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And if you're ever in our area, please 32 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 5: stop buy and be a part of one of our services. 33 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 34 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 35 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 5: about this pastor. He was raising funds for a new auditorium. 36 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 5: He said to the congregation, anyone that will give a 37 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 5: thousand dollar can pick out the next three hymns. A 38 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 5: little old lady in the back raised her hand, said, Pastor, 39 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 5: I'll do it. He was so excited. He said, thank you, ma'am. 40 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,119 Speaker 5: Now which three hymns would you like? She looked over 41 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 5: the congregation said I'll take him and him and him 42 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 5: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 43 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 5: I am what it says, I am. I have what 44 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 5: it says I have, I can do what it says 45 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 46 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 47 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In 48 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 5: Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk to 49 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 5: you today about the smile of God. We all have 50 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 5: had people that have done us wrong. It's easy to 51 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 5: hold on to the hurts and be vindictive and try 52 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 5: to pay them back. But one test we all have 53 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 5: to pass is not just forgiving people, but being good 54 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 5: to those that haven't been good to us. When they 55 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 5: betrayed you, when they left you out, it sets you 56 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 5: back at a disadvantage. It wasn't fair, but God is 57 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 5: a god of justice. At some point the tables will 58 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 5: be turned. You'll be up and they'll be down. The 59 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,239 Speaker 5: real test of how high you can go is how 60 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 5: do you treat people when you have the advantage. They 61 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 5: hurt you, but now you're in a position of power. 62 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 5: You were promoted and they work for you. Now they're 63 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,679 Speaker 5: at your mercy. It's easy to say thank you Jesus 64 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 5: is payback time. Let me show them how it feels 65 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 5: to be mistreated. Pushed down, ignored. You have every right 66 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 5: in one sense to get even what they did was wrong. 67 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 5: But the way you pass the test is by showing 68 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 5: mercy and doing good to those that have done you wrong. 69 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 5: When God can trust you to handle favor, influence, power 70 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 5: without being vindictive, getting even trying to prove your point, 71 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 5: then he can take you to new levels. God wouldn't 72 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 5: have put you in that situation if you couldn't handle it. 73 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 5: Pass the test. Be merciful, be kind. It's not about them, 74 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 5: it's about you. God is seeing if you're ready to 75 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 5: be promoted. Can he trust you with more favor. As 76 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 5: long as you're going to use the influence to be vindictive, 77 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 5: then you'll get stuck. Every person has been hurt. You 78 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 5: can't live long without having wrongs done to you. The 79 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 5: question is how do you respond. Jesus said, when somebody 80 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 5: takes your coat, give them your shirt too, and they 81 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 5: ask you to go a mile, go two miles, doesn't 82 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 5: make sense. That's not fair. It's a test. Here's the key. 83 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 5: Paying people back is overrated. Being vindictive doesn't bring lasting joy. 84 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 5: It's temporary. Then it's done. But when you show mercy 85 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 5: to people that have hurt you. When you're kind to 86 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 5: someone that you have every right to ignore, When you 87 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 5: help that neighbor that's always rude to you, you will 88 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 5: feel a joy deep down in your spirit, a contentment, 89 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 5: a satisfaction. You know what that is. It's the smile 90 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,799 Speaker 5: of God. Somebody may have done you wrong, you've taken 91 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 5: that first step to forgive, but the last thing on 92 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 5: your mind is being good to them. You're not going 93 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 5: to help them, You're not going to show them favor. 94 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 5: They put you at a disadvantage. They can fend for themselves. 95 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 5: But there will be a time where you have the 96 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 5: advantage where you have the power to either push them 97 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 5: down further make their life more difficult, or to lift 98 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 5: them up. They don't deserve it. They haven't apologized everything 99 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 5: in you will say walk away. It's not your problem. 100 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 5: They're reaping what they're sowing. That's an opportunity for you 101 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 5: to come up higher. Will you help the person that 102 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 5: wouldn't help you? Will you go the extra mile for 103 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 5: that coworker that left you out. Will you be kind 104 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 5: to that relative that tried to make you look bad? 105 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 5: This is what Esau did in the scripture. His brother 106 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 5: Jacob cheated him his whole life. He deceived Esau into 107 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,799 Speaker 5: trading his birthright for a bowl of soup. A birthright 108 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 5: back then was extremely valuable. Years later, their father, Isaac 109 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 5: was close to death. He couldn't see well. Jacob dressed 110 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 5: up like Esau and tricked their father into giving him 111 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 5: the blessing that belonged to Esau as the firstborn son, 112 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 5: the double portion blessing. When Esau found out about it, 113 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 5: he was so angry that Jacob had to run for 114 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 5: his life. For years, these two brothers lived a strange 115 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 5: from each other, and over time God dealt with Jacob. 116 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,359 Speaker 5: He knew he had done wrong and he wanted to 117 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 5: move back to his country where he belonged, so he 118 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 5: sent messengers with gifts to Esau, telling him that his 119 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 5: brother wanted to meet him. Esau sent word back saying 120 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 5: that he would meet Jacob at a certain place and 121 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 5: he was bringing four hundred men. Jacob thought that means 122 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 5: one thing, revenge. He's going to try to pay me back. 123 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 5: The big moment finally arrived. Jacob could see Esau coming 124 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 5: down the road with all of his men. I'm sure 125 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 5: Jacob's heart was beating fast. He was about to meet 126 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 5: the man he had deceived and cheated all this time. 127 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 5: Esau had every right to be angry, bitter, vindictive. This 128 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 5: was his big moment to pay his brother back. Jacob 129 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 5: had someone take his family, including his young son Joseph, 130 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 5: over to the side of the road so no one 131 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 5: would be hurt. When Esau recognized it was Jacob, he 132 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 5: took off running toward him. Jacob braced himself, but it 133 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 5: wasn't what he thought. Esau grabbed Jacob and hugged him, 134 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 5: held on to him, told him how much he loved him, 135 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 5: how much he had missed him. He saw his family, 136 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 5: he went over and hugged Jacob's wife, Rachel, hugged little Joseph. 137 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 5: Jacob was so moved at Esau's kindness, so taken aback. 138 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 5: How instead of trying to get revenge, he was being 139 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 5: good to them. Jacob said in Genesis thirty three, what 140 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 5: a relief it is seeing your friendly smile. It's like 141 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 5: seeing the smile of God. When you do good to 142 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 5: people that don't deserve it, you were beating the smile 143 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 5: of God. When you show kindness to that coworker that 144 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 5: did you wrong, when you helped that friend that walked 145 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 5: away when you needed them, When you bless that relative 146 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 5: that hurts you, You're not only being the smile of God, 147 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 5: but God will smile back on you. You are passing 148 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 5: the test. You are proving to God that you can 149 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 5: be trusted. Now, all those years that Jacob cheated Esau, 150 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 5: Jacob had the advantage. He was up and Esau was down. 151 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 5: But God knows how to bring justice. Years later, the 152 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 5: tables had turned, Esau had the advantage. The only way 153 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 5: back home for Jacob was through Esau's property. Now Jacob 154 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 5: was at the mercy of Esau. Somebody may have put 155 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 5: you at a disadvantage. They didn't keep their word. They 156 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:47,719 Speaker 5: were dishonest like Esau. It sets you back, But the 157 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 5: time is coming where the tables will turn. You'll be 158 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 5: up and they'll be down. You'll have the advantage. Now, 159 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 5: what you do with the advantage will determine whether you 160 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 5: rise or whether you stay where you are. The advantage 161 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 5: wasn't given to pay people back. The advantage is not 162 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 5: to get even. The advantage is a test. Will you 163 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 5: be like Esau and be good to them? Will you 164 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 5: show them mercy and help them with what they need? 165 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 5: Will you be the smile of God. Esau said, Jacob, 166 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 5: follow me and I'll lead you back home. My men 167 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 5: and I will protect you and make sure you get 168 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:35,079 Speaker 5: there safely. Jacob said in verse fifteen, you have no 169 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 5: reason to be this kind to me. He couldn't understand 170 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 5: why Esau was being so loving, so forgiving, so kind. 171 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 5: You may have had people that did you wrong. You 172 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 5: have no reason to be good to them, no reason 173 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 5: to forgive, no reason to be kind. In fact, you 174 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 5: can think of a hundred reasons why you shouldn't be 175 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 5: good to them. They left you with young kids to 176 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 5: raise on your own. They played politics, lied about you, 177 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 5: and got the promotion that you deserved. They may have 178 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 5: the advantage now, but at some point, like with Jacob, 179 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 5: you will have what they need. That's when you have 180 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 5: to dig your heels in and say, I am not 181 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 5: going to use this power to get revenge. I'm going 182 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 5: to be good to them for no reason. I'm going 183 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 5: to show them kindness even though they don't deserve it. 184 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 5: Here's the thing. How you treat the people that have 185 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 5: hurt you is setting an example for your children. They 186 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 5: will respond the way you respond if they see you 187 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 5: being hateful. Holding a grudge making, disparaging remarks. They'll grow 188 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 5: up doing those same things. But when they see you 189 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 5: being merciful, showing kindness to someone you could ignore helping 190 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 5: the person that hurts you. Not only are you showing 191 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 5: God that you're ready to go higher, but your children 192 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 5: will fall in your footsteps. More than your words, your actions, 193 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 5: your example, it is making an indelible impact in their hearts. 194 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 5: You are teaching them to be the smile of God. 195 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 5: For in life is not about being angry, getting revenge, 196 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 5: being mean to people that have been mean to you. 197 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 5: That's a shallow way to live. There is no satisfaction 198 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 5: in being vindictive. You may be happy for a day 199 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 5: or two, then the bitterness will come right back. If 200 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 5: you want to see real joy, real fulfillment, if you 201 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 5: want to lie down at night and sleep at peace, 202 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 5: then be kind to people for no reason. Show mercy 203 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 5: when you have the advantage, lift someone up when they 204 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 5: push you down. Be the smile of God. Joe, it's 205 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 5: not fair. You don't know what they've done to me. 206 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 5: If you're basing your goodness to people on fairness, then 207 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 5: you'll get stuck because you may be kind to somebody 208 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 5: and they're not kind to you. Here's the key. God 209 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 5: will make it up to you. It may not come 210 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 5: from the people you're helping. They may not be able 211 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 5: to pay you back, but God will cause somebody to 212 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 5: be good to you. Many things, you know this that 213 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 5: God asked us to do are not fair. Wasn't fair 214 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 5: for Esau to welcome Jacob back with open arms and 215 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 5: lead him to his house. He was looking for fairness. 216 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 5: He would have paid Jacob back by taking his wife, 217 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:41,199 Speaker 5: his children, his flocks, his equipment. Then he would have 218 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 5: the double portion that belonged to him in the first place. Instead, 219 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 5: Esau trusted God to make it up to him. He 220 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 5: trusted God to bring justice. Are you not showing mercy 221 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 5: because it's not fair? They hurt you, they were wrong, 222 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 5: they lied about you. It's not about being fair. It's 223 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 5: about passing the test. That person that walked away and 224 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 5: now they're asking you to help them, it's not fair. 225 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 5: It's mercy. It's being the smile of God. When you 226 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 5: go the extra mile to show kindness to someone for 227 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 5: no reason. God sees that and he will reward you. 228 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 5: When you're being the smile of God. I can assure 229 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 5: you God will smile back on you. When God pays 230 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 5: you back, it will be better than anything you could 231 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 5: have made happen. Don't be frustrated because it's not fair. 232 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 5: God is keeping the records. You may sow a seed 233 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 5: over here, help someone that doesn't deserve it. They're not 234 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 5: even grateful. That doesn't matter. You're not doing it just 235 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 5: for them, You're doing it unto God. They don't have 236 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 5: to say thanks, don't expect their appreciation. Let God make 237 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 5: it up to you. And in these times where you 238 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 5: doing the right thing and it's unfair, your character is 239 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 5: being developed. You're proving to God that he can trust you. 240 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 5: It's easy to be good to people when they're being 241 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 5: good to us. It's easy to show mercy when they 242 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 5: deserve it. They were merciful to us. That doesn't take 243 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 5: any faith. The real test is when they betrayed you 244 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 5: and now they need your help, When they push you 245 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 5: down and now you have the power to promote them, 246 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 5: when they've been rude to you and now they're asking 247 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 5: you for a favor. Are you going to treat them 248 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 5: the way they treated you? Or are you going to 249 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 5: be the smile of God? I can imagine little Joseph 250 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 5: standing on the side of the road, watching his father 251 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 5: Jacob about to meet his uncle Esau. Joseph knew his 252 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 5: father had done wrong. He'd heard the stories how he 253 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 5: had cheated Esau. Now they were about to meet. Esau 254 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 5: came out running. When Joseph saw him hug his father 255 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 5: and not only forgive him, but show him mercy and kindness. 256 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 5: That seed took root in Joseph's heart. He saw his 257 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 5: uncle being good to someone that didn't deserve it. He 258 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 5: saw Esau being the smile of God. Years later, this 259 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 5: little boy Joseph had grown up and become the Prime 260 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 5: Minister of Egypt, one of the most powerful people of 261 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 5: his day. It wasn't easy getting there. As a teenager, 262 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 5: he was betrayed by his brothers. They threw him into 263 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 5: a pit, were going to leave him there to die. 264 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 5: Then they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming by. They 265 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 5: decided instead to sell him as a slave to a 266 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 5: man named Potterphar. Wasn't fair. Joseph didn't understand it, but 267 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 5: he kept being his best. Potterphar's wife falsely accused him. 268 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 5: He was put in prison. All this time, Joseph kept 269 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 5: passing the test, doing the right thing when it was hard, 270 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 5: proving to God that he could trust him. One day, 271 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 5: years later, his brothers showed up at the palace looking 272 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 5: for food, the same brothers that had thrown him into 273 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 5: the pit, the same ones that had made his life miserable. 274 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 5: They didn't recognize Joseph, they had no idea he was 275 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 5: still alive. But Joseph recognized them. This was his big 276 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 5: chance to pay them back, his chance to get even 277 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,239 Speaker 5: the tables had turned. Instead of Joseph being in the 278 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 5: pit with no power, at the mercy of his brothers, 279 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 5: now his brothers are in the pit, so to speak, 280 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,959 Speaker 5: at the mercy of Joseph. They need what he has. 281 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 5: There's a famine in the land, and they've traveled a 282 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 5: great distance looking for food. Joseph is in charge of 283 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 5: the food supply. When Joseph looked at them, he was 284 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 5: tempted to say take them away, put them in prison. 285 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 5: He could feel for a moment the anger, the bitterness 286 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 5: rising up saying pay them back. Then his mind flashed 287 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 5: back to that time when he was a little boy, 288 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 5: seeing his uncle Esau forgiving his father, being kind to 289 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 5: Jacob even though he had done him great wrong. Joseph 290 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 5: looked at his brothers and thought, I'm not going to 291 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 5: treat you the way you've treated me. I'm going to 292 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 5: do what my uncle did. I'm going to be good 293 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 5: to you. I'm going to show you kindness that you 294 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 5: don't deserve. I'm going to be the smile of God. 295 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 5: Joseph had the advantage, but he didn't use his power 296 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 5: to get even. He used his power to be good 297 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 5: to them. He could have said, it's not fair. They 298 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 5: have taken away years of my life. Why should I 299 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 5: be kind to them? They threw me into a pit. 300 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 5: Why should I give them food? They sold me into slavery. 301 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 5: If he was looking for fairness, he'd have never paid, 302 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 5: asked the test. If he was counting on his brothers 303 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 5: to pay him back, he would have sent them to 304 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 5: prison because they couldn't do it. People can't undo every 305 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 5: wrong they've done to you. They can't give you back 306 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 5: the years they hurt you, the years they put you 307 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 5: at a disadvantage. Here's the beauty God can. He said 308 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,360 Speaker 5: in the Book of Joel, I will restore the years 309 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 5: that have been stolen. But too often we're looking at 310 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 5: what people can't do. We should be looking at what 311 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 5: God can do. During those thirteen years, Joseph proved he 312 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 5: could be trusted. He was trusted in Potterphar's house. When 313 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 5: Potiphar's wife tried to seduce him, Joseph stayed on the 314 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 5: high road. He was trusted in the prison. Stead of 315 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 5: sitting around bitter, he helped the butler get out when 316 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 5: his brother stood in front of him. God knew he 317 00:19:56,040 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 5: could trust Joseph to not be vindictive. With those brothers 318 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 5: right there, Joseph was so overcome with emotion he ran 319 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 5: out of the room and wept, and wept so loud 320 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 5: that people all through the palace could hear him. Having 321 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 5: favor doesn't mean you won't feel pain. Being blessed doesn't 322 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 5: mean you won't have hurts. Wasn't easy for Joseph all 323 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 5: those years being betrayed. He longed to see his family. 324 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 5: There were many sleepless nights, times he felt forgotten, like 325 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 5: his dream would never come to pass. Seeing his brothers 326 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:39,239 Speaker 5: was overwhelming. When he finally revealed to them who he 327 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 5: really was, they were not only speechless, they were terrified. 328 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 5: They knew their life was in his hands. Joseph looked 329 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 5: at them and said, am I God, is it my 330 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 5: job to punish you. Don't be afraid of me. I'm 331 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 5: going to take care of you and nourish you and 332 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 5: your children. The scripture says he spoke kindly to them, 333 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 5: reassuring them. Notice he's going to take care of the 334 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 5: people that threw him into the pit. He's going to 335 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 5: nourish the brothers that messed up his life. He's going 336 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 5: to look after their children. That doesn't make sense. But 337 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,199 Speaker 5: when you make this decision to be good to the 338 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 5: people that have done you wrong, to not use the influence, 339 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 5: the power, the advantage to get even, but instead, like Joseph, 340 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 5: you bless those that have hurt you. When God can 341 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 5: trust you, there's no limit to ha Hi. He will 342 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 5: take you. Are you letting what somebody did to you 343 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 5: keep you from going to the next level? Are you 344 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 5: trying to pay them back, waiting till you get the advantage? 345 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 5: Then you're going to show them You're going to be 346 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 5: waiting for a long time. God won't promote us if 347 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,919 Speaker 5: we're going to be revengeful. Let God fight your battle. 348 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 5: Let God be your vindicator. Be a Joseph and be 349 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 5: good to those that had betrayed you. Show mercy to 350 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 5: those that have lied about you. Be kind to that 351 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 5: relative that tried to make you look bad. In the scripture, 352 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 5: there was a captain in the Syrian army named Naemen. 353 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 5: He was a very influential, well respected man, but he 354 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 5: had leprosy. In one of the battles with Israel, he 355 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 5: captured a young lady and brought her back as a maid. 356 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 5: You can imagine how her life was turned upside down. 357 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 5: She was taken from her family, couldn't see her friends, 358 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 5: left everything that was familiar to her. Now she was 359 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 5: in a foreign country, barely spoke the language. Her hopes 360 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,719 Speaker 5: and dreams and gals all had to be put on 361 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 5: hold because of this one man, Naemen. It was his 362 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 5: leadership that brought the trouble. You would think she would 363 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:02,360 Speaker 5: be the last person he was concerned about. But every night, 364 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 5: when Naeman took off his armor, she could see how 365 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 5: the leprosy was eating away his flesh. She could have thought, 366 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 5: too bad for you, I hope you do die. You've 367 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:18,880 Speaker 5: messed up my life. She could have hated him, lived bitter, revengeful, 368 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 5: but she understood this principle. She said, sir, there's a 369 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 5: prophet back at home in Israel, where I'm from. If 370 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 5: you'll go see him, he'll pray for you and you'll 371 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 5: get healed. Naeman took the step of faith, went to 372 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 5: see the prophet, and he was perfectly well. All because 373 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 5: a young lady showed kindness to someone that had done 374 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 5: her wrong. She was being the smile of God. Well, Joel, 375 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 5: I'm not going to help my enemy. That doesn't make sense. 376 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 5: When you withhold good that you can do for others, 377 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 5: God will withhold the good he has for you. But 378 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 5: too often we think if they would have hurt me, 379 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 5: then I would help them. If they hadn't have made 380 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 5: me look bad in that business meeting, then I'd show 381 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 5: them some shortcuts. But when you sow a seed of kindness, 382 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 5: a seed of forgiveness, a seed of being good to 383 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 5: somebody that's done you wrong, you are showing God that 384 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 5: he can trust you. Your character is coming up higher. 385 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 5: That's when God will release more favor in your own life. 386 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 5: I talked to a gentleman recently. He's very well known. 387 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 5: For over twenty years, he had been estranged from all 388 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 5: of his brothers and sisters. They had not spoken or 389 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 5: had any kind of contact. They would see him out 390 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 5: in the public eye. He has a lot of success 391 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 5: and notoriety, but there were things these siblings didn't see 392 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 5: eye to eye on. Their relationship with him was nonexistent. 393 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 5: One day, their eighty year old mother was hit by 394 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 5: a car rushed to the hospital in a coma. All 395 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,479 Speaker 5: of the siblings, including this man, flew in from different 396 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 5: parts of the country and hurried up to the hospital. 397 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 5: After they saw their mother, they gathered in a room. 398 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 5: He said that his siblings, it's time to let it go. 399 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 5: Let's bury all the hurts, the misunderstandings, the harsh words, 400 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,120 Speaker 5: and let's start afresh and anew. They all hugged and 401 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 5: wept as their mother lay next door in a coma, 402 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 5: all that is except one brother. He looked at this 403 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 5: man and said, I can't do it. I can't forgive. 404 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 5: They walked away. His brother went home and he watches 405 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 5: us on television. The next morning, my message came on. 406 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 5: It was all about not holding a grudge, letting things go. 407 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 5: He knew that was God speaking to him. He went 408 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 5: back the next day and told his brother, I've changed 409 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 5: my mind. I forgive you. They hugged and now all 410 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:59,479 Speaker 5: their relationships have been restored. But what's interesting is. The 411 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 5: mother never did wake up from the coma. She passed 412 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,440 Speaker 5: a couple months later. The man told me, I think 413 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 5: God kept my mother alive. I think he didn't take 414 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 5: her instantly in that accident, just so all of us 415 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 5: siblings could be restored. Maybe God's having you hear this 416 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 5: so that you can make things right, so that you 417 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 5: can show mercy to somebody that doesn't deserve it. It's 418 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 5: easy to hold a grudge, try to pay him back, 419 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 5: make their life miserable. All that's doing is holding you back. 420 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 5: Why don't you be a Joseph. Why don't you be 421 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,360 Speaker 5: an Esau and be good to someone that hasn't been 422 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,640 Speaker 5: good to you. Why don't you show kindness that they 423 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 5: don't deserve. Why don't you be the smile of God. 424 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,959 Speaker 5: The mercy you show others is the mercy people are 425 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 5: going to show you. We all make mistakes at some point, 426 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 5: we're all Joseph. At another point, we're all his brothers. 427 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 5: We need forgiveness. When you're the smile of God, God 428 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 5: will make sure people will always smile back on you. 429 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 5: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, because God 430 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 5: can trust you like Joseph, He's going to give you 431 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 5: more influence, more favor, more opportunity. You're going to have 432 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 5: better relationships, rise higher, and reach the fullness of your 433 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 5: destiny in Jesus's name. And if you receive it, can 434 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 5: you say it? 435 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 6: Men? 436 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 5: Today, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 437 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 5: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 438 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 439 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 5: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 440 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 5: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 441 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 5: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 442 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 5: keep God first place. Victorian, I'll be right back to 443 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 5: speak a blessing over you. 444 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry. 445 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 4: This month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 446 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 4: a copy of Joel's news series Five Ways to Live Amazed. 447 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 4: You will discover that there is no limit to God's favor, 448 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 4: God's goodness, and God's blessings in your life. 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