Not My Will, But Yours!

``And whatever you put for God before God is idolatry. We start saying idolatry, we start saying, well, Buddha, Hala, Shinto shrines, crystals, all this kind of stuff. Yeah. That's that's idolatry. Anything you put before God. Other people say, well, my team, my job, my friends, my golf clubs, my car, my truck, my boat, my house, my yard, whatever. All of those, anything you put before god is idolatry. But let me tell you something else that's idolatry. Idolatry is what you covet. [00:32:28] (37 seconds)  #PutGodFirst

Perfect will always require surrender. Yes. If you're have the perfect will of god, it's you're gonna have it not because you get it right every time but because you know how to surrender. Surrender to things of god. One of the things that's important, because sometimes the perfect will of God is uncomfortable in the moment, but it's glorious in the outcome. In other words, you might not like it to start off with, but I promise you, you're gonna love it in the end. Amen. That's how God operates. [00:03:11] (34 seconds)  #SurrenderToGod

And that's how we pray. That's how we come to church. That's how we worship. They're saying we very seldom walk through these doors with our hearts in neutral. Oh, God, show me the way. Jesus in the Garden Of Gethsemane fell down on his face. He said, father, not my will be done, but your will be done. What is he showing us? A heart in a neutral position. My idolatry, my covetousness, I coveted God. I want this job. I want this girl. I want this boy. I want this social click. I want these things, God. I said, just make it happen, God. Make it happen. Okay? Make it happen. Make it happen. And god says, no. [00:36:20] (53 seconds)  #YieldLikeJesus

God not only wants us to make it to heaven, but along the way, he wants us to be sanctified which means separate. He wants us to be holy and not like the world. That's God's will for our life and we're trying to make decisions on who to marry, on who to date or where to go to work at or or or what to do and what to say and whether or it's the will of God and He's not talking to us and if we pull back and see the entire scope of the canopy of the will of God in our life, if it lines up to his ultimate will, then that will help you make a decision. God, will this draw me further away from you or will it draw me closer to you? [00:06:49] (40 seconds)  #DrawCloserToGod

In fifteen minutes in the presence of god, I'll break the devil's back every single time if that's redeeming the time that god has given you. We're gonna give him an excuse that I don't have time. Amen? That's the perfect will of God. That's what it says. Number three, number one with distractions. Number two was competing voices. High school students, as you leave and go to college, watch out for distractions and competing voices. Those that's graduated from college and getting down to John Forrest, watch out for distractions and competing voices. [00:25:39] (37 seconds)  #RedeemTheTime

There's always a commitment to making sure that we are redeeming the time. And here's the point, If you are working, work. If you're playing, play. If you're resting, rest. If you're studying, study. If you're praying, pray. If you're seeking god, seek god. What are you saying? Make sure you're making the most of every opportunity. [00:21:36] (42 seconds)  #BeFullyPresent

and god permits things but he never plans. So, I didn't plan that but I'll permit it because god gave us free choice. Just because god allows it does not mean god approved it but god will allow things that he don't prove because his ways are not our ways. There are relationships that God has allowed. There are decisions that God has allowed. There's detours that God has allowed, but they were never his highest intention. [00:01:10] (28 seconds)  #GodPermitsNotPlans

That's the will of God for your life. We get all we get all bent out of shape and we're not having a steak or chicken or whether or not we're gonna date this person or or live here or do that and all those things are important, but the number one thing that is important is that we are saved, we're on our way to heaven and we know the truth and his word is truth. And everything under the canopy of the will of God is based on his ultimate will and his ultimate will is that we all make it to heaven and we make it to heaven because we know his word and his word is truth. [00:06:08] (35 seconds)  #SalvationFirst