Rick Warren - When Life Shakes You, Only This Will Hold You (Part 2)

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1:02Sometimes in your life you're going to be so weak, you can't even pray. Sometimes in your life you're going to be so weak, you can't read the Bible. You can't go to a Bible study, you can't work, you can't do anything. What do you do in those moments? You're just laying there in bed so weak. I rest in the strength of the Lord in his arms like a little child and I trust. You see, weakness can actually be a good thing in your life if it causes you to depend on God. Look at this verse up here on the screen. This is from St. Paul. Paul says this, 2 Corinthians 12. Three times I begged God to take away my weakness. You've got some weaknesses you'd like God to take away. You've probably asked them to. And each time God said, my grace is all you need. My power works best in your weakness. So you don't need anything else, you just need me. My power works best in your weakness. So Paul says, I know gladly boast.

2:03I boast about how we can. I used to hide my weaknesses. I used to be ashamed of my weaknesses. Paul says, not anymore. I'm proud of my weaknesses. Why? Because when I'm weakness, when I'm weakest, the power of Christ works in the world. It's not me and shows up through me. When I'm weak, then I am strong. See, that's the paradox of depending on God. The more you're weak, the more you depend on God. The more you depend on God, the stronger you get. To be blessed by God, I depend on God's wisdom and I depend on God's strength. But the third thing is I depend on God's timing. Not mine. The older I get, the more I understand how timing is so important in every area of life. Look at it in sports. You can see it easily. The difference between a professional pitcher and an amateur is timing. The difference between a professional golf player and an amateur is timing.

3:04You can see it in things like cooking. A professional cook knows that it takes 37 seconds in the toaster for the perfect pop tart. You can see it in all kinds of areas of life. You see it in your life. God's timing. The right timing is God working in the right way in your life. The Bible is really clear about the fact that there are seasons to our life. And the fact, I don't like this, but the fact is one of those seasons that God talks about again and again is the season of waiting. He is working in our lives during this season of waiting. While you're waiting, God is working. Don't think that the season of waiting means that God has stopped working. He's still working. He's just taking us through a season of waiting because of timing, because of what he's doing in our lives, because of what he's doing in circumstances. So that's why the Bible says in Psalm 31, 14, and 15, I trust in you, O Lord, you are my God. My times are in your hands.

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6:10God is saying, what am I doing in your life? You can trust me with this. The problem with waiting is our human nature and the culture around us. Everything about it says don't wait. Get things as quickly as you can. When we have fast track and fast passes and one of the best business magazines is fast company, everything is fast. When I go through the drive through, I don't know if you guys are like this for getting food. I like to like give my food at the first window. And I want to see the bag come out so I can just sort of keep driving by and grab it as I go by. I don't want to even wait 20 seconds. That's the way we tend to be wired in our culture. And it goes against God's blessing in our lives. Because God's blessing comes through these times of waiting. Ecclesiastes 3.11 says God has set the right time for everything. Now I know some of you right now you are in a time of waiting. Maybe it's for school to end. Maybe it's for a man or a woman to come into your life. Maybe it's for a marriage to happen or for a baby to come.

7:10You're in this time of waiting in your life. And if you're honest you would say I'm frustrated right now without slow, this is working. We've all been there at times. There's a promise in the Bible that tells you not only that God is working but also how God is working. It's an important promise to understand for how God works in our lives during these times of waiting. Today as 60 verse 22 says, I am the Lord and when it is time I will make these things happen quickly. Here's how God's working, how He works in our lives and it will drive you crazy. You wait and wait and wait for something and then all of a sudden God just gives it to you all at once and it's just overwhelming and you say I was asking for it because you slow it down a little bit now. This can happen with I know a lot of people who've been through adoptions like this where they started the adoption process and they thought the adoption was going to go through in a few months and they waited months and months and sometimes years and years and thought it never was going to happen and then they get the phone call and the phone call says,

8:11okay we got the baby for you, are you ready in two days and you got to go pick them up in another country. Can you do that? That's how God works many times. That's how God works in sending Jesus into this world. The Bible tells us that the world waited thousands of years for Jesus to come the first time but at the right time Jesus came into the world and we've been waiting two thousand years now for Jesus to come again. When's it going to come again? God's right time. That's when he's going to come. You might write this down in your outline just this sentence, a delay is not a denial. Just remember that a delay is not a denial. We think God is saying no but really God is saying not yet. Will you keep trusting me through this? This has to do many times with how we talk to God about it, how we pray. Sometimes when we pray about something we say God, it's like I want to give you first option on this. Can you do this really fast? If you don't get it done then I'm going to go get it done myself. I don't care what I have to do, I'm going to get it done. And God's saying no are you trusted me.

9:12Micah talked about that. Micah 7 says, I trust the Lord to save me and I will wait on him. I'm not going to go out and get it myself. I'm not going to accomplish this myself. I'm going to wait on him to answer my prayer. That is the kind of face that God blesses. You know, one of the things that Tom just said, and I had to see anybody writing it down and it's brilliant so you need to write this down. While I'm waiting God's working, you need to write that down. He said while I'm waiting God's working, a lot of times we think while I'm waiting nothing's happening. But God is often working behind the scenes in ways you can't even see to get you ready for the answer to your prayer while you're waiting God's working. It's not like God's waiting while you're waiting. Enjoy big savings with Red Hot deals at Vons and Albertsons. This week at Vons and Albertsons, baby back pork ribs are 299 per pound with membership where applicable limit three racks.

10:13And ballpark hot dogs or hamburger buns eight count are 299 with digital coupon. Plus personal seedless watermelons or canelope are 199 each with digital coupon. Enjoy fresh and delicious savings for every meal. Hurry in, these deals won't last. Visit vonsoralbertsons.com for more deals and ways to save. McDonald's is putting value back on the menu. Whether you're craving a big mac, McNuggets or sausage egg and cheese, McGrittles, make it a meal and save. Your favorite is now your wallet's favorite too. Extra value meals are back. Sun rises, prices fall, get a sausage McMuffin with egg or sausage egg and cheese McGrittles, small hot coffee and hash frowns for just $6. Price and participation may vary. Promotion pricing may be lower than meal pricing. Ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba. Enjoy big savings with Red Hot deals at Vons and Albertsons. This week at Vons and Albertsons, baby back pork ribs are 299 per pound with membership where applicable limit three racks.

11:14And ballpark hot dogs or hamburger buns 8 count are 299 with digital coupon. Plus personal seedless watermelons or canelope are 199 each with digital coupon. Enjoy fresh and delicious savings for every meal. Hurry in, these deals won't last. Visit vonsoralbertsons.com for more deals and ways to save. God's working. Now let me just give you a little lesson. God always gives his best to those who wait. And if you get in a hurry, you're going to settle for second best in your life. And before God brings the best man into your life, the best woman into your life, the best job into your life, the best opportunity in your life, Satan's going to give you all kinds of detours. Anything, hey, see me over here, me over here. And you go, you know, I'm getting tired. Why don't we just pick this one? And you settle for less than God's best in your life. Don't do it. As your pastor who loves you, I'm telling you, don't do it.

12:16If you will wait for God's best, God always gives his best to those who leave the choice to him. But if you get frantic and you get nervous and you get in a hurry and you start trying to answer your own prayer, you will have a fatal flaw and a terrible mistake in your life. If you want God's blessing, you ought to learn this truth very deeply. Spiritual poverty means I don't do it myself. I depend on God's wisdom. I depend on God's strength and I depend on God's timing. And he'll answer it when he's ready to answer it and when he knows I'm ready for the answer. I'm going to trust him. All right. Number four, let me give you another way to practice this week. To be blessed by God, I depend on God's wisdom, God's strength, God's timing and I also depend on God's defense, not mine. I'll explain this, but I depend on God's defense, not mine.

13:22There's always going to be people in your life who misunderstand you. Do you agree with that? There always be people around who misunderstand. There are always people people who don't like you. There always be people who criticize you, judge you, attack you, gossip about you, spread rumors about you. And a lot of people like, you know, if I could just be perfect then everybody would like me wrong. Jesus was perfect and a lot of people didn't like him. So even if you were perfect, even if you were Jesus, there would be people who are just not going to like you. And so they're going to attack and they're going to criticize and they're going to try to get an even in your closest relationships, those who love you most, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your husband, your wife, those who love you most, you're still going to be misunderstood by them because we live in a broken world. And when you are misunderstood, you're going to have a tendency to get in there and defend yourself. And when you're attacked, your tendency is attacked back.

14:23When people criticize you, you want to criticize back. People slam you. You want to slam them back. People insult you. You want to insult them back. You're out on the freeway. Somebody expresses to you the international sign of displeasure. You want to express the international sign of displeasure back to them. Don't do it. Let God be your defender. Don't defend yourself. God says every time you get under attack, get criticized, get put down, get misunderstood. Now you got two choices. You can defend yourself or you can let me defend you. What it'll be. Who do you think can do a better job at defending you? Yeah, God can. Now you aren't listening to me very closely. You're most like Christ. You're most like Jesus. When you say nothing in the face of attack in the face of unjust unfair criticism in the

15:27face of lies about you. You're most like Jesus when you say nothing and you remain silent and you just say, I'm going to put this in the hands of God and let him be my defender and I'm going to try on myself and defend myself back. Do you know someone who's graduating this year? Be it your son or daughter, a grandchild or perhaps a neighbor or family friend. As you enjoy big savings with Red Hot Deals at Vons and Albertsons. This week at Vons and Albertsons, baby back pork ribs are 299 per pound with membership where applicable limit three racks and ballpark hot dogs or hamburger buns eight count are 299 with digital coupon. Plus personal seedless watermelons or cantaloupe are 199 each with digital coupon. Enjoy fresh and delicious savings for every meal. Hurry in, these deals won't last. Visit vonsouralbertsons.com for more deals and ways to save.

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17:31Celebrate this important milestone and they begin the next phase of their journey. They need to know that God created them, loves them and has a plan for their life. That's why Pastor Rick created a special resource just for graduates. Called the Purpose Driven Life, selected thoughts and scriptures for the graduate. Filled with inspirational scripture, biblical wisdom from Pastor Rick and beautiful imagery. This unique hardcover gift book provides a priceless reminder of the Bountiful Life God has planned for your graduate and it will inspire them to seek his unique plan and purpose for their life. Don't miss this opportunity to minister to the graduate in your life today. We'll send you a copy to say thanks when you give a gift to daily hope to help share the hope of Jesus Christ with people around the world. In 1 Peter 2.23 we talked about last week Jesus crucifixion and his resurrection.

18:33It says when they hurled insults at him, Jesus, he did not retaliate. And he suffered, he made no threats back. Instead he entrusted himself to God to set things right. That means I depend on God to meet my defender. You know, I told you last week that they did six trials for Jesus, three Roman, three Jewish trials. All of them were sham trials. They were all fake phony trials. And one time the religious leaders take Jesus to Pilate who is the Roman governor of Israel at that time, Palestine. And they bring him in and they make a false charge of Jesus. And they said, this guy is trying to overthrow you. He wants to be king. He wants your job, Pilate. He wants to overthrow you. He thinks he's the king. And Pilate looks at him and goes, is that true? He's asking Jesus.

19:33You want my job? You trying to overthrow me? I'm the Roman appointed governor. You claim to be the king of Israel. Not when they don't have a king. You want my job? Is that what you're saying? And the Bible says Jesus would not even dignify that false accusation with an answer. It said he remained totally silent. He spaked not unto them. He said not a word unto them. You are most like Jesus when you face, flack, and don't defend it and don't attack back. Now here's an interesting thing. When people don't like you, they get what's called motivated reasoning. And so often, they'll just look, if people don't want to like you, they'll believe anything negative. Isn't that true? If people don't want to like you, they are quick to believe the negative and they do not believe anything positive. They don't want to believe the negative. Now here's the problem. Today on the internet, anybody can say anything about you and it's global, it's searchable,

20:40and it's permanent, and it's never going off. So somebody can say something bad about you and it's there and nobody's ever taken it down. And 10 years from today, somebody can Google your name and find that. And it wasn't true today. It won't be true 10 years from today, but they'll believe it. That's the kind of world you're going to live in. So you got to learn how to depend on God's defense. Enjoy big savings with Red Hot deals at Vons and Albertsons. This week at Vons and Albertsons, baby back pork ribs are 2.99 per pound with membership where applicable limit three racks. And ballpark hot dogs or hamburger buns eight count are 2.99 with digital coupon. Plus personal seedless watermelons or cantaloupe are 1.99 each with digital coupon. Enjoy fresh and delicious savings for every meal. Hurry in, these deals won't last. Visit vonsoralbertsons.com for more deals and ways to save. Right now at Subway, try the 4.99 sub of the day. Get a different 6-inch sub every day for just 4.99 each, like meatball marinara on Mondays,

21:43tuna on Tuesdays, and the BMT on Saturdays. It's a different 6-inch sub every day, packed with protein and your choice of chopped veggies for just 4.99 each. Or make it a meal with chips and a drink for just $2 more. And hurry, it's only for a limited time and only at Subway. At participating restaurants, prices higher in Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii, and on third party delivery, add on taxes and fees for delivery additional. Enjoy big savings with red hot deals at Vons and Albertsons. This week at Vons and Albertsons, baby back pork ribs are 2.99 per pound with membership where applicable limit three racks. And ballpark hot dogs or hamburger buns eight count are 2.99 with digital coupon. This personal seedless watermelons or canelope are 1.99 each with digital coupon. Enjoy fresh and delicious savings for every meal. Hurry in, these deals won't last. Visit Vons or Albertsons.com for more deals and ways to save. Your own, why? Because to be a leader is to be misunderstood. If you're going to be a leader in your home, if you're going to believe a leader at your

22:45school, in your community, in your church, or anywhere else, to be a leader means somebody's going to misunderstand you. You spend all your time trying to correct those misunderstandings, but here's what happens. If they don't like you, just, and they have motivated reason, a lot of people say, well, if I teach them the truth, then they'll like me. But if actually you teach them the truth, it just makes them more mad. It makes them more mad because you've disproven they were wrong and now they really don't like you. And so they go out and they find out something else. The more effective you are in life, the more you're going to be attacked. I decided a long time ago that I'm not going to spend any of my time trying to answer every lie, every criticism, every rumor, every gossip, every false representation. I'm just going to leave it to God. Why? Because if I did spend my time trying to correct all those things, I wouldn't have any

23:45time for anything else. The more influence you have, the more you're going to be criticized in life. Just count on it. And pioneers get the arrows in the back. If you're going to call the shots, you're going to take the shots. So to be a leader in a business means you're going to be criticized. To be a leader in a church means you're going to be criticized. Community anywhere else. I want you to be fearless. What God wants is a generation of fearless men and fearless women who say, I'm going to do the right thing. It doesn't really matter what anything else because I'm living for an audience of one well-done, now good and faithful servant. That's what I'm living for. Now you just leave it to God because you can't correct it all. And even if you did, it's not, they're not going to change your attitude. Now let me show you a couple verses. Psalm chapter 2 verse 12. God blesses and God protects everyone who runs to Him.

24:49Not everybody who defends himself, not everybody who fights back, not everybody who goes tit for tat and you hit me, I hit you back. God blesses those who run to Him. So you let God be your defender against accusations and against critics. The next verse Psalm 62 on your outline gives us five metaphors for God's protection. I want you to underline them. David says this, I depend on God alone. I put my hope in Him. He alone protects underlines. He alone protects. He alone saves, underlines saves. He alone protects and saves me. He is my defender, underline that, my defender. I shall not be defeated, underline, not be defeated. My salvation and honor depend on God. What's your honor? It's your reputation. It's your reputation. My salvation and my reputation depend on God.

25:49He is my strong protector and He is my shield. I'm underline my shield. Now notice the five metaphors. God says He's my protector. He's my savior. He's my defender. He's my victor and He's my shelter. He's then, let me handle it. When you do that, you are being poor in spirit. You're saying, God, I'm not depending on myself. I'm depending on you. I depend on your wisdom. I depend on your strength. I depend on your timing and your plan. And I depend on your defense. Not mine. And when God... Toyota's easy choice sales event is on. Whether you're looking for the performance of the camera, the versatility of Rav4, the efficiency of a Corolla, or all electric driving in the BZ, there's a Toyota that's just right for you. And with great deals across the lineup, now's the time to find yours. But hurry, these deals won't last long. Toyota's easy choice sales event and soon.

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28:54It's the number one cause of divorce, financial pressure. It's the number one anxious, anxiety-producing issue. Money. Am I going to have enough to survive? Am I going to have enough to make it financial worries? It keeps people awake at night. And it causes people to all kinds of stupid things because they start worrying about money. So let me just give you one more way to depend on God. And that is this. Number five, I depend on God's wealth. Not mine. For my own safety, for my own security, I depend on God's wealth. Not my wealth, for my security. If you put your security in your bank account, you are an insecure person because you can lose everything you've got in the bank. If you put your security in your job, you are a very insecure person because you can lose your job. If you put your security in your investments,

29:54you're a very insecure person because you can lose your investments. You have to put your security in something that cannot be taken from you. And that is God. Here's what the Bible says about God's wealth, not yours. Philippians 4.19. And my God will supply all my needs. Good. My God will supply all my needs from His abundant wealth, circle that is God's wealth, not your wealth, that makes you secure, from His abundant wealth, because of what Christ Jesus has done for me. So I depend on God's wealth, not my wealth. I depend on how much God's got, not how much I've got, to be secure and to not be anxious. I want you to write this down, write it down on your outline. My job is a channel, but God is my source. Well, let me explain this. Very important. If you understand this, you'll have so much less stress

30:56in your life. My job is a channel, but God is the source of my supply. Let me give you an example. If I were to go home from this service, and I were to turn on the faucet in our kitchen, and no water came out, what would I do? Would I say, oh my, the world has run out of water. There's no water left in the whole wide world. I turned on the faucet. There is no more water left, of course not. I know the problem is not with the source. The problem is with the distribution point. The problem is not the source. There's plenty of water in the world. The problem is the channel. The channel has gotten blocked one way or another. And you know what? If one channel gets blocked in your life, and this faucet stops working, God can turn on another faucet just as easy.

32:02And if God closes a door in your life, He can open another door. And if another door closes, He can open a window, and you can crawl through it. God is not limited to your ability and capacity. Your job as a channel, God is, or if you think that your job is what keeps you financially secure, you're going to be insecure your entire life. Living poor in spirit means I realize that God is the source of my supply, and I depend on God's wealth. My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches and gold. One month, you're slammed. The next, you're chasing bids. Small businesses live with that reality. Your software costs shouldn't. Autodesk gets it. Autodesk for small business makes it easy to start with Autodesk Flex. A pays you go away to access the tools you need when you need them. With prepaid tokens, you can use more than 100 Autodesk products without locking into a long-term commitment.

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35:13Just pray this. I want to depend on your wisdom this week. Your wisdom, not mine. So you can replace my confusion with your confidence. I want to depend on your strength, not mine. So your power can show up in my weakness. I want to depend on your timing. Help me to be patient, quietly trust. I know that at the right time you can change things instantly. And Lord, when people misunderstand me or criticize me, I want to quietly trust you for my defense. I don't want to retaliate. I want to be like Jesus. Finally, Lord, I want to look to you as a source to meet all my needs. Help me this week to walk in the strength of the Lord. Help me to walk in the strength of the Lord.

36:18And I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Do you know someone who's graduating this year? Maybe it's your son or daughter, a grandchild, or perhaps a neighbor or family friend? As you celebrate this important milestone and they begin the next phase of their journey, they need to know that God created them, loves them, and has a plan for their life. That's why Pastor Rick created a special resource just for graduates, called The Purpose Driven Life, Selected Thoughts and Scriptures for the Graduate. Filled with Inspirational Scripture, Biblical Wisdom from Pastor Rick, and Beautiful imagery. This unique, hard-covered gift book provides a priceless reminder of the Bountiful Life God has planned for your graduate, and it will inspire them to seek his unique plan

37:19and purpose for their life. Don't miss this opportunity to minister to the graduate in your life today. We'll send you a copy to say thanks when you give a gift to daily hope to help share the hope of Jesus Christ with people around the world.