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Adam Mesa is Lead Pastor of Patria Church and speaks to a congregation of 12,000 about how the gospel of Jesus Christ brings purpose to every life. Patria
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Faith in the Storm 0:01 Welcome to the ALSC podcast. Here at ALSC, we seek the lost, teach the found, and send the disciples. We truly hope you are encouraged by this week's message.0:13 We're thankful all of you guys are here. Last weekend, we launched our At The Movies weekend, and I wanna share a couple things about what's happened the past couple weekends. Last weekend, we had about a little over 6000:24 people give their life to Christ, last weekend. And, it was incredible. Common themes of film and movies, which more people0:36 today know more about film than they do about biblical stories. And so, oftentimes it's called contextualizing the gospel. You can take film. You can take the message that we all see. And0:48 you've ever seen a good movie before and you walked out and you said, oh, there's a message in that. And that's what we did. And that's what we do during this month. And we basically take a film that we would say,0:57 there's a message in that. How that relates to scripture. And so, last weekend, it related to so many people. 600 people, decided to walk forward and begin their journey of faith,1:09 which was absolutely beautiful.1:21 Record attendance. Neighborhood groups is our way of saying small groups. 1500 people actively in neighborhood groups all across the Inland Empire and1:33 LA County. And so that's incredible. About 40 percent of our church right now, neighborhood group, which is massive. And in Pomona, 801:45 percent of our Pomona campus is in neighborhood, which, Pastor Aaron, shoving it to me on a regular basis and reminding me1:57 Aaron, because I'm competitive. And so I told Aaron, though we have more, we gotta get more people in neighborhood groups. I plan to get 81 percent in Rancho, into neighborhood groups so that he can't continue to hold2:08 that over my head. A story, a story, a story, a story, yesterday at Love Our Sea, and we loved on Rancho.2:20 And made Jesus known through our hands and feet. A really incredible experience as well. We're going to and the message today. And as we continue our week 2 of the and so thank you all those who have joined us as well2:31 for a really incredible experience as well. We're going to and the message today. As we continue our week 2 of the and we're going to dig into something that may be familiar or unfamiliar2:43 majority of the it's become lately, it's become 1 of the top grossing movies in the past decade. And it was extremely popular. It's a3:00 and my dream in life when I was younger. For a maybe 10 years, I was gonna be in the Air Force. School, I was in the Air Force ROTC. So I saw Top Gun a million times. And then3:11 when Maverick was coming out, my favorite though was Tuskegee Airmen because I identify with being more African American than anything else. Tuskegee Airmen was my movie, then it was Top3:23 Gun in that way. And and so I saw that movie over a hundred times. If you're new here, don't worry. You'll pick up on it real quick while I say that. Movie was3:35 something I loved. And then the second 1 came out. And even more so, I saw a message in it, and then towards the end of it, it actually the movie had led me to cry because as a father who has a son, you see the3:47 relationship godfather to a son that he considered and the love he had, but trying to protect him. And we're gonna talk a little bit about that today. And so instead of breaking it down,3:58 first, we're gonna give you a synopsis about what this movie is about because if you've never seen it before, we don't want you to feel left out. And then we're gonna come and we're gonna preach from the scriptures on4:08 how this relates to our own life and how we can grow our faith in God through the message and themes that we see within this movie. So let's check out this So let's check out this So it4:21 So it's been 30 years from the first Top Gun movie, and US captain Pete Maverick Mitchell has become a test pilot. Now we see this guy, Rear Admiral Chester Hammer Kane, trying to shut down the new Dark Star4:32 scramjet program saying that drones are the future. But before the order is issued, Maverick goes rogue, steals a million dollar jet, and test flies it4:44 successfully. See, this man tries to kick it up a notch and go beyond the speed he just achieved, which then results in him destroying the jet. I mean, it literally disintegrates in midair.4:54 So he dies? No. He's fine. How do you survive a midair disintegration at over Mach 10? Who are we gonna cut away? Oh, I understand. Yeah. Characters can survive pretty much anything if you don't show how they did it.5:05 Very true.5:05 Fortunately, his other best friend, Iceman, who just so happens to be a high ranking commander, protects him from any consequences by reassigning him to another base where he'll begin preparing for his next important5:17 mission. The navy has been tasked destroying a uranium enriched plant. But instead of Maverick being a part of the mission that he planned for, he's now supposed to teach and train a bunch of top gun rookie graduates so5:28 that they can carry out his plan. But here's a fun little twist to the story. 1 of the students, Bradley Rooster Bradshaw, is the son of his old deceased wingman slash best friend,5:40 Nick Goose Bradshaw.5:42 Then he goes to talk to them in front of this building sized American flag that they have set up in case someone needs to be inspired. Sure. And then at the podium, Maverick does that cool teacher thing, you know, where5:52 he's like, hey. You know the rule book? Just toss it in the trash. And then he tosses it in the trash.5:57 Did they5:57 put a trash can next to the podium just in case he wanted to dramatically throw something into it? Yeah. Or maybe he specifically requested it. Who's to say?6:05 So in various dogfighting combat scenario, Maverick proves that these kids are still wet behind the ears and that he is still the best at what he does.6:16 You see me now?6:18 Respect has been earned, but tension between Rooster and Maverick are still floating through the air. But here's another twist. Rooster's mom made Maverick promise before she died that he would do everything in his6:29 power to keep Rooster from being a pilot. She didn't want the same fate that happened to her husband to fall on her son. Unaware of his promise that Maverick made to his mother, Rooster blames Maverick for everything6:40 that's been going on, on, which includes and is not limited to the death of his father. Why'd you pull my papers at the academy?6:49 Why did you stand in my way?6:51 With the recent death of his safety net Iceman, Maverick's commanding officer, vice admiral Cyclone Simpson, fires Maverick and completely changes the mission parameters that Maverick came up with, making it easier to7:03 execute but comes at a harder survival rate. So typical Maverick stole another plane to show the vice admiral that his mission could be a7:15 success the way he planned it by flying the mission parameters in their test course. So after Maverick's theft, Cyclone reluctantly appointed Maverick lead over the whole team, while Rooster is put in command of the7:27 second unit. The team successfully hits his target, and all is well. Right? Yeah. Nah.7:34 Rooster, tomorrow you're 6.7:36 During their escape, they're attacked by ground to air missiles and Rooster runs out of missiles and countermeasures. Maverick, being Maverick, sacrifices his jet to save Rooster's life.7:46 Maverick's gone.7:47 With the vice admiral believing that Maverick is dead, he orders the surviving pilots back to home base. But, you know, this is a Tom Cruise movie, so we all know he's still alive.7:56 And so getting shot down is not a big deal, I guess. Not for the good guys, sir, but for the bad guys, it's always lethal. Nice.8:02 With both he and Rooster behind enemy lines Oh, yeah. Rooster's plane eventually got shot down too. Maverick steals yet another jet to8:10 get back home. But this is no ordinary jet. Oh, no. No. No. No. No. It just so happens to8:16 be a fully functional f 14 Tomcat that was not touched at all during the complete annihilation of the airbase they just blew up.8:26 Overwatch reports an f 14 Tomcat is airborne and on force for our position.8:31 Can't be.8:32 It it can't be. Maverick.8:36 So they lift off, get into a dogfight with some enemy jets, survive, and live happily ever after. Now that you know the plot of the movie, you're probably wondering, what does any of this have to do with church? Well, if8:48 you were here last week, you know that different movies in cinema history can correlate with scripture even if it's in a very subtle way. So this week, we're gonna see how Maverick and the word of God can work side by8:59 side to give you some truth. Pastor Adam, lay it on.9:05 That's that's 1 that's 1 way to end a little promo. Right? That we'll see uncover in a few moments9:17 is if you've seen the first Top Gun, you see a really young, brash, young man that's in pilot school that takes high, high risks those risks end9:29 up getting his best friend killed, who his wingman. And so within that story, you begin to see by the second movie, he's become a bit of a loner. What he's trying to do is he's trying to avoid9:41 as many storms and mistakes as possible. And by doing so, what does he do? He distanced himself from a woman that he loves and he doesn't try to pursue her anymore. He goes and becomes a9:53 test pilot because now, put my life on the line and nobody else's, I can control that and I'll be okay. He he wants to be a person in control. I don't know if anyone can relate to10:05 that. You'd like to be a person that is always in control. And if you ever feel like something is out of control, then you start to get a little finicky and you start to get a little bit angry. And so what happens is,10:16 even to the point that he thinks, if he his god son roosters papers from flight school, he'll never become a pilot, which means school, he'll never become a pilot, which means he'll never risk his life, which means he10:25 can never potentially die. And so by Mavericks desire to try to control outcomes, he consistently puts it in his own hands and he consistently endeavors to do this on his10:37 own, which to us we know is not the biblical perspective of what faith and trust looks like. And so, what Maverick shows us in this movie, if you've seen it, is it could be a story of10:49 trying to avoid your greatest fears. I don't know what your greatest fear in life is, but oftentimes, we try to control that that fear will never happen, or that outcome will never11:01 happen. Committing to 1 person and hurting them or reliving the same mistakes as before or even for him losing your purpose. He11:13 had a fear of never flying purpose was held. Oftentimes, our decisions can be guided more by11:24 avoidance than by faith. That's right. Have you ever thought about that before? Sometimes the things we decide to do in life is more about trying to avoid things and less about trying to trust God and have faith11:36 to dare to do something that's greater than maybe what you've done before or what you've seen before. Passage of scriptures where the disciples struggled with what they could11:48 control, and they also struggled with the reality that Jesus is in it, and Jesus can't control it. And so what we're going to look at is Mark chapter 4. And before we do that, I want you to see12:00 this quote by Shannon L. Alder. She says this, fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free.12:18 Today, the question is, do we operate more in fear, or do we operate in faith? Fear will keep you stuck and hidden. Faith will begin to take you out to daring paths that12:30 God is leading us in. And the thing is, when you step more out to faith, it means less and less that you are in control, but it means more and more that God is in control. And that's what faith teaches us of what it12:43 it means when we can't control our outcomes. Look at Mark, chapter 4, starting in verse 30 five's famous passage of scripture. And if you'd like to join me, we can, here at Abundant, we've been standing in the honor of12:54 reading God's word. And we'll do that today as we read the story. It's a short story, but it's a powerful story concerning Jesus. It says this in Mark 4, 35. On13:06 that day, when evening had come, he said to them, speaking of jesus, let us go across to the other side. And leaving the crowd, they took him, and with them in the13:18 boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him and a great windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was already filled. But he was in13:30 the stern asleep on the cushion and they woke him and said, Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing? And he awoke and he rebuked the wind and said to the13:42 sea, peace be still. And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. He said to them, why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith? And they13:54 were filled with great fear and said to 1 another, who then is this that even the wind and the sea obey him? You may be seated.14:07 What happens when you cannot control the outcome or the storm? What does our life and what do the decisions we make happen when that happens? This is a story of the14:19 disciples concerning this situation. They are in a storm. Jesus has already done massive amounts of ministry. He's tired. But also that14:31 incredible ways in their life. They they they've already seen him turn water into wine. They've already seen him heal people. They've already seen him preach the kingdom of God. So for all intents and14:43 purposes, they have already seen Jesus as the son of man move. The only thing is they have yet to see Jesus as the son of God. So what14:55 happens is is they believe that Jesus as the son of man, because we know through the miraculous birth of Mary through by God is that Jesus was fully human and fully God.15:07 At this point in juncture, the disciples fully understood that Jesus was fully man and God used him. At this point right now, they're going to see that he is fully God.15:19 Because only God in all the history of scripture has authority over the weather. And so when Jesus comes and he begins to step out and speak to the storm, he's doing15:31 something that the disciples didn't expect he could even do. All the disciples were looking for was Jesus's fear also and his empathy. That's all they15:43 wanted. So they limited who Jesus really is. Pastor Kenny has his famous saying ever since I've been a young pastor. Pastor Kenny has always said, hurt people hurt15:55 people. You ever heard that before? Hurt people hurt people. This is a case where scared people just want to make other people scared. So so they16:06 come to wake up Jesus not to see if he could do anything about it, but just to see are you as scared as we are. Because when they16:18 come and they awake him, they say, teacher, do you not care we are perishing? In other words, you could imagine water's coming into the boat. So they probably have buckets and they're probably trying to get16:30 water out of the boat. And they're thinking to themselves, who does this Jesus think he is in the stern sleeping while he got all of us his disciples working.16:41 And and I love that even Mark adds to the scripture that he was sleeping on a cushion. Like like he made sure to say that he had a tempur pedic involved in this16:53 sleep. Almost to emphasize, man, my man my man is resting. This isn't this isn't like a nap you take on an airplane or anything like that. Jesus has cushions Tempur Pedic17:05 set up, which means he is having immaculate rest in this moment. And the disciples come to him and say, Why are you not as worried about this as we are? In17:17 other words, Jesus, do do you not care that we're all about to die so you're just good with death then Jesus? That's the question. Oh, so you may be okay with dying, but we not okay with17:29 dying. And so there's this because this fear of the unexpected that begins to reveal the worry of the disciples, which is often like you and I, because have you ever posed a question17:41 or even thought to yourself before, God, do you not care? You not care about what it is that I'm going through, God? Do you not even care about what it is that I'm experiencing right now,17:52 God? You don't care that I've lost my job? You don't care that I can't pay my bills? You don't care that I can't find a spouse. You don't care about any of these things. I don't know if you ever felt that, but18:04 here's the disciples. Jesus, why do you look so rested while all of us are scrambling? That's you and I. So here's through the unexpected what we see Jesus can do.18:16 Here's the 3 points that I just share with you with the time that we have. The first thing we see through this passage of scripture is Jesus is on call.18:32 I don't know if you ever met a nurse or a doctor before and maybe they've come to wherever you're at. I know I've gone to a kid's party and a doctor or nurse been there and they said, I'm on call. What that means, they18:42 they it means they got a beeper on them and if an emergency comes, whatever they're doing, they could be blowing out the candles, they could be in the middle of something, they could be putting something together, but if18:53 that beeper calls, they're on call. They I gotta go. I'm on call today. When there's an emergency, I got to go. What we see in this passage is when they wake up Jesus, he doesn't turn over and go back to19:04 bed. What I presumed over the years with a lot of theologians is what I think this storm wasn't going to do is I think they were going to make it to the other side. I think19:16 Jesus knew that. He still had much ministry to do. Also, he knows this moment is going to happen too. But let's just say the disciples never woke him up. Was the boat going to flood and were they all going to die? No.19:27 No. No. They they were going to make it to the other side. Maybe they'd made it to the other side with 5 feet of water in the boat, but they were going to make it to the other side. But but instead of Jesus telling them,19:37 guys, it's okay. You're going to make it to the other side. He decides to wake up from his nap and deal with this thing that the disciples is going through. And so what Jesus begins to tell us is,19:50 even though you and I are not at his level of faith, being Jesus's, he will begin to come out and he will match your level of faith that you have. Because the disciples had enough20:01 faith to wake him up. Let's go wake him up. Let's just ask him, does he not care? They they're not even asking him, Jesus, can you do something about this storm? They don't think he can.20:14 So so they're just more so saying, hey, let's just go wake him up and see why is he not worried like we're worried. I don't know if you ever had a conversation like that with your spouse before where you look at your20:24 spouse and say, why aren't you worried about this? Why aren't you worried about how these kids are gonna come out? Do you not see what they're doing right now? He's like, oh, they'll be alright. They'll be that's how I20:33 was when I was 4. Whatever it was. Right? He said, the the worry doesn't match. And so we see is the disciples, it says this when they woke up walked up to him, they said and they woke him and said, teacher, do you not20:44 care that we are perishing? So they call him. Jesus wakes up from his temperpedic nap. He doesn't tell them guys don't worry20:56 about it or just hush. He steps out, and then he begins to do something incredible. Is what happens is is is he begins to speak to the storm and he calms the storm.21:08 But, Bob Goff, who's a famous author and Christian leader says this, God doesn't break things so he can fix them. He fixes broken things so he can use them. Yeah.21:21 This is a case of what's happening. Like like, oh, okay. Okay. Oh, so God is gonna break the boat. God's gonna flood the boat. No. No. No. Storm was coming and now Jesus is about to help the21:33 disciples grow their faith. And the unexpected of what you and I cannot control gives God an opportunity to grow our faith. I know you21:45 want always calm waters. I know you want everything to always be still. I know you and I always want things to be perfect. I know you and I want to be like Maverick. If I just go move into Mohave, if I make no friends,21:57 if I take no wife, if I have no children, then I can't hurt anybody and no 1 can hurt me. I know that's how we wanna control life in areas, but it does not work that way.22:09 And so instead, we can begin to choose to be like the disciples that when a storm comes, you begin to first go to Jesus and say, Jesus are you on call? He is. He's on call. The second thing Jesus is if you're22:21 taking notes, is Jesus is on time. He's on time. Don't look at no 1 next to you, but ever you met anyone before that just ain't on22:32 time for anything? Some people sometimes are worried they're not gonna even be on time for their own funeral. They're gonna run late. We just can't seem to get on time with22:44 anything. But with Jesus, the moment that Jesus begins to intercede and interject in this story is the on time moment. It says this in verse22:56 39, and he awoke and he rebuked the wind and sea and said to the sea, peace, be still. And the wind ceased and there was a23:08 great calm in the water. See what happens is there's a moment the Bible talks about having faith like a mustard seed. The disciples did not ask for Jesus to23:19 calm the storm, but Jesus knew he had the power and the capacity to do that. And so their mustard seed faith, which was just to ask Jesus for his concern,23:31 became enough for Jesus to step out in the boat and completely calm the situation. And so what happens is it reveals to us that you and I, you don't need to have23:43 braggadocious faith. You don't have to have this faith that can fill a room. All you have to do is have enough faith to say, Jesus, are you there? Jesus,23:56 can you come? And I'm thankful that Jesus comes on time. You see, if Jesus never came in the middle of the storm and he stopped the storm from even coming, the disciples would have no24:08 idea that they could go to Jesus for other things. They just never know. They would walk in blindfold ignorance for the rest of their life. That's why people always talk about Christ's death and24:20 resurrection. Why do we need it? Because if you didn't have it, you wouldn't know how much God loves you. Right. Why is there evil in the world? Because if there was an evil in the world, you wouldn't know what good is.24:30 You'd everybody would just be robotic. And so you'd have no idea the capacity of God's grace, the capacity of God's mercy. And so Jesus allowing this storm for a moment is enough to24:41 grow the disciples capacity that even leads them to start to get a little scared. Because they're like, we were I know we all we was following a human, but I didn't know we were following God.24:54 That's much more scarier. Meeting a human to then realize this human, man, this is God, he has control of everything. But, but but Jesus has his25:05 time that doesn't always match with our time. I I remember when, I was young and I was in college in my early twenties and late teens is I I had a girlfriend for 4 years, senior year of high school,25:17 senior year to college. We were set that we were gonna marry each other. I mean, it was no fact. Our parents knew this. Everybody around us knew this. And so we had our whole lives planned. We we we knew what25:29 she was gonna do. We knew what I was gonna do. I was gonna be a pastor and all these things. We knew what she was gonna do. And so what happens is is towards the end of the year, at 4 years together, she had even picked25:39 out her ring. I began to save money for that ring. I was 3 months away from being able to pay off the ring that she wanted. So I was 3 months away from literally asking her to be my wife, but it was known. We already25:50 knew that was happening. She got to pick out the ring and everything. And so I'm 3 months away. I call her 1 day, she doesn't answer. I begin to call her for the next 30 days and she never picks up, never26:02 answers. Then 1 day my middle brother Caleb is at Disneyland with his wife, Ashley, and he runs into her holding hands and kissing another guy in line.26:15 Finally, she answers 1 of my calls and she actually text me and she said, I didn't know we went to different schools. She said, I didn't know how to tell you I didn't want to marry you. I don't want to be married to a26:27 pastor, and so I thought it was better if we just moved on and stopped talking to each other.26:44 I'm going to God going, God, do you not care? What the come on. I'm in Bible school. I'm gonna be a pastor for all intents and purposes. I'm26:56 doing everything you want me to do. Disciples, same thing. Disciples, Jesus, we're on this boat because of you. You got us out here on this boat. The least you could do is pick up a27:08 bucket. You're not doing none of it. So that's where I'm at. Oh my God. Do something. And I'm praying, God change your heart.27:19 God, kill that guy. Do whatever you gotta do to make this work. I'm making I'm making requests. The prayers of a diligent 1.27:31 I'm praying. And God's not doing nothing. He's asleep on his temperpedic. He's does nothing. He does nothing for 2 years.27:43 For 2 years, I go on date after date after date. I'm not I'm not being a player, but I'm going to coffee and I'm going, no. I might be interested in this girl. No. It doesn't seem like it's gonna work. No. This girl I I27:54 had to go out on 15 to 18 dates, every time. I'm going, God. They're not that girl. That's what I would do every time. God, they're not that28:06 girl. But a year into this process, or 2 years, a year into this process, 1 of the mothers in the church, mother strong, she she's walking out of church 1 day on a Wednesday night. She stops and she looks at me and28:18 she she used to call me, because mother strong was was, was Jewish. And so she used to call me Isaac, which means laughter. So she said, Itzhak. And I said, Yes, mother strong. Because when a mother renames you, you just28:29 shut up and you take it. So, you know, I don't remind her that my name's Adam or anything like that. You just whatever. So she said, I have a word for you. I said I said, Yes, ma'am. She said she said, God told me that28:41 you're gonna find your wife when you stop looking for a wife. Now, in my head, I'm like that is the dumbest prophecy I've ever heard in my28:53 life. How do you find something by not looking for something? Like, I gotta go on these dates with these girls. Like, how else am I gonna how else am I gonna know? So, you know,29:05 I respect my elders, so I said, yes ma'am, God bless you, thank you so much. And I walked away, and I'm like, man, this lady's getting old. She just she just saying stuff now. And so what happens is for the next couple29:17 months, I continue to do what I was doing, and then eventually, I just choose on my own, not connecting any 2. I choose to connect and I just say I say, man, I'm gonna start focusing more on youth ministry. I've got all29:28 these dates. It's not working. I'm just gonna focus on my job here at abundant. I'm gonna be the youth pastor. I'm just gonna focus on that. So for about 9 months, that's all I'm doing. I don't go on dates anymore and I29:38 still don't connect anything that mother strong said. So it was 1 day on about, probably a Tuesday, Wednesday, I'm with pastor Diego and pastor Diego tells me, he he says, you know I got a friend who has a29:50 pastor in Hawaii. He has 3 daughters. Why don't you go on a vacation for 2 weeks and why don't you just meet his daughter? He's trying to arrange marriages now. He said And if you know him, you know that's very30:02 common with him. And so, he says, why don't you go for 2 weeks and if you hit it off with any of his 3 daughters, maybe maybe you'll find a wife. And I remember verbatim, I looked at my dad, still never30:14 connected what mother Strong said in this moment, and I and I said, Dad, I'm completely fine. I'm happy in my season. I'm not looking for a wife right now. I'm good. You don't have to send me to Hawaii. He said, okay.30:26 That's fine. I mean, I would have took Hawaii for Hawaii's sake, but not to find a wife. So I said that he said, okay. That's fine. This was on a Tuesday or Wednesday. That Friday, I see someone from a30:38 distance. That Saturday, I'm hanging out in the courtyard and the fountain here at our Rancho campus, and I end up meeting this girl named Ashley Elliott, who to me was the most30:49 beautiful girl I had ever met in my life and I had felt in that moment, truly I felt in that moment, I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna take a chance on this girl. I'm I'm gonna try to pursue this31:01 girl. It it hit and it connected. Low and behold, I didn't know that that person I would begin to date for a year, be engaged with a year, and be married 8 years this year because I waited31:13 on God's time, and I met The scripture says, he that finds a wife finds a good thing. I didn't know that at a courtyard fountain in church, you can meet that31:25 much of a good thing. I didn't know. I thank God. Listen to this. Here's the moment. I thank God he never answered 1 of my prayers. I thank God he didn't kill that other kid.31:37 I thank God he didn't let me bury that other girl. With any of those other 18 girls because God's time is better than my timeline. God's word31:49 is better than my word. And so when I'm sitting in the boat saying, God, do you not care? He says, I care. I care. I'm gonna come on time and I'm gonna be still. I'm gonna give you a peace32:01 be still, but but it's gonna be known when your faith reaches its max stretch capacity. And I was at a moment that I never thought that God would truly bless me with the woman that he32:12 blessed if all I did was wait on him. I could have forced it. I could have rushed it. I could have picked anyone in between, but the reality was is that waiting on God is better than acting on32:24 myself. Any of those men. So God, he's on time. He ain't on your watch. He's not on your timeline. He don't care about32:36 what you have in Apple calendar or Google calendar, because his time is better than our time. And the time that he comes out to show the disciples he is who he really is was just32:48 on time. It was his time. Isaiah 43 2 says this, when you pass through the waters, I will be with you. And through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you. And when you walk through fire, you33:00 shall not be burned. And the flames shall not consume you. There have been times that I felt like I was in pat rushing waters. There have been times that I felt like I've been in rivers33:12 that I cannot sustain. There have been times I felt like I've been in a fire. And there have been times that I've looked to God in all those situations every33:24 single time God has shown me, I do care. I do care, but I'm showing you something. And I'm doing something in your life. And and there's something in you, Adam, that needs to change before I can continue to move you to33:36 to that season. And there's something that needed to change in the disciples. The disciples were good with following a man, but they needed to follow God. And and this moment of calming the storm gave Jesus the33:47 opportunity to show them you are following someone greater than just a Messiah. You are following someone that is the son of God. And Jesus teaches us many times that trusting33:59 him through those difficult times is an opportunity to release the things we cannot control. So here's the third point with this with the last thought, is not only is Jesus on call, not only is Jesus on time, but Jesus34:11 is on location. He's there. He's on location. If you ever work in a Hollywood set, there's all the time the film crew is ready to go, but the actor cannot34:23 be found. He's not on location. He's still on lunch. He's still in his RV. He's still having a smoke break or whatever he's doing, but everybody's ready to go except for the 1 person that34:35 matters. The great thing about Jesus is that he is always on location. He's there. He's available. The problem isn't him. The problem is us. The problem is not his availability,34:47 it's our ability to go and grab him like the disciples needed to do. And so it shows us in their in their realization, they realized and they were filled with great fear said34:59 to 1 another, who then is this that even the wind and the sea obey him? They did not know truly who was on location. There's been times that I've been on at restaurants35:11 before owner, but I didn't know he was the owner. He was on a table next to me. And there a time my bill came and then the bill was covered and the owner said, thank you for being such a nice person and talking to35:23 me. I never realized that the owner was on location who had the ability to cover the bill. And so what happens when Jesus is on location, his availability to cover our bill, our35:34 sin, is readily available. Are we gonna start the conversation to say, Jesus, wanted35:46 from him is his concern and his sympathy, but what they got because of their mustard seed faith was something greater. And so what we learned in this passage is many of us, including myself, we want to35:58 travel in lakes with no storms. That's what we want. We wanna find places and seasons that have no struggle or have no storm. So everything that we think about and everything that we do is36:10 to avoid the storm. That's what you and I want. Okay. Now now now now now if I marry this person, God, I don't want no issues between me and them. No struggles. I had that in my last marriage. Well,36:22 you're gonna get a storm or 2 regardless of who you marry. You can marry AI and it's still gonna cause you some issues. You're still gonna have storms. So what happens36:33 is we wonder what is the trick to being able to control everything and avoid every storm? That's not the trick. That's what we always want is we want prayer, we wanna read our36:45 bible, we wanna commit everything that we need to say, God, how can I avoid the storms of life? But that is not the trick. That's not what we do. 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