Day 1: Balloon Chasing

In this episode of the BC Pod, the team discusses the importance of commitment in various aspects of life, particularly in maintaining a strong relationship with God, being part of a church community, and setting personal goals. The conversation illustrates the benefits of committing to the right things and the consequences of committing to the wrong ones.

00:00 Celebrating Jayden's Birthday
01:24 Balloon Fiesta Adventures
10:28 Commitment and Its Challenges
18:01 Commitment in the Bible
18:32 The Importance of Saying Yes and No
19:27 Personal Stories of Commitment
20:21 Who or What Should You Be Committed To?
21:26 The Role of Church and Community
26:37 Consequences of Wrong Commitments
32:32 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

Transcript

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The, the person that says this wants you to know it's Jada's birthday. Woo Man. Our producer Jada. It's our birthday. Yes, yes, yes. The Big two Zero. Oh, you're 20. Yeah. I'm excited. It was actually your birthday a couple days ago, but we're gonna sing anyway, so if you're listening, go ahead and sing along with us. One, two, three. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear. Happy. Hey, Jayden is 20 years old. Oh my gosh. I love Jayden. Jayden is our producer for the BC Pod po. She knows Ball if you can kick, she's, she's awesome. She knows Ball. Um, if you've heard about Jayden before Oh yeah. She's got crazy style. Crazy. We're talking about it today. What's your challenge you're doing with Jayden? Oh yeah, we were talking about doing this. Um, she'll pick a piece like, of clothing for me. Mm-hmm. And I'll pick a piece of clothing for her and we gotta somehow style it and it'll be something like goofy. That is so sweet. That's really good. That's actually a really good use. That was just like a thought. And now, now you made it official.'cause now it's gotta happen. It's gotta happen because we're like, was that thing you signed? Yeah. That might get hot, bro. Yeah, we saw it. We saw it. Um. I've been to Balloon Fiesta three times in the past. Three days. Oof. And y'all, y'all went with me. One of'em. Y'all know what balloon fiesta is? Great. That's a good point. Yeah. If you're not from New Mexico, y'all, but y'all, if you've never heard about it or if you're from our, one of our Australian viewers, first of all, we hope you're still listening. Second of all, balloon Fiesta. Uh, is the biggest hot air balloon festival in the world, which I did Google. Yeah. Um, it's uh, a, it's basically, it's held in Albuquerque, New Mexico where a bunch of hot air balloons are blown up. They're, uh, flow, they're going, they go into the sky and then that's kind of it. Lowkey and then but's also a flow. The food's great. The food is physical food though, with the Tom Thumb donuts. I had to bless up, bro. They made your Timmy hurt. They did bad. And I did have them all three days. They taste so good though. They really do. They were, I had'em for the first time. I was like in shock. They are, they float this, they float in the little oil conveyor belt to you and you can see it being made. That's pretty cool. You know, where, where it's being processed through that. What I love about, yeah, I, how there's like massive corn. No, literally. But if you've never heard of it, um, I think, well now we have about 500 balloons that just go up into the sky. And then there's also a night time once called the balloon glow where they blow up their balloons and then just. Do the fire and then it glows in the dark and it's really freaking cool. Mm-hmm. But I, what is that thing with everyone was reposting it? Like 800,000 people are expected to come to Albuquerque because of Balloon Fiesta. That's crazy. Like that's, that's pretty sick. That's at least 700,000. How many of those are millennials? I'd say a good chunk. We talked to a kid, right? Remember we talked to that kid? Were you there? No, he was not. No, we We talked getting corn dog. I was, we talked to a kid. Sorry dude, it wasn't my fault. This kid was in a Arizona State hoodie. Arizona State hat, Arizona State. Oh, no. Was there? I was there. No, you were. Yes I was. I bet this kid you, he was like, I. I forgot what he said, but he's just talking about, well, maybe you'll remember. I, uh, we were talking and when he was telling us about all his cards and stuff, and I'm like, oh, do you have a balloon? And I was, and he was like, no, I don't. And then I said, wait, are you from here? He's like, no. And I was like, where are you from? And he goes, Arizona. I was like, um, he was right. He got me good. But yeah, he's from Arizona State. Um, but that was kind of surprising to me that he was there for like. Five days. Yeah. But like, Naty didn't even have a balloon. Like just was there collecting cards. I, I guess that's like new. He had a fat stack though. He did. And he was not down to trade. He acted like he was, he was not. I was like, can I have one? He's like, no, these are all my cards. I'm not getting these out. No. He's like, no, I just got these. We also like helped put a balloon up in the air. We did. It might have been the last one up, but that does not matter. It really, it got up, it went up, it went up, it caught up. We just, uh, we fi O'Donnell, he, uh, he's, I think he's been on here before. He's one of our guys here at church and. He knows everybody, including everyone who has a balloon, I guess. Mm-hmm. And he, we found some lady named Lisa Shoutout, and, uh, we hopped on the back of her truck and helped her get that balloon up in the sky. And then they chase him. They chased. Oh, they chased him. They chased him down. They chased him down. And we're talking about how I could not be a balloon chaser. Yeah. Even if I tried, bro. I could not. I could not. Okay. This sounds mean now, but we were hating on it so hard. Oh, yeah, bro. We were, we were walking around all the balloon chasers be like, man, this is so silly. I just, how could you chase a balloon? Like, it's up. When else are you doing, like, what? I wanna know what other days of the week you're like doing that. You know what I mean? Mm-hmm. But like, I, I can't, it's almost more embarrassing up to imagine myself like getting pulled by the balloon. Like, try, I'm supposed to be catching it. It's like taking me with it. Stop bad. Stop bad. Yeah. I don't, it wouldn't, it just wouldn't. Work out that way personally. And also the chasing of it. It's like you're looking up constantly being like, where is it at? Like a storm chaser. It's like the storm is silenced. Just like that. Just like that. The storm is silenced. That was the storm. Exactly. Did y'all hear that? That was, that storm did hear, that was not our mic. Yes, that was not my mic. Exactly. That was not my mic. That was the storm. It was a storm. It was a storm and it's, we, you wanna hear it again? The storm. He's gonna be able to fix it this time. Are we talking in? It's silence. It's perfect. They calm the storm. If you've ever been in Bloom Fiesta, man, come on out. We'll host you. Yeah, for real. We got a place for you to stay. We'll fly you out. We'll get you an Airbnb. Yes. We rent you a car. Exactly. Yes. You can stay at my house. I'll give you my credit card. You can stay at my house. As long as it's right, of course. Right. As long as they, they support our pod and anything. Yeah, anything for all, for real. Anything. Anything for y'all. But you will get bored after the third day, so just be ready. It a fan too. Yeah, I was like tweaking out, like I was so, like ecst. Yeah. I being, yeah. I, I had a good time. I was so happy to be there. I was just like jumping up and down and then everyone's like, can you relax? Like you're gonna look like a tourist. Mm-hmm. And I was like, oh, sorry, sorry. Um, I did say that to you. Yeah, I did. I did actually say that to you. Yeah. Well, you acting in a full, like you don't, haven't lived your whole life. You look, I was just happy to be with my friends to see all the balloons because they were pretty and corn over here. I was happy too. No, you were not. Didn't see him smell once, bro. That carpool drive was really fun though. Yeah, it was really. Thank you Megan, for the$20 to get into parking. Shout out Megan for, because we would not have, I don't know where we would've parked for, and then I'll spare y'all the story, but just so y'all know, uh, my car did get towed yesterday, so, but just so y'all know, know, and he's a story. So I park in a spot that I was told I could park in that we were all told we could park in. I had the parking, I had, I didn't have a parking pass, but I had the badge to get in everything. And then we were getting coming outta the balloon fiesta and I see my car being towed away and I sit there and I'm like, Hey, that's my car. And then I go up to the guy in the truck and I'm like jumping up and down, waving at him, and he looks at me dead in the eyes and then goes away and it just goes away. So we walk into the shop. Which is my girlfriend's grandparents, like they own it and we go in and they're like, his car's being towed. They can't do anything about it. So we had to drive to the tow yard. Oh no. It was just, it was a whole thing. And get this, it all happened before noon. Everything that happened that day happened before noon. I got three bloody noses back to back to back to back. I had to walk into an elementary school with blood dripping down my face. They didn't catch me though. Also, I literally just walked onto the elementary school grounds. That's a different episode. We'll get back to that later. But wait, why are you at the elementary school? Uh, to give, uh, my girlfriend's mom a drink. We got her Dutch bros. Oh. And she works outta school. Oh. So naturally I had to go with, yeah. And so then I went and guys, it's just been, I'm might start crying. No, that's about to get emotional out here. It was a rough Monday. It really, it was the case of the Mondays for That's what Aiden, I was talking to Aiden. And he was like, Dane, that's crazy. Must have been a Monday. I was like, okay. It was a Monday. Oh, thanks bro. Yeah, it was a Monday. You're actually, thank you Garfield. You're actually so right. Y'all have anything exciting pop out? Um. No. Literally, I've never wish Happy birthday again, Jayden. What? Just kidding. No, I would. Do you have anything? I would, maybe next year. I mean, like, I just worked a lot, worked a lot of doubles at Papa Dau. I made a lot of money. That was pretty cool. What is Papa Dough? Uh, it is a, so basically, if you don't know what Papa is, is basically a seafood restaurant. It's a chain restaurant. Yes. But here at Albuquerque, it's fancy right to us it's lux in, in Texas. It's Chili's here. It's like Vernon's for real. It's is seasons 52, bro. Yeah, it's like season. It is like any fancy restaurant you've been to, he's here. And so like, yeah, we all, if there's money to be made, we're all planning on going one of these days. And just stiffing Noah. Yeah. I, waiter, waiter, waiter, waiter. Come over here. Waiter. Waiter. Yeah. And then, and just not to, yeah, just stiffing zero. But the thing is, if we all go, we're all getting leg sides. We can't, we're not about to be getting full meals. So dude, actually Jayden was there one time and I was really, I was really worried. Her party was ordering because I was like, I don't think they got money like that. Not you judging them for real. Well, shoot, they were all the one, they're all younger than me and I'm 21 and they all, and I don't have motion. And I barely got motion. They have none delight. No, but they're all younger than me. I'm 21 to give y'all personal perspective. And three of them got ribeye, added a lobster to it, and had a like fully loaded big tape. A fricking meal, bro. And I was like, I just don't know if they have, like, the food came out.'cause I was in the kitchen when it dropped and I, um, the person who was serving it was just like one of my friends and they were like, oh, table two says they know you. And then just like, oh look my food. And I was like, oh, this isn't your table two. And she was like. Yes it is. And I'm like, oh, no. I'm like, oh no. Oh no, because I'm looking at this like lobster, lobster, lobster, ribeye, ribeye, ribeye, ribeye. The most expensive things on menu. Yeah. Literally. It's literally the most, I think it's one of the most expensive things you could order. Like a ribeye stick and a lobster, bro. Yeah. Three people. Did y'all have them themselves? Those three were each, they were like 350 bucks altogether. Those three. Oh my god. There was, was there was three of you? There was no, there were seven more at the table or like some stupid, they were like my four, six more, five more. What was this function? There was five more. Uh, it was TKIs birthday. Oh, shout out birthday. Okay. Tki Okay. I love TKI so bad. Yeah, we love too. Oh my gosh. I love TKI so bad. But I'm looking at this and I'm like, I don't think they got money like that. And I'm worried like, he's so crazy. They're about a stiff, my friend. And I'm like, they, my friend knows that I'm friends with him and they're about a stiffer, and I'm worried. And did they stiff you? Um, well they didn't stiff me, but they stiffed her. No, no, they didn't stiffer. They, they gave her a, a reasonable tip. It wasn't like 20%, but it was reasonable. Right. Why are you just airing out their business? Oh my Welcome. Come get us for Well, it was funny, and Jaden left. Jaden said it was funny. It was funny. Jade said it was funny. Okay, then it's fine. All right. Might as well get into what we're actually talking about today. Uh, today, well, last week, two weeks ago, I mean, we had talked about Unity because we just got off conference. We had just. Had all of this like community and time to spend together with other youth groups and more time to spend with our own youth group. And so we got, that was just something close to our hearts. But this week we are talking about commitment. Okay. We are talking about commitment, saying committed to the bit, you know what I mean? Saying committed to it. No, I think, uh, or something I've noticed is that, uh, a lot of times people love the initial, but they don't love the process that comes after it. And it's always like, it feels really nice when you do it and you feel really accomplished. But then like three weeks later, you never touch it again, and then you don't really care anymore. And like, I, I don't know if I've said on here, I'm trying to learn drums, okay. Mm-hmm. I say trying very lightly. I am trying really hard to learn drums. The storm is back. I, um, I'm trying, I'm really just, I'm trying. Okay. And I, I, I like first, when I first started, I was like, I'm gonna get this, this is so light for real. And then as of like a week ago. I'm sitting there trying to play and I'm like, this fricking sucks. I'm like, this is not, man, this is so bad. Leave it to Elijah for, I'm not like, I'm not, and so I, I, I really loved how it felt like initially, and then I realized the commitment behind it and I was like, dang, I, I'm not giving up. Right? I said it on the air, so I have to keep it to my, I have to keep it up, but I, it's just the commitment's tough. Sometimes. It's rough. It's rough. It's a little hard sometimes. So just like normal, we've each got a question to share with you. Um, y the first one I've got to this time, Y, which I haven't had. Y Remy, YMI, YMI. Oh. Oh. Luke. Uh, and if you in a church service, hold your yawning for real. Or at least Don don't yawn loud. Yeah. You can yawn without making a sound to give y'all all context. Nobody needs to know that you Yeah. To give y'all context, we sat next to this kid tonight at Youth. Um. And just middle of the message. Just, yeah. We had a very quiet moment too. I was like, bro, they were super serious. Oh gosh. And he said, what did I do? I didn't do that. We were all like, we're never sitting next to him again. Never again, bro. Never. But yeah. Anyways, so first question, what does commitment look like in the Bible versus your actual life? So the reason there's a verse in the middle of this, like versus your actual life, is because we understand that not everybody is as biblically literate as you know, that some people are. So to compare it to your own life, everybody knows their own life. And so there's a way for you to find that kind of, uh, that comparison in it. But I'll start off with first, uh, what I've got down for what the Bible says about it. So for me, or for what I, what. The Bible talks about about commitment. There is not a single verse that tells you to be half-hearted with the Lord. There is not a single moment in the Bible that tells you that being lukewarm is okay. In fact, it actually says that God dislikes a lukewarm Christian, lukewarm, as in you're not all the way in, and you're not all the way out. You're sitting somewhere right in the middle because you're too afraid to either commit or not commit at all. And so there is always a verse that says something about not committing, but there's, or there's always a verse about saying. How you shouldn't, you should always commit. You should always be ready for God. You should. Your heart should always be 110% in for God. But there is no verse in the Bible that says you should be lukewarm. You should be. Mm-hmm. Uh, not all the way in for God. You look at so many stories too, of people falling short of that commitment. I think of like Samson, a very great example. He was gifted so much and then, uh, he let the world influence him and suddenly he no longer felt as committed to God because he let other things get into it. And that story relates directly to your li to directly to our lives too, because just like the Bible says. Um, it just like the Bible is talking about commitment and how important it is sometimes in our lives we commit to the wrong things and we commit to certain things that really produce us no fruit at all. And uh, like in the Bible too, when Samson started, I'm trying to get too biblically crazy because I know a lot of y'all dunno this, but Samson, the whole story of Samson is that he was, gets this long lotus hair in. Big juicy muscles. And he was like this massive guy. These girls loved him and whatever and all the things, but God told him, do not cut your hair. And then he fell in love with a girl and then he cut his hair and then he lost all his drink and all the, all the above. And God took it away from him. And so that same exact story applies to you because he put his commitments in the wrong thing? Yeah. And he committed to the wrong thing. And even though he knew. That God told him otherwise, he still found a way to commit to it and it kind of threw his life off of, off of his trajectory that God had planned for him. And so obviously he was still had a plan for, and he was, he still was loved by God, but he committed to the wrong things and he bore some pretty bad fruit because of it. Just like in, uh, your everyday life, whether that is, uh, whether you go to church or not, if you put your commitment in the wrong friends, if you put your commitment in the wrong. Job or if you are putting or you're committing to things in your free time that produce you no fruit, then your free time becomes useless. Your friends become evil and they start to corrupt you and they start to influence you in a bad way. And you're wasting your time in a job when you can really be using that time for somewhere else. So it's important to recognize what you're committing to, how you're committing to it, and what is the fruit that's coming from this. Yeah, like co committing to something isn't just for no reason. There is something that comes out of it when you commit to it. When you commit to God. Then see you in heaven, brother. You know what I mean? Mm-hmm. You commit to God fully and you get to experience his joy and his well. All of the, all of the great gifts Gods were stowed upon us. That comes when you commit fully to God. Mm-hmm. Suddenly, when you're committed fully to God, you notice that I'm not as anxious anymore. I'm not as upset anymore. I'm slower to anger. I don't feel as, um. I, I feel more worth in myself because I see it through God's way. That's what happens when you fully commit to God. Yeah, but if you halfway commit to God, you still fall into the ways of, I feel scared all the time and I don't know what to do about it. I feel ugly. I dunno what to do about it. I feel unloved, I feel hurt. I all the above. I feel angry. It all comes back to you when you are. Fully committed to God, just like when you are not fully committed to something in your regular life. And so mm-hmm. They, they relate on a bunch of different things and the other questions will answer part of this as well, but I, I just think it's important. The main point is to recognize what you are committing to and how it is affecting your life and what, what is it that you are committing to. And really what we're gonna say here is that you should be committing to God if you are not already. Yeah. And that there is, uh, no other person. That you should be devoting your every second to. Yeah. Obviously there's people you should be committed to, but do not devote your life to worldly things or worldly people because no one's gonna give you the same outcome as God will give you. And no one's gonna give you that same joy. And it's one thing to be, um, it's one thing to be discerned and to be committed to people like, uh, like a spouse or to a, a great friend or to your ministry or to like your youth group or your students or whatever. But you should never give. Everything you have to worldly things, you should always commit everything you have to God because it's always gonna come back and it's always gonna be back to you and it's never gonna be wasted. Yeah. It's your, all the things you give to God will never be wasted and they will always come back to you. Yeah. I was thinking, like when I was thinking about this question, the first one, I. Um, I was thinking like, yeah, your priorities will definitely show where your commitment is. Yeah. So like, if you're committed to growth, you're not gonna go to bed stupid at 1:00 AM. Yeah. If you're committed to your diet, you're not going to take that Dr. Pepper. Yeah. You're not gonna go reach for that honey bun. If you're committed to God, you're gonna choose to read your Bible. Yeah. You're gonna choose, like, that's gonna be that priority. Yeah. Um, what, what you put, like, think about what you're putting first, and that's probably showing where your commitment is. Yeah. Even if you think you're committed to something else. Because I think, I think a lot of people talk a big game, whether it be like, I'm gonna start doing this now. I, I'm, I'm gonna start skydiving. It's my new passion. Well, it's, bro, we, we've never seen you in a helicopter for real. So I know. I don't know if it is. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Giselle, you got anything on that? No. Yeah. Well it's'cause I'm trying to save it from my point'cause like this is hard. Gate keep. Alright, gate, keep gate, keep gate, keep gate, keep gate keep whatever. But basically what the Bible says about commitment. Shows you that you should not put your commitment in different, in the wrong type of things. You should, commitment should fully be to God and you will notice the fruit from it. Mm-hmm. And putting your commitment in worldly things or things that provide you no ev like eternal outcome. Yeah. It will go to waste eventually. And that's not to tear down your spirit, but it's just for you to watch your heart and understand what are you committing to, what is your time committing to? What is your heart committed to? Yeah. What is your mind committed to? Because it does make a difference in your, mm-hmm. In your walk. I always think about that. Um, that what's your, like make your yeses Yes. And your no. Yeah. Your no's no, because it's like. I think when you are living with those correct priorities, those yeses, they don't feel like, oh, it's like, oh, I committed to that. Yeah. Now I feel like an idiot. It's always you're committing to stuff that, you know, like, oh yeah, God wants me here. Yeah. Like, I'm, I'm saying yes to this and I know I'm, and also also learning to say no. Yeah. Mean like, I, I can't be committed to that. Mm-hmm. Like, I don't need to take on a fifth thing. Yeah. I don't, I don't need to and I can't be, and it's also like there's a. There's a smart and there's a responsibility in that of being like, yeah, no, that's not, that's not for me. Yeah, no, God doesn't want me there. And there's a discernment, like you said, like just having that balance of like, yeah, I'm. I'm choosing the things of God and to where that commitment is a yes. And it keeps me a consistent Yes. Yeah. Keeps, and it's never like a, oh gosh, I said yes to that or Oh gosh, I said no to that. Yeah. When you're account, when you're like committed to something, it holds you accountable too. Oh yeah. Because you can remind yourself, no, I committed this. I'm gonna finish it. Mm-hmm. When I was a kid, oh my gosh, quit. Or City Brown I played, I played by every sport you could imagine, dog. Golly, bro. Started for week, bro. Literally, I got to Orange Belt and Kar and I was like, that's not for me. Dang orange belt. Yeah, bro, this is not, that's pretty high up. Yeah, that's, yeah, that's probably about the longest thing I committed to, except like, and then what was after that as a recent? Let's see what it, let's start from this bottom. I started with baseball. I actually really did enjoy baseball, and then I got hit in the knee and I said, it's not for me. And then no commitment. Yeah. And then I did basketball for a little bit. That was just I nine. It was first season. I wasn't a big fan of it. And then I did, I did karate too. Mm-hmm. I might, I think I dabbled in soccer for a minute that clearly didn't go anywhere. And then tennis after that, or dabbled in soccer. I, I kicked a few, I dribbled a bit. I, I suckered, I, yeah, I the suckered verb. I know what that means. Yeah, of course. But yeah. Committed to yourself.'cause it also holds you accountable. Okay. Question number two. Who or what should you be committed to? Um, I got this question. This is your boy and I was thinking about it obviously first. God. Yeah. Um, I put second now for the what? Um, I have a few. I said growth goals. Community slash church. Yeah. And integrity. Yeah. Those are my ones. I'll say growth for the first one. Um, you need to be, if, if you want to like thrive as just a person, believe it or not, whatever you think, you gotta be committed to growing. Yeah. No matter where you're at, no matter what you're doing. Don't settle for anything. Like, like if you're at a job, you could be a manager. Yeah. You could be, you could be a store, a store manager one day. Like, think about the growth mindset or like, if you're, if you're, let's say you're wanna just change your life. You could exercise, you could and, and you could adapt that to your life. You could eat healthier. Yeah. And you'll be growing, uh, goals, set goals for your life. You know, don't be one of those people who just, I'm gonna let life happen to me. Yeah. You know, let, I'm gonna let life happen at me. Hey, wherever the wind takes me back. Yeah. You know, whimsy. Whimsy and whimsical for real. Yeah. Um, no, like set goals, be like, yeah, I want to do this, this, this is what I want. Mm-hmm. And go find a way to do that. Um, community slash church. Uh, this is a big for me. If you are a believer, you should be committed to church. Yeah. Like, that should be an absolute commitment in your life. Like, yeah. It's non-negotiable. Like it doesn't have to be. Listen. Um, I think people get hung up on this because they just don't want to go to church or they wanna sleep in on a Sunday, whatever. Um, no, you need to be committed to the house. Yeah. Because that's what, that's what the Bible teaches. Um, I always love the way, like our pastor David said it one day, like if, if, if Christ is the hus, if Christ is the bride of the church, right? Mm-hmm. If the church is the bride of Christ. You can't hate on the church and be like, expect your relationship with God to thrive. Yeah. You like, I mean, think about it. If, if I was hating on your wife, would we have a good relationship? Yeah. For real. No. Like that just wouldn't happen. Yeah. And so you need to be committed church. You're a believer, but community, uh, we talked a little in the last one, like, being alone is so bad for you. Yeah. Being mm-hmm. Being alone is so bad for you. So you need, I think as a, just a human being. You need to be committed to having people around you. Yeah. You need to be get, you need to be committed to having good friends. Yeah. You need to be committed to having a good, like just relationships. Yeah.'cause they are so important. Um, I put integrity'cause I think this, this is important. Mm-hmm. Um, I think if you have values and you, if you have something like, uh. If you hold onto your integrity, you're never doing stuff. Like people can never point at you for something. Yeah. It's just like I'm committed to being, I'm committed to my integrity, so it's just like I'm never gonna be at fault. Yeah, almost. Yeah. I think like back on that church point too, um, the way like I think God kind of revealed it to me was. Because I, I, I had experienced some of that too with like close people in my life that were like, I just, I love Jesus, but I don't love the church. Ugh. And, uh, it's, uh, it used to confuse me so much to me. Like, you read your Bible, literally. But like the way he kind of revealed it to me was like, no, I think you just really love the idea of Jesus. Because if you really love Jesus, you would love his teachings. Mm-hmm. And you would love exactly what he said, which was to love the church. Yeah. Which was to build a church. Mm-hmm. Was to grow his kingdom and build a church for him. It's like, like you, you just love the idea of everlasting grace. Everlasting mercy, and this idea of redemption for your entire life. But then when it actually comes down to it, suddenly those teachings don't matter anymore. Mm-hmm. Which is why we get a bad rap, y'all, if you are a hundred percent pulling back on things that you say you believe in, but then you don't believe in the next. That's why we get a bad rap, y'all. Yep. Yeah, let's lock in on that for real. Yeah. I love the way, um. It was, Jayden said it when he was here at BC Conf, but he was like, like, church is God's preferred way of working through the earth. Yeah. Like it is, church is God's preferred way of saving people. Mm-hmm. Church is God's preferred way. And so to me, when I think of like the, the person who says that, yeah. Where it's just like, oh, I love, I love Jesus, but I don't love the church. I'm just like, you are just denying God's. What God wants to do in the Earth. Yeah. You are denying it literally. Yeah. There's not really an excuse when it gets down to it. Mm-hmm. If we think about it, there's just not. Yeah. Like if you, if you're going to be fully committed to your word and you're gonna say you are. Yeah. Then you have to be committed to the teachings as well. Yeah. And the lessons that we learn as well. And so find a church bro. It doesn't have to be our church. It doesn't have to be like, find a church that you like, find a church that you like. You're looking at your, their pastor and being like, that's my pastor. Yeah. Go there, be it Does change your life. Be consistent and be committed. I know, I remember like especially to, I grew up in church so I've, my opinion is like whatever, but like when you go into a church as a new believer, you'll find that you are so not alone to the point where it's like, dang, is anybody different than me? Like, you walk into a spot and like as a new believer and from like just new believers I've seen transform into completely different people. Like it's like there is something really supernatural about. Coming into a church or a building like a sacred building, filled with people who are all agreeing upon the same name, above the same truth, above the same book. There is something that it does to you, which is only in the right direction. Yeah. And I, I think the more you know, the easier it is for you to walk into a building like that. Yeah. And say, look at me now. But the way for you to get to know is to start by going to church. Mm-hmm. So find a church and get in there for real. Absolutely. Dude. I'm like, man, I feel, I feel this one for real. Yeah.'cause I'm just so passionate about it, but it's like I, I'll to add to your point. Mm-hmm. I didn't grow up in church. Yeah. I didn't grow up doing this. So I think we have a good, like, dynamic in there. Yeah. But. Just what church has done in my life. It is, it is such a consistency. Mm-hmm. And you look at all the believers who have had a consistent faith. Yeah. I'm talking over years. Mm-hmm. Over years and years. And I'm talking like 40 years. Yeah. They're in church. Yeah. They're still, they're in the house. They're in the house somewhere. Yeah. Um, it doesn't have to be just like some random one you picked and you didn't like it. Like, if moving's a thing, pray to God about it, you find it. But you are committed to showing up in a house consistently. Yeah. And I'm like, I'm a big, just, I'm a big believer in that. For real. Yeah. Get into church for real and commit to a church. Mm-hmm. Don't just commit to don. Just be, don't be a church shopper. Yeah. Commit to a church. Commit to a house one that you agree with, one that aligns with the ideas of God, aligns with the Bible. You know, it's not really about what you think it's about. If it aligns with the Bible and commit to it and stay with it. Mm-hmm. But question number three, this is Giselle's question. What happens when you are committed? To the wrong things and the right things. All righty. I, I love this topic so much, like mm-hmm. I've been listening to so far and it's been so good, but being committed to the wrong things. I feel like it causes so much destruction in your wellbeing and it stunts your growth and your relationship with God. But when you are committed to the right and to the right and the holy things, you live such an abundant life and you have such good relationship with the father. And I think that there's like, I honestly feel like there's nothing. Better than being in right standing with God. Mm-hmm. Than being, than honoring God. And so I feel like choosing and committing to do the right things, honoring it, honors God. And it feels so rewarding. So I just feel like, why wouldn't you want to just commit to God? Yeah. And commit to doing the things that pleases God and honors God because it's, it just, it's my way of saying things like it, I wanna glorify God and I wanna say thank you, and I wanna be grateful for all the things that he's done. So I'm gonna do the things that honors God. Mm-hmm. I'm gonna live right. And I'm gonna live for God because I know that that honors him. Yeah. Yeah. And so it's just like, for example, like I know you guys said examples, but like I think one of the biggest things that I've seen so far, especially like in the younger gen, I see people committing to relationships. That do not honor God. And I'm not trying to like clock anyone's tea, whatever, but it's just like what you just did. I just, Ooh, just kidding. No, but it's just like, I see so many people like committing to these relationships that do not honor God. That don't glorify God. Yeah. Yep. And like if you do not what that means, it's like being unequally yoked, like that does not glorify God. That does not honor God. And so it's just like, use, use all your time and you use all your energy and you commit to them and mm-hmm. Literally like. You, you prioritize them, but then you, you set aside God, the one relationship that you should like, be super intimate with and super intentional with, and be super genuine with. You put that aside and then you put somebody else in his place. Yeah. And so it's just like, that's like. That's, that's a bad commitment. Mm-hmm. Is to be in relationship with somebody that doesn't really have best intentions with you. Yeah. Yeah. And then, so it's just like he, he, like, he never leaves you, he never forsakes you. He always stays the same. And I feel like God is the only person that will be like that with you. Mm-hmm. Like you, you can never be, I guess, well you can be su super, super sure. That God will remain the same. He will always love you. He'll never leave you. And it's just like, who else will be like that? Mm-hmm. Who else will never leave you? Yeah. Who else will never lie to you? Forsake you, you know, treat you bad, whatever. But God will always say the same. Yeah. And I'm like, why would I not treasure that? Yeah. Why would I not want to honor God? And so I have a couple of verses. One in Proverbs 16, three that says, commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established. And I have another one. It's Psalms 37, 5. It says, commit your way to the Lord. Trust in him. And he will act like, who else is gonna do that for you? Right? Like literally who else? Correct? Yeah. Like who else is gonna live? You like that? Yeah. I, I love the way you brought up, um, bringing up that relationship side of things.'cause I was gonna say this, but I forgot. Um, you choose who you choose, the people you're committed to. Oh, and I wanna say this, like, you don't have to be committed to everybody. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. You get to choose who be. And so to add to that unequal thing, I wanna say this, the commitment in your relationship. Regardless of what it is, if it, it is a dating relationship. Mm-hmm. That's not the commitment of a marriage. Yeah, absolutely not. You know? So if you're dating somebody, you are not committed to them like you'd be dating Paul, don't pay the car payment. Do not pay their car payment. Literally do not pay their car payment. You don't have to. No, you're not. So if they're like trying to push a marriage on you, things like a marriage. That's not your commitment, bro. Run. Run. You know? And so, yeah, like I was saying, like you choose who committed to, but like me, like me, Jensen and Giselle we're friends because we all choose to be friends. Like I'm not, like, I'm not stuck in a loan with them, bro. Yeah. Like, like I'm not paying up. The lease is almost up. Yeah. The lease is almost up. We have a contract. Yeah. The interest is not up yet. Yeah. But yeah, I'm friends with him because one. I'm choosing to be. Yeah. Yeah. And so I have, uh, there, if there's other people in my life who would do me dear, I'm not choosing to be friends with them. Right. Yeah. You know, I'm not choosing to be friends who would affect my faith and my beliefs or whatever it may be. Yeah. You know? Mm-hmm. Uh, I get to choose who I'm with, so choose wisely. So those people who you want to be committed to choose wisely, pick smart, pick what, pick people who are gonna affect you Well Yeah. That, that are gonna lead you closer to Christ. Yeah. Yeah. That also have the same ideas as you as well. Mm-hmm. Like I think, like one thing I find so beautiful though is that, um, amongst all my friends believer or not mm-hmm. There is always this common ground that they find so odd that like. I, I love this too because even if they're not a believer, somehow we still have things in common. Yeah. We still have things in common, and I think that's such an open gate for a believer to show a non-believer and to commit to that friendship too. Yeah. And I think there's levels, like you said, levels to commitment and like you can be friends with somebody who's not a believer, but you better not commit every ounce you have to that relationship. Oh hundred percent for sure. Because that's gonna leave you short. Yeah. But you should. Take time to tell them and spread the love and joy and grace you get to experience onto them. That's part of your commitment, but part of your commitment does not include giving up yourself to them and letting the best part of you go. Mm-hmm. Which is the relationship you have with God. Yeah. Just because they don't feel the exact same way. And so there's levels to your commitment. And I think that's a really, that's a good, I like that there's levels of commitment. Yeah, there's some Yep. Boom. Clock it, clock down. Um, there's, there's people who are gonna get more of your commitment. Yeah. And that's okay. And there's people who are gonna get less of your commitment. Yeah. And that is okay. Yeah. You're still committed. Just don't be an un uncommitted nerd for all. Yeah. Just don't be committed to nobody where you're just bouncing your Oh my gosh. Don't be doing that. Like, is my best friend. And wait no next week. This is my best friend. No, for real. They did me dirty for all. No, they, I'm switching up the thing'cause they switched on me first. They were going to, they didn't convince switch. I got ahead it. On myself, on myself, on myself, on myself. All right. Well, I think we did it. All right, so three point bangers. What does commitment look like in the Bible versus your life? What, or, I guess, yeah, I guess what should you be committed to and what happens when you're committed to the right things? Mm-hmm. Versus the wrong things. All right. So, hey, I hope you guys learned something today. If you didn't learn something, I hope you giggled a little bit. I hope you, I hope you shed. A laugh. I hope a giggle will escape you. I hope something happened. I just, I hope you smile. Oh, hello. I hope you found some joy today, but, um, I, since I didn't say at the beginning, what was that? Uh, my name is Jensen and this is Giselle. And that's Noah. Yes.'cause I did not say it at the beginning. I'm Noah. That's Giselle. Anyways, I hope we learned something. Um, like I said, this is the BC pod. We are in Albuquerque, New Mexico BC stands for Believer Center, so we have church voice 50 boys on. Oh yeah. We, we like this a lot. Wow. We'll see you on church this Sunday. Yeah. And be committed there. And be committed to church. Be committed on my soul. A yo a yo. A i gonna you this way. Shoot. Be committed. Get the gang back in. Be committed. You. We gonna get the gang back. Get it. Admitted y. Alright. Filled this curse by coming to church on Sunday. You you came. You came. I shed the curse. I shed the curse. Okay. You came. All right. Hey, well, we hope you learn something. I love you. If you're in Albuquerque, ever, come down to Believe Center, Albuquerque. Love you, central Waterfall. We love you so much and we'll see you later. Bye. Bye bye.