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[1305.84 --> 1306.64] suspicious of how people |
[1306.64 --> 1307.34] talked about the Spirit. |
[1307.44 --> 1308.12] I get that. |
[1308.46 --> 1309.50] But I had many, |
[1309.64 --> 1310.42] many years of saying, |
[1310.48 --> 1311.26] I don't know what's going on |
[1311.26 --> 1311.76] with that Spirit, |
[1311.82 --> 1313.14] but I'm comfortable below deck. |
[1313.50 --> 1314.08] And I have people |
[1314.08 --> 1314.96] in our church today |
[1314.96 --> 1315.66] who were saying to Dave, |
[1315.88 --> 1317.20] this is what it might look like |
[1317.20 --> 1317.86] to have your hands |
[1317.86 --> 1318.44] on the railing. |
[1318.58 --> 1319.64] And you're going to love it |
[1319.64 --> 1320.52] when you get soaked |
[1320.52 --> 1321.64] by the power of that whale. |
[1325.50 --> 1326.28] I'm convinced |
[1326.28 --> 1327.46] that when Paul says, |
[1327.86 --> 1328.62] walk by the Spirit, |
[1329.54 --> 1330.68] what he's saying |
[1330.68 --> 1331.98] to every single believer |
[1331.98 --> 1333.48] is surrender. |
[1335.44 --> 1336.28] I'm convinced |
[1336.28 --> 1337.12] that when he says, |
[1337.38 --> 1337.86] keep in step |
[1337.86 --> 1338.50] with the Spirit, |
[1338.96 --> 1340.34] he's inviting every believer |
[1340.34 --> 1341.72] to hold out their ambitions, |
[1342.10 --> 1342.68] their intentions, |
[1342.90 --> 1344.22] their desires for their life, |
[1344.36 --> 1344.86] and say, |
[1344.96 --> 1345.74] not my will, |
[1345.74 --> 1347.84] but your will be done, Lord. |
[1348.58 --> 1349.82] You get to lead. |
[1350.54 --> 1351.72] I get to follow. |
[1352.22 --> 1353.18] That's, by the way, |
[1353.46 --> 1354.62] exactly with the language |
[1354.62 --> 1355.94] of keeping in step. |
[1356.18 --> 1357.50] You are not setting the pace. |
[1357.80 --> 1358.46] You are not the one |
[1358.46 --> 1359.12] leading the way. |
[1359.38 --> 1360.56] You are following the way |
[1360.56 --> 1361.26] of our God |
[1361.26 --> 1363.02] who lives within us |
[1363.02 --> 1364.28] and leads the church |
[1364.28 --> 1365.66] by his Spirit. |
[1366.86 --> 1367.84] So walking in step |
[1367.84 --> 1368.42] with the Spirit |
[1368.42 --> 1369.82] is surrendering. |
[1370.28 --> 1372.28] And that is a lifetime project, |
[1372.38 --> 1372.80] by the way. |
[1373.16 --> 1373.88] At least it is |
[1373.88 --> 1374.94] in my own experience. |
[1374.94 --> 1376.42] It is a daily sense |
[1376.42 --> 1378.00] of loosening the grip |
[1378.00 --> 1379.06] we have on our lives, |
[1379.48 --> 1380.60] loosening our desire |
[1380.60 --> 1381.62] to be in control |
[1381.62 --> 1382.08] and saying, |
[1382.20 --> 1383.50] Lord, I trust you |
[1383.50 --> 1384.84] and I need your Spirit |
[1384.84 --> 1385.60] to lead me |
[1385.60 --> 1386.52] because on my own |
[1386.52 --> 1387.60] I will hold control |
[1387.60 --> 1388.76] and I'll probably run |
[1388.76 --> 1389.98] this ship into the ground |
[1389.98 --> 1391.32] to borrow another |
[1391.32 --> 1392.00] boating metaphor. |
[1394.98 --> 1396.94] The door that opens |
[1396.94 --> 1399.30] the work of the Spirit |
[1399.30 --> 1401.06] is prayer. |
[1402.28 --> 1403.16] And that's not just |
[1403.16 --> 1403.82] my opinion. |
[1404.46 --> 1405.48] This is the Scriptures. |
[1406.42 --> 1407.70] If I had more time, |
[1407.70 --> 1408.62] I would walk us |
[1408.62 --> 1409.50] through all the passages |
[1409.50 --> 1410.90] in the Gospel accounts |
[1410.90 --> 1413.08] that narrate Jesus' own life. |
[1413.54 --> 1414.48] Jesus in Matthew |
[1414.48 --> 1416.02] and especially in Luke. |
[1416.10 --> 1417.00] Luke is always |
[1417.00 --> 1417.70] pointing this out. |
[1418.02 --> 1418.94] He sees the crowds. |
[1419.12 --> 1419.94] He sees the demands |
[1419.94 --> 1420.52] of his disciples. |
[1420.64 --> 1421.46] He sees the needs |
[1421.46 --> 1421.96] of the city. |
[1422.22 --> 1422.96] And he's constantly |
[1422.96 --> 1424.04] retreating |
[1424.04 --> 1425.86] to the mountainside |
[1425.86 --> 1426.38] to what? |
[1427.56 --> 1428.14] To pray. |
[1428.98 --> 1430.54] Now, if Jesus needs prayer, |
[1430.54 --> 1431.66] perhaps we do too. |
[1432.12 --> 1432.62] In fact, one of my |
[1432.62 --> 1433.08] favorite stories, |
[1433.14 --> 1433.80] I didn't even check |
[1433.80 --> 1434.50] between services. |
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