1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Hey, thanks again for being with us today. Always my 2 00:00:03,180 --> 00:00:05,370 Speaker 1: honor to be able to share God's Word with you 3 00:00:05,390 --> 00:00:08,150 Speaker 1: and hopefully inspire you and encourage you. If you're enjoying 4 00:00:08,170 --> 00:00:10,270 Speaker 1: the podcast, I hope you'll share it with a friend, 5 00:00:10,470 --> 00:00:13,260 Speaker 1: pass it along. Let's inspire some other people as well. 6 00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: But know that we love you. It's going to be 7 00:00:15,020 --> 00:00:19,090 Speaker 1: a blessed day for you. God bless you. It's great 8 00:00:19,130 --> 00:00:21,570 Speaker 1: to be with you today. And I hope you'll stay 9 00:00:21,610 --> 00:00:24,970 Speaker 1: connected with us during the week through our daily podcast 10 00:00:25,010 --> 00:00:28,540 Speaker 1: or YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit 11 00:00:28,590 --> 00:00:30,700 Speaker 1: us in person. We'd love to have you be a 12 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,140 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. I'd like to start 13 00:00:33,180 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: with something funny. And I heard about this single man. 14 00:00:36,740 --> 00:00:39,180 Speaker 1: He was sitting on an airplane next to a very 15 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,570 Speaker 1: beautiful single lady. They struck up a conversation and He 16 00:00:43,670 --> 00:00:46,650 Speaker 1: asked her what kind of men she liked. She said, well, 17 00:00:46,810 --> 00:00:50,890 Speaker 1: I like Native American men with their high cheekbones and 18 00:00:51,170 --> 00:00:55,550 Speaker 1: golden tan skin. Plus I like Jewish men. They're so 19 00:00:55,630 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: brilliant and successful. And I like good old boys from 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,220 Speaker 1: the South with their long Southern drawl. What's your name? 21 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:08,179 Speaker 1: He said, my name is Geronimo Bernstein, but my friends 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:12,250 Speaker 1: call me Bubba. Say it like you mean it. This 23 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 24 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,940 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 25 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,660 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today, I will be 26 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 27 00:01:24,780 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be 28 00:01:28,340 --> 00:01:33,179 Speaker 1: the same in Jesus name. God bless you. I want 29 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about eat your meal. All 30 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,860 Speaker 1: of us are waiting for something. for our health to 31 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,660 Speaker 1: improve or a child to get back on course or 32 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:46,740 Speaker 1: business to take off. But sometimes we don't see any 33 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: evidence of things changing. It's easy to put our life 34 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: on hold until we see things turn around. We live worried, 35 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,060 Speaker 1: trying to figure out how it's going to happen and 36 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,130 Speaker 1: what if this doesn't change. God never intended for you 37 00:02:01,150 --> 00:02:05,340 Speaker 1: to postpone your peace waiting for the evidence. One of 38 00:02:05,380 --> 00:02:08,190 Speaker 1: the greatest ways you can show God that you trust 39 00:02:08,250 --> 00:02:12,790 Speaker 1: him is to enjoy your life despite not seeing any 40 00:02:12,889 --> 00:02:16,609 Speaker 1: sign of what you're believing for. Nothing looks any different. 41 00:02:17,130 --> 00:02:21,190 Speaker 1: The doors haven't opened. The problem hasn't resolved. But you're 42 00:02:21,230 --> 00:02:23,929 Speaker 1: not moved by what you see. You're moved by what 43 00:02:23,970 --> 00:02:27,649 Speaker 1: you've heard. You have that promise God has spoken to you. 44 00:02:28,410 --> 00:02:31,690 Speaker 1: You know behind the scenes he's working so you don't 45 00:02:31,750 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: put your life on hold. You keep pursuing your dreams, 46 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:40,380 Speaker 1: enjoying your family, thanking God for his favor. Here's the principle. 47 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: Faith acts on the promise. It's one thing to believe in. Yeah, 48 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: that's right. I hope it happens. Talk is cheap. Faith acts. 49 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,970 Speaker 1: Faith lives like God's word is true. But when we 50 00:02:53,010 --> 00:02:56,730 Speaker 1: don't see things changing, it's easy to get discouraged. Go 51 00:02:56,750 --> 00:03:00,549 Speaker 1: around heavy and this is weighing me down, Joel. I'll 52 00:03:00,570 --> 00:03:03,669 Speaker 1: never get well. When's it ever going to change? Try 53 00:03:03,690 --> 00:03:07,350 Speaker 1: a different approach. God, I believe what you promised. So 54 00:03:07,389 --> 00:03:09,790 Speaker 1: I'm not going to live worried. I'm going to keep 55 00:03:09,830 --> 00:03:12,130 Speaker 1: a song of praise on my lips. I'm going to 56 00:03:12,150 --> 00:03:14,350 Speaker 1: have a smile on my face. I'm going to be 57 00:03:14,430 --> 00:03:19,150 Speaker 1: good to people today. That's not denying the problem. That's 58 00:03:19,330 --> 00:03:23,290 Speaker 1: acting on the promise. Staying in peace when you could 59 00:03:23,330 --> 00:03:27,250 Speaker 1: be worried, that's acting on it. Having a good attitude 60 00:03:27,430 --> 00:03:31,670 Speaker 1: when things aren't changing, that's acting on it. Thanking God 61 00:03:31,770 --> 00:03:35,430 Speaker 1: when you feel like complaining. enjoying the day when you 62 00:03:35,510 --> 00:03:39,850 Speaker 1: could be discouraged. You're saying, God, I don't need evidence 63 00:03:39,890 --> 00:03:43,310 Speaker 1: to convince me. I believe what you promised. So I'm 64 00:03:43,330 --> 00:03:46,090 Speaker 1: going to act like it's on the way. That's what 65 00:03:46,130 --> 00:03:50,230 Speaker 1: gets God's attention. That's when angels go to work. First 66 00:03:50,250 --> 00:03:53,470 Speaker 1: Kings chapter 18, the people of Israel had been in 67 00:03:53,510 --> 00:03:56,190 Speaker 1: a drought for three and a half years, was so 68 00:03:56,250 --> 00:04:00,310 Speaker 1: bad that King Ahab went out searching the land, trying 69 00:04:00,330 --> 00:04:02,710 Speaker 1: to find any kind of grass to keep the horses 70 00:04:02,770 --> 00:04:06,970 Speaker 1: and livestock alive. Everywhere he went, he saw more of 71 00:04:07,010 --> 00:04:10,770 Speaker 1: the same, desolate and barren. And just when it looked 72 00:04:10,810 --> 00:04:14,380 Speaker 1: like it was over, the prophet Elijah showed up. He 73 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,220 Speaker 1: said to Ahab in verse 41, go enjoy a good 74 00:04:18,339 --> 00:04:22,060 Speaker 1: meal for I hear the sound of the abundance of rain. 75 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 1: You can imagine what Ahab thought. I'm not gonna go 76 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,900 Speaker 1: eat a big meal. It's not a time to celebrate. 77 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: We're in a drought. People are about to die. He 78 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,419 Speaker 1: could have said, Elijah, I'll go enjoy a meal when 79 00:04:36,460 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: I see some dark clouds forming, when I hear the thunder, 80 00:04:40,180 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: when it begins to sprinkle. But Elijah was asking him 81 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,140 Speaker 1: to act on a promise when there was no evidence. 82 00:04:47,750 --> 00:04:51,030 Speaker 1: But three and a half years, every morning when Ahab 83 00:04:51,089 --> 00:04:54,850 Speaker 1: walked outside, he saw the crops dried up. He saw 84 00:04:54,890 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: the cattle withering away. He saw streams with no water. 85 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: Nothing in his surroundings said it was about to rain. 86 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,500 Speaker 1: Then this one man shows up and says, I hear 87 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: the sound of the abundance of rain. Ahab was conflicted. 88 00:05:10,580 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: Do I believe what I see or do I believe 89 00:05:13,350 --> 00:05:16,739 Speaker 1: what I've heard? Do I believe what the circumstances are 90 00:05:16,770 --> 00:05:19,860 Speaker 1: telling me? Or do I believe this promise that God 91 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: has given me? All of us face this same dilemma. 92 00:05:24,140 --> 00:05:27,659 Speaker 1: Circumstances say one thing, but we have a promise from 93 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,670 Speaker 1: God that says something else. The circumstances may say we're 94 00:05:31,730 --> 00:05:36,050 Speaker 1: in a drought. The medical report's not good. Your finances 95 00:05:36,089 --> 00:05:39,109 Speaker 1: will never improve or you'll never meet the right person. 96 00:05:39,930 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: But God says, I'm making streams in the desert. You 97 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,900 Speaker 1: will lend and not borrow. The right person is on 98 00:05:45,940 --> 00:05:49,390 Speaker 1: the way. Now the question is, are you going to 99 00:05:49,430 --> 00:05:51,750 Speaker 1: go by the evidence or are you going to go 100 00:05:51,790 --> 00:05:54,730 Speaker 1: by the promise? Are you going to let what you 101 00:05:54,850 --> 00:05:58,050 Speaker 1: see talk you out of what you've heard? This is 102 00:05:58,089 --> 00:06:01,870 Speaker 1: where Ahab was. I see drought. I've walked the land. 103 00:06:02,270 --> 00:06:06,010 Speaker 1: There's no water. The ground is still rocky and hard. 104 00:06:06,660 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 1: Ahab had every reason to ignore Elijah, just live discouraged 105 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,289 Speaker 1: and depressed. In fact, Ahab wasn't even a believer. He 106 00:06:15,310 --> 00:06:20,110 Speaker 1: didn't worship Jehovah. He worshiped idols. Why would he believe 107 00:06:20,210 --> 00:06:23,330 Speaker 1: this man of God? Why would he obey this promise 108 00:06:23,370 --> 00:06:27,230 Speaker 1: from the Lord? Everything in his mind said, this doesn't 109 00:06:27,270 --> 00:06:31,060 Speaker 1: make sense. But down in his heart, something came alive. 110 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:36,659 Speaker 1: Verse 42 says, Ahab went out and prepared food and 111 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:40,779 Speaker 1: he ate and drank. He enjoyed a meal even though 112 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:45,020 Speaker 1: no circumstances had changed. The only thing different was he 113 00:06:45,060 --> 00:06:48,830 Speaker 1: had a promise from God. He wasn't eating because he 114 00:06:48,910 --> 00:06:53,150 Speaker 1: saw rain. He was eating because he believed rain was coming. 115 00:06:54,010 --> 00:06:59,270 Speaker 1: The promise changed Ahab's behavior before it changed his circumstances. 116 00:06:59,990 --> 00:07:04,860 Speaker 1: Before the promise, Ahab was worried, distraught, searching for food, 117 00:07:05,260 --> 00:07:09,580 Speaker 1: but now he's eating this meal. That's symbolic. He's at peace. 118 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: He's enjoying his life. He's leading with confidence. He's acting 119 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,820 Speaker 1: like the rain is coming. When God gives you a promise, 120 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: you need to go eat your meal. That means you 121 00:07:22,020 --> 00:07:26,020 Speaker 1: quit worrying, quit losing sleep, quit trying to figure it 122 00:07:26,110 --> 00:07:29,670 Speaker 1: all out, looking at the facts. Do yourself a favor. 123 00:07:30,090 --> 00:07:34,150 Speaker 1: Sit down and eat your meal. When you enjoy life 124 00:07:34,350 --> 00:07:38,170 Speaker 1: despite what's coming against you, You stay in peace when 125 00:07:38,210 --> 00:07:41,450 Speaker 1: you should be worried. You have that song of praise 126 00:07:41,490 --> 00:07:45,110 Speaker 1: when you feel like complaining. You're showing God that you 127 00:07:45,150 --> 00:07:49,130 Speaker 1: trust him. What's interesting is Ahab was eating a meal, 128 00:07:49,630 --> 00:07:53,210 Speaker 1: believing rain was coming, but Elijah had not even gone 129 00:07:53,270 --> 00:07:56,410 Speaker 1: up to Mount Carmel to pray for rain yet. Wasn't 130 00:07:56,450 --> 00:07:59,490 Speaker 1: like he ate the meal and 20 minutes later, rain came. 131 00:08:00,490 --> 00:08:04,030 Speaker 1: You remember the story. Elijah prayed and sent his assistant 132 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: out to check for rain. He came back and said, 133 00:08:07,540 --> 00:08:12,220 Speaker 1: there's nothing, no clouds in the sky. Ahab is down 134 00:08:12,260 --> 00:08:16,340 Speaker 1: there eating his enchiladas and enjoying the chili con queso. 135 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: The report comes back, no sign of rain. Not once, 136 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,050 Speaker 1: not twice, not three times, but six times. Don't you 137 00:08:25,110 --> 00:08:28,010 Speaker 1: know he was tempted to push that food away? Think, 138 00:08:28,050 --> 00:08:31,090 Speaker 1: oh man, I'm a fool. What am I doing eating 139 00:08:31,130 --> 00:08:35,550 Speaker 1: this meal, celebrating? acting like rain is coming when in 140 00:08:35,590 --> 00:08:39,690 Speaker 1: fact nothing has changed. You may be where Ahab was. 141 00:08:40,330 --> 00:08:43,790 Speaker 1: You're eating your meal, doing your best to stay in faith, 142 00:08:44,490 --> 00:08:48,650 Speaker 1: but the medical report hasn't improved. Your child hasn't turned around. 143 00:08:49,130 --> 00:08:54,690 Speaker 1: The business hasn't grown. Like that assistant said, there's nothing. Sorry, Elijah, 144 00:08:54,730 --> 00:08:58,179 Speaker 1: no sign of rain. But just because you don't see 145 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,780 Speaker 1: anything doesn't mean God is not working. God usually works 146 00:09:02,850 --> 00:09:05,730 Speaker 1: the most when you see it and feel it the least. 147 00:09:06,510 --> 00:09:10,430 Speaker 1: Things are happening behind the scenes right now. Winds are 148 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:15,150 Speaker 1: shifting in your favor. Clouds are forming. Healing is making 149 00:09:15,210 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: its way. Good breaks, freedom, restoration. Don't get talked out 150 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: of what you heard. God is faithful. He didn't bring 151 00:09:24,940 --> 00:09:27,950 Speaker 1: you this far to leave you. Sure, we all go 152 00:09:27,990 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: through droughts and seasons where nothing is changing, but that's 153 00:09:32,020 --> 00:09:35,260 Speaker 1: not where your story ends. I hear the sound of 154 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:39,420 Speaker 1: the abundance of rain. Not a sprinkle, not a light mist, 155 00:09:40,179 --> 00:09:43,569 Speaker 1: not a passing shower, but how about a downpour of 156 00:09:43,610 --> 00:09:55,609 Speaker 1: God's favor and abundance? That means it's going to exceed 157 00:09:55,650 --> 00:09:59,059 Speaker 1: your expectations. It's going to thrust you to a new level. 158 00:10:00,070 --> 00:10:02,790 Speaker 1: Now don't be moved by what you see. Keep eating 159 00:10:02,830 --> 00:10:06,970 Speaker 1: your meal. Keep staying in peace. Keep thanking God that 160 00:10:07,010 --> 00:10:12,030 Speaker 1: he's coming. Keep excelling at work. You're not denying the problem. 161 00:10:12,250 --> 00:10:17,100 Speaker 1: You're acting on the promise. Imagine if while Ahab was eating, 162 00:10:17,420 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: he went outside every five minutes to check for clouds. 163 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,610 Speaker 1: I don't see anything. Man, I'm worried. Five minutes later, 164 00:10:24,630 --> 00:10:27,670 Speaker 1: he puts his fork, his knife down, run back out. 165 00:10:27,710 --> 00:10:31,310 Speaker 1: I better check, still nothing. He'd be so stressed, he 166 00:10:31,350 --> 00:10:35,540 Speaker 1: couldn't enjoy his meal. See, Elijah didn't tell him, if 167 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 1: you want this promise to come to pass, then come 168 00:10:38,620 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: up the mountain with me and go check the horizon 169 00:10:41,980 --> 00:10:46,140 Speaker 1: and keep me informed. Look at super Doppler radar, analyze 170 00:10:46,179 --> 00:10:50,130 Speaker 1: the wind, study the weather patterns. No, he said, if 171 00:10:50,170 --> 00:10:53,250 Speaker 1: you wanna see what God promised, go eat a meal. 172 00:10:54,650 --> 00:10:57,550 Speaker 1: He was saying, leave how it's going to happen up 173 00:10:57,590 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: to God. You don't have to figure it out. God's 174 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: ways are not our ways. He may not do it 175 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: the way that you're thinking. One place in the scripture, 176 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,719 Speaker 1: God said this valley will be filled with water by 177 00:11:11,740 --> 00:11:15,750 Speaker 1: tomorrow morning, but there will be neither wind nor rain. 178 00:11:16,450 --> 00:11:20,469 Speaker 1: God can bring an abundance in unusual ways. He can 179 00:11:20,510 --> 00:11:24,010 Speaker 1: heal you without the medicine. He can bring the right 180 00:11:24,150 --> 00:11:27,990 Speaker 1: person from an unlikely source. We were trying to build 181 00:11:28,050 --> 00:11:31,890 Speaker 1: a new auditorium. God gave us this one already built 182 00:11:32,410 --> 00:11:36,110 Speaker 1: on the busiest freeway in Texas. God's ways are better 183 00:11:36,130 --> 00:11:40,510 Speaker 1: than our ways. Trust his plan for your life. But 184 00:11:40,550 --> 00:11:42,820 Speaker 1: if you're trying to figure it out and you're checking 185 00:11:42,860 --> 00:11:45,699 Speaker 1: the sky every few minutes, looking for clouds, hoping to 186 00:11:45,740 --> 00:11:50,020 Speaker 1: see some evidence, you're gonna get discouraged. True faith doesn't 187 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,830 Speaker 1: need evidence. It's not moved by what you see or 188 00:11:53,870 --> 00:11:56,949 Speaker 1: by what you don't see. You're moved by what you've heard. 189 00:11:58,170 --> 00:12:01,739 Speaker 1: Maybe you're living worried today. You can't really sleep at night. 190 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: Stressed over finances or wondered about your health or what 191 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:10,260 Speaker 1: if this door doesn't open? Can I encourage you? God 192 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,900 Speaker 1: clothes the lilies of the field. He feeds the birds 193 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,330 Speaker 1: of the air. He knows when a sparrow is in need, 194 00:12:17,550 --> 00:12:21,050 Speaker 1: a little bird. How much more does he care about you? 195 00:12:21,660 --> 00:12:27,580 Speaker 1: his most prized possession. All this worrying, stressing, wondering, it's 196 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: keeping us from enjoying life. There's always something that can 197 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: take our peace and keep us uptight. Do you have 198 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,620 Speaker 1: that promise from God? Now he's saying to you, go 199 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,449 Speaker 1: eat a meal. Get your peace back. You don't have 200 00:12:42,490 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: to make it all happen. He's not asking you to 201 00:12:45,350 --> 00:12:47,850 Speaker 1: check for clouds. He'll do it if you can see 202 00:12:47,890 --> 00:12:51,970 Speaker 1: the evidence. You don't have to strive and strain Your 203 00:12:52,050 --> 00:12:55,410 Speaker 1: part is to go enjoy a good meal. Stay in peace. 204 00:12:56,130 --> 00:12:59,550 Speaker 1: Keep thanking God that he's working. He'll make things happen 205 00:12:59,890 --> 00:13:02,939 Speaker 1: that you could never make happen. See, when you believe 206 00:13:02,980 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: the promise, it affects how you live before you ever 207 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 1: see the promise. If Ahab would have refused to eat 208 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,730 Speaker 1: the meal and thought, that doesn't make sense. I can't 209 00:13:13,790 --> 00:13:16,470 Speaker 1: be at peace when we're in a drought. I can't 210 00:13:16,510 --> 00:13:19,670 Speaker 1: enjoy my life when I have these problems. I can't 211 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: have a good attitude when all the streams have dried up. 212 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,780 Speaker 1: Had he not eaten the meal, maybe he wouldn't have 213 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: seen the abundance of rain. Maybe he would have delayed 214 00:13:30,660 --> 00:13:33,940 Speaker 1: what God had in store. Are you missing what God 215 00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:37,730 Speaker 1: has for you because you won't eat the meal? You 216 00:13:37,770 --> 00:13:41,890 Speaker 1: have that promise, but you're so worried, carrying such a 217 00:13:41,970 --> 00:13:45,929 Speaker 1: heavy weight that you can't laugh anymore. You don't enjoy 218 00:13:45,970 --> 00:13:49,530 Speaker 1: your family. You don't pursue dreams anymore. What would happen 219 00:13:49,570 --> 00:13:52,790 Speaker 1: if you would start eating your meal? When you stay 220 00:13:52,870 --> 00:13:56,230 Speaker 1: in peace, when you could be upset, you're eating your meal. 221 00:13:57,130 --> 00:13:59,390 Speaker 1: When you have a good attitude, when you feel like 222 00:13:59,429 --> 00:14:03,150 Speaker 1: being discouraged, that's eating your meal. When you have that 223 00:14:03,270 --> 00:14:06,830 Speaker 1: song of praise, when everything in you wants to complain, 224 00:14:07,030 --> 00:14:10,810 Speaker 1: you're eating a meal. But sometimes we say, God, I 225 00:14:10,870 --> 00:14:14,050 Speaker 1: trust you, but we spend the day worried. Let me 226 00:14:14,090 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: go out and check for some clouds. Don't sit back 227 00:14:17,030 --> 00:14:20,220 Speaker 1: down at the table. The scripture says those who have 228 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:24,930 Speaker 1: believed enter into rest. Faith isn't about being all worked 229 00:14:25,090 --> 00:14:28,030 Speaker 1: up and gotta make this happen, gotta believe, gotta declare, 230 00:14:28,670 --> 00:14:32,050 Speaker 1: spend the day fighting the devil. No, he's already defeated. 231 00:14:32,490 --> 00:14:35,739 Speaker 1: Why don't you try a different approach and enjoy your 232 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: life while God is in the process of bringing that 233 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: promise to pass? When you really believe the promise, you 234 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,380 Speaker 1: live like it's on the way. See, if you knew 235 00:14:46,620 --> 00:14:51,090 Speaker 1: that on December the 22nd at 3.30 in the afternoon, 236 00:14:51,470 --> 00:14:54,010 Speaker 1: what you've been praying about is going to come to pass, 237 00:14:54,690 --> 00:14:57,290 Speaker 1: that God already put it on the schedule. That's when 238 00:14:57,310 --> 00:15:00,310 Speaker 1: the drought will come to an end. Then you wouldn't 239 00:15:00,370 --> 00:15:05,060 Speaker 1: spend the next three months worried, losing sleep. The scripture 240 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: says that God has already set the time for the breakthrough, 241 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:12,790 Speaker 1: for the healing, for the abundance. He's not asking you 242 00:15:12,830 --> 00:15:15,710 Speaker 1: to go help him do it, check the clouds, look 243 00:15:15,730 --> 00:15:19,460 Speaker 1: for evidence, stay up all night. He's asking you to 244 00:15:19,510 --> 00:15:23,100 Speaker 1: enjoy a meal, to stay in peace, to live at rest, 245 00:15:23,580 --> 00:15:26,980 Speaker 1: to act like the promise is on the way. This 246 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: is what my mother did when she was diagnosed with 247 00:15:29,660 --> 00:15:34,740 Speaker 1: terminal liver cancer, 48 years old. We were devastated. I 248 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: had never seen my mother sick a day in her life. 249 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,540 Speaker 1: Growing up, she was always outside in the yard. She 250 00:15:41,580 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: loved to be active. When I heard the news, I 251 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,340 Speaker 1: came home from college and I didn't recognize my mother. 252 00:15:47,940 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: She was so frail. She weighed 89 pounds and her 253 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,710 Speaker 1: skin so yellow. There was no medical treatment they could 254 00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:59,770 Speaker 1: give her. Like King Ahab, we were in this drought. 255 00:16:00,590 --> 00:16:05,190 Speaker 1: Month after month, nothing changed. No sign of things improving 256 00:16:05,230 --> 00:16:09,170 Speaker 1: and My mother had every right to live depressed, give 257 00:16:09,230 --> 00:16:12,470 Speaker 1: up on life, stay in bed all day long. But 258 00:16:12,510 --> 00:16:14,890 Speaker 1: in the middle of that dark time, I would hear 259 00:16:14,930 --> 00:16:18,170 Speaker 1: my mother walking through the house saying, I will live 260 00:16:18,230 --> 00:16:21,190 Speaker 1: and not die and declare the works of the Lord. Father, 261 00:16:21,230 --> 00:16:24,550 Speaker 1: thank you that you're restoring health back into me, that 262 00:16:24,590 --> 00:16:28,590 Speaker 1: the number of my days you will fulfill. She had 263 00:16:28,650 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 1: that promise in her heart. Like Ahab, she heard the 264 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,270 Speaker 1: word of the Lord, She didn't wait for the rain 265 00:16:35,610 --> 00:16:38,450 Speaker 1: to thank God that he was working. She went and 266 00:16:38,550 --> 00:16:42,990 Speaker 1: ate her meal. She lived in peace. She refused to worry. 267 00:16:43,430 --> 00:16:46,970 Speaker 1: She prayed for others when she was sick. Every time 268 00:16:47,030 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: she thanked God, she was taking another bite. Every time 269 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: she declared her healing, another bite. And every time she 270 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:58,820 Speaker 1: quoted scripture, another bite. When you're in tough times, it's 271 00:16:58,860 --> 00:17:02,620 Speaker 1: important what you're feeding yourselves. These days, you can get 272 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,130 Speaker 1: on the internet and look every symptom up and before long, 273 00:17:06,170 --> 00:17:09,090 Speaker 1: you'll find 22 ways you'll be dead by next weekend. 274 00:17:09,770 --> 00:17:12,130 Speaker 1: It's like those commercials. You see them come on TV 275 00:17:12,190 --> 00:17:15,510 Speaker 1: for medicine and at the end, they give the disclaimer 276 00:17:15,550 --> 00:17:18,410 Speaker 1: and the announcer talks real fast. If you take this, 277 00:17:18,450 --> 00:17:21,790 Speaker 1: you can come down with diabetes, asthma, deafness, blindness. Do 278 00:17:21,830 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: yourself a favor, tune that out. You're not limited by 279 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:31,189 Speaker 1: what the experts say. The experts can be wrong. Experts 280 00:17:31,270 --> 00:17:34,430 Speaker 1: built the Titanic and it sunk. Noah built the ark 281 00:17:34,490 --> 00:17:39,930 Speaker 1: and it floated. God has the final say. He knows 282 00:17:40,250 --> 00:17:43,230 Speaker 1: how to end a drought. He knows how to heal 283 00:17:43,290 --> 00:17:47,330 Speaker 1: what looks impossible. He knows how to turn situations around 284 00:17:47,670 --> 00:17:51,030 Speaker 1: where there's no logical way. He's not asking you to 285 00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:53,820 Speaker 1: check for clouds. He's not saying, I need you to 286 00:17:53,859 --> 00:17:58,580 Speaker 1: figure this out. Worry, strain, stress, show me that you care. No, 287 00:17:58,619 --> 00:18:02,510 Speaker 1: he's saying, go eat a good meal. You heard the promise. 288 00:18:02,550 --> 00:18:06,270 Speaker 1: Now take a seat. Enjoy the day. Be good to others. 289 00:18:06,869 --> 00:18:10,709 Speaker 1: Stay in peace. That's acting on the promise. That's showing 290 00:18:10,750 --> 00:18:13,950 Speaker 1: God that you trust in. And that first month after 291 00:18:14,030 --> 00:18:17,790 Speaker 1: my mother was diagnosed, nothing looked any different. Second month, 292 00:18:18,190 --> 00:18:22,979 Speaker 1: same thing. Third month, like the assistant told Elijah, there 293 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,500 Speaker 1: are no clouds. Nothing has changed. But faith is not 294 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: moved by a lack of evidence. God could have had 295 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:34,619 Speaker 1: the rain come immediately. He could have had the sky 296 00:18:34,740 --> 00:18:38,850 Speaker 1: instantly be filled with dark clouds. But often God will 297 00:18:38,869 --> 00:18:42,610 Speaker 1: let the evidence be more against you. That's a test. 298 00:18:43,150 --> 00:18:46,150 Speaker 1: Will you get up from the table, leave your food 299 00:18:46,190 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: and think now I have to worry. It should have happened. 300 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: I would have surely seen some kind of sign. No, 301 00:18:53,020 --> 00:18:57,580 Speaker 1: keep your seat. God knows what he's doing. Sometimes he'll 302 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: let the odds be against you in a bigger way. 303 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,659 Speaker 1: So when it turns around, everyone will know that it's 304 00:19:03,700 --> 00:19:08,199 Speaker 1: his hand at work. It's significant that six times the 305 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,730 Speaker 1: assistant came back and said, there's no sign of rain, 306 00:19:12,410 --> 00:19:15,450 Speaker 1: not a cloud in the sky. I'm sure word got 307 00:19:15,510 --> 00:19:19,330 Speaker 1: back to Ahab. Hey, your friend, that prophet that gave 308 00:19:19,369 --> 00:19:21,690 Speaker 1: you a word from the Lord, he's been up there 309 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: praying for hours. And every time they checked, his prayers 310 00:19:25,820 --> 00:19:29,350 Speaker 1: aren't working. Are you sure you heard right? Did he 311 00:19:29,410 --> 00:19:31,810 Speaker 1: say in an abundance of rain or did he say 312 00:19:31,850 --> 00:19:36,179 Speaker 1: an abundance of pain? Because that's all we're feeling. Ahab 313 00:19:36,220 --> 00:19:40,340 Speaker 1: was tempted to get upset, start worrying. Maybe I did 314 00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:43,610 Speaker 1: hear God wrong. Maybe it's not going to rain. There 315 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,929 Speaker 1: should be clouds by now. No, don't be moved by 316 00:19:46,970 --> 00:19:50,479 Speaker 1: what you see. Stay at the table. Stay in peace. 317 00:19:51,180 --> 00:19:53,940 Speaker 1: Keep a good attitude, knowing that it's on the way. 318 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 1: The enemy would love for you to give up your meal. 319 00:19:58,340 --> 00:20:04,050 Speaker 1: Live upset, worried, straining. Joel, there's no clouds, no sign. 320 00:20:04,950 --> 00:20:08,870 Speaker 1: God doesn't need clouds to bring rain. He doesn't need 321 00:20:08,950 --> 00:20:12,409 Speaker 1: medicine to bring healing. He doesn't need your boss to 322 00:20:12,470 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: promote you. He doesn't need the authorities to vindicate you. 323 00:20:16,420 --> 00:20:21,100 Speaker 1: He controls the universe. He's not limited by natural laws. 324 00:20:21,980 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 1: Quit being discouraged because you're not seeing a sign. That's 325 00:20:25,420 --> 00:20:29,709 Speaker 1: a setup. God's about to do something supernatural, an abundance 326 00:20:29,790 --> 00:20:33,890 Speaker 1: of rain, something that you didn't see coming. There were 327 00:20:33,930 --> 00:20:40,420 Speaker 1: no clouds, but suddenly a downpour. Suddenly there's healing, breakthroughs, provision. 328 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: That's what happened with my mother. She lived 44 years 329 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: after she was diagnosed and told she had a few 330 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,610 Speaker 1: weeks to live. There was no explanation. And we thank 331 00:20:51,630 --> 00:20:55,390 Speaker 1: God for doctors. They do amazing work, but sometimes they 332 00:20:55,430 --> 00:20:58,930 Speaker 1: run out of options. All the evidence says it's not 333 00:20:58,970 --> 00:21:01,629 Speaker 1: going to work out. Your business is not going to 334 00:21:01,690 --> 00:21:04,429 Speaker 1: make it. Your child will not get back on course. 335 00:21:04,910 --> 00:21:07,730 Speaker 1: Can I encourage you? God never runs out of options. 336 00:21:08,609 --> 00:21:11,130 Speaker 1: You don't have to see a sign to know that 337 00:21:11,170 --> 00:21:15,660 Speaker 1: it's going to happen. When there are no clouds, no evidence, 338 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 1: that's a sign God is working behind the scenes. The 339 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: question is, how are you waiting? God says, go eat 340 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: a good meal while I'm working. Stay in peace when 341 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,109 Speaker 1: you don't see any evidence. Enjoy your family when you 342 00:21:30,150 --> 00:21:34,310 Speaker 1: could be stressed. Excel at work when you should be discouraged. 343 00:21:34,330 --> 00:21:38,250 Speaker 1: That's not just mind over matter. That's acting like the 344 00:21:38,290 --> 00:21:42,550 Speaker 1: promise is coming. This is what Hannah did in the scripture. 345 00:21:43,070 --> 00:21:46,260 Speaker 1: She was barren and not able to have children. This 346 00:21:46,340 --> 00:21:50,379 Speaker 1: other woman named Peninnah was married to her husband as well. 347 00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: This man had two wives. God help him. I mean, 348 00:21:53,540 --> 00:21:59,030 Speaker 1: God blessed him. Well, Peninnah had baby after baby. Every 349 00:21:59,070 --> 00:22:02,609 Speaker 1: time she turned around, she had another child. Well, Hannah 350 00:22:02,650 --> 00:22:06,580 Speaker 1: was so discouraged and so heartbroken. Her husband tried to 351 00:22:06,619 --> 00:22:08,430 Speaker 1: make it up to her and gave her more gifts, 352 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: but that didn't help. She wanted this baby so badly. 353 00:22:12,580 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: To make matters worse, Panini would make fun of Hannah 354 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:20,660 Speaker 1: and tease her because she was barren. Caught so bad, 355 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:25,100 Speaker 1: the scripture says Hannah wept and would not eat. I 356 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,790 Speaker 1: read where when people are in hospice and close to death, 357 00:22:29,670 --> 00:22:31,790 Speaker 1: one of the ways they know they're about to pass 358 00:22:32,010 --> 00:22:35,530 Speaker 1: is they lose their appetite. They won't eat anymore. The 359 00:22:35,650 --> 00:22:39,149 Speaker 1: enemy would love for us to lose our appetite to 360 00:22:39,170 --> 00:22:42,810 Speaker 1: where we quit believing for what God promised. We quit dreaming, 361 00:22:43,230 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 1: quit laughing, quit hoping. We're too discouraged. It's been too long. 362 00:22:48,380 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: There's no evidence. That's where Hannah was. She quit eating physically. 363 00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:57,460 Speaker 1: She was so distraught, she went to the temple to pray. 364 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 1: She fell on her knees, crying, asked God for a baby. 365 00:23:02,540 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: The priest saw her and thought she was drunk, was 366 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,860 Speaker 1: about to run her out. She explained how she was 367 00:23:07,940 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: barren and believing for a child. The priest looked at 368 00:23:11,580 --> 00:23:14,659 Speaker 1: her and said, go in peace for the Lord God 369 00:23:14,700 --> 00:23:17,420 Speaker 1: has heard your cry and he will give you what 370 00:23:17,460 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: you've asked for. The next verse says, she went her 371 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:25,990 Speaker 1: way and ate something. and her face was no longer downcast. 372 00:23:27,090 --> 00:23:30,889 Speaker 1: Nothing happened on the outside, but something happened on the inside. 373 00:23:31,470 --> 00:23:34,350 Speaker 1: She got her joy back. She got her peace back. 374 00:23:34,810 --> 00:23:38,670 Speaker 1: She got her dream back. The fact is, she didn't 375 00:23:38,690 --> 00:23:42,010 Speaker 1: have a pregnancy test. She didn't have a doctor's report 376 00:23:42,050 --> 00:23:46,490 Speaker 1: saying she had conceived. There was no physical evidence that 377 00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:50,270 Speaker 1: a baby was coming. All she had was a promise 378 00:23:50,330 --> 00:23:53,770 Speaker 1: from God. Notice what she did. She went out and 379 00:23:53,850 --> 00:23:57,629 Speaker 1: ate a good meal. Faith will give you your appetite back. 380 00:23:58,369 --> 00:24:01,810 Speaker 1: Faith will make you hungry again. And maybe like her, 381 00:24:02,350 --> 00:24:05,700 Speaker 1: you've let some promises go. You think it's too late 382 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: to get well. The relationship has been through too much. 383 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,300 Speaker 1: The dream too far gone. You have to get your 384 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:17,030 Speaker 1: appetite back. What are you feeding yourself? You can't feed 385 00:24:17,090 --> 00:24:21,570 Speaker 1: on the negative. Can't do it. Not possible. Odds against you. 386 00:24:22,010 --> 00:24:26,109 Speaker 1: Get some faith food. Get those promises down in your spirit. 387 00:24:26,490 --> 00:24:29,169 Speaker 1: I will lend and not borrow. As for me and 388 00:24:29,210 --> 00:24:31,949 Speaker 1: my house, we will serve the Lord. Father, thank you 389 00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:34,810 Speaker 1: that what you started in my life, you will finish. 390 00:24:35,530 --> 00:24:41,109 Speaker 1: Feed yourself faith, hope, victory. That's what increases your appetite. 391 00:24:41,930 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: Hannah went to the temple with her face downcast and discouraged. 392 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:50,300 Speaker 1: But after she got this word, her countenance changed. Now 393 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: she had a smile. Now she was enjoying life. She 394 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,140 Speaker 1: was excited about her future. She couldn't wait to get 395 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,129 Speaker 1: back home to tell people that a baby was coming. 396 00:25:00,690 --> 00:25:04,170 Speaker 1: She was talking differently. She didn't pay attention when Peninnah 397 00:25:04,190 --> 00:25:06,750 Speaker 1: made fun of her. Went in one ear and out 398 00:25:06,810 --> 00:25:10,250 Speaker 1: the other. She acted like this baby was on the way. 399 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,850 Speaker 1: It wasn't long after that that she became pregnant and 400 00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:18,429 Speaker 1: gave birth to a young boy she named Samuel, one 401 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:20,990 Speaker 1: of the heroes of faith. And she didn't just have 402 00:25:21,130 --> 00:25:24,210 Speaker 1: one baby, she went on to have five more children. 403 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:28,190 Speaker 1: Who knows what God will do in your life if 404 00:25:28,210 --> 00:25:32,690 Speaker 1: you'll get your appetite back and enjoy the meal. Believe 405 00:25:32,730 --> 00:25:36,890 Speaker 1: that God's working even though there's no evidence. Thank him 406 00:25:36,970 --> 00:25:40,379 Speaker 1: when you don't see anything happening. Stay in peace when 407 00:25:40,420 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: you could be worried. See, Ahab had no rain, but 408 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,500 Speaker 1: he ate a meal in faith. Hannah had no baby, 409 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: but she ate a meal in faith. Neither meal was 410 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,700 Speaker 1: based on what they could see. Both meals were based 411 00:25:54,820 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 1: on what they heard. Are you letting what you see 412 00:25:57,940 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 1: talk you out of what you've heard? Is the lack 413 00:26:00,660 --> 00:26:03,730 Speaker 1: of evidence causing you to lose your appetite? Were you 414 00:26:03,770 --> 00:26:07,450 Speaker 1: living worried? Maybe like Ahab, you've been in a drought 415 00:26:07,490 --> 00:26:11,340 Speaker 1: a long time. No sign of rain. God is saying 416 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,659 Speaker 1: to you what he said to him. Go eat a 417 00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:18,150 Speaker 1: good meal. Get your peace back. Enjoy your family. Stay 418 00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:22,670 Speaker 1: passionate about your dreams. God is faithful. He didn't fail 419 00:26:22,690 --> 00:26:24,730 Speaker 1: you in the past and he's not going to fail 420 00:26:24,780 --> 00:26:28,060 Speaker 1: you now. You have that promise in your heart. Now 421 00:26:28,180 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: act like it's on the way. If you'll do this, 422 00:26:30,780 --> 00:26:34,260 Speaker 1: I believe and declare you're about to see an abundance 423 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: of rain. I can hear the thunder. I can see 424 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: the clouds starting to form. God's about to exceed your expectations, healing, freedom, breakthroughs, 425 00:26:45,030 --> 00:26:49,350 Speaker 1: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus name. And if 426 00:26:49,390 --> 00:26:52,990 Speaker 1: you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to 427 00:26:53,030 --> 00:26:55,770 Speaker 1: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of 428 00:26:55,810 --> 00:26:59,690 Speaker 1: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, 429 00:27:00,470 --> 00:27:04,530 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 430 00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:07,959 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and Savior. If you prayed that 431 00:27:08,020 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. And we'd 432 00:27:10,859 --> 00:27:12,980 Speaker 1: love to send you some free information on your new 433 00:27:13,020 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: walk with the Lord. You can text the number on 434 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:18,060 Speaker 1: the screen or go to the website. But I hope 435 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,619 Speaker 1: you'll get into a good Bible-based church and keep God 436 00:27:21,910 --> 00:27:32,629 Speaker 1: first place. A few years ago, I stood in a 437 00:27:32,690 --> 00:27:36,389 Speaker 1: forest of giant redwoods, trees hundreds of feet tall and 438 00:27:36,490 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 1: thousands of years old. 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