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I believe God has amazing things in your future. 37 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 5: I hope you enjoy this message. Your faith is amazing. 38 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 5: Go out and tell people about this saving power of 39 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 5: Jesus Christ, Amen, and that he can do what no 40 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 5: one else can do. You are his light in all 41 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 5: the world. You see, we're all on this journey of 42 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 5: faith together, and if we're going to experience the fullness 43 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 5: of God's promises, we're going to have to develop the 44 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 5: ability to see beyond where we are right now. See, 45 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 5: it's so easy to get stuck in a problem. It's 46 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 5: so easy to see what didn't work out, what didn't happen, 47 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 5: the mistakes we've made, maybe what someone else did to us, 48 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 5: And then we think, what's our next step? God, how 49 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 5: are we going to get out of this? It becomes 50 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:36,839 Speaker 5: difficult to see the next step sometimes, But when we 51 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 5: take our eyes off of the circumstances, off of the 52 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 5: problems that are trying to weigh us down and hold 53 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 5: us back, that's when we can put our eyes on 54 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 5: the promises of God, not the problems. We can't set 55 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 5: our eyes on the problems. We have to set our 56 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 5: eyes on the promises. That's how we're going to rise 57 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 5: above where we are right now. We have to look 58 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 5: where we are and lift our eyes. In the Book 59 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 5: of Genesis, Abraham was called by God to go on 60 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 5: a journey of faith with him. He spoke to Abraham 61 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 5: and said, leave your father's house. Abraham did. The Bible 62 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 5: says he believed God, and it was credited unto him 63 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 5: as righteousness. He left his father's land. He took his 64 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 5: family and his nephew Lot, and they went on this journey. 65 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 5: But there was a point in his journey where Lot, 66 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 5: his nephew, and himself had acquired so many possessions that 67 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 5: they had to part ways. The land could not sustain 68 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 5: both of them. So Abraham looked at Lot and said, 69 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 5: you pick first. Which way do you want to go? 70 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 5: What direction do you want to go? Lot, I'm giving 71 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 5: you first choice. Well, Lot looked around and he found 72 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 5: a place that he thought would be perfect for he 73 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 5: and his family. The Bible calls it. It was east, 74 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 5: It was towards the Jordan. It was lush in foliage. 75 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 5: It was a city that was bustling. It was places 76 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 5: of opportunity. So Lot chose that part of the land. 77 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 5: When Abraham looked the other direction, what he saw was dirt. 78 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 5: He saw was dust, no development, just land. And he 79 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 5: thought to himself, Wow, what in the world have I 80 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 5: gotten myself into. But see, it was at that point 81 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 5: that God spoke to Abraham and he said, Abraham, lift 82 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 5: up your eyes. Now, lift up your eyes. Now look 83 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 5: out as far as you can see, from the north, 84 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 5: the south, the east, and the west. He said, what 85 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 5: you can see, the land that you can see, I 86 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 5: will give it to you. I will give it to you. 87 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 4: You see. 88 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 5: It was this point that Abraham had to lift his eyes. 89 00:04:55,640 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 5: I love that phrase, lift your eyes, because this did 90 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 5: eyes became the theme of Abraham's life. You see, God 91 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 5: knew that Abraham could easily get his eyes on the 92 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 5: wrong thing. He could have easily said, why did not 93 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 5: choose first? Why did he get the best? Now I'm 94 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 5: just stuck in the dirt, in the dust, and he's 95 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 5: over there prospering. Why did I make that mistake? But see, 96 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 5: God wanted him to lift his eyes so he could 97 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 5: see beyond the dust and the dirt and begin to 98 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 5: see his destiny unfold, begin to see what God wanted 99 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 5: to do in his life. Do you know the name 100 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 5: Lot means veil, and when he separated from Lot, it 101 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 5: was as if God lifted the veil from his eyes 102 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 5: and he was able to see God in new ways. 103 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 5: You see. God wanted to reveal himself to Abraham in 104 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 5: unseen ways. 105 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 4: You see. 106 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 5: It may have looked like Lot got paradise, but Abraham 107 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 5: he got the promise. And you do too, You have 108 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 5: the promises of God. In fact, the bell has been 109 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 5: lifted from your eyes. It has been torn into by 110 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 5: the power of Christ. And God wants to show you 111 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 5: along this journey things you haven't seen before. He wants 112 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 5: to reveal himself in powerful ways. You see, when God 113 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 5: spoke to Abraham and told him that he was gonna 114 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 5: be a Father of many nations, said Abraham, I want 115 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 5: to show you this land that I'm taking you. I 116 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 5: want you to inhabit it. I want you to possess it. 117 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 5: I'm gonna make your seed great, and I'm gonna bless 118 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 5: people all over the earth. His name was Abram. God 119 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 5: hadn't changed his name yet to the Father of many nations. 120 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:52,119 Speaker 5: He was just Abram, a man that was believing God 121 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 5: going on this journey of faith. In fact, he didn't 122 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 5: look anything like what God was saying about him. But 123 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 5: God's promises are spoken in the unseen realm. God's promises 124 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 5: are spoken but not seen yet. That's why the veil 125 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 5: was lifted so that Abraham could see into the supernatural realm. 126 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 5: So Abraham could get a glimpse of what God wanted 127 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 5: to do. He wanted to take the veil off of 128 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 5: Abraham's eyes so that he could see what God was doing. 129 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 5: You see, God's promises are progressive. They unfold in his timing. 130 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 5: They may not be seen yet, but it's only a 131 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 5: matter of time until God gets you to where you 132 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 5: need to be. Until you start looking like God says 133 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 5: you're gonna look, until you start having what God says 134 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 5: you're gonna have. It's progressive and it's in God's timing. 135 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 5: I have these beautiful lemon trees in my backyard. I 136 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 5: have two of them, and they're full of fruit right now. 137 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 5: And a friend of mine and we were in my 138 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 5: backyard and we happened to be walking by the lemon 139 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,559 Speaker 5: trees and she stopped and she paused for a minute 140 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 5: because they're beautiful, full of fruit, and she said, those 141 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 5: are the most amazing lime trees I have ever seen. 142 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 5: And I started to laugh and I said, those aren't 143 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 5: lime trees. Those are lemon trees. She said, those are 144 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 5: lime trees. They look like limes to me. And I said, 145 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 5: oh okay. I said, the fruit on those trees are 146 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 5: still in process. They're not finished yet. They don't look 147 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 5: right now the way they're going to look. They're green now. Yeah, 148 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 5: they look like limes, but they're gonna turn yellow in 149 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 5: just a matter of time. You see, Hebrews eleven says 150 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 5: we inherit the promises of God through faith and patience. You, 151 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:00,839 Speaker 5: just like those lemons, are in process. You are becoming 152 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 5: everything God wants you to be. You may not look 153 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 5: like you want to look, you may not be where 154 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 5: you want to be, but don't devalue your journey. Don't 155 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 5: start thinking that the journey isn't worth it. The process 156 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 5: is what builds your strength. The process is what develops you. 157 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 5: The process is what makes you become what God's called 158 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 5: you to be. You see, Abraham didn't despise the process. 159 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 5: He proved God to be faithful and true. Abraham went 160 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 5: from tests to test to test of his faith. He 161 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 5: went through challenges. He didn't even have his promised child 162 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 5: till he was one hundred years old. But he saw 163 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 5: the character of God. You see, someone else may look 164 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 5: like they have paradise, but don't forget you have the promise. 165 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 5: You're in the process, and you are becoming everything God 166 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 5: wants you to be. You find yourself consumed with a 167 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 5: problem today, You're going through a transition in your life. 168 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 5: You're wondering, how is this going to work out? 169 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 4: It's time. 170 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 5: It's time. It's time to lift your eyes from the 171 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 5: problem and set your eyes on the promises. You got 172 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 5: to realize beyond this place is greater heights, greater victories, 173 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 5: greater strength, greater anointing. 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