The Shadow of God
David Myers Preached on 10/25/2026
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Summary
Pastor David Myers explores the life of Bezalel, the builder of the Ark, to show that God handpicks and Spirit-fills those who labor in obscurity to prepare a place for His glory to dwell.
Key points
- •The name Bezalel means -the shadow of God,- representing a place of obscurity, covering, and preparation.
- •Bezalel was the first person in Scripture described as being filled with the Spirit of God, specifically for the purpose of craftsmanship and building.
- •God often develops His leaders and builders in the -mud pits- of life or in the shadows while others are in the spotlight.
- •Every act of service, from parking cars to teaching Bible studies, contributes to building a framework where God's glory can inhabit.
- •The goal of the builder is to fade into the background so that the presence of God can take center stage.
Scripture
Purpose
Holy Spirit
Spiritual Growth
Stewardship
Covenant
Life application
Identify one area of service this week where you typically feel unseen or unappreciated. Reframe that task as building a holy place for God's glory to dwell, doing it with the excellence of a craftsman chosen by the King.
Reflection questions
- In what ways have you felt like you are laboring in a -mud pit- or an obscure season of life?
- How does knowing that Bezalel was the first person filled with the Spirit change your view of -secular- or practical work?
- Are you willing to remain in the shadows if it means God's glory is more clearly seen by others?
- Who are the -Bezalels- in your life who serve faithfully behind the scenes that you can encourage this week?
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0:00He's worthy.
0:00>> He is the one true living God. [music]
0:00>> Hallelujah.
0:05>> Amen. What a great God we serve. And his
0:08power and presence is in this place
0:10today. I turn your attention to the book
0:13of Exodus, chapter 31.
0:15And we begin reading in verse one.
0:17Exodus chapter 31
0:21and reading from
0:24verse one. And the Lord spake unto
0:26Moses,
0:27saying, "See, I have called by name
0:31Bazalia, the son of Uriah, the son of
0:34her, of the tribe of Judah,
0:36and I have filled him with the spirit of
0:39God in wisdom and in understanding
0:44and in knowledge and in all manner of
0:46workmanship,
0:48to devise cunning works
0:51or skilled works, to work in gold and in
0:54silver
0:56and in brass and in cutting of stones
1:00to set them and in carving of timber
1:04to work in all manner of workmanship.
1:08And I, behold, I have given with him a
1:12holab, the son of a hishimok of the
1:14tribe of Dan. And in the hearts of all
1:18that are wisehearted,
1:21I have put wisdom,
1:23that they may make all that I have
1:25commanded thee, the tabernacle of the
1:28congregation, the ark of the testimony,
1:32and the mercy seat that is thereupon,
1:35and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
1:38and the table, and his furniture, and
1:41the pure candlestick with all his
1:43furniture, and the altar of incense.
1:46sense and the altar of burnt offering
1:47with all his furniture and the labor and
1:49his foot and the cloths of service and
1:53the holy garments for Aaron the priest
1:56and the garments of his sons to minister
1:59in the priest's office and the anointing
2:02oil and sweet incense for the holy place
2:07according to all that I have commanded
2:10thee shall
2:12they do
2:15this is a portion of scripture that is
2:18sometimes
2:20uh hidden sort of tucked into those
2:22obscure areas as they prepared for the
2:26building of the tabernacle and the ark
2:27of the covenant in the wilderness.
2:29But this story I believe gives us a
2:33portal to look into
2:35how God works with humanity. I'd like to
2:39speak for a few moments on this subject.
2:41The shadow of God. the shadow of God,
2:45the joy of building what God inhabits.
2:50Would you pray with me right now? Lord,
2:51we are thankful for your presence, your
2:53glory that we feel in this house. What a
2:56great God you are, Lord. We are
2:58overwhelmed with how good you are to us
3:01[snorts] once again. Lord, you have
3:02honored us with your presence and we
3:05feel your spirit is here. It's here to
3:07do a great work. And Lord, we we want to
3:11come into your presence with
3:13appreciation, with thanksgiving,
3:16with holy regard, knowing, Lord, that
3:19where the spirit of the Lord is, there
3:21is liberty, and that you have come,
3:24Lord, to do a work among your people,
3:26and we will bless your name at all times
3:29and in all things. And everybody said,
3:30"In Jesus name."
3:32>> In Jesus name.
3:33>> And you may be seated. Thank you so much
3:36for standing. Such a beautiful
3:37congregation. As we look across
3:40this congregation this morning and see
3:42so many faces and so many people that
3:45are here today to worship God, what a
3:47privilege it is to join together our
3:49faith and our voices as we come into the
3:52throne room of grace. Bazelia was not
3:55the high priest.
3:58Uh he was not a leader of men.
4:01He did not desire a platform.
4:05He did not long for the bright lights of
4:08recognition.
4:10He was happy to work in the shadows.
4:14In fact, his name in the Hebrew means
4:17the shadow of God.
4:20It seems significant to me that his name
4:24meant
4:25the shadow of God
4:28because a shadow is a place of
4:30obscurity.
4:32It is where you are covered, but it's
4:35also where you are unseen.
4:39The man who would build the ark of the
4:41covenant, the man who would construct
4:44the furniture where the glory of the
4:47Lord would dwell,
4:50was a man who was happy to labor in the
4:53shadows.
4:55We don't really know that much about him
4:58other than the fact that he was a master
5:02carpenter. He was skilled with working
5:05with precious metals. God did not leave
5:09the selection of this position to Moses.
5:13Zelia was handpicked by God.
5:17Consider this morning the location of
5:20the chosen hidden in the shadow. It
5:25seems to be that this is where God picks
5:28people from.
5:30David was plucked from the sheepfold
5:33of the back 40.
5:35Gideon from the threshing floor. Rebecca
5:39from watering camels after a long
5:43journey in a desert. But the principle
5:46of obscurity is not one that is lost on
5:48your creator and my creator.
5:51Before God put Bazale on display to
5:54build the tabernacle,
5:56Bazaleia was developed in the dark.
5:59While Israel was focused on Moses on top
6:02of the mountain in the blazing fire. God
6:05had his eye on a man working quietly
6:07[screaming]
6:08in the tents below.
6:11was an Israelite slave who had labored
6:15for many years on beautifying Pharaoh's
6:18cities. Over the years, he became a
6:21skilled artisan in all the works of
6:24metal, wood, and stone. Nonetheless, I
6:28can imagine the years of his
6:30hopelessness,
6:32laboring day after day with no end in
6:35sight. I'm certain that Bazelia wondered
6:38about the purpose of his [snorts] life.
6:42Would he ever be able to use his gift as
6:46a free man? Had God forsaken him? Ladies
6:51and gentlemen, God not only delivered
6:53him, he called him.
6:57Where had Bazelia become such a trusted
6:59individual and prepared for the honor
7:02that the Lord was now placing upon him?
7:06in Pharaoh's mud pits. That's where he
7:09came from in the oppression of
7:12captivity.
7:14That's where Bazale came from. Just
7:17because you may be laboring in
7:19obscurity, just because you may be
7:22working faithfully in the shadows, I've
7:25come to tell you that your work is not
7:28in vain. Be not weary in your welloing.
7:33God has his eye upon you.
7:37[applause]
7:39>> How grateful we must be that Maziel
7:42remained faithful. Yes, Maziel's work
7:45would become the model for all
7:47subsequent Israelite temples and it even
7:51has application today. Consider that
7:54Bazale's crowning achievement was to
7:57construct the most holy artifact
8:00associated with the tabernacle, the ark
8:05of the covenant. Yes, the Bible tells us
8:08many stories of those that came from
8:11prisoner to be a prince. This is an oft
8:14repeated story in the scriptures. Think
8:16of Joseph who was betrayed by his
8:19brothers, was sold as a slave into Egypt
8:22where he would be cast into prison
8:24without family or friends, languishing
8:26in captivity in a hostile land. Joseph
8:30was stripped of everything except his
8:32covenant and his God. And he was not
8:36disappointed because when deliverance
8:38finally came, and deliverance will
8:40always come when you are in the will of
8:43God.
8:45Joseph was snatched out and exalted. He
8:49went from being a prisoner to being a
8:51prince. Isaiah took up the subject of
8:54captivity as the seedbed of preparation
8:57for greater things. He says, and I
9:00quote, "The Lord hath called me from the
9:02womb. From the boughels of my mother
9:05hath he made mention of my name."
9:08Isaiah described the Lord's hiding the
9:11plan from us during a polishing period
9:14in which he privately and uniquely
9:17prepares us for a future purpose. No
9:21one, no one, ourselves included, nobody
9:24is allowed to see what God is doing in
9:28his design for us.
9:32>> He hath made my mouth like a sharp
9:34sword. Isaiah said, "In the shadow of
9:36his hand hath he hid me, and made me a
9:39polished shaft. In his quiver hath he
9:41hid me." We are struck for just a
9:43reason, widely unaware of what the Lord
9:46is making of us. We are oblivious to our
9:50true identity and potential. The Lord
9:54has hidden us and held us back. Many of
9:58us, even in what our worth is, it's
10:00invisible to us and it's certainly
10:02invisible to the world around us.
10:05Notice, however, that this oppressive
10:07situation is temporary. In time, the
10:11Lord will retrieve us from his sheath as
10:14though we were a sharp sword or a
10:17polished shaft in his quiver. He has
10:20been preparing us to become his secret
10:23weapon.
10:26>> Our being hid has had purpose after all.
10:30Thou art my servant in whom I will be
10:32glorified. But while we were in the
10:35shadow of his hand, we felt useless. I
10:38have labored in vain. Isaiah said, I've
10:40spent my strength for not and in vain.
10:43Nevertheless, the day will come when I
10:46will be glorious in the eyes of my Lord,
10:49and my God shall be my strength.
10:51>> Ladies and gentlemen, we are blind to
10:53the Lord's purposes and preparation. But
10:56I come to remind you today that a
10:59perfect plan is [screaming] being
11:01implemented even outside of our own
11:04view. [cheering and applause]
11:09There will come a day when you will
11:10shine, when you will come out of the
11:12shadows, and the Lord will trust you
11:15with something that he can inhabit. I
11:18tell you today, it doesn't matter if
11:20you're folding a bulletin, if you're
11:22parking a car, or if you're greeting
11:24somebody at the front door, [screaming]
11:26you are building something that God can
11:29inhabit.
11:31[applause and cheering]
11:36The shadows do not represent the silence
11:40of God, but rather the guidance of God.
11:45The world thinks if you aren't on the
11:47stage that you aren't chosen.
11:50But God said, "Some of my greatest
11:52builders are the ones I've intentionally
11:55kept in the shadow."
11:57The shadow is not a sign of rejection.
12:00It is a laboratory of preparation.
12:04David got the revelation of the value of
12:06obscurity in Psalms 23. He talked about
12:09the shadow as being the valley. The
12:13shadow of death. He said, "I'm in the
12:16shadow of death, but I will fear no
12:19evil." But by the time he got to Psalms
12:2191, listen to how his tone has changed.
12:25He's still in the shadow, but he's got a
12:27new way of classifying it. He that
12:29dwelleth in the secret place
12:32>> of the most high shall abide under the
12:35shadow [screaming]
12:36of the almighty. [cheering]
12:38>> I'm not in a valley because I'm in the
12:41shadow. I'm under the covering of
12:43[screaming] the head of God. [cheering]
12:46[applause]
12:50Maybe that's why Bazale designed the ark
12:52of the covenant with those cherubs over
12:55the top with their wings spread and put
12:57a shadow on the top of the ark of the
12:59covenant where there was a mercy seat.
13:01He knew what it was to be in the
13:03shadows. [screaming]
13:04His name meant the shadow of God. But he
13:07found mercy in the shadow. He found a
13:10God [screaming] that was faithful in the
13:12shadows.
13:15David had to learn the same thing. He
13:17goes on to say in Psalms 91, "I will say
13:20of the Lord, he is my refuge and my
13:22fortress. My God, in him will I trust.
13:26Surely he shall deliver thee from the
13:28snare of the fowler and from the noise
13:30some pestilence." Sometimes it's just a
13:32lot of noise. It's just a lot of
13:34background noise.
13:36You got to tune it out and you got to
13:38lift up your head and look up.
13:40>> Your redemption draweth nigh. Come on.
13:43You got to get ready for the sound of
13:45the trumpet. You got to get ready for
13:47the sound of God saying, "You have been
13:49brought to the kingdom for such a time
13:52as this."
13:55>> He shall cover thee with his feathers,
13:58and under his wings shalt thou thrust.
14:01His truth shall be thy shield and
14:03buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for
14:05the terror by night, nor for the arrow
14:08that flieth by day, nor for the
14:10pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor
14:13for the destruction that wasteth at noon
14:15day. A thousand shall fall at thy side,
14:19and 10,000 at thy right hand, but it
14:22shall not [screaming] come nigh thee.
14:25I'm preaching to somebody today. God has
14:27not lost your zip code. God knows where
14:30you are. [screaming] God has brought you
14:33to this moment. [applause and cheering]
14:42>> Consider this morning for just a moment
14:45the measure of the trust.
14:49He has entrusted you and I with the
14:51blueprint.
14:52>> When I think of that blueprint that he
14:54entrusted Bazel with, he wasn't the
14:57priest. He wasn't Moses. He was just a
15:01man who had worked hard perfecting his
15:04craft and God trusted him with the
15:07blueprint. I think about how God has
15:09trusted us with the blueprint. You and I
15:12know the plan of salvation.
15:15When we go over to Asia and we see all
15:18of the millions of people that are
15:20steeped in false doctrine and idol
15:23worship and enormous temples of Buddha
15:27and yet you and I have the blueprint
15:30of the ark of the covenant. We have the
15:33blueprint of the plan of salvation. We
15:35know that God inhabits the praises of
15:39his people. We know that when you're
15:41baptized in the name of Jesus, your sins
15:44are remitted. We know that [screaming]
15:46when God's people come together,
15:49anything is possible. Sickness has to
15:52flee. Cancer is put on the run. Lives
15:55are made whole. Families are put back
15:58together again. You and I have got the
16:00blueprint for [screaming] the ills of
16:03society.
16:05[applause] We've been trusted with it.
16:08We are those earthn vessels that have a
16:12treasure. In Exodus 37:1,
16:16it says Bazel made the ark of aia wood
16:20oracia wood, two and a half cubits long,
16:24a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and
16:28a half high.
16:30God gave Moses the heavenly blueprint on
16:33the mountain, but he gave Mazel the raw
16:35materials in the dirt.
16:37Zelia was trusted to hammer pure gold
16:41and carve rugged acacia wood to house
16:45the literal presence of Yahweh, the ark
16:49of the covenant. In Exodus 31:3, we read
16:52it in our text. It states that God
16:54filled him with wisdom, understanding,
16:59and knowledge in all types of
17:02craftsmanship.
17:04God values the practical hands just as
17:07much as he does the prophetic mouth.
17:10>> God doesn't just trust people to preach
17:12the word. He trusts people to build the
17:15framework where the word can be felt.
17:19>> When you serve behind the scenes,
17:21setting up chairs, running the sound,
17:22praying with people at the altar,
17:24praying in secret, you are handling the
17:27structural gold of the kingdom. God
17:30trusts the hidden builders with the
17:33weight of his house.
17:35>> God does not just anoint the mouth that
17:37speaks. He anoints the hands that build.
17:48So important that when we look at these
17:51verses, we see something that is so
17:55profound.
17:57The profound aspect of this is something
18:00that it's hard to just skate over or
18:04look past
18:06because whenever I I study in Exodus
18:08about
18:10the
18:12I find something quite unique about this
18:14man.
18:15He is the first person in scripture
18:20that is described as being filled with
18:22the spirit of God.
18:25It's not Adam. It's not Eve. It's not
18:27Abraham. It's not Moses.
18:30It's Bazale.
18:32The first one in scripture who the Bible
18:35says was filled with the spirit of God.
18:40You and I enjoy being filled with the
18:43spirit of God. But it was Mazel who was
18:46first described as being filled with the
18:49spirit of God. He says it early on when
18:52he's describing him. He says, "I have
18:55filled him with the spirit of God in
18:59wisdom and in understanding and in
19:01knowledge and in all manner of
19:05workmanship."
19:06God not only chose him, he filled him
19:10with the Holy Spirit. I said he filled
19:14him
19:16>> with the Holy Spirit. I come today to
19:18declare to somebody, God [screaming] did
19:20not fill you with his spirit for you
19:23just to miss hell and to make heaven
19:26your home for all of eternity. God
19:29filled you with the spirit for a
19:32purpose.
19:34>> He trusts you with the most valuable
19:36thing that this earth has ever known.
19:38He's trusted you not only with the
19:40blueprint, but he's put his [screaming]
19:43holy spirit on the inside of you.
19:50Oh, when I think of his goodness and all
19:53the Lord has done for me, hallelujah,
19:56>> my soul cries out, hallelujah, thank God
20:01for saving me. [screaming] You've been
20:03so good to us, Lord.
20:05>> Every day I get up in the morning, I
20:07want to lift my voice and declare, you
20:10[screaming] are great and glorious,
20:12Lord. [cheering]
20:15>> [applause]
20:17>> What a mighty God we serve.
20:20>> What a mighty God we serve.
20:24>> The world will not
20:26give you accolades for laboring in the
20:28shadows.
20:31The world will not pin
20:34blue ribbons and disperse gold medals
20:39for being a volunteer
20:41in a local body of believers.
20:44Well, don't ever underestimate what it
20:46means to God and to heaven
20:49>> that he trusts you with the blueprint. I
20:53said he trusts you with
20:56>> the blueprint.
20:58Consider the importance of building
21:01something
21:03that God inhabits.
21:06Consider that with me this morning for
21:08just a moment as we come to the
21:10conclusion of this message this morning.
21:13Exodus 40 and:e 34 says, "Then the cloud
21:16covered the tent of meeting." That was
21:18the tabernacle,
21:20and the glory of the Lord filled the
21:22tabernacle.
21:25Didn't build the ark so he could sit on
21:27it. He built it so God could inhabit it.
21:31The ultimate goal of behind the scenes
21:35work is to construct an environment
21:38where the invisible God becomes
21:42tangible presence to his people.
21:46>> The shift from labor to glory. When
21:49Bazale finished hammering that last
21:51piece of gold, his human fingerprints
21:55were covered by the divine glory of God.
21:58The builder faded into the background.
22:00and the inhabitant took center stage.
22:04I'll never forget 28
22:08plus years ago
22:10as we prepared for transition in the
22:12leadership of this church and my father
22:15who had had triple bypass surgery on his
22:18heart a few months earlier was going
22:20into the role of bishop and I was being
22:22put in as senior pastor and I remember
22:26going to visit brother Dick Saz who was
22:30uh in the hospital and um we begin to
22:33talk about the transition and he uh a
22:37man who was skilled in workmanship,
22:40a carpenter that I've not seen anyone
22:44that is his peer. A lot of the things
22:47that you see around this building is the
22:50workmanship of Dick Saz, Wayne's coating
22:54on the wall, the sound booth, the altar
22:57area. It's all the result
23:01of his fingerprint, his handiwork,
23:05his skill, and his labor.
23:08And I remember as we talked in that room
23:10at his bed, he said, "You know, the Lord
23:16has anointed you for this position." He
23:19said, "Your father taught me a Bible
23:21study when I was just a drunk. I
23:23couldn't even get through the day
23:25without having to have so many beers.
23:29And he said, he taught me about the word
23:31of God. He taught me about the presence
23:33of God. And he said, "I'll forever be
23:35grateful." But he said, "God has
23:37anointed you. Don't be afraid." And I
23:40said, "I'm going to need your help,
23:42Dick, because we're going to start
23:43building that church out there on
23:45Emerson and Americana." And he said,
23:47"You can count on me, pastor. I'll be
23:49there with you each step of the way."
23:51And sure enough, as this building went
23:53up, Dick Sai would work all day on the
23:56job building houses for wealthy doctors
23:59on the beach. But in the afternoons,
24:01he'd go where his heart was. He'd come
24:04to this place. He would come to this
24:07church and he would work at night
24:10tirelessly. As we got toward the end of
24:13this project, I was thanking him one day
24:15and I said, "Dick, I thank you for all
24:18the work that you've done on this
24:20church. There's no way we could ever
24:22repay you for all that you've done." And
24:25he said, "Pastor, the greatest reward
24:27for me is that as I go around putting
24:30this wood together," he said, "I think
24:32about all of the people that are going
24:34to fill this building."
24:38He said, "That's my reward.
24:42And as I look around this building today
24:44and I see this place full, I say to God
24:47be the glory for a bazale that labored
24:50in [screaming] the shadows. Never asking
24:53for recognition, never asking for the
24:56spotlight that you and I stand
24:58[screaming]
24:58in the glory and the presence of God
25:02because of builders that came out of the
25:04shadows.
25:06Thank you, Dick.
25:08Thank you, Ben Seagerly, who's in your
25:10mid 90s now, who would work tirelessly
25:13down here this church so many times. He
25:17would do it just volunteer, never asking
25:19for any kind of recognition. We had an
25:22old bus one time. I had a hairbrain idea
25:25at one point that we needed a bus. And
25:28so, we got this big old bus at a
25:30discount. And we know why it was a
25:32discount. the moment that it pulled into
25:34the parking lot.
25:36It had more issues than Sports
25:38Illustrated and Reader Digest combined.
25:42And there were times I'd see Brother Ben
25:44Sley with that back wheel of that bus
25:47propped up on wood. I don't I don't
25:49think that what he had it propped on was
25:51any kind of certifiable safety. I don't
25:54think OSHA would have approved it. We'll
25:55just say it that way. [laughter]
25:57It was plywood. And I'd see his feet
25:59hanging out underneath and I'd say,
26:00"Ben, are you all right?" And he's like,
26:02"It's okay. I just got to I got to
26:04replace this airbag is blown on the
26:06back." And he could fix anything. He'd
26:08work on anything. I remember when I
26:10first started evangelizing, I had this
26:11old Cutless Supreme that for some reason
26:14the air conditioner would never work. He
26:16replaced the air condition four
26:17different times on that car trying to
26:20make sure that whenever we traveled
26:22evangelized I hung up everything I owned
26:24backseat of that car and we would preach
26:26at churches around the country and come
26:28back home and I'd say brother Sarah the
26:30air conditions out again on the on the
26:32cutless and he'd say bring it over we'll
26:34work on it and we'd work on it some more
26:36and I think about all of these people
26:38brother and sister Jenkins and how they
26:41have worked so hard all of these years
26:43and I'm so grateful today in my spirit.
26:46I'm so thankful for people that have
26:49served faithfully to the house of God.
26:52>> I want to say something today because I
26:54think now and if I start mentioning
26:56names I'll I'll leave out because this
26:57church is made up of so many Bazel and
27:00valuable people. But I I think about
27:02people that serve behind the scenes. I
27:04think about brother and sister Golden
27:06and I think about the Richie family and
27:08Tyler and Laya and I think about the
27:11tomorrows and Joe in the back and I I
27:13beat him up last week so I want to tell
27:15him how much I love him today
27:19and Eric and brother and sister Hayes
27:22and all the people that work there's so
27:23many I know I'll miss names but this
27:25this church is made up of builders in
27:28the shadows and I'm so grateful. I just
27:31want to remind you today that it's not
27:34the high priest that's going to have the
27:36big mansion in heaven. It's not the
27:39pastor that's going to have the mansion
27:40in heaven. It's going to be the Mazalios
27:43[screaming] that God said, "I've chosen
27:45you to build something that my glory can
27:49inhabit." [applause]
27:54I want to tell you today, it's going to
27:55be a joy to spend heaven together with
27:58every one of you. I don't know how much
28:00longer we have on this earth. I don't
28:02know how much longer until the Lord
28:04comes back and the trump of God
28:06[screaming] sounds. But I've come to
28:08tell you, it's going to be worth it all.
28:12>> Every trial, every heartache, it's going
28:15to be worth [screaming] it all.
28:18[applause]
28:19Every home Bible study, every person
28:22you've prayed through in an altar,
28:25your labor in the shadow is not in vain.
28:28You're building something larger than
28:30yourself. You may not get the applause
28:33of the crowd, but when the glory falls,
28:37the king will say,
28:39"I am inhabiting this space
28:43because a child of mine was faithful in
28:45the shadows."
28:46And so every time you take from your own
28:50schedule and you come down to the church
28:52and
28:54you walk with door hangers in your hand
28:58as many of you did this Saturday
29:01and you go to go to the doors and put
29:04door hangers on a door.
29:09All of the modern studies will tell you
29:11that that's not an effective way to
29:14evangelize.
29:17But as my sons and I were working this
29:18Lockar area yesterday morning, the Lord
29:22reminded me of a principle
29:25that you can't always measure the work
29:27of God and flowcharts and focus groups.
29:32You just have to measure it based on the
29:34principles of this book that we call the
29:37Holy Bible.
29:40And I've come to tell you that God
29:41honors every effort. I said, "God honors
29:44every effort."
29:47>> People would come out and they'd say,
29:48"The sign says no soliciting." And I'd
29:50say, "We're not soliciting anything.
29:51We're giving away stuff."
29:56They'd say, "What is it?" I'd say,
29:57"We're inviting you to a free block
29:59party. We got free giveaways. You got
30:00kids, grandkids, we got gifts we're
30:02giving away. We got food. We got It's
30:04going to be right here at Fred Lee Park,
30:05right in your next door next Saturday.
30:07Bring your kids, bring your grandkids.
30:09You guys come out. Bring your lawn
30:10chairs. We're going to have a big block
30:11party." And before it was over, they
30:12were thinking, they're like, "We've
30:14never been invited to anything like this
30:15before. Is this something being done by
30:16the community?" I said, "Yep, it's being
30:18done by your community church, East Wind
30:20Pentecostal Church, right here on
30:22Emerson and Americana. [applause]
30:25I've come to tell you, you don't have
30:26anything to be ashamed of. You're a part
30:28of the greatest thing that's going on in
30:30South Bard. [screaming] You're a part of
30:32a church where the Lord inhabits. When
30:35we come together and we lift up the name
30:38of Jesus, the glory of the [screaming]
30:40Lord descends like a cloud. [applause]
30:49[applause]
30:50>> Every time you teach a Bible study, you
30:51hand down a track, you're building
30:52something
30:54>> that God can inhabit.
30:56Because the Bible says that we are
30:57temples
30:59that the Holy Spirit of God can dwell
31:01in. So winning a soul is building a
31:04temple. Teaching a Bible study is
31:07building a temple. Praying with someone
31:09in the altar is building a temple.
31:12Taking tracks this morning as you leave
31:15to tell somebody about the outpouring
31:18this week. You're building a place that
31:22God can inhabit.
31:25Every usher greeting at the door, every
31:28media team member adjusting a camera,
31:30every nursery worker rocking a baby, and
31:32every volunteer setting up chairs. You
31:35are the modern-day Bizelius.
31:38You're using your spiritfilled hands to
31:42construct an atmosphere where somebody
31:44else can walk in and meet Jesus.
31:48Because God didn't only give you the
31:49blueprints,
31:51he gave you his own breath.
31:55He breathed his spirit
31:58>> into the craftsman because the framework
32:00matters to God. If you're here today
32:04and you have felt overlooked,
32:06exhausted,
32:08or you felt like your contribution to
32:10the kingdom doesn't matter because it
32:12happens behind the scenes. I've come to
32:15tell you that you're in good company.
32:17Your name is Mazelia. You're tucked away
32:20in the shadow of the Almighty. The King
32:23of Kings has looked down from heaven,
32:25called you by name, and said, "I can
32:28trust you with the gold." Because
32:29Gazelio didn't only build it, helay, he
32:32overlaid it with gold. He's saying, "I
32:35can trust you with the framework. I can
32:37trust them to build the place where my
32:39glory will live." Because you see, when
32:42the tabernacle was completed, when it
32:44was all finished, the Bible says the
32:47cloud of glory rolled in and it filled
32:50the place so heavily that even the
32:53priest couldn't stand up to minister.
32:55And in that moment, nobody was looking
32:58at Bazale's tools. Nobody was checking
33:02the blueprints. They were looking at the
33:03glory.
33:05Mazel faded into the shadow, completely
33:08satisfied because he knew his hands had
33:11helped to build a home for God. Maybe
33:14you've been praying in secret. Maybe
33:16you've been reading your Bible to learn
33:18more about God. Maybe you came to this
33:20church this morning, a place that you've
33:23never been to before. I'm here to tell
33:25you, it's not by accident. God sees
33:28[screaming]
33:29where you are.
33:31>> He sees your heart. You've been building
33:34a relationship with God. And God wants
33:37to fill that [screaming] building with
33:39his Holy Spirit today.
33:45>> And so I'm calling on builders to come
33:47out of the shadows.
33:49Come down to this altar. This is where
33:52his spirit abides.
33:54This altar, this carpet, this wood was
33:59all put here for this purpose. that it
34:02would be a place where lives could be
34:04changed. That it would be a place where
34:06the glory of the Lord would fill the
34:08house. It was built for that purpose.
34:12And it has your name on it. Would you
34:14stand to your feet?
34:27Ocean.
34:46Can you feel that? That's the glory of
34:47God descending.
34:50You can feel his presence.
34:53May not be able to see it with the
34:55natural eye.
34:58You can sense it
35:03>> because God created you
35:07and he created you with a sensitivity
35:10to the breath of God. Sometimes we can't
35:12always identify it or
35:15put a name on it, but we sense it and we
35:17know it's something holy.
35:21You're standing on holy ground today.
35:29You can see him face to face.
35:36>> You can know that the glory of the Lord
35:38is inhabiting this place.
35:42All of the things that we
35:47we use as obstacles to stop us from
35:49approaching him, why don't we cast them
35:52aside today and say, "Lord, here I come.
35:55I'm coming with my scars, my mistakes,
35:58wrong choices that I've made. I'm not
36:01worthy of it, Lord.
36:04But I'm grateful that all these years
36:07you've protected me and you've kept me
36:11so that one day I could stand in your
36:13presence
36:15and know Lord
36:17that you have known me and followed me
36:19and guided me from my mother's womb.
36:23You feel that relates [music] to you? I
36:24open up this altar this morning to
36:27invite you to come and to stand in this
36:29place
36:30and to experience God for yourself.
36:33Don't take my word for it. Don't live
36:36through your parents or your
36:37grandparents walk with God. You can know
36:39him for yourself.
36:43Come on, Bazelia. God's calling you
36:44right now.
36:47He's got a place for you.
36:59Lord [singing]
37:03show me your
37:05face. [singing]
37:12Then strengthen [singing and music]
37:14my legs. Then I stand
37:18in this holy [singing]
37:21place.
37:27Show me your face, [music]
37:31Lord. [singing]
37:35Your power and grace.
37:44I can [music] make it to the end.
37:47[singing]
37:50If I can [music] just see
37:53your face.
37:56Sing. Show me. Show me [singing] your
38:00face.
38:04>> Show me [music] your face.
38:07>> Show me your [singing]
38:09face. [music]
38:11>> Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.
38:15Then strengthen my [singing] legs
38:18[music]
38:19that I might stand
38:22in this [singing] holy
38:25place. [music]
38:26>> Yes, Lord.
38:28>> Show [singing] me your face. Show me
38:31your face, [music]
38:34Lord. [singing]
38:38your power [music] and grace.
38:43[singing]
38:47I can make it to the end. [music]
38:53If I can just see [music]
38:55your face.
38:59>> Sing tape [music] in you.
39:04David knew [singing]
39:06there was something more [music]
39:12than the ark of [singing and music] your
39:15presence
39:17in a manger
39:19in a manger. [music and singing] Messiah
39:23was born
39:25of kings and pass [music] among kings
39:29and
39:32all of Israelel.
39:35Israel
39:37saw [music]
39:38the [singing] glory
39:40and it shines down [music] through the
39:44air.
39:48And now you [music] call me to fully
39:53seek your face.
40:00Show me your face,
40:04[music] Lord.
40:05>> Show me your face.
40:08>> Show me [singing] your
40:10face.
40:12>> Oh, strengthen [music]
40:14my name.
40:16and strengthen [singing] my legs that I
40:20might stand
40:22in this holy
40:24place.
40:28Show me your face. Glor.
40:30[music and singing]
40:37[music and singing]
40:44I can make it. I [music] can make it to
40:47the end.
40:49>> I can just I can just see
40:54your face. [music]
40:59Show me your faith,
41:02Lord. [music and singing]
41:04>> Show me your faith.
41:06>> Show me your
41:11>> Then strengthen my legs.
41:15Then [music] strengthen my legs that I
41:18might stand
41:20in this holy
41:22[music]
41:23place.
41:25>> Oh, show me your
41:29Your name, [music]
41:32your power,
41:35your power. [music]
41:42I can make it. I [music] can make it to
41:46the end. And I can just see. I can just
41:50see your face. [music]
42:01We want to see your face,
42:04Jesus. We want to see. [music]
42:07We want to see. We want to see. We want
42:11to see you. We want to see. [music]
42:15We want to see your face.
42:23[singing]
42:24>> [music]
42:27>> He
42:30sings
42:32gyros
42:37[music]
42:39will manifest himself
42:47[music]
42:51>> [singing]
42:54[music]
42:57>> You are the Tonight [singing]
43:02[music]
43:07will manifest [music] itself.
43:11All your way.
43:17>> [music]
43:24>> You are the die [music]
43:27[singing]
43:30[music]
43:34all night.
43:36Show me [music] your face,
43:39Lord. [singing]
43:41Show me your faith. Show me your [music]
43:45name.
43:47Oh, and strengthen my name.
43:51And strengthen my name that I [music]
43:54might stand
43:56in his holy
43:59gra.
44:01Show me your pain. Show me
44:04[music and singing]
44:05your
44:07Lord. Your power and power and praise.
44:14[music]
44:17I can make it. I can make it to you.
44:24[music] If I get just a [singing] way
44:29from [music]
44:32[singing]
44:33Hello
44:35[music]
44:42[music]
44:46[singing]
44:50Yahe.
44:53Y [music and singing]
44:59[music and singing]
45:04[music and singing]
45:09and your life
45:11[music]
45:13will manifest itself.
45:18Yah way.
45:19>> [music]
45:19>> Yahe.
45:30>> You want the El [music] tonight
45:32[singing]
45:39[music]
45:41will manifest himself.
45:44[music]
45:49Yahe. [music]
45:53[singing]
45:56[music] He
45:59shall die
46:04[music]
46:06and all night
46:08will manifest himself. Hallelujah.
46:12Hallelujah.
46:14Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
46:18Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
46:21Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
46:24Hallelujah. [music]
46:26Hallelujah.
46:28Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
46:31Hallelujah.
46:33We sing [music] hallelujah. Hallelujah.
46:36We cry hallelujah.
46:39>> Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
46:40>> Hallelujah to the [music] king of kings.
46:43To the lord of lords. Hallelujah.
46:47We [music] sing hallelujah.
46:50We sing hallelujah.
46:53Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
46:57Hallelujah. [music]
46:58Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
47:01Hallelujah. [singing]
47:02Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We cry out to
47:05you, Jes. [music] Hallelujah. We give
47:08you a highest praise. Hallelujah.
47:12Hallelujah.
47:14Hallelujah.
47:16Hallelujah. [music]
47:17Yahe
47:22[music]
47:23[singing]
47:28[music and singing]
47:34[music]
47:35and all
47:37will manifest [singing] himself.
47:42Yah way. Y [music]
47:51[music]
47:55tonight [singing]
47:58[music]
48:03[singing]
48:06[music] himself
48:10show me show me [music] your Praise
48:15the Lord. [singing]
48:19Show me your [music]
48:21way.
48:24Streng
48:27then strengthen [music and singing] my
48:30stand
48:32in this holy
48:35place.
48:38Show me, show me [music] your face,
48:43Lord. Your power and power. [music]
48:52Oh, I can make I can make it to the end.
49:00I can just see your face. [music]
49:05Show me your face. Show me your face,
49:09[music]
49:11Lord. [singing]
49:14Show me your
49:16[music and singing] face.
49:22Then [music] strengthen my leg that I
49:26might stand
49:27in this holy [music]
49:30way. [singing]
49:33>> Show me your face. Show me [music] your
49:36face,
49:38Lord.
49:41[music]
49:42>> Your power and grace,
49:47[music]
49:50I can [singing] make it to the end.
49:55If I could just fly away
50:01[music]
50:02[singing]
50:09[music]
50:15that [singing and music]
50:15night
50:17will manifest himself. Tell
50:22the way
50:25[music]
50:29the [singing] heart [music]
50:36shine [music and singing]
50:43as all night
50:45will manifest [music and singing]
50:47himself. S
50:50Yah way [music]
50:53Yah way
50:58[music]
51:01[singing] he
51:03[music] sh
51:08[singing and music]
51:13manifest [music]
51:15himself.
51:17Sing that again. Yahe
51:22[music]
51:25[singing]
51:26sing.
51:30>> You [music] are the ocean. I
51:38might as [singing]
51:41well manifest [music]
51:43himself
51:45[singing]
51:46way.
51:49Yahe [music]
51:52roy [singing]
51:56[music]
52:05[music]
52:08manifest manifest
52:11[music]
52:19>> [music]
52:24[music]
52:26>> You want us to die?
52:30[music]
52:32[singing]
52:33>> I don't
52:37manifest it. Hallelujah. [music]
52:40Hallelujah.
52:43Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
52:46Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music]
52:50Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Sing.
52:53Hallelujah. [music]
52:54Hallelujah.
52:56Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
52:59[music]
53:01Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
53:04[music]
53:04Hallelujah. Sing. Hallelujah.
53:08Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
53:11Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
53:15Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music]
53:17Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
53:20Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
53:24Hallelujah. [music] Hallelujah.
53:26Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
53:29Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
53:32[music]
53:34Hallelujah.
53:39Heat
53:43[music]
53:57up here.