The NXR Podcast - DAILY TRUTH - Living From Faith

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00:00:52.180 Faith is what we are called to set an example in

00:00:55.700 for the believers.

00:00:56.500 speech conduct love and faith as we set an example in faith it means that we must be

00:01:05.760 ruthless towards our own sin including the sin of fear and this is why we tolerate fear or i

00:01:14.780 should better say this is how we often seek to justify the sin of fear we place fear under the

00:01:23.180 thin veil of wisdom see both fear and wisdom are future oriented whereas something like despair

00:01:31.240 it could be that you are despairing even of life because you see no light at the end of the tunnel

00:01:35.940 you're looking toward the future and say that there's no hope to be found but very often

00:01:40.180 things like depression things like despair it's this it's this overwhelming dissatisfaction with

00:01:46.840 the present but anxiety is always oriented toward the future anxiety is this constant incessant

00:01:56.640 sense of dread and impending doom about what might happen tomorrow Charles Spurgeon once said

00:02:07.660 that anxiety does not rid tomorrow of its trouble but it rids today of its joy

00:02:17.300 now here's what wisdom does right the proverbs look to the ant thou sluggard and be wise

00:02:27.060 now what does the ant do the ant prepares for the future there is a sense in which preparation for

00:02:36.440 the future is wise and there is a sense in which storing up for the future without faith is fear

00:02:45.780 there is a fine line this is what i'm saying there's a fine line between wisdom and fear

00:02:50.780 and we must be ruthless with ourselves how often have i in my own personal life in my family as a

00:03:00.060 leader in my home as a leader in this church how often have i put something underneath the

00:03:06.200 category of wisdom that was really rooted in fear my family my wife my daughters this church

00:03:14.700 you brothers and sisters need men like myself and others to lead from faith and not fear you know

00:03:23.300 what faith does faith is future-oriented also see fear prepares for the worst and it believes that

00:03:30.140 the worst will come about that's what fear does fear is future-oriented but it's future-oriented

00:03:35.560 in in the worst case possible scenario it assumes suffering it assumes devastation it assumes

00:03:43.520 destruction faith also looks forward with wisdom and it assumes victory it assumes success and i'm

00:03:53.340 not talking about prosperity gospel 58 million dollar jet plane i'm talking about christ is

00:03:59.000 returning we know the end of the story we win now we win often through suffering but we win

00:04:08.920 see fear will cause leaders to prepare their families and their churches and their communities

00:04:18.820 for a worst case scenario but i was just thinking about this and just praying about this

00:04:25.600 over the last few weeks what if god in his sovereignty chose to pour out blessing would

00:04:33.260 we be prepared for that see faith prepares in wisdom for the worst to a point but then it

00:04:43.540 it stops and it rests and it trusts and it doesn't prepare for the worst at the cost of preparing for

00:04:52.100 the best what if God intended in his sovereignty to pour out blessing this year on our church

00:04:59.120 what if God intended brothers and sisters this year in 2020 to pour out something in your family

00:05:05.420 in your marriage with your children with with your vocation that was good would you be prepared for

00:05:10.240 that or have you only been a slave to incessant worry about what if something bad takes place

00:05:17.500 that is a false view of your heavenly father lead from faith live from faith not fear set an example

00:05:29.640 for the brothers in faith are we setting an example for faith or are we leading in such a way

00:05:36.660 and living in such a way and and have a theology and a perspective of God in such a way that when

00:05:42.220 people look at our lives they just you know how some things are taught and some things are caught

00:05:47.160 i know that's kind of a cliche and it is a cliche but there's some truth to it there are people

00:05:51.080 catching an infectious disease from us that the more time they spend around us and they see the

00:05:56.720 way we live and they see the way we lead they begin to just assume bad things are always going to

00:06:02.680 happen or or do they actually grow in faith and assume that it might be god's intention for things

00:06:11.520 to flourish, for things to grow, for good things and blessing to also happen. Thanks so much for

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The NXR Podcast - January 06, 2023

DAILY TRUTH - Living From Faith

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