

Faith and fear, they grow in the same soil. Anybody in here gardens anything? Faith and fear, they need the very same thing to grow. You know what it is? Uncertainty. Faith and fear. They both grow in uncertainty. And so when there's an uncertainty, you have an opportunity. Am I going to trust God here or am I going to lean in on my fear? [00:43:38] (19 seconds)  #faithFearUncertainty

If failure and fear don't do it, fatigue will numb most of God's presence. And what I mean by fatigue is this life of hurry that we've just grown accustomed to, where we just think we've all in our heads. And I'm going to say that because maybe you can come up and talk with me after. We have decided that being busy is equivalent to I'm important. Let me just tell you, that's not biblical. [00:48:31] (24 seconds)  #missedBecauseBusy

The God I read about in the scriptures is a God, it's that friend that goes, hey, here's the map, we'll figure it out as we go. I'll hop in the car with you, and we can make every stop you want, and when you turn right, I'll tell you where to go. But our God is not a God who goes, I'll meet you on the other side, it's a God who goes, I want to jump in the car and go with you, wherever you go, however you go, I love you, I'm crazy about you. [00:53:50] (20 seconds)  #awareOfHisPresence

Hey, failure doesn't mess with your identity. It does mess with your intimacy. Here's what I mean by that. If you've trusted in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, Ephesians 1, 13 and 14 says, The Spirit of God has sealed you forever. But it does mess with your intimacy with God. [00:38:08] (16 seconds)  #bringLightBringLife

God was pursuing Jacob. And as I don't want you to hear this message and go, man, I'm exhausted, I'm tired, I've sinned. God can't be near to me. You missed the narrative of the Bible. God loves, so God gives. [00:53:09] (15 seconds)  #trustInDiscomfort

The God I read about in the scriptures is a God, it's that friend that goes, hey, here's the map, we'll figure it out as we go. I'll hop in the car with you, and we can make every stop you want, and when you turn right, I'll tell you where to go. But our God is not a God who goes, I'll meet you on the other side, it's a God who goes, I want to jump in the car and go with you, wherever you go, however you go, I love you, I'm crazy about you. [00:53:50] (20 seconds)  #believeHeIsNear

Hey, failure doesn't mess with your identity. It does mess with your intimacy. Here's what I mean by that. If you've trusted in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, Ephesians 1, 13 and 14 says, The Spirit of God has sealed you forever. But it does mess with your intimacy with God. [00:38:08] (16 seconds)  #failureNumbsPresence

God was pursuing Jacob. And as I don't want you to hear this message and go, man, I'm exhausted, I'm tired, I've sinned. God can't be near to me. You missed the narrative of the Bible. God loves, so God gives. [00:53:09] (15 seconds)  #GodJoinsTheJourney

Sin never starts at the end. It always starts like this. And it grows and it grows and it grows. The interest rate for sin is, gosh, man, like the rate, you think a high yield savings is high? Look at sin. That thing just compounds and grows. [00:40:39] (15 seconds)

The God I read about in the scriptures is a God, it's that friend that goes, hey, here's the map, we'll figure it out as we go. I'll hop in the car with you, and we can make every stop you want, and when you turn right, I'll tell you where to go. But our God is not a God who goes, I'll meet you on the other side, it's a God who goes, I want to jump in the car and go with you, wherever you go, however you go, I love you, I'm crazy about you. [00:53:50] (20 seconds)

Sin never starts at the end. It always starts like this. And it grows and it grows and it grows. The interest rate for sin is, gosh, man, like the rate, you think a high yield savings is high? Look at sin. That thing just compounds and grows. [00:40:39] (15 seconds)

Have we missed out on what God has for us because we're uninterruptible? We're just so tired. We live a life of I got to get here. I got to get here. I got to get here. I got to get here. And we think that the life that Jesus has for us in John 10, 10 to the full is this life that we get to experience once a year on vacation. [00:49:07] (16 seconds)