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Start 28 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 3: your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 29 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Jiell Loustine Podcast. Help leu's continue to 30 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 31 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: Visit joeloostin dot com slash give hope to give a 32 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 4: gift today. 33 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 34 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 5: your homes and if you're ever in our area, please 35 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,919 Speaker 5: stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 36 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 37 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 38 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 5: about these two men, the Pope and the lawyer. They 39 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 5: died on the same day, went to heaven. Peter met 40 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 5: them at the gates and follow me. I'll take you 41 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 5: to your homes. Peter dropped the pope off at this 42 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 5: small wood frame house, one bed, one table, nothing to it. 43 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 5: He then took the lawyer to this magnificent house. He 44 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 5: was huge, had a big swimming pool, beautiful view out back. 45 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 5: The lawyer was overwhelmed, said Peter, how did I manage 46 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 5: to get this spectacular place and the pope only got 47 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 5: the small place. Peter said, we have dozens of popes. 48 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 5: You're the first lawyer say it like you mean it. 49 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 50 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 51 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 52 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 53 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 54 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 55 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about seasons of silence. We 56 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 5: all go through times what doesn't feel like we're making progress. 57 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 5: We're praying, our prayers aren't being answered. We're being our 58 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 5: best but not getting good breaks. The problem hasn't turned around. 59 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 5: Seems like God went on vacation. But the silence is 60 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 5: not a sign that God is not working. He may 61 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 5: not be changing the circumstances, but he is changing us. 62 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 5: God uses the seasons of silence to get us prepared 63 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 5: when we're not getting our way we're doing the right thing, 64 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 5: but we're being overlooked. Our friend got married, but we're 65 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 5: still single. We're working harder than our coworker, but they 66 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 5: got the promotion. We feel overlooked, undervalued, forgotten. These times 67 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 5: of isolation where you're not being celebrated, are extremely valuable. 68 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 5: Nothing may be changing on the outside, but something's happening 69 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 5: on the inside. Your character is being developed. You're learning 70 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 5: to not depend on people. You're gaining experience, maturity, strength 71 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 5: that you'll need to go where God is taking you. 72 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 5: And you may wonder why no one is celebrating you. 73 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 5: You're being faithful, but the door hasn't opened. You're gifted. 74 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 5: You know you could teach that class better than the 75 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 5: person that's in place, but they never call on you. 76 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 5: Don't complain about the silence. God does his greatest work 77 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 5: in isolation, when nobody is noticing you. There are things 78 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 5: you will learn in anonymity that you can't learn anywhere else. 79 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 5: When God is silent, that doesn't mean he's not concerned. 80 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 5: Silence is not a sign that God has forgotten about you, 81 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 5: just the opposite. It's a sign that he's closely watching you. 82 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 5: He's getting you prepared for new levels. But if he 83 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 5: brought you out before you were ready, it would stop 84 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 5: your purpose. God loves you so much that at times 85 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 5: he will hide you. He'll cause you to be overlooked. 86 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 5: He'll cause the door not to open, He'll cause a 87 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 5: person to walk away. You can be talented and hidden, 88 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 5: anointed and hidden, have great ideas and hidden. If you 89 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 5: don't understand that its God hiding you, you'll be frustrated 90 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 5: and try to make things happen out of God's timing. 91 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 5: But before you see notoriety, you'll go through a season 92 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 5: of obscurity. You have to pass this test when you're hidden. 93 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 5: As a teenager, David was anointed to be king. God 94 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 5: spoke it through the prophet Samuel. But David didn't go 95 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 5: straight to the throne. God hid him. He went back 96 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 5: to the shepherd's fields and kept doing the same thing 97 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 5: that he had been doing, taking care of his father's sheep. 98 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 5: He spent years out there by himself, alone in obscurity. 99 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 5: It was boring. His brothers were in the military, they 100 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 5: had a prestigious position, they were being celebrated. Here's the key. 101 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 5: Don't compare your life to other peoples. It may seem 102 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 5: like they have it better. They're further along. They don't 103 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 5: have the challenges you do. Run your race. God's purpose 104 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 5: for your life is not the same as theirs. Don't 105 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 5: look to the left or to the right. Stay focused 106 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 5: on your calling. In the scripture, Peter asked Jesus about 107 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 5: John and what kind of future John was going to have. 108 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 5: He thought John might have it better than him. Jesus said, Peter, 109 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 5: if I want John to remain alive until our return, 110 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 5: what is that to you? He was saying, Peter, what 111 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 5: happens with John James Mark is none of your business. 112 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 5: Just follow me. As long as you compare, you'll be 113 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 5: frustrated because you'll always find somebody that looks like they 114 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 5: have it better than you. But David was destined to 115 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 5: go higher than his brothers. He was going to see 116 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 5: more influence, more favor, so that required more. I saw 117 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 5: more training, more experience. I'm sure David thought, God, you 118 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 5: said I'd be the king, you said I'd leave the nation. 119 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 5: Why am I still stuck out here taking care of 120 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 5: these sheep? I have so much more in me. But 121 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 5: those years of isolation, when nobody knew David, when he 122 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 5: felt forgotten, undervalued, those were incredibly important years. They were 123 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 5: proving years. Years when he showed God he would be faithful. 124 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 5: He could have slacked off, gotten discouraged, but he took 125 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 5: care of those sheep like he was taking care of 126 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 5: the nation. He killed the lion and a bear with 127 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 5: his own hands. His father would have understood if a 128 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 5: few sheep were killed by a wild animal, no big deal. 129 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 5: But David went the extra mile when nobody was watching. 130 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 5: In anonymity, when nobody knew his name, he was a 131 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 5: person of excellence. I can imagine when he was out 132 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 5: there alone, nobody to talk to, he would look up 133 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,119 Speaker 5: into the skies and talk to God. In that time 134 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 5: of isolation, he drew close to his creator. Maybe that's 135 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 5: where he wrote some of the psalms that we read today. 136 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 5: Instead of complaining God, was it taking so long? The 137 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 5: Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. Surely, goodness 138 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 5: and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. 139 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 5: After he passed the test of obscurity, God knew he 140 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 5: could trust him with notoriety. Like David, you may have 141 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 5: big dreams. God has spoken promises over you, but nobody 142 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 5: is noticing you. You're not seeing increase promotion don't get discouraged. 143 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 5: It's because God has you hidden. You're not off course, 144 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 5: you're not falling behind. You are in a time of preparation, 145 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 5: a time of training. God is getting you ready for 146 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 5: what He has in store. And if you will keep 147 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 5: doing the right thing, you will come into a time 148 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 5: where God causes you to be seen. Promotion doesn't come 149 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 5: from people. It comes from the Lord. When it's your time, 150 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 5: no person can stop you, no bad break, no injustice. 151 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 5: Just as God hids you, he will bring you out 152 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 5: into the open. He will shine down his favor and 153 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 5: cause you to go where you couldn't go on your own. 154 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 5: Now you may feel like you're hidden, but don't be 155 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 5: frustrated thinking you're falling behind, and look who's getting ahead 156 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 5: of me. When God brings you out, he will catapult 157 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 5: you forward. He will make up for the lost time. 158 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 5: When you have an expensive piece of jewelry, a diamond ring, 159 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 5: you put it in a box and hide it. He 160 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 5: don't wear it around the house to go work out, 161 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 5: to run up to the grocery store. It's valuable, so 162 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 5: you keep it hidden, and at the right time, when 163 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 5: you're going somewhere special, you bring it out for people 164 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 5: to see in the same way. The reason you're hidden 165 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 5: is because you're extremely valuable. You're like that diamond. You're 166 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 5: going to shine. God's waiting for the right time to 167 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 5: bring you out. You are not hidden because you're ordinary. 168 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 5: You're not hidden because you're average. You're hidden because you're 169 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 5: a masterpiece. God breeds his life into you. You have 170 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 5: seeds of greatness. Don't let the silence discourage you. Your 171 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 5: time is coming now. In the isolation, you have to 172 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 5: deal with the issues God brings to light. Let him 173 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 5: develop you like David. Do the right thing when it's hard, 174 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 5: Keep a good attitude when you're being treated wrong. Go 175 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 5: the extra mile when nobody is watching. When you're hidden, 176 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 5: you won't see anything happening on the outside. But I 177 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 5: can assure you you on the inside, God is doing 178 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 5: a work. That's an opportunity to grow, to come up higher. 179 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:11,359 Speaker 5: You're getting prepared for new levels. It's like a tree. 180 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 5: I have this big oak in my backyard, and in 181 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 5: the winter time it loses all of its leaves. It 182 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 5: looks dead. It's bearren, just a bunch of branches, no life. 183 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 5: But what we can't see is while everything looks stagnant, 184 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 5: on the outside. On the inside, the tree is gathering 185 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 5: up sap for spring growth. Without that time of baredness 186 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 5: where it's cold and looks like nothing is happening, the 187 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 5: tree wouldn't have any new growth. In the seasons of silence, 188 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 5: when you feel like you're hidden, nothing positive has taking 189 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 5: place like this tree. What you can't see is you 190 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 5: gathering up SAPs, so to speak. Your spiritual muscles are 191 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 5: getting stronger. You're learning to trust God in a new way. 192 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 5: This time is important because when God brings you out 193 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 5: to new levels, into greater opportunities, you will see greater opposition, 194 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 5: bigger obstacles, more coming against you. If God brought you 195 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 5: out before you were ready, you couldn't handle it. So 196 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 5: He uses the hidden seasons to toughen us up. The 197 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 5: scripture says God didn't take the Israelites the shortest route 198 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:33,079 Speaker 5: to the Promised Land because they weren't prepared for war. 199 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,839 Speaker 5: God knew they would have been defeated, so he hid them. 200 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 5: They went through this season of silence where they didn't 201 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 5: see anything happening. Now, the mistake they made is they 202 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 5: started complaining God, why is it taking so long? God? 203 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 5: Why are we still out here? In the desert. God, 204 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 5: why are we making more progress? God was doing them 205 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 5: a favor, but they didn't recognize it. Don't do like 206 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 5: they did. You may not understand the path that God 207 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 5: has taken you, why it's not happening faster. But God 208 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 5: knows what he's doing. He uses the delays, the difficulties 209 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:16,079 Speaker 5: to get us prepared. None of us like the slow seasons, 210 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 5: and especially the unfair seasons. We lost a loved one, 211 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 5: a friend walked away, a dream didn't work out. It's 212 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 5: easy to thank God. Why didn't you stop it? Why 213 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 5: didn't you heal my father? Why didn't you keep them 214 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 5: from betraying me? But God doesn't waste anything, the difficulties, 215 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 5: the delays, the losses. If we will keep the right attitude, 216 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 5: it's all working for our good. It's getting us toughened 217 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 5: up because where you're going, you can't be offended by 218 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 5: every negative comment. You have to have a backbone made 219 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 5: of steel. God can't promote you if you're going to 220 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 5: be revengeful and try to use that position to pay 221 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 5: people back. You have to let it go and trust 222 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 5: God to be your vindicator. If you're intimidated by the opposition, 223 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 5: overwhelmed by difficulties. It will keep you from your destiny. 224 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 5: In these silent seasons, like the Israelites, we can think God, 225 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 5: the Promised Land is that way? Why are you taking 226 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 5: me the long route. You have to trust God. He 227 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 5: can see things that you can't see. He knows what's best. 228 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 5: It's all a part of the process to get you prepared, 229 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 5: to get you developed. He knows what you're going to need. 230 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 5: I face challenges today that if I would have faced 231 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 5: twenty years ago, they would have defeated me. My personality 232 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 5: type is to want everyone to like me, and when 233 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 5: I was working behind the scenes those seventeen years, that 234 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 5: was easy. I had a dozen friends and they all 235 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 5: liked me, at least I think they did. But when 236 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 5: God promoted me and put me in front of more people, 237 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 5: I found out that some people didn't like me. And 238 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 5: that would have bothered me back then and made me 239 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 5: feel insecure, intimidated. But I've learned my approval doesn't come 240 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 5: from people. It comes from God. God had to toughen 241 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 5: me up. Now when things come against me. I think 242 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 5: I buried my father. I went through that loss. I 243 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 5: learned how to minister when I didn't think I could. 244 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 5: I fought for the compact Center when every voice said 245 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 5: we'd never get it. If I can make it through 246 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 5: those difficulties, then I could make it through anything. The 247 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 5: scripture says, these light afflictions are for a moment, but 248 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 5: they're working in us and eternal weight of glory. Somebody 249 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 5: not being for you, that's a light affliction. That's like 250 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 5: a little gnat. Just flick that away. Your time is 251 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 5: too valuable to waste on petty things. But when you've 252 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 5: been through some difficulties, through losses, through some golias, you 253 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 5: don't complain about not getting a parking spot. You don't 254 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 5: fall apart because somebody left you out. You don't give 255 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 5: up on a dream because it didn't turn out your way. 256 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 5: You know it's a light affliction and it's working for 257 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 5: your good. Now you may be in a season of silence. 258 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 5: You feel like you're hidden, But the silence doesn't mean 259 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 5: God has forgotten about you. He's heard every prayer, he's 260 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 5: seen every tear, and at the right time, God is 261 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 5: going to bring you into what he's already prepared. God 262 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 5: is not preparing the blessing for you, He's preparing you 263 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 5: for the blessing. The Promised Land was already in place. 264 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 5: He had to get the Israelites prepared. Favor is already 265 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 5: in your future. There are blessings that already have your 266 00:16:56,080 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 5: name on them. The right people, divine connections are ready 267 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 5: lined up. You keep passing the test in the silent seasons, 268 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 5: you keep getting prepared, and you're going to come in 269 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 5: to more than you can ask or think. But what 270 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 5: stops some people is they don't like the preparation. You 271 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 5: have to deal with the issues God's bring into light. 272 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 5: Maybe God's asking you to put down your pride, forgive 273 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 5: the person that did you wrong, or to start saying 274 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 5: no to the compromise, no to the jealousy, no to 275 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 5: the critical spirit. Don't let a small thing keep you hidden. 276 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 5: Don't let something you know you can overcome keep you 277 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 5: from the amazing future that belongs to you. You're not 278 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 5: hidden because God is mad at you. You are hidden 279 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 5: because God loves you so much. He's getting you prepared 280 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 5: to go where you've never gone. Now, in the isolation, 281 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 5: in the anonymity, where you're not seeing increase, you're not 282 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 5: getting good breaks, David use that time to draw close 283 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 5: to God. One thing about being isolated where you don't 284 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 5: have a lot of people or things to give your 285 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 5: attention to. You can turn your attention towards your heavenly Father. 286 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 5: Learn to talk to God, develop a deeper relationship. Not 287 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 5: just a Sunday morning God, but all through the day 288 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 5: in your thoughts. Talk to God like you talk to 289 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 5: a friend. God will be as involved in your life 290 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 5: as much as you want him to be. If you 291 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 5: keep God in a Sunday morning box, he'll stay there, 292 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 5: but he wants to be so much more. Tyler Perry 293 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 5: told how as a young man he had a dream 294 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 5: to put on plays. He's always been very creative and 295 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:50,919 Speaker 5: had a vivid imagination. As a little boy, he was 296 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 5: mistreated by his father, and the way he would escape 297 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 5: the pain is to go out under his front porch alone, 298 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 5: and he'd come up with these amazing stories in his mind. 299 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 5: He would go to a different world. When he was 300 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 5: in his early twenties, he borrowed three hundred dollars from 301 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 5: a family member and rented a small theater in Atlanta. 302 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 5: He passed out flowers all over the community. He was 303 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 5: excited this was his big debut, but nobody showed up. 304 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 5: This happened again and again. His family told him to 305 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 5: forget about the plays, go get a normal job. Every 306 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 5: time he wanted to quit, somebody would step up and 307 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 5: underwrite the next play. One play, only a few people 308 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 5: showed up. He was so disappointed. He couldn't pay the building, 309 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 5: couldn't pay his staff. That was it. He was done. 310 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 5: But afterwards a man from the audience came and said, 311 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 5: I love that. I want to support your next play. 312 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 5: You may be hidden, but God will always have the 313 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 5: right people there to help keep you going. For seven years, 314 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 5: it was a struggle. At time time, Tyler was homeless, 315 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,360 Speaker 5: living out of his car. Twenty dollars was the difference 316 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 5: of him eating that whole week. An opportunity came for 317 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 5: him to take the play to South Carolina. He thought 318 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 5: this was his big break, loaded up the truck started driving. 319 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 5: Then it came on the news, a hurricane is coming 320 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 5: to South Carolina, another disappointment. Tyler had the talent, he 321 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 5: had the creativity, he had the skills, but he said, 322 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 5: God hid me on purpose. I didn't have the maturity 323 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 5: and if God would have given it to me back then, 324 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 5: I wouldn't have been able to sustain it back in Atlanta, 325 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 5: he rented another theater decided to try it again. He 326 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 5: thought it'd be the same result, another disappointment. This time 327 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 5: on opening night, he peeked out the window. People were 328 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 5: lined up around the block waiting to get in. He 329 00:20:54,040 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 5: couldn't quit weeping. That night was the start of something amazing. Today, 330 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 5: Tyler Perry has become the most successful African American film 331 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 5: producer in history. You may be hidden, but when it's 332 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 5: your time, God knows how to bring you out. What 333 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 5: he has prepared is bigger than anything you can imagine. 334 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 5: What's significant is Tyler told me. None of this success 335 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 5: happened until he forgave his father. For years, he was bitter. 336 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 5: He couldn't understand why his father treated him so badly. 337 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 5: One day, he went to visit his father with a 338 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 5: new perspective, to try to understand who he was as 339 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 5: a person, not as a parent. He began to learn 340 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 5: how his father didn't have any training, didn't have any 341 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 5: guidance growing up. He didn't know any better. Tyler. Once 342 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 5: he understood what his father dealt with, he didn't excuse 343 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 5: his actions, but he did make the decision to forgive him. 344 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 5: That's when yours begin to open. When you're in these 345 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 5: seasons of silence, when you feel like you're hidden, it's 346 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 5: so important to look inside and deal with things that 347 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,479 Speaker 5: could be holding you back. You can have the talent 348 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 5: to go somewhere, but if you don't have the character, 349 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 5: if you're not willing to forgive, keep giving into compromise, 350 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 5: if you don't treat people right, that will keep you 351 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 5: from your best. We see this in the scripture with Joseph. 352 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 5: He was hidden for thirteen years. He was betrayed by 353 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 5: his family, falsely accused by a lady, put in prison 354 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 5: for something that he didn't do. The reason Joseph fulfilled 355 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 5: his purpose is he kept passing these tests. He showed 356 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 5: God he would forgive in prison. Instead of sitting around bitter, 357 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 5: he helped the butler get out of prison. He's so deceved. 358 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 5: Nothing that's happened to you is a surprise to God. 359 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 5: He wouldn't have allowed it if he didn't have a place. 360 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 5: It may have been meant to harm you, but God 361 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 5: knows how to turn it to your advantage. God did 362 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 5: not create you to stay hidden. It may look like 363 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 5: it's never going to change. The truth is it's a 364 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 5: season of silence. Not a lifetime of silence. What God 365 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 5: has spoken over you, there is an appointed time for 366 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 5: it to come to pass. Keep growing, keep improving. The 367 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 5: silence is only temporary. Matthew. Chapter sixteen, Jesus asked Peter, 368 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 5: who do you say that I am? Peter answered, you're 369 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,919 Speaker 5: the Messiah, the son of the Living God. Verse twenty 370 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 5: says Jesus sternly warned him to not tell anyone who 371 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 5: he was. Jesus knew he was supposed to be hidden. 372 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 5: He knew it wasn't his time Yet another place, the 373 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 5: people believed in Jesus so strongly they wanted to crown 374 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 5: him king. But the scripture said, as Jesus snuck away 375 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 5: and went up and hid in the mountains, he knew 376 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 5: he couldn't be crowned before he went to the cross. 377 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:13,919 Speaker 5: He trusted his father's timing. Like Jesus, we can't be 378 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 5: crowned before we go to our cross, so to speak, 379 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 5: before we learn to crucify our flesh and resist things 380 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 5: that are holding us back. He told his disciples to 381 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 5: stay silent, to not tell anyone he was the Messiah. 382 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 5: A lot of us would be just the opposite. Go ahead, Peter, 383 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 5: get the word out. Let everyone know how great I am. 384 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,360 Speaker 5: It's much better to let God promote you and not people. 385 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 5: Don't get in a hurry. You don't have to make 386 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 5: things happen. You don't have to convince someone to put 387 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 5: in a good word for you. God knew how to 388 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 5: hide you, and he knows how to elevate you. If 389 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 5: you'll let God do it his way, it will be 390 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 5: better than anything you could have made happen. God has 391 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 5: not forgotten about you. He knows you're hidden, and he 392 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,360 Speaker 5: knows how long you've been there. He knows what's in you. 393 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 5: He's the one that put the gifts, the talents, the dreams. 394 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 5: Instead of fighting the silence, why don't you do like 395 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 5: Jesus and embrace it. God, My times are in your hands. 396 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 5: I know you're getting me prepared, working all things for 397 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 5: my good, and at the appointed time, I know you 398 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 5: will bring me out. Elijah was one of the greatest 399 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 5: prophets in the Bible. As a young man, he spent 400 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 5: time studying and preparing for ministry. He just gone to 401 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 5: the palace and spoken the word of the Lord, the 402 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 5: King Ahab. No one else had the courage to speak 403 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 5: up to the King, I'm sure. Elijah left there feeling confident, 404 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 5: ready for his next assignment. God said to him in 405 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 5: one King seventeen, leave here, go east and hide yourself 406 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 5: by the brook Cherah him saying, excuse me, God, you 407 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,640 Speaker 5: must have the wrong person. I'm Elijah. I just prophesied 408 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 5: to the king. I've studied more than anyone. I'm ready 409 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 5: to go on a national tour. You don't want me 410 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 5: to hide myself. Elijah wanted to speak to the nation, 411 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 5: but for the next three and a half years he 412 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 5: only spoke to a widow and her son. God hit him. 413 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 5: He didn't understand it. He had bigger things in his heart, 414 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 5: but he trusted God's timing. He was faithful when he 415 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 5: was hidden. When you're faithful in the silent seasons, you 416 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 5: are setting yourself on a launching pad for God to 417 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 5: take you further than you've ever dreamed. After three and 418 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 5: a half years, God said, okay, Elijah, now I know 419 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 5: I can trust you. You're ready, leave here and go 420 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 5: on your next assignment. After he was hidden, Elishah prayed 421 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 5: and the drought came to an end. He called down 422 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 5: fire from heaven destroyed four hundred false prophets, on and on. 423 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 5: It's interesting he performed no miracles until after his season 424 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 5: of silence. Don't be frustrated when you're hidden. Jesus was hidden, 425 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 5: Elijah was hidden, David was hidden. It's all a part 426 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 5: of the process. Here's the beauty. You're hidden number one 427 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 5: because you're extremely valuable, like that diamond. Number two. You're 428 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 5: hidden because God is about to launch you. You're on 429 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 5: the verge of seeing promotion, favor increase like you've never seen. 430 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 5: You may have been hidden for a long time, but 431 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 5: you've been faithful. You've been growing, getting prepared. I believe 432 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 5: and declare God is about to bring you out. He's 433 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 5: about to cause you to be seen. People are going 434 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 5: to notice you that have never noticed. Keep being faithful. 435 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 5: Your appointed time is on the way in Jesus' name, 436 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 5: and if you receive it, can you say men? Today, 437 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 5: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 438 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 5: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 439 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 440 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 5: into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. 441 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 442 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,199 Speaker 5: born again. Get in a good Bible based church and 443 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 5: keep God first place. Victorian, I'll be right back to 444 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 5: speak a blessing over you. 445 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry. 446 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 4: This month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 447 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 4: a copy of Joel's inspirational series Fearless Courageous Living every Day. 448 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 4: In this series, you'll be challenged to reject fear, to 449 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 4: activate your faith, and to watch God do the impossible. 450 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 4: Stand on God's promises and see Him do exceedingly, abundantly 451 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 4: more than you could ever ask or think. 452 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 6: You can handle whatever comes your way. 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