Father's Day | Message Title: Everywhere But Here | Pastor Bryan Powe

I thank you for this moment to come and to bring

your word to your people. We are asking your

Holy Spirit to be with us in this moment, leading,

guide us through your truth. Father God, this

moment is new to us, but it's a moment you've

already been in. And so we're asking for all

that you desire to take place in this moment,

that we yield ourselves to your word, to your

truth. And we just expect to hear something from

you in this moment that just changes the trajectory

of our future. reminds us that we are loved by

you, we are forgiven by you, and we're just thankful,

God, that we can hear these precious promises

and receive them as ours because of the sacrifice

of your son. And so we say thank you, God, for

sending your word, leaving your word, and just

giving us the ability to hear what's on your

heart and mind concerning us. In your precious

name, I pray the name above all names, y 'all

say it with me, Jesus. Amen, amen. We'll love

on the person next to you, tell them you're glad

to see them. And I am incredibly excited to be

here with you guys today. Father's Day, believe

it or not, is one of my favorite times of the

year to come and to preach. I love preaching

on Father's Day. And I can tell you why it's

because we get to do two things, right? We get

to honor fathers as well as prayerfully by the

end of this message, create more space in our

life to honor fathers. You know, it's something

that we know we should do, but it ain't always

the easiest thing to do. And so I love just creating

space for what it means to be a father, why we

have fathers, why you should seek to want to

be a father or a father figure to somebody. And

then likewise, how we can treat our fathers just

a little bit. Look at me and say, could we treat

daddies just a tad bit better? And some people

like, you know, some people look at me, I don't

like my daddy. Well, find one you like. I don't

know what to tell you. Find one you like and

treat him a little better. But the title of my

message today, and this really hit my heart,

right, is Everywhere But Here. Everywhere. But

here and truthfully, this message stretches beyond

fatherhood. It speaks to really people who know

who they are and know who God has called them

to be. And you'll find yourself oftentimes and

sometimes in a moment to where you feel as though

you're accepted everywhere but here. And here

during this message represents the place you

wanna be accepted. Normally it's a home, it could

be a relationship, it could be a church, it can

be. where you work, but it's like I can feel

as though I'm accepted everywhere but here. And

if you're not careful, if you're not mindful,

you'll want to be everywhere but there at the

end of the day. And what we don't want is we

don't want fathers to find themselves wanting

to be everywhere but here. Here may be their

home, here may be a relationship, but we want

them to be honored. We want all leaders to be

honored, truthfully, where they are called to

be. So if y 'all would turn me to Luke, right?

Luke 4, and we'll start at verse, I was finna

skip down from 14 to 16, and I realized as I'm

thinking about it, I could already read 14 and

15. So we'll start at verse 14. And it says,

and Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit,

to Galilee and a report about him went out through

all of the surrounding country and he taught

in their synagogues being glorified by all and

he came to Nazareth where he had been brought

up and as was his custom he went to the synagogue

on the Sabbath day and he stood up to read and

The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to

him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place

where it was written, the spirit of the Lord

is upon me. because he has anointed me to proclaim

the good news to the poor. He has sent me to

proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery

of sight to the blind and to set at liberty those

who are oppressed to proclaim the year of the

Lord's favor. And I always stop right there because

at this point, everything Jesus says is good,

right? everything he's saying is something that

you would truly believe people would want to

hear. But as you come to find out in life sometimes,

you can be the wrong person saying the right

thing. A lot of times we find ourselves being

the wrong person saying the right thing. So Jesus

is saying the right thing. He's saying the right

thing. and he rolled up his scroll and gave it

back to the attendant and sat down and the eyes

of all the synagogue were fixed on him. And he

began to say them, today, this scripture has

been fulfilled in your hearing. All and all spoke

well of him and marveled at the gracious words

that were coming from his mouth. And they said

to him, is this not Joseph's son? Right there

becomes a big turning point in this passage because

up to this point, they had really not placed

any context or any confines, I would say, around

what Jesus is saying. You know, to this point,

he is speaking, he's declaring what the word

of God says. It even says all their eyes were

fixed on him. Other translations say that they

were amazed at the things he was saying, but

then they recognize he was Joseph's boy. Everything

kind of turns right there. And all spoke well

of him and marveled at the gracious words that

were coming from his mouth. And they said, is

this not Joseph's son? And he said to them, doubtless

you will quote to me this proverb, physician,

heal yourself. What have we heard you did, what

we heard you did in Capernaum, do here in your

own hometown as well. And he said, truly I say

to you, no profit. is acceptable in his hometown.

And right there, I'm gonna pause because I've

heard this passage preached many times. And my

prayer today is that we come to it with a little

different lens. Look at your neighbor and say,

hey neighbor. There's two ways you can approach.

What Jesus just said said let's together approach

it a new way What are you saying pastor Brian

there's this term called narcissists right and

it's a term that is combining a Narcissist and

a person who always looks at the text just to

find themselves And so they take everything they

hear and they make it for their own validation

And so when they read this one, a Narcissus,

which if you like, I don't want to be one of

those, you don't want to be. What a Narcissus

does, look at them and say neighbor, hopefully

this ain't you. A Narcissus reads this and says,

I know what it feels like to be Jesus. I know

what it feels like to be rejected. I know what

it feels like to be overlooked. I know what it

feels like when people do not see my value. I

am that prophet. that is not being accepted in

their own hometown. The problem with that is,

is many people are closer to the people of Nazareth

than they are to Jesus at this point in the text.

And truthfully, if you see yourself as Jesus

in this text, you'll walk away and most people

just conforming and forming more pride from reading

this than cultivating compassion. which is the

true design of this text. The design of the text

isn't for someone to walk away and say, nah,

I get it. I see why don't nobody get me where

I'm from. I see why my kids talk to me this way,

and this is why my mom... I'm gonna have to mess

with the M's just a little bit. I know this is

Father's Day. This is why my mama don't listen

to me. My wife don't listen to me. My kids don't

listen to me My staff my employees don't nobody

listen to me because a prophet is not Accepted

this is Jesus talking not me the problem with

doing that is and many people have done this

is You're using the scripture to validate your

own issue instead of using the scripture to enlighten

you to why we have an issue with people giving

honor to people where they belong. So y 'all

supposed to raise y 'all hand with me. We supposed

to all recognize that pastor, you right. You

right, cause we all from somewhere. And it's

not a thing we want to continue to see happen.

That I believe that we have been called out of

a world that does this but we don't conform to

a world that perpetuates it that we are part

of a group of believers that I believe can be

one of the y 'all with me Community to where

you can feel honored at home Anybody want to

feel honored where they belong That you don't

want to feel rejected overlooked or devalued

in the place you've been called To be that you

truly want to be your most fruitful in around

the people that means the most to you Am I by

myself with that? I think so boy, but y 'all

y 'all giving hands real hard right now Because

here's the truth we have all had moments where

we have failed to honor what God has placed right

in front of us. We have all, myself included,

failed to honor what God has placed right in

front of you. Boy, some of y 'all look at me

like you trying to tell me I'm gonna have to

love my husband when I leave here. But I wanna

draw your attention back to Luke 4 and 14. It

says, in Jesus' return and the power of the Spirit

to Galilee, Jesus comes back to Nazareth full

of the Spirit, clearing his identity and confident

in his assignment. I wanna point this out because

a lot of times we believe that discovery doesn't

always lead to acceptance. That Jesus didn't

come back to his hometown wondering who he was.

He came back full of power full of truth declaring

who he was he knew exactly Who he was and a lot

of times we think our belief are entering to

places Just simply because we know who we are.

We think people should accept us because we've

discovered that but truthfully one of the one

of the most Controversial five words anyone can

speak anywhere is I know who I am When you start

saying I know who I am, a lot of people who don't

know who they are become intimidated. A lot of

times people who are wondering what their purpose

is become intimidated. Unfortunately, some people

become jealous of you being centered in your

identity. Some people become literally, they

become controversial to the fact that you are

walking in the confidence that you know who you

are. And I'm saying this because a lot of fathers

a lot of leaders, a lot of mentors, a lot of

people have felt this first form of rejection.

And I want you to know, it's not a strange thing

that discovery doesn't always lead to acceptance.

We think because we know who we are, people should

accept who we are. But unfortunately, identity

is an intimidation factor in most people's lives.

When you walk into a space and say, I know who

I am, everybody who doesn't know who they are,

look in... Eyes of envy and jealous thinking

you think you somebody I don't think I'm somebody

I just know who I am I Didn't declare superiority

I declared identity I Didn't declare myself to

be more more more more confident smarter. I wasn't

trying to boast I was just trying to occupy my

space clearly And clarity amongst the confused

causes problems Confused people love confusion.

You ever been in a room? We do this every Monday,

and it's hilarious to me, at the CC on Monday

nights. We start off by doing this roll call.

We have been doing this for years now. And we

start off and we ask everybody, why are you here?

What are your gifts? And it never ceases to amaze

me that people who have been coming here for

a year get nervous when it's their turn. And

it's like, we've done this so many times. And

you go around the room, any of y 'all ever been

that person in the room? And it was just, the

teacher was saying, everybody say your name.

And you see the, it's going around the room.

You are next. But then for some reason, when

it's your turn, something happens in your stomach,

and it's something you just nerves move over

you like, why am I getting nervous about saying

my name? Why am I getting nervous about declaring

who I am and just saying why I believe I'm here?

Because we've all learned that discovery doesn't

always lead to acceptance. And some people, they

perpetuate a false sense of humility just because

they don't want to be intimidated. They don't

want to be welcoming to people, right? But look

at your neighbor. Say, hey, neighbor. I got a

secret. I know who I am. And truth is, right,

honor says. I see more than your imperfections,

I recognize your assignment. That was their challenge.

When they recognized it was Joseph's boy, you

have to remember now they can recall a life lived

before he declared himself as the Messiah, that

they saw him grow up. They saw the things Jesus

did. They saw who he hung out with. They saw

him. And that alone caused a conflict in them

receiving him. And oftentimes we allow our greatest

asset to become our greatest liability. What

do you mean by that, Pastor Brian? We allow our

proximity to become a problem. And because we

are close to people, we see the nuances of their

development. And when you see the nuances of

someone's development, it becomes very difficult

to acknowledge or honor the outcome of that development.

Y 'all rocking with me. This is seen in a lot

of experiences of people, you know, have any

of y 'all ever been on a weight loss journey

recently? Have any of y 'all accomplished that

weight loss journey? That was personal I shouldn't

have said that I Seen the hairs that was raised

and I was thinking I can't use that person. They

still on their way Anybody accomplish their weight

loss journey, no, no, okay, so So something that

happens if you've ever been on a weight loss

journey, right is that you know, there's people

that you see every day And sometimes those people

are right there in your home. And they saw the

times you cheated. They saw the mornings you

hit the snooze before actually going to the gym.

They saw the days you skipped. They saw the meals

you was not supposed to eat that you end up eating.

And so they weren't as quick, let's just say

that, to acknowledge the five pounds you lost.

But then you run into a complete stranger. Ain't

seen you in a minute. First words out their mouth,

boy, you looking good. Did you lose some weight?

And immediately you realize, wait a minute. I

did lose some weight. You know, it ain't the

cut of the jacket. It's the few meals I skipped.

But what has happened, right? You didn't get

that same acknowledgement at home. Why not, Pastor

Brian? Because we allowed our proximity to become

a problem. In us, we knew that if we validated

progress, that means we almost might have to

acknowledge and look over some imperfections

in their journey. That if I acknowledge that

you're progressing, I might have to be okay that

you missed a few days. that sometimes it's just

difficult for us to overlook the imperfections

and so we hold back the appreciation. Because

we feel like our appreciation will lead to more

misbehavior. But y 'all know what ends up happening?

You end up being celebrated everywhere but. And

if you continue being celebrated everywhere but,

you'll desire being everywhere but, some of y

'all already catching it. I'm saying here, some

of y 'all saying home, you got the message. And

so we have to learn that honor doesn't say, it

sees more than imperfections. It sees the assignment.

They couldn't see him as Savior. They couldn't

see him as Messiah. They refused to see him as

Messiah. They refused to see him as Savior. Y

'all rocking with me. And I love this, right?

Because here's the truth. Truth is people can

be amazed by what you carry and still dishonor

who you are. Verse 22 says, and they spoke well

of him in Marvel. the gracious words that were

coming from his mouth and they said is this not

Joseph's son at this moment they are amazed at

what he is saying But yet not willing to honor

who he is if this isn't a place that many people

have felt in there here Like man that was right

what you said y 'all have one of them long talks

Everything went good in the talk you leave the

talk and nothing was applied from the talk That

people were amazed by the things you said but

didn't have enough honor for who you were to

apply it Because people can be amazed by your

words, but if they like honor for your assignment,

they will never apply what you're saying Why

are you saying this pastor Brian because here's

the truth what we have is an honor problem We

have an honor problem And we have an honor problem

because we are, we're so fast to acknowledge

that something good was said while withholding

doing the good that was said. But when you withhold

the doing, it leaves that person feeling, yeah,

everywhere, but here. And I'll go anywhere. that

I know that who I am is being accepted. Can I

say something to you that might be shocking?

I'm gonna have y 'all say it to y 'all neighbors

so y 'all ain't looking at me. Say hey neighbor.

You try a lot of things. You read from the internet.

It might be okay. To try something you hear from

someone you do know It's so amazing we'd be so

easy to scrub like man that sounds good and we

will change our whole week Based upon a quote

that resonated But spend that same week saying

while we cannot honor What someone so critical

to our lives has said to us. I ain't gonna say,

boy, I keep going. Cause here, you wanna hear

this truth, right? Truth is honor is recognizing

God's design despite human limitations. Honor.

beyond the human limitations and says, who is

this person? Where has God placed them in my

life? What assignment do they occupy? What role

have they been given? I'm honoring the position.

I'm honoring the assignment. I'm honoring what

it represents. The truth is I have to get over.

who it is. I'm gonna say it to this side. So

we honor the role. We honor the assignment. We

honor the position. We just have to get over

who it is. And they couldn't get over that it

was Joseph's boy. They couldn't get over it.

They couldn't see past. that this was Mary and

Joseph's boy. But the Bible even encouraged us

to no longer know each other after the flesh.

That truthfully, we should carry a perspective

that is heavenly concerning each one of our brothers

and sisters. that we should really look at each

other through the lens of this person is being

transformed by Christ. This person is in a process

which God is Lord over their life and he's Lording

over their life. Y 'all rocking with me. Because

here's the point of today that I just wanna make

clear. that we can't ignore from this text. He

says, but in truth, verse 25, I tell you, there

were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah.

When the heavens were shut up there three years

and six months and a great famine came over all

the land and Elijah was sent to none of them.

but only to Zarephath in the land of Sidon to

a woman who was a widow and there were many lepers

in Israel in the time of prophet Elijah and None

of them was cleansed, but only name of Syrian

when they heard these things All in the synagogue

were filled with wrath Why were they all of a

sudden going from being amazed at what he was

saying to becoming filled with wrath? Because

Jesus began to make it plain that dishonor blocks

the blessing. That dishonor blocks the blessing.

That you may not like who it is, but you still

have to honor What is on their life? That dishonor

blocks the blessing. That dishonor blocks the

flow of what God can do. That dishonor puts a

cap on the possibilities of how God can function

in an environment. That it's very difficult for

the Holy Spirit to flow where honor isn't present.

Boy, I was I was honestly thinking I was gonna

be a lot more excited at this point. Oh Well

Because a lot of times we complain about here

Not realizing we're blocking how here can function.

Well That we're complaining about what isn't

happening while not realizing we're playing a

part in why it can't happen. That a lot of times

we are quick to blame the outcome, not realizing

we are a part of what was inputted. That we're

looking for there to be this blessing to flow

where honor has been blocked. And Jesus was making

it very clear. You block the honor, you block

the flow. You bring the dishonor, there can be

no activation of what the Holy Spirit wants to

do. The Holy Spirit will never impose himself

upon a people. This is Jesus, y 'all, standing

before him, the land who was slain. He can heal

all the infirmities, all the diseases. He can

open up blind eyes. He can cause the sick to

be healed, cripple people to walk. This is Jesus,

full of power and truth, standing before the

people who know him best, saying, I cannot function

here. Y 'all know what Jesus did he went everywhere

Packed up his stuff So I got something for y

'all You know what they say we got something

for you And they rose up And drove him out of

the town Brought him to the brow of the hill

on which their town was built so that they could

throw himself down the cliff But passing through

their midst he went What do you say pastor Brian?

I'm saying that they got filled with so much

wrath at the Reality of what they had caused

they were about to kill Jesus These are his people

Came here today to stop a murder too. I feel

like Don't kill them don't kill them don't hurt

them don't choke them you might need them Say

some daddy lies today Some y 'all had them right

there on that cliff y 'all had y 'alls right

right here You ain't doing no good for us and

many y 'all done spoke to each other the same

way They was going off at each other that day

right that that's Joseph boys I'm gonna show

you what Joseph boy can do I'm Joseph boy know

some stuff Let me bring back some things to your

remembrance that Elijah y 'all had a problem

with him y 'all had a problem with all of us

It's never been about who we had to honor, but

Satan knowing what honoring could release. Because

get this, if you're just wondering, even for

those people that think they're Jesus in this

text, Jesus was sinless. So they had no reason

to hate on Jesus. You ain't sinless, so we got

a lot of reasons. You may have done some things

and said some things to why you were receiving

what you receiving. But what am I saying? What

I'm trying to get you to see that their offense

couldn't be in what he had done to them. Their

offense is in the position he took up amongst

them. And our flesh hates when someone takes

up a place of authority. Our flesh hates when

someone raises their hand and says, I'm the leader

today. What we love when it's our hand raised

and we're the leader. But it's another thing

when someone else raises their hand and says,

I have the vision. I know the way. I've been

anointed for this. I was called for this. God

brought me here for this. I believe he's shown

me the way. That's when we start to get the bubbles

again. Y 'all all right, we finna go home anyway.

I'm about to run up out of here. But here's the

truth. And I don't say this lightly. Honoring

a human is hard. Our humanity blocks us from

seeing our holiness. That we were made righteous,

not one of us earned our righteousness. That

if you just look at me on a day -to -day basis,

you will see a lot of things that need help.

You will see a lot of things that need improvement.

My ask today is let's not let our proximity become

our problem. Let's just allow the word to be

true and understand that there are certain things

that people have been called to lead There are

certain things that God wants to do in your life

that actually flow through someone other than

you That there might be a who you have to honor

that you don't like That may do things that you

disapprove of but you don't honor the person

you honor the position and you honor the position

because God says that's done and God says listen

I get the humanity I get that it's hard we get

that it's difficult to see somebody on a daily

basis and still honor who God says they are but

understand we have to do that for each other

you're not that easy to love either And if you

want there to be an honoring for you when it's

your turn to lead, there must be a seed sown

that you're an honorable person. And so even

if this is just your seed sowing season, don't

worry, baby. There will be a harvest. There will

be a harvest. And one day you'll have to raise

your hand and say, you know, God gave me the

vision for this one. But prayerfully, we've been

submitting one to another. So this doesn't become

a point of conflict. It becomes how the community

that we don't see leadership as a place of just

supreme. No, we all have the same Holy Spirit,

but the same Holy Spirit don't be sharing everything

with everybody. Someone has the vision. Someone

has the strategy. Someone has the heart. Someone

has the passion. Someone has the wherewithal.

Someone knows how we need to adjust. Everybody

just get in your place and let's honor who God

has called us to be. Maybe you like your daddy,

maybe you don't. Maybe you're just gonna be an

example to someone else of what you do, even

when you have no reason to. Maybe you're just

a stepping stone so the next generation knows

how to do it right. Maybe you didn't get the

honor of loving someone who's lovable. But we

don't love because we've been loved. We love

because we've first been loved. But maybe things

aren't going right. Because honor isn't flowing.

I gotta thank you for today. I just thank you

for the opportunity to come and to bring your

truth. I pray that people, your people go and

are stirred up about honoring again and as they

walk out that truth, that they experience all

the fruit and the blessings. that come with doing

what is pleasing to you. I pray that you give

them the strength to look past people's missteps.

And I pray that you give them the strength to

look past their shortcomings. And I pray that

you give them eyes to see what you are doing.

And I pray against any turmoil or strife that

is existing in people's homes. existing in people's

places that God has called them to lead. I pray

that you bring healing to those places and healing

to those people. I pray that you mend all the

broken parts and pieces so they can walk together

in harmony and walk together in unity and align

themselves to how you do. what you do. I know

it won't be easy, but I pray that they remember

that the race isn't given to the swift. It isn't

given to the strong. It's given to the one who's

endures till the end. I pray for a fresh spirit

of endurance to be in your people, to run this

race, run their race, run your race. That's your

husband. That's your father. That's your mentor.

That's your pastor. That's your prophet. Run

your race. And I pray that honor returns and

the fruits of it abound much more. Amen. Well,

I love you guys. I thank God for you guys. Listen,

we'll receive today's offering. Here at Reveal

the Truth Ministries, we believe in cheerful

givers. What does that mean, Pastor Brian? We

believe that as a man, purpose in his heart,

so let him give, that this moment isn't a moment

where you should be prompted or prodded, but

it should be a moment to where you're asking

God, God, what is it that you have to give? And

in response to what he speaks, you sow. But know

this, that God is an loving God. He's an awesome

God. He can't be manipulated. He can't be forced

into doing anything, but he's a loving father.

And so give cheerfully, give in excitement. And

I do say thank you for you giving. Thank you

for being faithful in your giving. It gives us

the opportunity to go and preach the word. And

we're just thankful for all of the things we

get to do as a result. Amen. Amen. Well. Y 'all

get anything out of the word today? I tell you

what, the daddies, the fathers, the mentors are

singing for second service. Hey, even if you

just stick around to hear these men saying, you

know, it will be sight to be seen. Like a good

sight, a good sight, not a show. It's a good

sight. But I love you guys. I thank God for you

guys. You can stay until you're feeding. And

I do. A lot of times these messages are difficult

because I know that there are people who have

lost their father. I've lost my father, but the

truth still remains. And I find men whom I can

honor, men who I can look up to. And I pray that

if you are still just battling the grief of losing

your father that I can promise you, Jesus can

heal your heart. He's healed mine, and I can

boldly speak and declare that, I'll never forget,

I was told, I was like, his physical body left

his earth, but his assignment to you never did.

You may have to have a few conversations to find

out where it remains. And it may be in more than

one person, but God didn't leave you unattended.

He hasn't left any of us unattended. Amen. But

now unto him who is able to present you faultless

before the presence of his glory with exceeding

joy to the only wise God, our savior, be glory

and majesty, dominion and power both now and

forever. Amen.