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 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Oh God, bless you. 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week to our 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 10 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. I like 11 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: young man. He was a huge football fan. He bought 13 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: two tickets to the Super Bowl months ahead of time, 14 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 1: not realizing it was going to be on the same 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: day as his wedding. He had paid a couple thousand 16 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 1: dollars for each of the tickets. So we put an 17 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: ad on Facebook seeing if anyone wanted to go in 18 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: his place. He said, it will be at three o'clock 19 00:00:55,680 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: First Baptist Church and her name is Tiffany. No, don't 20 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: do that, y'all. Here we go. This is my Bible. 21 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: I am what it says, I am. I have what 22 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: it says I have, I can do what it says 23 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 24 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 25 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 26 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 27 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: about let them walk. We all have people that God 28 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: brings across our path that are there for a lifetime. 29 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: Our spouse, children, friends that we cherish. They're loyal, stick 30 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: with us through thick and thin, But not every relationship 31 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: is designed to last forever. There are seasons, and sometimes 32 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: a good season will come to an end. Who you 33 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: needed to raise your children may not be the same 34 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: ones you need when they're grown and gone. Other times, 35 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: God has taken you higher growing the people that have 36 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: been with you can't go where you're going, so doors 37 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: will close. One of the hardest things for us is 38 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: to let people go. You have to recognize when their 39 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: part in your story is over doesn't mean you can't 40 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 1: still be friends, but it's not going to be the same. 41 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: If not. We try to hold onto things that God 42 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: is finished with. When that season is over, there's no 43 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: grace for it. There's this tension they want to leave, 44 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: but we don't want them to go, and how it's 45 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: a struggle, a strain trying to force it to work. 46 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 1: But when someone wants to walk away, you have to 47 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: learn to let them walk. We spend too much time 48 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: trying to convince people to stay in. We have to 49 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: play up to them, manipulate. Why aren't they calling? Am 50 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: I not good enough? I hope they come by. Do 51 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: yourself a favor, Move on with your life. Don't waste 52 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: an another minute trying to convince someone to love you. 53 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: Call you, come see you. You are a gift. You 54 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: are a treasure, a prized possession. If someone doesn't recognize 55 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 1: your value, they don't treat you like the masterpiece that 56 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: you are, with respect, with honor, that's a sign that 57 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: season has changed. You have to move forward. God has 58 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: already ordained divine connections for you. People that can't live 59 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: without you, people that love being with you, can't wait 60 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: to see you. And sometimes the reason we're not seeing 61 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: these people is we're holding on to the wrong people. 62 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: Quit chasten someone that doesn't want to be with you, 63 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: letting them control you, manipulate you, hoping that you'll gain 64 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: their approval. Then they'll let you in their friend group. 65 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: Here's the problem. If you do convince them, they become 66 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: your friend. You started that relationship is how you're going 67 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: to have to maintain it. It's going to be a 68 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: constant struggle to keep performing, manipulating connithing. Solomon said, unless 69 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: the Lord builds the house, we labor in vain. If 70 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: you'll let God bring your relationships and trust him with 71 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: who comes into your life, then it's not a struggle. 72 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: You can be who you are. You don't live trying 73 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: to force people to like you, lower your standards to 74 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: be accepted. Someone doesn't want to be in your life. 75 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 1: It's no big deal. You let them go, and it 76 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that they're a bad person. Something's wrong with them. 77 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: They're just not right for you at this time. Maybe 78 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: they were fine for a season, but this is a 79 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: new season. And the scripture talks about how God is 80 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 1: our doorkeeper. He opens and closes doors in our life. 81 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: When God closes a door, there's nothing you can do 82 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: to keep that door open. You can strive and strain, 83 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 1: try to talk people into staying perform better. That's laboring 84 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: in vain. All that's going to do is wear you out. 85 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: Frustrate you, cause you to get bitter. Try a new 86 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: approach and let them go. If people can walk away 87 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: from you, they're not a part of your destiny. Don't 88 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: take it personally. Don't get offended, be critical. God is 89 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: ordering your steps. The people He's ordained to be in 90 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: your life cannot leave. You can't get rid of them. 91 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: They love you no matter what. They accept you with 92 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: no makeup, no coffee. They come when you don't call, 93 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: They show up when you didn't ask. They laugh with you, 94 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: cry with you. They don't judge you. You never have 95 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: to think about performing, manipulating, hoping. They like you. They're 96 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: a divine connection. God ordained them to be there. Now 97 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: just the opposite is true. The people that are not 98 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: supposed to be in your life cannot stay. It's not 99 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: up to them. God has closed that door. No matter 100 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: how hard you try, how much you serve, give play 101 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: up to, it's not going to change. Take the pressure off. 102 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 1: Quit trying to win someone over that's not supposed to 103 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: be there. We hear that phrase they ghosted me, men, 104 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: They just disappeared. They didn't call, they didn't respond. They 105 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 1: may have ghosted you, but sometimes it's the Holy ghost 106 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: shutting that door. They don't even know why. It's because 107 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 1: God is your doorkeeper. He knows who's good for you 108 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: and who's not, who has the right motives, and who's 109 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: just there for what you can do for them. He 110 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: knows who will add value and move you further into 111 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 1: your destiny, and who is a distraction, a dead end 112 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: there to get you off course. Bottom line, if someone 113 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: doesn't want to be your friend, don't waste another second 114 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: trying to convince them. If you have to perform to 115 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: stay in a relationship, it's always a struggle. You don't 116 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: feel like you measure up. They're not for you. That's 117 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: laboring in vain. Let God build your house. Trust him 118 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: to bring the right people. And here's the key. You 119 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: have to be at peace with who walks away, a 120 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: peace with those who don't accept you. Recognize when their 121 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: part in your story is over. You don't have to 122 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: get bitter, live offended. God is the one behind the scenes, 123 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: opening and closing doors. And that friend may have been 124 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: great for ten years, then the season changed, they're not around, 125 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: or that person walked out on you, broke your heart. 126 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: I know that's painful, but you have to realize if 127 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: they left you you didn't need them. If you needed 128 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: them for your purpose, for your assignment, they would still 129 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: be there. The scripture says that God will never leave 130 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: us or forsake us. If they walked out, ghosted you, 131 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: betrayed you, and you needed them, that would mean God 132 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: was forsaking you. You can draw the conclusion if they 133 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: walked away, their part in your story was over. If 134 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: they don't want to be your friend, you don't need them. 135 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: If they don't value you make you feel like you 136 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: have something to offer, they're not for you. You have 137 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: to move on. Quit trying to talk people into staying 138 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: that don't want to stay. Let them walk. Jesus told 139 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: his disciples when you go into a city, if they 140 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 1: don't accept the message of the good news, they're not 141 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: for you and they don't want you to be there. 142 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 1: He didn't say, man, you got to work harder, spend 143 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: more time, try to convince them. No, he said, shake 144 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: the dust off your feet and go on to the 145 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: next city. He was saying, don't waste your time trying 146 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: to win people over that are not a part of 147 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: your destiny. Someone doesn't want to be with you, they 148 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: don't like you, They don't validate you, shake the dust 149 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: off and move on. Accept that they're not a part 150 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: of your story. If they can walk away, you have 151 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: to let them walk. If you try to convince them, 152 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: it's going to be a constant source of frustration. And yes, 153 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: God can change their mind if they're supposed to be there, 154 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: He'll turn things around. But you're not supposed to live 155 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: trying to talk people into liking you, being your friend, 156 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:47,719 Speaker 1: hoping they call God created you in his own image. 157 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: You have royal blood flowing through your veins. He's already 158 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: lined up people that recognize your value, people that love 159 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: being with you. Here's a lady in the scripture named Naomi. 160 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: Her husband passed away and she became a widow at 161 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: a young age. Ten years later, both of her grown 162 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: sons were killed. She was so heartbroken she decided to 163 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: move back to her hometown of Bethlehem. She told her 164 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: two daughters in law, Ruth and Orpa, that they should 165 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: move back to their homes as well, and going with 166 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 1: their lives. The three of them packed up their belongings 167 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: and headed out on the road toward Judah. They came 168 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: to an intersection and stopped. Naomi said this is where 169 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,959 Speaker 1: we part ways. You both go that way, and I'm 170 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: going to go on to Bethlehem. The scripture says Orpah 171 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: kissed Naomi goodbye and headed down the road. Orpa was 172 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: a good person. She loved Naomi, but now she was leaving. 173 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: Naomi could have been upset, thought, man, after all I 174 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: did for her, She's leaving me in my darkest time 175 00:10:55,920 --> 00:11:00,319 Speaker 1: when I need her the most. No, Naomi understood this 176 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: was a new season, that things had changed, that it 177 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: was okay for her to walk away. She was at 178 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 1: peace with who left. She accepted Orpah not being a 179 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: part of her life in the same way without being 180 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: critical and bitter toward her. We like to hold on 181 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: to people and stay here, meet my needs, keep it 182 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: the same. It's a mark of maturity. To let people 183 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: walk away takes trust. You're saying, God, I know you're 184 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: my doorkeeper. You're opening and closing the doors of relationships 185 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: in my life. The other daughter in law, Ruth, was 186 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: just the opposite. Naomi tried to get her to leave. 187 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: She said, Ruth, there's no future going with me, nothing 188 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: in Bethlehem for you. You deserve more for your life. 189 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: She gave her best speech every opportunity to leave with 190 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: no guilt, but Ruth said in verse sixteen, Naomi, I can't. 191 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: I will go wherever you go, live, wherever you live. 192 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 1: Your people will be my people. Your God will be 193 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: my God. May the Lord punish me if I allow 194 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: anything to separate us. How could one daughter in law 195 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: leave so easily the other want to stay? They both 196 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: love their mother in law, but Ruth sensed that her 197 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: destiny was tied to Naomi. She felt this connection that 198 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: was stronger than her own family. She watched her sister 199 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: in law Orpa walk away, but something in her said, 200 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,719 Speaker 1: you have to stay. In life. You'll have a lot 201 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: of orpus people that leave. They're good people, but the 202 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 1: season is over. Things change, They're busy, distracted. You have 203 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 1: to let them go. Be at peace with who left. 204 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: Don't fault them, don't get critical. God is closing the 205 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 1: door they're in. Or they were instrumental in your life 206 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: for a season. They were necessary, but now their part 207 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 1: in your story is over. The good news is God 208 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: will always give you a Ruth, someone you can't get 209 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 1: rid of. They stick with you through thick and thin. 210 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: They know their destiny is tied to you. But sometimes 211 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: We try to convince the orpus to stay, spending time 212 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: and energy and got to manipulate, perform or beloved Naomi, 213 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 1: but she laughed. People can love you and leave. If 214 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: they walk away, they're not a bad person. God shut 215 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: the door. That season ended. But when it's a ruth, 216 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: there's nothing you can do to convince them to go. 217 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 1: When you understand this, it takes the pressure off. You're 218 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 1: not frustrated over who laughed, bitter over that person that 219 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: ghosted you, and striving to get that coworker to accept 220 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: that's laboring in vain. Let God bring your relationships. Trust 221 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 1: him with your open and closed doors. If someone leaves, 222 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 1: do light, Naomi, kiss them goodbye, not bitter, angry man. 223 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: They never call me back. Why won't they invite me 224 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: to their group? You're not supposed to be there. You 225 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: can't open a door that God has closed, and you 226 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: can't close a door that God is open. They can't 227 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: leave when God is purposed it. If they walked away, 228 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: they were supposed to go. If they didn't stay, you 229 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: didn't need them. Kiss them goodbye and move on. The 230 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: mistake we make sometimes is instead of kissing them goodbye, 231 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: we kick them goodbye, good riddance, Get out of here. 232 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: I didn't like you anyway, talk bad, critical, live offended. 233 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: They may have done you wrong, betrayed you, left you out. 234 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: God is your vindicator. He'll take care of who hurts you. 235 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: But if you let that bitterness get on the inside, 236 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: it's going to poison your next relationship. You have to 237 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: be at peace with who left. You have to accept 238 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: who walked away as a part of God's plan. Yes, 239 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: it was painful, it wasn't fair, but God wouldn't have 240 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: allowed it if it wasn't moving you toward your destiny. 241 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: And sometimes he closed his doors. We don't understand. He 242 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: takes the orphas out of our life. People we were 243 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: counting on, friends we were used to But He always 244 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: has a ruth. He always has the right people, destiny connections. 245 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: The late nineteen fifties, my father was pastoring a successful church. 246 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: It just built a beautiful new sanctuary and the future 247 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: looked so bright. My sister Lisa was born with something 248 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: like cerebral palsy, and the doctors told my parents that 249 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: she'd probably never be able to walk or fear herself. 250 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: My father went away for a few days to read 251 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: the Scripture like he had never read it before. He 252 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: saw how Jesus went around healing people, doing miracles, and 253 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: how when you believe, all things are possible. He was 254 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: taught in seminary back then that miracles only happened in 255 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: Bible days. He came back to his church with a 256 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: new fire, and he shared this message of faith and victory. 257 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: He thought everyone would be excited, but it was just 258 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: the opposite. It didn't fit into their traditions. Things got 259 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: so contentious and so divisive that my parents were forced 260 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: out of the church. They had to resign. My mother 261 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: was twenty six years old. She had lifelong friends that 262 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: never spoke to her again. People she had known for years, 263 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: gone to school with, raised children with, done life together. 264 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: Now they walked away. Wouldn't have anything to do with her. 265 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: Mother is about to be ninety one years old. I 266 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: have never heard her say one negative thing about those people, 267 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 1: never heard her complain about them, belittle them. Sure it 268 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: was hurtful. She felt the sting of rejection being misunderstood. 269 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: Some of them talked about her and my father. She 270 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 1: could have tried to defend herself, convince them to change 271 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: their mind, keep them on her side. She understood this principle. 272 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 1: If people can walk away, you have to let them walk. 273 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: If they leave, you accept it as a part of 274 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: your destiny. Don't spend your life trying to change people's 275 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: minds and win them over, convince them to approve you. 276 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: Like Naomi, you have to kiss them goodbye, not bitter. 277 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 1: I'll show you I'm gonna make you look bad. Leave 278 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: it in God's hands. When you're at peace with who 279 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: walked away, you're passing the test. That's when you'll see 280 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: the new things God is doing. My parents went out 281 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: and started Lakewood Mother's Day nineteen fifty nine with ninety people. 282 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: The critics said it would never last, but here we 283 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: are today, sixty five years later and still going strong. 284 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: The fact is my parents couldn't have fulfilled their destiny 285 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: at that church. It was a limited environment. Or if 286 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: I had to walk away, those people had to misunderstand 287 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 1: my parents, they had to reject them. It was painful, 288 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: but it was God closing the door. And you're not 289 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: always going to understand what God is doing and why 290 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: this person treated you this way. You've been good to them, 291 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: but they left you out and said things that weren't true. 292 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: Leave it in God's hands. Don't spend all your energy 293 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: trying to convince people to stay that don't want to stay. 294 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: Some people, no matter what you do, how hard you tried, 295 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: how good you are to them, they're going to find fault, 296 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: misunderstand lead. Best thing you can do, let them go. 297 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:08,199 Speaker 1: There's something called the gift of goodbye. We see it 298 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: as a disappointment. Really, they're doing you a favor. They 299 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: had to leave so you can see the greater things, 300 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: the levels you couldn't reach with those same people. It 301 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 1: doesn't mean they're bad. It's just a new season. God 302 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 1: is doing a new thing, So Orpah has to go, 303 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: but Ruth will always be there. God is controlling the 304 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: doors in your life, who comes in and out of relationships. 305 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: If Ruth had walked away said like Orpah, I'm out 306 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: of here, I'm going to greener pastors, I'm not saying 307 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: with this old woman. If she had not stuck with Naomi, 308 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: she would have never married bo Az and become the 309 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: great grandmother of King David. Now we understand why she said, 310 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: I cannot leave. Maybe I'll come with you, Naomi. Maybe 311 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 1: I'll go home for a few months and then come 312 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,159 Speaker 1: back and see you. The people God has ordained for 313 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: you cannot walk away. Listen to Ruth's language. May the 314 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: Lord punish me if I allow anything to separate us. 315 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: God will put such a strong desire in those who 316 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: are supposed to stay that they can't leave. Now, quit 317 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: worrying about the orpus man why didn't they stay, or 318 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: thinking you have to work harder, perform better, convince them 319 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: to not leave. That's not your job. Take the pressure off. 320 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: You have a doorkeeper, a God who opens and closes doors, 321 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: a God who moves people out on purpose, and a 322 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 1: God who causes people to not be able to walk away. 323 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: My part is to honor God, treat people with respect, 324 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: be kind, be loving. But you don't have to beg 325 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: people to stay. You don't have to play up to 326 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: that friend hoping they'll give you the time of day. 327 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: Let that coworker manipulate, talk down, belittle. If not, they 328 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: won't accept you. You don't need them. The sooner you 329 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: let them walk away, the better off you're gonna be. 330 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying to be mean and rude and 331 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: treat them the same way. I'm just saying quit depending 332 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: on them for your value. Thinking you have to have 333 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 1: them to reach your destiny. You don't need them to 334 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: feel good about who you are. Let them walk away, 335 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 1: and God will bring people into your life that see 336 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: you as a masterpiece, people that celebrate who you are, 337 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 1: that love spending time with you. And I know when 338 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: someone leaves it's hard to be looked down on, betrayed, rejected. 339 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: But what if you knew, like my parents, that it 340 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 1: had to happen so you could see your lake wood. 341 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: What if you knew God closing the door was to 342 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: take you to greater levels. It was a disappointment, but 343 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: in fact, then walking away is a present. They gave 344 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: you the gift of goodbye, and it's very freeing when 345 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 1: you realize God is your doorkeeper. He's going to have 346 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: the right people for each season of your life. May 347 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: not be who it's always been. I don't mean your spouse, 348 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: your children, they're with you. I'm talking about friends, co workers, 349 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: people you grew up with. Yes, some are long term, 350 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 1: but some may walk away. You have to be at 351 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: peace with who leaves. Some people they've been playing up 352 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 1: to people for years, letting them control them, manipulate, live 353 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 1: under so much pressure, all because they're afraid if they 354 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: don't perform. This person may leave, may not call, may 355 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 1: not approve. This can save you a lot of heartache. 356 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: Let them walk. They don't want to be your friend. 357 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: It's their loss, not yours. If they don't call, shake 358 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: the dust off and move on. If they ghost, you 359 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: take it as the Holy Ghost shutting that door, keeping 360 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: you from that jerk. I mean that person. A few 361 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: years after my father passed, the church was really growing 362 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: and we needed a larger auditorium. My father always said 363 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 1: that he would never move the church. I was young. 364 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: I didn't want to rock the boat. But when we 365 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,640 Speaker 1: got word that the Compact Center became available, I knew 366 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: it was supposed to be ours. I didn't announce it, 367 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: but it came out in the news. Ninety nine percent 368 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: of the congregation was completely for it. Everyone's so excited, 369 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: But there was this one man. He would find me 370 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: after every service. Joe. You know, your dad said he 371 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 1: wouldn't move the church. It's not right to go to 372 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,919 Speaker 1: that other location. And if you go, I'm not going 373 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: to come. Well, my personality is to want everybody to 374 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: be for it. And I said, well, man, let's just pray, 375 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: let's just wait, let's just see what happens, hoping to 376 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: change his mind, convinc him to get on board. But 377 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: after about the fortieth time of him telling me it 378 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: wasn't right, he wasn't gonna come, something shifted in my spirit. 379 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: I didn't say it, but I thought to myself, I 380 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: hope you don't come. In fact, you're not even invited. 381 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: A stronghold was broken in my mind, thinking that if 382 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: he leaves, the world's gonna fall apart. You can't accomplish 383 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: your dreams. Worried about who's gonna walk away, who's gonna 384 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: accept you? And I gotta perform play if to them 385 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 1: make them like me, that's no way to live. Some 386 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 1: people can't go where God has taken you. They're good people, 387 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: they're great for a season. But God has ordained you 388 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: to go higher. It's gonna take greater commitment, greater faith, 389 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: greater consecration. So He'll remove certain people that would limit 390 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: you so you can fulfill your purpose. John chapter six. 391 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: Jesus was teaching his disciples about commitment, what it meant 392 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: to be a follower of Christ. Some of them didn't understand. 393 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: Verse sixty six says at that point, many of his 394 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: disciples turned away and deserted him. Here Jesus had given 395 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: his life for them. They'd seen him do great miracles, 396 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: traveled with him, eaten together, laughed together. But they walked away. 397 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: Jesus looked at the twelve disciples and said, are you 398 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:27,360 Speaker 1: going to leave? Two? Peter said Jesus, where would we go? 399 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: You have eternal life. We believe you're the son of God. 400 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 1: He couldn't get rid of the twelve. What's interesting is 401 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: you never read where Jesus went chasing after the many 402 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: disciples that left that day. He chased after that one 403 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: lost sheep that got off course, but he didn't go 404 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 1: chasing after people that didn't want to stay. Your destiny 405 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 1: is not tied to those that left you. God doesn't 406 00:25:56,160 --> 00:26:00,120 Speaker 1: need anything you lost to bless you. Those that walked 407 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: away didn't understand that betrayed. They didn't stop what God 408 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:09,199 Speaker 1: has for you. Let it go. Quit dwelling on it, 409 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: reliving to her, hoping that you can pay them back, 410 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: or trying to change their mind. God, close that door. 411 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to be at peace with those who 412 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: have walked away. Quit trying to hold on to people 413 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 1: that don't want to be there. You're not supposed to 414 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: chase people to love you and accept you and believe 415 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: in you. You don't need them. This takes the pressure off. 416 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: No more striving, straining trying to convince people to be 417 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,199 Speaker 1: for you. That's laboring in vain. Trust God to be 418 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: your doorkeeper. Trust him with your relationships. If you'll do this, 419 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: I believe and declare, God will bring you divine connections, 420 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,719 Speaker 1: the right people for every season or from may have left, 421 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 1: but God has some roosts coming for you, people that 422 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: cannot leave. In ge name, and if you receive it, 423 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: can you say amen? I'd like to give you an 424 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would't 425 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 426 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 1: of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 427 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: my Lord and savior. 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