Sustainable Outcomes

Jesus had a vision in mind when he was building. He talked like He knew what He was talking about. He had a different perspective.

The builders were used to hearing the word but He WAS The Word.

Matthew 7:24-28

"...like a wise man who built his house on a rock. The winds blew and beat against that house. And it fell not, for it was founded on a rock. The foolish man built his house upon the sand."

No good if things come, if they don't stay. You want to have sustainable outcomes.

Certain perspectives depend on the position people are in.

Jesus was challenging the way religious people thought.

Hardest people to transform are the people indoctrinated in the prison of religious ideologies. Jesus had a way of challenging the way they think to transform them.

God has planned the beginning to the end but we are people that are spontaneous.

People make emotional decisions spur of the moment.

We need a revival in the way we think so we can understand how we need to process things and how far down the road we need to think about things.

People who think in short cycles have short experiences. People who think in long cycles make better decisions - they're thinking about the outcome rather than the short-term.

Don't get stuck in the moment.

Trapped in a cycle of your own emotions - can't pray right, praying from a specific place speaking two different languages. God is using today to take you into tomorrow.

Today is the tool to get you to tomorrow. God is concerned about the outcome, not the inconvenience.

Become an outcome-based manager of your life, you'll stop being worried about things that don't matter.

If it doesn't affect the outcome, it doesn't matter.

Your mind needs to be on clear goal settings, leadership type decisions, specific measurable relative objectives.

Focus on your objectives, not their opinions.

Your objectives are not controlled by someone else's opinions.

Think long-term. Move today in a way so that it's connected to next week, month, year, etc. so that you end up in the place God wants you to be.

Jesus was talking to people who were only concerned about the moment.

Clear Goal Setting

1. Your relationship with God should be the foundation you're working with.

2. Be obedient to what you have been called to build.

You are actively building something in your life. Decide what it is that you will build.

He uses this metaphor to teach them about sustainable outcomes.

Any time you love the process more than the outcome, you get stuck.

Autonomy & Flexibility is key.

If you don't build right, it won't stand. Keep in mind that it may rain - plan and prepare on trouble. It's not going to be easy.

Excuses = permission not to get better.

The wind and rain comes and beats against the house. Faced the same storm. We all face the same storms in one way or another.

The way we process storms sometimes justifies why we don't progress and move forward.

A builder builds things that aren't there. Build your own peace, future, joy, ministry, etc.

The enemy hates builders.

Did you think the enemy was going to go to sleep while you build? - it's part of the process. When you see the rain coming, that's confirmation that you're a builder. You don't have time to play.

Run.

You don't have a sense of urgency to run. This is about rhythm, pace and speed.

"AND IMMEDIATELY GOD SET THEM FREE."

You don't have time to dwell. The storm is coming, you have to get this right.

Performance does not guarantee success. Both performed well, but they didn't prepare well.

There's no difference in the storm, it's just that one prepared while one performed.

God's metrics are based on your foundation.

As long as God knows me, you can say, think and feel what you want. If God is for me, who can be against me?

Pick up the pace. Make the adjustments.

As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. (Proverbs 23:7)

Make sure you're foundation is solid. Jesus is my rock in the wilderness.

It has to be built on a rock.

The rock won't let you give up - He is your strength. You're stronger than you think you are.

Watch your enemies crumble before you.

What God has for you, is for you. People aren't going to sustain you but God will.

You are living in the dreams of your ancestors.

He sustained us so that we might have an expected end. The middle might be tough but the end will take us where we need to be. God is greater than your storm. 🤍