#43 - Joby Martin // Unlocking True Happiness

The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

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🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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This episode challenges listeners to understand that life is not about personal gain but rather about glorifying God. By shifting the focus from ourselves to serving God's purpose, we can find true joy and meaning in our lives. • Psalm 23 emphasizes God's provision for His name's sake • Misconceptions about God serving personal desires • Importance of living with a purpose beyond oneself • The Copernican shift in perspective • Finding freedom in life based on God...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary
0:07.2	spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and
0:13.4	Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up. The first few verses of Psalm 23 once again, the Lord is my shepherd. I
0:23.7	shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me besides still waters. He restores
0:28.3	my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness. Again, I think one of the reason Americans love
0:33.7	this 23rd Psalm so much is because if you read it to this point, it sounds like, wow,
0:38.4	he's really into me. Look at all the things that he does for me, that maybe if I just do
0:43.3	what he says and I'll get hooked up, maybe if I just kind of wink and acknowledge that he's the
0:50.1	shepherd, then I get all the things that I want. Wow, he's really into me. Now, let me just
0:56.1	say this. God is for you. It just ain't about you. And the moment you realize that, your whole world
1:03.6	will be freed up. Why does God do all this? Why is he a shepherd? Why does he make me lay down in green
1:08.9	pastures? Why does he leave me besides still waters? Why does he restore my soul? Why does he leave me in paths of righteousness?
1:15.0	Because I'm awesome. No, no, no, no, no. It says right here, for his name's sake.
1:22.0	God is for you. Anybody that dies for you is for you. And the Bible says that God demonstrated
1:27.2	his love for us in this,
1:28.6	that while we were yet still sinners, Christ died for us. That's Romans 5-8. And God loves you,
1:33.1	and he's for you. It's just not all about you. Everything is all about the glory of God. And the
1:40.0	reason that you exist is for the glory of God. And the reason that he would humble himself and become our shepherd is for the glory of God. And the reason that he would humble himself and become
1:46.3	our shepherd is for the glory of God. And the reason that he speaks direction into us that always leads
1:52.3	to life and life abundantly is for the glory of God. Because when you think you are the center of the
1:58.6	universe, you are going to live a purposeless, meaningless, miserable life.
2:05.3	Because if all you do is follow yourself and serve yourself and exalt yourself, at the end of your life,
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