When Glory Passes Through Dust
Pastor Aaron Batchelor Preached on 7/5/2026
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Summary
Pastor Aaron Batchelor explores how God uses the 'dust' of our ordinary, broken lives to display the brilliant colors of His glory, reminding us that our value comes from the Light shining through us rather than our own perfection.
Key points
- •God intentionally chooses 'dust' - ordinary, fragile, and broken people - to be the vessels for His extraordinary power.
- •Just as Saharan dust reveals the hidden colors of a sunset, our weaknesses provide a canvas for God's glory to be displayed.
- •We do not manufacture God's glory; we simply reflect and reveal the light that is already present in Jesus Christ.
- •The presence of light automatically pushes back darkness in homes, workplaces, and minds, providing hope even when the 'smoke' of life hasn't cleared.
Scripture
Spiritual Growth
Hope
Grace
Worship
Perseverance
Life application
When you feel inadequate or 'dusty' this week, stop trying to polish yourself and instead spend time in the 'secret place' of prayer, allowing God's light to shine through your honest transparency.
Reflection questions
- In what areas of your life do you feel most like 'dust,' and how might God want to use that specific weakness to show His strength?
- Pastor Batchelor mentioned that the angels cried 'Holy' to one another; how can you practically declare God's holiness to someone else this week?
- Are you currently facing a 'smoke' or 'dust' storm that makes it hard to see God's plan? How can you practice 'enduring to the end' today?
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Full transcript
0:02Jesus,
0:05in the year that King Uzziah died, I saw
0:09also the Lord sitting upon a throne high
0:11and lifted up, and his train filled
0:14[music] the temple, and above it stood
0:17the seraraphims. Each one had six wings,
0:19and with two he covered his face, with
0:21[music] two he covered his feet, with
0:23two he did fly. Here's the famous verse
0:26that all of us know and have quoted at
0:28one time or another. And one cried unto
0:31another and said, "Holy, holy, holy is
0:37the Lord of hosts. The whole earth is
0:41full of his glory."
0:44You know what I noticed in this
0:45scripture is is that [music] in our
0:47prayer time and in our worship, we lift
0:50up our voice and we tell the Lord,
0:51"You're holy. You're holy. The whole
0:54earth is full of your glory." But the
0:56scripture says that the angels cried it
0:58one to another.
1:01There's something about whenever we turn
1:03to one another and we remind each other
1:06and we declare with our mouth, he's
1:08holy. He's holy. He's holy. And to
1:11remind oursel, brother Brown, that the
1:13whole earth is full of the glory of God
1:17in worship right now. Would you turn to
1:19somebody near you and would you just
1:21declare to them, "He's holy. He's holy.
1:24He's holy." Tell them, "The whole earth
1:27is full of the glory of God." Tell
1:29somebody the WHOLE TURN TO SOMEBODY
1:31ELSE, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY." The
1:35whole earth is full of the glory of God.
1:40Come on. The whole earth IS FULL, NOT
1:42FULL OF DEVILS, not full of darkness,
1:45not full OF THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF
1:48THE glory of God.
1:51Now, let's give him praise one more time
1:53right now this morning. As the holy God
1:56that he is, he's worthy of it today.
2:02[applause and music]
2:08Praise God. Amen. If you have your
2:11Bibles, we'll stand and honor the
2:12reading of the word of the Lord. 2
2:14Corinthians chapter 4. I want to quickly
2:17get to my text and we'll read two verses
2:20of scripture. 2 Corinthians chapter 4
2:22verse 6 and verse [music] 7.
2:25For God who commanded the light to shine
2:30out of darkness,
2:32hath shined in our hearts to give the
2:35light of the knowledge of the glory of
2:38God
2:40in the face of Jesus Christ.
2:44>> This is why we elevate the name. This is
2:47why we sing songs about Jesus to be the
2:50name. Philippians chapter 2 says that
2:54God has highly exalted that man Christ
2:56Jesus and given him a name that is above
2:59every name. Colossians 2:9 says, "For in
3:02Jesus dwells all the fullness of the
3:06Godhead bodily, and you are complete in
3:09him." Acts 4:12 says, "Neither is there
3:12salvation in any other name, for there
3:14is no name under heaven given among men
3:17whereby we must be saved but the name of
3:20Jesus." That's why we believe in the
3:23name. That's why we praise THE NAME.
3:25THAT'S WHY WE BAPTIZE IN THE NAME of
3:27Jesus cuz there is no greater name.
3:33And when God shined his light, he gave
3:36the light of the knowledge of the glory
3:38of God. How do we know about God? How do
3:40we understand who he is? And how do we
3:43receive that glory? It's in the face of
3:46Jesus Christ. But we, somebody say,
3:49"That's me." We, oh, somebody say,
3:52"That's me." We have this treasure in
3:55earthn vessels that the excellency of
3:58the power may be of God and not of us.
4:03Amen. this morning. God has always
4:07chosen ordinary vessels and so that when
4:10the world sees something extraordinary,
4:12nobody can doubt where the power came
4:14from. And so this morning, I want to
4:16preach from this subject. When glory
4:19passes through dust.
4:21When glory passes through dust. Now,
4:24this doesn't apply to our guest here
4:25this morning, but I know we just came
4:27through July 4th and everybody's hot dog
4:29hamburgered ribbed out. I know everybody
4:32right now your body is processing what
4:34you just ate and everything you did and
4:37how many hours you spent with family and
4:38friends that was so exceptional and
4:40wonderful. So this is just to the body
4:42of Christ. But the quicker you get with
4:44me this morning, I promise the shorter
4:46that I preach. But if you drag with me
4:48this morning, this could perhaps be a
4:502-hour message and guests are able to
4:52leave after 20 minutes. But if you'll
4:54get with me this morning and what God
4:56wants to say to us, if you'll just stir
4:58yourself up, hey, we came to church. WE
5:00MIGHT AS WELL NOT WASTE this hour. WE
5:02MIGHT AS WELL NOT WASTE OUR TIME getting
5:04up and getting ready and coming to the
5:06house OF GOD. WE MIGHT AS WELL PUT
5:07EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT INTO WHAT HE'S
5:09DOING CUZ THIS COULD BE THE DAY that
5:12Jesus comes back again. And when he
5:15comes back, HE SAID, "WILL THE SON OF
5:17MAN FIND FAITH on the earth?" Brother
5:19Shrekenberg, HE'S GOING TO FIND FAITH
5:21right here. He's going to find faith at
5:23New Life. HE'S [music] GOING TO FIND
5:24FAITH in this house. If you're ready to
5:26receive the word of the Lord, would you
5:28lift your voice and lift your hands one
5:30more time [music] and say, "God, speak
5:32to me this morning."
5:34Come on, that's it. Lift your voice
5:36right now in prayer and [music]
5:37surrender yourselves to the Lord.
5:42Hallelujah. [music] In the name of
5:44Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Hallelujah.
5:48You can be seated in the presence of the
5:49Lord.
5:51Yesterday, our nation celebrated 250
5:55years since the signing of the
5:57Declaration of Independence.
5:59Millions of people watched fireworks.
6:01Millions gathered around flags.
6:04Millions of people ate their hot dogs
6:05and the hamburgers and gathered with
6:07their friends. But something else was
6:09happening in the sky. I read about it
6:12about a week ago that meteorologists
6:14were tracking a dust plume that had
6:17traveled thousands of miles from the
6:19Sahara Desert in Africa. It fascinated
6:22me. This has happened before. It does
6:24not necessarily affect the quality of
6:26our air that we breathe. But something
6:29special happens. They said that this
6:31cloud, this dust from the Sahara Desert
6:35would reach parts of the Midwest where
6:37you and I live. And if it did, we'd be
6:40in for an incredible sunset.
6:43Now, honestly, after I read that report,
6:45I really didn't think much about it the
6:46rest of the week. So much going on. And
6:48dust usually doesn't get me excited.
6:51Usually, if I see dust, I'm like you. My
6:53first thought is not, "Praise God." It's
6:56where's the vacuum?
6:59But as the evening came, I walked
7:01outside and then I looked up and
7:03literally stopped in my tracks. Don't
7:06know if you caught it or not or if you
7:08saw it or took some pictures of it, but
7:10the sky looked like someone had taken a
7:12paintbrush and swept it across the
7:15horizon. There were brilliant reds that
7:17were melted into fiery oranges. Gold
7:21faded into pinks and deep purples that
7:24stretched across the heavens. It wasn't
7:26just pretty to me. It was literally
7:29breathtaking.
7:30I stood there and I stared at the glory
7:33of what God had painted across the sky.
7:38The glory of God revealed in the
7:41heavens. And then I remembered that
7:43forecast that beauty wasn't there in
7:46spite of the dust. It was there because
7:50of the dust. Those tiny particles had
7:53traveled thousands of miles through the
7:55atmosphere. During the day, they look
7:57like nothing more than just a little
7:59haze. Most people never even noticed
8:01that they were there. But when the light
8:03of the setting sun passed through that
8:06ordinary dust, the entire sky became a
8:10masterpiece. And I'll tell you, as I
8:12stood there and I looked at all those
8:13magenta and all of that beautiful red
8:16and orange colors in the sky, suddenly
8:19the problems that I seem to have that
8:21were so big became less significant in
8:24my life. Because I thought, well, Lord,
8:26if you can create something as beautiful
8:29as the heavens and those massive clouds
8:31and that beautiful sky and we're just a
8:33part of our galaxy and of the massive
8:36universe, then what is it that you
8:38should handle the issues that I've got
8:39in my life?
8:42>> That dust that floated into the
8:43atmosphere here in the Midwest wasn't
8:45just beautiful. In fact, it wasn't very
8:48beautiful at all, but the light was
8:50beautiful. The dust simply gave the
8:53light somewhere to display its glory.
8:56And I couldn't help be think that that's
8:59exactly what God has always done and HOW
9:02HE'S ALWAYS WORKED CUZ Psalm 19 and
9:05verse one says that the heavens declare
9:09the glory of God. In fact, without a
9:12Bible and anyone going to church this
9:14morning, if someone did not believe, the
9:17Bible says they could step out on their
9:19front porch, look at the heavens, and
9:22realize that there is a creator, an
9:24originator of everything we see in here
9:27that is around us. The invisible things
9:29of him, the Bible says, are clearly seen
9:32being understood by the things that are
9:34made, even his eternal power and
9:36godheads. So that they are without
9:38excuse. Creation is not just beautiful.
9:41Creation is preaching a sermon that you
9:44heard before I EVEN PREACHED THIS
9:46MORNING. Every sunrise, every sunset
9:49says something about God if we'll
9:52listen.
9:54>> And creation reminded us of something
9:56when we looked into that beautiful
9:58painted sunset. Here's what it reminded
10:00me OF IS THAT GOD HAS ALWAYS chosen
10:04dust.
10:07Genesis begins with dust. Genesis 1:27.
10:12And the Lord God formed the man of the
10:16dust of the ground and breathed into his
10:19nostrils the breath of life and man
10:22became a living soul. You came from the
10:26dust and the dust you'll return cuz it's
10:29always appointed unto man once to die
10:31and after this the judgment. And so we
10:34come back to the dust. That's what God
10:36started with. That's what God chose to
10:39work with. Adam, the first man, he
10:42wasn't made from gold or diamonds or
10:44rubies. He was made from dust. Somebody
10:47say dust. You and I, no matter how much
10:50makeup you put on and how much jewelry
10:52you try to cover YOURSELF WITH AND WHAT
10:55TYPE OF CLOTHES you wear, we're all made
10:57FROM THE SAME INGREDIENTS CALLED DUST.
11:00And when THEY BURY YOU SIX FEET under or
11:03cremate you and HONOR YOUR LIFE, WHAT
11:05YOU'RE GOING TO END UP AT the end is
11:07dust. And that should remind us that God
11:10has always chosen dust.
11:15>> When negotiating for Sodom and Gomorrah,
11:18Abraham answered to the Lord and he
11:20said, "Behold now, I've taken it upon me
11:22to speak unto the Lord. I who am but
11:25dust and ashes." David the psalmist
11:28wrote and said, "God remembers that we
11:31are dust." God knows what he's working
11:35with. Tell somebody beside you, "God
11:37knows what he's working with."
11:40That's right. God intentionally chose
11:42the weakest material imaginable because
11:46that's the way that God works. God says,
11:48"I'll take something THAT NOBODY ELSE
11:51THOUGHT THEY COULD DO ANYTHING WITH, but
11:53whenever I breathe into it and I touch
11:55it, I can turn it into something that's
11:58wonderful and supernatural, I can take
12:00it and turn IT AROUND." THAT'S WHY I
12:02WANT TO PREACH hope here this morning.
12:04And I don't want to get ahead of myself,
12:05but I got to LET SOMEBODY KNOW. IT
12:07doesn't matter what kind of situation
12:09you're in or what you walked into this
12:11house with. WHENEVER THE PRESENCE OF GOD
12:13COMES INTO the room, he can take
12:15whatever's dark and dirty and dusty in
12:18your LIFE AND CAN TURN IT AROUND for
12:20good.
12:25>> God never needed impressive people.
12:28He's always been looking for dusty,
12:31surrendered people.
12:34God chose the dust and he's still
12:37looking for dust to work with.
12:41The glory is not in the dust. The glory
12:45is in the light.
12:47It's fascinating. Scientists tell us
12:49that dust itself doesn't contain
12:51brilliant reds and oranges and purples.
12:52The dust does not manufacture the
12:55colors. These colors have been in the
12:58sunlight all along. White light is
13:02filled with every color of the spectrum.
13:05During the middle of the day, our eyes
13:06don't notice it because the light passes
13:08through the atmosphere differently. But
13:10when the sun begins to set, that light
13:13has to travel through miles and miles of
13:15atmosphere and something changes. Those
13:18tiny particles of dust suddenly become a
13:22glorious canvas. They filter the light.
13:26They scatter it. They reveal colors that
13:29were always there but couldn't be seen
13:31until the light pass through the dust.
13:34The dust is not the source of beauty.
13:37The sun is. The dust SIMPLY GIVES THE
13:40LIGHT a place to display its glory. And
13:44that's how God has always worked. He has
13:47never waited until people were polished
13:50enough, PERFECT ENOUGH, STRONG ENOUGH.
13:52HE HAS ALWAYS chosen ordinary, fragile,
13:56broken, dusty people.
14:01>> I got Bible for you. 1 Corinthians 1 26.
14:05For you see your calling, brethren. Paul
14:07wrote how that not many wise after the
14:10flesh, not many mighty, not many noble
14:13are called. Are some wise men or some
14:16mighty men or some noble men or women
14:18called? Yes, they are, but not many.
14:20What has God gone after? But God hath
14:23chosen the foolish things of the world
14:26to confound the wise. God has chosen the
14:30weak things of the world to confound the
14:32things which are mighty. the base things
14:35of the world and things which are
14:37despised hath God chosen. Yay, things
14:40which are not to bring to nothing things
14:42that are, that no flesh should glory in
14:45his presence. When it came to the
14:47beginning of creation, God looked around
14:50and saw that our planet was
14:52uninhabitable, that it was void and
14:54darkness and dusty and dirty. And God
14:58looked at it and he didn't say, and I'm
15:00thankful for this, I'll find another
15:01planet. I'll find somewhere where there
15:03seems to be something good and pretty on
15:05it. No, HE TOOK THE PLANET THAT was in
15:08void and that was dark and that was
15:10dirty. AND HE SAID, I can do something
15:12with this. And God said, let there be
15:17light. THAT IS HOW GOD CHOOSES TO WORK.
15:20THAT IS WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR. God takes
15:23the base and the foolish and the weak
15:25and the dirty things of the world and
15:27that's where his light wants TO SHINE
15:29IN. JESUS SAID the physician didn't come
15:32here for those that are whole. He came
15:34for THOSE THAT ARE SICK. JESUS DIDN'T
15:36COME TO THIS HOUSE for perfect
15:38Pentecostals. Jesus came to this house
15:40looking for somebody that's sick and in
15:43NEED THAT NEEDS HELP THAT NEEDS A TOUCH.
15:46OH, THAT'S HOW GOD I KNOW THE WORLD
15:48LOOKS FOR THE POLISHED and the perfect
15:50and those that have it ALL TOGETHER. BUT
15:52GOD SAYS, "I'm looking for somebody
15:54whose life might be in a MESS RIGHT NOW.
15:56I'M looking for somebody who doesn't
15:58have all the answers. I'm looking for
16:01I know this ain't going over well cuz
16:03I'm preaching to a bunch of perfect
16:04people. I know this may not be going
16:06over to some of you BECAUSE YOU GOT YOUR
16:08life together, but I'm just talking to
16:09the few of you whose life may be a
16:12little bit upheaval right now. YOU GOT A
16:14LITTLE BIT of trouble AND YOU'RE
16:15THANKFUL THAT YOU GOT A GOD WHO'S ON
16:17YOUR SIDE. HE DIDN'T COME TO THE STRONG
16:19AND THE WISE AND THE NOBLE, BUT HE CAME
16:21TO SOMEBODY WHO NEEDED HIM.
16:25>> HALLELUJAH. I wonder if I got any weak
16:27things that would give him praise. I I
16:29WONDER IF I GOT ANY FOOLISH THINGS
16:30THAT'LL GIVE HIM PRAISE. I WONDER IF I
16:32GOT ANYBODY THAT SAYS, "IF IT HAD NOT
16:34BEEN FOR THE LORD WHO IS ON MY SIDE,
16:37where [cheering]
16:41[applause]
16:42where would I be?" Don't let the suit
16:44and the tie fool you. Brother Abraham's
16:46getting ready to go to Oxford, right?
16:48For about 30 days, he's getting ready to
16:50go. But whenever you head to Oxford and
16:52whenever you get into the high echelons
16:54of education, you make sure to remember
16:56where God brought you from, Abraham. You
16:59make sure you walk in there like a
17:00testimony, Brother Blue, that when you
17:02step into the halls and you step into
17:04the classrooms, IF IT HAD NOT MEANT FOR
17:06GOD, WHO WAS ON MY SIDE, WHERE WOULD I
17:08BE? I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM my best. I'M
17:10GOING TO WORK MY HARDEST. I'M going to
17:12serve him CHEERFULLY BECAUSE HE FOUND ME
17:15WHEN I WAS IN THE GUTTER. HE FOUND ME
17:17WHEN I WAS IN THE DARK AND HE BROUGHT ME
17:20OUT.
17:22[applause]
17:26>> HALLELUJAH.
17:28The miracle of the sunset is not that
17:30dust shines. The miracle is that the
17:33light is willing to shine through the
17:36dust.
17:37>> You know, maybe you've spent your whole
17:39life wishing you were somebody else.
17:42You wish you were more gifted or more
17:44educated or more influential or more
17:45spiritual. But God has never been
17:48looking for people who glow on their
17:51own.
17:54>> He's not looking for who has the best
17:55Instagram filter.
18:00>> God isn't scrolling through your social
18:01media going, "I wonder who looks the
18:03best."
18:06>> That's what you and I do. and we compare
18:09ourselves and we scroll through and look
18:11and say, "Well, they must they've got
18:12more influence. They've got more money.
18:14They they've got more friends and we
18:16look down upon oursel." You need to have
18:18the mind of Christ. You need to be able
18:19to look at yourself the way that God
18:21looks at you and he sees you made in the
18:23image of God. That's why the PSALMIST
18:25SAID, "I PRAISE YOU for I am fearfully
18:27and wonderfully made."
18:32>> God's looking for people who will let
18:34his light shine through them. Because
18:36the greatest testimony is not look how
18:38impressive I am. The greatest testimony
18:40is look what Jesus can do through
18:44somebody as ordinary as me.
18:48>> As dust, we create nothing. The sunlight
18:52already contains every color. The dust
18:55simply reveals what was already there.
18:58Here's what I'm trying to say to you
19:00this morning. We do not manufacture
19:02God's glory. We reveal his glory. The
19:06moon reflects the sunlight. The church,
19:10the believer reflects Jesus Christ.
19:15People may leave here saying, "Wow, what
19:18an amazing church at New Life." But
19:20really what we want them to leave saying
19:23is, "Wow, what an amazing Jesus. What an
19:26amazing savior. What an amazing God."
19:29WHEN THEY WALK INTO OUR PLACE. I TOLD
19:31THE LORD THIS MORNING, I WANT EVERYBODY
19:33TO BE HERE. But Lord, IF THEY DON'T EVEN
19:35CHOOSE OUR CHURCH, IF THEY DON'T CHOOSE
19:37TO COME HERE, ONE MORE TIME, I PRAY THAT
19:39THEY'LL LEAVE THIS PLACE SAYING, "MY,
19:41WHAT a mighty God we serve. My what an
19:44amazing, GRACIOUS SAVIOR HE IS. MY HOW
19:47GOOD I DIDN'T KNOW HE'D BE THAT GOOD. I
19:50DIDN'T KNOW HE'D LOVE ME THAT MUCH."
19:52[cheering and applause]
19:57I guess I I guess this message is for
19:58the dusty people this morning. This is
20:01this message is for the dusty people,
20:03Brother Jones. This message is for the
20:04people who knew you came from nothing.
20:07You didn't HAVE MUCH, BUT BY GOD'S
20:09GRACE, you're here what you are. YOU'RE
20:10NOT WHO YOU used to be, and you're NOT
20:12YET WHAT YOU ARE. BUT I AM WHAT I AM BY
20:15the amazing GRACE OF GOD. THAT SONG WAS
20:17MORE than just a melody to me. It's a
20:20testimony OF MY LIFE. GOD'S GRACE FOUND
20:23ME AND picked me up.
20:27>> Hallelujah.
20:28>> Hallelujah.
20:30[applause]
20:33Hallelujah.
20:36>> We just reflect.
20:38We let the light shine through us and we
20:41reflect. First respondent, civic leaders
20:43this morning that are here today,
20:45police firefighters EMTs dispatchers
20:47military, city, and state leaders, they
20:50can understand what it's like for light
20:53to shine through you. Most people run
20:56away from emergencies. They run toward
20:58them.
21:00They don't create hope, but they carry
21:03it. They don't create peace, they bring
21:06it. They don't create healing, but they
21:08become instruments of it. and then they
21:12turn toward them. That's why we honor
21:15those of you that are here with us today
21:17because every time you answer a call,
21:19every time you enter a burning house,
21:21every time you perform CPR, every time
21:23you stand between evil and innocent
21:25people, you remind us of what Jesus did.
21:29>> He stepped into the darkness carrying
21:32light.
21:34I guess what I want to share with
21:36everybody here this morning is let God
21:37shine through your dust.
21:41Let God shine through your dust.
21:44>> I want you to imagine standing beside
21:46Fort Mckenry on that anxious September
21:48morning in 1814.
21:50All night long, Francis Scott Key had
21:53watched the relentless bombardment.
21:55Rockets stre across the darkness. Bombs
21:58were bursting in the air. Every
22:00explosion
22:02illuminated the sky for only an instant
22:04before the smoke swallowed everything
22:07again. He couldn't tell whether the fort
22:09had fallen or whether the young nation
22:11had survived the night. The smoke hid
22:15the answer. The darkness kept its
22:17secret. But then that first light of
22:20dawn crept over the horizon. And as that
22:22sun climbed higher, its rays piercing
22:25the lingering haze. And what had been
22:27concealed all night suddenly came into
22:30view. There, still waving against the
22:33morning sky, was the American flag. It
22:37wasn't the smoke that revealed hope. It
22:39was the light. The smoke had only
22:41obscured what had endured. And that's
22:43why Keyy's heart erupted with those
22:45immortal words we still say today. Oh,
22:48say, can you see by the dawn's early
22:51light? Sometimes in your life, God does
22:55not remove the smoke immediately.
22:57Sometimes he simply sends enough light
23:00to reveal that what he established is
23:03still standing. Sometimes life fills the
23:06air with smoke. And sometimes suffering
23:09fills the sky with dust. But when God's
23:12light shines, hope becomes visible
23:15again. Which is why Romans 5:5 says,
23:18"And hope maketh not ashamed because the
23:21love of God is shed abroad in our hearts
23:24BY THE HOLY GHOST which is given unto
23:26us." Which is why when you look at my
23:28life and I have joy and I can dance and
23:31clap and sing and smile, IT'S NOT
23:33BECAUSE everything in my life is perfect
23:35or I don't have any challenges or I
23:37don't go through suffering or I don't
23:38have sickness. IT'S THAT IN SPITE OF THE
23:41DIRTY DUST IN MY LIFE, HIS LIGHT IS
23:43shining on me and reminding me that he
23:46still is working AND HE'S STILL GOT A
23:48PLAN AND HE'S still good. It reminds ME
23:50THAT MY PROBLEMS are not going to
23:52overcome me, but I'm going to overcome
23:55them because I've got Jesus. AND IF I'VE
23:58GOT JESUS, I CAN DO anything because HE
24:00STRENGTHENS ME. IF I'VE GOT JESUS, I CAN
24:03MAKE IT THROUGH THE DARKEST TIME OF MY
24:05LIFE. WHEN HIS LIGHT SHINES THROUGH US,
24:08[screaming and cheering]
24:09>> reveals what he was doing all along.
24:13Hey everybody
24:15has dust.
24:18Everybody's got weaknesses. Everybody's
24:21got failures. Everybody has a past.
24:24>> EVERYBODY'S GOT SCARS. EVERYBODY at one
24:26time or another has had some fear.
24:29>> God is not looking for polished people.
24:31He's looking for transparent people.
24:35>> Paul said, "We have this treasure in
24:38earthn vessels so that the excellency of
24:42the power may be of God and not of us.
24:45So that when people look at our lives,
24:47it's not that they look and see us as
24:50perfect. They see a perfect God whose
24:53grace is in a life that was filled with
24:56dust. Imagine standing outside after
24:59sunset. The dust cannot see itself. It
25:02doesn't know its part as something
25:03magnificent. It simply stays where the
25:05wind has placed it. But when the light
25:08comes, after a few glorious moments, the
25:11whole sky burns with beauty.
25:15I guess what I'm telling you this
25:16morning is that God's glory wants to
25:19shine through the dust of your life. I
25:23maybe you've been spending your life
25:25thinking, "I'm just dust." You got the
25:28Eeyore syndrome. We talked about that
25:30before. Well, guess my tail fell off
25:33again.
25:35Guess it's going to rain again.
25:38Maybe you think your life is just dust.
25:41Well, you are.
25:43So am I.
25:45But then the light of the word shines
25:48through and it shines through
25:51surrendered dust and heaven begins to
25:54paint a masterpiece. 1 John 3:2 says,
25:57"Beloved, now are we the sons of God. It
26:02does not yet appear what we shall be,
26:04but we KNOW WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR. We
26:08shall be like him, for we shall see him
26:11as he is." musicians you can come. 2
26:15Corinthians chapter 4 tells us
26:17everything several things that happen
26:19when you let his light shine through
26:20you. Here's the most important darkness
26:25is push back.
26:27Verse six begins for God who commanded
26:30the light to shine through darkness.
26:34When God's light shines through you,
26:37your home changes, your workplace
26:41changes. Your school changes. Your city
26:46changes. I was standing next to Dr. Wear
26:50as he was armor bearing for me this
26:52morning. I honor you my brother. And he
26:55serves this church so well. And as he
26:58was standing there, I can't even do it.
26:59I've got a loud voice, but he's got an
27:01even louder voice. It's not a
27:03competition, but he's winning.
27:07When I stand beside him, I hear him
27:09bellow out with thunderous praise.
27:13Hallelujah.
27:17I got kind of close there. I was close,
27:20brother.
27:22And I hear that. Now, some people who
27:25wouldn't know Dr. Wear think, well,
27:27that's just a bunch of noise that he's
27:28making. But if you know his testimony of
27:31where God brought him from, if you knew
27:34that their marriage was at divorce
27:35court, divorce court, divorce court with
27:37thousands of dollars and yet but God
27:39stepped into the surrendered life and
27:41said, "I can mend this marriage back
27:43together and I can raise these children
27:45up to be mighty arrows in the hands of
27:48this man. Whenever I hear that,
27:50hallelujah,
27:52I think there's some dust that the glory
27:55of God is shining through. Whenever I
27:57look there, I think there's THE GLORY OF
27:59GOD. THERE'S ANOTHER TESTIMONY. THERE'S
28:02SOMEBODY WHO WAS BROUGHT OUT OF DARKNESS
28:03INTO GOD'S MARVELOUS LIGHT. HALLELUJAH.
28:06I wonder if there's anybody ELSE THAT
28:08COULD STAND TO YOUR FEET AND SHOUT
28:10HALLELUJAH BECAUSE GOD HAS BROUGHT YOU
28:12THROUGH SOME STUFF. [cheering]
28:16HALLELUJAH.
28:17There's the glory of GOD IN YOUR LIFE.
28:20THERE'S THE TESTIMONY OF GOD. IF IT HAD
28:22NOT BEEN FOR THE LORD WHO WAS ON YOUR
28:24SIDE. BUT THERE YOU STAND. AND IF THE
28:26ENEMY COULD HAVE TAKEN YOU OUT, HE WOULD
28:29HAVE. BUT YOU'RE STILL HERE CUZ THE
28:31LIGHT KEEPS PUSHING BACK THE DARKNESS.
28:41DARKNESS DOES NOT GET A SAY OVER MY
28:43LIFE.
28:45The light,
28:48it does not get to rule my home.
28:53Let me pastor a little bit right now.
28:56>> Some of you think you need pastoral
28:59counseling. I'm here for you. I got you.
29:02Some of you think I just need a little
29:04bit more medication. Medication's okay.
29:07Just need a little bit more therapy. And
29:08thank God for our therapists and
29:09counselors. We believe in all that. Some
29:12think if I just had more of that. But
29:15let me tell you what what we really need
29:17>> in addition to all that. Thank God for
29:19it.
29:21Some of you need to walk back in your
29:22home and refuse to allow darkness
29:26>> to have the final word in your life.
29:31Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a
29:35light unto my path. Sometimes you just
29:38got to open it up.
29:41You just got to open it up and you got
29:43to begin to quote the word of God. This
29:45is the day that the Lord has made and I
29:48will rejoice and be glad IN IT. THERE
29:50ARE MORE FOR US THAN BE against us. If
29:53God be for us, who can be against us?
29:55Sometimes you got to get the word
29:56speaking and the word of God, that light
29:58begins to shine into your home through
30:01all the dust and all the trouble and all
30:03the pressures you've been under in YOUR
30:05LIFE AND YOU LET the glory of God shine
30:07THROUGH, IT BEGINS TO PUSH THE darkness
30:08back.
30:10>> That's right.
30:13Do you know who you are in Christ?
30:16>> You're a child of God.
30:19[snorts]
30:20>> You're meant to shine like a city set on
30:22a hill that cannot be hid. Do you know
30:25who you are in Jesus? You're the head.
30:27You're not the tail.
30:30You're above. You're not beneath.
30:33>> Do you know who you are in Jesus?
30:36>> [laughter]
30:36>> Ah, my Bible says that Jesus built this
30:40church upon a rock and the gates of
30:43hell. The very influence and power and
30:47the seat of Satan as it were will not
30:49prevail against the church. That's why
30:52we took communion this morning. That's
30:54why we come together and gathered
30:55together so much so more as we see the
30:57day approaching. Because when we're in
30:59the church, not even the gates of hell
31:01can prevail against us. And when you get
31:03home, you're still a part of the church
31:05and say the gates of hell. Those of you
31:07watching online that can't even get out
31:09because of hell challenges, you're part
31:10of the church, too. And if you'll JUST
31:12LET THE LIGHT SHINE THROUGH YOU, EVEN IN
31:14your suffering, EVEN IN YOUR SICKNESS,
31:16DARKNESS HAS GOT TO BE PUSHED BACK.
31:23[applause]
31:24>> Gahhesi woke up and he looked out and he
31:26saw the Syrian army. He saw the army
31:29surrounding the city.
31:32We're gone. We're dead. This is it.
31:34There's so many of them. There's so many
31:36of them. And that prophet finally woke
31:38up.
31:40Came out. [snorts]
31:42What's the matter?
31:46You don't see that?
31:49Elisha, as it were, said, "You don't see
31:51that?"
31:54THE SERVANT SAID, "WHAT? MOUNTAINS,
31:56hills were surrounded." And the prophet
32:00lifted up his hands and his voice and
32:01said, 'Oh Lord, open up my servant's
32:04eyes that he may see. And whenever that
32:08servant opened up his eyes, [music]
32:10he began to see the hills were filled
32:12with the chariots of fire and the
32:14angelic host of the Lord. And the
32:17prophet said, "There be more for us than
32:20be against us." That's why that prophet
32:22wasn't worried. That's why he wasn't
32:24concerned and anxious. And that's why he
32:26didn't have to pop the pills of
32:28medication saying, "Oh, I hope we make
32:29IT THROUGH TODAY." HE STOOD up because
32:31the light began to shine through the
32:33dust. And I'm praying that God opens up
32:35your eyes, my brother. I'm praying that
32:37God opens up your eyes, my sister. That
32:39every fiery dart of the wicked one
32:41that's come against you can be quenched
32:43through faith. AND THAT GOD WILL OPEN
32:45your eyes to see there's more with you
32:47than be against you. There's angels that
32:49are in this city. THERE'S A PRESENCE OF
32:51GOD THAT IS IN THIS HOUSE. SAID, "I KNOW
32:53YOUR LIFE MAY JUST FEEL LIKE DUST RIGHT
32:55NOW, BUT IF YOU'LL LET THE LIGHT OF
32:57GOD'S GLORY SHINE THROUGH YOUR LIFE,
32:59YOU'RE GOING TO begin to see the victory
33:00in Jesus name." DOES ANYBODY LIKE
33:02VICTORY? ANYBODY want victory in your
33:04life this
33:07lift your hands all over this place and
33:09close your eyes right now? Heavenly
33:11Father, here we are as your people.
33:13We're but dust, oh Lord, from the
33:15ground. I feel like the psalmist that
33:17said, "What is man that thou art mindful
33:20of him or the son of man that you should
33:22visit him?" And yet thou hast crowned
33:24him with glory and with honor. So here
33:27we are in your presence surrendering
33:29ourselves to you. I pray as that old
33:32prophet of old prayed for his servant. I
33:35pray for my wonderful brothers and
33:36sisters that you would open up the eyes
33:39of their understanding. Open up the eyes
33:41of their heart to know that there are
33:43more for them than be against them. That
33:46whatever hellish darkness and night has
33:49come into their life, let your light
33:51shine through so that your glory will be
33:54on display. I pray that hope would arise
33:57in this house. That peace that surpasses
34:00all understanding and joy that becomes
34:03their strength would be theirs this
34:04morning through the gift of the Holy
34:06Ghost. POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT I PRAY RIGHT
34:09now in the name of Jesus so THAT THEY
34:12ARE NEVER THE same again in Jesus name
34:17I'm inviting anyone in this house right
34:19now young or old rich or poor uh I'm
34:22inviting you to the fun of this place
34:23today at this altar right here to say
34:26God I'm surrendering myself to you I'm
34:29giving my heart my family my life every
34:31challenge I'm facing every bit of my
34:34insecurity oh Lord and anxiety that I
34:37feel. I'm giving it over to you. If
34:39you'll make your way down to the front
34:41of this place, you won't be alone. You
34:43won't be the only one and you won't be
34:45by yourself. But if you'll make your way
34:47down to the front of this place, God's
34:49glory is going to flood your life. He's
34:52going to begin to shine through your
34:53depression and shine through your
34:55discouragement. He's going to begin to
34:57shine THROUGH YOUR ANXIETY AND show you
34:59once again that he's God, that he's able
35:02to do all things and nothing is
35:05impossible with him. Would you come down
35:08to the front of this place and let his
35:09glory shine through the dust this
35:12morning? Let his GLORY SHINE through
35:15your life in a brilliant way. Come on,
35:18others are coming right now. Come on,
35:20keep coming. Others are coming right
35:21now. There's still room at this altar
35:23for you. There's still room at this
35:25altar for you. If you'll come down and
35:28confess your sins, he'll give you mercy.
35:31If you'll come and humble yourself,
35:33he'll lift you up and exalt you in due
35:35time. IF YOU'LL COME AND SURRENDER
35:37YOURSELF, his light will begin to shine
35:40through every facet of your life. Come
35:43on, that's it. Lift your voice to him
35:45right now. Heavenly Father, here I am
35:48and I need you, oh God. I need your
35:50understanding. I need your wisdom. I
35:52need your counsel, oh Lord. I've been
35:54doing this on my own, trying to figure
35:56it out my own way. But I'm surrendering
35:59myself now to you in the name of Jesus.
36:02God, I'm offering up my family. I'm
36:05offering up my mind and my body and my
36:07spirit to you, God. Come on. That's it.
36:10Surrender yourself to him in this altar.
36:14>> I surrender
36:16all.
36:17>> Oh, Jesus. Let him never be the same
36:19again. Fill him up with your wonderful
36:21presence. [music]
36:22Fill them up with your spirit this
36:24morning. I pray that faith would arise
36:26in this house right now
36:28>> in the name of Jesus. Let faith arise.
36:31Let faith arise, Lord. Let faith arise
36:34such as I have. Give I unto them in the
36:37name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth be
36:40healed in the name of Jesus Christ of
36:43Nazareth. Be strengthened right now in
36:45the name of Jesus. Rise up. Rise up in
36:48[music] Jesus name.
36:51Oh yes, God. Come on. That's it. There's
36:54still room at this altar for you today.
36:56There's still room at this altar for
36:58your family today.
37:01>> Everything. [music]
37:03[singing]
37:05>> Oh yes, Lord. I pray peace. [music]
37:14>> I surrender
37:17all [singing]
37:18to you.
37:21Everything [music]
37:23I give [singing]
37:25to you
37:28>> withholding [music] nothing
37:31withholding nothing
37:34withholding nothing.
37:36>> Come on. That's it. Shine through my
37:37life, Lord. Arise in me and let your
37:40glory shine through my life. Let your
37:43light shine through me when I speak. Let
37:45your glory shine through me when I work.
37:48Let your glory shine through me, oh God.
37:50For greater is he that is in me than he
37:53that is in the world.
37:57>> Oh yes, Jesus.
37:59>> Let your light shine on them this
38:01morning. Fill them full of revelation,
38:03knowledge. Fill them full of
38:04understanding. Fill them full of your
38:06grace and your truth in Jesus name.
38:10>> In Jesus name.
38:11>> I surrender. I surrender it all to you,
38:14God. I give [music and singing] you all
38:17of me. I give you all of me.
38:23>> King Jesus, my savior forever.
38:28I give you [music] all of me. I
38:32[singing] give you all of me.
38:37>> King Jesus, my savior forever.
38:42I give you [music and singing] all of
38:44me. I give you all of me. I give you all
38:50[music and singing] of me. I give you
38:53all of me. I give you all of me. [music]
38:59I give you all of me. I give you
39:03[singing and music] all of me. I give
39:06you all of me.
39:09I give you all of me. I give you all of
39:14me.
39:16Dear Jesus,
39:18Jesus, my savior, savior
39:20[music and singing]
39:21forever.
39:22I give you all of me. I give you
39:27[music and singing] all of me.
39:31>> King Jesus, my savior, forever.
39:36I give you [music]
39:37all I need. I give you all of me.
39:44King Jesus, my savior forever.
39:49I give you all of me. I [music] give you
39:54all [singing] of me. I give you all of
39:58me. I give all of me.
40:03I give you all.
40:06I give you all
40:11everything.
40:25Everything and nothing less.
40:29My life [music and singing] is yours.
40:33Completely
40:34yours.
40:38[music]
40:38Everything and nothing less.
40:43I [music] give you everything and
40:46nothing less.
40:49Forever.
40:52Everything in your kingdom.
40:56My life [music and singing]
40:57is yours.
41:00Completely
41:01yours.
41:05Everything [music]
41:06in nothingness.
41:10I give you everything in nothingness
41:17forever. [music]
41:19Everything and happiness.
41:23My [music and singing] life is yours.
41:27Completely yours.
41:32Everything [music]
41:33and nothing less.
41:37I give you everything and nothing less.
41:44Forever.
41:46Everything [music and singing]
41:47and nothing less.
41:50My life is yours. [music and singing]
41:54Completely yours.
41:59Everything and nothing less.
42:04I give you everything and nothing less
42:11forever.
42:13Everything
42:15else.
42:17My life is yours.
42:21Completely yours. [music]
42:26Everything and nothingless.
42:31I give you everything [music]
42:34and nothing less
42:38forever. [singing]
42:40Everything and nothing less.
42:44My life [music]
42:46is yours. [singing]
42:48Completely yours.
43:20>> [music]
43:20>> everything in nothingness.
43:25I give you everything and [music]
43:29nothingness
43:32forever.
43:34Everything and nothing less.
43:38My life is yours. [music]
43:42Completely
43:44yours.
43:48Everything and nothing less.
43:52I give you everything [music]
43:55and nothing less.
43:59Forever.
44:01Everything and nothing less. [music]
44:05My life is yours.
44:09Completely
44:11yours. [music]
44:15Everything and nothing else.
44:19I give you everything and nothing else
44:26forever.
44:28Everything
44:33my life Heat. Heat. Heat.
45:05Heat. Heat.
45:09Heat.
45:37Heat.
45:54Heat. Heat.
46:14Heat.
46:17Heat.
47:14Heat.
47:36Heat.
47:52I [music and singing] love you Jesus.
47:58I worship [music]
48:00and adore you.
48:05Just want [music]
48:07to tell [singing] you,
48:10Lord, I love [music]
48:12you
48:14more than anything.
48:19I love you.
48:25I wor
48:38I love you.
48:46I
48:48Jesus.
48:53I worship [music]
48:55and adore you.
48:59Just [music and singing] want to tell
49:02you,
49:04Lord, I love you. [music]
49:08More than anything,
49:13I love you, Jesus. [music]
49:19I worship
49:22him.
49:26just
49:35[music]
49:37>> Oh, if you love him, why don't you stand
49:38with me and lift your hands? I [music]
49:40love you, Jesus.
49:44I worship. See,
49:48>> oh
49:50adore you. Just want to tell you,
49:56[music]
49:56>> Lord, I love you
50:01>> more than anything.
50:03Come on, sing it one more time. I love
50:05you Jesus.
50:07>> I love [music] you, Jesus.
50:10>> I worship and adore you.
50:14I want to
50:18>> just want to tell you.
50:20>> Just want to tell you,
50:24>> Lord, I love you.
50:25>> Lord, I [music] love you.
50:33>> Oh, we love you, [music] Jesus.
50:38We love you, Jesus. Anybody really love
50:41the Lord today? Anybody [music]
50:44really love the Lord today?
50:48>> I love you, Jesus.
50:52Thank you for what you mean to me. Thank
50:55you that you brought us out of darkness
50:57and into your marvelous light.
51:00Thank you that your glory is still
51:02shining through the dust.
51:07Thank you that you're not done with us
51:09yet, Lord. You're still working. You're
51:12still proving yourself faithful.
51:15Thank you that you're still working on
51:17us, Lord. Hallelujah.
51:22Oh, I love you, Jesus.
51:27I pray grace [music] on your people
51:28right now.
51:30I pray a blessing upon them and their
51:32families.
51:34I pray your light would shine through
51:36them in this community, God, that they
51:39would not o be overcome [music] by evil,
51:41but overcome evil with good. I pray in
51:44the name of Jesus that their boldness
51:46and confidence would not come in their
51:47own ability, but would come through the
51:49power of your spirit.
52:07I want to [music] encourage I can't get
52:08away from this in the Holy Ghost. I want
52:11to encourage somebody right now. So, I
52:12want everybody just if you can just hear
52:14me what I'm saying.
52:18Some of you here this morning
52:23may leave here feeling discouraged
52:26because you feel like you haven't got
52:29that breakthrough that you really need.
52:31You haven't got that breakthrough that
52:32you really want. Here's what I know
52:34about God.
52:36in the secret place of the most high.
52:42>> If you'll abide in the secret place of
52:44the most high,
52:47you'll get the breakthrough that you
52:48need.
52:50Sometimes the breakthrough doesn't come
52:52just brother sister in the public splash
52:57in the experience. I know we like it to
52:59be,
53:01but sometimes God calls you to the
53:04secret place.
53:07Here's what I'm saying. Don't stop
53:09pressing for him.
53:13Don't stop pressing for him. I know 90%
53:17of you have no clue what I'm talking
53:19about, right? Or at least you just you
53:20don't understand why, pastor. But God's
53:22trying to reach there's a few people
53:24here right now.
53:26You're on the verge of discouragement of
53:28walking out of here and thinking, "God
53:30hasn't heard me. God doesn't care about
53:32me." And the dust is feeling like it's
53:35overwhelmed right now. But I'm here to
53:36tell you, under the uncction of the Holy
53:38Ghost, you keep pressing for him. Don't
53:41you give up. Keep drawing to him. Cuz
53:45sometimes
53:47it's not in the massive public
53:50expression.
53:52It's in the private secret place that
53:54God meets you.
53:57He's been wanting to get alone with you
53:59for [music] a long time.
54:02Pull you into that secret place. So
54:04don't give up. Somebody say, "Don't give
54:06up."
54:07>> I don't know who it's for. I don't know
54:09who it is, but don't you give up. I've
54:11prayed for you. Jesus said that your
54:13faith would not fail. So I want you in
54:15this concluding prayer. I want you to
54:16find a brother, find a sister, just put
54:18an arm around them right now. Let's all
54:20stand together if we can. We're going to
54:21bless one another. Pray for one another.
54:24>> [music]
54:24>> You may not even know who you're
54:25standing to right next. Just may have
54:27that kind of a feeling and that kind of
54:29a passion right now [music] and say,
54:30"God, I need you to do something in my
54:32life." But would you just open up your
54:34mouth and pray over them right now?
54:36Lord, I bind every spirit of
54:38discouragement, every spirit of
54:39condemnation, every thought of anxiety
54:42and fear that would tell them they're
54:44not worth it, that would tell them, oh
54:46Lord, that you're finished with them. I
54:47bind the lies of the enemy in the name
54:49of Jesus. Let them not despair, but let
54:52hope fill their life right now. I
54:53release fresh hope into their life.
54:56Fresh hope that comes through the light
54:57of the knowledge of you. I release hope
54:59right now in this place in the name of
55:01Jesus. Hope for a brighter day. Hope for
55:04a better future. Hope that you've not
55:06done with them. You're not finished with
55:08them yet, Lord. You're still WORKING ON
55:10THEIR LIFE. YOU'RE GOING TO come through
55:11in the name of Jesus. Let them walk out
55:13of this place with faith. Let them walk
55:15out of this place with their head held
55:17high, with their heart full of peace
55:20that surpasses understanding. I plead
55:22the blood of Jesus over them right now.
55:24I bind every lie and deception of the
55:27enemy in Jesus name. We cover THEM WITH
55:29OUR PRAYERS AND WE PUSH BACK THE
55:31darkness right now
55:34in the name of Jesus.
55:36In the name of Jesus.
55:41In the name of Jesus.
55:53Hallelujah.
55:56I'm going to let you go. I promise we're
55:58done. But let me just let me tell you
56:00something. Some of you may look at
56:01pastor. You may look at other spiritual
56:04men and women of God and you think,
56:05"Man, they must have their life all
56:06together. They must, you know, pray 24
56:08hours a day and read their Bible 18
56:11hours." I don't know. They just they
56:12just seem like they got it all together.
56:13Let me tell you something right now.
56:15This is the source of my victory in my
56:16life. This is my testimony. Let me tell
56:18you the source of victory in my life.
56:21The source of victory that is in my life
56:23is because I simply made up my mind that
56:26I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to
56:29endure to the end.
56:33I know. I know you're looking for some
56:35other big secret, but if you're looking
56:36at my life and you want a testimony from
56:38me, it's because I have chosen come hell
56:40or high water, I'm enduring to the very
56:43end. I'm not giving up now. I'm not
56:45giving up how dark it may be. And by the
56:47grace of God, I'm still here CUZ I
56:49COULDN'T DO IT ON my own. BUT WHEN I
56:50MADE UP MY MIND, I'M GOING TO STAY PUT.
56:53I'M GOING TO STAY SAVED. I'M GOING TO BE
56:55FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST.
56:58SOMETIMES you just got TO MAKE UP YOUR
57:00MIND, SISTER MIKE. I'm not going
57:01anywhere. And it doesn't matter what age
57:03it is. You just got TO START TODAY.
57:05SOMEBODY SAY you got to start today.
57:09Make up your mind to endure. Cuz he that
57:11endures to the end.
57:14>> What's What's that?
57:16The same shall be saved, Xavier. The
57:19same shall be saved. So I just made up
57:22I'm not giving up now. Come on, D. I'm
57:25not giving up now. I'm going to stay.
57:26I'm going to stay put in the faith in
57:28Jesus name. So when you leave today, God
57:30bless you today, but endure to the very
57:32end. Don't give up. Don't give up. If
57:35you need to be baptized in the name of
57:37Jesus for the remission of your sins, I
57:39want you to step over here to the I have
57:40decided sign. We got robes ready, rooms
57:43ready, the water's ready. What does