Stop Trying to Control God | Revival Featuring Jon Tyson

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Taking things into your own hands, because God's not moving in your time frame, doesn't make the will of God happen faster in your life, it sabotages the will of God happening in your life. And Saul did this. He tried to control the timing of his life, because people began to scatter, and it ended up costing him his leadership. [00:38:12] (22 seconds)  #TrustGodsTiming

Partial obedience is such a temptation. It's where you do almost, almost everything God says, except a little bit. You keep a little bit back. And how many of you know, if you're in a relationship, you're worried about the little bit. No woman has ever dated a man and accepted this excuse. I'm like 83% faithful to you. I'm like mainly faithful. Like every now, there's like a 17% where I'm just sorting some stuff out. But will you accept the 83%? 83% faithfulness in our relationship. And the truth is, I think the woman's probably like the 17% is the only part that matters to me. It's the part you're holding back. The same thing happens in our obedience. [00:38:47] (49 seconds)  #NoPartialObedience

We've got to shift from control to surrender. You've got to learn to surrender. Listen, this is big. A lot of times Christians talk about obedience. How many of you have heard obedience? Like, got to obey, man. Trust and obey. Got to obey. You've got to obey. But here's the problem. Obedience is often calculated in a moment. Obedience says, let me evaluate this decision. Will I rebel or will I obey? And if it looks good to me, I'll obey this one. But that means every time you have a major decision, you're going to have this war of obedience versus disobedience. And that will exhaust you. What we need instead is a posture of the heart that just says, God, my yes is a permanent, open yes to you. And whatever you want from me, you got it. Obedience is a momentary decision. Surrender is a lifelong posture of the heart. [00:46:38] (62 seconds)  #LifelongSurrender

If you don't believe and trust that God loves you like He loved Jesus, why will you ever trust Him like Jesus trusted Him? You've got to, the most important thing is learning to surrender to the Father's love. It is the source of all surrender. [00:48:08] (17 seconds)  #SurrenderToLove

Guilt says I've done something wrong. Shame says there's something wrong with me. Guilt is an external reality based on a decision you make. Shame is an internal state based on how you view yourself. One scholar said this, shame is an internalized critical gaze. And what that means is when you think of yourself, all you think is criticizing what's wrong with you. [00:58:03] (27 seconds)  #UnderstandingShame

Here's the missing part of your analogy. When you're learning to let go, there's someone on the ground who is the master of the trapeze. And he can see when you're swinging out. And he can see when the person who is going to swing out is ready to catch you. And you're up there trying to do some sort of permanent chin-up. And you're screwing the whole thing up. You've got to listen for the word, and the word is hep. You've got to listen for the word hep. When you hear the word hep, leap out and be still. Because the person who's going to catch you is right there to grab you. This is your problem is you think you can figure out your own timing. You think you can be still in the air. But until you know there's somebody who can see the whole picture, you're never going to get caught and you'll never be still. [01:11:40] (53 seconds)  #ListenAndLeap

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