Welcome to the Line with Enni, a podcast serving Christian men who are hunger to be the leaders God intends you to be. I’m your host, Chris Granger. Let’s jump in. All right, guys. This is your spiritual kickoff of the week. I hope you’re excited to be here. I am excited because we’re digging into one of my favorite books of the Bible this week.

We’re gonna be in the book of Psalms chapter 1 39. Okay. But this week we’re gonna look at cha at verse 16. Verse 16. We’ve already looked at 14 and 13 before. We’ll look at 16 this time. Okay. It says, your eyes have seen my formless substance. And in your book were written all the days that were ordained for me.

When as yet there was not one of them guys. What a powerful verse. Powerful verse. We need to understand what this means and how we can apply this to our life, what it means to, to our lives in general. So let’s just dig into it. So first and foremost, we always, every week we need to know where these books of the Bible are.

Cause we need to know our Bibles, guys. So where is Psalms? Well, it’s to actually the 19th book of the Bible after job. It’s before Proverbs. Okay. So it’s after Joe, before Proverbs. So that’s usually, usually if you open your Bible to like the middle and just flip to the left a little bit, usually that’s where you’ll be able to find Psalms.

So that’s just a quick tip for, for trying to find it. So, yeah, some of my favorite verses here, it comes out after one of the, the verses that I think we need to be speaking to ourselves, our wives, our children, each and every day. And that’s verse 14. I have my, my copy of God’s word right here. So verse 14 says, I will give thanks to you.

For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful. All your works, and my soul knows it very well. Guys gotta speak that to ’em. My daughters, every chance I get. Now my son too. Keep forgetting little Judah, but yes, and my son too. We’ll, I need to speak this to them regularly, consistently, particularly my older girls, right?

When they get to that teen, pre-teen age that we’re, that we’re getting into right now, they’re 10 and 12 at the time of this recording. They need to hear this. They need to know that they were fearfully in one of you may. Right? It just has that, that, that affirmation. Okay. And, and so when we look at, at this verse here at verse 16, though, your eyes have seen my form of substance.

And your book were written all the days that were ordained for me. When has yet there was not one of them. So th these verses these point to the omni omnipotence of God, right? He has the power to create, have to remember that we are serving a sovereign God. Who, who, who is the creator and his omniscient.

Right? He knows all. He’s never surprised. Nine for a second. Now we do remember there is no such thing as surprise babies. There are plenty of surprised parents gotta get Amen on that one. But there’s no surprise babies. And when we start looking at this right here, verse 16, we notice us how David, he calls out a book right here.

It says, and in your book right, have you ever thought about your life as a story? Right that we’re living this story and God is the capital a author. I mean, it’s kind of crazy when you sit and think about it. And that’s what it says right here. It says that they, in this book, were written all the Danes, the days that were ordained for us.

And I’m a big reader, guys, as you guys know. I mean, I love books. I, I, for me, I can’t get enough and just, I just enjoy reading. But it’s crazy to think that God knows every page. Every plot twist, every high moment, every dull moment, right? Where, where things get really just low and, and you can’t get out the pit sometimes.

And he even knows the boring moments. I mean, he just does. And every day we have to remember, every single day is a gift from the Almighty. But we can rest assured that he cares for us. We need to remember that guys, because so many times we just get so busy in just moving forward and we forget that today is the gift.

That’s the only thing we’re promised. You know, you look, there’s so much things that are happening in our world. There’s so many things where in and instant people lose their life and look, and not to be a, a Debbie Downer, but you just, you never know. You just never know when your day is gonna be it. So make sure each and every day that you’re living to do everything that you can to glorify him, okay, to glorify him.

And what it also tells us here, That, that we, since we know that he cares for us, the Bible tells us we shouldn’t worry about tomorrow. Why? Cause, um, tomorrow has enough trouble with his own. It’s very clear there, you know, so celebrate the fact that you, that today is, is, is you have this gift. You had this gift and let’s make the most out of it because the brevity of life is so real.

Right? Just think about how the calendar move, guys. I don’t know about you guys, but it seems like for me, as I have birthdays and as my, those birthday candles, it seems like they get closer and closer together. I wish they would slow down. Okay. I really do. And I wish they’d slow down for my children as well, and, and as they blow and as things as get moving faster and faster and faster.

It’s just more important for us to stay focused on, you know what? Every day is a gift that God knows about, right? He knows about, he knew we were gonna have this day. He knew you were gonna have this day, right now that you’re listening and right now you’re listening to, to, to the line within us. He know that we need to take some comfort in that.

And he did this before, before we even created. He knew us. And I know that can be so hard to put your mind around. I know. It is. For me to that, to even start thinking about before I was well even existed, he knew me. How, how is that possible? Right. I, I just, I, I can’t put my mind around it, but you have to, you have to trust in, you have to believe in the sovereignty of God.

The sovereignty of God. And what is Romans 8 28 says, and we know that God causes all things to work together for to the for good, to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. And God, if you start thinking about that verse and, and you start thinking about your life and today in the chapters that have been written so far, you know, what are some of those moments?

That you feel blessed, that God allowed you just to experience. Okay. For, for me, right out the gate, I automatically just think about each time, each moment I got to, he hold my children for the first time. Now, this also includes the moment when I got to hold faith. May. And you guys may, if, if you’re new to the show, you haven’t listened to that episode, go back and check after the episode.

Where, where I, where I talk about my, uh, my daughter Faith May if she was still born and now she never opened her eyes. She never opened her eyes here on Earth. You know, she never saw her, her earthly daddy, but without a doubt, I know in my heart that when she opened her eyes for the first time, she saw her Heavenly Father.

You know? And, and so to me that’s just, that’s a story in my life that, that, yes, it hurts, but I still feel blessed that God at least allowed me to walk through that. Because I can tell you, when I held Chloe, when I held Ava and held Lilly, when I held Judah, I. All these, these, these emotions come up. And if you’re a father, you know what I’m talking about.

Right. And you gotta just remember that. Okay. And then I also think about, you know, when, uh, I went for, I met my wife for the first time. We had our first date. And we, the, the way that, that sh we just instantly, for me, I just knew, I mean, I had, it took me some while to win her over, but I definitely knew that, that I wanted to spend my life with her.

And then seeing her walk down the aisle. Right. Seeing her walk down the aisle and just, I was trying not to pass out from a heat stroke first and foremost, but just, just how awesome that was. And then then other stories of my life. I think about Saturday mornings when I was a kid and having those PJs on, maybe they were GI Joe PJs or something like that, or Alf, I think we had some Alf PJs cigarettes.

So that’s, I’m dating myself there I was with my brother. My little brother, we watched Ghostbusters, we’ve watched Ninja Turtles, man, we would, we would, we would, uh, fix little forts up there underneath the, the, the kitchen table and just, man, those are just such precious, precious moments that I’m just thankful God broke those into my story.

You know, I think about an epic motorcycle trip that I took with my father and, and this how awesome it was when I was a senior year in high school. We took like this three day motorcycle ride in a mountain. It’s just me and him and how. Absolutely wore out tired. I was at the end of that trip, but how many just great memories I had are just riding with my dad.

And that’s still some of the, the funnest times I have is just riding with my dad, uh, just being able to, having him in front me just from behind him and just know when I’m with my dad. Everything’s cool, you know? Now another part of that story, on the next day after that epic trip, I actually wrecked my motorcycle going to school, and my dad had to come get me.

And I still claimed to this day, he, he worked about maybe five miles from where, from where I wrecked the motorcycle. I still claimed to this day, I heard him crank his motorcycle to come get me. And, uh, but just, just those stories, right? And then, then also just think about how blessed I am that God gave me a mother.

Right. And he gave me a mother that I never once in my life, I have never once questioned her unconditional love for me. And that how I knew that every ballgame that I played, right, or every event I could count on her to be in those stands cheering me on. You know? So guys, you know, you gotta see, and by the way, love you mama.

Love you dude. Love you Becca. Love you kids. So I wanna get that little plug in there. But you gotta remember guys, before we were all born, God had these days ordained for us. Okay, and all of our stories are different. Totally get that and that sh should be, we need to think about that as a blessing, right?

Who wants to hear the same story over and over again? You would not go to this movie theater week in, week out and watch the same movie. That’d be ridiculous. In his masterful design, the way God made us, right? He created us with all these unique abilities and these different stories, and that’s the mystery of God.

He’s the only one who gets to see the story in its entirety. Right? So for today, right now, praise him. Praise him for the love that he’s showing us as he is showing you love. You know why? Because you woke up. Pastor Jovi says the alarm clock and the empty tomb. That’s how he know that God’s not knowing to you.

And that is so true, right? Even when he feels far away, cuz maybe you’re going through it right now, a season that just absolutely sucks. It’s just tough. I get it. Even in those moments where he feels so far away, you just have to remember, he’s not, he’s not, you know, take some time, rest in his love and never enter, miss an opportunity guys to, to make sure that you write in your story opportunities to share the gospel of other, with others.

You have to take those opportunities, make it count. And the only way you’re gonna do that is you have to just lean in on the love he has shown you and share that. Show that, treat that, that the gift that he’s giving you today. Like that, like a gift, right? That’s how, for me, that’s how I, I unleashed the line with him.

That’s how I get out here and try to share the good news of the gospel with you guys, because the question I want you thinking about is how is your story, your personal story, revealing what you desire most? So your story, showing your heart’s desires was your story showing your desire for Christ. To have him at the center if he’s the main thing, if he’s, if he’s at the center of your life, guys, how are you showing that?

Because we know he’s written the story. He’s, he’s got a, he, we, he’s written the book. He is the capital A author. Right. So let’s make sure we’re doing all we can each and every day. Even on the days that feel absolutely terrible, like when I’m recording this right now, I’m looking outside right now, guys, it’s been raining.

It’s kind of drab. It’s kind of just gray outside, right? It’s no sunshine today. It, it’s just, ugh. You haven’t had those days where you just feel, ugh. Right? Even in the days like this, I can find ways and I pray you do too, to glorify him, not for me. Glorifying him. Partners. Right now when this mic is hot, I, there was a lot of prayer.

There’s a lot of prep. There’s a lot of work that gets, gets ready just to share messages like this guys. Cuz I feel like really I’m doing the work that he’s called me to do. I wanna do my best at it. Now here’s your question for you. If you’ve never actually. Surrendered your life to Christ and you’re hearing all this stuff about his, his story and Christ, and, and you’re just like, you know what?

I don’t know about this stuff. Look, I’m here to tell you guys, today is your chance. Today is your day. I’m not gonna be one of these guys. Be like, well, if you don’t wake up tomorrow, you do. You know, cuz I mean, that’s a, that’s, that has its place. I’m just gonna tell you right now, why put offer for tomorrow, which right now, which you need to take care of today, okay?

Don’t be that man. Right. So if there’s something working on you, there’s, if you have the least little feeling of, Hey, I wanna learn more about this, you need to understand the gospel. Now we live in America. My most of our audience lives is in the us, not Mo. It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t know the name of Jesus, right?

At least know who he is. But you will be floored how many people don’t truly understand who Jesus is, who he is. Okay? But we need to first understand that he is the son of God. Right. It all starts with sin. We are sinners and you need to admit that you’re sinner, guys, you are not a cup, a cupcake, a snowflake, a skittle, right?

You are sinner in need of a savior, and there’s only one way. There’s only one way. And that’s putting your, your trust in, in Jesus Christ is your Lord. So what he did, Jesus, son of God came from heaven, took on one of these bodies, actually lived, taught, showed us all the different ways of heaven. Then he, he paid the price for our sin.

His blood ran and he covered, he is the perfect atonement, right? And the, he’s the propitiation, the payment that satisfies for our sin. He’s, it. There’s no other way. You can’t nice your way in. Okay? So his, his blood covers us and they laid him in a tomb, but he just rented that thing for three days cuz then he rose, he overcame death.

And right now he ascended, he sits right hand in the father. And that is the guy we serve. We do not serve a dead man. Say this again. We do not serve a dead man, right? That is not it. We worship, we, we, we, we confess Lord of our life, a living savior. And you gotta get that part guys. You can’t just think that Jesus, as a teacher, he’s gotta be Lord.

So confess him. Confess him as Lord, as your life and say, Lord, I can’t do this anymore. The struggles in my life, the things that I, that I’ve had going on my way has not worked out. I choose to, to go your way. Please God, I accept you in my heart. I’m wretched, I’m wicked. I’m a sinner. I’ll turn to you. And in that moment when you confess him as Lord, The Holy Spirit is going to come and get you have a new heart, a completely new heart, and at that point the blinders are off.

He’s going to give you conviction. He’s going to give you wisdom and discernment to do things his way. You’re gonna be the hands of feet of Jesus. You’re at that point. What I like to tell you guys, you have, you’ll be able to unleash the lion within cuz the lion of the tribal, Judith, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

He is going to dece, he’s giving us the same spirit. Guys, that should get you jacked up. That should get you fired up. That should get you ready to go. So if you just did this, if you just confessed him as Lord of your life, man, first of all, thank you. You made the best decision of your life.

Congratulations. I want you to send me an email support at the lion within us, cuz I want to connect with you, just pray with you. I wanna send you some resources to help you for free, just to get ready for the journey that you’re gonna be a part of, and just give you some dog own encouragement. We need more dog own encouragement in the Christian men community.

We do guys. So when you’re at your church this weekend or next time you go wherever you’re around, someone say a kind word. Let someone know the gift that you see in them too often. We keep that to ourselves. Don’t keep it to yourself. If someone’s doing something great, someone’s has a gift, celebrate it.

Absolutely celebrate it. And I’ll tell you what guys, if you do that, you’re just gonna be surprised when you lean in with that first gift of the the spirit, right? The fruit of the spirit is love. When you lean in with love and you start showing that kindness and gentleness right to others, man, just get ready.

Cause the God, the Holy Spirit is going to do some incredible things. So guys, thank you for, for taking the time for listening to Spiritual Kickoff. Now, if you like the spiritual kickoffs, we do these every day. Every day we do a spiritual kickoff within our community. It’s usually longer where we read scripture a little bit longer, versions of scripture rather.

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Get after it. Go back, make sure you get this. Psalm 1 39. Just, just grounded in your heart, fellas. Okay. Look forward to seeing you back here on Wednesday. Time to unleash the lion with them.

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