The Best Ability is Availability | Fight The Good Fight | Chad Veach

0:23 If you'd like to give, go to our website, and you can give right there. And thank you to every person that helps give to and through Zoe Church. But let's jump in to this week's message called The Best Ability is Availability. Go in your Bible. 2 Timothy chapter number 2. Go there in your Bible. We are concluding today a series that we've been in called Fight the Good Fight. We've been talking for the last few weeks studying 1 and 2 Timothy. We've been talking together about the fight that you should engage in versus the fight to stay away from. So there is a fight that is appropriate, that is righteous, a holy fight, a purposeful fight. I call it, or Scripture calls it, the good fight. And there is a fight that's just not worth your time.

1:18 A fight that's just like, yeah, bro, you can cut into my lane. It's fine. You can just go ahead, bro. Just like, oh, you think the Cowboys are going to win next year? That's not even just, do you? That's hilarious, but go ahead. There is a fight to engage in and a fight to refrain from. And Paul, this older apostle, OG legend, is teaching this young apprentice, Timothy, on how to live, how to walk in faith, how to follow God's plan for his life. and we're going to conclude today with he keeps saying it over and over again, but he's saying it in such unique, different, fresh ways. Watch what he says here. Chapter number two, verse number one. It says this. You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you heard me say in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these things to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

2:23 Join with me in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor's crown except by competing according to the rules. The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all of this. I want to preach a message today, write down the title. It's called, The Best Ability is Availability. And Paul keeps trying to encourage Tim, stay in the story. Stay in the fight. Do everything you can to keep your life right and your heart clean so you don't get swept away, you don't get taken out, you don't get bamboozled. No, you stay in the good fight. He's trying to teach him over and over again that the best ability in this kingdom is availability. And I don't know about you, but this year I want to tell God, I am available for you to do something in me and you can do something through me.

3:39 I've always believed God's just not looking for gift. He's not looking for talent. He's just looking for somebody he can use. And you might not be the smartest person. You might not be the most talented person. But God cannot work with people that aren't here. He can only work with people that are here. I'm not talking about in a building or watching a message. I'm talking about people that are here living a surrendered life, a submitted life, your plan over my planned life. And he gives them three ways. He taught them there three things that he needs to do to stay in the story. Here's the first one. Write down number one today. And I'm using all S's. That's how you know I'm a preacher.

4:25 These all make sense through S's today. Write down the first one. He says, be strong. you then my son be strong in the grace that is in christ jesus there is a grace by the way we believe it zoe that grace is not a principle grace is a person grace has a name and his name is jesus jesus is the face of grace jesus is the embodiment of grace and if you don't know what grace is grace is undeserved blessing and it's unmerited favor through the blood of jesus and the cross of Christ. We didn't deserve grace. We didn't earn favor. But anybody thankful today that you are in Christ and you got the grace that is found only in Christ. Religion says you can earn your way. You can deserve your way. You can work your way, read your way, pray your way into being good with God. But grace receives righteousness. And now I am righteous by grace through faith, in Christ, I am now made righteous. He is saying, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Jesus.

5:37 In other words, he's not saying, hey, Tim, you need to be so strong, and you know, you need to pick up yourself, and you need to encourage yourself, and you need to work harder, and you need to have, you ever see on social media, these people are like, you want to change your life for the next 90 days? wake up at 5 a.m., turn off social media, do cold punch, infrared saunas, eat only broccoli and carrots, and suffer.

6:04 No one will recognize you. And I'm like, yeah, no one would recognize that guy because I'm... you'll be unrecognizable i'm always like did somebody read it and like i'm trying that goes out and buys a cold plunge you know notice what he's not saying he's not saying tim you could do this just be stronger buckle up man make it happen no he's not teaching Timothy that he needs to just be strong. He is showing Timothy the only way to be strong is to be strong in Christ. You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ. There is a grace that is found in Jesus that cannot be found in man. No spouse, no salary, no bonus, no trip can give you the grace that's found in Jesus. You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is found in Jesus. Watch what Paul says to the church in Corinth. He says, and he said to me, my grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, most gladly, I will rather boast in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me. How do you get God's grace to rest on your business, to rest on your home? How do you get God's grace to rest on your life? You admit that without him, you are weak. Without him, you are insecure. Without him, you cannot make this happen. But by the grace that is found in Jesus, I am who I am and I can become who he's called me to become. Oh, come on, give him a clap of Thanksgiving today.

7:54 you then my son be strong in the grace that's in christ so even if i'm weak and i feel like man i want to quit i want to quit on uh my city or my marriage or my kids or fill in the blank i i can't do this you ever notice that when you come into church or you come into god's presence you walk in one way, but you leave changed? Because you didn't encounter Zoe, you encountered grace. And when you encounter Jesus, the weak can now say, I'm strong. I was weak before I prayed, but now that I prayed, I'm strong. I was weak before I worshiped, but now that I worshiped, I'm strong. I was weak before I read the scriptures, but now that I read the Bible, I'm strong. Now let the weak say, I'm strong. So you're so lucky that you're here in church these days, you have no idea the trauma that your boy has been through. I'm a pastor's kid, and the songs that we grew up singing, you have no idea the pain that we've gone through. Clap for Zoe Worship, who does such a great job. They got an album coming out this week.

9:03 Come on, clap and give them some honor today. Thursday night, after the first session, our album comes out. And they sing these songs with these tracks and these cool people up here. And they all look like they're from Urban Outfitters. And it's all cool. But when I was growing up in church, oh, when I was growing up in church, we used to sing songs. It took them forever to say the smallest sentence. They would just extend everything. And there's this song that I grew up singing. I hated, loved it. I hated it because how long it took them to say it. I loved it because the presence of God still fell. And they would sing this song growing up. And now let the weak say I am strong. Let the poor say I am rich because of what the Lord has done. Do you imagine being nine years old? we'd be driving home from church and I'm like, Dad, we've got to change up the personnel.

10:06 And now, let the weak say I am strong. And they always stood with me. They always stuck with me because it was so terrible. But also, I hated the feeling that it was like, yeah, Jesus, you're so good. Like, why did I feel presence?

10:27 Why did I feel peace? Why did I resonate with that line so much? Because when you're in grace, the weak become strong. And he says, you then, my son, be strong in the grace, not strong on your own, not strong in your power, not strong in what you can do. No, my Bible says I can do all things through grace that strengthens me. Watch what he says in John 15. Go to verse 4. John 15 verse 4. This is Jesus speaking. He says this, I am the vine and you are branches. He who abides or remains in me and I in him bears much fruit. For without me, you can do how many things? You can do nothing.

11:19 So Jesus is unapologetic about your life. He says, without me in your life, you can't do anything good. Without me empowering you, you can't do anything. But when you've got me in your life, you're going to bear much fruit. I don't know about you, but I want fruit from my life. I want fruit from my children, fruit from our church, fruit from our ministry, fruit from our future. Come on, clap if you're down to have fruit. The only way you can have fruit is through faith in Christ. so he says be strong man Timothy's like I'm young I'm a kid I'm not powerful like you Paul I'm not that good I'm not that eloquent I'm not that talented remember we read it in our Zoe Diva this week when God says Moses I'm gonna use you Moses like find somebody else I have a stuttering problem and don't you want to choose somebody that's like um eloquent he's like nope I'm going to use you. Why? Because the best ability is what? Availability. I chose you.

12:20 And as long as you remain in me and remain dependent on me, I'll use you in powerful ways. Oh, you don't understand, Moses. You're about to split Red Seas. You're about to perform some plagues. You're about to lead my people on dry ground. You're about to do something in your own strength. You could do none of these things, but it's not by power and it's not my bite, but it's by my spirit, says the Lord. Come on, give them a clap if you agree with it. Be strong in the grace. Be strong in Jesus. And if you're strong in Jesus, and in that part in John 15, he says it seven times. You know God's trying to say something to you if he says it seven times. This is like parenting. remain in me remain in me remain in me the problem is a lot of us go and now but the weak say i am strong don't gotta go to church anymore now that i'm stronger don't gotta fast anymore and why is it we have a propensity to only need god when we are on rock bottom but the moment we get back back to the mountaintop of success we forsake our faith i'm praying over you no matter whether you feel strong or weak that you stay in the grace that is found in Christ Jesus. Stay dependent, stay humble, and stay hungry for his will to be done. You then, my son, be strong in the grace. There is a grace that is found in Christ that is not found in a cold plunge. Why do you think I never do it?

13:44 will never do a cold plunge. Julia tries to pressure me. Oh, you're not a man? I don't know what to do with that, but I'm in Christ. you then my son be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus and then and then so he teaches them be strong and then and then he says and the things that you've witnessed in me the things that you've watched me do the things that you've heard me say the things that you witnessed in me I want you to pass on to other reliable trustworthy people that you are confident will pass it on to other people Here's the second one. Write down number two today. The second one is share.

14:28 Share this grace. Share your faith. Share the love of God. The things that you saw in me were not just for you. They were not for you to witness and go, wow, look at Paul. He said, actually, the kingdom of God is all about giving. So the things that you witnessed in me, pass on to trustworthy, capable people that are going to be able to teach others. Have you heard this expression in culture today, this expression about gatekeeping? Have you heard this about gate, you know, people gatekeep, like, I've been gatekeeping this great restaurant, or I had someone tell me recently that they were gatekeeping their dentist. I was like, I don't know if that's how it works. Like, I'm pretty sure that guy would love for you to tell your friends about how good he is. But it's like, the whole concept of gatekeeping is like, I found this and it's so good and I don't want anybody else to ruin my experience because I love this place or I love this dentist or I love this spot and it's so good, but I don't want to tell anybody. The gospel is the opposite. We're not called to gatekeep the gospel. We're called to spread the gospel. And he says, the things that you've seen in me, pass on, teach others, give it away. I love this. The kingdom of God is all about sharing.

15:48 It's all about giving. But he gave a prerequisite, didn't he? He said, don't just give it to anybody. I want you to pass it on to people that you are confident will pass it on to other people. Don't just share it with anybody. This is how Jesus said, don't throw your pearls before swine. Don't just throw it into anybody that you are not confident is going to pass it on to the next person. I want you to pass it on to somebody that you believe is going to love God so much that they're going to go out and teach somebody else. See, that's how we change the world. We change the world one baton at a time. so my first question to you today is who are you watching who are your eyes on that you're witnessing such greatness i'll tell you the first person that we should watch is we should keep our eyes on jesus the author and the perfecter of our faith and so i'm witnessing how do you have that compassion how do you have that love how do you have that generosity how do you have that submission to the Father. I learn from Him, and then I watch other heroes of the faith, and I want to have faith like them, and I want to have excellence like them and generosity. He says, Timothy, I know you've watched me, and you've watched me closely. Take everything that you've learned from me and pass it on to the next person. In other words, don't let the gospel stop with you. Let's declare it to people that need the gospel. Amen to that? And that's how we change the world, one pass at a time. My favorite basketball player in the history of basketball is the greatest basketball player to ever play the game of basketball outside of Michael Jordan, and that is Magic Johnson.

17:30 Magic Johnson, number 32 for the Lakers. Clap if you love the Lakers today. Clap if you love, and my favorite Laker ever is Magic, and I grew up loving Magic Johnson because Magic Johnson was a pass first guy. He wasn't about scoring as much as he was about assisting, and the way that he would deliver the basketball and just put it right where somebody was about to be and the way that he saw the court and they say about court vision they say about about about being a good point guard is that you can't keep your eye down on the ground and dribble with your head down the first thing that my coach taught me was you got to dribble with your head up you got to keep your head up you got to have what they call court vision because a good point guard is always looking for who is going to be open. Or another great aspect of a great point guard is they're looking for who needs the ball? Who do I need to get going in this game? And who should I get hot right now? And I believe that about following Jesus. I'm always with my eyes up looking, who do I need to invest into? Who do I need to get a coffee with? Who do I need to share the gospel with?

18:36 You know, if you're wondering who do we do that with in our church, how about we just start with Zoe kids and Zoe youth. I believe that the next generation should be the greatest passion of our church. Come on, somebody clap and say amen. the Bible says one generation shall declare his good works to the next generation. And our prayer at Zoe is that our ceiling will become their floor, that we'll only be able to take things this far. But come on, anybody believe the next generation is going to take it further than we ever imagined? Come on. Our generation is coming to church going, and now let the weak say, and the next generation making cool songs. but to me it's all about having eyes to look for this is Jesus was so good at this Jesus was walking down the road and he sees Zacchaeus and he's like yep there I gotta invest into that guy I gotta teach him about how good my father is he's walking down the road and he hears blind Bartimaeus he's like I gotta stop for this guy he he just saw Mary and Martha and he he would see people that everybody else wrote off. Everybody else said, no, they're not worthy of your investment.

19:48 But I think that the prerequisite, the form that people have to fill out, it's not their moral compass as much as it's hunger and even an appetite for God's goodness. That the people we want to invest into are anybody that would say, I'm opening my heart and I want somebody to show me the grace that is found in Christ Jesus. Let's not gatekeep the gospel. I say here in LA that we give away the gospel freely and we help people find the love that is found in Jesus Christ. the first one that he says is I want to make sure that you're strong. You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is only found in Christ Jesus. Don't try to do this on your own. You cannot tap into self and bear much fruit. You have to tap into faith to bear much fruit. Be strong in the grace that is found in Christ Jesus. And the things that you've seen in me and the things that you've witnessed in me, pass them on to other trustworthy people. And we're going to pray that those people pass it on to other trustworthy people. Wouldn't it be cool that when you get to heaven and before you sit at the banqueting table and you're walking those streets of gold, that maybe they pull out some screen. They're like, hey, we just want to show you where your impact landed. You thought you were just investing into these people, but do you realize these people invested into these people that ended up investing into these people.

21:16 And there's hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of people that populated heaven through your sacrifice right here. Come on, is that anybody's prayer today? Share. In fact, one of our workshops at conference this year is sharing your faith, how to share your faith. Because I believe one of the things that is so important in LA is that we're not Zoe dependent upon sharing our faith, that we are us dependent on sharing our faith. so he says be strong share here's the last one right down the last s standard you live at a higher standard than everybody else you're not like everybody else tim you're not living like everybody else second timothy chapter 2 verse 20 in a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver and some are made of wood and clay and the expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are used for everyday use. If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honorable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the master to use you for every good work. Keep your life clean, he's saying, Timothy.

22:35 keep your heart pure and your life clean live at the standard that i've taught you to live i find so many people today we want to lower god's word to fit into our preferences rather than raise our life to live at the standard that he set and he's saying no no tim don't lower the laws and the precepts of god to fit into your narrative raise the level of living so you can be useful for the master. And he uses the illustration of utensils. He's like, you know, in a house, there's all kinds of utensils, but there's only just one that's really for special occasions useful to the master. It's kind of like for us at our house, probably the most sacred day of the week and the day that we entertain and host the most is Tuesdays because, you know, Taco Tuesday. And we always have people over for Taco Tuesday because we love tacos and we love to have people over. So we're always having people over for Taco Tuesday. And based upon who's coming over is based upon whether I go to the plates or the paper plates. How many of y'all know what I'm talking about? Based upon who's coming over. And the paper plates is more to give my boys a night off so my boys can chill. Because remember, if you make the dinner, you don't do the dishes. So I know Julia could cook up a killer taco, but she's not touching the dishes. That's for me and the boys. So me and the boys got dishes based upon who's coming over. I go to the paper plates or go to the nice plates, you know the good plates but this Christmas my mom brought her mother's she drove it over from Palm Springs she brought her mother's nice china set of dishes that hasn't been used in forever for our Christmas dinner this year and my mom walked in I'm these things look holy I'm telling you I remember them from my childhood and they brought into my kitchen and they washed these plates and we set them out and it was like man this is Christmas dinner we're not using the paper plates or the regular plates. We're using the nice plates. The Bible's teaching us something, isn't it? He's saying if you're clean and you're pure, you will be a vessel for honor, useful for the good stuff that God wants to do on the earth. I don't know about you, but I want to be set apart.

24:36 I want to live my life clean so I'm ready and available for God to do something in me. Oh, come on, clap like you want to be used by God and do something through me. so he's saying tim don't live ordinary don't lower the standard to be like everybody else don't be caught up and going like it's good enough no be set apart live at the standard of the word watch another time that he says this to timothy he says let no one despise your youth tim but you be an example to the believers in word in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity, till I come give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. You know what he's saying? He's saying, Timothy, I know that you might not be as old as me or some of the other guys, but don't worry about your age. You set the standard of what faith looks like, of what speech looks like, of what purity looks like, of what love looks like. Oh, I'm praying at Zoe Church. Come on, we got a young church, but I'm praying that we will be the standard of what a believer in Jesus and a follower of Jesus, what it looks like on the earth. Oh, come on, give them a better praise than that.

25:49 I thought you had to have, you know, like seasoned saints and some veterans in the faith to see what faith looks like. No, no, no. We got 20-year-olds around here walking around. I'll show you what purity looks like. I'll show you what speech looks like. I'll show you what love looks like. Come on, anybody thankful today? We don't have to wait for a certain age. We can mature in the faith right now.

26:14 I was trying to tell Tim, Tim, level up. Don't live. don't look at going like, well, they're doing that and they're listening to that and they're going there and they're doing that. Well, then surely it is permissible. No, what the Bible says is my standard. If God said it, I'm going to do my best to do it. So if he said, don't gossip, I'm trying not to gossip. If he said to love my neighbor, I'm trying to love my neighbor. If he said, be a good steward, I'm trying to be a good steward because I'm not trying to lower the standards. I'm trying to get my life up to his standards. He's saying, don't wait, don't wait, Don't wait. It's so cool. Josh down here was telling me before the last service, it was his birthday this last week. He turned 30 years old. Clap for my guy, Josh, 30 years old.

26:58 Over the hill, they say. And we're in the back. Josh is like, yeah, man, it's crazy, man, just to hear me say it, 30. And I was just sitting there like, yeah, wow. Oh, man. So sorry for you. You old, huh? so when did somebody tell you once you get to x age that you need to act right he's saying to timothy tim the way that you'll be available is if you keep your life clean the temptation of this world is to live with mixture have some world and have some jesus but the follower of jesus says i want nothing of this world In fact, he teaches him in another scripture, be like a farmer, be like an athlete.

27:54 I want you to be like a soldier. He's trying to use illustration to teach this young man what it's like. It's like an athlete. You got to obey the rules. It's like a soldier. Like, don't worry about the affairs of this world. Like, you're trying to please our commanding officer. It's like a farmer that gets up early in the morning and works, outworks everybody else. He's trying to teach this young man how to have the best ability, which is to stay with availability.

28:22 Say, be strong. You'll be available if you just stay strong, stay dependent. And don't rely on your own strength. No, no, no. I need you to stay in the standard of living. It's all about following his strength. It was so cool this last week. You know, some of my guys have not been feeling well. And my youngest, my youngest Clivey, he's about to turn next week. He's turning seven years old. Clap for my Clivey boy. Turning seven years old. My goodness. Clivey, Clivey boy. And he's he's he's the youngest. So he's already just a little bit, you know, too confident. And he's super clingy, like he wants to be held and he wants to like cuddle up. And, you know, like part of me is like, I love this because like as soon as he gets strong again, he's going to be off on his own again. but do you see that Paul's trying to teach Timothy stay dependent stay needy of Jesus don't don't get to a place where you're like oh I don't need the altar anymore I don't need prayer anymore I don't need fasting anymore I don't need Bible reading every day I'm graduated past that no no we need Jesus now more than ever in our life and the older I get the more I'm like God I need you. I can't be strong without you. Help me, God. I want to share my faith, but I can't share what I don't have. I cannot give away what I don't have. So revival, let it start with me.

29:48 Do something good in me so I can help somebody understand how faithful and loving and kind and generous and compassionate you've been in my life. I want to be strong for that, God. And God, help me to live at the standard that you've called me to live at. This was Jesus. Jesus, the perfect lamb of God. He did not come with any blemish, with any asterisk, with any sin. He was tempted just like man, but he never indulged. And that same perfect, perfect lamb of God gives you the power to overcome temptation. My Bible says no temptation has overcome you, but what is common to man and God is faithful who will never allow the temptation to become more than you can handle. He will always provide a way of escape because that's the Messiah that is in your life, helping you, teaching you, leading you, guiding you, training you to make you become available for the master's work. Clap if you want to be used by God. God's not looking for talent.

30:50 He's not looking at bank accounts. He's not looking for gifting. He's looking for anybody that's like, I know I'm not perfect, but I'll do my best. I know I don't have the answers, but I'm hungry for more. By the way, if you're going to invest into others, let's just make a little prerequisite that they got a little bit of humility and a little bit of hungry before you make that deposit you don't want to make a bad investment you ever make a bad investment let me see your hand you made a bad investment this last week i came to julia and i was like julia remember when our friend told us that we should put some money in bitcoin she was like yeah didn't we put x amount i was like no i wish we would have that would have that would have been great if we did what you just said we we did like the opposite because i just put in the google you know google what would x be worth today if we would have done what our friend said then what would it be worth just to figure it out and it's like crazy there's missed opportunities of investment in life and then there's bad investment there's bad investment i want you to pour out your life because hear me today the strength of your life is not found in what you sit in the strength of your life is found in what you send out that's how we know you're strong that you have enough to give away i pray that you would pour out your life as a drink offering into the next generation of people that you can disciple and develop and raise up like somebody did for you. Come on, clap if that's your prayer today.

32:35 I have a friend that says they feel like starting a connect group for fourth through sixth graders. And they said this because, you remember, Jesus was 12 years old, and he was in the temple listening and asking questions. And he was found saying, I must be about my father's business. And when they said that, I thought, man, I'm still in that idea. why am I not investing in the next generation everything I got he's saying to Tim Tim pass on everything you've seen everything you've witnessed it's not so you can go wow look how great Paul is he's saying no you can look and say wow look how good God is and you can teach others that if God could save somebody like me surely God can save somebody like you the only way you can do it is if you're strong, if you share, and if you live at the standard that God's called us to live. You come to Zoe and Zoe's your home. We are blessed and thankful. Can we just honor everybody that calls this church home? I want to honor you right now. Thank God for you.

33:51 You don't have a home church. I want you to prayerfully consider making this your home church. Find you a Bible-believing, Jesus-teaching, Jesus-following church. Amen. Everybody should be planted in a church. If you're visiting from another church, can we clap and welcome all the visitors? I know we got visitors every Sunday. We're honored to have you here today. We're blessed. You kindly tap, give a thousand that before we'd be blessed. One zero zero zero decibel zero. Praise the Lord. but if Zoe's going to be your church, this is going to be our passion. Zoe's going to be your church. This is going to be our passion. Grace.

34:32 Grace. Because religion says, I can earn it, and grace says, I didn't deserve it. a religious church says, look at us, look at our confession, look at our conference, our worship team, look at how great we are, but grace, grace says, look how beautiful, and radiant, and beautiful he is, we're going to be a grace church, and I want to let you know that in this house, we're not ashamed of the gospel, for it's the power of God under salvation, come on, anybody believe today that Jesus Christ is worthy of being shared?

35:09 And I'm asking you to share your faith. Share your faith with people on social media. Share your faith with people in real life. What a concept. don't post about it be about it but don't throw your investment into a bad investment look for some hunger and some humility because i tell you ain't nothing worse than investing into entitled folks where you invest in them and it doesn't go nowhere because they arrive to you entitled look for hunger and humility to pour out into the next generation amen to that and live at the standard. The standard. What is the standard of living? The Bible. We're not lowering our standards. We're trying to lift our life up to God's standards. Amen. I believe if we'll make these S's our passion, we make these S's our commitment, strong in the grace, sharing freely. Bible says freely you have received, freely you should. Stop gatekeeping how good Jesus is.

36:18 standard. I'm just telling you. In our church, let's do our best. We're not perfect. We're going to make mistakes. I understand we're all sinners saved by grace. Of course. We're doing our best, right? To not lower our living, but raise the standard of living our life. Because I think we'll confuse folks, right? Go like, wait, wait, wait, hold on. This doesn't make sense. You said you follow Jesus and you do X, Y, and Z. Doesn't make sense. That's what Paul saying to Tim. Tim, you set the bar, man. You're the example because people are watching you and they need to see what is love? What is purity? What is faith? And I believe that you are somebody's walking Bible. That maybe somebody might never read the Bible, but through your life and the way that you love and the way that you lead, they're going to see the Bible and they're going to see the truth in action because of the way you live your life. Come on, if that's your prayer today, come on, clap a little bit louder. Come on, stand to your feet.