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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 29 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 4: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 30 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 4: stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 31 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 32 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 33 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 4: about this pastor. He was walking down the street when 34 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 4: he came upon this group of young boys that were 35 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 4: surrounding a small dog. He asked what they were doing. 36 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 4: They explained they were having a contest. Whoever could tell 37 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 4: the biggest lie would get to keep the dog. He 38 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 4: launched into a ten minute starting with don't you know 39 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 4: lying is a sin? And ending with when I was 40 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 4: your age, I never told a lie. There was complete silence, 41 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 4: and just when he thought he had gotten through to them, 42 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 4: the youngest boy spoke up and said, all right, give 43 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,399 Speaker 4: him the dog. Say it like you mean it. This 44 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 4: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 45 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 46 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 47 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 48 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 49 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 50 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about right on time. We 51 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 4: all have things we're waiting on. Waiting for a dream 52 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 4: to come to pass, waiting for a health to improve, 53 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 4: waiting to meet the right person. We know God put 54 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 4: the promise in our heart, but we wonder why it's 55 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 4: taking so long. But the scripture talks about how there 56 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 4: is an appointed for the promise to be fulfilled. If 57 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 4: there's a right time, that means any other time is 58 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 4: the wrong time. If you don't understand that God will 59 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 4: always be right on time, then the delays, the detours, 60 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,839 Speaker 4: the waiting periods will cause you to be frustrated. It's 61 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 4: not enough to just trust God. You have to trust 62 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 4: his timing. He knows when you're ready. He knows when 63 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 4: it's the right person, when to open the door, when 64 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 4: to turn it around. If it's not happening. Yet you 65 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 4: have to be mature enough to accept that it's not 66 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 4: the right time. Instead of living upset, why don't you 67 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 4: do like David and say, God, my times are in 68 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 4: your hands. You know when to bless me, when to 69 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 4: promote me, when to deliver me. God, I trust your timing. 70 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 4: Hebrews says, through faith and patience we inherit the promises. 71 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 4: It's easy to have faith, it's easy to believe for 72 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 4: your dreams. But faith without patience can get you into trouble. 73 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 4: Just ask Moses. As a young man. He knew he 74 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 4: was supposed to deliver the Israelites. He had the promise, 75 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 4: but he didn't have the patience. He got in a 76 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 4: hurry and killed a man that was mistreating a Hebrew slave. 77 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 4: His heart was right, but his timing was off. He 78 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 4: had to flee for his life. He spent forty years 79 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 4: in the desert, all because he got out of God's timing. 80 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 4: Psalm one O six says they did not wait for 81 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 4: God's plan to unfold. What you're believing for may be 82 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 4: taken longer than you thought. You're not making progress, not 83 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 4: seeing a dream come to pass. But God knows what 84 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 4: he's doing. Don't try to force things to happen. You 85 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 4: don't have to promote yourself, manipulate people, convince them to 86 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 4: like you. Yes, we should be determined, but you don't 87 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 4: have to beat down a door. At the right time, 88 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 4: things will fall into place. At the right time, the 89 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,359 Speaker 4: right people will show up. Now do your part and 90 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 4: wait for the promise to unfold. You're not falling behind, 91 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 4: you're not being left out. You're right on schedule. God 92 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 4: is working behind the scenes. You may not be able 93 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 4: to see it, but he's lining up the right people. 94 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 4: He's arranging the right breaks, he's ordering your steps. Be 95 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 4: patient and you'll see his plan unfold Matthew eleven. In 96 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 4: the message translation, it talks about the unforced rhythms of grace. 97 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 4: Unforced means you don't have to struggle, fight against everything 98 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 4: make it happen. You can relax and live at rest 99 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 4: knowing that God is unfolding. His plan may not be 100 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 4: happening on your timetable, but God knows when the right 101 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 4: time is. If you don't understand this, you'll wonder why 102 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 4: isn't it happening faster? Why am I not making more progress? 103 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 4: What's wrong? Nothing is wrong, It's just not the right time. 104 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 4: Why don't you come into the unforced rhythms of grace. 105 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 4: Quit worrying, quit being frustrated. Your times are in his hands. 106 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 4: God that created the universe is going to unfold his 107 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 4: plan for your life. The scripture says, when you delight 108 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 4: yourself and the Lord, he will give you the desires 109 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 4: of your heart. Does it say you have to work 110 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 4: for it? You have to earn it, make it happen. 111 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 4: God is going to give it to you. It's going 112 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 4: to happen without the struggle, without the frustration, without all 113 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 4: the experience. It's going to be easier than you think. 114 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 4: You'll know it was the hand of God because you 115 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,799 Speaker 4: didn't have to force the door to open. You didn't 116 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 4: have to manipulate people. You came into your time, and 117 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 4: God made things happen that you couldn't make happen. Now, 118 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 4: I know you trust God, but I'm asking you to 119 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 4: trust his timing. Quit being frustrated because it's not happening 120 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 4: as fast as you would like. Every season is not 121 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 4: a growing season. Every season is not harvest. There are 122 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 4: seasons of planting, seasons of watering, fertilizing, pulling up the weeds. 123 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 4: Those are important seasons. They are times of testing where 124 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 4: we're showing God what we're made of. Are we going 125 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 4: to keep a good attitude when we're not seeing growth, 126 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 4: not making progress? Are we going to have faith and patience? 127 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 4: Some one tells us to meditate on God's word day 128 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 4: and night. That means we're not worried, we're not upset, 129 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 4: and why its taking so long? Were it peace? We 130 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 4: know God's in control. When you do this, it says 131 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 4: you will be like a tree planted by the waters 132 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 4: that brings forth fruit in its season. It doesn't say 133 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 4: it will bring forth fruit three hundred and sixty five 134 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 4: days a year. It says in its season. It implies 135 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 4: there will be waiting periods, periods of no growth, periods 136 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 4: where we don't see anything happening. We have some lemon 137 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 4: trees in our backyard at home. They don't produce lemons 138 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 4: all year long. They have a season where they're full 139 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 4: of lemons, all kinds of growth, but at certain times 140 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 4: of year when there's no growth, no blossoms. If those 141 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 4: lemon trees could talk, they wouldn't be worried, thinking what's wrong? 142 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 4: We don't have any lemons. We've lost our touch God 143 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 4: has forgotten about us. They would be as calm and 144 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 4: peace asking be why they know there's nothing wrong. They're 145 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 4: just not in season. Maybe you're not seeing any growth. 146 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 4: You feel stuck, But like those lemon trees, there's nothing wrong. 147 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 4: It's just timing. You're in a waiting period or perhaps 148 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 4: a development period. But when you come into your season, 149 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 4: you're going to bear much fruit. Now, the question is, 150 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 4: when you're not in a growing season a harvest season, 151 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 4: are you going to get discouraged and think it'll never change? 152 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 4: Are you going to lose your passion and give up 153 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 4: on what God promised you? If you'll keep meditating on 154 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 4: God's word, keep your mind filled with thoughts of faith 155 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 4: and hope, then without even trying, you're going to come 156 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 4: into your season. Those lemon trees don't have to work 157 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 4: to produce lemons. They don't have to struggle and put 158 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 4: forth all this effort. When they're in season, it happens 159 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 4: automatically who they are. When you come into your season, 160 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 4: you're not going to struggle. You're not going to make 161 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 4: things happen. You're going to naturally bear fruit. That means 162 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 4: God's going to cause the right people to find you 163 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 4: gifts and talents are going to come out that you 164 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 4: didn't know you had. Good breaks are going to chase 165 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 4: you down. You may have been waiting for a long time. 166 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 4: You attempted to get discouraged, But get ready. Your season 167 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 4: is coming. You're about to see new growth, unexpected favor, 168 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 4: blessings that catapult you to the next level. You couldn't 169 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 4: have made it happen on your own, but because you 170 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 4: were faithful in the waiting periods, because you did the 171 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 4: right thing when it was slow, God's going to bring 172 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 4: you into harvest season, into a season of abundance. But 173 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 4: the truth is, none of us like to go through 174 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 4: the waiting periods. It's easy to get frustrated and say, God, 175 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 4: if I'm going to come into my sea and in 176 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 4: six months or my season in two years, why don't 177 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 4: you just do it now? Save me the frustration. Bring 178 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 4: the right person. Now, give me the promotion. Now. God 179 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 4: knows what he's doing. If he promoted you before you 180 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 4: were ready, it wouldn't be a blessing, it would be 181 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 4: a burden. You wouldn't be able to handle it. He 182 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 4: has to get you prepared for what he has in store. 183 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 4: He loves you too, much to do it too soon, 184 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 4: and you may have a promise in your heart. You 185 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 4: know God's given it to you, but you don't see 186 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 4: anything happening. That's a season of waiting. God's using that 187 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 4: to do a work in you. If you will pass 188 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 4: the test, if you will have faith and patience, then 189 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 4: you're growing. Your spiritual muscles are getting stronger. Your character 190 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 4: is being developed. Want you all my friends, they're all 191 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 4: being promoted, but not me. I don't understand it. I 192 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 4: come to church every Sunday. They only come on Easter. Now, 193 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 4: don't compare your situation to somebody else's. You're not running 194 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: their race. God may be going to take you to 195 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 4: a higher level. It's going to require more character, more commitment, 196 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 4: more discipline. Keep doing the right thing. Your season is coming. 197 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 4: When our son Jonathan was ten years old, I didn't 198 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 4: give him the car. Keys say, Jonathan, go take a drive. 199 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 4: I want you to have everything I have stored up 200 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 4: for you. I didn't let him have the car, not 201 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 4: because I wanted to keep something good from him, push 202 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 4: him down, make his life miserable. I didn't do it 203 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 4: because I loved him. I knew him having a car 204 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 4: at ten wouldn't be a blessing. It would be a curse. 205 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 4: Sometimes God shows his love for us not by what 206 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 4: he gives us, but by what he with Holmes, if 207 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 4: God would have let you marry that first person you 208 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 4: really want I wanted to marry, you probably wouldn't be 209 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 4: here today, at least in your right mind. If He 210 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 4: were to let you have that baby, that promotion, that 211 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 4: new house before you were ready, it would have limited 212 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 4: your future. God knows what we can handle, so sometimes, 213 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 4: in order to protect us, he says not now, don't 214 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 4: fight it. Trust his timing. No doesn't mean never. It 215 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 4: means it's not the right time. Jonathan has a car now. 216 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 4: He just had to grow up. It's all a part 217 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 4: of the process. A good father may have a good gift, 218 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 4: but he won't give it at the wrong time. God 219 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 4: is not a good father. He's a great father. He 220 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 4: has great gifts in store for you. He has more 221 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 4: than you can ask or think. What am I saying? 222 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 4: Don't be frustrated if he's not giving it to you yet, 223 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 4: Keep growing, keep being good to peace, keep passing the task. 224 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 4: God can see the big picture. He knows what you're 225 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 4: going to need. You may think you're ready, but you 226 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 4: can't see how high God is going to take you, 227 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 4: how much influence and resources he's going to entrust you with. 228 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 4: God not only knows what you need, he knows who 229 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 4: you're going to need. Sometimes God is saying not now, 230 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 4: because somebody else that's going to be involved is not ready. 231 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 4: He's still working on them. They're going to be instrumental 232 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 4: in your life. They're going to open a door, be 233 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 4: a close friend, they're going to be a spouse. Be 234 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 4: patient and go through the waiting periods with a good attitude. 235 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 4: After college, I came back to Lakewood and started the 236 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 4: television ministry. I love doing production editing, putting my father's 237 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 4: messages on television. Plus we would do big concerts and 238 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 4: live television specials. My father was very supportive. He let 239 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 4: us buy the best equipment and put on these exciting events. 240 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 4: But toward the end of his life he didn't want 241 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 4: to do that anymore. And one time I lined up 242 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 4: all these radio stations to carry my father's broadcast, and 243 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 4: I told my dad, if you'll come down once a 244 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 4: month for less than an hour, we can make the 245 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 4: openings and closes and the radio program will go out 246 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 4: all over the world. I'll never forget what he said. 247 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 4: He said, Joel, I don't want to do that. I'm 248 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 4: seventy five years old. I'm not looking for any more work. 249 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 4: I just want to relax and pasture the church. I 250 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 4: was so disappointed. I thought, God, i'm young. You put 251 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 4: big dreams in my heart. I don't want to do less. 252 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 4: I want to do more. I didn't understand it. Thought 253 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 4: maybe it was time to move on. And I'd had 254 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 4: an offer to go work for another large ministry. But 255 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 4: when I prayed about it, when I got quiet, I 256 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 4: could hear the still old small voice saying, Joel, not 257 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 4: yet be patient. You're in a waiting period, but your 258 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 4: season is coming. I told Victoria, this is my father's vision. 259 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 4: He's been here for nearly forty years, and I'm not 260 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 4: going to get sour because I'm not getting my way. 261 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 4: I'm going to honor my father and do what he 262 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 4: would like me to do. I made the decision to 263 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 4: be my best in the waiting period, to do the 264 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 4: right thing when I didn't feel like it. I never 265 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 4: dreamed two years later my father would go to be 266 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 4: with the Lord and I would become the pastor. I 267 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 4: realize now, God put those dreams in my heart for 268 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 4: my own ministry. It just wasn't the right time. Had 269 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 4: I not passed the test and been faithful in the 270 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 4: waiting periods, I don't believe i'd be standing here today. 271 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 4: God knows what he's doing. If he's asking you to wait, 272 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 4: that means what he has in store is going to 273 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 4: be bigger than what you've imagined. Is God saying to you, 274 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 4: not now in some area you're praying for something to change, 275 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 4: believing for a dream, a breakthrough, it's not happening. That's 276 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 4: a test. You're in a waiting period. Keep doing the 277 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 4: right thing. The scripture says the steps of a good 278 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 4: person are ordered by the Lord, and we're grateful that 279 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 4: God is directing our steps. But the truth is he's 280 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 4: ordering our steps. When your steps are ordered, you don't 281 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,399 Speaker 4: have a choice. And yes we have free will, but 282 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,199 Speaker 4: God will put us in situations on purpose that we 283 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 4: can't get out of. You can be there sour complaining, 284 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 4: fighting it, or you can say, God, I know you've 285 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 4: ordered my steps. You have me here for a reason. 286 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 4: I may be uncomfortable, it may be taken longer than 287 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 4: I would like, but God, I not only trust you, 288 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 4: I trust your time. I know when I'm ready, you 289 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 4: will bring me into my season of much fruit. This 290 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 4: is what Joseph did. He kept passing the test in 291 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 4: the waiting periods when it was unfair, when he was betrayed, 292 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 4: when he was falsely accused. Had he not gone through 293 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 4: those tests with the right attitude, developing his character, showing 294 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 4: God what he was made of, he would have never 295 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 4: taken the throne. You can have great faith, you can 296 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 4: believe for big things, but without patience, you'll get stuck. 297 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 4: Without going through the waiting periods with a good attitude, 298 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 4: it will limit your destiny. Joseph wasn't in a hurry. 299 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 4: He knew he had to wait for God's plan to unfold. 300 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 4: Now along the way, it didn't always look like his 301 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 4: steps were ordered. Being thrown into a pit by his family, 302 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 4: being put in prison for something that he didn't do. 303 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 4: Could have said, God, it's not fair. Look at what 304 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 4: they're doing to me. But you're not going to understand 305 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,479 Speaker 4: everything that happens. You may be in a difficult place, 306 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 4: doesn't look like it's ever going to change. Stay encouraged. 307 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 4: Your steps are ordered, You're right on schedule. The delay, 308 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 4: the detour, the disappointment. It's all a part of God's plan. 309 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 4: If you'll be patient and wait for that plan to unfold, 310 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 4: then like Joseph, you'll see God vindicate you, promote you, 311 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 4: and take you to a new level of your destiny. 312 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 4: When God did something significant in the scripture, many times 313 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 4: it says it happened suddenly or immediately or at once. 314 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 4: The prison doors were open, they were in a waiting period. 315 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 4: They didn't see anything changing, no sign of it happening. 316 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 4: Then all the sudden it happened. God was showing us 317 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 4: he can turn things around without any warning. He can 318 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 4: increase you unexpectedly of the ordinary. You didn't see it coming. 319 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 4: You were just doing the right thing, going through the 320 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 4: difficulty with faith and patience, and suddenly you came into 321 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 4: your season. Suddenly your business took off, Suddenly your health improved. 322 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 4: One touch of God's favor can catapult you to the 323 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 4: next level. When you know God has some suddenlies, even 324 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 4: when it's taken a long time, you'll still have an 325 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 4: expectancy knowing that any moment your suddenly could show up. 326 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 4: One good break, one phone call, meeting one right person, 327 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 4: you'll come out of your waiting period into a season 328 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 4: of blessing. See just as God order steps into times 329 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 4: of testing, times of proving, he orders steps into seasons 330 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,679 Speaker 4: of increase, seasons of promotion. You may have been in 331 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 4: a waiting period a long time, doing the right thing, 332 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 4: being patient. God is saying, get ready, you're about to 333 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 4: see some suddenlyes. You're going to come into a season 334 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 4: of much fruit, a season of new growth where God 335 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 4: thrust you to the next level. He's going to put 336 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 4: you at the right place at the right time. When 337 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 4: it says God orders our steps, that doesn't mean God 338 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 4: does it vaguely, go over here in this general area, 339 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 4: do it in the next week or two. God is 340 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 4: not vague. He's precise. He's detailed. He's specific, down to 341 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:32,479 Speaker 4: the split second. One Sunday, when my father was alive, 342 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 4: I was up in the television control area at the 343 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 4: other facility and the service was about to start. I 344 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 4: remembered I needed to tell my father something, so I 345 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:46,679 Speaker 4: ran downstairs. The stairs were curved to where at one point, 346 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 4: for four or five seconds when you were walk in, 347 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 4: you would look out over the front lobby. Then they 348 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 4: turned back toward the offices. As I was running down 349 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 4: the stairs as fast as I could, in a big hurry. 350 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 4: I came around that curve. There was a man walking 351 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,640 Speaker 4: through the lobby right in position to where our eyes met. 352 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 4: He stopped me and said, my cousin has a construction 353 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:14,360 Speaker 4: permit for a full powered television station here in Houston. 354 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 4: We'd like to talk to you about it. He handed 355 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 4: me his number ten second conversation. Long story short, we 356 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 4: bought that construction permit, put the station on the air. 357 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 4: A few years later, we sold it for a significant profit. 358 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 4: Those funds were very instrumental in us renovating this place, 359 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 4: the former Compact Center. But notice how precise God is. 360 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 4: If I had been running down the stairs five seconds later, 361 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 4: I would have missed him. If he would have left 362 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 4: his house a minute earlier, got caught by another stoplight, 363 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 4: or paths wouldn't have crossed. God ordered our steps down 364 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 4: to the second. You be at this place, you be 365 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 4: at that place. Suddenly we came into our season. God 366 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 4: made things happen we couldn't make happen. Right now, God 367 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 4: is not only ordering your steps, he's ordering the steps 368 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 4: of the people you need. He's going to cause them 369 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 4: to come across your path where opportunity finds you where 370 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 4: good breaks track you down. What you're believing for may 371 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 4: be taking a long time. You don't see how it's 372 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 4: ever going to change. But staying courage, God has some 373 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 4: suddenlyes lined up for you, things you didn't see coming. 374 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 4: Where He had you at the right place at the 375 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 4: right time, and unexpectedly you met the right person. Or 376 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 4: like with me, the business fell into your lap, the 377 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 4: problem turned around. Don't be frustrated because it's not happening 378 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 4: as fast as you would like. You're right on schedule. 379 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 4: Your steps are being ordered. Any moment you're going to 380 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 4: come in to your season. In March chapter five, a 381 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 4: leader in the synagogue came up to Jesus. He fell 382 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 4: at his feet and said, my little girl is so sick, 383 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 4: she's close to death. Please come to my house and 384 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 4: pray for her. Jesus agreed, He said he would come, 385 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 4: and they started walking that way. I can imagine this 386 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 4: father was so excited. He knew he was going to 387 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 4: get his miracle. But as they were traveling in the 388 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 4: middle of a big crowd, this lady that had been 389 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 4: sick for twelve years, fought her way through the crowd, 390 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,719 Speaker 4: touched the edge of jesus robe, and instantly she was healed. 391 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 4: Jesus stopped and asked who touched him? Spent time visiting 392 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 4: with this lady. While it was a great miracle, it 393 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 4: delayed Jesus from getting to the little girl's house. I'm 394 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 4: sure the father was happy this lady got healed, but 395 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,399 Speaker 4: because of the delayed, his little girl died. His friends 396 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 4: came and said, hey, don't bother Jesus anymore. It's too late. 397 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 4: Your daughter has passed. He had to watch somebody else 398 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 4: get healed while his daughter didn't get healed. Will you 399 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 4: keep a good attitude when you see other people being 400 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 4: blessed but you're still waiting. Your friend got engaged, but 401 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 4: you're still single, waiting for the right person. Your coworker 402 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 4: moved into that new house, you're still in the apartment 403 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 4: waiting for increase. In the middle of the commotion, in 404 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 4: the middle of all this excitement, this man felt like 405 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 4: Jesus had forgotten about him. It's too late. He turned 406 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 4: to walk away. Jesus stopped him and said, don't be afraid. 407 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 4: Only believe. Jesus was saying, in effect, it's not too late. 408 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 4: I haven't forgotten about you. You're right on schedule. Your 409 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 4: steps are being ordered. This delay didn't stop my plan. 410 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 4: I'm still going to do what I promised. Jesus showed 411 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 4: up at the little girl's house, where she had already died. 412 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 4: He spoke to her and told her to wake up. 413 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 4: She woke back up and was perfectly normal. The scripture says, 414 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:11,360 Speaker 4: the people who are completely astonished, here's the principle. This 415 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 4: man came to Jesus asking for a healing, but because 416 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 4: of the delay, he received a greater miracle, a resurrection. 417 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 4: When it's taken longer than you thought, don't get discouraged. 418 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 4: That means God has something bigger, something better, something that 419 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:33,360 Speaker 4: you weren't expecting. Like this man, He's going to do something. 420 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 4: We're not only you, but the people around you are astonished, amazed, 421 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 4: overwhelmed at his goodness. Friends, God has not forgotten about you. 422 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 4: He knows how long it's been. He's hurt all your prayers. 423 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 4: He's seen all the times you've done the right thing. 424 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 4: And circumstances may tell you it's never going to happen. 425 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 4: It's too late. God is saying you're right on schedule. 426 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 4: You're about to come into your season It's not going 427 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 4: to be a healing. It's going to be something better, 428 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 4: a resurrection. Now do your part and pass the tesk 429 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 4: in the waiting periods. Keep a good attitude if you'll 430 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 4: do this, because you have faith and patience, I believe 431 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 4: and declare you're going to see God's plan unfold for 432 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 4: your life. Promise has come to pass, dreams, fulfilled problems, 433 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 4: turn around the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name 434 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 4: if you receive it. Can you say him in today? 435 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 436 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 4: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me today? 437 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 4: Just say Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 438 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,160 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 439 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,640 Speaker 4: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 440 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 441 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 4: God first place. Victorian. I'll be right back to speak 442 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 4: a blessing over you. 443 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 5: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 444 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 5: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 445 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 5: a copy of Joel's new three message series, Anchored to Hope. 446 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 6: When you're anchored to hope, you're not moved by your 447 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 6: circumstances are worried because things aren't changing as fast as 448 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 6: you'd like. You have your trust, your confidence, your hope 449 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 6: in the Lord. You know he'll get you. 450 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 4: To where you need to be. Your best days are 451 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 4: not behind you, They're still out in front of you. 452 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 4: Request this resource. It will help you stay anchored to hope. 453 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 5: Request your copy of Anchored to Hope today at Joel 454 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 5: Loustin dot com. 455 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 4: Or call eight eight eight five six seven Joel. 456 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 7: Several years ago, I was diagnosed with what's called a goiter, 457 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 7: that's an extremely enlarged thyroid. It was the size of 458 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 7: both of my surgeon's fists, and I had to have 459 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 7: surgery and they told me i'd never sing again, and 460 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 7: I felt hopeless. But you know what this Minish teaches 461 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 7: us that we're never victims, but we are always victors, 462 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 7: and that is what gave me the hope and the 463 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 7: faith to be able to press on. I had that surgery, 464 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 7: but now I'm singing like I could before, and my 465 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 7: life has never been the same. 466 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 4: Your support is changing lives. Thanks for partnering with us. 467 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 4: We appreciate your prayers, your generosity. It's making a difference 468 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 4: around the world. Know that Victoria and I are praying 469 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 4: for you and your family. 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