Sound Mind - Week 3 "The Small Things Change Everything"
Sound Mind Week 3 – “The Small Things Change Everything“
Theme: Reorder – “What Practices Reshape My Life”
7 [http://biblehub.com/2_timothy/1-7.htm]For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV
Big Idea: A sound mind is not built by winning tomorrow's battles. It is built by faithfully surrendering today's moments to God. (If you don’t win today, there is no tomorrow.)
The Space Race
It began in 1957 when the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching Sputnik 1, the first satellite in space. The Soviets followed with several early victories, including sending Yuri Gagarin into orbit in 1961. In response, President John F. Kennedy challenged America to land a man on the Moon before the decade ended.
Many years ago, the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it? He said, “Because it is there.”
Well, space is there, and we’re going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God’s blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked.
- JFK (on going to the Moon) “We choose to go to the Moon” Rice University 9/12/1962
The race culminated in 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon during the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.
July 20, 1969 4:17pm EST “The Eagle has landed!”
Why was it significant? Because it wasn't really about space. It was a global demonstration of which system—communism or democracy—could win out. The same rocket technology that launched astronauts could also launch nuclear weapons, so success in space was seen as evidence of national power and security. When the United States reached the Moon first, many viewed it as a symbolic victory in the broader Cold War struggle.
Transition: It's only your greatest battle, until you hand it over to God.
Teaching Point 1: A Sound Mind Begins With Rest
30 [http://biblehub.com/mark/6-30.htm]The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. 31 [http://biblehub.com/mark/6-31.htm]Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
Mark 6:30-31 NIV
“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
When life feels out of control:
* Stop.
* Rest.
* Sit with Jesus.
If you don't come apart and rest, eventually you'll come apart from stress.
Teaching Point 2: A Sound Mind Focuses On God’s Assignment
33 [http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-33.htm]But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 [http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-34.htm]Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:33-34 NIV
“Seek First His Kingdom”
God gives grace for today, not previews for tomorrow.
How a Janitor helped land a man on the moon.
1962, JFK is visiting the NASA Space Center. He happens to take a few wrong turns and get himself lost in a service corridor. Here he sees a janitor mopping. Seeming so out of place in the spaces JFK has found himself, he stops.
He walked over to him and said “Hi, I’m Jack Kennedy. What are you doing?” The janitor responded, “Well Mr. President, I’m helping put a man on the moon.”
Conclusion: Sometimes it is the unexpected, seemingly mundane, moments that when lived in surrender; change our entire lives.
3 [http://biblehub.com/revelation/21-3.htm]And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 [http://biblehub.com/revelation/21-4.htm]‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21:3-4 NIV
Honest Reflections: Asbury and my first EV VBS
Takeaway: A sound mind is built when we stop carrying tomorrow and start surrendering today.
