WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:02.399 Man, I'm so ready, I'm so fired up. 00:00:02.479 --> 00:00:02.959 Here's why. 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:08.800 I truly believe this that anytime the people of God gather for the word of God, something begins to shift. 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:13.039 Something that I've learned in my life is that your expectation determines your revelation. 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:16.879 So if you expect much, you'll receive much, but if you expect little, you'll receive little. 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:18.879 So here's my question: Are you expectant? 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:20.800 Oh, come on, are you expectant? 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:24.640 But if that's the case, I need you to turn to your neighbor and just say, get ready. 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.199 Just say, get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready. 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:32.000 If you have your Bibles, I wonder if you can turn to 1 Samuel 16. 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:33.840 1 Samuel 16, if you have your Bibles. 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:40.479 Today I really believe that God has sent me on assignment to talk to anyone who is in this room and you're waiting. 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:43.359 Now, I don't know what it is you're waiting on. 00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:46.479 Maybe it's something in your life, maybe it's something in your family. 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:57.600 I think there's some of you that are waiting, and you know that there is so much potential that God has placed inside of you that so often you want to step out and do something great for God, and anytime you do, the enemy comes and he says, Man, keep quiet, sit down. 00:00:57.759 --> 00:00:59.520 You'll never do anything great for God. 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:01.439 And you're doubting yourself. 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:09.359 There's some that are waiting on their purpose while there's others, and the thing that you're waiting on is you're saying, Man, I wonder if my marriage will ever be the way that it was. 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:10.959 I wonder if it'll ever be restored. 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:15.359 Maybe you're on the brink of divorce while there's someone else and the thing that you're waiting on is healing. 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:19.840 And you've been suffering with something for some time and you're like, God, will that ever leave? 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:23.920 While there's others and the thing that you're waiting on is you're like, God, will my confidence ever come back? 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:26.319 Will this anxiety ever leave? 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:32.239 There's other people and it's something in your job, while there's others and you're like, man, why am I still single? 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:34.000 You're like, why is this happening? 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:37.040 I do not want to watch the notebook by myself one more time. 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:38.400 You're like, why is this happening? 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:38.640 Right? 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:42.239 Well, there's others and you're actually dating someone and you're like, I wonder when they're gonna propose. 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:43.439 Will I ever be good enough? 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:48.640 While there's someone else who's married, and the thing that you're waiting on is maybe you're like, man, I'm wondering when we can finally have kids. 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:51.439 We've been praying, we've been trusting, but I wonder when that's gonna happen. 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:55.519 Give me enough time and I'll hit every single person in this room. 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:58.560 Because if there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's this. 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:00.239 We're all waiting on something. 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:02.560 Every single one of us is waiting on something. 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:07.120 And the question is this when you're waiting on God, what do we do? 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:09.039 What do we do when we're waiting on God? 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:11.360 What do we do when we feel like we're stuck in the middle? 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:13.120 What do we do when we're in a waiting season? 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:20.560 And let me just say that if you're in a waiting season, I believe that this series, God wants to come and He wants to speak a word so specific into your life that I believe this. 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:27.120 You might have walked in here one way, but I'm believing by the power of God that you will leave here different in Jesus' name. 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:33.280 Come on, with new perspective in Jesus' name, with new identity in Jesus' name, with a new sense of purpose in Jesus' name. 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:41.039 God wants to talk to your waiting season, and today we are gonna learn about the season through a guy by the name of David. 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:41.680 Okay? 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:45.439 Now let me give you some context before we read the story. 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:56.560 In 1 Samuel 16, the nation of Israel is in turmoil because what has happened is they had a king by the name of Saul, who has been rejected by God because of his impatience. 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:03.759 He was anointed by God, he was appointed by God, but now he is rejected by God because he was unwilling to wait. 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:12.319 So what happens is God takes the prophet Samuel and he says, Okay, Samuel, I'm gonna get you to anoint a brand new king, and he's gonna come from Jesse's household. 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:13.120 Go to Jesse. 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:24.800 So he goes to Jesse, he says, Hey Jesse, one of your sons is gonna be king, and Jesse's like, awesome, it's gonna be Iliab because he is big, he is tall, he is good looking, he's my firstborn. 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:26.159 He's like, it's gonna be amazing. 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:29.360 So Jesse says, Okay, take your kids and line them up. 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:32.479 So they all line up in front of Samuel. 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:36.719 And the first one comes, Iliab, and Jesse's like, This isn't the one. 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:37.280 Why? 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:42.479 It actually says it in the scripture that man looks at the outward things, but God looks at the heart. 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:43.919 So it says, No, it's not Eliab. 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.000 And the next son comes and he says, nope, not this one. 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:48.319 And it's like, thank you, next, thank you, next. 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:50.639 They all pass in front of him. 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:55.599 But then all of a sudden, they've all come, but there is no king. 00:03:55.919 --> 00:04:02.000 So Jesse's confused because he's like, Man, I thought that all the sons are before you, and none of them are king. 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:06.479 So it says this in verse 11 that he asks Jesse, he says, Jesse? 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:09.039 I don't know, I feel like that's how he talks. 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:10.319 Jesse? 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:14.159 Are these all the sons you have? 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:20.240 And he says, They're still the youngest, Jesse answered, but he is tending the sheep. 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:21.199 Question. 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:24.480 Have y'all ever felt not good enough to make the lineup? 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:26.639 Like you're not even in the lineup? 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.600 Like it's one thing to be on the sports field and be picked lost. 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:36.720 Let me just say this: it's one thing to be picked lost, it's another thing to not even have the opportunity to be picked. 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:39.360 David's not in the lineup. 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:45.199 Some of you feel that because you feel so small, you feel so insignificant, you feel like no one's knows what you're going through. 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:47.120 God doesn't even know what's going what you're going through. 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:47.920 You need to get this. 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.959 Just because you're not in the lineup doesn't mean God doesn't have something lined up. 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:56.240 Just because you're not in the lineup doesn't mean God doesn't have something lined up. 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:04.319 Because here's what you need to know is that you may have been forgotten by man, but you have never been forgotten by God. 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:08.639 He's not even in the line up, but God says, no, no, no, no. 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:10.800 He's been looked over, but he has not been left out. 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:12.160 I'm believing that for some of you today. 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:14.240 It says that Samuel says, Sin for him. 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:16.399 He will not sit down until we arrive. 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:18.160 Y'all, he's gonna get a standing ovation. 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:21.040 And it says this, so he sinned for him and had him brought in. 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:24.879 And he was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome features. 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:28.560 Y'all, if the Bible says you're good looking, you're good looking. 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:30.399 There's no way around that. 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:31.279 Like you're just good looking. 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:33.040 Like some of y'all didn't even know that was in the Bible. 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:36.319 And you're like, see, that's what I want, God. 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:39.519 I just I just need a man who's good looking, has a fine appearance. 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:42.560 I'm gonna put that on my window and say, Jesus, that's what I want. 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:43.680 Okay, we're praying for you. 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:45.680 We'll do we'll do a series on relationships soon. 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:46.879 It's gonna be awesome. 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:50.319 Says this the Lord says, Rise and anoint him. 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:51.439 This is the one. 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:56.240 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:58.879 The brothers who thought, everyone thought was gonna be picked. 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:00.639 He is now getting anointed in the presence of them. 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:07.600 And it says this, and from that day on, the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David. 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:15.120 And then Samuel went to Ramah, and then David goes to Jerusalem where he's anointed, and he becomes king. 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:16.000 Yes? 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:17.519 No? 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:19.120 No. 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:21.519 Wait, that's not what happens? 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:25.920 I'm so sorry, that's not what happens. 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:27.759 Wait, I mean, what what version? 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:29.439 Are you what what Bible version do you have? 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:30.800 Is that NLT? 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:31.839 New Living Testament. 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:36.560 New Living Testament I'm not reading out of the NLT. 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:38.240 Do you know what I'm reading out of? 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:40.480 The MPPV? 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:43.839 The my personal preference version? 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:53.680 Come on, the way that my life is supposed to work out, where God starts promising something over my life, and the second he promises it, I'm able to walk into it. 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:54.639 Y'all know that? 00:06:55.279 --> 00:07:00.240 Like you're like God's like, you're gonna be healed, and I'm like, thank you, Jesus, that's gonna happen tomorrow. 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:02.959 Your business is gonna be blessed. 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:05.199 Thank you, Jesus, that's gonna happen tomorrow. 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:06.560 I'm gonna restore your relationship. 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:08.000 Yes, thank you, Jesus. 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:09.600 It's gonna happen tomorrow. 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:14.319 How many of you know life doesn't work that way? 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:19.600 Know this, just because you're not there yet doesn't mean that you're not on your way. 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:22.879 God is still working in your story, He is still doing something in that place. 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.680 Do not put a period where God puts a comma. 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:27.120 He is still working. 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:28.560 I need you to get that. 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:30.480 So it happens to him. 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:32.800 Okay, I'll read verse 14 in your your Bible. 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:35.120 Okay, I'll I'll now read what it actually says. 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:41.360 Okay, here's what it says it says, Now the spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul. 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:42.560 You all see that? 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:43.600 Get this. 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:51.360 We're all of a sudden reading about David, and then you think David's gonna become king, but then all of a sudden the Bible starts talking about Saul. 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:54.800 So you have this moment where you think, Where's David? 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:59.199 And if you keep reading, you'll find him. 00:07:59.920 --> 00:08:06.399 But you won't find him in verse 14, you'll find him in verse 19, and you won't find him in the king's palace. 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:08.079 Do you know where you'll find him? 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:09.920 In the shepherd's field. 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:12.879 I want you all to pay attention to that. 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:16.639 So what happens is God calls him out of the shepherd's field. 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:23.519 He anoints him and he appoints him to be king, and then he sends him back to the shepherd's field. 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:26.399 Doesn't that feel like life? 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:32.320 Where you come to church and you hear something and you say yes, you're like, okay, God, that that's what it is. 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:34.480 And then all of a sudden, Monday hits. 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:41.440 And you feel like you got pulled out of something only for God to speak a word over your life, only for you to be back where you started. 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.200 Man, I'm back in the shepherd's field. 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.240 Something I need you to know about the Bible is that the Bible progresses quickly. 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:51.440 You see, the chapters and the verses that exist in the Bible, we put them there. 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.120 They were just originally a single letter. 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:57.840 And what you need to know is in verse 13, God is promising something over David's life. 00:08:57.919 --> 00:08:58.480 Say promise. 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:03.600 And in verse 14, God is starting to pay off on that promise. 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:04.559 Say payoff. 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:06.799 So verse 13, promise. 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:08.559 Verse 14, payoff. 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:13.840 But what we miss is in between those two verses, there were years. 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:18.000 There were years. 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:25.360 You think, you see, and I think so often in my life, man, I'm good in verse 13. 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:29.440 I'm good when God is promising things over my life. 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:33.759 And I'm good in verse 14, where God is starting to pay off on that promise. 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:39.919 In fact, I'm good in verse 12 when I didn't even know you had a promise from me. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:44.080 You see, I'm good not knowing, I'm good you're promising, and I'm good when you're paying off. 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:47.840 I'm just not good in the middle. 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:51.519 I'm just not good in the middle. 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:56.480 And what I found in my life is that most of my life is not spent in 13. 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:58.720 Most of my life is not spent in verse 14. 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:03.519 Most of my life is spent on the path from the promise to the payoff. 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:08.159 You see, so often we want the payoff without the pathway. 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:11.519 And what we don't realize is that the path to the promise is painful. 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:13.759 But we want the promise without the pain. 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:17.360 But we have to know is just because it's painful doesn't mean God's not present. 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:23.840 Yes, it can be painful when we're waiting, but you need to know this God is still working in your story. 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:27.279 And so often we're building houses where God has asked us to pitch a tent. 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:32.879 He's still trying to do something in your life. 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:35.519 So we get to a place where we start asking questions. 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:38.000 If I'm supposed to be in a relationship, then why am I lonely? 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:39.919 If I'm supposed to be healed, why am I still in pain? 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:42.799 If I'm supposed to be in community, why do I still feel so rejected? 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:45.120 If he's supposed to be with me, why do I feel so alone? 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:46.240 Why is this taking so long? 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:46.879 Why am I waiting? 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:47.679 Why am I not there yet? 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:48.720 Why is he not here yet? 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:50.320 Why do I not feel well yet? 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:51.039 Why am I not happy? 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:52.000 Why do I not feel fulfilled? 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:53.039 I should be furthered by that. 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:55.039 What, when, where, what, why? 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:57.840 What are you waiting on today? 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:00.720 Who are you waiting on? 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:03.039 Because let me just say something. 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:04.799 The middle is critical. 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:11.840 In fact, so often in life, your success in life is actually determined by what you do in the middle. 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:19.600 If you don't believe me, ask Saul, who was anointed and appointed by God to be king, but was rejected by God because of his impatience. 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:22.000 What season in our lives are we about to fail? 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:25.039 Because, like Saul, we're unwilling to wait. 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:28.080 Turn to your neighbor, say wait. 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:30.720 Turn to your neighbor, say wait. 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:32.159 Just wait. 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:33.440 Just wait. 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:38.080 But bread, waiting's hard. 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:39.759 Yeah, I know waiting's hard. 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:41.039 Like no one likes to wait. 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:42.159 I don't like to wait. 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:44.399 Like, I don't like waiting in lines. 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:47.039 I don't like waiting at Starbucks. 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:47.919 Right? 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:49.600 I don't like waiting in traffic. 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:51.600 I mean, I tend traffic. 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:52.159 My gosh. 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.879 So all of a sudden, like at 5 p.m., the Holy Spirit is like, yo, I'm out. 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:56.720 And then everyone goes crazy. 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:00.080 Everyone starts speaking words of life like, bless you, brother. 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:01.759 Like, nothing's on what happens. 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:05.679 And then, like, at seven o'clock, all of a sudden the Holy Spirit is like, he comes back and he's like, peace, be calm. 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:07.440 And then everything is fine. 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:09.120 I don't like waiting in traffic. 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:10.159 I'm from South Africa. 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:11.440 We just drive elephants around. 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:12.159 Guys, that's a lie. 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:13.039 That doesn't happen. 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:16.000 I know y'all think we drive elephants in South Africa. 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:16.559 It doesn't happen. 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:16.799 Okay? 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:18.559 I don't like waiting. 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:18.799 Okay. 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:21.039 Nothing about me likes waiting. 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:23.519 The funny thing is, my mom knew this about me. 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:25.440 How many of you have a mom who would cook? 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:27.840 And when she cooks, she just takes a long time. 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:28.879 You see? 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:30.639 And I'm a pre-eater. 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:31.840 What does that mean? 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:33.360 I eat before I eat. 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:34.240 You know what I mean? 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:36.720 Any pre-eaters in the yeah, you'll you'll get it. 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:38.320 You'll pre- Tyler gets it. 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:39.120 Pre-eaters. 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:39.440 Okay? 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:43.360 Often we'll be going to dinner, and my wife would be like, babe, I need you to eat. 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:45.039 And I'm like, but we're going to dinner. 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:47.039 And she's like, no, I need you to eat before you eat. 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:47.919 And I'm like, but why? 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:50.080 And she says, because you'll embarrass me. 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:53.039 You'll eat too much, okay? 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:53.919 I'm a pre-eater. 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:55.039 So I've always been this way. 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:56.960 So my mom would be cooking. 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:58.080 I'd be five. 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:02.480 She's cooking up a storm, and then she'll place me somewhere and I'll just start sneaking over. 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:03.600 And she's like, no, Brad. 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.559 She's like, I just need you to sit here. 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:10.080 Y'all ever seen a five-year-old wait? 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:11.919 Yeah, me neither. 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:14.559 She's like, Brad, wait, I'm like, yes, mom. 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:20.960 Next thing I'm like, she's like, Brad, I'm like, sorry. 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:22.399 She's like, wait, here. 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:24.480 I'm like, uh-huh, I'm waiting. 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:25.279 I'm obedient. 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:25.759 Look at me. 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:26.480 Be obedient. 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:27.200 I'm obedient. 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:28.159 She's like, Brad. 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:33.120 And it's so dumb, except that's exactly what we do with God. 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:37.360 Brad, wait here. 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:38.240 Trust me. 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:39.759 Yes, Jesus. 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:43.279 Try and be Michael Jackson all of us. 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:44.240 You're like, Brad. 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:47.519 You're like, God, no, it's fine. 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:48.879 I'm just gonna try it. 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:50.399 He's like, no, Brad, don't do that. 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:51.759 You're like, God, no, it's fine. 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:52.480 Don't worry about it. 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:52.879 It's good. 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:54.000 He's like, no, that's gonna harm you. 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:55.120 You're like, no, it's gonna be fine. 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:55.919 It's gonna be amazing. 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:56.639 Don't even worry about it. 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.519 No, Brad, don't touch that. 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:59.279 You're like, God, but why? 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:02.720 Why do I always have to wait? 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:05.120 I thought you said I'd be there by now. 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:07.039 I thought I would be healed by now. 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.200 I thought I wouldn't be struggling with this by now. 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:10.320 Why do I have to wait? 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:11.600 No one else had a wait. 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:12.720 David did. 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:18.000 And if David had a wait, so do you. 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:20.080 And so do I. 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:22.879 You're like, Brad, you don't understand, man. 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:24.000 She's amazing. 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:26.159 You're like, she's like my cheerleader. 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:28.399 She's like, oh my gosh, go, David. 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:29.840 You're like, she's amazing. 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.960 Okay, here's the thing. 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:36.960 I get that she may be a gift, but she might not be your gift, so stop treating her like she is your gift until you put a ring on that. 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:38.000 Okay, I'm coming here. 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:38.799 I'm coming here. 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:43.840 Wait! No one else has to wait. 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:45.279 Wait! This makes no sense. 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:46.960 Wait, God, why is it always me? 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.679 No one waited. 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:49.679 David did better yet, Jesus did. 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:52.480 Luke 2.52. 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:55.919 Jesus had to grow in wisdom and stature and favor with God and man. 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:56.799 Pop quiz. 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:58.480 Was Jesus any less God at five? 00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:58.799 No. 00:14:58.960 --> 00:14:59.120 Ten? 00:14:59.440 --> 00:14:59.679 No. 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.159 Fifteen? 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:00.480 No. 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:00.799 Twenty? 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:01.200 No. 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:01.840 Twenty-five? 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:02.080 No. 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:02.879 Thirty. 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:05.360 Wait. 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:08.000 Wait. 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:10.799 But as a culture, it's not what we do. 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:15.039 You see, because we live in this instant generation where we don't gotta wait for anything. 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:20.559 Like, why wait to buy something that I can't afford when I can put something I can't afford on my credit card right now? 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:27.519 Like, why wait when I can get Amazon to just deliver something to my house right now? 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:28.399 Right? 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:31.759 Like, y'all remember when we used to wait for shows to come on? 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:32.240 Anyone? 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:33.519 Am I aging myself in this one? 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:36.240 Like Sunday, 7 p.m., my show is on. 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:37.679 Now you don't need to wait. 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:39.519 You can just binge the entire season. 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:44.159 Not only that, some of y'all don't even watch a show until it's finished. 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:47.120 That you can binge all eight seasons. 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:49.679 What is wrong with us? 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.480 We just don't like to wait as a culture. 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:56.559 We're like, no, I don't want to do that. 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:00.559 When I used to watch TV, one of my favorite channels was HTTV. 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:02.000 Anyone, any HD TV? 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:04.320 Extreme make home makeover, home improvements. 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.759 I was like, yes, fixer upper. 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:06.480 Yes. 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:09.840 And I got some place where I was trying to figure out why I like this so much. 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:18.559 And what I realized is I like things, I like seeing things go from really, really, really bad to really, really, really good really, really, really quick. 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:23.039 What am I trying to say? 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:26.240 I like seeing the result by skipping the process. 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:29.759 But then I get confused when my marriage doesn't work that way. 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:33.600 I get confused when my life doesn't work that way. 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:37.679 You need to understand that everything that God does, He does in process. 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.360 Okay, I say process. 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.840 Everything He does, He does in process. 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:43.360 Have a look at how a baby is formed. 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:43.919 What do you see? 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:44.879 It's a process. 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:46.960 Have a look at how a tree is formed. 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:47.519 What do you see? 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.559 It's a process. 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:50.559 And so often we don't like process. 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:55.120 What we need to understand is that when we skip the process, we often forfeit the promise. 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:01.200 There's a test, and y'all, God brings it through Jimmy. 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:02.000 You know Jimmy. 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:06.480 Jimmy comes and we fail it with Jimmy and God's like, okay, here it comes with John. 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:09.599 A test comes through Sally, and we fail it with Sally. 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:10.960 He's like, okay, here it comes with Susan. 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:13.759 Everything happens in process. 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:15.279 I've shown this before. 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:16.160 Like, imagine this. 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:17.839 Like, imagine you have a 16-year-old. 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.519 Anyone have a 16-year-old kid in the room? 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.559 Any 16-year-olds? 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:22.240 Great, what's your 16-year-old's name? 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:22.640 Antonio. 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.920 Antonio. 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:24.880 Imagine. 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:27.519 I was like, okay, welcome to Spur Church. 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.559 This is amazing. 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:31.599 We are giving Antonio a brand new car. 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:33.759 Don't be like, what? 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.799 This is amazing. 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:35.839 I love Spur Church. 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:36.319 This is incredible. 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:38.400 Invite your friends, they give out cars. 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:39.440 Okay? 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.880 It'd be a great gift, right? 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:42.319 It'd be a great gift. 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.839 How many of you have a five-year-old? 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:44.880 Anyone have a five-year-old? 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:46.160 Okay, five-year-old's name. 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:46.720 Denver. 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.519 Denver? 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:48.079 Ember. 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:48.799 Ember. 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.440 Brilliant name. 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:52.319 Imagine I was like, congratulations, welcome to Spur Church. 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:56.000 We are taking Ember and putting her in a brand new car. 00:17:56.880 --> 00:18:01.039