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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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Ordering Your Steps with God 0:00 I'm gonna preach this this 1 hit wonder to you today. I wanna give kudos to my son, Adam. He was very, very, sick with a cold on Christmas Eve, and he preached 2 tremendous0:11 messages spirit of God. And so he's resting. We gave him the day off to recover. So our New Year's Eve service. It's a father and a son relationship because he's now walking the steps0:23 that I walk for 30 years. And sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do, and you've gotta trust God. And I couldn't help him in any way, so he came up here and he preached 2 tremendous messages. So I'm grateful for0:35 that. Let's stand, and we're going to share this thought with you today. We're going to read this 1,0:58 Father, thank you so much for the privilege to preach your word today. It's not my right, it's a privilege. Father, people come from all variations of life. They're going through things, God. And so I just pray that you1:09 administer a message as we,1:23 man.1:38 Of how many steps that she wants to do. And so on Friday, after Christmas, she had done all the Christmas shopping, and we went to the various parties1:50 that we went through with. Sheriff duty as a chaplain. I said, what are you going to do? And she said, well, you know, it's a me day for me. And me2:02 day means that, you know, don't bother her. Don't call her. Don't text her. It's just me and it's just going to be her. And she said, I'm gonna go to the Ontario Mills and do some window shopping or whatever. And2:14 so at the end of the day, I asked, how was your day? And she said, it's wonderful. I went through the mall, but I also, went there to 10000 steps. So I don't know what 10000 steps2:25 means, but she was really happy that she had done 10000 steps. What if I told you that God wants to count the steps of your life? As you go into your2:37 marriage, as you go off to work, as you interact in relationships, if you go to Starbucks, you go to the gym, you go to church, that God has a certain expectation about where you place your foot or your2:49 step. Right or he may tell you to stop. But notice that the scripture says, the steps of a good man or woman, they're and means that3:00 God wants to orchestrate your steps.3:15 Right now,3:29 And I wonder if God has some rhythm for our lives of expectation that he would have us. So here's the thought today. God, I ask3:41 you to order my life and order my steps. Don't just manage my life or don't leave me to manage my life.3:53 See, a life of managing looks like this. You make the decision, you make the choice, and then you come and ask God to bless the decision or choice you made. Or God, I really made a4:05 bad decision, so now I ask you to get me out of this thing. I ask you to resolve it now. I ask you to fix it. I ask you to solve it. And God says, you're not allowing me to order it. You're just4:16 simply allowing me to manage your life. See, when a life is managed, it has a whole lot of drama in it. It has a whole lot of stress in it. I don't need you to raise your hand4:28 and ask you today, how much drama is in your life today? How much stress is in your life today? But a byproduct of all the drama and all the stress is the fact that I'm not letting God4:40 order my decisions. I'm just asking God to resolve it and fix it. And so it's left to a life. A And then give you some opening thoughts are gonna be on4:52 the screen for you to look at. Some opening statements. The first 1 is this. Can you take orders from God, or are they only suggestions? And God5:04 give you orders. This is the way I want you to be as a father. This is the way I want you to be at a husband.5:22 I can, you know, pick and choose what I like and what I don't like. What scriptures I like in the Bible and what scriptures I don't like. What morals I like and what morals I don't like.5:35 Is this. How many of us have ever ordered together online, it's gonna ask you certain specs. It's gonna ask you color that you want.5:47 It's gonna ask you size that you want. It's gonna ask you details or textures that you want.6:46 Yeah. Havi is going to help me right now, and I'm going to pretend I'm in a restaurant. Hello. How are you? Oh,6:58 menus. That's it's wonderful. This is called the So this is the you menu. So this is preferences that I like or7:09 whatever. The first 1 is fornication. What does waiter, what does that you're taking my order. What does that come with? It comes with a side of porn, a side of stripper, a side of call girl,7:21 and a side of affair. Sounds delicious. Okay. What is this other 1? This sounds pretty good. Unforgiveness. I hold revenge,7:33 bitterness, a side of grudges, with a little bit of glazed honey retaliation. Yummy. Pride dish. Oh my god.7:45 Selfishness, stinginess, arrogant, and stubbornness. That that one's gonna be tough to be. The competition dish, jealousy, envy, and lying. The procrastination7:56 dish, laziness, excuses, and irresponsibility. How about this do nothing list that comes with a side of you watching everything, observing, you receive, and you don't do no8:08 And then there's the idolatry dish. Now this 1, this this comes with a side of social media, because social media is my8:15 social media is my social media is my social media is my8:16 social media is my social media is my It comes with a side of sports. Oh, my God. How many hours of football can I watch? And basketball at the same time.8:28 The idolatry of a person. Oh, my husband. He's like, my God. My wife is my God. And then, my children, my grandchildren. And then emotions and pleasures and interest and feelings.8:41 Boy, all of that is delicious. Do you have another menu? You like me to order for off of this menu? Oh, you want me to order off of this8:53 menu? This is the God menu. The God menu that God wants me to order my life around is Micah 6 8. And what does the Lord require of you9:05 to act justly in every way, every area of my life, to love mercy in every area of your life, and walk humbly. Just my little bit of appetizer. Now here's my9:17 entree he wants me to order for my life. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and all your strength. And this is the first commandment. The second like it is this,9:27 that you shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. And then my dessert is this, Ecclesiastes 12 13. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear9:39 God You know, that's what an ordered life looks9:51 like. Character by the10:02 name of SAW. And SAW's life is left to manage in his life. Person's life when you and I will allow God to order our10:14 lives. And the main way that God is going to order our lives is through his word. And you'll never know the order that God has for your life. Everything will kind of be10:27 until you practice the word, until you live the word, until you obey the word, then you're you may be a hit and it may be a miss sometimes. So we're introduced to a character by10:39 the name of Saul. And his life, because he's gonna manage his life and not let God order his life, it's gonna end with chaos. It's gonna end with confusion. It's gonna end with complications.10:51 It's going to end with, compromise in his life. And I don't need to ask anyone today that is are you experiencing any chaos in your life? Complications in your life? Is anything11:03 confusing in your life? Or are you living with compromise? This. So Samuels also11:15 said to SAW, the Lord sent me to anoint you king over his11:28 Now, therefore, heed the voice of the words of the Lord. Here's the direction or the order that God asked of you.11:48 They could have helped Israel, but they shunned them, and they were hard on them. Because what what you saw, you eventually But God is a long suffering god, and his punishment is not always12:02 immediate. He, he, in his long suffering, the goodness of the Lord leads to repentance and and he wants people to be forgiven and repent. But should they not? Then judgment has to take place and12:14 that's what's going on here. Thus says the Lord of Hosts, I will punish Amalek for what they did to his story. How he ambushed him on the way when he came up. Now, go and attack12:26 Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have. What can I learn from12:38 them? God, hate, and you want to utterly destroyed from our lives. It doesn't need to be hanging around. It doesn't need to be a pet. It doesn't need to be compromised. Then he goes on and he reads, like,13:11 It's true. She took him alive. No. She took him alive and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the Yeah. And the people spared Agag13:40 their definition or their interpretation. Now, the word of the Lord came to Sam Samuel saying, I greatly regret that I've set you up set you up as a king, basically. I13:52 greatly regret that I have set up SAW as a for he has turned his back from following me and has not performed my commandments and it grieved Samuels and he cried out to the Lord14:03 all night. Now we're left with him managing his life. That's what's happening. Right. So, you and I can learn from this story. The story is So, didn't listen14:15 to God's word.14:30 But those are just suggestions, God. Those are not I can pick and choose who to date. I can pick and choose who to marry. I can pick and choose how to retaliate, how to14:42 get even. That's me to decide.15:12 Directed by the holy spirit. Wrong or you're being tempted to do Right. Rises up within you. That feeling15:24 rises up within you. That intuition rises up in you says, don't do it. Stop. And you all of a sudden feel uncomfortable. But most of us put it on mute and we blow past it and do what I I'm gonna do what15:36 I want whenever I want. No 1 won't tell me nothing. So it happens sometimes. We just turn it on. And while he is beginning to do this, in other words,15:47 he's destroying all these other animals that voice is saying, but you're not completely doing what God told you to do. Then,16:04 again, he doesn't value his relationship with God, but he allowed distance16:16 God. Then you insert the world and the world's culture and the world's ways into that. The world, and the world's culture, and the world's ways into that. And you'll drift, the world, and you do God. You are a triune16:28 being, spirit, soul, and body. Your spirit always wants to obey God. Your spirit always wants to submit to Your spirit always wants to follow.16:36 Your body never wants to follow. Your body never wants to follow. Your body never wants to follow. Your body never wants to follow. Your body never wants to follow. Your body never wants to follow.16:36 Your body never wants to follow. Your body never wants to follow. Your body never wants to follow. Your body never wants to16:48 follow. Your body never wants to fast. Your body never wants to shut up. Your body never wants to deny itself. Your body wants pleasure, leisure, more, more, more. How do you like it? How do you like17:00 it? Come on now. At least my flesh is that way. Wants to fight every time. It's mad when someone cuts them off. Wants to retaliate17:12 with half of a piece. I mean, that's your flesh. Your mind can sway either way. And wherever your mind goes is where you'll have victory17:24 or defeat. And if that mind is not renewed by the word of God, you get that flesh and body and with that mind together and you will never follow the spirit of God. Yeah. Jesus17:36 said that. Your flesh is weak. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Let me hear what I'm talking about. But you get your mind, your will, and your emotions,17:49 renewed by the word of God lined up with the spirit. He'll crucify that flesh all the time. That flesh will never ever dominate you or control you.18:20 Tryna go to church and occasionally pray and I kind of tip God, I don't tie to God.18:32 And that's where his life is going to get completely out, out of, out of balance. And he doesn't realize that following orders and living out orders is always going to affect others. A18:45 bunch of other people by his out of order lifestyle. And he's going to cause somebody else to have to do what he was called to18:57 do. And he's going to be replaced. I don't want to be replaced as a father. I don't want to be replaced as a grandfather. I don't want to be replaced as a father. I don't want to be replaced as a pastor. But the19:09 reality is this, if I don't do what God asked me to do, God will find somebody to carry out his orders. He will. So he says you19:21 don't want to do it. I have a servant by the name of Samuel. Samuel will cut off the head egg gag right there, and he'll kill all that sin, all those animals that I wanted you to kill. You are not I don't19:32 care how tall you are head and shoulders. I don't care how gifted you are as a king. I don't care your prominence. I will find somebody to do what I have asked them to do, and you will be replaced.19:44 It's amazing that that took place. See, I love what the Bible talks about. A great scripture here. It says, in Psalm 17 and verse 5, my steps have19:56 held to your past. Stumbled. Let me ask you an honest question just to yourself today. Where in 20 24 did you stumble today? Stumble.20:08 What, what, tra, what, What snare did you fall to in 20 24 that kind of left you with some form of regret, maybe some shame,20:20 maybe some guilt in your life, or you felt like a victim? What what would that look like? See, when your steps are ordered by God, God says, don't step there, step over20:32 here. And don't step there, step over here. And don't step there, step here. Just going wherever you want to20:43 go. And you're going to hit some snares in your life, and you're going to hit some traps in your life. And so what are those snares look like? I'm asking you to identify,20:56 personal, and then that took you out in 20 24. That left you with that shame or that guilt or as a victim. And God's saying, I want to order your steps21:12 overt these things in 20 25, that we will bypass these things in 20 25, because you fell to them in 20 24, 23, and all the years passed.21:23 Temptation. Let's let me teach you how to avoid temptation in your life. It's vanity. You keep running down this vain road that leaves you21:35 empty on the inside. The pursuit of fame and fortune and women and body and social media, and you keep getting down the same road. It leaves you empty. Deception. You're being21:46 deceived by someone. You're being deceived by something. You keep falling victim to deception. You keep falling victim21:51 to deception. You keep falling victim to deception. You keep falling victim to deception. You keep21:51 falling victim to deception. You keep falling victim to to deception. You keep falling victim to depression, hopelessness, helplessness. You keep falling victim to grief.22:04 I want to order your steps so that we could start overcoming some of these things in your life. I was I'm sheriff sheriff chaplain duty the22:16 other day and there was an officer and and she was showing me,22:30 and so she was showing me the picture. I didn't I didn't have my glasses so I have to kind of blow it up to look at it. And and then when I did that, she grabbed the phone out of my hand and ripped22:42 it out. And I thought,22:48 why?22:51 Can God look at your phone right now? Now guys, show me your phone.22:56 Give me your phone. Give me your phone. Give me your phone. Give me your phone. Give me your phone.23:20 Complications. So we get introduced to Abraham now, and here's Abraham's story. And Abraham is going to follow the orders of God. And because of that, his life will not have to23:32 be managed, and his life will not be out of control. So to speak. So the Bible reads this way as we read a little bit about Abraham. The Bible says23:44 this.24:02 And go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offer on the mountains of which I shall draw. Now, this is literally his son that he's believed God for 25 years.24:14 Symbolically, God does this, at least to me, every once in a while. He asked me to take something I love and lay it on the altar every once in a while to test me.24:34 And I'll leave that alone, and I won't charge you for that. And so Abraham rose up early in the morning. He saddled his donkey, and he took his 2 young men or 2 servants,24:46 son and he split the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place which God had told them. These are servants. Why didn't he just order the servants to split the wood himself? Why does he have to do it?24:57 Why does he feel the need to do it? Worship him and he doesn't want someone else to worship him for you. He wants you to pray, he doesn't want someone else to pray for you. He wants you to read the25:09 word and know the word and stop depending on someone else to do it. You split the wood. You put forth the effort and you put forth the energy. Stop delegating everything. You be the man of the house and you lead your25:20 family to church. You grab your family and you lead them into prayer. Then you split the wood. Play so far and Abraham25:32 said to his young men, stay here with the dorn. Stay here. You'd serve and stay here. The lad, my son Isaac, and I will go yonder. We're gonna worship and we're gonna come back. So25:44 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son and he took the fire in his hand in a knife and the 2 of them went to.26:00 And he said, look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burn off. He said, something's wrong with this picture. I've seen you how you worship God. I see you how you serve God. I see you how26:12 you sacrifice. And you always have something to give God, but I don't see it right here. Your children are watching you all the time. And you and I need to26:24 be setting patterns of righteousness that when we break them, they say there's something unfamiliar about what you're doing. Daddy, it's Sunday morning, why are we staying home? Such patterns to follow.26:43 Together. Then came to the place which God had told him and Abraham built an altar there, and a place for the wood in order. Laid him on the altar upon the wood, and26:55 Abraham stretched out his hand. He took a knife, and he was gonna slay his sword. And literally it was a27:09 Jesus. He did not hold back his hand, but he slaughtered Jesus so that you and I can live. It was a 4 picture of what Jesus would be. He would be our sacrificial lamb.27:21 People talk about who killed Jesus. Did the Sanhedrin kill Jesus? No. Did the Romans kill Jesus? No. Did who else killed it? God the father.27:47 My wrath of judgment, my wrath of punishment, and my wrath of sin, and that sin will kill you. It will destroy your And and our sacrifice.28:10 Is is that when you and I allow God to order our lives, it increases the presence of God in our lives. You still live in a world, and that doesn't mean you're obsolete from the world, and28:22 doesn't mean you can't be tempted by the world, but the gravitational pull begins to loosen its strength and power. And when you follow the orders of God, you28:33 increase, you turn up the voice of God in your life. You turn up the voice of God in your life. Now all of a sudden you're getting spiritual downloads that you28:45 never got before. God says, you know what? I want you to pray this morning for your job.28:50 Or he says, I want you to pray this morning for your job.28:50 Or he says, I want you to pray for your boss. Then Or he says, I want you to pray for your boss. Then when you get to work, something plays out and you'll say, how did that happen? Because your steps are ordered29:02 by God, so God gave you spiritual downloads. Something randomly and all of a sudden a person flashes in your mind or heart. And all of a sudden you feel the need to call them29:14 or to pray for them at that moment. How is that happening? Spiritual downloads are taking place because you're walking in the order of God. And so the presence of God is beginning to be increased in your life.29:27 This year, I made it I've been believing God for a lot of things spiritually of how God would use me as I transitioned.29:42 Buy I love to run, I love to swim, I love to answer my emails, I love to do share, police, whatever. I love school, president of the school, I love work. I love all the But before I do any of those things, I gotta get up29:54 and spend 1 hour. If I need to get on my bike at 6 and I gotta get up at 4 If I gotta be somewhere at 5 in the morning, then I have to get up at 3. But I will not sacrifice my 1 hour of time with before the Lord. And30:05 that has gone on about 98 to 99 percent of this year. I have not missed my 1 hour with God. Yeah.30:20 For people and discernment comes. I read their mail. I know that I don't know those. It's the voice of God. Some the phone rings. I'm not trying to be spooky. I'm30:32 just as normal as the regular guy. All of what does that happen? I've increased the presence of God in my life by following the order of30:47 And those that you expect and those that come in an unexpected way because you followed the order of God. You did what God told you to do and you didn't do what your flesh 1 and31:04 happen. When I first started ministry, I made 300 dollars a week. I made 1200 dollars a month. I had a family and I had 3 little boys. The rent was 600 dollars Half of my salary31:15 went to rent. But I told that little wife of mine is, is that we will never sacrifice the tie. I interviewed her and I took her to a, you've heard me say that, through a bunch of31:27 things before I married her. I knew who I married would affect my ministry, and I wasn't going to play. I don't care how fine she looked at 106 pounds.31:40 And I'd stand before God based on and I don't need to go into all that. But in a righteous way, not in a stupid way. In a righteous32:16 So I work at this church. I'm a children's pastor. A guy comes on over there. I know him because he drops his kids off. His name is Joe Nasser. Joe Nasser is a financial broker. Joe Nasser comes to me. I don't really32:27 know Joe. I see him every once in a while, drop his kids off. And he said, the Lord put it on my heart to help you to buy a off. And he said, the Lord put it on my heart to help you to buy a a sad Well, you know what?32:36 I've heard people say they wanted to bless me before and never did. I've had people write out checks but told me I couldn't cash it.32:50 -So but sure enough, he came through. And he helped me buy that first home in Southridge Fontana. Little did he know that Abundant Living would start in that church, in that home with 12 people. Did he know33:02 that? But you find yourself in places where you couldn't bless yourself. Your gift, your talent was not enough. It puts you in a room that's33:14 got supernatural blessings because you followed the order of God. You also know that some people33:26 can walk with you for a season and then some people can't finish with you in the journey. He told his 2 servants, let's leave where we're at, let's go to the mountain, but you stay here. Now the only 1 that33:38 could go with me is my son, Aisia. With you wherever you're all the way with you. Wherever all the way is. So people are there for a season, you33:50 celebrate that. Then people move on. Then people have their differences and they have their preferences as to why the relationship The reality is, is that very few people can climb the mountain of34:02 Mariah with you. They don't want that level of love. They don't want that level of sacrifice. They don't want that level of commitment. They don't want that level of devotion. Just leave me on the base of the mountain.34:12 And I'm fine with that. So you understand that. And the last 1 is, is it is a sacrificial life, But that's where the life ends with the rest of God and34:24 the peace of God and you enjoy the benefits of it. It's a sacrifice to not order off that self menu and to order off of God's menu. It's34:36 a sacrifice not to give someone a piece of your mind who hurt you bad and ripped you off. Just the other day, just the other34:48 day, a former,35:13 he said he told them, when they fired you, did they give you a severance package? Oh, yeah, they gave me a severance. Did they give brother so and so? Well, they didn't fire you. You just quit, brother.35:26 You don't know how that ripped my heart, because I have a holiday, that guy texts me and he says, Pastor, I35:38 love you. Merry Christmas. And he did it again. And don't you know Diego's flesh wanted Merry Christmas.35:50 You don't know what my friend told me that you said 6 weeks ago to him. Bull jiving junk, Merry Christmas, I love you.36:03 But I didn't do nothing. God just let it go. Let it go. So, So I didn't say Merry Christmas back, but I didn't say anything else. That's all you36:14 need to know. I'm not that delivered yet 1 day when I get my halo and go to heaven. It's a sacrificial life to follow the orders of36:26 God. Or you make your decision and you let God manage it. And last of all, it reflects your character.Show more In this video 0:00 Ordering Your Steps with God36:31 The Sacrificial Life and Eternal Perspective
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