You Don’t Have to Earn What’s Already Yours

Brilliant Perspectives

Graham Cooke

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

When your mindset is shaped by trust instead of striving, everything changes. In this episode, Pastor Jim Baker of Zion Church joins us for a conversation about healing, provision, and partnering with God from a place of rest. If you’ve been following our series on mindset, this one invites you to take the next step: letting God’s goodness be your starting point.

Key Scriptures:

+ Hebrews 12:2. Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

+ Luke 16:10–11. The one who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much; and the one who is unrighteous in a very little thing is also unrighteous in much. Therefore, if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?

+ Matthew 6:26. Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they?

+ Psalm 139:17–18. How precious also are Your thoughts for me, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.

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0:00.0	Hey friends, welcome back to the Brilliant Perspectives podcast, where learning is powered by the heart.
0:07.9	You know, over the past few weeks, we've been talking a lot about mindset, what it means to think
0:13.6	with God, to renew our thoughts, and to see ourselves the way that he sees us.
0:18.8	Today, we're adding a vital layer to that journey,
0:21.6	one that shifts us from our own self-effort into a beautiful space of overflow.
0:27.6	Because when we try to earn what God has already freely given,
0:31.6	that's when we miss out on the joy and rest that are meant to define our walk with him. In this conversation with
0:39.4	Pastor Jim Baker of Zion Church, we explore what happens when we let go of religious striving
0:45.5	and learn to live from the goodness of God. You'll hear some honest stories, surprising insight,
0:52.1	and as always, a gentle invitation to explore the heart of God.
0:57.5	So, without further ado, let's jump in with Jim Baker. For those of you who don't know him,
1:03.6	Jim and his wife, Mary, have been leading Zion Christian Fellowship in Ohio for over 30 years,
1:09.6	and they have intentionally cultivated a culture of worship
1:12.7	and transformation. And if you have been following along with us, you may remember Jim as one of
1:18.2	our guest speakers at Brilliance 25. So today we'll have a chance to hear a little bit more of
1:23.7	his heart, especially around how we carry God's kingdom in everyday life. So it's my joy
1:29.8	to welcome Jim Baker to the podcast. So welcome Jim. Thanks for having me on, Jalen. Yeah.
1:35.8	I think I'd want to get after describing that church, I think I'd want to go. That's something exciting.
1:40.4	It's on my bucket list for sure. Awesome. Well, thanks for joining us. And, you know, I, there's so much I can say about who you are and, you know, how, you know, the things that you've been doing and the, you know, outward expressions of your partnership with the Lord. But I do want to just give you the opportunity to introduce yourself. I know for some of our listeners, you might be a little newer to them.
2:03.6	So just let us know a little bit about who you are, what you do, and how you got connected
2:08.1	with us here at Brilliant.
2:09.8	Wow.
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