00:03I think you're gonna like this today you know I was laying in bed last night and
00:08I was thinking about Jesus and whom he communicated with and how he did it and
00:15you know for me there's a quiet miracle inside the way that Jesus spoke and when
00:22you slow down long enough to notice it it changes everything about how you
00:28understand faith Jesus wasn't just teaching at a time when language was
00:34limited he was teaching in the time when the human imagination was limited when
00:41people measured life by the rise of the Sun the weight of the grain the rhythm of
00:48rain and the stories handed down around the fire yet he came carrying truths that
00:57stretched beyond galaxies truths that existed before language existed truths
01:06born in eternity and wrapped in flesh he stood in a world with few words for the
01:13spiritual few concepts for the invisible and yet he spoke reality with the
01:21simplicity so profound that the world is still deciphering it today now think
01:29about the scene Jesus the eternal word standing in dusty Galilean streets
01:37surrounded by people who had no education no theology textbooks no philosophical
01:45dictionaries these were ordinary men and women calloused hands tired eyes and
01:54hearts full of questions but he spoke to them as if heaven had been holding its breath
02:01waiting for this moment and instead of overwhelming them with celestial
02:08vocabulary he took eternity and said it gently in their laps through stories of seeds
02:17sheep lost coins vineyards storms and lamps that chase away the dark he chose images they could
02:29touch see smell and grasp because he knew their minds weren't ready to hold the fullness
02:37of the kingdom but their hearts were and that's the beauty of how God speaks he doesn't speak for the
02:48mind first he speaks for the soul he speaks in ways that bypass the intellect and land directly inside the
02:57deepest part of you
02:59that's why Jesus used parables not to hide truths from the world but to reveal it in a way the
03:11ready could receive and the hungry could pursue his stories were layered a child could understand them yet scholars could
03:23spend a lifetime studying them and still find new meaning
03:27that's what divine wisdom wrapped in human language looks like it meets you where you are then draws you where
03:37you never imagined you could go imagine Jesus talking about the kingdom of God how do you describe a realm
03:47without time to people who measure life by hours how do you describe perfect love to people who have only
03:56tasted broken love and
03:57love how do you describe eternal purpose to people who have been told their lives don't matter so he said
04:09the kingdom of heaven is like and in those simple words he opened a doorway the kingdom is like a
04:19seed it starts small unseen buried but grows into something strong enough to
04:27to shelter others the kingdom is like a treasure hidden in a field worth giving everything for the kingdom is
04:39like yeast it works quietly invisibly changing everything from the inside out he took what they knew and used it
04:51as a bridge into what they didn't and this matters
04:57for your life as well because God still speaks that way maybe you've wondered why God doesn't just reveal the
05:06whole plan at once why he doesn't give you perfect clarity why he doesn't explain every twist in your path
05:15every delay every heartbreak every season of uncertainty
05:22but if Jesus himself chose to speak slowly simply and in layers then maybe God isn't withholding clarity from you
05:34maybe he's protecting revelation in you maybe he knows your heart needs preparation before I can carry the full weight
05:46of what he's doing maybe the simplicity of his words in your spirit
05:51is the same mercy he showed the same mercy he showed the crowds long ago and here's the part that
06:00we often forget the disciples didn't understand most of what he said at first they walked with him daily they
06:09ate with him traveled with him they listened to every sermon and still they misunderstood him constantly
06:18yet Jesus never pushed them away for not grasping the depth he never shamed their confusion he didn't wait for
06:30them to comprehend before inviting them to follow their lack of understanding did not disqualify them from destiny it simply
06:42meant they were human
06:44so if you feel like you don't understand everything God is doing in your life right now well you're in
06:54good company and if your vocabulary isn't big enough to describe what you're feeling well that's okay too if your
07:04prayers come out messy or incomplete he hears the heartbeat behind them and if you can offer God only a
07:13simple
07:14yes that is enough Jesus built the kingdom with people who understood almost nothing at first but were willing to
07:25walk with him anyway God has always been a God who starts with what we can handle he gives you
07:34a whisper before the shout a seed before the harvest a glimpse before the vision
07:42he speaks he speaks in ways small enough to fit into your current faith then grows your understanding as you
07:52walk with him the same God who once used the language of earth to reveal the language of heaven is
08:00the same God who is guiding you right now step by step layer by layer moment by moment
08:12so let this sink in if you don't understand everything to trust him you don't need perfect words to pray
08:22you don't need perfect comprehension to move forward God never asked you for mastery of the mysteries he asked you
08:33for faith and the God who spoke eternity through a handful of
08:39simple metaphors can speak destiny through your limited understanding the God who made fishermen into world changers can take your
08:51small beginning and breathe something eternal into it and the God who once used human language to communicate indescribable
09:01truths can use your life to communicate his love his grace and his purpose in ways you can't yet imagine
09:14you see heaven doesn't require your perfection it only asks for your willingness and right now God is speaking not
09:28in the language of scholars but in the language of
09:31of your heart if you lean in even just a little you'll hear him saying you don't have to understand
09:42all of me to follow me just take the next step and I'll show you all the rest in my
09:52time it's beautiful my name is Douglas
09:57Douglas van der Graaff and I believe in Jesus Christ God bless you my friends bye bye
10:05you
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