You Become What You Trust | Faithful in a Faithless World Week 5

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- Hey, welcome to Crossroads. My name is Hannah.

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- And I'm Kyle.

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And today we're talking about Wordle.

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-What? I thought we were studying Daniel.

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- I just said we should talk about Wordle.

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And that --

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- Okay, but is -- is actually what you just said

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is a six letter word, by the way.

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It's not. You say a Wordle.

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Okay, it's fine. We're talking about Daniel.

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Now, listen, there's some crazy wild stuff

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happening in the book of Daniel.

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There's visions, there's dreams, there's interpretation.

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And all of it just gets a little bit, like I say, crazy,

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- Which is exactly right. There's fire, there's lions.

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It's kind of nuts. - It's nuts.

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- Which is why we thought there's no one better

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than our very own Chuck Mingo

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to make sense of all of it. Get it, Chuck.

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- The book of Daniel is a story of a faithful man

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and the unmatched power of God.

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So Daniel is a book about, well, Daniel,

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and his whole life, but it's also about Jesus.

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Even though Daniel's in the Old Testament,

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it's years before Jesus would come.

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The whole book points to a man

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that Daniel would never meet on Earth.

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The fiery furnace shows us something about Jesus.

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The lion's den shows us something about Jesus.

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Daniel even later has some visions

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that talk about Jesus.

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Today, we uncover how Jesus is presented

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in the Book of Daniel and how it is relevant to us.

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- Oh, sorry, I'm tired. I mean, we're all tired, right?

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Worn out, frustrated, life feels chaotic,

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don't know what's going to happen next. You too?

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Okay, good because that's how I feel.

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But if you'll hang with me in the next 15 minutes,

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I'd like to help you find a way out of that.

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You know, I feel like in my life right now,

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everything is in the in between,

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everything is in the stage of not yet.

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We're not yet out of COVID.

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We're not yet settled in a new normal,

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whatever that looks like

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at work or home or in your family.

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We're not yet resolved, some of us,

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on some family situations.

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You know, for me personally,

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I'm no longer raising all babies,

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but I am not clear on what it looks like

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to raise teenagers.

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And let me tell you, if you're feeling that way,

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if you feel frustrated, you're not alone.

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And even if you're in the church,

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it's not any different.

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Don't believe me? Check this out.

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This was a study looking at Christians,

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and it says the Christians right now

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are struggling in their faith in the in between.

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And I feel that, I feel that

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I wake up more days now than ever saying,

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"I don't think I have what it takes to do this today."

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You feeling that? You've been there?

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Why is that happening to us?

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Well, it's because of this principle of life.

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You and I, we become whatever we trust.

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Said another way, whatever we rely on,

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we become like that thing.

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I mean, think about your friend group.

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If I were to spend time with you and your friends,

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you know what I notice?

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I'd noticed you guys have the same mannerisms.

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I'd noticed that you use the same phrases.

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I would notice a commonality around your priorities

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and your preferences,

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even if you didn't start out that way.

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And you know what?

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That's true no matter what you rely on.

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If you adhere to a political philosophy,

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you become like that philosophy.

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If you have a specific style preference,

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if you have a specific fan group,

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you will become those things.

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True confession?

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I see and feel this pull in my own heart.

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And I think it's important to recognize this

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because all of those things that we rely on,

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other than Jesus, are actively failing us.

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You know this. That's why you're tired.

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That's why you're anxious.

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That's why you feel overwhelmed.

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And we're watching this change happen.

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Things are unraveling at a crazy pace right now.

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And everything is vying for your attention.

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Hey. Me, me, me. Over here. Me, me, me.

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I've got your answer.

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Everything is vying for our attention.

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The only thing that's changed is the pace.

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Now this thing of what we relying on, what we seek

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can change in a matter of months or weeks.

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Sometimes it can happen overnight.

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And we bear the results of that in our souls.

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We bear the results of that in our spirit.

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And all of this is just exacerbated

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by the uncertainty of our times.

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Here's what I want you to know.

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What's happening for us right now,

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this challenge of living in the in-between,

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thankfully, we're not alone.

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We've been looking at the story of Daniel.

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Daniel was a leader in the Bible.

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He's a man who lived his entire life in the in between.

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Daniel was a guy who saw his entire world

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turn upside down in his lifetime.

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Think about it.

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Daniel lived in a country where nearly a million

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of its citizens died in a short span of time

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because they were invaded by a foreign power.

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A power called the Nation of Babylon.

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He saw massive political and social upheaval.

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He saw powers come and powers go.

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He saw everything that he thought could be trusted

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actually fall away.

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Foreign powers changed his country's life

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and culture literally overnight.

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And in the midst of that, he was made in exile.

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He lost his home. Does that feel familiar?

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Does that feel familiar to where we are right now?

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Daniel was living in the not yet,

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and it was never settled in his lifetime.

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But Daniel had this gift.

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He had the gift of prophecy, which meant

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that in the midst of his situation,

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God gave him words and visions.

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And all of those words and visions

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were meant to encourage the people in Daniel's time

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to be faithful to God.

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See, that's what prophecy is in the Bible.

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Let me just give you a kind of prophecy 101.

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Prophecy is a message from God

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designed to help us understand His character

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and His plan for the ultimate redemption of the world.

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Prophecy in the Bible kind of works like movie previews.

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I mean, think about it.

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I went to the movies this week and saw a fun movie,

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and I love the previews and there's always one,

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right, that grips you.

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I mean, that's what good movie previews do.

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They captivate us.

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You're like, "Oh, part two of that's coming out?"

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"Oh, he's playing that character>"

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"She's going to be in that movie?"

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It captivates us.

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And then it sustains our excitement long enough

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until the movie comes out,

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because they drop that date on you:

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coming summer 2022, right?

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Sometimes it's like coming fall of 2023,

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and you're like, "Oh, I can't wait till fall of 2023."

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And that excitement is sustained by those previews.

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And ultimately, it propels you to do what?

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To get your butt in the seat

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or get in front of a screen and see the movie.

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And that's how prophecy works in the Bible.

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Prophecy in the Bible is meant to captivate us

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that God is in control.

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God is good. We can trust him.

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God is not removed from the situations

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that are going on in the world.

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But it's also meant to sustain us in the in between.

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You know, God makes promises in scripture.

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What do we do between the promise

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and where we are right now?

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That's what prophecy helps us to do, to be encouraged,

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and it propels us to be faithful and faithless times.

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Dr. Tony Evans is a pastor, and he said this:

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If you've been reading along in the Bible Challenge,

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you've seen that Daniel gets pictures of crazy things.

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And we're going to look today at one of the ones

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I think is just, it's way out there.

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Let me just tell you.

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I'm going to read, I'm actually

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going to summarize this prophecy for you.

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And it's going to feel super weird and irrelevant.

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You're going to be like,

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"What? You're talking about what?

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What does that have to do with my life?"

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It's actually really long and convoluted,

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so I'm not going to read it in detail to you,

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but I want you to look it up.

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I want you to read it. It's found in Daniel 7:1-17.

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You can even pull that up right now and take a read

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and then come back and join me,

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or you can read it later.

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But it's a description of these beasts

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that rise and take power over the Earth.

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These four beasts are described

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as rising out of the ocean.

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I think about, again, movie previews.

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I think about like those alien movies

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where something's rising out of the ocean.

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You're like, "What is that?" Right?

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Moonfall is like the latest one that's coming out.

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I saw that preview, it's like,

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"What is that rising out of the ocean?

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Oh, there's a being on the moon."

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I mean, it's crazy, right?

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So Daniel has this image.

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And the first beast is a lion with eagle's wings.

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It's kind of weird, kind of weird.

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It gets weirder.

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A second beast rises out of the ocean

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and it's a bear with dinner in its mouth.

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Literally, it says it has three ribs in its mouth.

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Like this bear has just finished having a meal

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and is looking to devour more flesh.

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Then there's the third beast that's

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a flying four-headed leopard

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with four wings on his back.

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Yes, the beasts get weirder and weirder and weirder.

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And then there's this third beast that we just say --

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the Bible just says it's terrifying, dreadfu,

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I and exceedingly strong with iron teeth.

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All of it weird.

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But then there are two other players in this crazy scene.

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The Bible describes God as the Ancient of Days.

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The words that are used, Ancient of Days,

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are capitalized as a proper name for God.

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It says that God's clothing is white as snow,

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His hair is like pure wool.

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Thrones of fiery flames is what He sits on.

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And what we see is God kill the fourth beast

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and stripped the other three of their power.

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And then there's one more character.

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He's described as one like the Son of Man.

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The translation for that is one like a on of the gods.

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Friends, this is a picture of Jesus.

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And what we see is the Ancient of Days, God,

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giving this Son of Man rule over

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all of the other kingdoms of the world,

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including all the people,

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every nation and every language.

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Now I know what you're asking, because I ask it

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when I read this prophecy too:

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"What the Daniel eat the night before?

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Was he on something? What in the world does this mean?

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Do these crazy images have any relevance

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to you and me today?"

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And here's what I want you to know: they do. They do.

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There is truth in these weird words and images

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that applies to your in between.

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Because this is a prophecy of hope

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for all future generations who find themselves

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in the in between, including us.

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- All right.

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Real quick, Kyle's going to talk about giving.

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And actually, I'm going to time him

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because it needs to be real quick, like I said. Go.

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- When it comes to giving, a lot of people think

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it's just the church wanting your money.

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Trust me, we don't want your money.

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No, it's more of us wanting to help you know,

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the connection between your money and your heart.

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Giving is simply being obedient to God.

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If that's something you want to try,

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something you're interested in,

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you can find out more at crossroads.net/give.

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- Good job. You were there. - Back to the message.

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- So what can we take from this prophecy?

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Three things: first, we see here

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that there will always be manmade authorities

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vying for or demanding your trust.

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These beasts represent authorities,

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they represent kingdoms,

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they represent power structures other than God.

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And the Bible has a word for these power structures

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and it's the word idols. Idols.

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You know, we don't think about idol worship today.

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Most of us probably don't have a statue at home

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that we bow down to.

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We don't have something

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that we're sacrificing dead animals to.

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We don't do that necessarily in our culture,

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but we still have idols.

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We still have things that want to get our trust,

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that want us to be more faithful to them

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than we are to God.

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And here are some things that idols all have in common.

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Every idol exhorts their own power.

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Every idol says, "I'm the ultimate thing

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you should put your trust in."

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And every idol redefines right and wrong.

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Every idol has a moral code,

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and it's whatever they want it to be.

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Every idol denies the authority of God

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and says, "I'm the supreme authority."

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And every idol demand your total allegiance.

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Think about brands that market to you

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want this from you,

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authorities that want to influence you

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want this from you.

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And it doesn't matter what side

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of the political perspective you're on.

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It doesn't matter if you like Carhart or Supreme Band,

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it doesn't.

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Doesn't matter, every movement, every cause,

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everything wants the same thing from you.

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They want your faithfulness.

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And here's the thing, these idols,

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they promise you the good life.

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They promise you power.

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They promise to be the answer to your prayer.

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And every idol works the first few times.

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I mean, I'll just tell you, for me,

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these idols are in my life.

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I mean, I'm doing work with an organization,

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Courageous Love, the organization I lead.

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I believe that the work we do is God's work.

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It's about racial solidarity, healing and justice.

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I believe it's a God thing, a Jesus thing.

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I think we might all agree on that.

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You know what, though?

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It's real easy for me to make this work an idol.

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How do I know?

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Man, I get real unsettled

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when things don't go as planned,

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especially if the reason they didn't go as planned

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is because of something that I did wrong as a leader.

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Man, I have been in a season right now

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where my leadership is being exposed.

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My leadership vulnerabilities,

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my leadership weaknesses,

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the learning curves that I have, it's being exposed.

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I'm just going to tell you, friends,

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it's really uncomfortable.

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And I have a lot of mornings where I'm struggling

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to step up and do the thing again.

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You know why?

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Because I've made my performance an idol.

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And if I keep going to that and relying to that,

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I'm going to become like the thing I trust.

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I'm going to always be on a stage

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trying to perform my way to approval

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or perform my way into peace.

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See, that's how idols work.

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Idols work the first time,

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but they don't keep working.

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Every idol starts out promising everything

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and asking nothing.

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And over time it begins to ask more and more

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and give you less and less.

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If you're anxious, you're fearful, if you're angry,

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you're numb, if you're depressed, might it be --

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Could be chemical realities in that,

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could also be the reality that you've made

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something else an idol in your life other than God.

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It could be that you're relying on something

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that is actively failing you.

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And notice what Daniel sees in his image,

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every man made idol and power structure

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eventually becomes a violent beast

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that will consume you.

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Right now, there are idols vying for your faithfulness.

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And if we're honest, some of them are winning.

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Some of them are winning.

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So here's the second reality we see from this vision:

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you and I are always choosing

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where we're placing our faith.

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You know, I've heard people say, "Well, I don't have faith, like,

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I'm not a person of faith."

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I think that's a misnomer.

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We are all people of faith.

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There is something you're relying on,

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there is something you're trusting in for life,

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for peace, for safety, for pleasure, for security,

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for power, for a sense of control.

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We all have something we place our faith in.

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And you know how you know what it is?

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You know based on where you turn when trouble comes.

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I mean, isn't that the story of the day

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that we're in, right?

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There's a lot of trouble, a lot of uncertainty.

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There's a lot of difficulty we're walking through

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as a society, as a people in the world.

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And so I want you to think about this:

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What has your gaze during difficult times?

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What has your gaze right now

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as you're going through the in between?

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Is it the news pundits? Do they have your gaze?

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Is it some source of escape?

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Some place you're going to get pleasure

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because you just want to numb out from reality?

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Does that have your gaze?

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Is it self-protection or self-promotion?

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Is it performance like I struggle with?

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Is that what has your gaze?

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Or is it God?

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2 Corinthians in the New Testament,

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Paul's writing, and he says this:

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He's saying we become what we trust in,

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and if we will behold God,

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if we will let Jesus be the source of our gaze,

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we will become like Him.

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Jesus was a non-hurried, chill guy all the time.

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In the midst of the hardest moments,

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Jesus was a man of peace.

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Jesus was a man full of love

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who didn't have enemies that he couldn't engage with,

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but actually extended love to people.

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Man, what would it look like

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to be a person of peace that way?

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What would it look like to be loving,

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to be, as some have called it,

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a non anxious presence in our world?

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When you gaze on Jesus, that's what you become.

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The question is, what has your gaze?

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See if you want to be faithful, if you want to be faithful,

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then you've got to make a choice.

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Third, insight is this: Choose to trust in Jesus.

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If you want to be faithful, if you want to be fruitful,

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if you want to stand firm, choose to trust in Jesus.

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See, Daniel's vision included another king

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in another kingdom. Did you notice that?

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Yeah, there was this crazy line?

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Yeah, there was this wild, hungry bear.

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And yes, there was this four-headed leopard

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and this thing with iron teeth.

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But there was also what Daniel described

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as one like the Son of Man, one like a son of the gods.

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That's an image of Jesus that he's seeing.

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And what I love is Daniel describes

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this king in this kingdom this way, he says:

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See, we all struggle in the in between.

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But what I want you to know is

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Jesus is the King with a Kingdom.

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While His Kingdom will reach its fulfillment someday,

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don't miss this, His kingdom is advancing right now.

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While someday He will change all that is evil

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and turn into good.

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Right now, he's changing individual hearts day by day.

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I don't always have a life verse for a year,

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but I do this year and it's Galatians 6:9, which says:

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You know what this is saying?

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If we will be faithful, God will be fruitful.

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See, I know there's a real temptation, I feel it,

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to grow weary, to grow faint hearted.

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Again, mire uncertainty, more difficulty,

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more challenge, we can grow weary of the in between,

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but you and I can choose differently.

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We can choose faithfulness in the in between.

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We see Daniel choosing this early in the book of Daniel.

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Daniel makes a choice.

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In Daniel 1:8 it says,

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For Daniel, that was the choice

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he was making to be faithful.

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What is the choice you need to make to be faithful?

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What does it look like for you and I

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to trust Jesus in our in between?

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It might look like stopping every day,

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maybe multiple times a day, to gaze on Jesus.

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See, Jesus doesn't want your duty.

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He doesn't just want your church attendance.

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He doesn't just want your dutiful Bible reading.

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Jesus want your devotion.

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He wants your gaze. He wants your heart.

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Are you slowing down and allowing Him to have your gaze?

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You will become like Him as you behold him.

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Maybe it looks like choosing to not let

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the first in the last word of your day

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be these other idols, these other messages,

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the news pundits, whatever it is.

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But maybe you want to start in your day,

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even if for 30 seconds with God's truth.

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What would it look like for the first thing

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you reach for in the morning and the last thing

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that you put down at night to be God's truth

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through Bible, through a devotional?

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But just not be your phone, not be your social media?

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And friends, trusting in Jesus in this moment

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looks like sometimes stepping away from the fray.

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I want to encourage you that the practice of Sabbath,

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slowing down one day in seven,

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the practice of taking time away to enjoy beauty,

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to have fun, to do things you love

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could be the most faithful thing you're doing

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in your in between.

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Because we become like what we trust.

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But as we trust in Jesus, we become like Jesus:

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non anxious presence, people of peace,

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people of love, people of faithfulness.

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If you are faithful, God will be fruitful

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and your life will be free.

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So I want to pray for you.

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I want to pray for you.

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I want to pray a blessing of faithfulness over you.

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You know, one of the ways that you can be faithful

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is joining us for the Bible Challenge.

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We do this Bible Challenge as a community

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where every week we're in the Bible together,

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we're reading on the Crossroads App the same scriptures.

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We're journaling on it.

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We're being encouraged by what other people

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are seeing in the scriptures.

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It's a way to practice faithfulness.

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We would love for you to be with us

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on this journey, on this challenge.

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And God will meet you in His Word.

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Let me pray for you for your faithfulness

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in your in between.

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Jesus, thank you for Daniel.

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Thank you for his example, his model

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of what it looks like to be faithful to You.

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Thank you that in Daniel we see that it is possible

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for us not to gaze at the idols and the beasts

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that demand our attention and our loyalty,

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and instead, we can fix our gaze on You.

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Because the principle is true that we become what we behold,

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I pray that everybody listening,

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everybody who's engaging in this prayer right now

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would behold You and see how much You love them,

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they would see Your presence in their life,

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they would trust in Your power,

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they would trust in Your wisdom,

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and they would know that they are never alone

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and that where it feels like they are stumbling,

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it is in those moments of their life

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that You're carrying them through.

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I pray that in Jesus' name, Amen.

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- The Bible Challenge that Chuck mentioned,

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you can be part of.

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It's something we're doing as a community.

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It's super easy. You need a couple of things.

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First, the Crossroads App.

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When you download the app, you can read

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the same section of scripture that the rest of us

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are reading, write a journal about it, reflect on it.

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- And see what we're writing. - Share it if you want to.

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This even helps you keep track of your streaks.

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Look, I've got a three day streak going right now.

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- Good for you. I actually fell off yesterday.

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Hey, and if you're like me, if you fell off,

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I want you to know you could just get back on.

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There's no like all in or all out.

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We want you to be a part of this Bible Challenge.

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And if you want to know more,

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you can go to Crossroads.net/BibleChallenge

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because when you go there, you're going to find

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that you can get one of these neat little guidebooks

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that just give you a little bit more context

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to what we're studying, kind of why we're studying.

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It really helped me

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when I was reading some of that dense stuff.

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- Same, there's stuff in there I didn't know.

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- Stuff Chuck's talking about, I'm like,

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"Man, I needed some of this," so you can do it.

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- That's it. we'll see you next week on Crossroads.

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