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When you travel steadily, You're going to 40 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 4: come into blessings and favor because of your faithfulness, not 41 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 4: because you have great talent, great courage, great faith, but 42 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 4: because you keep doing the thing. Hi, this is Joel 43 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 4: and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. We enjoy spending 44 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 4: this time with you. I know you're going to leave 45 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 4: encouraged and inspired. 46 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 5: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 47 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 5: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 48 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 4: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 49 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. God bless you. It's great to have 50 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 4: you with us today. I hope you'll stay connected with 51 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 4: us throughout the week. We have a new daily podcast. 52 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 4: You can listen to the messages anytime, or you can 53 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 4: go to our YouTube channel, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, 54 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 4: But thanks again for tuning in. I like to start 55 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 4: with something funny, and I heard about this mother. One 56 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 4: Sunday morning, she went to her son's bedroom and said, son, 57 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 4: wake up, it's time to go to church. He said, no, Mom, 58 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 4: I'm not going to church today. She said why not? 59 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 4: He said, I'll give you two good reasons. Number one, 60 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 4: I don't like the people, and number two, they don't 61 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,119 Speaker 4: like me. She said, all right, I'll give you two 62 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 4: better reasons why you should go. Number one, you're forty 63 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 4: nine years old, and number two, you're the pastor say 64 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 65 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 4: am what it says I am. I have what it 66 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 4: says I have, I can do what it says I 67 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 4: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 68 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 4: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 69 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 70 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 71 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 4: travel steadily. We all have things that we're waiting on. 72 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 4: Waiting for a dream to come to pass, waiting for 73 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 4: a health to improve, waiting to meet the right person. 74 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 4: When it's taken longer than we thought, we don't see 75 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 4: anything changing. It's easy to get discouraged and think that 76 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 4: it's not meant to be. But David said in Psalm 77 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 4: thirty seven, don't be impatient for the Lord to act. 78 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 4: Travel steadily along his path. He will honor you and 79 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 4: give you the land. Just because it hasn't happened yet 80 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 4: doesn't mean that it's not going to happen. What God 81 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 4: promised you is still en route. The waiting period is 82 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 4: simply a test. Are you going to get discouraged and 83 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 4: quit believing? Or are you going to keep traveling steadily, 84 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 4: keep praying, keep thanking God, keep being your best at work, 85 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 4: keep being good to other people. There's power in doing 86 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 4: the right thing consistently. You're not moved by what's not changing. 87 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 4: You consistently have a good attitude. You're not up one 88 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 4: day and down two days. You're consistently in a good mood. 89 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 4: You don't work hard for a month and then slack 90 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 4: off the next month. You're consistently excellent. Everything may not 91 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 4: be perfect. You're dealing with challenges, but you're not complaining. 92 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 4: You're consistently thanking God, consistently declaring his promises, consistently expecting 93 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 4: his favor. That's what it means to travel steadily. God 94 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 4: never promised things would turn around instantly, and promises would 95 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 4: come to pass in two weeks. There will be a 96 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 4: waiting period. Don't be impatient. God rewards faithful people, people 97 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 4: that keep doing the right thing, and the only thing 98 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 4: that's holding some people back is the consistency. What would 99 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 4: happen if you would consistently get to work on time, 100 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 4: consistently treat your spouse with respect, consistently exercise, or consistently 101 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 4: put God first place. When you're consistent, you're not ruled 102 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 4: by your feelings. Feelings will be up one day and 103 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 4: down the next. Feelings want to tell people off. Feelings 104 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 4: want to eat the whole gallon of ice cream. Feelings 105 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 4: want to sit around in self pity. Don't let those 106 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 4: feelings run your life. You have a destiny to fulfill, 107 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 4: an assignment for you to accomplish, you have to put 108 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 4: your foot down and say, feelings, you are not going 109 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 4: to control me. I'm in control. I'm going to make 110 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 4: decisions that honor God. I'm going to do the right 111 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 4: thing when it's hard. I'm going to go to work 112 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 4: when I don't feel like it. I'm going to treat 113 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 4: these people with respect even though they don't deserve it. 114 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 4: If you will keep traveling steadily, being consistent, you're going 115 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 4: to see God show out in your life. Paul said 116 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 4: in First Corinthians, we should always be abounding in the 117 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 4: work of the Lord. What can you say about yourself 118 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 4: that's always? Are you always worried, always late, always hot tempered? 119 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 4: Why don't you change those always? If you're consistent in 120 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 4: the wrong areas, it will keep you from your destiny. 121 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 4: I know people. Their circumstances aren't perfect, they have challenges, 122 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 4: but they're always joyful, always encouraging, always at church, always 123 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 4: helping others. They made this choice that they're going to 124 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 4: travel steadily. God has awesome things in your future, but 125 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 4: the only way you'll see them is if you keep 126 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 4: being consistent, not moved by what's not happening, not discouraged 127 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 4: because it's taking longer, not slacking off because you don't 128 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 4: see any sign of it. When you travel steadily. You're 129 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 4: going to come into blessings and favor because of your faithfulness, 130 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 4: not because you have great talent, great courage, great faith, 131 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 4: but because you keep doing the right thing. Many of 132 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 4: you have been doing this. You've consistently made decisions that 133 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 4: honor God, sacrificing to raise those children, putting your own 134 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 4: dream on hold. You've stayed faithful in that marriage that's difficult. 135 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 4: You've been your best at that job, going the extra mile. 136 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 4: You've done the right thing, But you haven't seen what's 137 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 4: in your heart. Your time is coming. God is about 138 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 4: to do something unused promotion that thrusts you to a 139 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 4: new level. That problem you've struggled with for years is 140 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 4: about to suddenly turn around. It's going to happen sooner 141 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 4: than you think because you stayed faithful, consistent. The scripture 142 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 4: says God is going to give you the land. You're 143 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 4: not going to have to make it happen. Blessings are 144 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 4: going to find you. The right people are going to 145 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 4: track you down. Healing is going to come knocking at 146 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 4: your door. Don't be impatient for God to act. Those 147 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 4: dreams He's placed in your heart are still on the schedule. 148 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 4: Those promises he's whispered to you in the night, they're 149 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 4: still in your future. And sometimes the reason it's taking 150 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 4: so long is what God has for you is bigger 151 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 4: than you've imagined. He's getting you prepared to carry the 152 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 4: weight of the blessing, the weight of the influence. As 153 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 4: you keep traveling steadily, you're getting stronger. Your faith is growing, 154 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 4: your character is being developed. This is what David did. 155 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 4: At seventeen years old. He was out in the shepherd's fields, 156 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 4: taking care of his father's sheep, just minding his own business. 157 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 4: When he was called in to his father's house, the 158 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 4: prophet Samuel chose him out of his seven other brothers 159 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 4: to become the next king of Israel. What's interesting is 160 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 4: David didn't go to the palace that day. He didn't 161 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 4: step into leadership. They didn't put a royal robe on him. 162 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 4: He went back to the shepherd's fields. When God gives 163 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 4: you a promise, there will always be a waiting period. 164 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 4: What we do while we're waiting will determine whether the 165 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 4: promise will come to pass if we wait. Discouraged, upset, 166 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 4: why is this taking so long? We're going to get 167 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:53,719 Speaker 4: stuck where we are. David was anointed, but he wasn't appointed. 168 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 4: He had to go through this season of proving, a 169 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 4: season of testing. Will you do that right thing when 170 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 4: you're not getting your way? Will you keep serving others 171 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 4: when you know you have more in you. David could 172 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 4: have slacked off, taken the easy way out. Nobody was 173 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 4: watching him in the shepherd's fields, but David understood this principle. 174 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 4: To see promises come to pass, you have to keep 175 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 4: traveling steadily. You have to do the right thing when 176 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,319 Speaker 4: nobody is watching. You have to be your best when 177 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 4: you're not getting the credit. You have to thank God 178 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 4: even though doors are not opening. Month after month, David 179 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 4: kept taking care of those sheep, fighting off wild animals, 180 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 4: making sure they were fed and protected. His father didn't 181 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 4: invite him into the house when Samuel first came. David 182 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 4: didn't get bitter. He didn't have a chip on his shoulder. 183 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 4: He shook it off and kept traveling forward. His brothers 184 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 4: made fun of him when he took him their lunch. 185 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 4: They tried to make him feel small. David didn't take 186 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 4: the bank. He walked away. After David defeated Goliath, King 187 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 4: Saul was jealous and tried to kill David, chased him 188 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 4: through the desert. It was unfair, but David didn't try 189 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 4: to get revenge. He could have killed Saul, but he 190 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 4: wouldn't do it. He wasn't impatient for God to act. 191 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 4: He knew if he would keep traveling steadily, doing the 192 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 4: right thing, God would give him the throne. Thirteen years 193 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 4: after David was anointed, King Saul was killed in a 194 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 4: battle and David became king. When God puts a promise 195 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 4: in your heart, no matter who tries to stop you, 196 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 4: no matter how big the giants are, no matter how 197 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 4: unfair it is or how long it's been, if you'll 198 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 4: just keep traveling, steadily, passing the test, not bitter because 199 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 4: people did you wrong, not giving up because it's taken 200 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 4: a long time, not slacking all because things aren't improving, 201 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 4: then like David, God is going to give you the land. 202 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 4: He's going to move the wrong peace out of the way. 203 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 4: He'll give you favor to defeat giants. He'll make ways 204 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 4: where you don't see away. The key is don't be impatient. 205 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 4: It may not happen as fast as you would like 206 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 4: while you're waiting. That's a test. David had to prove 207 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 4: to God that he would be faithful taking care of 208 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 4: sheep before God would trust him to take care of 209 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 4: his people. And those times where you're doing the right 210 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 4: thing but nothing is improving, that's a proving season. You 211 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 4: have to show God that you're not going to get discouraged. 212 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 4: You're not going to give up on your dream. You're 213 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 4: not going to let what didn't work out cause you 214 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 4: to lose your passion. Like David, you may know you're anointed. 215 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,199 Speaker 4: God has put promises in your heart. He's spoken things 216 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 4: to you, but you're not appointed yet. You're in that 217 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 4: season where you're in the shepherd's field. Nothing is happening. God. 218 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 4: You said you would restore health unto me still struggling 219 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 4: with this sickness. You said I would lend and not borrow, 220 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,959 Speaker 4: but I can barely get ahead. You said you'd give 221 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 4: me beauty for these ashes, but no new doors are opening. 222 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 4: It's easy to get discouraged, but if you're going to 223 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,959 Speaker 4: go from anointed to appointed, you have to keep thanking 224 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 4: God when you don't see anything happening, praising when you 225 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 4: could be complaining, coming to church when you feel like 226 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 4: staying home, being good to people that are not being 227 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 4: good to you. If you'll not be moved by what's 228 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 4: not working out, but you keep doing the right thing, 229 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 4: then you're going to go from anointed to appointed. You're 230 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 4: going to come out of the shepherd's fields into the 231 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 4: fullness of what God has in store. My father started 232 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 4: Lakewood in nineteen fifty nine with ninety people. He had 233 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 4: traveled overseas and held meetings with thousands of people, seen 234 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 4: great favor, but he knew he was supposed to come 235 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 4: back and past through these ninety people. God put a 236 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 4: big dream in his heart. He believed one day Lakewood 237 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 4: would have thousands and impact the world. My father was 238 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 4: a great minister, a great leader. But what's interesting is 239 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 4: Lakewood didn't grow. Year after year went by, still ninety people. 240 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 4: My father could have been discouraged. God, you put bigger 241 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 4: things in my heart, Why am I not seeing increase? Instead, 242 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 4: he preached to those ninety people like he was preaching 243 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 4: to thousands, not just once a week Sunday morning, Sunday night, 244 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 4: Wednesday night. He was faithful. He wasn't moved by what 245 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 4: wasn't changing. He didn't get sour because he wasn't seeing increase. 246 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 4: He just kept traveling, steadily, consistently, doing the right thing. 247 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 4: In nineteen seventy three, it was like God opened up 248 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 4: a fawcet. People started coming to Lakewood from all over 249 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 4: the city. It grew to a church of many thousands. 250 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 4: But those thirteen years my father didn't s any growth. 251 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 4: They were very important years. They were years of testing, 252 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 4: years of proving God was seeing what my father was 253 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 4: made of. What was he going to do when things 254 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 4: weren't going his way? What kind of attitude would he 255 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:18,479 Speaker 4: have when he wasn't seeing increase? Would he get discouraged, 256 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 4: give up, try something else? If you're not faithful in 257 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 4: the wilderness, how can God trust you to be faithful 258 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 4: in the promised land. Maybe you're doing the right thing 259 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 4: but not seeing any growth. You're praying, believing, working hard, 260 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 4: but things aren't improving. If my father was here, he 261 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 4: would tell you, don't get discouraged by what's not changing. 262 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 4: Don't slack off because it hasn't happened yet. Keep doing 263 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 4: the right thing consistently, God has not forgotten about you. 264 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 4: What He's promised is still in your future. Past. The 265 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 4: faithfulness test prove to him that you're not going to quit, 266 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 4: You're not going to get sour, You're not going to 267 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 4: get talked out of it. If you'll keep traveling steadily, 268 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 4: God will give you the land. It's going to be 269 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 4: easier than you thought. Yes, the waiting can be difficult, 270 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 4: but when you come into favor, things are going to 271 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 4: fall into place. Promotion, healing, increase that will thrust you 272 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 4: to a new level. A while back, there was this 273 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 4: challenge I was dealing with. It had to do with 274 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 4: our ministry and what we were going to do in 275 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 4: the future. I couldn't figure out how it was going 276 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 4: to work out. I studied it and made phone calls, 277 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 4: got other people's advice, but there was still no solution. 278 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 4: Every time it came to my mind, it kind of 279 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 4: bothered me. I thought, what are we going to do? 280 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 4: I was tempted to live, stressed and worried. Finally, I said, God, 281 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 4: I'm turning this over to you. I can't make this 282 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 4: work out my way, but I know you already have 283 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 4: a solution, so I'm not going to live uptight. I'm 284 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 4: going to just keep being my bad as honoring you 285 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 4: every time I was tempted to worry. Father, Thank you 286 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 4: that my life is in your hands. Thank you that 287 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 4: you're making my crooked places straight. Sometimes we're frustrated because 288 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 4: we're trying to control things that only God can control. 289 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 4: We're trying to figure something out that there is no 290 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 4: answer to right now. That's when we get frustrated, can't 291 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 4: sleep at night. The good news is God doesn't ask 292 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 4: us to figure everything out. You have to know what's 293 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 4: your job and what's God's job. Our job is to believe. 294 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 4: Our job is to thank God. Our job is to 295 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:45,479 Speaker 4: walk in obedience. The scripture says God will work out 296 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 4: his plan for our lives. God's job is to work 297 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 4: things out that we can't work out. You're not on 298 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 4: your own. The creator of the universe is working out 299 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,880 Speaker 4: his plan for your life. His job is to open 300 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 4: doors we can't open. His job is to part red seas. 301 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 4: His job is to heal sick bodies. His job is 302 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 4: to make things happen that we can't make happen. Are 303 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 4: you frustrated because you're trying to do God's job? Take 304 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 4: the pressure off You don't have to make everything happen. 305 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 4: You just have to keep traveling steadily, staying faithful, being 306 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 4: good to people, keeping God first place. About two months ago, 307 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 4: I was at the church and a staff member was 308 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 4: passing by. He said, I meant to tell you that 309 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 4: thing that we were working on we figured it out. 310 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 4: I said, what do you mean. He said, I'll show you. 311 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 4: I went in and looked at it. It was perfect. 312 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 4: Couldn't have been any better. I thought this was going 313 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 4: to be an ongoing challenge where it would take all 314 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 4: this extra effort and energy on my part. But then 315 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 4: without me even working on it, things fell into place. 316 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 4: I never dreamed it would be that. Ea, that's what 317 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 4: the scripture says. If you'll keep traveling steadily, God will 318 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 4: give you the land. That means you don't have to struggle, strive, 319 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 4: manipulate things, try to force it to work out. It's 320 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,120 Speaker 4: going to be easier than you think. Things are going 321 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 4: to fall into place. The right doors open, the right 322 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 4: people show up, the school calls you with the scholarship. 323 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 4: The medical report suddenly turns around. In the scripture, Joseph 324 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,360 Speaker 4: was engaged to a young lady named Mary. An angel 325 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 4: appeared to her and said she was going to have 326 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 4: a baby without knowing a man, and they were to 327 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 4: name him Jesus. You can imagine how Joseph must have 328 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 4: felt when Mary told him she was pregnant, not with 329 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 4: his baby, but with the Messiah. I'm sure he thought, yeah, right. 330 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 4: He was going to quietly call off the engagement. But 331 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 4: that night, an angel appeared to him in a dream. 332 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 4: He told Joseph that what Mary said was that he 333 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 4: was to go ahead with the marriage. Joseph could have 334 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 4: backed out, thought, God, I didn't sign up for this. 335 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 4: I don't want my reputation ruined. Find somebody else. But 336 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 4: Joseph did what the angel said. It was prophesied that 337 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 4: Jesus would be born in Bethlehem. The Roman emperor decided 338 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 4: to take a census. Everyone had to go to their hometown. 339 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 4: Joseph was from Bethlehem. He loaded up Mary on a donkey. 340 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 4: She was nine months pregnant. They traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem. 341 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 4: Would be one thing if this was across town, but 342 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 4: this was a ninety mile journey. It would take about 343 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 4: ten days. I've seen what it's like for Victoria to 344 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 4: be pregnant. How uncomfortable, especially toward the end, her back 345 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 4: was hurting, feet swelling. I can't imagine telling her, at 346 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:56,199 Speaker 4: nine months pregnant, Honey, to fulfill prophecy, we have to 347 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 4: get on a donkey and go ninety miles. I think 348 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 4: I would be hearing Welcome to Heaven. Sometimes God asks 349 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 4: us to do things that are difficult. Mary could have said, 350 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 4: not getting on that donkey. It's too bumpy, my feed hurt. 351 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 4: You can go by yourself. But you never read where 352 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 4: Mary complained. You never read where Joseph was sour. They 353 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 4: just kept traveling, steadily, doing what God asked them to do, 354 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 4: day after day, getting on the donkey, dealing with the heat, 355 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 4: finding the place to sleep at night. God only spoke 356 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 4: to them one time this whole trip, ninety miles. God 357 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 4: never said anything. Would have been much easier if the 358 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 4: angel would have come back and said, you're doing great. 359 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 4: Keep going to Bethlehem. You're right on track. It's easy 360 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 4: to follow God when you hear him speaking. You have 361 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 4: clear direction. Things are going your way. But the real 362 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 4: test is how do you respond when God is silent, 363 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 4: you don't hear anything. You do it the right thing, 364 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 4: but it's not improving. You're being your best, but doors 365 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 4: aren't opening. Months have gone by, maybe years, and you 366 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 4: don't hear anything. Here's the key. Keep doing the last 367 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 4: thing God told you to do. Keep being consistent, keep 368 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 4: being faithful. Joseph and Mary finally arrived at Bethlahem. I 369 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 4: can imagine it was late at night. Mary was getting 370 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 4: close to having the baby. Joseph walked up to the 371 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 4: end the hotel. He said, Mary, wait here, I'll go 372 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 4: arrange a room. The innkeeper said, I'm sorry, sir, we're full. 373 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 4: We have no more room. Joseph could have thought, God, 374 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 4: you said come to Bethlahem. You said this was your baby. 375 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 4: Why is nothing working out? Instead, Joseph went back out 376 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 4: told Mary to get back on the donkey. They were tired, disappointed, uncomfortable, 377 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 4: but they just kept traveling steadily. God rewards faithful people, 378 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 4: people that don't don't give up, people that don't let 379 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 4: a disappointment cause them to be sour, people that don't 380 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 4: let us set back a loss, a delay to stop 381 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 4: their destiny when things happen that we don't understand. Our 382 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 4: attitude should be Father, thank you that you are working 383 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 4: out your plan for my life. You are ordering my steps. 384 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 4: You are opening doors that no man can shut. Thank 385 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 4: you that you'll get me to where I'm supposed to be. 386 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,719 Speaker 4: Don't let a bad break, a delay, a pandemic, a 387 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 4: person that did you wrong cause you to quit believing 388 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 4: for your dreams and quit pursuing what God put in 389 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 4: your heart. You are full of can do power. The 390 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 4: same spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives in you. 391 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 4: You are not weak. You are a warrior. Now dig 392 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 4: your heels in and be consistent. Not just when everything 393 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 4: is going your way, not just when there's room at 394 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 4: the end. Business is flourishing, but when the door closes, 395 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 4: when the contract doesn't go through, when the journey is 396 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 4: longer than you thought. God is looking for people that 397 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 4: are determined, people that have stammin out. You can't be 398 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 4: weak and reach your destiny. You can't be half hearted 399 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 4: and become who you were created to be. God will 400 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 4: be silent at times you don't hear anything. Things are 401 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 4: not improving. You're on that donkey, so to speak. Doors 402 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 4: aren't opening. What are you to do? Keep being faithful, 403 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 4: keep getting to work on time, keep singing in the choir, 404 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 4: keep being good to those neighbors, keep thanking God when 405 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 4: you feel like complaining. If it was going to happen instantly, 406 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 4: you wouldn't need any faith. Don't be impatient for God 407 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 4: to act. Just because the end is full doesn't mean 408 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 4: there's not a place for your baby to be born. 409 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,679 Speaker 4: Just because you've had a setback, somebody walked away, the 410 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 4: medical report isn't good, doesn't mean that your dream is 411 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 4: not going to come to pass what God promised. You 412 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 4: cannot be stopped by people, by circumstances, by bad breaks. 413 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 4: God wouldn't have allowed the end to be full if 414 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 4: he didn't have something better. My question is are you 415 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 4: going to keep traveling steadily? Are you going to keep believing, 416 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 4: keep praying, keep doing the right thing. Joseph and Mary 417 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 4: packed up, got back on the donkeys, disappointed, but still 418 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 4: moving forward, Tired, hungry, back, hurting, but still traveling steadily. 419 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,439 Speaker 4: Joseph looked up and saw this old barn where they 420 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 4: kept animals. Wasn't a nice hotel, didn't have a bellman 421 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 4: out front, no room service, just a manger where the 422 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 4: sheep rest. It wasn't what they had in mind. But 423 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 4: God doesn't always do things the way we have planned. 424 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 4: His ways are not our ways. If you don't stay open, 425 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 4: you'll be frustrated because they wouldn't let you in, upset 426 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 4: because the door didn't open. Can I tell you God 427 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 4: knows what he's doing. When it's time to birth your baby, 428 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 4: all the forces of darkness cannot keep you out. There 429 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,199 Speaker 4: will be a place for you to shine, for you 430 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 4: to flourish, for you to show this world what God 431 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 4: put in you. Now, quit worrying about who wouldn't let 432 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 4: you in, why this didn't work out. It wasn't fair. 433 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 4: You weren't supposed to be in the end. They weren't 434 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 4: supposed to have room for you. Your blessing is not in 435 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 4: the end. It's in the manger. Your increase, your favor, 436 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 4: your abundance is not in where you've been. It's in 437 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 4: where God is taking you. It's not in where you 438 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 4: were left out. It's in where you're going. Now do 439 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 4: your part and start moving forward in faith. Not bitter 440 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 4: over disappointments, not discourage over what didn't work out, Not 441 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 4: upset because it's taken longer, there were delays and detours. 442 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 4: God is saying, if you'll keep traveling, steadily, being faithful 443 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 4: when nobody is noticing, doing the right thing when it's uncomfortable, 444 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 4: not complaining because you don't see things changing. Then you're 445 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,959 Speaker 4: going to give birth to dreams bigger than you've imagined. 446 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:30,360 Speaker 4: God's going to do uncommon, unusual, extraordinary things. The night 447 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 4: Mary gave birth, there were shepherds out in a field. 448 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 4: An angel appeared to them and said, I have good news. 449 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 4: The Messiah has been born in Bethlehem. This is how 450 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 4: you will recognize him. You will find him lying in 451 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 4: a manger. If the innkeeper had not turned Jesus away, 452 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 4: he wouldn't have been in the manger. The shepherds wouldn't 453 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 4: have found him. The inn was supposed to be full. 454 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 4: The innkeeper was supposed to not let them in. Nothing 455 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 4: that happens to you is a surprise to God. He's 456 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,640 Speaker 4: ordering your steps. If the door closed, it was supposed 457 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 4: to close. If the person walked away, they were supposed 458 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 4: to walk away. Don't get bitter, Keep traveling steadily, keep 459 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 4: doing the right thing, Keep being good to people, keep expecting, 460 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 4: keep believing. When you get to your manger, so to speak, 461 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 4: the shepherds are going to find you. The blessings, the healing, 462 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 4: the promotion will come to you. Now, my challenge, stay consistent, 463 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 4: don't be ruled by your feelings. Make up your mind. 464 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 4: You're not going to be moved by what's not changing. 465 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 4: Not discouraged over how long it's taking. You're going to 466 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 4: keep doing the right thing. Prove to God that you're 467 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 4: going to be faithful if you'll keep traveling, steadily, honoring God, 468 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 4: making good decisions. I believe and declare God is about 469 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 4: to give you the land. He's about to open new doors, 470 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 4: bring new opportunities. Problems are about to turn around, healing freedom, 471 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 4: favor the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus's name. I'd 472 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 4: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 473 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 4: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 474 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 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