What do you do when you find yourself in a season of waiting? What do you do when you are seeking an answer from God? And you don't feel like you're hearing back from him. What do you do when God calls you to do something like you get this little spiritual whisper or hint or nudge in your heart or in your mind that God might be asking you to do something and you're not certain of it or it doesn't seem to make sense. How do you respond? What do we do while we're waiting? You know, I think back to a time early on in our church year 2020 and it's April and there's this little, you know, global pandemic that just started and things shut down. We were one of the first churches to shut down in the valley. Part of it was trying to be wise, part of it. Honestly, just trans transparently here, just be practical because we knew the schools were gonna shut down any moment. And so we preemptively shut down so that way we weren't just at the rim uh whim of that. And so we didn't want them to call us on a Saturday night and say everything's shut down. So we went ahead and we shut things down. But being a brand new church, we didn't know what God was gonna do next. We didn't own any facilities, we didn't own any places um where we could gather. And so, oh, we wanted to be safe. We want to be smart and we wanted to reach people. Well, I got this nudge from God that really at our church's core is that we wanna be for the community that we believe God is for you, which means we are for you and together we can be for the community. And we got this nudge that really, we needed to double down on our generosity that in a community uh that's facing a future that's unknown that we wanna lead the way in generosity and, and serving and meeting practical needs here. Well, I had gotten connected with a ministry called R IP Medical Debt and what they did was they would pay off medical debt for those families who are in financial crisis. And so normally those who have hospital bills uh that people cannot financially um pay. What happens is those bills get sold to creditors for 100 really a penny to the dollar so 1 to 100 ratio and then those creditors hound people and just get what they can out of them. Well, this company buys that same debt for that same ratio of 100 to 1 and then turns around and forgives this debt. And I thought about it and we talked about it. We prayed about it with our leadership team. We're like, man, this is a great picture of the gospel that in a uh medical global crisis, we had the opportunity to pay off the medical debt for someone. And they would receive a letter in the mail not saying here is the bill that's due, but a debt that's been paid. And so we, we research, we found out from this company and we said, ok, how many families meet this criteria here in our neighborhood? And it and between this zip code and the one just north of us. So the 85050 and the 85331 zip code, there were 700 families that accrued about $1.3 million in medical debt. Now that 100 to 1 ratio meant that it was about $13,000 that was needed to pay off this medical debt. And so we were praying about it as a leadership team. We were thinking through it and felt this nudge and, and we felt like God was calling us to pay this off for people. And what's crazy was at that time that represented over 50% of what was coming in on a monthly basis for us. So the pandemic hit, we have no place to meet. We have no place to gather and God's leading us to pay off from half of what came in that month. And so we're like, ok, God, this seems kind of crazy but um let's, let's go for it. And so we called up a team and said, ok, hey, we'll take it and like, what do you mean take us? We'll take all of it and we're gonna pay off um this medical debt. And so we were able to do so, uh, at the same time, I was on the outside like we're gonna be bold. God's gonna move and on the inside. I was like, ah, what are we doing? Why did I, what did I just sign up for? Right. Um, and, um, you know, you reach that point and it's almost like this oh crap moment and probably shouldn't say crap from stage. But anyway, that's how I was feeling. Right. And so I, I was like, oh, man, what do we do? And so we agreed to this on a Tuesday night and we took this step and, and what was crazy was that next morning? It was Wednesday morning, eight o'clock. The first email I opened was from converge. That's our tribe. That's our network of churches, about 1300 churches around the country. And we got a letter email from them saying, hey, in light of this pandemic, we know brand new church plants are gonna be hurting and struggling. And so that's why we're writing this letter to inform you that you have qualified for a $10,000 grant that's gonna be coming your way. How wild is that? That like, we, we took this step and God basically replaced it within 12 hours. And I was just like, oh my goodness. And then I started to question God, why didn't you give that before? You know, I would be ok with that. That would be way less scary. But then I think too that's also the point, you know, because then we gave from a place of faith and then we got to see God be faithful, right? In a time of need, we got to show up and then God got to show off and, and we've seen this time and time again in that. And so what I wanna talk to you about today is the tension of what do we do when God prompts us or we're seeking an answer to prayer and we find ourselves waiting and we find ourselves nudged to go in a direction and we're not quite sure if this makes sense. See, last week, we jumped into the life of Elisha with the most prolific, least talked about prophet in the Old Testament. He's the most prolific because other than somebody named Jesus, he performed more recorded miracles in the Bible than anybody else. But he's at least talked about because when you think about the Old Testament, you tend to think of characters like Abraham Noah, David Moses. Elijah. You got confused with that all the time. No, no, it's Elisha. Uh oh, you're talking about my boss before. And so Elijah did all these miracles. But yet we shared last week that he really came from simple beginnings that he was out as a farmer working the field that he was smelling oxen duty and seeing oxen booty and it was in the middle of the day and it was there that God met him where he was and called him and led him where to go. And we saw through the faithfulness that Elisha had positioned himself to be ready to answer his calling. And that when he made that change, when he stepped out on faith and obedience, he ended up actually killing the cows and burning the plows because what he was saying collectively to his family. But then also to Elijah, who he started following was that there is no plan B and while last week, we talked about what does it mean to start from small beginnings? Today, we're gonna talk about the value of small tasks, small acts of obedience that lead to big eternal results. And sometimes it seems like it doesn't make sense. So if you're taking notes, I want you to write this down. God's provision includes our preparation. God's provision includes our preparation. In other words, God invites us into the process that a small task done in the name of Jesus can produce big eternal results that if we are faithful in the small things, God will be faithful in those big things. So to pick up our story here, we're in second kings chapter three. There is really to set it up. The kingdom is divided, there's Israel in the north. There is Judah in the south. It's called kings, first kings, second kings because there's a bunch of them, most of them God. In this particular case, we have Jeh who is the son of Ahab. Ahab was the guy who challenged Elijah with Jezebel and the prophets of Baal. And then in the Southern kingdom, they have this guy Jehoshaphat who makes a lot of mistakes, but at least he's open to God and still seeks God and his counsel in some things, we're gonna see that to come into play. And what happened was Ahab dies Jehova takes over and the Moabites, there's uh if you picture the nation here, you have Israel, then you have Judah and you have Edom, you have the Dead Sea in the middle and on the other side, you have the moabites. Well, the moabites owed Israel 100,000 lamb and actually even more than that in wool. But they, they had an outstanding order and debt that was owed to Israel. But Ahab died. So the king of the moabites said, well, my debt was to Ahab not to you. So I'm not gonna pay it. And so the king of Israel at the time. Said, wait a second, if my power is challenged, he could challenge all of us. And so he goes to the South, he goes to Judah and says, hey, Jehoshaphat, I know we don't like each other, but we need to combine for this because an enemy of my enemy is now then my friend. And so so they said, let's combined and then let's walk through Edom. So let's get three of us together, go around the sea and challenge and take over the moabites. So we strengthen our positions long term. And so they're gonna go and they're gonna challenge the mobs and have this battle this war three on one. But there's a problem is that there's this problem here that they start to march for seven days and it's a drought. It's a desert. I feel like us Arizonians and Phoenicians here understand this passage and can relate to this passage more than other people in the United States. But there is this drought, the ground is hard and the people are thirsty and the animals are dying. So it is not good. And so they feel stuck. And so here's where we pick up our story. Second kings chapter three verse nine. So, so the king of Israel went to the um went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. And when they made their Circulus March for seven days, there was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them. Then the king of Israel said, alas, the Lord has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab. In other words, he's saying, we went to go challenge this king and because we're thirsty and we're dying, this king can now take over all three of the, the countries, all three of these, these lands. And then verse 11 and Josephat, that's the king of Judah said, is there no prophet of the Lord here through whom we may inquire of the Lord. Then one of the king of Israel's servants answered Elisha. The son of Serat is here who poured water on the hands of Elijah. Hey, the guy that took over for Elijah, we know him. He might be able to help us out verse 12. And Jehoshaphat said, and the word of the Lord is with him. See, there's a little bit of that belief, openness. I'm not saying he's great. He makes a lot of mistakes, but he's at least open to God. He says the Lord, the word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him down to Elisha and Elisha said to the king of Israel, what have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother. Oh man, he is a snarky little prophet that Elisha. And I wonder where he got it from? Well, actually he probably got it from Elijah. See a couple chapters before in first kings. When Elijah challenged uh Jarras Dad Ahab and he challenged the prophets of Baal, they threw down. Then if you're not familiar with the story, they set up an altar for each um God, for Baal and for God. And they said, OK, let's pray and see who's God will send down fire to start this altar. And so Elijah starts trash talking these other prophets of Baal and he's like, I'll even pour water on mine and make it. So it's impossible apart from God to start this fire on this altar. And so they're crying out, the prophets of Baal are crying out and nothing's happening. And so Elijah trash talks to them and says, hey, maybe your God's in the bathroom, right? Maybe he's next door, you know, and try and he starts trash. So he's a little snarky and he's passed this along to Elisha. And I can appreciate the fact that there is a place for sarcasm in the Bible. But um and so he's trash talking. So he's challenged by three kings that a normal person being confronted by three kings would be very soft spoken and step back. But he steps up and says, hey, you haven't followed God this whole time. Why don't you go back to Baal and ask him to help you? And so he steps up and he's confident in who his God is and he continues on. He says, but the king of Israel said to him, no, it is the Lord who has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab. And then verse 14, Elisha said as the Lord of hosts lives before whom I stand. Were it not that I have regard for Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah? I would neither look at you nor see you. Have you ever helped out a friend of a friend? Like you don't wanna help someone out but you like this person and you're like, ok, you're lucky you're friends with this person because I would have nothing to do with you. Otherwise he basically says that to the king of Israel. He's like, I don't like you, but this guy is at least open to God and it's through the country of Judah that ultimately we're gonna have the savior from. So so and because there's openness to God here, I will help you out this time. So he goes on and it says there in verse 15 and we're gonna switch translations briefly because I like the wording of one thing here. Um In the new King James version here in verse 15, he says, now bring me a musician. Now I love this verse John in the back because we look for scripture. I like, you know how at the end of service we bring up music and, and I get all inspirational and excited. Right, right there, boom in scripture. Even Elisha brought up the musician for the end of service. So there we go. It's in scripture and I feel really validated. Um And so so he said, bring me a musician and so he brings the musician, the music starts playing here. He says, in the hand of the Lord came upon him and Elisha said verse 16 thus says, the Lord make this valley full of ditches. Now pause. This makes no sense. Think about it for a second. You are these powerful kings about to go to battle. You are in a drought, the ground is hard. Your people are weak, the sun is hot and you are seeking water, praying for water. And the response is grab a shovel. Hey, you know how you're exhausted and you're hot and you're in need and you're about to die. Let's work a little more. Thus says, the Lord make this valley full of ditches. This is crazy. But you see God's provision includes our preparation and we're gonna really dive into what this mean in, in just a moment. But let's continue reading verse 17. For thus says, the Lord, you shall not see wind nor shall you see rain. Yet the valley shall be filled with water. So you're not even gonna see the storm coming so that you your cattle and your animals may drink. He says, you're gonna be saved then notice verse 18, he says, and this is a simple matter in the side of the Lord. Oh, by the way, he will also deliver, you, deliver the moabites into your hand. I will provide water and save you and your family. And that's, that's, that's, that's, that's child easy. Oh By the way, you're also gonna win the war. And they're like, wait, what? So these reluctant broken kings follow through, tell their people start digging up them holes, digging, digging up. If you've seen the movie holes, you know, you, you know what song I'm talking about there? That was uh Shia la bro's really claim to fame before Transformers. But um if you know that movie, it's great. If you don't know that movie, it's OK. You're not missing a whole lot. But um so can you imagine being the king's servants and in his army and said, hey, we summoned a prophet of the Lord. He is gonna bring the water and he's gonna save our people and then he comes back and says, all right, I want you to spend all day digging a hole. Wait, what? I know you're about to die and it's hot and the ground is hard and we don't see any clouds around, but I want you to start digging a hole. It doesn't make sense until it does. So they dig the holes the next day, they don't see the storms coming. But this flash flood starts rolling through the valley and it fills the valley, it fills the ditches with water and it does a couple of things. One, it does bring sustenance to the people and to the animals and to the armies. But the second thing it does actually is that it fills the ditches with water. It fills the valley with water where the moabites from a far distance, not seeing clouds, not seeing anything based on the hard ground and the water and the sun and the mixture, it looks red. It almost looks like pools of blood from a distance. It's not, but it looks like that. And so they look at each other like all the three kings have turned on each other and they're fighting, we've already won. Let's go get our spoils of war and go take the camp and finish them off. And so they go and charge the camp and then imagine the soldiers, they're just getting their water, having their breakfast and they're all ready for battle like, ok, we're gonna go out there and then all of a sudden they look up and they just run into camp. I was like, wait, what? And the Moabites didn't think they were gonna be ready. They thought they were going to basically an empty diminished camp, but instead they just ran into three kingdoms worth of armies and just got annihilated and they win the war. So God not only provided the water, but then also provided the victory in war through this one miracle. And it's kind of crazy here. And so why would God do this? Why would God tell them to dig ditches before providing the water? Well, I think the reason He does that is because He invites us into the process. He challenges us to step out in faith and then comes through so that we can see that on the other side of obedience, our job is obedience. God's job is outcome. And we see this and we actually see this as a theme that runs throughout the Bible. Quick preview for next week. We're gonna be taking a look at second kings chapter four and a story about a widow who is in great need and God provides that need. But then Eliza challenges her with the task of collecting jars and vases. And I won't talk too much about that right now because we're gonna talk about that next Sunday, invite you back. But, but this widow who is about to die has to go and collect these jars. And then God provides. Well, the next chapter in chapter five, there's this guy named Namon. Namon is a commander of a Syrian army, a neighboring country, very wealthy, very successful, but he has leprosy. He has this skin disease that's gonna take his life. And so because of his success, because of his wealth, because of his power, he thinks, well, I have all these things so surely there must be a solution somewhere. And so he's searching for someone that can heal him. He goes to the neighboring country, Israel. He says, does anybody, can anybody help me? I got power, I got money. I got strength, I can, whatever you need, I can provide it. I just need some help and say, well, there's this guy, Elisha who prays and stuff happens. So I would go see him and so we don't have time to read through all the stories in, in second Kings chapter five. But so then na na he shows up to Elisha's door with all his armies and horses and all this wealth and power. And he knocks and Elisha, this is where the snarkiness of Elisha comes in. He doesn't even answer the door. It's like Elisha, Elisha, I mean, he's got this entourage like, I mean, he is, he's something special or at least he thinks it's like you don't answer me like I can storm your house right now. You don't answer the door. And Elisha sends a servant like, hey, hey, you go, go, go get the door and he opens the door and name the name is like, you know, here's this girl. The servant goes back, asks Elya Eisha tells the servant goes back and he says, hey, tell name, um tell him to wash in the Jordan river seven times. She goes back and tells them, hey, wash in the Jordan river, the Jordan river. That's literally the dirtiest river of all the rivers in this area. I'm probably gonna get an extra case of leprosy just by going in the water. That's the water I'm supposed to go in and I'm supposed to be cleansed. Why didn't I go? And he starts listing rivers and lakes. I could have gone to this water, this where he says, yep. And not only do you have to go one time, you have to go seven times but desperate and in need, he decides to go down and Namon just goes in and sure enough on the seventh time out of the water, he's cleansed. His story runs repeatedly throughout scripture. God makes a promise or declaration. But then he asks somebody to take a small step of faith in the process. He didn't just send the flood to the world. He told Noah, go build an arc. He didn't just immediately bless Abraham. He said, I'm gonna make you a father of nations. But right now I just need you to go Moses there in the burning bush. He said, go go back, set the people free. What am I gonna do? Just just go back. I'll tell you, he challenges Farrell. It's this big to do big crazy movie scene with Charlton Heston and all those for the throwback movies there. And he leads, he let my people go and they go and they leave and it's not till they get to the edge of the red that God decides to part it. This isn't just old Testament stuff too. I mean, we do see these crazy stories. So for example, Moses is leading the people. They, they mess up, they keep denying God they're, they, they get lost for 40 years and they go, they finally enter the promised land and they get to this first city of Jericho. And so they have about a million people. They Jericho's fortified city with all these walls. And so Joshua was like, OK, God, you're gonna give us victory. How are we gonna do it? And God says, you're gonna walk around the city for seven days and then on the seventh day, you're going to walk around it seven times and then you're gonna blow trumpets. Can you imagine relaying that message from God to your people? Like you, you just cross the river, you're about to go into battle mode. You have the military officers in your tent and you gather around like, OK, what are we gonna do? What, how we're gonna have victory? God gave us this land. Here we go. What are we gonna do? He says, all right, Joshua leans in and says, all right, everybody can I heard from God. Here's what we're gonna do. You ready? Step one, we're gonna walk around the walls like OK. All right. All right, cool. All right. Step two. The next day we're gonna do the same thing. OK? Day three. OK. All right. What are we doing? Day three? We got it, we got it. We're gonna survey the enemy's got it. Great. What are we gonna do? We're gonna walk around again. Like, can you imagine being in that room, that strategy session with the leaders? Like all right now, go tell your people. OK, clearly. OK. This may be intimidation, prayer or whatever it is. But on the final day, here's how we're gonna win. We're gonna blow some trumpet. I like, ok, Joshua, they have like weapons and stuff like what's the plan? Trumpets? But here's the craziness of it. They do it. They walk around and on the seventh day they walk around seven times and they blow these, not even the war trumpets, the praise trumpets, the worship ones and the walls come crumbling down and they take the city. I always wonder in that moment what would have happened if the people of Israel stopped on day six because like the walls didn't crumble, crumble a little bit every day. You know what I mean? It's not like, oh, hey, the walls came down a little bit. Day one day two, they, they cracked a little bit. Oh, we see some progress. This is great. They had to just walk in faith and if they would have stopped on day six, they would have missed the blessing on day seven. But yet it was God and the miracle of God that he provided for them on the other side of obedience and faith and almost sometimes it doesn't make sense. But yet God continues the story. This doesn't just run through the Old Testament. It runs through the New Testament too. For example, John chapter two, the very first miracle. The wedding at Ka Jesus turns water into wine. But how does he do it? He takes the lowest of servants and he tells them, hey, fill these jars with water and it wasn't till after that when they got ready to serve, did it switch? Think about the feeding of the 5000. And the Bible talks about feeding of the 5000. Really? It's referring to the count of men. And so you include women and Children, it's probably closer to 20,000. So enough to fill the Phoenix Suns Arena here. And Jesus told him, hey, tell the people to sit down lunch is coming. What would you do if you're a disciple in that moment? All right, everybody sit down, food's coming. Yeah. Trust me. It's gonna be good. Do you know where it's coming? No. And then it doesn't happen until a little boy gives him a lunchable. Basically some bread and fish. But it's once the people were sat down, once the boy gave the lunch, God took that and provided enough food to not only feed those 20,000 people but enough for 12 baskets of leftovers. So every single disciple had a reminder of God's provision. See three principles to understanding God's provision because the story is contextual to Elisha, like I'm not telling you to go home right now and to physically go dig a ditch. I mean, unless you need to fix your irrigation, then maybe go for it. But and so he's not gonna call us like we're not gonna go out and fight the moabites today, ok? But the God of Elisha is the same God today and the God that provides is the same God that provides today. And so we see these three transferable principles from this story throughout scripture that we can start applying right now as a church. The first principle to understanding God's provision is humility. You can't be prideful and experience God's provision at the same time. That'd be like receiving a birthday gift and, and be impressed with yourself, right? Like if you receive a birthday gift and you open it like, wow, this is awesome. Thank you not. Wow. Look how great I am, right. You open a birthday gift. Yep, I deserve that right. You can't be prideful and experience God's provision at the same time. Like start getting to the place where you understand that you need. God is the first step. The very fact that Elisha told the kings to have people digging ditches was that you have to humble yourselves. You're admitting that you need him. And you're saying, God, I can't do this. You can God. I don't know how we're going to win the battle, but I can March. I don't know how you're gonna turn this water into wine, but I can fill the jar in Naaman's case. I don't know how you're gonna cleanse me, but I can go into the Jordan. I don't know how you're gonna provide food for these people, but we can sit them down all of which requires humility. It says here in Matthew 2312 that whoever exalts himself will be humbled, but whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Jesus doesn't ask us to do anything that he hasn't already done in Philippians two. It even says that we are to have the same mindset as Christ in Philippians 25. And then it says Jesus himself who is obedient, who humbled himself to the point of the cross. So the first step to experiencing God's provision is to prepare your heart with humility. The second step or principle to understanding God's provision is trust. I would define trust this way. It's not gonna be on your screens, but I would define trust this way. Trust is the level of confidence you have in someone's competency and character. Trust is the level of confidence you have in someone's competency and character. There are some people who you trust their character, but you don't trust their competency, right? They're the nicest people in the world, but you're probably not gonna give them a project on your job, right? Then there's other people who you trust their competency, but you can't trust him as far as you can throw a stick, right? And so you have competency and you have character. Here's the beauty of the gospel is that we can fully trust God's ability, his awareness, his affection for us. So can God do anything about it? Yes. Will he do something about things? Yes, he showed that through his son, Jesus. Does he care for you? Yes. So is he trustworthy? Yes, you can trust Him. Proverbs 35 and six. It says, trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding and in all your ways, acknowledge him and he will make straight your path. It's taking your plans and your processes and your systems and saying God here I humble myself and I trust you. So you need humility, you need trust. But the third principle to understanding God's provision is that you need a heart and a life of obedience. Are you willing to take action? That's what digging ditches meant. They obeyed what God told them to do. Even when it seemed a little silly, Jesus was talking the sermon on the Mount Matthew chapter seven verse 24. He says, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like the wise man who built his house on the rock. I want you to be encouraged. I want you to be inspired here on the weekends. But more than anything. I want you to be obedient to God's call in your life. And part of having a heart that's prepared for God's provision is to humble yourself before Him, to trust God with the plan for your life and then to obey Him when he calls you to do something. So what does that look like? We're calling up the musicians as Elisha did in verse 15. It's biblical. What is God calling you to do? You see, you might be praying for water and God's telling you to grab a shovel, you might be asking for God's direction and you don't know the whole journey, but you probably have a step you can take right? For some of you and your relationships. You want a Godly marriage and you don't know how it's gonna get there, but it could start with one conversation or date night or resource or reaching out, you know, we, we want our spouse to be Godly. But then are we willing to be the spouse that we want, who would want? Right? And, and, and those who are single right now are looking like we want Mr or Mrs, right? What if instead of that focus, we decide to become the person who we're looking for is looking for. In other words, we start doing the things and following God and instead of waiting for our significant other to change, instead of waiting for that person to come, we start becoming that person and we start serving them and meeting those needs and having those conversations, right? You might be praying for your kids and a big scary world out there. But then are you leading them might start over a meal or task, doing the dishes, making the bed have a conversation about honesty. You might want that job and you don't know how God's gonna provide, but you can search, you can apply, you can reach out it. It's not about having one day faith. Like one day when I get the promotion, I get the house, I get the things, then I will be faithful. It's not about having one day faith. It's about having two day obedience and saying God, I can't see the rain, I can't see the water that's coming. But right now I'm gonna dig. I, I don't know how I'm gonna change my life, but I have your word. So I'm gonna read it and I'm gonna pray and I'm gonna be crazy enough to actually try to do what it says. If you do that, God can change any situation, any circumstance, any heart, but he invites us into the process. I'll end with this. Uh You know, you might have come here this morning to hear a message and that's great. And I'm so glad you're here, but I want you to know that you being here is provision. You see, God gave me a vision years ago to step out and to start a church and it seemed crazy and some funding things backed out kind of last minute things. And so when we made that leap, I had a month of savings and a mortgage and three kids. And it didn't make sense, but start making phone calls, knocking on doors, talking to people, praying, reading scripture, serving, helping, and lo and behold, I found that God was placing this call in other people's hearts too. And so here we are years later with a team with a church that is serving the community. And I'm like, wow, so you came here for a message, but you're actually an answer to prayer. And so this stuff is real guys that if you step out and you humble yourself and you trust God with it and then you obey what He tells you to do, it makes a difference. And I want that for you and I want that for me still, I want that for our family and for our kids. And when our focus is obedience, we can trust God with our outcome, we can look back and you will be amazed that when we show up how God will show off, will you pray with me dear heavenly Father? I pray for those in this room. I don't know what you might be calling them to do, but gotta pray that for whatever is represented by the water that they need in their life. God, I pray that they're willing to take the shovel. Maybe it's a hard conversation. Maybe it is opening up and reading the Bible for the first time. Maybe it is reaching out and, and talking to that neighbor, talking to that friend, being faithful in the job, starting to be generous for the first time. Got it. My prayer is that we won't just have some day, one day faith, but we will have two day obedience and that we can take the steps that you've given before us. Because a small task done in your name can make a big difference. I pray for everyone here. I thank you for everyone. Here. We humble ourselves and trust you to provide today. We love you Anderson and we pray. Amen. Will you stand?