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If you 26 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 27 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 2: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 28 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 2: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 29 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 30 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 31 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 2: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 32 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 2: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 33 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: be a part of one of our services. So I 34 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 2: like to start with something funny, and I heard about 35 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 2: this middle aged woman. She had a heart attack on 36 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: the operating table. She asked God if this was it. 37 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: God said, no, you have forty more years a phone recovery. 38 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 2: She decided to stay the hospital and have a facelift 39 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: and tummy tuck, life of suction and extreme makeover. Two 40 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: months later, as she was leaving the hospital, she was 41 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 2: hit by a car and killed. She got to Heaven, 42 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 2: said God, I thought you said I had forty more years. 43 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: He said, I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you. They are 44 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 2: so cornat, But here we go. This is my Bible. 45 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 2: I am what it says I am. I have what 46 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 2: it says I have. I can do what it says 47 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 48 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 2: of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 49 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 2: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In 50 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 2: Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk to 51 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: you today about leave it alone. We all have situations 52 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 2: that we're believing will change. A child is off course, 53 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 2: someone's not treating us right, a door is closed. We 54 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 2: feel this pressure to fix it. I've got to straighten 55 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 2: this person out. I got to force this door to open. 56 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 2: I got to make this problem and resolve. We take 57 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 2: matters into our own hands, and we strive and strain 58 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: and often end up frustrating. We have good intentions, we 59 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 2: want to do our part, but there are times when 60 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 2: the best thing you can do is leave it alone. 61 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 2: You have to be still and know that He is God. 62 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: That battle is not yours. The battle is the Lord's. 63 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 2: Some things you can't fix no matter how hard you try, 64 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: how much pressure you put, how many favors you call in, 65 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 2: it's not going to change. If you keep forcing it, 66 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 2: manipulating things, trying to convince this person to do right, 67 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 2: it's not only going to bring more stress, but you're 68 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: making matters worse. You're going to do more damage than good. Well, Jul, 69 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 2: I'm trying to use my faith. Sometimes it takes more 70 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 2: faith to do nothing than it does to get it 71 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 2: all stirred up. Takes more faith to leave it alone 72 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: than it does to try to force it to happen. 73 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 2: But there will be this urgency, this underlying pressure, telling 74 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 2: you you have to do something. You have to defend yourself. 75 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: Don't let them get away with it. You have to 76 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 2: manipulate things so you can get that promotion. You have 77 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: to make your loved one do what's right. Don't fall 78 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: into that trap. After you've prayed, you believe you've done 79 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 2: what you can, you have to take your hands off 80 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 2: of it. God, I trust you, I know you've got this. 81 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 2: You're working all things for my good God. While I'm waiting, 82 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 2: I'm going to stay in peace. I'm gonna be still 83 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: and let you do what only you can do. And 84 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 2: this was hard for me because I'm a doer. My 85 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 2: personality type is not to sit back if I have 86 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 2: a problem, a goal, a dream. I'm gonna find six solutions, 87 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 2: call three experts, line up four options, come up with 88 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 2: the strategy, the plan. That's all in the first half 89 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 2: of the day. The next half I'm gonna really work. 90 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 2: I believe in being on the offensive, taking steps of faith, 91 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: but I've learned some things only God can change. The 92 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 2: more you try to force it, the more frustrated you're 93 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 2: going to be. The Psalmist said, unless the Lord builds 94 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 2: the house, we labor in vain. How many of us 95 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 2: are laboring in vain, constantly struggling, always trying to force 96 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 2: things to happen, trying to change our spouse, convince this 97 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 2: coworker to like us, and harping on our kids to 98 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 2: get back on course. It's like we're running uphill with 99 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 2: leg weights on. Everything's a burden. But if we're not 100 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 2: putting forth all this effort trying to make it work out, 101 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 2: you can kind of feel guilty. I got this problem, Joe, 102 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 2: I got to do something. But it says in Hebrews, 103 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 2: those who have believed entre into rest. It's okay to 104 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 2: leave it alone. You don't have to make it happen 105 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 2: in your own efforts. Give yourself permission to rest, to 106 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 2: not worry about it, not strive, not come up with 107 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 2: twelve solutions. You've done your part. Now take your hands off. 108 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: It's not gonna happen just by your might, by your power, 109 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 2: by your intellect. It's going to be the hand of God. 110 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 2: You don't have to force the favor. You don't have 111 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 2: to beat down doors, make your business grow, make yourself 112 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 2: get well, pay somebody back for doing you wrong, Prove 113 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 2: to them who you are. All that's gonna do is 114 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 2: drain your energy, take your joy, still, your creativity. God 115 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 2: is saying to you today, leave it alone. Trust me 116 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 2: to handle it. I'm gonna bring the right person. I'm 117 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 2: gonna turn your business around. I'm gonna change that child. 118 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 2: I'm gonna restore your health. I'm gonna give you that 119 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 2: baby you've been dreaming about. When you turn it over 120 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 2: to God, it takes the pressure off. You don't have 121 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 2: to figure it all out. You don't have to strive 122 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 2: and strength. It's not up to you to make it 123 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 2: all happen. You can live in peace knowing that God's 124 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 2: got this. Jesus told a parable in Matthew thirteen. A 125 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 2: farmer went out and planted wheat in his field. He 126 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 2: did the right thing, he sewed good seed. He was 127 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 2: expecting the wheat to come up and have a great harvest, 128 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 2: like he'd seen year after year. But in a few 129 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 2: months he not only saw the wheat, but there were 130 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 2: weeds coming up everywhere. When the workers saw it, they 131 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: were puzzled. He said to the farmer, what happened. You 132 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 2: didn't sew this, We saw you plant good seeds. Didn't 133 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 2: make sense, he said in verse twenty eight. An enemy 134 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 2: came in at night and planted these weeds. Wasn't the 135 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 2: farmer's fault he had to sleep? Was it like he 136 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 2: was lazy? He did the right thing, but still the 137 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 2: wrong thing happened. Just because you have difficulties doesn't mean 138 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 2: you've done something wrong. You may have sown good seed. 139 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 2: You've been faithful, You honor God, you give, you serve, 140 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 2: you go the extra mile. But now you have some 141 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 2: weeds popping up in your field, things you didn't sow. 142 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 2: You don't understand it. You raised your child right, but 143 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 2: he's gotten off. Course. You could blame yourself. What did 144 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 2: I do wrong? You didn't do anything wrong. The enemy 145 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 2: came in at night and sowd some weeds. Have you 146 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 2: worked hard in your business. You've got there early, stayed late, 147 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 2: You've done more than you have to. But you had 148 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:26,119 Speaker 2: a setback. You lost a client, a competitor moved close, 149 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 2: took some of your business. You could be frustrated, wondering 150 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 2: why this happened. It's just a weed. The good news 151 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 2: is the reason you have weeds is because the enemy 152 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 2: knows you're going to have a great harvest. He wouldn't 153 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 2: have snuck in at night and planted the weeds if 154 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 2: he didn't know. Abundance is coming, healing is coming, promotion 155 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 2: is coming, the right people are coming. Don't get discouraged 156 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 2: over the weeds. That's a sign that something amazing is 157 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 2: in your future. When Joel, I's doing the right thing. 158 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 2: But this door closed. These people did me wrong. I 159 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 2: came down with this illness. Why did this happen? Have 160 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 2: a new perspective. The enemy would not have wasted his 161 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 2: time sowing weeds into your field if you weren't destined 162 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 2: for greater things, destined for new levels, destined to take 163 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 2: your family where they've never been. When the workers saw 164 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 2: all the weeds, they asked the farmer, should we go 165 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: pull up these weeds. He said, no, if you pull 166 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 2: up the weeds, you're going to damage the weed. Let 167 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 2: them grow together and when the harvest is ready, then 168 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 2: they'll be separated. The workers wanted to fix the problem. 169 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 2: They wanted to help get rid of these weeds. But 170 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 2: this farmer said, leave it alone. You didn't sow the weed. 171 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 2: You don't have to pull up the weed. If they 172 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 2: would have been stubborn, We're not gonna let these weeds stay. 173 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 2: We're going to fix this problem. If they'd taken matters 174 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 2: into their own hands, they would have ruined the harvest. 175 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 2: I can imagine the farmer seeing the those weeds every day. 176 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 2: That had to have bothered him. I don't like these weeds. 177 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,959 Speaker 2: Things are out of order. People are going to think 178 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 2: I'm lazy. I'm not a good farmer. I need to 179 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 2: make this right. He had to fight. The temptation to 180 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 2: pull up the weeds was something he could have done. 181 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 2: He had the ability to correct the problem, but he 182 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 2: knew it would have damaged his harvest. It takes faith 183 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 2: to leave it alone. When you take your hands off 184 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 2: and not pull up what you know you can fix, 185 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 2: but you let God take care of it. That's not 186 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 2: a lack of faith. That's great faith. When you can 187 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 2: say God, I trust you with my weeds, I trust 188 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 2: you with things I don't understand. Not going to get 189 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 2: in a hurry and try to fix things that will 190 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 2: damage my harvest. I'm going to leave it alone. That's 191 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 2: a powerful position. Maybe today there are weeds in your life, 192 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 2: things you don't understand. You know you didn't sow it. 193 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 2: The enemy came in at night. You could live worried 194 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 2: and feel this pressure to pull up the weeds and 195 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 2: fix the problem, change this person, manipulate this situation. There's 196 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 2: an urgency saying do it now. These weeds aren't right. 197 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 2: God is saying be still and let me take care 198 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,719 Speaker 2: of it. That's not your battle. You didn't sow it. 199 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 2: You don't have to pull it up. One of the 200 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 2: greatest tests will ever face is to be still and 201 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 2: know that he is God, to leave things in his hands. 202 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 2: One critical thing said in this parable is if you 203 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 2: don't leave it alone, you're going to damage the harvest. 204 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 2: Doing it your way, forcing things, manipulating, striving, you may 205 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 2: get something done, but it will be less than God's best. 206 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 2: You have to know at the right time, when your 207 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 2: harvest is ready. God will take care of your weeds. 208 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 2: He'll turn your child around. He'll vindicate you in front 209 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 2: of your enemies. He'll promote you to levels you never 210 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 2: saw coming. There are a couple of situations I'm praying 211 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 2: about now, believing that they will turn around. There's this 212 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 2: underlying pressure, this feeling that, Joey, you need to make 213 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 2: a decision right now. You better take action. If you delay, 214 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 2: it's gonna get worse. The enemy would love to get 215 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 2: us all worked up to where you're in a hurry. 216 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 2: There's this urgency. You have to do something now. Come 217 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 2: on their weeds, popping up your child, your finances, your hell. 218 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 2: Sometimes we hear that phrase do something less, you do nothing. 219 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 2: That's not always good advice. Sometimes the best thing to 220 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 2: do is nothing. You don't have to fix it today. 221 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 2: You don't have to decide this minute. You're not supposed 222 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 2: to pull up the weeds right now. Take all that 223 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 2: pressure off. It's very freeing when you say, God, my 224 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 2: life is in your hands. I trust you to take 225 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 2: care of my weeds. I'm not gonna take matters into 226 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 2: my own hands. I know you're fighting my battles. I'm 227 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 2: gonna be still and know that you are God. When 228 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 2: my father had a big decision to make something that 229 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 2: was concerning him, maybe a problem where he didn't see 230 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 2: a solution. Instead of being pressured to make a move, 231 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 2: he told how he'd put that problem up on a 232 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 2: shelf and pray about it. Every voice would say, what 233 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 2: are you gonna do? You have to decide now? He 234 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 2: would say, no, I'm gonna wait on the Lord. This 235 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 2: is not my battle. He's taking care of my weeds. 236 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 2: Over time, he would see those situations work themselves out. 237 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 2: Are there some things you need to put on a shelf? 238 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 2: You feel this pressure to figure out things where there's 239 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 2: no good solution, come up with strategies, change things that 240 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 2: only God can change. That's not your job. And sometimes 241 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 2: there's no logical solution. God is going to supernaturally turn 242 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 2: it around. If we take matters into our own hands, 243 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 2: we're going to be frustrated. Too often we're fighting battles 244 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 2: that were not supposed to fight. We're trying to pull 245 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 2: up weeds. When God said he'd be our gardener, he 246 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 2: will take care of the weeds. He has many advantages. 247 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 2: One is he knows when the harvest is ready. If 248 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 2: you pull it up too soon, that will lessen what 249 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 2: God has for you. This parable ends by saying, when 250 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 2: it's the right time, the farmer who represents God will 251 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 2: separate the weeds from the harvest. He'll bundle up all 252 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 2: the weeds and throw them into a fire if you'll 253 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 2: leave the weeds alone. And then at the right time, 254 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 2: you're gonna see some smoking weeds, things that have hindered you. 255 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 2: I didn't say you're gonna smoke weed, things that somebody 256 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 2: got their word from the Lord. You're gonna see some 257 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 2: smoking weeds, things that have hindered you, people that tried 258 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 2: to stop you close doors. All those weeds are gonna 259 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 2: go up and smoke. God is gonna turn things around 260 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 2: and make ways where you don't see away. Here's the key. 261 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 2: The reason God is waiting to deal with those weeds 262 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 2: is because your harvest is going to be greater than 263 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 2: you thought. God could have pulled that weed earlier, but 264 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 2: he has something bigger than you've imagined. The question is 265 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 2: will you trust Him with your weeds. It's tempting to 266 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 2: take matters into our own hands. I got to pull 267 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 2: up this weed. Oh you prayed, you believe you've done 268 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 2: what you can. God is saying, leave it alone, let 269 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 2: me take care of it. When God brought the Israelites 270 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 2: out of slavery, they started toward the Promised Land, but 271 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 2: the Pharaoh changed his mind and came chasing after them 272 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 2: with six hundred of his strongest warriors and fastest chariots. 273 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 2: The Israelites could see them coming way off in the distance. 274 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 2: They were at a dead end at the Red Sea, 275 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 2: and nowhere to go. They begin to panic. So afraid 276 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 2: and distraught they ran. The motion is to get a plan, 277 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 2: They said, we have to do something right now. They're 278 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 2: gonna be here by nightfall. We have a few hours 279 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 2: to come up with a strategy. They felt this pressure, 280 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 2: this urgency. They were on the verge of being recaptured. 281 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 2: Moses said in Exodus fourteen, here's what the Lord says. 282 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 2: Our strategy is stand still and you will see the 283 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 2: salvation of the Lord. Hold your peace, remain at rest, 284 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 2: for the Lord himself will fight for you. I'm sure 285 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 2: they looked at him and said, Moses, are you kidding us? 286 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 2: These powerful warriors are quickly approaching. You're telling us your 287 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 2: strategy is to do nothing, leave it alone. Can you 288 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 2: go back and get a second opinion. Moses said, no, 289 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 2: we didn't sow this weed. We don't have to pull 290 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 2: up this weed. This is not our battle. Proverb says, 291 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 2: don't say I'll get even for the wrong. Wait for 292 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 2: the Lord to handle the matter. If you'll wait, God 293 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 2: will vindicate you better than you can vindicate yourself. His 294 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 2: solution is better than your solution. Hold your peace, remain 295 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 2: at rest. You may not see anything happening, but God 296 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,159 Speaker 2: is up to something. Now, as these two million people 297 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 2: were camped at the Red Sea, the scripture says, the 298 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 2: Angel of the Lord, who had been leading the Israelites, 299 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 2: moved to a position behind them. This thick cloud that 300 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 2: was leading them also moved behind them. It was between 301 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 2: the Israelites camp and the Pharaohs camp. Now, Pharaoh's army 302 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 2: couldn't see the Israelites. God had them hidden. The cloud 303 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 2: was so thick they couldn't travel through it. They didn't 304 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 2: know where they were. It looked like the Israelites were 305 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 2: running out of time. But God knows how to hide you. 306 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,199 Speaker 2: He knows how to confuse your enemies. One minute, the 307 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 2: Israelites were right in front of them, the next moment 308 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 2: they've disappeared that's when Moses raised the rod and the 309 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 2: water's parted. The Israelites walked through on dry ground. At 310 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 2: that point the cloud lifted. Thero's army came chasing. There 311 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 2: they are, but when they got in the sea, the 312 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 2: water's closed back up and they all drown. What am 313 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 2: I saying? God knows how to take care of your weeds. 314 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 2: If you will stand still, you will see Him show 315 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 2: out in your life. And I'm not saying be passive. 316 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,199 Speaker 2: We need to pray, believe, do what you can. But 317 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 2: there comes a time where you have to turn it 318 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 2: over to God. Quit worrying about it, Quit trying to 319 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 2: make it happen, make people like you, make the door open, 320 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 2: make the business turn around, leave it alone. If you 321 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 2: try to do it in your own strength, it's going 322 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 2: to be laboring in vain, a lot of work, frustration, disappointment. 323 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 2: Won't fall into that trap. God is in control. He 324 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,719 Speaker 2: sees what you're going through. He knows who's not treating 325 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 2: you right. The doors that haven't opened, the child that's 326 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 2: breaking your heart had medical report that's not good. These 327 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 2: are things that only God can change. It takes all 328 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 2: the pressure off to say God, I'm turning it over 329 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 2: to you. I'm gonna quit trying to force it, not 330 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,959 Speaker 2: gonna take matters into my own hands. God, I trust 331 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 2: you with my life. A friend of mine raised his 332 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 2: family in church, and they're great people, faithful and loving. 333 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 2: Their children were involved in the kids programs where they lived, 334 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 2: and they went to the camps and volunteered in their teams. 335 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 2: These parents did everything right, looked like a model family. 336 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 2: But in college, the son got involved with the wrong 337 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 2: people and started making bad decisions. He ended up dropping 338 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 2: out on drugs, getting into all kinds of trouble. He 339 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 2: got to the point where he'd barely even see his family. 340 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 2: This friend of mine, like any parent, was doing everything 341 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 2: he could to try to convince his son to get 342 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 2: back on track, and he had had so many heeded 343 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 2: conversations where he had let him have it and try 344 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 2: to get through his stubbornness. But he realized the more 345 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 2: he did that, the worse at God he was trying 346 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 2: to help. He had good intentions, but he was damaging 347 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 2: the relationship further. He finally did what this farmer had 348 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 2: to do. He said, God, I'm gonna leave it alone. 349 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 2: I can't change him. Only you can. He and his wife. 350 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 2: They kept praying, believing, declaring God's promises, but they quit 351 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 2: trying to force him to change and make him do 352 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 2: what's right. As a parent, he kind of felt like 353 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 2: he had failed. He tried to be a good example, 354 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 2: tried to guide and teach his son. He never dreamed 355 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 2: it would turn out like this. But sometimes the enemy 356 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 2: comes in at night and sow's a weed. There are 357 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 2: things that don't make sense, that are not fair. The 358 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 2: good news is that's not how your story ends. The 359 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 2: enemy doesn't have the final say. He made sow some seed, 360 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,199 Speaker 2: but that does not stop your harvest. There is a 361 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 2: day coming when those weeds are going to be pulled. 362 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 2: God is faithful, He sees you doing the right thing. 363 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,959 Speaker 2: Years went by and they didn't see anything improving. Nothing 364 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 2: was getting any better, but they just kept loving their sons, 365 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 2: encouraging him. They sent him to rehab again and again. 366 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 2: Not long ago, he was watching her service on television. 367 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 2: He called his father and said, Dad, I just prayed 368 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 2: that prayer with Joel at the end of the program. 369 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 2: I'm turning my life back over to God. These parents 370 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 2: never saw it coming. We all have these times where 371 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 2: we find weeds, things popping up that we didn't sew 372 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 2: we were being our best, doing the right thing, and 373 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:51,479 Speaker 2: how there's opposition, conflict at work, situation in our health, 374 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 2: set back in our finances. It's easy to get frustrated. 375 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 2: Try to straighten people out, try to force the door 376 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 2: to open, defend ourself against what was said. That's when 377 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 2: you have to hold your peace, remain at rest, and 378 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:10,959 Speaker 2: let God fight that battle. Sometimes the best strategy is 379 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 2: to do nothing, leave it alone. It can also be 380 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,640 Speaker 2: the hardest strategy. We want to fix things, we want 381 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 2: to vindicate ourselves, We want to push that door open, 382 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 2: but you have to stand still to see the salvation 383 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 2: of the Lord. If you'll not take matters into your 384 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 2: own hands, you'll see God do things that you could 385 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 2: never do. A couple of years after I started ministering, 386 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 2: the church began to grow and more and more people 387 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 2: were watching on television, and I was amazed at what 388 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 2: all was happening. I'd been behind the scenes all those 389 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 2: years and I didn't even know this was in me. 390 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 2: But with greater influence came more opposition. There were several 391 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 2: very well known people with large followings that didn't like 392 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 2: my message of hope and They came out against me 393 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 2: very strongly, wrote articles and talked about me at their meetings, 394 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 2: and much of what they were saying wasn't accurate. Human 395 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 2: nature is. You want to get in there and set 396 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 2: the record straight. I thought, let me tell you who 397 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 2: I am. I'm not gonna let you mischaracterize me. But 398 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 2: deep down I could hear a still small voice saying, 399 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 2: no joy, leave it alone. They don't control your destiny. 400 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 2: They're just a weed. But the enemy would love to 401 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 2: get us distracted fighting battles that don't matter. You don't 402 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 2: have time to waste responding to people that are never 403 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 2: going to be for you. Some people are determined to 404 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 2: misunderstand you. They don't like the favor on your life. 405 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 2: They don't like the fact that you're happy, that you're blessed, 406 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 2: you're successful. Don't spend your valuable time dealing with a weed. 407 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 2: The enemy wouldn't have sown the weed if he didn't 408 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,199 Speaker 2: know you were a world changer, a history maker, a 409 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 2: giant killer. Ignore the weeds, don't read the comment, don't 410 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 2: dwell on what they said. If I had not done 411 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 2: what I'm asking you to do and leave it alone, 412 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 2: I wouldn't be up here today. If I'd have tried 413 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 2: to straighten everyone out, convince every critic to change their mind, 414 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 2: make them like me, I wouldn't have had the energy, 415 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 2: the creativity, the anointing to do what God's called me 416 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 2: to do. It's interesting now years later, those that were 417 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 2: so vocal against me and had such a big platform, 418 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 2: they're no longer around. They had issues and made choices 419 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 2: that have caused things to fall apart. It's too bad, 420 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 2: sort of. But my point is. My point is you're 421 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 2: not supposed to fight every battle. You won't reach your 422 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 2: destiny dealing with all the weeds. When the enemy comes 423 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 2: in at night and sows weed in your good soil. 424 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 2: Things in arn't fair. You don't understand, don't panic, don't 425 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 2: get upset. Let God deal with the weeds. Life is 426 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 2: too short, your time too valuable, your assignment too important 427 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 2: to spend it on things that don't matter. Are there 428 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 2: some things today that you know you need to leave alone? 429 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 2: You're striving, trying to force it, living stress, nothing's changing. 430 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 2: Why don't you come back to a place of peace. 431 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 2: You have to give yourself permission to rest. This takes 432 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 2: all the pressure off that urgency that makes you feel 433 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 2: like it's up to you to keep the world rotating, 434 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 2: making everything happen. God's in control. You keep honoring him, 435 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 2: being your best, and God will take care of your weeds. 436 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 2: He'll bring the right people, He'll open the right doors. 437 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 2: He'll turn your child around. He hasn't brought you this 438 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 2: far to leave you. Those weeds are not stopping your harvest. 439 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 2: They're a distraction to try to steal your peace. Get 440 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 2: your live all worked up, frustrated, bitter, Try a new strategy. 441 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,479 Speaker 2: Leave it alone. You can go out of here today 442 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 2: a lot freer with that load lifted off of you. 443 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 2: Knowing that pulling weeds is not your job. Making everything 444 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,439 Speaker 2: work out is not your assignment. You don't have to 445 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 2: force the favor. When your harvest is ready, all the 446 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 2: forces of darkness cannot stop what God has for you. 447 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 2: The reason it's taken longer is because your harvest is 448 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 2: bigger than you think. What God has for you is 449 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 2: going to supersede what you have in mind. The question 450 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 2: is will you trust Him while you're waiting? Will you 451 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 2: be still and let him fight your battles? If you'll 452 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 2: leave it alone, I believe and declare like with the Israelites. 453 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 2: God is going to deliver you from powerful enemies, sickness, addictions, 454 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 2: debt people. He's about to turn your child around, break 455 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,959 Speaker 2: strongholds that have held your family back. Freedom is coming, 456 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 2: Wholeness is coming, Abundance is coming, the fullness of your 457 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 2: destiny in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, can 458 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 2: you say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity 459 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,679 Speaker 2: to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you 460 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 2: pray with me? 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