Episode 62 - Truckers Church

I want you to imagine for a moment that you're

sitting in the cab of your rig. It's two o'clock

in the morning. The high beams are cutting the path

through the thick fog somewhere in the mountains of West Virginia,

or maybe out on the long, flat stretches of the

Texas Panhandle. The only sound is the steady hum of

that diesel engine and the wind whipping past your mirrors.

You're tired, you're back aches, you've been away from home

for two weeks, and you're counting down the miles so

you can finally put into your own driveway and see

your wife and kids. But as you drive, you're watching

the signs. You're looking for the exit numbers. You're watching

the way station lights. You're checking the dashboard gages to

make sure the old pressure's right and the temperature isn't climbing.

You know that if you ignore the signs, you're headed

for wreck, you miss your turn, you're lost. Today, I

want to talk to you about a different set of signs.

I want to talk to about the signs of the times.

Bible says in Matthew chapter twenty four, when the disciples

asked Jesus, what shall be the son of thy coming

and of the end of the world. Jesus didn't tell

them to guess. He didn't tell them of the secret

they could never understand. He gave them specific markers, gave

them a roadmap. And as I look at the world today,

as I look at the news, as I look at

the breakdown of the family, as I look at the

chaos in our streets, I believe the low fuel light

is flashing on the dashboard of humanity. I believe the

final destination is closer than any of us realize. Bible

says in two Timothy three to one. This know also

that in the last days, perilous times shall come. Now

that word perilous, as the original language, means hard to

bear or dangerous. It's like driving a sixty thousand pounds

load down a ten percent grave with no breaks. That's

the world we're living in right now. You can see

it every time you walk into a truck stop and

look at the television. You see wars and rumors of wards.

You see nations rising against nations. Jesus said in Matthew

twenty four to seven. For nations shall rise against nations

and kingdom against kingdom, and there should be famines and

pestilences and earthquakes and divers places. People say, Brandon, there

have always been wars, there's always been earthquakes, and that's true.

But Jesus said these things would be like birth pains.

Ask any mother. Those pains get closer together as they

get more intense, as the moment of birth approaches. And

that's exactly what we're seeing today. The frequency and the

intensity of the crisis of our world are accelerating. The

years are grinding, and the world is shaking. There's another sign.

This one hits closer to home than any of you

out on the road. Bible says that in the last days,

inequity should abound and the love of many shall wax cold.

We see a world that's lost as moral compass. We

see a world where right is called wrong and wrong

is called right. There was a time in this country

when a man's word was his bond, when you could

trust a fellow driver, when there was a sense of

neighborly respect. But today there's coldness. There's hardness of the heart.

People are lovers of their own selves. The Bible says

they're disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy. You see it in

the loneliness of the long haul. You see it in

the broken marriages that plagued the trucking industry. You see

it in the way people treat one another at the

loading dogs. We have more technology than ever before. Got GPS,

you got satellite radio, you've got cell phones. But we

are the loneliest generation in human history. Why if we've

turned our backs on the living God, We've ignored the

signs to stay wrong way, and we've kept the pedal

to the floor. I want to ask you today, where's

your rig headed? Keep going the way you're going? Where

are you going to end up? The Bible tells us

that Jesus Christ is coming back. He's not coming back

as the baby and a manger this time, He's coming

back as the King of kings and Lord of lords.

The final Hall is on the horizon. The most important

question you will ever answer isn't how many miles can

I log today? Or how much is the fuel search ours?

The most important question is are you ready to meet him?

Some of you are running over weight. You're carrying a

load of sin. Has never meant for your soldiers You're

carrying the weight of past mistakes, the way of guilt,

the way of a secret life. You lead when you're

away from home. Been trying to climb the steep grades

of life under your own power, and you're able. You're

about to blow your engine. You're exhausted, you're burned out,

You're empty. Jesus said, coming to me, all the labor

and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

He wasn't talking about a nap in the sleep of birth.

He's talking about the rest of your soul. He's talking

about the peace that passes all understanding. Signs are all

around us. The big tree is putting forth its leaves.

The world's preparing for a global leader. The technology exists

today for the first time in history, to track every

person on the planet, just as the Book of Revelation predicted,

We're the first generation has the capability to see the

Gospel preach to the whole world, and to see the

end time prophecy is fulfilled in real time. I'm not

here to scare you today. I'm here to warn you

because I care about you. If I saw a bridge

out five miles on the road and I didn't try

to flag you down. I wouldn't be much of a

friend with a well. That bridge is out. This world

system is failing. The highways of man are leading to

a dead end. There is a way, Jesus said, I

am the way, the truth in the life. No man

cometh until the Father, but by me, he's the only

off ramp from the highway of destruction. You must say, Brandon,

you don't know what I've done. You don't know the

stops I've made. You don't know the life I've lived

in the dark.

No, I don't.

But God does, and he loves you anyway. He loves

you so much that he sent a son, Jesus Christ,

to die on a rowan cross for you. Jesus took

the penalty for your log book violations. He paid the

fine you couldn't pay. He died, was buried, and on

the third day he rose again. And today he's alive.

He's standing at the door of your heart knocking. Bible says,

behold now is to accepted time. Behold now is the

day of salvation. You don't know if you'll make it

to the next truck stop. You don't know if your

tires will hold for another one hundred miles. Life is

a vapor. It's here for a moment, and then it's gone,

like the tail lights of a truck disappearing into I'm

asking you today to pull over. I'm asking you to

stop running. I'm asking you to check your heart against

the word of God. Sound is screaming at us. If

the return of Christ is near? Are you ready? The

sky were split open right now the trumpet were to sound,

would you be caught up to meet him or would

you be left behind to face the judgment. I want

to invite you right now, wherever you are. Maybe you're

sitting in a cab, maybe you're at a diner, maybe

you're listening on break or even going down the road.

I want you to make a decision. Faith isn't about

joining a club or a specific building. It's about a

personal relationship with a person. That person is Jesus Christ.

It's about moving from a religion of trying to a

relationship of trusting. I want you to prayer, a simple

prayer with me, but don't just say the words, Mean

them from the bottom of your heart. Shift the gears

of your life today. Say this, Dear Lord Jesus, I

know that I'm a sinner. I've been driving down the

wrong road. I've ignored the signs. I'm carrying a load

I can't handle. I believe you die for me on

the cross and roads Again. Today I open the door

of my heart. I ask you to come in and

be my savior. Be my Lord, take the will of

my life. I want to follow you from this day

for it. Thank you for loving me. Amen. If you

prayed that prayer, the Bible says there is a party

going on in heaven right now. Your name has been

written in the Lamb's Book of Life, the only log

book that really matters in the end. Now listen to me.

Don't go back to the old way of driving. Find

a Bible, Start reading the Gospel of John, find a

group of believers, a church where the Bible's preached, and

tell someone about the decision you may road ahead might

still be low, weather might still get rough. You don't

have to drive it alone anymore. You've got a navigator

who knows the way because he is the way. Sounds

are clear, if the King's coming, make sure your lamp

is trimmed and burning, make sure your heart is right.

I'll see you at the final destination. God bless you

and keep the shining sat up.

Mm hmm. I've been rolling down this highway from there

three few weeks from more apart from my wife and famamily.

But I Lord, I'm rolling for to love and protect

and never forget the good Lord gave it off. I

don't take for granted that grace he's saying it. I'm

still answering the call, but he wasn't. Alais answering. I

needed saving. Every day miles roll since way, Grace is

riding shot Jo. I was lost. I was glad, so

hard to find from mercy track me down in time.

Now I'm standing in for Yeah, I believe in the blood. Yeah,

I believe he's in the blood now. The only way

I'm holding rides on the back of the street. Still

can't see why he died from me old the horse,

so be now I'm looking. That's helped my brother passing

on down the line, and when my savior comes from

me will roll on streets. It's shining because I remain.

I know where I came from and the man I

was running from by hour from sin his way, race

his ride and shot John. I was lost. I was blind,

so hard to find a Birsty track me down in time.

Now I'm standing in the bloom. Yeah, I believed in

the love. I believed in the boom. I was down

in my last dollar in a prayer I couldn't say.

Then I felt and pulled me from the dark and

nine being the same while from long since wait, but

grace is riding shot. I was lost. I was glad

so far to my but now I believed that like behind,

I'm couldn't buy I love. Yeah, I believe in the blood.

Down't love at home for good And I believe in

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