Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose | The “Best Of” Series

Mosaic - Erwin McManus

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Pastor Erwin McManus inspires us with this great message from April 22, 2018 as part of our "Best Of" Series. — Many of us long to step into the life Jesus imagined for us. But how do we really do it? First, we must realize that faith is not a moment or merely a one-time decision. Inviting God into our lives is just the starting point. There's much necessary work needed to move into a spiritual depth. Sometimes we misunderstand what it looks like to step into faith with God but the struggle of faith is not a new struggle!

Asaph shares his struggles in Psalms 73:1-2 “God is truly good to Israel, to those who have pure hearts but I had almost stopped believing this truth. I had almost lost my faith because I was jealous of proud people. I saw wicked people doing well." We lose our clarity when we focus on what others are doing. As long as we're looking at others’ journeys and comparing, we're walking blind.

There will be moments in life that just don't make sense. Because of this, our faith must be connected to who God is instead of understanding all that God does. There may be days we question if it's worth it. Like Asaph, we're human and we have struggles, but when we stay close to Jesus we don't have to run when crisis comes. We meet God right in the middle of our journey.

“Faith is not connected to what God does. Your faith has to be connected to who God is.”
- Erwin McManus

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"Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose" message by Erwin McManus, previously recorded on April 22, 2018, at Mosaic Hollywood.

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0:00.0	Hello this is Erwin Raphael McManus. I'm the lead pastor of Mosaic. Welcome to our podcast. Thank you for joining us today.
0:15.4	I hope this talk inspires you, encourages you, and transforms you, and that this is
0:20.5	just the beginning of a conversation between you and Jesus.
0:24.0	Enjoy the message.
0:27.0	So for the past several weeks we've been talking about life,
0:32.0	about how to step into this experience that Jesus invites us into.
0:38.0	And if there's anything I want you to capture out of this is that faith is not a moment.
0:48.0	It's not simply a decision.
0:50.0	And so oftentimes we put a focus on crossing that line of faith and inviting Jesus into your life.
0:57.0	But that's just the beginning of good things.
1:00.0	It's just the starting point.
1:02.0	And then from there, there's life.
1:04.6	And life doesn't come easy,
1:06.1	doesn't come without struggle,
1:07.2	doesn't come without learning.
1:08.8	Maturity is not simply the product of time. Because you can live for a long time and remain immature.
1:16.0	It's the same way with your faith.
1:19.0	Faith is not just the product of how long you've believed or how long you've had faith or how long ago
1:25.0	you crossed a line of faith and entrusted your life to Jesus. There's so much that is
1:30.6	necessary to move into a depth of your own spirituality.
1:35.0	So oftentimes when I meet people who come to me and say,
1:38.0	well, where do I, where do I go to, to go deep?
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