Jeremiah 21, 37, 38

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues our series on Jeremiah.

There's a king, Zedekiah, who keeps showing up at God's door. Keeps asking the right questions. Keeps getting the right answers. But keeps walking away while doing nothing.

Like Zedekiah, most of us know what we should do. We've gotten the advice, we've listened to the sermon, and we've felt the conviction. But there's a gap — a painful, familiar gap — between knowing and doing; between asking and acting.

This message is about that gap, why we're afraid of the wrong things, and why, eventually, if we're not careful, we just stop asking altogether.

But it also ends with the best news. Because Jesus is a better Zedekiah who took action by willingly surrendering everything for us.

If there's an area of your life where you know what to do — and can't seem to do it — this one's for you.

Key Moments

• 00:00 Welcome

• 01:16 Message: Always Asking, Never Acting

• 04:37 Who Was King Zedekiah?

• 10:38 The Pattern of Asking Without Acting

• 13:57 When Advice Becomes Entertainment

• 19:14 Faith Requires a Step

• 22:41 What Zedekiah Was Really Afraid Of

• 29:29 When We Stop Asking Altogether

• 32:09 Jesus the Better King