Autoshop Ministries Episode 8: Do Your Part - When Faith Demands Action

0:01All right, well, good morning. Happy Sunday. Uh, this is another episode of Auto Shop Ministries. I'm Joe Adams. We're here with Pastor Devonte Tidwell. How you doing this Sunday, Devonte? Man, I'm doing great. It's a good day, you know, sun is shining, you know, as it always is in Houston, keeping us hot and humid. Uh, so man, I'm really good, man. I can't complain.

0:21You know, it's been a good week and, um, you know, I'm looking forward to starting off another one really strong. Yeah, I think I've said this before, but man, the only people in the world that are happy about how hot it is is the car repair people. It's good for business. That's right. We receive it, man. We're blessed and highly favored. Yeah, there you go.

0:40All right, well, uh, let's get into it. What are we talking about today? Uh, we're ready to learn. Yeah, let's go, man. So I wanted to talk today about doing your part, um, because I think sometimes people get this idea misconstrued on when we pray and when we ask God for things that he's just going to give it all to us and that's going to be it, right?

0:59Um, And I want to talk about that today. So if you're taking notes, you know, if you're listening to this, or if you're in your car, you know, I just want this, this to be a reminder. I don't want it to just be a title. I want it to be a challenge. And it really is do your part. Like, yeah, can you do your part?

1:14So there's a few scriptures that I think we're going to bounce around to today. We'll start in Exodus because that's the earlier one. But Exodus 14:15, right? It says this. Okay, let me— it says this. So after the sea is divided— before the sea gets divided, it says, then the Lord says to Moses, why are you crying out to me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.

1:36As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall go through the midst of the sea on dry land. Now, this is a very famous passage of scripture because it goes into parting the Red Sea, right? It's a very famous story in the Bible. A lot of people don't realize that they know this story, whether they're believers or not.

1:59But I thought what's interesting about this passage is God says, tells Moses, hey, why are we still talking about this? And I thought that was like, whoa, wait a second. But it also is a challenge. He says, why are you still crying out to me? Tell them. Tell is a verb. Tell, go do something. And then as for you, you lift up your staff.

2:20And then, then that's what's going to happen. What I think people don't like to understand or like to think about sometimes is that this is actually a partnership with God. Like, yes, we are submitted to God, we are surrendered to God, Joe. But this is a partnership. This is a space where we get to walk into an environment and we say, all right, God, what do I want to do?

2:41Or what do I feel like you put on my heart? And then I pray about it. And God, can you make this happen? And God, can you send the resources? God, can you send the rain? And God, can you send the harvest? And he's like, yeah, okay, now go take that person to lunch. It's like, oh, wait, you mean I got to actually build a relationship?

2:56Like, oh, wait, you mean I gotta actually hire a marketing team? Oh, wait, you mean I actually gotta be on time and leave when I'm supposed to leave? Like, oh, it's not just gonna show up with, you know, a massive, like, retirement-sized check in the mail and I can disappear? Like, no, actually, it's not, right? It's interesting that sometimes we pray for a harvest and God gives us seed.

3:21So that analogy is, listen, We're praying for God to give us fruit. We're praying for God to give us the apple orchard, but he's given it to us in the size of seeds that we now have to go take and bend over backwards and do the backbreaking work and till the land and drop the seed and put it in the soil and wait for it, right?

3:38There's a part that we have to do. I want to tag another text to this in Nehemiah chapter 4. He said, but we prayed to our God, and we posted a guard day and night. And he's talking about being on the walls where these walls, you know, are falling down, they're rebuilding these walls, all these different things, right? But Nehemiah has now put people in place.

3:59It's like, yeah, I'm praying for protection, and I'm putting protection in place. There is always a partnership where we have a part to do. So in these, in both these instances, it's that Nehemiah didn't pray instead of guarding. He prayed and posted, he prayed and guarded. Right? It's not or, it's and. Moses is crying out. He did cry out to God, which is the proper order.

4:24We should take everything to God first. But I love that somebody that we know and love and that we've heard that has been preaching for a long time said this, and I might have said this before, but it's worth repeating. It's— she said, I never have prayed to God and said amen, and he didn't give me something to do. I was like, that's so brilliant.

4:42It's so brilliant. It's like Wait, okay, God, make me a better father. Okay, awesome. Clear your calendar on Friday and take your kids out to the movies and go see Spider-Man. It's like, oh, there's something for me to do? Like, hey God, you know, I want to sleep better at night. Great. Start getting up earlier and work out first thing in the morning.

5:00Oh, there's something— stop eating all the fried food. Oh, stop drinking. Oh, there's something for me to do? Yes. Like, God will 100% give you the harvest, but many times it comes in seed form. So there's something for us to do. Does that make sense, Joe? Yeah, it's like, be careful what you wish for. I know it's, there's a proverb and there's some proverb.

5:20It's like, you know, a lot of, let's see, it's like the oxen make a huge mess in the stable, but they're required for a large harvest. And it's like, it's like, man, dude, I'm cleaning up these stalls. Like, this sucks. You know, it's like, but God's like, didn't you wish for a big harvest? It's like, you know, we prayed all those years for a big company and, you know, maybe not even a big company, but just for somebody to help us.

5:47Us, um, you know, grow our— help us run our business. My mom, my mom prayed for 40 years, and then all of a sudden Todd shows up and he literally grows our business exponentially. And now it's like, not that we're stressed out all the time, but it's like there is a lot of work to— that goes along with it. And it's like some days, you know, you're, uh, you're like, man, there's so much to do.

6:09Like, God, like, help me do this, this, and this. It's like, be careful what you wish for. Like, he's gonna make you— he's gonna make you work for it. You know, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta do your part. Yeah, I 100% agree. There's a famous scripture in the Bible that a lot of people refer to when they're talking about this topic.

6:25And it says that faith without works is dead. That is very strong language, Joe. Like, not faith without works is shaky. Not faith without works is fickle. Not faith without works is sometimes. It's faith without works is not even alive. Like, if you have the faith, but you do not have the works, to partner with it, you know, and this is in James 2, if you don't have the faith and the partnership of the works to go with it, then you're missing an entire element of what you thought faith was to be.

6:59Because a lot of people think faith is like God's a genie. Like, you know what I mean? Like, I'm going to ask for these things, and I'm gonna get these 3 wishes, and it's just going to show up. And sometimes you do ask, sometimes he does do the miraculous. And there are some things that like, listen, I couldn't have strategized, I couldn't have you know, worked.

7:16I couldn't have relationshiped. I just made that a word with an -ed, like relationshiped my way into this. Like, this is something that is truly just out of the blue that only God can do. But even when you're looking at the miracles, like we referred to in Exodus, when you're talking about the sea, the Red Sea literally being divided, which is a miraculous act, God still told Moses to do something first.

7:39He said, tell them, and then lift your staff. Those are 2 things he had to go do first, and then he saw it move. Right? I heard— I think Denzel Washington said this one time in like a commencement speech or something that he was speaking at a college because, you know, he's a legend. But he said, he said, we have to stop praying for the harvest and then complaining that it's raining.

8:02Yeah, it's like, for real. Like, you asked for the harvest, how else you think it's gonna get there? The rain is gonna get there, the soil is gonna be tough, you're gonna have to till it, you're gonna have to do some work, you're gonna have to be out there in the sun, it's gonna be hot and humid, like Houston, right? So, you know, your car won't be the only thing breaking down, your back will, right?

8:21You know what I mean? Your sweat will, like your skin will, your shirts, all the stuff. So, you know, but I also heard another quote that I thought was powerful that goes with this, Joe, is somebody said, man, what a blessing it is to be tired from living in the overflow that I prayed for. Right. Like, I know what it's like for people to be on a journey, you know, and be on a journey with fertility.

8:45I was out, you know, in the spirit of transparency, like, I'll share that with people. Like, we had an interesting fertility journey. But it also has made me more grateful for my kids who are going to school, you know, who are making noise in the house, who are playing with toys, right? So not because I remember what it was like to fight for and beg for and God, when and what's going to happen and is this the time and what's next?

9:12And now I'm like, no, I'm extremely grateful for— I'm not going to complain that I got to get up in the middle of the night because I remember when I was up in the middle of the night praying for days like this. I know. And now they're here. So we got to do our part, bro. We have to do our part. It's like being married.

9:28You know, I'm freshly married and you pray your whole life for a woman of virtue and Proverbs 31. And then You know, everyone, you know, you get in an argument or whatever, you're human. And it's like, God, like, I think marriage is the ultimate sanctification process. And it's like, you know, you're having to submit to your spouse or you're having to like learn and stretch yourself and serve another human being every single day of your life.

9:56And you're frustrated. And it's like, you wish, you prayed for this. You know what I mean? You prayed for this. And it's like, I don't get to be selfish anymore. But yeah, 100%, 100%. Right, you know, think about it like that. You know, let's talk on a marriage tip for some people out there who might be married or looking to get married.

10:12Like, man, there are so many times where you're like, man, like, I want a strong woman that works hard until y'all are going in 2 different directions because like, she's got to work and you've got to work. It's like, oh, wait a second. Or, man, I want, I want somebody who like thinks for themselves and has their own opinion and just can challenge me on a thought until, until you're the one being challenged.

10:29Now you're uncomfortable. It's like, wait a second, you— but you asked for this, right? You got to So you have to do your part to cultivate is what I'm trying to get people to do. You have to do your part to accept, and you have to do your part to work. Here's one thing I'll bring it around to for people too. Somebody said this one time that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

10:51And there are a lot of people who are extremely gifted and extremely talented. But because they don't have the work ethic, we never see that they could have been the next great, the next best, the next you know, GOAT, right? The next whatever. How many people do we see come out in sports drafts that were like, man, I thought that kid was gonna be, you know, the next best whatever quarterback, the next best shooting guard, the next best second baseman, whatever, right?

11:22And then you get out there and it's like, man, like, you just didn't work hard. You were lazy. You put on a lot of weight. You wanted to party. You liked the big contracts and you wanted to buy all the cars. And it's like, man, like, it's so sad to see that you didn't live up to your potential. And the difference between the gift and the potential being met and matched together forever is the work.

11:42Yeah, I'll say that again for people out there who are listening. The difference between the gift and your potential being matched together for the existence of your life on earth is the work that you're going to put in in between. Like, there are some people that are listening right now, you are a guru with numbers, numbers come easy to you. Right? But if you don't do the work to maintain that, to steward that, to apply that properly, to continue to learn faster ways to see systems and see issues, and where's money leaking, and where can money be reallocated for investments, whatever, then you're just a person that was good with numbers.

12:21Like, that's all it ends up being because you didn't do the work. You didn't do your part. So the moment that we look at what we pray for, or what we're given from God, that's his part to do the gifting, the talent, The giving, the miraculous, the out-of-the-ordinary stuff. That's God's part. Our part is to say, man, God, you've given me a gift.

12:41Now I'm going to work it to the best of my ability. And I haven't always gotten that right. And maybe you, Joe, like, you're like me. Like, there are times where I've missed it. I have mismanaged seasons. I have mismanaged, you know, talents and gifts for time. I was like, man, I just sat on my hands and I wasn't as active as I could have been, or I didn't work as hard as I should have worked.

13:02And it cost me some months, it cost me some weeks, some— in some cases, it might have cost me some years. But the good thing is, I want to encourage people to not just challenge them to do their part, I want to encourage them that it's never too late to get back on track. Like, you can make a decision today to say, you know what, yeah, I have been kind of sitting on the clock.

13:19You know what, I have been kind of lazy. You know, I have been gifted. And I know that, like, I'm the best service advisor you know, or the best tech here. But I really like sleeping in. I really like going out late. I really like going to the sports bar, like football season's back around the corner. Y'all know how I get. I'm in 17 fantasy leagues, like, you know, like, and then you're like, man, bro, but you could have the same thing you're complaining about, not having money, not having advancement, feeling stuck.

13:49You could have been there by now if you would have worked. Up to the level of your talent. And Joe, I'm sure you got examples of in your own life or people around you where you've seen this, because I mean, this is so common for people where they just, they think that this is all going to be handed to them, you know, and we don't ever do our part.

14:06And maybe it's been in your own life, like I've seen it in mine. But that— does that make sense? Yeah, it's, it's like Tom Brady, you know, 6th round draft pick, he can't run. You know, he's like, right, not an NFL athlete, but he's the best NFL player of all time, right? Like straight up. And I've seen it, man. We've been in this 6 years now for me full-time.

14:26And I've just seen people that are really talented come into the business and, you know, and then they just leave or they just self-sabotage or they just don't do the hard part, which is showing up to the gym every freaking day and working. Exactly. And, you know, Tom Brady's not in the Hall of Fame because of his arm talent or his legs.

14:47It's because he spent 100 hours a week in the film room. And was in the trenches with his team ultimately. He'll die for his team. And so, yeah, I mean, we've had so many talented salespeople, so many talented technicians kind of get off the reservation and either leave our organization at their will or at ours. And it's like, it's not the talent, the talent's not the issue.

15:11You just, it's like, and that's one thing I'm in awe of Todd is he just has this ability to stay focused no matter how many resources he has. It's like, if you just continue to work hard, there's really only a few things few ingredients to the formula. It's like, yeah, it's like talent, continue to work hard, and time. And if you just keep doing it forever, it compounds unbelievably.

15:32And most people, um, are just unwilling to, to do the time thing. It's like get rich quick or something. And, um, yeah, it's like anything. Yeah, I agree, man. I think that, you know, I'll speak to 2 of those. Let me talk about the last one first. Um, I really believe that if people truly understood and truly internalize this thought process that if you work hard enough, long enough, most good things will happen.

16:02Like, they just will. Even if there are people around you who are more talented, I'm not going to go with the person who's more talented but more lazy over the person who might be less talented, but they're going to be extremely consistent at working hard. And I know that that's gonna be the case every single day, week after week after week after week after month after month after year after year.

16:23And Would you rather— would you rather think about it like this? Would you rather have a 7 out of 10 every single day of the week, or a 10 out of 10 once every other month? Yeah, they miss work. They show up late. You have to worry about them. Exactly. But and then what's the cool thing about it, Joe, is typically the people who work hard enough, long enough, end up moving and raising their ceiling.

16:49It's not like they stay at that Oh, I'm a level 7, or I'm just okay. It's like, no, you've actually grown because you got the reps. You know, like we talked about with Tom Brady. I remember now, it's funny, I heard this story. I don't know if I fully believe it. You might know better than me because you're, you're a golf fanatic like I am.

17:07So, but I heard this story about Tiger Woods. Goat. And John, the GOAT for sure. Like, not even close. No, at the bar. Yeah, you gotta be talking about John Daly. With John Daly. Exactly right. So he— so John Daly's like, yo, Tiger, come sit with me, man. Come meet with the sponsors. Come have the drink. Come on and stuff. And Tiger's going out to work out again.

17:26Tiger comes back in, goes to take a shower, comes back, works out, all of this stuff, right? And John essentially gets upset and was like, yo, Tiger, man, why won't you just come sit down and hang out with me and come have a drink? And Tiger looks at him and said, John, if I had your talent, I wouldn't need to work this hard.

17:44And it was like almost like a backhanded compliment of like, like, dog, you're one of the most gifted players that we've seen. But just to go out there and just like rip a cigarette and drive 370 yards straight down the fairway, like— but Tiger's like, yeah, no, I, I wasn't born like that. This is a skill. So I have to go run 4 miles in the morning and then go to the driving range and then come back, shower, and do a lift, and then also go play 18 holes and then run 4 miles before bed, right?

18:11Like, that's Tiger Woods' routine. But Which one do— which one did we call the GOAT? Yeah, exactly. You know, it was the one who worked hard, right? So the one who— the one who did his part, the one who was meticulous, the one who said, yeah, I hit— I have 1,000 contacts before every— on every day before the tournament. I hit a golf ball 1,000 times before practice.

18:35Yeah, it's like, you know what I mean? Like, that's every single day. Well, Yeah, bro. I mean, I think it's even on his site, you know, I read one time, uh, just to get this out there again, I'm just nerding out, guys, because I think this really helps us understand this. But they said Tiger has— all in the name of Jesus. It's, uh, they were talking about Tiger Woods, but it's all for the gospel.

18:56Exactly. But God uses everything, right? He wastes nothing, and he makes all things work together for the good of those who love him. So that scripture for y'all. But it literally said Tiger walked over 4 million has walked over like 4 million steps or something like that on a golf course. Like, I don't even know if I've walked 4 million steps in my life.

19:16Like, you know what I mean? But just on a golf course, that's not including the gym. That's not including the driving range. That's not including simulators, like just on actual grass. So he did his part, and you see the results from it. He would say, I'm not the most talented. I wasn't the most gifted. I'm not the strongest. I'm not the biggest or whatever.

19:35Well, he definitely worked the hardest, you know, and even his trainer said like, man, there's only been one other person that was even close that I've trained with that worked as hard as he did. And I think we— that's the idea that we have to have. Now, I'm not saying being a maniac where you, you know, get obsessed and you like, you know, move away from your family and like you lose the things that are important to you because you're so hyperfocused on work.

19:59What I am saying is that even God requires a level of our obedience. That's the word that I want to use there is obedience. That is, that means that there, excuse me, there's something for us to do. The Bible says that obedience is better than sacrifice. Yeah, like, he literally desires for us to do what he told us to do more than something that we give to him.

20:21He's like, you want to give me something? Give me your action. Yeah, like, that's the beautiful side of what, you know, this all comes back around to, Joe, is, are we doing our part when he gives us something to do? What does that look like practically at work? Okay, God gave you a great job with a great company like Adams Automotive, who's going to make sure you're taken care of.

20:41Awesome. Are you doing your part that actually says, hey, I'm grateful? Are you prepared? Are you on time? Are you consistent? Do you come in with a good attitude? You know, are you a part of the culture? Or do you think you're above the culture? Like, that's, that's doing your part. Are you taking— are you doing the extra training? Are you, you know, doing some extended learning on your own?

21:02Like, there are some That's what doing your part looks like when it says, God, not only am I grateful, but I believe that there's more that you've put inside of me. And I'm going to show you, God, that— let me slow down when I say this. I'm going to show you, God, that I agree with you by my action, by doing my part.

21:19I agree with you, Lord, that you have put more in me. I agree with you, God, that you want me to have abundance, that you want me to live a fruitful life, that you want me to be a part of a great company. And I'm gonna show you that I agree with you and I am grateful for it by doing my part every single day.

21:36That's the best thing you can do. Yeah, it's, uh, I think his name's Pat Riley, you know, the, the famous, uh, basketball coach. He calls it worthy. Are you worthy to win? You know, like driving into work every morning, like, we're gonna win today, but like, are you worth— you gotta do your part. You got to be at the rim. You got to be at the gym 6 AM.

21:56Like Yep. Are you worthy to win? And I know we make a ton of sports analogies, but it really is the same. It's like, you know, God wants you to do amazing things. I really believe that, but he's not just gonna give it to you. It's not like a freaking, it's not a vending machine where you, you know, you show up at church and you do the, you go through the motions and then you have an abundant life.

22:18It's like, no, he's really gonna ask you. He's really gonna ask, you know, people say God doesn't want you to suffer. And I'm like, no, I kind of think, and I'm not a pastor, but I kind of think God guarantees you that you're going to suffer. Suffer. And it doesn't mean catastrophe and like you're going to have tragedies and loss, but it's like, no, you're going to have to give up the things that you like doing, which is being lazy and missing work and not showing up for your kids and not showing up for your family.

22:42And it's like, that's it. It's like, that's, you're dying to yourself. Like you're suffering by not being able to scroll on your phone and watch Netflix for 6 hours. Like you actually have to work. But then, you know, It takes a lot of work to gather the harvest, but man, yeah, I believe it's worth it. Yeah, I agree. And for those people that are out there, it's like, man, okay, well, I don't really get the sports stuff.

23:06Cool. Let me give you another scripture because the Bible talks about this extensively. Um, one of the ones that I wanted to close on is the first miracle that Jesus ever did in ministry was turning water into wine. But everybody understands that Jesus turned water into wine. But this is consistent. New Testament, Old Testament was parting the Red Sea. New Testament turning water into wine.

23:29Let me go to John chapter 2 and let me, let me read it for everybody really quick. It says, on the 3rd day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. And both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, they have no wine.

23:44And Jesus said to her, woman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not come. His mother said to the servants, whatever he says to you, do it. Right after that, now there were 6 stone water pots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing 20 or 30 gallons each. Watch this. Verse 7, Jesus said to them, go fill the water pots with water.

24:08So they filled them to the brim. Then he said, draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter. So they took it to him. And they tasted the water. And they did not know where it came from. Because they had turned in wine. Ain't that crazy? He said, hey, go fill them up with water. And they did it. All right, now take a little bit of the water out and take it to the headwaiter.

24:30And they did it. They're even still not in the Old Testament, early in the Old Testament, second book of the Bible, Exodus. You talk about it with Nehemiah, you talk about with everybody, there has never been a time We're, we're asking for things, and Jesus still doesn't ask us to go do something. This is another example. The first miracle he ever did still required our obedience, still required humans to be a part.

24:56Every divine intervention requires human participation. I'll say that again, in case— okay, so for the people out there who may feel like, man, I don't get the sports stuff. Well, let me get a little— let me get a little nerdy then for the nerds who might listen like me, right? Every divine intervention requires human participation. There is some part that we have to do together.

25:20So what I want to do is give people a challenge, okay? Because I like to give people challenges. I like to give them something practical to go do. Name one thing— this one is strong— name one thing that you've been praying about that you already know the next move on. And then go do the move today before you go to bed. Oof.

25:38Yeah, that's— see that caveat? That's the caveat right there. I don't want you to just name it. There's something that you know that you need to do. Maybe it's, I do need to go buy my— I've been telling her I'm going to buy the Nintendo Switch for my kid. Let me go buy that today. Or maybe it's the, you know what, I did promise my wife a date night.

25:53And I've been saying, ah, something came up, something came up. No, clear your calendar and go tonight. Or maybe it's like, I need to apologize, man, I was wrong. Pick up the phone and just say, hey, I'm sorry. Do it before bed. Don't get, don't get to tomorrow. You don't pass the challenge if you don't do it tonight before bed. That's doing your part.

26:12That's showing God that I'm asking for things, but I'm willing to do my part to get there. So that's crazy. How's that feel? Yeah, it's uncomfortable. You know, like, that's how you know it's good. Hey, well, listen, I hope, I hope it makes people uncomfortable in a good way. Right? Right. Like, growth only happens outside of your comfort zone. So we're not saying this to condemn people or tell them that they're not doing good enough.

26:38We're just telling them and reminding them and challenging that there is a part that you have to do. There is something that you have to do. There's not the sitting and waiting on your hands, that like mentality with God. And if it won't work with God, it definitely won't work anywhere else. But if you can do it when he tells you to do something, when he says, forgive, when he says apologize, when he says, hey, go pay for the groceries, when he says take them to lunch, or hey, you remember you said that you were going to buy your kid that stuffed animal?

27:09Like, then you do it. And you— and the quicker you get at doing it, the less you got to think about it. And now it just becomes a part of your culture, a part of your DNA. And every time something I'm praying for, I say, okay, God, the next thing is— God, here's a prayer that I pray. I'll give people this before we wrap.

27:25Here's a prayer that I've been praying for the last several months, Joe, and I hope that you, me, and everybody listening can steal it too. Say, God, give me the wisdom to know what to do. And then give me the discipline to keep on doing it. Say it again. God, give me the wisdom to know exactly what I need to do every day to make good decisions.

27:46But then God, bless me with the discipline to be able to keep on doing it. Day after day after day. Yeah, it's one thing I'm thinking about as you're talking, and maybe this is a tangent, is like, it's not really work sometimes if you— it's not really suffering if you like— if it's real easy for you to do it, if that makes sense.

28:09Like, sometimes God's asking you to do something that's like, like a challenge. Like, if you For example, if it's really easy for you to donate money to church and you got all the money in the world, that's not really work for you. You're not really having to do anything. You're just kind of able to be generous and the rich young ruler in the Bible and everyone's situation's different.

28:36It's like, I don't know, God's usually asking you to do something that's just a slight stretch outside your comfort zone and take you to that next level. And I think doing your part, it's a great message 'cause it applies to, Um, it applies to everything, man. God wants to do great things, but man, you gotta, you gotta reach for it a little bit.

28:55You do, you do, man. I think you hit the nail on the head for people, you know, and be willing to stretch. I think the good thing is there's always growth on the other side, and the growth is so much more rewarding than whatever you had to give up to get there, you know. It's, yeah, he may say, you know, give a little bit more than what you normally would, or he may challenge somebody big where it's, yeah, no, I know that you've been given that amount or given this.

29:17I want you to give what you make for the next month. And it's like, and you don't know what's on the other side of that seed. And but you hear stories, and you hear about what it actually meant. You see the harvest, and you're like, man, I don't know anybody who's actually gotten a harvest that they've actually wanted. And then like, say, man, like, but the seed stage was so, so rough.

29:40It's like, yeah, the seed stage was rough. But like, look at how many apples are on the tree. Like, look at how many trees are in the orchard. Like, that is the, that is the reward. And if you just hold on and do work hard enough, long enough, you'll see the harvest too. You said it, man. The growth is so much more rewarding than what you had to do to get there.

30:00And I feel that. I feel that. And it's not just in business. It's in everything, you know. So that's so good. Well, that's a great message, man. Devonte, you're the man. Uh, you want to pray us out of here as we go into our week? Absolutely. I'll pray. Hey, listen, Father, in the name of Jesus, thank you so much for every single person that's listening.

30:19God, thank you for every single person that has been a part of this journey with us over the last several months. God, be with them this week. God, help them to do the difficult thing and let them realize that the growth is so much more worth it. Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Well, man, be blessed. Go in favor into this week. Let's make it a great week.

30:38Thank you, DeVonta, and, uh, we'll see everybody next time. Let's go. For more information, reach out to Todd Westerland at 925-980-8012 or visit autoshopanswers.com. You can get more information about Key to Key to Callbacks, uh, Courtside. We have a VIP Rack Attack Day where you spend an entire day in the trenches with our team learning this perfected business model. We offer leadership classes.

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