1 00:00:00,780 --> 00:00:03,137 Israel had things in his heart 2 00:00:03,137 --> 00:00:06,581 to relate to future generations - 3 00:00:06,581 --> 00:00:09,204 maybe a prophetic word. 4 00:00:09,204 --> 00:00:11,361 Is there anything that you are burdened 5 00:00:11,361 --> 00:00:14,600 to relate to pilgrims that are still here 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,885 or to those pilgrims who are yet to be born 7 00:00:16,885 --> 00:00:24,244 either physically or spiritually? 8 00:00:24,244 --> 00:00:26,727 Oh, how do you sum it up, you know? 9 00:00:26,727 --> 00:00:28,215 You just can't. 10 00:00:28,215 --> 00:00:31,050 But I'll tell you one thing for sure: 11 00:00:31,050 --> 00:00:33,192 The Lord is worthy and wonderful. 12 00:00:33,192 --> 00:00:43,465 Yeah, the Lord is worthy and wonderful. 13 00:00:43,465 --> 00:00:46,086 In the words of C.T. Studd, 14 00:00:46,086 --> 00:00:49,270 "If Jesus Christ is God and He died for me, 15 00:00:49,270 --> 00:00:55,141 there's no sacrifice too great, that I could make for Him." 16 00:00:55,141 --> 00:01:03,048 It's just hard to sum it up. 17 00:01:03,048 --> 00:01:04,283 It's hard. 18 00:01:04,283 --> 00:01:06,952 I wouldn't know really how to answer it. 19 00:01:06,952 --> 00:01:09,399 But I could say one thing. 20 00:01:09,399 --> 00:01:13,783 In addition to what I said here tonight 21 00:01:13,783 --> 00:01:17,755 and the emphasis about 22 00:01:17,755 --> 00:01:20,185 we're not living for this world. 23 00:01:20,185 --> 00:01:23,758 We're living for heaven. 24 00:01:23,758 --> 00:01:26,990 Death to self. All to Christ. 25 00:01:26,990 --> 00:01:30,478 The message of sacrifice. 26 00:01:30,478 --> 00:01:33,149 And all of that is very true, 27 00:01:33,149 --> 00:01:36,821 very imminent, very urgent, very real, 28 00:01:36,821 --> 00:01:38,746 but there is a footnote; 29 00:01:38,746 --> 00:01:42,475 there is a side note, and that is 30 00:01:42,475 --> 00:01:46,006 make sure you enjoy the Lord. 31 00:01:46,006 --> 00:01:47,581 Make sure to enjoy Him. 32 00:01:47,581 --> 00:01:49,224 I think I feel like somehow, 33 00:01:49,224 --> 00:01:52,845 I've made the Christian life too hard. 34 00:01:52,845 --> 00:01:56,576 And you men, you enjoy the wife. 35 00:01:56,576 --> 00:01:58,977 You enjoy the wife of your youth. 36 00:01:58,977 --> 00:02:00,523 Proverbs 5. 37 00:02:00,523 --> 00:02:01,905 Enjoy her. 38 00:02:01,905 --> 00:02:04,223 And you women, enjoy your men. 39 00:02:04,223 --> 00:02:05,763 And you enjoy your children. 40 00:02:05,763 --> 00:02:07,900 You children, enjoy your parents. 41 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:10,358 Proverbs is just full of: 42 00:02:10,358 --> 00:02:12,851 let her who bore you have joy. 43 00:02:12,851 --> 00:02:14,670 I can't quote it exactly. 44 00:02:14,670 --> 00:02:16,862 Many verses like that. 45 00:02:16,862 --> 00:02:20,575 You children wonder, what really should I be doing? 46 00:02:20,575 --> 00:02:22,249 What great thing can I do? 47 00:02:22,249 --> 00:02:24,485 I'll tell you what great thing you can do. 48 00:02:24,485 --> 00:02:26,956 You can bring joy to your parents. 49 00:02:26,956 --> 00:02:30,138 And that is no small thing. 50 00:02:30,138 --> 00:02:31,760 You enjoy your meals. 51 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,571 Enjoy them. 52 00:02:33,571 --> 00:02:38,922 We never did much cooking out. 53 00:02:38,922 --> 00:02:40,770 We don't have time to cook out. 54 00:02:40,770 --> 00:02:43,177 We don't have time to heat that thing up. 55 00:02:43,177 --> 00:02:46,033 Get it on. Get it going. 56 00:02:46,033 --> 00:02:48,278 But there's something to be said for it. 57 00:02:48,278 --> 00:02:50,689 Slow down. 58 00:02:50,689 --> 00:02:52,516 Heat that grill up 59 00:02:52,516 --> 00:02:54,765 and enjoy your meal together. 60 00:02:54,765 --> 00:02:57,180 Make every meal to be a holy time. 61 00:02:57,180 --> 00:03:05,546 Make every meal to be a Bible school. 62 00:03:05,546 --> 00:03:08,351 Share with one another your experiences, 63 00:03:08,351 --> 00:03:10,620 parents and children, 64 00:03:10,620 --> 00:03:12,518 and what you're going through. 65 00:03:12,518 --> 00:03:15,076 The meal time, the table time, 66 00:03:15,076 --> 00:03:17,271 it's a tremendous opportunity 67 00:03:17,271 --> 00:03:20,096 to touch base and share what you saw 68 00:03:20,096 --> 00:03:24,587 that morning or what happened this afternoon. 69 00:03:24,587 --> 00:03:26,509 I haven't given enough credit 70 00:03:26,509 --> 00:03:29,211 to what is it? Mark 6? 71 00:03:29,211 --> 00:03:30,900 Where the Lord says 72 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:33,105 come aside for awhile and rest. 73 00:03:33,105 --> 00:03:35,413 I have not given that enough credit. 74 00:03:35,413 --> 00:03:37,473 I mean, the Lord said that. 75 00:03:37,473 --> 00:03:38,921 He said that. 76 00:03:38,921 --> 00:03:43,233 And we took some family vacations. 77 00:03:43,233 --> 00:03:45,711 I'm glad for every one of them we had. 78 00:03:45,711 --> 00:03:49,578 But if I had it to do again, 79 00:03:49,578 --> 00:03:51,379 I'd buy a better tent - 80 00:03:51,379 --> 00:03:53,559 one where you could stand up, 81 00:03:53,559 --> 00:03:56,035 move around. 82 00:03:56,035 --> 00:03:58,172 Not just some little bit of a thing 83 00:03:58,172 --> 00:04:00,619 where you've got to crawl in and dread it at night 84 00:04:00,619 --> 00:04:02,840 and kick your shoes off in the cold. 85 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,948 And they get wet in the morning. 86 00:04:05,948 --> 00:04:08,750 When it's time to work, work. 87 00:04:08,750 --> 00:04:12,107 When it's time to play, play. 88 00:04:12,107 --> 00:04:15,652 Enjoy your vacations. 89 00:04:15,652 --> 00:04:17,833 Somebody I think quoted it tonight. 90 00:04:17,833 --> 00:04:20,128 1 Peter 3: 91 00:04:20,128 --> 00:04:22,780 "And he who would see good days 92 00:04:22,780 --> 00:04:24,395 and love life..." 93 00:04:24,395 --> 00:04:25,868 Peter said that. 94 00:04:25,868 --> 00:04:28,084 Good days? I thought all these days 95 00:04:28,084 --> 00:04:29,785 were supposed to be evil. 96 00:04:29,785 --> 00:04:32,140 You know, this present evil world. 97 00:04:32,140 --> 00:04:34,287 And love life? I thought you were 98 00:04:34,287 --> 00:04:35,922 supposed to hate your life. 99 00:04:35,922 --> 00:04:37,841 But there's a sense in which 100 00:04:37,841 --> 00:04:39,974 the opposite is true. 101 00:04:39,974 --> 00:04:43,638 And so enjoy your vacations. 102 00:04:43,638 --> 00:04:47,543 Take them. Take them. 103 00:04:47,543 --> 00:04:51,453 Enjoy your work. 104 00:04:51,453 --> 00:04:53,547 Here I am. 105 00:04:53,547 --> 00:04:56,747 See? I can barely sit at my desk. 106 00:04:56,747 --> 00:05:01,731 I can barely read my Bible. 107 00:05:01,731 --> 00:05:04,172 Don't think that if I get sick ever 108 00:05:04,172 --> 00:05:05,526 I'm going to have more time 109 00:05:05,526 --> 00:05:07,418 to read my Bible and pray. 110 00:05:07,418 --> 00:05:08,407 No way. 111 00:05:08,407 --> 00:05:10,737 You don't do anything more when you're sick 112 00:05:10,737 --> 00:05:14,169 except groan. 113 00:05:14,169 --> 00:05:18,063 So, just enjoy your health. 114 00:05:18,063 --> 00:05:19,525 I remember Conrad Murrell - 115 00:05:19,525 --> 00:05:21,623 he came to Kirksville. 116 00:05:21,623 --> 00:05:24,418 I was still single at the time. 117 00:05:24,418 --> 00:05:28,768 (incomplete thought) 118 00:05:28,768 --> 00:05:31,901 No, I take it back. I was still working. 119 00:05:31,901 --> 00:05:34,282 It was before I'd quit my job. 120 00:05:34,282 --> 00:05:37,382 And I think I came down to the meeting. 121 00:05:37,382 --> 00:05:38,692 And I said to Conrad, 122 00:05:38,692 --> 00:05:43,511 "Is it alright for me to put a T-bone steak in that oven?" 123 00:05:43,511 --> 00:05:45,397 And he says, "It sure is." 124 00:05:45,397 --> 00:05:47,169 He says, "You put a steak in there 125 00:05:47,169 --> 00:05:49,651 and you enjoy it and thank God for it, 126 00:05:49,651 --> 00:05:51,497 and when He takes it away from you, 127 00:05:51,497 --> 00:05:56,541 you thank Him for that too." 128 00:05:56,541 --> 00:05:58,273 And so, enjoy your work. 129 00:05:58,273 --> 00:06:00,152 Don't look at it as drudgery. 130 00:06:00,152 --> 00:06:02,826 What a privilege you've got to go to work 131 00:06:02,826 --> 00:06:05,061 and do something for society 132 00:06:05,061 --> 00:06:09,898 and for Christ. 133 00:06:09,898 --> 00:06:13,476 So there's something to be said for that side too. 134 00:06:13,476 --> 00:06:22,011 Come aside and rest awhile. 135 00:06:22,011 --> 00:06:24,401 Make memories. 136 00:06:24,401 --> 00:06:29,142 Look your children in the eye. 137 00:06:29,142 --> 00:06:32,847 And tell them you love them. 138 00:06:32,847 --> 00:06:37,122 Let them enjoy you. 139 00:06:37,122 --> 00:06:41,200 Come on, let them in. 140 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:46,576 Tell them you do. 141 00:06:46,576 --> 00:06:49,645 Enjoy one another. 142 00:06:49,645 --> 00:06:52,219 You look around the room. 143 00:06:52,219 --> 00:06:54,259 You look around the church, 144 00:06:54,259 --> 00:06:58,464 and you can see, well, he's not perfect. 145 00:06:58,464 --> 00:07:00,891 He's got this fault and that fault. 146 00:07:00,891 --> 00:07:03,864 But the same for you. 147 00:07:03,864 --> 00:07:06,870 Enjoy the brethren and the good 148 00:07:06,870 --> 00:07:10,073 that you do find in them. 149 00:07:10,073 --> 00:07:12,462 Drop your guard a little. 150 00:07:12,462 --> 00:07:14,647 Cut them some slack. 151 00:07:14,647 --> 00:07:18,165 Enjoy your pastor; your pastors. 152 00:07:18,165 --> 00:07:19,823 Give them a break. 153 00:07:19,823 --> 00:07:21,937 You know, it says in Hebrews 13 154 00:07:21,937 --> 00:07:26,722 that they're watching for your souls. 155 00:07:26,722 --> 00:07:29,915 Let them do it with joy and not with grief. 156 00:07:29,915 --> 00:07:38,681 Give them a little joy. 157 00:07:38,681 --> 00:07:40,605 There's a burden there, 158 00:07:40,605 --> 00:07:45,118 again, that they're carrying that's unique. 159 00:07:45,118 --> 00:07:47,782 Give them some joy. 160 00:07:47,782 --> 00:07:49,999 The biggest joy you can give them, of course, 161 00:07:49,999 --> 00:07:56,351 is to walk with Christ and quit sinning. 162 00:07:56,351 --> 00:07:58,349 I have no greater joy 163 00:07:58,349 --> 00:08:02,985 than to see my children walking in the truth. 164 00:08:02,985 --> 00:08:05,768 I believe that's all.