1 00:00:00,340 --> 00:00:02,708 And we're being called upon to walk worthy 2 00:00:02,708 --> 00:00:07,450 of the calling that God has called us to. 3 00:00:07,450 --> 00:00:10,606 This is the question! 4 00:00:10,606 --> 00:00:14,208 Are you decided to succeed? 5 00:00:14,208 --> 00:00:16,009 And it doesn't start right now. 6 00:00:16,009 --> 00:00:18,774 Are you decided to take the message 7 00:00:18,774 --> 00:00:20,655 you heard in the first hour 8 00:00:20,655 --> 00:00:22,420 and say you know what? 9 00:00:22,420 --> 00:00:24,202 That convicts me, but I don't want to 10 00:00:24,202 --> 00:00:25,516 just go out here convicted, 11 00:00:25,516 --> 00:00:33,450 I want to go out of here changed. 12 00:00:33,450 --> 00:00:36,886 My wife doesn't really know this happened, 13 00:00:36,886 --> 00:00:39,983 but a couple weeks back 14 00:00:39,983 --> 00:00:42,615 I'm driving down Commerce Street. 15 00:00:42,615 --> 00:00:45,700 And I'm coming up on a street light 16 00:00:45,700 --> 00:00:47,112 and I've got a green light. 17 00:00:47,112 --> 00:00:49,103 And the guy comes up the other way 18 00:00:49,103 --> 00:00:51,193 and he makes a right on red, 19 00:00:51,193 --> 00:00:53,113 but I don't think he even stopped. 20 00:00:53,113 --> 00:00:54,754 He just kind of went through it, 21 00:00:54,754 --> 00:00:56,596 and I was really close to him. 22 00:00:56,596 --> 00:01:00,179 And you know, I didn't over-break. 23 00:01:00,179 --> 00:01:03,957 I just kind of flew up real close behind him. 24 00:01:03,957 --> 00:01:05,784 And my wife said something 25 00:01:05,784 --> 00:01:09,744 about just doing that because you're trying 26 00:01:09,744 --> 00:01:13,011 to punish the guy. 27 00:01:13,011 --> 00:01:18,910 I mean, she was mildly rebuking me. 28 00:01:18,910 --> 00:01:24,480 And I thought, well, that's exact what I'm doing. 29 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:30,516 And I thought I am not going to do that any more. 30 00:01:30,516 --> 00:01:32,403 There have been various times 31 00:01:32,403 --> 00:01:35,129 my wife has said you know this is what you're doing, 32 00:01:35,129 --> 00:01:38,484 and I've said like when she's not looking 33 00:01:38,484 --> 00:01:40,076 I turn to the Lord and I say, 34 00:01:40,076 --> 00:01:42,011 Lord, that was exactly what I was doing 35 00:01:42,011 --> 00:01:47,290 and I don't want to do that any more. 36 00:01:47,290 --> 00:01:48,798 But I hope you're like that. 37 00:01:48,798 --> 00:01:51,452 That's the way we've got to approach Scripture 38 00:01:51,452 --> 00:01:53,892 where it's like something is pointed out to us 39 00:01:53,892 --> 00:01:58,795 and it's like yes, I'm going to put forth an effort. 40 00:01:58,795 --> 00:02:00,285 This may not happen perfectly, 41 00:02:00,285 --> 00:02:02,387 but I'm going to draw a line in the sand. 42 00:02:02,387 --> 00:02:04,830 It's like I'm not going there any more. 43 00:02:04,830 --> 00:02:06,205 And if I find myself there, 44 00:02:06,205 --> 00:02:07,897 I'm going to repent just like that. 45 00:02:07,897 --> 00:02:12,184 I'm going to back off of that. 46 00:02:12,184 --> 00:02:15,196 Are you decided to succeed? 47 00:02:15,196 --> 00:02:18,699 And like I say, it takes being honest. 48 00:02:18,699 --> 00:02:20,335 You've got to be dead honest. 49 00:02:20,335 --> 00:02:22,763 James could sit here and tell you 50 00:02:22,763 --> 00:02:24,900 this convicted me. 51 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:27,048 Yeah, and I was squirming over there too. 52 00:02:27,048 --> 00:02:30,473 And I can tell when my wife - 53 00:02:30,473 --> 00:02:32,574 she's nodding and I'm thinking, yeah, 54 00:02:32,574 --> 00:02:36,366 she's thinking about me. 55 00:02:36,366 --> 00:02:39,661 But if we don't admit where we fail, 56 00:02:39,661 --> 00:02:43,483 you're not going to do well. 57 00:02:43,483 --> 00:02:44,737 We've got to be honest - 58 00:02:44,737 --> 00:02:47,454 honest with the Lord, honest with each other. 59 00:02:47,454 --> 00:02:51,351 Because look, we're all in the same boat. 60 00:02:51,351 --> 00:02:52,793 We all are. 61 00:02:52,793 --> 00:02:55,567 We're a people that need to be saved. 62 00:02:55,567 --> 00:02:58,022 We need the grace of God. We need the help of God. 63 00:02:58,022 --> 00:02:59,588 We need the power of God. 64 00:02:59,588 --> 00:03:02,373 This except was taken from the full sermon 65 00:03:02,373 --> 00:03:04,564 "Worthy of God's Calling."