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She 33 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 4: was so stressed out, so overworked. She needed a break, 34 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 4: but she knew her boss wouldn't let her off unless 35 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 4: she acted crazy. So she stood on top of her 36 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 4: desk put both hands over her head like a circle. 37 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 4: The boss came in, said what are you doing. She said, 38 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 4: I'm a light bulb. I'm putting off light. He said, 39 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,399 Speaker 4: you need to go home. You're not thinking clearly, get 40 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 4: some rest. She walked out. Her coworker started to follow her. 41 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 4: The boss said, where are you going. She said, I'm 42 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 4: going home too. I can't work in the dark. Say 43 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 44 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 4: am what it says. I am. I have what it 45 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 4: says I have. I can do what it says I 46 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 4: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 47 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 4: I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 48 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 49 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 50 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 4: faithful in the routine. There are times in life we 51 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 4: feel like we're going in circles. We're doing the right 52 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 4: thing but not making much progress. We don't see anything changing, 53 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 4: and it's easy to lose our passion and get discouraged. 54 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 4: But one test we all have to pass is being 55 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 4: faithful when nothing new is happening. We're just going to work, 56 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 4: raising children, coming home, doing the same thing again. It's 57 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 4: easy to be our best when we're getting good breaks, 58 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 4: things are falling into place. That doesn't take much faith. 59 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 4: But what about when you're working hard but not getting 60 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 4: the credit. You're being your best, but your marriage isn't improving. 61 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 4: You're honoring God but not see an increase. Will you 62 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 4: trust him when it feels like you're going in circles? 63 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,119 Speaker 4: Will you stay passionate when you're doing the same thing 64 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 4: again and again when you're faithful in the routine. Something 65 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 4: is happening that you can't see. Your character is being developed, 66 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 4: your spiritual muscles are getting stronger. You're being prepared for 67 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 4: where God is taking you, and the routine peness of 68 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 4: life is not exciting, but it is necessary. You won't 69 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 4: become all you were created to be without being your 70 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 4: best when it's mundane, being excellent, having a good attitude. 71 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 4: When it's just another ordinary day, nothing exciting is happening. 72 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 4: You're just singing in the choir another sunday, going to 73 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 4: work with a smile, another week doing the right thing 74 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 4: with a good attitude. Another month. You could see it 75 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 4: as boring. When is this going to change? But you 76 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 4: understand this principle. You're being prepared and when God can 77 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 4: trust you to be faithful in the ordinary, then he'll 78 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:47,799 Speaker 4: take you into the extraordinary. When you're faithful in average days, 79 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 4: then you will see exceptional days. But sometimes we're frustrated 80 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 4: because we know we have more in us, but we're 81 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 4: not seeing it happen. We don't understand why we're not 82 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 4: making p But God will always put bigger things in 83 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 4: your spirit before they come to pass. You may be 84 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 4: dealing with something mediocre. But God is preparing you for 85 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 4: something great. David was anointed to be the king as 86 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 4: a young man. Then God sent him back to the 87 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 4: shepherd's fields. He had a king's anointing, yet he was 88 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 4: taking care of sheep. Your anointing will supersede where you 89 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 4: are right now. God called David to rule a nation, 90 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 4: but he was doing a menial task day in and 91 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 4: day out, nothing exciting, boring routine. He could have gotten discouraged. God, 92 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 4: why isn't it happening? You said I would be the king. 93 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,160 Speaker 4: If he had not passed this test of being faithful 94 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 4: in the routine, he would have never taken the throne. 95 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 4: Like David, you may know you have more in you. 96 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 4: You can feel those seeds of greatness. But you're doing 97 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 4: something menial, something beneath your training. You're being overlooked at work. 98 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 4: Nobody takes your advice. At home, nobody says thank you, 99 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 4: just another ordinary day. I'm asking you to be faithful 100 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 4: where God has you now, be faithful in the routine. 101 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 4: This is where David excelled out in the shepherd's fields. 102 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 4: He didn't slack off, he didn't show up late, he 103 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 4: didn't have a sour attitude, thinking, when I get to 104 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 4: where I'm going, then I'll give it my all. When 105 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 4: I take the throne, then I'll show people what I'm 106 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 4: made of. Now he showed what he was made of 107 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 4: when nobody was watching. He understood he wasn't working under people, 108 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 4: he was working under God. He was excellent where God 109 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 4: had him, even though he didn't like it. That's what 110 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 4: led to the throne, all those ordinary days of being 111 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 4: his best, excellent where God has you now? Well, Joel, 112 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 4: this is not where I want to be. I don't 113 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 4: want to work for this supervisor. I know more than him. 114 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 4: I don't want to live in this apartment. I want 115 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 4: my own house. I don't want to sing in the choir. 116 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 4: I want to be on the stage with you. Now, 117 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 4: here's the key. Go get your own stage. First off, 118 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 4: here's the key. You'll never make it to the stage 119 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 4: if you're not faithful where you are you want see promotion, 120 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 4: if you're not being your best where God has your 121 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 4: right now. Thirteen years later, after being faithful in the 122 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 4: shepherd's fields, going through all kinds of unfair situations, David 123 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 4: suddenly took the throne. Passing the test in ordinary days 124 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 4: is what leads to exceptional days. That's when you'll see 125 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 4: moments of favor where God thrust you years ahead. And 126 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 4: it's not the big things that hold most people back. 127 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 4: It's the small things. Being faithful day in and day out, 128 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 4: going to work with the good attitude, sitting in traffic 129 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 4: not complaining, showing up to church week after week. Faithful 130 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 4: in the routine is what prepares you for promotion. You 131 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 4: may feel like you're going in circles, you're not making 132 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 4: much progress, but the right attitude is I may not 133 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 4: like where I am, but God, since you have me here, 134 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 4: I know this is where I'm supposed to be. So 135 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 4: I'm going to keep being my best, giving, serving, helping 136 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 4: others write where I am. We read about the heroes 137 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 4: of faith in the Scripture. Their lives seem like they 138 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 4: were so exciting, but the truth is most of their 139 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 4: life was routine. Yes, Moses parted the Red Sea, he 140 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 4: told Pharaoh let the Israelites go. Those were great miracles, 141 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 4: but it was just a few days of his life. 142 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 4: There will be more ordinary days than there are exciting days. 143 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 4: If you live from big event to big event, waiting 144 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 4: for something exciting to keep you encouraged. You'll be disappointed. 145 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 4: Learn to enjoy where God has you right now. This 146 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 4: is the day the Lord has made. It may be routine, 147 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 4: it may feel like you're no closer to your dreams 148 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 4: than you were years ago. But when you do the 149 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 4: ordinary with a good attitude, that's getting you prepared for 150 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 4: the new things God has in store. And sometimes the 151 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 4: reason God is not changing the circumstances is he's using 152 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 4: the circumstances to change us. If we'll start passing these tests, 153 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 4: being patient when it's taken longer than we like, staying 154 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 4: in faith when we're not getting our way, Heaven a smile. 155 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 4: Even when we're uncomfortable. We're growing, we're developing. We're showing 156 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 4: God that we trust him. Like with David. That's when 157 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 4: you'll not just be anointed for the throne, you'll take 158 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 4: your throne. The scripture talks about how God is the 159 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 4: potter and we are the clay. The potter takes a 160 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 4: lump of clay and puts it on the wheel. It 161 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,839 Speaker 4: spins it around again and again. The clay could say 162 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 4: I don't like going in circles. I don't like this spinning. 163 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 4: It's boring. I want to do something exciting. Let me 164 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 4: off this wheel so I can make progress. What the 165 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 4: clay doesn't realize is it is making progress. While it's 166 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 4: going in circles. The potter is forming it, shaping it. 167 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 4: It seems routine to the clay. It seems like it's stuck, 168 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 4: But while it's spinning, the clay is coming up higher. 169 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 4: It can't tell it at the time, but it's rising 170 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 4: up from a lump of clay into a beautiful vase. 171 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 4: If you were to ask the clay after it was formed, 172 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 4: after it'd gone through the p it would tell you 173 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 4: the spinning was for my good. I didn't like it 174 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 4: at the time. I couldn't see anything happening, But without 175 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 4: this spinning, I wouldn't be who I am. You may 176 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 4: feel like you're spinning today. You're doing the same thing 177 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 4: over and over, not making much progress. But like that clay, 178 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 4: when it feels like you're going in circles, something is 179 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 4: happening that you can't see. You'll come in up higher. 180 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 4: God is making you, molding you. It may seem ordinary routine, 181 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 4: but when you're faithful where you are, you keep doing 182 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 4: the right thing, even though you're not making progress. You 183 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 4: have a song of praise when you could be complaining. 184 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 4: You are rising higher. You may not see it, but 185 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 4: the spinning is working for you. When Joshua was leading 186 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 4: the Israelites toward the Promised Land, they came to the 187 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 4: city of Jericho. It was surrounded a huge wall fifteen 188 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 4: feet wide thirty five feet thick. There was no way 189 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 4: in the natural for the Israelites to get past that 190 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 4: wall and make it to the Promised Land. Joshua prayed 191 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:16,559 Speaker 4: and asked God what they should do, and God told 192 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 4: him to have the Israelites march around the city of Jericho. 193 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 4: I'm sure Joshua thought, God, we need to get in 194 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 4: the city, and you're telling us to walk around it. 195 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 4: You want us to go in circles. They marched the 196 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 4: first day and nothing happened. Second day, nothing happened, third day, nothing. 197 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 4: The whole time, the people thought, this is a waste 198 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 4: of time, this doesn't make sense. Six days they walked 199 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 4: in circles, ordinary routine, didn't see anything changing. On the 200 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 4: seventh day, God told them to march around seven times. 201 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 4: The last time they were to let out a great 202 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 4: shout and blow their trumpets. When they did, those huge 203 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 4: walls came tumbling down a great miracle. But even though 204 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 4: the walls fell, the Israelites should have had trouble getting 205 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 4: past all the rubble, the debris, the walls were so big. 206 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 4: But researchers have found the walls fell in such a 207 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 4: way that it created a perfect ramp. Some fell on 208 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 4: the inside, some on the outside, just like an overpass. 209 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 4: The Israelites were able to go in and take the land. 210 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,959 Speaker 4: When you're faithful in the routine, God will make things 211 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 4: happen that you couldn't make happen. You may have been 212 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 4: doing the right thing for a long time. You feel 213 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 4: like you're being left out, you're being falling behind. But 214 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 4: God is closely watching you. He sees you walking around 215 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 4: the walls. He sees you doing the right thing. Even 216 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 4: though nothing is changing. Your time is coming. It's going 217 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 4: to happen suddenly, un expectedly. What looked like an ordinary 218 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 4: day is going to turn out to be an exceptional day. 219 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 4: You thought you'd have to march around another month, another year. 220 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 4: Suddenly those walls are going to come down. God has 221 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 4: explosive blessings. No wall is too big, no obstacle too high, 222 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 4: no enemy too powerful. One touch of God's favor can 223 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 4: catapult you years ahead. The psalmist said, you can run 224 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 4: through a troop and leap over a wall. God will 225 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 4: get you to where you're supposed to be. But why 226 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 4: did God have them march around in circles seven days 227 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 4: do the same thing over and over. Seemed like a 228 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 4: waste of time. Didn't make sense. He's God, He could 229 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 4: have brought the walls down the first time, Joshua ask 230 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 4: But marching around that city was a test. God wanted 231 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 4: to see. Would they be faithful in the routine. Would 232 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 4: they trust him when they were going in circles? Would 233 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 4: they do the right thing when it seemed ordinary. You're 234 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 4: not always going to understand why something isn't changing, why 235 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 4: you're not making progress, why those people won't treat you right. 236 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 4: Don't get caught up in the wise. It is simply 237 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 4: a test. Keep being faithful where you are and those 238 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 4: walls will come down. When they were marching around the city, 239 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 4: God told them to not say a word. They couldn't 240 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 4: whispered each other, they couldn't discuss the situation. God knew 241 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 4: if he didn't keep them quiet, they would have talked 242 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 4: themselves out of it. Why are we walking around, Joshua, 243 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 4: has lost his mind. I'm tired, I'm hot, I'm thirsty. 244 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 4: If they would have gone around the walls with a 245 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 4: negative report, even though they were doing the right thing, 246 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 4: it would not have happened. When you feel like you're 247 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 4: going in circles, you're not making much progress, don't start 248 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 4: talking about how it's never going to happen, how you'll 249 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 4: never get well, your business will never take off. Do 250 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 4: yourself a favor and zip it up. You can do 251 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 4: the right thing with the wrong attitude and miss the blessing. 252 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 4: But every day you go around the walls with a 253 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 4: good report. Father, thank you, you're restoring health backing to me. 254 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 4: Thank you that I'll lend and not borrow. Thank you 255 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 4: that this is my year of Yes, that's passing the test. 256 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 4: Like with the Israelites, that obstacle that should have stopped you, 257 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 4: will not only suddenly come down, but it will become 258 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 4: a ramp where you can move right past it. The 259 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 4: scripture says God will make your enemies your footstools. That means, 260 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 4: instead of being a stumbling block to stop you, they 261 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 4: will become a stepping stone so you can rise to 262 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 4: the next level. But on the surface, it looked like 263 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 4: the shout is what brought the walls down, But the 264 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 4: truth is a shout without the obedience of marching around 265 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 4: the walls wouldn't have had the same effect. Sometimes we're 266 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 4: wondering why the walls aren't falling. We shouted, we prayed, 267 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 4: we believed. But the shout only works if you do 268 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 4: the first part, if you're faithful in the routine. A 269 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 4: friend of mine came to America from India when he 270 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 4: was twenty years old to attend Bible College. He was 271 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 4: very poor, but a couple from California paid his way 272 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 4: over and his tuition, and things were going great. He 273 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 4: couldn't believe he was in America. This was a dream 274 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 4: come true. Everything was fine until the man that was 275 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 4: supporting him lost his job. Now this young man had 276 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 4: no income, no way to stay in school, no money 277 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 4: to get back home. He started going through the neighborhoods 278 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,880 Speaker 4: asking people if he could mow their lawns, but nobody 279 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 4: would hire him. He walked to the local grocery store 280 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 4: and found that every night they would put out food 281 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 4: in the dumpster. That's how he survived for a whole year. 282 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 4: A job came available as a janitor at the school. 283 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 4: But he told how he was at such a disadvantage 284 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 4: he didn't see how he could ever rise any higher. 285 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 4: He thought that was his lot in life. But year 286 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 4: after year he kept being faithful, doing the right thing 287 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 4: when he wasn't getting any good breaks. He met a 288 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 4: young lady in school. They fell in love. The problem is, 289 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 4: at this Bible school, they didn't approve of an Indian 290 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:40,360 Speaker 4: dating someone from America. This was many years ago, back 291 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 4: in the seventies, and of course it's changed now. But 292 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 4: he was forced to lead the school. Two years later 293 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 4: he married the young woman. They became youth pastors in 294 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,679 Speaker 4: another state. Ten years after that, the president of that 295 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 4: college resigned. The board called and asked if he would 296 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,640 Speaker 4: become the next president. He went from having to get 297 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 4: food out of dumpsters, to clean in restrooms, to be 298 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 4: enforced to leave the school, to being in charge of 299 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 4: the whole college. Frins. God is a god of justice. 300 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 4: He'll make your wrongs right. But at the time it 301 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 4: seemed like he was going in circles, seemed like nothing 302 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 4: was happening. But God had a plan. The spinning wasn't comfortable, 303 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 4: it wasn't always fair, but it was for his good. 304 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 4: God was getting him prepared to go places that he 305 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 4: never dreamed. But it was all based on him being 306 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 4: faithful in the routine, doing the right thing when he 307 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 4: wasn't being treated right. You may have gone through some 308 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:48,880 Speaker 4: disappointments as well, maybe situations that you feel like put 309 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 4: you at a disadvantage. But no person can keep you 310 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 4: from your destiny. No bad break can stop what God 311 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 4: has ordained for you. Don't get discouraged, don't try to 312 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 4: pay people back. The disappointments, the bad breaks, the betrayals, 313 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 4: they are all a part of God's plan. God uses 314 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 4: things we don't like, things we don't understand, to push 315 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 4: us into our purpose. And sometimes it feels like things 316 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,239 Speaker 4: are spinning out of control. The truth is they are 317 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:27,360 Speaker 4: spinning in control. God is directing your steps, he's closing doors, 318 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 4: he's moving the wrong people out. He controls the universe. 319 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 4: He won't allow the spinning unless ultimately it's going to 320 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 4: work to your advantage. Now, the challenge is to trust 321 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 4: Him while you're spinning. Trust him when you don't understand it. 322 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 4: When Moses was born, the pharaoh had put out a 323 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 4: decree that all the male babies were to be killed 324 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 4: for three months Moses' mother hid him. She didn't take 325 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 4: him outside, they didn't go for a walk. Nobody knew 326 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 4: he was here. He wasn't celebrated, he wasn't noticed. They 327 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 4: didn't have a birthday party for him. He was hidden 328 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 4: like Moses. Sometimes God will hide you. You will go 329 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 4: through a season where you're not being noticed, You're not 330 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 4: being celebrated. You have all these gifts, so much to offer, 331 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 4: but you're being overlooked, ignored. These times when God hides us, 332 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 4: these are times of testing, times of proving. Are you 333 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 4: going to keep being your best even though you're being overlooked. 334 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 4: My father and mother started Lakewood with ninety people in 335 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 4: nineteen fifty nine. My dad had been overseas holding meetings 336 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 4: with tens of thousands of people, but he knew he 337 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 4: was supposed to come back and pastor Lakewood. But for 338 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 4: thirteen years it was like my father was hidden. The 339 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 4: church didn't grow. My father was a great minister, he 340 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 4: was dynamic, he was anointed, but all these gifts, all 341 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 4: this ability, was going unnoticed. He wasn't being celebrated like 342 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 4: he'd been overseas. He wasn't seeing growth and increase. But 343 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 4: those thirteen years, my father was hidden. He preached to 344 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 4: the ninety people like he was preaching to ninety thousand. 345 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 4: He gave it his all. He was there three services 346 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 4: a week, never took time off. He lived to pour 347 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 4: in too. Those ninety people he could have gotten discouraged, God, 348 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 4: why am I not seeing any growth? Instead, he was 349 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 4: faithful in the routine, Faithful when he wasn't being celebrated, 350 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 4: faithful when he wasn't making much progress. He was spinning. 351 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 4: What he couldn't see is he was coming up higher. 352 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 4: His character was being developed. He was showing God what 353 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,719 Speaker 4: he was made of. If you're not faithful when you're hidden, 354 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 4: how can God trust you to be faithful when you're 355 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 4: out in the open. And the scripture says when Moses 356 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 4: could be hidden no longer, his mother put him in 357 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 4: a basket and sent him floating down the Nile River. 358 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 4: Out of all the people that could have found him, 359 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 4: it just so happened. FAA's daughter was at the river 360 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 4: bank taken a bath. She heard the cries coming from 361 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 4: the basket. She took Moses in and raised him in 362 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 4: the palace as her own son. Moses went from being 363 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 4: hidden to being noticed by one of the most influential 364 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 4: families of that day. When you pass the test of 365 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 4: being faithful in the routine, there will come a time 366 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 4: where God will say you can be hidden no longer. 367 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 4: He will cause the right people to see you, the 368 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 4: right people to celebrate you. You'll not only be noticed, 369 00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,239 Speaker 4: but you will be celebrated. Those thirteen years, if my 370 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 4: father was hidden, but in nineteen seventy two, it was 371 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 4: like God brought him out into the open. The church 372 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,719 Speaker 4: begin to grow from a couple hundred to thousands and thousands. 373 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 4: You may feel like you've been hidden, overlooked, ignored, staying couraged. 374 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 4: God is about to bring you out His face is 375 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 4: going to shine down on you in a new way. 376 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 4: You're not going to have to make it happen like 377 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,679 Speaker 4: Pharaoh's daughter. The right people are going to find you. 378 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 4: Doors are going to open that you couldn't open. Promotion 379 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 4: is going to track you down. John Chapter two. Jesus 380 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 4: was at a wedding in Galilee. His mother came to 381 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 4: him and said they had run out of wine. Jesus 382 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 4: told the workers to fill up the stone pots with water. 383 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 4: There were six of them. They held thirty gallons each. 384 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 4: That was one hundred and eighty gallons of water that 385 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 4: they needed. If the workers took a three gallon bucket 386 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 4: to the well, that would take sixty trips to get 387 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 4: that much water. I could imagine the workers thinking, what 388 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 4: are we doing this for? We need wine? Why are 389 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 4: we pumping water? They could have talked themselves out of it. Instead, 390 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:20,199 Speaker 4: they kept doing the ordinary, pumping the water, filling the 391 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 4: pots again and again, trip after trip, faithful in the routine. 392 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 4: It was water when they pumped it out, and water 393 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 4: when they poured it into the pots. It would have 394 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 4: been easy to stay in faith if when they drew 395 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 4: it out of the well it suddenly turned into water, 396 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 4: or if when they poured it into the pots they 397 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 4: saw the miracle right then they would have been excited. 398 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 4: But nothing was changing. It was routine, ordinary, looked like 399 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:52,399 Speaker 4: they were going in circles. But when God can trust 400 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 4: you to be faithful getting water, faithful when nothing is happening, 401 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 4: faithful when it seems ordinary, that He will take you 402 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 4: into the extraordinary. You may be believing for wine, but 403 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:11,360 Speaker 4: all you're seeing is water. Be faithful in your water days. Well, Joel, 404 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 4: I'm just doing the ordinary. I'm just going to work 405 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 4: being my best raising my children honoring God. But I'm 406 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 4: not making any progress. Don't be discouraged by what you 407 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 4: don't see. You're in your water days. The good news 408 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 4: is wine is coming. It's going to happen suddenly. It's 409 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 4: going to be unexpected. After these workers filled up the pots, 410 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 4: after they were faithful in their water days, Jesus told 411 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 4: them to draw some out and take it to the 412 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 4: host of the party. When they did, it not only 413 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 4: turned into wine, but when the host tasted it, he said, 414 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 4: you have saved the best wine for last. When you 415 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 4: pass this test of being faithful in the routine. God 416 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:00,160 Speaker 4: has saved the best for last. What's in your future 417 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 4: is going to be more rewarding, more exciting than anything 418 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 4: you've imagined. Now, I'm challenging you to stay faithful in 419 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 4: the routine. Stay faithful when you're going in circles. Remember 420 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 4: the spinning is working for you. It's getting you prepared 421 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 4: for the new things God has in store. Many of 422 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 4: you have passed this test. You've been faithful day in 423 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 4: and day out. I believe and declare like Joshua, the 424 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 4: walls that have held you back are about to come 425 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 4: tumbling down. Like Moses. You may have been hidden, but 426 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 4: you're about to come out into the open. God is 427 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 4: going to turn your water into wine. Take you into 428 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. If you 429 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 4: receive it, can you say it? Men? Today, I'd like 430 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 4: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 431 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 432 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 4: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 433 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. If you've prayed that 434 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 4: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 435 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 4: a good Bible based church, keep God first place. Victoria 436 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 4: and I will be right back to speak a blessing 437 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 4: over you. 438 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 5: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 439 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 5: this month, Jewel and Victoria, I would like to send 440 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 5: you a copy of Joel's new three message series, Favor 441 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,919 Speaker 5: of God. You were not created to barely get by. 442 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 5: You were highly favored and were created to thrive. Request 443 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 5: your copy of Favor of God today at Joelostein dot 444 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 5: com or call eight eight eight five six seven. Joel. 445 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 6: It may feel like the odds are against you. You 446 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 6: don't have the connections, the experience, the talent, but one 447 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 6: touch of God's favor would take you to a whole 448 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 6: new level. Stay encouraged. 449 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 4: You have an advantage. 450 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 6: You have the favor of God. 451 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 4: David said, God has crowned you with favor. Request this resource. 452 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 4: It will help you to live favor minded and believe 453 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 4: for the fullness of your destiny. 454 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 7: Eleven years ago, we were trying to add another child 455 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 7: to our family. We soon found out that my wife 456 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 7: had some medical issues. What we've learned through this ministry 457 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 7: is that God is the god of the impossible. Not 458 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 7: only is my wife healed and we were able to 459 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 7: add a little baby girl to our family, but just 460 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 7: recently we've added a baby boy. 461 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 4: Your support is changing lives. Thank you for your prayers 462 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 4: and generosity. We couldn't do it without people like you. 463 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 4: If you would like to partner with us to take 464 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 4: Hope around the world, go to the website and find 465 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 4: out how together we can make a difference. Victoria and 466 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 4: I pray for you every day. 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