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He was dressed in leather 50 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 4: tattoos wearing a skull cap. In fifteen seconds, he had 51 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 4: the car unlocked. She gave him a hug and said, Lord, 52 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 4: thank you for sending me this nice man. He said, Lady, 53 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 4: I'm not a nice man. I just got out of 54 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 4: prison for auto theft. She hugged him again and said, Lord, 55 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 4: thank you. You even sent me a professional mid say 56 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 57 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 4: am what it says I am. I have what it 58 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 4: says I have. I can do what it says I 59 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 4: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 60 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 4: I boldly confess is alert. My heart is receptive. I 61 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 4: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 62 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about room enough. 63 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 4: We all have things in life that come against us, 64 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 4: situations that aren't fair, people that do us wrong. It's 65 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 4: easy to get discouraged and think that's the way it's 66 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 4: always going to be. But just because you have opposition 67 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 4: doesn't mean you're not in God's will. Paul said in Corinthians, 68 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 4: A wide door of opportunity is open, and there are 69 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 4: many adversaries. Anytime you're going to move forward, anytime you're 70 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 4: about to take new ground, there will be opposition, people 71 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 4: trying to discourage you. Things you don't understand. The people 72 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 4: that reach their destiny aren't moved by what's not working out. 73 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 4: They know God is in control, that he's directing their steps, 74 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 4: that what was meant for hat he's going to turn 75 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 4: to their advantage. They know the setback is really a 76 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 4: setup for God to do something greater. Now. Opposition is 77 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 4: a sign that promotion is coming, healing is coming, New 78 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 4: levels are on the way. When God was going to 79 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 4: promote David, take him from the shepherd's fields, a teenager 80 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 4: taking care of his father's sheep, and give him the 81 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 4: respect and influence of the whole nation. He didn't send 82 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 4: David a friend, he didn't have. King Saul say, I 83 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 4: see potential in this young man. Let's give him a chance. No, 84 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 4: God sent David an enemy. He sent him a giant. 85 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 4: David could have thought, God, I don't understand it. Samuel said, 86 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 4: I'd be the next king. He anointed me in front 87 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 4: of my family, but he didn't say anything about this giant. No, 88 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 4: David understood this principle. With the opportunity, there would be opposition. 89 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 4: When he defeated Goliath, he became an overnight hero. All 90 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 4: of Israel took notice. Not because Samuel anointed him. Nobody 91 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 4: celebrated David. When the prophet poured oil on his head 92 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,559 Speaker 4: and said he would be the next king, they thought, 93 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 4: no big deal, it's just David. Pour all the oil 94 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 4: you want. Doesn't change anything. David even went back to 95 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 4: the shepherd's fields after he was anointed. It didn't look 96 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 4: any different. But when he defeated Goliath, that one victory 97 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 4: gave him instant respect from all of Israel. The giants 98 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 4: you face weren't sent to defeat you, but to show 99 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 4: people the anointing on your life. It's one thing to 100 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 4: say you're anointed, but God is going to prove you're 101 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 4: anointed when you defeat that giant, when you break the addiction, 102 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 4: when you beat the cancer, when you pay your house off, 103 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 4: when your business takes off. There won't be any doubt. 104 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 4: People will see the favor of God on your life. 105 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 4: They're going to have a new respect for you. They 106 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 4: may have dismissed you in the past, not paid much attention. 107 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 4: Oh it's just David, a teenager. He doesn't have much 108 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 4: to offer or get ready. God is about to show 109 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 4: out that giant may be bigger, stronger, more powerful, but 110 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 4: it is no match for our God. Don't run away 111 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 4: from the giant. Run to the giant. The giant is 112 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 4: not going to defeat you. It's going to establish you. 113 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 4: The giant is going to give you a new level 114 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 4: of influence. It's going to cause people to see that 115 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 4: you're favored. They may not like you, they may never 116 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 4: be for you, but they won't be able to deny 117 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 4: the fact of the blessing that God put on your life. 118 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 4: After David defeated Goliath, you don't read any more about Goliath. 119 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 4: Goliath's whole purpose was to establish David. Don't complain about 120 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 4: your giants. Without that giant, you couldn't take your throne, 121 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 4: so to speak. Without that opposition, you wouldn't see the 122 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 4: fullness of your destiny. And none of us, of course, 123 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 4: like difficulties, but keep the right perspective. On the other 124 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 4: side is a new level. You have to outlast the opposition. 125 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 4: You have to have a made up mind. You are 126 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 4: in it to win it. God didn't bring you this 127 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 4: far to leave you. He knows what's happening. He sees 128 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 4: the medical report, he sees who's not treating you right. 129 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 4: If you'll stay in faith like David, you'll not only 130 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 4: come out, you'll come out better, promoted to a new 131 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 4: level of your destiny. This is what happened with Isaac 132 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 4: in Genesis chapter twenty six. He faced all kinds of opposition. 133 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 4: Isaac was very successful. His crops had produced record amounts 134 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 4: that year, and he was honoring God doing the right thing. 135 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 4: But his neighbors, the Philistines, when they saw how blessed 136 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 4: he was, how his crops had taken off, instead of 137 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 4: being happy for him, they were jealous. They didn't want 138 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 4: him there anymore. Don't be surprised when God blesses you 139 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 4: if everyone doesn't celebrate you. Some people can't handle your success. 140 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 4: They're fine as long as you stay at their level, 141 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 4: they'll be for you. But when God takes you to 142 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 4: the next level, when He shows out in your life, 143 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 4: they may not be happy for you. Instead of getting discouraged. 144 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 4: Remember that opposition is a sign that promotion is coming. 145 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 4: You're blessed now, But God has something greater, something that 146 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 4: you haven't seen. The Philistines were so jealous they clogged 147 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 4: up Isaac's wells with dirt. He didn't have any water 148 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 4: for his animals or any way to water his crops. 149 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,079 Speaker 4: The king told Isaac that he was too blessed, too powerful. 150 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 4: He had to leave that area. Isaac could have fought him, thought, no, 151 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 4: this is where God blessed me. I'm staying here. But 152 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 4: after he prayed, Isaac knew he was supposed to leave, 153 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 4: and I'm sure he was disappointed. He never dreamed he'd 154 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 4: have to start all over. But when you do the 155 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 4: right thing, when the wrong thing is happening, you're so 156 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 4: in a seed for God to bless you. It may 157 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 4: look like somebody's getting the best of you. It was unfair, 158 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 4: Like Isaac, you did what was right, but it puts 159 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 4: you at a disadvantage. Don't worry. Your time is coming. 160 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 4: They think they're pushing you down, Really they're pushing you up. 161 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 4: Isaac took the high road and moved to the valley 162 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 4: of Gerar. It looked like he was going the wrong direction. 163 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 4: He'd been up on the high places so blessed. Now 164 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 4: he was going down to the valley. But the blessing 165 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 4: is not on your location. The blessing is on you 166 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 4: wherever you go. The blessing goes when you take the 167 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 4: high road and make adjustments to keep the peace. It 168 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 4: may look like you're going backwards, having to start all over, 169 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 4: but when you do the right thing, you will never 170 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 4: end up with less, less resources, less influence, less joy. 171 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 4: There may be a season of less, but increases coming. 172 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 4: Promotion is coming, Abundance is coming. Isaac moved to the 173 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 4: valley and had his men redig the wells that belonged 174 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 4: to his father. He was on his old property. The 175 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 4: local shepherds came up and said, what are you doing. 176 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 4: You can't redig these wells. They belonged to us. They 177 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 4: started arguing with Isaac's men. Isaac could have made a 178 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 4: big deal about it, after all, it was his property, 179 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 4: it belonged to his father. Instead, Isaac told his men 180 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 4: to stop digging and let them have it. Another disappointment. 181 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 4: Verse twenty says Isaac named those wells argument. He knew 182 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 4: if he'd have stayed, it would start a big fight. 183 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 4: Even if he won, it would be an ongoing battle 184 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 4: with strife and conflict. And yes, sometimes you need to 185 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 4: stay and fight the good fight, take what belongs to you. 186 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 4: But there are times, like with Isaac, you need to 187 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 4: walk away and let God make it up to you. 188 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 4: You could win, but it's going to do so much 189 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 4: damage and cause so much ongoing trouble. It would be 190 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 4: better to just let it go. And this is what 191 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 4: Isaac did. He moved to a different place and dug 192 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 4: some new wells. Same thing happened. The local people came 193 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 4: up and opposed him. Isaac named those wells opposition. He 194 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 4: could have thought, God, I'm done. I've been faithful. I 195 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 4: got kicked out of my own land. I redugged the 196 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 4: wells of my father's that didn't work out. Is never 197 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 4: going to happen. No, Isaac had a made up mind. 198 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,319 Speaker 4: He knew on the other side of the adversity was 199 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 4: a new level. He found a different place, dug some 200 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 4: more wells. This time the water not only freely flowed, 201 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 4: but the people left him alone. The scripture says Isaac 202 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 4: named these wells room enough. One translation says it was 203 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 4: a wide open, abundant place. Notice the principle, if you'll 204 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 4: pass these tests and go through the well of argument, 205 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 4: through the well of opposition. Then you will come to 206 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,479 Speaker 4: the well of room enough, the well of wide open places, 207 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 4: the well of abundance. The mistake we make too often 208 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 4: is we get stuck at the well of argument trying 209 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 4: to prove our point, convince somebody that we're right. Those 210 00:12:56,280 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 4: first set of wells, they belonged to Isaac's family, right 211 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,839 Speaker 4: to them. But there are some battles that are not 212 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 4: worth fighting. When you're a peacemaker, you let somebody else 213 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 4: be right, even though you know they're wrong. Everything in 214 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 4: your mind will say you're weak. You're letting them get 215 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 4: the best of you. You're going to have to go 216 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 4: down to the valley. But in the valley is where 217 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 4: room enough is. That's where the place of abundance is. 218 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 4: Don't get stuck at the will of argument. Well, Joel, 219 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 4: it's not right. They did me wrong. Why don't you 220 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 4: let God fight your battles? Why don't you let God 221 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:39,839 Speaker 4: be your vindicator? I can assure you God will vindicate 222 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 4: you better than you can vindicate yourself. We're not called 223 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 4: to straighten everyone out. They may be wrong. You know 224 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 4: you're right, but you have to ask yourself. If you 225 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 4: win the argument, what is it going to accomplish? Is 226 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 4: it going to move you forward or is it just 227 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 4: going to make you feel good. You could win, but 228 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 4: in the big picture, it took your time, your energy, 229 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 4: your focus, things you should be using for your own dreams. 230 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 4: We fight too many battles that don't matter. If that 231 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 4: battle is not between you and your God given destiny, 232 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 4: it's a distraction. It's the enemy trying to lure you 233 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 4: off course, to get you stuck at the will of argument, 234 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 4: when the will of room enough is waiting for you. 235 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 4: You have to learn to let things go, let somebody 236 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 4: else be right for the sake of peace. Jesus said 237 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 4: in Lukes six. Ignore insults, don't bother to retaliate, maintain 238 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 4: your dignity. We would go a lot further, We would 239 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 4: enjoy life a lot more if we would simply ignore things. 240 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 4: Somebody is talking about you. Don't try to straighten them out. 241 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 4: Ignore it. Somebody did you wrong, don't retaliate. Let God 242 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 4: fight your battles, ignore it, and keep moving forward. They 243 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 4: can't stop your destiny. I've been speaking in public now 244 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 4: about seventeen years since my father died, and of course 245 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 4: the more people you're in front of, the more critics 246 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 4: you have. But I've found a critic has never been 247 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 4: able to stop me. Somebody that doesn't like me, that 248 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 4: may try to discredit me or even say things that 249 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 4: are not true, they've never been able to keep me 250 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 4: from rising higher. I didn't try to prove to them 251 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 4: who I am. Answer my critics, convince them to like me. 252 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 4: I found something more effective. Ignore it, don't pay it 253 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 4: any attention, don't try to retaliate. Don't seem down to 254 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 4: their level. Maintain your dignity. Be a egle and rise 255 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 4: above it. See an egle can fly at heights that 256 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 4: a crow cannot reach. There will always be some crows 257 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 4: in your life pecking at you, trying debate you into conflict. 258 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 4: You probably have some crows at the office. One of 259 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 4: your relatives may be a crow, your spouse. Maybe I'm 260 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 4: just kidding. The only way to argue with the crow 261 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 4: is to sink down to their level. If you find 262 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 4: yourself in conflict upset trying to prove your point, that's 263 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 4: a sign you've come down too low. You need to 264 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 4: go back up where you belong. You're an eagle. Quit 265 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 4: wasting time with that crow. The crows cannot go where 266 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 4: you're going. Don't waste any emotional energy on that rise 267 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 4: above it. God sees what's happening. He'll take care of 268 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 4: your crows. The scripture says God opposes the people that 269 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 4: oppose you. But if you go in and try to 270 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 4: do God's work, God, let me oppose them, let me 271 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 4: straighten them out. I got a good insult for them. 272 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 4: God will step back and say, Okay, you do it 273 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 4: on your own, you can handle it. But if you'll 274 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 4: make a better decision and turn it over to God, 275 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:13,479 Speaker 4: he'll oppose who's opposing you. And when the most high, God, 276 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 4: the creator of the universe, opposes, nothing can stand against him. 277 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 4: But when you're an eagle, when you take the high road. 278 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 4: Some people will mistake that for weakness. The truth is 279 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 4: it's a sign of strength. It takes a strong person 280 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 4: to overlook an insult. It takes maturity to not get 281 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 4: in an argument. Some people will try to bait you. 282 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 4: They feed off of arguing on purpose. They'll do things 283 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 4: to try to get your riled up. If you take 284 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 4: that bait, if you give in, you're allowing them to 285 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 4: control you. They know if they push this button. You'll 286 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 4: get upset if they push that button, you'll start arguing. 287 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 4: Do yourself a favor, turn those buttons off. Quit taking 288 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,919 Speaker 4: de bait the next time that happens, Just smile and 289 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 4: keep moving forward. You have a destiny to fulfill. You 290 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 4: don't have time to waste playing those games. One time, 291 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 4: this man came up to me and he was very uptight, 292 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 4: very stressed out, and he asked me what I believed 293 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 4: about a certain scripture. I could tell he was ready 294 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:28,360 Speaker 4: to argue. I was young. I didn't understand what everything 295 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 4: meant back then, still don't today. He read this scripture. 296 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 4: I wasn't familiar with it. I asked him what he 297 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 4: believed it meant. He started telling me very intensely, going 298 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 4: on and on. It sounded right, I said, I believe 299 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 4: what you believe. He no more heard that. It went 300 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 4: in one ear and out the other. He started his 301 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 4: whole argument up all over, getting more riled up, trying 302 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 4: to convince me. When he paused, I said it again, 303 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 4: I believe what you believe. He looked at me. Puzzle 304 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 4: started up all over here. He had won the argument 305 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 4: three times. The problem was he didn't want to have peace. 306 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 4: He wanted to argue. Your time is too valuable to 307 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 4: waste it with people that don't want to have peace. 308 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 4: Don't argue doctrine with people. Don't argue politics, things you're 309 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 4: never going to agree on. For the sake of peace, 310 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:31,239 Speaker 4: let somebody else be right. Proverbs twenty says avoiding a 311 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 4: fight is a mark of honor. Only a fool insist 312 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 4: on arguing it. Doesn't say winning a fight is a 313 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 4: mark of honor. Proving your point, straightening somebody out, No, 314 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:49,479 Speaker 4: avoiding a fight, being an eagle, overlooking some things. Letting 315 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 4: somebody else be right for the sake of peace, that's 316 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 4: a mark of honor. This is especially important in our homes. 317 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 4: It's easy to argue over petty things, things that really 318 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 4: don't matter. I've seen people get a divorce not over 319 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 4: something big. They're great people, they loved each other, but 320 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 4: they argued over small things where their strife and division. 321 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 4: Little things turn into big things. That's when our families 322 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 4: can be torn apart. When you live with someone, you're 323 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 4: not going to see eye to eye all the time. 324 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 4: They're going to do things that get on your nerves, 325 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 4: but you do things that get on their nerves. You 326 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 4: have to make this decision. I'm not going to allow 327 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 4: strife in I'm going to do what I can to 328 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 4: keep the peace. That means you're going to have to 329 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 4: overlook some things what normally would upset you. The next 330 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 4: time that happens, why don't you be an eagle and 331 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 4: rise above it? Well, Joel, I'm waiting for her to change. 332 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 4: God is waiting for you to change. Well, if he'll 333 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 4: quit aggravating me, then I'll quit arguing. Why don't you 334 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 4: be the peacemaker and rise above it? Years ago, Victoria 335 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 4: and I were leaving the Astros ballgame their stadium downtown, 336 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 4: and when I pulled out, I asked Victoria which way 337 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 4: I needed to go right or left. She looked around 338 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 4: and said we need to go right. I looked and said, no, Victoria, 339 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 4: we need to go left. She said, Joel, I'm positive 340 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 4: we need to go right. I said, Victoria, our house 341 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 4: is this way. I pulled out and turned left. She said, 342 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 4: you're going to see you're going the wrong way. I 343 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 4: zigzagged all over downtown. I had no idea where I 344 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 4: was going, but I didn't tell her. I drove so 345 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 4: confidently I could have won an academy award. She said, Joel, 346 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 4: we are just driving in circles. I said, we're not 347 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 4: driving in circles. I'm going straight home. I was saying 348 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 4: it by faith, but my faith wasn't working. About ten 349 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 4: minutes later, I made a right turn and we were 350 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 4: right back at the stadium. I couldn't believe it. What 351 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 4: am I saying? I thought I was right, but I 352 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 4: found out later I was wrong. And sometimes even when 353 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 4: you think you're right, you need to swallow your pride 354 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 4: and let somebody else be right. I would rather let 355 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 4: the other person be right and have peace than for 356 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 4: me to be right and not have peace. Now, when 357 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 4: I'm going somewhere, I just say, honey, darling, sweetheart, which 358 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 4: way would you like me to go? I don't ask questions. 359 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 4: I don't check my GPS. Victoria is my GPS. If 360 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 4: you're going to get to the well of room enough, 361 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 4: you have to go through the well of argument, where 362 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 4: you're tempted to get into strife and conflict, through the 363 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 4: well of opposition, where things come against you, things you 364 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 4: don't understand. You may be at a difficult place. Now, 365 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 4: something is happening that's not fair. Don't get discouraged you're 366 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 4: right where Isaac was. That's all a part of the process. 367 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 4: You're at well number one, maybe well number two. The 368 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 4: good news is well number three is coming. The will 369 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 4: of room enough, the will of abundance. Now, don't get 370 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 4: stuck at the first two wells. We all have opposition, 371 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 4: we all have people that come against us. But if 372 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 4: you'll keep moving forward like Isaac, you'll see God vindicate you, 373 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 4: promote you. He'll take you where you could not go 374 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:26,360 Speaker 4: on your own. This is what happened with Job. Everything 375 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 4: was going great, then the bottom fell out. He lost 376 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 4: his health, his family, his business. He was at the 377 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 4: well of opposition. He didn't understand it. He was doing 378 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 4: the right thing, but the wrong thing was happening. His 379 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 4: friends told him that it was his fault. His wife said, 380 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 4: Joe just cursed God and die. He came to the 381 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 4: well of argument, the well of strife. Job looked around 382 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 4: and said, I could not find God. I went forward 383 00:23:55,400 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 4: and he wasn't there. I went backwards and he wasn't there. 384 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 4: Times in life you can't see what God is doing. 385 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 4: You're praying, but it's not working out. Like Isaac, it 386 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 4: was your land, but they asked you to leave it's 387 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 4: easy to make a judgment based on one season, to 388 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 4: look at one period of your life and think that's 389 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 4: the way it's always going to be, that determines the 390 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 4: rest of your future. No, that's just one well. You 391 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 4: can't see where God has taking you. All those clogged 392 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 4: up wells, those wells of opposition, they are leading you 393 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 4: to the well of room enough. Don't make a judgment 394 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 4: based on a moment. Where you are is not your 395 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 4: final destination. It's just a season. Job understood this. He 396 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 4: didn't get discouraged. He didn't give up. He could have 397 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 4: stopped at well number one, could have stayed at well 398 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 4: number two. Instead, he kept moving forward. He stayed on 399 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 4: the high road, overlooked some things. He came to well 400 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 4: number three, to that place of abundance. He not only 401 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,640 Speaker 4: saw his health restored, but he came out with twice 402 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,120 Speaker 4: what he had before. A man told me recently how 403 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 4: God had failed him. He prayed and believed, but his 404 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:14,199 Speaker 4: business didn't make it. He was judging his future on 405 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 4: that one bad break. I told him what I'm telling you. 406 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 4: God didn't fail you. That's just well number one. Room 407 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 4: Ing up is up ahead. Abundance is in your future, 408 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 4: but you'll never see it if you stop where you are. 409 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 4: Like him, you may have had some clogged up wells. 410 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 4: He did the right thing. You worked hard, but you 411 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 4: had a setback, a disappointment. God is saying, keep digging. 412 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 4: Those clogged up wells are not the end. When we 413 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 4: were trying to buy property for a new sanctuary, we 414 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 4: found this large tract of land that we really liked. 415 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 4: It seemed perfect. We were making plans. Then the owner 416 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 4: sold it out from under us. He didn't keep his word. 417 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 4: It was like he clogged up our well. I was 418 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 4: so disappointed. A few months later, we found another large 419 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 4: piece of property. It seemed better than the one before. 420 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 4: We knew God was saving that for us, But the 421 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 4: same thing happened. It was sold out from under us. 422 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 4: It was like the enemy clogged up another well. We 423 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 4: could have made a judgment based on those two bad breaks. Instead, 424 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 4: we believed that God was still in control, that he 425 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 4: was directing our steps. So we kept digging. We kept believing, 426 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 4: thanking God that the right doors would open. Six months later, 427 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 4: we received word that this place, the former Compact Center, 428 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 4: was coming available. Things began to fall into place. Here 429 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 4: we are today, in room enough in a wide open space, 430 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 4: in an abundant place. The first two wells were discouraging, 431 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 4: but well number three was the charm. What am I saying? 432 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 4: In God's will you will have stopped up wells. You 433 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 4: can't pray away all the position, pray away all the 434 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 4: people that do you wrong. That's all a part of 435 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 4: the process. You may have dug a well and it 436 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 4: didn't work out. You dug another well and something clogged 437 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 4: it up, a person walked away. Stay in faith. Well 438 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:19,400 Speaker 4: number three is coming. The third well is when opportunity 439 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,640 Speaker 4: freely flows. It's when good breaks chase you down, when 440 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 4: the right people come looking for you. Well number three 441 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 4: is more than you can ask or think. It's where 442 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,360 Speaker 4: God will pay you back. He'll make up for those 443 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 4: two wells that didn't work out. Now you may be 444 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 4: at well number one, a difficult place. Maybe you're at 445 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 4: well number two. Life hasn't made sense. My challenge is 446 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 4: keep digging. Don't make a judgment based on that moment. 447 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 4: That opposition was never sent to stop you. It was sent, 448 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 4: like David, to establish you. It's going to prove the 449 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 4: anointing on your life. If you'll do this. I believe 450 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 4: and declare coming in to room enough, to a place 451 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 4: of an abundance, to health, wholeness, the fullness of your 452 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,439 Speaker 4: destiny in Jesus's name. If you receive it, can you 453 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 4: say him in today? I'd like to give you an 454 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 4: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 455 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 4: you pray with me? Just say Lord Jesus, I'll repent 456 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 4: of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make you 457 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,959 Speaker 4: my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 458 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 459 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 4: Bible based church, keep God first place. Victoria and I 460 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 4: will be right back to speak a blessing over you. 461 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 6: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 462 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 6: this month, Joel and Victoria, we'd like to send you 463 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 6: a copy of Joel's new three part audio series, Live 464 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 6: the Abundant Life. God's plans for you are bigger, more rewarding, 465 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 6: and more fulfilling than anything you've ever dreamed. 466 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 7: You are created to live in a fill with favor, influence, 467 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 7: and resources. You may have areas you're struggling in, but 468 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 7: that's not your destiny. What God has in your future 469 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 7: is going to exceed your expectations. 470 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 4: God is going to take you where you could not 471 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 4: go on your own. Request this resource. 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