Prepared Trust I Robert Madu I Social Dallas

At some point, you gotta realize this is not trust. This is lazy faith. This is the faith that points the finger at God and then wonders why the promise hadn't come to pass. You're not waiting on God. God is waiting on you. Here's the question I wanna ask you today. Where are you trusting God but refusing to prepare? [00:26:20] (32 seconds)  #GodIsWaitingOnYou

Songs help you express what's on your heart, but they don't shape your habits. And that's why I love the word of God. Because I think God, in his infinite brilliance, gave us the word of God, and right in the middle, gave us two books right next to each other, Psalms and Proverbs. Psalms and Proverbs. He gave us these two books so we could not just express our emotions, so we could also live in wisdom. You need Psalms, and you need Proverbs. He gave us Psalms so we could express our hearts. He gave us Proverbs so we could discipline our lives. Psalms teaches me how to talk to God, but proverbs teaches me how to walk with God. [00:08:36] (44 seconds)  #WorshipAndWisdom

Psalms give me emotion, but proverbs gives me wisdom. Psalms shapes my prayers, but proverbs shapes my practices. Psalms give me language for my feelings, but Proverbs gives me wisdom for my decisions. Psalms help me process life, but Proverbs help me steward life. Psalms remind me I can cry out to God, but Proverbs reminds me I have a responsibility. And hear me, if you are going to trust God, you need both. [00:09:21] (33 seconds)  #EmotionAndWisdom

I hope you hear the heart of the message today, because this message is not about you feeling hype. At some point, you gotta move beyond hype and start checking your habits. At some point, you gotta move beyond just being inspired in a service and start going, what are the instructions that I need to follow? Hear me. It is easy to operate in lazy trust and be passive and say, God, I'm waiting on you. And say, well, I guess it just is not coming to pass. And God's saying, no. Victory does come from me, but the horse is prepared for battle. [00:47:04] (52 seconds)  #FromHypeToHabits

Ain't that interesting? The horse is not prepared on the day of battle. It's prepared for the day of battle. In other words, you can't start getting the horse together when the enemy is coming against you. There ought to be some things that you have a vision for, and you're already preparing now. Let me help some of y'all that are dating. Now I'll wait till I get married to start acting like a husband. I'll wait till I get married to start acting like you are preparing now. [00:18:59] (32 seconds)  #PrepareBeforeBattle

Don't get me wrong. I love feeding on Sunday morning. I was created to do this right here. I don't mind throwing out hay all day, but that's not gonna sustain you. If you don't feed your spirit daily. Why y'all starting social studies? If you missed it, you really missed. The next one is February 25. Because it is the vision of social studies to give you tools so you can feed yourself and not just wait for a preacher to feed you. You gotta feed daily. [00:32:00] (29 seconds)  #FeedYourSpiritDaily

In other words, if my trust is gonna be prepared, I gotta check my foundation. Check your foundation. Some of you, you've got strength, but you're wondering why you're crippled and you're not moving in life the way you should is because you never check your foundation of what you actually built your life upon. Look at your neighbor and say, check your foundation. Check your foundation. You are constantly looking at a horse's hooves. Why? Because the foundation is critical. Some of you, the problem in your relationship is because it was built on a faulty foundation. [00:36:13] (38 seconds)  #CheckYourFoundation

Notice what it does not say. It does not say, we don't have horses. Forget them chariots. We're just trusting in God. Now do your due diligence. David and the military had horses. They also had chariots. What they're saying is our trust is not in them. There's some people that have horses and chariots, and they have put their trust in them. We are distinct in that we have horses and we have chariots. We didn't get rid of them, but we're not trusting in the horses or the chariots. Our trust and our dependence is on God. Hear me today. There's a difference between having something and then having your trust in something. [00:12:39] (43 seconds)  #ResourcesNotRoots