Live Boldly
AMEN PODCAST
Alex and Lokelani Wilson
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🗓️ 20 November 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters: Living Boldly in Faith (Ecclesiastes 11:1-6)
Tired of playing it safe? This episode dives deep into Ecclesiastes 11:1-6, where King Solomon challenges us to embrace a life of bold faith and courageous action. We'll unpack what it means to "cast your bread upon the waters" and explore how this ancient wisdom applies to our modern lives.
Join us as we discuss:
- The principle of sowing and reaping: How our actions today, even those that seem risky, can yield unexpected returns in the future.
- Overcoming the fear of the unknown: Why faith requires stepping outside our comfort zones and trusting God even when we can't see the outcome.
- The importance of diversification: How investing our time, resources, and love in various areas can lead to greater impact and fulfillment.
- Embracing the mystery of God's timing: Why patience and perseverance are essential in the journey of faith.
- Practical steps to live boldly: How to apply the teachings of Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 to your everyday life, from your career to your relationships.
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| 0:00.0 | So we're going to talk about how to live boldly. |
| 0:08.0 | When I first moved to Kauai, there was this meme going around, and it was by Larry the Enticer. |
| 0:15.7 | And it's this guy on a snowmobile with like funny glasses and a funny hat, funny outfit. |
| 0:23.0 | And he says this famous line, I'm going to send it is what he says. |
| 0:29.5 | And everybody in Kauai, everyone in the world it felt like was using that phrase. |
| 0:35.2 | Send it, send it, send it. |
| 0:36.4 | So I get off the plane, |
| 0:38.4 | touchdown in Kauai with my family, and I'm a middle school pastor. And all the middle school |
| 0:43.1 | kids are like, Alex, you got to send it off some cliffs. So I was like, okay, so I'm jumping |
| 0:48.2 | off these clips at shipwrecks and stuff like that. And then one day, me and a couple of groups, |
| 0:56.4 | a small group of guys go to this cliff called Pukas. It's on the east side in Lahui, and it's a puka is a hole in, in a Hawaiian. |
| 1:03.9 | And so there's this giant hole about the size of maybe a jacuzzi. And the cliff itself is around like 40 feet. |
| 1:12.6 | Some would say 60 feet. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm kind of bad with that. |
| 1:15.6 | Probably depending on the tide. |
| 1:17.6 | I was with my friend Kiali and a bunch of middle school kids. |
| 1:20.6 | And they're like, send it, sit. |
| 1:21.6 | And so I jumped off like the side where you're not jumping into a hole. |
| 1:26.6 | You know, so it's 40 to 60, somewhere between there. |
| 1:28.9 | And I did that a couple times. |
| 1:30.9 | Kiali, the whole time we're jumping and having fun, |
| 1:33.6 | Kiali is like staring at this hole or this puka in the side of the cliff. |
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