1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Hi, It's Joelan Victoria. What a joy to be with 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: you today. We always counted an honor. Know that we're 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: praying for you and your family. We sure hope you 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: enjoy this podcast today and we just are praying for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: you and know that God is for you, so enjoy 6 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,159 Speaker 1: today's message. God bless you. It's great to have you 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: with us today. I know God has amazing things in 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: your future now. I hope you'll stay connected with us 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: through the week. We have a daily podcast that you 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: can download or go to our YouTube channel, follow us 11 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: on social media. We want to keep it encouraged and inspired. 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: But thanks for tuning in today. I like to start 13 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: with something funny and I heard about this young man 14 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: one day. He was talking to God. He said, God, 15 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: what's a million years like to you? God said, a 16 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: million years to me is like one second to you. 17 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: He said, well, God, what's a million dollars like to you? 18 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: God said, a million dollars to me is like one 19 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: penny to you. He thought about it a moment and said, God, 20 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: will you give me a penny? God says sure, just 21 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: a second. Come on, say it like you mean it. 22 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 23 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 24 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 25 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 26 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 27 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 28 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about grass in the Desert. 29 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: March Chapter six, Jesus was with his disciples and so 30 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: many people were crowding around. He told them to get 31 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: in the boat so they could have some time alone. 32 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: Verse thirty two says they departed to a desert place. 33 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: People saw where they were heading. When they arrived, there 34 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: were thousands of people waiting for them. Jesus began to 35 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: teach them. Late in the day. The disciples said, Jesus, 36 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: it's almost night. We're out here in the desert. There's 37 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: nothing to eat. Send the people home. Jesus said, you 38 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: feed them. They said, with what we're in the desert, 39 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: we don't have food for all these people. Jesus asked 40 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: them for what they had. They gave him two fish 41 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: and five bloves of bread. Verse thirty nine says Jesus 42 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: told the crowd to sit down in groups on the 43 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: green grass. Three times in this passage, it says they 44 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: were in a desert place. Now he's telling them to 45 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: sit on green grass. The people were tired, hot, hungry. 46 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: Jesus hadn't multiplied the food yet, they hadn't received the miracle. 47 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: But while they were waiting, God gave them grass in 48 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: the desert. He made the hard places easier. He didn't 49 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: stop them from going into the desert. He didn't keep 50 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: them from the heat, but he did lighten the load. 51 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: We all go through desert places in life. Problems that 52 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: should overwhelm us, giants that should defeat us, bad breaks 53 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: that should make us bitter. But somehow, in the midst 54 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: of these challenges, there's a force sustaining us. We feel 55 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: strength that we didn't have courage to keep moving forward, 56 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: grace to endure. We look back and think, how did 57 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: I make it through the loss of my loved one? 58 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: How did I overcome that sickness? How did I raise 59 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: that child that was so difficult? It was God giving 60 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 1: you grass in the desert, God making the hard places easier. 61 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,399 Speaker 1: Without his grace, we would have gone under without his favor. 62 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: That sickness would have defeated you. Without him breathing in 63 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: your direction. You wouldn't have made it through that breakup. 64 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: He didn't stop the trouble, but he did keep the 65 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: trouble from stopping you. You could have fallen apart, You 66 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: could have had a nervous breakdown, gotten bitter. But God 67 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: gave you green grass in the desert. He sustained you 68 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: when you could have been overwhelmed. He stepped in and 69 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: lightened the load. That's why that person showed up at 70 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: just the right time to help you. It wasn't a 71 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: lucky break It was grass in the desert. That's why 72 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: you had the strength to take that treatment when you 73 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: should have been discouraged, worn out. It was grass in 74 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: the desert. That's why this pandemic hasn't defeated you. You 75 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: could be stressed out, not able to make it, but 76 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: there's grass in the desert. God hasn't changed it all yet. 77 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: You haven't seen the promise come to pass. You're still 78 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: believing for the healing, the promotion, the spouse. The good 79 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: news is while you're waiting, God is making your hard 80 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 1: places easier. You may not be able to tell it, 81 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 1: but if it wasn't for the goodness of God, that 82 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: sickness would have taken you out without his favor, That 83 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: trouble would have overwhelmed you, without his mercy, that addiction 84 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: would have defeated you. No matter what you go through, 85 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: an illness, a divorce, a betrayal, because you're a child 86 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: of the Most High God, there's going to be green 87 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: grass in the desert. It's not going to overwhelm you. 88 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: It's not going to be too much. God is going 89 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: to do things that don't make sense. He's going to 90 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: give you strength that you can't explain, courage that you 91 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: didn't know you had, fevor that you didn't see coming. 92 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: You may be in a desert place now. The right 93 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: attitude is Lord, I want to thank you for the 94 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: green grass. Thank you for sustaining me, thank you for 95 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 1: what didn't take me out. Thank you that I'm still standing. 96 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: How could Joseph keep a good attitude after all the 97 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: negative things that happened to him. He was betrayed by 98 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: his brothers, thrown into a pit. They were going to 99 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: leave him there to die, but they ended up selling 100 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: him as a slave. He could have been bitter, angry, 101 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: trying to get revenge, but God gave him grass in 102 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: the desert. He made the hard places easier, and despite 103 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: all the injustice, despite his world being turned upside down, 104 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: Joseph kept being his best, doing the right thing. When 105 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: he faced temptation, the wife tried to seduce him. Joseph 106 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: could have thought, I have nothing to lose. These people 107 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: have done me wrong. He could have let his guard 108 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 1: down and compromised. But there was grass in the desert. 109 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: Joseph stayed faithful, loyal, committed. You don't know how God 110 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: is working in your life right now. Where did you 111 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: get the strength to withstand the temptation? How are you 112 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: able to keep a good attitude when negative things have happened? 113 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: How can you still be strong and do the right 114 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: thing with these challenges you're up against. It's not just 115 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: your will, your determination, it's God giving you grass in 116 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 1: the desert. He's not letting that trouble overwhelm you. He's 117 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: not letting that bad break defeat you. The scripture says, 118 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: you'll never face anything that you can't handle. If it 119 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: was too much, if it was going to stop your destiny, 120 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: God wouldn't have allowed it. Like Joseph, you may be 121 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 1: in a desert place. Life has thrown you a curve. 122 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: You're dealing with things that you never saw coming. People 123 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: that did you wrong, a sickness that's not improving. Your 124 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: business went down. You don't see how you can go on. 125 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: God is about to make your hard places easier. You're 126 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: going to feel a strength that you've never found. The 127 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: right people, divine connections are headed your way. God is 128 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: going to get you to where you're supposed to be. 129 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: The desert is not your destiny. That bear in place, 130 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: the disappointment, the loss is not how your story ends. 131 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: The desert is temporary. The trouble is temporary, The depression, 132 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: it's only temporary. Joseph ended up the prime minister of Egypt. 133 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: He came out of the desert into his promised land. 134 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: We don't like the desert, but the desert was necessary. 135 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: Without the opposition, without the betrayals, the disappointments, Joseph would 136 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: have never made it to his destiny. God won't stop 137 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: the desert. He never promised we wouldn't have difficulties. But 138 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: he did promise He'll give your grass in the desert. 139 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: He'll make your hard places easier. Now, quit telling yourself 140 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: that you can't handle it. It's too much. I'll never 141 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: beat this cancer. I'll never raise these children. This pandem 142 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: is going to ruin my business. You're defeating yourself. Victory 143 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: starts in our thinking. The scripture says to take hold 144 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: of his strength. Try a different approach. Lord. Thank you 145 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: for the grass and the desert. Thank you that I 146 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: can do all things through Christ. Thank you that I'm 147 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: strong in the Lord. Thank you that you're making my 148 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: crooked places straight. Thank you that you being for me 149 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: is more than the world being against me. My father 150 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: struggled with high blood pressure most of his life, and 151 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: often the medicine he would take would make him dizzy, 152 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: and from the TV area on Sunday mornings, I would 153 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: come down to put his microphone on from the TV 154 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: area before the service. Many times he hadn't slept much 155 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: the night before. He didn't seem up to par, and 156 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: I would ask him if he wanted to minister or 157 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 1: did he want us to get someone else. He would 158 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: never think twice. He'd say yes, I'm ready. He would 159 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: go out as strong as anointed, as effective as ever. 160 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: When he stepped into the pulpit, it was like he 161 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: was a different person. You couldn't tell anything was wrong. 162 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: I was so amazed. I thought, how could he do that? 163 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: I realize now that was God giving him grass in 164 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: the desert. David said, God makes me to lie down 165 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: in green pastures. You can be in a desert and 166 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: God will create a green pasture in a pandemic. You 167 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 1: could be worried, upset, But look at you, strong, confident. 168 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: You know God is still on the throne. You know 169 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: he holds victory in store for the upright. You know 170 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: what's meant for harm. He's turning to your advantage. It's 171 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: bearing all around you. But you're in a green pasture. 172 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: You have grass in the desert. While others are complaining, 173 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: talking about how it's not going to work out, you 174 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: have a song of praise. You're expecting God's favor, You're 175 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: declaring his promises. When I looked at my father, I 176 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: didn't see green pastures. All I saw was a desert, 177 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: barren land, him not feeling well. I didn't see how 178 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: he could prepare a message, how he could get up 179 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: and be effective. But God doesn't wait till you get 180 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: out of the desert. He'll cause you to flourish in 181 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: the desert. He'll make you prosperous in a barren land. 182 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: What I couldn't see was in that desert he had 183 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: green grass. He had strength to do what he shouldn't 184 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: be able to do. As seventy seven, my father had 185 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: to go on dialysis. His kidneys had quit working. Often 186 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: I would take him to the clinic. He would sit 187 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: there for four hours, three times a week. He was 188 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: used to being able to travel and go places. Now 189 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,839 Speaker 1: he was tied down. This should have defeated him, should 190 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: have taken the joy and victory out of his life. 191 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: But God takes things that should be disheartening, defeating, unbearable, 192 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: and he gives you the grace to keep going strong. 193 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: Even though he was on dialysis, he never missed ministering 194 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: on a Sunday morning. I never heard him complain. He 195 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: didn't talk about how bad it was. He was constantly 196 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 1: thanking God for his goodness. That didn't make sense. He 197 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: was in the desert, on dialysis, not able to travel. 198 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: But God knows how to make your hard places easier. 199 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: He may not keep you out of the desert, but 200 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: he will give you grass in the desert. He'll give 201 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: you the grace to go through whatever comes your way. 202 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: You may be up against things that seem like they're 203 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: too much to handle, too difficult, too unfair. You don't 204 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: have the strength, the energy, the faith. Don't worry. There's 205 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: grass in that desert. God has a green pasture for 206 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: wherever he takes you. Going through a divorce, yes, that's hard, 207 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: but there's grass in that desert. You're going to feel 208 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: strength that you've never felt. Taken that treatment, it should 209 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: wipe you out, but even in the barren place, you're 210 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: going to discover a green pasture. God has already prepared 211 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: it for you. Or raising that special needs child, it 212 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: would be too much for others, but not you. There's 213 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 1: grass in that desert. I have a friend that was 214 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: married to a professional football player, big strong man that 215 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: served in the military. Later in life, he developed diabetes 216 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: and ended up losing both of his legs. This lady 217 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: took care of him like a king. She would get 218 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: up at four in the morning before she went to 219 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: work and get him dressed and bathed. She's a large woman. 220 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: She would pick him up out of the bed and 221 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: physically carry him around the house month after month, year 222 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: after year. Eventually he went to be with the Lord. 223 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: How could she have that kind of strength, that kind 224 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: of stamina that kind of commitment. That was God giving 225 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: her grass in the desert. You may be doing a 226 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: hard thing that you have to know God sees you. You're 227 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: not in this by yourself. He's about to lighten the load. 228 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: He's going to make that hard place easier. He has 229 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: grace for every season. I believe right now strength is 230 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: coming into you, fresh vision, fresh anointing. You may be tired, 231 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: but you're about to get a second wind. You're going 232 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: to feel God breathing in your direction, bringing dreams back 233 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: to life, making things happen that you couldn't make happen. 234 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: You're going to say, like her, how did I make 235 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: it through that difficult time? It was God giving you 236 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: grass in the desert. You stepped into a green pasture 237 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,439 Speaker 1: that He already prepared. When I look back over my life, 238 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: I can see these times where God made my hard 239 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: places easier. When my father passed, I was in a 240 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: desert place. I'd worked with him for years here at 241 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: Lakewood and traveled the world together. Nineteen ninety nine, when 242 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: he had a heart attack and went to be with 243 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: the Lord. That was the most difficult thing I'd ever faced. 244 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: My world was turned upside down, but it wasn't what 245 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: I thought. I thought I would be devastated, overwhelmed, not 246 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: able to go on. But I felt a peace that 247 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: I had never felt. I missed my father, but deep 248 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: down I knew he'd fulfilled his purpose. There was this 249 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: grace to not only make it through his loss, but 250 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: to step up and pasture the church. I suddenly had 251 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: this desire I never wanted to before. My father tried 252 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: for seventeen years to get me up to minister, but 253 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: I wouldn't do it. But now I not only knew 254 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: I was supposed to, but I wanted to. What was 255 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: that God? God giving me grass in the desert, making 256 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: my hard places easier. I didn't know how to minister. 257 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: I'd never written a message before. I should have been overwhelmed, 258 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: stressed out, But every week, by the grace of God, 259 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: I came up with something to say. Our daughter Alexandra 260 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: was three months old at the time, and Jonathan was 261 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: four years old. How could I step up and not 262 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: only start ministering each week, but lead the church, have 263 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: time for my family, raise my children, keep Victoria in line, 264 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: I mean, love Victoria. How could that happen? God makes 265 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: your hard places easier? He has a green pasture for you. 266 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: When you lose a loved one. You're not going to 267 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: fall apart. You're not going to give up on life. 268 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: New dreams are going to spring up, new desires are 269 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: going to come. He has a green pasture for when 270 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: that child is in trouble, for when your business slows, 271 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: for when the medical report is not good. When you 272 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: look back over your life, you can see these times. 273 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: God gave you grass in the desert. At the time 274 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: you may not have realized it. You were so caught 275 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: up in what was going on and making it through, 276 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: you didn't recognize it was the grace of God giving 277 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: you the strength, the favor, helping you do what you 278 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: couldn't do. It's good to take time and reflect on 279 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: the goodness of God. Lord, Thank you for the green pastures. 280 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: Thank you for bringing me through what should have stopped me. 281 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: Thank you for peace when I lost the loved one. 282 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: Thank You for strength to make it through that sickness. 283 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: Thank you for sustaining me when I should have gone under. 284 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: Thank you for defeating enemies that were much bigger. Thank 285 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: you for giving me the stamina to outlast the opposition. Well, Joel, 286 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: this sounds good, but I don't see this grass in 287 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: the desert. I don't have these big moments where I've 288 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: stepped up and done something great. Think about what could 289 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: have happened. That sickness could have taken you out, but 290 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: God gave you the strength to overcome. That break up 291 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: should have soured your life, left you bitter. But while 292 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: you were hurting, there was a green pasture. You had 293 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: the strength to move forward. Now you have someone great 294 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: in your life. That wasn't a lucky break. That was 295 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: grass in the desert. Maybe you spent years taking care 296 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 1: of your elderly parents at the same time raising your children, 297 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: pursuing your dreams. How could you do all that? How 298 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: could you have the energy, the desire, the consistency. It 299 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: wasn't just your good heart. It was God making your 300 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: difficult places easier. God gives you grace for every season 301 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: in life. I talked to a lady several years back. 302 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: She's in her sixties, and she just found out that 303 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 1: she was going to raise three of her grandchildren. She 304 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: wasn't expecting it. The mother had some issues she was 305 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: dealing with. These children were all under the age of seven. 306 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: She didn't know how she was going to have the energy, 307 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 1: how she could help them with schoolwork, be there for 308 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,479 Speaker 1: all their events. She was so worried. I told her 309 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: what I'm telling you. You may be in a desert place, 310 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: something that you weren't expecting, but it's not a surprise 311 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 1: to God. He has a green pasture that he's already 312 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: ordained for you. It's going to be easier than you think. Now. 313 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 1: The key is don't talk yourself out of it. This 314 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: is too much for me. I can't believe this happened. 315 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 1: Don't complain about the desert. You can flourish in the desert. 316 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: You can prosper in a pandemic. You can succeed in 317 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: a down year. The most high God is on your side. 318 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 1: He makes rivers in the desert. He turns dry land 319 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: into green pastures. Jeremiah said, when your hope is in 320 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: the Lord, you will be like a tree, not bothered 321 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 1: by the heat or worried by long months of drought. 322 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: Your leaves will stay green, and you will go on 323 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: producing luscious fruit. Because your hope is in the Lord. 324 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: You're not going to be bothered by the drought. While 325 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: others are drying up. You're going to flourish when they're 326 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: shrinking back. You're going to move forward. When they're going under, 327 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: you're going to go over. Why your hope is in 328 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:16,479 Speaker 1: the Lord. That desert can't stop you. The sickness, the trouble, 329 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: the anxiety, it cannot stop you. You may be in 330 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: a barren place, but God knows how to create grass 331 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: in that desert. He's going to open doors you couldn't open. 332 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: He's going to cause the right people to find you. 333 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: He said, your leaves are going to stay green. You're 334 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: going to keep producing fruit, not up one year down 335 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: to You're going to be consistent. You're going to see 336 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: the faithfulness of God. See, he's not limited by the economy, 337 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 1: by your job, by the stark market. He owns it all. 338 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: Keep your hope in him. You're not just going to 339 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: make it just get by. You're going to keep producing 340 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: luscious fruit, not shriveled up. You're going to see abundance, overflow, 341 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: press down, shaking together, running over. Not after the drought, 342 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: but in the drought, in the pandemic. You're going to 343 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: see God show out in your life. That's what it 344 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: means to have grass in the desert. You can't explain it. 345 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: It doesn't make sense. It's just the goodness of God. 346 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: I saw this lady recently. She told how raising these 347 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: children has been one of the most rewarding, fulfilling things 348 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 1: she's ever done. She said, specifically, it's been so much 349 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: easier than I thought. I never dreamed I'd have this 350 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: much energy, this much strength, to be able to get 351 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 1: so much done. Sometimes we think, when we get out 352 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: of the desert, out of the barren place, then we'll excel, 353 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: then we'll pursue our dreams. But God is going to 354 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: cause you to flourish in the desert. He's going to 355 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: make those hard places easier than you think. You may 356 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: have difficult things coming against you now, in your health, 357 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 1: your finances, your family. It seems like it's more than 358 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: you can handle. Like this woman, it's going to be 359 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: easier than it looks. Things you thought you would struggle 360 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: with are not going to be a struggle. There's going 361 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: to be an anointing of ease and ease to raise 362 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: those children, and ease to overcome the illness, and ease 363 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: to build the business, and ease to move forward after 364 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: the loss. Right now, God is creating grass in your 365 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: desert place. The forces that have stopped you in the 366 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: past will stop you no more. God is releasing you 367 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: into favor, healing, freedom, and abundance. You are strong, you 368 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: are anointed, equipped and empowered. You will flourish in the famine. 369 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: You will prosper in the pandemic. You will blossom in 370 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 1: the desert places. This is what happened to a young 371 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: lady in the scripture named Ruth. She was going along fine, 372 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: life was good. Then her husband unexped effectively died. You 373 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 1: can imagine how devastated she was. Her mother in law, Naomi, 374 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: was moving back to her hometown of bethlehemmon Ruth decided 375 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: to go with her so she could help take care 376 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: of her. She would go out into the fields every 377 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 1: morning to pick up leftover wheat that the workers missed. 378 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,959 Speaker 1: That's how she and Naomi survived. Ruth was in a 379 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: desert place, a young widow, dream shattered now living in 380 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: lack and poverty. Didn't look like she had much of 381 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 1: a future. She could have been discouraged. Bitter God, Why 382 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 1: did this happen? But God won't let you get in 383 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: a desert where he can't create green grass. One day, 384 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 1: the owner of the field noticed Ruth. He told his 385 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: workers to leave handfuls of wheat on purpose for Ruth. 386 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 1: Now she had more than she needed. She gathered it 387 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: in in a fraction of the time. With that one 388 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: good break, her life became so much easier. When you're 389 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 1: in a desert place, you don't know who God is 390 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: speaking to about being good to you. God didn't speak 391 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: to Ruth. He didn't say I'm going to tell that 392 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 1: owner to help you. God is working behind the scenes 393 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: in your life, speaking to the people you need to 394 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: flourish in the desert, lining up the brakes you need 395 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: to make your life easier. He knows how to make 396 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: a green pasture in the middle of a setback, in 397 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 1: the middle of a loss. I'm sure Ruth was so happy, 398 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: so grateful God had been good to her. But God 399 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: didn't stop there. He created the grass, but he didn't 400 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 1: leave her in the desert. The owner of the field, Boaz, 401 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: fell in love with Ruth. They ended up getting married. 402 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: Now instead of working in the field, Ruth owned the field. 403 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: In those desert places, you don't know what God is 404 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: up to. Thoughts will tell you you've seen your best days. 405 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: You've been through too much, you'll never get well, never 406 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: meet the right person. Never beat the addiction. Don't believe 407 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: those lies. God has already lined up your Boaz is 408 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 1: the right people. He's already arranged the good breaks, the promotion, 409 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: the healing, the favor. He's not going to just make 410 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: the hard places easier, but he's going to cause you 411 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: to flourish in the desert, to prosper despite what you've 412 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: been through. The reason you have strength to withstand, the 413 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: power to outlast, the determination to try again, is because 414 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: God has something awesome in your future. If you were done, 415 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: he wouldn't have created the grass in the desert, if 416 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 1: he wasn't about to multiply what you have, do something 417 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: that you've never seen. He wouldn't have made the green 418 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 1: pastures for you to lie down in the fact that 419 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: you're hearing this tells me that your future is much 420 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: brighter than your past. Now quit telling yourself this loss 421 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: is too much for me. Get past this breakup, this sickness, 422 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 1: this trouble at work. It's all a part of your destiny. 423 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: Without the desert places, you can't make it to your 424 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: promised land. The question is are you going to take 425 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: hold of his strength? Are you going to do like Joseph, 426 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: like Ruth and keep moving forward being your best, knowing 427 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: that God is in control. Or are you going to 428 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: settle for mediocrity, overwhelmed, discouraged. What you're up against may 429 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: be difficult, but this is a new day. God is 430 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: about to lighten the load. Things are about to change 431 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 1: in your favor. You're going to feel a strength that 432 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 1: you've never felt, a grace to do what you couldn't do, 433 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: and anointing of ease. Now believe and declare you are 434 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: coming in to your green pastures. You're going to flourish 435 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,959 Speaker 1: in the famine, prosper in the pandemic. Favor is coming, 436 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,959 Speaker 1: healing is coming, breakthroughs, freedom, promotion, the fullness of your 437 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: destiny in Jesus' name. Well, I'd like to give you 438 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 439 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 440 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: repent of my sins, Come into my heart and make 441 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 442 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. We'd love to send 443 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: you some free information. Just text the number on the 444 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: screen or go to the website. I hope you'll get 445 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 1: into a good Bible based church. 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