Yes, God. Whatever You Want.
“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works.” John 14:12a
God is looking for people who refuse to say no to Him.
That's the heart of the message Pastor Kap Chatfield brought this Sunday — and he was honest enough to admit he preached it looking in the mirror. He opened with a question that's hard to sit with: What has God asked you to do recently that you've said no to? Not always a defiant no. Often it's quieter than that — "I'll get to it later," "when it's convenient," "once these other things are in order." As Kap put it, God hears all of it the same way.
He framed the whole message around a short parable Jesus told:
"A man with two sons told the older boy, 'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.' The son answered, 'No, I won't go,' but later he changed his mind and went anyway. Then the father told the other son, 'You go,' and he said, 'Yes, sir, I will.' But he didn't go. Which of the two obeyed his father?" They replied, "The first." (Matthew 21:28–31, NLT)
The point lands fast: God isn't after a polished "yes, sir." He's after obedience.
Kap then told the story that had been stirring his heart all week — a weekend in Washington, DC with a church that has grown to ten campuses in seven years, planting churches, championing adoption, building a restoration home for women rescued from trafficking, and opening a house of prayer across the street from the Supreme Court. He kept asking them how they had the capacity for all of it. Their answer was a single sentence:
"We just refuse to say no to God."‘
That sentence reframes the whole Christian life. We tend to wait for capacity before we obey. Kap's testimony — and the witness of the Scriptures — is that capacity often shows up after the yes. His wife sensed a sobering word in the middle of it: that some of what this church was stepping into had been "reserved for other churches that said no." God will give the assignment to whoever will actually carry it.'
From there, Kap walked through the prophets Elijah and Elisha, and the parallel he sees running into Jesus and the church — the mantle passed, the double portion, the ascension and the sending of the Spirit, and Jesus' staggering promise that His followers would do "even greater works" (John 14:12, NLT). Then he grounded it all in the healing of Naaman in 2 Kings 5, pulling out four marks of a people who say yes to God:
A soft heart.
The whole healing started with a captured servant girl who wanted mercy for the very commander who had taken her from her home (2 Kings 5:1–3, NLT). The question Kap left us with: When was the last time you asked God, "What breaks your heart?" — even for the people who've hurt you.
If you remember nothing else from this weekend, remember this: God is not asking you to be impressive. He is asking you to be honest. The kind of faith Scripture describes is not a polished performance for an audience of strangers; it is a steady walk with a Father who already knows the worst of you and stays anyway.
Fast feet.
When the king panicked, Elisha simply said, "Send him to me" (2 Kings 5:8, NLT). He moved, because he knew it wasn't about him — it was about the Spirit he carried. Kap confessed his own version of the king's fear, and named the lie underneath it: it's all about me, and I don't have the capacity.
Thick skin.
Naaman almost missed his healing because the instructions offended him (2 Kings 5:10–12, NLT). Living boldly for Jesus will sometimes offend people — not because we're rude, but because the Word confronts. Kap's encouragement: brush your shoulders off, not from arrogance but from security. "You don't have to choose me. I've been chosen before the foundations of the earth."
A single eye.
Elisha refused Naaman's reward (2 Kings 5:15–16, NLT). One motivation, undivided. Which led to the closing question Kap pressed on all of us: What's your motivation? Why do you actually show up to church — to get something, or to give something?
So what do you do this week?
Ask God honestly: what have I been saying "later" to?
Pick one of the four marks — soft heart, fast feet, thick skin, single eye — and let God work on it this week.
Take one more swing at the prayer you've been tempted to give up on.
Watch the full message at lovechurch.org, and if God is stirring something in you, take a next step. You belong before you believe.
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