Father, Son, You - Part 1

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We really appreciate it , thank you very much . And push our program . We really appreciate it , thank you very much . I wanted to start talking about a series that I've mentioned it and discussed it on previous episodes .

I would probably say that my first three seasons of this show were heavily embedded in this kind of material , in this kind of content , because it's been so close to my heart , has been important . It still is important . It's still very much high on my priority list . I don't care if I'm mentoring someone or being mentored by someone .

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If you need to have a title for this , if you're writing things down in your journal and taking some notes which many of our listeners and viewers have been doing for a while , and they're still doing it the title would be Father , son and you . We're not excluding the Holy Spirit , but there's a point to this entire series . So please don't at me with .

Where's the Holy Spirit ? He's involved in this heavily , but the title is the Father , the Son and you and as you listen hopefully you listen with a discerning ear you'll hear where that title is coming from and how it relates to what we're going to be talking about within this series .

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But regarding the title Father , son and you maybe you have one of each . Maybe you have a father and a son . Maybe you're one of these . Maybe you're a son and not yet a father . Maybe you have a father and a son . Maybe you're one of these . Maybe you're a son and not yet a father . Maybe you're both .

Maybe you're a father to someone and you're a son . Either way , your responsibility is massive . You know , in some circles you'll hear about being a priest , a prophet and a king . I got nothing against those titles .

They're elevated levels from where we are right now and an indicator , or at least a benchmark , to where we should be in our moral standards , in our code of ethics , in our spiritual development and spiritual growth .

Those are something that we should ascribe to because , in actuality , at the end of the day , the sacrifice of Jesus Christ paid for us to be in that position , to be on the level of a king , a priest , a prophet , to hold those mantles , to hold those levels of responsibility . We have those .

We're just not seeing the manifestations of it in our lives just yet . But we know that it's the truth , it's been spoken , it's been decreed and it is , even if you don't feel like you're getting the job done as a father , or maybe you think you're doing a hardwood job as a son . I say this without trying to speak for God , because who am I to do that ?

But you're already a priest , a prophet and a king already . It's been decreed , it's been set in stone . That that's who you are . You have to start calling yourself by your rightful name , by your rightful position . When you look in the mirror , don't listen to the other voices . You begin to call yourself who you are . Until you can see it .

Call the priest out , call the prophet out . Call the priest out , call the prophet out , call the king out .

Because you have I'm speaking to the men today specifically , but you have that inside of you , that seed of greatness , the one that we've seen in Abraham , the one that we've seen in Moses , the one that we've seen in Isaac , the one that we've seen in Isaac , the one that we've seen in the apostle Paul .

The seed of greatness is inside of you and I don't care who's talking to you and saying otherwise . The seed of priests and prophets and kings are inside of you . I want you to understand that Now . There's a challenge in everything . There's a challenge in being a priest . What's that ? Look at what's going on in the world around us .

Priests don't have the very best name , if we're being honest about it . Right , they don't have the best reputation . Why ? Because they're held to a higher standard , because they were given more responsibility than the normal , everyday church folk or the normal parishioner . They were given more responsibilities , more of an obligation , more of a duty .

So when that's stained or when that duty is laid down for selfish purposes , the condemnation comes in hot and heavy . Because the priests have such a role , they have such a responsibility and on top of that , they were always understanding . It was always believed that they were closer to God than everybody else .

Before the advent of Jesus Christ and the work that he did on the cross for us and for me and for you , the priests were the intermediaries . They were the ones assigned and the only ones that were fit , capable and authorized to go to God on behalf of the people .

So when you disrupt that delicate balance , when you bring in something foreign into the mix , into the mix or flat out , just to be straight up and honest , when you saw yourself , you become not a holy but you become degraded , you become less than what the standard is .

So there's a challenge in being a priest , because the priest is supposed to be holy and the idea , even as I speak to some of these men that are listening to us today , in your mind you may be thinking be a priest , I don't know how to be holy , I'm struggling with just being me .

I don't know how to be a holy priest , someone with that level of responsibility , the kind of access to God where I hear him , he hears me , he instructs me , I obey him . I'm still handling this other light world . I can't handle something of that weight and magnitude and I understand . But there's a challenge of being a priest .

There's a challenge of being a prophet . I mean , from what we understand of prophets , whether you believe in that or not , historically prophets hear from God and then they speak what they hear publicly . So you've got the responsibility of being close enough and sensitive enough to hear from the creator of heavens and earth , of the heavens and the earth .

And then , on top of that , you got to overcome your fear of public speaking and have to share publicly what you believe you heard . So there's a challenge in being a prophet , so I understand that challenge for you as well . And , of course , being a king Massive responsibilities and obligations to come with that .

Some people who I'm speaking to today are challenged with just handling their own households .

Challenged with dealing with the everyday rigors of having two , three , four , five kids and a spouse and dealing with work responsibilities or being in upper management and then coming home , having to deal with landscaping , doing a yard , and then , coming home , having to deal with landscaping , doing a yard , and then coming home and have to make sure that the upkeep

is taken care of , the dishes are washed and things are being cleaned , the car is being serviced . And then your responsibilities in your local ministry or in your neighborhood association . There's so many responsibilities that many of us have , but men specifically have a different level of responsibility .

As we get into this , you'll see more and more as we delve into this series . I understand the challenge of being a king . You have to do all those things in your household , but it's next level to have to deal with multiple households . How about having to be responsible for 500 , a thousand , 2,500 households , 5,000 households ?

That's what it means to be a king . You have a kingdom that you're responsible for . So , whether it be a priest , a prophet or a king , I get even , as I said , out of my mouth decreeing it to you and encouraging you . Today , at least I attempted to . I understand the challenge .

I get how difficult that must be in your ears to hear that Priest , prophet and king , I'm just trying to be a good father man . I'm trying to be a good son , a good brother , trying to be a good father man . I'm trying to be a good son , a good brother , trying to be a good man , a good me . I totally understand this .

There's a challenge in all of this . Being a father and a son isn't easy . Honestly , nobody ever said it would be . What if your child , despite all that you taught them , despite all the encouragement you gave , all the ways that you tried to lift them up , let them know that there's nothing in this world they can't accomplish ?

Maybe you told them it was done through hard work . Maybe you said if you're kind to others , people would be kind to you . I don't know what your teaching style was , the level of instruction you gave to your child , but suppose , after all , you gave all you poured into them .

They decided to go into a different direction , as a matter of fact , the polar opposite to what you taught them , and instead of being a beacon of light in the community , they represent something else . They look like something else . They've become something else . What if that was your child ?

Being a father or a son isn't easy as a son , what if your parent functions publicly in a way that brings you embarrassment , that brings shame to your family , and it's contrary to what you learned while you were being raised ? It wasn't a part of your upbringing . They're acting and conducting themselves in a way that is unlike the person that you remembered .

What if that was your parent ? What do you do with that ? As a son , being a father or a son isn't easy . It's definitely not easy to be a you . I name one challenge in being a father . I name another challenge in being a son . But how difficult it must be to be you .

What if the you you've grown accustomed to is not the actual , authentic identity , but a manufactured one . See , I know we can already go to some places . That's going to be totally uncomfortable and I get that , but we still going to go here anyway because we got to really go to some places .

That's going to be totally uncomfortable and I get that , but we're still going to go here anyway because we got you . We got to do that . But what if the you that you've grown so accustomed to , you've made space for this you ? You got all the adoration and the surroundings and all the adornments around this you . You got real accustomed to this you .

What if you found out that it's not the actual identity , it's not the actual , authentic you that God intended , but a manufactured one ? What if you're not walking in purpose ? I'm just asking this to give us something to think about . What if you're not walking in purpose ? I'm just asking this to give us something to think about .

What if you're not walking in your purpose ? What if what you're doing feeds the opposite of who you should be , rather than the true person you should become ? What if it looks like it's fulfilling you , but it really isn't ? It's hurting you , it's hindering you . And it's fulfilling you , but it really isn't .

It's hurting you , it's hindering you and it's pulling you away from the purpose you should be walking in , the purpose yet to be manifested , that really does change this world . What if the you you're going to custom to is not the one you should be spending your time focusing on ? And you recognize that today . What's your next steps ? What do you do now ?

How do you handle this ? Some folks spend their entire lives Trying to figure out who they are . Excuse me , they spend their entire lives trying to find out who they are . That's one of the most saddest things that I think I've ever heard , but it's a reality in our world . It's not something that's discussed on the news .

You may see it played out in cinema from time to time , but it's not discussed a lot . It's definitely not really discussed in the podcast world . I know we talk about it on this show . We talk about it on my social media because I think about this kind of stuff all the time .

Maybe , in the opinion of some , I think about it too much and I talk about and post it too much , but we spend most of our lives trying to figure out who we are and life is indeed a journey , but in this case , the journey is definitely the goal .

We learn more about ourselves while we're en route to the goal than we do once we've actually arrived there , in route to the goal , than we do once we've actually arrived there . We learn more about ourselves while we're in route to get into the dream or hope or the realization of a goal than we do by actually being there .

We learn so much about ourselves through the tragedy and through the conflict , through the struggles and the adversity . We find out more about ourselves then than we ever do standing at the finish line with our hands raised . Like I said , a lot of us spend our lives , our entire lives , trying to figure out who we are , but some , tragically , never discover that .

Tragically , they never even find out who they are . My old mentor , our old mentor , who we love and we miss greatly . I've quoted him so many times in the show that he probably should be getting royalties . But Dr Miles Monroe , his books and his works and his teachings have been so impactful in my life .

And one thing , one of his quotes , that I love to share , and I won't quote it now because I'll just butcher it . It's a pretty long quote too , but the bottom line of the quote . The gist of it is that the graveyard is the richest place on earth .

It's the place where there are so many songs that haven't been written , poems that haven't been scribed yet , books that haven't been written , cures that haven't been found . They all are located in the graveyard . All of the ideas and plans and hopes and dreams and unrealized potential lies in the grave . It's richer than Fort Knox .

Some , tragically , never discover who they are , who they really are at their core , not their first and last name , not the title they have at church or at their job , but they never locate the true person , the one that God made . That's the evidence of the thief's most deadly and egregious work to steal someone's destiny .

It's probably one of the worst things I can even imagine in my mind . Describe for me this . Let's do a bit of a . Let's use our imagination for a second . Describe for me this . Describe a feeling of losing something important . I think all of us can step into these shoes . We've all lost something important at some point in time .

Might've just been for a few hours , maybe it was for a couple of days , maybe it was for a week . We all lost something important . It could be Our keys . It could be Our favorite pen , maybe it's Our wallet . We don't know where we put it . It could be some other trinket or something of inspirational or sentimental value . Where did I put it ?

I lost it and you find yourself searching for hours , maybe even searching for days . But here's a scenario you do end up finding it , but it's in a very obvious place . After hours and days of trying to find it , you find it in one of the most obvious place .

After hours and days of trying to find it , you find it in one of the most obvious places , like why didn't I look here ? It was right here the whole time and I tore the whole place apart trying to find it and it was right here the whole time . What's your very first reaction ? What's the first emotion

you feel ? I'm asking this for a reason . Stay with me , do not get lost . This is going to make sense . What's the first emotion you have ? What's the first emotion you have ? What's the second emotion you have After finding it in a very obvious place and you put in so much work trying to find it ?

I know hindsight is 20-20 , of course , and I love mysteries . To be honest , I'm definitely a mystery lover . But if I missed out on my destiny . I would not be able to bear God hitting the playback button .

I want to see the playback machine and see where I left my destiny after all the years of laboring , doing something else that I called destiny , but it came very short . What was actually intended for me ? People talk about wealth and talk about prospering and things like that , but to be .

I know a lot of folks that they're definitely cool with being a thousand . They lived their whole life being a thousand there and God may want them . To be honest . I know a lot of folks that they're definitely cool with being a thousandaire .

They'll live their whole life being a thousandaire and God may want them to be a billionaire and they think that their thousandaire lifestyle Pleases God . They think that he's cool with them being poor and near destitute . One check away from being on the street and they think they're pleasing God with that , but he wants them to be a billionaire .

That's just one example of what destiny can look like for you . Once you tap into what it is you're here for . What's on tap for you , what's in the storehouse waiting for you ? We spend so much time chasing after things that's not for us , things that really are a shadow of what we really can accomplish , what we really can be , who we can really be .

You know , recently and I say recently , but it's been off and on for quite a while I've shared much of my story regarding my parentage , I think the first three seasons of the Call Me Mr you the podcast . Almost every other episode you probably hear another tidbit around that story .

It's a long one , probably some of the most painful stuff that I've ever shared , nothing worse than being rejected by the one that is supposed to love you most and love you the best .

But I wanted to be courageous and I wanted to be bold , so I shared it on a national and even a global stage , and this podcast is heard in Africa and Australia and South America and even Germany , as a matter of fact , pretty popular in Germany , it looks like , at least to a small degree anyway . But I share that because sonship is a big deal .

Sonship and our understanding of it and our willingness to lean into it makes a big difference . It makes a big difference in everything that we do . I don't care if we're part of the neighborhood watch . I don't care if we're one of the deacons at the church . I don't care if we are assistant manager at our job .

I don't care if we are just the guy in the community that cleans his yard and keeps his grass cut low and plays with his kids at the park . I don't care what the role is that you have , the position or the title that you're walking with . Sonship plays a part in that .

The way you see yourself , the way you see your father or the father or both , affects your ability to do those things and to do them on a higher level . We're talking about changing the world . That's one of our mantras on this show . We're your weekly mirror . Check before you go change the world Before you change the world honestly .

All the systems and methods and programs can change the world like a fully change . You can like a fully change world like a fully changed . You can Like a fully changed Y-O-U can when you change you , then you can change your world and the world at large . But it's really going to start with you .

We can finger point all day long and point about all the folks in my life that let me down in the past . But the mandate is on me to change , to adjust , to grow , to learn to heal , to forgive . It's on me and it's on you .

In order to be a father , you have to understand sonship from the standpoint of the scriptures , from the standpoint of the model that's been set , the example that's been set , to be a son . You got to understand sonship . What does it mean to be a son ? What's your role and responsibility ? And what does it mean to be you ? You think you got that .

You think you understand that right now . I know people in their 30s , in their 50s , even in their 70s . They're still holding on to things that happened when they were 12 . They don't even know who they're supposed to be , much less who they fully are right now . All they know is the imagery that they've been rehearsing over and over in their head .

All they know is the identity of what somebody said they were supposed to be or what somebody said they'll never be , and they wear that like it's a coat . They'll never be and they wear that like it's a coat . And they walk around In the Carrying disapproval and carrying letdowns , wearing them like garments .

To be a father , To be a son , to be a man in America Is no walk in the park . But to be the authentic you You're supposed to be a man in America , there's no walk in the park . But to be the authentic you you're supposed to be . There's a battle and there's a conflict attached to that .

Excuse me , but we're going to talk about that as we move into this series . I think it's going to be helpful to you . I'm going to be pulling a lot from my experiences with sonship and growing through some fatherhood issues and things of that nature , and we're going to talk about it in great detail .

I may even pull some things from a book that I wrote on fatherhood and sonship , so maybe we'll be using that throughout the course of this series . But I am grateful that you continue to stick with us . I think you're going to enjoy what's coming out , what's coming forth with this series .

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