What If You Were Created for More? | Crossroads Young Adult

I wanna read to you a scripture that we're gonna be looking at tonight. It's a story, maybe you've heard it, maybe you haven't. It's found in Matthew chapter 14. Jesus has just performed a miracle, feeding 5,000 people with a few fish and a few loaves of bread. And then this is what the Bible says in Matthew 14, 22 through 33. Immediately after this, Jesus insisted that the disciples get back into the boat and cross to the other side of the lake while he sent the people home. And after sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone. Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble far away from land for a strong wind had risen and they were fighting heavy waves. About three o'clock in the morning, Jesus came toward them walking on the water. And when the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified in their fear. They cried out, it's a ghost. But Jesus spoke to them at once. Don't be afraid, he said, take courage, I am here. And then Peter called to him, Lord, if it's really you, tell me to come to you walking on the water. Yes, come, Jesus said. And so Peter went over the side of the boat

and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and he began to sink. Save me, Lord, he shouted. Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. You have so little faith, Jesus said. Why did you doubt me? When they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped. The disciples worshiped him. You really are the son of God, they exclaimed. I just wanna pray for us as we move into a moment to respond just to the teaching of God's word tonight. So let's pray. Jesus, I thank you that you are here with us in this moment. God, I thank you for bringing us here. We're ready and we're expectant to hear from you. God, for those of us who know you, those of us who are unsure of you, those of us who may be in here, but we don't even know if you're real or not, God, I pray tonight that you encounter us through your word and through your truth. We're ready and we thank you in advance for what you're gonna do. We pray this in Jesus' name, amen. Amen, you guys can grab a seat, maybe say hey to somebody, I don't know, as you're taking a seat. All right, so I was thinking back to my 18th birthday in preparation for this message.

I turned 18, it was a couple years ago, and I do really two significant things the week of my 18th birthday. I got my first tattoo and I went skydiving, jam-packed week, in like three days of being 18. Got my first tattoo and went skydiving. The tattoo is easy, it's like, just pay a couple hundred bucks, sit in a chair, endure a little bit of pain, and then we're all good. But I remember the morning that I woke up for skydiving and I just woke up sweating. I was so excited and then the day finally came and I had these two thoughts that were like racing in my mind simultaneously throughout the entire morning as the anticipation was building to go jump out of an airplane. Thought number one was, what if this is the greatest day of my life? Like, what if this is the most insane thing I have ever experienced and will ever experience? And then thought number two was, yo, what if I die? I mean, like, that was there. Like, what if this is insane? What if the parachute doesn't open? That's a legitimate fear. What if I talk about today, like, for the rest of my life? What if there's no tomorrow to even talk about this thing?

Two thoughts racing in my mind throughout the entire day. I remember showing up to the skydiving center. I went with five of my best friends from high school, six of us, seniors in high school. I was the youngest one. They waited until I turned 18 so that we could all go together. We show up, we're going through all the processes, the procedures, getting the gear, doing the training video, just all the stuff that you gotta do. And we're cutting up, we're goofing off. We're like, bro, you're scared, or like, you're not gonna do it. You know, just like all this stuff. And then we get into the airplane and it gets real. And we take off and we start climbing into the air and all the chatter and all the jokes and all of that, it all stopped. And all of us are just staring out that window like, okay, we really doing this? I think we're really about to do it. Okay, whoa, this is high, this is high. I don't remember, I've been in airplanes before, I don't remember being this high. And we get to the cruising altitude where basically it's like, hey, we can open the door and we can jump out of here. And I remember one of the instructors looks back at us and he says this, hey, we're about to open this door.

And when we open this door. There's no turning back, so you need to decide right now. Are you jumping, or are you sitting this one out? We're all kind of like looking around at each other, like, I think I'm jumping, you jumping? I think I'm jumping you in, you know? And we're just like getting a check on it. He says, we're gonna set the line up, we're doing all of it. When the door opens, there's no turning back. And I would be lying if I said that there was not some serious fear that came over me in that moment, and I had to really consider the decision that I was about to make, and I can confidently stand before you today and say, I didn't just jump out of that airplane, I back-flipped out of that airplane. Yeah, back-flipped out of that thing, and then experienced one of the greatest moments of my life, free-falling thousands of feet in a matter of seconds, and arriving safely onto the ground. Any skydivers out there? Come on, if you know, you know, a couple of you, yeah. I wanna show you a picture from that day. This is me as a senior in high school. I'm on the far right, about 120 pounds, senior in high school, no big deal. There's three of my buddies there, and that's us right after we landed, adrenaline coursing through our veins.

And if you remember at the beginning of the story, I mentioned there was six of us in total. And that photo has four. So what happened to the other two? They didn't die. But they also didn't jump. They didn't die, but they didn't jump. They said like, I'm sitting this one out. Y'all go ahead. They just got stuck in the what if. I don't know many of you in the room tonight, you ever been stuck in the what if? I know there's a lot of different people, a lot of different backgrounds. Some of you have grown up in church, some of you have not. Some of you feel close to God right now, some of you do not. Some of you feel like, man, you've been burned by the church and you're like, I'm kind of skeptical. I don't really know about this whole thing. Some of you, you're open, you're curious, but you're not really sure, you're asking questions. All of that's amazing. But I just want to level the playing field tonight and find a little bit of common ground. I think that no matter what your spiritual background is, no matter what life's thrown at you over the past few days, weeks, months, even years, I think we're united around the fact today

that every individual in this room has experienced the weight and the pressure and the stress and the worry of the what if. It's just there, right in front of you. Now, when you're younger, I feel like your what ifs are hopeful and they're optimistic and they're filled with faith, like, what if I am going to the league? What if I get the girl? What if I start a business and I get rich? What if I have what it takes to be successful? What if I can get the grades to get into the school, to get into that program, to then do this thing? It's all hopeful and it's ambitious and it's exciting. And then I don't really know what happens. It seems like somewhere around 18 to 24, life sort of has this way of draining the joy, the hope, the anticipation, the excitement, the faith, just like right out of your life. Stuff happens, storms get thrown into your life, different events, things don't go the way that you were planning to go. And then all of a sudden, it feels like the what ifs kind of shift from faith-filled what ifs to fear-filled what ifs. Like, what if I don't have what it takes? What if I start the business and it fails? What if I go after the thing that I said I was gonna go after and I give everything to it and it doesn't work out?

What if I let my parents down? The people that are like counting on me the most. What if I trade $50 for two White Castle burgers? I'm sorry, bro, I had to. No, but seriously, like, what if I go all in, nothing to show for it? What if I'm alone for the rest of my life? What if I chose the wrong college, the wrong major, the wrong spouse? What if my life lacks purpose, significance, meaning? I mean, like, these are really big what if questions. Now, you'll realize that it feels like as you move through life, there's more fear-filled what ifs. then there are faith-filled what-ifs. So why are we taking an entire night to talk about the what-if? The reason is that my hope, my prayer, my vision and dream for 1824 is that a generation of college students and young adults says, hey, I'm not gonna live my life paralyzed by fear. In fact, I actually believe that God's real and that God has designed me to live and walk by faith. That's the vision. That's it. Now, I have been working with your generation really for the last decade. I was in youth ministry, middle school and high school ministry for the previous 10 years of my life.

I was working with middle school students, high school students. I've kind of just been like following your generation as you've walked through different life stages. It's actually super cool. And I realized like 10 years ago, there was all this data, there was all this reporting coming out about Gen Z and it was all exciting. The success generation. I was like, yeah. It was like the driven generation. And I was like, let's go. And I was meeting like sixth graders and seventh graders that were like, yeah, I'm an entrepreneur. And I was like, okay. You know, and I was like, actually he was. And I was like, this is crazy. I just was not thinking about this type of stuff. When I was in sixth, seventh grade, I was meeting ninth, 10th graders. They were like, man, I'm taking summer classes so I can finish this quick. And then I'm gonna get my degree before I even graduate high school. And I'm like, okay. It was like the ambitious generation, like just hungry, hustle, getting after it, like the go-getter mentality. And it was cool.

But I was also kind of like, dang, man, nobody ever talked about millennials like this. I was a little jealous. But the what-ifs were there. It was like, dude, what if I succeed? What if I can beat the competition? What if I get rich? And I was like, all right, that's kind of cool. And can I just be honest with you? Something happened like five years ago with the COVID pandemic. And I think we're still experiencing a lot of the fallout of that. The same media outlets and the same social media platforms and the same news reporting companies, they're still reporting on your generation, but they're just using different words now. And you actually see in taglines like the success generation becomes the hesitant generation. The ambitious generation's turning into the anxious generation. The driven generation, man, they might be becoming the fearful generation. Here's what I need you to hear tonight. You don't have to agree to that. You don't have to agree. You can just say, hey, you know what? Not me. What if, actually, I could look at those things and go,

yeah, I'm not gonna go down that path. What if, actually, starting maybe even tonight, you could say, no, I'm gonna be a part of 1824. It's this movement where young people are saying, I'm not gonna go by what culture tells me to do or by the labels and names that culture wants to assign onto my generation because I actually believe that God's real and that he's designed me and wired me, like it's in me, in my DNA, to live by faith, not by fear. What if I'm actually gonna go through life, the good times, the bad, the highs, the lows, the amazing moments, and the storms, and I'm gonna say, you know what? I believe that God's with me and that he's walking with me. What if you could actually, tonight, say, hey, you know what? I'm gonna choose to believe and trust that Jesus is in the middle of my storm, the middle of my chaos, the middle of my most fearful, vulnerable moments, and he's like, hey, I'll walk with you, and let's go together. Like, what if? That'd be pretty cool. And I wanna take you to a story tonight about a man named Peter, and he is a mixed bag of what ifs.

He's like, got these incredible faith-filled moments where you're like, Peter, let's go, man. And then, like, the next chapter, you're like, what are you doing? It's just like faith-filled moments, and then it's doubt-filled moments of anxiety, fear, worry, he's just this mixed bag, and you're cheering for him, and then you're like, oh my goodness, like, what is going on? I think a lot of us could actually identify with the person of Peter tonight in this specific story, and I believe that seeing some of his story tonight can actually help you build your faith for what God wants to do in your life. So I wanna read this story with you. This is from Matthew 14, and we're just gonna break it down and I just think that God wants to show you something tonight. Are you ready for that? Let's do it, okay. All right, Jesus has just fed 5,000 people. They just witnessed a miracle. And then the Bible says, immediately after this, Jesus told the disciples to get back in the boat and cross to the other side of the lake. And after sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone. Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble

far away from land, for a strong wind had risen and they were fighting heavy waves. All right, so the disciples find themselves in the middle of a mess. Absolute chaos, heavy wind, heavy storm, heavy waves. There's no land in sight. And I actually think that the ocean or like a big body of water is one of the worst places you can be in chaos. Lauren, my wife and I, we're from coastal North Carolina. We know about a hurricane. We spend a lot of time at the beach and the ocean, surfing, hanging out, playing with our daughter, like all this stuff. And the number one rule of the ocean is that you have to respect the ocean. That's the number one rule. People get hurt, injured. Sometimes people die at the ocean. And a lot of times it's just they were doing something silly and then they realized, oh, the ocean's really powerful. Like water, although it feels insignificant when it's just in a water bottle, like it's stronger than you. It's super powerful. And so they find themselves in the middle of a chaotic moment and they are in some serious trouble. I was trying to get into the headspace of what might've been going on in the minds of the disciples during this process.

I think it probably went like this. Yo, what if we die? What if I never see my family again? What if there's no way out of this? What if we're abandoned, shipwrecked, forgotten? And they're thinking about their specific chaos storm situation, asking what if questions. And then to take it a step further, I think that they're going, hold up. Oh, conveniently, Jesus, this guy we've been following. Oh, wow, would you look at that? He's not on the boat. He chose to sit this one out. Wonder if he knew that this was gonna happen. Well, that's so nice for him, man. He's just chilling, maybe taking a nap on the land and we're in some serious trouble. And I think that they weren't just asking what if questions about their personal situation. I think they probably also shifted to, yo, what if Jesus, this guy we've been following, what if he's a scam? Like, what if we've seen him do these things, but actually, what if God has abandoned us? You know what, what if none of it was actually even real to begin with? And they ask what if questions about their personal situation. I believe they were also asking some big what if questions that questioned the character, the heart,

the existence, possibly, of God himself. And that's because fear, when it's present in your life right in front of you, it makes you say and believe some crazy things. Fear makes you say and believe crazy things, things that aren't true. And you could actually say that fear is maybe just faith in the wrong direction, faith that the worst possible outcome can and will happen. Fear is a faith that the worst case scenario, it's gonna happen there, and it's gonna happen there, and it's gonna happen there, and there's nothing that you can do to stop it. And it's usually an unforeseen circumstance, an unforeseen situation that actually leads to this chain reaction of fear-filled what ifs in your life and my life. That's usually when it starts. So then the Bible says it's like three o'clock in the morning, and three o'clock in the morning, Jesus comes walking towards them, walking on the water. And when the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified, and in their fear, they cried out, it's a ghost. Okay, we're in the middle of a storm, middle of a giant body of water, heavy wind, heavy waves. This can't get any worse, right? Actually, wait, what if there's also a ghost? Let's just throw that in there, and add that in there as well.

And I think it's so wild that fear doesn't just make you say crazy things and believe crazy things, fear actually makes you see things that aren't even actually there. It distorts your reality. It blurs your vision so that you cannot see the reality of your situation and your circumstance, and so the disciples are able to look at. Jesus, who's coming to help them, and think that it's a ghost who's coming to hurt them. Fear allows the disciples to look at Jesus and call him a ghost. It's crazy. Verse 27, Jesus gets close enough to them, and he says this, Jesus spoke, "'Do not be afraid. "'Take courage, I'm here.'" Out of all the things Jesus could say in the middle of arguably their most chaotic moment of their lives, don't be afraid, take courage, I'm here. I find it fascinating because typically when I find myself in a situation where I'm stressed, I'm worried, I'm anxious, I'm overwhelmed, life is having its way with me, and I am in the middle of a storm, and I'm not thinking straight, I'm not seeing straight. When that goes on, I usually try to willpower and force my life back into the direction that I want it to go.

Like when things feel out of control, I wanna grab at the reins and try to get this thing back in the right direction, or what I perceive to be the right direction, and that's actually what the disciples were doing right here. The book of Mark, chapter six, actually records this story, and it tells the exact same story just from a different perspective, and it leaves, or it includes, rather, a detail that Matthew's version leaves out. This is what it says in Mark, chapter six. Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he, Jesus, was alone on the land. He saw the disciples straining at the oars, straining at the oars because the wind was against them. The disciples, they're like, dude, we gotta take control of the situation. They're paddling, they're straining, they're rowing as hard as they can row, and it's just not working. It's just not working. You been in a spot where that's happening? You're like, I gotta get control of things. I gotta force this thing to happen. Life's not going, get back over here. It's not happening on the timeline that I want it to happen on. Well, I'm gonna make it happen like that. It's not going the way that you had it mapped out in your brain.

You aren't as far along as you thought you would be right now, and you're like, I gotta fix that, I'm taking control of the situation. Have you tried it and found out that it just doesn't work? Trying to overpower the wind and the waves in your life, it just doesn't work. Many times, you feel hopeless, helpless, and you're at a loss for what to do. Some of you, you're like, man, I'm beyond the point of trying to willpower and force my way back into control. I've just given up completely. Like, I don't know what to do anymore. I've tried it all, it hasn't worked. I feel like there's nothing I can do. I'm tired, I'm worn out, I'm burnt out. It's been one storm after another storm after another storm, and my spark, my excitement for life, my anticipation for the future, the faith that I had in what God wanted to do in my life, dude, it's just gone. You don't know what to do. And I think this is where the disciples were in this story, and I want you to hear the words of Jesus tonight because they're just as good for you as they were for them. He's here, and he's saying, don't be afraid. You take courage, because he's here, he's in the room. And I believe that that's good news for you tonight because Jesus isn't asking you to take control of your situation. Jesus is asking you to take courage

in the middle of whatever storm you currently find yourself in in life, which means courage is my responsibility, and control is God's responsibility. And then in a moment of courage, a moment of courage, Peter, on the boat, decides to take a step of faith. He decides to take a step of faith. Look at this in verse 28. Peter called to him, Lord, if it's really you, tell me to come to you walking on the water. Jesus says, yes, come. And so Peter went over the side of the boat. He walked on the water toward Jesus, but when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified. The Bible says he began to sink, but he cried out, save me, Lord. In this moment of courage, Peter has enough faith to volunteer himself to go overboard and to walk towards Jesus on the water. The Bible actually says that he did it. I don't know exactly how far he walked. I don't know if it really matters, but it says he did it. And then there's this moment where it says something shifted and instead of looking at Jesus, Peter started to look at everything but Jesus. The wind, the waves, the chaos, the mess, the storm and the Bible says in that moment where he removed his attention from Jesus and placed it onto external, out of control circumstances

and situations and events. The Bible says in that moment, he began to sink. He began to drown. And it just goes to show me tonight that every single one of us really has two options when it comes to handling the chaos, the fear, the what ifs of life. You can walk by faith, you can recognize, man, this thing is hard, it's difficult, I don't get it. There's unknown attached to it, but I'm choosing to look at Jesus, to see that he's present in this moment, to take courage, to not be afraid and to walk towards him knowing that he's there and he's not gonna let me drown, that's an option. Your other option is if you don't wanna walk by faith, you can sink in fear. That's really the only two options you've got. You can walk by faith or you can choose to look at everything that's not the person of Jesus to place your focus and your attention on things outside of your control and it feels like drowning. You're sinking, that's what it feels like. And I just need you to know that if you came into 1824 launch night tonight feeling like you've been sinking or drowning in a storm or specific situation in your life, I have really good news for you. I have like the best news for you

because if that's how you've felt, worry, anxiety, hopelessness, the good news is that Peter, in his most vulnerable, fear-filled moment, he cries out to Jesus, save me. Save me, I'm drowning, I need you to save me. And this is what the Bible says, Matthew 14, 31, immediately Jesus reached out towards Peter, he grabbed him. You have so little faith, Jesus said, why did you doubt me? When they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped and then the disciples worshiped him. You really are the son of God, they exclaimed. I love this because Jesus reaches out to save Peter and then he calls him to something greater. That's what Jesus wants to do in your life. He wants to save you and by the way, he's always willing, ready and present to reach out his arm to you. But he doesn't just leave it there, he wants to save you and then he also wants to build your faith. He wants to call you to more. He wants you to say, hey, I want you to trust me. I want you to trust that I'm in control of the wind and the waves. I'm not even just in control of the wind and the waves, I can walk on the wind and the waves

and you just gotta trust me that I'm here, that I'm present, that I'm not gonna let you down. He's always ready and willing to save. And so then they climbed back into the boat and Peter's rescue turns into prayer and praise and worship and acknowledgment of Jesus as the son of God. One man's rescue becomes a worship celebration for an entire group. They see Jesus because up to this point it had been, what if Jesus is a really good teacher? What if Jesus is like a really accurate prophet? What if Jesus is just the nicest guy you'll ever meet? He's so sweet and gentle and caring and loving. What if Jesus is a ghost? Like he's like some weird voodoo magician type thing. It's not even real, it's a facade. What if that's actually true? And this is the first moment recorded in the book of Matthew where the disciples look at Jesus and go, you're none of those things. What if you were the son of God? What if you're the son of God? Peter's rescue turns into an entire group making that confession. I wonder if there are some people in the room. who can identify with the story of Peter. If there are people in the room tonight who can identify with being a collection of what ifs, a man who wanted to live by faith,

it just felt like in some of his greatest moments, they turned sour quickly because he just couldn't keep it focused on Jesus and then doubt creeps in and takes over. He's a man who had nowhere to turn, but in the middle of his most vulnerable, fear-filled moment, he cries out to Jesus, save me. Peter is a man who was rescued by Jesus and was called to build a life on one thing, and that was faith in him. I wonder tonight if there is a what if in your life, it could be an insecurity, it could be a past failure, it could be the fear of a future failure, a bad relationship. I don't know what it is, but I wonder if there is a what if that's specific to you that has distorted your view of God. Like this fear, this lie that I've believed, it's distorted the way that I see God and it's called me to call into question his character, his integrity, his goodness, his love, and his existence. Is there a what if that's been present in your life that's just been haunting you and it's been whispering lies and voices in your head that have had you believe in, saying, and thinking some crazy things? Is there a what if that's present in your life right now that has paralyzed you from making decisions about the future?

It's crippled you from making a decision about what needs to happen next, about where you need to go and what God's calling you to do and it's drained your hope, the excitement for your future or the excitement for your life altogether. I believe that God wants to meet you and rescue you tonight. I just believe that. God wants to meet you here and he wants to rescue you from that what if tonight. That just as he did for Peter, he will meet you in the middle of the chaos, the middle of the storm, in the middle of your sinking and your drowning and what he's calling you to is this. Here's my arm, will you come back into the boat? You can trust me, I'm with you. Take courage, there's nothing that you could do, there's nothing that you have done, there's nothing that you will do, there's nothing that can be done to you that could separate you from my love. My plans for you, they're good, they're perfect. I already know the greatest what ifs that are present in your life and I'm committing to not leaving your side as we walk together through them. Would you just consider this question, it's so simple.

It's so simple you'll be tempted to overlook it or downplay it. What if God is real? He's not a ghost. What if God's real and he has designed you and wired you and commissioned you and called you to live by faith? What if he's real and he's designed you to live by faith, a faith that comes from hearing and hearing the words and the truth about Jesus? See the good news for Peter, the good news for you and for me is that the amount of Peter's faith didn't really matter. The Bible says that he walked on water with just a little bit of faith. Like with a little bit of faith, he walked on water. It's never been about the amount of your faith, it's always been about the object of your faith. What's your faith in? You're just, I mean, I just got one step. Did I, okay, we can work with that. Jesus can work with that. I know for me in my life, when fear-filled what ifs have blocked out everything that I can see, it's always because the object of my faith is something other than the person of Jesus. Every single time. It's not the size or the amount of your faith, it's the. object of your faith tonight. And here at the very first 1824 launch night,

we wanted to create a moment for you to take a step of faith. A moment for you to take a step of faith. I know we've acknowledged it a few times throughout our gathering tonight. There's a giant question mark in the middle of the room. And that question mark simply represents one thing, it's your what ifs. It's your fears, your anxieties, the things that have crippled you and paralyzed you. There are things that nobody even knows about, they might just be voices in your head. There are things that have distorted and blocked you being able to see Jesus for who he really is. And tonight, we wanna present an opportunity for you to step towards this question mark and actually write and release your greatest what if. The thing that's blocked you from building a life on faith to actually submit it and give it over to Jesus through the process of releasing it onto this question mark. And it's just a symbol that we can all look at and go, I'm not alone, I can take courage and I can take a step of faith. And who knows what could happen if you could get this thing off of your chest, stare it in the face and go, Lord, save me. Lord, save me, I need help. This thing is no longer gonna stand in between my vision of seeing you for who you really are. You're the son of God and I need faith tonight to see that.

And so you have an opportunity to grab a Sharpie that's just on the floor next to the question mark and just say, this is the what if, I'm taking courage by writing it and staring right at it. And then you get to say, Lord, save me, Lord, save me. Some of you tonight, you're like, okay, that sounds really cool, I maybe wanna do that thing. Some of you are like, I actually just need the words of another believer to pray over me and to build my faith. And so there's opportunity for you while we're writing on this question mark to move to the sides of the room where teams of people are gonna be hugging the walls and they are there for one thing and one thing only, to pray with you, to pray over you, to bless you, to take your hand and to say, you're not alone in this, we're gonna get through it together, I'm gonna build your courage and your faith by blessing you and speaking the words of Jesus over you and your situation and your life. Two options for you to respond and I think you would miss it tonight if you chose to ignore them. I just think you'd miss it, an opportunity to say, hey, I wanna start this thing right, I wanna get right, I need to acknowledge this thing and go. And so in a moment, we're gonna sing a few songs, we're gonna worship God together and through that process, we are declaring, I am going to walk by faith.

If you're feeling a conviction, if you're feeling a nudge and you're going, is that Jesus, is that really you? I think he's saying the same thing that he told the disciples in Peter when they were like, is that really you over there? He's saying, yes, it's me, come. It's me, come, don't be afraid, take courage, I'm here. So I'm gonna walk off the stage and after I walk off, it's your time to move. You can acknowledge your what if fear, you can receive prayer on either sides of the room or you could stand and you could worship. Let's do that together in this moment.