1 00:00:00,970 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hi, it's Joel and Victoria. What a joy to be 2 00:00:03,380 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: with you today. We always count it an honor. Know 3 00:00:05,940 --> 00:00:08,040 Speaker 1: that we're praying for you and your family. We sure 4 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:11,060 Speaker 1: hope you enjoy this podcast today. And we just are 5 00:00:11,100 --> 00:00:13,700 Speaker 1: praying for you and know that God is for you. 6 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: So enjoy today's message. Well, God bless you. It's a 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:19,700 Speaker 1: joy to come into your homes. 8 00:00:19,780 --> 00:00:22,700 Speaker 2: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 9 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 2: and be a part of one of our services. These 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,550 Speaker 2: are the finest people in all of Houston right here 11 00:00:27,590 --> 00:00:29,950 Speaker 2: at Lakewood, but we'd love to have you come out. 12 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:33,110 Speaker 2: Thanks for tuning in today. I like to start with 13 00:00:33,130 --> 00:00:36,130 Speaker 2: something funny. And I heard about this lady. She was 14 00:00:36,260 --> 00:00:40,500 Speaker 2: so stressed out, so overworked. She needed a break, but 15 00:00:40,580 --> 00:00:43,279 Speaker 2: she knew her boss wouldn't let her off unless she 16 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,060 Speaker 2: acted crazy. So she stood on top of her desk, 17 00:00:47,510 --> 00:00:51,030 Speaker 2: put both hands over her head like a circle. The 18 00:00:51,070 --> 00:00:53,950 Speaker 2: boss came in, said, what are you doing? She said, 19 00:00:53,990 --> 00:00:56,430 Speaker 2: I'm a light bulb. I'm putting off light. 20 00:00:57,050 --> 00:00:59,860 Speaker 1: He said, you need to go home. You're not thinking clearly. 21 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: Get some rest. She walked out. 22 00:01:02,540 --> 00:01:05,540 Speaker 2: Her coworker started to follow her. The boss said, where 23 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,110 Speaker 2: are you going? She said, I'm going home too. I 24 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,070 Speaker 2: can't work in the dark. 25 00:01:11,330 --> 00:01:12,390 Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. 26 00:01:12,970 --> 00:01:15,770 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 27 00:01:16,350 --> 00:01:18,670 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 28 00:01:18,709 --> 00:01:21,209 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today, I will be 29 00:01:21,250 --> 00:01:25,010 Speaker 2: taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind 30 00:01:25,110 --> 00:01:28,370 Speaker 2: is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be 31 00:01:28,410 --> 00:01:33,410 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 32 00:01:33,430 --> 00:01:36,930 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about faithful in the routine. 33 00:01:38,010 --> 00:01:40,630 Speaker 2: There are times in life we feel like we're going 34 00:01:40,750 --> 00:01:44,429 Speaker 2: in circles. We're doing the right thing, but not making 35 00:01:44,450 --> 00:01:47,490 Speaker 2: much progress. We don't see anything changing. 36 00:01:48,150 --> 00:01:49,250 Speaker 1: It's easy to lose. 37 00:01:49,090 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 2: Our passion and get discouraged. But one test we all 38 00:01:53,140 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 2: have to pass is being faithful when nothing new is happening. 39 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,860 Speaker 2: We're just going to work, raising children, coming home, doing 40 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,700 Speaker 2: the same thing again, and It's easy to be our 41 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: best when we're getting good breaks, things are falling into place. 42 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 2: That doesn't take much faith. But what about when you're 43 00:02:12,660 --> 00:02:16,660 Speaker 2: working hard but not getting the credit? You're being your best, 44 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,830 Speaker 2: but your marriage isn't improving. You're honoring God, but not 45 00:02:20,910 --> 00:02:25,170 Speaker 2: seeing increase. Will you trust him when it feels like 46 00:02:25,210 --> 00:02:29,049 Speaker 2: you're going in circles? Will you stay passionate when you're 47 00:02:29,070 --> 00:02:33,230 Speaker 2: doing the same thing again and again? When you're faithful 48 00:02:33,389 --> 00:02:37,130 Speaker 2: in the routine, something is happening that you can't see. 49 00:02:37,889 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 2: Your character is being developed. Your spiritual muscles are getting stronger. 50 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 2: You're being prepared for where. 51 00:02:45,419 --> 00:02:46,340 Speaker 1: God has taken you. 52 00:02:47,380 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 2: The routineness of life is not exciting, but it is necessary. 53 00:02:53,020 --> 00:02:56,620 Speaker 2: You won't become all you were created to be without 54 00:02:56,690 --> 00:03:01,310 Speaker 2: being your best when it's mundane. being excellent, having a 55 00:03:01,350 --> 00:03:04,850 Speaker 2: good attitude when it's just another ordinary day. 56 00:03:05,470 --> 00:03:07,030 Speaker 1: Nothing exciting is happening. 57 00:03:07,690 --> 00:03:11,620 Speaker 2: You're just singing in the choir another Sunday, going to 58 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,180 Speaker 2: work with a smile another week, doing the right thing 59 00:03:15,220 --> 00:03:18,500 Speaker 2: with a good attitude another month. You could see it 60 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 2: as boring. When is this going to change? But you 61 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:27,110 Speaker 2: understand this principle, you're being prepared. When God can trust 62 00:03:27,190 --> 00:03:31,070 Speaker 2: you to be faithful in the ordinary, then he'll take 63 00:03:31,130 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 2: you into the extraordinary. When you're faithful in average days, 64 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 2: then you will see exceptional days. But sometimes we're frustrated 65 00:03:41,060 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 2: because we know we have more in us, but we're 66 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 2: not seeing it happen. We don't understand why we're not 67 00:03:47,380 --> 00:03:51,910 Speaker 2: making progress. But God will always put bigger things in 68 00:03:51,950 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 2: your spirit before they come to pass. You may be 69 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,820 Speaker 2: dealing with something mediocre, but God is preparing you for 70 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 2: something great. David was anointed to be the king as 71 00:04:04,340 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 2: a young man. Then God sent him back to the 72 00:04:07,460 --> 00:04:11,930 Speaker 2: shepherd's fields. He had a king's anointing, yet he was 73 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:17,290 Speaker 2: taking care of sheep. Your anointing will supersede. 74 00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:17,650 Speaker 1: Where you are right now. 75 00:04:18,730 --> 00:04:22,130 Speaker 2: God called David to rule a nation of but he 76 00:04:22,190 --> 00:04:25,540 Speaker 2: was doing a menial task. Day in and day out, 77 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:31,500 Speaker 2: nothing exciting, boring, routine. He could have gotten discouraged. God, 78 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 2: why isn't it happening? You said I would be the king. 79 00:04:34,860 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: If he had not. 80 00:04:35,660 --> 00:04:39,570 Speaker 2: Passed this test of being faithful in the routine, he 81 00:04:39,589 --> 00:04:40,370 Speaker 2: would have never. 82 00:04:40,190 --> 00:04:41,029 Speaker 1: Taken the throne. 83 00:04:41,830 --> 00:04:44,890 Speaker 2: Like David, you may know you have more in you. 84 00:04:45,430 --> 00:04:48,510 Speaker 2: You can feel those seeds of greatness, but you're doing 85 00:04:48,570 --> 00:04:53,790 Speaker 2: something menial, something beneath your training. You're being overlooked at work. 86 00:04:54,310 --> 00:04:57,910 Speaker 2: Nobody takes your advice. At home, nobody says thank you. 87 00:04:58,170 --> 00:05:03,130 Speaker 2: Just another ordinary day. I'm asking you to be faithful 88 00:05:03,430 --> 00:05:07,270 Speaker 2: where God has you now. Be faithful in the routine. 89 00:05:08,170 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 2: This is where David excelled. Out in the shepherd's fields, 90 00:05:11,750 --> 00:05:15,510 Speaker 2: he didn't slack off. He didn't show up late. He 91 00:05:15,529 --> 00:05:18,710 Speaker 2: didn't have a sour attitude thinking when I get to 92 00:05:18,750 --> 00:05:21,980 Speaker 2: where I'm going, then I'll give it my all. When 93 00:05:22,010 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 2: I take the throne, then I'll show people what I'm 94 00:05:24,660 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 2: made of. No, he showed what he was made of 95 00:05:28,260 --> 00:05:33,300 Speaker 2: when nobody was watching. He understood he wasn't working under people. 96 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 2: He was working under God. He was excellent where God 97 00:05:37,660 --> 00:05:41,660 Speaker 2: had him, even though he didn't like it. That's what 98 00:05:41,740 --> 00:05:45,750 Speaker 2: led to the throne, all those ordinary days of being 99 00:05:45,790 --> 00:05:51,630 Speaker 2: his best. Are you being excellent where God has you now? Well, Joel, 100 00:05:51,650 --> 00:05:53,909 Speaker 2: this is not where I want to be. I don't 101 00:05:53,930 --> 00:05:56,350 Speaker 2: want to work for this supervisor. I know more than him. 102 00:05:57,210 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 2: I don't want to live in this apartment. I want 103 00:05:58,940 --> 00:06:01,620 Speaker 2: my own house. I don't want to sing in the choir. 104 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 2: I want to be on the stage with you. Now, 105 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 2: here's the key. Go get your own stage. First off, 106 00:06:08,770 --> 00:06:11,310 Speaker 2: Here's the key. You will never make it to the 107 00:06:11,380 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 2: stage if you're not faithful where you are. You won't 108 00:06:15,420 --> 00:06:18,820 Speaker 2: see promotion if you're not being your best where God 109 00:06:18,860 --> 00:06:23,950 Speaker 2: has you right now. 13 years later, after being faithful 110 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:28,150 Speaker 2: in the shepherd's fields, going through all kinds of unfair situations, 111 00:06:28,550 --> 00:06:34,070 Speaker 2: David suddenly took the throne. Passing the test in ordinary 112 00:06:34,150 --> 00:06:38,490 Speaker 2: days is what leads to exceptional days. That's when you'll 113 00:06:38,529 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: see moments of favor where God thrusts you years ahead. 114 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 2: It's not the big things that hold most people back. 115 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: It's the small things. Being faithful day in and day out. 116 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: Going to work with a good attitude. Sitting in traffic, 117 00:06:54,250 --> 00:06:58,510 Speaker 2: not complaining. Showing up to church week after week. faithful 118 00:06:58,730 --> 00:07:03,230 Speaker 2: in the routine is what prepares you for promotion. You 119 00:07:03,270 --> 00:07:06,510 Speaker 2: may feel like you're going in circles. You're not making 120 00:07:06,529 --> 00:07:10,590 Speaker 2: much progress, but the right attitude is I may not 121 00:07:10,710 --> 00:07:14,210 Speaker 2: like where I am, but God, since you have me here, 122 00:07:14,770 --> 00:07:17,170 Speaker 2: I know this is where I'm supposed to be. So 123 00:07:17,210 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 2: I'm going to keep being my best giving, serving, helping 124 00:07:20,510 --> 00:07:24,530 Speaker 2: others right where I am. We read about the heroes 125 00:07:24,590 --> 00:07:27,750 Speaker 2: of faith in the scripture. Their lives seemed like they 126 00:07:27,770 --> 00:07:31,730 Speaker 2: were so exciting, but the truth is most of their 127 00:07:31,790 --> 00:07:36,630 Speaker 2: life was routine. Yes, Moses parted the Red Sea. He 128 00:07:36,690 --> 00:07:40,270 Speaker 2: told Pharaoh, let the Israelites go. Those were great miracles, 129 00:07:40,770 --> 00:07:42,930 Speaker 2: but it was just a few days of his life. 130 00:07:43,570 --> 00:07:47,730 Speaker 2: There will be more ordinary days than there are exciting days. 131 00:07:48,630 --> 00:07:52,110 Speaker 2: If you live from big event to big event, waiting 132 00:07:52,150 --> 00:07:56,330 Speaker 2: for something exciting to keep you encouraged, you'll be disappointed. 133 00:07:57,310 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: Learn to enjoy where God has you right now. This 134 00:08:02,020 --> 00:08:05,500 Speaker 1: is the day the Lord has made. It may be routine. 135 00:08:06,420 --> 00:08:09,420 Speaker 2: It may feel like you're no closer to your dreams 136 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 2: than you were years ago. But when you do the 137 00:08:12,980 --> 00:08:17,140 Speaker 2: ordinary with a good attitude, that's getting you prepared for 138 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 2: the new things God has in store. And sometimes the 139 00:08:20,850 --> 00:08:25,410 Speaker 2: reason God is not changing the circumstances is He's using 140 00:08:25,430 --> 00:08:27,730 Speaker 2: the circumstances to change us. 141 00:08:28,710 --> 00:08:29,590 Speaker 1: If we'll start. 142 00:08:29,410 --> 00:08:33,429 Speaker 2: Passing these tests, being patient when it's taking longer than 143 00:08:33,470 --> 00:08:36,810 Speaker 2: we like, staying in faith when we're not getting our way, 144 00:08:37,210 --> 00:08:42,270 Speaker 2: having a smile even when we're uncomfortable, we're growing, we're developing, 145 00:08:42,570 --> 00:08:46,620 Speaker 2: we're showing God that we trust Him. Like with David, 146 00:08:46,940 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: that's when you'll not just be anointed for the throne, 147 00:08:50,660 --> 00:08:54,210 Speaker 2: you'll take your throne. The scripture talks about how God 148 00:08:54,260 --> 00:08:57,929 Speaker 2: is the potter and we are the clay. The potter 149 00:08:58,050 --> 00:09:00,510 Speaker 2: takes a lump of clay and puts it on the wheel. 150 00:09:01,210 --> 00:09:03,810 Speaker 1: It spins it around again and again. 151 00:09:03,830 --> 00:09:07,650 Speaker 2: The clay could say, I don't like going in circles. 152 00:09:08,410 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 1: I don't like this spinning. It's boring. 153 00:09:11,540 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 2: I want to do something exciting. Let me off this 154 00:09:14,620 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 2: wheel so I can make progress. What the clay doesn't 155 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:23,810 Speaker 2: realize is it is making progress. While it's going in circles, 156 00:09:24,150 --> 00:09:25,970 Speaker 2: the potter is forming. 157 00:09:25,550 --> 00:09:29,270 Speaker 1: It, shaping it. It seems routine to the clay. 158 00:09:29,690 --> 00:09:33,670 Speaker 2: It seems like it's stuck, but while it's spinning, the 159 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:36,839 Speaker 2: clay is coming up higher. He can't tell it at 160 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 2: the time, but it's rising up from a lump of 161 00:09:39,900 --> 00:09:42,199 Speaker 2: clay into a beautiful vase. 162 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: If you were to ask the clay. 163 00:09:45,110 --> 00:09:48,350 Speaker 2: After it was formed, after it had gone through the process, 164 00:09:48,710 --> 00:09:51,850 Speaker 2: it would tell you the spinning was for my good. 165 00:09:52,770 --> 00:09:54,190 Speaker 1: I didn't like it at the time. 166 00:09:54,630 --> 00:09:57,990 Speaker 2: I couldn't see anything happening, but without this spinning, I 167 00:09:58,550 --> 00:09:59,790 Speaker 2: wouldn't be who I am. 168 00:10:07,860 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: You may feel like you're spinning today. 169 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,730 Speaker 2: You're doing the same thing over and over, not making 170 00:10:13,770 --> 00:10:17,870 Speaker 2: much progress, but like that clay, when it feels like 171 00:10:17,910 --> 00:10:21,550 Speaker 2: you're going in circles and something is happening that you 172 00:10:21,590 --> 00:10:25,890 Speaker 2: can't see. You're coming up higher. God is making you, 173 00:10:26,429 --> 00:10:31,030 Speaker 2: molding you. It may seem ordinary, routine, but when you're 174 00:10:31,110 --> 00:10:34,740 Speaker 2: faithful where you are, you keep doing the right thing, 175 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 2: even though you're not making progress. You have a song 176 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 2: of praise when you could be complaining, you are rising higher. 177 00:10:42,860 --> 00:10:45,859 Speaker 2: You may not see it, but the spinning is working 178 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,950 Speaker 2: for you. when Joshua was leading the Israelites toward the 179 00:10:49,990 --> 00:10:54,340 Speaker 2: promised land, they came to the city of Jericho. It 180 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 2: was surrounded by a huge wall, 15 feet wide, 35 181 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 2: feet thick. There was no way in the natural for 182 00:11:02,460 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 2: the Israelites to get past that wall and make it 183 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:09,500 Speaker 2: to the promised land. Joshua prayed and asked God what 184 00:11:09,540 --> 00:11:13,650 Speaker 2: they should do. God told him to have the Israelites 185 00:11:14,110 --> 00:11:18,970 Speaker 2: march around the city of Jericho. I'm sure Joshua thought, God, 186 00:11:19,370 --> 00:11:21,810 Speaker 2: we need to get in the city. And you're telling 187 00:11:21,910 --> 00:11:24,510 Speaker 2: us to walk around it? You want us to go 188 00:11:24,590 --> 00:11:29,590 Speaker 2: in circles? They marched the first day, nothing happened. Second day, 189 00:11:29,670 --> 00:11:30,350 Speaker 2: nothing happened. 190 00:11:30,530 --> 00:11:31,390 Speaker 1: Third day, nothing. 191 00:11:32,030 --> 00:11:34,990 Speaker 2: The whole time, the people thought, this is a waste 192 00:11:35,050 --> 00:11:39,890 Speaker 2: of time. This doesn't make sense. Six days, they walked 193 00:11:39,970 --> 00:11:46,070 Speaker 2: in circles, ordinary, routine, didn't see anything changing. On the 194 00:11:46,130 --> 00:11:49,490 Speaker 2: seventh day, God told them to march around seven times. 195 00:11:49,990 --> 00:11:53,209 Speaker 2: The last time, they were to let out a great shout. 196 00:11:53,150 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: And blow their trumpets. 197 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: When they did, those huge walls came tumbling down, a 198 00:11:58,980 --> 00:12:03,599 Speaker 2: great miracle. But even though the walls fell, the Israelites 199 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:07,550 Speaker 2: should have had trouble getting past all the rubble, the debris. 200 00:12:07,990 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 2: The walls were so big. But researchers have found the 201 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,990 Speaker 2: walls fell in such a way that it created a 202 00:12:15,070 --> 00:12:15,890 Speaker 2: perfect ramp. 203 00:12:16,550 --> 00:12:19,230 Speaker 1: Some fell on the inside, some on the outside. 204 00:12:19,830 --> 00:12:23,010 Speaker 2: Just like an overpass, the Israelites were able to go 205 00:12:23,190 --> 00:12:27,540 Speaker 2: in and take the land. When you're faithful in the routine, 206 00:12:27,980 --> 00:12:30,980 Speaker 2: God will make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 207 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,219 Speaker 2: You may have been doing the right thing for a 208 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:38,150 Speaker 2: long time, You feel like you're being left out. You're 209 00:12:38,170 --> 00:12:43,620 Speaker 2: being fallen behind, but God is closely watching you. He 210 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,220 Speaker 2: sees you walking around the walls. He sees you doing 211 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 2: the right thing. Even though nothing is changing, your time 212 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:56,980 Speaker 2: is coming. It's going to happen suddenly, unexpectedly. What looked 213 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,900 Speaker 2: like an ordinary day is going to turn out to 214 00:12:59,950 --> 00:13:03,429 Speaker 2: be an exceptional day. You thought you'd have to march 215 00:13:03,470 --> 00:13:08,309 Speaker 2: around another month, another year, suddenly those walls are going 216 00:13:08,350 --> 00:13:08,949 Speaker 2: to come down. 217 00:13:09,350 --> 00:13:11,650 Speaker 1: God has explosive blessings. 218 00:13:12,350 --> 00:13:16,250 Speaker 2: No wall is too big, no obstacle too high, no 219 00:13:16,410 --> 00:13:20,730 Speaker 2: enemy too powerful. One touch of God's favor can catapult 220 00:13:20,770 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 2: you years ahead. The psalmist said, you can run through 221 00:13:24,620 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 2: a troop and leap over a wall. 222 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: God will get you to where you're supposed to be. 223 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,990 Speaker 2: But why did God have them march around in circles 224 00:13:34,290 --> 00:13:36,790 Speaker 2: seven days, do the same thing. 225 00:13:36,830 --> 00:13:39,710 Speaker 1: Over and over? Seemed like a waste of time. Didn't 226 00:13:39,750 --> 00:13:41,170 Speaker 1: make sense. He's God. 227 00:13:41,690 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 2: He could have brought the walls down the first time, 228 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:48,820 Speaker 2: Joshua asked. But marching around that city was a test. 229 00:13:49,730 --> 00:13:53,500 Speaker 2: God wanted to see, would they be faithful in the routine? 230 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:57,460 Speaker 2: Would they trust him when they were going in circles? 231 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,069 Speaker 2: Would they do the right thing when it seemed ordinary? 232 00:14:02,030 --> 00:14:05,990 Speaker 2: You're not always going to understand why something isn't changing, 233 00:14:06,570 --> 00:14:09,870 Speaker 2: why you're not making progress, why those people won't treat 234 00:14:09,910 --> 00:14:10,330 Speaker 2: you right. 235 00:14:11,070 --> 00:14:13,890 Speaker 1: Don't get caught up in the whys. It is simply 236 00:14:13,910 --> 00:14:14,710 Speaker 1: a test. 237 00:14:15,210 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 2: Keep being faithful where you are and those walls will 238 00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 2: come down. When they were marching around the city, God 239 00:14:23,220 --> 00:14:26,500 Speaker 2: told them to not say a word. They couldn't whisper 240 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,750 Speaker 2: to each other. They couldn't discuss the situation. God knew 241 00:14:31,130 --> 00:14:33,710 Speaker 2: if he didn't keep them quiet, they would have talked 242 00:14:33,750 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 2: themselves out of it. 243 00:14:35,430 --> 00:14:39,030 Speaker 1: Why are we walking around? Joshua's lost his mind. I'm tired. 244 00:14:39,290 --> 00:14:40,710 Speaker 1: I'm hot. I'm thirsty. 245 00:14:41,450 --> 00:14:44,130 Speaker 2: If they would have gone around the walls with a 246 00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:47,130 Speaker 2: negative report, even though they were doing the. 247 00:14:47,090 --> 00:14:49,570 Speaker 1: Right thing, it would not have happened. 248 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,450 Speaker 2: When you feel like you're going in circles, you're not 249 00:14:53,530 --> 00:14:57,510 Speaker 2: making much progress, don't start talking about how it's never 250 00:14:57,550 --> 00:15:01,070 Speaker 2: going to happen, how you'll never get well, your business 251 00:15:01,110 --> 00:15:02,050 Speaker 2: will never take off. 252 00:15:02,450 --> 00:15:04,550 Speaker 1: Do yourself a favor and zip it up. 253 00:15:05,340 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 2: You can do the right thing with the wrong attitude 254 00:15:08,980 --> 00:15:12,500 Speaker 2: and miss the blessing. But every day you go around 255 00:15:12,540 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 2: the walls with a good report. 256 00:15:14,750 --> 00:15:17,770 Speaker 1: Father, thank you. You're restoring health back into me. Thank 257 00:15:17,790 --> 00:15:20,090 Speaker 1: you that I'll lend and not borrow. Thank you that 258 00:15:20,230 --> 00:15:23,190 Speaker 1: this is my year of yes. That's passing the test. 259 00:15:23,890 --> 00:15:28,070 Speaker 2: Like with the Israelites, that obstacle that should have stopped 260 00:15:28,190 --> 00:15:31,890 Speaker 2: you will not only suddenly come down, but it will 261 00:15:31,910 --> 00:15:34,310 Speaker 2: become a ramp where you can move right past it. 262 00:15:35,180 --> 00:15:36,860 Speaker 1: The scripture says, God. 263 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 2: Will make your enemies your footstools. That means instead of 264 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,020 Speaker 2: being a stumbling block to stop you, they will become 265 00:15:44,060 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 2: a stepping stone so you can rise to the next level. 266 00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:51,790 Speaker 2: But on the surface, it looked like the shout is 267 00:15:51,850 --> 00:15:55,190 Speaker 2: what brought the walls down. But the truth is the 268 00:15:55,290 --> 00:15:59,970 Speaker 2: shout without the obedience of marching around the walls wouldn't 269 00:15:59,990 --> 00:16:00,990 Speaker 2: have had the same effect. 270 00:16:01,970 --> 00:16:04,910 Speaker 1: Sometimes we're wondering why the walls aren't falling. 271 00:16:05,410 --> 00:16:08,790 Speaker 2: We shouted, we prayed, we believed, but the shout only 272 00:16:08,860 --> 00:16:11,940 Speaker 2: works if you do the first part, if you're faithful 273 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,820 Speaker 2: in the routine. A friend of mine came to America 274 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,180 Speaker 2: from India when he was 20 years old to attend 275 00:16:19,220 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 2: Bible college. He was very poor, but a couple from 276 00:16:23,020 --> 00:16:27,700 Speaker 2: California paid his way over and his tuition and things 277 00:16:27,740 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 2: were going great. He couldn't believe he was in America. 278 00:16:31,060 --> 00:16:35,130 Speaker 2: This was a dream come true. Everything was fine until 279 00:16:35,150 --> 00:16:39,010 Speaker 2: the man that was supporting him lost his job. Now 280 00:16:39,050 --> 00:16:42,250 Speaker 2: this young man had no income, no way to stay 281 00:16:42,310 --> 00:16:46,190 Speaker 2: in school, no money to get back home. He started 282 00:16:46,230 --> 00:16:49,250 Speaker 2: going through the neighborhoods asking people if he could mow 283 00:16:49,270 --> 00:16:53,230 Speaker 2: their lawns, but nobody would hire him. He walked to 284 00:16:53,250 --> 00:16:57,150 Speaker 2: the local grocery store and found that every night they 285 00:16:57,190 --> 00:17:00,390 Speaker 2: would put out food in the dumpster. That's how he 286 00:17:00,450 --> 00:17:04,369 Speaker 2: survived for a whole year. A job came available as 287 00:17:04,430 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 2: a janitor at the school. But he told how he 288 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,340 Speaker 2: was at such a disadvantage, he didn't see how he 289 00:17:10,380 --> 00:17:12,060 Speaker 2: could ever rise any higher. 290 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:14,540 Speaker 1: He thought that was his lot in life. 291 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 2: But year after year, he kept being faithful, doing the 292 00:17:19,310 --> 00:17:22,129 Speaker 2: right thing when he wasn't getting any good breaks. 293 00:17:23,100 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: He met a young lady in school. They fell in love. 294 00:17:26,940 --> 00:17:30,669 Speaker 2: The problem is at this Bible school, they didn't approve 295 00:17:30,830 --> 00:17:34,750 Speaker 2: of an Indian dating someone from America. This was many 296 00:17:34,790 --> 00:17:36,930 Speaker 2: years ago, back in the seventies. And of course it's 297 00:17:37,020 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 2: changed now, but he was forced to leave the school. 298 00:17:41,220 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 2: Two years later, he. 299 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: Married the young woman. 300 00:17:44,140 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 2: They became youth pastors in another state. 10 years after that, 301 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,969 Speaker 2: the president of that college resigned. The board called and 302 00:17:53,109 --> 00:17:56,690 Speaker 2: asked if he would become the next president. He went 303 00:17:56,950 --> 00:18:01,070 Speaker 2: from having to get food out of dumpsters, to cleaning restrooms, 304 00:18:01,430 --> 00:18:03,990 Speaker 2: to being forced to leave the school, to being in 305 00:18:04,090 --> 00:18:07,590 Speaker 2: charge of the whole college. Friends, God is a God 306 00:18:07,609 --> 00:18:12,130 Speaker 2: of justice. He'll make your wrongs right. But at the time, 307 00:18:12,150 --> 00:18:15,430 Speaker 2: it seemed like he was going in circles. Seemed like 308 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 2: nothing was happening, but God had a plan. The spinning 309 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,980 Speaker 2: wasn't comfortable. It wasn't always fair, but it was for 310 00:18:24,060 --> 00:18:28,140 Speaker 2: his good. God was getting him prepared to go places 311 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,770 Speaker 2: that he'd never dreamed. But it was all based on 312 00:18:31,830 --> 00:18:35,750 Speaker 2: him being faithful in the routine, doing the right thing 313 00:18:36,109 --> 00:18:39,390 Speaker 2: when he wasn't being treated right. You may have gone 314 00:18:39,430 --> 00:18:43,530 Speaker 2: through some disappointments as well. Maybe situations that you feel 315 00:18:43,550 --> 00:18:47,190 Speaker 2: like put you at a disadvantage, but no person can 316 00:18:47,230 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 2: keep you from your destiny. No bad break can stop 317 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:52,900 Speaker 2: what God has ordained for you. 318 00:18:53,580 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: Don't get discouraged. Don't try to pay people back. 319 00:18:57,260 --> 00:19:01,940 Speaker 2: The disappointments, the bad breaks, the betrayals, they are all 320 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:06,419 Speaker 2: a part of God's plan. God uses things we don't like, 321 00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:10,710 Speaker 2: things we don't understand to push us into our purpose. 322 00:19:11,570 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 2: And sometimes it feels like things are spinning out of control. 323 00:19:15,740 --> 00:19:19,820 Speaker 2: The truth is they are spinning in control. God is 324 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,660 Speaker 2: directing your steps. He's closing doors. He's moving the wrong 325 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 2: people out. He controls the universe. He won't allow the 326 00:19:28,220 --> 00:19:32,350 Speaker 2: spinning unless ultimately it's going to work to your advantage. 327 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:36,670 Speaker 2: Now the challenge is to trust him while you're spinning. 328 00:19:37,310 --> 00:19:41,870 Speaker 2: Trust him when you don't understand it. When Moses was born, 329 00:19:42,410 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: the Pharaoh had put out a decree that all the 330 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:49,550 Speaker 2: male babies were to be killed. For three months, Moses' 331 00:19:49,609 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 2: mother hid him. She didn't take him outside. They didn't 332 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 2: go for a walk. Nobody knew he was here. He 333 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:01,700 Speaker 2: wasn't celebrated. He wasn't noticed. They didn't have a birthday 334 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:02,479 Speaker 2: party for him. 335 00:20:02,980 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 1: He was hidden. 336 00:20:04,420 --> 00:20:09,260 Speaker 2: Like Moses, sometimes God will hide you You will go 337 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 2: through a season where you're not being noticed. You're not 338 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 2: being celebrated. You have all these gifts, so much to offer, 339 00:20:17,660 --> 00:20:22,859 Speaker 2: but you're being overlooked, ignored. These times when God hides us, 340 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 2: these are times of testing, times of proving. Are you 341 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,590 Speaker 2: going to keep being your best even though you're being overlooked? 342 00:20:32,450 --> 00:20:37,830 Speaker 2: My father and mother started Lakewood with 90 people in 1959. 343 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:39,700 Speaker 1: My dad had. 344 00:20:39,619 --> 00:20:44,170 Speaker 2: Been overseas holding meetings with tens of thousands of people, 345 00:20:44,730 --> 00:20:46,990 Speaker 2: but he knew he was supposed to come back and 346 00:20:47,050 --> 00:20:51,229 Speaker 2: pastor Lakewood. But for 13 years, it was like my 347 00:20:51,310 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 2: father was hidden. The church didn't grow. And my father 348 00:20:55,580 --> 00:20:59,100 Speaker 2: was a great minister. He was dynamic. He was anointed. 349 00:20:59,540 --> 00:21:04,330 Speaker 2: But all these gifts, all this ability was going unnoticed. 350 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,959 Speaker 2: He wasn't being celebrated like. 351 00:21:06,810 --> 00:21:07,910 Speaker 1: He'd been overseas. 352 00:21:08,310 --> 00:21:12,550 Speaker 2: He wasn't seeing growth and increase. But those 13 years 353 00:21:12,690 --> 00:21:16,230 Speaker 2: my father was hidden, he preached to the 90 people 354 00:21:16,570 --> 00:21:19,970 Speaker 2: like he was preaching to 90,000. He gave it his all. 355 00:21:20,609 --> 00:21:24,030 Speaker 2: He was there three services a week, never took time off. 356 00:21:24,390 --> 00:21:27,990 Speaker 2: He lived to pour in to those 90 people. He 357 00:21:28,030 --> 00:21:30,770 Speaker 2: could have gotten discouraged. God, why am I not seeing 358 00:21:30,850 --> 00:21:36,340 Speaker 2: any growth? Instead, he was faithful in the routine. Faithful 359 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,020 Speaker 2: when he wasn't being celebrated. Faithful when he wasn't making 360 00:21:40,060 --> 00:21:44,419 Speaker 2: much progress. He was spinning. What he couldn't see is 361 00:21:44,460 --> 00:21:47,890 Speaker 2: he was coming up higher. His character was being developed. 362 00:21:48,150 --> 00:21:51,730 Speaker 2: He was showing God what he was made of. If 363 00:21:51,750 --> 00:21:55,369 Speaker 2: you're not faithful when you're hidden, how can God trust 364 00:21:55,450 --> 00:21:58,550 Speaker 2: you to be faithful when you're out in the open? 365 00:21:59,390 --> 00:22:03,460 Speaker 2: And the scripture says, when Moses could be hidden no longer, 366 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 2: his mother put him in a basket and sent him 367 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,419 Speaker 2: floating down the Nile River. Out of all the people 368 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:14,419 Speaker 2: that could have found him, it just so happened Pharaoh's 369 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 2: daughter was at the riverbank taking a bath. She heard 370 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:22,020 Speaker 2: the cries coming from the baskets. She took Moses in 371 00:22:22,580 --> 00:22:25,859 Speaker 2: and raised him in the palace as her own son. 372 00:22:27,140 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 2: Moses went from being hidden to being noticed by one 373 00:22:31,619 --> 00:22:35,660 Speaker 2: of the most influential families of that day. When you 374 00:22:35,740 --> 00:22:39,700 Speaker 2: pass the test of being faithful in the routine, there 375 00:22:39,740 --> 00:22:41,910 Speaker 2: will come a time where God will. 376 00:22:41,770 --> 00:22:44,090 Speaker 1: Say, you can be hidden no longer. 377 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,740 Speaker 2: He will cause the right people to see you, the 378 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,260 Speaker 2: right people to celebrate you. You'll not only be noticed, 379 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 2: but you will be celebrated. Those 13 years, my father 380 00:22:55,660 --> 00:22:59,980 Speaker 2: was hidden, but in 1972, it was like God brought 381 00:23:00,020 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 2: him out into the open. The church began to grow 382 00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:06,740 Speaker 2: from a couple hundred to thousands and thousands. You may 383 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,290 Speaker 2: feel like you've been hidden, overlooked, ignored. 384 00:23:10,690 --> 00:23:11,710 Speaker 1: Stay encouraged. 385 00:23:12,070 --> 00:23:15,429 Speaker 2: God is about to bring you out. His face is 386 00:23:15,450 --> 00:23:17,510 Speaker 2: going to shine down on you in a new way. 387 00:23:18,090 --> 00:23:20,550 Speaker 2: You're not going to have to make it happen. Like 388 00:23:20,670 --> 00:23:22,629 Speaker 2: Pharaoh's daughter, the right. 389 00:23:22,430 --> 00:23:23,850 Speaker 1: People are going to find you. 390 00:23:24,590 --> 00:23:27,850 Speaker 2: Doors are going to open that you couldn't open. Promotion 391 00:23:27,990 --> 00:23:31,990 Speaker 2: is going to track you down. John chapter two, Jesus 392 00:23:32,030 --> 00:23:35,450 Speaker 2: was at a wedding in Galilee. His mother came to 393 00:23:35,510 --> 00:23:39,100 Speaker 2: him and said they had run out of wine. Jesus 394 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 2: told the workers to fill up the stone pots with water. 395 00:23:44,020 --> 00:23:47,420 Speaker 2: There were six of them. They held 30 gallons each. 396 00:23:47,940 --> 00:23:51,179 Speaker 2: That was 180 gallons of water that they needed. 397 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: If the workers took a three. 398 00:23:53,619 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 2: Gallon bucket down to the well, that would take 60 399 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,220 Speaker 2: trips to get that much water. I can imagine the 400 00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 2: workers thinking, what are we doing this for? We need wine. 401 00:24:05,780 --> 00:24:09,369 Speaker 2: Why are we pumping water? They could have talked themselves 402 00:24:09,490 --> 00:24:13,810 Speaker 2: out of it. Instead, they kept doing the ordinary, pumping 403 00:24:13,830 --> 00:24:17,230 Speaker 2: the water, filling the pots again. 404 00:24:16,790 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: And again, trip after trip, faithful in the routine. 405 00:24:20,990 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 2: It was water when they pumped it out and water 406 00:24:24,140 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 2: when they poured it into the pots. Would have been 407 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 2: easy to stay in faith if when they drew it 408 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,679 Speaker 2: out of the well, it suddenly turned into water. Or 409 00:24:33,700 --> 00:24:35,860 Speaker 2: if when they poured it into the pots, they saw 410 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 2: the miracle right then, they would have been excited. But 411 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:43,959 Speaker 2: nothing was changing. It was routine, ordinary, looked like they 412 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,830 Speaker 2: were going in circles. But when God can trust you 413 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:52,330 Speaker 2: to be faithful getting water, faithful when nothing is happening, 414 00:24:52,770 --> 00:24:56,100 Speaker 2: Faithful when it seems ordinary, then he will take you 415 00:24:56,460 --> 00:24:57,820 Speaker 2: into the extraordinary. 416 00:24:58,580 --> 00:24:59,300 Speaker 1: You may be. 417 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 2: Believing for wine, but all you're seeing is water. Be 418 00:25:03,340 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 2: faithful in your water days. Well, Joel, I'm just doing 419 00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:10,190 Speaker 2: the ordinary. I'm just going to work, being my best, 420 00:25:10,730 --> 00:25:14,469 Speaker 2: raising my children, honoring God, but I'm not making any progress. 421 00:25:15,050 --> 00:25:18,740 Speaker 2: Don't be discouraged by what you don't see. You're in 422 00:25:18,780 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 2: your water days. The good news is wine is coming. 423 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,350 Speaker 1: It's going to happen suddenly. It's going to be unexpected. 424 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,700 Speaker 2: After these workers filled up the pots, after they were 425 00:25:30,780 --> 00:25:34,950 Speaker 2: faithful in their water days, Jesus told them to draw 426 00:25:35,010 --> 00:25:37,750 Speaker 2: some out and take it to the host of the party. 427 00:25:38,210 --> 00:25:41,550 Speaker 2: When they did, it not only turned into wine, but 428 00:25:41,609 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 2: when the host tasted it, he said, you have saved. 429 00:25:45,340 --> 00:25:46,740 Speaker 1: The best wine for last. 430 00:25:47,830 --> 00:25:51,510 Speaker 2: When you pass this test of being faithful in the routine, 431 00:25:51,970 --> 00:25:54,690 Speaker 2: God has saved the best for last. What's in your 432 00:25:54,750 --> 00:25:58,810 Speaker 2: future is going to be more rewarding, more exciting. 433 00:25:58,450 --> 00:25:59,750 Speaker 1: Than anything you've imagined. 434 00:25:59,770 --> 00:26:03,700 Speaker 2: Now I'm challenging you to stay faithful in the routine. 435 00:26:04,220 --> 00:26:08,660 Speaker 2: Stay faithful when you're going in circles. Remember, the spinning 436 00:26:08,869 --> 00:26:09,940 Speaker 2: is working for you. 437 00:26:10,350 --> 00:26:12,150 Speaker 1: It's getting you prepared. 438 00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:14,810 Speaker 2: For the new things God has in store. Many of 439 00:26:14,869 --> 00:26:16,530 Speaker 2: you have passed this test. 440 00:26:16,910 --> 00:26:18,989 Speaker 1: You've been faithful day in and day out. 441 00:26:19,490 --> 00:26:23,540 Speaker 2: I believe and declare, like Joshua, the walls that have 442 00:26:23,580 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 2: held you back are about to come tumbling down. Like Moses, 443 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 2: you may have been hidden, but you're about to come 444 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 2: out into the open. 445 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: God is going to turn your water into. 446 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:37,380 Speaker 2: Wine, take you into the fullness of your destiny in. 447 00:26:37,350 --> 00:26:40,830 Speaker 1: Jesus' name. If you receive it, can you say amen today? 448 00:26:42,550 --> 00:26:45,330 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 449 00:26:45,390 --> 00:26:48,090 Speaker 2: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 450 00:26:48,609 --> 00:26:52,730 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. 451 00:26:53,930 --> 00:26:54,870 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. 452 00:26:55,890 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 2: I make you my Lord and Savior. If you prayed 453 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,180 Speaker 2: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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