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Hello. Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Saved. Not. So what's going on, y'all? As you can see, again, again and again, we in a different location, and that's because I'm kind of coming reporting from Nashville, Tennessee this morning, y'all. This is kind of like an impulsive podcast episode, but I already have a lot of advanced faith that God is going to speak a lot. And I feel like the ones where the Lord just tells to go and just, hey, like, I really want you to speak to the people. Those are the ones where he's just finna move, y'all. And I'm so excited. Lawyer has been doing so much in my life and has been showing me more and more of his glory, and I love and have missed you guys so, so much. If you do not know me, my name is Amy Moore. I'm the host of this podcast, Save Not Soft. And what is Safe Not Soft. Safe Not Soft is a podcast link. You know that you are heard, love, love, and seen by God. And this is not a soft journey. It's hard, right? Whenever you come to Christ, you think it's sunshines and rainbows. No, it's a walk. That's why it says that the pathway is narrow. Okay. So we gotta figure out how to walk it out. And so, you know, the Lord has equipped me to share wisdom, insight. As a young Gen Z'er, you know what it means to do the things of God and to walk out in his spirit. So, yeah, let's pray today. We're gonna hop straight into it because I'm just excited for what the Lord is going to talk. I'll give you guys kind of an update of what's going on and just talk about Jesus. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. That's why we're here. We're not here for Amy. We here for Jesus. We here for glory. To glory and honor. And honor. We here for Jesus Christ. Can we pray? Let's pray. Dear Heavenly Father, we just thank you and praise you, God. God, we just come into this conversation with an open expectation for you to be exactly who you say you are. God. God would kill off every single expectation that is not of you. Oh, God. And God, we just ask for you to prove. To prove who you are today. God, your mercy and your kindness and your goodness and your grace. God, let. Let your love just shower us this morning, God. Or this afternoon, whenever this person is listening, God, whether if they're at the gym, if they're in the shower, if they're getting ready, if they're going to or from somewhere in a car. Oh, God. God, I just ask that you bless the other person on the other side of the screen who is desperate to hear a word from you. Oh God. God, I ask that you equip me with the Holy Spirit so I can speak the things of you. Oh God. That I do not speak from my flesh, do I? That I do not speak from my mind or my ideas, God, I put all those to death, Father God, the only reason as to why I'm here before a screen, oh God. Is because of your mercy, is because you chose me for whatever reason, God. You chose me to do the things of you, God. And it's not because of my own wisdom. It's because I'm simply just a vessel. You are the running water. I am just an instrument, God. So play me today, Father God, just use me as an instrument to speak to your children. That it's your voice and not mine. That this is your bag is. And not mine. That it's your glory and not mine. God. And God, we just ask that you are the main attraction of. Of. Of everything, God. That whether if we turn to the right or to the left, our eyes will always be fixated and turned towards you. God, I thank you that Psalms 34. 5 says that those who look to him, their faces are radiant and they're never covered with shame. Oh God. So God, let our faces be covered with radiance today as we fix our eyes upon you, God, we throw off every single hindrance, like Hebrews 12, 2, Father God, that may be hindering us into not running the good race. Oh God, we throw distraction. We cast down every vain imagination, pretension and stronghold in the name of Jesus. According to 2nd Corinthians 10:5, and all things that are trying to exalt itself next to the knowledge of Christ, we send it to the pits of hell, exactly where it belongs. And we decree and declare. It's your goodness that keeps us. That's your sovereignty. By your hands you mold us together and craft us. God, we thank you for your goodness. We thank you for everything of who you are. Blow our minds today. Give us restoration for our souls and let us go grow closer to you. We desperately love you, Jesus. Jesus, hear us. We love you. We love you. We love you. In Jesus, mighty name, Amen. Wow. Wow. I don't know why I, like, woke up this morning, y'all. And I just know how these days you wake up and you just feel quite literally filled with the Holy Ghost. I don't know if it's because I'm in Nashville, and I think the spirit of God just rests upon Nashville in a. Well, if you go to different states and, like, terrains, you'll just kind of notice that there's a shift in each place that you go. And Nashville has such a heavenly touch. I don't know how to explain it. I don't know if it's because it's predominantly Christian and, you know, on every corner, there is quite literally a church. But every time I come to Nashville, I quite literally feel the peace of God. Like, the moment I landed, I was like, God, your favor is in this place. And I'm just blessed to be here. But, yeah, I'm actually in Nashville right now. I flew in yesterday. I'm here for the GMA's the Devil Wars. It is my first one attending, and I am so excited. The fact that the Lord brought me here is insane. Me and my boyfriend Malik, we came with Reach Records, which host artists like Lecrae, Anika, Holy Tripoli, all of them. And so it's really an honor to be here with a whole bunch of artists and a lot of people who just really love God and truly do love his heart. And so, yeah, I'm not taking any of this for granted. The fact that. That I was able to slide out here and God gives opportunities like this, I'm excited. I'm so excited for my outfit. I just love to dress up. It's like playing jazz up with God. It's so beautiful. But that's the reason as to why I'm in Nashville. And I definitely wanted to sit down and record an episode while I had time. And I didn't necessarily have an overall theme under the consensus of, okay, this is what I want to talk about with, like, a. Like a topic. I think there's going to be multiple topics that come out of this episode, but the Lord wanted me to share a lot about my experiences, flying and traveling and a lot of the things that I've experienced when it comes to that. And, no, I'm not going to give you tips and tricks of how to fly. That's not it. Like, really profound revelations that the Lord has given me. As, you know, you're moving fast and learning to slow down and being patient and simultaneously changing your perspective on things when you just see different parts of the world and even when you're on an airplane, the Lord just speaks to me so profoundly. So I kind of want to share some revelations that the Lord has been giving me a lot as it's been pertaining to travel And I know on the top of my head what we're going to be talking about is the fruits of patience. We're going to be talking about, you know, not moving in a rush or out of urgency, but to be patient and still with God and to go through your season with ease and not through a season of urgency. And then also what it means to change your perspective on situations that may look really dark. That's what the Lord has put on my heart today. And so like I said, I just got to Nashville yesterday and y'all, my day yesterday was boggers. When I tell you like the Lord, I got tested from the moment I woke up because I set my alarm for 4:30. And so this is just my nighttime routine. Okay, I'm going give you a sneak peek into my nighttime routine. So I wash my face, I do the skin care prep, and then whenever I go to sleep, I usually go to sleep at about 9 so I could wake up early and really early. I usually wake up at around like 4 to 5 Cali time, just so I have time to pray, set the atmosphere, etc. Go to the gym, read all those things. Right? And so my flight yesterday, I had to be at the airport by 6, 6, like 15. And the airport's about an hour away. So I wanted to wake up at, at 4:30, curl a few pieces of my hair, something, right? Hallelujah. And then I wanted to then tan because I can't naturally tan. I am Armenian. But my skin cancer also runs in my family. So I've been spray tanning since I was like 10 years old. I know that's so deep. Some of you may have not known that, but if you've known me since I was a child, I've been spray tanning since I was 10 years old. Anyways, that has nothing to do with what I'm saying. Anyways, I wanted to wake up yesterday to spray tan and curl my hair look cute for the airport. And usually before I go to bed, I play the Bible while I'm sleeping. So the word is just always being embedded in my spirit, even subconsciously. I just started doing that and it's been fulfilling me a lot. Anyways, so my alarm didn't go off. I don't know if my phone wasn't plugged in all the way, but I woke up naturally at 5. That alone was a blessing. I naturally Woke up at 5 and then I was like, oh, what time is it? What time is it? And I got like a, like a Google Google home thing. And it tells Me the time on that. I was like, oh, my gosh. I sprung out of my bed, I'm slapping my spray tan on me, I could even curl my hair. And I was just getting so ready. And I wanted to vlog my whole experience on TikTok too. So I'm setting up all these different angles while running late. And I was like, God, I'll get there, I'll get there. So I was already just getting so tested in the morning by like running late and excited, etc. I get to the airport, everything's fine. I just got TSA pre. So, you know, we, we going through it a little faster. And then I was just like, okay, finally, God, I could breathe. It was a hectic morning. You know, I. I sprung up out of my seat and we're here. And it is what it is, right? I had a layover in San Francisco. And while I was on the plane, one of my really good friends, mom's called me and I haven't heard from her in a while. And so take the phone call and I'm getting off the plane. I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah. All this stuff and such a good, fruitful conversation. And by the time I get off the call, about 30 minutes later, and I already made it to kind of where my gate is, and I had about like a two hour layover, so I actually wanted to film a podcast at the, at the, at the airport. And as I'm sitting there, I'm like, where's my bag at? Where's my bag? Because I have my backpack, my purse in my carry on bag. And I was like, oh, my gosh. I left the bag on top of the cubby on the carry on cubby. So now I'm moving like, bruh. I'm like, I'm so freaking tired. I'm then moving back to my gate. I get. I don't even remember which gate I came out of. I'm looking online and everything. It's not telling me what, what gate I. I came to because it's a connecting flight and I had to get on my next flight to Nashville. I'm like, bro, like an hour and a half at this point. I go to the gate and I said, yeah, is this the. Is this the flight that just came out of so and so? And they were boarding people on the plane and they're like, no, it's the one over. And they were boarding people on the plane too. And they said, yeah. And they were like, your bag, they're gonna send it to baggage claim. And I Was like, what does it say, sweetheart? Is I'm not waiting. Like, I'm, you know, I'm not staying here in San Fran, you know, like, this is just my connecting flight. I was like, And I got an air tag. Hey, if you want to be prepared, put an air tag and everything. I was like, I have an air tag in my bag, and it doesn't say they're taking it to baggage claim. And there's people coming on the plane right now. And I'm not gonna lie. I'm a patient woman, but this scares the bejesus out of me because what if my bag is on that. That plane? But no one took it out? None of them went to go look or anything. And they were like, you have to go to baggage claim. I was like, you sure? And they said, yes. So what did I have to do? I had to go all the way to baggage claim at a checkout, and I'm waiting at baggage claim for about 45 minutes. And I had two options. I could have chosen faith or fear. In that moment, I could have chosen faith. I could have gone to war for my bag and been trustworthy that the things that belong to me and the things that are my possession, that God rightfully gives them back to me, even if it was an accident, even if I left it behind, that God is faithful during all circumstances, or I could have indulged in the fear and believed that it was gone. And so while I'm waiting in baggage claim, it is crickets, bruh. Nobody's down there. The girl, barely any help. I'm showing her my air tag. I'm doing everything that I can. I'm calling the people online. I'm like, look, I gotta. I got a connecting flight in about. In about a. An hour. And I was left with two decisions. I could either. And they told me. They said, well, you're gonna have to, you know, file a baggage claim or a lost baggage claim, and you wouldn't be able to get your bag for the next two days. And I was like, well, that makes no sense, sweetheart, because I'm only going to be in Nashville for two days, so. And then all my stuff's in there, like my makeup, my laptop, my Bible, like, everything. And so I said, yeah, no, that's not gonna work. So it looks like we just got to consult to God. And so in circumstances like that, it may be small, right? It may be a small circumstance, but I'm thinking, you know, I messed up. God, I repent. I confess. It was an accident. I left it on the overhead cubby. God, I ask that you speak favor into the ears of those who are working with United Airlines. And they keep bag. Father God, that you just like, I'm going to war over my bag. And I think sometimes it's hard for us to have that attitude. And I'm blessed that I got to a place in my life to where when I face, you know, things of the adversary, or not even the adversary, but, you know, the consequences of my own actions or things that deem itself to be really hard and challenging. And you're going through the mud and you're trying to, you know, do the. Do the things of God, but, you know, at times you'd be messing up of how your first reaction is to pray instead of to panic. And as I was, as I lost my luggage yesterday, I made the deliberate decision that I was going to pray instead of panic. And I think panicking is an easy reaction for us humans to choose. More than praying. Like prayer edifies your spirit. When you pray, it's direct communication between you and God. And it literally says that the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. So, God, I'm filled with so much faith that my mouth is going to decree and declare it. And the Bible also says that, that the power of the tongue speaks life or death. So I'm going to speak life over what you have given me. God. And God, I rebuke every demon and devil that's trying to take away what rightfully belongs to me. And so for the next 45 minutes, while in baggage claim, I'm just praying to the Spirit of the Lord. I'm saying, God, contend with those who contend with me. That's Psalms 55. If you want to fight your adversaries, go to Psalms 55. That's how you. That's how you cut Satan and the dang throw. And you know, the Lord is gracious and merciful. So what ended up happening? I'm waiting in baggage claim for about 45 minutes. I'm like, okay, now I'm going to be late to my connected flight. So I got to figure something out. I'm looking at the air tag. It says it's in the same place. It still says it's at the plane, at the terminal. I was like, somebody lying to me. So I'm not going to listen to these people. I'm not going to listen to man. I'm going to listen to the spirit of God. So what did I do? I go up, I take my little booty butt through tsa Again, I had Paris. Thank goodness. The line was so long, it was insane. And I was praying the whole time in line. And I was praying out loud, too. I feel like that's something people are ashamed to do, is to pray out loud. I don't. I will literally pray out loud. Maybe not like, fully, like, like, I decree and declare. Like, I'm not gonna vocalize it super, super loud and announce myself to everybody around me, but I'll definitely speak under my tongue or, or just kind of under my breath, or I'll even just, like, I'll be, I'll be in the line and I'll just pray like this. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Father, that you have chosen me to be here. God, I thank you that this is the worst of my problems right now and that you're about to solve in Jesus mighty name. Like, that's probably the tone I use it at. And I think a lot of people feel this, like, burden to pray out loud. And I don't know what it is. I don't know if it's shame. I don't know if it's. People are just embarrassed of Jesus. I don't know what it is, but I'm not. But I, I, I just want to encourage you that, that whenever you choose to speak life, that it is so. Because Genesis 1:28 says that God has created us in his image. And because he said, let there be light, and there was light in the first few verses of Genesis, then whatever we say, it happens when it aligns with the will of God because we're touching, agreeing with his goodness and the fact that he made us as image bearers of Him. Amen. And so I'm just praying, praying, praying. I go to my gate, I'm praying, I'm praying, I'm praying, I'm praying. And it was a different guy at the gate. And I told him, I mess again because the people who were helping me the first time weren't there. And then I told him, he was like, where'd you come from? And I told him where I came from. And he said, oh, this is the gate that you came to, like, whenever they, they had you, but whenever you lost your luggage? And I said, yeah, they said that my flight came out of this gate. I was like, I don't know. It doesn't say my phone or anything. He said, you actually came out of that gate that's across house. Let's go over there and look at the lost and found. And long and behold, 15 minutes before I board my plane My bag was in the lost and found at a different gate because they didn't inform me of what the correct gate I came out of was. And all this happened to say that everything happens for a reason. And, you know, even though it felt like a loss of time, that I was doing a lot of stuff, a lot of running around, I waited at baggage claim for literally no purpose and no reason at all, and then was running back and forth going through TSA again. But it showed me the power of prayer. It showed me the. The mercy of God's sovereignty. And God almost. He didn't. Almost. He equipped my spirit man in that instance, because, you know, when you're moving too fast, sometimes you forget to pray. Sometimes you forget to hold yourself accountable. And that was kind of something that the lor put on my heart, is that, let me get a drink of water. I'm looking at this, and my mouth is watering just looking at this water. Give me a second. Give me a second. You ever just be looking at a bottle of water and it's just looking back at you? Really nice. I was like, oh, my gosh. But what the Lord really taught me about what I went through yesterday was the urgency. A few things. The urgency to always choose prayer over panic and to always be observant of what's around you, even if you're in a rush. So get this. The thing that comes with moving really fast is that I think a lot of us. I think a lot of people move in urgency because they want to get things done. They want to be precise. They. They. They want to do the things of God. And a lot of the times we can move in a sense of urgency, but I think of it like a road. I think of it like a freeway, right? If you're driving on a really important freeway and you're trying to get to your destination, but you're moving too fast, you might actually miss the exit that you're supposed to take. And when it came to my. To my urgency and moving yesterday, you know, up and out of the plane because I was moving so fast, I failed to take what I was supposed to take with me. And so the. The. One of the lessons I really got out of what happened yesterday, and even just in general, is I think it's just the realization of sometimes when you move too fast, you just might miss your exit. And I think when us Christians worry about our efficiency and speed more than patience and development in the Lord, we might actually miss the very things that God is. Is calling for us to take. And So I, I think patience is a, is a, is a spirit of the fruit that we're needing to desperately learn, especially as Gen zers. We're seeing all these people do podcasts and films and you know, you got the, you got the tick tock this and the Instagram that. When in all actuality the Lord wants to develop you in that dark room. I feel like that's what the Lord's been put on my heart the past few months is to stay in a place of development. Like, let's think about it. I'm just gonna keep it a stack. I don't know why Gen Z is such in a rush. You look at all these stories in the Bible and you want to know what it is? After David killed the Philistine Goliath, do you think he became king right after that? No, he didn't reign until about 15 years after when God came to Abraham and he gave him the big booming promise that I'm gonna give you a son and his name is going to be Isaac and your lineage is going to match the stars in the sky. How long do you think it took for that promise to come through? I'm gonna let you know right now it didn't happen the next day. Whenever we read the story of Noah, Noah quite literally was told and appointed by God that he was supposed to build a, a ark for a flood that he's never seen or witnessed. Noah, what I would assume, has never even seen rain and God's telling him to make a bow. You want to know when that flood came a hundred years later. So I believe what I'm seeing in my generation is a lot of people building boats expecting for a flood tomorrow. And I think what the Lord is really instructing us as Gen Z'ers and as a generation to do is to slow down, get in your development process, and be faithful what the Lord has told you, be faithful with what God has told you and what he has promised you. And just because he promised it doesn't mean that it's going to happen tomorrow. And also it doesn't mean that it's not going to happen at all. You just have to sit and wait, persevere. Like I, I love James. I believe it's one. One, two. I believe. Amen. I want to go there just in case, but Galatians literally says. Or not Galatians. I was on Galatians. I'm talking about James. I'm talking about my man James. It says, consider it pure joy. Brothers and sisters, when you face trials of Many kinds. Because these trials and tribulations produce perseverance. And so when we're going through our waiting seasons, like, there's things that God has promised me that I'm probably not going to see for another 20 years, right? But I'm not moving in urgency to get those things tomorrow because I understand there's a development process and a season that I have to go through in order to get there. I mean, you look at nature around us. I remember whenever I was a kid and, you know, we got a new house and we kind of lived by the freeway. It was kind of like newer homes whenever I was a little kid and the freeway was directly behind us. And I remember one thing that the. That my parents hated about living right there is that it was so loud that you could just hear cars driving all day, all night. And so they said, you know what, we're gonna go get some. We're gonna go get some trees. We're gonna plant them in the backyard. I believe they got four. And they line them up so whenever they would grow one day that the. That the trees would be used kind of as a soundboard to. To not let the sound of the freeway, you know, kind of wake us up each and every single night. Long story short, we lived in that house for only about two to three years, not super long. And whenever we got these trees, this is like when you got like the stick, you put it in the ground and then there. There's like a stick with another stick and then there's like a green tie that holds them together, you know, I don't know a lot about tree growing. I know a few things. I don't know the technological terms. I was a future farmer of America for three years of my life in high school, but I didn't learn a lot about trees. I learned a lot about, you know, GMOs, what's in our food, etc, different story. But anyways, and so we moved out of that house and so I barely got to see these trees grow. And keep in mind, I was. I was in this house probably when I was about, like. Yeah, the memories foggy, man. I may have been there longer, actually. I don't know. I remember I was there for a good chunk. I would probably say somewhere from like, like 7 to like 10. I would say that's like the age. And so 23 years old now. So that's almost two decades later, and the house is still there. And every time I go on that freeway, what do I see? These big, beautiful trees in my Once backyard. So what that shows me is that over time, these trees had to grow, right? That God will plant a seed in us and then water it over time. But as. As long as you're willing to be watered, as long as you're willing to do the things of God, as you're. As long as you're willing to just set at his feet. Is that my man? Hey, bae, you want to sit and listen? I'm almost done. I'm telling everyone about my trees when I was a kid. Yeah, you could. You could hear it. But. Everyone say hi to Pastor Malik. Brookings.
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Hey, how's it going? We live from Nashville.
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You look good.
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Thank you. So do you.
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Thanks. You like it? Yeah, my outfit is fine. Yeah, I like the socks, too. I'm gonna wear my. My brown little heels. But I was telling the members of Same Not Soft, that whenever I was a kid and I lived. I lived at this house for about three years, and I lived right next to the freeway, and it was so noisy because we lived right there next to the freeway. And so my dad planted these trees, but we only lived there for three years, so we barely saw these trees grow. And so I lived there when I was like, probably like 7 to 10. And then every time I go on that freeway now in my hometown, these trees are ginormous, bro. Like, they're freaking huge. And I always think of, like, oh, dang. Like, I was there for the seed planning process, but I wasn't there to watch the growth. And it's like when the 20 years go by and you're not watching these trees go, and then you finally see them for what they are, you're like, oh, my gosh. Like. Like, these are big trees. But I was there when they were just little sticks in the ground. But it's like I was talking about the promises and the provision of God. It's like, God will give you a promise, but that doesn't mean that that's going to develop overnight. Like, it takes time. It takes watering. It takes perseverance. It takes. It takes a lot. A lot of patience. And I think not. I think I know what God says is that things take time. And I think when the Lord gives you something, you just have to water it well and you have to enjoy the growing process in the development season. And so sometimes when you plant a seed and walk away and you come back and you see a full blown tree, it's. It's easy to think, oh, man, this just like, popped up one day when. No, like, it was Actually going through a process. You just weren't there to witness it. Do we understand? So, yeah, I think the growing process and, like, getting everything that God has called you to get, it takes time. You see that through the Bible, y'all. Like, it's not just a little, oh, lady la di da. It's. It's. It's. It's really patience. And I'm gonna share probably one more thing that's also on my heart. What time is it? Oh, we're good. Yeah. Huh. Okay. That's fine. Or you could let them know it's okay. But the other thing that the Lord put on my heart is that I love to fly. And I actually like turbulence because it tests my faith. I feel like whenever I have turbulence in the. In the plane, just shake me so much. Oh, I'm just so in the spirit to where now. I literally consider it fun. I just feel like my faith gets tested. Oh, my gosh. Especially if any of y'all have ever had a layover or flown into Denver. It doesn't matter what type of time of the year you're in Colorado. The wind is your adversary. When I tell you, like, Denver, Colorado, got some, like, demonic wind dog. Like, every time I'll go, my flame is. My plane is, like, doing the Dougie in the air. I couldn't believe it. And so there was this one time to where I was flying from Florida back home. And I believe this was at the beginning of this year. And there was. This is when California was going through, like, a lot of storms. It was really dark and gloomy, and we just kind of had, like, a weird gloom for a long time. And, you know, for the most part, Florida is pretty sunny. And so whenever you fly to Florida, all the way to California, there you go across a lot of mountains and a lot of the terrains. You know, Utah and Colorado, Nevada is all right there. So you see all this beautiful red rock and these mountains that are just, like, so piercing to the eyes. And so during this season of my life, which was the beginning of this year, I was having a hard time with perspective and. And seeing outside of my situation, because when you're in the middle of a rut, when you're in the middle of a pit, you're just seeing the hole that you're in and not what's outside of it. And so that was kind of the season that I was going through is like, God, I just see the pit that I'm in, and I don't see anything outside of it. And so While I'm on this plane, the Lord gave me such a profound revelation. And so I'm. I'm. I'm about, about, like 30, 45 minutes to my destination. And we start to descend. And California is known for beautiful mountains, especially the Yosemite National Park. And if you have been, you will know how beautiful it is. If you haven't, it's one of the famous landmark. One of the most famous landmarks in the whole entire world. It's beautiful. And so it's about, I would say, 6:30pm and the sky is purple and pink and the clouds are dancing and fluffy and looks like cotton candy. And I'm looking at the sky and I'm like, oh, my gosh, only God could create something like this. And I'm looking out the window and I'm just. Just meditating on his goodness. Like, y'all, these clouds. I've never seen such, like, thick, fluffy clouds in my entire life. And I just see this pink sky. I see the horizon and it's just, oh, so beautiful. I see birds flying and the mountains peeking out of the clouds, but you can't see what's below the clouds at all. I only see what's above. I only see the sunshine. I see, you know, the skies and the clouds and the birds and the mountains peaking. I'm just thinking, wow, how beautiful is this? And it just looked like I was kind of like standing face to face to God's glory while I'm up in the air. And so I asked God, I asked for him to give me a revelation because it was just so beautiful. And I think sometimes when we go on plane rides, especially me, because I always love a window seat. Like, there's such a beauty in just, like, looking out the window and seeing the earth that God has created. Like, the fact that God has blessed us, us with planes to where we could have a perspective, like a higher perspective of his creation is just so awesome. And so I was asking him, I was like, God, I really want you to give me a revelation. And so then I'm looking at these pink skies, and I just felt the presence and the glory and the happiness of God. I just felt provision. I don't know how to explain that. And so then we start to descend into Cali, where I'm landing to go back home, and we end up going through these really thick clouds and there was a lot of turbulence through the clouds. We were shaking and stuff. And it's because, well, the science of clouds is that it's. It's condensation and it's a whole bunch of air being conduced together to form the clouds. So every time you go through really thick clouds, you're kind of bound to, like, experience some sort of turbulence. And so then we're going through these really thick clouds for a minute to where you can't see the sky no more. Like, you just see clouds. You just see. It just looks like you're. It looks like the sky is hot box. Like you look out the window, you don't see nothing except for you're quite literally in a cloud. The clouds that look so beautiful, you go inside of it, and now all of a sudden you feel blinded, and where the heck am I going? And so then we start descending and we go through this thick clouds. And California look like a mess when I tell you it was dark, it was rainy, it was stormy. You see everything just like. And it was extremely stormy for California. And I'm looking at my city and I'm like, bruh, I was just above this about 5 minutes ago, and it didn't look like this. And God gave me such a profound revelation of what perspective is, because three things were happening all at once. But depending where you are shows your perspective. So all in the same terrain. There's glory, there's sunshine, there's pink skies, there's fluffy clouds. House. There's the provision of God. Then there's a transition season that may be a little rocky, that may have a lot of turbulence, and that may feel, you know, not the best. And then there might be a quite literal pit to where you're looking at your world in the city, in the sky, and you're like, bruh, it's dark, it's gloomy, it's rainy. And what's so funny is that when you're some. When you're somewhere for so long, you forget what's on the other side. And because I was in Cali for so long, or. Or because, you know, I wasn't flying as much as I am now, I forgot that above all these clouds and above all this gloom, there's glory. But you just don't see it because of what's covering it. But it doesn't mean that it's not there. And so I think that's what the provision and what the glory of God looks like is that sometimes we go through seasons where it feels like God is quiet, to where he's not speaking to us, to where he's kind of putting us on the back burner, when in all actuality, he is there. You're just not seeing him because there's something in the way. And it might be because of your own repercussions or because of your own s. In your own consequence, or it could just be a trial that God wants you to go through. But there's a transition process, right? Like how I said I was coming down from these beautiful skies, but if I was going up, it would have been a process for me to go and see those skies again. I would have been from dark, gloomy ground going through the turbulence in the clouds to then see glory. And sometimes we have to understand that in order to go from glory to glory to glory, there is going to be seasons that are dark and gloomy and where you look out the sky and it's raining and it's storming and you know it's not looking how you think it is. But if you just go a little higher, if you just go a little bit higher, you're gonna see exactly what God has in store for you. But we must have the endurance to climb, and we must have almost this. This. This want and desire to not stay in a place that's always dark and to always have optimism that there's something beyond what our circumstance is. Amen. And so, you know, as I've had the privilege to travel and be all over the world and all over the country the past few years or past two years, the Lord has given me so much perspective of what it means to be one who always chases his glory. Even when I'm in seasons and in circumstances where it may be really dark or seem really deep or like I'm at the bottom of a pit, there's just another side I haven't discovered yet. But if I climb, if I stay faithful, if I stay obedient, and I do the things of God, I'm just quite literally bound to discover them. So it's just a matter of being persevering in the faith and knowing that God has you. And that just because you don't see it doesn't mean that it's not happening. Right? Just because you don't see it. Like, for an example is daytime. Here is night time in China. Just because I don't see it doesn't mean that it's not happening. And I think we. We can idolize our own perception at times, and we gotta, you know, kill the idol that we have of what we think. That's why Proverbs 3. 5 says, like, Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. Submit all your ways to him, and he will make your path straight. It's. It's. You're not trusting in the Lord, you're not trust, or you are trusting in the Lord, you're not trusting in your own understanding. You're trusting in what God has said. Because God's everywhere. He's omnipotent, he's omnipresent, he's seen everything. He's a witness to everything that happens here on earth, on the ground, what's in the SK, etc. Like, God sees everything. So whose provision are you going to trust? Is it yours or is it God's? Because the moment that you trust yours, you're going to realize very quickly that you're wrong. And the last thing that you want is for God to give you over to that pride, because that's going to put you in a way deeper hole. And I think that's a huge temptation for anyone who quite literally walks here on planet Earth is I got to lean on my own understanding because I know what's best and, you know, my experiences is what validates, validates my life and my mindset and what I think is right when in all actual. In all actuality, what actually sustains like the. The truth of what the world is, is God, because he's the one who's created it. And I'm gonna tell you something. Just keep it a book. If you look at this world and you don't think there's a mind behind it, then I absolutely think you're delusional. Like, we are human beings created with so much creativity, with will and emotions and beauty and splendor, and also very real experiences to where I don't believe any of this is just by accident. You just have to go deeper to understand that there is a beautiful mind behind the creation of this world. And you just have to discover it. Malik and I were just. Well, we got to Nashville last night and one of our Ubers, we had about like five minutes with him. And I wish there was like, more time to speak to him because you know when people are searching for the Lord and you know when people are thirsty for God but they don't know where to go, and they're trying to figure out, you know, what's best. And he was telling us in the car, it was such a quick conversation. And then when he dropped us off, like, people were coming in the car that we were leaving, so, like, we could even like, sit in the car and pray for Him. Like, these people literally opened the door and it was like oh, my gosh, shut this door so I can evangelize to this man. But it's okay. That's not what God wanted. But. But he was kind of juggling around all these things. He's like, you know, like, I know that there's a God. He's like, but I'm going between like, Muslim and. Or Islam and Judaism and Christianity and oh, man, it was just breaking my heart because you see that he had this hunger for God, but he was almost thinking way too intellectually about it and not allowing his heart to be encountered by God. And I think when you read the scriptures, looking to prove what you think and your expectation of who you think God is, you're always going to look for something that you are trying to find to prove what you are thinking. So it's like, I will never forget. I think I may have talked about it on this podcast, but I feel like I say it all the time. There was this interview with Theo Vaughn, and there was some guy on the interview with him, and he said, look, if you look for things that are red, you're going to find red, but you're not going to see anything brown in the midst. And it's because you're looking for red. When you look for something, you're going to find it. And so it's the same thing with God. If you're looking for God to be. I did talk about this in the last solo podcast, but if you're looking for God to only meet your intellectual needs and never your spiritual needs, or never to encounter your heart and to just change your entire life and everything that he's called you to be, then you're just going to find him to fulfill your brain, but never your soul. And so when we were talking to this man in the Uber last night, my heart was. Was breaking for him because I knew the answer for him was Jesus. But there was a desire for him to fulfill what he already knows about God instead of learning a new encounter. And what I really wish I could have told him is I really wanted to tell him. I started to go into it, but the Bible says in Hebrews 4:14, like how Preston shared on the last podcast episode that we did is that we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weakness. So God literally sent his one and only Son in the image of him to empathize with us. And so when you believe in Jesus, when you believe that God sent his one and only Son to die on the cross, to die a death that we should have deserved to literally live and empathize our lives with us, to cater to us, to help us to meet our needs, to, you know, just grow our spirits to be everything that we need in salvation, in grace, and in mercy. Like, it takes off the burden of life. And it shows you that, yeah, I actually can't do everything on my own. And I don't know everything. I don't know. I don't know all of it. And that's okay because Jesus already did it for me. I just have to keep touching and agreeing with Him. It's like the moment that you realize someone already did it for you, you will stop trying to do it for yourself. And I think that's the beauty that comes with Jesus and with Christianity is that we are the only one of the only religions to where our Lord and Savior quite literally came down from the throne of heaven to die on our behalf so we could be reconciled back to our high place with Him. Like, what other religion tells you that other religions and other ideologies tells you that we have to do something to get back to God? Let me tell you, the Israelites and the people of God try to do that for thousands and thousands and thousands of years. Why do you think Jesus had to come in the first place? Was because the law was literally unattainable to keep perfectly made by man. It's so funny, because the same very law that God has given us, he's like, I'm actually going to be the only one who fills it perfectly. Like, none of y'all is ever going to be on my measure, on your own. Like, why do you think Satan fell from heaven like lightning to the pits of hell? It was because he was trying to fulfill the role of God. And God will do the same thing to us if we're trying to do things in our own strength. And so I just really, really just know that whenever Jesus came and he died for us, he empathized with us, and he also won a battle for us that we could never win for ourselves. And I think it's so beautiful that Jesus is so good. And I wish that's what I could have told that man last night, is that God loves you so much and he doesn't want. Like, he's already figured it out for you, dude. Like, you just have to lean into the spirit. You have to let your heart get encountered. It's just not a mind thing. It's a hard thing. And so, yeah. You want to say anything?
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B
No, you got it.
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A
No, you. You here. Do you want to say anything? You sure you have an opportunity. I'm just. I'm you here. I know you have nothing. Okay.
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B
I don't want to rush you.
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A
I'm almost done. I think we're good, though, because, well, they said they're running late, too. No, I'll just keep it. It's fine. Got it. Oh, got it. Okay, so I can stop right now. Okay, that sounds good. Okay, guys, I have to go right now, cuz Malik told me no because our Uber is outside and I wanted to film this episode. But don't be blaming me, y'all.
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B
It's not blame it.
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A
Blame it.
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B
It's not my fault. The love look.
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You're so funny. Okay, guys, that's all we're going to talk about today. I love you guys so much. Few things. Super quick. If you have prayer requests, leave them down below. There's a link. If you feel led to tithe. Hello. If you feel led to tithe towards this ministry and the things that God is doing through this, there's also a link down below. If you got saved through any of these episodes and the Lord has really encountered your heart, let me know how I could pray for you. And leave it down below. And then. I think that's it. I think that's it. Yeah. The Lord is good. May you guys be blessed. May you walk in peace. Anybody walking in peace. I got a key. I know. That is critical. I don't know. Hey, give me a Jesus bar.
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B
I don't know why immediately. I was about to, like, drop a beat. Like, I was about to, like, start beatboxing and I thought she was about to rap.
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I. I can.
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All right.
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Hey, yeah. Save NASA. Hey, we're found, not lost. Hey. That's all I got. We love you guys. Hey. Hey. We're gonna go now. We gonna go now. We gonna go now. Going on the road now. We gonna leave now. Now. Uber's downstairs. Hey, we're gonna go. God bless y'all. We love you. God bless y'all. We love you.
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B
That was fire. Somebody clipped that a song, babe. That was straight Heat. What?
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A
That's so funny. No, that was. Okay, I'm gonna.
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B
Hey, that's your. That's the new theme song.
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Bye, you guys. Babe, say bye. Bye. Love you guys. Bye.