Take your Bibles tonight and turn them open to Mark chapter number seven. Mark chapter number seven. If you love your Bible, say amen. If you believe your Bible, say amen. Amen. I'm thankful for the word of God this evening. We'll get right into it. And just really give you what the Lord's put on my heart. Mark chapter number seven, verse number 31. Right here at the end of Mark chapter number seven. The Bible says, and again, departing from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, he came into the Sea of Galilee through the midst of the coast of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And when he took him aside from the multitude, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spit and touched his tongue. And looking up to heaven, he sighed and saith unto him, Ephathah, that is, be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loose, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more He charged them, so much the more, a great deal, they published it. And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well. He maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak. Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, I just thank you, Lord, to be back in the house of God this evening. Lord, you know in my own life, Lord, how much I need to be here this evening. And Lord, not just because of what today is and what has taken place, but Lord, because I desperately need you. And I just pray, Father, Lord, that you'd have me behind the cross of Calvary. I pray, Father, would you help me to preach with the power and the demonstration of the Holy Ghost. Lord, I thank you for, Lord, the resolve and the desire that you've put in my heart to preach this evening. And I just pray, Father, would you open up our hearts, open up our ears. Lord, help me to listen just as much as those that are sitting in the pews tonight. Father, I pray that you'd help me to preach to myself. And I just pray, Father, Lord, when it's all said and done, we'll give you the glory for what is done here tonight. Lord, we love you and we thank you. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. And amen, I want you to look at verse number 37. And we're gonna look at a phrase in there and then I'm gonna share something with you and what the Lord's put on my heart for this evening. Look right there in the middle of verse number 37. It says, He hath done all things well. He hath done all things well. And really the truth of that statement that these men were saying about Christ is in that word all. Because notice it does not say that he does the things that we enjoy well. Or he does the things that just bring us great happiness well. But he does all things well. well. All things well. And here's the thing. We look at this story and we see Christ through this great miracle. He does this great work in the life of this man. He cures his deafness and he cures his speech impediment. And this man says he doeth all, he has done all things well. In order for that to be true, the thing that is good is not only done well, but the thing that me and you would consider hard, the thing that me and you would consider not good, he also does well. The things that don't bring us excitement. The things that don't bring us happiness, so to speak. The things that tear us down to the core. The things that leave us just shaken and in shambles. He does that well. Cause he does all things well. Sunday night I posted that picture of me and Raylan in TR. Out there in the foyer for Father's Day. And I had a good Father's Day. I mentioned on there, kind of made it public, that we were expecting our third child. I guess Monday morning, Miss Becky woke up with some cramps and was some other issues and just kind of took it easy. And then I end up calling her doctor later on that evening or Tuesday morning. They got her in Tuesday to come see her. She was in the ultrasound room. They're going to run some other tests. And the ultrasound technician was searching and searching and could not find a heartbeat. We found out yesterday that that baby's passed on. And I got to the hospital because of all the COVID stuff. I was the doctor asked and made special provision for me to be in the room. to make sure I could get Miss Becky home and all of that. And she sat down and we were talking with the doctor. It was nothing that we had done, so to speak. The doctor was just about 100% sure it was a chromosomal genetic issue. And the baby just stopped developing and passed away. And so that was all brand new to me. I've never been in that scenario. Never been in that situation. Never had to deal with that. And the doctor was going over the options of what to do next. And some of you have been in that position. Sitting there, and she made a statement as we were talking with the doctor. She said, this may sound crazy. But she said, the way you found out and how it happened was actually a blessing. And my wife testified to her and she said, it sure is a blessing. She said, because this baby's life mattered. So we got to enjoy this baby for at least we know for eight weeks this baby was alive. And that baby brought us great joy, brought us great excitement. And the baby has since passed on. We were figuring out what to do next. And that's the reason why Miss Becky's not here this evening. That process took place naturally today. We had a funeral before I came here this evening. And that's something that I never thought in a million years that I'd have to do. And we were driving home yesterday after figuring all this out. Quickly, Miss Becky's doing, as far as everything's considered, physically, we've talked with the doctor, and everything is progressing like it's supposed to, as far as health-wise and all of that. Just continue to pray for her. And she told me to tell you that she's not afraid to talk about it. She found out yesterday, and she told me that one in four pregnancies end in a miscarriage. And she said, I had no idea that number was that high. And the doctor said, it's because people are afraid to talk about it. And the wife said, you make sure you tell those ladies there that they're more than welcome to text her. She said, you know, for right now, calling might be a bit much on her physically, but please feel free to text her. That way she can respond and get back to you when it's convenient for her. And she said, make sure they know they don't have to walk around on eggshells around me. She said, God's been good to me. God's blessed me. She said, I got to experience, she said, this would make the third time I've got to experience what some women never get to experience. The joy of finding out that they're with child. And so she's at home tonight resting, Ms. Raelyn's taking care of her. And we sent TR with his grandmother to revival. And he was hyped up. When we went there, we've named the baby Dave, David, Ray Wagner. And because since we found out, TR begged for that baby's name to be Dave. And so that's where we are tonight. And as we were coming home yesterday from the hospital, Ms. Becky asked me, she said, you all right? How are you handling all this? And you can imagine anybody who's been through something like that, it comes in waves. And it happens and We were coming home and right where Gordon highway crosses over on the peach orchard She asked me said, how are you doing? I said, you know, I'm not mad I'm not bitter. I'm not angry. I said I'm sad, of course So I'm just glad I have a blessed hope. I Know where that baby is tonight And I've always heard people talk about, and I can identify with this, about having someone on the other side. And no doubt I've got family that have passed on, and I've got friends that have passed on, and people in this church that I was close to and I enjoyed worshiping with and fellowshipping with, that are on the other side. I found out yesterday, I've got a youngin' on the other side. Miss Becky said he'll never have to face this in curse world. Never have to deal with that. And we could sit and I'll get into this in a few minutes and I always enjoy preaching. I do. I'm not one of those that get behind the pulpit because I feel like I have nothing else better to do. I enjoy preaching. But Miss Becky asked me this afternoon, she said, are you gonna be able to preach? I said, I feel like I need to. I feel like I need to. And we come here in this portion of scripture and you look at this and what has happened in this account is the opposite of what's happened in our scenario as a family. I just ask that you continue to pray for us. And like I said, you know, we're dealing with it day by day. And some of you have been in that same environment, in that same scenario. And just thank you for your prayers and your encouragement. that I know you'll give us, because that's the kind of people y'all are. That's the kind of church we are. We come here, and the opposite, in a sense, has happened. But like I mentioned before, he's done all things well. So for a few minutes, I want to preach on this thought. When the well-done thing isn't what you expected. When the thing that God did well was not what you were looking for. And I guarantee there's someone here tonight that could testify that God does everything well. He does all things well, but there's been some things that have been done in your life, they were done well, but they weren't fun. They were done well, but it came with a lot of pain and a lot of hurt. But can I say in spite of all that, he hath done all things well. I've had the privilege to sit in some of y'all's living room and the roles are reversed. You're the one personally going through something. And I feel as if it'd be a whole lot easier for me to stand here instead of trying to cram all of y'all into my living room and to let you know He's done everything well. He has done all things well. And so now I wanna give you three actions that we see here and some truths. And I believe every Christian can find peace in the things that Christ has done well, even if they hurt by noticing the following truths. Notice, first of all, we see they had a desire to get to the Savior. They had a desire to get to the Savior. In order to that, they had to acknowledge their issue. In verse number 32, they bring unto him one that was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. No doubt he had some physical issues. And here's the thing, if he didn't think he had any problems, he'd have no desire to get to Christ. He'd have no desire to get to where the Lord is, but he said, no, I have some issues, and I have some problems, and I've tried everything, and I know what the world's offered. I need somebody who can really help me. And aren't you glad tonight that when we have issues, and when the thing that has done well hurts us, we can still go to him about it. I'm glad when I prayed to him this afternoon, as I stood over the hole that I dug out myself from my own child. Never in a million years would I thought I'd stood there and done that. But I'm glad when I called out to God, Brother Jacob said in the song, sometimes you feel as if he's not there. This afternoon wasn't one of those moments. It was as real as it's ever been before. But can I say, since yesterday, I've come to him with some issues. Come to him with the things and the pain and the hurt. Not bitter, I'm not angry. because there's so much good that could come out of this. But if we're gonna make it through the things that he does well that hurt us, listen, we're gonna have to be honest with them. We're gonna have to be open with them. Is that not what we just finished last week in the book of Job? I'm waiting for somebody to tell me something like this. Well, that's why you shouldn't have preached out of the book of Job. I might just punch them in the teeth. See, that's what's wrong with most churches, is they won't preach on that kind of stuff. We'll preach on our standards and we'll think, boy, that's hard preaching. I'm glad that I preached through the book of Job. I don't know if it benefited any of you, but as I was riding home, I said, I know how to make it through this. I'm gonna take it day by day. I'm gonna open up and eventually I'll shine forth for the glory of God. But if we're gonna make it through the thing that he's done well that we didn't expect, we're gonna have to acknowledge our issues. We're gonna have to appeal to the Savior just like they did. Lord, would you please lay your hand on me? Lord, would you please touch me? Lord, would you please do for me what nobody else could do is what he's saying in verse number 32. We see the desire to get to the Savior. And can I say when the thing that is well done but it wasn't what you were expecting. The first thing we need to do is to get to where Jesus is and get around him, because he's really the only one that can help us. So we see the desire to get to the Savior. Notice number two, we see the actions. We see the actions of the Savior. In verse number 33, it says, he took him aside from the multitude. And he put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and he touched his tongue. We see that there was a separating action. Jesus grabs this man, or he doesn't necessarily grab him, but he leads him away from the group. And that's one of the things, when you go through something like this, and you're standing there like I am tonight, just in the middle of the raw wound, and all that has taken place, and I'm glad in the spot that he's still good, but sometimes you can feel like you're all alone, but you're not. He's there with you. But sometimes, in order for him to administer, in order for him to get his point across, in order for him to get a hold of you like he wants to, he's got to pull you away from the group. He's got to pull you away to a place unto Himself. Could you imagine if that man would still have been in the crowd and Jesus sticks His fingers in his ears and somebody hollered out, that ain't going to work. But see, when you're removed from the crowd, you're also removed from the opinion of the crowd and the doubt of the crowd. And God separates this man. He pulls him off to the side. And then he does some specific actions, some odd actions. This is something that if we were to see it today, you'd probably see it at a Benny Hinn crusade. But Jesus walks over to him and he separated him. He takes his fingers and sticks them in the ear of the man. And as I was reading through this and studying, because as I was, like I said, that phrase had been on my heart since we were leaving the hospital. He hath done all things well. Why in the world would Jesus stick his fingers in this man's ear? I mean, I understand it was part of the process he was gonna heal him, but can I say when he stuck his fingers in his ears, all he could hear is what the Savior let in. See, so many times in our life we'll go through something, and the thing that God's done well, it would be not what we want, it would be not what we're looking forward to, and if we're not careful, we'll let everything out there influence our mind and our thinking. And we'll begin to ask questions like I have. I wonder what the baby would've looked like. I wonder the physical traits and I wonder the attitude and the characteristics. I wonder why, if we're not careful, now listen, if we're not careful, let those questions begin to help us have a mindset that we should not have. Because those are questions I can't answer. And sometimes we'll ask questions like, is there anything else that I could have done? Could I have done more? Where was I lacking that this took place? And can I say tonight, that sometimes we've done everything we can, and God will still do that thing as well, that is well, and it still is not what we're expecting. Can I say this evening, and y'all are probably gonna laugh at this, but sometimes what we need to do is grab our Bible. Let me grab your Bible there, Maddie. I'll try to keep your page for you. Not happening. Sometimes what we need to do... I'm just going to trust in the truth. I'm going to trust in the faithfulness of God's Word. Because if I let my mind wander, and I let my mind play those games on me, before you know it, I'll be in a place that none of us want to be in. But if I take God's Word, His promises, and shove them in my ear, all I'm going to hear is what He wants me to hear. But then notice what he did, he touched his tongue. The Bible said he spit, and I still couldn't figure out why he did that. The Lord has his ways, and sometimes in our life he'll do things that we'll look at and say, why in the world? But it was part of the process. That's part of the process. But notice this, the Bible said he touched his tongue. In verse number 33, he touched his tongue. I was thinking about this. He stuck his fingers in his ears. And when he did that and he touched his tongue, what was coming into his ears influenced his tongue. Just like when Miss Becky was talking with the doctor and talking with me, some of the things she said, most people would have looked at her and said, you're crazy. There's nothing good. about this situation. But my wife, whether she knew it or not, she was operating on the promises of God's Word. She was operating on the truth of God's Word that yes, it may hurt and it may be painful and it may be something that none of us want to experience, but He hath done well. He hath done well. I really think We talk about wanting revival and desiring revival. I think so many times we look at that and we think it's a thing of excitement. It's a thing of great emotion. I think that's actually a product of it. I don't think that's what brings it on. I think it's me and you getting honest in the midst of the hard times. in the midst of the thing he's done well that we were not expecting. Stopping and saying, Lord, I just want to say you've done well. I got up here and Brother Kurt was up here as well getting things together. He came in whistling a song, a song I hadn't heard in years, a song he hadn't heard in years. It was just on his heart, in his head. He couldn't get it out. Have I mentioned that I love you? How I worship and adore you. Tonight I can say in the midst of all of this, I still love him. I still love him. No, but the devil, the devil ain't done any of this. This is the sovereign hand of God. You cannot convince me otherwise. We see the separating action, we see the specific action. Look at verse number 34. We see a sincere action of the Savior. The Bible says, in looking up to heaven, he sighed. He sighed. Me and you, when we sighed, it's because we don't want to do something. Your parents tell you to go take the trash out, and you say, ugh. Your spouse tells you to pick up your dirty clothes, you say, ugh, OK. This was not that kind of sigh. This was a sigh of compassion. This was a sigh of great pity. Just like when he wept at the tomb of Lazarus and he groaned within himself. The Bible says that he sighed as he looked at this man. He wasn't laughing at him. I did this to you to punish you. He said, oh, I know you're hurt. I know your pain. I know your struggle. I know what you're dealing with. I'm glad this evening that we have a high priest who cannot be touched, or who's touched with the feeling of our infirmities. He knows what we're going through. I was sitting in the house and was just thinking about how today, right now for me is the present. Right now what has took place, I did not see it coming. God's already been here. He's already seen this through. He already knows the beginning from the end. But I'm glad. He's so concerned. And He's so caring that right now He knows exactly what I'm going through. And He's not up in heaven pointing down at me. He's sighing. I know the hurt. I know the pain. We see the desire to get the Savior. We see the actions of the Savior. Notice number three, we see the results of the Savior's work. Verse number 35, there's an immediate result. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. There are some immediate results of what God had done in this man's life. And as crazy as it may sound to you, there were some immediate results when we found out yesterday. And just knowing how much God cares for us. Like I said, I'll try my best to explain it, but none of my Bible college theology can help me with that. I don't know if you've ever experienced it, just how God will take one small phrase and encourage you with it, and strengthen you. Just, I can literally take you to the spot tonight where He hath done all things well, brought so much peace to my heart. There was immediate results, but I guarantee you this man did not stop speaking that day. He did not stop enjoying, he did not stop using what God had brought him through to help other people. Because notice what he did in verse number 36. And he charged them that they should tell no man, but the more he charged them, so much the more, a great deal, they published it. Not just speaking about this general man, but those that were around that day. I'm trying to wrap my mind to see how this is playing. They're trying to tell everybody and Jesus is telling them to hush. Now, I understand why in that sense because this was not specifically the only thing Jesus came to do. Ultimately, Jesus came to die for the sins of man. He wasn't just to be a physical healer and a miracle doer. He came with a greater purpose and that was to die for my and your sin. But I sat there and just thanked the Lord for my wife's testimony. She said, I'm not afraid to talk about this. I'm not afraid to reach out and help somebody. She said, yes, it hurts, and yes, there's some pain that comes along with it. She said, but God's been too good for me to sit quiet. I honestly believe, Brother Jed, I'll sit with some people in my office one day who will go through the same exact thing. And I'll be able to sit there and say, I know what you're going through. I know the pain and I know the hurt, but can I remind you He's done all things well. All things well. There was an inability to be quiet and there was an intimate understanding. Verse number 37, and we're beyond a measure astonished, saying He hath done all things well. He maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak. There was no doubt in this man's life, in this man's mind, that this man, Jesus, is who he said he was. Because he knew him on an intimate level and he knew that he had done all things well. Can I say tonight, I absolutely, 100% agree. He's done all things well. I could go around the room tonight and there's some major events in your life, you could tell me the date that it happened and how many years ago. Some are fresher than others in the amount of time that has taken place. And you might even say, preacher, in the moment, when it all took place, I didn't like it. I definitely didn't enjoy it. But preacher, I have to agree. He's done all things well. He's done all things well. So tonight I ask you just to pray for us. Not that you already don't. Miss Becky said, don't feel bad for us. She told the doctor yesterday, we're gonna make it through this. And the doctor said, you sure? She said, yes ma'am. We're gonna make it through this. not because we're anything special. When I became the pastor, I didn't get some special skills or abilities just to pull myself up by my bootstraps. But I'm gonna make it through my trial the same way you made it through yours. Trust in Christ. Trust in Christ. Believe in His word. And lifting up on the encouragement of the saints. But I'm glad tonight, in all of this, the one thing I still know is true, even though I may not necessarily, that's not what I was expecting. That's not what I had planned out. We had spent Sunday afternoon looking and starting up a baby registry. Posted that Sunday night. just in a matter of moments, for everything in our life to change. But can I say tonight, with a sincere smile, He does everything well. He does everything well. Let's pray this evening to Heavenly Father. We thank You, God, for Your Word. Lord, You know my heart. I didn't come here to be macho. I didn't come here to be Superman. Lord, I came with a sincere desire, Lord, to proclaim the truth that you do all things well. Father, in the past few days, Lord, I've experienced things that I never dreamed I'd have to experience. But Lord, I'm thankful, Lord, for the truths that I've been preaching are exactly that, they're true. Lord, you are present and you are near to those of a broken or contrite spirit. Lord, your grace is sufficient. Lord, your mercy is new every morning. Your love endureth forever. And Father, I thank you that you do all things well. Father, I pray, Lord, this baby that you allowed us to enjoy for this short time, with the testimony, bring many souls to Christ. Lord, if there's one in four, that are experiencing what we're experiencing. Well, we know good and well, they're experiencing without the truth of the gospel. Lord, they're experiencing it without the comfort that comes from God's word. Father, I pray, would you let our paths cross? Lord, that I could be a shining light Lord, that we can reach souls for the cause of Christ. Father, I just pray, Lord, for my wife tonight. I thank you, Lord, for her. Lord, I thank you, Lord, for keeping her safe in the midst of all this, watching over her. I pray, Father, Lord, physically, Lord, she'll be able to get back and Lord, recuperated. And I pray, Father, Lord, mentally and emotionally, Lord, you put a hedge around her. And Lord, just simply remind her again, like you have so many times in these past few hours, you do all things well. Or it wasn't by accident. Lord, but you have a reason. You have a purpose. Father, I just pray, Lord, this evening for our church, but I thank you for the church that you allow me to pastor, full of such love and care and compassion. I pray, Father, Lord, I'm not the only one standing here this evening or has been through a situation that you've done well and you've done right, but it's hurt. Father, there's some probably here tonight struggling, hurting. Father, in a way that I can't, a way that's beyond my limitations, would you comfort them tonight? Encourage them that they're not alone. Lord, I'm thankful. Lord, that I have you to trust in, to lean on, to glean from. Lord, we love you this evening. And Lord, we'll all testify the fact you do all things well. Comfort now and help, and we'll give you the glory and the praise and the honor. Lord, you're the only one that's worthy of it. Father, help us, Lord, to give it to you. We love you, in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.