For This Cause | The Heart of a King | Online Weekend Experience

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] well hey everybody welcome to valley creek online i am here outside of our broadcast campus and i am so glad that you are here with us for those of you that are a regular part of our online community i'm so thankful for you we are glad that you're here and for those of you joining us for the first time today man we're glad you're here as well and we love it if you could just raise a hand or put your name in the chat so we can personally connect with you but we're glad you're here because it's going to be a great day in fact it's going to be a great week this week we kick off our thanksgiving groceries it is hope on the move see every year right around this time the entire valley creek family all of our campuses come together and we serve families that are right here in the north texas area these are some amazing families that in this season they just don't have the means to put groceries on their thanksgiving table so you know what we get the blessing and the privilege of helping with that so starting this week we are going to be taking groceries to the next steps center now there are specific groceries that you can pick up the list is on valleycreek.org so go grab those groceries and take them this week to the next step center there will be friendly people they're going to take the groceries from you they're going to sort all of our groceries out and then you know what they're going to hand deliver these groceries to these amazing families man i want to be a part of that and i believe that you do too so that's how you can be a part if you live in the area for those of you that live outside the metroplex you know what we want you to be a part too so there's a unique way that you can join us and it's all on the website again at valleycreek.org so get a little get a lot because it's going to take all of us we have a thousand families that we want to bring hope to this thanksgiving season and it all starts tomorrow so we're about to go in now they're almost ready for worship to begin but before we go in can i just encourage you i don't know how your week has been i kind of had a rough week maybe you did too or maybe you've got a challenging week ahead but can i just encourage you to be present in this moment as we worship jesus that's what it's all about being very present with him in just receiving all he has for us so let's do that together let's do it right now valley creek wherever you are if you're online or you're in the room let's turn our hearts toward jesus let's put our hands together remind ourselves of his faithfulness [Music] [Music] is [Music] lord [Applause] [Music] victory and there's no sound [Music] set free [Music] [Music] is [Music] this is who jesus is this is what he has done in our life so we believe this we remember that this is a promise that you are you are my deliverer the freedom i'm living in you are my deliverer you are my promised land come on remind your heart you are my deliverer the [Music] the redeemed of the lord of the lord [Music] is [Applause] [Applause] jesus you've been so faithful to us and so here in this moment we turn our hearts to you we turn our hearts to your name alone because when you show up things change so we invite you in this place today [Music] [Music] [Music] jesus jesus you make the darkness tremble jesus jesus your silence fear in jesus jesus you make the darkness tremble jesus jesus [Music] breathe breathe and call these bones to lift and call these lungs to sing once again [Music] i'll and call go bones to live call these homes to see once again i will i will praise jesus you make the darkness tremble jesus jesus your silence fear in jesus jesus you make the darkness tremble jesus jesus come always [Music] [Music] you make a darkness [Music] your name is [Music] is cannot [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] jesus jesus jesus you make the darkness with jesus [Music] jesus [Music] everything changes when jesus shows up when you walk into the room can we sing that your name is [Music] your name is your name cannot be overcome everyone's your name and your name is a lie that the shadows can't deny and your name cannot be overcome i know your name is alive forever lifting [Music] [Music] is [Music] you make [Applause] that's jesus the name of jesus takes away fears jesus gives us life he fills us with his life he fills us with his hope so even now as we are singing that as those words were working through the room and working through our hearts fear had to leave life was experienced hope is felt thank you jesus for your hope we've been in a series called the heart of a king and in this series we've been learning what it looks like to live with the heart of a king what we want to do right now is we just want to read the words of a king over your life listen to these words as i read them from psalm 23 the lord is my shepherd i shall not be in one he makes me lie down in green pastures he leads beside quiet waters and it restores my soul he guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death i will fear no evil for you are with me your rod and your staff that comfort me prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies you anoint my head with oil and my cup overflows surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and i will dwell in the house of the lord forever thank you jesus may you choose to receive those words of a king with the heart of a king let's continue to worship [Music] you [Music] broken as my [Music] i will give you every piece i say [Music] here i am with open heads counting on your grace again i just wanna see you i am [Music] i am [Music] my see here i am here i am here i am here i am here i am here i am you can help me [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] for the one who gave me love nothing is a sacrifice [Music] use me how you want to [Music] have you thrown within my heart i you come i am [Music] oh you can have our [Music] you can have my heart it's our response [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] wow [Music] uh [Music] foreign my [Music] jesus that is our invitation today that you can have every single parts of our heart so right now it's just a response we give it to you we give you our lives we give you every peace we are open for you to come and move jesus so in this moment we invite your presence we invite you into our lives so we love you jesus this whole time this whole atmosphere we created it to be able to lift you high so we love you lord this is all in your name we pray amen come on one more time let's get out for jesus so good to be in his presence together i'm so glad that you are here with us today at valley creek why don't you go ahead and take a second and settle in as we continue through the service oh you can have my heart you can have my heart and you can have our church and you can have my life and you can have my past and you can have my future because i know you have my present aren't you glad that whether you're at a campus or online today that you chose to gather around the comforting encouraging and life-changing presence of jesus i think today is a great example of what we've been talking about about strengthening ourselves in the lord living with the heart of a king and moving forward because you can feel the goodness of god today even as we come and gather around him regardless of the situations or circumstances in the world and so i didn't want to just move past that i just kind of want to draw your attention to i mean we are meeting with god and that's what we have been doing and in the midst of that he is working a deep work in your life and in my life wherever you are and so come on even let's just welcome each other together and honor the lord just for his goodness for his presence for the unity we have in our church come on you can have my heart jesus you can have our church and so i'm excited about where we are in the direction that we're going this week is hope on the move thanksgiving groceries and i know you've been hearing all the details and all the stuff about that here's what i want you to just hear from me i really want to encourage and challenge every person in our church to participate in some way shape or form it's going to take all of us to feed more than a thousand families but this year we've had more opportunities to serve this city than maybe any year before this and so there's this incredible opportunity it's going to take all of us to do it and i just want to encourage you do whatever you can do if you can bring one can then bring one can if you can do a car full of groceries every single day this week then do a car full of groceries every single day this week one of the greatest ways you find hope for yourself is by giving it away to others we are a movement of hope for the city and beyond and this is why we exist to do things just like this so i challenge every person in our church step out of yourself for five minutes and do what you can do in jesus name okay we are in a series called the heart of a king and we're taking a couple weeks to look at the life of king david to read through first and second samuel together and we are almost done we're going to finish up this series next week some of you are like hallelujah i can't wait for it to be over but i've loved this series and i hope it's been inspiring and challenging to you ephesians chapter 4 says i urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received it's like god is speaking to you in this time of your life and he's saying come on live a life worthy worthy of who i am and who you are and the death burial and resurrection of jesus and the spirit of the living of god that's inside of you live a life worthy of your calling that you have a calling upon your life to live with the heart of a king to live a life of royalty and virtue nobility and honor and humility and submission and passion not to live down to this world but to live up to the kingdom of god we all start with this heart of an orphan the heart of a rebel the heart of a slave the heart of a pharisee but when we invite jesus to become the king of our heart he gives us the heart of a king and when you know you are royal it doesn't make you selfish it makes you selfless because kings spend their lives for the good of others in the glory of god we've literally been empowered by god to rule and reign with him to rule doesn't mean to lord over it means to come under and lift up and to reign which literally means to release the victory of jesus through our life into every area of authority and influence we have in fact this is why revelation chapter 5 i love this it says for you talking about jesus have redeemed us to god by your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation and have made us kings and priests to our gods and we to our god and we shall reign on the earth come on this is saying that because of the finished work of jesus every person no matter who they are what their background is like what their life looks like has the opportunity to become a king and reign with him in jesus name and this takes faith doesn't it it takes faith to believe that you're a king even when you're aware that you're often living like a rebel it takes faith to believe that you are who god says you are regardless of how you feel and this is the journey that we're all on i mean have you ever seen somebody love their enemy it's the heart of a king have you ever seen somebody bless someone else at great cost to themselves that's the heart of a king have you ever seen somebody be a hope carrier in the area of influence that they have that's the heart of a king have you ever seen somebody invite somebody else to church that's the heart of a king and jesus is the greatest example of royalty of what the heart of a king looks like and as we follow him he's shaping and molding us into his image and his likeness which means he's putting within us this heart of a king and it's like every command that god gives to you he's saying this is what a king would do and my spirit has empowered you to now rise to that standard in jesus name and so for the last few weeks we've talked about what the heart of a king looks like kind of the character of a king but here's a question what do kings do like how do they spend their time what is the life of a king really all about well it's really really simple let me show you kings are on mission to see every person experience a kingdom life this is what kings do kings are on mission to see every person experience a kingdom life and this is where we get confused because in our mind we think kings are selfish the kings are self-focused that they're self-centered that they're elite and and higher than thou that they live for themselves personal happiness personal ambition personal agenda uh personal issues no no no that's just the heart of an orphan in a king's role a king is our mission they're on a mission to see every person experience a kingdom life like they want to see people experience the righteousness of god in christ jesus they want to see people experience faith hope and love they want to see people experience the forgiveness and the mercy and the grace and the kindness and the power of god they want to see people experience a restored identity a reconciled relationship a redeemed purpose they want to see god's ways come and his paths live out and his principles released they want to see every area of life in alignment and agreement with the lordship of jesus they want to see the works of the devil be destroyed they know that the grace of god has hand-picked them and lifted them to the area of influence that they have so now they want to spend their life making sure every person in every area of life gets to experience what the kingdom is all about in fact this is why in matthew 6 when jesus is teaching us how to pray here's literally what he's saying he's saying you should pray your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven what jesus is telling us he's saying this is how kings live this is how kings think this is how kings dream they dream that god's kingdom would come to every person in every area of life they dream that god's will would come to every person and every area of life he's saying this is what the heart of a king really looks like if he's teaching us how to pray and he's teaching us how to live his kings and he says this is how you should pray then this is the heart of a king and what i love is this is how david lived if you look at the life of david from beginning to end you will never find an extended period of time where david didn't live on mission in fact acts chapter 13 i love this it says for when david had served god's purpose in his own generation he fell asleep and he was buried with his fathers this verse is profound it says that david served god's purpose in his own generation do you realize that god has a purpose for every generation he has a purpose for you and he has a purpose for you in your generation and once david finished that purpose finished that mission then he died isn't it interesting that all the battles and all the giants and all the wars that david went to fight he never had to be afraid when he was on mission why because he hadn't finished god's purpose and his generation yet you don't have to be afraid of dying early when you spend your life accomplishing god's purpose in your generation because he's still got more for you to do on his mission and this was david from a teenager till the end of his life he was on mission when he went out to shepherd his father's sheep he was on mission when he took supplies to his brothers on the front line he was on mission but when he went and fought goliath when no one else had the courage to he was on mission when he played the harp worship music aren't you glad we're done with harps in jesus name and we got something else but when he played wife you probably the harp i love you bless you but when he was playing the heart for saul who was demonically oppressed he was on mission to see the kingdom come when he went and fought against the enemies of god he was on mission when he tried to bring the ark of the covenant back to jerusalem he was on mission when he set up the tabernacle of david 24 hours of worship and prayer he was on mission when he when he led the people to walk in god's ways in god's path he was on mission it was like from a teenager to the end of his life everything was about mission because that's the heart of a king and he's not the only king to live that way check out this and jesus talking about jesus at the end of his life when he's standing before pilate about to be crucified pilate therefore said to him are you a king then jesus answered you say rightly that i am a king for this cause i was born and for this cause i have come into the world isn't it interesting jesus says you are right in saying that i am a king and then he tells us what's unique about kings kings understand the cause for which they are born and the cause for which they have come jesus knew exactly why he was there and what he was doing the mission that he was on to see the kingdom come in your life he came to seek and save that which was lost so my question for you is do you know the cause for which you were born and do you know the cause for which you have come into the world and are you serving god's purpose in your generation because you see once you lose your purpose you'll lose your hope and once you lose your hope like we said last week you you lose your life kings are on mission and all you have to do is go back to genesis the beginning the creation when god made us god bless them talking about adam and eve he blessed them with what a purpose and said to them be fruitful and multiply fill the earth and subdue it using all its vast resources in the service of god and men you guys know i love this verse because this verse is our mandate it is our created purpose be fruitful bring live a life of productive beauty bringing things to the fullness of their potential multiply reproduce the life of god and you in the world around you fill the earth or the area of influence and authority you have with the knowledge of the glory of the goodness of god subdue it bring order to the chaos and then use your resources to accomplish god's purposes in the lives of men it's what you were created for from mission and at every major juncture along the bible you'll watch as god re-declares this noah gets off the boat and he says hey noah be fruitful and multiply abraham makes the covenant with god and he says abraham you're blessed to be a blessing the israelites go in to take the promised land and he says increase and advance little by little and take the land jesus as he's being lifted up to heaven he says therefore go and make disciples this is what we were created to do so can i just ask you does your life in this hard season look anything like this verse or is it the opposite instead of being fruitful have you been barren instead of multiplying have you been dividing pulling away from everyone and everything instead of filling your areas of influence with the knowledge of the glory and the goodness of god have you been filling your own life with media and news and darkness instead of subduing things have you brought chaos and problems and and criticism to things and instead of using your resources have you been using god and man to get a whole bunch of resources for yourself see kings are on mission to see every person experience a kingdom life are you with me on this and if you get all excited about the heart of a king up into this point then you've completely missed the point of being a king because it's not about you ruling and reigning and it's about you releasing god's kingdom into the world around you and this my friends is what we have to grab we've been leading the series all to this point and so i really want to encourage you you got to grab this truth in your life or you have completely missed the purpose of being a king i don't care if you have a theology that says your royalty and you have the heart of a king if you don't live the purpose of a king completely misses it come on you with me today so let me give you a couple thoughts first thing is this kings no it's not about them all right i hate to break this to you this morning but it is not about you i know we think it is we live like it is we act like it is we walk like it is we talk like it is we complain like it is but it is not about you it's not about me it's not about our comfort and our convenience and our opinions and our perspectives and our preferences the kings understand that in fact check out this verse about david i love this david knew like he grabbed this that the lord had established him as a king over israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people israel that's a killer verse man david knew he understood that he didn't earn or deserve anything he had but it was god's grace that established him as a king with the heart of a king for one reason and for one reason only for the sake of his people for the sake of others that it wasn't about david it was about the mission that god was on to redeem the earth and that he had lifted david up for such a time and a place that this is why david was there and the same is true with you like students do you understand that you're in the school that you're in and the family that you are in not for you but for the sake of your peers and the sake of your family teachers do you realize that you're in the classroom that you're in in such a time as this not for your good but for the sake of the students that you lead business people do you understand that you're in the business that you're in with the influence or the authority or the job that you have for the sake of your co-workers your employees and your supervisors of families do you realize you are in that crazy dysfunctional family that you wish you could get out of for the sake of them not for you not for your good not for your glory but for them do you know that god has established you where you are for the sake of others i mean you've literally been placed as a hope carrier look at this graphic that we use around here all the time we say right the kingdom of god is a movement of hope that god wants his kingdom to come into every area of life not just in the church but through the church the people of god and he wants to see his a kingdom established in all these areas of life and and let's be honest you have been placed in these areas every person that's listening you have been placed in more than one of these areas for the sake of others so maybe we need to stop complaining and start contributing maybe we need to start realizing that maybe god has placed me here with the heart of a king to accomplish his mission and their lives like come on like check this out this year every one of these areas of life has been rocked this year has it not it's fascinating all of the things that we trusted in all of the places that we found security and all of the things that honestly were idols in our life they've been shaking you're telling me family hasn't been shaken this year you're telling me education hasn't been rocked to its core this year healthcare hasn't businesses have been shuttered government let's i'll just leave that for you later i mean media right i mean every one of these things so could it just be that god has allowed all of these kingdoms to be rocked to its core so that you and i would rise up and say oh my goodness i'm not here for my good and my glory i'm here to see this thing become his kingdom in this time and this place and so i'm here for a purpose and this is what we've been doing all year and so many of you you don't even realize what we're doing and that's okay like like do you know we were able to give a teacher gift and a note of encouragement to more than 14 000 teachers d-i-s-d a-i-s-d g-i-s-d and l-i-s-d more than 14 000 teachers do you know we wrote a handwritten note to more than a thousand health care professionals and brought gift baskets to the major centers of health care in our region where we do church do you know that we were able to write more than three thousand handwritten cards to civil servants that are serving in government around our area with gift baskets and encouragement to them do you know we've written more than 1 000 handwritten notes to police officers in all the major cities in in the places where we have canvases i mean like this is why we're here this is the point it's not about us it's about us being here for the sake of others are you with me on that come on do you remember do you remember when john and james come to jesus and they say jesus we want you to do whatever we ask you to do for us and jesus says what do you want me to do for you isn't that interesting that jesus isn't afraid of bold requests he's not afraid of a big faith and they look at jesus and they say well jesus we want to sit on the right and the left-hand side of you when you come into your glory and it says when the other 10 disciples heard it they became indignant they weren't mad that john and james asked for that they were mad that they didn't think about asking for it for themselves and so look what jesus does he sits them down and he has a little conversation with him he says let me let me teach you something about having the art of a king he says you know that those who are regarded as rulers of the gentiles people of the world lorded over them they think it's about them and their high officials exercise authority over them but not so with you instead whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant and whoever wants to be first must be a slave of all for even the son of man me even i didn't come to be served but to serve and give my life as a ransom for many jesus says the world thinks it's about them he says but you're not a part of the world anymore you've now been given the heart of a king you belong to a kingdom and it's okay to want to be great that just means you're going to be the best servant and and you're going to be the one that goes last and you're going to spend your life serving and giving everything you have for the mission it's the heart of a king and so can i ask you in this season like how have you made decisions about your life because we've all had to make a lot of decisions in this last season and how you've made those decisions tells you a lot about what you actually believe your mission or your purpose is and if we're honest a lot of us we really didn't make decisions based on this we probably made a lot of decisions based on comfort and convenience i mean let me just go ahead and break this to you about our church like like i have no interest in creating a church that has a lot of comfort and convenience for us so you're like we know i know like zero why because it's not about us i'm not here for me and you're not here for you we're here for the lost the lonely and the broken and every decision we make is about that and so here's what i want to encourage you if you ever don't like a decision that we make before you get upset about it just stop and think there's a 99 chance that a bunch of people thought about this and prayed about this and believe this is the best way to reach the world and of all the years i've done this i've had hardly anybody that's ever come to me and said we need to do more to reach lost people i've had lots of people that have come and said this isn't comfortable or convenient for me then it means we got it right that's funny right there come on when you stop living on mission you start self-destructing it's true for a family it's true for an individual and it's true for a church you stop living on mission you start self-destructing there are three places that we watch david's life fall apart throughout his journey all three of them once when he stopped living on mission first one was when he stayed in his palace and should have gone to war and he ended up having the bathsheba incident second one when there was a bunch of conflict and chaos in his family and david didn't go on mission to establish the kingdom in his own family he wanted comfort and convenience instead of dealing with the conflict and it cost him dearly and the third one was towards the end of his life he goes out and counts all of his fighting men instead of going to battle with his fighting men and god allows a significant consequence for that and seventy thousand of his people died when you stop living on mission you start self-destructing and i watch this with people all the time one of the most dangerous places you can be is a casual follower of jesus that is completely disengaged from the mission because you think you've got the whole jesus and kingdom thing down but you're completely missing it and so you start self-destructing like like matthew 28 jesus tells us right end of his life here's what he says therefore go and make disciples of all nations i spent all week studying this verse looking into the greek reading commentaries just trying to find if there was a footnote that said unless it's 2020. unless it's coveted unless i don't like what's happening in politics unless the economy is stressing me out sorry guys therefore go and make disciples of all nations no matter what proverbs 11 he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed the reason so many of us are so weary is because we checked out a mission the moment things got hard so we're weary and we're dry and we're thirsty and we're broken and we're like looking for help but we're like i can't do mission because that's hard and it's not coming i know mission by nature is costly and instead of taking the path of least resistance we need to take the path of greatest purpose of greatest mission because that's what a king would do are you with me on this come on are you with me on this all right second thing is this kings live attractive lives kings live attractive lives there's something about the way a king lives that draws the world in check this verse out about david it says all those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him and he became their leader you know what this means it means that the royalty of david's heart was so attractive so attractive that people who are orphaned enslaved and rebellious wanted to be around him and this is when david is in the wilderness this is when he is in the he doesn't have a palace he doesn't have a kingdom he doesn't have a nation he has nothing to offer them but the royalty of his heart was so attractive that all these men wanted to be around him why because the rebel heart is attracted to a royal life and he's not the only king look at jesus go to the next verse look at jesus the son of man a friend of tax collectors and sinners isn't it interesting that all the lost lonely and broken people wanted to be around jesus the people with the heart of a rebel the heart of an orphan the heart of a slave they saw something in jesus's life that they were attracted to and they wanted to be a part of and so they were drawn in whether it's the key is the woman at the well the lepers the broken the deaf those that were demonically oppressed there was something in the royalty of jesus's life that drew them in why because life is attractive and life is only found in the kingdom and so can i ask you a really simple question are you living an attractive life like do lost lonely and broken people like to be around you maybe let me ask you to like this if you're a republican do democrats like to be around you and if you're a democrat do republicans like to be around you okay if you're a cowboys fan do eagles fans like to be around you it's like for real ready if you believe in wearing masks do people who don't believe in wearing masks like to be around you and if you don't believe in wearing masks do people who believe in wearing masks like to be around you i'm dead serious right now if you're a gen z the boomers like to be around you and if you're a boomer the gen zirs like to be around you these are legit questions we have to ask ourselves because if the kingdom is within me it's attractive and it will draw in people who are very different than me why because we have been set apart by grace for the good of others and the glory of god you remember that our theme for the year that you've been set apart by god for god from this world for this world by grace nothing that you did to do it to earn it or deserve it but it's for the good of others and the glory of god and i know some of you are thinking yeah but i don't have all these possessions that would attract people into my life no no i'm not talking anything about the external talking about completely the internal you know the bible says there was nothing physically attractive about jesus and yet the whole world wanted to be around him why because it was the royalty within him the men wanted to be around david even though he was out in the wilderness why because the royalty within him listen over the years can i tell you i've seen men multi-million dollar men that want to be around a guy that doesn't have that much and sit in a circle with him why because the guy that doesn't have that much possessions had hope love peace joy and there was something so attractive that this successful businessman of this world wanted to be around this guy who the world would say had nothing but the kingdom said head everything come on you with me on that [Applause] that was weak first peter dear friends i urge you as aliens and strangers in this world like you do not belong in this world anymore live such good lives among the pagans that though they accuse you of doing wrong they may see your good deeds and glorify god he says hey you need to live in such a way that is so different from this world that it is attractive to the world around you and that they will put their faith in god we've got to move past just declaring the church of yesterday wants to declare all we want to do is just declare everyone needs jesus put it out there on the uh the airwaves and the atmosphere that's all great we need to declare but then we need to demonstrate we need to actually demonstrate a kingdom life and that's like the heartbeat of our church but we want to create this demonstration that people see you out in the areas of life they see us and there's something so attractive about the way that we live that people are drawn in the greatest missional tool you have is your life it's the way you do you remember do you remember when jesus says to the crowd he says unless you people see signs and wonders and miracles you'll never believe we think that literally means like this supernatural parting of the heavens a dead person being raised to life all those things are real and they're true and god does them but you know what i think it replies to in this season you know it's a sign or a wonder or a miracle someone living with honor in an honorable world something living with submission in a non-submissive world something living with passion in an apathetic world someone guarding their heart in a world that doesn't care about heart that is a sign and a wonder and a miracle and if we will live that way people will see and they will believe so this whole living with the heart of a king it's not about you it's about living on mission to demonstrate the kingdom of god to the world around us and so the question i would ask you for is just are you drawn to your own life are you attracted to your own life if the answer is no then what are you going to do about it because kings live attractive lives listen to me rebellion is counterfeit royalty rebellion is misplaced royalty what is rebellion rebellion is using your authority your influence your resources and your free will for your good and your glory what's royalty royalty is using your authority your influence your resources and your free will for the good of others and the glory of god so when i live with a heart of royalty guess what rebels are actually drawn into that because they're drawn into the authentic they're drawn into the genuine because they're tired of living the counterfeit kings live attractive lives last thing is simply this kings use what they have for the good of others and the glory of god if you get nothing out of this year have you tracked with us as a church i hope you leave this year with good of others and the glory of god drilled into your mind because that's what we were created for that's david david used his time his talent and his treasures for the good of others and the glory of god his time from the moment we see david as a teenager all the way to the end of his life you can't find a long stretch where david's time is not used for mission his talent david was a multi-talented man in whatever season he was in he used the gifts that god had given him fully in that season like when he was a shepherd he used his gifts of being a shepherd and when he was a worshiper for saul he used his gift of worship and and then when he was a warrior he used his warrior gifts in that season and then when he was leading israel he used his leadership gifts in that season and what's interesting if you'll read through the scriptures you'll never find david complaining about the gifts he wasn't using david is never in the pasture complaining that he's not using his worship gift he's never in a season of worshiping using his worship give complaining that he's not using his warrior gift he's never warrior in complaining that he's not using his leadership gift like whatever season he was in he used the gift that was needed for that season and so many of us sit around and complain that our gifts aren't being used can i just tell you something god isn't concerned about the gifts you aren't using he's concerned about the gifts you should be using we want to sit there and complain that my gifts aren't being utilized okay but are you using the gifts that you need for the season that you're in that's giving your talent to god and then treasure at the end of david's life i've got verses for you i don't have time for him david gives everything that he has to build the temple because of his devotion and his love and his grace to god so can i just ask you a really simple question are you using your time your talent and your treasure for the good of others in the glory of god like your time like if we looked at your calendar is there any time right now that's for mission and you're like but it's covered 19. it should really probably be called covet 20 but i don't know where that came from is covet 19. i understand that but there's no asterisks around matthew 28 because of covet so is any time on your talent are you using your gifts in any way to advance the mission of god your treasure do you give your tithes your offerings the things you value maybe your social media account for the good of others and the glory of god like like here's a simple question have you given these things to god and it's not one time it's like over and over again god i need to give you my time god i need to give you my talent god i need to to give you my treasure i want to give you i'll give you my heart because you remember the parable of the talents jesus says the kingdom of heaven is like so he's literally teaching us this is what the heart of a king would do this is like a king who gave one guy five one guy two one guy one and he went away and trusted them with something and said put it to use okay well that's you time talent and treasures and and then the king comes back and he asks for an account of what they did with it and the guy with five had turned it into ten the guy with two turned it into four the guy with one kept it for himself buried it in the ground it was about his good and his glory and in that we realize that when we use what we have for the good of others and the glory of god we not only get eternal rewards we get a kingdom legacy like like like two more verses just with me check this verse out about absalom this is absalom david's son who has the heart of a rebel and the heart of an orphan and he overthrows david and becomes the king but look what this says during his lifetime absalom who was in the seat of a king had taken a pillar and erected it in the king's valley as a monument to himself for he thought i have no son to carry on the memory of my name i don't have time to get into this some of you you should just go home and read this section for yourself check this out because he never lived on mission he spent his life building monuments to himself because he never lived on mission you say oh that's physical children now let's be fruitful and multiply that's called make disciples because he never lived for the good of others and the glory of god he lived for the good of himself and the glory of himself he had to spend his life trying to build a legacy the only problem is is when you spend your life for your good and your glory not only will you not get a legacy you won't get eternal rewards but when you live for the good of others and the glory of god you get a legacy and eternal rewards a whole bunch of us are spending our lives building monuments to ourselves because we're not living on mission with god does that make sense to you and i know some of you are like well what does that mean it's a thousand things it might just be inviting somebody to church am i literally mean posting something on your social media it might be getting involved on a serve team or hope on the move stuff it might literally be mentoring a student it might be having your neighbors over for dinner it might be giving a gift card to a person that you see regularly as you're building this relationship with them it might be just being the person who has hope in a room full of despair listen to me mission leads to mission if you just get started god will start showing you all these amazing things that start opening up and you're like oh my goodness there it is and i know some of you you're like bro i can't believe that i tuned in to church today to hear about mission don't you know how hard life is right now i sure do but you're created for mission and one of the greatest things you can do for somebody who is suicidal is give them purpose why because purpose leads to hope and hope leads to life and if you have no interest in mission check this last verse out for christ's love compels us that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again if i'm not compelled to live on mission i've lost sight of god's love for me if you're not compelled to live on mission if you're resistant if you're edgy if you're frustrated if this bothers you you've lost sight of god's love for you because what a king understands at the end of the day is that the grace of god has been so good to me that he's rescued me he came to seek and save me he pulled me out of the darkness he pulled me out of despair he pulled me out of brokenness he gave me a new heart a new mind a new life a new future and now i can't help but live on the mission that he's on the great privilege of your life and my life is that we get to be on a mission that matters to reach lost lonely and broken people to bring the kingdom of god your kingdom come your will be done in every area of my life and beyond in jesus name come on does mission or lack thereof say about the current reality of your heart condition a rebel is on mission to do what they want when they want how they want a pharisee is on mission to look really good on the outside and spend their life judging and correcting everyone else a slave is on mission to complain and criticize and whine and and moan about how hard and bad life is and an orphan is on mission for their good and their glory with a heart full of insecurity fear and a poverty mindset but a king a king is on mission to see every person experience the kingdom life that jesus has come to offer us come on valley creek this is a time and a season for us to rise up and say everything that we are everything that exists here everything in my life is for the mission of god because that's god's purpose in our generation for this cause you were born for this cause you have come let's align our lives with it in jesus name so close your eyes with me what do you think the holy spirit wants to say to you today aren't you glad that jesus demonstrated what the heart of a king looked like by going on mission for us that the king of kings literally laid down his life and poured himself out to come to this world and live the life that we couldn't live to show us what the kingdom was all about that for you he laid down his life on that cross and rose again from the grave three days later and released the spirit of the living god inside of you and gave you the divine nature of who he is and now he sends us out on that same mission because when you become a part of the kingdom the kingdom becomes your life and the kingdom is all about mission and so don't let this be one of those big ethereal messages like oh yeah mission people need to get saved and meet jesus yeah that's true but what about mission in your life what about just the mission to live a life that's attractive to those around you what about just the mission to just be kind to those around you what about the mission to just offer god your time your talent and your treasures lord jesus i pray that you would just stir up within us a burning passionate white hot desire for mission lord we just declare to you you can have our church we're not here for comfort or convenience we're here on mission to reach the lost lonely and broken to serve a city in need to bring hope to the hopeless life to the broken healing to the sick and freedom to those who are in bondage and as we step out of our own lives we find all those things for ourself along the way so lord jesus may we be people who live with the heart of a king on mission to see your kingdom come your will be done on this earth as it is in heaven in your name we pray amen man that was another great message in this series is we're learning how to cultivate the heart of the king and there are several invitations to respond to today's message maybe you'd like to respond by getting involved with the thanksgiving groceries or if you're in the area and baptism is your next step that's a great response as well we've got baptisms coming up or you may want to respond by giving you see giving is our response to the goodness of god and you can give online at valleycreek.org before you log off today there's going to be a great question for you to process and take today's message deeper we hope that you'll do that and i want you to go today knowing that god is good jesus he's forgiven you you are loved in everything it is possible so i hope you go this week carry hope wherever you go [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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