Operating System | The Kingdom Blueprint | Pastor Caleb Thomas

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We're going to get back into a

conversation that we started last week

called the kingdom blueprint. The

kingdom blueprint. God's blueprint for

here on earth that was designed by the

master designer. But I have a question

before we start.

It's a very divisive question. So I

apologize in advance.

Who is team iPhone?

Okay, hands down. Who is team other?

Tony Murray. Who is team other? YEAH, IT

MAN I THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVISIVE

questions that you can ask. Are are your

texts green or blue?

Don't put me in no group texts if it's

coming up green. Only thing I like

that's green is my money. I don't put me

in Don't put me in nothing that's got

green in it. I I don't like it. Whether

you have an iPhone or whether you have

an Android, I'm sure you have great

reasons why or if you have an Android,

you think you have great reasons why

have great reasons why we choose what we

have. But here's what I do know about

the iPhone and about an Android or about

a Mac, a laptop and a Windows computer

is each device or each brand has their

own operating system.

Like if I want to download an app for my

iPhone, I do not go to the Google Play

Store, which is what you would use for

Android. I I I don't go there. I go to

the Apple. Why? Because it's a Apple

product. So, it lives inside of that

operating system. It dictates it creates

parameters and it creates levels of

opportunity. It does both. Same thing

with an Android. that I I've downloaded

multiple applications here at the church

and my desk computer or for some other

folk and it always asks which operating

system are you using Mac or Windows?

Because if you're using Mac, you cannot

download a Windows and expect for it to

work and vice versa. There's different

operating systems and you cannot run two

operating systems at the same time. You

have to pick one. Sounds very similar to

like what Jesus said where you and I

cannot serve two masters. He says you

got to pick one. He he he even goes so

far as to say uh don't be lukewarm with

your faith. Either be cold or be hot,

but be decisive. And in a culture today

that wants a lot of ambiguity for my

feelings,

>> right?

>> Wants ambiguity for me to be able to

change my mind and and help be

comfortable. I I I want a gray area. I

don't want to decide. God says there's

certain things that are extremely black

and white. Choose this day who you will

serve

>> is what God says. And the Bible goes on

to say that there's two different

kingdoms,

two different operating systems that you

and I have to pick from. One is given to

us by default.

One is one that we choose to operate in.

Here's what the Bible says. Colossians

Colossians 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1. I'll read in the New

Testament, the back half of the book.

The writer of Colossians begins to tell

us about these two different kingdoms

that we have to choose from. And then at

the same time shows us who is the owner

of the kingdom. Because when we talk

about kingdoms, really what we're saying

is there's a king's domain.

And the king gets to dictate the

culture,

>> the language, the boundaries, the

parameters, what's allowed and what's

not. It is the king's decision and it's

not a dictatorship.

>> People don't have a vote in. The king is

the one who sets the tone, sets the

pace. And same thing happens in our

life. And if I'm not careful, I would

love living in this democracy that we

get the opportunity to live in. love

that I'm able to vote and and share and

voice my opinion, but where God has an

opinion, mine is irrelevant.

>> And so, if I'm going to operate inside

of his kingdom, I need to continue to do

things his way. Here's what the writer

of Colossians says in Colossians chapter

Colossians 1:13

1, verse 13. When you see these

highlighted words, I would love for you

to read them out loud with me. Here's

what it says. God has saved us from the

dark kingdom where Satan rules. He has

brought us into the kingdom of his son

whom he loves. Also called the kingdom

of light.

Kingdom of darkness,

kingdom of light. Two completely

different owners.

One who is oppressive,

one who is liberating.

One who cares about you. One who abuses

and uses you.

One who wants to give you love, one who

wants to steal, kill, and destroy

everything that you love. Choose which

operating system you are going to live

in. It says that you've been transferred

over. When we accept Jesus into our

lives, there's been a transfership of

kingdom, a transfership of citizenship.

The Bible actually says that you and I

when we get into Christ, we're not even

citizens of this world. We're aliens.

We're foreigners in the land. Why?

Because we actually belong to heaven. I

came from heaven into this earth. I'm on

vacation mode. I'm just trying to do

vacation with Jesus. And then I'm going

to go back home one day. That is the

prayer for every single Christ follower

that the Bible says that this life that

you and I are living in is nothing but a

vapor.

>> Here one second and then gone. don't

even know when it left, how it left, the

direction that it left. But then you,

you and I will spend eternity somewhere.

>> That's not subjective.

>> That is very objective. That it it is a

truth that you and I can live by. But we

have the opportunity to choose where

that is. Smoking or non-smoking,

with God,

without God. the kingdom of darkness

where Satan rules or the kingdom of his

son Jesus, the kingdom of light where

Jesus rules. The Bible says that we have

been transferred over a new kingdom, a

new system, a new way of operating

throughout life. And if I'm going to be

honest, here's something that I have

issues with, something that I have

struggled with. I can be saved and still

be living with an outdated operating

system in my life. So, I get saved, but

I still do things my way.

I get saved and and I allow this book to

just be an opinion for me to do in life,

not the authority for how I'm supposed

to act inside of life. If I'm not cful

careful, I will get saved. See Jesus as

my savior, but then make him out to be

my version of Lord. Whatever benefits

me, whatever comforts me, whatever makes

me feel good, whatever makes me look

good, whatever makes my bank account the

biggest, whatever makes me look the most

popping on social media, I will put him

in my image rather than allowing him to

transform and make me into his image.

It's a struggle and it's a slippery

slope that we live in that Jesus does

not just want to be our Lord, he wants

to be our savior. And the only way for

you and I to have the life that Jesus

fully died to give us, not just to

experience eternity, but in order to be

able to have a life that's actually

enjoyable, pleasurable, and lifegiving

while we're here on earth, is to do so

off of his operating system. When I have

a different input in my life, it creates

a different output. There is a

difference of operating in Satan's or in

the world's in cultures operating system

versus God's. What do you mean cultures

operating system? The Bible says that

whenever sin entered into the world that

that now became the culture, the domain

where Satan rules. He is the ruler over

this world.

>> It's the fact it's scripture. And that

whenever you and I are birthed into this

world, by default,

we are in his kingdom.

>> And you and I have to make a decision in

order to accept Christ into our life to

have this transfer of citizenship. This

is what the Bible calls for you and I to

be born again. Because in this world,

when we're born into it, we're born into

sin. We're born into his culture. But

when we get born again into Christ, the

Bible says, "What the flesh births is of

the flesh, but what the spirit birs is

of the spirit." When we get born again

in Christ, we're born again into his

kingdom and into his domain. And so what

I see is if my reactions look like the

world, then I'm probably operating with

the world's system,

>> not with Christ. But if my actions,

reactions, thoughts, words, motives look

like heaven's blueprint, heaven's

operating system, then chances are I'm

doing my very best in order to be led by

Holy Spirit to do things God's way. This

is why Jesus actually told you and I how

we should pray in Matthew chapter 6.

Matthew 6 · chapter mention

Many people have this have this

memorized.

We're going to put it up on the screen,

but I want to focus on one particular

verse out of Matthew chapter 6. When

Matthew 6 · chapter mention

Jesus is teaching how to pray, many of

you might know, "Our Father, who art in

heaven, hallowed be thy name." Here's

what the ESV version of Matthew 6:10

Matthew 6:10

says. Your kingdom come, your will be

done on earth as it is in heaven.

So, not in heaven as it is down here on

earth. I need heaven to come down. Stop

Caleb trying to take earth and take it

up. It's not earth up. It's heaven down.

What God, what Jesus is saying is

prayer. Prayer for God to instill his

system inside of my life. A completely

different way of moving, a different way

of talking, talking, a different way of

thinking, a different way of operating

inside of life. let heaven's culture

override

my natural instincts.

How can it be for God to come here? For

me to be able to live heaven on earth

that I don't just have to wait until I

pass away, but there has to be another

level of living here. And I don't want

to diminish God's power and sovereignty

to only be effective whenever I get to

heaven. He's also able to be effective

here on earth, but I have to do things

his way to allow him the opportunity to

do what he's wanting to do. And so I I

would say it this way for me, I don't

want to just pray your kingdom come. I

want to be the place that it comes

through.

>> All right?

>> That if we're Christ followers, it's not

us just saying, "God, on earth as it is

in heaven." No, it's on earth as it is

in heaven. And by the way, use me in

order to show how it is in heaven. The

love of heaven, the joy of heaven, the

peace of heaven, the grace of heaven,

the mercy of heaven, the spirit of

heaven, but then also the strength of

heaven. I want God to use me in order to

show that to people inside of this

world. So the kingdom operating system,

it is very simple and very hard. Ain't

that the case that usually it's the

simple things that are the hardest

things? Like I remember back whenever I

was in school, I'll do pre-alggebra,

algebra 1, algebra 2. We going we not

going to talk about geometry

taking those classes. I remember the

first couple weeks in school like the

teacher was like going over things that

we had learned last time. I'm like, bro,

I done been known this. Like I I know

the fundamentals. I know they're the

building blocks for where we're going. I

I heard it. I didn't want to believe it

or do anything with it. Meanwhile, three

weeks into school, I'm over here asking

for tutoring because I'm already lost.

Like, I have no idea what we're doing,

where we're going. And the teacher said,

"It's because you weren't focused on the

fundamentals. You weren't focused on the

easy things. And if you can't do the

easy things, then how are you expecting

to build that up?" I find in my life the

more I focus on doing the simple things

that Jesus says to do, I will one

realize how hard it is, how much I can't

do it. Number two, it also reminds me

how much I need him. It's funny how my

pride and my arrogance can grow to a

place where I actually think I'm good

enough and don't need God.

>> All right?

>> And it happens to me easy. Too many

compliments, I think I got it. too too

many words of encouragement. I think I'm

good. I think I'm doing it on my own.

Too many successes, the business starts

popping and we're having some profitable

months. I think I actually know what I'm

doing.

>> I got to be careful with this. Stay

humble and stay submitted to God and how

he does things. So, the kingdom's

operating system, which is simple but is

not easy, are these three things. In

God,

two people

through devotion.

in God

towards people

through devotion. Let's talk about this.

In God. In God. The Pharisees in Matthew

Matthew 22 · chapter mention

chapter 22, uh, they were trying to

catch Jesus slipping. Y'all, don't y'all

hate when somebody tries to like catch

you slipping?

Like, you trying to get me got? I hope

you get got like you YOU WHAT YOU TRYING

TO DO THIS FOR me for? The Pharisees was

doing that with with Jesus. that he was

around a whole bunch of religious elite

folk who knew better but weren't doing

better. Who knew the scripture but

weren't doing the scripture, who knew

the song and were singing it, but

weren't living out the appreciation of

the love for God. That that's who these

folk were, the Sadducees and the

Pharisees. And the Pharisees had came up

and they were like, "Oh, we going to

catch God slipping." And they sent a

lawyer to go up and to try to catch

Jesus. And he says, "Hey, rabbi, hey

teacher, um, what is the greatest

commandment in the law?"

>> And I can see like I Anybody else like a

visual person? Are you kind of crazy,

too? Like when when I'm seeing this like

I have a whole movie like I see him

saying, "Hey, Rabbi, what's the greatest

commandment in the law?"

Got him.

It's just me, Jesus.

And Jesus came back something gangster.

The truth.

Ain't it funny how we sometimes shy away

from the truth? Jesus said, "I'mma stand

10 toes on it." You asked me the

question, be ready for my response. I'm

not ashamed in he who I believe and I

know where it is that I come from.

Matthew 22:es 37-38.

Here's what Jesus said to what is the

greatest commandment in the law. And he

said to them, "You shall love the Lord

your God with all your heart and with

all your soul and with all your mind.

This is the great and first commandment.

Love God

>> with everything you got. Holding nothing

back. Which means emotionally, God, you

have me.

>> You have my heart. Intellectually, God,

you have me. I'm going to study your

word. It's not enough just for me to

have emotionalism with you,

experientialism. No, I want to have a

foundation for your word. I want to not

just know you. I want to understand you.

I want to know what makes you happy. I

want to know what makes you cry. I want

to know what you're proud of. I want to

know what makes you sad. I want to know

these things. So with my heart, with my

mind, and with my soul,

my willpower, that the decisions that I

make now are expressed in how I love

you. Love the Lord your God with all

your heart, with all your soul, with all

your mind. This is the great and the

first commandment

in the kingdom of God. Order matters

really. And anywhere we go,

>> order matters. The law of first mention

that if everything's a priority,

nothing's a priority.

>> All right?

>> So Jesus said, I need you to keep this

as a priority. Pimeo, number one, keep

this at the top of the list. Pin it to

your feed. Save it. Put it as your

screen saver. Do whatever. This is the

number one thing that things friend

John. Do you love God? Order matters.

Why does this matter?

>> As I said earlier, heaven's order, his

operating system is in God. When I love

God, I'm able to find my identity inside

of God

>> because God is the master designer. He's

the one that made you and he's the one

that made me. Well, you want to get to

know you better? How about you get to

know the one that made you

>> cuz you're going to see some intricacies

that you might have misqualified. You

might have called it weird. God called

it unique. People might have said that

it was bad. God said it's for my glory.

People might have shunned away from it.

And that's the thing that God is using

to embrace you and embrace people. WHEN

I GET START LOVING GOD MORE AND I MAKE

SURE THIS relationship was is right, I

have a security in who I am.

>> Without God, we have identity crisis.

With God, I have a secured identity. You

ever had an identity crisis before?

I talk about me. I'm a mut, baby. I'm a

dog. I'm a mut. I'M A MUT.

I'M HALF Puerto Rican and at times I

think I'm full.

And I I used to have the Puerto Rican

flag in my college dorm hanging on the

wall. I promise you I HAD THE BOXING

GLOVES HANGING FROM MY CAR. But if you

spoke to me in Spanish, deal with them

in the guy. Hey,

just keeping it a buck.

AND I'M FROM POKE COUNTY,

SO I COULD DO COWBOY BOOTS, COUNTRY

MUSIC, AND CAMO with the best of them.

I'm cool with you there. And in my

formative years growing up, we lived in

INNER CITY TAMPA, SO I THOUGHT I was

black.

I did. I JUST THOUGHT GOD took me out

the oven early. Like, I ain't know. I

thought I was half baked. Like, I I

didn't know.

Thank you.

Now watch this.

>> Because of that, I tried to put my

identity inside of what I deemed out of

ignorance, culture, nationality, what I

felt good in. And then I found myself

jumping to please whatever group of

people that I was around. So I never

knew who I was.

>> I allowed everybody else to dictate what

I was. I was inside of sports. I like I

like sports. Uh and I had my identity

inside of sports. Here was the problem.

We didn't go undefeated. I lost. Which

means then that I lost.

Put it into work ethic. And yeah,

somebody who works hard, somebody who

sweats, give me the job, I'm going to

get it done until I can't or won't,

until I don't know what to do or until

it's too much and something falls

through the cracks. Now I feel like I

have just became a failure. But once we

put our identity inside of Christ, we're

going to get to know a love, a security,

a strength that came from heaven because

he's the designer. NOT PUTTING MY LIFE

IN CHRIST IS LIKE YOU and I trying to

use the air fryer to heat or trying to

use the freezer to warm up a piece of

pizza.

>> All right?

>> We were never intended to do it that

way. It it's actually made to do

something completely different. And

there was times in my life where I was

trying to live and operate one way when

really I think what heaven was saying is

Caleb, you were meant to do something

different. You were created to You

wonder why it's not work? You wonder why

you out here trying to be wild and you

can't enjoy all of the wild.

>> All right?

>> Cuz you were created to do something

different. You want to know why you're

so tormented with the way that you just

responded to that person? Cuz you were

supposed to be operating different.

Caleb, change how you live. Change how

you operate. I need you to focus on me.

When you're in me, then you're inside of

security.

>> But now it's not just in me. It's also

to people towards people. Matthew 22:39,

Matthew 22:39

the very next verse, Jesus continues and

he says it this way. And the second is

like it. The first commandment, love

God. This is the great and the first

commandment. And the second is like it.

You shall love your neighbor as

yourself.

>> What he's saying is that a love for God

should and will produce in you a love

for people.

>> That as I love him more, I naturally

love people more. As I embrace him more,

I will naturally begin to embrace other

folk more. Because while the

relationship with me and Jesus, yes, is

an internal decision and is something

that's going here. The kingdom life is

not a private life, it's a public life.

There should be visible implications for

the love that you and I say that we have

for Christ. That I'm not an in the

closet Christ follower. I'm outspoken.

What does that look like? Not in how I

slap people in the Bible. Not in how

loud I pray. Not in what I do there. How

well I treat others.

How well can I TREAT PEOPLE? HOW WELL

CAN I love people? I heard on a podcast

this past week, it was talking about

scripture and it said this that you and

I sometimes,

this pastor was talking, he said, "I

sometimes don't even love my family the

way that the Bible says to love my

enemies.

>> I have a jacked up and skewed version of

what love is on my own. I need God to

define it." First John actually says

that whoever does not love does not know

God because God is love. So the more I

get to know him, the more I'm able to

understand what love is and then be able

to give it out towards others. The

kingdom life isn't private. It's visible

based on how well I love people. This is

what Jesus started talking about in

Matthew chapter 5, talking about the

Matthew 5 · chapter mention

sermon on the mount. He says that you

and I were the salts of the earth. We're

like a city that is set upon a hill, a

light in a house, not to be covered over

so that it can't be used, but to give

light, to shine it for people. And

here's what he says in Matthew 5:16. In

Matthew 5:16

the same way, this is Jesus talking. LET

YOUR LIGHT shine before others so that

they may see your good works and give

glory to your father who is in heaven.

Not good works for them to say how good

you are. Good works to say how amazing

God is.

>> To say that because of how I love him, I

am now treating people with heavenly

principles, with the blueprint, the

operating system from heaven, that then

when people look at me, how well am I

doing at holding a mirror back up at God

that it's not me, it is him. I'm

grateful that he's able to use somebody

broken, busted, and disgusted like me

for his glory. How can I do that? It is

through what the Bible calls these good

works. Good works to glorify God,

not arguments. It doesn't say, "Let your

light shine before others so that they

may see your great argumentative points

and how you can be correct."

It doesn't say my harshness towards

people. It doesn't say to operate in

culture wars creating division between

men. No, it says operate inside of the

good works. There's a theologian RT

France and he he has a commentary on the

gospel of Matthew and RT France was

actually quoted saying this that the

good works are visible expressions of

allegiance to God's reign.

Visible expression of my heart's

allegiance to the king's domain. Not to

mine but to theirs. in Matthew. Well,

okay, that sounds good, but what are

these good works?

What are these things? It has to be

something tangible if Jesus wants me to

do it. Well, Matthew 5, the sermon on

the mount, he goes into these things

called the beatitudes right before this

word. This is the attitudes that he

wants you to be, the the things that he

wants you and I to possess. And it's to

be humble, to be broken over sin, to be

gentle, to be hungry for God, to be

merciful, to be pure of heart, of mind,

and of motive, to be a peacemaker, and

to be faithful under pressure.

These are what Jesus is saying are the

good works that when we operate in them

which is only found inside of God,

inside of Christ. But when we operate in

those, it's able to glorify God who is

in heaven.

>> And you and I need to care what people

think and how they view us. For one, the

Bible says that a good name is better

than riches.

I used to say, I don't care about what

people think. You should. That's your

reputation. And the Bible says that you

and I when we receive Christ are

ambassadors for God. I'm either bringing

people towards him or I'm pushing people

away from him. Which one is my lifestyle

doing? But then Paul actually says it

this way in 2 Corinthians 8 21. He says

this, "We are careful to be honorable

before the Lord to do what's right in

his eyes, but we also want everyone else

to see that we are honorable.

>> We want to do right in the eyes of God.

That's the number one thing. not living

based off of people. Remember, order

matters. I first do what's right in the

eyes of God. And then in my response to

loving him and being in him and focusing

on him, I now want to do what is best

for everybody else,

>> which is always going to be operating

inside of God's operating system.

>> Order matters. I You ever made rice

before?

I ain't talking about that Uncle Ben's.

I ain't talking about that minute rice.

I ain't even talk about no rice maker

rice. I'm talking about that season pot.

You know what I'm saying? That one that

you don't scrub cuz it's seasoned. Just

right. I wanted to make dinner for Liz a

couple months ago. So, I made my

steakoop whoop. Went to go make some

rice. Something simple, some slight, you

know, just out of the kindness of my

heart. Love you.

So, I go to make the rice, but I had the

kids at home, so I'm rushing and I'm not

really fully paying attention. So, I I

washed the rice. Woo! I got the got the

pot boiling. I threw in the salt again.

Just doing something simple. And then I

cooked it. Woo! I went TO GO TASTE IT.

THAT thing was nasty.

In our house, do how you will, we use

olive oil in our rice. I forgot to put

in the olive oil. So, you know what my

brilliant brain did?

>> I added it in after

just a little drizzle.

>> I took another bite. IT WAS EVEN WORSE.

ORDER. That was my reaction.

I started crying like I couldn't handle

it.

Order matters.

Same ingredients out of order.

Disgusting. Nobody ate it. Threw it in

the trash.

Use those same ingredients. Put it in

order. It is something that is

nourishing and that is beneficial to all

of those who take it in. God is saying,

"I have an order for you to do in life.

Think of me first." Matthew 6 says,

"Seek first the kingdom of heaven. I

want to go towards God first. And as I

love God, then I'm able to love people

because what I find is when I try to

love people without being rooted in God

first, my love eventually becomes more

about me.

>> I pervert it. I twist it. I manipulate

it. I make it to what how good it makes

me feel. What do I get out of it? How am

I treated? Order matters. When I love

God properly, then I'll be able to love

people properly. But then then it takes

me through devotion in God to people

through devotion. Titus chapter 3 verse

Titus 3:14

14, the Bible says this. And let our

people, this is Paul talking here, learn

to devote themselves to good works so as

to help in cases of urgent need and to

not be unfruitful.

Way to interpret this is if I'm not

doing good works, then I am not being

fruitful

and not good works based off of cultures

operating system. Good works based off

of what heaven says to do. I need heaven

to be the one that defines things inside

of my life. So good works heaven. If I'm

not doing the things that God said to

do, then I am being unfruitful. If I do

the things, treat people well, keep the

order, love, be in God, express love

towards people, then I am in the

operating system of heaven and I am

fruitful. But the Bible says to devote

yourself.

So my brain, I make up a lot of

definitions in my head. Anybody else

make up words? I make up words. I want

to know what does devotion actually

mean?

>> Devotion is an intense,

steadfast,

and loyal dedication.

An intense, over-the-top passion,

intensity.

I know nothing about that. Intense,

steadfast, which means it doesn't quit.

It can endure through the tough times.

Loyal,

which means whether it benefits me or

whether I it doesn't, I'm here.

Dedication. Devotion is the thing that

sustains God's system. A devotion to

what? A devotion to God.

We are in God.

Everything we do is for God.

And it can only happen through God.

My identity is inside of God

in me. My good works are for God to give

him the glory.

But the only way that that'll be

sustainable inside of my life is if I do

it through God, through his prompting,

through Holy Spirit, through me being

dedicated to him. All things are in him,

to him, and through him.

If I stop being devoted, chances are I'm

going to fall back into the world's

operating system. What do you mean by

devoted? If I stop if I stop praying,

I stop praying. If I stop this

communication with God, how do you

expect any relationship to grow without

communication?

I need to make sure that this is

growing. So, I need to make sure that

I'm continuing communicating with me,

which by the way, it's not a monologue.

It's a dialogue. It's not my time for me

to just tell him all my wants and then

just skate out and run. There also has

to be time for me to sit to feel the

prompings of Holy Spirit and also hear

what I need to get checked. I feel the

most times where I don't give him the

time to respond is because I'm scared of

what he's going to say.

>> I need this prayer time. I I I need my

time inside of scripture. I I HAVE SAID

GOD AIN'T TALKING TO ME. GOD HAS SAID A

WHOLE LOT. Am I reading it? Am I

listening to it? He's not silent. I've

just been ignorant, not knowing. I need

to open up my word. That's why we've

done this bring your Bible to church

campaign. IT'S CRAZY STATISTIC. YOU'RE

MORE LIKELY TO read the Bible if you

have a Bible.

Pretty crazy.

Wait, y'all manipulated me to do No, it

didn't. Led you.

>> Cuz it's for your benefit, not for mine.

>> It's for your benefit. It's for your

family's benefit. Get this book open.

This isn't for a Sunday picture. This is

to be a word, a a lamp to your feet, a

light to your path. DAVID SAID, "I'LL

HIDE YOUR WORD IN MY HEART, SO I WILL

NOT SIN AGAINST YOU." HOW CAN I KNOW

WHAT GOD WANTS IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD

WANTS? It's inside of this book,

worship, a lifestyle that is edifying to

Christ. Not just the songs that I sing,

although there is that, but how am I

living? Well, my lifestyle to be one of

worship and obedience. How am I obeying

what he says to do? That's what keeps

the kingdom running.

So, in my life, I've had to do what I'd

call some kingdom resets

cuz I've kind of been off a little bit.

This morning when I woke up, I had a

notification that said that there's a

new update for your phone. Do you want

to update it? Yes, I I hit the update

and when I did it, the screen kind of

went black. I wasn't able to use my

phone for a little bit, but I saw this

loading bar and it was constantly

loading to bring in an up an operating

system that allows me to do things that

I could not do before I did the update.

>> All right.

>> There's been times where I have to do

these resets, these updates inside of my

operating system with Christ. What does

that look like?

Start your day with prayer instead of

your phone,

understanding that there is nothing that

I'm going to be able to do today that

God has not given me the ability to do.

That the fact that I woke up is a gift

from God. The fact that I can speak is a

gift from God. The fact that I have kids

to be able to make breakfast for is a

gift from God. I have a job to go to.

I'm not thinking about how I'm going to

get the job. I'm blessed to have a car.

Those are gifts from God. I can start

every day with prayer of thanksgiving.

Begin the communication with God. Holy

Spirit, thank you for being here and

operating in my life. Not just leaving

me. You're not just limited to a

building on a Sunday, but Holy Spirit,

you're God, you said I am the temple of

the Holy Spirit. So wherever I go, you

are there. Thank you. Spend some time in

your Bible. Read it. Do one act of

intentional kindness today

to somebody that can't do anything for

you.

That way I know I'm not doing it for

something. I'm doing it just because of

what he has done for me.

Use your voice to encourage somebody,

not create division.

Ask yourself what I'm asking myself.

What operating system am I talking in,

thinking in, and acting in?

If I can be very transparent while I was

preparing this message, here's what I

felt Holy Spirit say to me. Caleb,

before you correct your the world,

correct your spirit.

>> And before you debate culture, display

Christ.

>> All of us have an update that we can do

to make sure that we're in God. We're

showing love to people. But the only way

that's going to be sustainable is

through our devotion to God. It starts

with God. It ends with God. It's all

because of him. Everybody stand to your

feet.

To be in God is to speak of my identity.

I'm his. I'm inside of Christ. And to to

say to people is talking about the

expression

of my salvation and my need for God, my

devotion to his kingdom and his

blueprint, his operating system in life.

And through devotion, that's to talk

about the sustainability that I have in

order to do this. I can't do this on my

own and I can't change people but I can

change me.

>> How do I change me? I remember that it's

in God

to people through devotion. Maybe today

you're here and you would say with the

best heart and with the best

intentionality,

God hasn't been first in my life. Maybe

I put something else first. Maybe I've

put a love for people first and I and I

and I didn't put God in his rightful

place, but today I want to I want to get

my order straightened back out. Me, too.

You're maybe maybe your love has grown

sharp because you're trying to do your

version of love, not his version of

love. Where the Bible says love is

patient. Love is kind.

Devotion maybe has become occasional or

circumstantial,

which means it's not devotion. Maybe

maybe it's time to re-up the level of

intensity and passion that I have for

doing things his way. That I'm not doing

it laxidasically in life, but there is a

grit that I have that I am going full

speed in his direction. And my devotion

creates blinders like what raceh horses

have that keep me focused on the kingdom

of God. Maybe your reactions haven't

looked like heaven. And so you need

Jesus to help you on the inside, not

what it looks like on the outside.

Because a reaction is only a display of

my heart.

And sometimes I mess up in my reactions.

What happens when the pressure is on? I

mess up, slip. My words aren't always

right. My thoughts aren't always right.

My intentions and my motives aren't

always right. I need God every single

day to help me make sure that my

operating system is not the one that's

the most convenient and it's not the one

that's here. It's the one that is the

best for me in ge choosing God, choosing

Jesus is always always going to be what

is best for you and what is best for me.

Let's pray. Father God, we love you so

much. extremely grateful that we get the

opportunity to be vessels, conduits

from heaven into the earth for other

people to be able to see how good, how

amazing, how much you love, and how much

you care for them. God, I pray that you

would help us reorder. Reorder my heart,

reorder my love, reorder my priorities.

That I remember that everything that

happens in this world is from you, is to

you, and is through you. That you are

the beginning, you are the middle, you

are the end. The whole purpose for life

is to give glory and to give honor to

you. And so God, would you help me get

rid of my old mindset, my old way of

doing things, my old beliefs, my old

tendencies, my old priorities, and would

I be more focused and more in love with

you than I am myself or whatever it is

that I'm able to produce? God, would you

create in me a pure heart

so that everybody that I'm able to run

in contact with, I'm able to love the

way that you do and I'm able to give

glory right back towards you. In Jesus'

name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen.

>> Did I or did I not say you were going to

be encouraged? Yeah. Feel free to check

out our website, freelifechapel.org, for

more encouraging messages. Until then, I

hope you have a great day.