If you get trapped in a loop about yourself, you will only see your flaws, your weaknesses, your shortcomings. And that is a very lonely place to be. It may be time to get yourself a new loop.
some of God’s greatest work is seen not
heard not heard the skies preach a silent
sermon the consistency of the solar
system says something to us about the
nature of life that it is cyclical some
of the things that you think are
circumstantial in your life are actually
cyclical I think that’s a big part of
maturity is learning what’s cyclical and
not just running around from situation
to situation but understanding the
cycles that create the situations
because if you don’t understand the
cycle that creates a situation you will
be dealing with situation after
situation after situation after
situation I don’t need to be a science
teacher to explain to you that the solar
system operates on cycles you understand
we’re making a trip right now we do it
every 365 sometimes it takes us 366 on
those leap years but we’re making a
cycle David said that the the heavens are
declaring the glory of God and they keep
on doing it consistently in a cycle and
although we know that technically he’s
not explaining how the universe works
he’s giving us a picture of the Sun in
its circuit the whole text kind of has
this theme of it that were going round
and round and round and round he ends
the psalm saying may the words of my
mouth and the meditations of my heart be
acceptable in thy sight O Lord my
strength and my Redeemer he starts with
the solar system the heavens declare the
glory of God and he ends with his soul
so from the solar system to his soul
everything is on a cycle it’s a cycle
whatever you are thinking about right
now it’s because of a cycle in fact I
think it’s very
very good to start your day with God
because it starts the cycle from the
right place I think that’s why it’s
really important if you can read a Bible
verse before you read a Facebook post
because it’s just a better purer cycle if
it’s possible before you check email
check your knee mail I just threw that
in for the corny people I would never
say that a lesser preacher would say
something like that
touch somebody say it’s a cycle and he
uses this phrase the meditation of my
heart y’all get it together wasn’t that
bad
meditation is not a hot yoga term
meditation is not a term reserved
exclusively for Eastern religion
meditation actually in Hebrew is a
musical term I bet you didn’t know that
that’s why I’m telling you it’s like
David okay here’s where I learned about
what meditation is because for years and
years and years and years I thought that
what I said to God was my prayer life
and so I would say all this stuff to God and I would say all this stuff that he got to
do and now sometimes I would lose focus
and I had a prayer list and prayer
thoughts and all that and it felt real
boring I didn’t realize that there were
some things that God wanted to say to me
I didn’t understand the power of the
silent sermon until I went to see Ed
Sheeran in concert and I have nothing
against Ed Sheeran in fact I think Ed
Sheeran has written some beautiful songs
how many would agree that Ed Sheeran has
written some beautiful songs three of
you but I’m just saying
this is not a rant against Ed Sheeran
but I went to see Ed Sheeran
because Holly likes boring music and and
Ed Sheeran had had an interesting way of
doing a concert and and it was
surprising to me because Ed Sheeran did
a whole concert without a band a whole
90-minute set in an arena when I say it
was boring not maybe I’m just spoiled
because I pastor a church with the
greatest musicians you will find
anywhere in the city the state come on
GTA the continent but not Ed no not Ed
Ed Sheeran didn’t even have a band no
bass player no kick drum no electric
guitar 90 minutes of him with his guitar
and his accent
and he had this little pedal
come here David David’s gonna help me
yeah give it up for David this is the
other King David
this is David David Liotta the king of
the strings the king of the sixth string
guitar David’s gonna do his best Ed
Sheeran impersonation because what what
Ed Sheeran did I had to ask somebody the
first time I saw I’d do this I didn’t
know what it was because I’ve saw him he
would play something and then he would
stop playing it but it kept going and
that’s because he had one of these right
it’s called a loop station if you’re
taking notes you look like you’re
waiting for something to write down at
some point in this sermon write down the
word loop loop loop and show us how the
loopy station work because he doesn’t
have a drummer because apparently he’s
cheap
so instead of instead of hiring a
drummer
he made his own drums on the guitar just
give him an example see what he did he
looped it now we got a beat see you can
move to that a little bit but he’s not
doing anything but he set something in
motion and there it is now put something
on top of it loop something else
whoo that’s nice David
I like that jazzy major7 stuff that’s
pretty soulful for a white boy that’s
good David there’s something else on it
all we’re doing stacking the loops
that’s all we’re doing
come on that’s too sexy for church David
take it all the way back down
take something out take that out all
started
all these layers
start with a loop with a loop now what I
found out David
how do you make it stop cuz sometimes I wonder that about my heart how do I make it
stop yeah because I get stuck in a loop you
ever been stuck in a loop I’m talking
about in your mind now not at the guitar
or anything like that you ever been stuck
in a loop where you find yourself in an
absolute state of panic that started
watch this with a silent sermon Moses
this is the only one who preached silent
sermons Lazarus isn’t the only one who
preached silent sermons Jesus isn’t the
only one who preached a silent sermon
David isn’t the only one who preached a
silent sermon not only do the stars and
the Sun and the skies and the solar system preach a silent sermon I got bad news
for you the devil preaches silent
sermons he gets you in the loop I’m done
with you David thank you so much give
him a hand
our very own Ed Sheeran you ever been
stuck in a loop of life please talk to
me I feel awful lonely up here
Concord they’re giving me no love you
don’t admit it but but some of your
relationships went off-track not because
of what was said in the relationship but
because of what was not said what you
started saying to your self he said
within himself that’s what the rich man
did in the parable when he sent to him
self
I built many barns I’ll take life easy
he didn’t know that very night his life
would be required he said to himself it
matters where you start with what you
think about and self is a very small sun for your
life to orbit around it’s a very limited
loop self is a is a very small scale to
see the world in in fact sing with me
doe ray me me me me
I’m just me singing the song me that
many of us me have been singing all week
me me me me
me what’s your favorite meditation me
me what are they thinking about me me
when is anybody ever gonna notice me I
change the key but it’s still about me
sometimes I can find a way to make
anything about me me me me me me me me
I’m also at choir practice let the words
of my mouth and the meditation of my
heart me me me me me me me me
Mee Mee Mee Mee Mee Mee Mee Mee Mee Mee
I don’t think it’s a hit Ella I don’t
think anybody’s gonna buy the album I
don’t think it’s gonna bring me joy I
don’t think it’s gonna bring me peace I
don’t think I’m gonna figure out a
solution if I start with myself
I need a new loop I said I need a new
loop some of you came to church today
not just to hear a sermon but to preach
one to yourself why don’t you start with
your source and not with yourself now
it’s a hymn come on who is able shout
to do it naturally more than I asked
for imagine tired of that track me me me
me me me me me me I thought about
singing it till it wasn’t funny anymore
and it sounds like we’re already at that
point I know how long it would take how
long will it take until you change that
meditation realizing that if you start
with yourself you stay in yourself and
you will always be limited by who you
are but when you start with the Great I
am
David said who’s that they said uh think
his name’s Goliath David said I’ll fight
him Saul said you’re small David said
I’m not coming against him in myself or
in my name but I come against you in the
name of the Lord the skies declare the
glory of God notice David did not start with what was
in his heart you start with what’s in
your heart you’ll scare yourself to
death that’s a horror movie
to start with what’s in your heart I was
going to preach one time and the guy who
invited me I never been to his church
before he said just share what’s on your
heart I said oh no you don’t want me to
do bad I must share what’s in heaven
because if I tell you what’s in my heart
it won’t help any of us so I don’t start
my meditation with what’s in myself I
noticed that every meditation and and
again don’t think meditation
think about the loop think about the
lines that loop over and over again in
the way that you think think about how
you have this subtle way if you let
yourself into turning every interaction
into a stage on which you are the star I
don’t do that I don’t like to be noticed
I don’t do that I don’t like people to
even look at me I’m not that type of
person this must be a preacher thing no
I promise you you talk too much
sometimes I promise you some of the
stuff that you post oh you didn’t think
I was talking about your Instagram feed
did you I promise you some some of you
need to go home and change the bio on
your on your Instagram and they should
just say what it’s really all about me
me me me me just give us an expectation
of what’s gonna happen on that feed when
you’re easily offended when everything’s
an insult
did you see how they looked at me they
weren’t looking at you they were
thinking about dinner they have not
bought groceries this week and their mom
has cancer could you get outside
yourself and think about something
bigger the skies declare the glory of
God people life is bigger than what
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