I Know God Can, I Know God Will, But I Don't Know How | Jabin Chavez | City Light Church

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City Light Church Las Vegas | Jabin Chavez

Episode: I Know God Can, I Know God Will, But I Don't Know How
Host: Jabin Chavez
Date: April 20, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this sermon, Pastor Jabin Chavez explores the paradox of Christian faith: the certainty in God’s ability and willingness to move in our lives, contrasted with uncertainty about the “how” and “when.” Drawing on the story of Abraham and personal church experiences, Jabin encourages believers to embrace the unknown, let faith override sight, and take practical steps even when the full picture isn’t clear. The message is full of encouragement, wit, and personal authenticity to guide listeners into deeper trust in God’s leading.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Faith Journey of Abraham

• Scriptural Foundation: Hebrews 11:8 — “It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance.”
• Big Idea: Abraham’s journey models the life of faith—obeying God without clarity (“He went without knowing where he was going.”).
• Pastor Jabin’s Theme:
  “I know God can, I know God will, but I don’t know how.” (02:00, Lead Pastor)

2. Faith vs. Sight Living

• Faith is Spiritual, Sight is Natural:
  • Before following Jesus, we live by what we can see (sight), but Christ invites us into living by what we cannot see (faith).
    “Now as a believer, we walk by faith and not by sight. Meaning before you followed Jesus, you walked by sight.” (02:57, Lead Pastor)
• Faith is Uncomfortable but Transformative:
  • Faith requires stepping out with no reference, while sight relies on past experiences.
  • “If your faith has never changed the way you move, you haven’t experienced real Bible faith yet.” (04:54, Lead Pastor)
  • “Give me God in an uncomfortable situation over comfort without God.” (05:47, Lead Pastor)
• Clarity is a Reward for Faith:
  • “Faith always comes before clarity. Clarity is actually the reward for faith.” (06:00, Lead Pastor)

3. Three Points on Faith

a. Faith Knows (God’s Promises)

• Faith Begins With Revelation:
  • “Faith begins where the will of God is known. So I’ll never have faith for something if I’m ignorant in that area.” (08:09, Lead Pastor)
• Check Your Spiritual Diet:
  • Jabin compares changing spiritual seasons to changing diets, urging listeners to feed on the Word of God in new ways.
  • Personal Example: Writing scripture out by hand to engage deeper.
  • “If you’re feeling weak in faith, you need to check your diet. ... Every day, instead of reading the Word, I’ve been reading it and then writing every verse down.” (09:39, Lead Pastor)
• Unseen Realities Are Powerful:
  • Analogy: Just as Walt Disney saw Disney World before it was built, faith “sees” what is not yet visible.
    “She said, ‘It’s such a shame Walt never saw this.’ Lillian replied, ‘He did see it. That’s why we’re here.’” (14:34, Lead Pastor quoting a story)

b. Faith Doesn’t Know (The Details)

• Faith Requires Movement Despite Uncertainty:
  • “I know what I know, which is move. I don’t know anything else.” (18:05, Lead Pastor on Abraham’s journey)
• God Withholds Details for Our Good:
  • Example: Joseph’s rise to power involved many hardships God didn’t share upfront.
  • “God doesn’t lie to us. But he definitely withholds details.” (19:07, Lead Pastor)
  • “He gave me enough childlike faith to believe to plant a church, not knowing what we would go through.” (22:35, Lead Pastor sharing about COVID-19 and the church)
• Personal Leadership Struggles:
  • Honest recollections of building the church, unforeseen challenges, and how faith had to grow step-by-step.
  • “I didn’t have $26 million faith.” (23:56, Lead Pastor)
  • “If I would have waited, this $26 million project would have been $40 million minimum.” (25:05, Lead Pastor)

c. Faith Goes (Acts on God’s Word)

• Take the Next Step:
  • Main Question: “What is God asking you to do? Do it.” (28:00, Lead Pastor)
  • Illustration: Mary’s words at the wedding, “Whatever he says to you, do it.” (John 2:5)
  • Letting Go of the Old for the New:
    • Story of Jabin’s daughter Goldie outgrowing clothes/toys: symbolizes leaving old comforts for new blessings.
    • “They were good for a season, but it’s a new season. But surrendering can feel so scary.” (30:34, Lead Pastor)
  • Obedience Brings Success:
    • “God’s blessing on you is greater than what you’re currently doing or where you currently live.” (32:51, Lead Pastor)
  • Faith allows you to prosper in any circumstance—regardless of environment or leadership.

4. Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On Faith and the Unseen:
  • “Don’t give up on it... I declare tonight that that incorruptible seed of the word of God will manifest in your life.” (17:14, Congregant)
• On Readiness for Ministry:
  • Jabin to a new pastor:
    “If you know you’re not ready, you’re ready. That’s the life of faith that says, God, this is too much for me, but it’s not too much for you.” (27:22, Lead Pastor)
• On Prosperity Despite Politics:
  • “I can prosper under a Democrat, and I can prosper under a Republican because God’s blessing on me is greater than anything around me.” (32:49, Lead Pastor)
• “Faith knows God. Faith does not know the details.” (33:27, Lead Pastor)

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Notable Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment/Content | |-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:38 | Introduction of Abraham’s faith journey; main theme stated | | 03:59 | The difference between walking by faith vs. sight | | 05:41 | “Your faith has to get in your feet” (faith translated into action) | | 06:00 | “Faith always comes before clarity” | | 09:39 | Need for a new spiritual diet; hand-writing scripture | | 14:34 | Walt Disney World opening faith analogy | | 17:36 | “Faith knows. Faith doesn’t know.” Pivot point | | 19:07 | God withholds details – Joseph as an example | | 22:35 | “I wasn’t ready until I was in it” (Pastoring during COVID struggle) | | 23:56 | Building project: $13 million → $26 million – faith for each step | | 25:05 | Real estate story; faith over worldly advice | | 28:00 | “What is God asking you to do? Do it.” Taking steps in faith | | 30:34 | Outgrowing seasons – Goldie’s toys and clothes | | 32:51 | “God’s blessing on you is greater than what you’re currently doing or where you are” | | 33:27 | “Faith knows God. Faith does not know the details.” |

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Conclusion

Pastor Jabin Chavez closes the message by reiterating the core tension of the faith walk: certainty in the character and power of God, uncertainty in the process. He calls the congregation to leave their comfort zones, surrender to Jesus, and embrace the next step—“even if that step is scary, that means you’re ready.”

Final Encouragement:

• “Just God, just keep me in your will.” (34:25, Lead Pastor)

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Structure Recap

• Overview and main theme
• Key discussion breakdown with examples, quotes, and illustrations
• Notable timestamps for reference
• Authentic tone with personal transparency, humor, and motivational call-to-action

Anyone who missed the episode will understand the main message, hear important moments, and be encouraged to take their own step of faith, even when they don’t know how it will all work out.

Transcript

[Ben]

Hey, what's up, family? Ja, Ben here and we are about to jump into God's word. I'm so excited about this sermon. I believe it's going to speak to your heart and be a blessing to you, to your friends, your family, just your whole world as you are following Jesus. Listen, if you have not done it yet, would you please like and subscribe and I don't know, do all the things that they tell us to do, Hit the, hit the ring notifications. All of that would be such a blessing as we're just trying to spread this message that God is doing here in Vegas to the world. You're going to love this sermon. I'm going to talk to you at the end of the message as well. So let's jump in together.

[Lead Pastor]

It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. Let me just explain. These are all faith things. It was by faith Abraham obeyed. That's faith. When God called him, that's faith. Because that's God speaking to us. To leave home, it's a step of faith. That's faith. To go to another land, that's faith. It's leaving the comfort zone and trusting God that God would give give him as his inheritance. Now receiving. That's faith. These are all faith phrases. And what Abraham experienced, you can experience. You can have these things. Lastly, now, I want you to see faith. This is faith in a phrase that to me is my favorite little verse on faith. He went without knowing where he was going. And here's what I want to preach on today. I know God can and I know God will, but I don't know how. That's what I'm going to preach about today. I know God can, I know God will, but I don't know how. Father, I thank you that you can. You can move mountains and we know that you're willing. We know that you will move in our life, but we do not know the details. So we are trusting you. In Jesus name. In Jesus name, everybody said amen, Amen and amen. Faith. This is the life that God is calling us into. A life of faith. Paul. Paul tells us what the Christian life will be. And when he says this, I think because we hear this a lot, we don't kind of contextualize it to our life. So Paul is inviting us now into a new life that is different than our old life. And here's how he describes it. Now as a believer, we walk by faith and not by sight. Meaning before you followed Jesus, you walked by sight. Y' all with me. That's how you used to live. And by the way, maybe you're a Christian in here and you're still living that way. But the invitation of heaven and the possibility for now, every believer in Jesus is that you can leave the sight life and you can live a life by faith. This is what God is inviting us into. Now. I want you to see the difference. The faith. Faith life is spirit. It's based on God's promise. Here's what I want you to catch here. It's the unknown. When God calls you to take a step of faith, you have no reference for it. You have nothing to go back to, to look back on and see what this is going to look. This is completely unknown. Every new step of faith will be a new action and a new North Star. And if you're looking at your life right now going, I've never been here before, and I don't know how this is all gonna look, that is an invitation into the life of faith. Now, that is radically different than sight. That's the five senses. That's the natural. And here's what I really want to say.

[Congregant]

It's experience.

[Lead Pastor]

You can look back and you can kind of get a North Star from where you've been before and then make your next move. It's radically different. In. In a life of sight, you can refer to your past. In a life of faith, your only North Star is God himself. And you're looking at your life going, God, this is bigger than me. But it's not bigger than you. This is scary to me. Not scary to you.

[Congregant]

I've never been here before.

[Lead Pastor]

But you are the God who was and is and is to come, which

[Congregant]

means you're already there.

[Lead Pastor]

And so here we go into the life of faith. Come on, give me an amen right there. So we walk by faith and not by sight. It doesn't surprise me then that when God called his first man of faith, Abraham, what Romans 4 calls the father of our faith, God said, abraham, go and go without knowing. Go on a word. Go without clarity. Go with just a word from God. See, this is the thing about real faith. Real faith will eventually cause you to move. It can't just be in your head. It can't just be in your heart. It can't just come out of your mouth. It. Eventually your faith must get in your feet. If your faith has never changed the way you move, you haven't experienced real Bible faith yet because it's going to change how you walk and how you talk and how you think and how you process and how you move. It begins to change. Everything about your faith has to get in your feet. Everybody kind of just stomp right now. Come on, let me hear those feet right there.

[Congregant]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Lead Pastor]

Your faith has to get in your feet. It's got to change your direction and change your life. It's uncomfortable, but God's there. Let me say that one more time. The life of faith, it's uncomfortable, but God's there. And give me God in an uncomfortable situation over comfort without God. See, when I say comfort, I'm also talking about clarity. People want clarity. People want click. If I could just get some clarity, I would obey God. But faith always comes before clarity. Clarity is actually the reward for faith. Clarity is you don't. Nothing about it makes sense at first, but then once you take that step of faith, then the clarity follows. Lord, if it's you, bid me come and then you walk out on the water and then something begins to happen. Faith requires movement before manifestation. Confidence in God before clarity and believing before seeing. I don't see it yet. I don't see the manifestation yet. I don't have any clarity yet. But God is calling me out. And so I'm going without knowing.

[Congregant]

I'm leaving sight and I'm entering into faith. And though I'm terrified, I know God's in it.

[Lead Pastor]

And if God's in it, I want to be in it.

[Congregant]

Come on.

[Lead Pastor]

Is that your testimony today?

[Congregant]

Out of the comfort zone, out of

[Lead Pastor]

the sight zone, into the adventure. Adventure of following Jesus. Faith is an adventure. Faith is a spiritual thing. It's spirit. Faith is a flow. It's different. It's different than grinding. It's different than trying. There's a flow to faith. And tonight I want to invite you into the faith flow of faith, into the life of faith, into the adventure of faith. So let's talk about it quickly. Number one, faith knows. Here's the first thing about faith. Faith knows. Verse 8 said Hebrews 11, 8 said God called him. Faith knows. God talked to me. I know it. I know it. God. I know it. All Abraham had was a word. And all Abraham needed was a word. Faith begins. FF Bosworth said this. Faith begins where the will of God is known. So I'll never have faith for something if I'm ignorant in that area. In the scripture, my people perish. God said this in the Old Testament. My people perish because of a lack of knowledge. So if the devil can keep me ignorant, he can keep me bound and he keep me in doubt. But if God can reveal it to me, if I can find it in the Word, now faith can unlock and now I can experience freedom where I couldn't experience freedom. Before it is written, Jesus said, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. That means that our life is not simply sustained by the natural, but requires a deep connection to God's voice will for our lives. Jesus was not sustained in the desert by food he didn't eat for 40 days. He was sustained by God's Word. And what is going to sustain us in our life is God's Word. We have to go beyond the natural. Here's what I want to say. If you're feeling weak in faith, you need to check your diet. Let me talk about your diet real quick. I ain't talking about your physical diet. I'm talking about your natural diet. The children of Israel had four different diets during their season of following God. They had their diet in Egypt, leeks and onions and fish. And then they went in and they had manna, and then they had quail. And then when they finally got on the promised land, they had sowing and reaping and they were able to eat of the land. They had four different diets for four different seasons. If you're feeling weak and initiated, it's because God is actually trying to get you into a new season that's going to require a new diet. So I'll just be honest with you. I've been in the Word a lot and I feel like I've been hitting a wall in the Word. I've just been hitting a wall in the Word. And I'm preaching on faith. And so I'm going, But faith comes by hearing Lord. And so I'm trying to get some more faith. So I'm getting in more words. I'm getting a lot of Word in, and I feel like I've been hitting a wall. And then I've been listening to the Word and then I've been reading the Word, and then I've been listening to preaching on the Word, and then I've been listening faith sermons on the Word and then all this. And I still feel like. And then I felt like I got this little God thought. Start writing the Word down and engage a different part of your brain. And so every day, instead of reading the Word, I've been reading it and then writing every verse down, which, by the way, I haven't Used the pen in 20 years. Come on, somebody. My God. Besides writing a check here or there. I mean, I got on this iPad. It's over, dog. I mean, I don't. I'm, like, cramping up. Ah. I need healing in my hand. My God. I've been writing the word. All of a sudden, I'm seeing things that I don't feel like I've seen before. Why? Because I felt like God was just kind of calling me to something higher and deeper and newer. By faith, we understand. I want to talk about this. We're talking about faith. By faith, we understand that the entire universe was formed at God's command. That what we now see. Man, I want you to catch this. What we now, we didn't see it. Now we see it. Don't just let the baby talk to me Come on, everybody talk to me they're filling up all the quiet I'm trying to pause for effect Baby, wait for me what we now see, we couldn't see it. Now we see it. See, when you first take a step of faith, you feel like a fool. All of a sudden. You now see it. Now you look like a genius. Now you still know you, so you know you're not a genius, but you look like a genius because you now see it. Nobody could see it. You couldn't even see it. Everything starts in the event. What we. What we now see came from what could not be seen now see. And this is so powerful. Everything we can see began in the unseen. Now, we don't value that because we. We're in America, so we don't value the unseen. But look what God says about the unseen. Colossians 1:16. For by him, all things were created. Things were created in heaven and on earth. Watch this. Visible and invisible. I'm not trying to be deep for deep. Listen to me, though. There are invisible to God, the invisible is as or even more real than the visible. And God calls the invisible things. Okay, it's like this podium. This is a thing, right? This is a thing. This is a jacket. This a thing. You drove here in a car. It was a thing. Faith is a thing. Hope is a thing. The invisible is a thing. It's real. So we look at that mountain before us and we go, oh, my God, what a big thing. But we ignore our faith. That can move mountains. That's a thing. Are y' all tracking with me?

[Congregant]

So we look at. We're moved by things. But things aren't just visible. They're also invisible. And everything actually begins in the invisible,

[Lead Pastor]

which means it has more authority than the visible.

[Congregant]

I'm preaching about faith, but I'm telling you, we can't walk by sight. We have to walk by faith, which is invisible, which means I don't see it yet with these ahos,

[Lead Pastor]

But I

[Congregant]

know it by the spirit and by the word.

[Lead Pastor]

In 1971, they opened up Disney World in Orlando. Disney World. Disneyland had already been open. Walt Disney died in 1966. But in 71, Disney World opened. And on the grand opening day, Lillian, Disney's best friend. This is the widow of Walt, leaned over to Lillian and said, and it's such a shame Walt never saw this. Lillian replied, he did see it. That's why we're here. He died five years ago, but he saw it. Oh, man.

[Congregant]

I want to talk to every parent to get a word of faith over your child. I want you to see something. I want you to believe something. I want you to get a spirit of faith on you today that generations to come will testify. Testify. They saw it. They heard it from God. They got a word from God. And we're here today because of faith. You got to see the business. You got to see yourself healed. You got to see you. You must get a picture of you prospering. You have to get a picture of you healthy. You have to get a picture of

[Lead Pastor]

you, of what could be.

[Congregant]

Is this like. Is this, like, manifestation?

[Lead Pastor]

No, I'm not New Age. Never done yoga a day in my life. I'm talking about something deeper than that. I'm talking about respecting the fact of what God said, which. It must begin in the invisible, having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible. God calls the Word of God. Watch this. The incorruptible seed. The Word of God. Incorruptible. See, you can't see seed. It goes underground and you can't see it, but it's working. I don't see it yet, but it's working. I haven't felt it yet, but it's working. Haven't seen a change yet, but it's working. Here's a picture of Death Valley, which is an exit down from us, the driest, hottest place on the planet right there. Death Valley. It's literally just a short drive away. Every once in a while, it'll rain very rarely. But a few years back, Death Valley got a crazy rainstorm and this happened. Same valley. No one found out that rain was coming and went out and threw seed on the ground. No farmers went out. It was all underground. You Couldn't see it, but it was there. You couldn't see it, but it was alive. You couldn't see it, but it wasn't dead. And all it needed. Come on, somebody. Was the rain to fall.

[Congregant]

I declare the rain's falling tonight. I declare. Something's being born tonight. I declare tonight that that incorruptible seed of the word of God will manifest in your life. Come on, let me get about 200 people to praise God with me. In Jesus name. Don't give up on it.

[Lead Pastor]

Hallelujah. Faith knows. Faith knows. Faith. Faith knows. Faith knows. Point to. Faith doesn't know. That's pretty good, guys. That's pretty good. Worked hard on this one. Because faith knows. I know God can and I know God will. I don't know how Abraham by faith. Abraham went without knowing. Hey, babe. Pack up, Sarah. Let's go. We're going to where, babe? I don't know. We're moving. What direction? Don't know yet. God just said start moving. How long we gonna be gone? I don't know anything. I know what I know, which is move. I don't know anything else. That's a bad night, y'. All. That's a bad night. That's how God works. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my back. It's not this massive spotlight. It's not this lighthouse over the ocean calling the ships in. It's this. It's the next step. And see, y' all think. You don't want that. God, show me the next five years. God, show me the next 10 years. God, show me the Next 30 years. You couldn't handle it. You would freak the freak out if God. Because you don't have enough faith for five years from now. You don't have enough faith for 10 years. You don't have enough faith for that. You're not ready for that. So God gives you just enough to move. He's not lying. God doesn't lie to us. But he definitely withholds details. Hey, Joseph. You want to lead a nation? Yeah. You want your brothers to bow down before you as the leader? Yeah. You want to be ruler? Yeah. Let's go. Let's go. God just didn't tell him about the pit. This is in your Bible for you who are new to church. It's all in your Bible. He just didn't tell them about Potiphar's wife. He just didn't tell him about prison. He just didn't tell him about the next 13 years of training for reigning.

[Congregant]

Because Joseph didn't have the faith for it yet.

[Lead Pastor]

So he had to give him just enough of a glimpse of. To move. God called us. God called my wife and I here. I don't know if you believe that or not, and I'm not asking for an amen, but God called us here. God told us to come here. God confirmed it through mighty men and women of God. God called us here. We moved here. God told us to plant this church. And frankly, I saw this. I saw this in the spirit. I saw it. Wait, Time out. Time out. You know what I didn't see in 2018? We moved. I did not see Covid. I didn't see it. He just didn't tell me about COVID He didn't lie to me. He just left that one out because I wasn't ready for Covid. And if he would have told me, I would have said, lord, I feel like playing Tiggin. 2022. Amen. I'll just stay in Newport Beach a few more years and pray amen over the country. Praise God. God. And then I'll. So. So God had to give me enough faith to move, but not too many details, because it would have. It would have frozen me. I wasn't ready for co. I wasn't ready to pastor through Covid. I knew nothing about politics. I'm. I'm more into politics. I knew nothing about politics. I knew nothing about. I knew nothing about nothing. I knew nothing about nothing. I didn't know masks would offend people. I didn't know not wearing a mask would offend people. I didn't know how to get through the race tension in the summer. I didn't know any. I didn't. I just. And then, because I'm an idiot, I thought, you know what? I'm just gonna get up every Sunday, and I'm gonna play it right down the middle. Praise God. So I just ticked off everybody. How can I offend the right and the left in one Sunday? I'll go right here and just bug Everybody. I hate 2020. I hate it. I still hate it. I still go into counseling about 2020. I'm still processing. I didn't know. I mean, every week a new person was leaving the church and a new. I mean, it was just. It was. It was crazy. I'm not making it all about me. We all. We all face things during that. During that season. I'm just saying I wasn't ready

[Congregant]

until

[Lead Pastor]

I was in it. And then God gave me the faith and the grace to walk through it, to Pastor. People through it to come out on

[Congregant]

the other side of it.

[Lead Pastor]

And now here we are on the other side. I don't wish for that season again. I hope we never have to go through that again. I never want to walk through a season like. All I can tell you is if God would have showed it to me, I'd have disobeyed. I'm just going to be honest with you. So he gave me enough childlike faith to believe to Planted church, not knowing what we would go through. When we built this building, the contractor said, we're going to do this whole project for $13 million. We're going to do it for 13 million. I said, all right. I had 13 million dollar faith. I did. And the bank had $13 million faith. They were like, yeah, you can afford that. Let's do it. Here's another. I got a lot of trauma tonight. Amen. By the time the whole project was said and done and God supernaturally opened up that $5.6 million lot, so that was added to it. But by the end of it, the 13 million dollar project turned into 26 million. Let me stop. I didn't have 26 million dollar faith. I mean, there were just times it was like, do we stop?

[Ben]

Do I just go before the people

[Lead Pastor]

and go, I missed. Sorry, missed God, thought it was God. And then it'd be like, well, the steel's up, let's just keep going. And then some miracle gift would come in. It'd be like, let's go another week. And then we'd go again. And then some other miracle gift would come in and it would be like, all right, let's pay the contractors another month. And then. And I never came to you going, I'm going to jail, guys.

[Congregant]

I never had to do that.

[Lead Pastor]

I never. We just kind of made it. I didn't have $26 million faith. But here's what's crazy. When we were thinking about buying this land that you're sitting on right now, I brought an old preacher out. He was here in Vegas visiting. He wanted to meet me. So I took him around the city and I pulled up to this land. I said, pastor, we're believing God for this land. It's $3.2 million. We're believing God, we're gonna buy it and we're gonna build a building. Glory to God. I was all fired up. I was all pumped. You know, I had brown hair and more hair. I didn't have to do combovers yet. And I mean, it was a different day. I didn't have to get my eyes done. And, you know, so it's just a different day. And so. And he looks at me and he goes, this is 2022, right before he bought this land. And he goes, you know, I just don't. I don't think you should buy the land. You know, with this inflation and this administration and that was under Biden at that time. You know, with this administration and with this inflation, you know, you need to wait for the prices to go back down, and then you need it, and then you need to do something, bro. If I would have waited, this $26 million project would have been 40 million minimum. There's the. The plot across the street right now is going for $42 million for dirt. For dirt. But I couldn't. I couldn't go off of what he was saying. I had to go off of the word. Though I didn't know how I knew God spoke to us.

[Congregant]

This land,

[Lead Pastor]

son of man, can these bones live? Ezekiel said, lord, you know, you know what Ezekiel saying? I don't know your God. You tell me. But if God says they can, they can. And if God says, speak to the bones, they'll come to life. And if God gives you the grace for it. Take the move. Not knowing ne. Next week at the 1230 service, you might want to write this down. Next week at the 12:30 service, we're going to ordain into the Pastoral Ministry, El Montez and JR Aquino. We're going to ordain them as pastors, and it's going to be powerful. And Wednesday, I get a text from Eliel, just got home, and he goes, hey, are you available? Can we talk? I go, oh, I left. I'm home. And he goes, oh, okay. You know, the dot, dot, dots mean. And I go, what's going on? Are you all right? He goes, well, I just wanted to talk to you about becoming a pastor. He said, I'm really scared. And I wrote back, that means you're ready. If you know you're not ready, you're ready.

[Congregant]

Cause that's the life of faith that says God, this is too much for me, but it's not too much for you. So here we go. If he would have wrote me and said, you know, it's about time, Pastor,

[Lead Pastor]

we would not be ordaining him. Amen. It's. It's the not knowing. Shows that you're ready to take a step. Lastly. Okay, lastly, let's come on with this. Wrap it up. Come up here. Faith goes. So faith. Faith knows. Faith doesn't know. Thirdly, faith goes. So Abraham went. He went without knowing. He went. I guess. I want you to write down this question. If you, if you want to take notes or grab your phone. I just want you to think about this. What is God asking you to do? Do it. What's God asking you to do? Do it. Mary, his mother said to the servants about Jesus. She says this. Whatever he says to you, do it. John 2. 5. Whatever he says to you, do it. Whatever. Need to forgive somebody, do it. Need to get plugged into this church, do it. Need to get married, do it. You know, some of y', all, I mean, we'll have people in our church, they'll be living together five, 10 years, and I'll be like, you're not married. And they're like, oh, no, but we're praying about it. No, bro, we're not praying. Live together years. We're not praying. Getting married. And then, and then you say it and it's like, oh, my God. Are you serious? Yeah, you're all functionally. You're already married, dog. Why are you so scared? That's the devil trying to scare you from getting your relationship under the blessing of God. See, God's commands always lead to blessing, to answers, to wisdom, to a better life. The path of the righteous is like the light of the dawn. It shines brighter, brighter. That's the ultimately, that's the testimony of every child of God. My life got brighter and brighter. So whatever you're afraid to do that God's asking you to do, I just want to tell you to do it. We have a nine year old, Goldie, and throughout the year she's had growth spurts where she's grown out of clothes. Clothes and grown out of toys, right? Where it's like, she's not into these toys anymore. And so we'll have these moments where it's like, all right, it's time to give away these clothes. It's time to give away these toys. And every time, she'll be devastated, right? We'll find toys in the back of her closet that she has not seen in years. I've been looking for that.

[Congregant]

I need this.

[Lead Pastor]

No, you don't. I better just keep these shoes just in case. Goldie, they don't fit you anymore. They don't. They don't fit you anymore. They were good for a season, but it's a new season. But surrendering, that can feel so scary. And I think that can happen as God is growing you and maturing you and he's Calling you to take that step of faith it could feel so scary but surrender to Jesus never leads to lack. I love this old picture. It's cheesy, but it's true and I love it. Why can't I cannot look at this picture and not cry But I love it, God, you know what times I've been there But I love it, God, but brighter and brighter is on the other side. So can I, can I, can I leave this season? Enter into what God has for me. And I want to show you the promise of God for your obedience. Observe the requirements of the Lord your God and follow his ways. Keep the decrees, commands, regulations and laws written in the law of Moses. Watch this. You will be successful in all you do and wherever you go. Successful in all you do. Wherever you go, go. Meaning that God's blessing on you is greater than what you're currently doing or where you currently live. I can prosper in Vegas, and if God calls me, I could prosper in Texas. And if God calls me, I could prosper in Mexico, and if God calls me, I could prosper in Canada, and if God calls me, I could prosper in Washington. If God. I could prosper. You know, I could prosper under a Democrat, and I can prosper under a Republican because God's blessing on me is greater than anything around me.

[Congregant]

Because I'm living by faith, not by sight. And my faith will overcome, and my faith, faith will win. And my faith will get me to the other side, and my faith will get me through the valley. Come on, everybody, stand up. My faith,

[Lead Pastor]

Who is he that overcomes the world, our faith? John said in first, John overcomes this world system. Faith, faith, faith. And faith knows. Faith knows God. Faith doesn't know the details. If you could just settle that. If you could just settle that tonight. Faith knows God. Faith does not know the details. And then I take a step in the direction of his voice. Lord, if it's you, I'm out on the boat and the wind and the waves are crashing around me and the rain is falling. And Peter says, lord, if it's you, bid me come. Tell me to come out. Jesus says, come. And Peter takes a step in the direction of the word, And all of a sudden it becomes solid ground. Somehow the wind and the waves and the rain become safer than the boat. Just God, just keep me in your will.

[Ben]

Hey. I'm hoping that today's message was a blessing to you. I know that God is speaking to you, and I pray more than anything, ministering to you, to your soul to your family and talking to you about your walk with Jesus and your life in the future. So, man, I'm just so honored that you would take time to be with us today. I want to take a moment to just reach out to you.

[Lead Pastor]

You.

[Ben]

If this ministry has been a blessing, if my preaching and teaching ministry has ever spoken to your heart, I'd love to ask you to prayerfully consider partnering with us in this ministry. Las Vegas is one of the most unreached cities in America, in the most unreached state in America. And we're doing everything we can to tell everybody we can about Jesus. And again, if this ministry has been a blessing to you, would you consider partnering with us? You can go to citylightvegas.com and you can give there. You can send in checks, whatever you want to do. All the giving will be down below. But again, we can't do this without the faithful support of God's people. As the Apostle Paul said. He said in the book of Philippians, we're partners together in the ministry. And, and this ministry, seeing hundreds of people every week come to Christ, hundreds of people water baptized every month. And more than that, man, we're just helping people and serving people. And if you've got a heart for missions, if you've got a heart for unreached people, if you've got a heart to see the gospel go to new places. And there's no better place that I could think of, especially in America, than Las Vegas. And so if you want to help us, that would be amazing. And I'm just so grateful for you. I'm so grateful you're following along on this journey. And I can't wait to see you next week. God bless.