Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled: Trust Jesus

Not fix it, not manage it, not achieve it your way or get it your way. This is not Burger King, but trust in me. Thomas asked the question we will ask. Lord, how do we know the way? Give me steps. Give me a plan on how to know it because we are clear. Right? We are perfectionist. Give me clarity so I can I got it? Okay. You you die on the cross. I got this. Right? And Jesus responds by saying, I am the way and the truth and the life. We wanna apply a path Jesus gives us a person. That's not what we expect. [00:12:10] (43 seconds)  #IAmTheWay

And we know that because we have changed. We have done things our way. Now we're doing things differently. And then invitation for us today is so let's let's come back to this first question. What is in trouble in your heart today? Jesus doesn't give you a formula. He gives you himself. He says, I am the way. I am your refuge. I am your life. You may be close to him. You may know about him. But today, he he is inviting you to something deeper, to know him, to abide in him, to rest in him. Because in a world that says, be enough, Jesus says, I already am. [00:20:52] (47 seconds)  #AbideInHim

So, here's the problem. When our life is built on performance, our hearts become fragile. When our lives are built on performance, our hearts become fragile. Peace doesn't last. It's very quick. Can we can we say that we have peace when really things are not really solved? Not really. And when we no longer perform the way we should perform because there are other things that take place, maybe it's sick sickness or illness or maybe you're weak. When things are not going the way you want, you wonder, there's pressure. We begin to feel like we have lost our value. [00:09:09] (44 seconds)  #BeyondPerformance

He says, abide, don't perform. To abide means to stay, to rest, to live from, not for him. Do you see that difference? To live from, not for him. Because we think if we live for him, then we are worthy. Look at what we did. But if we live from him, then we humble ourselves. Because we need to live from him. He's he's calling us to abide in John 14, to abide in him, not abide in your works. And you know what? The thing is this. After sin, you and I have an inclination to live for instead of leaving from. [00:16:45] (53 seconds)  #LiveFromHim

This is why when we are a resurrected person, we need to think about this, that resurrection is not just about living the life after death. Many of us think about that. You know, as Jesus dies, we live think about our resurrected life, life after death. But living now with a new reality is what we're called to. Now, right here, that resurrection resurrection mind should take gear in there and say, you know what? I'm a resurrected person. I need to do things a little different. That let my my mind take my body. Your resurrected life is today. It starts today. [00:20:04] (48 seconds)  #ResurrectedNow

The real issue isn't that we have troubled hearts. The thing is where we take our troubles. How do we deal with our troubles? Jesus is not denying their struggles. He's mentioned that they have struggles. He says, where are you taking your struggles to? And and you know why he's telling those words, let not your hearts be troubles? Because they're taking those troubles into their hearts. And he knows very well that if they do that, there is something gonna happen, you're gonna lose sight of what's important. Because we all run somewhere. You run somewhere. [00:10:25] (49 seconds)  #BringYourTroublesToJesus

Why? Because we still want to be in control, at the core, many of us are asking, am I enough? So we try to prove ourselves through success, through work, and through other things, through recognition, even doing good things at church. I mean, if I say the words, Lord, in your mercy, you know how to say. You know everything about the church. You know it very well. You know when to stand, you know when to sit down. You're pretty good at it. That doesn't make you a Christian. You know that? [00:13:41] (43 seconds)  #FaithNotPerformance

Jesus has spoken betrayal and depart his departure to the disciples, and the disciples are confused and afraid. And into that fear, Jesus speaks these words to them, let not your hearts be troubled. He doesn't give a a lecture. He gives them comfort to that time. He calls them to trust in him. He reminds them that he's preparing a place for them and declares, I am the way, the truth, and the life. So picture that for a moment. Shaken disciples, uncertain about the future, and Jesus is speaking peace into their hearts, into their fear. [00:01:10] (45 seconds)  #JesusSpeaksPeace

You can know that he was crucified. You can know that he was from Bethlehem. You can know all that, but do you know that the devil also knows that? And this is the core thing about the conversation with Jesus and his disciples at that moment. He Jesus asked them something. Philip says, show us the father. And Jesus replies, this is this I can't just imagine Jesus. And if you have conversations with people, you can relate to this. He's Jesus says to Philip, have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me? That should stop us. [00:15:11] (42 seconds)  #KnowJesusDeeply

Do you know how many people really like to brag about what they have done? And in the whole conversations, I don't see Christ. So they're living for them, not not even for him. And they're they're not even living from him. So here is calling us to look at him, not us. Whatever you can do, you can only do because Christ has allowed you to do that. Do with me something exercise. It looks like you're getting tired this morning. Breathe in. Hold it. Let it go. Breathe in. Let it go. Whose air is that? It's his. You can only live because he has allowed you to live. [00:18:16] (53 seconds)  #AllFromHim

We are not because we are resurrected now, we live a resurrected life, and our lives are less anxious, but we tend to be anxious. Christ has already secured our identity on him. That brings peace to us. We're invited to be less driven by recognition because we can all point to one place. All of you can point, and I can point to the cross because we are now already known by him and loved by him. We're less focused about our works because now we have confidence in his works. [00:19:28] (36 seconds)  #IdentityInChrist

He becomes your refuge when you are living this resurrected life, Your shelter when you have pressure in your life. Your mighty fortress, even when everything else shakes in your life. And this is the shift that we have from the holy spirit. From self centered to Christ dependent. Say it with me. From self centered come on, guys. It's early in the morning. From self centered to Christ dependent. From striving to resting, but not at not at the service. Okay? Later on. From look at me to look at him. [00:17:38] (38 seconds)  #FromSelfToChrist

Doing the repetition thing is only like exercise, but not being not being being trained. Many look in the in the on the outside, but the promise is is in the inside because we're still asking, do I matter? Have I done enough? And Jesus shifts our focus to something else. Stop looking at your works and look at my works. That's what he's saying. There's a danger where we often miss. You can be close to Jesus. Listen to me. You can be close to Jesus and still not truly know him. You can know that he was a carpenter. [00:14:24] (47 seconds)  #LookAtHisWorks

Then, there's other thing too is the pressure to perform. Believe it or not, there's a pressure to perform nowadays. Many believe I am only valuable if I succeed. This creates anxiety and perfectionism. I know some of you are perfectionist, and and believe me, if you were perfectionist, Jesus would not have to come. Because if you were able to perfect, do the perfect work, you will match that perfect work. So you're not such perfection. You think you are. I think I am, but not really. Not so close. Close but not cigar, like we say. [00:04:34] (41 seconds)  #EndPerfectionism

Even in a connected world with super speeds in the Internet, many feel faster disconnected than any other time in life. There's a difference between being seen and truly being known. Being seen and truly being known, and many are missing that, to be known. And there's another thing, too many choices in our life today. Yesterday, we have a lady who who came in and we didn't have so many people. It was just the beginning of the service. And she says, I don't know where to sit. And there was pretty much every pew was empty. Too many choices can can be devastating. [00:05:27] (37 seconds)  #SeenVsKnown

Instead of facing the struggles, many distract themselves through screens sliding down like I mentioned, or or puzzles, or or solitaire. Instead of facing the reality, the issues you have around, the people who are around, we prefer to scroll down to play solitaire and to do other things. And that's not gonna fix it, my brother. That's not gonna fix it. Businesses or other habits are not gonna fix the issue and the pain you have. The pain will not go away. It just waits. It kinda compounds interest later on. [00:07:07] (38 seconds)  #FaceYourPain

We want a path. We wanna do it ourselves. We want it we want to create that kind of value to say, I am worthy of this. Jesus didn't die for anyone. He died for something that is worth worth while dying for. That's inside of us. We want this tragedy, and Jesus gives us something much much deeper, a relationship. A relationship. We want direction. Jesus gives him himself to us. And here's the tension. We don't mind Jesus being part of the way or being the way, but the problem is this, that Jesus is the only way. That's the problem. That's the struggle we have. [00:12:54] (47 seconds)  #JesusIsTheOnlyWay

Some of you work harder to distract and to say you're responsible, but in reality, it's that you're avoiding the pain. You want more control because you think if you are in control, then you can figure things out. We distract ourselves in many ways or try to prove something to people. Like, look, don't look at this like like a magician, you know. Look what I have here. Look what I have here. But in reality, my other hand is doing something else. So what we try to do when we distract ourselves, we more work work harder. And what we're saying is, at here. I'm working harder, but I don't wanna show you my issue. He's right here behind me. [00:11:13] (40 seconds)  #StopHidingBehindBusyness

When your loved one dies, the pressure is, how am I gonna make it by myself? When the loved ones are not around, how am I gonna cope with this? There's pressure all the way around, Whether you're Colombian, Mexican, German, American, whatever you are, no matter what gender you are, you have pressure. If you were born in this earth, you have pressure. You have pressure to be tough, to not fall behind because the social media is raising the expectation bar for you and for me. [00:08:33] (37 seconds)  #PressureIsReal

There's another thing, missing a deeper meaning in life. You know, lately, the people have this desire to be unique and be identified by the the the few chosen ones. Right? So people are missing a deeper meaning, and so they're trying to make their own groups or their own groups, so they say we or them. When life is only about success or happiness or what we want, something feels empty. Deep down, we long for something more something beyond ourselves. That's how we are wired. We want to look deeper. [00:07:45] (41 seconds)  #BeyondSuccess