Fair Trade Sunday 2015

every tribe or every group of people has its defining markers.

I thought for safety's sake, I might start with us.

So North Shore people, you know, has defining markers like boat shoes,

Range Rovers, polo shirts,

that thing that we never admit about how we think we're better

than anyone who lives anywhere else in Sydney.

Then, of course, there's the Westies who love stubbies, thongs, tattoos.

Shoes, country people, who, from what I can gather from Steve,

is basically boots, utes and guns,

and perhaps a little bit of good hospitality.

Now, I know there are stereotypes, there are general, there are exceptions,

but stereotypes exist for a reason.

There's always something there.

But what I wanted to ask is, what is it that marks this tribe?

What is it that marks Christians as distinct?

Or, if you like to ask it another way,

how do you tell if someone is actually a Christian?

Or whether or not they're just kind of doing lip service

to being a Christian and following Jesus?

What's the most important evidence of faith in Jesus?

Is it attire?

Socks and sandals?

I had a friend in Bible college

who purchased a Bible that was of the perfect size

to fit in a satchel that he also owned,

so that he would always be wearing his Bible

in his Bible satchel.

Is that the definitive marker of someone who is genuine

when it comes to following Jesus?

Is it maybe a personality trait,

something that we don't want to admit,

like being judgmental,

being the moral police?

Well, there's probably lots of things that matter

when it comes to being genuine in the way we follow Jesus.

But tonight I want to look at one that,

as you go through Scripture,

is quite conspicuous and unavoidable.

And so I want to throw a whole bunch of verses

at you really quickly.

They're going to be on the screen

so that you can read them with me.

And then we'll come back and look at it in the end.

So first up is Micah 6, verse 6 to 8.

Micah 6:6–8

It says,

He has shown you,

O mortal, what is good.

And what does the Lord require of you?

To act justly,

and to love mercy,

and to walk humbly with your God.

Again, Luke 3, verse 11.

Luke 3:11

Anyone who has two shirts

should share with the one who has none.

Anyone who has food should do the same.

Psalm 41.

Blessed are those who have regard for the weak.

The Lord delivers them in times of trouble.

Proverbs 14.

Whoever oppresses the poor

shows contempt for their maker,

but whoever is kind to the needy

honors God.

Isaiah 58.

If you spend yourselves

on behalf of the hungry

and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,

then your light will rise in the darkness

and your night will become

like the noonday.

And then James 1.27.

Religion that God our Father accepts

as pure and faultless is this.

That's a significant introduction sentence.

You know you need to pay attention

to what comes after that.

Religion that God our Father accepts

as pure and faultless is this.

To look after orphans and widows

in their distress

and to keep oneself

from being polluted by the world.

One of the distinct markers

of those who follow Jesus

is a social conscience.

And more than just a social conscience

and an investment,

a concern for those who are in need,

essential to genuine faith

is a heart that cares about

the less fortunate,

that cares about the widow,

the orphan,

the oppressed.

And look,

on one level that just seems

really obvious.

It just makes sense.

It just kind of fits with

who Jesus is

and what he was like.

The general vibe of Jesus

was to go and hang out

with the downtrodden,

to be nice to those

that everybody else

left to the side.

But you might be wondering,

given that we had

a fair trade expo today,

is this sermon

just a bit of a

fair trade beat-up?

Am I just trying to

pump the tyres

of a particular cause

that we're focusing on

this week

to try and, you know,

get you revved up

in that direction?

Well, maybe a better question

to ask would be,

why does this matter?

Why is this so significant

when it comes to testing

the genuineness

of someone's faith,

someone's claim

to follow Jesus?

I want to give you

three reasons.

I think there's probably more,

but I want to give you

three tonight

that might be a good question,

a good test for you

in terms of whether or not

this is distinctive

in your life.

Three reasons this matters.

Firstly,

because all people

matter to God.

Not just some,

not just good,

not just Christians,

all people matter to God.

If we go back

to the very beginning

of Scripture,

the first thing

that God does

when He creates people

is He creates them

valuable.

He puts an intrinsic

dignity into people.

When He creates humans,

He puts His image

on them.

He by default

creates them

as something

that is representative

of Him.

And so we need

to look at all humans,

local,

foreign,

friendly,

enemy,

whatever,

as having some value,

some importance,

whether they're rich,

poor,

or otherwise.

I don't know

if you've noticed

that currently

in our country

as we debate

whether or not

we should accept

refugees,

and particularly

Syrian refugees

at the moment,

well-meaning people

are making suggestions

like,

maybe we should

just have

Christian refugees

come in.

Maybe we should

just have

non-Muslim refugees

come in.

And maybe

if you want

to be generous

it's a security fear,

whatever it is,

but as Christians

from the very

beginning of Scripture

God doesn't

distinguish

values

between different

kinds of people.

He creates

all people

in His image.

Muslim,

Christian,

Syrian,

Iraqi,

Iranian,

Australian.

Have you ever

noticed how

when there is

a disaster

in the world,

whether it's

a natural disaster,

a plane crash,

whatever it is,

that we get

given a particular

emphasis in the story.

So a plane

has crashed,

300 people are dead,

and there was

three Australians

on board.

Or there's

an earthquake,

X amount of people

are displaced,

etc.

This many Australians

were involved.

Now,

on one level,

sure,

we're in Australia,

there's a chance

we might know them,

but have you ever

asked why that

detail is so

important?

Why are those

three Australians

or ten Australians

or fifty Australians

more significant

than the other

300 or 5,000

or whoever it is

that's lost their

life?

Now,

I want to be

gracious because

it's loss,

it's pain.

There's so much

emotion wrapped up

in this sort of

a topic,

but I wonder

if the reason

that we go

there first,

I wonder if the

reason we

emphasise the

Australians

is because

we tend to

view the world

through a lens

that starts

with me.

and so if

they're Australian,

it's more

closely

associated

with me.

I can more

closely identify

with who

they are.

My value

almost gets

connected to

who they are,

whereas if I've

never met them

or seen them,

then it's still

sad, but it's

not the same,

is it?

But could it

be that the

Bible's painting

a really

different picture

about the way

God calls us

to view the

world?

Could it be

that every

single person

matters and

is valuable?

The second

passage that

Jimmy read out

for us in

Matthew 25

is a scary

passage in

many ways.

It's a picture

of the final

judgment.

Jesus

gathers

everybody in

front of his

judgment throne

and like a

shepherd begins

to sort between

the sheeps,

those who are

genuinely following

him, and the

goats, those who

maybe have paid

lip service, those

who have claimed

to be Christian,

but for whatever

reason are not

genuine.

And listen to

the words.

It says,

the king will

say to those

on his right,

this is to those

who have been

faithful,

come you who

are blessed by

my father,

take your

inheritance,

the kingdom

prepared for you

since the

creation of

the world,

for I was

hungry and

you gave me

something to

eat.

I was thirsty

and you gave

me something

to drink.

I was a

stranger and

you invited

me in.

I needed

clothes and

you clothed

me.

I was sick

and you

looked after

me.

I was in

prison and

you came

to visit

me.

Then the

righteous

will answer

him,

Lord,

when did

we see you

hungry and

feed you,

or thirsty

and give you

something to

drink?

When did

we see you

a stranger

and invite you

in, or

needing clothes

and clothe

you?

When did

we see you

sick or in

prison and

go to

visit you?

It's the

key line.

The king

will reply,

I tell you

the truth,

whatever you

did for one

of the least

of these

brothers of

mine,

you did

for me.

God

associates

his own

worth

with his

image bearers.

The way

that we

treat people

is directly

connected

to the

way that

we're

treating

God.

They're

actually

inseparable.

He has

designed

our

existence,

he's designed

our interactions

and our

relationships

in such

a way

that our

relationship

with him

is not

just some

abstract

spiritual

reality,

but it is

played out

in our

relationships

with one

another.

all people

matter to

God

because he

has created

them as

valuable.

The second

reason that

this social

conscience is

so significant

for us as

followers of

Jesus is that

we've got to

remember that

the world's

not supposed

to be like

this.

Now,

sure,

we live in a

really,

really privileged

part of the

world,

but when we

look at those

news stories,

there's this bit

of us that

goes,

that's not

right,

is it?

That's not

what God

intended.

Again,

Genesis 1,

God's good

design,

creation itself

has an

inbuilt

provision.

There's this

pattern in

Genesis 1,

when God's

creating,

he's walking

around,

let there be

light,

let there be

sea,

let there be

land,

let there be

trees,

let there be

all these

things,

let there be

animals,

and eventually

people.

There's a

pattern.

God always

creates what

is required

for life

before he

creates the

life.

He creates

the sea

before he

creates the

creatures to

go in it.

He creates

the plants

and trees

and fruit

and food

before he

creates the

animals and

the people

to live there

and be fed

by it.

Creation

itself has

provision designed

into it.

And in fact,

current statistics

tell us the same

story.

There is enough

food,

enough money,

enough medicine

for everyone

on the earth

right now.

But oppression

and greed

and injustice

mean that there

is an inequality

of distribution.

It's not

supposed to be

like this.

And so we've

got to understand

that what

happened from

that perfect

design that

God had

to our kind

of messed

up reality

reality now

is not

something that

we can fix

with money.

It's not a

matter of us

turning around

going,

I need to be

more generous.

I need to be

more caring.

The issue

that takes us

from a good

garden of

Eden to a

messed up

right now

is sin.

The problem

and the reason

this matters

for us as

Christians is

because this

is our

core issue.

Sin is the

reality of us

rejecting God,

telling him that

he doesn't

matter,

living as if

we're more

important,

and sin is

the reason

that there is

poverty in

the world.

Sin is the

reason that

there is

suffering in

the world.

Sin is the

reason that

there is

pain and

oppression and

injustice.

And what that

does is tell us

two things.

One, this isn't

a money issue,

it's a heart

issue.

And two, this

isn't someone

else's issue,

this is my

issue.

Now I want to

take a step

sideways just for a

second and just

talk about sin

and consequence.

What I'm not

saying and what

the Bible doesn't

teach is that I

be selfish here and

look after myself and

as a consequence God's

going to make me

poor later on.

It's not sin and

punishment like that,

it's not that

direct, but it's

more like the

collective consequence

of sin,

everybody's sin,

results in this

disproportionate

allocation of

wealth and

starvation.

It's kind of like if

you wander along

next to Sydney

Harbour, you

might see a

plastic bag floating

in the water,

you might see

somebody's Coke

can, a Snickers

wrapper, some

sort of floating

slick that you

can't quite

identify, it's

not real nice.

And you might

sit there at that

moment as you

walk past and

think, man,

whoever did that

should have to

pay.

Those dodgy

boat owners or

whoever it is

that's made that

mess, they should

have to clean

that up.

But what you've

got to understand

is you're part of

the problem.

Every time you

flush your toilet,

it's got to go

somewhere.

I mean, it's

treated, it's

looked after, but

it ends up in

the ocean.

It's kind of

like that with

sin.

It's not so

much that your

sin will have

results for you,

but ultimately a

whole world full of

people living for

themselves instead of

for God, a whole

world full of people

trying to look after

themselves instead of

each other, results

in some people

missing out, results

in some people

starving, some

people living in

what we would

consider unlivable

conditions.

And so there's an

inbuilt warning for

us today.

Be very careful

as you reflect on

issues like poverty

and oppression,

slave labour, all

that sort of stuff,

be very careful

not to look down

on the perpetrators.

Don't sit there

and tut-tut at

Nike and their

sweatshops.

Be sad, be

concerned, be

frustrated, but

don't judge.

Because you sin

too.

You're part of the

problem.

I'm part of the

problem.

You and I

contribute to the

issues.

part of the

issue.

Part of why this

matters for us so

much as Christians,

part of why this is a

measure of the

genuineness of our

faith is because it

takes us back to our

biggest issue, our

rejection of who God

is, our rejection of

his plan for our life.

And so tonight I want

to encourage you, rather

than feeling like a

victim in a bad world,

maybe instead you can

put your hand up and

confess that you're part

of the issue.

And then you can

depend on God's

goodness to forgive you

and use you in spite of

your weaknesses and

limitations to still be

contributing in a

helpful way.

Poverty and inequality

and oppression is part of

a bigger issue.

It's part of a sin issue.

It's the issue that Jesus

came to fix.

I want to go to the

Isaiah passage that was

read out for us and if

you can get that in

front of you, I encourage

you to have Isaiah 42

open.

This passage comes at a

point in Israel's history

where they are in exile.

That means they've been

dragged away from their

homeland.

They're living as slaves,

if you like, servants of

another country, longing

for a better time, crying

out to a God who had

promised to look after

them.

And listen to this short

few verses which is

pointing towards Jesus.

Listen to the

description of what

Jesus is going to do

and how he's going to

do it.

Chapter 42, verse 1.

Here is my servant whom

I uphold, my chosen one

in whom I delight.

I will put my spirit on

him and, this is his job,

he will bring justice to

the nations.

He will not shout or cry

out or raise his voice in

the streets.

A bruised reed he will not

break and a smouldering

wick he will not snuff out.

In faithfulness he will

bring forth justice.

He will not falter or be

discouraged till he

establishes justice on the

earth.

In his law the islands will

put their hope.

Jesus comes to bring

justice.

Now we know, we read the

New Testament, Jesus comes

to deal with sin and that's

the point.

They're actually connected.

It's the same problem.

It requires the same

solution.

In the book of Isaiah,

justice is given a much

richer definition.

Sometimes when we think

justice, our mind goes

straight away to a

courtroom.

We think about punishments

given out.

We think about people being

maybe vindicated if they've

been wrongly accused.

We think about this

judicial decree.

And that's part of the

picture.

That's the Matthew 25

picture where the King

Jesus sits on the throne

and says, you're a sheep,

you're a goat.

He does decree, innocent,

guilty, on board.

But there's more going on

here.

What Isaiah does for us

is help us to see that when

God talks about justice,

it includes all of his good

intention.

It includes essentially his

will.

What the servant will bring

is what was always supposed

to be.

What the servant will do is

fix everything that's

wrong.

What Jesus does when he

turns up is not just some

abstract up there, fix some

sin so that one day we go

to heaven.

He turns up to bring justice,

to deal with inequality, to

deal with poverty, to deal

with all the symptoms of sin

that exist in our lives, to

deal with sickness and pain

and frustration and anxiety

and all these things.

You can see it in Jesus'

ministry.

Yes, he preaches.

He says, come.

He says, put your trust in

me.

Be forgiven.

But he also feeds people

and heals people and deals

with physical needs because

all of the inequality, all of

the problems that we face in

life come back to the same

root issue of sin, of rejecting

God.

There's something really cool

about the way that the servant

will bring justice.

on one level, it doesn't

sound inspiring when you

think about the kind of

opposition that you would

face if you were on a justice

crusade in our world now.

But listen to them.

Verse 2.

He will not shout or cry out or

raise his voice in the streets.

A bruised reed he will not

break.

A smouldering wick he will not

snuff out.

In faithfulness, he will bring

forth justice.

He will not falter or be

discouraged till he establishes

justice on the earth.

He will face opposition, but the

means by which he will bring

justice is not force, but sacrifice.

At his cost, at his expense, we

can be vindicated.

God goes to extraordinary lengths

to fix what's wrong with the

world.

He sends his son so that people

like us who tell God whatever we

don't care can actually have a

relationship with him.

But more than that, he sends his

son so that people like us who

treat each other like we don't

matter, or at very least treat

each other like I'm number one,

can actually have the kind of

relationships we were supposed to

have.

The kind of relationships we were

designed to have of service and

love.

This matters for us as Christians

because all people matter to God

and it matters because it's not the

way it's supposed to be.

It's not the picture of God's good

design at the beginning.

It's not the picture of what Jesus

has achieved and we're going to

enjoy in heaven.

And now that Jesus has come, the

work he has begun, he has entrusted

to us to continue.

To defend the cause of the

fatherless and the widow.

plus this is evidence of his grace to

us.

This is how grace plays out.

It shifts our perspective on life and

the things that we do.

In my previous church, I had a friend

who I did ministry with.

I'm not going to mention his name

because it's a pseudo-incriminating

story.

He's a good guy.

I love him.

He loves Jesus.

He's fantastic.

He was a great resource for me.

One of the rules that you have in

ministry or that I have in ministry

is that you should never pay full

price.

Mainly because I don't have enough

money.

And so whenever we're running

anything, I'm trying to get a

discount.

I'm trying to sort of wrangle a deal.

I want a cheap bus.

I want a free bus.

I want the pizzas for a discount.

I want whatever I can do to not pay

the full price for things.

He took this to a whole other level.

We used to run quite a big youth

ministry camp.

We had sort of 400 plus people on

this camp.

And he would get us like seven

minibuses for free like that.

Like he had people tripping over

themselves, competing with one

another to give us good deals.

He just, I don't know how he did it.

One year on camp, it was like 40

degree plus.

We were in this big barn for our

meetings.

It was horrific.

Kids would get bleeding noses from

the heat.

It was terrible.

And so one year he turns around to

me after being on the phone for 15

minutes.

He goes, oh, I've convinced a company

to travel down, set up portable air

conditioning in the hall.

And then at the end of the week,

pack it up and take it away for free.

I'm like, that's great.

But how?

I remember one time in particular,

we were just out to dinner.

It wasn't ministry.

We went to the good old all-you-can-eat

Pizza Hut.

Really is a sad reality that they're

all gone.

Just have a moment of pause and

lament over the fact that that's not

around.

Anyway, we went to Pizza Hut all-you-can-eat.

It was a good value restaurant.

For those of you who missed that

reality, which actually might be a few

of you, it was just like a smorgasbord

of pizza and you could just keep going

back and back and back.

They had like a dessert bar as well,

so all the soft serve you can eat.

It was amazing.

So the only thing lacking was

refillable soft drinks, but you know,

that's for another day.

So we're in Pizza Hut.

We're eating pizza.

We're chatting.

We're having a good time.

And it comes to the end of our meal

and it's almost time to pay.

And I notice he, my friend gets up

and disappears.

Sort of didn't think heaps of it.

Maybe he's going to the bathroom,

whatever.

And the manager happened to be sitting

in a booth a couple of spots away.

I think she was doing the figures for

the night.

They were getting ready to close up.

And I noticed out of the corner of my

eye that my friend sat down on her

table and obviously they were chatting.

And a few minutes later he comes back

and he goes, okay, we can go.

And I said, did you pay for dinner?

He said, no.

I said, do we need to pay for dinner?

He said, no.

I went, okay.

Sounds good.

And out we go.

And it wasn't until we got outside

that I went, wait a minute.

Why don't we have to pay for dinner?

What just happened?

And he says to me, well, I just explained

to the manager that the pizza available

on the All You Can Eat bar wasn't of

sufficient variety that I could actually

call it All You Can Eat.

And also the time, amount of time that

it took for our drinks to arrive after

ordering at the beginning weren't

sufficient to be serviced that we should

pay for.

And she agreed, and so they agreed,

that our dinner would be free.

Now let's remember that All You Can Eat

Pizza Hut was a whopping $5.95.

Generous savings.

Now, like I said, I love my friend.

He's good value.

He is a blessing in many ways.

But I was reflecting this week on something

that he maybe has in hyperversion,

but is true of all of us.

The way we approach all of our interactions

like that, where there's money involved,

where it's shopping, eating, whatever,

the number one dictating factor for us is,

maybe I'm speaking out of turn,

but I don't think I am.

The number one factor is,

how can I get the best deal for me?

Think about it.

You go shopping for something,

you go from shop to shop to find the cheapest place,

and then you go online to get it even cheaper

once you've found the right size.

It's how we shop.

And it makes sense in so many ways,

that like, that's logical,

I don't want to pay any more than I have to.

But can you see that behind that mentality

is an attitude of,

this is all about my outcome.

This is all about my experience.

There's not even a level of awareness or engagement

of the person on the other side of the counter,

let alone the person who drove whatever it is

and delivered it to the shop,

let alone the person who made it,

let alone anyone else.

The driving thing for us is,

me.

Me.

The reason issues like poverty

and caring for those in need

matter when it comes to being a Christian

is because it's a reflection

of the change that God has worked in us.

See, it makes sense

to look after yourself.

It makes sense

to try and provide for yourself.

It makes sense

to get the best scenario for you

unless

somebody else has already done it.

See,

if you claim to be a follower of Jesus,

what you're saying is,

God loves me.

God provides for me.

God gives me so much more

than I could possibly need or deserve.

God has guaranteed

my eternal future.

God has forgiven me.

God has given me

every good thing in my life.

And so actually,

it doesn't make sense

to then go out into the shops

and live as if you need to look after number one.

You need to get the best deal for you.

Because actually,

God is already looking after you

and He's told you in Scripture

that He cares about the person

on the other side of the counter.

He cares about the person

that made that shirt

or that coffee

or whatever else it is.

They're valuable to Him.

The Christian life

is a redefined reality.

We have a new starting point.

See,

the issue

back at the beginning

when we talked about

that news story

that tells us about

the three Australians,

and again,

I do it.

I'm not casting judgment on you.

I do it as well.

I go,

oh, you know,

three Australians.

That's really sad.

The issue there is

that the reason that's sad

is because

that connects

to where I am.

Because the way

I view justice

and poverty

and everything else

in the world

is defined

by how it connects

to me.

But as a Christian,

that's not

how we view the world.

The world is defined

and sin is defined

and the issues

in the world

are defined

by how does this

relate to God.

And God says,

every person

on that plane

matters to me.

God says,

every person

who's making a shirt

or a shoe

or a meal

or whatever it else is

matters to me.

And then He says,

I'm going to look after you.

So we don't have

to shop anymore

with this fear

of who's going

to look after me.

We don't have

to live our lives

anymore with this fear

of what about me?

God's got that covered.

So I guess just to finish,

I wanted to ask the question,

where does a Fair Trade Expo fit?

Whether you made it here today

for the Fair Trade Expo

or not,

you know roughly

the gist of it.

Fair Trade basically

means two things.

One is you pay

a little bit more

for the same product.

Then you have to.

And two,

the person who's making

that product

gets paid

what they deserve.

That's what Fair Trade is.

There's a whole bunch

of other stuff

about investing

in their businesses

and enabling them

to be sustainable

and doing training

and lending of money

and a whole bunch

of other things

which you can research

and all sorts of stuff.

But a Fair Trade Expo,

where does it fit

when it comes to checking

our social conscience,

our love for the poor?

Well, it's not the solution.

Buying Fair Trade

won't fix poverty

in the world

because we know

that poverty

is a symptom of sin.

Only Jesus

can fix that.

But what something

like Fair Trade does

or just giving generally

to those in need

does

is it gives us

a chance

to remember,

to remind ourselves

that we don't have

to be worried

about me

because God is.

It's a chance

to remind ourselves

that as we go

looking for the things

that we need,

and I use that

very loosely,

God has already

provided it all.

Maybe it gives us

a chance

to get a bigger picture

of the kinds of people

that live

in the world

with us

that God cares about

that matter

and the kind of situations

they're living in.

But more than anything else,

shopping,

Fair Trade,

giving to those in need,

caring for people

who need it

is a chance

for us

to come back

and just again

be reminded

of the confidence

and hope

we have in Jesus.

A Fair Trade Expo

is not designed

to make you feel guilty.

This sermon

is not designed

to make you go

and spend more

on Fair Trade

this Christmas

or feel guilty

about every present

you buy

or anything like that.

It's kind of not the point.

The point is

God loves you.

God has provided

for you in Jesus

and so you don't have

to stress

with the what about me

question anymore.

You're released

to go and love

and invest

in people

that you'll never meet

but who right now

live in conditions

that we just

wouldn't tolerate.

It's a chance

for you

to be reminded

that the things

of this world

are temporary

and all the things

that really matter

can't be taken away

anyway.

It's a chance

for you

to loosen your grip

on the things

that God has given you

so that you can

tighten your grip

on Him.

Let's pray.

Let's pray.

Father God,

we want to admit

that sometimes

when we look

at things like this

it's really easy

to realize

that we suck

at this.

It's really easy

to get distracted

by feeling guilty,

to get distracted

by failure,

to maybe push

this message away

because it's not

comfortable

but God,

but God,

help guilt

not to be the

destination

for us.

If there is guilt,

help us to give it

to you.

Help us to remember

that you love us

in spite of who we are.

That one of the gifts

that you give us

is to take our guilt

on yourself,

to take our shame

away,

to release us.

God,

thank you for your

patience with us

as we stumble

and as we keep

trying to grow

into this life

that you have

designed for us.

God,

right now

there are so many

people in this world

that you cherish,

that live with

less than what

they need.

Please enable us

to be a blessing

for them.

Enable us

to be bringers

of your justice,

to proclaim

the hope

of Jesus,

to use what

you have entrusted

to us so that

you might get glory,

so that people

might recognize

that you are

a God who cares.

You are a God

who provides.

Father,

thank you for

placing us

here in this church

at this time

with these resources.

Please so shape

our hearts

that we might

be faithful

with what you

have entrusted

to us.

Amen.