{"id":1211,"date":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/319-aaron-mckee-exhortation-pessimism-is-not-our-calling\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T08:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:29:43","slug":"319-aaron-mckee-exhortation-pessimism-is-not-our-calling","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/319-aaron-mckee-exhortation-pessimism-is-not-our-calling\/","title":{"rendered":"319: Aaron Mckee – Exhortation: Pessimism is Not Our Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation by Bro. Aaron Mckee given at the Cambridge, ON ecclesia September 22, 2024. <\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
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\nThis week’s class is an
\nexhortation by brother Aaron <\/p>\n

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\nMcKee.
\nThe title is Pessimism is the <\/p>\n

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\nOpposite of Our Calling.
\nHe gave this exhortation on <\/p>\n

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\nSeptember 22nd of this year.
\nSo just a couple weeks ago. <\/p>\n

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\nThis was a suggestion and thank
\nyou to the person that sent that<\/p>\n

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\nin.
\nSo enjoyed this excitation. <\/p>\n

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\nI think the message of kind of,
\nI don’t know, we’ve run a few <\/p>\n

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\ntalks on this, just having that
\nconfidence and faith and trust <\/p>\n

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\nin our in our Lord Jesus and,
\nand in God’s plan and in our <\/p>\n

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\nhope.
\nHe talks about that kind of the <\/p>\n

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\nend having having trust in our
\nhope and uses lots of really <\/p>\n

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\ngreat examples of biblical
\nbelievers who had that same kind<\/p>\n

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\nof trust and faith in our hope.
\nShould that should translate <\/p>\n

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\ninto, in general, a positive
\nattitude, not a pessimistic <\/p>\n

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\nattitude, which he talks about.
\nThis is really excellent, really<\/p>\n

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\nwell studied.
\nI thought I actually noticed a <\/p>\n

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\nbunch of times how many
\nreferences. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s really well referenced.
\nThere’s a lot of referrals to <\/p>\n

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\npassages that he makes without
\neven pulling them up, which is <\/p>\n

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\nsomething that makes it for very
\neasy listening. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I would say, and I’ve talked
\nwith this before as well, so <\/p>\n

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\nI’m, I’m repeating some of my
\nfavorite themes, but Aaron has a<\/p>\n

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\ngreat voice.
\nI think this is just a fantastic<\/p>\n

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\npresent presentation for a
\npodcast format specifically. <\/p>\n

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\nI think he’s very easy to listen
\nto. <\/p>\n

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\nHe changes volume quite a lot.
\nYou can tell he he has a passion<\/p>\n

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\nfor, I mean, working at the
\nactual craft of the <\/p>\n

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\npresentation.
\nSo thank you, Aaron for for that<\/p>\n

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\nfocus and I’m really excited to
\nshare this class. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you enjoyed this one.
\nThis is Aaron’s second time on <\/p>\n

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\nthe show.
\nHe is also on episode 219 with <\/p>\n

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\nkind of a similar kind of a
\nsimilar theme, but an equally <\/p>\n

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\nexcellent excitation.
\nI went back and listened to it <\/p>\n

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\nto confirm.
\nAnd it was me that introduced <\/p>\n

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\nthat one as well back in episode
\n219 two years ago. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here is Pessimism is not Our
\nCalling by brother Aaron McKee. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, good morning, my dear
\nbrothers and sisters and the <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nIt’s a really robust sound <\/p>\n

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\ncoming up at me, and it’s good
\nto see so many visitors and to <\/p>\n

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\nshare this time around the table
\nof our Lord with you. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, I’ve been thinking
\nrecently on a simple truth about<\/p>\n

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\nlife and the way we think.
\nSomething captured in a saying <\/p>\n

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\nsomething.
\nI’m certain at some point or <\/p>\n

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\nanother we’ve all encountered
\nand heard in this life. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s something that life
\nis, is 10% what happens to you <\/p>\n

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\nand 90% how you respond to
\nwhat’s occurred. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd again, I’m quite certain
\nthat’s a phrase at some point or<\/p>\n

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\nanother you’ve been exposed to
\nbrothers, sisters. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if you’re like me, that
\nthat’s a statement that rings <\/p>\n

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\ntrue in life because it touches
\non a a universal, obvious yet <\/p>\n

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\nyet very powerful observation on
\nthe way the human brain works. <\/p>\n

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\nWhich is simply that the mind
\nyou apply to the events of this <\/p>\n

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\nlife, the daily struggles you
\nface, the obstacles in front of <\/p>\n

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\nyou, that is of enormous
\nconsequence to the subsequent <\/p>\n

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\nactions and results taken,
\naren’t they? <\/p>\n

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\nIn other words, mindset has
\nenormous consequence on if we <\/p>\n

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\nstand firm in the face of trial
\nor walk away. <\/p>\n

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\nIf I endure to the end or
\nstumble and give up, if I give <\/p>\n

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\nmyself over to my fears, the
\nworries, the darkness of my <\/p>\n

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\nanxieties, let myself be
\nconsumed by that or hold to an <\/p>\n

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\nanchor of hope through the
\nstorm. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s a reflection of this
\npower of where our thoughts so <\/p>\n

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\neasily lead us that I’ve
\nrecently been forced to <\/p>\n

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\nreconcile something about
\nmyself, brother and sisters, the<\/p>\n

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\nthe person I am, the character.
\nI have something I’ll I’ll share<\/p>\n

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\nwith you now.
\nAnd that’s that I can be a <\/p>\n

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\npessimist.
\nI’m not always the happy go <\/p>\n

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\nlucky person you might see here
\non a Sunday morning. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, I could be quite a
\nnegative person. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, Rose often refers to
\nme lovingly as as her wet <\/p>\n

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\nblanket.
\nAnd I, I think it’s lovingly <\/p>\n

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\nwhat we can check with her
\nafterwards. <\/p>\n

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\nBut she says that because
\nadmittedly, I caveat most <\/p>\n

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\nexperiences in this life through
\na lens of negativity, Something <\/p>\n

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\ngood happens.
\nI’m I’m waiting for the other, <\/p>\n

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\nthe other shoe to drop.
\nNew opportunity presents itself.<\/p>\n

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\nI’m going to weed out a way of,
\nof how this this could go wrong <\/p>\n

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\nfor me or my family.
\nAnd and that’s an outlook for <\/p>\n

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\nand sisters that for as long as
\nI can remember, I’ve applied to <\/p>\n

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\nthis life, but it’s by no means
\nunique to me because whether you<\/p>\n

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\nare like me, a negative person
\nor maybe you’re a glass half <\/p>\n

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\nfull person, you’re you’re prone
\nto optimism. <\/p>\n

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\nWe all experience periods of
\nthis life characterized by that <\/p>\n

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\nthinking.
\nLife has a way, Bren sisters, of<\/p>\n

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\nhoning that into us to expect
\nthe negative by observance of <\/p>\n

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\nlife experiences and human
\nbehavior. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, I’m going to suggest
\nthat many in our world today <\/p>\n

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\nstruggle with that thinking.
\nMany who see events on the news,<\/p>\n

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\nthings read on a phone, and they
\ndespair and stress on what it <\/p>\n

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\nmeans for their lives, their
\nfamilies, their futures. <\/p>\n

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\nMany who, in looking to the
\nstate of our world, since we’re <\/p>\n

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\non a precipice, careful balance
\nbefore suddenly things plunge to<\/p>\n

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\nthe worst.
\nWe read articles postulating <\/p>\n

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\nimpending world wars.
\nWe read articles on geopolitical<\/p>\n

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\nissues more unsolvable than
\never. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re new technologies that
\nthreaten jobs, the fate of <\/p>\n

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\nhumanity.
\nThere’s worries over financial <\/p>\n

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\nstability.
\nThere’s there’s civil strife <\/p>\n

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\nthat is at a fever pitch.
\nAnd in many ways, Brun sisters, <\/p>\n

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\nall these things have produced.
\nThey’ve culminated together to <\/p>\n

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\nto result in a generation of
\npessimists. <\/p>\n

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\nStatistics show that of those 18
\nto 32 years old who haven’t had <\/p>\n

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\nchildren, 30% question whether
\nthey want to have kids for fear <\/p>\n

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\nof what our world’s going to
\nlook like in the next 20 years. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, this is a phenomena
\nmany world governments are are <\/p>\n

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\npuzzled by.
\nThey call it the crisis of <\/p>\n

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\nnegative thinking because even
\nif they feel they’ve they’ve <\/p>\n

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\nperformed on a mandate, voters
\naren’t turning out. <\/p>\n

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\nWall Street economists are
\npuzzled by it because even if an<\/p>\n

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\neconomy is rallying, it’s not
\nshowing in the sentiments and <\/p>\n

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\nthe confidence of of the stock
\nmarkets. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s easy, brothers and
\nsisters, to as we see these <\/p>\n

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\nthings be consumed in that, to
\ngradually have our minds come to<\/p>\n

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\nexpect that same thing from
\nlife, that thinking, thinking <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re in perceiving negativity
\naround us. <\/p>\n

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\nWe apply that fear to the events
\nof our daily lives, to how we <\/p>\n

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\nrespond in the face of trial.
\nBut you see Bron and sisters, <\/p>\n

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\nthat stands in sharp contrast to
\nanother mindset we see <\/p>\n

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\nencouraged all throughout our
\nBibles. <\/p>\n

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\nCome with me to second Timothy
\nchapter 1. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see Paul speaks directly to
\nthis contrasting mind as he <\/p>\n

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\nexhorts Timothy on on the
\nthinking in which a servant of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist is to Orient themselves
\nin the face of challenges. <\/p>\n

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\nWe see it in second Timothy one
\nverse seven. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says God gave us not a spirit
\nof fear. <\/p>\n

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\nTimothy not disposed to that
\nnegative thinking discussed <\/p>\n

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\nbefore, but if power and love
\nand self-control. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s especially poignant
\nbrothers, sisters, because Paul <\/p>\n

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\nhe writes this months, perhaps
\ndays before his execution. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says look beyond that.
\nDon’t live life dictated Timothy<\/p>\n

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\nby by the negativity of what’s
\nin front of you. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain, he he touches on this in
\nhis letter to the Romans in <\/p>\n

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\nRomans 815.
\nYou did not receive a spirit of <\/p>\n

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\nbondage to fear, but you receive
\nthe spirit of adoption, of <\/p>\n

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\nassurance and peace and love
\nthat you are cared for as a <\/p>\n

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\nparent loves their child.
\nYou are children of God, says <\/p>\n

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\nPaul and justice.
\nPaul is a student of that mind <\/p>\n

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\nall throughout his life who
\ncould look beyond the bleak <\/p>\n

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\nevents in front of him and
\nexhorts the believers to do the <\/p>\n

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\nsame.
\nSo too are we exhorted, brothers<\/p>\n

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\nand sisters.
\nSo too do we see that call all <\/p>\n

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\nthroughout our Bibles.
\nWe see it in the words of David <\/p>\n

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\nof Psalm 118.
\nThis is the day the Lord has <\/p>\n

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\nmade.
\nRejoice and be glad in it have <\/p>\n

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\nJoyce’s David.
\nLet that be the disposition of <\/p>\n

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\nyour heart day in and day out.
\nWe see it in Proverbs 13, the <\/p>\n

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\nwords of Solomon.
\nHope deferred makes your heart <\/p>\n

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\nsick when it comes.
\nIt’s a tree of life. <\/p>\n

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\nIt can transform you.
\nA joyful heart is good medicine.<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:20,280 –> 00:10:22,560
\nA broken spirit drives the bones
\nwe see in the Philippians. 4 <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:22,560 –> 00:10:25,560
\nFinally, brothers, whatever is
\ntrue and honourable and just and<\/p>\n

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\npure and lovely and commendable,
\nwhatever is excellent and worthy<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:28,640 –> 00:10:30,920
\nof praise, think on that, says
\nPaul. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:34,760 –> 00:10:37,440
\nLet that be where your heart
\ndwells, says God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:40,720 –> 00:10:45,360
\nAnd all this to say, Bron,
\nsisters, that in contrast to a <\/p>\n

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\nworld that would so easily pull
\nyour minds to pessimism, to <\/p>\n

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\nassume the worst, to dwell in
\nthe darkness of negativity, <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:52,080 –> 00:10:58,520
\nScripture calls you to something
\nentirely different, a different <\/p>\n

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\nstandard of your thinking, one
\nthat resembles optimism over <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:03,400 –> 00:11:06,920
\npessimism, a heart more oriented
\naround joy than fear when <\/p>\n

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\ndiametrically opposed to the
\nmind discussed before. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:12,720 –> 00:11:14,920
\nAnd it’s these two ways of
\nthinking, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

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\nthe implication of these two
\nways of thinking on how you <\/p>\n

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\nbehave as a servant of Christ
\nthat we’re going to spend just a<\/p>\n

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\nbrief moment considering this
\nmorning. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:28,680 –> 00:11:30,720
\nCome with me to Numbers chapter
\n13. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause you see here in this
\nchapter we’re presented with a <\/p>\n

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\ncase study on these two ways of
\nthinking, aren’t we? <\/p>\n

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\n2 responses by two groups of
\npeople, two decidedly different <\/p>\n

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\nreactions to the same challenge.
\nAnd of course, in this chapter, <\/p>\n

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\nI think there’s things nothing
\nnew to us, brothers, sisters. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:57,440 –> 00:12:00,360
\nIn it we have the children of
\nIsrael arriving in Canaan from <\/p>\n

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\nthe deliverance of Egypt.
\nIn this chapter, they <\/p>\n

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\ncommissioned the spies to go
\nout, verse 2112, go out to see <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:06,120 –> 00:12:09,000
\nthe land.
\nVerse 24, they see it as God <\/p>\n

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\ndescribed as full of grapes and
\nfruits and pomegranates. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:11,080 –> 00:12:13,600
\nIt’s good.
\nAnd ultimately in verse 27, they<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:13,600 –> 00:12:15,560
\ncome back to get the first
\nreaction of the things they saw.<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:15,560 –> 00:12:18,160
\nAnd what do they say?
\nThey say the land, it’s truly as<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:18,160 –> 00:12:20,000
\nGod made it, flowing with milk
\nand honey. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:24,880 –> 00:12:29,720
\nNevertheless, those people are
\nundeniably strong. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:31,280 –> 00:12:34,160
\nThe descendants of Amalek are
\nare undeniably many. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:34,160 –> 00:12:36,520
\nAnd in verse 28, we cannot go
\nagainst that. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:41,360 –> 00:12:45,880
\nAnd in that first reaction run
\nsisters in a mind that cannot <\/p>\n

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\nhelp but focus to the to the
\nnegative perceived reality of <\/p>\n

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\nwhat’s in front of them.
\nIs that mindset of negativity <\/p>\n

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\ndiscussed this morning.
\nAnd, you know, I described <\/p>\n

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\nmyself earlier as a bit of a
\npessimist and I could say when <\/p>\n

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\nRose would accuse me of that
\nthinking, what I would do is, is<\/p>\n

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\nwhat I do when I’m often accused
\nby things and that’s deny and I <\/p>\n

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\nwould deny and I’d say, no, I’m,
\nI’m not a pessimist, Rose. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:17,920 –> 00:13:21,680
\nI’m a realist.
\nAnd that’s true of all <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:21,680 –> 00:13:24,720
\npessimists, brothers, sisters,
\nwe self characterize as realist <\/p>\n

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\nbecause when we’re in that state
\nof thinking, we’re walking <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:26,960 –> 00:13:29,480
\nthrough a looking glass of
\ncircumstance, aren’t we? <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:31,360 –> 00:13:34,600
\nYou see reality in front of us
\nand that dictates our reactions.<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:34,680 –> 00:13:37,560
\nAnd that’s exactly what these 10
\nminute dumb run sisters were in <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:37,560 –> 00:13:39,680
\nseeing the the obstacles before
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:39,760 –> 00:13:41,400
\nThey look past the goodness of
\nthe land. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:41,400 –> 00:13:43,520
\nThey look past the promises God
\nmade them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:43,520 –> 00:13:45,960
\nThey look past the evidence of
\nthe power plant and purpose <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:45,960 –> 00:13:48,040
\ndemonstrated in the wilderness
\nbehind them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:50,640 –> 00:13:52,120
\nAnd all they could see was the
\nnegative. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:53,960 –> 00:13:56,880
\nOnly the giants and the
\nfortresses that obstructed their<\/p>\n

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\nview.
\nAnd that might be able to be <\/p>\n

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\neasy to criticize in Storybrand
\nSisters. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:09,680 –> 00:14:14,200
\nIn reality, we struggle in that,
\ndon’t we? <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:16,560 –> 00:14:20,360
\nWe struggle in being so fixated
\non the immediacy of issues that <\/p>\n

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\nthat we lose the forest for the
\ntrees. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:21,840 –> 00:14:26,720
\nWe we struggle and losing sight
\nof the bigger picture and plan <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:26,800 –> 00:14:30,080
\nGod has of our lives and maybe
\nforget God and how we respond to<\/p>\n

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\nthose trials.
\nAnd I say because it’s most true<\/p>\n

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\nof me brothers, sisters, but
\nthat mind to negative thinking <\/p>\n

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\nthat is far reaching effects on
\na servant of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:39,000 –> 00:14:47,840
\nPessimism is a door that will
\nlead to far deeper and far more <\/p>\n

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\nserious issues in life.
\nPessimism leads to partiality to<\/p>\n

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\nthe thinking of the disciples
\nwho in John 4, when they find <\/p>\n

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\nChrist speaking to the woman at
\nthe well, marveled in their <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:02,880 –> 00:15:05,720
\nhearts why Christ would bother
\ntalking to her Because surely <\/p>\n

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\nGod couldn’t use her.
\nThey couldn’t see any potential <\/p>\n

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\nin her.
\nAnd so, so maybe we do the same,<\/p>\n

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\nbrothers, sisters, we don’t see
\nin our in our negative view of <\/p>\n

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\nlife the potential God could
\nhave with somebody. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:17,760 –> 00:15:19,840
\nIt makes us unwilling
\nintercessors for people. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:21,840 –> 00:15:25,760
\nSo unlike Abraham, who pleaded
\nwith God down to the last <\/p>\n

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\nindividuals of Sodom because he
\nhoped and believed that God <\/p>\n

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\ncould use them, maybe we don’t
\nbelieve God can save the people <\/p>\n

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\nof Sodom in our lives.
\nSo we don’t try. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:40,800 –> 00:15:44,680
\nWe’re not ambassadors of Christ
\nas as we should be. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:44,680 –> 00:15:48,160
\nYou know, maybe we’re just
\nJonah, whose vision is so <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:48,160 –> 00:15:51,560
\nobstructed by the political
\nreality of of what Nineveh was, <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:51,600 –> 00:15:53,280
\nhe emitted the grace of God to
\npeople. <\/p>\n

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\nPessimism dictates how we see
\neach other, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, how we see this
\ncommunity, where rather than <\/p>\n

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\ncommonality, maybe all you can
\nsee is conflict, past wrongs <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:07,800 –> 00:16:10,280
\ndone to you by someone or a
\ngroup of people so that all you <\/p>\n

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\ncan do when you think of them is
\nsee negativity making us more <\/p>\n

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\njudging, less forgiving, less
\nwilling to show the character of<\/p>\n

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\nChrist to them.
\nPessimism can affect our <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:18,240 –> 00:16:23,040
\nfriendships, where rather than
\nbuild up, all you seem to focus <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:23,040 –> 00:16:27,320
\non as a group is, is negativity
\npushing each other lower and <\/p>\n

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\nlower.
\nPessimism effects our preaching,<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:31,480 –> 00:16:34,400
\nIt can affect our families, it
\ncan affect our relationships, it<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:34,400 –> 00:16:36,520
\naffects our spirituality.
\nBrunt, sisters, Pessimism makes <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:36,520 –> 00:16:38,760
\nus the man in Mark nine who,
\nwhen coming to Christ with his <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:38,760 –> 00:16:41,000
\nson to be healed, says if you
\ncan do this. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:45,360 –> 00:16:49,760
\nBecause somewhere along the
\nline, in face of life’s harsh <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:49,760 –> 00:16:53,240
\nrealities, we lost some genuine
\nbelief in the power of God to <\/p>\n

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\nwork miracles in our lives.
\nPessimism, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n

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\nbreathes doubt it will rob you
\nof your visions of God, blind <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:06,960 –> 00:17:09,880
\nyou to the opportunities He’s
\nput before you in your life. <\/p>\n

262
\n00:17:09,880 –> 00:17:12,760
\nMaybe I won’t try IT service
\nbecause I I don’t think I can do<\/p>\n

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\nit properly.
\nI can’t. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:15,440 –> 00:17:17,440
\nI can’t preach to that person
\nbecause I know they wouldn’t <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:17,440 –> 00:17:20,800
\nlike to hear what I have to say.
\nIn short, this can rule your <\/p>\n

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\nbehavior as a servant of Christ.
\nBut of course, but and sisters, <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:38,280 –> 00:17:42,400
\nthat’s not the only mind on
\ndisplay in the records of <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:42,400 –> 00:17:46,840
\nNumbers 13, is it?
\nBecause in the midst of that, <\/p>\n

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\nthat panicked reaction, in the
\nmidst of the chaos whipped up by<\/p>\n

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\nby by the desperation this
\nthinking produces, another voice<\/p>\n

271
\n00:17:53,360 –> 00:17:56,600
\nspeaks up.
\nAnd we see it in verse 30. <\/p>\n

272
\n00:17:56,600 –> 00:17:59,640
\nWe’re having quieted the people,
\nCaleb says, as a lone voice. <\/p>\n

273
\n00:17:59,800 –> 00:18:05,080
\nLet’s go out and occupy the land
\nfor we are able to overcome and <\/p>\n

274
\n00:18:05,080 –> 00:18:07,760
\ncontinuing in chapter 14,
\nJoshua, he’s encouraged by this.<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:07,760 –> 00:18:10,640
\nHe adds to this perspective.
\nHe says yes, the land is good. <\/p>\n

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\nIf the Lord delights in US,
\nhe’ll deliver it. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 9 only do not fear.
\nAgain in verse 10, the Lord is <\/p>\n

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\nwith us.
\nDo not fear. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in that reaction by the
\nsisters in contrast to that mind<\/p>\n

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\nof fear display before formed in
\nresponsiveness to the hardships <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:28,120 –> 00:18:34,440
\nof life.
\nWe see the mind that God is <\/p>\n

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\nasking you assume in the face of
\nyour trials. <\/p>\n

283
\n00:18:37,040 –> 00:18:48,800
\nAnd there are many things we can
\nremark on in these verses, <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:48,800 –> 00:18:53,480
\nbrothers, sisters in the
\nresponse of Caleb and Joshua. <\/p>\n

285
\n00:18:53,480 –> 00:18:55,560
\nBut if there’s one thing, if
\nthere’s one simple thing, we’d <\/p>\n

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\nreduce it to of what they’re
\ndoing here is they had the <\/p>\n

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\nremarkable ability to
\ncontextualize their trial behind<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:06,400 –> 00:19:12,120
\nthe things they hoped in Paul,
\nin his letter to the Romans, <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:12,120 –> 00:19:14,800
\ncommends this very thinking.
\nHe says glory in your trials <\/p>\n

290
\n00:19:16,200 –> 00:19:18,360
\nbecause tribulation produces
\nperseverance, perseverance, <\/p>\n

291
\n00:19:18,360 –> 00:19:20,640
\ncharacter.
\nCharacter produces hope. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:20,760 –> 00:19:23,280
\nIn other words, glory in trial,
\nsays Paul, because God is <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:23,280 –> 00:19:28,360
\nworking something in you.
\nHave the foresight to see that <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:28,440 –> 00:19:31,240
\nbeyond whatever is currently in
\nfront of you. 2nd Corinthians <\/p>\n

295
\n00:19:31,240 –> 00:19:33,880
\n418 speaks further that says
\nlook not to the things that are <\/p>\n

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\nseen.
\nDon’t be blinded by what’s in <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:35,840 –> 00:19:37,360
\nfront of you.
\nThose things are passing the <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:37,360 –> 00:19:42,640
\nthings that are unseen or what’s
\neternal. <\/p>\n

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\nDon’t get me wrong, that doesn’t
\nmean, brothers and sisters, that<\/p>\n

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\nCaleb and Joshua didn’t suffer
\nor have the same pit of fear in <\/p>\n

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\ntheir stomach as they thought
\nabout those giants and what <\/p>\n

302
\n00:19:55,920 –> 00:19:58,440
\nawaited them or panic at times
\nthat might have overwhelmed. <\/p>\n

303
\n00:19:58,600 –> 00:20:04,920
\nBut they had the ability to make
\nthese feelings secondary to what<\/p>\n

304
\n00:20:04,920 –> 00:20:08,440
\nthey hoped in to despite what’s
\nin front of them. <\/p>\n

305
\n00:20:08,640 –> 00:20:12,600
\nLive by faith and not by sight.
\nCome with me to 2nd Kings <\/p>\n

306
\n00:20:12,680 –> 00:20:22,120
\nChapter 6 because you see there
\nare many places. <\/p>\n

307
\n00:20:23,640 –> 00:20:26,280
\nWe could go in the record of
\nGod’s Word by the sisters to see<\/p>\n

308
\n00:20:26,280 –> 00:20:29,760
\nthis principle in action, living
\nby faith and not by sight. <\/p>\n

309
\n00:20:29,760 –> 00:20:32,640
\nBut I’m going to suggest there
\nare a few accounts as clear, as <\/p>\n

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\npowerful, as contrasting as the
\nevents of this chapter. <\/p>\n

311
\n00:20:41,680 –> 00:20:46,040
\nHere in this chapter, Israel is
\nfacing desperate odds. <\/p>\n

312
\n00:20:47,800 –> 00:20:50,040
\nThey’re at war with the Syrian
\nempire, the nation that would <\/p>\n

313
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\neventually come down and destroy
\nhere in this chapter. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:57,520 –> 00:21:00,480
\nThey’ve come to pursue the last
\nprophet of God in Israel who is <\/p>\n

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\nrallying the elect in this
\nnation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they’re going to get them.
\nThey send their armies, their <\/p>\n

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\nChariots.
\nThey surround the city of Dothem<\/p>\n

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\nin the morning.
\nAnd at Daybreak the trap is set.<\/p>\n

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\nThe servant of Elijah gets up
\nand he says, master, what are we<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:13,800 –> 00:21:20,760
\ngoing to do?
\nThat’s very much our reaction at<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:20,760 –> 00:21:25,360
\ntimes, brothers and sisters,
\nwhere we cannot help but in the <\/p>\n

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\nface of seemingly terrible
\nsituations in life, respond with<\/p>\n

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\nnothing but loss and fear and
\ndespair, because that’s all we <\/p>\n

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\ncan see.
\nBut what does Elijah say? <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:33,440 –> 00:21:40,000
\nHe says fear not understand,
\nsomething bigger is happening <\/p>\n

326
\n00:21:40,000 –> 00:21:42,840
\nhere and those who are with us
\nare more than those against us. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:21:42,840 –> 00:21:44,360
\nAnd praying.
\nHis eyes are open. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:21:44,360 –> 00:21:47,120
\nThe dark curtain that Shields
\nour vision is pulled away. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:47,240 –> 00:21:49,640
\nThe man sees the reality of
\nGod’s hand in this world. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:49,760 –> 00:21:53,280
\nAnd the mountains of God are
\nfull of horsemen and Chariots of<\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:53,280 –> 00:21:58,880
\nfire.
\nAnd that’s what’s behind your <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:58,880 –> 00:22:05,080
\ntrials, Brothers and sisters, in
\nthis story is a glimpse of the <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:05,080 –> 00:22:08,320
\nactive hand of God at work in
\nyour life and the world around <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:08,320 –> 00:22:09,760
\nus.
\nAnd again, this doesn’t mean <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:12,160 –> 00:22:14,320
\nthat when you come to think this
\nway in life, brothers, sisters, <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:14,360 –> 00:22:17,920
\nthat you’re always going to see
\nthe Chariots of fire, that <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:17,920 –> 00:22:19,920
\nyou’re always going to
\nunderstand with clarity the <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:19,920 –> 00:22:22,280
\npurpose that God has for you in
\nthis moment. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:22,280 –> 00:22:25,160
\nWhat it does mean is that you
\nare cognizant of God’s hand in <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:25,160 –> 00:22:28,080
\nall things, that through the
\neyes of faith you have a power <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:31,280 –> 00:22:32,800
\nto see beyond what’s presented
\nyou. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:32,800 –> 00:22:46,720
\nNow,
\nbrothers and sisters, we have <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:46,720 –> 00:22:53,800
\ntalked briefly about what this
\nmind calls us to do, to reject <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:53,800 –> 00:22:58,400
\nthe thinking of fear, to hold to
\noptimism, and to hope. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:58,440 –> 00:23:01,440
\nBut let’s reflect for a moment
\non what this doesn’t mean. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:01,440 –> 00:23:03,360
\nAnd for the sake of time, I want
\nto think on three things. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:03,360 –> 00:23:08,520
\nThe 1st is that there’s a
\ncaricature of Christians in this<\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:08,520 –> 00:23:16,120
\nworld of being blind optimists
\nwith our head in the clouds. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:17,120 –> 00:23:19,760
\nThe luxury of pretending that
\nproblems in this life just <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:19,760 –> 00:23:22,480
\nsimply don’t exist.
\nWell, living by faith, brothers <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:22,480 –> 00:23:28,080
\nand sisters, doesn’t mean
\nburying your head in the sand. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:30,280 –> 00:23:32,200
\nWhere?
\nBecause we can see beyond the <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:32,200 –> 00:23:35,400
\nhardships of this life that we
\nuse our faith as a shield for an<\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:35,400 –> 00:23:39,720
\naction or ignoring wrongs when
\nwe see them to say to ourselves <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:39,720 –> 00:23:41,800
\nwhen we encounter particularly
\ntroublesome trial. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:41,800 –> 00:23:44,080
\nYou know, I I’m just going to
\nleave that one to the Kingdom or<\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:45,960 –> 00:23:48,280
\nI’m not going to get involved in
\nthis messy issue because that <\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:48,280 –> 00:23:50,520
\nlooks like something that that
\nthat that Christ is going to <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:50,520 –> 00:23:52,320
\ntake care of.
\nIn fact, in many ways, brain <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:52,320 –> 00:23:56,680
\nsisters, this mindset encourages
\nthe opposite. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:56,680 –> 00:23:59,360
\nCaleb and Joshua, they didn’t
\nuse it for for passivity in <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:59,360 –> 00:24:03,160
\ntheir lives.
\nThey used it to ready themselves<\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:03,240 –> 00:24:05,840
\nfor the hard work to come, to
\ntake up the sword and the spear <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:05,840 –> 00:24:07,800
\nand to lead people where it was
\nhard to go. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:07,920 –> 00:24:13,680
\nAnd the same is true of us.
\nThis mind gives you the strength<\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:13,680 –> 00:24:17,840
\nfor action to believe that with
\nGod all things are truly <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:17,840 –> 00:24:20,760
\npossible to arm you with courage
\nto push through and to do <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:20,760 –> 00:24:22,960
\ngreater things in his name to
\nlive the words of first Peter <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:22,960 –> 00:24:25,920
\none verse 13 we’re setting
\nhaving said our hope on the <\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:25,920 –> 00:24:35,480
\ncoming revelation of Christ.
\nWe prepare our minds for action.<\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:42,540 –> 00:24:48,580
\nThe second thing it doesn’t mean
\nis that once we have this mind <\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:50,900 –> 00:24:55,900
\nthat we can now look down on
\nthose who see life differently. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:58,700 –> 00:25:03,320
\nIt doesn’t manifest and
\nknowledge that puffs up or <\/p>\n

374
\n00:25:03,320 –> 00:25:06,880
\njudgements that tear down or
\nderision or exclusionary <\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:06,880 –> 00:25:09,440
\nthinking or chastising people as
\nfoolish because they they can’t <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:09,440 –> 00:25:11,600
\nsee things the the way do that
\nthe way we do. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:11,720 –> 00:25:17,120
\nMankind, brothers and sisters,
\nall creation, longs for a <\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:17,120 –> 00:25:19,560
\nbreaking of this depressing
\ncycle of thinking, whether they <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:19,560 –> 00:25:22,160
\ncan articulate it or not, or
\nwhether they turn to the right <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:22,160 –> 00:25:25,600
\nsource of strength when they’re
\nin desperation or not, they long<\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:29,040 –> 00:25:30,800
\nin front of them that they face
\nin the world. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:30,800 –> 00:25:33,720
\nAll creation groan, says Paul,
\nfor their coming revelation of <\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:33,720 –> 00:25:35,040
\nChrist.
\nAnd in the same way, brothers <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:35,040 –> 00:25:41,240
\nand sisters, people around you
\nare looking for answers. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:43,680 –> 00:25:46,720
\nSo when you have this mind in
\nthe face of trial, people <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:46,720 –> 00:25:47,800
\nnotice.
\nYou know, I’ll give you a very <\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:47,800 –> 00:25:54,280
\npersonal example.
\nAround 4 years ago, a brother I <\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:54,280 –> 00:25:59,440
\nknew, a man of remarkable faith,
\nfell asleep and he had a <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:59,440 –> 00:26:06,840
\ntremendous ability in life, even
\nin palliative care, to see past <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:06,840 –> 00:26:08,440
\nwhat was seemingly in front of
\nhim. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:10,760 –> 00:26:13,880
\nAnd that had an enormous impact
\non the medical staff, the nurses<\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:14,040 –> 00:26:15,920
\nthat cared for him.
\nIt prompted many to inquire <\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:15,920 –> 00:26:18,520
\nabout the nature of his faith
\nthat that gave this man such <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:18,520 –> 00:26:20,840
\nsuch strength and, and such a
\ntrying time. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:20,840 –> 00:26:22,920
\nAnd, and this is something I saw
\nas well, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:24,920 –> 00:26:33,080
\nTwo weeks before he passed, I I
\ncalled him and while my mind was<\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:33,080 –> 00:26:38,720
\nfocused on what imminently
\nawaited him, his mind was <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:38,720 –> 00:26:43,680
\nsomewhere else entirely.
\nIn fact, it was worried about me<\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:45,320 –> 00:26:48,600
\nencouraging me, saying things to
\nme that he felt I needed to <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:48,600 –> 00:26:52,840
\nhear, sharing with me his
\nvisions of the Kingdom, things <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:52,840 –> 00:26:55,080
\nthat inspired him in his life
\nbecause he hoped maybe that <\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:55,080 –> 00:26:57,360
\nwould inspire me.
\nThat’s what having this mind <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:57,360 –> 00:26:58,480
\ndoes to us, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:27:00,600 –> 00:27:03,520
\nIt should allow us to think
\noutside of ourselves, even in <\/p>\n

405
\n00:27:03,520 –> 00:27:06,400
\nour hardest moments, like Elisha
\ndid to the servants struggling. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:06,400 –> 00:27:09,160
\nIt compels us to share this
\nperspective with those around <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:09,160 –> 00:27:18,000
\nus, to actively participate in
\nrestoring the hearts and minds <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:18,000 –> 00:27:19,920
\nof people around us to the
\nknowledge of God. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:26,560 –> 00:27:31,920
\nFinally, brothers and sisters,
\nit doesn’t mean it will be easy.<\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:34,440 –> 00:27:37,520
\nWhat we’re talking about this
\nmorning flies in the face of <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:37,520 –> 00:27:41,840
\nwhat comes natural and and it
\ndoesn’t happen overnight in a <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:41,840 –> 00:27:43,840
\nbig loud, one and done
\ndeclaration. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:43,840 –> 00:27:45,280
\nThat’s the way I’m going to see
\nmy life. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:45,280 –> 00:27:48,440
\nAnd you know, things are going
\nto go smooth from here. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:48,480 –> 00:27:54,560
\nThis is a choice made in the
\nsmallest of challenges every <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:54,560 –> 00:27:56,440
\nsingle day.
\nIt’s a choice made every single <\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:56,440 –> 00:27:59,800
\nday to transform ourselves by
\nthe renewing of our minds, to <\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:59,800 –> 00:28:01,800
\ncondition our thoughts.
\nAnd you know, I’ll be honest <\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:01,800 –> 00:28:02,480
\nwith you.
\nRun, sisters. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:02,480 –> 00:28:05,080
\nIt’s all too often when I’m in
\nthe crossroads of this thinking,<\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:05,080 –> 00:28:07,680
\nwhen I’m faced with these
\ntrials, I forget what I’m <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:07,680 –> 00:28:11,720
\ntelling you.
\nI lose the battle of my <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:11,720 –> 00:28:14,440
\nthinking, and I’m once more the
\nchildren of Israel, not Caleb <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:14,440 –> 00:28:17,920
\nand Joshua.
\nI’m once more the servant of <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:17,920 –> 00:28:23,320
\nElijah, not Elijah himself.
\nI’m like Elijah, lost in <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:23,320 –> 00:28:25,200
\ndisparity.
\nThe Jezebels of my life that <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:25,200 –> 00:28:28,160
\nhave blinded me to God’s purpose
\nand plan for me makes me want to<\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:28,160 –> 00:28:33,520
\ngive up.
\nBut, but how did God help <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:33,520 –> 00:28:38,280
\nElijah, brothers and sisters,
\nwhen things were that bad? <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:38,280 –> 00:28:40,840
\nWhen when life was so desperate?
\nHow does He save them? <\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:40,840 –> 00:28:43,960
\nHe brings his mind back to the
\nbeginning, didn’t he? <\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:46,680 –> 00:28:49,800
\nBack to the mountain of God, a
\ntime when he spoke face to face <\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:49,800 –> 00:28:52,720
\nwith Moses, a story Elijah would
\nhave heard from childhood. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:28:54,800 –> 00:28:57,840
\nOr he made a promise that no,
\nthat no matter what happened in <\/p>\n

435
\n00:28:57,840 –> 00:29:01,840
\nlife, no matter how how often
\nthings appeared bad, he would <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:01,840 –> 00:29:04,640
\nnever remove himself from those
\nwho desire to be with him. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:04,640 –> 00:29:06,240
\nThat they would be his treasured
\npeople. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:09,600 –> 00:29:13,440
\nHe removed the noise and left
\nhim with the small voice. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:18,720 –> 00:29:20,480
\nAnd isn’t that true of us,
\nbrother and sisters? <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:23,040 –> 00:29:28,360
\nWe’re sometimes in our darkest
\nmoments, when we’re up against <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:28,360 –> 00:29:31,280
\nthe most insurmountable odds.
\nThat’s all we can reach to as <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:31,280 –> 00:29:35,560
\nwell.
\nThe simple things, thinking back<\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:35,560 –> 00:29:38,960
\nto, to quiet moments, personal
\nmoments in each of our lives <\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:38,960 –> 00:29:42,440
\nwhere where you felt and saw the
\nhand of God with clarity. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:42,480 –> 00:29:43,800
\nPerhaps it’s a moment of
\nbaptism. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:29:45,360 –> 00:29:48,840
\nWe’re away from the crowds.
\nYou had a moment of quiet <\/p>\n

447
\n00:29:48,840 –> 00:29:52,440
\nreflection and solitude and you
\ntalked with God and you knew you<\/p>\n

448
\n00:29:52,440 –> 00:29:58,360
\ncould feel he listened.
\nIf that’s all you can reach to <\/p>\n

449
\n00:29:58,360 –> 00:30:02,560
\nin a moment of trial, brothers
\nand sisters, know that that’s <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:02,560 –> 00:30:06,640
\nOK.
\nKnow that sometimes all you can <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:06,640 –> 00:30:09,280
\nbe is Peter putting his hand
\nabove the water in the belief <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:09,400 –> 00:30:11,080
\nthat Christ was there to grab
\nhis hand. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:13,440 –> 00:30:15,360
\nKnow that sometimes all you can
\nbe are the words of <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:15,360 –> 00:30:18,200
\nlamentations. 3 We’re feeling
\nthe Wormwood, and the gall, and <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:18,200 –> 00:30:20,520
\nthe bitterness of life
\novercomes, Yet this we call the <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:20,520 –> 00:30:22,040
\nmind.
\nFor this we hope, because the <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:22,040 –> 00:30:24,760
\nLord’s great love we are not
\nconsumed. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:28,880 –> 00:30:31,880
\nSometimes it is just the
\nknowledge of the ever present <\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:31,880 –> 00:30:36,760
\nlove of God that’s enough to
\nkeep the fear from drowning. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:30:36,760 –> 00:30:50,690
\nSo,
\nbrothers and sisters, living <\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:50,690 –> 00:30:52,570
\nwith this mind, God desires of
\nus. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:30:54,450 –> 00:30:56,770
\nIt doesn’t mean we are
\nimpervious to hardship and <\/p>\n

463
\n00:30:56,770 –> 00:31:01,050
\nsorrow.
\nIt doesn’t mean that if you <\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:01,050 –> 00:31:03,970
\nstruggle and have hurt in your
\nheart that you are somehow more <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:03,970 –> 00:31:06,410
\nunrighteous than others around
\nyou who on the exterior have <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:06,410 –> 00:31:08,810
\nendured it better.
\nBut it is knowing that our God <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:08,930 –> 00:31:13,120
\nis a faithful God, true to His
\nword. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:15,200 –> 00:31:19,000
\nIt’s knowing our God is a caring
\nGod abounding in comfort. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:20,640 –> 00:31:23,560
\nIt’s knowing our God is one of
\nPsalm 34, close to the broken <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:23,560 –> 00:31:25,840
\nhearted and saving those crushed
\nin spirit. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:25,920 –> 00:31:28,880
\nIt’s knowing our God is the God
\nof Psalm 94, who in the cares of<\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:28,880 –> 00:31:31,400
\nour heart are many.
\nHis consolation cheers the soul.<\/p>\n

473
\n00:31:31,560 –> 00:31:37,320
\nIf we can do that, if we can
\nmaintain that simple <\/p>\n

474
\n00:31:37,320 –> 00:31:44,680
\nunderstanding.
\nYou can endure all the hardship <\/p>\n

475
\n00:31:46,680 –> 00:31:48,280
\nthat this life will ever throw
\nat you. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:31:52,040 –> 00:31:56,200
\nIf you can do that, brothers and
\nsisters, you will join the ranks<\/p>\n

477
\n00:31:56,200 –> 00:31:59,880
\nof many men and women in our
\nBibles who lived their days and <\/p>\n

478
\n00:31:59,880 –> 00:32:06,760
\nspent their lives in the face of
\ntremendous trials and endured by<\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:06,760 –> 00:32:13,640
\nthe power of this thinking.
\nYou’ll be like Noah, who in the <\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:13,640 –> 00:32:16,800
\nyears before the flood, feeling
\nalone and spiritually isolated, <\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:16,800 –> 00:32:19,440
\nnot only held to that faith but
\ngrew his family because he <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:19,440 –> 00:32:21,240
\nbelieved God could save them
\ntoo. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:23,680 –> 00:32:27,960
\nYou’ll be like Abraham and
\nSarah, who left the comfort of <\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:27,960 –> 00:32:30,480
\nall they’d ever known and they
\nendured childless years and <\/p>\n

485
\n00:32:30,480 –> 00:32:33,200
\nfamily strife and conflict and
\nhardship and the hope of a <\/p>\n

486
\n00:32:33,200 –> 00:32:36,760
\npromise to come.
\nYou’ll be like Joseph, who <\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:36,760 –> 00:32:39,240
\nanyone else would have felt
\nabandoned, knew all those years <\/p>\n

488
\n00:32:39,240 –> 00:32:41,800
\nintimately that he was never
\ntruly alone. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:32:41,840 –> 00:32:48,840
\nYou’ll be like the prophets of
\nold, beaten and imprisoned and <\/p>\n

490
\n00:32:48,840 –> 00:32:51,440
\nmocked, but they were able to do
\nit because they saw something <\/p>\n

491
\n00:32:51,440 –> 00:32:52,880
\ngreater.
\nYou’ll be like David, brothers <\/p>\n

492
\n00:32:52,880 –> 00:32:57,600
\nand sisters, a man who could
\nendure trial and tribulation to <\/p>\n

493
\n00:32:57,600 –> 00:33:00,680
\nthe extremes, but could rightly
\nsay, and truly no, because I <\/p>\n

494
\n00:33:00,680 –> 00:33:04,040
\nhave sent the Lord at my right
\nhand, I shall not be moved. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:33:06,920 –> 00:33:15,320
\nTherefore, says David, my heart
\nis glad, my glory rejoices, and <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:15,320 –> 00:33:22,720
\nmy flesh rests in hope.
\nThat’s the promise of this <\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:22,720 –> 00:33:27,320
\nthinking, brothers and sisters,
\nrest in our hope in the face of <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:27,320 –> 00:33:30,160
\nwhat this life presents you.
\nThat’s why God so desires you <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:30,160 –> 00:33:42,040
\nsee life this way.
\nThe words of Christ in John 16 <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:42,600 –> 00:33:48,880
\nread I have said these things to
\nyou, that in me you have peace <\/p>\n

501
\n00:33:50,760 –> 00:33:52,760
\nin the world and everything else
\naround you. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:33:52,960 –> 00:33:56,360
\nYou will have tribulation.
\nBut know this, I have overcome <\/p>\n

503
\n00:33:56,360 –> 00:34:02,240
\nthe world.
\nYou know there is no greater <\/p>\n

504
\n00:34:02,240 –> 00:34:07,560
\nexample, brothers and sisters,
\nof a man who lived the by the <\/p>\n

505
\n00:34:07,560 –> 00:34:12,600
\nthinking we considered this
\nmorning, then our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

506
\n00:34:12,600 –> 00:34:19,000
\nChrist.
\nChrist was a man who could have <\/p>\n

507
\n00:34:19,000 –> 00:34:23,480
\nlived his whole life clouded by
\nthe fear of what awaited him at <\/p>\n

508
\n00:34:23,480 –> 00:34:26,159
\nthe end of his ministry, but
\nnever let pessimism and negative<\/p>\n

509
\n00:34:26,159 –> 00:34:28,679
\nthinking stop him from doing the
\nwork unintended. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:34:31,400 –> 00:34:36,199
\nChrist was a man who never let
\npessimism blind him from seeing <\/p>\n

511
\n00:34:36,199 –> 00:34:37,360
\nthe potential in those around
\nhim. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:34:37,360 –> 00:34:40,080
\nSee, it was sinners and tax
\ncollectors, but even worked with<\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:40,080 –> 00:34:43,360
\nthe hardness of people’s heart
\nfor years, even up to the bitter<\/p>\n

514
\n00:34:43,360 –> 00:34:47,760
\nend.
\nChrist was a man who in his most<\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:47,760 –> 00:34:51,159
\ndesperate moments, never let the
\nchallenge before him steal his <\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:51,159 –> 00:34:55,040
\nfocus from the needs of others
\naround him, from helping them <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:55,040 –> 00:34:59,920
\neven in his hour of need.
\nChrist was a man who and many <\/p>\n

518
\n00:34:59,920 –> 00:35:02,760
\nothers despaired and his
\ndisciples fled, knew intimately <\/p>\n

519
\n00:35:02,760 –> 00:35:05,360
\nthat legions of angels stood
\nwith Him that night in the <\/p>\n

520
\n00:35:05,360 –> 00:35:07,040
\ngarden.
\nAnd he was not alone. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:35:07,200 –> 00:35:13,120
\nAnd there is no greater example
\nto the testament of our Lord’s <\/p>\n

522
\n00:35:13,120 –> 00:35:15,960
\nthinking that even though driven
\nto a point of crying out that <\/p>\n

523
\n00:35:15,960 –> 00:35:19,200
\nthe trial he faced might be
\npassed, persevered through the <\/p>\n

524
\n00:35:19,200 –> 00:35:28,720
\ndarkest days because his vision
\nwas focused on something more. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:35:31,680 –> 00:35:33,080
\nWe don’t know exactly what it
\nwould have been. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:35:33,080 –> 00:35:37,760
\nBrothers and sisters, I like to
\nimagine it was that moment in <\/p>\n

527
\n00:35:37,760 –> 00:35:44,080
\nthe garden, or having walked
\nfrom the tomb and put his feet <\/p>\n

528
\n00:35:44,080 –> 00:35:47,640
\nin the soil and smell the
\nflowers and felt the warmth of <\/p>\n

529
\n00:35:47,640 –> 00:35:49,600
\nsun on his face.
\nHe would have known that it was <\/p>\n

530
\n00:35:49,600 –> 00:35:55,880
\ndone.
\nOur Lord was a man who never <\/p>\n

531
\n00:35:55,880 –> 00:36:00,840
\nonce deviated from the mind of
\nhope that we’ve been discussing.<\/p>\n

532
\n00:36:01,320 –> 00:36:05,720
\nAnd ultimately, brothers and
\nsisters, that’s what we’ve come <\/p>\n

533
\n00:36:05,720 –> 00:36:10,640
\nto remember as well, isn’t it?
\nThat’s why we gather around <\/p>\n

534
\n00:36:10,640 –> 00:36:13,880
\nthese emblems week in and week
\nout, to condition our minds to <\/p>\n

535
\n00:36:13,880 –> 00:36:17,920
\nthink as He thought.
\nTo perceive a time beyond today,<\/p>\n

536
\n00:36:17,920 –> 00:36:21,000
\nwhen tomorrow we might take this
\ncompany with Him and His <\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:21,000 –> 00:36:26,520
\nKingdom.
\nTo look past whatever trial is <\/p>\n

538
\n00:36:26,520 –> 00:36:31,120
\nfacing us in the week to come,
\nwhatever failure beset us in the<\/p>\n

539
\n00:36:31,120 –> 00:36:34,240
\ndays past, and to remember a man
\ngreater than these things. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:36:35,960 –> 00:36:38,080
\nTo remember that the head of the
\nserpent has crushed. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:36:38,920 –> 00:36:41,360
\nTo remember the light of Christ
\nshines in the darkness. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:36:41,360 –> 00:36:43,760
\nAnd there is nothing in this
\nlife that could ever separate <\/p>\n

543
\n00:36:43,760 –> 00:36:46,160
\nyou from the love of Christ if
\nyou desire it. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:36:55,680 –> 00:37:01,240
\nWe’ll end, brothers and sisters,
\nwith the reflection that now we <\/p>\n

545
\n00:37:01,240 –> 00:37:06,080
\nsee through a mirror darkly.
\nAnd how true is that? <\/p>\n

546
\n00:37:07,920 –> 00:37:10,800
\nWe see through a lens that
\ncolors our world and <\/p>\n

547
\n00:37:10,800 –> 00:37:15,920
\nuncertainty, where the events of
\nour lives are are not easy, <\/p>\n

548
\n00:37:17,520 –> 00:37:20,680
\nwhere struggles are in abundance
\nin our personal lives, in our <\/p>\n

549
\n00:37:20,680 –> 00:37:23,000
\necclesias and the broader world
\naround us. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:37:23,080 –> 00:37:28,920
\nBut at a moment soon to come, we
\nwill know face to face what we <\/p>\n

551
\n00:37:28,920 –> 00:37:35,400
\nhave fully known in our hearts.
\nThe mirror will be broken, the <\/p>\n

552
\n00:37:35,400 –> 00:37:38,200
\nlight of Christ will shine
\nthrough, and the Chariots and <\/p>\n

553
\n00:37:38,200 –> 00:37:40,560
\nthe horses of God will be made
\nknown in this world. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:37:40,760 –> 00:37:48,000
\nUntil that day we resolve
\nourselves with the words of John<\/p>\n

555
\n00:37:48,080 –> 00:37:55,480
\nfirst, John 5 verse 4.
\nFor whosoever is born of God <\/p>\n

556
\n00:37:55,880 –> 00:38:00,440
\novercomes the world.
\nAnd this is the victory, says <\/p>\n

557
\n00:38:00,440 –> 00:38:07,600
\nJohn, that overcomes all things.
\nYour faith. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:38:10,840 –> 00:38:15,400
\nWho is it that overcomes except
\nthey who believe Jesus is the <\/p>\n

559
\n00:38:15,400 –> 00:38:36,710
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\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

560
\n00:38:36,710 –> 00:38:38,310
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\n00:38:39,110 –> 00:38:41,590
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562
\n00:38:41,590 –> 00:38:43,960
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319: Aaron Mckee – Exhortation: Pessimism is Not Our Calling<\/a><\/blockquote>