The Caddy Sermon Title: The Caddy Sermon Number: 5286 Speaker: Nathaniel Bronner Jr. Notes: Change Title 2X, speaker name if different, replace xxxx with sermon number 3X, after changing xxxx in the links below enter a line return to activate the hyperlink then remove the line return then delete these lines Links to audio sermon – Windows Media Version is best, MP3 is 2nd best: Windows Media Version http://www.theonlineword.com/s/xxxx.wma MP3 Version http://www.theonlineword.com/mp3/xxxx.mp3 TheOnLineWord.com and AirJesus.com TheOnLineWord.com AirJesus.com Welcome to Brothers of the Word. Because brother, you need the Word. And today, this is the fourth message in a series of seven entitled: Walking With A Tiger. And this series of messages came from my experience at the championship golf tournament where the top 30 golf money winners in the world came together to compete. And I took my oldest son there and as we looked for and followed around the golf course one man, Tiger Woods, revelations simply came just dealing with the parables that were revealed in the game of golf of how they will apply in the course we have to travel through in life. And you can listen to this complete series on AirJesus.com message number 1. Like a Lion (message 5283). 2. The Hazards in the Course of Life (message 5284). 3. The Power of Amateurs (message 5285). 4. today’s message 5286 Simply go to AirJesus.com, click sermon search and you can just enter in the word “Tiger” and you will be able to hear all of this sermons free of charge, or e-mail them to a friend you know who needs to hear them anywhere in the world absolutely free of charge. And as we were walking around the course and following Tiger Woods, and I looked at Tiger Woods and I looked at his caddy and I ask someone next to me and said, “What is the name of the caddy?” And they say “Steve Williams”. Awesome! My goodness! I said, “People know the name of Tiger’s caddy better than they do most of the pros on the PGA tour. Just his Caddy!” And I want to talk to you today from the subject of the caddy. Tiger Woods last year earned a little bit over $10 million. The caddy gets 10% of whatever the professional earns. And as I looked over the statistics, I saw that Tiger Woods’ caddy made more than the vast majority of golf professionals. Now, there are two levels of golf professionals. There is just a pro, and many of you if you go to golf courses, they always have in the club house what you will call a teaching pro. He is a pro, but they are different levels. You all know the different levels of pros? Well, there is a golf pro who teaches at the club and then there is a next level up. Because usually, when you are teaching at the club, you are good, but you aren’t that good. You understand what I mean? It is just like if you took the game of basketball. For example, say Elijah is extremely good at basketball. And say Elijah is good, but he isn’t that good. You understand what I mean? I mean he is good, don’t get me wrong. He is good. He is extremely talented. He can dribble and he can shoot and he can rebound. He is extremely good. But, when you go on down in the global scope of things, he is good, but he isn’t that good. So, there are pros and there are levels of pros and the first level of pros, they are good but they are not good enough to make the PGA tour. And the PGA tour consists of the best of the best. And these are all of the golfers who play in the real championship tournaments, the tournaments that have the big price money. These are the real pros. It will be the equivalent of the NBA in basketball. These are the real pros. You see, Elijah is good but he cannot make it in the NBA. So there are levels, and when I looked at just the money winners in the PGA - which is the equivalent in basketball to the players in the NBA. When I looked at the money winners in the PGA, Tiger Woods’ caddy made more money than the vast majority of the golfers in the PGA. And I said “Why?” The caddy is doing better than most of the pros because of who he is walking with. And I want you to understand some principles in life that will help influence and determine your pattern, your path, your course, and even your final destination in life just because of who you walk with. And you see Hans’ work as the caddy was no different than if he were caddy for the number 100th money winner on the PGA tour. Same work. Tiger Woods’ bag is no heavier than the player in number 100. Same distance, same number of yardage that you have to walk. The only real difference is who he is walking with. And when you can understand the power of just who you walk with, and what difference that will make in your life and in your destination - who you walk with. My grandmother, my father’s mother, instilled within my father three primary and major principles of life, three things that my father then drilled and tried to instill into all of his children. The first thing was simply: Be Honest. You know, way back in the old days some of just the mother whip, not a whole lot of fancy psychological long words and all. Just some basic comp, three things that my grandmother drilled into my father. First: Be Honest. And sometimes that old stuff still is applicable. You know, a lot of times and in a lot ways we are just dishonest with some stuff. Unfortunately, I know some folk that are just not honest. They won’t do right, they won’t tell the truth, they lack integrity, and they are just not honest. So, the first thing, and some would get all of this big knowledge and stuff, if we can just learn some basic principles. First is Be Honest. Tell the truth, do not steal, do not do wrong, just be honest. So, it is the first thing that my grandmother told my daddy. Be Honest. The second thing is this: Work Hard. Too often, we want quick, sleek, fast-talking, easygoing successes in life. And it just did not happen. Everything worthwhile in life takes some hard work. You just seem to hardly get in it. There was one man who went to the preacher complaining that he just did not have any success in life. “Everything is just not free” he says, “Look pastor, I have asked for money. I have begged for money. I have cried for money. I have demanded money”. And the pastor said, “Have you tried working for money?” And he says “No, I have not tried working for money because I am going in alphabetical order and I have not gotten to work yet”. So, sometimes we just have to understand just the principle of just: Work Hard. And even though God will grant us so much, you will find that God grants most of the stuff to diligent folk. That is why Jesus, when He went to get the disciples, He did not get anyone who was doing nothing. He did not get sorry folk. He got folk who were out already working, already hustling, already were diligent in what they were doing. When Jesus went to pick people to go with Him and to walk with Him, He went out and got some people already doing something. So, just Work Hard. And the third thing is the principle of today’s message. My grandmother told my father, “Keep good company.” Who you walk with, who you hang with, who you associate with will determine the direction and the destination that you go to in life. There is the old statement that birds of a feather flock together, but they go to the same destination. So if you want to get to some different destination, oftentimes people, we will have to walk with some different people. And there is just no two ways, and sometimes it will sound elitist and it is. Because I am an elitist. What do you mean? I do not want what the average person hates. I just do not want it absolutely, no shape, form or fashion because every person is in bad shape. So if I do not want what the average person has, I have to walk a different path. That is why Jesus said, wide is the path that leadeth unto destruction, and many thereon shall enter, but narrow is the way that leadeth unto the light. It is a path of walking. So, people, you have to understand that if you want something different, you have to walk a different path and you have to walk with a different type of person. So, if you want to go to a certain destination that is away from the average, that is away from the humdrum and the mess and the squalor of life, you are going to have to walk with a different kind of person with a different of mentality.