WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:04.960 You know, we really live in a world that's full 2 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:09.480 of competing beliefs and values and choices, and what you 3 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:14.400 believe shapes how you live and ultimately who you become. 4 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:18.760 But the good news is God hasn't left us to 5 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:20.800 figure it all out alone. 6 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:21.239 No. 7 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:25.000 In fact, today, on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, we're going 8 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:30.079 to continue our series Reframing Your Worldview, where Rick Warren 9 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:34.119 unpacks powerful truths from God's Word to help you see 10 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:38.840 life clearly and live it with confidence and purpose. And 11 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:41.240 now let's get to Rick with part two of a 12 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.399 message called how Should I Live in This World? 13 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:50.960 The third key to living like Jesus is humility. There's discernibility, 14 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.240 there's integrity, and there's humility. Now again, humility is another 15 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:58.320 word that's totally misunderstood. A lot of people think humility 16 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:01.840 is saying, oh, I'm no good, I'm just a bunch 17 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:06.560 of junk. Jesus didn't die for junk. You want to 18 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:09.359 know how valuable you are. Look at the cross with 19 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:13.280 arms outstretched. Jesus says this much. This is how valuable 20 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:13.760 you are. 21 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:15.519 So you're not junk. 22 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:17.959 And when you go around and saying oh, I'm nothing, 23 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:21.359 you pooh pooh yourself. That's actually a form of false humility, 24 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:24.560 which is really a form of pride. It's insecurity that says, 25 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:26.159 I want you to notice me, so I'm going to 26 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:30.840 tell you how lousy I am. Humility is not false modesty. 27 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:35.519 Humility is not being quiet and reserved. Humility is not 28 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:40.879 denying your strengths. In a word, humility is dependence. You 29 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:45.079 might write that down. Humility is dependence upon God. And 30 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:49.120 the more humble you are, the more you depend on God, 31 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:51.799 and the less you depend on yourself. 32 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.239 That's what humility is all about. 33 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:00.560 That's why the very first beatitude in the very first sermon, 34 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.760 the famous Sermon on the Mount that Jesus preaches, the 35 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:07.760 first sentence goes like this, blessed are In other words, 36 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:11.639 blessed Our God likes to bless the poor in spirit, 37 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:15.280 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. What does it 38 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:18.919 mean to be poor in spirit? It means you're humble. 39 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.639 Poor in spirit means God, I admit I don't have 40 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:25.360 it on my own. If I'm gonna make it in life, 41 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:28.759 I need you God. I'll never accomplish what you want 42 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:31.560 me to accomplish. I'll never reach my dreams. I'll never 43 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:33.560 be the woman of the man you want me to 44 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:35.080 be unless you help me out. 45 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:35.400 God. 46 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:39.479 That's poor in spirit. That's being humble. It's saying God, 47 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:42.080 I can't do it on my own. And the Bible 48 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:48.000 says this. Jesus said it. God blesses those who realize 49 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:53.120 their need for Him. That's humility. It's depending on God 50 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:58.879 every second. Now, why is humility so important? Because without 51 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:02.800 it is the reason you have so much stress in 52 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:06.719 your life, the reason why you have you follow me 53 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:08.080 on us. I'm gonna have to explain it to you. 54 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:10.919 The reason why you get stressed. 55 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:13.199 Out is a lack of humility. 56 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:17.000 What do you mean by that, Rick, Well, the two 57 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.000 greatest causes of stress are these. Number one, the number 58 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:22.800 one cause of stress is trying to control the uncontrollable. 59 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:28.039 Trying to control things that you can't control gets you 60 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:31.800 stressed out. It gets you worried. Now, the truth is, 61 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:34.919 most of your life is out of your control. You 62 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:37.800 can control your attitude, you can control your response, but 63 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:40.199 you can't control what's going to happen to you next week. 64 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:43.240 You have no control over what's gonna happen to you 65 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:47.319 the rest of your life. Those circumstances are beyond your control, 66 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:50.759 and so you get stressed out. The more you need 67 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:55.719 to control, the more stressed you get. Now, the need 68 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:00.319 to control is an evidence of insecurity. When you see 69 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:03.599 somebody who has a high need to control, it means 70 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:06.360 one thing they have high insecurity. 71 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:10.919 The more insecure a person is, the more. 72 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:14.439 They try to control everything because they're so afraid. They 73 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:16.160 don't want you to know they're afraid, but they're trying 74 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:18.040 to control it so they don't have to be afraid. 75 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:23.399 The more confident you are, the more you relaxed are 76 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:25.480 You hold things with an open hand. You say here, 77 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:30.600 you know your confidence is not based on having to 78 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:34.959 control everything, and so you get stressed because you try 79 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:38.360 to control the uncontrollable. The second great source of stress 80 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:42.480 is a lack of trust in God. And whenever you 81 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:46.560 don't trust God, your stress goes up, your worry goes up, 82 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:48.079 your anxiety goes. 83 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.920 Up, and your peace of mind goes in the toilet. 84 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:52.439 It just falls apart. 85 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:57.360 So you're depending on yourself instead of depending on God. 86 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:04.600 What is the antidote to stress? The antidote distress is humility, 87 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:07.480 and a good definition of it is this next verse 88 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:13.759 Matthew eleven twenty nine. Jesus says this, come to me 89 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:19.360 all you who are weary, burdened, in other words, burned out, 90 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:23.199 and I will give you a whole lot more work 91 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:23.439 to do. 92 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:26.079 Well, that's not all it says, says. 93 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:29.360 It says, come to me when you're stressed out, and 94 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:33.480 I will give you what rest? Yeah, rest, that's a 95 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:36.399 good one. I like that word. Then he says, take 96 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:39.120 my yoke upon you. Now he's not talking about an 97 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:42.160 egg yoke. He's talking about one of those things where 98 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:45.720 you attach two horses together to pull a cart, or 99 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:49.079 two cattle together to pull the wagon. Why what's the 100 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:52.319 purpose of a cart or a yoke to. 101 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:56.560 Have the burden? 102 00:05:56.839 --> 00:05:59.040 In other words, now instead of one horse pulling the cart, 103 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:02.360 you got two as their yoke together. Or instead of 104 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:07.480 one cow pulling the wagon, you got two cattle pulling 105 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:11.560 the covered wagon. So the purpose of a yoke is 106 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:15.600 to make the load lighter. That's the purpose of a yoke. 107 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:18.720 God never meant for you to go all through life 108 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:22.600 pulling things on your own, pulling the burden of your. 109 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:23.600 Life all by yourself. 110 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:28.720 That's why you're tired all the time, because you're trying 111 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:30.879 to solve all your problems by yourself. 112 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:32.560 God's never meant for that. 113 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:36.360 Jesus says, hey, yoke up with me, put my yoke 114 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:39.879 on you, and we'll pull your load together. Now, he's 115 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:43.720 got a lot more strength than you do. Now, here's 116 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:46.720 the thing about it. When you pull the yoke together, 117 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:51.079 you have to go at the same pace. Jesus goes, 118 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:55.240 you got two cattle yoke together. One can't go faster 119 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:58.439 than the other. One can't go one direction another the other. 120 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.240 When you are the load of your life ball by yourself, 121 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:05.800 you have a tendency to go too fast. You have 122 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:08.639 a tendency to go in the wrong direction, and you 123 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:10.600 have a tendency to pull it off in a ditch. 124 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:13.439 Some of you been there several times. 125 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:18.759 When you are yoked to Jesus, then he's pulling it 126 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:22.240 with you. It's lighter. He's going to go just the 127 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:24.399 right pace because he knows the pace better than you do. 128 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:26.360 He's going to keep you in the right direction. And 129 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:28.079 there's no way he's going to let you go off 130 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:33.680 in a ditch. So he says this, come to me, 131 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.680 all you who are weary and burdened. You're worn out 132 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:40.680 you're tired, you're stressed, and I will give you rest. 133 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:44.160 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for 134 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.839 I'm gentle and here it is humble in heart. And 135 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:51.240 what does that humility produce? You will find rest for 136 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:56.800 your souls. Now, if you're stressed out tonight, the answer 137 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:59.240 to your stress are the three things in that verse. 138 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:00.120 There. 139 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:04.839 They are Come to Christ, give up control, learn to rest, 140 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:06.199 learn to trust. 141 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:07.439 That's it. 142 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:11.920 That's the antidote to stress. Come to Christ, give up control, 143 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:16.680 learn to trust. So you and he may have to 144 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:19.279 do that fifty times a day. God, I'm bringing this 145 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:21.759 problem to you, Jesus. I'm bringing this problem to you, 146 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:24.600 and I'm gonna give up control of it. I'm not 147 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:27.160 gonna worry about it, but I'm going to trust in you. 148 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:30.920 And you do that and your stress level goes down. Now, 149 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.879 coming to Christ and giving up control and learning to trust, 150 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:41.080 there's another word for that, humility. That's real humility. So 151 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:44.039 to live like Jesus means I live with discernibility, I 152 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:47.080 live with integrity, and I live with humility. Here's the 153 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:51.320 fourth one, and it's another big one. Live with simplicity. 154 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:57.159 Jesus obviously lived a very simple life. He lived a 155 00:08:57.240 --> 00:09:01.600 life of simplicity and that lowers your stress too. But 156 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:05.240 today life has gotten more and more complex and is 157 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:08.000 getting more so everybody agree with that. It's getting more 158 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:11.320 and more complex. And not only that. You got more 159 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:15.000 stuff than you've ever had before. And when the more 160 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:17.080 stuff you have, the more you have to care for it, 161 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:19.200 the more you have to clean it, the more you 162 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:21.039 have to protect it, the more you have to ensure it, 163 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:25.200 the more you have to repair it. The more stuff 164 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:28.080 you've got, the more it dominates your life. My guess 165 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:30.639 is you probably have more stuff than your parents did. 166 00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:35.039 It's just getting more and more every day. 167 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:39.279 And so you know, today we have an entire industry 168 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:41.279 that we didn't even have fifty years ago. 169 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:45.240 It's called personal storage units. It's like you. 170 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:48.000 Don't even have enough room in your house anymore, so 171 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:50.039 you have to go put it in a storage unit 172 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:52.879 and you pay rent to hold all your stuff. 173 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:56.600 The comedian George Carlin says it like this. 174 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:00.639 You know, all you need in life is a little 175 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:05.120 place for your stuff. Everybody's got a little stuff. This 176 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:08.399 is my stuff, that's your stuff. Over there's his stuff. 177 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:12.840 Now that's all a house is. It's just a place 178 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.639 to keep your stuff. Now, if you didn't have so 179 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:18.679 much stuff, you wouldn't need a house. You can just 180 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:21.639 walk around all the time. But you got to have 181 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:24.519 a house to have a place for your stuff. A 182 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:26.960 house is just a pile of stuff with a cover 183 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:30.960 on it. Now, you can see that when you're taking 184 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:31.919 off in an airplane. 185 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:33.320 You look down, you. 186 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:35.759 See everybody's got their own little pile of stuff with 187 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:36.559 a roof on it. 188 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:41.360 Now, of course, when you leave your house, you gotta. 189 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:44.000 Lock it because you wouldn't want anybody taking your stuff, 190 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:49.000 because they always take the good stuff. Okay, they never 191 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:52.039 bother with the worthless stuff. Oh no, they just take 192 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:55.639 the good stuff. So when they take all your good stuff, 193 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:58.360 you have to go out and buy more stuff and 194 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:01.039 more stuff. And sometimes you have to gotta go get 195 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:04.399 a bigger house. Why no room for your stuff anymore? 196 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:07.679 Got to get a bigger house. You ever noticed that 197 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.559 when you go to somebody else's house you never feel 198 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:14.399 quite at home. Says you know why, because there's no 199 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:18.720 room for your stuff. Somebody else's stuff is all over 200 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:22.320 the place, no place for your stuff. And if you 201 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:24.360 stay overnight at their house, they give you a little 202 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:28.559 bedroom they haven't used in eleven years. Somebody died in it, 203 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:32.240 but they haven't moved out any of the stuff. Now 204 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:34.679 there's usually a dresser in the room of some kind, 205 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:37.840 but it's worthless because there's no room for your stuff 206 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:42.000 because it's still got his stuff on it. Now, sometimes 207 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:44.759 you go on vacation, so you got to take some 208 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:48.399 of your stuff with you. That's two big suitcases full 209 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:52.960 of stuff. It's a smaller version of your house. So 210 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:55.159 you get back to your hotel. You get to your 211 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:58.200 hotel room in Honolulu, and you open up your suitcase 212 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:01.000 and you put away all your stuff. Little stuff here, 213 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:04.080 little stuff there, A little over there, Honey, you can 214 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:07.840 put your stuff in there. And then even though you're 215 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:11.919 far away from home, you start to feel okay because, after. 216 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:16.320 All, you have some of your stuff with you. Look 217 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:17.480 at what the Bible says. 218 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:22.200 Jesus said in Matthew twelve fifteen, be on your guard, 219 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:24.200 by the way, that's one of those watch out verses. 220 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:29.480 Watch out, guard against all kinds of greed. A man's 221 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:34.279 life does not consist in the abundance of his stuff, 222 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:42.960 his possessions. You know this isn't anti American message. In 223 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:47.200 many ways. It's counterculture because everything in our society says 224 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:51.399 it's all about the stuff, it's all about getting more, 225 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:54.919 that the whole purpose of life is simply the acquisition 226 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:57.759 of things, and that Jesus said, wait a minute, a 227 00:12:57.799 --> 00:13:01.320 man's life doesn't consist in the abundance the things you possess. 228 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:05.120 It's exact opposite of what our culture teaches. Our culture 229 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:09.840 teaches he who dies with the most toys still dies, 230 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:15.159 still dies. And somebody ritual died, they'll say, hen, I 231 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:17.120 wonder how much he left. I'll tell you he left 232 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:20.480 it all, all of it, one hundred percent. 233 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:22.960 Didn't take any of it with him. 234 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:25.840 It wasn't years before you were born, it's not gonna 235 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.159 be years after you die. You just get to use 236 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:30.759 this little bit of stuff for sixty or eighty years. 237 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:31.480 And then you pass it on. 238 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:33.639 And a lot of people think the whole purpose in 239 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:39.559 life is just to collect stuff. That's stupid, because it's 240 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:42.919 all gonna burn up. None of it's gonna last. It 241 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:45.919 isn't gonna last for a long time. And in America 242 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:49.240 we are possessed by our possessions. 243 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:52.679 What do you mean by that? I mean, I know 244 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:53.679 people who use. 245 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:57.200 All their time, all their energy, all their effort, all 246 00:13:57.240 --> 00:14:00.960 their talent, all their leisure just to get things. 247 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:03.440 And so what they do. 248 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:05.360 Is they go out and they buy a house bigger 249 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:07.799 than they really can afford, and they buy a car 250 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:10.960 they don't really need. And then they have to hustle 251 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:14.440 and hoof it and overextend themselves and work themselves to 252 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:18.840 death just so they can have things. And they give 253 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:25.200 up time for things. That's dumb, because your life is 254 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:28.960 not about things. Your life is about time. And when 255 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.120 you waste it and you use it to get things, 256 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:35.240 you're never getting that time back. You're giving up what 257 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:40.879 you cannot keep for something else that is worthless. 258 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:45.720 And so you don't want to give up time for things. 259 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.200 Yeah, you can go out and work real hard, and 260 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:49.480 then all of a sudden you can go buy that 261 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:54.559 beautiful vase. But look what you've just lost in your 262 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:58.240 life in order it to get that vase. And once 263 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:00.399 you get it, you said you got insirt, sure it's 264 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:03.200 not broken, and make sure somebody dusts it, and all 265 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:06.639 these things, and you begin to be possessed by your possessions. 266 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:09.919 And people work work, work, work, work, work, work. 267 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:10.679 Just to get wealth. 268 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:16.759 And they spend the first half of their life sacrificing 269 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:20.440 their health to get wealth, and then they spend the 270 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:23.919 second half of their life using their wealth. 271 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:29.960 To get health. That's dumb, That's just dumb. But do 272 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:32.159 you see how counter culture this is. 273 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:36.039 Everything in society says the purpose of life is to 274 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:38.279 work hard, so you can get more and more and 275 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:41.080 more and more things. But you can all those things, 276 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:43.480 you're not taken with you, And none of those things 277 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:47.000 are gonna keep you happy. Because you're gonna get a car, 278 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:48.200 then you're gonna get bored with it. 279 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:50.159 You're gonna want another one, et cetera, et cetera. 280 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:55.960 So people, I'm telling you, never sacrifice time for things. 281 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:59.519 Your time is far more important than your money. You 282 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:02.120 can all always get more money, but you can't get 283 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:05.200 more time. You've only got a certain amount allotted on 284 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:09.639 this planet. Now. The Bible says this. Jesus said it. 285 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:16.200 He says in Matthew sixteen, how do you benefit if 286 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:16.759 you gain. 287 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:17.440 The whole world? 288 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:21.279 You know of stuff, but you lose your soul in 289 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:24.440 the process. I've known a lot of businessmen it did 290 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:28.720 that is anything worth more than your soul? The answer is, 291 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:32.320 of course not. Is anything worth more than your health. 292 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:36.279 No is anything worth more than losing your family? You 293 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:40.200 know thing, No, there is no thing worth more than 294 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:46.120 those relationships. So he says, learn to live with simplicity. 295 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:48.799 I'll just say it this way. 296 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:52.200 If you have something, a possession that God told you 297 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.279 to give it away, and you can't give it away, 298 00:16:55.919 --> 00:17:01.879 you don't own it. It owns you. If you could 299 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:04.799 not give it away, you don't own it. It owns you. 300 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:08.079 It's all gonna vanish anyway, So why store it up. 301 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.079 Now? 302 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:12.680 Here's the fifth key to living the way Jesus lived. 303 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:16.519 I live with discernibility. I live with integrity, I live 304 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:19.000 with humility, I live with simplicity. And then I live 305 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:24.559 with possibility. I see the possibilities because I have faith. 306 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:28.480 This is the faith factor in living. The Bible says 307 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:32.960 the just shall live by faith. The Bible says, without faith, 308 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:36.559 it is impossible to please God. The Bible says, whatever 309 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:40.920 is not a faith is sin. The Bible says, according 310 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:44.319 to your faith, it will be done unto you. And 311 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:46.839 so God says, when you come to me and you 312 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:52.680 believe in me, Oh, the possibilities expand in enormous ways. 313 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:56.640 Look at this verse Matthew nineteen twenty six. Jesus says, 314 00:17:56.839 --> 00:18:00.079 with God everything is possible. Well, I can figure that 315 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.200 he created it all. But the next one is the 316 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:06.000 mind blower Mark nine twenty three. Everything is possible to 317 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:12.279 him who believes. Now that's a different issue. I believe 318 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:17.480 that of all the people on planet Earth, believers, Christians 319 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:21.960 followers of Jesus should be the most innovative people on 320 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:25.640 the planet, and should be the most creative people on 321 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:28.960 the planet. Why because we serve a God who says 322 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:30.200 all things are possible. 323 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.200 Actually, the most. 324 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:35.039 Narrow minded people I know are people who don't believe 325 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:40.240 in God. Why because their possibilities are limited just by 326 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:43.759 these certain things. But when I put my faith in God, 327 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:47.559 all things are possible, it expands my horizon. I can 328 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:51.000 be much more creative, and I can be much more innovative. 329 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:56.480 You know what the greatest sin is. It's not the 330 00:18:56.480 --> 00:19:05.160 one you're thinking of. My sin is unbelief. Unbelief it 331 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:08.880 is not trusting the God who made me. He made 332 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:11.359 everything on the planet, He made everything in the universe. 333 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:14.440 Everything I have I owe to him. It all came 334 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:17.759 from God. I wouldn't have anything, not even my life, 335 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:20.759 if it weren't for him. Why would I not trust 336 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:26.160 him when I have unbelief? It limits my life? Now, 337 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:30.240 listen to this. The more you believe God, the more 338 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:35.680 you trust God, the more limitless your possibilities become. The 339 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:39.759 more possibilities for your life, the more possibilities for your family, 340 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:43.799 the more possibilities for your career, the more you trust God. 341 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:46.799 I've said many times that hell would be if God 342 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:52.240 showed me what I could have accomplished in life. If 343 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:56.599 I just believed him a little bit more, that to me. 344 00:19:57.079 --> 00:20:00.759 Would be hell. I missed that, Yeah, because you just 345 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:04.440 didn't trust me. You just didn't believe me. 346 00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:10.279 So let me ask you three very personal questions. Number one, 347 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:14.680 in what area or areas of your life? Are you 348 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:18.640 limiting God by your unbelief? God wants to bless you, 349 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:20.640 but you're limiting because you won't do it his way. 350 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:28.279 Your finances, your relationships, your career. So yeah, I know 351 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:31.119 God says to do such and such, but I don't 352 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:33.000 really think he knows what's best. I'm gonna do what 353 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:35.680 I want to do. Every time you doubt God, you 354 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:42.759 limit yourself. Question Number two, what needs changing in your life? 355 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:44.720 What do you need to change in your life? What 356 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:46.799 would you like to change in your family? What would 357 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:49.160 you like to change in your relationships? In the world. 358 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:52.240 I want to change five major problems. We call them 359 00:20:52.240 --> 00:21:01.799 the global goliaths. Spiritual emptiness, egocentric leadership, poverty, pandemic diseases, illiteracy. 360 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:05.319 Those are giant problems. But with God, all things are possible. 361 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:09.519 What would you like to change? Third question, what are 362 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:13.640 you waiting on? What are you waiting for? You're not 363 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:17.640 waiting for God. He's waiting for you. Friends. These are 364 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:20.400 the greatest days to be alive. We live in an 365 00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:24.359 unbelievable time and God has put you in a world 366 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:28.359 class church, a church that is literally changing the world, 367 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:33.599 affecting hundreds of thousands of church leaders in one hundred 368 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.759 and sixty two countries. 369 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.920 And God of. 370 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:41.039 All people brought you here to be a part of it. 371 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:44.279 Why not so you can sit and watch history, so 372 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:46.160 you can be a part of it. We are making 373 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:51.200 a difference. This is no time for discouragement. It's time 374 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:56.960 to get going. 375 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:02.000 You know, people are being transformed by these messages. In fact, 376 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:04.839 here's Rick with a letter from one of our listeners. 377 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:08.960 You know, no matter how bad things seem, you can 378 00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:12.960 always trust that God is active in your life, working 379 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:17.319 things out for the good. While you are waiting. God 380 00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:20.799 is working. God always has your best interest at heart. 381 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:23.640 He's a good God. Today, I want to give you 382 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:25.640 the example from a note that I got from a 383 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:28.720 young man named Tyler, who has seen how God is 384 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:32.640 always there even when circumstances seem to be their worst. 385 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:36.039 Tyler wrote me said, you know, Rick, I haven't had 386 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:39.480 a close relationship with Christ. But then several events occurred 387 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:42.559 in my life all at once. First my girlfriend broke 388 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:44.720 up with me, and that was the biggest heartache that 389 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:48.160 I could imagine for both of us. Then my friends 390 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:52.680 left for college the same week, and third, my dad 391 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:54.640 left for California to start a new. 392 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:56.519 Job, leaving me in Ohio. 393 00:22:57.559 --> 00:23:00.759 All of this hit me at once and I was 394 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:05.799 a complete mess. But with guidance from others and realizing 395 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:10.640 this was a scheduled appointment from God himself, I found 396 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:14.480 Christ through your Daily Hope podcast and through prayer and 397 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:17.559 in going to church, I finally found the joy in 398 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:19.240 my life again, and I'm. 399 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.920 A changed person. 400 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:22.880 Every day now, I listen to you, Rick, and I 401 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:26.039