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Who's in Charge Here | Joshua 5:13-15 | Pastor Diego Mesa
April 13, 2025 · 46 min
Series Patria Sermons April 13, 2025 · 46 min · Patria Sermons
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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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0:01 Alright. Praise God. You know, pretty much every day I juice unless, I'm traveling on the road and then I take my green0:12 powder with me, and then every blue moon, I may drink a cold pressed juice. So people always ask, what do I juice every day? It's it's pretty much the same. My in0:24 my juice recipe, it consists of celery, parsley, cilantro, kale, cucumber, lemon, garlic,0:37 and ginger. That's what's in my green juice. You could put a slice of apple in there to sweeten it if you need to, but I don't need it to be sweet. But some people can't tolerate the bitterness of that. So a little0:48 a little, little chunk of apple goes a long way. So that's my, recipe that I've been doing for, 15 years. So I've been doing that for 151:00 years because like the parsley and the cilantro detoxifies the liver and the kidney. And so each 1 of those vegetables that God has created, he's created it for1:12 a purpose. And so each 1 of them, it has its health benefits. Like the garlic is is for the heart. You know, like vampires that don't like garlic because they don't Heart.1:24 But it's true. It's it's It's God's creation and we perish for lack of knowledge. How many of you know there's no benefit to pizza?1:37 Fried chicken. Let me know when I'm getting into your lane. There's no nutritional value. It's a comfort food. All it does is fill your stomach up, but it does not feed the cells of your body. And I'm gonna1:49 shut down now before you get mad at me and say, I didn't come to hear a lecture on nutrition. Where's the preaching of God's word? Father, thank you for the next few moments that we have. God, you want us to live a a2:00 long life, and you want us to live a life of quality. And and so part of that is not only stewarding our faith and our spirit, it is also stewarding this body that you've given us. Because2:12 we only have 1 body and you want us to maximize that body to be a blessing, to live a long life, and to fulfill the vision on our lives, and to do ministry. And because of that, God,2:24 we need your strength and your health. So now bless us with the time in your word, oh God. Unfold to us the mysteries of your word. We'll give you praise and honor in Jesus name. Amen. Amen.2:36 Okay. Nobody's mad at me. Right? Because you have to love me. You don't have to like me, but you do have to love me. So the bible say you can't go to heaven if you don't love me. And it's not just me. You can't, you2:47 know, you have to love everyone or you ain't going to heaven. Anyways, that's another message and we'll leave that for another time. We're gonna stand up for the reading of God's word. We are in the book of Joshua and2:56 we're just gonna read 2 verses and they are gonna be epic verses that have 4 points that we're gonna draw from today. We'll read it from Joshua 5 in verse number 13 and it reads like3:08 this. And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho, your translation may say near Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and he looked3:20 and behold a man stood opposite of him with his drawn his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua, the warrior, went to him and said to3:32 him, are you for us? Are you for our adversaries? Yes. And he said, no. Your bible may say neither. But as the commander of the army of the3:43 Lord, I have now come. And Joshua, when he heard that, this this warrior, this conqueror, this champion, he fell on his face to the3:55 earth and worshiped this man and said to him, what does my Lord say to his servant? Then the commander of the Lord's army said4:07 to Joshua, take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy. And Joshua did so. You may be seated.4:19 I just simply wanna talk talk to you a little bit about who's in charge. Subtitle this, who's in charge? Who's in charge of your life? Who's in charge of your marriage?4:31 Who's in charge of your money? Who's in charge of your kids? Who's in charge of your career? Who's in charge? The challenge for us is when we come to faith is relinquishing charge4:43 of our life into the hands of God. And you and I will fail as Christians to live out our faith as long as we are in control and do not relinquish control to4:55 God. Because the idea there is that we think we're better than God when we don't relinquish control. We think we could make call better shots than him, make better5:06 decisions than him. And in this text is God manifesting himself basically saying Joshua, you're all that in a bag of chips. You got a resume, you got a reputation, you5:18 won bad, you know what. But I'm the commander of the Lord's army. And when he heard that, boom. Just like that song says, you're either5:30 gonna do it now or you're gonna do it in the future. But every knee will bow and every tongue will confess when they see the mightiness, the powerfulness, the glory, and the awesomeness of5:42 the king of kings and the Lord of lords. You know, this weekend me and lovely Cindy were in San Diego and there's this road that we go down5:53 there. It's a central road. It's called Friars Road. And for the last 2 years, 3 years, it's been under construction and virtually been closed. And you you I have to do a6:05 detour and the detour is literally like 3 miles. It's not like a couple blocks. It's a 3 mile diversion detour around to get. And so as I was6:17 doing this unconsciously that I've, you know, have done for 3 years and as many times as we go down to San Diego, Cindy said, it's open now. Go straight. And and6:29 so I turned and went to detour, and I said, no, it's not open. It's closed. And then I went we did we did the same thing the next day, and I looked and I said, oh my God, it's6:41 open. See, I'm so used to being in control, I couldn't relinquish control. Because I have experience, I6:53 have expertise. It's hard to yield. So this weekend I did another half Ironman triathlon in Oceanside and as we were,7:04 you know, going there to get the stuff and to set up and, you know, put my bike in place and all that, we we had to find a parking spot. So there wasn't any giant parking spots. You're7:16 it's Oceanside and there's just you're parking on the streets and you're gonna use a meter. Okay? And it's every man for himself as, you know, 3000 people are there trying to do the same7:27 thing. So we're driving up and down streets, you know what I'm talking about, looking for a parking spot. And so Cindy sees 1 and she says, there's 1, park there. And I said,7:39 no. I think I could get us closer. How many have you ever done that? I think I can better that 1. I think I can better that 1. To make a long story short, we lost that 17:51 and I had to park further away from where I wanted to. All because I think that I'm in charge or it's hard for me to relinquish control and charge.8:03 And that's what this story is all about. Is God is saying you're near Jericho. And it's gonna be the greatest opportunity in your life. It'll be the greatest8:14 obstacle in your life. It's the gateway to the promises of God. And and and I want you to accomplish this thing. This is gonna be a great acquisition in your8:26 portfolio. Come on business people, listen to me. You're near Jericho and he said, I know how to put this into your portfolio here. It's gonna be a great acquisition, but you gotta recognize you're8:38 not in control. Let me be in control and follow my directions and follow my leadership. So when you're challenged and8:50 confronted like Joshua was by the commander of the army, with all your wisdom, authority, expertise, and experience, how will you respond and react to that? When you9:02 are challenged to do something differently than you don't wanna do or normally do. He's being confronted. He's being challenged. And the nature of the flesh is, I don't want no9:14 1 to tell me nothing. I don't want no 1 to confront me. I don't want no 1 to challenge me. But the great sign of great leadership in Christian faith is that when you yield9:26 to that. In the late 19 ninety's, late 19 eighty's, I had a personal friend. He's gone home to be with the Lord.9:37 Very, very well known preacher in your neck of the woods. And I used to call him papa. And papa was in He was telling me the story.9:49 Papa was in a hotel with probably 1 of the top 2, if I'm gonna yield not 1, maybe another 1, televangelist of the10:01 19 eighties. If I said his name, everyone would know who I am, who he is. Papa said that the Lord had shared with him that he was to knock on his hotel room knowing he was10:13 in that hotel. He knew he was in the hotel because they met in the lobby and they had talked. And confront him and challenge him that he was living an ungodly life and unless he repent, there10:25 would be public exposure. He knocked on the door he told me. And I confronted him, repent before the Lord exposes it. He said, I I I don't wanna know what you're10:37 talking about. I deny it. That's not me. And within the next few weeks, it rocked the whole world, the kingdom of God, and it went publicized on what was happening10:48 behind closed doors. All that is what I'm talking about is that when you and I are challenged and confronted, will we relinquish control and submit to the authority of God?11:00 And I'll describe in a few moments what that may look like just a little bit more. So here's your first point. When you're nearing Jericho and close to Jericho and near your Jericho, which is your place of11:12 conquest, the entrance to the promised land, the biggest obstacles and opportunities in your life, make sure that you and I are spending time with God.11:25 Because an encounter is going to take place. This is not a public encounter. His military forces are not with Joshua. The children of Israel are not with Joshua. And there comes a time when11:37 you don't need a crowd. God don't need a crowd to be intimate with you. He wants to be alone with you all by your self. And you gotta recognize when you are about ready to11:49 enter the biggest opportunity and obstacle in your life, you better make time to be with God. When you're nearing your Jericho, you better make it a priority that I've gotta spend12:01 time with God. Because at that time, God is gonna reveal himself. He's gonna give directions, and he's gonna give specific orders. What am I talking about? I'm talking12:13 about that when you are not just simply before man, you are now before God. I'm not talking about your public time, I'm talking about your private time. I am not talking about your professional time that12:25 you put in, I'm talking about your personal time that you put into the presence of the Lord. Whether you call it your devotions, your prayer time, your word time, your worship, your therapy, your appointment, your12:37 medications, or whether you call it your pit stop, make sure that you're not so busy trying to conquer your Jericho in this world that you are not spending time with God.12:51 God's trying to stop you. Slow down. Let's not conquer this right away. Me and you gotta have a relationship and an encounter right now. So13:03 whatever you call it. I don't know if you're in a auto racing or a formula 500, but you ain't gonna make it through that race if you just keep bypassing your pit stops. You13:16 need your tires changed buddy. You need to be refilled. We need to adjust some things that might be clanging or resisted through the wind or making13:28 noises. And that's why you and I every day based upon the busyness of this world, the adversary that's coming against you, your trouble, and what you're going through, you13:40 better make time for pit stops or before you know it, your engine's gonna blow up and you aren't gonna finish the race. It's a non negotiable. It is13:52 absolutely essential that God begins to show us that you and I need to make pit stops. The next point is this, Joshua, I love this.14:03 Joshua went to him. He approached him and he presented himself to him. This is this warrior14:15 and conqueror that was Moses' servant that led the armies of Israel. He's a professional military guy. He's a professional law14:27 enforcement guy. He's professional. They're they're nothing amateur about him. So when he looks at a threat, he doesn't know who that threat is yet. Because that threat has not introduced himself to14:38 him yet. He only sees another warrior in front of him with his gun out, his knife out, his switchblade out. He got his bandana on. He's got his colors on. What's up homie G? And he14:50 walks toward him. I want you to see, I don't wanna dramatize, but I want you to see who he is. The leadership ability with him. Right now he is fearless, he is15:02 unintimidated, he is unthreatened, he is courageous, he's brave. I love Joshua in his persona. There's nothing weak and cowardly and fearful about him. It's15:14 who he is. And God loves that in us. Not the timid, the shy, the weak. He's got he he he15:25 loves the personality of this individual. That that, you know what? You're coming against my home. You're coming against my family. You're coming against, you know, my mind15:37 and I'm not gonna just sit here and let you do that enemy. I'm not gonna just sit there and lay down and play dead over this thing. He does what's in him. He rises up at this15:49 time with everything that's within him, how he carries himself. Just how he carries himself. Before COVID, we did our last trip, and and we'll go back as soon as16:01 it's we feel safe to go back to Israel. But we went there right before COVID and our Shalom partners. Any Shalom partners in here? Okay. That was our tag word. If you went16:13 with us, we said we would always address each other as Shalom as that would be our group. So we we were the shalom group. And I don't you guys would have to remind me. I was trying to remember the story. But I16:25 think it was when we were coming back and we were going through customs and we had to declare some of the souvenirs. And so they're they're like there's 50 50 of us or whatever standing in16:37 this long line that everyone has to stand in. Okay? And we're all we're all we're all just in line and we're talking to each other. And then there's this guy who tries to just come and cut in front of us.16:49 Did. Jerry, do you remember that? You remember that? Right in front of us. Yeah. Right. I mean, and he he just like weaved they're like, everyone's looking at each other saying, you're gonna do something? What are you17:01 gonna do like that? The next thing I know my mom, she's going over there and she's going like this pushing him out. And I had to grab my mom and said, come on. Get out of the way. Let17:12 somebody like big Darius take care of it or little Curtis take care of it or somebody. But that's that persona in you. I ain't gonna take no bull from nobody. And17:25 that's the way you gotta be. I know what you, I know you know that in the flesh. I'm not talking about in the flesh. I'm talking about in the spirit, in the spirit of faith. You know how to do that in the17:37 flesh. But do you know how to do that in the spirit? Or were you more tougher before you got saved than after you got saved?17:48 And so I love how Joshua simply reacts to this. So stay with me. I'm gonna break it down like this. So how and where does this stance come from? Are you18:00 born with it Or are you taught it and learn it and develop it? Well, if you're talking about in the flesh, you're probably born with it. If18:12 we're talking about in the spirit, you are you have to develop it. You have to learn it. That's good. That's good. You have to learn it.18:25 So I want you to recognize how is this learned? That I could have boldness and bravery and courageousness and be fearless when the adversary, when sickness,18:37 disease, poverty, a heartache comes my way. Where does this stance come from? It's not something you're born with. It's something that's18:48 learned and developed. How? By getting into the will of God, by getting into the word of God, by getting into the ways of God. When you are in the will19:00 of God, there's a boldness about you. When you're in the ways of God, there's a confidence about you. When you do the works of God, there is an assurance about you. If you are if you don't19:12 do the will of God, you don't know the will of God, you don't manifest the works of God, you're not obeying the word of God, then then you're gonna be threatened by everything that comes your way. So19:24 so I'm just trying to tell you, the more in the will of God you are, the more confident and bolder and braver you will be against the adversaries that come your way. It said,19:36 there are 2 ways to find God. You either run toward him or you run from him. I was playing golf with my pastor friends 2 weeks ago and we were19:48 about It was backed up a little bit so there was a group ahead of us. So we had to talk a little bit as we were waiting to tee off. And we noticed this 1 little squirrel20:00 and sometimes you golfers know what I'm talking about. They they like to eat your food and the snacks in the golf cart. So she have to shoo them away. These little guys can be a little aggressive, know. And so and then20:12 they they That's their home. They're used to golfers coming and so they'll come and raid your little golf cart and take your lunch. They'll eat your lunch if you let them. Am I telling you the truth,20:24 Pastor Gopher? Yeah, they will. And so what you do is you just gotta get out of here, get out of here, and they go away. We went, get out of here, and this squirrel just looked at us. Said, get out of here, and he rose20:35 up like, what the heck? And so we literally got next to him and went like that and he ran around. And the next thing you know, we're just talking to you and there he is right there again. This went on20:46 for about 5 minutes. This little demon squirrel was possessed. We He was not intimidated by us. We were we were20:58 literally getting rocks and throwing them at him. He was dodging them, and then he'd show himself again. This little guy was from South Central, I think. Or at least he like East LA21:10 or something. But man, I've never seen a squirrel like that in my life. And I think that that's what God gives us. We are21:21 unintimidated by the rocks that are thrown in us, the persecution that comes our way, the adversities that come our way. When you know that you're in the will of God, walking in the word of God,21:34 and clearly walking in the ways of God. The third point is this, I love this 1 too. Joshua asked him, pastor Kenny, I was thinking about you when I thought about21:45 this point. Joshua asked him, are you for us or are you for our adversary? We live in a world that wants us to take sides.21:58 We live in a world that wants us to to take our side. I want you to take my side. We live in a world where we're, where people are challenges us to22:10 choose sides. Are you for the bad guys or are you for the good guys? Are you for the wrong guys or for you're the right guy? I never heard anyone stand up and say, I'm the bad guy, choose me. Everyone thinks they're22:22 the good guy. But we live in a world where we have 2 camps and every camp wants us to choose sides. Are you red or are you22:34 blue? Because if you're blue, we're not for you if we're red. If you're red, the Dems. We're the Repubs. Choose sides. Come on. This is what we're22:46 doing. We're looking at anybody that comes in front of us that we think is a threat and we're like Joshua and said, who are you for? You're for my political party or you're against me?22:58 Are you for my ethnicity or are you against me? Are you for my cause or are you against me? Are you for my ex husband or are you for me? Are you for my ex boss or are you for23:10 me? What did God say? Neither. Oh. You mean God's not for me? No,23:24 he's not. He not for you. You got it, I got your attention? Don't assume he's for you.23:40 Well, my team is gonna win. Well, what about pastor Kenny's team? So what are we gonna pray each other out and see whose prayer God loves more? How many of you don't we we are silly23:51 Christians all the time. My team is gonna win. When there's Christians on both teams, both teams are praying. Both Christians are praying for their team to win. Whose side are you on? God said neither.24:03 Basically he's saying I'm on my side. I'm on my side.24:15 So I I I just love how this plays out because he's so defined when when he says24:26 neither and no, God is for God. Now if you're obeying the word and we're back to you're in the ways of God and the works of God,24:38 then God's on your side. But don't assume that just because you're a Christian, God is for you. Because if you're not in the will of God and you're not manifesting the works of24:50 God and you're not in the ways of God, then God is not for you. He's only for his word, his ways, and his will. Not necessarily because you're a Christian and have a fish on your on your25:02 on your car. And a beautiful 40 carat cross around your neck, your bosom. Because I've seen a lot of bosom wearing crosses a lot25:14 and they don't act like Christians. Look at somebody and say, I don't think he's talking about you. Sorry about that. Muslims could be men and women, so you don't know what I meant.25:29 God, I want you to be on my side. That's what we say all the time. God, pastor, I want you to pray for me. I'm going into court tomorrow. How many times have we heard25:41 that? I have to pray, let the will of the Lord be done. I know you want me to pray that you'll get the kids and you'll get the alimony and you'll get a favorable judgment.25:53 I don't know whose side. It's the will of the Lord.25:57 I know you don't like me right now. Just kinda like, oh, I thought God was just always with me, for me.26:05 Psalms 19, this has always been a monumental scripture for me. It's how I govern and interpret things.26:17 Keep yours keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. I could be so presumptuous, you could be so presumptuous. And26:29 David said, God, keep me from presumptuous sins. For for for presuming I'm right when I could be wrong. Presuming26:40 presuming presumption that I am making the right decision when I could be making the wrong decision. In presumption that this26:52 is gonna be the outcome when it won't be the outcome? So I I just want you to recognize what this is saying, and I wanna give it to you this way. Don't assume God is for you. Make sure that27:04 God is with you. Here's how you're gonna do it. Here here here's how you could do it. When he said no and neither I am the command I am the commander.27:16 The question is who's on my side, God is saying. Who's on my agenda? Who's on my plans? Who who's who's living out my manner is what he would be asking.27:28 Now, you're gonna see a little bit of a template of what that would look like now. Don't assume God is for you. Make sure God is with you. This is what he does. He falls on his face. That's27:40 humility. It's humility. You you've gotta walk in a level of humility free from arrogance and pride. He removes his27:51 sandals. There's a surrendering that is taking place. He worships. That's an acknowledgement and a respect and an honor he gives to God. He calls himself28:03 a servant. That means he's gonna follow his orders, his direction. There's fellowship. Where you lead I will follow. He says it's holy place. I'm gonna have an encounter with God.28:15 I want a transformation experience. I should not be resembling who I was before Christ in my mannerisms or my lifestyle. And then I've never had a28:26 transformation or a visitation or an encounter with God. Now, some things take a little bit of time. Amen. But there should be fruit. Amen. Even if28:38 it's the little blade that's coming out or 1 little seed that's coming out. Man, we're happy for that. I mean, I plant a garden. I'm going out there every day. As long as I see a blade, I'm happy. I'm happy with28:50 that blade. Ain't no fruit yet. That's gonna come 3, 4 months down the road, but I'm happy with the blade right now. And if you've just been saved a couple weeks, couple months, you at least got a blade coming out.29:03 But you've been saved 10 years and we don't see no blade. And then last, he did so. Was obedience.29:16 Was absolute obedience. Amen. That is what Joshua did. That's the the lifestyle that he depicted when when when he met this29:27 superior commander that was in his life. Because he wanted to make sure that he was on God's side. And if you do those things, God will always be on your side. Amen.29:39 Amen. My last point. Joshua understood that he was being outranked. I don't care if you're a major.29:52 I don't care if you're a colonel. I don't care if you're a general. I don't care what you've accomplished. I don't care who you know. I don't care your titles, your reputation. I don't care how much money you make.30:03 You're outranked by God. And no matter how bad to the bone Joshua was with his resume and reputation, when he saw that man with a drawn sword? And30:15 that's the Christology of Christ. Big word. The incarnate Christ. That is Jesus now being manifested in the old testament to receive30:26 worship because it's God visiting Joshua. It's not an angel. It is it it is the chrysophony which is the big word, theological word, which is Jesus30:38 manifested in the Old Testament. The incarnate Christ. And when he saw this Jesus, this the trinity of the second trinity in God with his30:50 I'm being outranked here. I'm a pretty bad boy, but what31:02 So here's here's what it looked like when when he's being outranked. Joshua was the commander of Israel. Joshua was the commander of Israel. He met the commander31:14 of the army of God. He he was an individual that led He was an individual that encounter had a relationship with man. Now he's having a relationship31:26 with God. He had a sword, but now it's Jesus drawing his sword. So he was Through through these templates, he was being outranked31:37 across the board. He was absolutely being outranked. So basically, what that's telling me is is that he was under authority. At that point, he came under authority.31:50 He came under authority. To whom much is given, much is required. That's authority. To be in authority, you must be under authority. Statements. To32:01 be in charge, I must be charged. And the words of uncle Ben to Peter Parker, he tells me with much power comes32:13 much responsibility. My question to you is who do you report to? Who do you check-in with?32:25 Who advises you? Who do you listen to? And who pulls your coattail? And there's amazing to me how many Christians are not accountable to anybody and not under32:36 authority. And that's what Joshua's teaching us. So no matter how bad to the bone you are and32:48 mystifying you are and great that you are, who says no to you and you will listen? Or are you gonna throw your title around? I'm33:00 Joshua in charge of the Lord's army. But it shows me he's under authority. He's always There's always someone that will outrank you.33:12 So let me give you a few examples. We just came out of our series secret wounds and silent cries, didn't we? Yes. We did. And in our in our33:24 second week, we were to do secret wounds and silent cries as it relates to daddy issues and family. So our team got together, our creative team and all33:35 our preachers from Alameda to Pomona to here got together. And they were asking me about the original when I did it 31 years ago, as you know. What did you preach33:47 on? And I said, preached on Tamar when I got to this part of the series 31 years ago. So, the team put together the outline of33:59 Tamar. But what I didn't tell them was I preached on Tamar, the daughter of David. That Amnon, his brother, had34:10 raped the sister, and Absalom, the full brother, wanted vengeance. They thought it was Tamar Judah. So34:22 I already had the outline. It was done weeks in advance. I was in go mode. And then the team said, oh, we34:34 interpreted your Tamar to be day, to be Judah's Tamar, not David's Tamar. So I call my authority figure, which is34:46 pastor Adam. Listen to me. Listen to me. I was once in authority, but now I am under34:57 authority. I have a resume that is bigger than pastor Adam. I have experience bigger than Adam. I could go on and on, but I am35:09 now under authority. He is the lead shepherd of this church, and I am a staff pastor, so I call him and I say, can I35:21 preach on David Tamar? He says, no dad, you need to preach on Judah Tamar because the other pastors are preaching on Judah Tamar. And35:33 I said, oh my God. Ouch. Nobody tells the kid no.35:50 I could be so hyper spiritual right now. God told me. God. God. Give me a break. I'm under authority. I wanna be part of a team. I wanna be a blessing.36:04 God gave it to me. It it You don't know the difference? You think I preached on Judah Tamar 31 years? I didn't preach on Judah Tamar 31 years ago. I preached on David Tamar. But36:15 I'm under authority. And pastor Kenny can testify. Because pastor Kenny don't lie. He'll shame anybody. I been under authority since36:27 this transit? Yes, I am. I do not throw titles around. I do not control them. I don't tell nobody what to do. Nobody comes to me because you have to be36:39 under authority. I was under authority of a pastor that went home to be with the Lord, Jim Colbray. God honored me in this church because I was under36:51 authority. And sometimes I have to yield to the authority that he's told me. 1 time this church was blowing up massively. A network called37:02 TBN wanted me to come and host and be this and be that. And started venturing down that road, John. And my pastor, my mentor and authority said Diego you better watch yourself now.37:14 You better watch yourself. You're getting too big for your britches now. Getting too big for your britches now. You ain't nobody now. Don't get caught up just because you're got all37:26 those people coming and doing all those services and running all that kind of this and this and that. You stay humble now. Maybe you don't need to be doing that. And it we shut37:38 it all down. I'm under a Do you know how popular that would be? You know what an eagle stroke that would have been? Master blast a pasta d on TV.37:52 Come on. Get down. But I'm under authority. But I'm under authority. And I I just see the beautiful accountability that that Joshua had in this story and38:04 how he was completely under authority. And and so I I just wanna challenge you today. Who will you check-in? Who will you listen to? Who will you pull your coattail? Because38:16 you'll never inherit the promise land. You'll never be the conqueror that God wants you to do. You'll never have the opportunities and you'll never succeed. You'll just be always in a stuck mo. Always in a battle. Always38:26 in a battle. Always in a battle. Always drama. I end with this story. In World War 2, our president was Harry38:38 Truman. We had a 5 star general by the name of Douglas MacArthur. This was during the time of the Korean acquisition and war that was going on.38:51 And Harry Truman said, we need to cease fire and not go into North Korea. Do not go into North Korea. But Douglas got his ego and39:02 his pride. And he went outside of his authority. He had disobeyed orders. And I want no matter he was a 5 star general. How many of you hear what I'm talking about? Yes. There39:15 was somebody above him that outranked him. Right. That was called the president. And the president decommissioned him and retired him. And I want you to recognize39:26 that general MacArthur was humbled that day when he was decommissioned by our president. I want you to recognize no matter who we are, let'sShow more
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