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So how did he get started? 44 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 3: Check this out? 45 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 6: But my dad called me Monday night and he said, Joe, 46 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 6: are you sitting down? 47 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 4: And I thought, oh no, there's gonna be bad news. 48 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 4: And I thought maybe it's about his health or something. 49 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 4: He said. But I want to ask you something. Don't 50 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 4: pass out. When I asked him, I thought, okay, what 51 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 4: is it? And he said, will you preach for me 52 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 4: Sunday morning? And I thought, boy, that was bad news. 53 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 4: And I said, but I thought about the advantages of 54 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 4: being my first time one. 55 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 6: If I'm really bad and you don't enjoy it, when 56 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 6: you walk out of here, you. 57 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 4: Can say, you know that boy has nowhere to go 58 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 4: but up. He's come a long way. But what I 59 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 4: realized is that I don't have a country accent and 60 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 4: I don't have a mullet, so I think in some 61 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 4: ways I'm already off to a better start. The truth is, 62 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 4: when I was asked to speak, I was excited. I 63 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 4: was honored. And that's not because it's a great opportunity, 64 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 4: but that's because of all of you. It's such a 65 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 4: privilege to get to share a thought with you tonight. 66 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 4: You know we're in this together. I pray for you 67 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 4: every day, and I'm excited about what God is doing 68 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 4: in your life. When I was in college, I used 69 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 4: to drive home from Austin almost every weekend so that 70 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 4: I could be here. And that's because these nights matter. 71 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 4: God's doing something amazing lives are being changed and that's 72 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 4: not something we take lightly. So thanks for being a part. 73 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 4: Thanks for being here. 74 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 7: You know. 75 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 4: It's such an honor to speak to you, and I 76 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 4: hope you leave encouraged. Let me pray and we'll get started. 77 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 4: Thank you God for everything you have already done this weekend. 78 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 4: May we continue to see more of your goodness, more 79 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 4: of your love, more of who you are. I pray 80 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 4: that you would be lifted high tonight. Lord, we want 81 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 4: to hear everything that you want to say. So we 82 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 4: are listening. Come and have your way in Jesus name. Amen. 83 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 4: So I want to talk about, Oh, you may be seated. 84 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 4: I've never had to do that before. Tonight. I want 85 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 4: to talk about embracing the seasons. You know, when God 86 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 4: created the earth, he said, let there be light, and 87 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 4: he separated the day from the night. Then he formed 88 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 4: the heavens and he placed the sun, moon, and stars 89 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 4: in the sky. He said, let them be signs to 90 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 4: mark the seasons, days and years. Right in the beginning, 91 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 4: God set in place this idea of seasons as a 92 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 4: way of life for his creation. He designed everything with 93 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 4: this flow, this pattern, this rhythm. He calls seasons. What 94 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 4: I found is the more we understand about seasons, the 95 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 4: more we realize that every season is necessary and ordained 96 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 4: by God. When we realized that they were His idea, 97 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 4: we can actually embrace the season rather than fight it. 98 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 4: You know, it's our perspective that determines how we go 99 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 4: through seasons and what we get out of it. I 100 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 4: would go as far as to say, even in the 101 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 4: uncomfortable seasons, there's something to be enjoyed and celebrated. I've 102 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 4: heard people say my season's coming. I'm just waiting on 103 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 4: my season, and I believe there are so many blessings ahead. 104 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 4: But the truth is, this is your season. You've been equipped, grace, 105 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 4: anointed for where you are right now. God has a 106 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 4: purpose and a plan for today. Every moment with Him 107 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 4: is valuable. So let's not fight it. Let's not rush 108 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 4: through it, let's not dread it. Instead, let's say, God, 109 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 4: since this is where you have me right now, I'm 110 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 4: gonna embrace it. I'm gonna be my best, I'm gonna 111 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 4: make the most of it. This is my season. Now. 112 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 4: Some of you may already know about seasons, but for 113 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 4: everyone that was born and raised in Houston, Texas, like I, was. 114 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 4: This may be a bit of a or in concept. 115 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 4: What we have is called summer, and we're blessed with 116 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 4: a lot of it. In fact, sometimes we get summer 117 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 4: all the way up through Christmas as a Christmas present. 118 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 4: I guess, well, there's these other places in the world 119 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 4: they get these things called winter and spring and fall 120 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 4: that don't make you sweat all the time. Growing up 121 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 4: in Houston can make you forget those even exist in life. 122 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 4: Sometimes we can forget about seasons entirely. Every so often 123 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 4: we need this reminder. The enemy would try to convince 124 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 4: you that, like Houston, life doesn't have seasons. Everything that 125 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 4: happens to you is permanent. Every struggle, every obstacle, every 126 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 4: difficulty you're facing, is forever. They'll use words like always 127 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 4: and never, maybe you've heard them before. Thoughts like you'll 128 00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 4: never break this addiction, you'll always be insecure, you'll never 129 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 4: get out of debt, you'll always be anxious and depressed. 130 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 4: You better just learn to live with it. If we're 131 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 4: not careful, we can find ourselves believing those lies. A 132 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 4: situation may seem like it's forever, a problem may seem permanent, 133 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 4: But the Bible says to everything there is a season. 134 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 4: When you recognize that your heavenly Father designed life with seasons, 135 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 4: everything starts to come into focus. You realize this stronghold, 136 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 4: this difficulty isn't permanent. It's just a season. These hardships 137 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 4: won't last, this challenge isn't forever. I'm not going to 138 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 4: overreact or make it bigger than it is. It's just 139 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 4: a season. We can recognize that we've been equipped, anointed, 140 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 4: and graced for where we are. We're coming out of 141 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 4: this better than before. So the next time we're faced 142 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 4: with those always and never lies, why don't we replace 143 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 4: them with the truth that God is always good and 144 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 4: he will never fail us. Those promises are permanent, that 145 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 4: truth is forever. With every season that comes, we're gonna 146 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 4: need something that doesn't change. We're gonna need someone in 147 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 4: those times we can remember God is always good and 148 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 4: he will never fail us. A while ago, my aunt 149 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 4: Lisa and Uncle Kevin were going through one of these 150 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 4: never seasons. They tried for years to have a baby 151 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 4: with no success. They went through all the treatments, the 152 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 4: medical procedures, did everything they could. The doctor finally told them, 153 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 4: I'm sorry, you'll never be able to have a child, 154 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 4: and they were heartbroken. This had been their dream to 155 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 4: raise a family, and now they were being told it 156 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 4: would never happen. I'm sure that was difficult. I'm sure 157 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 4: they were discouraged. But they knew if God had put 158 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 4: this in their heart, then he would bring it to pay. 159 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 4: So they didn't give up. They didn't give in to 160 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 4: what seemed like a never season. My aunt found promises 161 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 4: in scripture. One of them said, God will make me 162 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 4: the happy mother of children. And my uncle, who's a twin, 163 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 4: received a package in the mail of diapers just as 164 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 4: promotional material, and he wrote on them, this is for 165 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 4: my twin babies. They were making plants, they were showing 166 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 4: God their faith. Medically speaking, there was no chance. Yet 167 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 4: my aunt was declaring God's word, and my uncle had 168 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 4: diapers on his desk with the date on them. One day, 169 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 4: she received a call from a woman she knows that 170 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,719 Speaker 4: runs a home for teenage girls. The woman said, I 171 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 4: wouldn't normally do this, but one of our girls is 172 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 4: about to give birth. Would you and your husband be 173 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 4: interested in adopting. When my aunt heard that, something came 174 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 4: alive on the inside, she knew this was for them. 175 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 4: They said yes, And a few months later they were 176 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 4: standing in the delivery room not one baby, but twin girls. 177 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 4: And after that they even adopted a boy, and now 178 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 4: they have the family they always dreamt of. They could 179 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 4: have settled, given into what seemed permanent, but they knew 180 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 4: with God it was only a season. He has the 181 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 4: final say. Are you believing those always and never lies? 182 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 4: Maybe tonight those thoughts are playing in your mind. You'll 183 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,839 Speaker 4: never be healthy, your family will always be broken, you'll 184 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 4: never get out of this neighborhood, You'll always be an addict. 185 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 4: Every voice may say it's forever, but God has the 186 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 4: final say. Don't believe those lies. You may not be 187 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 4: able to see how it can happen, but God's not 188 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 4: limited by what you see, but what you have, by 189 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 4: how you were raised. It may look permanent, but the 190 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:56,719 Speaker 4: Bible says these light afflictions are for a moment. We 191 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 4: have to see it as temporary, as a season. You know, 192 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 4: God is still on the throne. He's in control, He 193 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 4: holds our future. It may be difficult and may be unfair, 194 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 4: but quit telling yourself that it will never change. The 195 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 4: battles in your mind. The enemy would love to convince 196 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,079 Speaker 4: you to just live with it, to give up your joy, 197 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 4: to lose your passion like my aunt and uncle. Maybe 198 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 4: it's been years you've just accepted that it's never gonna happen. 199 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 4: So let me encourage you tonight to stir your faith. Well, 200 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 4: God promised is still on the way. He can restore 201 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 4: your family, he can break an addiction. He can get 202 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 4: you to where you're meant to be. These light afflictions 203 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 4: are for a moment. The sun, the moon, the stars, 204 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 4: all of heaven is saying it's just a season. Our 205 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 4: outlooks should be. I know this is not gonna last. 206 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 4: I know my God is in control, so I'm gonna 207 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 4: stay in faith. I'm going to thank him that things 208 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 4: are changing, even when I don't see it. There's another 209 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 4: version of that scripture that says, for our present trouble 210 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 4: won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a 211 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 4: glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever. The 212 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 4: struggle is temporary, the blessing is forever. So whenever I 213 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 4: hear about this idea of seasons, my mind seems to 214 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,079 Speaker 4: automatically categorize them into good and bad, as if that's 215 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 4: how it works. We go from one season to the 216 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 4: other season and back again. But the more I read 217 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 4: what the Bible has to say about seasons, the more 218 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 4: I realize that's not God's design. Tewod Corinthian says, we 219 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 4: are being transformed into the same image as him, from 220 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:45,239 Speaker 4: glory to glory. God doesn't work in good and bad seasons, 221 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 4: but in glory to glory seasons. His plan for your 222 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 4: life is always to take you higher, to make you better, 223 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 4: to show you more of His greatness, his power, his love. 224 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 4: I'm not saying we won't have challenging or uncomfortable moments, 225 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 4: but when we see our seasons the way God does, 226 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 4: not as some series of highs and lows, but as 227 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 4: a journey from glory to glory, we'll recognize that they 228 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:12,559 Speaker 4: are all necessary and working for our good. He has 229 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 4: a purpose for every season. When you're planting something, you 230 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 4: have to prepare the soil, water the seed, pull up 231 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 4: the weeds, give it time to grow before you get 232 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 4: to harvest. When the seed's underground and we don't see 233 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 4: anything happening, we keep watering because we know it's taking root. 234 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 4: When it comes time, we pull up the weeds because 235 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 4: without that the plant wouldn't grow. Even when it's slow, 236 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 4: we make sure it gets enough sunlight so that it 237 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 4: will be healthy. But in life sometimes we want to 238 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 4: get to harvest, but we think, I wish I could 239 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 4: just skip. Watering is boring. I don't want to pull 240 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 4: up the weeds. That would be uncomfortable. But these are 241 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 4: the steps God uses to lead us from glory to glory. 242 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 4: Every season is meaningful. He has a purpose in a plant. 243 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 4: So rather than fighting it to rush through it, why 244 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 4: don't we embrace the glory that we're in. Maybe you're 245 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 4: being your best, you're putting God first, you're doing the 246 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 4: right thing, but nothing's happening. It's been months and you 247 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 4: haven't seen anything on the surface. And stay encouraged because 248 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 4: your seed is taking root. Things are happening that you 249 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 4: can't see. God is working behind the scenes. He's causing 250 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 4: your roots to go down deep because He's got a 251 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 4: great plan for your life. Or maybe you're frustrated because 252 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 4: your health hasn't improved, you haven't met the right person. 253 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 4: That door still hasn't open. God hasn't forgotten you. You're 254 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 4: in a watering season. It's all part of the process. 255 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 4: Keep believing. David said God, my times are in your hands. 256 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 4: He was saying, God, I know you're in control and 257 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 4: at the right time, you're gonna turn things around. So 258 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 4: I'm gonna stay in faith. Don't get discouraged by the planting, 259 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 4: the watering, the pulling up weeds. Season. They're important. They 260 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 4: can be uncomfortable. We might not always understand them, but 261 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 4: God's doing a work in us. Our character is being developed. 262 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 4: That's when we're showing God that will trust him, that 263 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 4: will be faithful. We grow in the difficult times. The 264 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 4: seed takes root in the dark. God wouldn't allow something 265 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 4: to happen if he wasn't going to use it for 266 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 4: our good. It takes faith to see that and embraced 267 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 4: not just harvest, but all seasons. When we look at 268 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 4: Joseph's life in the Old Testament, we can see how 269 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 4: God used every season to lead him to his destiny. 270 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 4: As a teenager, God gave him a dream that he 271 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 4: would lead a nation. Then when he told his brothers, 272 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 4: they got jealous, threw him in a pit, and sold 273 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 4: him into slavery. He found himself in Egypt working for 274 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 4: a man named Potiphar. Joseph had every right to be upset, frustrated, bitter. 275 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 4: But the Bible says, as it turns out, God was 276 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 4: with Joseph, and things went very well with him. Even 277 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 4: Potiphar saw that and put him in charge of his 278 00:15:59,400 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 4: entire estate. 279 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 7: Eight. 280 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 4: Then Potiphar's wife decided to lie about Joseph, falsely accused him, 281 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 4: and he was thrown in prison. That probably should have 282 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 4: broken Joseph, but he found favor with the headguard, and 283 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 4: as a prisoner, ended up managing the whole operation. Then 284 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 4: that's where he met Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker, and God 285 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 4: used him to interpret their dreams. Then when Pharaoh needed 286 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 4: someone to interpret his dream they knew just who to call. 287 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 4: Pharaoh recognized that God was with Joseph and was so 288 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 4: impressed that he appointed him second in command over all 289 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 4: of Egypt. When a famine struck, the Bible says, soon 290 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 4: the whole world was coming to buy supplies from Joseph. 291 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 4: God used him in an amazing way. When we look 292 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 4: back on his life, we can see how God used 293 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 4: every season to lead him to his destiny. If we 294 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 4: left one out, the others wouldn't have happened. If his 295 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 4: brothers hadn't been jealous he would have never been sold 296 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 4: into slavery. If he'd never been sold into slavery, he 297 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 4: would have never met Potiphar. If Potiphar's wife hadn't falsely 298 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 4: accused him, he would have never been thrown in prison. 299 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 4: If he hadn't been thrown in prison, he would have 300 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 4: never interpreted the servant's dreams. If he hadn't interpreted their dreams, 301 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 4: he would have never been called before Pharaoh and put 302 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,959 Speaker 4: in charge of the nation in order to save them 303 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 4: in a time of crisis. When we look at any 304 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 4: of these moments on our own, that don't make sense. 305 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 4: It's just one unfair season after the other. But when 306 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 4: we see the full picture, we see God's design, his 307 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 4: hand at work. Now, what I love about Joseph is 308 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:41,719 Speaker 4: that we don't read one time where he complained, got angry, 309 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 4: or was cynical. He could have said, God, why is 310 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 4: this happening to me? I didn't do anything wrong. Instead, 311 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 4: he kept being his best. He had a good attitude, 312 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 4: He did everything with excellence. Could it be that Joseph 313 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 4: embraced even an unfair and uncomfortable See, he probably didn't 314 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 4: understand it all, but he trusted that God was working 315 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 4: everything for his good. Every step back, every disappointment, every 316 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 4: betrayal was leading him closer to the throne. Or The 317 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 4: alternative to embrace is endure. I don't know about you, 318 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 4: but I don't want to endure life. Let's be like 319 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 4: Joseph and have a good attitude even when people aren't 320 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 4: treating us right. Let's stay in faith in an unfair situation. 321 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 4: Let's keep a good attitude. Let's trust God even in 322 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 4: an uncomfortable season. Who knows what dreams he asked for 323 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 4: you to interpret. Don't miss the miracle because you're frustrated 324 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 4: and fighting the season. You may be in the prison, 325 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 4: so to speak, but you're just one call away from 326 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 4: the palace from God bringing you into your destiny, connecting 327 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:54,359 Speaker 4: all the dots. What would Joseph say if we were 328 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 4: to ask him about this journey? The answer is found 329 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 4: in the names of his sons, Manassa and Ephraim, which 330 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 4: means God has made me forget all my hardships and 331 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 4: prospered me double. God has a plan and a purpose 332 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 4: for every season. If he'll trust it, it will embrace it. 333 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 4: Then we'll look back like Joseph and say it was 334 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 4: worth it. You know, sometimes the seasons we think are 335 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 4: unimportant are the very ones God is using to prepare 336 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 4: us for what he has planned. A few years ago, 337 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 4: I was playing acoustic guitar here at church for all 338 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 4: three services every single weekend. And now that sounds like 339 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 4: this amazing opportunity. But when you're sixteen and spending every 340 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 4: Saturday night at church, you may start to think twice. 341 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 4: Trust me. On top of that, I don't think I 342 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 4: was really in the mix. No one could hear what 343 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 4: I was playing. I could have been making up my 344 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 4: own song, and I don't think anyone would have known. 345 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 4: These guys know what they're laughing at me right now. 346 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 4: But I made a decid that if I was going 347 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 4: to be here, then I would worship, because if not, 348 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 4: it would have really been a waste of time. So 349 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 4: for years, every Saturday night I was worshiping. When I 350 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 4: look back now, I see how that prepared me where 351 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 4: I am today. I'm leading worship. But it was all 352 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 4: those Saturday nights that taught me how to do it. 353 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 4: It was that season that at the time felt unimportant, 354 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 4: that helped me to develop not just my musical ability, 355 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 4: but my heart. I think about the seventeen years my 356 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 4: dad spent behind the scenes editing my grandfather's sermons. He 357 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 4: would have to listen to one over and over again 358 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 4: in order to edit it for the TV broadcast. That 359 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 4: could have felt insignificant. Little did he know editing all 360 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 4: those sermons was preparing him to write them one day. 361 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 4: God was using that season to teach him. When David 362 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 4: was out in the shepherd's field tending to his father sheep, 363 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 4: that might have seemed like a waste of time. A 364 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,439 Speaker 4: few weeks ago, he had been annointed to king, and 365 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 4: now he's looking after sheep and they weren't even his sheep. 366 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 4: But day after day, month after month, year after year 367 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 4: he's spent in this field. There's no way he could 368 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 4: have known what God was preparing him for. But he 369 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:24,719 Speaker 4: just kept watching those sheep, practicing his slingshot. Then one day, 370 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 4: a man named Goliath showed up ten feet tall, mocking 371 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 4: the name of the Lord. As soon as David found 372 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 4: out he was at the front line, saying, I fought 373 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 4: lions and bears for these sheep. Who does he think 374 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 4: he is cursing the name of God, this uncircumcised philistine. 375 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 4: God will deliver him over to me too, and with 376 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,880 Speaker 4: one stone. From that slingshot, he slew the giant. Who 377 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 4: knows what God is preparing you for in a hidden season. 378 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 4: If David hadn't embraced what seemed unimportant, he wouldn't have 379 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 4: been ready to face Goliath. But we read so many 380 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 4: times in scripture where he cared for his father's sheep 381 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 4: with excellence. Even out in the field. He was writing psalms, 382 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 4: he was making music, he was praising God. Just because 383 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 4: he was in a slow season didn't mean he was 384 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 4: wasting time. Maybe where you are feels overlooked, unimportant, but 385 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 4: with God, every moment is valuable. He knows exactly what 386 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 4: he's doing. He's preparing you in those unseen places. So 387 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,479 Speaker 4: let's be like David and not waste time. They may 388 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 4: not be your sheep, but care for them with excellence. 389 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 4: You may be out in the field, but make music, 390 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 4: sing a song. You may not understand what God is 391 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 4: preparing you for, but give him praise because He's at 392 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 4: work in your life. There's a verse in Matthew that 393 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 4: seems to illustrate this idea of season so well. It 394 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 4: says this, are you tired, worn out, burned out on religion? 395 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 4: Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover 396 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 4: your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. 397 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 4: Walk with me, work with me. Watch how I do it. 398 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 4: Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything 399 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,199 Speaker 4: heavy or ill fitting on you. Keep company with me, 400 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 4: and you'll learn to live freely and lightly. Be unforced 401 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 4: rhythms of grace. That sounds like a better word for seasons. 402 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 4: Wherever we are tonight, this is what Jesus is saying. 403 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 4: Come to me and you'll recover your life. I'll show 404 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,679 Speaker 4: you how to embrace the seasons. Without Jesus, we're just 405 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 4: fighting the current swimming upstream. We can make our own plans, 406 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 4: wish we were somewhere else, try to do it our 407 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 4: own way, but as that verse says, it will only 408 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 4: leave us tired, worn down, burned out. Learn the unforced 409 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 4: rhythms of grace. With Jesus. We can live freely and lightly, 410 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:18,360 Speaker 4: knowing we've been equipped, anointed, and graced for every season. 411 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 4: He won't give us anything that's too great for us 412 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 4: to handle. These rhythms remind me of waves on your own. 413 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 4: It's like you're standing in the ocean facing the shore. 414 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 4: Every wave that hits you seems to come out of nowhere. 415 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 4: They crash into you, unexpectedly, knock you down. But when 416 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 4: we turn and face the waves, when we look to Jesus, 417 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 4: we can actually embrace them. We can flow with the tie, 418 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 4: learn its rhythms. We'll realize it's only a season, it's 419 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 4: just a wave. I know it's preparing me for my destiny. 420 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 4: It's all part of God's plan. In fact, I can 421 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 4: ride this wave. It's working for my good. God designed 422 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,919 Speaker 4: life with seasons, but he never intended for you to 423 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 4: go through them alone. He loves you so much he 424 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 4: sent his own son to be with you every step. 425 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,919 Speaker 4: The only way we can embrace our season is to 426 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 4: first embrace Jesus and everything that He's done for us. 427 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 4: That's how we truly live. That's life in its fullest. 428 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 4: Let me pray, God, we know you have us in 429 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 4: the palm of your hand. Lord, I pray that we 430 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 4: would leave here tonight with a new perspective on seasons, 431 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 4: a new excitement for life. We know in all things 432 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 4: you are working for our good. Continue to prepare us, 433 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 4: continue to lead us, show us these unforced rhythms. Embrace 434 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 4: and Lord, I lift up all those going through an 435 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:10,159 Speaker 4: unfair and uncomfortable, a difficult season right now, God, we 436 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 4: need you. Though it may seem permanent, Lord, we believe 437 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 4: what you said that these light afflictions are for a moment, 438 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 4: So we trust that they are working in us a 439 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,680 Speaker 4: glory that vastly outweighs them. Lord, I pray that you 440 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 4: would reveal that glory in a real way here tonight. God, 441 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 4: our times are in your hands. Jesus, we embrace you. 442 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 4: Help us to embrace our season. Amen. 443 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 8: Thank you for listening to the Joel Lostine podcast. Help 444 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 8: us continue to share the message of hope with those 445 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 8: all over the world. 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