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I, Me, Mine | Week 4 | Message · Rewind

Rock Point Church

Pastor Bill Bush · Dec 15, 2025 · 61 min watch · 3 min read

I, Me, Mine | Week 4 | Message

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Big Idea
Key points
Application

Scripture in this message

Matthew 6
Philippians 4:13
Matthew 6:19
Matthew 6:20
Matthew 6:22-23
Matthew 6:24

Big Idea Key points Application

Big Idea

Quoting the message: When I am king, worry rules me; when God is my king, trust frees me, end quote..

In the closing section of Matthew 6, Jesus exposes the hidden king inside each of us. Our treasure reveals which kingdom we actually serve, our fear reveals who we think is ultimately responsible for our lives, and our allegiance determines our peace. Until we surrender the driver's seat to God — laying down our self-made crown and living from His love rather than for it — we will remain enslaved to worry. True freedom comes not from a trust fund from God, but from a living trust in God, expressed through generosity, daily dependence, and wholehearted pursuit of His kingdom above all else.

Key points

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1Our treasure reveals our kingdom — what we pursue and protect with our resources shows which seat we are truly sitting in.
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2A 'healthy eye' means single-minded generosity toward God, while an 'unhealthy eye' means envy and greed — and we cannot serve both God and money.
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3Our fear reveals who we think is responsible — worry is the emotional weight of self-rule, not merely a response to difficult circumstances.
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4God already knows every need we have; He promises to provide for needs, but He never promised to satisfy our greeds.
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5Our allegiance determines our peace — seeking God's kingdom first, continually and above all else, is the only path to freedom from anxiety.
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6Jesus is not meant to ride shotgun — He either drives or He is not in the car at all, and most of our worry flows from refusing to give Him the wheel.
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7Laying down the crown — repentance and daily surrender — is how we move from the seat of control to the seat of trust.

Application

Pastor Bill's challenge is direct: stop trying to be Burger King — stop wearing the paper crown of self-rule — and let Jesus take the driver's seat every single day. Practically, that begins with honesty about which seat you are actually in right now. It means trusting God with your money first (tithing your first and best rather than your last and leftovers) so that He can prove Himself as provider and break the grip of materialism and envy. It means replacing the anxious habit of living tomorrow before it exists with daily, childlike dependence on the Father — bringing one day's needs to Him one day at a time. And it means pursuing God's kingdom not as a contract or performance, but as a continuous, primary allegiance that flows from knowing you are already loved. Lay the crown down. Take the passenger seat. Trust the Driver.

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Scripture in this message

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“this is the last week of this series. I'm eMind. We've been in Matthew chapter six, and really it it summed up this whole chapter is really begs us to ask ourselves”
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“It it it's kinda like when you sit in this seat, you're actually doing like the misquote of one of the famous verses in in the the New Testament. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”
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“So let's start. Verse 19. Don't store up treasures here on earth where our moths eat in them and rust destroys them and where thieves break in and steal”
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“Store your treasures in heaven where moths and rust cannot destroy and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is there the desire heart will be also”
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“And then he says, here's why, because your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is unhealthy, whole body is filled with darkness”
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“And here he goes, he just bottom lines it. No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one. This is the one of the things that we see incorrectly that really hurts us”
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“You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money. So he brought up money. So this whole treasure thing. Treasures? There's lots of things we treasure that aren't money”
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“Because even it says it says in verse 19, the Greek word there, which I didn't wanna try to pronounce it, thesaurus, it's where we get thesaurus from”
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“Because look what the very next thing he says in verse 24. That's why I tell you not to worry about everyday life. He literally said, I'm gonna tell you not to worry about this”
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“Look at the birds, they don't plant or harvest or store food in the barns for your heavenly father feeds them, and aren't you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life”
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“yet Solomon the lilies of the field and how they grow, they don't work or make their clothing. Yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers”
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“so don't worry about these things saying, what will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear? These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers. That's the throw punch. He says that's how the world thinks”
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“He says, because your father already knows all your needs. And I think that's part of the problem. We're afraid of slipping”
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“Seek the kingdom of God above all else and live righteously and he will give you everything you need. So don't worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's troubles enough”
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“Seek the kingdom of God above all else and live righteously and he will give you everything you need. So don't worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's troubles enough”
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“He says when he says how to pray, when he said pray give me today my daily bread, that's not some magic incantation. That's an outline. He says, you pray about your needs one day at a time”
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“And what do I do in this seat? It says seek ye first the kingdom of God and live righteously. See, the acts I do before Jesus is not our performance, that's legalism”

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Jesus opens this section with a question that most of us would rather not sit with too long: where is your treasure? Not where do you think it should be, or where you intend it to be someday — but where is it actually going right now? Pastor Bill was direct about this: what we pursue and protect with our resources is a pretty honest picture of which kingdom we are actually living for. Our checking accounts and our calendars don't lie the way our best intentions do. That stings a little, and it's meant to. But here's what's worth holding onto: Jesus isn't pointing this out to shame you. He's pointing it out because He knows that where your treasure goes, your heart follows. The direction of your treasure is the direction of your life. And if your heart is scattered across things that rust and fade, your life will feel exactly that way — scattered, anxious, never quite enough. The invitation here is not to give more so God will like you better. It's to notice, honestly, where your heart has quietly set up camp. That noticing is the beginning of freedom. Start there today — not with a budget, but with an honest look.

For reflection

If someone could see only where your time and money went this past month, what kingdom would they say you are building?

Pray

Pray for honest eyes to see where your treasure is actually going — and for the courage to let that honest look lead somewhere.

The image Jesus uses here is surprising — He talks about the eye being a lamp for the body. Pastor Bill unpacked what that means in context: a 'healthy eye' is one focused on single-minded generosity, while an 'unhealthy eye' is one clouded by envy and greed. When our gaze keeps drifting to what others have, or to what we think we deserve, the whole interior of our lives gets dark. We lose our bearings. And then Jesus draws a sharp line: you cannot serve two masters. Not 'it's difficult to serve two masters' or 'it's unwise.' You cannot. The word is absolute. At some point, loyalty to money and loyalty to God will pull in opposite directions, and you will move one way or the other. That's not a threat — it's just an honest description of how divided loyalty works in real life. The good news buried in this hard word is that Jesus is not asking you to serve money less enthusiastically. He's inviting you to live for something — Someone — who will never demand from you what money demands: your peace, your identity, your sense of worth. A focused eye, aimed at God, is a lighter way to live than you might expect.

For reflection

Where do you notice envy or comparison creeping into your thinking most often, and what does that reveal about where your eye is focused?

Pray

Pray for a single-minded focus — that your gaze would settle on God's kingdom rather than drifting toward comparison or accumulation.

Pastor Bill made a point that is worth sitting with slowly: worry is not just a response to hard circumstances. It is the emotional weight of self-rule. When we are sitting in the driver's seat of our own lives, every unknown road feels like our problem to solve. That's exhausting, and it was never supposed to be our job. Jesus doesn't scold the anxious person — He asks a question: look at the birds. Not a lecture, just a redirect. Look. They don't plant, harvest, or stockpile, and your Father feeds them. Then He looks at the wildflowers — dressed more beautifully than Solomon in all his glory — and He asks, if God does that for grass, what makes you think He won't do it for you? There's a tenderness in the way Jesus argues this. He's not minimizing the real weight of your circumstances. He's asking you to let the evidence of God's care in the created world speak to your fear. The birds and the flowers haven't solved the problem of the future. They've just never picked up the burden of trying to control it. Today, the invitation is simply to look — and to let what you see loosen your grip a little.

For reflection

What specific worry have you been carrying that you have not yet handed to God — and what would it feel like to set it down, even just for today?

Pray

Pray about the worry that is sitting heaviest on you right now — not to fix it, but to place it in the Father's hands for this one day.

Jesus says something remarkable here: your Father already knows what you need. Already. Before you pray it, before you figure out how to articulate it, before you've worked up the faith to ask — He knows. Pastor Bill drew a distinction that is worth returning to more than once: God promises to provide for needs, but He never promised to satisfy our greeds. That's not a hard line drawn to make us feel judged for wanting things. It's a clarifying line that actually sets us free. If God's promise is about needs, then we don't have to perform, impress, or negotiate with Him. We don't have to be anxious about whether we asked the right way or believed hard enough. He sees the need. He knows. The phrase Jesus uses — 'these things dominate the thoughts of the nations' — is a description, not a condemnation. It's saying: that kind of anxious striving belongs to a way of living that doesn't know a Father. But you do know a Father. That changes what you are allowed to do with your fear. You can bring it to Someone who already knows, instead of carrying it alone.

For reflection

Is there a need in your life right now that you have been trying to meet entirely on your own — and what would it mean to trust the Father who already knows it?

Pray

Pray with the simple honesty of someone who is known — bring a real need to a Father who already sees it, and ask for the grace to trust His provision.

Seek the kingdom of God above all else. Pastor Bill was clear that this is not a one-time decision you make at an altar and check off the list. It is a continuous, primary allegiance — the daily posture of someone who has handed the wheel to Jesus. And notice the shape of the promise: seek His kingdom first, and He will give you everything you need. Not everything you want, not comfort on your timeline, but everything you need. That is a breathtaking promise, and it is offered to people who are willing to stop making the future their personal project. Verse 34 is almost tender in its practicality: don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow has enough of its own. Today's troubles are enough for today. This is not advice to be irresponsible. It's an invitation to live in the actual day you are in, rather than spending today's energy trying to preemptively survive tomorrow. Daily dependence is not weakness — it is the shape of a life that trusts a Father. The Lord's Prayer puts it the same way: give me today my daily bread. One day. One ask. One trust. That rhythm, repeated day after day, is what a life of real allegiance looks like from the inside.

For reflection

What would it look like for you — practically, today — to seek God's kingdom first before turning to your own plans and worries?

Pray

Pray for the grace to live in today — to bring this day's needs to God before you begin trying to solve tomorrow on your own.

Pastor Bill referenced this verse — 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me' — and it's worth pausing on the context it comes from, because it is easy to lift out of place. Paul wrote those words from prison. He had learned contentment in need and in plenty, in hardship and in ease. The strength he is describing is not the strength to achieve whatever you set your mind to. It is the strength to be at peace in any circumstance because Christ is present in it. That reframes the whole devotional week. Living without anxiety, laying down the paper crown, trusting the Driver — none of that is something you can manufacture through willpower. It requires a strength that comes from outside yourself. The good news is that the same Jesus who said 'seek first the kingdom' is also the one who supplies what seeking requires. You are not being asked to trust God more by trying harder. You are being invited to lean on a strength that is already offered. The surrender Pastor Bill described — getting out of the driver's seat — is not an act of weakness. It takes more courage than white-knuckling the wheel. And it is courage that Christ Himself enables.

For reflection

Where in your life have you been trying to manufacture strength or peace on your own — and what would it mean to receive it from Christ instead?

Pray

Pray for an honest awareness of where you are straining in your own strength — and ask Christ to be your sufficiency in that specific place today.

Looking back across the whole passage, a single question runs underneath every section: who is sitting in the driver's seat? Treasure, vision, allegiance, fear, daily dependence — Jesus is pressing on every one of these because each one is a place where the paper crown quietly comes back on. It is easy to surrender in one area and take the wheel right back in another. That's not a verdict on your faith — it's just an honest description of the human heart. Pastor Bill's image of the Burger King crown is funny and uncomfortably accurate: we want to rule our own lives, and we want God to make that go well for us. But Jesus does not ride shotgun. He either drives, or He is not in the car. The grace in that hard word is this: He wants to drive. He is not standing outside the car waiting for you to deserve the invitation. The whole weight of this passage is the Father's desire to be trusted — to prove Himself as provider, to carry the anxiety you were never designed to carry, to give you a peace that doesn't depend on controlling the outcome. Lay the crown down. Take the passenger seat. Not as a one-time transaction, but as the daily rhythm of a life that is learning, slowly and honestly, to trust the Driver.

For reflection

As you look back over this week, where did you most clearly feel the pull to take the wheel back — and what do you want to do with that going forward?

Pray

Pray through the whole week honestly — bring the places you held on too tightly, and ask for the grace to keep choosing trust, one day at a time.

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This message lands on a simple but unsettling question Jesus raises in Matthew 6: who is actually in the driver's seat of your life — and how can you tell?

Discussion questions

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In Matthew 6:19-21, Jesus connects where we store our treasure to where our heart ends up. What do you think He means by that connection — why would what we do with our resources reveal something about which kingdom we actually belong to?
2
Jesus describes the eye as either 'healthy' or 'unhealthy' in Matthew 6:22-24, and then says, 'No one can serve two masters.' What does single-minded generosity toward God look like in practice, and why does Jesus seem to treat divided allegiance as impossible rather than just difficult?
3
Pastor Bill made the claim that worry is the emotional weight of self-rule — not just a response to hard circumstances. Looking at Matthew 6:25-30, what in Jesus' words supports that idea, and what does it change about how we understand anxiety?
4
Jesus tells His listeners in Matthew 6:31-32 that 'your Father already knows all your needs' — and Pastor Bill drew a distinction between God promising to provide for our needs versus satisfying our greeds. How does that distinction shape the way we might bring our daily concerns to God?
5
Matthew 6:33-34 calls us to seek God's kingdom 'above all else' and to let tomorrow's worries stay in tomorrow. Pastor Bill described this as a continuous, daily pursuit rather than a one-time decision. What might it look like for a community of people to actually live that way together?
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Pastor Bill challenged us to stop wearing what he called the paper crown of self-rule and to let Jesus take the driver's seat — not just once, but every day. What would it mean, practically, for us as a group to move from living for God's love to living from it?

Pray together

Surrendering the driver's seat — asking God to reveal where self-rule is still running the show, and expressing trust in Him as the One who already knows every need

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