April 12, 2026 - Jesus knew ... so can you John 13

Friends, if you will know who god is, the father is who is is the master, architect of time, if you know who you are, who he's designed you to be, the identity he's given you, this is going to empower you, empower you to live as Jesus lived, which is as a servant. Right? Jesus said, you've seen what I've done. Now I want you to follow my example. But before you can follow his example and serve people in a radical way, you've gotta follow his example and know the father and yourself the way Jesus did. [00:51:13] (34 seconds)  #KnowGodKnowSelf

there's three things that Jesus knew. There'll be three more next week, but three things Jesus knew that I believe I can know and I believe you can know. Jesus knew his assignment. He knew the big assignment. He knew, the the assignment right in front of him. He knew when it was complete. There's so much power in knowing this because it can keep you persevering. It can also free you up if you have overstayed what God called you to do. [01:00:04] (34 seconds)  #AssignmentAndPurpose

And so think of the enormous leisure of God. In other words, no one is telling God what he has to do when he has to do it. God's got it all with his freedom. And so God is at work, and he can slow down. He can speed up. He can do what he needs to do in order to accomplish things in his way, in his timetable. [00:40:31] (29 seconds)  #GodsPerfectTiming

So here's the first part of the good news is this dynamic, this relationship between God and me, it's not my idea. It's God's idea. He has pursued me, and he pursued me with something in mind that I would be holy and blameless. If that's God's intentions, guess what? He's gonna be working in the valley to to make you holy and blameless. That that doesn't mean perfection. Holy and blameless in his sight, and we know that Jesus Christ died that we would be made righteous in the sight of God. [00:45:49] (33 seconds)  #PursuedForHoliness

So I say that to you to say, don't get a paralysis going on here of saying, I can't know exactly what it's gonna look like. What you can do is you know God's heart. You know God's character. You know what he's put in you. You know the the compassion he's given you. So pursue it. Reckon what he's up to, but then be open for him to adjust it as you go along. [00:59:38] (25 seconds)  #ReckonAndPursue

He's saying that the work that he's doing in you right now, the same kind of power is a power that's at work in you was at work when he raised Jesus from the dead and ascended him into heaven. Far above all rule and authority, power, dominion. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, that's you, which is his body, that's us, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. [00:50:28] (27 seconds)  #PowerAtWorkInYou

And through him, you believe in God who raised him from the dead and glorified him so that your faith and hope are in God, knowing that this is a God who understands and and has this picture. He's faithful. He's good. He's able, and he's at work, and he's on time. Jesus knew a lot about the father, but the thing he knew right here is this is god's time. That god is orchestrating it, and the time has come. [00:36:52] (32 seconds)  #GodsOrchestratedTiming

that the god who you've been reconciled to because Jesus was crucified and paid for your sins, and you've been restored, you've been adopted into his family, your heavenly father, when you pray, our father who is in heaven, that father is in control of your life and is control of what's happening, and he's getting things in place. You may he may take you to the valley for a season in order to prepare you to receive the vision he's given you. [00:41:19] (29 seconds)  #PreparedThroughTheValley