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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friends. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 4: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 39 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 4: come into your homes, and if you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 4: please stop by. I promise you we will make you 41 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 4: feel right at home. I like to start with something funny, 42 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 4: and I heard about this positive farmer and negative farmer. 43 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 4: When it would rain, the positive farmer would say Lord, 44 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 4: thank you for water and our crops. The negative farmer 45 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 4: would say, yeah, but if it keeps this up, it's 46 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 4: going to rot the roots. When the sun came out, 47 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 4: the positive farmer, lord, thank you for giving our plants 48 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 4: valuable nutrients. The negative farmer, Yeah, but if it keeps 49 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 4: it up, it's going to squirtch the crops. One day 50 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,399 Speaker 4: they went bird hunting together in a boat. The positive 51 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 4: farmer just got a new bird dog. He was so 52 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 4: proud of him. He shot a bird, fell in the water, 53 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 4: said to the negative farmer, watched this. The dog jumped 54 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 4: out of the boat, ran on top of the water, 55 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 4: picked up the bird, ran back on top of the water, 56 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 4: put it in the boat. He said, what you think? 57 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 4: The negative farmer said, I should have known it. That 58 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 4: dog can't even swim. They you like you mean it. 59 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 60 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 61 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 62 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 63 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 64 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 65 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about it's worth the weight. 66 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 4: We all have things that we're waiting for, a dream 67 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 4: to come, to pass, problem, to turn around, or to 68 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 4: meet the right person. When it's taking longer than we thought, 69 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 4: it's easy to get discouraged, to become impatient and think 70 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 4: when is it ever going to happen? But sometimes it's 71 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 4: not happening because we're not prepared for what God has prepared. 72 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 4: You're ready for what you have in mind, but if 73 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 4: you could see what God has in mind, you would 74 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 4: realize you couldn't handle it right now. You need more 75 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 4: time to grow, to develop, to gain experience, and the 76 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 4: scripture says let patients have its perfect work. Patience is 77 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 4: developed in the weight room. When I was playing sports 78 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 4: in high school, the coach would have us spend an 79 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 4: hour a day lifting weights. I didn't want to do that. 80 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 4: I wanted to play basketball. That seemed like a waste 81 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 4: of time. But in that weight room we were getting stronger, 82 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 4: building endurance so we could succeed on the court. Before 83 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 4: you see what God promised. Before you get on the court, 84 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 4: God will send you to the weight room. Wait. You 85 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 4: may not like it. You don't see anything happening. Other 86 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 4: people are in the game making progress. Your stuff waiting 87 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 4: but that time in the weight room is critical. You 88 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 4: may not see anything changing, but something is happening. Patience 89 00:04:55,720 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 4: is working. Your spiritual muscles are getting stronger, growing, developing. 90 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 4: Patience is building you, getting you prepared so you can 91 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:11,919 Speaker 4: sustain what God has coming. Don't discount the waiting periods. 92 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 4: Don't get discouraged because it's not happening as fast as 93 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 4: you would like. The longer it takes, that means the 94 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 4: more God has in store when it's your time, when 95 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 4: he knows you're ready, what you give birth to is 96 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 4: going to be much bigger than you've imagined. Hebrews says 97 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 4: you have need of patience so you can receive the promises. 98 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,359 Speaker 4: We know we need to have faith, we know we 99 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 4: need to believe. Those things seem obvious, but this says 100 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 4: we need patience if we're going to see promises come 101 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 4: to pass. Maybe you've been praying, believing, being your best, 102 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 4: but you don't see anything changing. You're tempted to live stress. 103 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 4: Have a new perspective. You're in the weight room, miss out. 104 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 4: You're not falling behind. God has you right where he 105 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 4: wants you. That promise is right on schedule. Now do 106 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 4: your part and wait with a good attitude, not upset complaining. 107 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 4: When is it ever going to happen? No, turn it around. Father, 108 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 4: Thank you that what you started in my life you 109 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 4: will finish. Thank you that what you promised is on 110 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 4: the way. If you will wait with the right attitude, 111 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 4: after patience has done its work, you're going to see 112 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 4: promises come to pass. But we see waiting as negative. 113 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 4: We don't like it. Nothing is happening. We're interested in 114 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 4: the destination. But God is interested in the journey. He's 115 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 4: working on us along the way. And when we understand 116 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 4: that waiting doesn't mean nothing is happening, doesn't mean God 117 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 4: has forgotten about us. It's all a part of the process, 118 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 4: then we can stay in faith, knowing that at the 119 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 4: right time, God will get us to where we're supposed 120 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 4: to be. David waited thirteen years to take the throne 121 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 4: after the prophet Samuel anointed him to be the next king. 122 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 4: God could have taken him straight to the throne, but 123 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 4: David wasn't ready. He had to go through a time 124 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 4: of testing. During those thirteen years, he faithfully took care 125 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 4: of his father's sheep. Seemed like a menial position. He 126 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 4: knew he had bigger things in him. He had heard 127 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 4: the prophet say that he was a king, but had 128 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 4: David not passed the test in the weight room, he 129 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 4: would have never made it to the throne. He had 130 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 4: to show God he would take care of his father's 131 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 4: sheep before God would trust him to take care of 132 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 4: his sheep. The people of Israel. While you wait, be 133 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 4: your best where you are. That's a very important time. 134 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 4: God is watching to say if you're ready. And here's 135 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 4: the key. If what you're praying about isn't changing, then 136 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 4: God is using that situation to change you. If it's 137 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 4: not working out, then it's working out something in you. 138 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 4: All things are working for your good. When we acquired 139 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 4: the Compact Center, a company filed a lawsuit to try 140 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 4: to keep us from moving in. I had already announced 141 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 4: to the congregation that it was ours, people had given 142 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 4: to help renovate it. Now there was a chance it 143 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 4: wasn't going to happen. Thoughts told me, Joel, you're going 144 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 4: to look like a fool. You're going to have to 145 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 4: give the funds back. It's going to be a big mess. 146 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 4: I was tempted to worry, live stressed out, but I 147 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 4: prayed like I had never prayed. When I woke up 148 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,719 Speaker 4: in the middle of the night, thinking the opposition is 149 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 4: too big, it's never going to happen, I'd turn it around. Father. 150 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 4: Thank you that you being for me. It's more than 151 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 4: the world being against me. This this went on month 152 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 4: after month, even year after year. I was in the 153 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:09,439 Speaker 4: weight room. I had the promise, but nothing was improving. 154 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 4: I didn't like it, but something was happening that I 155 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 4: couldn't see. I was growing. I was developing a greater 156 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 4: trust in God. In that weight room, I learned to 157 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 4: stand strong even when it seemed impossible. I lift weights 158 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 4: now at home, and when I'm on the bench, I 159 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 4: pushed the bar bill up and down. But what's interesting 160 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 4: is the weight never changes. The only thing in the 161 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 4: weight room that ever changes is me. The situation you're 162 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 4: in may not be changing, then you're in the weight room. 163 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 4: If it's not changing, don't worry. You're changing. Patience is working. 164 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 4: You're getting stronger, more determined. It's preparing you. Almost three 165 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 4: years later, that company dropped the lawsuit and we got 166 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 4: the building. It was a great victory. But think of this. 167 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 4: God could have given me the victory the first week, 168 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 4: just as easily. He could have done it suddenly and 169 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 4: turned it around right away, and I wouldn't have had 170 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 4: to spend all that time in the weight room. Would 171 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 4: have been so much easier. The problem is I wouldn't 172 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 4: have been prepared for what was coming. I wouldn't have 173 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 4: been able to handle the growth, the influence, the opposition. 174 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 4: God had to get me stronger. He didn't use the 175 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 4: good times. He used the resistance. You don't grow when 176 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 4: everything is easy. In those three years, I learned to 177 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 4: trust God in a new way. I developed a greater resolve, 178 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 4: a greater confidence. You can't get that overnight. That doesn't 179 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 4: happen on a weekend. It takes time. When Joseph was 180 00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 4: in prison unfairly all those years, says in Psalms, his 181 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 4: feet were in chains of iron, and his soul entered 182 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 4: into that iron. He didn't like it, but those challenges 183 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 4: were developing something in him, courage, strength, endurance that he 184 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 4: couldn't get any other way. It happened in the weight room, 185 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,719 Speaker 4: and I'll admit I don't like to wait. I like 186 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 4: to move fast. I like to make progress. I like 187 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 4: to get things done. My prayer used to be God, 188 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 4: do it, Now do it in a hurry, do it fast, 189 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 4: but I've learned some things take time. We live in 190 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 4: a microwave society, but we serve a crock pot God. 191 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 4: You can't get microwave maturity, Michael Wave growth microwave anointing. 192 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 4: So much is developed in the process. Sometimes people say 193 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,839 Speaker 4: to me, Joel, pray that God will give me your anointing. 194 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 4: I know they're being respectful, but I want to say, 195 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,319 Speaker 4: you can't have my anointing without going through what I've 196 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 4: been through, without the sacrifices, without the closed doors, without 197 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 4: the loss, without facing the giants. There's a price to 198 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 4: pay to be prepared in that weight room. When you're 199 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 4: doing the right thing but nothing's changing. You have the promise, 200 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 4: but you're not making progress. Remember, something is happening. You're growing, 201 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 4: you're developing. You may not like it, but you can't 202 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 4: bypass the process. You can't skip the weight room and 203 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 4: reach the fullness of your destiny. When my father went 204 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 4: to be with the Lord and I stepped up to 205 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 4: pastor the church, things begin to grow. All of the sudden, 206 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 4: I was in the spotlight and people were watching and coming. 207 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 4: Someone referred to me as an overnight success, said that 208 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 4: I had come out of nowhere. But the truth is 209 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 4: I had been in the weight room for seventeen years, 210 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 4: behind the scenes here at Lakewood. I didn't know it then, 211 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 4: but God was getting me prepared for what I'm doing now. 212 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 4: Had I not been my best where I was, had 213 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 4: I not been faithful to serve my father to trying 214 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 4: to make him look good carrying out his vision, then 215 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 4: God couldn't have trusted me with my own vision. What 216 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 4: am I saying, Keep a good attitude when it's not 217 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 4: happening as fast as you would like. David said, God, 218 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 4: my times are in your hands. It's very powerful when 219 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 4: you can say God, I not only trust your ways, 220 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 4: but I trust your timing. I know at the right time, 221 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 4: when I'm ready, when I can handle it, you will 222 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 4: take me to new levels of my destiny. But the 223 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 4: mistake we make too often is we get in a 224 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 4: hurry and try to make things happen in our own timing. 225 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 4: This is what the young man did in the story 226 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 4: of the prodigal Son. He went to his father and said, 227 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 4: give me, we need the portion of goods that belonged 228 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 4: to me. They were rightfully his, it was his inheritance, 229 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 4: but a blessing given at the wrong time is not 230 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 4: a blessing. And something may have your name on it. 231 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 4: You know God has put it in your heart. But 232 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 4: if it happens too soon and you're not prepared, the 233 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 4: blessing will become a burden. A good father won't give 234 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 4: a good gift at the wrong time. When our daughter 235 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 4: Alexandra turned eighteen, we got her a car. I loved 236 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 4: her just as much when she was five years old. 237 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 4: I would have done anything for her. I had the funds, 238 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 4: but I knew giving her a car at five wouldn't 239 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 4: be a blessing. Sometimes God proves his love to us 240 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 4: by what he's not letting us have. Does it mean 241 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 4: that it's never going to happen? We just have to 242 00:14:55,200 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 4: spend more time in the weight room, growing, developing, gain experience, 243 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 4: learning to trust God, learning to forgive, learning to keep 244 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 4: a good attitude when things aren't going our way. The 245 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 4: sooner we pass these tests, the sooner God will release 246 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 4: what belongs to us. See the prodigal son God his 247 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 4: inheritance too soon. He went out and wasted it, spent 248 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 4: it all living wildly. I used to pray, God give 249 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 4: me everything in a hurry, now I've learned to pray. God, 250 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 4: don't give me anything too soon. Don't take me anywhere 251 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 4: that I can't handle. Don't open a door that I 252 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 4: don't have the grace to be there. The prodigal son 253 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 4: wanted his prepared blessing. The problem was he was unprepared. 254 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 4: He couldn't sustain the weight of what God had in 255 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 4: store for him. And one reason we get in a 256 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 4: hurry is we think we're falling behind. Our friend is 257 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 4: getting married, our coworker got promoted, the neighbors moved into 258 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 4: a new house. We got to make things happen. We're 259 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 4: being left out. Well, here's the key. What has your 260 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 4: name on it will not go to anyone else. What 261 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 4: belongs to you will not go to another person. Well, Joel, 262 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 4: this guy may get away if I don't do something now. 263 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 4: If I don't compromise, he may not stick around. If 264 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 4: you have to compromise, he's not the right one. God 265 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 4: has somebody ordained for you, somebody better than you can imagine. 266 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 4: You won't have to beg them to stay, talk them 267 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 4: into calling you, convince them to spending time. They'll be 268 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 4: so in love with you can't get rid of them. 269 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 4: They'll treat you like a queen, like a king. Stay 270 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 4: in that weight room, be patient. You may be ready, 271 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 4: but God's still working on the other person. David was 272 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 4: out in the shepherd's fields when the prophet Samuel came 273 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 4: to his house to anoint one of the sons as 274 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 4: the next. David's father, Jesse didn't even bring David in. 275 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 4: He thought, there's no way it's David. He's too young. 276 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:12,360 Speaker 4: When Samuel went to pour the oil on the other 277 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 4: seven sons, the oil wouldn't flow. I can imagine him 278 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 4: turning the bottle upside down, hitting it. Nothing would come out. 279 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 4: God was showing us no matter how hard someone tries 280 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 4: to get what's yours. They may manipulate, cannive, ignore, leave 281 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 4: you out. The oil is not going to flow to them. 282 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 4: What has your name on it is coming your way. 283 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 4: The person, the job, the house, the opportunity, the promotion 284 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 4: cannot go to anyone else. That's why we don't have 285 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 4: to live jealous or envious of other people. Well, Joe, 286 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 4: my coworker, got the promotion that I worked so hard for. 287 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 4: They played politics. It wasn't fair. If it was supposed 288 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 4: to be yours, you would have it stay in the 289 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 4: weight room, keep a good attitude, keep growing, keep passing 290 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 4: the test. What God has for you is on the way. 291 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 4: The reason it's taking longer is because it's much bigger, 292 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 4: much more rewarding than you thought. When you see what 293 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 4: God did, you'll say it was worth the way. When 294 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 4: you see the person God brings into your life, somebody 295 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 4: better than you've dreamed, you'll say it was worth the wait. 296 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 4: The contract didn't go through for the last house, you 297 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 4: were disappointed. When you see the new door God opens, 298 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 4: you're going to say it was worth the way. When 299 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 4: we were trying to buy property to build a new sanctuary, 300 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,479 Speaker 4: twice the land was sold out from under us. I 301 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 4: was disappointed. I thought the dream was coming true, but 302 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 4: God sent me back to the weight room. Seemed like 303 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 4: we were stuck out of nowhere. The compact center opened up. 304 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,159 Speaker 4: I didn't go after it. It came after me. I 305 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 4: can tell you standing here today, it was worth the way. 306 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 4: You couldn't pay me to take those other properties. This 307 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 4: is what God had in mind, something more than we 308 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 4: could imagine. Now, maybe the door didn't open for you, 309 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 4: the job, the position, the relationship didn't work out. That 310 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 4: means God has something better. Stay in faith, and one 311 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 4: day you'll see it was worth the way I read 312 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 4: where an elephant is pregnant for almost two years. The 313 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 4: animal is so large, takes a long time for the 314 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 4: baby elephant to develop, and elephants give birth to only 315 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 4: one baby per pregnancy. A dog, on the other hand, 316 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 4: is pregnant for only sixty three days. After two months, 317 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 4: the mother can give birth from between five and eight puppies. Typically, 318 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 4: imagine the elephant and dog having a conversation. The dog says, 319 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 4: I don't think you're pregnant. I gave birth after two months. 320 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 4: Something is wrong with you. The dog goes out and 321 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 4: gets pregnant again and again, giving birth every several months. 322 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 4: Two years later, the dog comes back to the elephant 323 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 4: with thirty puppies following in. He says, I know you're 324 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 4: not pregnant. Now, look at all these puppies. I've given 325 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 4: birth multiple times. The elephant says, no, here's the difference. 326 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,400 Speaker 4: The reason you've given birth so many times and I'm 327 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 4: still pregnant is because what I'm carrying is not something common, 328 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,439 Speaker 4: not something usual. I'm about to give birth to something big, 329 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 4: something out of the ordinary. Maybe you've been in that 330 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 4: weight room a long time. You've seen people accomplish dreams, 331 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 4: get married, move into their houses. That's great, be happy 332 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 4: for them. But the reason it's taking so long for 333 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 4: you is because what you're carrying is not a puppy. 334 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 4: It's not something small. You're about to give birth to 335 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 4: something you didn't know was in you. God's about to 336 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 4: open a door that you didn't see coming. I thought 337 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 4: I was carrying a puppy. I didn't know a compact 338 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 4: center was in me. Don't get discouraged because it's taken longer. 339 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 4: That's a sign that you're carrying an elephant. What you 340 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 4: give birth to is going to surprise people. A dream, 341 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 4: a ministry, a business that touches the world. You're going 342 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 4: to go further than you thought, make a greater impact 343 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 4: than you've imagined. That's why you've been in the weight 344 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,719 Speaker 4: room so long. When people tell you, I don't know, 345 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 4: I don't think you're pregnant, it would have happened by now. 346 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 4: You still think you're gonna meet the right person, Still 347 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 4: think you're gonna get the promotion, Still think you're gonna 348 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 4: pay your house off. You've been believing a long time. 349 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 4: Just say yeah, I know a secret. I'm carrying an elephant. 350 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 4: When you give birth, you're gonna say, look what the 351 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 4: Lord has done. It's going to be more than you've imagined. 352 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 4: A friend of mine that attends Lakewood with his family. 353 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 4: He grew up in South America. He got involved in 354 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 4: the management of professional basketball right out of college. He's 355 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 4: worked for the Houston Rockets as an assistant to the 356 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 4: general manager for years. His dream is to become a 357 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 4: general manager. Several opportunities opened up. He went and interviewed 358 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 4: big positions, had his hopes up, but it didn't work out. 359 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,199 Speaker 4: I talked to him a couple of years after he 360 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 4: was turned down by another team. He was so close, 361 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 4: but they said no and chose somebody else. These doors 362 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 4: kept closing. He didn't understand it, but he kept being 363 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 4: his best. He was in the weight room, others were 364 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 4: being promoted. Seemed like he was being bypassed. But what 365 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 4: has your name on it is not going to go 366 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 4: to anyone else the same way, you can't open a 367 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 4: door that God has closed. Sometimes God has to shut 368 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 4: the door because what we're believing for is too small. 369 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 4: God has something much bigger. He loves you too much 370 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 4: to let you miss your destiny. After being turned down 371 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 4: again and again, a few months ago, he flew to 372 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 4: Minnesota to interview with the Timberwolves professional basketball team. They 373 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 4: didn't just offer him the position of general manager like 374 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 4: he was hoping. They offered him the position of president 375 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 4: of the whole organization. One report said they gave him 376 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 4: the keys to the car. Now, my friend Gerson Roses 377 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 4: is the highest ranking Latino in all of professional basketball. 378 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 4: When it's taking longer than you thought, it's because you're 379 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 4: going to give birth to an elephant, something bigger, something 380 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 4: more rewarding than you've imagined. Now, keep a good attitude 381 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 4: in the weight room when doors are closing, when you're 382 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 4: being bypassed, Can I encourage you? Your time is coming. 383 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 4: There's a birth in your future. There's something big, something 384 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 4: that you weren't expecting. When you see what God was 385 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 4: up to, you're going to look back and say, like 386 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:27,439 Speaker 4: my friend Gerson, it was worth the way. Psalm thirty 387 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 4: seven says, don't be impatient for the Lord to act. 388 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 4: Travel steady along his path. He will honor you and 389 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 4: give you the land when you're faithful in the weight room, 390 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 4: when you don't get impatient, you don't get frustrated by 391 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 4: closed doors. You don't live jealous of others. Because you're 392 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:52,159 Speaker 4: traveling steady, honoring God. He will give you the land. 393 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,959 Speaker 4: That means you don't have to make things happen in 394 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 4: your own strength. You don't have to manipulate people, try 395 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,439 Speaker 4: to force the doors to open. God will give you 396 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 4: the position, give you the spouse, give you the influence, 397 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 4: give you the compact center. Don't fight the weight room. 398 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 4: You're not falling behind. God has already lined up the 399 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 4: land he's going to give you. He's already put your 400 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 4: name on things bigger and better than you can imagine. Now, 401 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 4: keep traveling, steady, keep trusting God, even though you don't 402 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:32,679 Speaker 4: see anything changing. When I was eight years old, it 403 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 4: was Christmas time. I went with my father to buy 404 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 4: a bicycle from my little sister April. He wanted me 405 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 4: to help pick out what I thought she would like. 406 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,679 Speaker 4: We were at the store looking at all these bikes. 407 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 4: He had me get on different ones to try them 408 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 4: on see if I thought they would fit her. After 409 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 4: half an hour, we picked her out of bike. He 410 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 4: was going to go back later and get it. In 411 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 4: a couple of days. I noticed on our back patio 412 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 4: a big sheet covering the bike that we had bought her. Now. 413 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 4: I went over to lift it up to take a peek. 414 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 4: My father said, no, Joel, I don't want you to 415 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 4: look at it. I said, why not, I've already seen it. 416 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 4: He said, I just don't want you to. He didn't 417 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 4: give me a reason. When he wasn't there. I was 418 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 4: tempted to go over and look, but unlike my brother Paul, 419 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 4: I obeyed my parents. If it would have been Victoria, 420 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 4: she would have taken the bike out and ridden it. 421 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:34,439 Speaker 4: But this was a couple of weeks before Christmas. Every 422 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 4: day I asked my father if I could look at 423 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 4: the bike. He told me no, again and again. I 424 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 4: couldn't understand it. What was it going to her? Christmas 425 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 4: morning finally came around and all of us kids slept 426 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 4: in the den together. Six o'clock we went and woke 427 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 4: my parents up. We opened all the gifts under the tree. 428 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 4: Then my father said, April, there's another gift for you 429 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 4: out on the patio. We all went out. My father 430 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 4: took the sheet off. There wasn't just one bike there 431 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 4: there were two bikes, one for me as well. My 432 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 4: father had taken me to the store really to find 433 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 4: out what I liked. Sorry, April, that's why you got 434 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 4: a boy's bike. Sometimes that's funny. Sometimes God is not 435 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 4: letting us see something now because it's not the right time. 436 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 4: He's got the cover on it. But when you come 437 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 4: out of the weight room, when it's your time, it's 438 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:36,199 Speaker 4: going to surprise you something that you weren't expecting. It 439 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,439 Speaker 4: didn't make sense to me at the time why my 440 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 4: father wouldn't let me look. Now I understand why I 441 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,440 Speaker 4: had to wait. My bike was under there. You may 442 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 4: not understand why you're having to wait. But God has 443 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 4: a reason. There are some things He has covered for 444 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 4: you right now. When he uncovers them, you're going to 445 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 4: say it was worse to wait now, my child, Don't 446 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 4: be impatient for God to act. Don't be discouraged by 447 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 4: what's not happening. God is working in that weight room. 448 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 4: He's getting you prepared for what He has prepared. The 449 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,959 Speaker 4: reason it's taking longer is you have something big in you, 450 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 4: not a puppy, but an elephant. If you will stay 451 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 4: in that weight room with a good attitude, if you'll 452 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:28,399 Speaker 4: keep traveling steady, I believe and declare God's about to 453 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 4: uncover something you didn't see coming. He's about to surprise 454 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 4: you with opportunity, promotion, divine connections, the fullness of your 455 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 4: destinies in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, can 456 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 4: you say amen? Today? Well, I'd like to give you 457 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 458 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 459 00:28:54,920 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. Thank you, 460 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 4: my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 461 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. 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