1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 10 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. So I'd 11 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: like to start with something funny and I heard about 12 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: this middle aged woman. She had a heart attack on 13 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: the operating table. She asked God if this was it. 14 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: God said, no, you have forty more years. Upon recovery, 15 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: she decided to stay in the hospital and have a 16 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: facelift and tummy tuck, life of suction and extreme makeover. 17 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: Two months later, as she was leaving the hospital, she 18 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: was hit by a car and killed. She got to Heaven, 19 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: said God, I thought you said I had forty more years. 20 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: He said, I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you. They are 21 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: so cornaive, but here we go. This is my Bible. 22 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 23 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,839 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 24 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 25 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 26 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In 27 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk to 28 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: you today about leave it alone. We all have situations 29 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: that we're believing will change. A child is off course, 30 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: or someone's not treating us right, a door is closed. 31 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: We feel this pressure to fix it. I've got to 32 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: straighten this person out. I got to force this door 33 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: to open. I got to make this problem resolve. We 34 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: take matters into our own hands, and we strive and 35 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: strain and often end up frustrating. We have good intentions, 36 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: we want to do our part, but there are times 37 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: when the best thing you can do is leave it alone. 38 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: You have to be still and that He is God. 39 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: That battle is not yours, The battle is the Lord's. 40 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: Some things you can't fix no matter how hard you try, 41 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: how much pressure you put, how many favors you call in. 42 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: It's not going to change if you keep forcing it, 43 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: manipulating things, trying to convince this person to do right. 44 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: It's not only going to bring more stress, but you're 45 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 1: making matters worse. You're going to do more damage than good. Well, Joel, 46 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: I'm trying to use my faith. Sometimes it takes more 47 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: faith to do nothing than it does to get it 48 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: all stirred up. Takes more faith to leave it alone 49 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: than it does to try to force it to happen. 50 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: But there will be this urgency, this underlying pressure, telling 51 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: you you have to do something. You have to defend yourself. 52 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: Don't let them get away with it. You have to 53 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: manipulate things so you can get that promotion. You have 54 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: to make your loved one do what's right. Don't fall 55 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: into that trap. After you prayed, you believe you've done 56 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: what you can. You have to take your hands off 57 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: of it. God, I trust you, I know you've got this. 58 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: You're working all things for my good God. While I'm waiting, 59 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay in peace. I'm gonna be still and 60 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: let you do what only you can do. And this 61 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: was hard for me because I'm a doer. My personality 62 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: type is not to sit back. If I have a problem, 63 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: a goal, a dream, I'm gonna find six solutions. Call 64 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: three experts, line up four options, come up with the strategy, 65 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: the plan. That's all in the first half of the day. 66 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: The next half I'm gonna really work. I believe in 67 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: being on the offensive taking steps of faith, but I've 68 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: learned some things only God can change. The more you 69 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: try to force it, the more frustrated you're going to be. 70 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: The Psalmist said, unless the Lord builds the house, we 71 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: labor in vain. How many of us are laboring in vain, 72 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: constantly struggling, always trying to force things to happen, trying 73 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: to change our spouse and convince this coworker to like us, 74 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: and harping on our kids to get back on course. 75 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: It's like we're running uphill with leg weights on. Everything's 76 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: a burden. But if we're not putting forth all this 77 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: effort trying to make it work out, you can kind 78 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: of feel guilty. I got this problem, Joe, I got 79 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: to do something. But it says in Hebrews those who 80 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: have believed enter into rest. It's okay to leave it alone. 81 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: You don't have to make it happen in your own efforts. 82 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: Give yourself permission to rest, to not worry about it 83 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: not strive, not come up with twelve solutions. You've done 84 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: your part. Now take your hands off. It's not going 85 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: to happen just by your might, by your power, by 86 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: your intellect. It's going to be the hand of God. 87 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: You don't have to force the favor. You don't have 88 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: to beat down doors, make your business grow, make yourself 89 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: get well, pay somebody back for doing you wrong. Prove 90 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 1: to them who you are. All that's going to do 91 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: is drain your energy, take your joy, still, your creativity. 92 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: God is saying to you today, leave it alone. Trust 93 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: me to handle it. I'm going to bring the right person. 94 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: I'm going to turn your business around. I'm going to 95 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: change that child. I'm going to restore your health. I'm 96 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: gonna give you that baby you've been dreaming about. When 97 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: you turn it over to God, it takes the pressure off. 98 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: You don't have to figure it all out. You don't 99 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: have to strive and strength. It's not up to you 100 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: to make it all happen. You can live in peace 101 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 1: knowing that God's got this. Jesus told a parable in 102 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 1: Matthew thirteen. A farmer went out and planted wheat in 103 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: his field. He did the right thing. He sold good seed, 104 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: and he was expecting the wheat to come up and 105 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: have a great harvest like he'd seen year after year. 106 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: But in a few months he not only saw the wheat, 107 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: but there were weeds coming up everywhere. When the workers 108 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: saw it, they were puzzled. He said to the farmer, 109 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: what happened. You didn't sow this, We saw you plant 110 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 1: good seeds. Didn't make sense, he said in verse twenty eight. 111 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: An enemy came in at night and planted these weeds. 112 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: Wasn't the farmer's fault he had to sleep. Wasn't like 113 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: he was lazy. He did the right thing, But still 114 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: the wrong thing happened. Just because you have difficulties doesn't 115 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: mean you've done something wrong. You may have sown good seed. 116 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: You've been faithful, You honor God, you give, you serve, 117 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: you go the extra mile. But now you have some 118 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: weeds popping up in your field, things you didn't sow. 119 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: You don't understand it. You raised your child right, but 120 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: he's gotten off. Course. You could blame yourself. What did 121 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: I do wrong? You didn't do anything wrong. The enemy 122 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: came in at night and sowed some weeds. Have you 123 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: worked hard in your business. They're early, stayed late. You've 124 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: done more than you have to, but you had a setback. 125 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: You lost a client, a competitor moved close, took some 126 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: of your business. You could be frustrated, wondering why this happened. 127 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: It's just a weed. The good news is the reason 128 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: you have weeds is because the enemy knows you're going 129 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: to have a great harvest. He wouldn't have snuck in 130 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: at night and planted the weeds if he didn't know. 131 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: Abundance is coming, healing is coming, promotion is coming, the 132 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: right people are coming. Don't get discouraged over the weeds. 133 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: That's a sign. That's something amazing is in your future. 134 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: When Joel, I was doing the right thing, but this 135 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: door closed. These people did me wrong. I came down 136 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: with this illness. Why did this happen? Have a new perspective. 137 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: The enemy would not have wasted his time sowing weeds 138 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: into your field if you weren't destined for greater things, 139 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: destined for new levels, destined to take your family where 140 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: they've never been. When the workers saw all the weeds, 141 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: they asked the farmer, should we go pull up these weeds? 142 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: He said no, If you pull up the weeds. You're 143 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: going to damage the weed. Let them grow together, and 144 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: when the harvest is ready, then they'll be separated. The 145 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: workers wanted to fix the problem. They wanted to help 146 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: get rid of these weeds. But this farmer said, leave 147 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: it alone. You didn't sow the weed. You don't have 148 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: to pull up the weed. If they would have been stubborn, 149 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: We're not gonna let these weeds stay. We're going to 150 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: fix this problem. If they had taken matters into their 151 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: own hands, they would have ruined the harvest. I can 152 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: imagine the farmer seeing those weeds every day. That had 153 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: to have bothered him. I don't like these weeds. Things 154 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: are out of order. People are going to think I'm lazy. 155 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: I'm not a good farmer. I need to make this right. 156 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: He had to fight. The temptation to pull up the 157 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: weeds was something he could have. He had the ability 158 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: to correct the problem, but he knew it would have 159 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: damaged his harvest. It takes faith to leave it alone. 160 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: When you take your hands off and not pull up 161 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: what you know you can fix, but you let God 162 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: take care of it. That's not a lack of faith. 163 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: That's great faith. When you can say, God, I trust 164 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: you with my weeds. I trust you with things I 165 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: don't understand. Not going to get in a hurry and 166 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: try to fix things that will damage my harvest. I'm 167 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: going to leave it alone. That's a powerful position. But 168 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: maybe today there are weeds in your life, things you 169 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: don't understand. You know you didn't sow it. The enemy 170 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: came in at night. You could live worried and feel 171 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,079 Speaker 1: this pressure to pull up the weeds and fix the problem, 172 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: change this person, manipulate this situation. There's an urgency saying 173 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: do it now. These weeds aren't right. God is saying 174 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: be still and let me take care of it. That's 175 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: not your battle. You didn't sow it. You don't have 176 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,199 Speaker 1: to pull it up. One of the greatest tests will 177 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: ever face is to be still and know that he 178 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: is God to leave things in his hands. One critical 179 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: thing said in this parable is if you don't leave 180 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 1: it alone, you're going to damage the harvest. Doing it 181 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: your way, forcing things, manipulating, striving, you may get something done, 182 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: but it will be less than God's best. You have 183 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: to know at the right time, when your harvest is ready, 184 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: God will take care of your weeds. He'll turn your 185 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: child around. He'll vindicate you in front of your enemies. 186 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: He'll promote you to levels you never saw coming. There 187 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: are a couple of situations I'm praying about now, believing 188 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: that they will turn around. There's this underlying pressure, this 189 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: feeling that, Joey, you need to make a decision right now. 190 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: You better take action. If you delay is to get worse. 191 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: The enemy would love to get us all worked up 192 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: to where you're in a hurry. There's this urgency you 193 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: have to do something now. Come on their weeds, popping 194 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: up your child, your finances, your hell. Sometimes we hear 195 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: that phrase do something less, you do nothing. That's not 196 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 1: always good advice. Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing. 197 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: You don't have to fix it today. You don't have 198 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: to decide this minute. You're not supposed to pull up 199 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: the weeds right now. Take all that pressure off. It's 200 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 1: very freeing when you say, God, my life is in 201 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: your hands. I trust you to take care of my weeds. 202 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna take matters into my own hands. I 203 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: know you're fighting my battles. I'm gonna be still and 204 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 1: know that you are God. When my father had a 205 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: big decision to make something that was concerning him, maybe 206 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: a problem where he didn't see a solution. Instead of 207 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: being pressured to make a move, he told how he'd 208 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: put that problem upon a shelf and pray about it. 209 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: Every voice would say, what are you gonna do? You 210 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: have to decide now? He would say, no, I'm gonna 211 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: wait on the Lord. This is not my battle. He's 212 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: taking care of my weeds. Over time, he would see 213 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: those situations work themselves out. Are there some things you 214 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: need to put on a shelf? You feel this pressure 215 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: to figure out things where there's no good solution, come 216 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: up with strategies, change things that only God can change. 217 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 1: That's not your job, and sometimes there's no logical solution. 218 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: God is going to supernaturally turn it around. If we 219 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 1: take matters into our own hands, we're going to be frustrated, 220 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 1: and too often we're fighting battles that we're not supposed 221 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: to fight. We're trying to pull up weeds. When God 222 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: said he'd be our gardener, he will take care of 223 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: the weeds. He has many advantages. One is he knows 224 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: when the harvest is ready. If you pull it up 225 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: too soon, that will lessen what God has for you. 226 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: His parable ends by saying, when it's the right time, 227 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: the farmer who represents God will separate the weeds from 228 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: the harvest. He'll bundle up all the weeds and throw 229 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: them into a fire. If you'll leave the weeds alone. 230 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: And then at the right time, you're gonna see some 231 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:24,679 Speaker 1: smoking weeds, things that have hindered you. I didn't say 232 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: you're gonna smoke weed, things that somebody got their word 233 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 1: from the Lord. You're gonna see some smoking weeds, things 234 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: that have hindered you, people that tried to stop you 235 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: closed doors. All those weeds are gonna go up and smoke. 236 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: God is gonna turn things around and make ways where 237 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: you don't see away. Here's the key. The reason God 238 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: is waiting to deal with those weeds is because your 239 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: harvest is going to be greater than you thought. God 240 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: could have pulled that weed earlier. But he has something 241 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: bigger than you've imagine. The question is, will you trust 242 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: him with your weeds. It's tempting to take matters into 243 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: our own hands. I got to pull up this weed. 244 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: Oh you prayed, you believed you've done what you can. 245 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,680 Speaker 1: God is saying, leave it alone. Let me take care 246 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: of it. When God brought the Israelites out of slavery, 247 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: they started toward the Promised Land, but the Pharaoh changed 248 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: his mind and came chasing after them with six hundred 249 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: of his strongest warriors and fastest chariots. The Israelites could 250 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: see them coming way off in the distance. They were 251 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: at a dead end at the Red Sea, and nowhere 252 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: to go. They begin to panic. So afraid and distraught, 253 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: they ran to Moses to get a plan. They said, 254 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: we have to do something right now. They're going to 255 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: be here by nightfall. We have a few hours to 256 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: come up with a strategy. They felt this pressure, this urgency. 257 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: They were on the verge of being recaptured. Moses said 258 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: in Exodus fourteen, here's what the Lord says. Our strategy 259 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: is stand still and you will see the salvation of 260 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: the Lord. Hold your peace, remain at rest, for the 261 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: Lord himself will fight for you. I'm sure they looked 262 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: at him and said, Moses, are you kidding us? These 263 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: powerful warriors are quickly approaching. You're telling us your strategy 264 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: is to do nothing, leave it alone. Can you go 265 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: back and get a second opinion. Moses said, no, we 266 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: didn't sow this weed. We don't have to pull up 267 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: this weed. This is not our battle. Proverb says, don't 268 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: say I'll get even for the wrong. Wait for the 269 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: Lord to handle the matter. If you'll wait, God will 270 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: vindicate you better than you can vindicate yourself. His solution 271 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: is better than your solution. Hold your peace, remain at rest. 272 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: You may not see anything happening, but God is up 273 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: to something. Now, as these two million people were camped 274 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: at the Red Sea, the scripture says, the Angel of 275 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: the Lord, who had been leading the Israelites, moved to 276 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: a position behind them. This thick cloud that was leading 277 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: them also moved behind them. It was between the Israelites 278 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: camp and the Pharaohs camp. Now, Pharaoh's army couldn't see 279 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: the Israelites. God had them hidden. The cloud was so 280 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: thick they couldn't travel through it. They didn't know where 281 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: they were. It looked like the Israelites were running out 282 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: of time. But God knows how to hide you. He 283 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: knows how to confuse your enemies. One minute, the Israelites 284 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: were right in front of them, the next moment they've disappeared. 285 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: That's when Moses raised the rod and the waters parted, 286 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: The Israelites walked through on dry ground. At that point 287 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: the cloud lifted, Thero's army came chasing. There they are, 288 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: but when they got in the sea, the waters closed 289 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: back up and they all drowned. What am I saying? 290 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: God knows how to take care of your weeds. If 291 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: you will stand and still, you will see Him show 292 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: out in your life. And I'm not saying be passive. 293 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: We need to pray, believe, do what you can. But 294 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 1: there comes a time where you have to turn it 295 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: over to God. Quit worrying about it, Quit trying to 296 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: make it happen, make people like you, make the door open, 297 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: make the business turn around, leave it alone. If you 298 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: try to do it in your own strength, it's gonna 299 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: be laboring in vain, a lot of work, frustration, disappointment. 300 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 1: Don't fall into that trap. God is in control. He 301 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: sees what you're going through. He knows who's not treating 302 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 1: you right. The doors that haven't opened, the child that's 303 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: breaking your heart have medical report and that's not good. 304 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: These are things that only God can change. It takes 305 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 1: all the pressure off to say God, I'm turning it 306 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: over to you. I'm gonna quit trying to force it. 307 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: Not gonna take matters into my own hands. God, I 308 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: trust you with my life. A friend of mine raised 309 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: his family in church, and they're great people, faithful and loving. 310 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: Their children were involved in the kids programs where they lived. 311 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: They went to the camps, and volunteered in their teens. 312 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 1: These parents did everything right, looked like a model family. 313 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 1: But in college, the son got involved with the wrong 314 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: people and started making bad decisions. He ended up dropping 315 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: out on drugs, getting into all kinds of trouble. He 316 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: got to the point where he'd barely even see his family. 317 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: This friend of mine, like any parent, was doing everything 318 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 1: he could to try to convince his son to get 319 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 1: back on track. And he had had so many heated 320 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 1: conversations where he had let him have it and try 321 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: to get through his stubbornness. But he realized the more 322 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: he did that, the worse it got. He was trying 323 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: to help, he had good intentions, but he was damaging 324 00:18:56,119 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: the relationship further. He finally did with this armor had 325 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,400 Speaker 1: to do. He said, God, I'm gonna leave it alone. 326 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: I can't change him, only you can. He and his 327 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: wife they kept praying, believing, declaring God's promises, but they 328 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: quit trying to force him to change and make him 329 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: do what's right. As a parent, he kind of felt 330 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: like he had failed. He tried to be a good 331 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,959 Speaker 1: example and tried to guide and teach his son. He 332 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 1: never dreamed it would turn out like this. But sometimes 333 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: the enemy comes in at night and sow's a weed. 334 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: There are things that don't make sense, that are not fair. 335 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 1: The good news is that's not how your story ends. 336 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: The enemy doesn't have the final say. He may sow 337 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: some seeds, but that does not stop your harvest. There 338 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: is a day coming when those weeds are going to 339 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: be pulled. God is faithful, He sees you doing the 340 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 1: right thing. Years went by him. They didn't see anything improving, 341 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 1: nothing was getting any better, but they just kept loving 342 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: their son, encouraging him. They send him to rehab again 343 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,199 Speaker 1: and again. Not long ago, he was watching her service 344 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: on television. He called his father and said, Dad, I 345 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: just prayed that prayer with Joel at the end of 346 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: the program. I'm turning my life back over to God. 347 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: These parents never saw it coming. We all have these 348 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: times where we find weeds, things popping up that we 349 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: didn't sew. We were being our best doing the right thing, 350 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: and how there's opposition, conflict at work, situation in our health, 351 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: set back in our finances. It's easy to get frustrated, 352 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: try to straighten people out, try to force the door 353 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: to open, defend ourself against what was said. That's when 354 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: you have to hold your peace, remain at rest, and 355 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: let God fight that battle. Sometimes the best strategy is 356 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: to do nothing, leave it alone. It can also be 357 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: the hardest strategy. We want to fix things, we want 358 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: to vindicate ourselves, we want to push that door open, 359 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 1: But you have to stand still to see the salvation 360 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,439 Speaker 1: of the Lord. If you'll not take matters into your 361 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 1: own hands, you'll see God do things that you could 362 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: never do. A couple of years after I started ministering, 363 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: the church began to grow and more and more people 364 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 1: were watching on television, and I was amazed at what 365 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 1: all was happening. I'd been behind the scenes all those 366 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: years and I didn't even know this was in me. 367 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: But with greater influence came more opposition. There were several 368 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: very well known people with large followings that didn't like 369 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 1: my message of hope, and they came out against me 370 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: very strongly and wrote articles and talked about me at 371 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: their meetings, and much of what they were saying wasn't accurate. 372 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: Human nature is. You want to get in there and 373 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: set the record straight. I thought, let me tell you 374 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 1: who I am. I'm not gonna let you mischaracterize me. 375 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 1: But deep down I could hear a it's the ell 376 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: small voice saying no, Joel, leave it alone. They don't 377 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: control your destiny. They're just a weed. But the enemy 378 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: would love to get us distracted fighting battles that don't matter. 379 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,439 Speaker 1: You don't have time to waste responding to people that 380 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 1: are never going to be for you. Some people are 381 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: determined to misunderstand you. They don't like the favor on 382 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: your life. They don't like the fact that you're happy, 383 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:30,159 Speaker 1: that you're blessed, you're successful. Don't spend your valuable time 384 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 1: dealing with a weed. The enemy wouldn't have sown the 385 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: weed if he didn't know you were a world changer, 386 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: a history maker, a giant killer. Ignore the weeds, don't 387 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 1: read the comments, don't dwell on what they said. If 388 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: I had not done what I'm asking you to do 389 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: and leave it alone, I wouldn't be up here today. 390 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: If I'd have tried to straighten everyone out, convince every 391 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: critic to change their mind, make them like me. I 392 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: wouldn't have had the energy, the crew, creativity, the anointing 393 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,400 Speaker 1: to do what God's called me to do. It's interesting 394 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: now years later, those that were so vocal against me 395 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: and had such a big platform, they're no longer around. 396 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: They had issues and made choices that have caused things 397 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 1: to fall apart, and it's too bad sort of. But 398 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:25,439 Speaker 1: my point is. My point is you're not supposed to 399 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: fight every battle. You won't reach your destiny dealing with 400 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: all the weeds when the enemy comes in at night 401 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: and sows weed in your good soil. Things that aren't 402 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: fair you don't understand. Don't panic, don't get upset. Let 403 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: God deal with the weeds. Life is too short, your 404 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 1: time too valuable, your assignment too important to spend it 405 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,479 Speaker 1: on things that don't matter. Are there some things today 406 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: that you know you need to leave alone? You're striving, 407 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 1: trying to force it, living stress, nothing's changing. Why don't 408 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,479 Speaker 1: you come back to a place of peace. You have 409 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: to give yourself permission to rest. This takes all the 410 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: pressure off that urgency that makes you feel like is 411 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: up to you to keep the world rotating, making everything happen. 412 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: God's in control. You keep honoring him, being your best, 413 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: and God will take care of your weeds. He'll bring 414 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: the right people, He'll open the right doors. He'll turn 415 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 1: your child around. He hasn't brought you this far to 416 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: leave you. Those weeds are not stopping your harvest. They're 417 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: a distraction to try to steal your peace. Get your 418 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: live all worked up, frustrated, bitter, Try a new strategy. 419 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: Leave it alone. You can go out of here today 420 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: a lot freer with that load lifted off of you. 421 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: Knowing that pulling weeds is not your job. Making everything 422 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: work out is not your assignment. You don't have to 423 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,880 Speaker 1: force the favor. When your harvest is ready, all the 424 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: forces of dartning cannot stop what God has for you. 425 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,919 Speaker 1: The reasons taken longer is because your harvest is bigger 426 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: than you think. What God has for you is going 427 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 1: to supersede what you have in mind. The question is 428 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: will you trust Him while you're waiting? Will you be 429 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: still and let him fight your battles if you'll leave 430 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: it alone, I believe and declare, like with the Israelites, 431 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: God is going to deliver you from powerful enemies, sickness, addictions, 432 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 1: debt people. He's about to turn your child around, break 433 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: strongholds that have held your family back. Freedom is coming, 434 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: Wholeness is coming, Abundance is coming, the fullness of your 435 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 1: destiny in Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can 436 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: you say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity 437 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 1: to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you 438 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,199 Speaker 1: pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 439 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 1: my sins in my heart. I make you my Lord 440 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 1: and Savior. If you've prayed that simple prayer, we believe 441 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: you got born again. We'd love to send you some 442 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: information on your new walk with the Lord. 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