The Obstacle: the Need for Control

• We live with the constant urge to make things happen exactly

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  and
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  we
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  .
  

• There is always

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  thing we want to happen
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  .
  

The Reality (1 Samuel 8)

• Our perspectives are too

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  —we never see the
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  . ^{(v. 17-18)}
  

• Our perspectives are too

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  —we prefer
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  way even when we know it’s
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  . ^{(v. 8:19-20)}
  

• Forcing our way means

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  God as our
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  . ^(v.7)
  

The Art of Doing Nothing (Matthew 26:47-56)

• If you can’t do it

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  , do
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  instead. ^{(v. 52-3)}
  

• We learn

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  by doing
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  with God. ^{(v.39, 54)}
  

• We find the strength to do

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  by trusting God to do it
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  . ^{(v.55-6, Luke 24:44-47)}