Welcome to the Daily Blade . The Word of God is described as the sword of the Spirit , the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil . Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson , and they stand ready to equip men for the fight . Let's sharpen up .
Speaker 2Alright , howdy
everybody . This week on the Daily Blade we are focusing on Ecclesiastes 3 , verses 1 through 8 . I will read it again here For everything there is a season and a time , for every matter under heaven a time to be born and a time to die . A time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted . A time to kill and a time to heal . A time to break down and a time to build up . Heal a time to break down and a time to build up . A time to weep and a time to laugh . A time to mourn and a time to dance . A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together . A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing . A time to seek and a time to lose . A time to keep and a time to cast away . A time to tear and a time to sow . A time to keep silence and a time to speak . So , specifically today we're keying in on the latter part of verse 3 , a time to break down and a time to build up .
Speaker 2So for many of you
guys , you're embrace the grind guys . You know so many of you guys in this audience and grind guys you know so many of you guys in this audience and hopefully most of you work very , very hard . So , specifically as it pertains to your bodies and your careers , you absolutely bust your tails and you should be commended for that . I mean those of you that actually do that . That is so when you read a verse that talks about a time to build up , you're here for it . I mean , you are on the path , as it were , right , you're down to embrace the suck because you know that on the other side of the building process is a better version of you and or a better life for you and those around you . But here's something I know Most of y'all , me included we don't like the first part , a time to break down . You see , we're okay with the grind as long as we're in control of it , right . We are totally and completely cool with the hard road to build ourselves up , just as long as we're the ones calling the shots , right . But , men , that's just not the way that God designed all of this .
Speaker 2So if you listen to my main show , undaunted Life , or if you've ever seen me speak live , you probably heard
me talk about my presentation style . Okay , so I describe it as burn it down and walk away . So , essentially , if you bring me into speak in front of your group , especially if it's a room full of men , my aim is to burn it down and walk away . So what do I mean by that ? I'm going to present and speak in a way that will hopefully impact the men listening in a very deep manner . Okay , I want to blow right past all of the fluff and affirmations and satanic agreements and mental junk that gets in the way of a man living out God's calling in their lives . So it's very brash , it's very abrasive , and that's a feature , not a bug , because I want to burn off all the crap that is keeping you from walking rightly with God .
Speaker 2And on the walk away side of things , I just explained to these guys and to the people that brought me in to speak that I don't live there . I mean , you brought me to where Eversville , ohio to speak to your crew , but when I'm done talking , I'm leaving . You guys live here . You are going to have to deal with these men after I burned off the stuff that needed to be burned off . Frankly , you need to have a plan for these men , you see , because part of my goal is to break these men down . And I do something similar with my foxhole brothers , or those that I perceive could be a foxhole brother someday .
Speaker 2I purposefully lean on these guys and I don't mean in a lean on me , when you're not strong , I'll be your friend , I'll help you carry on , kind of a way . I mean I lean on these guys to see if they're going to break . I take them to their absolute limits physically , and then I try to take them a little farther . I challenge them to the limits of their philosophical and intellectual capacities and then I try to take them a little farther . Why ? Because I need to know if they can be relied upon when the chips are down . I need to know that if you know the bullets start flying , that they aren't going to be curled up in the fetal position on the floor , right , and I'd rather know that now than later , obviously .
Speaker 2And I can only do that if I break them down . And if I don't break them down , then I have no idea what I can help them build up . You see , in God's economy there are cycles for everything a time to break down and a time to build up . And this is echoed in Jeremiah 1 , verse 10 , when God says to Jeremiah see , I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms , to pluck up and to break down , to destroy and to overthrow , to build and to plant Men , hear me , you would much rather volunteer to be broken down than for God to do it without you right . You simply do not want God to humble you . But whether you decide to roll with it or it happens without your consent , just know God has a good and mighty plan for your life and he can and will build you up to make you ready for his calling , amen .
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