Key points
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1Control issues are really trust issues — we trust God easily when life is comfortable, but struggle when He leads us into a storm.
“control issues are really trust issues”
A story from life
Road trip to New York with a longtime friend — driving through a torrential storm in the Adirondacks while the friend used his phone at the wheel
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2The big idea: where God guides, He provides — He expects us to step out first in faith, not wait for provision before we move.
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3God always asks us to do something we do not have the resources for, because He wants to do something through us that we cannot do on our own.
“God always asks us to do something that we do not have the resource for. And the point is not to be a jerk. The point is he's going to do something if you trust him”
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4Trust God with what He asks — He is teaching His disciples (and us) how to be the church: to point people to Jesus by loving them like Jesus.
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5Trust God with what you have — bring Him your time, talent, treasure, and testimony, because He will multiply it far beyond what you started with.
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6Trust God with what He will do — He is not a God of subtraction but of multiplication, and stepping out in faith builds confidence for the next step.
“The whole point is to turn your can't into I will trust. Because you know what? When you say I can't, you're right. You can't. But you're missing out on what God wants for you”
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7Jesus wants something for you, not from you — every ask He makes is an invitation into something greater than what you could do on your own.
“Do you believe God or just believe in God? They're different things. You consider and say you believe in God and not trust him left and right. Or are you gonna believe him”
“Jesus wants something for you, not from you”
“if you lose this game, you will take it to your graves”
Illustration
The 1980 US Olympic hockey team and coach Herb Brooks — college-aged underdogs trusted an unconventional plan, defeated the heavily favored Soviet team, and won the gold medal
Application
Pastor Bill's challenge is straightforward: stop reversing the order of faith. Most of us are waiting for God to provide before we're willing to let Him guide, but that is not how He works. The invitation is to bring what you actually have — your time, your money, your gifts, your story — and trust Him to multiply it. If you have a list of areas where you believe in God but haven't yet believed Him, don't start with the easiest one. Start with the scariest one. Once you see God come through there, the rest of the dominoes fall more easily. The goal is not just private peace but participation in something larger — feeding people, pointing them to Jesus, living out the mission you were built for. It's third period. Don't take it to your grave.
