1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting The Minute Strength. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. 5 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: your life. Well, God, bless you. It's great to be 7 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: with you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with 8 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: us during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 9 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: and social media, and you can come visit us in person. 10 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one 11 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: of our services. I'd like to start with something funny, 12 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: and I heard about these three men that were out 13 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: in the wilderness and they came upon this violent, raging 14 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: river and they needed to get to the other side. 15 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: The first man prayed, God, please give me the strength 16 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: to make it across, and poof, God gave him big arms, 17 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: big legs, and he is able to swim across in 18 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: two hours. The next man prayed, God, please give me 19 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: the strength and the tools to make it across. Poof, 20 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: God gave him a boat and he was able to 21 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: row across in thirty minutes. The next man prayed, God, 22 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: please give me the strength the tools and the entire 23 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: intelligence to make it across, and poof God turned him 24 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: into a woman. She looked at the map hike five 25 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: minutes upstream and walked across the bridge, and all the 26 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: ladies said, Amen, here we go, guys. This is my Bible. 27 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 28 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,119 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 29 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 30 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 31 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 32 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 33 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: about keep digging. We all have dreams God has put 34 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: in our heart and promises we're standing on. But along 35 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: the way there will be detours, delays, people that do 36 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: us wrong. We're working hard, but we didn't get the promotion. 37 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: They manipulated things, the contract didn't go through. It's easy 38 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: to get discouraged and give up on what we're believing for. 39 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: But sometimes you have to go through closed doors before 40 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: you get to open doors. You have to pass through 41 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: injustice and things that are not fair. You didn't get 42 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: what you deserve. They left you out. That doesn't mean 43 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: God is not going to do what he said. It's 44 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: all a part of his plan. People may do you wrong, 45 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: keep doing the right thing. God sees you being the 46 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: bigger person. He sees you forgiving when they don't deserve it. 47 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: He sees you trusting him when you could be bitter. 48 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: You are passing the task, or you worked hard, but 49 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,119 Speaker 1: the contract didn't go through. The door closed. It had 50 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: to close. God has something bigger. That would have limited 51 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: your destiny. Wasn't the enemy. It was the hand of 52 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: God protecting you from getting satisfied with less. And if 53 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: you'll stay in faith and not get stuck in blame 54 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: and what wasn't fair? Who hurt me? Let it go? 55 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: That didn't stop your destiny. God is taking you to 56 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: an abundant place, to something bigger than you've ever imagined, 57 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: with the right people, people that love you, that celebrates you, 58 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: people that are ordained for your purpose. That's why those 59 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: others walked away. What's it because something is wrong with you? 60 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: It's because God has someone better. He's not going to 61 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: let you miss your destiny. Now, quit trying to convince 62 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: someone to stay that wants to leave. Convince them that 63 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: you're good enough, attractive, enough. They really should like you. 64 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: They are not for you. The people God is lined up. 65 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: You can't get rid of them. They'll treat you like 66 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: a queen, like a king. But if you don't understand 67 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: that the people that walked away, the disappointments, the injustice, 68 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: that it had to happen, then you'll live frustrated, bitter 69 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: over who leave, discourage over what didn't work out. No, 70 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: God is ordering your steps. None of that has stop 71 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: what He has in store. It's setting you up for 72 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: the fullness of your destiny. Genesis, chapter twenty six. There 73 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: was a famine in the land, and Isaac was looking 74 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: for food for his family and pasture for his flocks. 75 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: He traveled to a city called Gerrard was ruled by 76 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: the Philistines. He was planning on going further, but God 77 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: spoke to him and said, do not go down to Egypt. 78 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: Stay in this land, and I will bless you, and 79 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: I will multiply your descendants as the stars into heavens. 80 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: God gave him this incredible promise, but it didn't come 81 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: without opposition. In frustration, he was tempting for Isaac to leave, 82 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: get out of the famine, go down to Egypt for 83 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: greener pastures. But Isaac obeyed. He did the right thing 84 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: when it wasn't easy. He set up camp there, and 85 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: he went out and he planted his fields, digging row 86 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: after row, acres and acres, sowing the seeds. Philistines looked 87 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,559 Speaker 1: at him like he was not all there, no water, 88 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: no way to grow things. Looked like he was wasting 89 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: his time. But that same year he reaped one hundredfold 90 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: returns supernatural provision. Well, they couldn't understand how could he 91 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: grow crops in the famine. Instead of being happy for him, 92 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: they were jealous. They started talking and stirring up trouble, 93 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: making his life miserable. The king finally told him, you 94 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: have to leave here. You've become too powerful for us. 95 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: You can imagine how disappointed Isaac must have been. He'd 96 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: seen all that favor and now he was forced out, 97 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: had to pack up his whole camp, move his family, 98 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 1: his livestock, leave behind all the fields he had poured 99 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: so much time and energy into. Wasn't fair. He hadn't 100 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: done anything wrong. It was because of small minded, jealous people. 101 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: But here's the key. You can be in God's will 102 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: and have opposition. You can be odiot like Isaac. You're 103 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: doing the right thing. You stayed in the land. You 104 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: have that promise in your heart. But doors have closed. 105 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 1: There's jealousy, people have come against you. It's easy to 106 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: get discouraged. Why didn't this work out? They did me wrong? 107 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: But everything is serving God's plan. You can't see it 108 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: right now, but it's moving you closer to your promised land. 109 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: Keep doing the right thing when the wrong thing happens, 110 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: keep taking the high road, keep believing, keep praying, keep trusting. 111 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 1: God is still ordering your steps. Isaac had to move 112 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: from that high place down to the valley of Gerard. 113 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: I'm sure he looked up and thought, man, that's where 114 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: I used to be, That's where I was so blessed. 115 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: But look at me now, stuck in this valley, in 116 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: this low place. But God is not just the god 117 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: of the mountains. He's the God of the valleys. The 118 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: only way to go to a higher mountain is to 119 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: come down and go through the valley. Don't get discouraged 120 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 1: by the valley. It's a set up. The valley is 121 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: leading you to something greater. God wouldn't have moved you 122 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: out of that place of blessing. He wouldn't have let 123 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: them force you out unless he has bigger things in 124 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: your future. None of us like to go through the valley, 125 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: but keep the right perspective. It's a sign that God 126 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: is up to something. In the valley of Gerar, there 127 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: were wells that Abraham had dug many years earlier, Isaac's father, 128 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: when the Philistines had stopped up those wells filled them 129 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: with rocks and dirt. Having water was extremely valuable out 130 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: there in the desert, the only way to survive. So 131 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: Isaac and his men went out and redubbed the wells 132 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: that belonged to his father. When the local shepherds saw 133 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: the water and how the well was flowing again, they 134 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: realized what they had been missing. They said to Isaac, 135 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: what are you doing here? This is our water. This 136 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: well belongs to us here it had been there for years, 137 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: clogged up. They did nothing with it. Isaac did all 138 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: the work. It belonged to his family in the first place. 139 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: But there was all this strife and contention. Isaac could 140 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: have put up a big fight, engaged in conflict. Instead 141 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: he took the high road. He said, fine, you can 142 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: have the well. He walked away. There are times you 143 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: need to dig your heels in and fight, stand your ground. 144 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: But there are also times you have to be the 145 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: bigger person and let someone else be right, even though 146 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: you know they're wrong. You have to release it. Have 147 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 1: the attitude God. They're not taking it from me. I'm 148 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: giving it to them. Sow it as a seed. Otherwise 149 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: you can become bitter. That wasn't fair. I'm going to 150 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 1: pay them back. Let it go. God sees when you're 151 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: taking advantage of when people manipulate things, they're dishonest. But 152 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: you choose to move on knowing that he's your vindicator. 153 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,439 Speaker 1: You choose to let it go, knowing that he'll make 154 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: it up to you. God will vindicate you better than 155 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: you can vindicate yourself. I believe in holding on to 156 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: your dreams, but sometimes we're holding on to the way 157 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 1: we think it's gonna happen. That's my well, I worked hard. 158 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: I should get the credit, the promotion, the contract. Maybe 159 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: it's not working out because God has something bigger. Maybe 160 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: there's strife and contention because God is stirring things up 161 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: to keep you from settling for less. God will never 162 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: let something be taken away unless he has something greater coming. 163 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: Will you walk away from it so you can see 164 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: a bigger blessing. It's not about them being wrong. I 165 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: can't let them get away with this. It's about you 166 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,559 Speaker 1: being the bigger person. So God can promote you, so 167 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: he can prepare a table in the presence of your enemies. 168 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,479 Speaker 1: If you'll take that high road and not let the injustice, 169 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,479 Speaker 1: the betrayal, the conflict cause you to live in strife 170 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: and tension, there will come a time where all those 171 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: who were against you will see you promoted, honored, living 172 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: a blessed, victorious life. God is preparing that table, not 173 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: for a private dinner, not just you and him, but 174 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: in the presence of your enemies, for a public display. 175 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: But we spend too much time trying to protect, to 176 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: defend this is my right. You're not going to get 177 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: the best of me, not realizing it's a setup. God 178 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: has something better. There's contention and strife because it's not 179 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: supposed to be yours. You're upset with people. They manipulated things, 180 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: they weren't fair. But God was the one closing the door. 181 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: The longer I live, the more I've learned to trust 182 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: His ways, to stay in peace, to let God fight 183 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: my battles. If Isaac would have been stubborn, contentious, this 184 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: is my father's well. You want to fight, man, you 185 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: gotta fight, he would have lived in constant strife, had 186 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: to worry about the Philistines attacking him. There would have 187 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: been so much stress and heartache. Sometimes you have to 188 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: suffer the wrong. Let them have the contract, the position, 189 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 1: the fund. Quit trying to hold on to things where 190 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: you don't have the favor, the support that you used to. 191 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: That's a sign seasons are changing. You're not being weak 192 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: by walking away. It takes a strong person to take 193 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: the high road. You're not losing letting them get the 194 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: best of you. It's not over. You can't see it yet, 195 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: but God has taking you somewhere greater. Joel, it's not 196 00:11:55,400 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: right I redub those wells. I work for this contract, physicition, 197 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: this property. I deserve it. But here's the key. That 198 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: well is not your source. God is your source. He 199 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: has ways to promote you that you've never thought of. 200 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: The reason Isaac could walk away from the well is 201 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 1: he knew he wasn't walking away from the source. If 202 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: you think the blessing is on the location, then you'll 203 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: fight over things you'll go down to Egypt during the 204 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: famine because man, there's no water here. But when you know, 205 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 1: the source is not the well, not the job, not 206 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 1: the economy, not who likes you. The source is the 207 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,719 Speaker 1: most high God. He made streams in the desert. He 208 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: gave Isaac one hundredfold harvest. In a famine, he took 209 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: five loaves, two fish, and fed thousands. When you walk 210 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: away from that well strife and contention, you let someone 211 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: else be right even though you know they're wrong. You're 212 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: not walking away from the blessing. You're walking into a blessing. 213 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: You're gonna see a new level of your destiny. Verse 214 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: twenty says Isaac named that well argument because the people 215 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: quarreled with him. He took the highroad and left that 216 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: place and went to the other side of the valley, 217 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,959 Speaker 1: far away, so he wouldn't have to deal with those people. 218 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: He found another well that belonged to his father, clogged up, 219 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: not used in years, nobody within miles. He redug that well, 220 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: spent weeks, he and his men working hard. They finally 221 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: got it unclogged and got the well flowing again. Right 222 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: on Q. Here came some more philistines. Here came some 223 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: more shepherds, and what are you doing here? These are 224 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: our wells. They belonged to us. I'm sure Isaac thought, 225 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: come on, not again, are you kidding me? He could 226 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: have argued, put his foot down, said not this time. 227 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: Something inside of him, that still small voice, said let 228 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: it go. He told his men, let them have it. 229 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: Another disappointment. He named that well opposition here. He had 230 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: this promise from God. If you'll stay in this land, 231 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: I'll bless you. I'll multiply your descendants. I can hear 232 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: him saying, God, where are you? I did what you asked, 233 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,559 Speaker 1: but I was kicked out by the Philistine king. Had 234 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: to walk away from that great harvest. These shepherds took 235 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: the well I worked for. Now the second well is gone. 236 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: It was a test. Well number one didn't work out, 237 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: well number two didn't work out. Isaac could have put 238 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: his shovel up. Then we're done. Let's go down to Egypt. 239 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: It's never gonna happen here. Right when he was about 240 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: to give up, God whispered Isaac, dig one more, well, 241 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: try it one more time. He had to make this decision. 242 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: Was he too discouraged, too tired, or was he going 243 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: to keep digging. You may be where Isaac was. You've 244 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: been through disappointments. People came against you. There were strife 245 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: and division, but you took the high road. You knew 246 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: what God promised you. But every time you dig something up, 247 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: the wells keep getting taken away. You attempted to settle 248 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: where you are. Think it's not meant to be. God 249 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: is saying to you what he said to Isaac, Dig 250 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: one more well. Your story doesn't end in defeat, in injustice, 251 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: in being overlooked. Those clogged wells, the bad breaks are 252 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: setting you up for well number three. Isaac picked up 253 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: his shovel, traveled to a different part of the valley, 254 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: and he redug one more well that belonged to his father. 255 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: The water came gushing out stronger than ever. This time 256 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: nobody bothered him. No shepherd showed up, no conflict, no strife. 257 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: The scripture says he named this place Rahobath, for he said, 258 00:15:55,000 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: God has brought me to a wide open space means abundance, overflow, 259 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: more than enough. But notice the progression. Before he could 260 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: get to Rahoba, the well of favor, he had to 261 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: go through the well of argument, deal with strife, and conflict. 262 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: He had to go through well number two, the well 263 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: of opposition, people coming against him, things that weren't fair. 264 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: He had to deal with the disappointment of that king 265 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: that forced him out of his harvest. Could have put 266 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: his shovel up, settled for mediocrity, but he kept on digging. Maybe, 267 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: like Isaac, you did your best, but a dream hasn't 268 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: worked out, a relationship failed, you got passed over for 269 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: the promotion. Now you put your shovel down, you think 270 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: it's not meant to be. God is not finished with you. 271 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: You had to go through well number one. The doors 272 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: had to close, the people had to walk away. You 273 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: had to go through well number two. The injustice had 274 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: to happen, The project had to be delayed. The good 275 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 1: news is well number three is coming. God has a 276 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: rahobath for you. He has beauty for the ashes. He's 277 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: gonna pay you back double for the unfair things. You 278 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: haven't seen, heard, or imagined what God has in store. 279 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 1: Now you have to do your part. Get your shovel 280 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:28,439 Speaker 1: out and keep digging. Keep believing, keep expecting, keep forgiving, 281 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: keep taking steps of faith. You are closer than you think. 282 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: You're on the verge. Of Well number three, Rehobeth, a 283 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: wide open space, a place of abundance, fulfillment, divine connections, 284 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: a victorious place. Isaac had all this contention and strive 285 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 1: people coming against him, and I'm sure he thought that's 286 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: the way his life was always going to be. Seemed 287 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: like a pattern of bad breaks and disappointments, one step forward, 288 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: two steps backwards. But when he got to Well number three, 289 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: to Rehoba, the scripture says, the people left him alone. 290 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: Nobody bothered him anymore. He lived in peace and enjoyed 291 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: his family, and his flocks and herds multiplied. He saw 292 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: that promise come to pass. You may have had a 293 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 1: lot of strife and conflict. You always take the high 294 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 1: road and try to be the bigger person. You're coming 295 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: into a time where people are not going to bother 296 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 1: you anymore. The scripture says it this way. The enemies 297 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: you see today you will see no more. At Well 298 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: number one, you had to walk away Well number two, 299 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: you had to let people have what should have been yours. 300 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: But Well number three, God is going to take care 301 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 1: of your enemies. He's going to push back forces that 302 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: have hindered you. Well number three is when God promotes 303 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: you in the presence of your enemies. God told the Israelites, 304 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: I'm giving you rest from your enemy. Yes, there are 305 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: times we have to be the bigger person, endure injustice. 306 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: But there is a time where you will come to Rahobad, 307 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: where God says, no more fighting, no more struggle, no 308 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: more dealing with those jerks. I mean those enemies. You're 309 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: gonna have rest, peace, joy fulfillment. Rahobah means wide open, spacious, abundance. 310 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: As Isaac looked out and saw the vast land and 311 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: all the blessings in favor, I'm sure he thought, God, 312 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: thank you for not letting me stay at Well number one. 313 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: Thank you for closing that door at Well number two. 314 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: Thank you for having that king get jealous and push 315 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: me out. He realized the injustice, the strife, the jealousy 316 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: was a set up. He wasn't supposed to stay there. 317 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 1: Had he been stubborn tried to force it, he would 318 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: have lived in conflict, frustrated, and never seen the abundance 319 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: that God had in store. If you're disappointed over things 320 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: that you're gonna look back and say God, thank you 321 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: that those people didn't accept me, Thank you that you 322 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: didn't let me be comfortable at that job. Thank you 323 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 1: that those people took the position that I deserve. When 324 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 1: you come into your Rehoboth, you won't think about the injustice, 325 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,239 Speaker 1: the betrayal, the delay. You'll be so overwhelmed. All you 326 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: can say is, look what the Lord has done. We 327 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: saw this here at Lakewood, trying to build a new sanctuary. 328 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: Twice the property was sold out from under us. Well 329 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: number one. The owner didn't keep his word. He told 330 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 1: me we could sign the contract later, but sold it 331 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: to someone else. Well number two, same thing. That people 332 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: sold it to others when they had agreed to sell 333 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: it to us. I was tempted to be discouraged. Wasn't fair, 334 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: But we made this decision. God, we're gonna trust you. 335 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: We're not gonna live bitter, We're not gonna quit dreaming. 336 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: We know this setback is a sign that you have 337 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: something greater coming. Six months later we came into well 338 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: number three, the Compact Center. You are sitting in Rahoba, 339 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: a wide, an open space. God doing more than we 340 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: could ever imagine. Now. I thank god that man didn't 341 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: keep his word. I thank god that company found another buyer. 342 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: I didn't like it. At the time, but I can 343 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: see now it was all a part of God's plan 344 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: to take us to the fullness of our destiny. Maybe 345 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:37,360 Speaker 1: today you've been through things you don't understand. You honor God, 346 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 1: you do your best, but things haven't worked out doors 347 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: have closed. You were passed over for that promotion. It's 348 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: tempting to settle there. But if Isaac was here, he 349 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: would tell you get your shovel out, dig one more well. 350 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: You've seen opposition, you've seen conflict, But Well number three 351 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: is Rehobeth, the blessing, the favor, the victory houses. You 352 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: didn't build a compact center already built vineyards. You didn't 353 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: plan divine connections people that are better than you've imagined. 354 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: Rahobath is rest from your enemies, God shutting down the opposition, 355 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: where you can live in peace and enjoy the blessing 356 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 1: on your life. Verse twenty two says the Philistines did 357 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: not contend for well number three. They fought for well 358 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 1: number one. They weren't going to let Isaac have it. 359 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 1: They fought for well number two. There was resistance and opposition. 360 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 1: I'm sure Thoughts told Isaac, You're always going to struggle. 361 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: You'll always have trouble, conflict injustice. Don't believe those lies. 362 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: That's well number one, people trying to stop you. Well 363 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: number two opposition holding your back, but well number three 364 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: they will not contend you. Will not have strife, division conflict. 365 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 1: Descripture says God will rebuke the devour for you. You 366 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 1: won't have to do it. When you come to Rahoba, 367 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,360 Speaker 1: God will push back what's trying to stop you. There 368 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: will be a supernatural ease, a grace to enjoy the 369 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: blessing on your line. Nineteen fifties, my father was pastoring 370 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 1: a successful church and it was growing. They had just 371 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: built a new sanctuary in life was good when my 372 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,159 Speaker 1: sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral Paul's in 373 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: My father was taught back then that God didn't do miracles. 374 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: Just to accept it. It was a bad break. He 375 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: went to a hotel for several days to be alone, 376 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: and he read his Bible like he was reading it 377 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: for the first time. He saw how Jesus went around 378 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: healing people and how he could do the impossible. He 379 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 1: came back and shared this message of faith and victory 380 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: with his church. He thought they'd all be excited, but 381 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 1: it didn't fit in their tradition. Some of the people 382 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: turned again. My father started stirring up trouble and getting 383 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: others to oppose him, and there was so much strife 384 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 1: and division. My father knew he needed to leave. He 385 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: could have stayed there and fought with them, tried to 386 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 1: prove he was right, but he took the high road. 387 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 1: He was disappointed. My mother had lifelong friends that never 388 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: spoke to her again. He could live bitter settled there. Instead, 389 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 1: he got his shovel out and started digging. Mother's Day 390 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 1: nineteen fifty nine, he and my mother started Lakewood in 391 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: an abandoned feed store with ninety people. The critics said 392 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 1: it would never last, but sixty five years later today 393 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: we're still going strong. But my father didn't like getting 394 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: pushed out. That injustice wasn't fair. But when you look back, 395 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 1: you can see it was all the hand of God. 396 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: He wasn't supposed to stay at Well number one. He 397 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: had worked for it, he deserved it, but God used 398 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: right and conflict to move him out. Those ninety people 399 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 1: grew to thousands and thousands. But he would have never 400 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: seen Rahobeth, the wide and spacious place without going through 401 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,439 Speaker 1: the opposition, things that were not fair. There will be 402 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: these times in life that you don't understand, it don't 403 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: make sense. You'll be tempted to fight, to prove, to 404 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: hold on. But sometimes God closes doors. He doesn't let 405 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: Well number one work out or Well number two on purpose, 406 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: because he has bigger things in store. Like my father, 407 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 1: you may have to walk away from something that's not fair. 408 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: He dug that well, it belonged to you, but they 409 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: stirred up trouble. That's a test. God has taken you 410 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 1: to Rahobath, to something bigger, more fulfilling. Don't settle there, 411 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 1: get your shovel out and keep digging. God has not 412 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 1: brought you this far to leave you. He's seen the disappointments, 413 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: the injustice, the lonely nights. That's not how your story ends. 414 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: Rehobeth is coming a wide open space. Now, keep moving 415 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: forward in faith, not frustrated, not bitter, Stay on that 416 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 1: high road, knowing that God is in control, that it's 417 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: all serving his plan. If you'll do this, I believe 418 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 1: and declare you're going to come in to your Rehobeth. 419 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 1: God is about to pay you back for the injustice. 420 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: The bad breaks You're going to have rest from your enemies, vindication, promotion, 421 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:40,199 Speaker 1: honor the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, and 422 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 1: if you receive it, can you say amen? 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