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[4330.96 --> 4332.16] when I go through hard times. |
[4332.20 --> 4332.58] And maybe, |
[4332.78 --> 4334.40] maybe that's the right place |
[4334.40 --> 4335.04] to end today. |
[4337.20 --> 4338.72] The Lord was with Joseph. |
[4340.34 --> 4340.78] Always. |
[4340.78 --> 4343.36] And he's with us too. |
[4344.28 --> 4345.22] By his spirit, |
[4345.30 --> 4346.70] in his word that we read, |
[4347.34 --> 4348.44] and through his church. |
[4350.62 --> 4351.64] So what do we take away |
[4351.64 --> 4352.10] from this? |
[4353.86 --> 4354.20] I think, |
[4354.28 --> 4354.88] I hope |
[4354.88 --> 4356.32] that we can remember, |
[4356.46 --> 4357.14] even in the midst |
[4357.14 --> 4358.04] of the darkest suffering |
[4358.04 --> 4358.52] we go through, |
[4358.56 --> 4359.34] that we are not alone. |
[4360.26 --> 4361.62] That God is with us. |
[4363.52 --> 4364.52] And so however, |
[4365.14 --> 4366.66] whatever capacity we have, |
[4367.32 --> 4369.32] let's lean into that presence. |
[4369.42 --> 4370.36] Are we leaning in, |
[4370.36 --> 4371.34] or are we pulling away? |
[4372.62 --> 4373.86] He's with you always, |
[4373.96 --> 4374.68] but are you with him? |
[4375.20 --> 4375.76] That could mean |
[4375.76 --> 4377.08] a whole host of things. |
[4378.00 --> 4379.10] But how are you leaning |
[4379.10 --> 4380.52] into God's presence today? |
[4381.86 --> 4382.60] For Joseph, |
[4382.96 --> 4385.00] he kept living his life |
[4385.00 --> 4386.28] faithfully |
[4386.28 --> 4387.50] to the God that he served. |
[4388.58 --> 4389.52] He knew he couldn't |
[4389.52 --> 4390.16] sin against God, |
[4390.20 --> 4390.88] and so he didn't. |
[4390.98 --> 4392.10] And yet he suffered for it. |
[4394.86 --> 4395.30] For us, |
[4395.34 --> 4395.78] that could look like |
[4395.78 --> 4396.32] all sorts of things. |
[4396.40 --> 4396.84] Maybe for us, |
[4396.84 --> 4397.42] it's reaching out |
[4397.42 --> 4398.10] to someone here |
[4398.10 --> 4399.34] or elsewhere, |
[4399.34 --> 4400.58] even if your impulse |
[4400.58 --> 4402.08] is to withdraw |
[4402.08 --> 4403.92] rather than press in. |
[4404.42 --> 4405.02] Maybe for you, |
[4405.12 --> 4406.02] it's to worship |
[4406.02 --> 4406.82] a little bit more. |
[4407.68 --> 4408.82] Even in your daily rhythms, |
[4408.94 --> 4410.70] maybe that's in a musical way |
[4410.70 --> 4412.08] or prayerful ways |
[4412.08 --> 4413.56] or devotional ways |
[4413.56 --> 4414.72] or playful ways |
[4414.72 --> 4416.16] or relational ways |
[4416.16 --> 4417.54] or sacrificial ways. |
[4418.82 --> 4419.70] Maybe it just means |
[4419.70 --> 4420.86] worshiping a little bit more, |
[4421.94 --> 4423.04] making that a focal point |
[4423.04 --> 4423.54] of your life. |
[4423.54 --> 4426.22] Maybe it means |
[4426.22 --> 4427.60] finding your God places. |
[4427.90 --> 4429.72] What I mean by that is |
[4429.72 --> 4431.22] I mentioned earlier |
[4431.22 --> 4431.90] that I grew up |
[4431.90 --> 4432.44] on the island. |
[4432.58 --> 4434.58] I spent 13 or 14 years |
[4434.58 --> 4435.22] in Victoria. |
[4435.76 --> 4436.72] And on our drive to school |
[4436.72 --> 4437.50] every single morning, |
[4437.58 --> 4438.24] we kind of crested |
[4438.24 --> 4440.06] this hill on the way, |
[4440.20 --> 4441.64] and we had a really nice view |
[4441.64 --> 4442.28] of Mount Baker |
[4442.28 --> 4443.26] and the other Cascades |
[4443.26 --> 4443.82] in the distance |
[4443.82 --> 4444.50] as we did that. |
[4445.06 --> 4445.86] And my mom would say |
[4445.86 --> 4446.32] every morning |
[4446.32 --> 4446.92] when those mountains |
[4446.92 --> 4447.36] were visible, |
[4447.46 --> 4447.70] she'd be, |
[4447.76 --> 4448.90] oh, look at the mountains. |
[4449.22 --> 4449.72] And we kids |
[4449.72 --> 4450.38] would roll our eyes |
[4450.38 --> 4451.44] because moms are exhausting. |
[4451.44 --> 4454.72] But then I went |
[4454.72 --> 4455.58] to Edmonton later, |
[4455.80 --> 4456.52] and I lived there |
[4456.52 --> 4457.02] for a while, |
[4457.22 --> 4458.28] and that's sky country. |
[4458.58 --> 4459.54] That ain't mountain country. |
[4460.08 --> 4460.70] And then I moved |
[4460.70 --> 4461.32] to Hamilton, |
[4461.58 --> 4462.28] and the mountain |
[4462.28 --> 4462.88] that they have |
[4462.88 --> 4463.66] is this escarpment |
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