Resting in God's Plan: A Spiritual Reflection
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1. "So today's sermon is going to be about thinking through these kinds of transitions. And since we're at a transitional point right now, in terms of summer going into the fall, I thought it'd be a good time for us to think not just about that transition, but transitioning our own spiritual life. Like, where are we spiritually? I want you to think about this for yourself. Where are you spiritually? Where have you come from? And where would you like to go? Or where maybe ought you to go? How do we make plans to get to where we know God wants us to be?" [01:23] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "In so much of life, we have so many things going on that sometimes we forget to rest. Sometimes we forget to just slow down a little bit. Say, God, where do you want me to be? Where do you want me to be? It's interesting that when you read the Old Testament, there's all these commands, over 600 commands of things that they told. That God told the Israelites to do and to be. But as we saw in Exodus chapter 20, one of the biggest commands was simply to rest. One of the top 10 commands, 10 commandments, is to keep God's Sabbath. It means to rest. It means to rest." [02:19] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "It's important for all of us to do, each of us, when we look at our life and consider where we are right now, to say, is there anything that I need to repent of? Is there anything that I need to examine my ways and turn back to the Lord in? So we're going to talk today about life. Life today, and then also life in the future and make a plan. We're going to compare our lives to scripture, our lives to scripture, our passage of scripture today, our primary passage in Matthew chapter six, and see what needs to change." [03:18] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "So as we talk about this, I also want us to think about what ought we to value? What ought we to value? Of course, being in church, I hope that we would all, recognize that faith, that faith in God, faith in Jesus, and God himself and Jesus himself are things and people to value. As we talk about planning for the future, not only should we take an assessment of where we are, but we should take an assessment of where we ought to be, who we ought to be in the future. So scripture encourages us to value God above all things." [07:03] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "We go for the easy, the quick enjoyments, rather than focusing on the more important things of life and eternity. Romans 7, 15 through 20, even Paul had this struggle, for I do not understand what I am doing, because I do not practice what I want to do, but I do what I hate. Now, if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law. The law that it is good. In fact, what it's, and it continues, yeah, sorry. So now I am no longer the one doing it, but it is sin living in me, for I know that nothing good lives in me that is in my flesh, for the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it." [11:05] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "What needs to change in your life so that your time better flex your priorities? Like, we can ask that question, but unless you're actually working towards who you want to be or who you know you ought to be, you're not going to get there. Right? By hoping for it. But if you start looking at your habits, your daily time, how you actually use your time and start to mold yourself into who you want to be in 10 years, then by God's grace and by God's strength, you can get there, who it is that God wants you to be." [12:19] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "Now more than ever, people are anxious. People are anxious about life. People are anxious about the future. I looked at some various studies online to show this. There was a graph. There it is. Percentage of adults, U.S. adults, feel more anxious than the previous year. You can see every year, people get more and more anxious about life. In 2022, 32%. 2023 is 37%. 2024, 43%. Almost half, almost half of U.S. adults just have a general anxiety all the time about life and about the future. I think we can probably see ourselves in some of this." [13:03] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "We consume ourselves so much with all the details of this life. And there's nothing wrong with asking the questions, because we do have to make choices. But instead of worrying about them, we can simply trust the Father, who already knows all the things we already need. Instead of seeking out after all these things, all the details that aren't ultimately the real questions of life, Jesus gives us a different goal to strive for. Look at verse 33. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness." [16:11] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "So how do we seek His righteousness? Not just His kingdom, but His righteousness. We can seek to live righteously, right? We can seek to show His righteousness by the way that we live to others. But can we do that? Sometimes. I hope that as Christians, we're learning to do that more, right? But like Paul said, I know the good I want to do, but I fail to do it. So even more than, and not saying, I'm not putting us off the hook for living the righteous life that God calls us to live. Certainly we ought to do that. But even more than that, we rest in Christ's righteousness. We rest in Christ's righteousness." [19:32] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "We worry about so many things, but instead, the Bible simply calls to us and says, seek the kingdom of God, resting in Christ's righteousness, and trust God to give you exactly what you need when you need it. And, and he did. Jesus gave you exactly what you need when you needed it, when he died on the cross." [22:21] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "In so much of life, we have so many things going on that sometimes we forget to rest. Sometimes we forget to just slow down a little bit. Say, God, where do you want me to be? Where do you want me to be? It's interesting that when you read the Old Testament, there's all these commands, over 600 commands of things that they told. That God told the Israelites to do and to be. But as we saw in Exodus chapter 20, one of the biggest commands was simply to rest. One of the top 10 commands, 10 commandments, is to keep God's Sabbath. It means to rest. It means to rest." [02:19] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "It's important for all of us to do, each of us, when we look at our life and consider where we are right now, to say, is there anything that I need to repent of? Is there anything that I need to examine my ways and turn back to the Lord in? So we're going to talk today about life. Life today, and then also life in the future and make a plan. We're going to compare our lives to scripture, our lives to scripture, our passage of scripture today, our primary passage in Matthew chapter six, and see what needs to change." [03:18] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "So as we talk about this, I also want us to think about what ought we to value? What ought we to value? Of course, being in church, I hope that we would all, recognize that faith, that faith in God, faith in Jesus, and God himself and Jesus himself are things and people to value. As we talk about planning for the future, not only should we take an assessment of where we are, but we should take an assessment of where we ought to be, who we ought to be in the future. So scripture encourages us to value God above all things." [07:03] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "We go for the easy, the quick enjoyments, rather than focusing on the more important things of life and eternity. Romans 7, 15 through 20, even Paul had this struggle, for I do not understand what I am doing, because I do not practice what I want to do, but I do what I hate. Now, if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law. The law that it is good. In fact, what it's, and it continues, yeah, sorry. So now I am no longer the one doing it, but it is sin living in me, for I know that nothing good lives in me that is in my flesh, for the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it." [11:05] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "What needs to change in your life so that your time better flex your priorities? Like, we can ask that question, but unless you're actually working towards who you want to be or who you know you ought to be, you're not going to get there. Right? By hoping for it. But if you start looking at your habits, your daily time, how you actually use your time and start to mold yourself into who you want to be in 10 years, then by God's grace and by God's strength, you can get there, who it is that God wants you to be." [12:19] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "Now more than ever, people are anxious. People are anxious about life. People are anxious about the future. I looked at some various studies online to show this. There was a graph. There it is. Percentage of adults, U.S. adults, feel more anxious than the previous year. You can see every year, people get more and more anxious about life. In 2022, 32%. 2023 is 37%. 2024, 43%. Almost half, almost half of U.S. adults just have a general anxiety all the time about life and about the future. I think we can probably see ourselves in some of this." [13:03] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "We consume ourselves so much with all the details of this life. And there's nothing wrong with asking the questions, because we do have to make choices. But instead of worrying about them, we can simply trust the Father, who already knows all the things we already need. Instead of seeking out after all these things, all the details that aren't ultimately the real questions of life, Jesus gives us a different goal to strive for. Look at verse 33. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness." [16:11] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "So how do we seek His righteousness? Not just His kingdom, but His righteousness. We can seek to live righteously, right? We can seek to show His righteousness by the way that we live to others. But can we do that? Sometimes. I hope that as Christians, we're learning to do that more, right? But like Paul said, I know the good I want to do, but I fail to do it. So even more than, and not saying, I'm not putting us off the hook for living the righteous life that God calls us to live. Certainly we ought to do that. But even more than that, we rest in Christ's righteousness. We rest in Christ's righteousness." [19:32] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "We worry about so many things, but instead, the Bible simply calls to us and says, seek the kingdom of God, resting in Christ's righteousness, and trust God to give you exactly what you need when you need it. And, and he did. Jesus gave you exactly what you need when you needed it, when he died on the cross." [22:21] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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