1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: God knows how to bring promises to pass, but you 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: have to stay open to how it's going to happen. 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: If you're set in having it one way, you can 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: be frustrated. God does things out of the ordinary, unusual. 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: He may not bring your dream to pass a traditional way. Hi, 6 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy 8 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray for 10 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: God's very best in your line. Well, God bless you 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: to joy to come into your homes. We're praying for you, guys, 12 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: and I hope you'll stay connected with us all throughout 13 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: the week. You can download our daily podcast or go 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: to our YouTube channel, watch the messages anytime, follow us 15 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: on social media. We want to keep it encouraged and inspired. 16 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: But thanks for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out. 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny and I heard 18 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: about these elderly ladies way up in their eighties. They 19 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: were driving down the freeway together when they were pulled 20 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: over by a policeman. The officer asked the driver, ma'am, 21 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: do you realize you're only going thirty five miles an hour? 22 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: She said, yes, Officer, I realize that. He said, well, 23 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: why are you going so slow? She said, because that's 24 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: what the sign says. He kind of laughed and said, no, ma'am, 25 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: that's the number of the freeway. This is Highway thirty five. 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: And by the way, why do these other passengers look 27 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: so terrified? She smiled and said, because we just got 28 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: off Highway ninety five. Say it like you mean it. 29 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 30 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 31 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 32 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 33 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 34 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 35 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about letting go of God 36 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: puts promises and dreams in all of our hearts. We 37 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: know we're going to get well, we know our business 38 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: is going to succeed. We know we're going to meet 39 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: the right person. But God doesn't tell us how it's 40 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: going to happen or when it's going to happen. And 41 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: too Often, if it's not happening the way we thought 42 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 1: or on our timetable, we get frustrated. God, When is 43 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,119 Speaker 1: this going to turn around? When is my health going 44 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: to improve? How come this situation at work is not 45 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: getting better? We put God in a box and tell 46 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: him how to do it, when it should happen, and 47 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: who to use. If it's not working out the way 48 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: we think, we can get discouraged. But once you pray, 49 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: once you believe, you have to leave how God does 50 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: it and when he does it up to him. If 51 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: you put a time frame on it and the method 52 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: of how it's going to happen, You're going to be 53 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: frustrated because God's ways are not our ways. He's working 54 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: when we can't see it. Sometimes it's taking longer because 55 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: He has something better in store. And one of the 56 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: best things I've learned is to trust God's timing and 57 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: trust his ways. What God promised will come to pass, 58 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: but it may not happen the way you think, may 59 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: not be when you had planned. If you're trying to 60 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 1: control the outcome and control the time frame, you're going 61 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: to live worried. You have to release control, release having 62 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: to have it happen your way. God already has it 63 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: figured out. He knows the end from the beginning. But 64 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: here's the key. He doesn't give us the details. If 65 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: you knew how everything was going to work out, it 66 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: wouldn't take faith. If he told you three months from now, 67 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: a big door is going to open. It looks like 68 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: you're going backwards, but there's a shortcut. It's going to 69 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: put you ahead. You would relax and say, Okay, it's 70 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: all going to work out. Why don't you do that now? 71 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: God has it all planned out. He's doing things you 72 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: can't see. There are good breaks coming, healing favor the 73 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: right people. They're already on your schedule. If you'll release control, 74 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: then you can enjoy your life while you're waiting for 75 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: things to change. What's upsetting you, what's keeping you awake 76 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: at night? God is saying, release it to me. I'm 77 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: in control. I'm ordering your steps, I'm working behind the scenes. 78 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: It may not be good, but I'm going to turn 79 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 1: it for your good. The scripture says, those who have 80 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: believed entre into rest. Once you believed you don't have 81 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: to figure everything out, you may not see anything changing. 82 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: You'll be tempted to worry. Stay at rest. When you're 83 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: at rest, you're showing God that you trust him. Wow. 84 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: Maybe you're believing for your health to improve, but the 85 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: medical report is not getting better. You thought it would 86 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: have happened by now. You could be worried, complaining, but 87 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: instead you're thinking God, you're declaring his promises, you're being 88 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: your best each day. When you're at rest, you're in faith. 89 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: That's what allows God to work. But if you're upset 90 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: over what's not changing, worried about your finances, can't sleep 91 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: because that child is off course, that's a sign that 92 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: you've stopped believing. You need to enter into rest, come 93 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: back to a place of peace. You can't trust God 94 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: and be worried at the same time. When you're at rest, 95 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: you know God's in control. You know all things are 96 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: going to work for your good. You know what he started, 97 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: He's going to finish well. Joel, I'm worried about my finances. 98 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 1: I'm upset about the medical report. When is this pandemic 99 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: going to be over? It's not a surprise to God. 100 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: He hasn't brought you this far to leave you. Release 101 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: the worry, release the frustration, release having to know all 102 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: the details. It will always be situations that we don't understand, 103 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: problems that looked too big, obstacles that seem permanent. That's 104 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: a test. Will you go through life worried, wondering if 105 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: it's going to work out, discourage because it's taken so long, 106 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: or will you enter into rest? Will you believe that 107 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: God is in control and that he will get you 108 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: to where you're supposed to be. My sister Lisa and 109 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: her husband Kevin, tried to have a baby for many 110 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: years with no success. Lisa took all the fertility treatments, 111 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: had a couple of surgeries, but still couldn't conceive. Finally, 112 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: the doctors told her that she wouldn't be able to 113 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: have a baby in Lisa kept praying, kept believing year 114 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: after year. She knew that God has the final say, 115 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: but at one point she realized she was consumed with 116 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: having that baby. That was her main focus. And sometimes 117 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: we want something so badly it can get out of balance. 118 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: We're not going to be happy unless God does it 119 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 1: our way. You have to put it on the alter. 120 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: Don't release the dream, don't give up on the promise, 121 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 1: but release control of how God is going to bring 122 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: it to pass. He may not do it a traditional 123 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: way what you were expecting. Anything, you have to have 124 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: to be happy. The enemy can use against you. But 125 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: when you can say, God, this is what I want. 126 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: But even if it doesn't work out my way, I'm 127 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: still going to be happy. I'm still going to give 128 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: you praise that takes away the power of the enemy. 129 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: Hold tightly to your dreams, but hold loosely to how 130 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: God is going to do it. A few months after 131 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: Lisa release control, she received a phone call from a 132 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: friend of ours in another state that has a home 133 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: for teenage girls. One of the young ladies was about 134 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: to give birth to twins. She asked Lisa and Kevin 135 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: if they would be interested in adopting them. They didn't 136 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: have to think twice. They knew that was an answered prayer. 137 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: A couple of months later, they were at the hospital 138 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: when the babies were born. Today, they're beautiful young ladies 139 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: in their twenties. God knows how to bring promises to pass, 140 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: but you have to stay open to how it's going 141 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: to happen. If you're set in having it one way, 142 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: you can be frustrated. God does things out of the ordinary, unusual. 143 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: He may not bring your dream to pass a traditional way. 144 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: Seemed like Lisa was falling behind. But then one phone 145 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: call and she had not one, but two babies. She 146 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: didn't have to get pregnant, she didn't have to carry 147 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: the baby nine months. God did it an unusual way. 148 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: Are you upset about something that's the hand of God. 149 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: It hasn't happened yet, because God's going to do something 150 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: better than you think. The delay, the disappointment, the setback. 151 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 1: It's not working against you, is working for you. Release 152 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: control of how it's going to happen. God is about 153 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: to do unusual things, out of the ordinary, unprecedented. You're 154 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: not falling behind. You're about to receive a phone call, 155 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: a good break, a promotion, Your health suddenly turns around. 156 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: I've learned God doesn't always take us down a straight path. 157 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: There will be detours, delays, curves, these times when you 158 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: feel like you're going the wrong way. God, I'm believing 159 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 1: to go this direction for promotion, healing, freedom, but I'm 160 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 1: going the other direction. I'm in a pandemic. I'm seeing 161 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: just the opposite. Don't get set on the method. The 162 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: way you think it's going to happen may not be 163 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 1: the way God's going to do it. What you can't 164 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: see is on that path, there's going the wrong way. 165 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 1: There's another turn. It leads to a shortcut that will 166 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: catapult you ahead. Lisa was believing for one child and 167 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: came out with two. That's the way our God is. 168 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: Where he's leading you is going to be better than 169 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: you've imagined. The reason it's taking longer is because it's 170 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: going to be bigger than you thought, more rewarding, more fulfilling. 171 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: Doors aren't opening yet. You don't know what God is 172 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: up to. You can't see what he's doing behind the scenes. 173 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: People are against you, The trouble hasn't turned around. Your 174 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: family member is still off course. Don't be discouraged by 175 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: what's not changing. Your time is coming. The scripture talks 176 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: about how there is a set time for God to 177 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: favor you, a set time to heal you, a set 178 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: time to turn the problem around. If there's a right time, 179 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:44,079 Speaker 1: that means there's a wrong time. If it hasn't happened yet, 180 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: then it wasn't meant to be. Instead of fighting where 181 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: you are, why don't you embrace where you are? God. 182 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: I know you're ordering my steps. I'm right where I'm 183 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 1: supposed to be. Lord, I want to thank you that 184 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: my set times are coming. I can promise you this. 185 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: God is not going to be one second lamb. He's 186 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: not going to accidentally miss your set time. And it's 187 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: good to be passionate about our dreams and passionate about healing, freedom, promotion. 188 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: But don't be so consumed that you're not going to 189 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: be happy while you're waiting for God to bring it 190 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: to pass. Don't put your happiness on hold until everything 191 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: works out. This day is a gift. Enjoy your life 192 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: while God is working. Enter into rest, not uptight stressed out. 193 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: When is it going to change? You have to pass 194 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: the test of being happy where you are before God 195 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 1: will get you to where you want to be. If 196 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: you can only be happy when the problem turns around, 197 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: when you have the baby, when your business grows, that's 198 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: going to delay what God is going to do. You 199 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: have to put your foot down and say, I am 200 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 1: going to enjoy this day. Kandemic is not going to 201 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: stop me. These challenges, this bad break. God, I know 202 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: you're on the throne. I trust your timing, I trust 203 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: your ways. In the meantime, I'm going to live my 204 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: life happy, imagine if Joseph had not learned how to 205 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 1: release control. God gave him a dream as a teenager 206 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: that he would be in leadership, that people would bow 207 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: down before him. What if he had a preconceived idea 208 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: of how it was going to happen. Surely someone is 209 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: going to show up at my house like they did 210 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: for David and anoint me king, pick me out of 211 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: a lineup, show me favor, and I'll step into leadership. 212 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: But God does things unusual ways. He uses adversities, bad breaks, 213 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: disappointments to move us into our destiny. The trouble looks 214 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: like a setback, but really trouble is transportation. God uses 215 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: trouble to move you to where he wants you to be. 216 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,959 Speaker 1: We think God God only uses favor, good breaks, open doors. 217 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: We know that's his blessing. We thank him when that happens. 218 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: But I've learned God uses closed doors just as much 219 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: as open doors. He uses people that are against us 220 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: just as much as people that are for us. He 221 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: uses rejection, betrayals, delays to position us for promotion. We 222 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: can't see it at the time, we don't like it. 223 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 1: It's uncomfortable, but it's the hand of God ordering our steps. 224 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 1: Joseph had this dream. He knew God's favor was on him. 225 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: What happened. He was betrayed by his brothers, thrown into 226 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: a pit, sold into slavery, falsely accused, put in prison, 227 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: one bad break after another. But Joseph understood this principle. 228 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: He never complained, he never got bitter. I'm sure there 229 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 1: were many lonely nights, times where he felt forgotten, abandoned, 230 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: But deep down he could hear that still small voice 231 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: telling him I'm still in control. I've got you in 232 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: the palm of my hand. This is all a part 233 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: of your destiny. If he would have tried to control it, 234 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: tried to make it happen his way, he would have 235 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: lived bitter, frustrated, angry. Every day he had to release 236 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: the worry, release the frustration, release how he thought it 237 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: would happen. Thirteen years later, he became the Prime Minister 238 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: of Egypt. He saw that dream come to pass. But 239 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: when you study his journey, you see twists and turns, delays, detours, disappointments. 240 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 1: Proverb says, since the Lord is directing your steps, why 241 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 1: try to understand everything that happens along the way. Are 242 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: you frustrated because you don't understand something that's happened to you, 243 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: Upset over a bad break, worried because of a delay. 244 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: How do you know it's not the hand of God 245 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: leading you to your throne? How do you know you're 246 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: not a Joseph, that you're not right on course, on 247 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: schedule to see what God promised you. It may not 248 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: happen like you think. God uses difficulties to position us 249 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: for destiny. What you're upset about is a necessary step 250 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: that closed door. The delay. It's intromental in you reaching 251 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: your purpose. Don't try to understand everything that happens along 252 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: the way. God works in mysterious ways. If you're trying 253 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: to figure everything out, you're going to get confused. There 254 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: are things that you're not supposed to understand. That's what 255 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: faith is all about. If that adversity was going to 256 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: stop your destiny, God wouldn't have allowed it. If that 257 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: disappointment was going to keep you from your purpose, it 258 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: wouldn't have happened. God is seeing what you're made of. 259 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 1: This is your chance to say, like Joseph, God, I 260 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: trust you you even when I don't understand it. I'm 261 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: gonna keep being my best, even when it's not fair. 262 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep giving you praise when I could be complaining. 263 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep moving forward when I feel like going 264 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: backwards Luke twenty two. Jesus was about to be crucified. 265 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: He was on the Mount of Olives praying. Judas came 266 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: up with a group of soldiers and kissed Jesus. That's 267 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: how they knew who to arrest. Now, when they went 268 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: to take Jesus, Peter pulled out his sword and cut 269 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: off one of the soldier's ears. He was ready to fight. 270 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: He wasn't about to let this go down without opposition. 271 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: The other disciples said, Lord, should we fight. We brought 272 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: our swords. Jesus said in verse fifty two, don't resist anymore. 273 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: He was saying, this is all a part of my plan. 274 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: I can't reach my destiny without Judas kissing me. Without 275 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: this betrayal, I can't rise from the dead. I can't 276 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: bring salvation without these sold soldiers arresting me. Without me 277 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: being crucified, it looked like the enemy was in control. 278 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: The soldiers were getting the upper hand taking Jesus away. 279 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: They didn't realize they were taking him into his destiny. 280 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: When we face hardships, the bad breaks, the disappointments, it 281 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: seems like the enemy is in control. That's when we 282 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: want to fight, resist, get upset, live worried. God is saying, 283 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:33,400 Speaker 1: don't resist anymore, don't fight it, don't live bitter, don't 284 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: try to get even. Trust me, I'm in control. I'm 285 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 1: still directing your steps. Yes, resist the sickness, resist the addiction, 286 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 1: but you shouldn't fight everything that comes your way. Live upset, 287 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: can't sleep at night. The enemy didn't get the upper hand, 288 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: He didn't somehow get control of your life. God is 289 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: still on the throne. The betrayal wasn't fair. God did, 290 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: and stop it because it's leading you to your destiny. 291 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 1: You didn't like the disappointment. Looks like the enemy is prevailing, 292 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: like the opposition is holding you back. But you don't 293 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: know what God is up to. What you can't see 294 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: is on the other side of that crucifixion, so to speak, 295 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: is a resurrection. On the other side of the betrayal, 296 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: the sickness, the disappointment is a new level of your destiny. 297 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: Stop resisting and start resting. Sometimes we're trying to play God. 298 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 1: We're straighten everybody out, vindicate ourselves, fix this situation at work. 299 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: Why don't you release control. God doesn't need our help. 300 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: He's not looking for some advice, hoping you'll stop those betrayals, 301 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 1: keep those bad breaks from happening. No, don't resist anymore. 302 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: Let him be God. You don't have to fight everything 303 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: that comes your way. You can't reach your destiny without 304 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: a Judas kiss. Don't fight Judas, kiss him back and 305 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: move on. You can become who you were created to 306 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 1: be without a Saul being jealous, like with David, without 307 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 1: a Potiphar's wife falsely accusing you, like with Joseph without 308 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: a king Nebuchaonezzar throwing you into a fiery furnace, like 309 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: the three hebrew Children, without a pharaoh trying to hold 310 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: you captive, like the Israelites. The good news is the 311 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: opposition is not in control. They are palms in the 312 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: hands of the Most High God. He is ordering your steps. 313 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: Nothing happens without his permission. Nineteen fifty nine, my father 314 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: was pastoring a successful church. They had just built a 315 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: new auditorium. He was on the state board for his denomination. 316 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 1: Life was good, looked like he had a bright future. 317 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: But my sister was born with something like cerebral pauls in. 318 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: My father went to a hotel downtown to be alone 319 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: for a few days. He read the Bible like it 320 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: was the first time he ever read it. He saw 321 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: how God is a healer, how he wants us to 322 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,880 Speaker 1: live a victorious, bless life. He came back and started 323 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:18,400 Speaker 1: sharing his new message of faith and victory with his congregation. 324 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: Much to his surprise, some of them didn't like it. 325 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: It didn't fit into their tradition. They ended up asking 326 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: him to leave. He was so disappointed. He had spent 327 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 1: years pouring his heart and soul into those people. My 328 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 1: father could have fought it, made a big fuss, showed 329 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 1: them that he was right and they were wrong. Instead, 330 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: he didn't resist. He recognized that closed door was the 331 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: hand of God. He and my mother went out and 332 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: started Lakewood in an abandoned fee store with ninety people. 333 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: Critics said it would never last, but sixty one years later, 334 00:20:55,720 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: here we are still going strong. God knew my father 335 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: couldn't reach his destiny staying in that limited environment. Those 336 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: people that were against him, they couldn't help it. They 337 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: weren't bad people, they were pawns in the hands of God. 338 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: You have to be mature enough to know when to 339 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: resist and when not to resist. You're not supposed to 340 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: fight every battle. God uses betrayals, closed doors, disappointments to 341 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: move you into your purpose. What if my father would 342 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: have been bitter, stubborn, not willing to move God, I 343 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: know you want me to pastor here, he would have 344 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: missed his destiny. Don't resist, rest, don't try to control 345 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: how it's going to happen. Release control. Be open to 346 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: what God is going to do. As twenty seven, Paul 347 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 1: was a prisoner on a ship sailing toward Rome. An 348 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: angel appeared to him and said he was going to 349 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: stand before Caesar. On the journey, they encountered a huge 350 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: storm with hurricane force winds. For fourteen days, they didn't 351 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: see the sun nor the stars. They tried their best 352 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,400 Speaker 1: to steer the ship to try to keep some kind 353 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: of control, but the winds were too much. Instead of 354 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: fighting it trying to force where they wanted it to go, 355 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: the scripture says they took down the cells and let 356 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 1: the wind blow the ship wherever the storm wanted it 357 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 1: to go. When you've done everything you can, you prayed, 358 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: you believed, you stood in faith, there comes a time 359 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: where you have to do like them. Quit fighting it, 360 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 1: quit trying to force it to work out, quit losing sleep, 361 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:45,400 Speaker 1: and release control. God will not take you someplace where 362 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: he wants sustain you. How do you release control? Quit 363 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: worrying about it, quit losing sleep, quit trying to make 364 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: it happen your way. Say God, I trust you. I 365 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: know you're in control of these winds. They can blow 366 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 1: me forward, backward, left, right, But one thing I'm certain of, 367 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: where you take me is exactly where I'm supposed to be. 368 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: That's what my father did. Those winds blew him the lakewood, 369 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: the same winds that were meant to stop you. If 370 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 1: you'll stay in faith, God will shift the winds and 371 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 1: instead of blowing you backwards, they will blow you forward. 372 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: That's what the scripture says. What's meant for your harm, 373 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: God will turn to your advantage. Are you resisting or 374 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: are you resting? Are you trying to control everything? Upset 375 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,239 Speaker 1: because it's not happening your way, trying to force it? 376 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: Why don't you take down the cells and trust what 377 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 1: God is doing. You may not understand it now, it 378 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: may not make sense yet, but one day you'll see 379 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: it was a necessary step to reach your destiny. It 380 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: looked like a setback, but really it was a set up. 381 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: I talked to a young lady. Life was going great 382 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 1: until she was diagnosed with tuberculosis. She was out of 383 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 1: work so long that she lost her job. She couldn't 384 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: afford an apartment. A friend gave her a place to stay, 385 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: and she ended up getting a job with a major airlines. 386 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: She was so excited finally getting back on her feet. 387 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 1: Then the pandemic hit the airline cut her work back 388 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,919 Speaker 1: to only a few hours a week. She had to 389 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: get an additional job working with a security company. One night, 390 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: her car was stolen at work. It was one bad 391 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: break after another. She got a rental car and it 392 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: had serious XM. She was so discouraged she said she 393 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: needed to laugh, so she started flipping through the channels 394 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: looking for a comedian. She came across our station, Channel 395 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: one twenty eight and thought I was a comedian. She 396 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: started listening, found out that I wasn't, but she couldn't 397 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: turn it off. Hope began to feel her heart, dreams 398 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 1: started coming back to life, fresh vision. She ended up 399 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 1: giving her life to Christ. Recently, her company offered her 400 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: the opportunity to transfer to Hawaiian she'd always dreamed of 401 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: living there. It was a management position. Because she worked 402 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: for the airline, she can travel back and forth at 403 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: no charge. She said, I look back now at all 404 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: the things that happened to me, and I realized it 405 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: was all working for my good. If my truck hadn't 406 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 1: have been stolen, I wouldn't have come to know the Lord. 407 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: If I didn't work for the airline, I wouldn't have 408 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 1: these free flights. If they hadn't cut my hours back, 409 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have taken this job. I wouldn't have this 410 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:39,239 Speaker 1: new opportunity to move to Hawaii. She couldn't see it 411 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 1: at the time, but the winds of that storm were 412 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: blowing her to where God wanted her to be. That 413 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: difficulty you're facing, that trouble, it's not going to stop you. 414 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: The trouble is transportation. Don't fight everything worried. Why did 415 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: this happen? God knows what he's doing. He has you 416 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: in the palm of his hand. He may not do 417 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: it the way you had planned, but where He's taking 418 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: you is better than you've imagined. Psalm fifty five says 419 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: cast your burdens on the Lord. Release the weight of them, 420 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: and he will sustain you. How many weights are you 421 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: carrying around the weight of worry, the weight of what 422 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,400 Speaker 1: you don't understand, the weight of how am I going 423 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 1: to make it through this tough season. There's something you 424 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: have to do. God is not going to take the 425 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 1: burden away. You have to release the worry, release the frustration, 426 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: release having to figure it out, come back to a 427 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: place of peace. The right attitude is God. My life 428 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: is in your hands. I commit my dreams, my family, 429 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: my finances, my health to you now. I'm not going 430 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: to fight everything I don't like. I'm not going to 431 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: live upset when it doesn't go my way. I know 432 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: you're working all things from my good I trust your timing, 433 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 1: I trust your ways. When you have believed, you enter 434 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: into rest. I'm asking you to stop resisting and start resting. 435 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: If you'll release control, I believe and declare weights that 436 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: have burdened you down are lifting off of you. Right now. 437 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: God is about to shift the winds of that storm. 438 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,360 Speaker 1: Instead of blowing you backwards, it's going to blow you forward. 439 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 1: Promotion is coming, healing is coming, Freedom, the fullness of 440 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: your destiny in Jesus' name. If you receive it, can 441 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: you say amen? Today I'd like to give you an 442 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 443 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 1: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 444 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 1: of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make you 445 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 446 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. 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