1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 8 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I promise you 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. I like to 10 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: start with something funny, and I heard about these two 11 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: professional baseball players. They were discussing whether or not they 12 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,279 Speaker 1: thought there would be baseball up in heaven. They made 13 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: an agreement that whoever died first would come back and 14 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: tell the other if indeed there was baseball in heaven. 15 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: A few months later, one of the players died. Just 16 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 1: like promise, he came back and said to the other player, 17 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: I've got good news and I've got bad news. The 18 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: good news is there is baseball up in heaven. The 19 00:00:55,920 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: bad news is you're scheduled to pitch next Thursday. Say 20 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 21 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: am what it says. I am I have what it 22 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: says I have. I can do what it says I 23 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 25 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 26 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,199 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 27 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: scared into greatness. We all like when life is going 28 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: our way. Our family is happy, business is strong, everything 29 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: is right on schedule. That's good for a season. But 30 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 1: if we're comfortable all the time, we won't reach our destiny. 31 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: We don't grow when everything's going our way. We grow 32 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: when we have to stretch, when we're uncomfortable, when we're 33 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: a little bit nervous, unsure of how it's going to 34 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: work out. And sometimes God will shape things up. He'll 35 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: take you out of what's the failure. He'll remove a 36 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: friend that you counted on, or put you in a 37 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: position where you're over your head. You lost a client, 38 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: you don't have the funds now, it's uncertain, you're a 39 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: little bit scared. You prayed like you've never prayed. You 40 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: get up early and do things you normally wouldn't do. 41 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: You don't like it. It's not comfortable. But God uses 42 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: the scary places to move us into our destiny. Don't 43 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: think life is always going to be smooth. What God 44 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: has in your future will scare you. Dreams bigger than 45 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: you can accomplish on your own, obstacles that you can't 46 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: overcome by yourself. And when things happen that we don't like, 47 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: we tend to blame the enemy. But sometimes it's God. 48 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: We weren't made to stay where we are at the 49 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: same level. We were made to take new ground. To 50 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: do that, you have to get out of your comfort zone. 51 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: When you face something that's unfamiliar, it can be intimidating, 52 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: even scary. You've defeated some opponents, but when you see 53 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: Goliath something much bigger, he think, God, he's twice my size. 54 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: I don't have a chance. I'm scared. Find somebody else. 55 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: God wouldn't have allowed it if you didn't have what 56 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: it takes. He has already equipped you, empowered you, and 57 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: anointed you. You have been armed with strength for every battle. 58 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: You may feel fear. That's okay, fear comes to us. 59 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: All The key is do it afraid. Do it in 60 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: spite of what you feel. Do it in spite of 61 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: what thoughts are telling you don't get talked out of 62 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: your destiny. God is setting you up to go to 63 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: a new level. But we all want to be comfortable. 64 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: We like to have everything figured out. The truth is 65 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: we are at our best when we're a little bit nervous, 66 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,839 Speaker 1: a little unsure of how it's going to work out, 67 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: with a little healthy fear where we have to depend 68 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: on God. If you can do everything in your own strength, 69 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: you don't need faith. If you know where all the 70 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: funds are coming from, all the people lined up, everything 71 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: in place, that's good. But at some point you're going 72 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: to have to put a demand on your faith. You 73 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: have to stretch and dream a bigger dream. Well, Joel, 74 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,239 Speaker 1: I'm happy God's blessed me. Why don't you dream bigger 75 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: so you can help somebody else, so you can build 76 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: that orphanage, so you can buy a friend of car, 77 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: so you can set a new standard for your family. 78 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: We were not put here to coast through life. If 79 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: you don't take some risk, if you don't stretch, God 80 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: loves you so much he'll help you get out of 81 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: your comfort zone. Sometimes we don't have a choice. God 82 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: pushes us into a scary place when a mother eagle 83 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: has baby ego. She makes a nest for the eagliss 84 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: that's very comfortable, cushioned with grass and leaves and soft branches. 85 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: For the first part of their lives, the eaglists are 86 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: so happy, so well taken care of. When they're hungry, 87 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: all they have to do is open their beaks. The 88 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: mother drops food in. They don't have to worry about 89 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: protection animals. The mother has them high on the side 90 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: of a cliff, out of reach, constantly watching over them. 91 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: But a few months in the mother starts removing the 92 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: soft cushion from the nest. She takes out the leaves 93 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: and things that make it so comfortable. Now, when the 94 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: eaglet sits, they fell the branches and the sticks poking them. 95 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: They don't like it. They get out and spend a 96 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: few hours on the rocks, hopping around. They think they're 97 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: just playing together, but they're developing their muscles. When the 98 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: mother knows there's strong enough, she'll push a baby EGLT 99 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: out of the nest off the cliff. The EGLT starts 100 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: falling to the ground. Don't you know If the eaglet 101 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: could talk, it would say, what has gotten into mama? 102 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: This mother that has fed me, loved me, protected me, 103 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: made my life so comfortable, is now trying to kill me. 104 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: Just as the eglt is about to hit the ground, 105 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: the mother swoops down and grabs it. The eglet thinks, 106 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: thank god, she came back to her senses. Now, Mama, 107 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: take me back to the nest and we'll forget all 108 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: about this. I won't tell anyone otherwise EPs will show 109 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: UPGLT protective services. The mother takes the baby back, puts 110 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 1: it in the nest. Just when the eglet thinks it's safe, 111 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: she pushes it out again. This time. When the eglet 112 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: is falling, it starts flapping its wind, trying to gain 113 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 1: its balance. It's not thinking about flying, doesn't know what 114 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: the wings are for. It's just trying to break the 115 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: fall when it naturally starts moving its wings. After doing 116 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: this a few more times, the little eglet finally discovers 117 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: its wings and starts flying behind the mother. Before long, 118 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: it's soaring all through the sky. But the nest the 119 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: eglet was in was a blessing for a time. It 120 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: was necessary. But at a certain point the nest will 121 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: no longer be a blessing. It will become a hindrance. 122 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: The eglet can't develop its wings in the nest. If 123 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: the mother didn't push it out, wouldn't survive. Sometimes the 124 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: nest we're in is too small. As much as we 125 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: like it, it's limiting our growth. We're comfortable, we like 126 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: the protection, the provision being taken care of. The problem is, 127 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: you'll never develop your wings in the nest. You won't 128 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: reach your potential without having to stretch, try new things, 129 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: develop new muscles. Maybe like that eglet, you think, what 130 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: is going on in my life? It's gotten so much 131 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: more difficult. A friend walked away, my coworker won't help 132 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: me anymore. God is pushing you out of the nest. 133 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: The scripture says, as the eagle stirs the nest, so 134 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: God will stir us. And sometimes we don't like the stirring, 135 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 1: but that's God working in our lives. Do you know 136 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: when the eaglets discover their wings, not when they're in 137 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: the nest, not when they're hopping on the rocks. They 138 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 1: discover they can fly when they're falling, when they're afraid. 139 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: In the scary places, you will discover things you never 140 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: knew you had. Talent, strength, wisdom, determination that you would 141 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: have never known if you would have stayed in the nest. 142 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: And yes, the scary places are not comfortable, But like 143 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: the mother eagle, God is right there with you. He 144 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: is not going to let you hit the ground. You 145 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: may have things coming against you now that you don't understand. 146 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,119 Speaker 1: It feels like God has pushed you out of the nest. 147 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: It's uncomfortable, but if you'll stay in faith, you're about 148 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: to discover your wings. You don't belong in the nest. 149 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: You were created to soar, to reach new heights, to 150 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: take new ground. The question is how we handle the 151 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 1: scary times. It's easy to get discouraged God, Why did 152 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: you let this happen? Why did I lose a loved one? 153 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: Why did my business go down? Why did this friend 154 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: betray me? Sometimes when God stirs the nest doesn't make sense. 155 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: The right attitude is God, I don't understand this, but 156 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 1: I trust you. I know you are still on the throne, 157 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: and I'm not going to live bitter, upset, complaining because 158 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: my plans didn't work out. I know your plans for 159 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: me are for good. Twenty years ago this week, my 160 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: father went to be with the Lord. He had a 161 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: heart attack, and unexpectedly died. I had worked seventeen years 162 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: for my father behind the scenes here at Lakewood doing 163 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: the television production. I was comfortable, I was fulfilled. I 164 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: thought that's what I would do the rest of my life. 165 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: But God's dream for our life is so much bigger 166 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: than our own. Sometimes we think we're out of the nest, 167 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: we think we've discovered our wings. You haven't seen anything yet. 168 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: You don't know what God is up to. When my 169 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: dad died, I knew I was supposed to step up 170 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: and pastor the church, but I had never ministered. Now, 171 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 1: all the what if thoughts came, Joel, What if you 172 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: try and fail? What if people don't like you? What 173 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 1: if nobody comes. It's easy to talk ourselves out of it, 174 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: but when you come to the end of life, will 175 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: you have more regrets over the risk you took or 176 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: over the risk you didn't take. I would rather try 177 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: and fail than to play it safe all the time 178 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: and never really know. The truth is, if my father 179 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: was still alive, I wouldn't be up here. I was 180 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 1: comfortable behind the scenes. I liked the nest. I didn't 181 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: want to have to stretch get out in front of people. 182 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: God had to push me out. There were times I 183 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 1: was so afraid. I felt like I had to hold 184 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: onto the podium. Thoughts were telling me that I couldn't 185 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: do it. But it was in that scary place I 186 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: discovered talent that I didn't know I had. My father 187 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: had asked me for years to help him pasture the church. 188 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: I didn't know I could do this. It was in 189 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: me all the time. But had God not pushed me 190 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: out of the nest, I would have never discovered my wings. 191 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: You're going to come into these times where God shakes 192 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: things up. You're over your head. You think, what in 193 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: the world is happening. God is about to take you 194 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: to a new level. The scripture says God brought them 195 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: out on eagles wings. Eagles fly higher than any other bird. 196 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: God didn't give you a set of chicken wings, be 197 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: pecking around on the ground in mediocrity. He didn't give 198 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: you crow's wings turkey's wings. You have eagles wings. You're 199 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 1: about to soar to new heights. You're about to see 200 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: new opportunities, new relationships, new levels of influence in favor. 201 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: When I look back over my life, the times I've 202 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: grown discovered new gifts become more confident. It was never 203 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 1: in the easy times. It was when I had to stretch, 204 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: when I was uncomfortable, when I was over my head, 205 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: when I was scared. At the time, I didn't like it, 206 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: but I can tell you now it was good that 207 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: God pushed me out. It was good that I had 208 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: to stretch. You wouldn't be who you are without the 209 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: scary places. That's where you developed your wings. That's where 210 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: you discovered what's in you. The eaglet would say to 211 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: the mother. Now, mother, thank you for making the nest uncomfortable. 212 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: Thank you for pushing me out. I know at the 213 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:29,319 Speaker 1: time I was cussing you out. I was upset, complaining, 214 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: never gonna talk to you. But now I can see 215 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: what you were doing. You were helping me discover my wings. 216 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: There are a lot of things in life that we 217 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: don't understand. Sometimes it feels unfair to get pushed out. 218 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: The company you were so loyal too says they're downsizing 219 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: and don't need you. The diagnosis wasn't good. A friend 220 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: walked away. It's a scary place. God doesn't send the trouble, 221 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: but he does allow things to happen. We may not 222 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: understand it. But I have never come out of a 223 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: scary place where I wasn't better when it was all 224 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: said and done, When I look back, I could see 225 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: how it made me stronger, more confident, wiser. It gave 226 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: me a greater trust in God. It put me closer 227 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: toward my destiny. And as much as I missed my 228 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: father and honor his legacy, what I thought would be 229 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: my darkest hour, the loss of my father, actually launched 230 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: me into my brightest hour. When you keep the right attitude, 231 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: all things will work for your good. Then, when you 232 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: face dreams that looked too big, obstacles that seem insurmountable, 233 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: scary places, you can look back and see how God 234 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: brought you through in the past, how he made a 235 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: way where you didn't see away, how he gave you 236 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: peace that passed understanding, gave you strength to do what 237 00:14:55,880 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: you couldn't do on your own. Those victories become fuel 238 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: for your faith. You'll know God did it for you 239 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: back then, he'll do it for you now. Every victory 240 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: is not just for the present. You're going to need 241 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: it in the future. But if you shrink back, let 242 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: things intimidate you, play it safe all the time, you're 243 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: not going to have what you need for where God 244 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: is taking you. The scripture says God takes us from 245 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: glory to glory, from victory to victory. That last victory 246 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: you're going to need for your next victory. That's why 247 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: I'm constantly talking about how God healed my mother from 248 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: terminal cancer in nineteen eighty one, how God gave us 249 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: the Compact Center, how God helped me through the loss 250 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: of my father. Those were some of my scary places 251 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: where the odds were against me. I was afraid, intimidated, nervous, 252 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: but I did it afraid God showed up did something 253 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: more than I could imagine. Now. The reason I talk 254 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: about it is because I need fuel for my faith. 255 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: I need to remember what God has done, so I 256 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: want shrink back when new opportunities come my way. But 257 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: it's easy to play it safe all the time. It's 258 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: easy to stay in the nest. We think it's dangerous 259 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: to get out. The truth is it's more dangerous to 260 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: stay in the nest. The baby eaglet, if it stayed 261 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: in the nest, never discovered its wings. Even though it 262 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: was comfortable, it would die in the nest. My challenge 263 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: to you is don't die in your nest. Don't become 264 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: so comfortable that you want take a risk. You have 265 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: to go after what God put in your heart. Well, Joe, 266 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: I'm afraid. You're supposed to be afraid. If you weren't afraid, 267 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: it wouldn't be your destiny. What God has for you 268 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: is too big to accomplish on your own. There is 269 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: potential in you waiting to be released. Sometimes God pushes 270 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: us out, like when my dad died and I got 271 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: pushed out. God closed that door. Other times we have 272 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: to make the decision. God told the prophet Elijah to 273 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 1: anoint a young man named Elisha as his successor. He 274 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: saw him plowing in the field. He went over and 275 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 1: threw his mantle on him and asked him to come 276 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 1: with him. Well, Elisha had a good job, he was 277 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: in the family business, had a bright future. There no 278 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: doubt one day his parents would turn it over to him. 279 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: But when he saw Elijah he took the mantle. Something 280 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:38,479 Speaker 1: came alive in his spirit. Deep down, he knew he 281 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: was supposed to walk away from the familiar into the unknown. 282 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: The problem was it was scary. Staying on the farm 283 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 1: was safe, Everything was lined up. His income was set, 284 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: his retirement, had a nice place to live. Thoughts told 285 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: him stay where you are, You're comfortable. Family members tried 286 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: to reason with him, you don't know this prophet Elijah. 287 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: He may not keep his word. You may get out 288 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: there and fail. Deep down, something said, this is your moment, 289 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: this is your destiny. Step out in faith. Some opportunities 290 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:19,199 Speaker 1: don't come a second time. They are destiny moments. It's 291 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: either now or never. Like when my dad died, I 292 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: was afraid. I didn't know if I could step up 293 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: and past to the church. But I knew I didn't 294 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: have two years to think about it, that opportunity wouldn't 295 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: pass by again. My attitude was, if I try and fail, 296 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: I can go back to doing television production. But I 297 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: am not going to go to my grave wondering what 298 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: would have happened if I had not let fear hold 299 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: me back. What I could have become if I was 300 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: not intimidated by the scary place I was afraid. But 301 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 1: on the other side of the fear was a destiny 302 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: bigger than I ever imagine. What God has in your 303 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: future will scare you. But if you'll take a step 304 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: of faith, you'll see how God scared you into greatness. 305 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,880 Speaker 1: He scared you into levels you never dreamed. He scared 306 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: you into taking new ground. Elisha cut up the plow 307 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: and burned it. He killed the ox and boiled the meat. 308 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: He was saying, I'm done going around in circles. I'm 309 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,439 Speaker 1: done settling for mediocrity. I'm not going to plow this 310 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: field the rest of my life. I have greatness in me. 311 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: Life is too short to settle for things that are 312 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,919 Speaker 1: less than what you know is in you. Don't stay 313 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: on a job where you're not challenged the rest of 314 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 1: your life. Don't stay in a field that you don't enjoy. 315 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 1: You don't have any passion. You weren't made to go 316 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: around and around the next forty years doing something unfulfilling. 317 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: Look for new opportunities, stretch, grow course is, learn, do 318 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: your part, and God will send Elijah by. He'll bring 319 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: you an opportunity that not only scares you but excites you. 320 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: You know it's your purpose. Elisha was afraid, uncertain of 321 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: what the future held, but he did it afraid. He 322 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: dared to leave the familiar, believe in God had something better. 323 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: If you're going to reach your destiny, there will be 324 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: times you have to do like him, walk away from 325 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 1: what's comfortable into the unknown. And sometimes it's just in 326 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: our mind. Quit telling yourself you can't teach the class. 327 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 1: You're just an assistant. You can't run the department. You 328 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: don't have those skills. You'll never start your business. Never 329 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: write the book, never lead the company in sales. You 330 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: don't have that kind of talent. Don't believe those lies. 331 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: You have greatness in you. You are destined to leave 332 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: your mark, But the enemy would love to convince you 333 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: to stay in the nest, intimidated, afraid, so your potential 334 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: is never released. You have to get out of the 335 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 1: safe zone and come into the faith zone. You cannot 336 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: play it safe your whole life and become all you 337 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: were created to be. When you know God has put 338 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: something in your heart, you're excited about it. You can't 339 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: get away from it. You wake up in the morning, 340 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: think it about it. Then you have to take a risk. Well, Joel, 341 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 1: what if I try and it doesn't work out? What 342 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: if you try and it does work out? The better 343 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: question is what if you don't try and miss your destiny? 344 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: What if you get to heaven and God says I 345 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: created you to do amazing things. Why did you stay 346 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: in the nest. Why did you let people talk you 347 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 1: out of it? Why did you let your thoughts convince 348 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: you you can't do it? Why did you let fear 349 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: hold you back. Nothing will be sadder than to come 350 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 1: to the end of life and wonder what we could 351 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: have become if we had just taking some risk. Part 352 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: of faith is stepping into the unknown. The good news 353 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 1: is God is in the scary places. That's where he'll 354 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: show out in your life. That's where you'll discover your wings. 355 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 1: That's where he'll take you further than you've dreamed. The 356 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: reason some people aren't happy today is they're bored. They 357 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: have so much more in them, but they're stuck doing 358 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: something mediocre. God is stirring you out of that nest. 359 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: Stretch grow, look for new opportunities. Well, Joel, I'm comfortable. 360 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: God didn't call us to be comfortable. He called us 361 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: to take new ground. To advance the kingdom. You need 362 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: something in front of you that challenges you, that makes 363 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 1: you get up early and pray makes you more discipline, 364 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 1: more focused. You don't have time to waste or it 365 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: won't work out. We grow in the scary times, Elisha 366 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: left the fields and followed Elijah. Not long after that, 367 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 1: Elijah was taken to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha received 368 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 1: a double portion of his spirit. He did twice as 369 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 1: many miracles. Suppose he would have played it safe, stayed 370 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: where it was familiar, we wouldn't be talking about it. 371 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: He wouldn't have become one of the heroes of faith. 372 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 1: He was afraid, but that scary place led him into greatness. 373 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: Are you letting fear hold you back? It's time to 374 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,199 Speaker 1: do it afraid. Don't die in your nest. Maybe you 375 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: passed up some opportunities and you think you've missed your chance. 376 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 1: You know, get ready. God is about to scare you again. 377 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: He's about to bring something across your path that looks 378 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 1: so big, so amazing. In your spirit, you're excited. You 379 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 1: know it's for you, but your mind says there's no way. 380 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: You don't have the talent, the resources. Don't go after 381 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: the compact center, don't try to step up and pastor 382 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: that church. Stay in your nest. This is your time, 383 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: this is your moment. Your destiny is calling. Come on 384 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: over into the scary places. That's where God is, That's 385 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: where you'll see his favor. That's where doors will open 386 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,199 Speaker 1: you couldn't open. That's where gifts will come out. You 387 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: didn't know you had. Greatness is waiting for you in 388 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: the scary place. Now come out of the nest. Start 389 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: using your wings. Not chicken wings, eagles wings. You were 390 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: created a sword. Maybe you're where I was twenty years 391 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: ago this week when my dad died. You've gone through 392 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: a loss, a disappointment, something you don't understand. It's taking 393 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 1: the wind out of your cells. You've lost your passion. 394 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 1: You're breathing, but you're not really living. There's nothing exciting 395 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: to get up for in the morning. God is going 396 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,640 Speaker 1: to do for you what he did for me. He's 397 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: going to take that dark place and use it to 398 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: launch you into a new level of your destiny. What 399 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: you lost is not the end. It is a new beginning. 400 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: God doesn't waste anything. It's getting you prepared for where 401 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: he's taking you. He has beauty for those ashes. You 402 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: haven't seen your best days. God is about to scare 403 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: you again. He's going to bring new opportunities, new relationships, 404 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: things so amazing it seems too good to be true. 405 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: Don't shrink back. Step into the new God wants you 406 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 1: to dream again, to love again, to laugh again, to 407 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:33,880 Speaker 1: believe again. Send the scary place. After what I've seen, God, 408 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: do these last twenty years take me further than I've 409 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: ever dreamed. I've learned now. If it doesn't scare me, 410 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:43,719 Speaker 1: it's not big enough. If we can do it on 411 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: our own, we don't need faith. You may feel fear, 412 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: but don't let comfort keep you from your calling. Do 413 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: it afraid. If you'll be willing to leave the unfamiliar 414 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: and step into the unknown, I believe in declare. God 415 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: is about to bring greatness out of you. You're about 416 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: to discover your wings, sword of heights you've never imagined, 417 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: overcome obstacles that looked insurmountable, and reach the fullness of 418 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,479 Speaker 1: your destiny in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, 419 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: can you say amen? Today? I'd like to give you 420 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 421 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 422 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:31,640 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 423 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: you my lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 424 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 425 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:44,879 Speaker 1: Bible based church. Keep God first place. When we face challenges, 426 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: it's easy to feel like God has forgotten about us. 427 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: We don't see anything happening. Thought's tell us it's not 428 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: going to work out. But God is not called the 429 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: Great I was or the Great I will be. He's 430 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: called the Great I Am. In my new book I Am, 431 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,959 Speaker 1: you'll discover that God is with you in every area 432 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: of your life. I Am is always in the present, 433 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,360 Speaker 1: not at a later time. God is working in your 434 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: life right now. I Am means I am your healer. 435 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: I am your provider. I AM your waymaker. Whether you're 436 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,439 Speaker 1: facing a challenge or pursuing your dreams, stay in faith. 437 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 1: The Great I Am is right there with you. 438 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 439 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 2: of any amount this month, we would like to send 440 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 2: you a copy of Joel's book he Is I Am. 441 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 2: God is for you here and now. Are you in 442 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 2: need of protection or provision today? Jesus assures us, I 443 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 2: Am the good Shepherd. Does the path ahead seem uncertain 444 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 2: or dark? 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