The Worlds Okayest Pastor
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The Worlds Okayest Pastor
Your legacy is not what you own, but who you bring with you.
What happens when divine judgment interrupts your party? In this powerful exploration of Daniel 5, we witness the dramatic moment when a mysterious hand writes judgment on a palace wall during King Belshazzar's feast. Unlike his father Nebuchadnezzar who eventually acknowledged God's sovereignty, Belshazzar brazenly desecrates sacred temple vessels while praising false gods of gold and silver.
The eternal question echoes through this ancient story: what legacy will you leave behind? While Belshazzar desperately tried to use his wealth to save himself, we're reminded that money, power and possessions hold no eternal value. As Jesus taught, we must "give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's" – and what bears God's image? People do.
This message cuts to the heart of what truly matters. You are not just another face in the crowd; you bear the divine imprint that nothing else in creation carries. God values people so much that He sent His Son not to condemn but to save. Your worth doesn't come from titles, bank accounts or achievements, but from the Creator who called you His own.
The challenging truth remains: the only thing we take to heaven is people. Not buildings, brands, or belongings – just the lives we've touched and transformed through our investment in God's kingdom. When it's all said and done, the question won't be "What did you build for yourself?" but rather "Who did you bring with you?" Let's invest in what truly lasts.
God, we thank you so much for who you are and we pray, as always, that as we dive into this text this morning, that we are your truth rings through, that you're and everything we need your word teaches us. It gives us so much more we can imagine. And, god, as always, I pray that you protect those who are listening here, those who might listen to it later, that you give them exactly what they need. And it's always my prayer less of me and more of you. I pray you speak through me. I pray you close my mouth when it's necessary. We've got to pray that everything this morning is to glorify and honor you. That's why we're here, that's why we exist. God, we love you and we thank you. So let me pray Amen, amen. We love you and we thank you. Amen.
Speaker 1:You know, daniel is such an interesting book. It's prophetic in nature. It's tied to the book of Revelation. We have a couple more weeks in the series. We're actually going to do Daniel, chapter 6, and then we're going to jump to 9 and we're going to jump to chapter 12, and the reason for that is because chapter 7 and 8, and then 10 and 11 are highly prophetic. And it's not that I don't want to talk about those things, but those are let's sit down and have a conversation, right? Because there's a lot to unpack there, more than I could probably pull off on a Sunday morning. Because when you start getting into the book of Revelations, it pull off on a Sunday morning, because when you start getting into the book of Revelation, it gets interesting. Everyone has their theories, right. So I'm going to give you my synopsis of Revelation, and this is what I tell everyone who asks me how do you understand Revelation? I always tell them we win. That's what I get right. I don't know who's who. I don't know who the beast is. I don't know who Babylon is. I don't know who the beast is. I don't know who Babylon is. I don't know necessarily who all the false prophets are, but what I know is, in the end we win, satan's overcome and the world bows down to God, and that's what I hold on to. And so Daniel touches on these elements a little, but we're not going to go there.
Speaker 1:Instead, today, we're going to focus on Daniel, chapter 5. So chapters 1 through 4 have been interesting. We've seen Shadrach, meshach and Abednego and they're being thrown into the fiery furnace and somehow managing to walk out unscathed. Nebuchadnezzar recognizes the fourth man in the fire. We've seen Daniel and Shadrach, meshach and Abednego, his friends. They come in and they're in exile and they've been taken into exile and they're offered the best food and they choose not to. They eat vegetables and water and it turns out that they actually look better than all the other people. We've seen a couple dreams where Nebuchadnezzar has been warned more than once that his kingdom will not last chapter 3. Chapter 4, nebuchadnezzar is warned that he's going to be put into exile himself and yet he refuses to listen.
Speaker 1:I love the book of Daniel because I think it reflects a couple things about God. One it reflects that God's sovereign God is in all and through all and knows all. One it reflects that God's sovereign God is in all and through all and knows all things. Right, he's in charge. I also think it shows God is patient because he gives Nebuchadnezzar a chance, right, it's not like he just comes in and wipes him out. He's trying to get him to realize and warn him and say listen, if you continue down this path, it's not going to work out well for you. So you get into chapter 4, and Nebuchadnezzar has another dream about his arrogance. And 12 months later he finds himself in the wild, separated from his kingdom. Seven years, right Seven years in exile. And then he finally comes home and he's restored. Years in exile and then he finally comes home and he's restored. And it takes all of this to make him acknowledge who God is. And then we get to Daniel, chapter 5. You know, one of the things that I think we learn, or we should learn, is we should learn from our past mistakes, not only ours, but we should learn from other people's mistakes.
Speaker 1:I try to explain this to my kids all the time and they don't get it. They want to do something and I'll say don't do that. And they're like why? I'm like? Because it's not going to end well for you. And they're like how do you know? I'm like because I did that before. Yeah, but it's going to be okay. It's different this time. I'm like it's not different this time. It's the exact same situation. Actually, you're doing the exact same thing that I did. And they're like yeah, but it'll be fine. And eventually, as a parent, you're like okay, and you just watch and you go and it happens. You're like yeah, that's what I said. I wasn't trying to ruin your life. I wasn't trying not to let you have a good time, but I'm telling you from experience I've learned that what you're about to step into is bad for you.
Speaker 1:And so we come into Daniel, chapter 5, and we meet Nebuchadnezzar's son, belshazzar. And Belshazzar is about as arrogant as they come, and Belshazzar is about as arrogant as they come. He's a young man who's come into power, inherited power, the wealth. All of the kingdom wasn't his, but his dad died and he inherits all of the money, all of the power. And I don't know about you, but I've met people who inherit a lot of money and they tend not to be really good with it, mainly because they didn't earn it right. Like I always tell people, I don't even play the lottery, but if I ever won the lottery, I'd be broke by the end of the year. I'm just being honest. I would buy stupid things. I don't know why I would. I would have 10 Jeeps. I don't even have room for 10 Jeeps in every color that I like, because I'm not smart with money, and I know that. I'm aware of that. I'm working on it. But Belshazzar has a really big problem because he inherits all of this power, all of this money and he decides to throw himself a party.
Speaker 1:By the way, if there's ever a reason not to get drunk at a party, belshazzar, is it what's about to unfold here. This is why getting drunk and being in public and making stupid decisions with stupid people I'm sorry, but it is a stupid decision. This is a warning of why not to do these things. So, starting in verse 1, it says King Belchazar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. He invited a thousand people to party with him.
Speaker 1:It says Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and silver that were never Kenezer, his father had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines might drink from them. So here we have Belshazzar. He is the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone. So here we have Belshazzar throwing a party not only for thousands of his friends, but their wives, their concubines, their mistresses, and in his drunken stupor, he remembers all of the gold and silver that his father had taken out of the temple of Jerusalem when they brought the people in exile.
Speaker 1:And he has this brilliant idea to use these items dedicated to God to drink out of, to party with, and then he uses this moment to honor we're going to call them gods, but lowercase g, not real fake things. He makes this decision, one because he's drunk and two because, for some reason, he has forgotten everything his dad went through. He learned nothing from Nebuchadnezzar's story Absolutely nothing. He's full of power, he's drunk, he has this desire to worship his gods by using the items that were dedicated to the God, the one true God. Right? So why does that matter? Right? So why do these things? Why are they important? So 1 Chronicles 29, 1 through 9, says With all my resources.
Speaker 1:This is not all of it, but it says I have provided for the temple of my God gold and silver. So it said David and the leaders of Israel, they would donate large amounts of gold and silver expressing worship and devotion. 2 Chronicles 2, says Skilled craftsmen and precious materials were sourced and devotion. 2 Chronicles 2. It says skilled craftsmen and precious materials were sourced for the temple's construction, showing the temple's magnificence. So you can read that in 2 Chronicles 2 that when they built the temple, they made it lavish, they built it, they wanted to make sure that God was honored. They worshiped God by giving things their talents, giving of their talents, giving of their money, giving of their silver to make sure that God was honored. It said, haggai 2, verses 8 through 9, and this is after the exile that says the silver is mine and the gold is mine, declares the Lord Almighty. So God reminds his people that all wealth belongs to him and he will fill the new temple with greater glory.
Speaker 1:Ezra 1, verses 4 through 11 and 6 through 6-5,. It says after the exile, gold and silver articles were taken by Nebuchadnezzar were returned to Jerusalem to restore worship. So the very items that Nebuchadnezzar took would eventually find their way back. But why does it matter? So gold symbolizes purity, divinity and value in worship. Silver, often tied to redemption and support.
Speaker 1:The idea of giving to God, was Israel's leaders and people gave freely and sacrificially from their well and then, ultimately, glory of the temple was a reflection of the glory and the holiness of God, not just human creation. So these were significant items. They were given out of a sense of devotion, out had a sense of worship. There's some sacrifice involved in this as well, because giving of gold and silver, which were valuable items was them saying God, we trust you with everything. We give you these things not just to worship you and honor you, but because we could sell these for income. But we're not going to, because you matter more to us. Our things are just things. We worship you, and so all of these are sacred, they're holy, they're given to honor God of creation.
Speaker 1:And here you have Belshazzar, who's turned them into common drinking utensils. He's robbing God of the glory that he deserves. He's not honoring God. In the same way, he makes a mockery Again in his drunken stupor. He makes a mockery of God. He does exactly what one shouldn't do. So we have a problem. The Belshazzar is partying away, going about his business, having a good old time, blaspheming the things of God Again. He hasn't learned a thing. He hasn't learned a thing, nebuchadnezzar.
Speaker 1:So, starting in verse 5, it says Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace. By the way, if there's ever something that'll get your attention, that's it. This hand appears and starts writing on the wall opposite of the lampstand, and the king saw the hand as it wrote. Then the king's color changed. I can only imagine he's terrified. By the way, if you ever want to talk about something that's going to sober you up, it's going to be a free-floating hand writing on a wall. So all of a sudden he's aware he's watching it and his thoughts started to alarm him. His limbs give way and his knees knock together.
Speaker 1:The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans and the astrologers. And the king declared to the wise men of Babylon whoever reads this writing and shows me its interpretation shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king of the interpretation. Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed and his color changed and his lords were perplexed. So here again, belshazzar does exactly what his dad does Calls in the wise men, the enchanters, the magicians, and it's interesting because he says to them listen, if you can tell me what this means, I'm going to give you gold and purple robes and I'm going to make you the highest, like the third highest person in my kingdom.
Speaker 1:Belshazzar is trying to use his wealth to save himself. He's trying, if you just give me what I want. If you tell me what it means, I'm going to bless you. I'm going to give you so much money, but none of them can do it. Again, not a surprise to us Really shouldn't be a surprise to him, because none of the other dreams could be interpreted by anyone but Daniel. Again, why does everyone just not go to Daniel? I never understand this. They go everywhere, but he's like the last option.
Speaker 1:So, starting in verse 10, it says the queen you know she's smart, she knows she's paying attention. She says because of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet hall and the queen declared O king, live forever. Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change. There is a man in your kingdom in whom the spirit of the holy gods in the days of your father said in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him, king Nebuchadnezzar, your father, your father. The king made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, chaldeans and astrologers Because of an excellent spirit. Knowledge and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshar. Now, let Daniel be called and he will show you the interpretation.
Speaker 1:So here he is, belteshazzar throwing this party. His life's interrupted. He tries to save himself. He goes to what he knows. It was the money. He says if you give me, tell me what I need, I'm going to give you all of this wealth. But it doesn't happen. No-transcript money will never save you. I've said this before and I've said it again. I said it at the beginning of the service the only thing you can take with you is people. When you die, your money doesn't go with you.
Speaker 1:Everett, actually, I think Everett's changing his focus. There's a guy that lives down the street from us that has a couple Ford Broncos like the 80s ones, the really cool ones. Don't worry, I like the new ones, but I like the older ones better. And so he has like 10 of them, which is crazy. And we were driving by his house the other day and Everett's like can I get one of those instead of a Cybertruck? I'm like, oh yeah, we're going to get that. Not only is that more affordable. But again, my kids don't understand, right, they like things and there's nothing wrong with that, but at the end of the day, money can't save you.
Speaker 1:And Belshazzar is trying he's just trying to find a way to come up with an answer for what's about to happen. But he's about to find out that when you mock god, there's consequences. It says. Without warning, the fingers of a human hand appear and begin writing on the palace wall. That this dramatic intervention is significant. It's a divine act of judgment, and one that bypasses prophets, visions or intermediaries.
Speaker 1:As john c Whitcomb notes in Daniel, his everyday Bible commissary, even apart from any human representative or instrument, the Lord was able to vindicate his name in the holiness of Israel's sacred vessels. This moment reveals something crucial God does not need a human voice to defend his holiness Crucial. God does not need a human voice to defend his holiness when his name or his sacred things are profaned. He can and will act directly. The handwriting on the wall wasn't just about Belshazzar's judgment. It was a message to all who would dare mock or minimize what is holy. It reminded the court, and it should remind us, that God sees, god knows and God will not be mocked Again. A harsh reality for a king who hadn't learned anything. God was about to remind him of exactly who he was. So, starting in verse 13. It says Then Daniel was brought in before the king.
Speaker 1:And the king answered and said to Daniel you are that, daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, from the king my father brought from Judah. I have heard of you that the spirit of gods is in you and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation. But they could not show the interpretation of the matter. But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Now, if you can read the writing made known to me the interpretation, you shall be clothed with a purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. By the way, this is why I love Daniel. Then Daniel answered and said before the king let your gifts be for yourself and give your rewards to another. I don't want it, he said. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation.
Speaker 1:He said, trembled and feared before him Whom he would he killed and whom he would he kept alive. Whom he would he raised up and whom he would he humbled. But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly. He was brought down and was kingly thrown so he's reminding him of what happened to his father and his glory was taken from him. He was driven among the children of mankind and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox and his body was wet with the dew of heaven. And so he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will.
Speaker 1:And you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all of this, but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of this house have been brought to you before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines have drunk wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, the God whose hand is your breath and whose all your ways you have not honored. Then, from his presence, the hand was sent and this writing was inscribed. And this is the writing that was inscribed Mene, mene, teke, parson, and this is the interpretation of the matter Mene, god has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end. Teko, you have been weighed in the balances and you have been found wanting. Perez, your kingdom was divided and give to the Medes and the Persians. Then Belshazzar gave the command and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck and a proclamation was made about him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. That very night, belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.
Speaker 1:It's such an interesting interaction. Daniel comes in and he gives this prophecy and says listen, god has determined that your days are numbered. You're not honoring him. You, you've been warned, you've seen this unfold, right? You, you've all these choices you're making. God, god has decided your days are done. And he says the word tekel is. You've been found wanting. You're lacking something. You're lacking humility. You've been weighed, you've been set upon the balance and God has determined that you don't have it. You don't have what it takes.
Speaker 1:And then Parsons says your kingdom is going to be divided. Everything you've built, everything you have, all the concubines, all the women, all the gold, all of it will become someone else's. And then Belshazzar, at the end of the conversations, puts a robe on Daniel, gives him gold and declares him the third person in the country, completely missing what it just was said. I mean, I'm honest, if that's me, I'm like now what? But he doesn't. He goes to what he knows. He tries to buy, buy salvation. He tries to buy, buy salvation. He tries to. Maybe, if I can, just maybe, if I put it back in the temple, maybe if I honor this prophet that God has set before me, maybe God will change things for me. I'm going to trust and rely on everything I know, instead of giving my life and humbling myself before the one who created all of it.
Speaker 1:I love what Daniel says. He says you're worshiping this statue of gold and stone and none of them even have breath. They can't even hear you. They're wasting your time, but the one who has your breath in his hand, you've mocked him. Your days are numbered. You've been found one thing and your kingdom will be divided, and immediately, immediately, that night, he dies.
Speaker 1:You know, one of the things that I wonder about in my life is what kind of legacy I'm going to leave. I think about that a lot. I turned 39 yesterday and I told Danny we had a birthday party for 39, because I'm not having one for 40. I'm going to lock myself in my room and you guys are going to leave me alone. And so I turned 41. But I sat there and I was thinking about this, because I'm not getting any younger. I'm not, and I know that, and I wonder what kind of life I'm going to live. What are people going to say about me? What are they going to ask? What are my kids going to think about me? And listen, I find that balance tough Because I've said this before, I wouldn't mind being rich.
Speaker 1:It would be nice, there's a lot that comes with it, but I'd like to be able to just go out and buy stuff, like, oh, the car's broken down, that's okay, I'm just going to go buy a new one. I like my kids to be able to have things, and every time they ask me for a toy at the store, I'd love to say yes, but we don't, and that's okay, I don't need you to do it anyways. I think kids need to learn that it's okay to say no. But I wonder what my legacy is going to be. I wonder what people are going to say about me, and I think about Belshazzar, and all he could think about is look at all the money that I have, look at all the power I have. All these people here by the way, those thousands of people who were there were probably only there because he fed them and gave them a feast, that's all. They cared about Everything he had, all the power he had all of it.
Speaker 1:You know, money and wealth is not a bad thing, but money and wealth is not a bad thing. But money and wealth can corrupt. I think we see this right. We see this when people have a lot of money and sometimes the way they act when they live is not godly. On the other hand, you see people who have a lot of money and they're the most generous, god-loving people I've met in my life, because money in itself is not evil. Money is money. If you ask Griffin, we can print it ourselves at home, which you can, but that's illegal. Don't do that. But money is just money. But money can oftentimes reveal the heart of a person, having a lot of it, especially so here.
Speaker 1:Belshazzar has seen what Nebuchadnezzar went through he's living and glorifying himself and in the end he loses everything, midnight gone and his legacy is he's the guy that God put a hand on the wall, wrote a message and took his kingdom from him. That's what he's known for Throughout all history. That's what he's known for. His life came to an abrupt end, and so the question has to be if money is not something we should value, what do we value? What should we use our time with? When I ask the question, what should my legacy be at the end of my life? What is going to matter more than anything? I think that's an important question Because I think that's going to set the tone for how we understand and how we embrace what's coming.
Speaker 1:You know Luke, chapter 22,. Jesus tells this parable. So he tells the parable actually of the tenants. And the parable of the tenants is significant because we see a couple of tenants and they've all been given something, and the master of the house says now go and invest this. And two of them do and they go off and they actually get a return, and the third one is scared so he buries it and keeps it hidden for himself and the master coming back, he gives him what exactly was gave him and the master's like I don't understand why you did that? Like I've given you this. Why? Why did you not go do something with it so shortly after that?
Speaker 1:That parable, jesus is walking along and one of the things you know that we all love to do is pay taxes. Right, we all love to pay taxes. It's the funnest part of our entire life. I mean, I can't wait for taxes every year, I'm just kidding. So Jesus is having this conversation and the Pharisees are trying to trap him and they say you know, when you're talking about paying taxes, should we pay taxes to Caesar or not? And so Jesus whips out a coin and he says hey, give me a coin. And he holds it up and he says whose face is on this? They say, well, caesar and Jesus. And I love it, man, because Jesus is like the guy that drops the mic and then just walks away and you're like I don't know what to do with this. But he says to them he says now give Caesar what's Caesar's. So go ahead, pay him his taxes. That belongs to him, his image is on it. Give it to him. But he finishes. He says but give God what belongs to God. Here's why this is important.
Speaker 1:Jesus is actually calling back all the way to Genesis 1. Genesis 1, verses 26 and 27,. As God is creating the earth before he gets to us, he says Now let us create mankind in our image, in our image, let people bear my image. So when Jesus says this, he says give to God what belongs to God. The answer of what has the image of God on it is you and me. You know, when you look at the temple of the Old Testament, it was beautiful the gold and the silver but none of that Old Testament. It was beautiful, the gold and the silver, but none of that really mattered to God. Why would it? It's everything he wants. What's God going to do with gold? He doesn't need it. That was for their benefit. But what he really cared about was he cared about Israel. He cared about the chosen people. He protected them. He protected them in exile. All throughout the Old Testament we see story after story of how he's protected them, because people matter to God. His chosen people matter to him. And then we get to the New Testament and we see that it shifts. Israel has fulfilled its role and they've brought about the church, and the church is the people of God.
Speaker 1:I read something this week that I thought was interesting. It was talking about church hurt and people that have been hurt by the church. And the truth is we've never been hurt by the church. We're hurt by the people of the church, because the church is people and people are infallible. People aren't perfect, but you and I, as image bearers of God, we matter. He values us. So the question at the end of our life has to be what have we invested in?
Speaker 1:One of the words in our vision statement is invest, and I don't think that's by accident. I actually have this document if you'd like to read it, but it says that refocused church. We're not just trying to build a crowd, we're trying to build lives. We're committed to investing in people, because that's what God values most. People are eternal, people bear his image and people are worth the cost. Eternal people bear his image and people are worth the cost. Everything we do is focused on how do we invest in people? It says.
Speaker 1:This is the heart behind our vision here. We believe that the most meaningful use of our time, money and talent is not to build our own empires, but to invest in what bears the image of God. We do this intentionally when we invest our time, our finances and our service to build God's kingdom. Our goal is to increase missions giving locally and globally, to support local projects that reveal God's love, strengthening community groups for discipleship, creating service opportunities inside and outside the church and partnering with other churches to maximize impact. That is our vision is to invest with other people and invest together into the lives of those around us because they bear the image of God, which means they have value to God. And when Jesus says, give God what's God, I understand that God wants people. He wants people to know his name. He wants people to bear his image.
Speaker 1:At the end of the day, what you value is what you worship. You are not an accident. You are not forgotten. You are not forgotten. You are not just another face in the crowd. You are deeply, undeniably, intentionally valued by God. He formed you, knows you and placed his very image in you. Nothing else hear me listen nothing else in all of creation carries that honor. Not the stars, not the oceans, not the mountains, only you. Your worth doesn't come from your job title, your bank account, your social status or your past. Your worth is sealed by the one who made you. Your identity is found in the hands of the creator who called you his own. Here's the truth. Nothing else will ever satisfy your soul like God will. The world offers cheap imitations, money, fame, success, but they'll all leave you empty. Only God fulfills, only God completes, only God saves. That's it.
Speaker 1:Belshazzar was holding on to things that were never going to do what he wanted them to do. This is why it's so important that we invest our time and our money and our resources into the kingdom, because the only thing that God values is people. That's what matters. That's why Jesus came. That's why Jesus died. God values people so much that he sent his only son not to judge the world, but to save it. Jesus didn't die for buildings. He didn't bleed for brands. He gave his life for people. That means that life isn't about building our little kingdoms, it's about building his. You build your kingdom by chasing wealth, status and security. You build God's kingdom by loving people, lifting up the broken, investing in eternity. And I've said this before and I'll say it forever the only thing you get to take to heaven is people, the ones in your home, the ones in your workplace, the ones you walk past every day, the ones you've written off. That's it. That's what matters.
Speaker 1:So, as a church. Let's live differently, let's love boldly, let's give generously and let's invest fearlessly, because, when it's all said and done, the question won't be what did you build for yourself? It'll be who did you bring with you? That's my legacy. Who did I bring with me? That's the only thing in the world worth seeking, to know that my life made a difference. If God grants me another 39 years, that's the question that should resonate, that should be part of my everyday conversation in my head. Who am I bringing with me, church? Who are we bringing with us? Let me tell you, there's a lot of people in this world that don't know Jesus Way more than do sometimes. Those people matter to God, so they should matter to us. Let's pray.