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>> ARE YOU LIVING YOUR LIFE ON MISSION?
DOES YOUR LIFE HAVE A MISSION? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
LIVING YOUR LIFE ON MISSION CAN LOOK DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE.
WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME.
I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE MISSION OF GOD, WHAT IT REALLY MEANS
TO BE ON MISSION. JESUS HAS CO-MISSIONED US.
I BELIEVE THE MESSAGE CAN REALLY HELP YOU AND SPEAK LIFE INTO
YOUR EVERYDAY CIRCUMSTANCE, SO STAY WITH ME.
>> I'M SPEAKING A SERIES CALLED "GO."
IT'S ABOUT ALIGNING YOUR LIFE WITH THE MISSION OF GOD.
AS A CHURCH, WE ARE ON MISSION. AND DO YOU KNOW YOU, MY FRIEND,
AND I HAVE THE CHANCE TO, TOGETHER,
BE ON THIS CO-MISSION WITH GOD. JESUS DESCRIBED IT AS
THE COMMISSION. IN MATTHEW 28, VERSE 16
IT SAYS THAT JESUS SPOKE TO 11 DISCIPLES.
IT SAID, "THE ELEVEN DISCIPLES WENT AWAY INTO GALILEE
TO THE MOUNTAIN WHICH JESUS HAD APPOINTED FOR THEM."
AND IT SAYS, "WHEN THEY SAW HIM, THEY WORSHIPED HIM;
BUT SOME DOUBTED." JESUS WAS ABOUT TO
COMMISSION THEM WITH A POWERFUL LIFE'S MISSION, BUT
HE WAS TO COMMISSION THEM INTO AN ATMOSPHERE OF RESISTANCE.
IT SAYS THERE WAS DOUBT. DO YOU KNOW GOD HAS A GREAT,
GREAT MISSION FOR YOUR LIFE, SOMETHING THAT'S GREATER AND
BIGGER THAN WE CAN EVEN REALLY GRASP OR TAKE A HOLD OF?
AND YET SO OFTEN AS THESE FORCES WORKING WITHIN US,
AND THE DISCIPLES, THEY WERE DESCRIBED
AS UNBELIEF OR DOUBT, AND IN YOU IT MAY TAKE ANOTHER FORM.
FOR MANY PEOPLE, RESISTANCE IS PROCRASTINATION.
FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT IS JUST FEAR; FEAR TO STEP OUT
AND TAKE THE BABY STEPS. OTHER PEOPLE,
IT'S RATIONALIZATION. YOUR MIND JUST GETS IN THE WAY.
FOR OTHER PEOPLE, PERHAPS IT'S SELF-SABOTAGE.
AND DO YOU KNOW THAT'S A REAL THING?
I'M A TERRIBLE GOLFER, TERRIBLE GOLFER.
WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN'T PLAY GOLF, I SELF-SABOTAGE.
I'M DEFEATED BEFORE I EVEN GET OUT THERE.
NOBODY INVITES ME TO PLAY GOLF WITH THEM MORE THAN ONCE BECAUSE
I'M PUBLIC NUANCE NUMBER ONE TO A GOLF COURSE.
I MESS AROUND. I GET RESTLESS.
IF THERE IS A GOLF CART INVOLVED, I'M POSITIVELY
DANGEROUS BECAUSE I SELF-SABOTAGE.
WELL, DO YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE DO THAT ABOUT THE MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE BECAUSE THEY'RE FEARFUL.
OTHER PEOPLE, LOOK, THERE'S JUST CONSTANT SELF-MADE DRAMA, ALWAYS
THIS CRISIS GOING ON BUT AS LONG AS THERE'S THE CRISIS
AND THE REASON WHY NOT, IT MEANS THAT OFTENTIMES WE CAN BE LIVING
OUR LIFE THERE OR THEREABOUTS WHEN IT COMES TO MISSION
RATHER THAN BE ON MISSION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT RESISTANCE
LOOKS LIKE IN YOU, BUT I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT IT REALLY WOULD MEAN FOR YOU TO LIVE YOUR LIFE
ON MISSION. AND I SPOKE JUST LAST WEEKEND
IN CHURCH ABOUT THE BELIEF THAT I HAVE THAT
MOST OF US HAVE TWO LIVES. YOU HAVE TWO LIVES;
THERE'S THE LIFE THAT YOU'RE LIVING AND THEN THERE'S
THE UNLIVED LIFE WITHIN YOU. AND DO YOU KNOW THAT GAP BETWEEN
THE LIFE WE ARE LIVING AND THE UNLIVED LIFE WITHIN US,
THAT'S WHERE RESISTANCE SITS AND THAT'S WHERE OFTEN
WE FIND OURSELVES THERE OR THEREABOUTS
BUT NOT REALLY ON MISSION. WELL, SOME DOUBTED BUT LISTEN
TO WHAT JESUS SAID. MATTHEW 28, VERSE 18, "JESUS
CAME AND SPOKE TO THEM, SAYING, 'ALL AUTHORITY HAS BEEN GIVEN
TO ME IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH." HERE IT IS, "GO,"
EVERYBODY SAY, "GO." "GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES
OF ALL THE NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT--"
MAN, DID WE HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AGAIN JUST
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WHERE, ACROSS OUR CHURCH ON ONE NIGHT,
WE BAPTIZED SOMEWHERE AROUND 700 PEOPLE, AND WE DID IN ACCORDANCE
WITH WHAT JESUS COMMISSIONED US TO DO, IN THE NAME
OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY GHOST.
HOW POWERFUL IS THAT? JESUS GOES ON AND SAYS,
"'TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS THAT I'VE COMMANDED YOU;
AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE.'
AMEN." SO LIVING ON MISSION
MEANS ALIGNING OUR LIFE WITH THE MISSION OF GOD.
RUTH WAS ON MISSION WITH HER MOTHER-IN-LAW NAOMI
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. NAOMI, HER HUSBAND HAD DIED.
THEY WERE IN MOAB AND NAOMI WAS TO RETURN TO HER HOMELAND,
AND SHE TOLD RUTH AND RUTH'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
AND SHE SPOKE TO THEM AND SHE SAID, "YOU GUYS, YOU STAY HERE.
I'M GONNA GO." AND THE WAY RUTH SPOKE, IT'S
A WELL-WORN, WELL-KNOWN PORTION OF SCRIPTURE BECAUSE RUTH KNEW
THAT SHE WANTED TO LIVE HER LIFE ON MISSION.
SHE SAYS RUTH 1 VERSE 16 IS THE VERSE, "ENTREAT ME NOT
TO LEAVE YOU, OR TO TURN BACK FROM FOLLOWING AFTER YOU;
FOR WHEREVER YOU GO, I WILL GO." SHE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS CALLED TO
GO AND SHE SAYS, "WHEREVER YOU GO, I WILL GO AND WHEREVER YOU
LODGE, I WILL LODGE." IN OTHER WORDS, "I KNOW
THE DIRECTION OF MY LIFE AND THAT IS WHERE YOU'RE CALLED TO
GO, THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA GO. I KNOW, THERE'S NO OPTIONS WHERE
IT COMES TO WHERE I'M GONNA LODGE OR WHERE I'M GONNA LIVE
BECAUSE I'M GONNA LIVE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA LIVE."
SHE SAYS, "YOUR PEOPLE WILL BE MY PEOPLE."
REALLY, "THE PEOPLE IN MY WORLD, MY FRIENDSHIPS,
MY RELATIONSHIPS, THE PEOPLE IN MY WORLD, THEY
ARE ALIGNED WITH THE MISSION AND YOUR GOD WILL BE MY GOD."
SHE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AND SO SHE HAD A LIFE THAT WAS
IN ALIGNMENT. DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE LIVE OUR
LIVES WITH A GAP BETWEEN THE WAY WE'RE LIVING AND THE UNLIVED
LIFE WITHIN US, SO OFTEN WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS
TO REALLY ALIGN ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES, ALL OF OUR GIFTING
AND OUR TALENT AND OUR SKILL AND OUR OPPORTUNITY, THE THINGS THAT
RELATE TO OUR SECULAR WORLD, OUR PROFESSION, THE THINGS
THAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR MARRIAGE,
YOUR RELATIONSHIP. OFTENTIMES, WE CAN BUILD
THESE TWO WORLDS. THERE'S OUR SPIRITUAL WORLD,
THAT'S OUR DEVOTION TO CHRIST AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
AND OUR SPIRITUAL WORLD, THAT'S OUR CHURCH LIFE AND
MAYBE EVEN OUR CHURCH FRIENDS. AND THEN THERE'S OUR SECULAR
LIFE, THAT'S THE REAL WORLD, OUR EVERYDAY WORLD, THAT'S WHERE
WE EARN OUR BREAD AND BUTTER, THAT'S WHERE WE GO OUT
AND DO WHAT WE DO. AND THERE'S A GAP BETWEEN
PEOPLE'S VISION, YOU KNOW, THE LIFE THAT THEY
ARE LIVING EVERY DAY AND THEIR SPIRITUAL LIFE.
AND TO BE ON MISSION MEANS THAT YOU CLOSE THE GAP.
I WROTE THIS BOOK THAT MANY HAVE BEEN STUDYING
CALLED "FOR THIS I WAS BORN," AND IT'S ABOUT
ALIGNING YOUR LIFE WITH THE MISSION OF CHRIST.
IT'S ABOUT TAKING YOUR VISION AND MAKING SURE IT LINES UP
WITH GOD'S CAUSE. WHEN DAVID WAS CALLED TO BE
A GIANT SLAYER AND PEOPLE WERE QUESTIONING, HE SAID,
"IS THERE NOT A CAUSE?" WHEN JESUS WAS ASKED CYNICALLY
IN JOHN 18:37, "SO YOU'RE A KING, ARE YOU?"
NEGATIVE, CRITICAL, CYNICAL SORT OF A SPIRIT ASKING HIM.
AND HE SAID, "YOU SAY RIGHTLY I'M A KING.
FOR THIS CAUSE I WAS BORN." HE KNEW THE CAUSE
HE WAS BORN FOR. HE SAID, "FOR THIS CAUSE
I HAVE COME INTO THE WORLD." HE KNEW THE CAUSE
THAT HE WAS ALIVE FOR. AND IN JOHN 12, VERSE 27,
WHEN HE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE CROSS AND ABOUT HIS PENDING
DEATH, HE SAID, "WHAT SHOULD I SAY, SAVE ME FROM THIS HOUR?
FOR THIS PURPOSE," OR IN OTHER TRANSLATIONS, "FOR THIS CAUSE
I HAVE COME TO THIS HOUR." HE LINED UP HIS LIFE
WITH THE CAUSE. AND DO YOU KNOW TO BE ON MISSION
MEANS THAT WE MAKE OUR LIFE ABOUT A GREATER CAUSE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A FULFILLED WAY, YOU WANT TO
LIVE YOUR LIFE WITH A SENSE OF PURPOSE AND MISSION,
THEN LIVE YOUR LIFE, NOT JUST WITH A VISION
THAT RELATES TO YOUR NEED AND YOUR WILL AND YOUR PASSION,
BUT TAKE THOSE VERY THINGS AND THEN LINE IT UP
WITH THE CAUSE OF CHRIST SO THAT YOU ARE ALIGNED, SO THAT
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING. IT WILL CHANGE--DETERMINE
ALL THE OPTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA LIVE,
ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GO, ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA
FRAME YOUR WORLD. IT CHANGES EVERYTHING
AND YOU KNOW WHO YOUR GOD IS AND YOU KNOW THE CAUSE THAT YOU
REPRESENT, WHICH IS THE CAUSE OF CHRIST, AND YOU STEP UP
AND YOUR LIVE IT. THAT'S WHAT MISSION LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S NOT SCHIZOPHRENIC, TRYING TO KIND OF JUGGLE
ALL OF OUR WORLDS. ANOTHER THING THAT I LOVE
TO SPEAK ABOUT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CALLING AND PURPOSE.
IN 2 TIMOTHY 1, VERSE 9, LISTEN TO IT.
IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE LORD'S DONE FOR YOU AND IT SAYS,
"HE HAS SAVED US AND HE HAS CALLED US WITH A HOLY CALLING."
IT'S A SACRED CALLING. IT IS A HOLY CALLING.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO TAKE LIGHTLY.
"HE HAS SAVED US AND CALLED US WITH A HOLY CALLING," THE BIBLE
SAYS, "NOT ACCORDING TO OUR OWN WORKS--" THIS IS NOT JUST
ACCORDING TO OURSELVES OR WHAT IS GOOD FOR US.
"NOT ACCORDING TO OUR OWN WORKS, BUT ACCORDING TO
HIS GOOD PURPOSE AND GRACE." IN THAT ONE VERSE,
IT TELLS US THAT HE SAVED US AND HE CALLED US AND
HE PURPOSED US AND HE GRACED US. AND I BELIEVE THAT IF WE
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE MISSION OF GOD,
WE KNOW WE ARE SAVED FOR HIS PURPOSE, WE KNOW WE ARE CALLED
TO HIS PURPOSE AND WE REALIZE THAT WE'RE GRACED
FOR HIS PURPOSE. THOSE TWO IDEAS, SANDWICHED
BETWEEN SAVED AND GRACE IS CALLING AND PURPOSE.
AND DO YOU KNOW OFTENTIMES PEOPLE'S CALLING, AGAIN,
THEIR GIFTING AND THEIR TALENT AND THEIR SKILL, YOU KNOW,
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOOD AT, THE THINGS THAT COME
NATURALLY TO YOU, THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE WIRED FOR,
THAT'S WHAT I SEE AS BEING YOUR CALLING.
AND MANY PEOPLE, THEY HAVE THIS DEEP SENSE OF PURPOSE IN THEIR
HEART, BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF ALIGNING
YOUR CALLING WITH HIS PURPOSE, ALIGNING YOUR LIFE, THAT MEANS
YOUR GIFTS AND YOUR TALENTS, YOUR LIFE AND YOUR HEALTH, YOUR
FINANCES AND YOUR RESOURCES, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS.
EVERY PART OF YOUR LIFE, YOU ALIGN IT WITH THE PURPOSE
OF GOD. SEE, MOSES, HE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW HE WAS GONNA DO WHAT GOD PUT IN HIS HEART.
THE LORD HAD TOLD HIM HE HAD TO GO TO THE PHARAOH
AND TO TELL PHARAOH THAT HE HAD TO LET GOD'S PEOPLE GO.
HE HAD NO WAY OF DOING THAT. HE'S GOING, "HOW CAN I DO THAT?"
AND I LOVE THIS BECAUSE ALL HE HAD IN HIS HAND WAS THIS STICK,
THIS NOTHING ROD OR STICK. AND THE LORD SAID TO HIM,
"WHAT'S THAT IN YOUR HAND?" THE WAY HE WAS GONNA FULFILL
WHAT WAS IN HIS HEART WAS BEING FAITHFUL
WITH WHAT GOD PUT IN HIS HAND. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT IN YOUR HAND?
YOU'RE A SPORTSPERSON. YOU SEE, IF WE UNDERSTAND THIS
CO-MISSION AND WE ALIGN OUR LIVES TOGETHER, THE UNBELIEVABLE
POTENTIAL IN THIS ROOM, PEOPLE TAKE THEIR GIFTINGS
AND THEIR SKILLS AND TOGETHER WE ARE ON A CO-MISSION.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A UNIVERSITY LECTURER,
PERHAPS, UP THERE AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HIS EXPERTISE
IS NOT JUST ABOUT HIMSELF BUT HE ALIGNS IT
WITH THE CAUSE OF CHRIST. HE TAKES WHAT HE HAS AND HE USES
IT TO BE ON MISSION. AND THERE'S A HILLSONG COLLEGE
STUDENT OVER THERE AND THEY'RE STUDYING AND THEY'RE CATCHING
EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN, AND THEY'RE GROWING IN THE THINGS
OF GOD BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THAT THEY ARE ON MISSION.
AND THEN THERE'S A PASTOR HERE WHO LIVES THEIR LIFE HELPING
PEOPLE AND CARING AND LOVING PEOPLE AND VISITING HOSPITALS
WHERE NOBODY'S WATCHING AND DOING THE WORK, THE REAL WORK,
OF PASTORING AND CARING BECAUSE HE KNOWS HIS LIFE IS ON MISSION.
AND THERE'S A MOTHER OVER THERE WHO'S GOT THESE CHILDREN
WHO SHE'S NOT JUST RAISING WHILE SHE WAITS FOR THE CHANCE TO GET
ON WITH HER CAREER, BUT SHE'S A STEWARD OVER THEIR LIVES
AND SHE'S STEWARDING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES ON MISSION.
AND THERE'S SOMEONE THERE WHO'S GOT ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY,
WHO DECIDES THEY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE
SO THEY START BUSINESS AND THEY ARE ABLE TO EMPLOY PEOPLE
AND START MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S WORLD.
AND THEY GET A REVELATION THAT THEY CAN BE INVOLVED IN
THE FINANCING AND THE SALVATION OF THE EARTH, AND SO
THEY LIVE THEIR LIFE ON MISSION. AND THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE
WHO TRAINS RELENTLESSLY FOR SOME SORT OF PHYSICAL PURSUIT BECAUSE
THEY HAVE A GIFT AND A TALENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPORTING
WORLD, PERHAPS, AND THEY WANT TO USE IT TO THE GLORY OF GOD
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR LIFE IS ON MISSION.
THEY DON'T JUST COME HERE AND THAT'S THEIR CHURCH LIFE
AND THEN GO OUT THERE. THAT'S THEIR WORLDLY LIFE
BECAUSE IF YOU GET A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE ALL ON MISSION, THE PERSON WHO IS CONSTANTLY
PLAYING A SCALE ON A KEYBOARD BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING
IN THE HOURS BECAUSE THEY KNOW GOD HAS GIFTED THEM
AND THEY WANT TO USE THEIR GIFT TO LIVE ON MISSION.
AND THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE WITH GREAT TECHNOLOGICAL SKILL
WHO TAKES WHAT THEY HAVE AND THEY WANT TO USE IT TO LIVE
THEIR LIFE ON MISSION. IT LOOKS DIFFERENT IN ALL OF US,
BUT YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, "ONE," THE BIBLE SAYS,
"SHALL PUT A THOUSAND TO FLIGHT BUT TWO SHALL PUT
TEN THOUSAND TO FLIGHT." WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET
A WHOLE ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY IS LIVING
THEIR LIFE ON MISSION? SO MUCH POTENTIAL IF THE CHURCH
OF JESUS REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT IS TO BE ON MISSION.
WHAT IS IN THAT GAP BETWEEN THE LIFE YOU'RE LIVING
AND THE UNLIVED LIFE WITHIN YOU? MAYBE YOU'VE TALKED YOURSELF
INTO BELIEVING YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT TO OFFER.
ROMANS 12, VERSE 6 AND VERSE 3 IT SAYS,
"GOD GIVES EACH ONE A MEASURE." YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO OFFER.
"GOD GIVES EACH ONE A MEASURE." AND IN VERSE 6, IT SAYS, "HAVING
THEN GIFTS DIFFERING ACCORDING TO THE GRACE THAT IS GIVEN
TO US," THEN IT SAYS, "LET US USE THEM."
ALL THIS DIFFERENT GIFTING AND SKILL, ACCORDING TO THE WAY
THAT GOD HAS GRACED YOU, BUT WE'RE TOLD TO USE THEM.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERY PERSON HERE TO TAKE WHAT GOD'S GIVEN
YOU, NO MATTER HOW SMALL IT SEEMS, DECIDE YOU'RE GONNA USE
IT FOR HIS GLORY AND LET'S TOGETHER, JUST BE A PART OF
THE GREATEST ADVENTURE, THE GREATEST FULFILLMENT.
IT IS SUCH A FULFILLING THING TO LIVE OUR LIFE ON MISSION.
BUT TO DO SO, THERE'S CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME RESISTANCE AND
RESISTANCE CAN BE PHYSICAL. THAT'S THE RESISTANCE
THAT COMES FROM THE INSIDE. OFTEN IT LOOKS LIKE
PROCRASTINATION. YOU'RE NOT SAYING,
"I WILL NEVER DO IT." YOU'RE JUST SAYING,
"I'LL DO IT TOMORROW." BUT IT'S REALLY RESISTANCE
THAT'S KEEPING YOU FROM BEING ON MISSION.
IT MAY LOOK LIKE SOME OTHER THING.
AND THEN THERE'S SPIRITUAL RESISTANCE AND
SPIRITUAL RESISTANCE IS SOME OF THE BONDAGES AND THE AFFLICTIONS
AND THE THINGS WE NEED TO BELIEVE GOD TO BREAK HOLD OF
IN OUR LIFE. I WANT TO BE PRAYING
FOR THOSE THINGS. BUT JUST FOR A MOMENT,
THINKING ABOUT RESISTANCE AND THE PHYSICAL RESISTANCE
WHICH JUST OPERATES OFTEN UNCONSCIOUSLY INSIDE OF US, THAT
KEEPS US FROM BEING ON MISSION. AND LET ME YOU TELL YOU SOME
THINGS ABOUT IT, FIRSTLY, DO YOU KNOW THE GREATEST RESISTANCE WE
FACE WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ON MISSION IS NOT ON THE OUTSIDE,
IT'S NOT PERIPHERAL. IT IS SELF-GENERATED
AND SELF-PERPETUATED. LISTEN TO IT ONE MORE TIME,
RESISTANCE COMES FROM WITHIN. IT IS SELF-GENERATED
AND IT IS SELF-PERPETUATED. IT'S NOT THE OUTSIDE ENEMIES
AND OPPOSITION. THOSE THINGS ARE JUST
DISTRACTIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL LOVES
YOU TO GET YOU TO STRIKE THAT AND GET YOUR EYE ON WHAT OTHER
PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING.
AND EVEN AS THE CHURCH, THE DEVIL LOVES TO TRY AND
DISTRACT US AND GET CAUGHT UP. BUT THE REAL ENEMY
IS NOT EXTERNAL FORCES. THE REAL ENEMY ALWAYS
LIES WITHIN BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE RESISTANCE COMES FROM.
SO IT'S NOT ALL OF THOSE EXTERIOR THINGS, AND IT'S NOT
THE THINGS THAT ARE PERIPHERAL. IT'S WHAT IS WITHIN YOU.
>> WELL, LIVING OUR LIVES ON MISSION, UNDERSTANDING
THAT THERE'S SO MUCH POTENTIAL THAT CAN EASILY
GET UNREALIZED WITHIN US. IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS,
IT TALKS ABOUT THE UNCULTIVATED FOOD IN THE GROUND.
IT STAYS DORMANT AND UNCULTIVATED.
AND DO YOU KNOW POTENTIAL IS LIKE THAT?
SO MUCH POTENTIAL CAN STAY LOCKED INTO THE GROUND.
WHEN JESUS TOLD THE STORY OF THREE SERVANTS WHO EACH WERE
GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY WITH TALENTS TO DO SOMETHING TO
USE THEM AND TO MULTIPLY THEM, TWO OF THEM DID EXACTLY WHAT
THEY WERE ENABLED TO DO BUT THE THIRD ONE, HE TOOK WHAT HE
HAD AND HE USED RATIONALIZATION AND FEAR AND HE TOOK
WHAT HE HAD AND HE SAID, "I WAS AFRAID AND I HID IT."
AND MANY TIMES WE HAVE HIDDEN TALENTS AND HIDDEN SKILLS
AND HIDDEN RESOURCES AND THINGS THAT CAN BE USED
FOR THE MISSION OF GOD. AND TO BE ON MISSION MEANS
IT'S TIME THAT WE STOP TRYING TO HIDE BEHIND OUR FEAR
OR OUR RATIONALIZATION OR OUR PROCRASTINATION
OR ANYTHING ELSE. WE STEP UP AND WE STEP
INTO BEING ON MISSION. AND WHEN A WHOLE GROUP OF US
DECIDE, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE GLOBE, THIS GLOBAL VILLAGE,
WHEN PEOPLE WHO ARE LOVERS OF JESUS DECIDE TO TOGETHER
THAT WE'RE GONNA GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE GREAT COMMISSION
AND LIVE OUR LIVES ON MISSION, THE AMOUNT OF GROUND THAT
CAN BE TAKEN FOR GOD'S PURPOSES IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.
LET'S LIVE ON MISSION.
>> I STARTED AS A JUNIOR
IN AN ADVERTISING AGENCY, AND I WAS THERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS,
EVENTUALLY RUNNING THE AGENCY. WE HAD SOME OF THE LARGEST
CLIENTS IN AUSTRALIA AND AROUND THE WORLD, AND THE BUSINESS
HAD A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS. I SEE THE CALLING OF GOD
ON MY LIFE IS HE'S CALLED ME TO BE A BUSINESS PERSON,
SO THAT'S MY MISSION. I USED TO THINK FOR MANY YEARS
THAT IF I, YOU KNOW, IF I WANT TO DO SOMETHING WORTHY,
THEN I NEEDED TO BE IN MINISTRY. IN FACT, UP TO ABOUT--I WAS 45,
I THOUGHT THAT BEING IN BUSINESS,
OR DEVELOPING A CAREER, WAS NOT THE BEST OPTION.
I SAW THAT MY FAITH WASN'T JUST WHEN I SUITED,
THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY 7 DAYS A WEEK 24 HOUR AS DAY.
THE PROBLEM I HAD WAS, HOW DO YOU TAKE WHAT YOU BELIEVE
AND RELATE TO BUSINESS? IT WAS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE,
EVEN THOUGH I WAS WORKING AT IT DESPITE THE DISCOURAGEMENT
OF FRIENDS WHO SAID THAT BUSINESS AND FAITH DON'T ALIGN.
WHEN THE REVELATION CAME THAT I'M CALLED TO BUSINESS,
THAT'S MY MISSION, I REALIZED THAT GOD DOESN'T WANT ME
TO GET BY AND PAY BILLS. HE WANTS ME TO SUCCEED
AND BE SUCCESSFUL TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE.
IT WAS THIS REVELATION, UNFORTUNATELY AFTER SO MUCH
TIME, TO ACTUALLY GET CHALLENGED THAT, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S MY MISSION AND THEREFORE IT'S OKAY TO GO FOR IT.
SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME TO OWN MY OWN BUSINESS,
WE TOOK THAT ON BECAUSE WE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP INTO
A VISION THAT GOD HAD BIRTHED AND BE ABLE TO CREATE RESOURCES
TO BE ABLE TO CREATE JOB, HELP PEOPLE IN NEED AND CREATE THAT
MISSION OF SEEING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S LIVES CHANGED.
WHEN YOU'RE ON MISSION, YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING WHAT
GOD'S BIRTHED AND PLANNED AND VISIONED YOU IN YOUR LIFE.
SO MY JOB IS TO BE OBEDIENT TO THE CALLING AND THE VISION
HE'S BIRTHED IN ME.
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>>SEARCH MY HEART AND SEARCH MY SOUL
THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THAT I WANT MORE
SHINE YOUR LIGHT AND SHOW YOUR FACE
IN MY LIFE LORD, HAVE YOUR WAY
SO WITH ALL MY HEART AND ALL MY SOUL
WITH ALL I AM LORD, I WILL FOLLOW YOU
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HEAR MY CRY AND HEAR MY PRAYER
DRAW ME CLOSE I KNOW YOU'RE NEAR
GIVE ME STRENGTH AND GIVE ME GRACE
TO WALK WITH YOU LORD, ALL MY DAYS
SO WITH ALL MY HEART AND ALL MY SOUL
WITH ALL I AM LORD, I WILL FOLLOW YOU
YOU TOOK THE CROSS YOU TOOK MY SHAME
RESTORED MY LIFE NOW I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU
HOO-OOH-OOH WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING
OOH-OOH-OOH WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING
OOH-OOH-OOH WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING
WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING
HO-OH-OH WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING
HO-OH-OH WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING
HO-OH-OH WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING
WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING
SO WITH ALL MY HEART AND ALL MY SOUL
WITH ALL I AM LORD, I WILL FOLLOW YOU
AND YOU TOOK THE CROSS YOU TOOK MY SHAME
RESTORED MY LIFE NOW I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU
WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING
WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING
WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING WITHOUT YOU I AM NOTHING
SEARCH MY HEART AND SEARCH MY SOUL
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME.
IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. AND WHAT A WONDERFUL THING THAT
YOU AND I CAN BE ON A JOURNEY, A FAITH JOURNEY.
WHAT AN ADVENTURE THAT IS, AND I PRAY THAT YOU MAY KNOW CHRIST
IS AN EVER-INCREASING MEASURE, CONSTANTLY STEPPING UP
AND STEPPING INTO ALL THAT HE HAS FOR YOU.
YOU SEE, THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, CHRIST
RESIDES IN US AND YOU CAN KNOW HIS STRENGTH, YOU CAN KNOW
HIS LIFE IN YOUR EVERYDAY WORLD. THANKS AGAIN.
GOD BLESS YA. THE BEST IS YET TO COME.