Part 3 HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT IN OUR LIVES TODAY? • I want what Yahwah wants BUT I want to be married by the time I’m 30 because my biological clock is ticking baby! • I want what Yahwah wants BUT this house has been in my family for 50 years… so I’ll do your work as long as it’s right where I’m at. • I want to be a part of this church BUT I want to enjoy it; I don’t want to serve. I just want to send my kids to their classes and let those who are faithful every week take them while I sit in and enjoy the service. • I want to worship Yahwah with singing BUT I only want to sing a certain style. • I want what Yahwah has for me financially BUT I don’t want to be generous… because the things of this world just mean too much to me. • I want what Yahwah has for me AS LONG as I can be comfortable. • What “BUT” is in the way of Yahwah’s will in your life? • We have too many “buts,” too many qualifications. • Whatever it is for you today, you need to surrender it to Yahwah and get it out of the way of Yahwah’s will. • You will never know what Yahwah has for you when we live life according to our own terms and qualifications. • Titus 1:16 says, “They claim to know Yahwah, but by their actions they deny him.” • That cannot be us. RECAP PHASES ONE AND TWO • Say the first two phases with me: “I want what I want and I want it NOW.” • “I want what Yahwah wants BUT.” • But phase three is where I pray that we all decide to live. (3) YOU WANT WHAT YAHWAH WANTS, PERIOD • No “ifs” “ands” “maybes” or “buts.” • When people wanted to follow Messiah, listen to what standards he gave them to follow. • Luke 9:23 says, “Then [Messiah] said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” • The word “deny” comes from the Greek (G533) word arneomai (ar-neh'-om-ahee) which means; to deny utterly, that is, disown, abstain • It means that we reject our own will so that we can experience His will. • We abdicate or surrender and give ourselves over unto Him. • We deny ourselves and we refuse ourselves. • If we want to be followers of Messiah; it’s not just a simple prayer that gives us a “get out of hell” from card BUT it’s a fully surrendered life. • It’s about denying ourselves; it’s no longer about me, I surrender it all to You. • It’s not something that you just pray but it’s a lifestyle that you live; it’s not longer about you; you live it and breathe it. • Let me promise you something; Messiah is able to lead you to places that you’d never be able to go on your own. • It’s a place that will exceed your greatest expectations. • But you can never experience that perfect will when it’s all about you. BACK TO MESSIAH AND LUCIFER • Lucifer… I WILL. • Look at Messiah as He’s in the Garden of Gethsemane; hurting so bad that I can’t even explain how much pain He’s in. • He was in so much pain and agony over what was to come that sweat mixed with blood was pouring from his head. • And Messiah, just for a moment, the Yahwah made flesh, all Yahwah yet all man; Messiah had a moment where He was probably in phase 2. • Matthew 26:39 says, “"My Father, if it is possible, may this cup [of suffering] be taken from me…” • Phase two: Messiah is saying, “Yahwah, I really want what you want BUT if there is any other way, I don’t want to suffer like this.” • But in a moment, it changes and he offers up the perfect surrender by saying, “not as I will, but as you will.” When I was in H.S. • Let me say it like this. • When I was back in high school, I was in weight lifting (Yea, I know you’re looking at me and laughing). • I couldn’t bench press 300+ lbs. • I only could do as much as I could do. • In your own life, you have to come to the place where you have completely exhausted your own strength and it needs to become all Yahwah. • If you are not completely convinced that Yahwah’s way is the best, then keep on doing it. • Pursue it with everything you’ve got; try it. • Try to make as much money as you can; absorb yourself in material things; use and abuse people for your own benefit. • Make a name for yourself; and then wake up one day empty.