1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: and favor filled. 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message. 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 3: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 8 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 3: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 9 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 3: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 10 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 3: come visit us in person. 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one 12 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: of our services. I like to get started with something 13 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: funny and heard about this man that got a new 14 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: dog and he was having a terrible time training him. 15 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: On the verge of despair, he came across a charismatic 16 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: evangelist who said, leave the dog with me. I have 17 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: him trained in no time. The next week, the owner returned. 18 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: The evangelist picked up a stick through it said fetch. 19 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: The dog took off, picked it up, brought it right back. 20 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: The evangelist said drop. The dog immediately dropped it. The 21 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: owner was so he said, can I try? The evangelist 22 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: said sure. The owner looked at the dog and said heal. 23 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: The dog lifted up his paw placed it on the 24 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: men's forehead, said, I command you, sickness to leave. This 25 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 26 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 27 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 28 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 29 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 30 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 31 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about divine detours. We all 32 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: have times in life where things go wrong, unexpected challenges, 33 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: closed doors, people that walk away. It's easy to get 34 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: discouraged and think we must have missed. 35 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: It because it didn't work out. 36 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: But God uses the wrongs to move us into our purpose, 37 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: and what looks like a setback is really a divine detour, 38 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: the hand of God, God taking us through wrongs that 39 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: are leading us to rights. We don't understand. It doesn't 40 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,279 Speaker 1: make sense to us. 41 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 2: The door closed. That was wrong. 42 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: They lied about me. 43 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 2: That was wrong. 44 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: The pandemic hit Joel right when my business started. 45 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 2: That was wrong. 46 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: Now. 47 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: I know it seems unfair. I know it. 48 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: Doesn't feel good, but the wrongs are necessary to get 49 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: to the rights. 50 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: They're a part of God's plan. 51 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,959 Speaker 1: You couldn't become who you were created to be without 52 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 1: the wrongs. And if you don't understand this, you'll fight 53 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 1: everything that goes wrong, upset over that coworker that left 54 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: you out, bitter because that person walked away, discouraged over 55 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: that plan that fell through. But what if you knew 56 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: it had to happen, that God was using the wrongs, 57 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: that what you thought was a setback is really a 58 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: divine detour, then you'd stay in peace. You say, God, 59 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: I don't understand. It feels wrong to me. But God, 60 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: I trust you. I know you're ordering my steps. I 61 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: know you know what's best for me. 62 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 2: Jesus was on the. 63 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: Mount of Olives, about to be arrested and crucified. 64 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: The soldiers showed up. 65 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: Judas kissed him on the cheek. 66 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 2: That's the one. 67 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: They went to apprehend Jesus. But Peter said, I don't 68 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: think so this is wrong. He got his sword out 69 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: and cut off the soldier's. 70 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 2: Ears, said take that, you're not taking my messiah. 71 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: It was wrong that Jesus was falsely accused, was wrong 72 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: that people mocked him, was wrong that he was betrayed. 73 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: Peter had a good point. I'm going to do something 74 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: about these wrongs. The other disciples were about to fall 75 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: a suit. They said, Lord, should we fight them too. 76 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: We brought our swords. Jesus said to them, don't resist anymore. 77 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: He was saying, put down your swords. Quit fighting these wrongs. 78 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: They're a part of my destiny. And what you can't 79 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: see is all these wrongs are leading to a right. 80 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: The wrongs are necessary to get us into our purpose. 81 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: Without the betrayals, the rejection, people not accepting him, Jesus 82 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: would have never gone to the cross. We wouldn't have salvation. 83 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: It wasn't the enemy leading him into the wrongs. It 84 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: was the hand of God. 85 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 2: Now, I'd love to. 86 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: Tell you that if you'll honor God, keep him first place, 87 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: you'll only see favor, promotion, good breaks. 88 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 2: That's not reality. God uses the wrong. 89 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: There will be delays, set backs, things you don't understand. 90 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: Like Peter, You'll be tempted to fight, get upset, live 91 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: frustrated God, where are you now? God is saying, put 92 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: down your sword, Quit fighting everything you don't like, Quit 93 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: being frustrated by the wrongs. God is in complete control 94 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: all those wrongs. 95 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 2: I can assure you they're leading you to a right. 96 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: You have to get through the wrongs to see the 97 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: awesome things God has in store. But too many people 98 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: get stuck in the wrongs. Why did they leave me? 99 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: Why didn't the loan not go through? Why didn't I 100 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: get that position? Here's a good thought. Don't fight it. 101 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 1: Flow with it. Yes it's wrong, Yes it's painful, but 102 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: God wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't leading you 103 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: to the right thing. It's a divine detour. Every wrong 104 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: is not the enemy. Sometimes it's God working out his 105 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: plan for your life. How you handle the wrongs will 106 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: depend on whether you see the right. If you see 107 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: every wrong as the enemy, get upset, try to pay 108 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: people back I can't believe this happened, then you'll get stuck. 109 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: But when you understand that God has divine detours, that 110 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: he uses the wrongs things we don't understand to move 111 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: us into our destiny, you won't fight it. 112 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 2: You'll flow with it. This is what the so Paul did. 113 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 2: He was doing the right thing, going to different. 114 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: Cities and building churches, writing the New Testament. When he 115 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: was arrested for sharing his faith. He was on a 116 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 1: boat headed toward Rome. In the middle of the journey, 117 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: there was a huge storm. For fourteen days. 118 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 2: They didn't see the sun or the stars. 119 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: The waves were so high and the wind so strong, 120 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: got to the point where they couldn't steer the ship. 121 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,119 Speaker 1: God had promised Paul that he was going to stand 122 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: before Caesar. Now, the captain of the ship, the crew, 123 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: they'd all given up. 124 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 2: They were throwing the cargo overboard. 125 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: Trying to keep the ship from sinking. Paul told them 126 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: not to worry, that their life was not going to 127 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: be lost. The scripture says, the captain took down the 128 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: cells and let the wind blow the ship wherever the 129 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 1: storm wanted it to go. Now, I know we stand 130 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: against sickness, we stand against addictions. But there are some 131 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: storms that you don't fight. You have to take down yourselves. 132 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: Quit trying to make it work out your way, Quit 133 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: trying to fix it. 134 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 2: It's a divine detour. 135 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: You fighting that storm is fighting the purpose of God. 136 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: You're not going to win. What you can't see is 137 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: the wrong. The storm is leading to a right. It's 138 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: taking you to where God wants you to go. Sometimes 139 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: trouble is transportation. It's moving you one step further to 140 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,239 Speaker 1: where you're supposed to be. The ship crashed on some rocks. 141 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: He and all those on board swam to an island. 142 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: There were a bunch of natives living there. Paul shared 143 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: the good news and some became believers. There were sick people, 144 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: Paul prayed for it. 145 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 2: They were healed. 146 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: It wasn't a bad break, It was a divine detour. 147 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: The storm was a part of God's plan to move 148 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: Paul to an island in need. And instead of fighting 149 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: the wrongs, look around at who in your life. 150 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 2: Who can you be a blessing to, Who can you encourage? 151 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 2: Who can you pray for? 152 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: Who can you Mentor maybe that storm was God moving 153 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: you into position to impact someone else. 154 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 2: How about putting your sword down? 155 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: How about not resisting everything instead of fighting it, try 156 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: flowing with it. God will never allow something that he's 157 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: not going to use for your good. And we know 158 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: God will take what the enemy meant for evil and 159 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: turn it for good. But what I want us to 160 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: see is many things are not the enemy. God uses 161 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: wrongs to move us into our purpose. If you see 162 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: every setback, every betrayal, every negative thing as the enemy, 163 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: then you'll live frustrated wondering why God let it happen. 164 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 2: Maybe I did something wrong? 165 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: Or could it be like Paul, you're in the perfect 166 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: will of God, but you're on a divine detour. See 167 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: Joseph was a teenager when God put a dream in 168 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: his heart that one day he would be in leadership, 169 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: that he would do great things. What happened, doors opened, 170 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: good people showed up, promotion. No, his brothers became jealous 171 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,959 Speaker 1: and threw him into a pit betrayal. 172 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 2: That was wrong. 173 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: He was sold as a slave, went to a foreign country, 174 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: didn't speak the language. 175 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 2: That was wrong. 176 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: He was working hard, being his best. When the owner's 177 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: wife lied about him, falsely accused him, he was put 178 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: in prison. 179 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: Another wrong. 180 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: One night, the Pharaoh, the leader of the country, had 181 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: a dream that he didn't understand. Someone told him that Joseph, 182 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 1: this prisoner, could interpret dreams. The scripture says they brought 183 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: Joseph quickly to the palace. 184 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 2: All these wrongs. 185 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: Now he's about to meet the most powerful person of 186 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: that day. He interpreted the dream. Pharaoh was so impressed 187 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,079 Speaker 1: he made Joseph the prime minister of all of Egypt, 188 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: second in man only to him. Notice how all the 189 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: wrongs were leading to a right. Without one of the wrongs, 190 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: he'd never gotten to the palace if you'd skipped the betrayal, 191 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: If his brothers wouldn't have been jealous, the whole plan 192 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't have worked. If he hadn't have been sold as 193 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: a slave, if the lady hadn't lied about him. 194 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 2: We wouldn't be talking about Joseph. 195 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: All the wrongs were necessary to get to the right place. Now, 196 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: maybe you're having some wrongs in your life, people that 197 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: didn't keep their word. The pandemic sets you back, the 198 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: door closed on that dream you worked so hard for. 199 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 2: How do you know you're not a Joseph? 200 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: Do you think somehow that when God was planning your life, 201 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: he was having a bad day. No, those are divine detours. 202 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: You are still in the palm of God's hand. Now, 203 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: what you do in the detour, what you do in 204 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: the wrongs, will determine whether you come out or whether 205 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 1: you stay there. If Joseph was bitter upset God, I 206 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: can't believe it. I know you promised me this. Why 207 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,719 Speaker 1: did you let my brothers do this to me? If 208 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: he had been trying to get revenge, he wouldn't have 209 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: made it to the right place. Joseph's attitude was, I 210 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: don't like it. 211 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 2: It's not fair, but I'm not going to fight it. 212 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 2: I'm going to flow with it. 213 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: I know God is still on the throne and what 214 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:26,079 Speaker 1: He's purpose from my life will come to pass. Are 215 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: you fighting or are you flowing? Do you have your 216 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: sword out trying to straighten people out? Fix this problem, 217 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: manipulate this situation, worn out trying to get rid of 218 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: the wrongs. Try a different approach. Put your sword up, 219 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: quit fighting, and start flowing. That storm is leading you 220 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: to your destiny. God wouldn't have allowed it if it 221 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: was going to stop your purpose. If that person that 222 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: walked away could stop your destiny, they would be more 223 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: powerful than God. If that betrayals appointment, the closed door 224 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,079 Speaker 1: could keep you from your purpose, then it would. 225 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 2: Be stronger than God. 226 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: Yes, it was wrong. I'm not saying it wasn't hurtful. 227 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: I know it didn't feel good. But you have to 228 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: understand it's leading you to a right It's not random, 229 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: it's strategic. It's not the enemy. It's the hand of 230 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: God leading you into something more amazing. Did you've ever imagined, 231 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: Joseph said to his brothers, Genesis chapter fifty. You did 232 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: this for evil, but God meant it for good so 233 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: I could save the Israelites. That phrase meant it means 234 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: God put me in this position. We think God is 235 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: always just fixing what the enemy does, working overtime, trying 236 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: to keep up. Oh man, what happened? Joseph got betrayed? 237 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: You mean his brothers threw him into a pit? What 238 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: am I gonna do? What'd you say? 239 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 2: Paul's in a storm, about to lose his life. I 240 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 2: thought he was going to Rome. Read alert. 241 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: Jesus is being arrested. Like all these alarms are constantly 242 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: going off, God's having to play catch up. No, God 243 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: is not caught off. God many of these things we 244 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: think is the enemy. The truth is it's the hand 245 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 1: of God moving us into our purpose. The wrongs are 246 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: leading to a right. But if you don't know how 247 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 1: to go through the wrongs with the good attitude, trusting, 248 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,599 Speaker 1: knowing that God is still in control, then you'll be frustrated. 249 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 1: Have a new perspective. The detours aren't random, they're divine detours. 250 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 1: No more fighting, start flowing, no more resisting. Put down 251 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: your sword. You can live out of a place of rest, 252 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: knowing that the wrongs, the things you don't understand, they're 253 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: not stopping you. They're leading you into the perfect plan 254 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: that God laid out for you. A few years after 255 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: I began pastoring, the church started to really grow and 256 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: we needed a larger auditorium. We found this one hundred 257 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: acre act of land on the freeway, about two miles 258 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: from the other church. I talked to the owner. He 259 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: said it had been on the market for over twenty 260 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: years and he had never had one offer. 261 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 2: I thought God saved this just for us. It was perfect. 262 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: The owner said, you can do your preliminary drawings and 263 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: soil samples. We were drawing up the contract. It's no 264 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: big hurry. Several months later, we went to close on 265 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: the property. The men's secretary came out said, I'm sorry, 266 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: but the owner sold the property to someone else last night. 267 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe it didn't keep his word. I was 268 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: so disappointed. I just knew that was the devil taking 269 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: our property. Well. 270 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 2: A couple of months later we. 271 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: Found a better piece of property, had more space for parking. 272 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: They were building a new off ramp from the freeway 273 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: to give it better access. I knew that's why the 274 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: other property didn't work out. We went to close on it, 275 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: believe it or not, the same thing happened. They sold 276 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: it to someone else. I was discouraged. I didn't understand it. 277 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: I had to do what I'm asking you to do. 278 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: I said, God, I'm disappointed, but I'm not going to 279 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: fight it. I'm gonna flow with it. I know these 280 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: closed doors mean you have something better, So I'm gonna 281 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: take down mysels and let these winds blow us to 282 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: where you want us to go. Six months later, a 283 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: friend called hadn't spoken to him in a long time, 284 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: and he told me how the Houston Rockets basketball team 285 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: was going to move out of the Compact Center. 286 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 2: The city was going to put it up for sale. 287 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: When I heard that, something came alive on the inside. 288 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: By the grace of God, things fell into place. Three 289 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: years later it was our building. The reason our plans 290 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: don't work out many times is because they're too small. 291 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: What God has in your future is bigger, better, more 292 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: rewarding then you can imagine. Don't fight the wrongs. The 293 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: wrongs are necessary to get you to the fullness of 294 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: your destiny. Was wrong that the first man didn't keep 295 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: his word. It was wrong that the second group sold 296 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: the property out from under us. But I've discovered in 297 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: this case, two wrongs were leading to a right. It 298 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: was all a part of God's plan. I don't fault 299 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: that first man anymore. It wasn't his choice. He was 300 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: a pawn in the hand of God. He had to 301 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: say no. He couldn't override God's purpose. That second group, 302 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: they had to turn us down. God wanted that door closed. 303 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: That wasn't rejection. That was protection. That was to keep 304 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: us from missing the best plan God had for us. 305 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 2: Now, there may be things in your life right now 306 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 2: that you're disappointed over that weren't fair. 307 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: You don't understand. One day, you're going to look back 308 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: and say, like me, it had to happen. They had 309 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: to say no. Judas had to betray me. My brothers 310 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: had to throw me into the pit. The door had 311 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: to close, the storm had to come. All these things 312 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: had to go wrong. 313 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 2: So you could get to the right place. 314 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: It's not just a detour, it's a divine detour. It's 315 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: the hand of God ordering your steps. Years ago, Victoria 316 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: lost her wedding band. This ring was very sentimental. It 317 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: had been passed down from her grandmother to her mother 318 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 1: and now to Victoria. For months, we looked everywhere for 319 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,479 Speaker 1: that ring, in every drawer, underneath every cushion, in her purse, 320 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: her pant pockets. We combed the house, but nothing. I 321 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: finally gave up, just thought it's gone. Three years later, 322 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: one Sunday, after service, we drove to Victoria, Texas, where 323 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: I was going to speak for my sister and brother 324 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:44,400 Speaker 1: in law that night. 325 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 2: To two hour drive. After the service. 326 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: I was tired and ready to get back home. There 327 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 1: wasn't a car on the road out there in the country. 328 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 1: Eleven o'clock at night. The speed limit was sixty, but 329 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: I was going a little bit over. I would tell 330 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: you how fast, but my mother's on the front road. 331 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: Victoria said, Joe, you better slow down. You're gonna get 332 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: a ticket. Said Victoria, there's nobody out here. It's wide open. 333 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: About that time, I saw these flashing red lights behind me, 334 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: and I looked over at her, and she just shook 335 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: her head like I told you so, no mercy whatsoever. 336 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: This officer came to my window, a young man's very nice, 337 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,959 Speaker 1: and I handed him my driver's license. He looked at 338 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: it and said you're that minister, aren't you, I said, 339 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: with a big smile, Yes, I am. He said, my 340 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: father is the head usher where you spoke tonight at 341 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: Faith Family Church. I said, that's amazing. I talked to him. 342 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: He's such a fine man. Lord, forgive me. He has 343 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 1: to see our insurance card. He wanted the insurance cards. 344 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: So Victoria started digging around the glove compartment. Couldn't find 345 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: him anywhere. It was dark, couldn't see anything. She finally 346 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: pulled everything out and had it on her lap going 347 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: through it. Then she reached deep into the back of 348 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: the glove compartment and felt something hard, something strange. She 349 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,439 Speaker 1: maneuvered a little more, pulled it out lo and behold 350 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: it was harm She shouted like she had won the lottery. 351 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: I thought, girl, you'll rejoicing. I'm about to go to jail. 352 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: She was like, I got my rien back. I'll come 353 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: get you in two weeks. We told the officer and 354 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: he was very happy for us. He said, hey, I've 355 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: been wanting to come to your church. If I do, 356 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 1: will you get me a seat. I said, officer, I'll 357 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: get you a whole section. He handed me my license, 358 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: said I'll see you next week. That was a divine detour. 359 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: I didn't like getting pulled over. The fact is I 360 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: was in the wrong, But even my mistake was leading 361 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: to a right. That's how good our God is. Mary 362 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: was a teenager living in Nazareth. She was engaged to 363 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: get married married to a young man named Joseph. You 364 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: can imagine how excited she was. She was planning a wedding, 365 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 1: picking out her flowers, her girlfriend's giving her a shower. 366 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 1: Joseph was a great catch, fine upstanding man. This was 367 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: one of the best times of her life. Then an 368 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: angel came and told her she was going to have 369 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 1: a baby without knowing a man, that he would be 370 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:27,120 Speaker 1: the Messiah. She couldn't believe it. This was amazing news. 371 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 1: Out of all the women in the world, she had 372 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: been chosen to carry Jesus. What the angel didn't tell 373 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: her was there were a lot of wrongs going to 374 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 1: take place before the right came. In a sense, she 375 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: was pregnant at the wrong time. She wasn't married jet 376 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: When she told Joseph she was going to have a baby, 377 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: but it wasn't another man, it was the Holy Spirit. 378 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 2: He said, yeah, right, what are you joining? 379 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: The real housewives? Of Nazareth. I don't think so. He 380 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: was so upset he was a to break off the engagement. 381 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: He wasn't going to be embarrassed, humiliated his fiance having 382 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: a child that wasn't his. The Angel had to come 383 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,199 Speaker 1: to Joseph. He said, I know this seems wrong. I 384 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 1: know it's out of the ordinary. But Mary is telling 385 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 1: the truth. 386 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 2: Stay with her. 387 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: I could hear people in town begin to talk, look 388 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: at Mary, Look at her. She's pregnant, not even married. Gossip, slander. 389 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 2: That was hurtful. Another wrong. 390 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 1: Nine months in she was about to have the baby, 391 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: and King Herod called for a sensus, said everyone had 392 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: to travel to Bethlehem to be accounted for. Was the 393 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: wrong time to travel. She was tired, can't sleep, feets, swollen, 394 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: back hurts, and Joseph, you want me to get on 395 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: a donkey and travel ninety miles to Bethlehem bouncing up 396 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: and down. You better go back and pray again. That 397 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: word was not from God. They arrived in Bethlehem late 398 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: one night. Joseph to a hotel and ask for a room. 399 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 1: The innkeeper said, sorry, no room tonight, We're full. Please, 400 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: can't you do anything? My wife was about to have 401 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: a baby. We've traveled a long time. Sorry, sir, we 402 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: have nothing closed door another wrong. I'm sure Mary wanted 403 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,439 Speaker 1: to tell that angel. You said I was going to 404 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: give birth to Messiah. You said something awesome was going 405 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: to happen, But you didn't tell me about all these 406 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: other things God was showing us. You have to go 407 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: through the wrongs before you get to the right. God 408 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: will give you the promise, he'll drop the dream in 409 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 1: your heart. But if you don't know how to handle 410 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: the wrongs, if you don't realize the wrongs are all 411 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: a part of his plan, that the wrongs are leading 412 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: you to rights, then you'll get discouraged along the way, 413 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: give up on the dream. Joseph located a barn, the 414 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: only place he could find. Mary went in and gave 415 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: birth to Jesus in a manger. The wise men showed up, 416 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: the Eastern Star was over their head, and the Messiah 417 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: was born. We see the Christmas card so beautiful, the 418 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: manger scene. 419 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 2: There's Mary holding baby. 420 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: Jesus with a pleasant smile, the wise men standing by 421 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: the stars shining so brightly. 422 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 2: We think, what a peaceful, glorious night. 423 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: But if Mary were here, she would tell you. Don't 424 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: let the postcard fool you. Yes, it was a glorious night. 425 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: Yes I'm honored to have been the Mother of Christ. 426 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,360 Speaker 1: But there are a lot of things. 427 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 2: You didn't see. 428 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: You're seeing the right moment, you're seeing the culmination of 429 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: God's faithfulness and purpose, but you're not seeing all the 430 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 1: wrongs that were necessary to get me here. I got 431 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: pregnant at the wrong time. My fiance wanted to put 432 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 1: me away, people tried to ruin my reputation, had to 433 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 1: travel on a donkey while I was pregnant. But without 434 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: all these wrongs, she wouldn't have fulfilled her destiny. The 435 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 1: wrongs were all a part of God's plan. If she 436 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: had not been faithful through the wrongs, she would have 437 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 1: never made it to the rights. When you're dealing with 438 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: these wrongs, know this, God has graced you for everything 439 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 1: you will ever face. 440 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,679 Speaker 2: God won't allow a wrong and not give. 441 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: You the strength, the favor, the endurance to go through it. 442 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 2: Don't complain about what comes against you. 443 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: Why did it happen? God is too much. It's not fair, 444 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: nor stand strong. 445 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 2: You are well able. 446 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 1: You've been equipped and empowered for every season that comes 447 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: your way. And the scripture says in Matthew, all these 448 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: things that Mary went through was to fulfill the prophecy 449 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: that was spoken long ago Isaiah prophesied that a virgin 450 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,719 Speaker 1: would conceive. She had to get pregnant at the quote 451 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: wrong time. It was prophesied that Jesus would be born 452 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 1: in Bethlehem. Herod had to call for a sensis at 453 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: the quote wrong time to get them from Nazareth to Bethlehem. 454 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: All these wrongs were necessary. Can I tell you there 455 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: is a prophecy over your life. There are things that 456 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: God has ordained for you to do that He's already 457 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: written in his. 458 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 2: Book before time began. 459 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: Like Mary, you're not going to understand everything that happens. 460 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 1: This feels wrong, This isn't fair, this is not the 461 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 1: right time. 462 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 2: It's all necessary. It had to happen. 463 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,199 Speaker 1: It's leading you to the birth, to the promise, to 464 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 1: things bigger than you can imagine, favor, influence, opportunity like 465 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: you've never seen. And it's significant that the Angel had 466 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: to come to Joseph and say, in effect, stick with her. 467 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 1: I know it looks wrong, but what you think is 468 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: wrong is really the purpose of God. Maybe God sent 469 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 1: me like that angel to tell you stick with it. 470 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 2: Feel wrong. 471 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: It may be unfair, but God is up to something. 472 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: Those wrongs are not random, They're strategic. 473 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 2: It may be a big wrong. 474 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: That's because there's a big right in your future. You're 475 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: going to see the plan of God unfold. Now do 476 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: your part. Don't fight the wrongs, flow with it. Put 477 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: your sword down, quit resisting, and let those winds blow 478 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: you to where God wants you to go. He's in control. 479 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: And yes, you may be on a detour. My encouragement 480 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 1: is it's a divine detour. The enemy didn't get control 481 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 1: of your destiny. God is ordering your steps. He has 482 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: not failed you in the past. He's not going to 483 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: start now. You keep going through the wrongs with a 484 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: good attitude. I believe and declare, like Mary, you're going 485 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 1: to see favor that you've never seen. Like Joseph, Suddenly, 486 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 1: new doors are going to open, negative situations, turning around, promotion, 487 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: healing the oldness of your destiny in Jesus' name, And 488 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: if you receive it, can you say amen, I'd like 489 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 490 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say 491 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 492 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: I'll make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed 493 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd 494 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 1: love to give you some free information on your new 495 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: walk with the Lord. You can text the number or 496 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,439 Speaker 1: go to the website. I hope you'll get into a 497 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: good Bible based church and keep God first place.