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The stage is all set, 27 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 3: the script is all written. He's in control. Hi, this 28 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 3: is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast 29 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 3: and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, 30 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 3: why don't you be a blessing and share it with 31 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 3: a friend. We appreciate you and pray for God's very 32 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 3: best in your life. God bless you. It's great to 33 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 3: be with you today, and I hope to stay connected 34 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 3: with us during the week through our daily podcast, our 35 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 3: YouTube channel, social media. We'll keep your encouraged and inspired. 36 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 3: I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard 37 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 3: about this couple that had been married for over sixty 38 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 3: years and never had an argument, never had a cross word. 39 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 3: They were at a church function and someone asked the 40 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 3: secret of their success. The man told how he always 41 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 3: treated his wife with respect and how he took her 42 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 3: on trips around the world. He said, in fact, for 43 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 3: our twenty fifth wedding anniversary. I took her to Beijing, China. 44 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 3: Everyone politely applauded. Someone asked, what'd you do for your 45 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 3: fiftieth anniversary? He said, I went back and picked her up. 46 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 3: All right, y'all, that's not in your marriage class. Here 47 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 3: we go. This is my Bible. I am what it 48 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 3: says I am. I have what it says I have. 49 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 3: I can do what it says I can do. Today 50 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 3: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 51 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 3: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 52 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 3: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 53 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about secure in 54 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 3: his sovereignty. We all have our own free will. We 55 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 3: can make decisions, do what we want, go where we 56 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 3: want to go. It's easy to think that our life 57 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 3: is based on what we're choosing. To a point of course, 58 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 3: that's true, but that's not the only factor. God has 59 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 3: a conditional will. These are things he does based on 60 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 3: whether or not we make good choices. We determine the 61 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 3: course our life will tank. But God also has a 62 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 3: sovereign will. These are things He's going to do regardless 63 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 3: of our decisions. God has already planned ahead of time, 64 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 3: a purpose for you to fulfill. He's not making it 65 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 3: up on the fly, watching how you're going to perform, 66 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 3: how disciplined you'll be. Then he's going to decide whether 67 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 3: he does certain things. He's not watching to see what 68 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 3: other people do, what bad breaks come your way, what disappointments. 69 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 3: Then he'll pivot come up with another plan, which says 70 00:03:54,720 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 3: in Ephesians, you were chosen, having been predestined according to 71 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 3: the plan of Him who works out everything according to 72 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 3: his will. Long before you got here, God laid out 73 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 3: the plan and purpose for your life. His sovereign will 74 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 3: is unstoppable. There's nothing you can do or not do 75 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 3: to keep his sovereign will from coming to pass. You 76 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 3: can't make too many mistakes. You can't get so far 77 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 3: off course that God's going to change his mind. Just 78 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 3: ask Jonah. He did exactly opposite of what God told 79 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 3: him to do when his own way, God in trouble, 80 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:38,239 Speaker 3: was thrown overboard into the sea. God didn't say, too bad, 81 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 3: you're on your own. You should have listened. God had 82 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 3: a big fish waiting for him. It's like God called 83 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 3: an uber, swallowed him up, took him to the shore. 84 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 3: God was saying, Jonah, you can't stop my sovereign will. 85 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 3: Where I want you to go, You're going to go, 86 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 3: not just in negative things. When it's his sovereign will 87 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 3: for you to be blessed. It's not dependent on what 88 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 3: family you come from, how much experience, talent, education you have, 89 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 3: the blessing will overtake you. You'll see favor that you 90 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 3: didn't have anything to do with. You didn't earn it, 91 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 3: you weren't born into it. You can't explain it. It's 92 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 3: the unstoppable God carrying out the plan that he decided 93 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 3: long ago. When you go to a Broadway play, you 94 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 3: don't show up and the actors are all there without 95 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 3: a script. Play starts in fifteen minutes. Let's decide what 96 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 3: we're going to do. What's the plot? What character will 97 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 3: I play? How will the drama unfold? The script has 98 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 3: already been written, long before the actors ever arrive. The 99 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 3: writer has already decided what's going to take place. When 100 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 3: you walk in the theater, there's not an empty stage. 101 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 3: The carpenters don't show up. Say okay, let's build some sets. 102 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 3: What props are you going to need? Lighting? Director? Tell 103 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 3: me the scene? So I can get some lights. Let 104 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 3: me figure everything out. The stage has already been set, 105 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 3: The props are already in place, the script already finalized. 106 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 3: In the same way, you didn't show up on planet 107 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 3: Earth and God say, okay, let me figure out a 108 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 3: script for them. Let me figure out what role they'll play. 109 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 3: You weren't born into an empty stage. God didn't think 110 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 3: I have to decide what environment they'll be in, what family, 111 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 3: what people should I use, what experiences? Long before you arrived, 112 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 3: God wrote a script for you. The fact that you're 113 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 3: here is a sign that the stage is set, all 114 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 3: the props are in place, all the people you need. Yes, 115 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 3: there may be some drama, ups and downs, things you 116 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 3: don't understand, but you can stay in peace knowing that 117 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 3: it's all working according to His will. You're not at 118 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 3: the mercy of fate. Happenstance. Hope you get some good breaks. 119 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 3: Hope this sickness doesn't take you out. There is a 120 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 3: sovereign God who is in control of your life. His 121 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 3: sovereign will cannot be overridden by bad choices by other people. 122 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 3: By how you were raised, by what you didn't get, 123 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 3: Jeremiah said, God knew you before you were formed in 124 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 3: your mother's womb. You didn't show up because your mother 125 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 3: and father decided to have a baby. It wasn't a 126 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 3: random coincidence that they got together. Sometimes when a pregnancy 127 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 3: is not planned, we say this baby was a surprise. 128 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 3: You may have been a surprise to your parents, but 129 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 3: you are not a surprise to our God. He's been 130 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 3: thinking about you for generations. Jeremiah went on to say 131 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 3: God's plans for you are for good, to give you 132 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 3: a future and a hope. Part of his sovereign will 133 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 3: is to be good to you. There are blessings coming 134 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 3: that are unstoppable. There is favor in your future that 135 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 3: is simply the goodness of God, something that He's already 136 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 3: planned that cannot be overridden. You don't have to worry 137 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 3: about how it can happen, how you can get ahead, 138 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 3: how you can leave your mark. The sovereign God has 139 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 3: already not only planned it, but he will make it happen. 140 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 3: It's not up to you, it's up to him. Blessings 141 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 3: that chase you down, favor you didn't see coming, good 142 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 3: breaks that you couldn't explain. It's already written in your script. 143 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 3: The stage has already been set how could I be 144 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 3: up here today. This is not something that I chose, 145 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 3: not something that I worked for that I was hoping 146 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 3: to attain. I didn't want to get up in front 147 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 3: of people. I didn't think I could minister. For seventeen years, 148 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 3: I stayed behind the scenes. My choices were determining my future. 149 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 3: I was comfortable I would have stayed there, But at 150 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 3: one point I came to the sovereign will of God. 151 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 3: His will is unstoppable. God will let you make decisions 152 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 3: up to a point. He'll let you be in control 153 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 3: of your destiny for periods of time, but at certain 154 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 3: times he will take complete control. He will override your 155 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 3: decisions and thrust you into your destiny. When my father died, 156 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 3: I not only knew I was supposed to step up 157 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 3: and pasture the church, but suddenly I had the desire 158 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 3: I wanted to. I hadn't had that desire for thirty 159 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 3: six years. In fact, I was just the opposite. I 160 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 3: dreaded getting up in front of people. But when you 161 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 3: hit one of these sovereignty moments, when it's not God's 162 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 3: conditional will, where you have a part you can decide, 163 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 3: but God has already decided, it's already on the script. 164 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 3: He's already planned to bless you, to favor you, to 165 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 3: rescue you, to turn that trouble around. There's nothing you 166 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 3: can do except back and enjoy the ride. You stepped 167 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 3: in to the unstoppable God. The part of his plan 168 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 3: that is not negotiable. He's not looking for your opinion. 169 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 3: He's not asking what you think. He will override every 170 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 3: force trying to stop you, every limitation, every disadvantage, every 171 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 3: bad decision, and thrust you into your destiny. I think 172 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 3: about my father. He grew up in a family that 173 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 3: didn't have anything to do with God. They were good people, 174 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 3: but they didn't know anything about faith. His grandparents, great grandparents, 175 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 3: three or four generations back. There was no thought of God, 176 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 3: no spiritual heritage. Look like that would continue on. But 177 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 3: he's seventeen years old. My father was walking home from 178 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 3: a nightclubt two o'clock in the morning. Suddenly he began 179 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 3: to think about God. He looked up at the stars 180 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 3: and wondered what he was going to do with his life. 181 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 3: He felt this sense of destiny calling him. He walked 182 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 3: in the house. There was a family Bible on the 183 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 3: coffee table, just there for decoration. He opened it up. 184 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 3: It fell open to a page with a picture of 185 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 3: Jesus standing at a door and knocking. The caption read, 186 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 3: if you'll open the door, I'll come in. Nothing randomly happens. 187 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 3: That Bible was put there in the sovereignty of God, 188 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 3: that was in the script that was written before my 189 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 3: father was born. Falling open to that particular page wasn't 190 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 3: a coincidence, wasn't a lucky break. It was the sovereign 191 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 3: God working out the plan that he had decided long ago. 192 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 3: My father went to church the next morning with a friend, 193 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 3: and he gave his life to Christ. That one moment 194 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 3: broke the cycle of generations of no faith. Now, my children, 195 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 3: my grandchildren, we will come from generations that honor God. 196 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 3: There are some things that you can't explain. It's just 197 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 3: the sovereignty of God. Well, Joe, why didn't it happen sooner? 198 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 3: I don't know. I'm not God. He's the one that's 199 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 3: in control. It says he lifts up some and sets 200 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 3: down others. I do know that he's promised to be 201 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 3: good to you. I do know that there are sovereign 202 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 3: moments in your future. Well, God is going to do 203 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 3: things that you can't explain. There's no reason for it. 204 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 3: You couldn't have made it happen. But suddenly a family 205 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 3: member gets back on course, Suddenly a door opens, Suddenly 206 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,839 Speaker 3: your health improves, Suddenly you're thrust to a new level. 207 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 3: When David was a teenager, he was working out in 208 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 3: the fields, taking care of his father's sheep, and it 209 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 3: looked like that's what he'd do the rest of his life. 210 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 3: Came from a low income family. They weren't influential, nobody 211 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 3: knew them. But when God wrote your script, when he 212 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 3: designed the plan for your life on purpose, he put 213 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 3: these moments of favor that don't make sense. The scripture 214 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 3: says he chose the foolish to confound the wise. David 215 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 3: was out in the fields, minding his own business. Every 216 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 3: circumstance said you're stuck. This is your lot in life. 217 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 3: But one day the prophet Samuel showed up at his 218 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 3: father's house to annoint one of Jesse's sons as the 219 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:23,559 Speaker 3: next king of Israel. David didn't go looking for Samuel. 220 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 3: Samuel came looking for David. David's purpose came tracking him down. 221 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 3: David couldn't have made this happen. He didn't earn it. 222 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 3: He didn't work for it. He didn't put out flyers. 223 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 3: Hey vote for me. This was the sovereignty of God. 224 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 3: Samuel tried to anoint one of David's seven brothers as 225 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,959 Speaker 3: the next king. They were in the house, David was 226 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,839 Speaker 3: still out in the shepherd's field. Samuel went by them 227 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,319 Speaker 3: one by one. It's not him, It's not this one. 228 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 3: It's not this one. What God has for you is 229 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 3: not going to go to someone else. His sovereign will 230 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 3: cannot be over. People can't manipulate the situation to where 231 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 3: you don't get to where God wants you to go. 232 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 3: Nobody stole your blessing. Nobody stole your husband, your promotion, 233 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 3: your house. Stay in peace. God is ordering your steps. 234 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 3: The stage is all set, the script is all written. 235 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 3: He's in control. David was anointed to be the next king, 236 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 3: but he didn't go to the palace. He went back 237 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 3: to the shepherd's field. One morning, his father asked him 238 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 3: to take lunch to his brothers who were in the army. 239 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 3: The Israelites were in a standoff with the Philistines. They 240 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 3: were on the verge of conflict. David left that day 241 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 3: and thought he was just running an errand no big deal. 242 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 3: I told my dad, I delivered this lunch. But notice 243 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 3: the sovereignty of God. When David arrived, it just so 244 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 3: happened that Goliath came out and started tauning the Israelites. 245 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 3: David heard all the insults, all the threat and something 246 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 3: rose up in him. Look how strategic God is. David 247 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 3: thought it was another ordinary day, just taking lunch to 248 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 3: his brothers, when in fact, it was a destiny moment. 249 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 3: David was at the right place at the right time. 250 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 3: If he had have been three hours later, he wouldn't 251 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 3: have heard Goliath. If he had said, Dad, no, I'm 252 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 3: not an errand boy, get somebody else to deliver this lunch, 253 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 3: he would have missed his destiny. God is ordering your 254 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 3: steps when it's his sovereign will. You don't have a choice. 255 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 3: Don't worry thinking you missed it. You're too late. You 256 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 3: didn't obey. You should have done this. You can't miss 257 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 3: the sovereign will. It's not up to you. It's up 258 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 3: to God. What he's already decided is going to happen. 259 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 3: The good news is God is decided to favor you. 260 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 3: He's decided to rescue you. He's decided to be good 261 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 3: to you. Goliath was twice David's size. He was the 262 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 3: champion of the Philistine Army, their most feared soldier. David 263 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 3: was young, small, no military training, no armor. How could 264 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 3: he have the courage to face Goliath? What gave him 265 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 3: the passion, the fire to even think he had a chance. 266 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 3: When you come into these sovereign moments, it's not just you, 267 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 3: it's the most high God backing you up. It's the 268 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 3: one who's already written your script stepping in with you. 269 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 3: There will be a faith that you've never had, courage 270 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 3: and boldness that will catapult you ahead. Like David, there 271 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 3: are these times where you think you're just going to work, 272 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 3: just taking care of these kids, just running an Errand 273 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 3: what you don't realize is it a sovereign moment, a 274 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 3: moment that God has strategically orchestrated to put you at 275 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 3: the right place at the right time, to meet the 276 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 3: right people, to hear the right thing. Faith is going 277 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 3: to rise up in you. You're going to see things 278 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 3: happen that you could never make happen. When you defeat 279 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 3: that giant, so to speak, you're going to look back 280 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,479 Speaker 3: and think, how did I do that? How did I 281 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 3: get here? How did I meet this person? How did 282 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 3: this sickness turn around? How did my family member get back? 283 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 3: On course, it's the sovereignty of God. Something he planned that. 284 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 3: You couldn't stop. Take this in the right way, but 285 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,679 Speaker 3: you couldn't mess it up. You're not that powerful. He 286 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 3: already decided long before you were born, to make that happen. 287 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 3: I'll never forget one Tuesday, I was going to work, 288 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 3: just like another ordinary day. I was at the church. 289 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 3: A friend called I hadn't spoken to in years. He said, Joel, 290 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 3: I want to take you to lunch today. He said, 291 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 3: I'm sorry, I'm busy. Let's do it another day. He said, no, 292 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 3: it's important. I want to do it today. He said, 293 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,959 Speaker 3: what's it about? He said, I'll tell you when you 294 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 3: get there. That all great. He's going to have a project. 295 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 3: He's going to need something from me. I canceled an 296 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 3: appointment to go. Normally I wouldn't have done that. I'm 297 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 3: very routine, but for some reason I wanted to go. 298 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 3: We got to the restaurant. He said, Joel, the Rockets 299 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 3: basketball team is moving out of the Compact Center. You 300 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 3: should try to get that for your church. What he 301 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 3: didn't know is we had been turned down twice trying 302 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 3: to buy property to build an auditorium. I was discouraged, 303 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 3: thinking that we were at a dead end. When he 304 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 3: said that, it was like a bomb exploded on the inside. 305 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 3: I knew this building was supposed to be ours. Looking 306 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 3: back now, I don't know how I had the faith 307 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 3: for it. I was oblivious to the fact that it 308 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 3: was going to cost one hundred million dollars to renovate. 309 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 3: Sometimes God will hide things from your own purpose. I 310 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 3: wasn't moved by critics telling us we didn't have a chance. 311 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 3: I had this unshakable confidence, knowing that God could make 312 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 3: a way even when I didn't see away. There are 313 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 3: these times that you don't have a choice. God will 314 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 3: give you the faith. He'll bring the building to you, 315 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 3: the idea, the right people, the favor. It's the sovereign Lord. See, 316 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 3: the city built this building for the raucous to play 317 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 3: basketball in. They didn't realize long before they built it, 318 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 3: God had already decided it was going to be ours. 319 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 3: It was already written in the script. At the right time, 320 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 3: his sovereign will came to pass. I'm all for making 321 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 3: good decisions, honoring God being our best. But there are 322 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 3: times we don't have the faith. We make mistakes, we 323 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 3: get off course, we didn't do our best. But when 324 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 3: it's his sovereign will, he will override your doubt, override 325 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 3: your mistakes, overrides what's trying to stop you, and you'll 326 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 3: defeat the giant. You'll get your compact center, you'll meet 327 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 3: the person of your dreams. You'll step into your greatness. 328 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 3: I lay down at night and sleep in peace knowing 329 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 3: that there is a sovereign God, because if it was 330 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 3: just up to me, I'd be worried. I may make mistakes, 331 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 3: I may not have the faith, I may think the 332 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 3: giant is too big. But because of the sovereignty of God, 333 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 3: there are these times where what we think, what we do, 334 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 3: how we perform, does not change what God has already 335 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 3: predestined for our life. David understood this principle. He said 336 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 3: in Second Samuel, who am I, O sovereign Lord? And 337 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 3: what is my family that you have brought me this far? 338 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 3: He was looking back over his life, thinking how did 339 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 3: I get here? I was a shepherd, now I'm a king, 340 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 3: I'm respected, I have a lasting dynasty. He was saying 341 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 3: it could only be one thing, the sovereign God. Five 342 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 3: times in the next few verses he referred to God 343 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 3: as sovereign Verse twenty eight, he said, Oh, Sovereign Lord, 344 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 3: you have promised good things to me. Can I tell 345 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 3: you the Sovereign Lord has good things for you. It's 346 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 3: not based on how well you perform, who likes you, 347 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 3: what family you come from, what the economy does. These 348 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 3: are blessings, favor breakthroughs that God has already written in 349 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 3: your script. Instead of worrying thinking that's never going to happen, 350 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 3: trying to earn it, why don't you do like David 351 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 3: and say, Oh, Sovereign Lord, thank you for the good 352 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 3: things you have in store for me. Thank you for 353 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 3: choosing me before I could choose you. Thank you for 354 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 3: not depending on my performance, my faith, my circumstances, but 355 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 3: blessing me because of your goodness. Well, Joel, it sounds 356 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 3: like you're saying that we can do whatever we want 357 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 3: and God's still gonna bless us. No, what I'm saying 358 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 3: is you cannot change God's sovereign will. You may not 359 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 3: perform perfectly all the time, you may not deserve his blessing. 360 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 3: But when it's his soul sovereign will, it doesn't depend 361 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 3: on what you do or don't do. God has decided 362 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:10,479 Speaker 3: to make it happen. What God decides is unstoppable. In 363 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 3: the scripture, Saul was the biggest enemy of the Church. 364 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 3: He got letters from the courts to have people arrested 365 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 3: that were following Christ. He was like a terrorist. You 366 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,479 Speaker 3: would think he's too far gone. God wouldn't have anything 367 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 3: to do with him. No, don't write anybody off. You 368 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,239 Speaker 3: don't know what God has planned ahead of time. His 369 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 3: sovereign will cannot be stopped by our choices. Saul was 370 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 3: on a horse traveling to Damascus to have people arrested. 371 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 3: He's on a mission to cause more havoc. Suddenly a 372 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 3: light shine down from heaven like a flash of lightning, 373 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 3: knocked him to the ground. It was so powerful that 374 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 3: he couldn't see. A voice boomed out, Saul, why do 375 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,959 Speaker 3: you persecute me? Saul answered back, who are you Lord? 376 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 3: All the sudden he's using the word Lord. That day 377 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 3: was a turning point. Saul eventually became the apostle Paul, 378 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 3: who wrote almost half of the New Testament. If God 379 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 3: based his will only on our decisions, Paul wouldn't have 380 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 3: had a chance. The beauty is God has a sovereign 381 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 3: will that overrides our choices. It's the goodness of God 382 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 3: loving us when we don't deserve it, showing us mercy 383 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,719 Speaker 3: when we should have judgment. You may have gotten off course, 384 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 3: made decisions you're not proud of. You feel like you're 385 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 3: washed up. Can I encourage you? The sovereign God is 386 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 3: still in control of your life. He's already planned ahead 387 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 3: of time these moments of mercy, healing favor, where he 388 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:50,360 Speaker 3: won't just restore you, but he'll thrust you into your purpose. 389 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 3: Paul wrote in Galatians, before I was born, God called 390 00:23:56,160 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 3: me to proclaim the good news to the gentiles, saying, 391 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 3: this is what God decided ahead of time. I couldn't 392 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 3: see it. I's doing just the opposite, going the wrong way. 393 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 3: Then the sovereign God stepped in, that God who overrides 394 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,959 Speaker 3: our decisions and put me into my purpose. When you 395 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 3: understand that he's sovereign, that he's not basing everything on 396 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 3: our choices, our ability, our background, our family, then you 397 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 3: can stay in peace. His sovereign will is unstoppable. Sometimes 398 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 3: we get frustrated because we can't see the whole script. 399 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,239 Speaker 3: We don't know what God is up to. We go 400 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 3: through disappointments, loss, bad breaks. Doesn't make sense to us. 401 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 3: It's a setback. But nothing is random. It's all working 402 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 3: according to his plan, what he decided long ago. You 403 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 3: have to trust him when you don't understand. You have 404 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 3: to believe that he's sovereign, that it's all serving a purpose. 405 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 3: I believe one day you'll see what he was up to. 406 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 3: This is what happened with a lady named Naomi. She 407 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 3: lived with her husband and two sons in the city 408 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 3: of Bethlehem. Life was good, then a great famine came. 409 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 3: She had to move with her family to Moab so 410 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 3: they could survive. In Moab, her sons met Ruth and Orpah. 411 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 3: They fell in love and were married well. Eventually, Naomi's 412 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 3: husband died. Ten years later, both of her sons died. 413 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 3: She was so heartbroken she decided to move back home 414 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 3: to Bethlehem. She urged her two daughters in law to 415 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 3: go back to their hometowns as well. Orpah took her 416 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 3: up on it. She walked away. Ruth said, no, I'm 417 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 3: not leaving you. She moved back to Bethlehem with Naomi. 418 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 3: She met a man named Boas. There. They were married, 419 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 3: had a son named Obed. Obed had a son named Jesse. 420 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,880 Speaker 3: Jesse had a son named David. Look At how strategic 421 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 3: God is. The famine that called Naomi to move wasn't random. 422 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 3: It was a part of God's plan to get her 423 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 3: the moab so her son could marry Ruth. It was painful, 424 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 3: but if she hadn't gone through that loss, she would 425 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 3: have never moved back home. If Ruth wasn't single again, 426 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 3: she would have never married Boas. They would have never 427 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 3: had a child. Yet God decided ahead of time that David, 428 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 3: the greatest king that ever lived, would come out of 429 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 3: their family line. If someone would have told Naomi back then, 430 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 3: during the famine, during the lass that God was working 431 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 3: that it was all a part of his plan, she'd 432 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 3: have said, yeah, right, nothing's good going to come out 433 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 3: of this. But God is sovereign. We're looking at what's 434 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 3: going on this week, this month. But God can be 435 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 3: looking generations ahead. He can be using you to orchestrate 436 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,880 Speaker 3: something much bigger, much more significant than you could imagine. 437 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,679 Speaker 3: Think about Ruth. For some she wanted to move to 438 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 3: Naomi's hometown. She didn't know anyone there. Why didn't she 439 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 3: do like Orfrah and go back to where she was from? 440 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 3: This was the sovereignty of God. God gave her the 441 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 3: desire because it was something he had already decided ahead 442 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 3: of time. God is not making it up as you go. 443 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 3: He's working all things according to his plan. Now stay 444 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 3: in faith while his plan unforms. What if you're upset 445 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 3: over a disappointment, living bitter over a loss, when, in fact, 446 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 3: obed so to speak, is coming now. Ruth is in 447 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 3: the family line of Jesus. What God is doing in 448 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 3: our lives is not always going to make sense. He's 449 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,919 Speaker 3: been orchestrating things for you generations back to bring you 450 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 3: to where you are, just like he brought Ruth out 451 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 3: of heartache into great joy. Nothing you've been through has 452 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 3: been random. It's not happenstand bad luck. God is still 453 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 3: in control. This is when you have to trust that 454 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 3: He is sovereign, that the good things in your future 455 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 3: are unstoppable. If you'll do this, I believe and declare, 456 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 3: you're about to come in to some of these sovereign moments, 457 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,360 Speaker 3: things that you couldn't make happen. Like David, the right 458 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 3: breaks are going to come looking for you, like Ruth, 459 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 3: favor that you've never imagined. Like Paul, God is going 460 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 3: to override your mistakes and thrust you into your destiny 461 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 3: in Jesus' name. If you receive it, can you say amen? Today? 462 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 3: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 463 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 3: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 464 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 3: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 465 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 3: into my heart. I'll make you my Lord and savior. 466 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 3: If you've prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 467 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 3: born again. 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