Passion 2020 - Tim Tebow

I love it I'm so excited and honored to be here I truly am I'm excited because I've had the chance to be in a lot of stadiums I've had the chance to be in this Stadium a lot back before they built this one when the old one was right here I got to play in that Stadium a lot I got to play for play for championships in that Stadium by the way y'all have a seat yeah for sure go Gators okay we don't need to get started Shelly was rolling you up it's fine calm down Georgia won it's cool it was the first time in a while it's not a big deal no but but seriously I was back in this stadium like three weeks ago his Georgia was playing obviously they didn't win but so many big games and in big moments happen right here in the stadium I've gotten to be a part of a lot of them a few weeks ago SEC Championship someone was crowned a champion a couple of literally less than a week ago the semi-final where team gets it if they win a chance to go play for a championship this stadium as a plant is a place where a lot of lives have been changed but why I'm excited to be here as nothing has ever happened in a stadium like what you've been a part of this weekend you see games have been won and lost in this Stadium and in rings have been won and trophies have been handed out but one day those trophies will rust one day we will forget the names of those teams and even for someone that loves sports and plays it non-stop at the end of the day it's not going to matter compared to what you're doing this weekend that's why I'm excited about being here because it's 65 thousand people and 65 thousand young people that aren't here with loyalties to a team you're here with loyalties to the king of kings and yeah we're gonna have fun and we can make fun of Georgia and Alabama and a lot of other teams but at the end of the day it doesn't matter but I'll tell you what why I'm so encouraged is at the end of the day I believe your life is gonna matter your life is going to matter and I believe that this weekend that listening to all these speakers is going to be a catalyst in your life for what you're going to do the rest of your life guys in a moment I want to share my heart with you and and I won't be as elegant as Louie or as motivational as Christine or is smart as John Piper or as educated as Ravi or as little as Levi [Laughter] I love you Levi I heard that he made fun of me so I had to take a jab - it's fine I have them my quest but I want to share my heart with you for the next 15 minutes I want to share one of my favorite passages of Scripture and if you have your Bible which you're at a Christian conference I hope you do it's Philippians chapter 4 and I love Philippians chapter 4 and I love it because when we look at at Paul writing Philippians and he's writing to the Church of Philippi he's writing to a church he started he's writing to people he loves that he cares for he's writing to a group of people that are almost like his family that's how much he cares for him but he's writing from prison and actually a lot of scholars would believe that he's writing from the basement of prison where he's actually probably in sewage because he's in the basement where the sewage is going to run so he's probably up to sewage that's all around his body up to his waist that's just nasty and and he's writing and I want to start in Philippians chapter 4 verse 4 any rights rejoice in the Lord always again I will say rejoice and I just want to stop there rejoice in the Lord always again I will say rejoice so you know what we don't really use that word rejoice like I'm never like oh gosh let's rejoice right it's just not a word like that I feel that my friends don't use that word like we don't talk about rejoice so I was looking it up what is another way to explain what rejoice means and why did he say it twice why is it so important so I went to the the Study Bible and I was going through it in and it said another way that you could look at that is rejoice could mean express confidence in Express confidence in so now let's substitute Jois for express confidence in i got to get my phone all right no service now it's not pulling up here we go gosh these iPhones there we go Express confidence in the Lord always again I will say Express confidence in the Lord dang I was just so encouraged when I when I when I was reading it and I knew where Paul was writing from but then it's like how do you have this mindset where you're in prison and at any moment they could take your life at any moment because you stood up for Christ they could take your life you've seen it over and over again with friends of yours and people that were following Jesus but in the basement of prison at any moment he could die and he's saying hey express confidence in the Lord I gots it I want to tell you again I want to tell you again express confidence in the Lord in your life wherever you are whatever you're doing are you gonna show the people around you your confidence in the Lord you see they might see it on your best day they might see it when you leave church they might see it when you leave passion dang I'm so confident a lord it's awesome I just got to hear Hillsong band I got to hear passion I got to hear Louie I can't express my confidence in the Lord what about your worst days what about your Mondays what about when you get cut oh hey wait that happened to me over and over again what about when they say you're not good enough to do what you want to do what about when you can't find that right person that you want to spend the rest of your life with do you still express confidence in the Lord because when we really want to have an impact on the rest of the war then we're going to still have the same confidence in the Lord on our worst day that we have on our best day you know it was it was easy for me when I won championships in this stadium to say hey I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ you know what's really hard when you get cut or you get traded or they say you're not good enough to say you know what I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ because I'm going to still express my confidence in him because a few verses later in verse number 13 we learn I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me now that doesn't mean that you can accomplish anything you want if you're 5 5 you're probably not going to be in the NBA but it does mean wherever God puts you wherever you're at in life he's going to give you the strength through him to handle it to conquer it because you were more than conquerors through him that loved you so you might think I'm in a tough time I don't know how I'm going to get through but I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and I'm going to express my confidence in him no matter if I just won the championship or I'm in the basement and I'm tied up and I don't know how much longer I have to live I'm gonna express my confidence in him so I was reading this and I loved getting the chance to go from the new American Standard to the Study Bible to the message Bible and I look at it and I read it in different ways so maybe there's something different that'll stand out and hit me so I want to switch now from new American Standard to the message Bible but I want to go back to verse 4 for celebrate God all day every day I mean revel in him make it as clear as you can to all you meet that you're on their side working with them and not against them help them see that the master is about to arrive he could show up any minute guys like I gotta tell you when I first read this it blew my mind couple days after I was studying this I was in New York and I was doing a couple of shows and my fiance who's here and she's sitting right over there and I think we should have her stand so we could give her a round of applause Dimmie stand up it's fine even if you don't stand up I can still see your glow from there by the way we get to get married in a little bit so that's pretty cool so I'm doing these shows all day and she's based in New York and so if I'm there I can't just show up in New York and and do some work but not take her out or do something special for us so I finished this day of work and then I take her to her favorite restaurant and the whole time I'm trying to figure out something special for her for us to do and I'm texting my agents to try to get me tickets to the play Hamilton because I had seen it a few times she had been dying to see it him so I'm sitting there at the dinner table I'm like did we get the tickets and it was last-minute and finally the end of dinner getting ready to pay the check he's like yeah I got you tickets I was like sweet so I was like hey by the way you know I've been planning this for a while it's not a big deal it's taken months and months to plan for this and but now we're getting in the car and we're going to see Hamilton now she's so excited and so we go see Hamilton and and the play Hamilton is about Alexander Hamilton and it's kind of it's a pretty cool play because it's kind of a lot about history and about Alexander Hamilton's life and there's a part in the middle of this play where they're talking about Alexander Hamilton and it's from an outsider's perspective watching Alexander Hamilton so John J James Madison and Alexander Hamilton they got together to write these these essays called the Federalist Papers to defend the US Constitution so their goal was to get together to write these essays to defend the US Constitution they said they want to do it together we want to collaborate and we're each going to do part except John J row 5 J Madison wrote 29 Alexander Hamilton wrote 51 so we're sitting there or watching this and they're explaining it in in song form and then they go into a song from outsider's perspective watching Alexander Hamilton and I want to read a portion of the song talking about Alexander Hamilton how do you write like you're running out of time right day and night like you're running out of time every day you fight like you're running out of time like you're running out of time how do you write like tomorrow won't arrive how do you write like you need it to survive how do you write every second you're alive every second you are alive and I was sitting there in this play for the third time I'd already seen it twice but I had just been reading Philippians 4 and then as I'm listening to them sing this song God started to prick my heart he started to prick my heart and he said if people were talking about you would they talk about your life with the sense of urgency for me like the way they talk about Alexander Hamilton the way he was writing his essays do I live every day like tomorrow won't arrive do I live like tomorrow won't arrive do I love people every second I'm alive do I share the gospel every second I'm alive with my words my thoughts my actions do do I live with a sense of urgency for what matters you see it's a it's a pretty noble thing to defend the US Constitution that's pretty cool that's a pretty cool thing with Alexander Hamilton got to do it pales in comparison to what you get to do it's not even close it's not even close to the calling on your life the calling on your life for the Great Commission the calling on your life for your family the calling on your life for your job the calling on your life to bring Jesus everywhere all the time no matter what because the master is about to arrive the master is about to arrive he could show up any minute but have we spent our time on stuff that really doesn't matter or do we actually live with a sense of urgency for people around the world that are starving for hope and that need you they're starving for hope they're starving for love they're starving for you but are you gonna live with the sense of urgency enough to say you know what it doesn't matter if I get made fun of it doesn't matter if I have to give up some things I'm gonna go and live with the sense of urgency and I'm gonna count the costs because the cost doesn't matter when I get to live for Jesus it really doesn't matter I want to go back to Philippians 4 starting with verse 6 don't fret or worry instead of worrying pray let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers letting God know your concerns before you know it a sense of God's holiness and everything coming together for good will come and settle you down it's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life summing it all up friends I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true noble reputable authentic compelling gracious the best not the worst the beautiful not the ugly things to praise not things to curse put into practice what you learn from me when I was at the University of Florida it's true Gator nations everywhere when I was at the University of Florida for every home game we had get in the bus at our hotel and we would drive right by the stadium and we would stop that's what called the Gator walk in every game I played there there was probably twenty to forty thousand fans at this Gator walk ready to greet us as we get off the bus and I would be on the first bus and the first person to get off and I would walk off and I'll turn around and my teammates would come out and I would hug every single one of them on the first bus the second bus in the third bus they would all walk in and I would be the last one to walk in and I always had my my headphones on the bus and there was one song I listened to every single time and it was by Casting Crowns and it was called the voice of truth [Applause] because I got to tell you when I would get off that bus in a and I would hug my teammates and I would turn around and I would I would see all these people I got to tell you there were a lot of voices that started to hit me one of the first voices that instantly hit me was was pride and arrogance because I would look out and I would see thousands of jerseys with my number on him I would look out and I would see Bible verses that they were wearing because I wore them and so for a second you thought dang I'm something they're here for me this is pretty cool I must be somebody that voice hits your head but then another voice creeps in and it says Timmy but but if they really knew you they wouldn't like you you see yeah you might be a role model to them and they might be wearing Bible verses and they might say thank you so much for being a role model for my kids but then shame would creep in that that voice that would say yeah but if they saw you on your worst day they wouldn't like you but if they really knew the thoughts that you had and the actions that you've had you wouldn't be a role model anymore they wouldn't like you and then there was the next voice that would say Timmy by the way most people in the country are gonna watch you the next three hours and just so you know you're not enough you're not enough you're not enough you're not good enough you can't handle it you can't handle the pressure and so I would put back on these headphones and listen to the voice of truth and it goes like this the voice of truth tells me a different story the voice of truth says do not be afraid the voice of truth says this is for my glory out of all the voices calling out to me I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth and guys I believe that's true in my life and it's boolean is true in your life that there's a lot of things that are calling out to you there's shame that's calling out to you there's not enough there's insecurities there's but I'm not as good as this person but look at all the bad things I've done but but God ah I can't get up there and speaker I don't have a voice like Hillsong what can I do but then we remember the voice of truth God's promises on my life God's promises on your life that I'm a child of God a son of the king the king of the world who are forever rain I was created in love by love and for love he has amazing plan for my life those voices of truth would say I'm here for a reason I might not be enough but I'm more than conquerors through him that loved me so when I know I'm gonna get scrutinise I know I'll either win or lose I know I'll be a hero or the goat I also know it doesn't matter because the god of this universe he formed me of my mom's womb and he said through me you're more than enough and I love you no matter what and I have a perfect plan for your life I don't know if you could tell I kind of get fired up every now and then kind of happened when I played sports too but you know why I'm I'm so encouraged being here because one of the biggest goals in my life was to encourage other people to love Jesus publicly and it didn't matter what they said about your life it didn't matter when they scrutinized you it didn't matter I wanted to encourage people young athletes that watch me you can get on a knee for the right reasons and it's okay it doesn't matter what they say but then when I'm here with 65,000 young people and I think about what you can accomplish and what God can do through you if you're willing to just step out and say you know what I'm all-in I'm Ollie and it doesn't matter I might count the cost cuz it really doesn't matter because I'm gonna be all in for Jesus I'm gonna be all in for their Great Commission I'm gonna be all in for hurting people around the world but you know what's one thing that's been sad to me my life growing up in the church so I'd be out a lot of cool events and you'd hear people share and talk and you would see people rally and want to go do something for Jesus but then what it ends people just get back to their normal life they just they go back home and then they get caught up in their job in school and the nine-to-five and we don't carry the calling of what we felt in this room what God was pricking on our heart in this room when you heard Louis when you heard Shelly when you heard Hillsong when you heard Levi you got remember it and continue to live out that calling because a lot of times we don't actually take ownership of it it's it's on someone else well guess what someone else is is going to go live out the Great Commission it's not really on me if it's someone else you know that someone else is going to be that missionary in Africa and Asia and India someone else is going to go do that that's not really on me know guess what Louis does a great job Christine does a great job Ravi does a great job but it's on you and it's on me we have to take ownership of the Great Commission because every single one of us is part of it so if you leave here and you say man I was so filled up I was so encouraged but you don't do anything with it you've wasted so much of him you've wasted so much of it because God is calling you to something special I don't know what it is I don't know if it's a pastor if it's a teacher if it's a missionary if it's just someone that serves that whatever it is you're doing right now but you're called to be a part of it and could you imagine if 65,000 people said you know what we're going to count the costs it doesn't matter because we're all in we're all in can y'all put that picture up on the screen please there's a picture that I stumbled across and it's one of times 100 most influential images of all time and it's the picture of this young girl she's on her way from her village to a feeding center not far away and she's so malnourished and she's moving so slow that this vulture is waiting to attack so the young man that took this picture I think there was probably something in his heart that he wanted to do good he just he wasn't sure so so he captured this picture and he just waited and and then the vulture got closer so he kind of shooed the vulture off and then he walked away and the vulture would come right back and he was told because of some of the sicknesses in the areas don't touch anybody don't do anything and so he didn't he didn't he did nothing because apparently the cost was too much so he left he went back the New York Times published this photo in 1993 in 94 he won the Pulitzer Prize for this photo four months after this he chose to end his life you see every single one of us we have a chance to be successful in life and you know what I hope you are I really do I hope you're successful there's nothing wrong with being successful but success is just about you but significance is about other people you see that man that took that picture he had success that's one of the greatest honors a photographer could ever have but obviously it wasn't enough it wasn't enough so what's gonna be enough for you you see success is great you can do a lot of things with it but it's not going to be fulfilling but when you have a life of significance that's focused on other people that's focused on the Great Commission that is focused on bringing the love of Jesus to hurting people around the world you have a life of significance and that will be fulfilling that will be life-changing it will be life-giving and I believe one day you will hear when you get to heaven one day good job good job thattaboy well done my good and faithful servant you see one day I hope that happens to me it's my biggest goal in life it's to stand on the line every day all day for hurting people because I believe that's what Jesus has called us to do and man how cool would it be one day when we're standing before our Heavenly Father who has given us a task he has given us a goal he has asked us to do something to say hey dad I did everything I could for you I gave everything I had for you and for him to give you a hug and say hey timi I love you I'm proud of you I know you did guys I want you to know that I'm proud of you for being here I'm proud of you for taking a stand I'm proud of you for living on the edge and living for Jesus but I want to encourage you don't let it stop now don't let it stop here there's a world that needs you there's a family that needs you there are people that need you and I believe in this room for the next 50 years you're going to be world changers you're going to be continent changers you're going to be nation changers you're gonna be family changers but guys you can never forget what God has done in your life his faithfulness in your life and you can never forget that sense of urgency that is not about your timeline it's about their timeline while you might have 30 40 50 years they have days minutes moments she had moments but it wasn't worth it to go pick her up it wasn't worth it to give her a hug it wasn't worth it to tell her about the gospel yeah I want to peel it surprised but what does it matter what does it matter it doesn't and I think the greatest tragedy in life is we're going to look back one day and say I was successful in things that don't matter I want you to be successful but more than anything I want you to be significant and when you live for Jesus and you love people I believe you're gonna have a life of significance let me close us in prayer dear Jesus I love you so much thank you for every single person in this stadium thank you that you created them with a purpose and a plan not on accident that you loved them you also liked them you created them in love by love and for love and that when they trusted you they're a child of God a son of the king the king of the world who a forever reign and when they hear these voices they go back to the voice of truth that is telling them they're more than enough there are more than conquerors because of what you did on the cross and your blood covers them and they are counted as righteous I pray that you would give us the courage the determination the perseverance to not stop to not get weary to not give up but to focus on the Great Commission the people that are hurting and your promises that you will never leave us you will never forsake us you will be with us always even to the end of the age and I pray that as this conference finishes today that we leave here so in love with you and on fire to reach the world and that you put a wall of protection around every single life in here you let them know that they are worthy that they are special and that there are significant meaningful things that you have for them to accomplish because we are all part of the Great Commission we love you Jesus in Jesus name Amen passion 2020 I love you guys thank you for having me thank you guys you

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Length: 33min 46sec (2026 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 06 2020