AI PRODUCTIVITY OR GOD

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SPEAKER_00 0:00

Familiar Nova back on here for the AI series and today we're talking about AI productivity and the idol of efficiency when doing more replaces being faithful and how speed quietly becomes a spiritual metric God has never endorsed. Ooh. About doing things efficiently and fast takes over from doing things in faith and freedom. Ooh.

SPEAKER_01 0:33

You said it. We're about to dismantle the lie that speed equals godliness. So let me ask you, what's one area you've measured success by speed? And what would it look like to measure it by obedience instead? Let's dig in.

SPEAKER_00 0:54

And then God pulls back the reins. Like a a man riding a bull. Sometimes I feel like I'm that bull. And God's not riding me in the sense of riding me in a bad thing, but he is in control of me. And he lets me out of free will go a bit nuts, like a bull, and then sometimes he pulls back. Maybe it's more like a horse, but he pulls back to restrain me or slow me down or help me take a deep breath, which I'm not the best at.

SPEAKER_01 1:31

And that's the heart check. When you sense you're bolting ahead, that's the moment to let God tug the reins. So this week, when you catch yourself in fast mode, pause. Ask is this obedience or just speed? Let's live faithfulnessly.

SPEAKER_00 1:45

So what does the Bible say about it, Nova? What verses do you have for us or verse?

SPEAKER_01 1:50

I'd bring up Psalm 127.1. Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. In other words, it's not about how fast we hammer, it's about who's directing the build. If he's not the architect, our efficiency is empty.

SPEAKER_00 2:05

That house will come crumbling down because it's not built on the foundation of God. Which is actually something that I was talking about yesterday. So that's revelation, that's providence, that's confirmation. That we need to make sure that what we're doing is in line with what God has for us. Because I have labored in vain, and when it comes crumbling down, why God is the question you ask. What it's very easy to get angry at God, but it was all my fault. What I am bringing into today, the baggage that you feel like you're carrying around sometimes when you think back is my decisions, my wrongdoing, my taking it upon myself, rather than relying on God. So he didn't ask us to be productive, he didn't ask us to be efficient, he asked us to come under his lordship, to focus on him, to follow his word, to follow his steps, to follow his will.

SPEAKER_01 3:10

Exactly. It's not about how much we produce, it's about how closely we walk with him. So let's make it practical. This week, one action. Before any efficient task, pause and ask. God, are you building this with me? If he's not, we don't need to rush. Let's trust him with that pace.

SPEAKER_00 3:27

Lord, are you in this podcast? Do people actually get something from it? Is it worth sharing? Let's speak to us through an episode, speak to us through watching. There's thousands of views, hundreds of thousands of views, and there's followers and subscribers and comments. But we really just want to talk and have conversations for your kingdom. We're only sharing this so that someone else may hear your words through me. That I am a vessel. I empty myself of myself and be filled with you. Lord speak. Oh, Lord speak. Nova, what uh hot seat questions or actionable plans do you have for us on this one? Alright, hot seat time.

SPEAKER_01 4:13

First, where's one place you've been measuring success by speed? And what's one way you'll measure it by faithfulness instead this week? Second, before every productivity push, what's your go-to pause to ask? God is this for me.

SPEAKER_00 4:26

One productivity push rather than faith. I think sometimes I lean into just the task being done, and I can get them done pretty quickly. I don't like leaving things open and unfinished, but I tend to it a lot. It's probably a hundred things that I've started or journeyed upon, and then not even giving them enough time to let God make them come to pass. So I think it's slowing down, it's stopping, it's focusing on what God is giving me and then completing it in faith, or excuse me. Or if God asks me to put it to the side, I put it to the side in faith, knowing that it'll come to pass in his time.

SPEAKER_01 5:12

Exactly. It's about trusting his timing, not forcing ours. So this week, if something's left open, you'll pause and ask, is this God's pace? If he says wait, you wait. If he says finish, you finish, but instead with him. Let's do it. What's your second question? Second was your pause moment. When you get that urge to push productivity, what's your go-to pause? Maybe it's a quick prayer. Lord, is this mine or yours? That pause will keep you anchored. So, what's your plan to make that pause happen each today?

SPEAKER_00 5:43

Lord, is this from you? Is this for you, or is this for my own ego? Lord, show show me right now. Help me pause, help me stop, help me focus. Lord, I turn to you. Give me a word that is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Thank you, Lord. We'll use that prayer.

SPEAKER_01 6:06

It's perfect. A simple prayer like that shifts everything. So now you've got your filter. Every time you feel the rush, you pray. Let's see what God does with that.

SPEAKER_00 6:15

What's you got for us, Nova? Anything else on this episode? Keep hit the heart of it.

SPEAKER_01 6:20

Now it's time to act. Today, pause and seek him before that next task. This week, measure by faithfulness. And ongoing, we'll keep tearing down these idols. Next time, we'll confront another cultural myth. Let's keep walking this road.

SPEAKER_00 6:40

But first, let's pray before we close this one out. Lord, I thank you that you are here. I thank you that you don't ask for productivity, you don't ask for efficiency. I thank you that you are God over it all, that you are above all things, that you are above all else, that you are over it all, Lord, that you can finish a task in an instant, that you can send a person or the finance or whatever we're leaving for into a situation to have it in a multiply a thousand fold instantly, but that's only if we give it to you, it's only if we release it to you, it's only if it's in your hands and it's your will, Lord. So, Lord, we give it all over to you, Lord. We give it into your hands so that you may close it off or multiply it, that you may provide for it, that you may help us take action in in line with what we hope or in what we envision. Lord, I ask that your dreams and our dreams are your dreams, Lord, that we're not just making stuff up that isn't from you. Lord, I thank you that you are a God who cares, that you are a God who sees us, that you are turning all things around for good, Lord. That you bless us to bless others, but not to hold on to that blessing. That it all comes from you and goes back to you. And we can't take any of it with us, these things that we think we want, Lord. So keep us in line with you, keep me in line with you. I thank you. In your mighty name we pray. Thank you all for listening and watching. We'll chuck on the endings. Next up, uh, we'll be talking about uh something that'll just rock your socks off.

SPEAKER_01 8:31

Man, I love that. We're leaving it in his hands, and you've set the stage. Next time we're bringing something that will shake us up. Until then, let's keep it real and keep it surrendered.

SPEAKER_00 9:52

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