What happens if you’re going over here and the buried treasure hidden under the couch cushions is way over there? All you have to do is stop going in the wrong direction and ever so slightly turn, and everyone who’s been yelling at you, cold, colder, coldest, suddenly says warm, warmer, warmer, hot, the sun, Alpha Centauri, just blazing. All you have to do is turn and the voices, the divine voice now celebrates.
What have you done? You may be three rooms away from the treasure, but the voices change because you’ve now faced the right direction. That’s what the prophets were calling for. That’s what God is calling for in your life. God would so celebrate over you to simply move from cold, colder, coldest, warm. You think this is why Jesus said there’s more rejoicing in heaven when one sinner repents? Why? Because that sinner who was cold, colder, coldest, North Pole… Warm. They’re facing the right direction. They’re going in the right way.
This clip is part of the sermon “From Compromise to Captivity” delivered by Dr. Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC on December 8, 2024.