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Thanks for listening to 24 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 25 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 26 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. 27 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 28 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 3: your life. Will God bless you. It's a joy to 29 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 3: come into your homes, and if you're ever in our area, 30 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 3: please stop by and be a part of one of 31 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 3: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 32 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 3: at home. I like to start with something funny, and 33 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 3: I heard about this man that was very stingy with 34 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 3: his money, and just before his death, he made his 35 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 3: wife promise him that she would have him buried with 36 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 3: the fifty thousand dollars he had saved. His wife reluctantly agreed. 37 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 3: At the funeral, before they closed the casket, she snuck 38 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 3: in this small wooden box. Her friend said, surely you 39 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 3: didn't just bury the money, did you. The wife said, 40 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 3: of course I did. I'm a Christian. I can't. She said, 41 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 3: you mean you just buried fifty thousand dollars. Wife said, yes, 42 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 3: I did. I wrote a check. Say it like you 43 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 3: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 44 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 3: says I am. I have what it says I have. 45 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 3: I can do what it says I can do. Today 46 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 3: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 47 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 3: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 48 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 3: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 49 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about daily direction. 50 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 3: God said in Psalms that he will lead us down 51 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 3: the best path for our lives. He has the wisdom 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 3: we need, the guidance, the direction, but it's not going 53 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 3: to happen automatically. Every morning. We have to go to 54 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 3: him and say, God, show me my assignment, show me 55 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 3: what to do, show me where to go, give me 56 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 3: the words to speak, asking for wisdom, for guidance. That's 57 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 3: an act of surrender. It takes humility to say, God, 58 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 3: you know what's best for me. I can't do this 59 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 3: on my own. I need your help. Open the right doors, 60 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 3: close the wrong doors, make the path clear. The scripture 61 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 3: says when you acknowledge God in all your ways, he 62 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 3: will direct your path. But too often we make our 63 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 3: plans without consulting God. Then we ask him to bless 64 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 3: those plans, and we wonder why to struggle, Why it 65 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 3: feels like it's always uphill. We have it backwards. We're 66 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 3: making a move and then asking God for help. The 67 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 3: right way is to ask God first, God, what do 68 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 3: you want me to do? Should I date this person? 69 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 3: Should I start this new project? Should I make this purchase? 70 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 3: If you feel peace about it, then move forward. If not, 71 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 3: hold off, knowing that God knows what's best for you. 72 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 3: In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus prayed, give us this day 73 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 3: our daily bread. He didn't say our weekly bread, our 74 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 3: monthly bread. Joel, I come to church every Sunday, No, 75 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 3: every morning. You need to go to God for your 76 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 3: daily bread, your daily wisdom, daily direction. Too many times 77 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 3: we're trying to do things only in our own strength, 78 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 3: our own intellect, our own ability. That's going to limit us. 79 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 3: God can see things that you can't see. He knows 80 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 3: the right people who should be in your life. He 81 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 3: knows where the danger is, where the dead ends are. 82 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 3: God knows how to catapult you into your destiny. You 83 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 3: have an advantage. Are you taking time for your daily bread? 84 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 3: Sometimes we rush out of the house I'm in a hurry. 85 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 3: I don't have time today, Joel, I got to get 86 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 3: to work. I live by this principle. Never meet with 87 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 3: other people before you meet with God. If you'll take 88 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 3: time to acknowledge God, say God, I need you today, 89 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 3: Lead me, guide me, keep me on the right path. 90 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 3: Not only will your day go better, but God will 91 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 3: keep you from making mistakes. A few years before my 92 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 3: dad went to be with the Lord, Victoria and I 93 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,679 Speaker 3: came across a construction permit for the last full power 94 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 3: television station here in Houston. I had spent years behind 95 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 3: the scenes here at Lakewood doing the television production. I 96 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 3: was excited about being able to put this station on 97 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 3: the air. We were building it from the ground up. 98 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 3: We had to find a place for the tower, buy 99 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 3: the programming, hire the staff. While it was exciting, I 100 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 3: didn't have any experience in broadcast television. I knew a 101 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 3: little bit about production, but this was beyond my expertise. 102 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 3: I had to do I'm asking you to do. I 103 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 3: would start off every morning saying, God, I can't do 104 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 3: this in my own strength, my own ability. I need 105 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 3: your help. Lord. Guide me to the right people, Leave 106 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 3: me down the right path. God, keep me from making 107 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 3: a mistake. What was I doing getting my daily bread, 108 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 3: my daily instruction? And at one point we were about 109 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 3: to purchase the most expensive and important piece of equipment 110 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 3: for the station. Was going to cost a couple million dollars. Now, 111 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 3: our engineers had researched it and come up with their 112 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 3: recommendation for the make and the model. But a couple 113 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 3: of days before we put the purchase order in, a 114 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 3: friend of mine that I hadn't spoken to in years 115 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 3: called out of the blue. We spoke for about fifteen minutes. 116 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 3: Just before he hung up, he made a comment about 117 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 3: the manufacturer of the piece of equipment we were about 118 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 3: to buy. He said, in passing how he had heard 119 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 3: that that company was struggling, that they might go out 120 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 3: of business. He made the statement, I feel bad for 121 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 3: people who own their equipment. He had no idea we 122 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 3: were about to place an order with them. When I 123 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 3: heard that, chills went up and down my spine. He 124 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 3: didn't know it, but God was using him to speak 125 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 3: to me. When I hung up, I called our engineers. 126 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 3: They researched it and found out what he was saying 127 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 3: was true. If he'd have called a couple of days later, 128 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 3: it would have been too late. We would have been 129 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 3: stuck with something that could have been a big headache, outdated, 130 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 3: not supported. And some people think that's a coincidence, But 131 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 3: I know that was God directed my steps. That's what 132 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 3: happens when you get your daily bread. When every morning 133 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 3: you ask God for wisdom, you are showing your dependency 134 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 3: on him. When you humble yourself like that, the scripture said, 135 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 3: God will exalt you. A lot of people these days, 136 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 3: they're too prideful. Think I don't need any help. I 137 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 3: can do this on my own, Joel, Look at how 138 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 3: successful I am already. Think about where you could be 139 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 3: if you start acknowledging God. Think about the mistakes he 140 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 3: could have saved you from. Think about the opportunity, the favor, 141 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 3: the doors you couldn't open but God can open. Don't 142 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 3: do it on your own. That will limit you. Start 143 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 3: getting your daily bread, your daily direction. When the Israelites 144 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 3: were in the desert, headed toward the Promised Land, God 145 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 3: gave them manna to eat each morning. It was something 146 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 3: like bread that formed on the ground. The manna would 147 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 3: only last for one day. Every morning they had to 148 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 3: go out and get a fresh supply. But I'm sure 149 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 3: some people thought, I don't feel like going out tomorrow. 150 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 3: I'm gonna save some time and energy. I'm gonna gather 151 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 3: up enough for the whole week. They woke up the 152 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 3: next morning all that manna was spoiled. You couldn't eat it. 153 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 3: The principle was they had to go out and get 154 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 3: fresh manna every day. The word manna in the original 155 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 3: Hebrew is translated what is it when we go to 156 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 3: God for our fresh manna each day? The right attitude 157 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 3: is God, what is it you want me to do? 158 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 3: What is my assignment? Not giving God orders, telling him 159 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 3: what to do how to do it? Rather, God, show 160 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 3: me the best path, Show me how to overcome this problem, 161 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 3: Show me how to accomplish my dreams. Are you getting 162 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 3: your daily bread? Are you checking in with headquarters to 163 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 3: get your assignment each morning? Asking God what is it? 164 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 3: Or are you on autopilot just doing what you've always done. 165 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 3: The challenge with that approach is what worked in the 166 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 3: past work today. Sometimes God will do things a different way. 167 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 3: When the Israelites needed water out there in the desert, 168 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 3: they were thirsty. God told Moses to strike the rock. 169 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 3: He struck it and water flowed out freely. Another time 170 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 3: when they needed water, same situation. God told Moses to 171 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 3: speak to the rock. The problem was Moses was on autopilot. 172 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 3: He didn't listen. He thought, I got this no problem. 173 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 3: I don't need to check in with headquarters. I don't 174 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 3: need to get daily direction. I've overcome this problem before. 175 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 3: I can do it again. He struck the rock, same problem, 176 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 3: same desert, similar rock. But God had a different plan. 177 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 3: God was saying, Moses, just because I had to do 178 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 3: it that way last time doesn't mean I want you 179 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 3: to do it that way this time. What am I saying? 180 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 3: You can't live off ay yesterday's manna and expect to 181 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 3: have victory today. Yesterday's information may not work today. God 182 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 3: is a god of freshness. He likes to do new things, 183 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 3: and it's easy to get stuck in the rock thinking 184 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 3: I don't need daily direction, Joel, I've overcome this problem before. 185 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 3: I'm going to use the same tactics to overcome it 186 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 3: this time. Like with Moses, sometimes the old way doesn't work. 187 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 3: You need to get some fresh manna. If not, you'll 188 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 3: keep striking the rock when you should be speaking to 189 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 3: the rock. It's a small tweak, but you'll only hear it. 190 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 3: If you're getting your daily bread, stay open for change, 191 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,439 Speaker 3: be willing to try something new. What made you successful 192 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 3: five years ago may not make you successful today. What 193 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 3: worked in your marriage in the past may not work today. 194 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 3: Why don't you get some fresh manna have the attitude God, 195 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 3: I'm ready for new things. I've heard it said if 196 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 3: you don't innovate, you will evaporate. You can't rely on 197 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 3: what got you to where you are to keep you 198 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 3: where you are. The world is changing. Somebody wants your job, 199 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 3: somebody wants your spouse, somebody wants your dreams. You can't 200 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 3: afford to sit back on autopilot and just coast do 201 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 3: things the same way. You'll get left behind. The good 202 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 3: news is God has daily favor, daily ideas, daily wisdom, 203 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 3: daily abundance. If you'll stay open, he'll lead you into 204 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 3: the fullness of your destiny. Why couldn't Moses strike the 205 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:51,199 Speaker 3: rock again worth the first time? It's because God wants 206 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 3: us to rely on Him, not some formula, thinking, well, 207 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 3: if I do this and do that and do the other, 208 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 3: then God will bless me. If that's all it took, 209 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 3: we wouldn't really need God. Just follow these steps for success. 210 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:11,079 Speaker 3: Just keep striking the rock on purpose. God changes the method, 211 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 3: so we'll have to go to him for our daily bread. 212 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 3: He's looking for people who recognize he's the source of 213 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 3: our strength. He's the source of our success. In him 214 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 3: is health, freedom, ideas, abundance. When you rely on him, 215 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 3: he'll take you from victory to victory. But here's the 216 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 3: whole key. He may not do it the same way. 217 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 3: Could it be that you are stuck. You're not seeing 218 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 3: the progress that you should because you're still striking the 219 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 3: rock when you should be speaking to the rock. You're 220 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 3: stuck in tradition in the way it happened in the past, 221 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 3: trying to duplicate the same way. When God is wanting 222 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 3: to do a new thing, a new way, with new ideas, 223 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 3: with new people, bringing new talents out of you. If 224 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 3: you'll start getting your daily bread, listening to what God 225 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,959 Speaker 3: is saying now, then you'll see that water begin to 226 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 3: flow out of the rock in greater ways. David understood 227 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 3: this principle in second Samuel five. He had just been 228 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 3: made king over Israel. When the Philistines heard about it, 229 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 3: they came down to this valley to attack him. Now, 230 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 3: David was a warrior. He had conquered a lot of armies. 231 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 3: His nature was to attack. But here's why David was 232 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 3: considered a man after God's own heart. Verse nineteen says 233 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 3: David inquired of the Lord, shall I go attack the Philistines? 234 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 3: Will you hand this enemy over to me? Notice his humility. 235 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 3: He didn't say I got this, been there, done that, 236 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 3: no problem. He took time to inquire of the Lord 237 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 3: before he went to battle. He got quiet and said, God, 238 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 3: what do you want me to do? He was getting 239 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 3: his daily direction. He didn't assume because something worked in 240 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 3: the past, it was going to work right there. He 241 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 3: asked a very significant question, God, will you hand this 242 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 3: enemy over to me? Seems like that would be a given. 243 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 3: He was just put in charge of the Israelites, God's 244 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 3: chosen people. Surely God wouldn't let them be defeated. But 245 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 3: the fact is we're not supposed to fight every battle. 246 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 3: David was smart enough to ask, am I supposed to attack? 247 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 3: He was saying, God, if I go in there, are 248 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 3: you going to go with me? He was showing his 249 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 3: dependency on God. He recognized where his strength, his favor, 250 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 3: his ability came from. And sometimes we assume if there's 251 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 3: an obstacle, there's something trying to stop us. There's no question, 252 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 3: get in there and go to battle. God is on 253 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 3: our side. But a wiser approach is to say, God, 254 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 3: what is your plan? How do you want me to 255 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 3: respond to this opposition? Shall I attack? Or shall I 256 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 3: be still and let you fight for me? If I 257 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 3: go in, God, are you going to go with me? 258 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 3: We've all fought battles where we didn't come out the 259 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 3: way we thought. Maybe it was because we didn't inquire 260 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 3: of the Lord. Verse nineteen goes on to say the 261 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 3: Lord said to David, go for I will surely hand 262 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 3: the Philistines over to you. Once he got clear direction, 263 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 3: once he knew he had God's blessing, he went down 264 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 3: there and defeated the Philistines. But if we would do 265 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 3: like David and inquire of the Lord before we get 266 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 3: into conflict, before we make big decisions, go to God 267 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 3: God for daily direction, for daily manna, it would save 268 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 3: us a lot of heartache and pain. I've learned what 269 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 3: God orders he will pay for. But God is not 270 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 3: obligated to bring victory to battles that we're not supposed 271 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 3: to be in. And yes, God is merciful. Yes, he'll 272 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 3: help us, but it's much better to inquire of the 273 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 3: Lord before you make important decisions. A few months later, 274 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 3: the Philistines came back to the same valley to attack 275 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 3: David again. David could have thought, this is a no brainer. 276 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 3: I don't even have to pray about it this time. 277 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 3: I know what to do. Go down there and attack. 278 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 3: But David realized he couldn't live off a yesterday's manna. 279 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 3: He knew yesterday's information may not be appropriate for today's challenge. 280 00:17:55,440 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 3: This scripture says David inquired of the Lord again, and 281 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 3: the Lord said, do not attack them, same valley, same enemy. 282 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 3: But God said, this time, I'm going to do it 283 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 3: a different way. I don't want you to go down 284 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 3: and attack. I want you to circle around them. He 285 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 3: went on to tell them when they heard the sound 286 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 3: of rustling in the mulberry trees, that was a sign 287 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 3: that he had gone before them to defeat their enemies. 288 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 3: Then they were to go in at once. But if 289 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 3: David had not inquired of the Lord, he would have 290 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 3: done it the first way. That's common sense. Hey, it 291 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 3: worked last time, I'm sure it's going to work this time. 292 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 3: But God's ways are not our ways. He doesn't want 293 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 3: you to get hooked on a formula. He wants you 294 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 3: to be hooked on him. When you developed this habit 295 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 3: of going to God for your daily bread, daily direction, 296 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 3: saying God, how do you want me to respond? How 297 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 3: should I deal with this situation in my health, my finance. 298 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 3: God give me your wisdom, your insight, your favor. That's 299 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 3: how God will lead you down the best path for 300 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 3: your life. In my early twenties, there was this couple 301 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 3: I knew that I really liked, and I went overboard 302 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 3: to be good to them, and they were kind of 303 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 3: friendly to me, but it was always like I wasn't 304 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,679 Speaker 3: doing enough. My nature was to do more. I showed 305 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 3: them favor when they, several years later moved to a 306 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 3: different city. I gave them money for their moving cost, 307 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 3: helped them pack up their house. I knew down in 308 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 3: here that's what I was supposed to be doing, taking 309 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 3: the high road, going the extra mile. I felt good 310 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 3: about it, and I believed that God blessed me for it. 311 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 3: But a couple of years after they had moved, I 312 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 3: received word from a friend of mine that they were 313 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:53,880 Speaker 3: upset with me because they didn't think I'd help them enough. Here, 314 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 3: I'd helped them more than I'd helped anybody, And back 315 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 3: then that really bothered me because I wanted everybody to 316 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 3: like me. I was tempted to go and try to 317 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:05,880 Speaker 3: do more and try to make it up to them. 318 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 3: But when I prayed about it, when I asked God 319 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 3: for daily direction, I heard it so strongly, not out loud, 320 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 3: but down in here. Something said, Jo'll leave them alone. 321 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 3: They are never going to be for you. Same battle, 322 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 3: same people, but different approach. If I hadn't have learned 323 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 3: what I'm telling you today to get daily direction, then 324 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 3: I would still be frustrated trying to convince somebody to 325 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:37,360 Speaker 3: like me that was never going to like me. Are 326 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 3: you fighting battles that you're not supposed to fight? If 327 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 3: God hasn't given you permission, then you're going to do 328 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 3: it in your own strength, your own ability. It will 329 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 3: be a constant struggle. There's no grace for it, and 330 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 3: just because it was right last time doesn't mean that 331 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 3: it's right this time. Like David, you may be skilled 332 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 3: in battle, you're tough, you can take on the best 333 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 3: of them, but you have to check in with headquarters. 334 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 3: You have to get your assignment. God, am I supposed 335 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 3: to fight this battle? Show me the right steps to take. 336 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 3: Then listen to what you're feeling down in here, not 337 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 3: in your head, but in your heart. The scripture calls 338 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 3: it the still small voice. It's an impression. You can't 339 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 3: explain it. You just know this is what I'm supposed 340 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 3: to do. That's God giving you daily direction. This is 341 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 3: where Joshua and the Israelites got off course. They had 342 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 3: just seen the walls of Jericho come down, great miracle. 343 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 3: They had defeated other armies along the way. God's favor 344 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 3: was on them. But there was a group of people 345 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 3: called the Gibeonites. They lived about two cities over from 346 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 3: where Joshua and the Israelites were canned. When they heard 347 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 3: how powerful and successful the Israelites were, they knew they 348 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 3: couldn't compete with them, and they too were going to 349 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 3: be driven out of their land. So they came up 350 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 3: with a plan to try to deceive Joshua. They loaded 351 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 3: their donkeys up with old, run down, worn out sacks. 352 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 3: They put on clothes that had holes in them, sandals 353 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 3: that were falling apart. They left food out on purpose 354 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 3: so that it would be old and moldy and steal. 355 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 3: They did this to make it seem like they had 356 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 3: traveled a great distance. They showed up at Joshua's camp, 357 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 3: said Joshua, we've come from a far far land. We've 358 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 3: traveled for months and months. We're tired, we're hungry. Please, Joshua, 359 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 3: make a peace treaty with us. Let us live here. 360 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 3: We promised we'll work for you. Joshua said, in effect, 361 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 3: how do I know you're not from one of these 362 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 3: neighboring cities I'm about to conquer. How can I be 363 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 3: sure you don't live close by? They said, Joshua, look 364 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 3: at this bread. It was freshly baked when we left home. 365 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 3: Now it's old and moldy. Look at these clothes. They 366 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 3: were dry clean before we left. This shirt had starch 367 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 3: in it. Look at it now, Joshua said, let me 368 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 3: see that bread. He looked at it. It was old, smelled badly. 369 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 3: The scripture says the Israelites examined their bread, but they 370 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 3: did not consult with the Lord. It looked like they 371 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 3: were telling the truth. Everything on the surface seemed like 372 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 3: they were straight up people. So Joshua signed a peace 373 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 3: treaty with them, saying fine, you can live here. Don't worry. 374 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 3: We'll never hurt you. Three days later the truth came out. 375 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 3: Joshua discovered they weren't who they said they were. They 376 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 3: were from a city, just a couple of towns over. 377 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 3: The Israelite people were furious. They were ready to watch 378 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 3: them out. Let them have it. Joshua said, no, don't 379 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 3: touch them. We gave them our word. If we break 380 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 3: our agreement, God will come against us. It was a 381 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 3: big headache. It all could have been avoided. The whole 382 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 3: problem was they did not consult with the Lord. They 383 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 3: just looked at it. On the surface, everything seemed fine. 384 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 3: But God can see things that we can't see. That's 385 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 3: why you need to go to him before you get 386 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 3: involved with people, before you sign the contract, before you 387 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 3: put the money down, do yourself a favor and consult 388 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 3: with the Lord. Because people are not always who they 389 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 3: say they are. They can show you one side, the 390 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 3: side they want you to see, but God can see 391 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 3: the whole package. You can't get so caught up in 392 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 3: how fine she is, how beautiful she looks. Joel, he's tall, dark, 393 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 3: aren't handsome and rich? I don't have to consult with 394 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 3: the Lord the Lord just answered my prayer. You better 395 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 3: step back, Joshua. You may end up with somebody that's 396 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 3: not who you think they are. If you're married, don't 397 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 3: say amen. Now. There were two young ladies in their 398 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 3: early twenties. They had traveled from their home in southern 399 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 3: California down to Tijuana, Mexico, to go Christmas shopping for 400 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 3: the day. When they returned to their car, they noticed 401 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 3: what looked like a little puppy looked just like a 402 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 3: little chihuahua. It was squirming there in the gutter and 403 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:40,679 Speaker 3: they could tell it was in a lot of pain. 404 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 3: Feeling sorry for it, they picked it up and put 405 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 3: it in the trunk of their car. They were going 406 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 3: to take it home and didn't want the border patrol 407 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 3: to see it. One of the girls took it into 408 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 3: her apartment gave it some milk, trying to nurse it 409 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 3: back to hell. She tried to feed it, but it 410 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 3: wouldn't eat anything. That night, she wrapped it in a 411 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,719 Speaker 3: blanket and put it in her bed with her and 412 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 3: all through the night making sure it was okay. The 413 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 3: next morning it was doing worse than ever. She rushed 414 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 3: it to the emergency animal clinic, handed it to the 415 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 3: veterinarian began to describe the symptoms. The doctor stopped her 416 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 3: and said, where did you get this animal. She thought 417 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 3: she was in trouble for bringing it across the border, 418 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 3: and she finally said, well, my friend and I found 419 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 3: this little chihuahua in the gutter in Tijuana. He said, 420 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 3: young lady, this is not a chihuahua. This is a 421 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 3: Mexican river rat. Everything is not what it seems. You 422 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,879 Speaker 3: better consult with the Lord. You don't want any rats 423 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 3: living in your house. I'm asking you today to go 424 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 3: to God for daily direction. You're not going to make 425 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 3: the best decisions if you're not consulting with the Lord. 426 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 3: Don't do like Joshua. Try to figure it out in 427 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 3: your own strength. Do like David and inquire of the Lord. Remember, 428 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 3: yesterday's manna is not going to be good for today. 429 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 3: If you'll develop this habit of going to God for 430 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 3: fresh manner, I believe and declare God is going to 431 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 3: lead you down the best path for your life. He's 432 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 3: going to protect you from mistakes, bring the right people, 433 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 3: and take you to the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name. 434 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 3: If you receive it, can you say amen, I'd like 435 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,920 Speaker 3: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 436 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:39,360 Speaker 3: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 437 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 3: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 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