Beyond The Music | Pastor Scott Thomas

hello hello friend thank you so much for

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happening at your church today there's a

phenomenal message in store just for you

i hope you're encouraged i want to talk

to you today about something I would

call just quite simply beyond the

music beyond the

music and in in short here's the here's

the message here's what I want you to

know you are

wired to

worship you have no

option you have no way to opt out it's

all you will do for the rest of your

life is worship and I want to show you

what the Bible has to say about all that

anybody familiar with Shaq Shaquille

O'Neal y'all know who I'm talking about

lakers that big that big wall that ran

up and down the the the Yeah right 7

foot one 325 lbs you know when he

stopped basketball he could have just

become a warehouse wall somewhere he

could have just stood there like this a

big piece of meat y'all do you

understand like he's a big He's a big

guy shaq he dominated all that i love

him as a commentator hilarious but Shaq

was a big guy 7 foot one his his

wingspan tip to tip a finger is 7' 7

in just tipto tip that's a big boy in

fact I saw a picture of him holding a

basketball it looked like he was holding

a

skittle like it's just like oh bless his

heart like like he's that guy now have

have you all ever heard of of a girl

named uh Simone Biles simone Biles y'all

know who I'm talking about yeah 4 foot

nothing okay 4 foot eight let's give her

all all inch all eight inches matter

four 4 foot 8 in and y'all know about

Simone right she's bringing home all

those Olympic medals all the gymnastics

y'all 11 gymnastic medals this girl was

a balance beam bars floor exercise she

did it all the vault i saw her do a move

when she she got on the balance beam

that little 4-in piece of wood she's up

there she goes running and she does this

flip and she she's like head over heels

lands on two feet i'm like I tried to

sit down i I missed the chair that I was

trying to sit down in last week and this

girl is landing on like 4 in of wood she

She was like she's boss she 4'8

gymnastics

dominated shaq 7 foot one basketball

dominated they're built for what they

did can you imagine if Shaq tried the

balance

beam he would break the balance beam but

but can you imagine him trying to land

like No are you kidding me can you

imagine

Simone it ain't happening y'all it ain't

Why why why because they are built to do

what they do and for them to try to

change to something else for them to

swap spots would be a waste of time and

be total failure for both of them

because what they did is they submitted

to this is who I am i'm going to be who

I was built to be i want you to

understand you're you're not meant to do

everything but there is one thing you

are wired to do and that's worship and

if you try anything other than

worshiping the one true God and creator

it will take you sideways and it'll be

as frustrating as watching Shaq do a

floor exercise it will not be impressive

i want to draw all of us back to the

original intent that God had for you and

show you what that looks like and you're

going to find out you're doing better

than you think you are i got good news

today isaiah 43:7 if you're looking for

Isaiah 43:7

a new tattoo this is a good one right

here isaiah 43:7 here here here's what

Isaiah 43:7

it says here's what it says they are my

people read this i created each of them

to bring honor to me i created them to

do what to bring honor to bring They

were

created the whole reason of their

existence is to bring honor in other

words if they're not bringing honor to

me they're missing their purpose of

existing wow

it's dis it's it's out of order if

anything that's in disorder is chaos

have you ever you ever put your money in

a vending machine and it did not give

you anything back that's consol that's

considered out of order you can bang on

it you can kick on it it ain't going to

kick nothing out it's out of order it

only takes and it doesn't give you and I

can't live our lives only taking from

God and never returning back you and I

were created in order to honor God

that's the purpose of your life before

you got here you came pre-wired for this

you don't get to decide this everybody

is wired a worshshiper you and I then

have the responsibility of making sure

that our life is focused towards

honoring and worshiping God in all that

we do and I want to talk to you about

that

today because the only purpose that will

fulfill your life is when we're serving

honoring and worshiping God with our

life you see this goes beyond just the

18 minutes of worship we just had on

this platform today this is good and

this is healthy this is great but ladies

and gentlemen you can't worship 18

minutes a week and feel like that you've

satisfied what you need to do in

honoring worshiping God how many you

know that you can't have you can't have

a marriage built on 18 minutes a week

right

no I promise you it don't work that way

it it just it just does not yeah okay

let's increase it an hour and 10 minutes

i went to church an hour and 10 minutes

but ladies and gentlemen God's presence

an hour and 10 minutes a week is not

going to help you get you through the

rest of it you can't build a

relationship with God solely on that

there's got to be something more on the

other side and this is why you and I

were built to worship because when you

understand what worshiping is all about

you realize it busts the doors down to

Sundays and it rushes all up into the

full week and I want to show you how

that plays out worship literally means

worth ship it's made up of these two

words that go together worthship in

other words to value or to regard with

extreme respect and honor and devotion

in other words worship is what you and I

give back to

God this is what you give that's why

this is called a watch this a worship

service it's our service we're meeting

the needs we're we're honoring we're

giving back what is rightly due his name

the reason for my existence i'm serving

him that's what the worship service is

all about colossians chapter 1 verse 16

Colossians 1:16

tells us

this all things have been created by him

and for him would you say that by him

and for him say it again by him and for

him that ain't foo for us by us that

ain't what he said y'all know anybody

know what foo is how you do not have a

clue what foo is you don't have a clue

that's okay all right y'all some of you

Hey Fubu is a name brand is a name brand

from back in the day it mean it was mean

for us by us and it was that that kind

of street wear how many of y'all

remember Rockawware any RockAware people

oh we got Rockawware people here are you

ready members only where's the members

only people you got the members only

jacket at the house it's old falling

all right I'm I'm not mad at you south

Pole any South Pole people some of y'all

got it on right now i'm not mad at you

you ready we're going to take a deep

dive watch this watch this watch the

hands that go up here you ready jord

Dash jord Dash jeans where's the Jord

Dash at hey there we go sassan

sassan okay a few of you here and there

okay bugle boy any bugle boy people in

the

place all I wear is Armani well good for

you when I was growing up we couldn't

afford nothing so my mom made my clothes

so I wore my mommy so you got your

Armani i got like That's just how we

roll that's what we did whatever you

wore it's Watch watch this is we're made

he for his glory by him for him that

that's that's the whole reason we exist

and notice something the writer in the

book of Colossians here this guy's name

is Paul paul when he writes this he uses

a word intentionally in the New

Testament to throw us all the way back

to Genesis chapter 1

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

like one word and and he throws us all

the way back to the beginning of the

book created you were created that word

is intentionally used to take us right

back to in the beginning God created the

heaven and the earth and immediately we

begin to be reminded of everything that

God put in motion he made the trees the

sun is doing only what it was intended

to do nothing else the moon only does

what it was created to do nothing else a

fish never climbs a

tree a bird never goes for a

swim you put those fish you put the bird

in the wrong element they die you put

them in the right atmosphere they come

alive the genius comes out in them

here's what I'm trying to tell you you

don't operate good everywhere you only

operate good in the right atmosphere

you were built for something not

everything that's why you don't belong

everywhere that's why your mind doesn't

run the same everywhere you got to make

sure that the atmosphere around you the

people the voices in your life hey that

the people around you are are the are

creating an atmosphere where the genius

in you that God factor in you can come

alive that's exactly why we're here it's

on purpose so the writer is using this

language to take us back into creation

because he also then reminds us of this

guy named Adam and Eve the first couple

that come on the scene and and and where

does God put him in this place called

the Garden of Eden what what makes the

garden all of that it was the presence

of God it was perfection it was

perfection no sweating allowed

it was beautiful it was Reesei cups

branches little little shrubs of Reesei

cups growing everywhere like like it it

the whole place was laid out it served

and it met the needs of man and here's

the deal the Bible says that God walked

with them talked with them fellowshipped

with him can you imagine one can you

imagine tomorrow morning you and God

7:00 Lake Collingsworth let's take a

walk this is where they're walking and

talking with God and they're sharing

their heart and God is speaking

direction and wisdom back to them for

example leave that tree

alone eat from all those but leave that

one alone he's giving them direction for

life the husband and wife the two shall

become one make sure the marriage is one

he's giving them direction for life

multiply genesis chapter 1 multiply take

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

control of life dominate succeed these

are the instructions of God to his

people in that realm where they're doing

life together not not an hour and 10

minutes a week life

together but there's one

verse that's hidden inside of one

chapter in Genesis chapter 2 verse 15

Genesis 2:15

that will rescript your view of worship

if you see what it says watch this

genesis 2:15

Genesis 2:15

the Lord God took the man and put him in

the Garden of Eden to work it and take

care of it read those words with me

ready one two three to work it and take

care of it the word work is an

interesting word in the original

language in the Hebrew the original

language that word of work is abad avoda

made up off of a root word abad but but

here here's what it means it's used

almost 300 times in the Bible and in

those 300 times in the Old Testament

watch this that word for work the exact

same word is also translated

worship multiple times in the Bible in

other words where you see that word for

work there is just as much credibility

behind it being translated as worship as

it is work research it for yourself

google that thing you'll see what I'm

talking about this is the reality for us

so watch this so you could read this

verse the Lord God took the man and put

him in the garden of Eden to worship and

take care of

it this is

powerful because the very first time

worship is mentioned in the Bible is

right here and that word worship is also

connected to man's work and God's

presence in other words they're not

different

things work is worship worship is work

like like God combined all of it there

there's there there's you don't have to

separate it like there's Sunday for

Jesus and then Monday through Saturday

for oh my God get me through that's not

the goal it's it's not sacred time and

secular time we can't compartmentalize

God and try to put him in a box and try

to just fit him in when I want and when

I don't i can't turn him on and turn him

off in my life that means all of your

life is sacred you don't have secular

time when you said yes to Jesus

everything you are became holy

everything you are God said you and me

we doing life together when you go to

work I'm going to work you go on

vacation I'm with you boy let's go you

going to stop and get a burger i'm going

to hang with you whatever that looks

like we're doing some life together you

taking care of them babies mama 2:00 in

the morning they scream screaming and

crying guess what i'm getting up with

you we're doing this together it's all

of life i'm not trying to develop a

healthy relationships off of an hour and

10 minutes a week i want to do all of

life with you god's a big boy he can

handle whatever you step into whatever

you experience he's not afraid of it

he's the one that makes life have

meaning and purpose and bite and joy

that's why we got to take him with us

and do life

together so we work at the same time we

worship and we worship while we're

working there's no separation in Judaism

there is a the number one major idea in

all of Judaism is the very thing I've

got tatted on my arm it's

tunolam it means to repair the world

this was the biggest idea in Jesus's

mind repair repair it from what when

Adam and Eve sinned and broke fractured

the world broke and fractured union and

unity and that oneness with God we work

in life to repair and put it back

together again this is what we're doing

as we are living out our faith and we're

worshiping through our day worshiping

through our week we've got to begin to

see it that we are in the process of

healing and bringing the name of Jesus

to a culture and to a people group that

might not hear see or experience they're

not here on Sunday but if they've

encountered you they've encountered the

same Jesus in you that they've enca we

encounter on Sunday he's there he's on

living color and we're going to watch

him change lives this is what we do this

is how we roll but but guess what here's

what happens adam and Eve blew it that

right they they rebelled they were

evicted from the garden and when Adam

and Eve left the garden guess who else

left

god god said "If you're not going to be

here I don't want to be here i'm here

because of you

i want to know you i want relationship

with you it's you and me that's what

makes Eden attractive to God not the

pristine setup god says "I can have that

anywhere i want to be with you so if

you're leaving I am too." And he did and

we've got 4,000 years watch this from

the time Adam and Eve blew it moving

forward 4,000 years later then something

happens god sent his son

watch watch 1 Corinthians 15 calls Jesus

the second

Adam there was a first Adam that blew it

broke it down with God jesus the second

Adam he shows up on the scene and by the

way what was the purpose of the second

Adam well the Bible tells us in Luke

Luke 19 · chapter mention

chapter 19 to restore that which was

lost not those the word in the Greek is

that in other words it's not just people

but everything that was promised in the

garden God wants to bring all of that

back again so the union that was broke

down the joy the success the peace the

rest the strength god says in my

presence all of that was available to

Adam and Eve and when they sinned they

rebelled and they had to leave they went

through some rough stuff jesus came to

restore and put new life back to all

that so you and I could live that so the

second Adam shows up to restore what was

lost in the garden and the Bible says

that Jesus is called Emmanuel which

means God with us just like we're back

in the garden walking with God again

here we are he's trying to restore all

this this is the work of Jesus and then

Jesus comes to turn our hearts our lives

into a garden because the Bible says in

1 Corinthians 3:16 read this with me

1 Corinthians 3:16

surely you know that you are God's

temple and that God's spirit lives in

you in other words no longer do you have

to go to a place to experience God

called Eden i'm putting Eden in your

heart and God's living here and you and

God are lined up you guys are together

there's a relationship again jesus

because of his sacrifice that he did for

us he paved the way he brought it back

he healed the divide so that we could be

back in union and in good standing with

God to know him and not just know him a

far off he's not just this cosmic deity

that rules and reigns outside and is

oblivious to who we are no he knows us

he sent his son Jesus God with us who

went through what we go through to

connect with us and now he turns us into

a temple his place of living his

sanctuary that's who you are that's who

I am god lives inside of you he walks

with you he talks with you he leads your

life we talk about living a spirit-led

life that's how this comes about it's

the place where you and God are doing

life together that sounds like Eden to

me i wouldn't want to do life without

him i don't want to try a Monday without

him

why would I leave him in Sunday we got

to break Jesus out of Sunday someone got

in locked up we got to get Jesus out of

Sunday get him into Tuesday get him into

Wednesday get him in like take him with

you wherever you Some of y'all work in

some crazy places you better take Jesus

with you that's all I got to say so how

how do we live in some daily worship how

do we do this day in and day

out it's not just what we

do the truth is the way we do it is how

we do

it how I live my day not just what I do

during the day but how I do it and I'm

going to explain that is what turns that

into a place of worship you see some of

us are in the right place we just have

the wrong approach we don't understand

how God sees this moment and where I am

and how he can get glorified for it

again some of us are working in some

tore up places and we're thinking "Jesus

get me out of here." Back in the day I

don't know if you've been in church for

a while I'm way overchurched i'm more

churchy than Noah was ary you understand

i've done this a long time and so uh but

but but back in the day the mindset was

this if you did not work full-time in

the church your job was secular

it wasn't

holy so if you worked in the church you

had this special place with God and and

God heard your prayers doesn't hear our

prayers and we're just down here and

they're up there and and all that

twisted messed up jacked up religious

mindset that was all there and and I

want you to understand there's nothing

biblical about any of that do you know

that the very first time we see in the

Bible the spirit of God coming on

somebody is in Exodus 31 and it was on a

13-year-old boy who God anointed in

order to build the tabernacle

god's first the first mention of God's

spirit coming on anybody was a

construction

worker that's who I will use for my

glory what I'm trying to tell you is

we're trying to limit and put God in a

box and God is saying "I want this

relationship with everybody no one owns

the market on me." And there's no high

or no little we're all and what whatever

you do I'm going to get glory out of

your life if you'll just start seeing it

in the proper way so how do we do it

three ways in order to begin to change

how we approach it number one you got to

give God your intention

intention that means my heart is

involved it's not mindless my heart is

to know God my heart is to love God my

heart is to please God my heart is to

bring God joy in my life it's the goal

of my life the intention of my heart is

there and then once your intention is

focused towards him then you move to

your attention and now I need to give

him attention intention is my heart

attention are is my thoughts now my

thoughts are leaning towards him i'm

trying to be more God conscious i want

to be aware that he's here i want to be

aware that this time matters i want to

be aware that he sees me that riding

down the road in my car at work uh uh

making bottles mowing grass uh flipping

a burger wherever I am God sees me i'm

aware that he's here we need more God

consciousness in our life and after you

have your intention in place because

it's your heart and your attention in

place because it's your time and your

thoughts now you can have your devotion

going in the right direction and that's

your actions towards

God it's when you're

trying ladies and gentlemen don't lose

your try

well I tried it didn't work well try

again

you ever been eating your food and bit

your tongue you didn't quit eating did

you

it's too dangerous oh stop it of course

you keep on going we We We keep going

you fell down you get up and keep going

try it again the goal is to move one

step toward closer to Jesus today i

can't take all of them i'm not going to

shock heaven like he's amazing yeah

heaven's never going to say that about

me he's amazing that's never going to be

said about me but I do want heaven to

say he keeps coming back he keeps trying

again he keeps waking up and taking

another step here he comes again oh my

Lord i that's what I want to be said of

me and that's the goal and that's what

God's word is telling us and if you want

to know what devotion to God looks like

if you want to know what action and

trying looks like that's what the book

of Proverbs was written for proverbs is

full of nothing but devotion number one

how to lead yourself and how to pursue

God in your own private life and number

two how to deal with and handle others

how many you know people can get on your

nerves do not look at your neighbor do

not look at your neighbor look this way

people can get on your nerves man and

God's word is showing us it's going to

hit but if you'll do it my way I'll read

it as worship you handle a bad situation

in the right way that was worship right

there because you kept your heart

focused towards me that means I can get

glory from you at work i can get glory

from you on vacation i can get glory for

you in a tore up nasty at your house in

your relationships while you're taking

an exam i can get glory in all of it

this is what his word is telling us you

see God designed this garden to be three

things for Adam and Eve and this is what

the scriptures are taking you and I back

to listen we're right back to the

beginning again what has been will be

this is Bible watch this three things

that Edom was it was home it was work

and it was worship for Adam and Eve all

three of those took place in the Garden

of Eden it was where they lived it's

where they worked it's where they

worshiped those three things you and I

need to change our mind about our world

and realize that God's

presence is involved in your home in

your work and in your worship in your

sanctuary in your church those three

that is in relationships are involved in

all that but those three encompass the

three big pictures of your life if we're

going to move towards him and we begin

to worship him and all that so watch

this one home some of y'all need to take

Jesus home with you yes

come on somebody let's get some laughter

in the house how many you know Jesus

laughs yes get some Get some Jesus in

the house get some joy in the house

let's get some wisdom in the house let's

get some peace let's get some healing of

hearts in the house let's take Jesus why

would you leave him here take Jesus home

with you let Jesus help you raise those

kids let Jesus figure out financial

strategies he wants to help you there

and I'm just telling you right now all

that housework you got going on heaven

is proud heaven smiles heaven reads it

as worship you're cutting the grass

you're making baby bottles you're

putting the kid down at night because

it's time to go to bed whatever you're

folding laundry it's all worship because

when my heart is postured to honor him

all that I am brings him glory there's

no secular and sacred it's all beautiful

in his sight you need to get off your

back and stop seeing that I'm not

pleasing him now i need to get back to

church so he'll love me baby he's loving

you right now yes he is he sees what

you're doing well how is it Scott that

God gets glory out of that because

there's nothing holy about mowing grass

and there's nothing holy about washing

dishes well let me help you with

something who gave you the talent the

energy the breath the ability the

cognitive capacity to even know how to

go about doing these things you know it

you it's all on a loan from heaven

that's why I'm telling you whenever you

use his capacity to move life forward to

celebrate the principles of his word to

encourage somebody else to create

laughter become a peacemaker around

those that you're doing life with when

you're there encouraging and lifting

when you're bringing order to chaos

cleaning putting things together it all

is glorifying to God and God says

"That's my girl right there i see you

that's my boy right there." You need to

begin to see it through God's eyes and

realize you've been worshiping all along

and never even realized it oh this is

worship too sure it is but it's only one

aspect of our worship i'll get there in

a minute y'all are getting ahead of me

yes so turn your home into a place of

worship number two work and school work

and school yes take Jesus to work and

please take Jesus to school on exam days

please take him there now let me help

you he ain't going to give you answers

you didn't study for i'm just going to

tell you right now Jesus does not cheat

[Applause]

but if you're leading a business or

you're running an apartment do it with

integrity do it with honor do it with

joy do it with the best of your ability

do it with humility and watch God be

honored in that place he's being

worshiped when you do it that way don't

don't discount that but when you're

studying for exam or you're starting a

business if you're cutting hair if

you're if you're if you're a plumber and

you're putting in a pipe somewhere do it

for the glory pull your pants up but do

it for the glory of God and make sure

that you're honoring him if you're

living single if you're married if

you're parenting I wherever you are

whatever you're doing when I'm working

I'm glorifying God with my life you need

to see heaven sees it that way you can

push back all you want to but you're

never going to change God's mind if you

and I will flip our mind and realize

today I live to glorify him and to honor

him he's getting pleasure out of all of

it he's not waiting on Sunday so you can

come back and finally get things right

no baby it's Wednesday morning and he's

so happy and so pleased with you because

you're back at work again and you got

those kids to soccer practice and you

made them laugh like crazy and yes you

cut that sandwich 19 different ways so

they would eat it when they got to

school but you did it and you honored

God and God honors back ladies and

gentlemen it matters on every turn

and number three

church

worship bring Jesus to church with you

do not assume we have enough extra

supplies to give out when you come i

need you to bring your supply with you

as believers you should bring Jesus with

you bring some joy with you when you

come in here do you realize that your

attendance is ministry

when you walked into the place people

are encouraged to see you again anybody

ever play sports growing

up okay if you didn't take my word for

it when you're playing another team

there was nothing better than having

homecourt advantage

when I was playing baseball playing

football as long as we were home and we

had our fans and our cheerleaders and

our stadium and I saw our logo and and

our our mascot man there was nothing

like that because we could be we could

be down we could be struggling and then

you got the people in the chance here we

go Bobcats here we go here we go Bobcats

here we go and they had to do that a lot

cuz we were terrible but anyway they're

they're they're cheering like crazy

watch this they're cheering like crazy

and and in the middle of all this cheer

and you're in a slump and you're feeling

bad and like man this isn't looking good

like I don't know but but you hear them

and there's something about what they're

doing

like you start walking different you

you're kind of excited about and it it

begins to put some pep in and you push a

little harder they brought something out

of me because I was at the homecourt

advantage here's what I'm telling you

when you come to church on Sunday

mornings you're in the homecourt

advantage baby and I don't know what

your week was like before you got here

and you could be feeling down like you

blew it and it was bad but man get in

here and hear some people worshiping God

hear the music hit begin to celebrate

get your laughter back again and let the

home court pick you back up and get you

focused again that's why we need a place

of worship we need to come together as

believers i need you you need me we need

each other that's why we meet together

this way you're wired for this but we

prioritize Sundays we prioritize the

blend our kids need to be in the blend

on Wednesdays i would not want to be a

teenager in

2025 are you kidding me

they need to hear the message that's

preached on a level that they can get it

and find kids around and friends around

that are going after Jesus and serious

about it we need to give that community

and that opportunity that's what we do

kids church your kids need kids church

yes they've been with you all week long

we need Jesus to touch them and but

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we the singing the praying taking notes

in church that's worship it's beautiful

god your word and your truth is so

special i will write it down i honor you

with these notes

i want to apply it to my heart i want to

serve you and put a smile on your face

serving inviting people to church it's

holy it's worship it's what we

do last year last

November Cindy and I uh we were we were

both ministering we were both preaching

in Switzerland uh in November last year

and while we were there we decided to

take a a few extra days like while

you're on the other side of the water go

look at some stuff right and so we'd

never been to Italy so we thought let's

go to Italy and uh so we we went over

there and and we're running around we

hit some really cool places we finished

up our trip in a place called Milan

now Milan is where it gave gave bougie

the definition all right you understand

like Yeah all that Milan it's every

every every brand you can imagine and

then stuff you can't imagine there they

had names of places I never heard before

in my entire life and I'm sorry I just

can't spend $3,500 on a t-shirt i just

can't do that stuff but whoop there it

is i mean it was everywhere cindy as

soon as we get inside the corporate

limits of Milan I see Cindy cut her head

a little perks up like "Oh no oh no."

And I start shouting "Target ross

Marshall Target Ross Marshall bring her

back

while we were in Milan while we were in

Milan we we we had a tour guide that

that that that we like we want to see as

much as we can in the city and one of

the places our tour guide took us was

right here it was called the Cathedral

of

Milan no and that doesn't even do it

justice folks you got to go y'all want

to go next week we can get it we'll just

go get a bus and we'll just

go cathedral of Milan it took 600 years

to build this place

they just finished it in

1965 inside I can't even tell you it is

breathtaking they have stained glass

throughout the entire place and it's

telling the biblical story everything

Old Testament New Testament G it is

unreal what's inside the place but what

else is really you you see those those

spires you see all those big points

sticking up on top that was something

really different there's another view

this view is from on top of the

cathedral i said I got to see it better

and so I climbed up one of the pole no I

didn't they they we they actually we the

tour guide took us they're giving us a

tour and so we we we went on top and

we're viewing don't miss this we're

viewing this from on

top on the cathedral there's 135 of

those

spires that are hundreds of feet in the

air they started building this in the

1300s and I'm pretty sure that their

safety w was not as good as it is today

you understand so they're dangling off

of scaffolding up there building carving

they have artisans that are chipping and

carving this away by hand with stone

that they're putting up there watch this

and out of those 135 spires there's over

3400 statues that are carved inside the

spires wow inside you you and and and

and that Okay that's Yeah that kind of

looks cool but can we go back to the

other picture real quick please thank

you so much you guys are doing so good

so you see where it looks like a square

like it's a box in the spire inside of

that on all four sides there is a full

head to toe man or woman inside their

their hair it has details in the hair

the eyes the nose the mouth like the

detail carved inside not placed inside

carved inside that has then the columns

on the outside and there's four on each

of those they're all over the place and

you had to be on top of the cathedral to

even see that scott what are you so

passionate about i'm going to tell you

hold

on this cathedral was not made to go on

top of

we just started touring on Top just a

little while

back all of that artwork was done with

never there ever being an intention of a

human eye being put on it

it was not done for beauty for

us for no one to be impressed to see it

no one can you imagine working years and

nobody seeing your

work

nobody well why did they do it it was so

high and so out of human sight they

built it for the eyes of

one we built it for the worship and the

glory of God god will see it and since

this is his house we will do all we can

to make it as majestic we will pour our

heart and soul and give the absolute

best we have in honoring him how many of

you would believe that all of that work

God saw it as worship yes sir all these

artisans giving decades of their life to

carving statues that no one would they

never knew anybody would see them but

they did it to worship God ladies and

gentlemen that's a picture of your life

and my life we do it all for the

audience of one if other people enjoy it

awesome great so glad to hear it if you

don't wasn't for you

did it for his glory when we live our

lives out loud and we love people and

encourage them that's what we do

colossians chapter 3 verse 17 says this

Colossians 3:17

"Whatever you do or say do it as a

representative of the Lord Jesus giving

thanks through him to God the Father."

Whatever you do or say you're repping

Jesus don't miss that whatever you do or

say you're repping him do it for his

glory so when you go to work go to work

for his

glory when you're typing on that

computer board do it for his

glory if you're making a pizza make me

one and do it for his

glory like do it to honor God you're

driving a truck drive for his glory

smile big God i'll honor you and

represent you the best I can everywhere

I go you're going to go shopping shop

for his glory

there's three things about worship i'm

done with this there's going to be fast

number one you're wired to worship we've

mentioned this you're wired to worship

if you're not worshiping God you're

worshiping something or someone

make sure you get it right why because

number two your entire life is worship

you don't have the ability to opt out

everything you do every breathing minute

of your day you're worshiping him

whatever's going on we need to change

our mind recognize he's here right now

and he's smiling on my life let me live

my life as a representation of him in

wherever I am whatever I'm doing and

number three you will either be gutted

by or fulfilled by the object of your

worship in other words you can worship a

hobby you can worship a career you can

worship an artist there's a lot of

things that we can worship because our

culture is throwing idols at us day in

and day out and if the culture doesn't

throw them we'll create them but you

better make sure that that thing that

you're throwing all your time attention

effort finances pouring yourself into

make sure it has the ability to give you

peace at night when you lay your head on

a pillow make sure it can walk you

through a deep dark time of your life

make make sure make sure it can give you

joy and hope and strength when everybody

walks out he steps in large and in

charge and can bless you and lead you

not in this life but in the life to come

you see everything doesn't fulfill you

even success doesn't fulfill you right

there are people who are successful but

they're so unfulfilled do you know that

a study was done on

millennials a recent study and here's

what they found out 85% of millennials

hate their

job they hate what they do

and here's as the study continued here's

what they came and found

out burnout getting tired run down

wanting to throw your hands up and quit

has nothing to do with working too much

it has everything to do with working

much without any purpose to it when

you're doing purposeless work it will

gut you you can't you don't have enough

energy to do that kind of work you

better find purpose in what you do and

what gives me purpose is knowing that

he's watching and what gives me purpose

is knowing that he's smiling on my life

and he's taking joy and pleasure in this

so for him and to know that he smiles on

that I'm good so when we walk into a job

that I used to feel like was a dead end

and so frustrating but I walk in with a

different mindset a different heart i've

got my intention my attention and my

devotion all connected to all of it and

it brings me alive i'm bringing joy in

the middle of a dark situation now you

know your purpose for being in that job

now the place is coming alive and people

are coming after you because there's

something in you that's just different

oh I didn't get the pay raise and I

didn't get the promotion that I wanted

but man I'm so fulfilled because I know

God is pleased in my life and I do this

for him and his glory god will bring the

increase when you worship him god has

never had a problem promoting people who

are focused on him because he gets the

glory out of that as well but ladies and

gentlemen we got to change our mind and

realize God is smiling on your life

today and he's going to smile on your

life on Monday and Tuesday Wednesday

Thursday Friday he's smiling and pleased

with your life but change your mind and

realize I do this out of worship for him

would you please stand to your feet

stand to your

feet you're not wasting your

time honor him honor him with it father

thank you for loving us right where we

are thank you for working in and through

us and on the days that we we failed to

see you properly and who we are to you

and who you are to us God I we we repent

for that and I pray that you would help

change our heart mind and perspective

and realize that we have your attention

we have your joy we have your smile we

have your focus so we work this week for

the audience of one

so tomorrow and Tuesday and Wednesday

it's all for your glory for your eyes

only that's why we do it be pleased by

it be honored by it help me to bring

your joy your spirit your peace your

strength into every arena that I step in

so that I'm representing you i'm doing

it all for your glory and for your

pleasure god bless my friends in this

room and help us to change our mind and

realize there's no such thing as secular

time it's all holy in your sight so we

give you all that we are and ask you to

be blessed by it in Jesus name we pray

amen amen amen put those hands together

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