Discover Life - Experiencing God with Brock @ RWC
By Brock MacDonald
Discover Life - Experiencing God with Brock @ RWCJul 10, 2021
Summer Plans
Without a prophetic vision, people cast off restraint.
Ask for your adventure. Listen. Write. Share. Chase.
Be Yourself. Trees. Steel. Infrared.
which is not distinct from the essence of God, and therefore a tree imitates God by being a tree”
- Thomas Merton.
Questions
Tree
1. Do I know what has God made me to be? Generally - as a person? Specifically to me?
2. Am I focused on that? Passively growing? Ignoring? Opposing?
Steel
3. Self Maintenance. What are some causes of grit in my life? What loosens my connection with God?
4. How can I stay oiled up?
Idols: Ultimates & Comforts
Calling - Matthew 7:7
Consider your calling. What are you doing with your life? What are you focused on?
People ask what you’ll do with your life. Probably go to school. Get a job. Yeah. Is that what you want to be remember for? Sure new how to make a good burger. Or code. Or edit. Or speak.
You are not average. Not the norm. Don’t try to be. The norm is missing the point. They are collecting napkins from all the different restaurants at wonderland, trying to get one of each. Not the point. Wonderland is about the rides. And food. With friends. Not napkins.
Life is not about popularity. Or grades. Or money. Or followers. Or romance. Or fitness.
- these things are tools. Don’t be a tool collector. Be a builder.
- The thing we build is relationship.
- The most important one is God. And then the people he gives you.
Is your life about stuff? I like stuff. But if my life is only as nice as my stuff, will people be happier when I’m gone, so they can have my stuff? Gotta find a better focus.
Or is your life about people. Fitting in. Being cool.
We have a fear of being lonely. A desire to be accepted. These are normal, good things, like hunger is a healthy warning. Food needed soon. Tired. Need rest soon. But if we satisfy it the wrong way, it messes us up. I eat too much. I don’t want to ever feel hunger. Maybe you hate feeling tired. So you caffeinate or stimulate.
If you fear being lonely, so you try to fit in with the majority. (The majority is headed the wrong way. Broad path leads to hell) don’t follow the crowd.
These good desires are meant to be mostly satisfied in God. He is always with you. You don’t have to feel lonely. He also wants you to be with people, it’s not just you n Jesus in a desert island for ever. But mostly God. Without God, it’s like trying to fill up on just soup. Fills you up for a minute. But soon, you’ll need some substance.
He accepts you. Jesus was perfect. And said we can have his marks if we follow him. Perfection. Not based on my performance. I’m accepted. And God is proud of my efforts to become like him.
There’s life to be found here guys. He understands you. He cares. He doesn’t leave.
Be with him.
So your life. Is there space for him? Pause app. Bible reading. Think about dedicating a time n space to him. Make it special. He wants to meet you.
He’s waiting for you. And as we wait for him, we become like him.
This is a huge part of your life’s calling. Figure it out on the way.
A boss I had, he always said it’s fixing the plane while we’re flying. No getting it perfect first. Invite God into this moment. Right now. And before bed tonight. Into your meals. Into your class. Your next game. Next reel. Next chat. Next problem. Next fight.
He’s calling you to chase him. Will you?
Ask.
Seek.
Knock.
Parable of the Phones
Sleep
Primer.
Parables 3 - Your Own Parables Competition
Tomato Plants
The Injured Dove
The Sea Shells
The Apple Tree
Parables 2 - Oct. 14
- sometimes Jesus parables were intentionally vague, cause people weren’t interested in his story, they only wanted to look good.
Oct 7 - What’s a Parable?
Sept 30 ! Stress ! How to beat back stress, anxiety & depression
Classics 5 - Solitude
Church Chats 5 - Worship
What do you love to talk about? What is Worship?
Where do you go when you're stressed?
Why do we worship? What does it do in us?
Hebrews 12:1 B - "...let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us"
John 14:1-7 - check it out. He's preparing a place for us - he is the path we walk. He is the life we live.
John Wesley "As long as God has work for me, I am immortal."
C.S. Lewis: If I find in myself desires that nothing in this world can satisfy, I can only conclude that I was not made for here.
Rev. 3:17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
C.S. Lewis "When we consider the unblushing promises offered in the gospels from Christ it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not to strong but too weak. He says, “we are half hearted creatures falling about with drink, sex and ambition while infinite joy is being offered to us.” He says "we are like a peasant playing with a mudpie in a slum because we don't know what is meant by the offer to vacation at sea. And he ends with this great line, "We are far too easily pleased.
Classic 4 - Silence
Church Chats 4 - Who is God? Awe
Fasting - Spirit Boost by a Simple Stop
- find the path to:
* Strong Health,
* Whole Hearts and
* Steady Impact