1. Work for the Lord! Work for the mom!
1.1. Colossians 3:23 (NLT) 23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.
1.2. Enthusiasm is not a product of environment as much as posture of heart
2. 2 types of people
2.1. Let environment determine enthusiasm
2.1.1. Tell me more
2.1.1.1. Another reason
2.1.1.2. Jesus saved me!
2.2. Those whose enthusiasm changes their environments
2.3. Enthusiasm
2.3.1. Spiritual enthusiasm
3. EN THEOS—INGOD, FILLED WITH GOD
3.1. 1 Corinthians 15:57–58 (NLT) 57 But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.
4. THE EN-THEOS OF DAVID
4.1. 1 Samuel 17:45 (NLT) 45 David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
4.2. 1 Samuel 17:46 (NLT) 46 Today the Lord will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel!
5. WHERE DID DAVID’S ENTHUSIAM COME FROM?
5.1. HE TRUSTED GOD DAILY
5.1.1. lion/bear
5.1.2. God delivered them
5.1.2.1. (Saul.)
5.2. HE WA L K E D WITH GOD DAILY
5.2.1. Lord is shepherd
5.2.2. (Not Sun church)
5.3. HE WORSHIPED GOD DAILY
5.3.1. Arc
5.3.2. Worship all of might
5.3.3. Football
5.3.4. Read Word—for me
5.3.5. Worshiped—Sensed presence
5.3.6. Prayed—God answered
5.3.7. Tithed—God provided
5.3.8. Trusting God
5.3.8.1. Walking with God
5.3.8.2. Worshiping God
5.3.8.3. Filled with God
6. TWO SEASONS OF DAVID’S LIFE
6.1. Kid
6.1.1. 1 Samuel 17:48 (NLT) 48 As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him.
6.2. King
6.2.1. 2 Samuel 11:1 (NLT) In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem.
6.3. WITH ENTHUSIASM, DAVID RAN INTO THE BATTLE TOSERVE HIS GOD
6.4. WITH APATHY, DAVID WA L K E D ON THE ROOF TO SERVEHIS COMFORT
7. How did a man who had such enthusiasm as a kid lose it as a king?
7.1. Took his eyes off his calling and put it on his comfort.
7.2. Which best represents you?
7.3. Are you charging into spiritual battle?
7.4. Revelation 2:4–5 (NLT) 4 “But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first! 5 Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches.
7.4.1. Trust
7.4.2. Walk
7.4.3. Worship
7.4.4. David cried
7.4.4.1. Psalm 51:10 (NLT) 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.
7.4.4.2. JC—saved my soul
8. Enthusiasm is not a product of environment as much as posture of heart!
8.1. Think about how enthusiasm would change the climate around you:
8.1.1. Serve God in my job
8.1.2. Do my best
8.1.3. Leave it all on the field