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That's okay, you 41 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 2: don't have to see it. Don't get discouraged, don't start complaining. 42 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 2: God is working behind the scenes. He's about to make 43 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: things happen that you didn't see coming. It's going to 44 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: be unusual, out of the ordinary. You're going to know 45 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: it's the goodness of God. Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 46 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 47 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 2: the ministry. 48 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: If you enjoy today's message, don't you be a blessing 49 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: and share it with a friend. 50 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 51 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 2: your line. Will God bless you. It's a joy to 52 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 2: come into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 53 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: please stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 54 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 55 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 56 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 2: about this lady. She just got out of choir practice 57 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 2: and she was so fired up. She put a honk 58 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 2: if you love Jesus bumper sticker on her car. At 59 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 2: the intersection, she was digging in her purse and didn't 60 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 2: notice that the light changed. She said, I was so 61 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 2: excited to find out the god behind me loved Jesus. 62 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 2: He started honking, so I rolled my window down, wave 63 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 2: real big and told him I love Jesus too. She said. 64 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 2: I found out a whole lot of people love Jesus. 65 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 2: Everyone started honking. One man even screamed Jesus Christ. She said, 66 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 2: after we share all that love together, I was the 67 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 2: only one that made it through the intersection. Here we go. 68 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 69 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,679 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 70 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 71 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 72 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 73 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 74 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about be comfortable not knowing. 75 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 2: We all face situations where we don't see how they're 76 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 2: going to work out. We look at the facts, the figures, 77 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 2: the reports, the odds are against us. We do our 78 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: best to come up with a plan to find some 79 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 2: kind of solution. We think we have to have the 80 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: answer or it's not going to happen. But there are 81 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 2: some things God doesn't want us to know. He has 82 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 2: the solution. But if he showed you right now, it 83 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 2: wouldn't take any faith. If you could see how your 84 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: child is going to turn out, the doors God's going 85 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 2: to open for you, the favor, the provision, the healing, 86 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 2: it would be easy to believe. The test comes when 87 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 2: we don't know the answer, when we don't see how 88 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 2: it's going to happen. Thoughts, tell us, how are you 89 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 2: going to make it? After you retire. What if you 90 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 2: don't get that scholarship, What if your health doesn't improve? 91 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: The problem is sometimes there is no logical solution. The 92 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 2: more we try to reason it out, the more discourage 93 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: we get, thinking what am I going to do? But 94 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 2: this is what faith is all about. You have to 95 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 2: be comfortable not knowing. You don't have to figure it out. 96 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 2: You don't have to come up with the plan. It's 97 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 2: okay not to know. When Moses led the two million 98 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 2: Israelites out of slavery into the desert, they were headed 99 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: toward the Promised Land, very excited God had just brought 100 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 2: them out of years of captivity. I can imagine someone 101 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: asking Moses, where are we going to camp in the desert? 102 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 2: Moses said, I don't know. Where are we going to 103 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 2: get food? I don't know where is the water supply. 104 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 2: I don't know, Moses, what route are we going to take? 105 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 2: I don't know. They could have thought, Moses, what kind 106 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 2: of leader are you? But just because you don't know 107 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 2: doesn't mean God doesn't have a plan. Moses was comfortable 108 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 2: not knowing. He had such a trust in God he 109 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 2: didn't have to understand how everything was going to work out. 110 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 2: He didn't have to have all the details. He took 111 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 2: it one step at a time. And sometimes we think 112 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: it's a lack of faith to say I don't know. 113 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 2: We think we have to have it all figured out. 114 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 2: Take the pressure off. You don't have to know. God knows. 115 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 2: He has you in the palm of his hand. He's 116 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: directing your steps. The scripture says God has planned out 117 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,919 Speaker 2: all of your days. He has a blueprint for your life. 118 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 2: Here's the catch. God doesn't give us the details. If 119 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 2: he showed you all he has in store, you'd not 120 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 2: only be amazed, it would not only excite you, but 121 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 2: when you saw what it would take to get there, 122 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 2: the giants you're going to face, the closed doors, the 123 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 2: times you have to stretch, you might say, that's okay, God, 124 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 2: I'll stay where I am. One reason God doesn't show 125 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 2: us is he knows we would talk ourselves out of it. 126 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 2: When you can't figure out how something is going to 127 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:48,359 Speaker 2: work out, you start worrying, losing sleep. That's a sign 128 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 2: God doesn't want you to know. You have to be 129 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 2: comfortable not knowing. When you say, God, I don't see 130 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 2: how my business is going to make it. I don't 131 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 2: see how my face is going to be restored. I 132 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 2: don't know how I'm going to raise these children, but 133 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: I'm not going to live stressed worried. God, I trust 134 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 2: you when I don't see away. I trust you when 135 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 2: I don't have the answer, I realize I don't have 136 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: to know because you know and you control the universe. 137 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 2: That attitude of faith is what allows God to do 138 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 2: amazing things. See. The truth is God had the solution 139 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 2: before you had the problem. He could show you the details. 140 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: He could show you how it's going to resolve. If 141 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 2: he's not, then it's a test. He doesn't want you 142 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 2: to know right now. Will you trust him even when 143 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 2: you don't see how it could happen. I'm the type 144 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 2: of person that wants to know. I like to have 145 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 2: a plan. I'm detailed organized. I'm always trying to figure 146 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 2: things out when i don't see a way. I used 147 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 2: to get stressed. I was tempted to live up tight 148 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 2: and on edge. It's very free when you learn this 149 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 2: principle that there are some things we're not supposed to know. 150 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 2: It's okay to say, like Moses, i don't know how 151 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 2: it's going to work out, but I'm at peace. That's 152 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 2: not a lack of faith. It's just the opposite. You're 153 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 2: taking yourself off the throne and putting God back on 154 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 2: the throne. But when we're trying to figure everything out, 155 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 2: come up with our plan. If I can make this 156 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 2: happen and manipulate this situation, convince this person to like me. Really, 157 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 2: we're being God. As long as you're on the throne, 158 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 2: God will step back. But when you say, God, I 159 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 2: don't know how this is going to work out. But 160 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,439 Speaker 2: I'm not going to worry. I'm not going to keep 161 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 2: trying to figure it out. God. I trust you. I 162 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 2: know your plans for me are for good. When you're 163 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 2: comfortable not knowing, God will make things happened that you 164 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 2: couldn't make happen. When we acquired this building, the former 165 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 2: Compact Center, it was going to cost one hundred million 166 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 2: dollars to renovate. We had to put in our own 167 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 2: power plant and air conditioning system. And when I looked 168 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 2: at the numbers on paper, there was no way we 169 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 2: could raise those funds in that amount of time. We 170 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:27,199 Speaker 2: ran the projections, analyzed it. Even in the best case scenarios, 171 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 2: we were still millions short. Every day I was tempted 172 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 2: to worry every day, thought said, what are you going 173 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 2: to do? It's not going to work out. We had 174 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 2: already signed the loan, construction had already started on a 175 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,199 Speaker 2: certain date right before we moved in. We had to 176 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 2: make this large lump sum payment. We didn't have it. 177 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 2: There wasn't any sign we would get it. The closer 178 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 2: we came to that date, the more pressured I felt. 179 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 2: But when I was tempted to be stressed, I would 180 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 2: always come back to this fact. God, I know you 181 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 2: gave us this building. I saw you change council members 182 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 2: mind to vote for us that had been against us. 183 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 2: I know it was your favor that opened the door. 184 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 2: And I know you didn't bring us this far to 185 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,079 Speaker 2: leave us now. I don't know how it's going to happen, 186 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 2: but I'm okay not knowing how, because I know you 187 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 2: are still on the throne. Two weeks before the big 188 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 2: payment was due, we unexpectedly sold a piece of property. 189 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 2: We were told it would sell for a certain price. 190 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 2: It sold for almost twice that amount. It was the 191 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 2: hand of God stepping in at just the right time, 192 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 2: making a way. Well, we didn't see away. You may 193 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 2: have some things you don't understand, you can't figure out, 194 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 2: you don't see the answer. That's okay, you don't have 195 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 2: to see it. Don't get discouraged, don't start complaining. God 196 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 2: is working behind the scenes to make things happen that 197 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 2: you didn't see coming. It's going to be unusual, out 198 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 2: of the ordinary. You're going to know it's the goodness 199 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 2: of God. Moses didn't have all the answers. He didn't 200 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 2: know how the Israelites would make it through the desert. 201 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 2: But God gave them manna to eat each morning, something 202 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 2: like bread that formed on the ground. God brought water 203 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 2: out of a rock, unusual, uncommon. God brought the walls 204 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 2: of Jericho down, not by them fighting, but by them 205 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 2: simply marching around them. Supernatural provision, supernatural protection. What am 206 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 2: I saying, just because you don't have the answers doesn't 207 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 2: mean God is not going to show up and do 208 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 2: something amazing in your life. 209 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 5: Now. 210 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 2: My challenge is trust him when you don't understand. Be 211 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 2: comfortable not knowing. The scripture says, lean not to your 212 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 2: own understanding. Take this in the sinse. But sometimes you 213 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 2: have to turn your mind off. Don't try to figure 214 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 2: everything out. Yes, use wisdom, use common sense. But when 215 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 2: you start getting frustrated, you can't find a solution. You 216 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 2: attempted to live worried. That's a sign God doesn't want 217 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 2: you to know. My father pastored Lakewood for forty years. 218 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,839 Speaker 2: He never raised up a successor like most churches do. 219 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 2: He didn't have a committee go out and find the 220 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 2: next pastor. Deep down, I believe he knew what was 221 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 2: going to happen. He always wanted his family to take over, 222 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 2: but there wasn't anything formally put in place. When he 223 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 2: was in his seventies, people would ask him who's going 224 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 2: to take Lakewood? What's going to happen when you're gone. 225 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 2: My father would always tell them, I don't know what's 226 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,719 Speaker 2: going to happen, but I know this God is not 227 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,839 Speaker 2: going to let it go down. He would tell people, 228 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 2: it's not my church, it's God's share and I'm all 229 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 2: for having structure, having a plan, but God's ways are 230 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 2: not our ways. He doesn't do it the same way 231 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 2: every time. Sometimes he doesn't want you to know. It's 232 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,199 Speaker 2: a test of your faith. Will you trust him? Or 233 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 2: will you live worried, upset, wondering if it's ever going 234 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 2: to work out? When my father died. I had only 235 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 2: ministered one time the week before he passed, But when 236 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,599 Speaker 2: he went to be with the Lord, I knew I 237 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 2: was supposed to step up and pastor the church. I 238 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 2: never had the desire before, but suddenly God put that 239 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,599 Speaker 2: desire in me. Had my father tried to make me 240 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 2: the pastor before he died, I wouldn't have done it. 241 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 2: What may be the normal way may not be the 242 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 2: way God does it for you. God didn't show my 243 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 2: father who the next pastor was. He could have lived frustrated, 244 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 2: tried to make things happen, but my father was comfortable 245 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 2: not knowing. He knew God was in control. He trusted 246 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 2: his plan. God may not be showing you the future, 247 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 2: but that doesn't mean it's not going to turn out 248 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 2: better than you've imagined. I'm sure my father is looking 249 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 2: down from heaven now with a big smile, saying, look 250 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 2: what the Lord has done. It's more than he ever dreamed. 251 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 2: When you're comfortable not knowing, it saves you so much stress. 252 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 2: When you understand, if you can't figure something out, it's 253 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 2: because God doesn't want you to figure it out. Right now, 254 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 2: you can analyze the situation, reason it out worry for 255 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 2: six months nothing's going to change. It's much better to 256 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 2: say I don't have the answer, but I'm okay, because God, 257 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 2: I know you have the answer. Paul said in Romans 258 00:14:55,640 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 2: eight twenty six, we know not what to pray. Here's 259 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 2: a man that wrote almost half of the New Testament, 260 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 2: one of the most brilliant minds of his day. Yet 261 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 2: he said we know not. He was comfortable with what 262 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 2: he didn't know. He didn't see it as a lack 263 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 2: of faith to admit I don't have all the answers. 264 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 2: I don't know what to pray. I have uncertainty things, 265 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 2: I don't understand things, I don't know how they're going 266 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 2: to work out. The reason Paul could say this and 267 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 2: not be worried, bitter God, why isn't it happening? When 268 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 2: is it going to work out? Is found two verses later. 269 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 2: He said, in verse twenty six, we know not, But 270 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 2: in verse twenty eight he said, we know all things 271 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 2: work together for good to them that love the Lord. 272 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 2: The way you can say we know not and not 273 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 2: be worried is if you know all things are working 274 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 2: for your good. I know not how this is going 275 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 2: to work out, but I do know who's on the throne. 276 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 2: I do know who's directing our steps. I do know 277 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 2: who's planned out our days. Are you frustrated over what 278 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 2: you don't know, by what you can't figure out? Have 279 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 2: a new perspective, Even Paul said, I know not it's 280 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 2: okay to not have the answers. One time, Paul and 281 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 2: his friend Silas were in prison. They had been out 282 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 2: sharing the good news, hadn't done anything wrong, but people 283 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 2: stirred up opposition had them arrested. They were put in 284 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 2: the deepest part of the dungeon with shackles on their feet. 285 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 2: They didn't know if they'd ever get out, if they'd 286 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 2: have a fair trial, or if they'd be put to 287 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 2: death like the disciple James. They had all these questions 288 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 2: that they didn't have answers to things that were out 289 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 2: of their control. I'm sure thoughts told them it's not 290 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 2: going to turn out good. You've seen your best day. 291 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 2: They could have lived worried, bitter, frustrated, but at midnight, 292 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 2: instead of complaining, they were singing praises and giving thanks 293 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 2: to God. Their attitude was, we know not how this 294 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:18,120 Speaker 2: is going to work out, but we know this God 295 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 2: is in control. People can't stop our destiny. Him being 296 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 2: for us is more than the world being against us. 297 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 2: While where they were singing praises in the middle of 298 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 2: the night, suddenly there was a great earthquake. Prison doors 299 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 2: flung open, chains fell off their feet. They walked out 300 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 2: as free men. You may not see how your situation 301 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 2: can work out. The odds are against you. You've come 302 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 2: up with the different options. Nothing looks good to you. 303 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 2: You too could live frustrated, worried. No, be still and 304 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 2: know that he is God. You don't have to be God. 305 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 2: You don't have to figure it out. He's on the throne. 306 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 2: He has the solution. The reason we can't see it 307 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 2: is because we think natural. But God is supernatural. He's 308 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 2: going to make things happen out of the ordinary, things 309 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 2: that you can't see. It's very powerful when you can 310 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 2: say I know not where the finances are coming from, 311 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 2: I know not how my child is going to get 312 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 2: on course. I know not what the future holds. But 313 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 2: I do know. God is on the throne. He's fighting 314 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 2: my battles. His plans for me are for good. What 315 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 2: he started in my life he will finish. You don't 316 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 2: have to know how as long as you know who 317 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 2: is in control. That's when the creator of the universe 318 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 2: will open doors you couldn't open, break chains that have 319 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 2: held you back, bring dreams to pass that seem impossible 320 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:57,120 Speaker 2: when you know not do like Paul and Silas, don't 321 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 2: sit around depressed. Keep thanking God that he's working, keep 322 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 2: talking like it's on the way, keep that song of 323 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 2: praise in your heart, keep being good to people, keep 324 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 2: doing the right thing. Don't let what you don't know 325 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 2: and what you can't see keep your faith from being released. Well, 326 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 2: when we face these difficulties when we don't see an answer, 327 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 2: many times there's a voice constantly whispering, what are you 328 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 2: gonna do? What are you gonna do? Trying to pressure us, 329 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 2: get us to live up tight, stressed out. But when 330 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 2: you understand that you don't have to have the answer, 331 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 2: that it's not your job to figure it out. When 332 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 2: you're comfortable not knowing, it takes the pressure off. Someone 333 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 2: says to you, I heard about your problem. What are 334 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 2: you going to do? Our answer should be I don't know, 335 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 2: but I know the one who does. It's okay not 336 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 2: to know. You have to be at peace with what 337 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 2: you know, not if there's something you don't have an 338 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 2: answer to you in your health, your finances, your relationships. 339 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 2: You'd normally been worried trying to figure it out. Take 340 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 2: that same time and start thanking God that he's working. 341 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 2: Thank him that he's making your crooked place his strength. 342 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 2: Thinking that what's meant for harm he's turning to your advantage. 343 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 2: Thank him that all things are working for your good. 344 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 2: You weren't created to live up tight, worried, pressured. Sometimes 345 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 2: we're bringing this on ourselves, trying to figure something out 346 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 2: that God doesn't want us to figure out. Right now. 347 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 2: I met a man that had been in a legal 348 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 2: battle for over ten years. It involved several different parties. 349 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,239 Speaker 2: Things were moving so slowly. If it didn't turn out 350 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 2: in his favor, he was going to lose his freedom. 351 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 2: He went through every possible scenario for years. If he 352 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 2: wasn't at the office, he was at home working on 353 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 2: his case with his legal team. They didn't see how 354 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:02,439 Speaker 2: it could resolve in his favor. After about five years 355 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 2: of living stressed, worried, not enjoying his family, having this 356 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 2: hanging over his head, he did what I'm asking us 357 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 2: to do. He said, God, I don't see a solution. 358 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 2: I don't see a logical answer, So I'm going to 359 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 2: quit trying to figure it out. I'm going to stop worrying. God. 360 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 2: I'm turning this over to you. He took himself off 361 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 2: the throne and put God back on the throne. Instead 362 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 2: of worrying, he started thanking God that he was fighting 363 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 2: his battles and thanking him that no weapon formed against 364 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 2: him would prosper. About eight months ago, he received word 365 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 2: out of the blue that the other parties dropped the lawsuit. 366 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 2: All the complaints against him were dismissed. He said Joel, 367 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 2: I never even fathomed this. It wasn't even one of 368 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 2: my options. I was just praying that God would help 369 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,880 Speaker 2: me win the trial, that i'd have favor with the authorities. 370 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 2: God's ways are better than your ways. What God has 371 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 2: in mind is much better than what you have in mind. Now, 372 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 2: don't be discouraged by what you don't know, by what 373 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 2: you can't figure out. You don't know what God is 374 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 2: up to. It's going to surprise you. Like this man, 375 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 2: problems suddenly resolve in your favor. The medical report says 376 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 2: no way, but God makes a way. You don't see 377 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 2: how you could get out of debt, an explosive blessing, 378 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:35,360 Speaker 2: a contract, a promotion, something that thrust you ahead. It's 379 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 2: going to happen out of the ordinary. That's why you 380 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,439 Speaker 2: can't see it now, that's why you can't find the answer. 381 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 2: God's going to do it a supernatural way. You're going 382 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 2: to see the exceeding greatness of his favor, something that 383 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 2: you weren't expecting. God told Abraham to leave his country 384 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 2: and go to a land that he would show him. 385 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 2: It's interesting that God did and tell him where. I 386 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 2: can imagine. Abraham told his wife Sarah that they were moving. 387 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 2: Sarah said, great, that's exciting. Where are we going? Abraham said, 388 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 2: I don't know. Well what should I wear? I don't 389 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 2: know what's the weather going to be like? I don't know. 390 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 2: Abraham would have never become the father of our faith 391 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 2: if he had not been comfortable not knowing. When you 392 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 2: study the other heroes of faith, you'll see how many 393 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 2: times they had to say, we know not, David, I 394 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,880 Speaker 2: know not how I'm going to defeat this giant. He's 395 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 2: twice my size, but I know the Lord is on 396 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 2: my side. Joseph sitting in a pit, betrayed by his family. 397 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 2: I know not how I'm going to lead a nation 398 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 2: like the dream God gave me. But God, I trust 399 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:59,479 Speaker 2: your plan. The way they stayed in faith is they 400 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 2: knew verse twenty eight, so to speak, that all things 401 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 2: were working for their good. When they didn't have the answers, 402 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 2: they believed that God was still in control. God gave 403 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 2: Abraham the promise that he and his wife Sarah were 404 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 2: going to have a baby when they were way too old. 405 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 2: Years passed with no sign of a child. Every circumstance 406 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 2: said it was impossible, but Abraham understood this principle. He said, 407 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 2: in effect, we know not how it can happen. There's 408 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 2: no way in the natural. But God, we trust you. 409 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 2: We believe what you promised will come to pass. Sarah 410 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 2: gave birth at ninety years of age. God did more 411 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 2: than they dreamed. That little baby. They named him Isaac. 412 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 2: He grew to a young man, and God told Abraham 413 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 2: to take him on top of a mountain and sacrifice him. 414 00:24:55,840 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 2: They traveled three days finally arrived at the location. Isaac said, Dad, 415 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 2: we have the fire, we have the wood, but where 416 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 2: is the sacrifice. Abraham said, the Lord will provide. It 417 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 2: didn't make sense that God would give Abraham a son, 418 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 2: this child he waited so long for, and then tell 419 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 2: him to take his life. Don't you know? Abraham didn't understand, 420 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 2: no doubt, He was confused, he had uncertainty. But his 421 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 2: attitude was, God, I don't know what you're doing, but 422 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 2: I trust you. This is a key to faith. Trusting 423 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:38,880 Speaker 2: when you don't understand, Trusting when you don't have the answers. 424 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 2: Trusting when it seems like just the opposite of what 425 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 2: you were hoping for. This is when it's easy to 426 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 2: get negative, critical God wire, isn't it working out? Not 427 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 2: knowing is a test what you do when you don't 428 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 2: know when it seems impossible. That determines what God does. 429 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 2: Abraham was about to sacrifice his son when an angel 430 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 2: suddenly stopped him. He looked over and saw a ram 431 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 2: caught in the bush. Rams don't normally go that high 432 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 2: up in the mountain. Abraham sacrifice the ram instead of 433 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 2: his son. He named that place Jehovah Jihrah. That means 434 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 2: the Lord, our provider, God is showing us. When you 435 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 2: pass the test of not knowing, supernatural provision is coming. 436 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:36,719 Speaker 2: You may be where Abraham was, God's promised you something, 437 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 2: but it's been a long time. Seems like it's too late. 438 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 2: You don't see how you could have the baby, how 439 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,919 Speaker 2: you could get well, or see how you could accomplish 440 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 2: the dream. You don't have to see it for God 441 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 2: to do it. You don't have to have all the answers. 442 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 2: What God has spoken over your life is still on 443 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 2: the way, just like that ram was way up in 444 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 2: the mountain. God has provision coming for you, something that 445 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 2: wouldn't normally happen, something out of the ordinary. Favor, promotion, 446 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 2: divine connections because you trusted when you didn't understand, God's 447 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 2: going to do things for you that you can't explain. 448 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 2: Promotion that you didn't work for it. Having a baby 449 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 2: when you were told is too late. Getting well when 450 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 2: the medical report says you were done, seeing your business 451 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 2: take off, seeing your family restored. What is that the 452 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 2: ram in the thicket? When you obey without the details, 453 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,640 Speaker 2: When you stay in faith, when you don't see any 454 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 2: sign of the answer, when you believe when every thought 455 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 2: tells you there's no way life with Abraham, God will 456 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 2: show out in your life. He'll cause you to defy 457 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 2: the odds to go places you couldn't go on your own. 458 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 2: Now I'm asking you to be comfortable not knowing. Quit 459 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 2: worrying about those things you can't figure out. God has 460 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 2: you in the palm of his hand. There may be 461 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 2: some things you have to say. I know not, but 462 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 2: don't stop. There go two more verses and say with Paul, 463 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 2: I know all things are working for my good. If 464 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 2: you'll do this, I believe and declare you're about to 465 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 2: see this supernatural provision, supernatural protection, favor, healing, divine connections. 466 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 2: God is not going to just bring promises to pass. 467 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 2: But like that man I talked about, it's going to 468 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 2: turn out better than you imagined in Jesus' name if 469 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 2: you receive it. Can you say amen? 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