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This is Joel and Victoria. 41 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 3: Thanks for downloading our podcast. We enjoy spending this time 42 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: with you. I know you're going to leave encouraged and inspired. 43 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 5: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 44 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 5: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 45 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 3: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 46 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 3: Enjoy the message. God bless you. It's great to have 47 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 3: you with us today. I hope you'll stay connected with 48 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 3: us throughout the week. We have a new daily podcast. 49 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 3: You can listen to the messages anytime, or you can 50 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 3: go to our YouTube channel, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, 51 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 3: But thanks again for tuning in. I like to start 52 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 3: with something funny, and I heard about this mother. One 53 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 3: Sunday morning. She went to her son's bedroom and said, son, 54 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 3: wake up, it's time to go to church. He said, no, Mom, 55 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 3: I'm not going to church today. She said why not? 56 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 3: He said, I'll give you two good reasons. Number one, 57 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 3: I don't like the people, and number two, they don't 58 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 3: like me. She said, all right, I'll give you two 59 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 3: better reasons why you should go. Number one, you're forty 60 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 3: nine years old, and number two, you're the pastor say 61 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 3: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 62 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 3: am what it says I am. I have what it 63 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 3: says I have. I can do what it says I 64 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 3: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 65 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 3: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 66 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 67 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 3: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 68 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 3: travel steadily. We all have things that we're waiting on. 69 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 3: Waiting for a dream to come to pass, waiting for 70 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 3: a health to improve, waiting to meet the right person. 71 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 3: When it's taken longer than we thought, we don't see 72 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 3: anything changing. It's easy to get discouraged and think that 73 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 3: it's not meant to be. But David said in Psalm 74 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 3: thirty seven, don't be impatient for the Lord to act. 75 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 3: Travel steadily along his path. He will on you and 76 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 3: give you the land. Just because it hasn't happened yet 77 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 3: doesn't mean that it's not going to happen. What God 78 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 3: promised you is still en route. The waiting period is 79 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 3: simply a test. Are you going to get discouraged and 80 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 3: quit believing? Or are you going to keep traveling steadily, 81 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 3: keep praying, keep thinking God, keep being your best at work, 82 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 3: keep being good to other people. There's power in doing 83 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 3: the right thing consistently. You're not moved by what's not changing. 84 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 3: You consistently have a good attitude, You're not up one 85 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 3: day and down two days. You're consistently in a good mood. 86 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 3: You don't work hard for a month and then slack 87 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 3: off the next month. You consistently excellent. Everything may not 88 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 3: be perfect. You're dealing with challenges, but you're not complaining. 89 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 3: You're consistently thanking God, consistently declaring his promises, consistently expecting 90 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 3: his favor. That's what it means to travel steadily. God 91 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 3: never promised things would turn around instantly, and promises would 92 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 3: come to pass in two weeks. There will be a 93 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 3: waiting period. Don't be impatient. God rewards faithful people, people 94 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 3: that keep doing the right thing, and the only thing 95 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 3: that's holding some people back is the consistency. What would 96 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 3: happen if you would consistently get to work on time, 97 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 3: consistently treat your spouse with respect, consistently exercise, or consistently 98 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 3: put God first place. When you're consistent, you're not ruled 99 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 3: by your feelings. Feelings will be up one day and 100 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 3: down the next. Feelings want to tell people off. Feelings 101 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 3: want to eat the whole gallon of ice cream. Feelings 102 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 3: want to sit around in self pity. Don't let those 103 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 3: feelings run your life. You have a destiny to fulfill, 104 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 3: an assignment. For you to accomplish, you have to put 105 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 3: your foot down and say feelings, you are not going 106 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 3: to control me. I'm in control. I'm going to make 107 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 3: decisions that honor God. I'm going to do the right 108 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 3: thing when it's hard. I'm going to go to work 109 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 3: when I don't feel like it. I'm going to treat 110 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 3: these people with respect even though they don't deserve it. 111 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 3: If you will keep traveling steadily, being consistent, you're going 112 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 3: to see God show out in your life. Paul said 113 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 3: in First Corinthians, we should always be abounding in the 114 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 3: work of the Lord. What can you say about yourself 115 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 3: that's always? Are you always worried, always late, always hot tempered? 116 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 3: Why don't you change those always? If you're consistent in 117 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 3: the wrong areas, it will keep you from your destiny. 118 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 3: I know people, their circumstances aren't perfect, they have challenges, 119 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 3: but they're always joyful, always encouraging, always at church, always 120 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 3: helping others made this choice that they're going to travel steadily. 121 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 3: God has awesome things in your future, but the only 122 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 3: way you'll see them is if you keep being consistent, 123 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 3: not moved by what's not happening, not discouraged because it's 124 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 3: taking longer, not slacking off because you don't see any 125 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 3: sign of it. When you travel steadily. You're going to 126 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 3: come into blessings and favor because of your faithfulness, not 127 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 3: because you have great talent, great courage, great faith, but 128 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 3: because you keep doing the right thing. Many of you 129 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 3: have been doing this. You've consistently made decisions that honor God, 130 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 3: sacrificing to raise those children, putting your own dream on hold. 131 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 3: You've stayed faithful in that marriage that's difficult. You've been 132 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 3: your best at that job, going the extra mile. You've 133 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 3: done the right thing, but you haven't seen what's in 134 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 3: your heart. Your time is coming. God is about to 135 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 3: do something unused promotion that thrusts you to a new level. 136 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 3: That problem you've struggled with for years is about to 137 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 3: suddenly turn around. It's going to happen sooner than you 138 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 3: think because you stayed faithful, consistent. The scripture says God 139 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 3: is going to give you the land. You're not going 140 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 3: to have to make it happen. Blessings are going to 141 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 3: find you. The right people are going to track you down. 142 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 3: Healing is going to come knocking at your door. Don't 143 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 3: be impatient for God to act. Those dreams He's placed 144 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,119 Speaker 3: in your heart are still on the schedule. Those promises 145 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 3: he's whispered to you in the night, they're still in 146 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 3: your future. And sometimes the reason it's taking so long 147 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 3: is what God has for you is bigger than you've imagined. 148 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 3: He's getting you prepared to carry the weight of the blessing, 149 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 3: the weight of the influence. As you keep traveling steadily, 150 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 3: you're getting stronger, Your faith is growing, your character is 151 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 3: being developed. This is what David did. At seventeen years old. 152 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 3: He was out in the shepherd's fields, taking care of 153 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 3: his father's sheep, just minding his own business. When he 154 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:15,079 Speaker 3: was called in to his father's house, the prophet Samuel 155 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 3: chose him out of his seven other brothers to become 156 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 3: the next king of Israel. What's interesting is David didn't 157 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 3: go to the palace that day. He didn't step into leadership. 158 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 3: They didn't put a royal robe on him. He went 159 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 3: back to the shepherd's fields. When God gives you a promise, 160 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 3: there will always be a waiting period. What we do 161 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 3: while we're waiting will determine whether the promise will come 162 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 3: to pass if we wait. Discouraged, upset, Why is this 163 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 3: taking so long? We're going to get stuck where we are. 164 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 3: David was anointed, but he wasn't appointed. He had to 165 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 3: go through this season of proving, a season of testing. 166 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 3: Will you do the right thing when you're not getting 167 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 3: your way? Will you keep serving others when you know 168 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 3: you have more in you. David could have slacked off, 169 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 3: taken the easy way out. Nobody was watching him in 170 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 3: the shepherd's fields, but David understood this principle. To see 171 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 3: promises come to pass, you have to keep traveling steadily. 172 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 3: You have to do the right thing when nobody is watching. 173 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 3: You have to be your best when you're not getting 174 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 3: the credit. You have to thank God even though doors 175 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 3: are not opening. Month after month, David kept taking care 176 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:37,199 Speaker 3: of those sheep, fighting off wild animals, making sure they 177 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 3: were fed and protected. His father didn't invite him into 178 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 3: the house. When Samuel first came. David didn't get better. 179 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 3: He didn't have a chip on his shoulder. He shook 180 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 3: it off and kept traveling forward. His brothers made fun 181 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 3: of him when he took him their lunch. They tried 182 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 3: to make him feel small. David didn't take the bank. 183 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 3: He walked away. After David defeated Goliath, King Saul was 184 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 3: jealous and tried to kill David, chased him through the desert. 185 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 3: It was unfair, but David didn't try to get revenge. 186 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 3: He could have killed Saul, but he wouldn't do it. 187 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 3: He wasn't impatient for God to act. He knew if 188 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 3: he would keep traveling steadily, doing the right thing, God 189 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 3: would give him the throne. Thirteen years after David was anointed, 190 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 3: King Saul was killed in a battle and David became king. 191 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 3: When God puts a promise in your heart, no matter 192 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 3: who tries to stop you, no matter how big the 193 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 3: giants are, no matter how unfair it is or how 194 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 3: long it's been, if you'll just keep traveling steadily passing 195 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 3: the test, not bitter because people did you wrong, not 196 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 3: giving up because it's taken a long time, not slacking 197 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 3: all because things aren't improving, then like David, God is 198 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 3: going to give you the land. He's going to move 199 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 3: the wrong people out of the way. He'll give you 200 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 3: favor to defeat giants. He'll make ways where you don't 201 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 3: see away. The key is don't be impatient. It may 202 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 3: not happen as fast as you would like while you're waiting. 203 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 3: That's a test. David had to prove to God that 204 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 3: he would be faithful taking care of sheep before God 205 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 3: would trust him to take care of his people. And 206 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 3: those times where you're doing the right thing but nothing 207 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 3: is improving, that's a proving season. You have to show 208 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 3: God that you're not going to get discouraged. You're not 209 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,439 Speaker 3: going to give up on your dream. You're not going 210 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 3: to let what didn't work out cause you to lose 211 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 3: your passion. Like David, you may know you're anointed. God 212 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 3: has put promises in your heart. He's spoken things to you, 213 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 3: but you're not appointed yet. You're in that season where 214 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 3: you're in the shepherd's field. Nothing is happening. God. You 215 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 3: said you would restore health unto me still struggling with 216 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 3: this sickness. You said I would lend and not borrow, 217 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,959 Speaker 3: but I can barely get ahead. You said you'd give 218 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 3: me beauty for these ashes, but no new doors are opening. 219 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 3: It's easy to get discouraged, but if you're going to 220 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 3: go from anointed to appointed, you have to keep thanking 221 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 3: God when you don't see anything happening, praising when you 222 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 3: could be complaining, coming to church when you feel like 223 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 3: staying home, being good to people that are not being 224 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 3: good to you. If you'll not be moved by what's 225 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 3: not working out, but you keep doing the right thing, 226 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 3: then you're going to go from anointed to appointed. You're 227 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 3: going to come out of the shepherd's fields into the 228 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 3: fullness of what God has in store. My father started 229 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 3: Lakewood in nineteen fifty nine with ninety people. He had 230 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 3: traveled overseas and held meetings with thousands of people, seen 231 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 3: great favor, but he knew he was supposed to come 232 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 3: back and past through these ninety people. God put a 233 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 3: big dream in his heart. He believed one day Lakewood 234 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 3: would have thousands and impact the world. My father was 235 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 3: a great minister, a great leader. But what's interesting is 236 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 3: Lakewood didn't grow. Year after year went by, still ninety people. 237 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 3: My father could have been discouraged. God, you put bigger 238 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 3: things in my heart, Why am I not seeing increase? Instead, 239 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 3: he preached to those ninety people like he was preaching 240 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 3: to thousands, not just once a week Sunday morning, Sunday night, 241 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 3: Wednesday night. He was faithful. He wasn't moved by what 242 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 3: wasn't changing. He didn't get sour because he wasn't seeing increase. 243 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 3: He just kept traveling, steadily, consistently, doing the right thing. 244 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 3: In nineteen seventy three, it was like God opened up 245 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 3: a fawcet. People started coming to Lakewood from all over 246 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 3: the city. It grew to a church of many thousands. 247 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 3: But those thirteen years my father didn't see any growth. 248 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 3: They were very important years. They were years of testing, 249 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 3: years of proving God was seeing what my father was 250 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 3: made of. What was he going to do when things 251 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 3: weren't going his way? What kind of attitude would he 252 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:18,479 Speaker 3: have when he wasn't seeing increase? Would he get discouraged, 253 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 3: give up? Try something else? If you're not faithful in 254 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 3: the wilderness, how can God trust you to be faithful 255 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 3: in the promised land. Maybe you're doing the right thing 256 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 3: but not seeing any growth. You're praying, believing, working hard, 257 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 3: but things aren't improving. If my father was here, he 258 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 3: would tell you, don't get discouraged by what's not changing. 259 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 3: Don't slack off because it hasn't happened yet. Keep doing 260 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 3: the right thing consistently. God has not forgotten about you. 261 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 3: What he's promised is still in your future past. The 262 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 3: faithfulness test. Prove to him that you're not going to quit, 263 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 3: You're not going to get sour, You're not going to 264 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 3: get talked out of it. If you'll keep traveling steadily, 265 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 3: God will give you the land. It's going to be 266 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 3: easier than you thought. Yes, the waiting can be difficult, 267 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 3: but when you come into favor, things are going to 268 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 3: fall into place. Promotion, healing, increase that will thrust you 269 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 3: to a new level. A while back, there was this 270 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 3: challenge I was dealing with. It had to do with 271 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 3: our ministry and what we were going to do in 272 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 3: the future. I couldn't figure out how it was going 273 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 3: to work out. I studied it and made phone calls, 274 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 3: got other people's advice, but there was still no solution. 275 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 3: Every time it came to my mind, it kind of 276 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 3: bothered me. I thought, what are we going to do? 277 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 3: I was tempted to live, stressed and worried. Finally, I said, God, 278 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 3: I'm turning this over to you. I can't make this 279 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 3: work out my way, but I know you already have 280 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 3: a solution, So I'm not going to live up tight. 281 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 3: I'm going to just keep being my bad honoring you 282 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 3: every time I was tempted to worry. Father, Thank you 283 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 3: that my life is in your hands. Thank you that 284 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 3: you're making my crooked places straight. Sometimes we're frustrated because 285 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 3: we're trying to control things that only God can control. 286 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 3: We're trying to figure something out that there is no 287 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 3: answer to right now. That's when we get frustrated, can't 288 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 3: sleep at night. The good news is God doesn't ask 289 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 3: us to figure everything out. You have to know what's 290 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 3: your job and what's God's job. Our job is to believe. 291 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 3: Our job is to thank God. Our job is to 292 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 3: walk in obedience. The scripture says God will work out 293 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 3: his plan for our lives. God's job is to work 294 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 3: things out that we can't work out. You're not on 295 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 3: your own. The creator of the universe is working out 296 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 3: his plan for your life. His job is to open 297 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 3: doors we can't open. His job is to part red seas. 298 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 3: His job is to heal sick bodies. His job is 299 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 3: to make things happen that we can't make happen. Are 300 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 3: you frustrated because you're trying to do God's job? Take 301 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 3: the pressure off. You don't have to make everything happen. 302 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 3: You just have to keep traveling steadily, staying faithful, being 303 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 3: good to people, keeping God first place. About two months ago, 304 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 3: I was at the church and a staff member was 305 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 3: passing by. He said, I meant to tell you that 306 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 3: thing that we were working on we figured it out. 307 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 3: I said, what do you mean? He said, I'll show you. 308 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 3: I went in and looked at it. It was perfect. 309 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 3: Couldn't have been any better. I thought this was going 310 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 3: to be an ongoing challenge where it would take all 311 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 3: this extra effort and energy on my part. But then 312 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 3: without me even working on it, things fell into place. 313 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 3: I never dreamed it would be that. Ea, that's what 314 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 3: the scripture says. If you'll keep traveling steadily, God will 315 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 3: give you the land. That means you don't have to struggle, strive, 316 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 3: manipulate things, try to force it to work out. It's 317 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 3: going to be easier than you think. Things are going 318 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 3: to fall into place. The right doors open, the right 319 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 3: people show up, the school calls you with the scholarship. 320 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 3: The medical report suddenly turns around. In the scripture, Joseph 321 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 3: was engaged to a young lady named Mary. An angel 322 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 3: appeared to her and said she was going to have 323 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 3: a baby without knowing a man, and they were to 324 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 3: name him Jesus. You can imagine how Joseph must have 325 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 3: felt when Mary told him she was pregnant, not with 326 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 3: his baby, but with the Messiah. I'm sure he thought, yeah, right. 327 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 3: He was going to quietly call off the engagement. But 328 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 3: that night, an angel appeared to him in a dream. 329 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 3: He told Joseph that what Mary said was true, that 330 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 3: he was to go ahead with the marriage. Joseph could 331 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 3: have backed out, thought, God, I didn't sign up for this. 332 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 3: I don't want my reputation ruined. Find somebody else. But 333 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 3: Joseph did what the angel said. It was prophesied that 334 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 3: Jesus would be born in Bethlehem. The Roman emperor decided 335 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 3: to take a census. Everyone had to go to their hometown. 336 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 3: Joseph was from Bethlehem. He loaded up Mary on a donkey. 337 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 3: She was nine months pregnant. They traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem. 338 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 3: Would be one thing if this was across town, but 339 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 3: this was a ninety mile journey. It would take about 340 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 3: ten days. I've seen what it's like for Victoria to 341 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 3: be pregnant, how uncomfortable, especially toward the end her back 342 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 3: was hurting, feet swelling. I can't imagine telling her, at 343 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 3: nine months pregnant, Honey, to fulfill prophecy, we have to 344 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 3: get on a donkey and go ninety miles. I think 345 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 3: I would be hearing Welcome to Heaven. Sometimes God asks 346 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 3: us to do things that are difficult. Mary could have said, 347 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 3: not getting on that donkey. It's too bumpy. My feed hurt. 348 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 3: You can go by yourself. But you never read where 349 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 3: Mary complained. You never read where Joseph was sour. They 350 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 3: just kept traveling, steadily, doing what God asked them to do, 351 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 3: day after day, getting on the donkey, dealing with the heat, 352 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 3: finding the place to sleep at night. God only spoke 353 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 3: to them one time this whole trip, ninety miles. God 354 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 3: never said anything. Would have been much easier if the 355 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 3: angel would have come back and said, you're doing great. 356 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 3: Keep going to Bethlehem. You're right on track. It's easy 357 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 3: to follow God when you hear him speaking. You have 358 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 3: clear direction. Things are going your way. But the real 359 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 3: test is how do you respond when God is silent, 360 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 3: you don't hear anything. You're doing the right thing, but 361 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 3: it's not improving. You're being your best, but doors aren't opening. 362 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 3: Months have gone by, maybe years, and you don't hear anything. 363 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 3: Here's the key. Keep doing the last thing God told 364 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 3: you to do. Keep being consistent, keep being faithful. Joseph 365 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,959 Speaker 3: and Mary finally arrived at Bethlahem. I can imagine it 366 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 3: was late at night. Mary was getting close to having 367 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 3: the baby. Joseph walked up to the end the hotel. 368 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 3: He said, Mary, wait here, I'll go arrange a room. 369 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,919 Speaker 3: The innkeeper said, I'm sorry, sir, we're full. We have 370 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 3: no more room. Joseph could have thought, God, you said 371 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 3: come to Bethlahem. You said this was your baby. Why 372 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 3: is nothing working out? Instead, Joseph went back out told 373 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 3: Mary to get back on the donkey. They were tired, disappointed, uncomfortable, 374 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 3: but they just kept traveling steadily. God rewards faithful people, 375 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 3: people that don't give up, people that don't let a 376 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 3: disappointment cause them to be sour, People that don't let 377 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 3: us set back a loss, a delay to stop their 378 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 3: destiny when things happen that we don't understand. Our attitude 379 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 3: should be Father, thank you that you are working out 380 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 3: your plan for my life. You are ordering my steps, 381 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 3: You are opening doors that no man can shut. Thank 382 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 3: you that you'll get me to where I'm supposed to be. 383 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 3: Don't let a bad break, a delay, a pandemic, a 384 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 3: person that did you wrong cause you to quit believing 385 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 3: for your dreams and quit pursuing what God put in 386 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 3: your heart. You are full of can do power. The 387 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 3: same spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives in you. 388 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 3: You are not weak. You are a warrior. Now dig 389 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 3: your heels in and be consistent. Not just when everything 390 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 3: is going your way, not just when there's room at 391 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 3: the end. Business is flourishing, but when the door closes, 392 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 3: when the contract doesn't go through, when the journey is 393 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 3: longer than you thought. God is looking for people that 394 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 3: are determined, people that have staminaut You can't be weak 395 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 3: and reach your destiny. You can't be half hearted and 396 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 3: become who you were created to be. God will be 397 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 3: silent at times you don't hear anything. Things are not improving. 398 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 3: You're on that donkey, so to speak. Doors aren't opening. 399 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 3: What are you to do? Keep being faithful, keep getting 400 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 3: to work on time, keep singing in the choir, keep 401 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 3: being good to those neighbors, Keep thanking God when you 402 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 3: feel like complaining. If it was going to happen instantly, 403 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 3: you wouldn't need any faith. Don't be impatient for God 404 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 3: to act. Just because the end is full doesn't mean 405 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 3: there's not a place for your baby to be born. 406 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,679 Speaker 3: Just because you've had a setback, somebody walked away, the 407 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 3: medical report isn't good doesn't mean that your dream is 408 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 3: not going to come to pass what God promised. You 409 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 3: cannot be stopped by people, by circumstances, by bad breaks. 410 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 3: God wouldn't have allowed the end to be full if 411 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 3: he didn't have something better. My question is are you 412 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 3: going to keep traveling steadily? Are you going to keep believing, 413 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 3: keep praying, keep doing the right thing. Joseph and Mary 414 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 3: packed up, got back on the donkeys, disappointed, but still 415 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 3: moving forward, Tired, hungry, back, hurting, but still traveling steadily. 416 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,439 Speaker 3: Joseph looked up and saw this old barn where they 417 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 3: kept animals. Wasn't a nice hotel, didn't have a bellman 418 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 3: out front, no room service, just a manger where the 419 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 3: sheep rest. It wasn't what they had in mind. But 420 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 3: God doesn't always do things the way we have planned. 421 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 3: His ways are not our ways. If you don't stay open, 422 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 3: you'll be frustrated because they wouldn't let you in, upset 423 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 3: because the door didn't open. Can I tell you God 424 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 3: knows what he's doing. When it's time to birth your baby, 425 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 3: all the forces of darkness cannot keep you out. There 426 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,199 Speaker 3: will be a place for you to shine, for you 427 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 3: to flourish, for you to show this world what God 428 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 3: put in you. Now, quit worrying about who wouldn't let 429 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 3: you in, why this didn't work out. It wasn't fair. 430 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 3: You weren't supposed to be in the end. They weren't 431 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 3: supposed to have room for you. Your blessing is not 432 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 3: in the end. It's in the manger. Your increase, your favor, 433 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 3: your abundance, is not in where you've been. It's in 434 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 3: where God is taking you. It's not in where you 435 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 3: were left out. It's in where you're going. Now do 436 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 3: your part and start moving forward in faith. Not bitter 437 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 3: over disappointments, not discourage over what didn't work out. Not 438 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 3: upset because it's taken longer, there were delays and detours. 439 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 3: God is saying, if you'll keep traveling steadily, being faithful 440 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 3: when nobody is noticing, doing the right thing when it's uncomfortable, 441 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 3: not complaining because you don't see things changing. Then you're 442 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 3: going to give birth to dreams bigger than you've imagined. 443 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 3: God's going to do uncommon, unusual, extraordinary things. The night 444 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 3: Mary gave birth, there were shepherds out in a field. 445 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,959 Speaker 3: An angel appeared to them and said, I have good news. 446 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 3: The Messiah has been born in Bethlehem. This is how 447 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 3: you will recognize him. You will find him lying in 448 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 3: a manger. If the innkeeper had not turned Jesus away, 449 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 3: he wouldn't have been in the manger. The shepherds wouldn't 450 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 3: have found him. The inn was supposed to be full. 451 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 3: The innkeeper was supposed to not let them in. Nothing 452 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 3: that happens to you is a surprise to God. He's 453 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 3: ordering your steps. If the door closed, it was supposed 454 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 3: to close. If the person walked away, they were supposed 455 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 3: to walk away. Don't get bitter. Keep traveling steadily, keep 456 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 3: doing the right thing, keep being good to people, keep expecting, 457 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 3: keep believing. When you get to your manger, so to speak, 458 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 3: the shepherds are going to find you. The blessings, the healing, 459 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 3: the promotion will come to you. Now my challenge, stay consistent. 460 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 3: Don't be ruled by your feelings. Make up your mind. 461 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 3: You're not going to be moved by what's not changing. 462 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 3: Not discourage over how long it's taking. You're going to 463 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 3: keep doing the right thing. Prove to God that you're 464 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 3: going to be faithful if you'll keep traveling steadily, honoring God, 465 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 3: making good decisions. I believe and declare God is about 466 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 3: to give you the land. He's about to open new doors, 467 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 3: bring new opportunities. Problems are about to turn around, healing, freedom, 468 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 3: favor the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus's name. I'd 469 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 3: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 470 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 3: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 471 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 3: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 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