All is Well

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It helps keep the ministry going. 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:58.120 Enjoy the message. 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.400 Go God bless you. It's always a joy to come 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:05.640 into your home. And if you're ever in the Houston area, 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:07.720 please stop by and be a part of one of 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:10.680 our services. These are the finest people in all of 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:13.560 Houston right here at Lakewood Church. We will make you 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.040 feel right at home. But thanks for tuning in and 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:19.120 thank you again for coming out. I like to start 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:22.080 with something funny, and I heard about these three men 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:26.240 that were traveling together, a Hindu priest, a Jewish rabbi, 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:30.639 and a televangelist. They stopped at a farmhouse for lodging. 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:33.080 Farmers said, I only have room for two of you 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:35.359 in the house. Somebody will have to stay out in 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:38.519 the barn. The Hindu priest said, I'll do it in 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:40.079 a few minutes. There was a knock on the door. 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.480 He said, I can't stay out there. There's a cow, 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:46.320 and cows are sacred in our religion. The Jewish rabbi said, 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.360 I'll do it. A few minutes. A knock on the 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.760 door said I can't stay out there. There was a 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:54.600 pig and that wouldn't be kosher. The televangel said, okay, 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:56.600 I'll do it. A few minutes, there was a knock 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:58.840 on the door. It was the cow and the pig. 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:04.000 Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:07.119 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:09.680 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.200 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:16.000 taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:19.240 is alert, my heart is receptive, I will never be 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:24.040 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:28.000 to talk to you today about all is well. It's 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.840 easy to go through life worried about the future, frustrated 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:35.480 because the dream is taking so long, upset because somebody 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:39.440 did us wrong. But instead of complaining about the difficulty, 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.720 instead of being sour because your plans didn't work out, 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:47.560 you need to remember these three simple words. All is well. 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:51.840 God is still on the throne. He's directing your steps. 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:54.960 He wouldn't have allowed it unless he had a purpose 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:59.440 for it. When you're tempted to get discouraged, keep reminding yourself. 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:03.920 All well, I lost my biggest client. I'm not stressed 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.880 over it. I know something better is coming. All is well. 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:10.080 I was cheated in a business deal, that's all right. 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:14.080 God is my vindicator. All is well. Prayed for my 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:17.120 loved one but they didn't make it. I'm not bitter. 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:20.599 I know they're in heaven rejoicing where there is no pain. 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:25.200 All is well. When you have this all is well attitude, 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:29.480 there's a peace, a rest. It takes the pressure off. 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.960 You don't live on a roller coaster. You know all 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.919 is well when you're on the mountaintop, and all is 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:39.599 well in the valley. All is well when business is great, 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.839 and all is well when it's not so great. You 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:46.080 have a made up mind. You know God is bigger 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:49.360 than any obstacle. As long as you stay in faith, 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:53.440 nothing can keep you from your destiny. That's what three 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:57.680 Hebrew teenagers did in the scripture shad Rak Mejak of Bendigo. 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.680 They refuse to bow down of the king's golden idol. 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:04.760 They were about to be thrown into a fiery furnace. 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:09.000 They could have complained, God is not fair. We're doing 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:11.960 your will, and look what happens now. They said to 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:15.400 the king, We're not gonna bow. We know our God 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:19.800 will deliver us, but even if he doesn't, we're still 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:23.560 not going to bow. They were saying, all is well 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.479 if it goes our way, and all is well if 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.279 it doesn't go our way, all is well if our 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:32.240 prayers get answered, and all is well if they don't 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:35.960 get answered. The king had them thrown into that furnace. 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.440 It should have instantly killed them. He came back and 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.720 checked a little later, said to the guards, didn't we 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:46.760 throw three men in bound? I see four men loose 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.760 and one looks like the son of God. When you know, 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:54.400 all is well, the creator of the universe, will make 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:58.840 things happen that you could never make happen. Like these teenagers, 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.599 you may be in a situation where you don't see 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:05.560 a way out. You could be discouraged, upset, stressed. No, 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:09.560 you need to start declaring all as well. I'm struggling 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:12.520 in my marriage, but I'm not living stressed. All is well. 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:16.280 I'm dealing with this addiction, not where I thought i'd 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:19.480 be in life, but I'm not discouraged. God is still 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:22.599 working on me. I'm not a finished product. All is well. 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:27.599 I never thought i'd be facing this legal problem, this sickness, 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:31.120 this divorce, this bankruptcy. But can I tell you all 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:34.240 is well, I'm at peace. I know God is in 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:38.520 complete control. Maybe you're single. You thought you would have 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:42.120 met somebody by now, let me encourage you. All is well. 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.800 God already has the right person lined up for you. 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:49.359 They are in your future. Now stay in agreement with God. 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.360 Don't go around thinking, oh, it's never gonna happen, or 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:56.080 have this attitude all as well. Maybe your child made 0:06:56.120 --> 0:07:00.200 some poor choices. Worrying is not going to help us 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.880 in sleep doesn't make it better. All through the day, 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:05.839 Let this phrase play in your mind. All is well. 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:10.320 You'll hear the voice. What if he doesn't change answer back? 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:13.280 All is well? What if he gets in more trouble? 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:16.200 All is well? What if it doesn't work out? All 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:20.520 is well? Replace the thoughts of worry with all is well. 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:25.000 Maybe the medical report wasn't good. It would be easy 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:27.720 to let those words play all day long. You're not 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.880 gonna make it. Learn to live with it. No turn 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:34.720 off that recording. Put on this new recording. All is well. 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:38.520 The number of my days God will fulfilled. Nothing can 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:42.120 snatch me out of his hands. Or perhaps a legal 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.400 situation you don't like it. It wasn't fair, But all 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:48.760 is well, it says in Psalms. The trap the enemy 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:52.360 set for me, they will fall in themselves. When you 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:57.080 meditate on this simple phrase, all is well, you're saying God, 0:07:57.560 --> 0:08:01.160 I trust you. You're bigger than this problem. You can 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:06.920 turn any situation around. It's interesting the Hebrew teenagers were 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:10.560 doing the right thing when the wrong thing happened to them. 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:15.920 Being in God's perfect will doesn't mean we won't have difficulties. 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:22.200 You can't reach your destiny without opposition, unfair situations, people 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:25.880 doing you wrong. When things come against you, it's easy 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:30.000 to think, Joel, all is not well. Look at these difficulties. Now. 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:34.040 The truth is, the enemy wouldn't be fighting you unless 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:37.520 he knew God had something amazing in your future. You 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:40.600 can stay in faith, You can declare all is well, 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:44.679 knowing that that opposition is a sign that's something great 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:48.800 is coming. In fact, the scripture says, don't be surprised 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:52.640 when you face various trials. Don't get bent out of 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:55.040 shape because life through you a curb. You had an 0:08:55.120 --> 0:09:01.800 unexpected challenge. Sometimes we face difficulties because we're doing something wrong, 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:06.040 but because we're doing something right. Jesus told a parable 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:09.960 about this in Matthew chapter thirteen. A farmer went out 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:14.200 and planted wheat in his field. He sowed good seed. 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:17.920 He was doing the right thing. But at night, while 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:22.160 he slept, an enemy snuck in and planted weeds in 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:26.280 his soil. When it came time for harvest, the weeds 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:30.120 popped up with the wheat. He thought, where did this 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:34.000 come from? I didn't sow these seeds. Any time, you're 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:38.880 doing the right thing, honoring God, being productive, helping others, 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:43.040 don't be surprised if you find some weeds among your 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:46.800 wheat like this farmer, doesn't mean you've done anything wrong. 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.840 We think. I've been loyal to this company for twenty years. 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.800 How could they treat me badly? I raised my child. 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.079 Right now, he's veering off course. I just don't understand it. 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:01.079 Those are simply weeds that the inner me has sown 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:05.640 into your field. The good news is those weeds cannot 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:09.040 keep you from your destiny. If that trouble was going 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:11.960 to stop God's plan, he would have never permitted it. 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:17.080 What I've learned is the weeds always pop up right 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:21.440 before the harvest. Your business slows down, a child acts up, 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.400 you have trouble in a relationship. Don't panic. You are 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:28.200 close to your breakthrough. Your harvest is about to come. 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:31.360 That's why the weeds are popping up and instead of 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:35.160 falling apart, God, why did this happen? No, our attitude 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:38.600 should be snowbig deal. It's just another weed. I didn't 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.280 sow it. I don't have to reap it. God said 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.240 he would take care of it for me. If for 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:47.520 some reason, you were to lose your job, don't panic. 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:50.920 That's just a weed. Popping up. You stay in faith, 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:53.560 and God will give you a better job. If the 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:57.800 medical report is negative, don't get discouraged. See that sickness 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:01.760 as a weed. It cannot you. You're a child of 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.960 the most high God. You have the most powerful force 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:09.920 in the universe breathing in your direction. Maybe somebody walked 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.720 out of a relationship. Did you wrong? Cause you a 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:15.800 lot of pain. Next time you see them under your breath, 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:21.559 just say hello, weed. You don't need them to become 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:25.079 who God's created you to be. I didn't say say 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:29.679 it to their face. Now, this parable ends with the 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:33.760 workers asking the farmer should we go pull up the weeds? 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.280 He said no, just wait, and at the right time, 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:41.040 they will be destroyed. God is saying that to us, 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:45.199 the weeds that pop up, the unexpected challenges, the sickness, 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:48.440 the trouble at work. You don't have to fight those battles. 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:52.240 Don't spend all your life trying to pull up the weeds. 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.920 You can't fix everything in your own strength. And if 0:11:55.920 --> 0:12:00.360 you're constantly trying to straighten this person out, fix this problem, 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:05.079 make this situation resolved, you'll be frustrated. The scripture says 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:09.920 those who have believed enter into rest. At some point 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:13.040 you got to say, God, I'm trusting you to take 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.920 care of my weeds. You keep honoring God being your best, 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.800 and God will move the wrong people out of the way. 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:23.760 God will restore what's been stolen. God will straighten out 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:27.960 the situation at work at home. For you, the battle 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:32.240 is not yours. The battle is the Lord's. Be still 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:36.160 and know that he is God. See, we shouldn't always 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:40.160 be wrought up, uptight, worried, frustrated, trying to fix this 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:45.320 rebuke and resistant. A mature attitude says, hey, everything's not 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:49.160 perfect in my life. I have some struggles, some situations 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:52.160 I wish were different. But can I tell you all 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:55.600 is well. I'm at peace, I'm not worried. I know 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.360 at the right time, God will take care of my weeds. 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:03.640 Until then, will relax and enjoy my life. But too 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:09.040 often we're frustrated by the difficulties. We have to realize 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:13.560 we can't have a harvest without a few weeds. David 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.439 would have never made it to the throne without Goliath 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:20.120 a big weed. We would have never acquired this beautiful 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.840 facility without a three and a half year lawsuit. There 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.960 will be weeds in all of our lives. We're not 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.360 always going to understand where they came from, why it happened. 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:35.000 Don't get discouraged. Just keep moving forward, knowing that all 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:38.640 is well and God promises he will take care of 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:42.559 your weeds. I know a young couple. For ten years, 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:46.280 they'd been saving up to buy their first house. They 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.880 were so excited. At one point everything came together. They 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.679 found the house they wanted, they had the funds. But 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.800 on the day they were to sign the closing papers, 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.520 the young lady was at the realator's office finalizing the 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:02.760 detail when she got a phone call from her husband 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:06.559 saying that he had just lost his job. He'd been 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:10.200 with this company for six years, always had a great attitude, 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:15.200 did his best, but his supervisor didn't like him for years, 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:19.840 treated him unfairly. What was that a weed? Just before 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:23.040 the harvest came, that weed popped up and they could 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:27.200 have been discouraged. God, I can't believe this happened. Now 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:30.880 they had this same attitude. All is well. God, we 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.480 don't understand it, but it's not a surprise to you. 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:37.200 When he wasn't interviewing for another job, he'd come up 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:41.400 to Lakewood and volunteer week after week. Didn't look like 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:45.280 anything was happening. But when you see those weeds popping up, 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:49.360 those unexpected challenges, you're doing the right thing, but the 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:53.240 wrong thing is happening. That's a sign that your harvest 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:57.320 is getting closer. Five months later, he got a call 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:00.920 from his old company. Hadn't spoken to them since he 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:05.200 was let go. An executive from the headquarters informed him 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:08.600 they had fired his old supervisor and put a new 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:11.480 management team in place and wanted him to come back. 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.680 They not only offered him his same position, but they 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.040 restored all of his benefits, all of his seniority, all 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:22.200 of his retirement. They went back and checked on the 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:25.240 house they wanted to buy. It was still there, just 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:28.440 like it had been waiting on them. Today, he's not 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.800 only excelling in his career, but they're living in that 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:35.200 house of their dreams as happy as can be. God 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:39.400 knows how to get rid of the weeds in your life. Ladies, 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.560 Quit looking at your husband. That man is not a weed. 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:48.040 In Second King, chapter four, Elisha prophesied to a lady 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:50.920 that she would have a baby she had been baring 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:54.040 her whole life. Sure Enough, the next year, she had 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:57.560 a son. She was thrilled. When the boy was about 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:00.000 ten years old, he was out in the field place 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:03.760 his head began to hurt. They carried him to his house, 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:07.560 where he later died in his mother's arms. You can 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:12.280 imagine how heartbroken distraught this woman must have been after 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:16.880 waiting all these years, now her only son is gone. 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:20.280 She got on a horse and took off full speed 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:25.720 toward Elisia's house at Mount Carmel. Elisha saw her coming 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:29.240 from a great distance, the dust billowing in the air, 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:32.920 and he was concerned. He said to his assistant gahes I, 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.320 go check with the woman and see if something is wrong. 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:39.440 He jumped on his horse. Gahes I did and cut 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:41.960 the woman off at the path and said, ma'am, let 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:47.320 me ask you, Elisha is concerned, Is anything wrong? Without hesitating, 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:51.440 she said no, all is well, kept going full speed 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:55.080 toward Elisia's house. Gahes I thought that doesn't make sense, 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:57.840 caught back up to her a second time. Ma'am, let 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:00.960 me ask one more time. Is everything okay at your house? 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:04.959 She said, yes, all is well. Is everything okay with 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:09.240 your husband? Yes? All is well. Then he asked, is 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:13.280 everything okay with your son. She said it again, all 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:17.560 is well, well, Joel, I'm not gonna lie if it's 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.320 not well, I'm not going to say that it is well. 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.520 But really, this is what faith is all about. The 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:26.439 Scripture says you have to call things that are not 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:31.240 as if they already were. When the situation doesn't look good, 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.159 you don't see how you could accomplish a dream your 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:37.879 child's off course. Every voice says it's not gonna happen, 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:41.520 it's too late. Just accept it. But you dig your 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:45.199 heels in and say, like this woman, all is well. 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:49.439 That's not just being positive. You are prophesying your future. 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:54.320 You are speaking faith into your future. Don't use your 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:58.280 words to describe your situation. Use your words to change 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:02.119 your situation. Easy to talk about the problem house not 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.119 gonna work out? Well, I just believe in telling it 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:08.640 like it is. My back's been hurting for thirteen years. 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:12.399 I'll never get better. Had this addiction since high school. 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:16.679 I'll never break it. That's prophesying defeat. Why don't you 0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:20.439 do like this lady in spite of the difficulties, you 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:23.520 don't see any sign of it changing. Dare to say 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:27.119 all is well? You lost a loved one you should 0:18:27.119 --> 0:18:30.800 be depressed. No, all is well. God's still on the throne. 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:34.480 You didn't get the promotion. Your friend says it's not right, 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:37.600 you deserved it. Don't join in. Yeah, I can't stand 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:40.919 my boss. No, all is well, Something better is coming. 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:45.080 The medical report wasn't good, Yes, but God is good. 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:47.959 All is well. You've been in a drought, hadn't had 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.360 a good break in a long time. Yes, but I'm 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:53.520 not worried. I know the abundance of rain is coming. 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:57.560 All is well in my life. This lady finally got 0:18:57.560 --> 0:19:00.440 to Elisia's house and she told him that her son 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:04.600 had died. Elisha got on his horse, went to her home, 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:07.120 prayed for the little boy, and he came back to life. 0:19:07.359 --> 0:19:10.200 A great miracle. But I don't believe this would have 0:19:10.320 --> 0:19:14.160 happened if she would have sat around and self pity discouraged. 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:19.080 God is not fair. It happened because she believed all 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:23.040 is well before she saw any sign of it being well. 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:27.040 You may be in a situation right now that is 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:30.560 not well. It is not well with your health, it 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:33.199 is not well in your finances, or maybe it's not 0:19:33.359 --> 0:19:36.360 well in a relationship. You have a choice. You can 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:40.560 accept it get discouraged, complain, or you can do like 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:44.320 this lady, in spite of what it looks like, in 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:47.080 spite of what your mind is telling you, in spite 0:19:47.080 --> 0:19:50.480 of the negative reports, you can dare to say all 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:53.960 is well. This is what Paul and Silas did in 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:57.240 the scripture. They were in prison. They had just been 0:19:57.280 --> 0:20:01.320 beaten with rods, hadn't done anything wrong. But at midnight 0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:05.040 they were singing praises to God. They were saying, we're 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:09.199 not distraught, we're not upset. All is well. About that 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:13.080 time there was a great earthquake. The prison doors flung open, 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:16.640 chains fell off their feet. They walked out as free men. 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:21.479 Job went through a season of great trouble, lost his health, 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:25.840 his business, everything went wrong. But Job didn't get bitter, 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:30.160 he said, though he slay me, yet, will I trust him? 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:34.439 He was saying, if it goes my way or doesn't 0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:38.720 go my way, all is well. Here's the key. If 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:41.960 you have to have everything happen your way in order 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:45.560 to be happy, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:49.359 A mature attitude is all is well. If my prayers 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:52.520 get answered, and all is well. If they don't get answered, 0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:55.359 all is well, if people are good to me, and 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:58.359 all is well. If they're not good to me, you're 0:20:58.400 --> 0:21:03.280 not moved by the circumstances. That takes away the enemy's power. 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:06.600 When you don't have to have your way, he can't 0:21:06.640 --> 0:21:11.320 control you, you're saying, God, my life is in your hands. 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:15.360 You know what's best for me. Daniel did this. He 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:18.560 was about to be thrown into a den of hungry lions. 0:21:18.880 --> 0:21:22.240 His attitude was, if I get eaten by these lions, 0:21:22.640 --> 0:21:25.480 I'll go to be with the Lord today, all is well. 0:21:26.160 --> 0:21:29.200 If not, I'll stay here and finish my course. All 0:21:29.320 --> 0:21:32.400 is well. The next morning the guards came to check 0:21:32.440 --> 0:21:35.159 on him. I can imagine Daniel lying there in the 0:21:35.160 --> 0:21:39.280 den of lions, asleep, at peace, at rest. He knew 0:21:39.640 --> 0:21:43.680 the enemy doesn't determine our destiny. God determines our destiny. 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:47.640 And when you have this all is well attitude, you're 0:21:47.680 --> 0:21:51.159 not moved by the weeds. You're not upset because of 0:21:51.200 --> 0:21:55.320 a disappointment. You don't lose sleep because somebody did you wrong. 0:21:55.840 --> 0:21:58.639 You don't live sour because your prayers didn't get answered 0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:01.639 your way. You know God is still on the throne, 0:22:01.800 --> 0:22:04.040 and he will get you to where you're supposed to be. 0:22:05.080 --> 0:22:07.080 I read a story about a man by the name 0:22:07.200 --> 0:22:11.640 of Horatio Spafford. He was a wealthy businessman that lived 0:22:11.680 --> 0:22:15.040 back in the eighteen hundreds. One night, his wife and 0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:19.240 four daughters were on a ship crossing the Atlantic. They 0:22:19.280 --> 0:22:22.840 collided with another ship, and all four of his daughters 0:22:22.840 --> 0:22:26.080 were killed. His wife sent him a telegram with the 0:22:26.160 --> 0:22:30.760 terrible news. A few weeks later, mister Spafford was traveling 0:22:30.800 --> 0:22:34.880 across the Atlantic to meet his wife. At one point, 0:22:35.160 --> 0:22:38.240 the captain of the ship informed him they were at 0:22:38.280 --> 0:22:42.640 the exact place where his four daughters had lost their lives. 0:22:42.920 --> 0:22:46.400 He took out a pen and wrote these words, When 0:22:46.480 --> 0:22:51.960 peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like 0:22:52.160 --> 0:22:56.399 sea billows row, whatever my lot, you have taught me 0:22:56.480 --> 0:23:00.400 to say, it is well. It is well with my Saul. 0:23:01.359 --> 0:23:04.080 No matter what comes our way, we need to be 0:23:04.119 --> 0:23:07.560 able to say with him, it is well with my soul. 0:23:08.680 --> 0:23:11.199 Life may have thrown me a few curves, but it 0:23:11.280 --> 0:23:14.800 is well with my Saul. All my dreams haven't come 0:23:14.840 --> 0:23:18.880 to pass yet, but it is well. Went through a divorce, 0:23:19.080 --> 0:23:22.840 I'm not bitter. It is well. Lost a loved one. 0:23:23.000 --> 0:23:26.160 Don't understand it but it is well with my soul. 0:23:27.440 --> 0:23:30.560 Fifteen years ago Thursday, my father went to be with 0:23:30.640 --> 0:23:32.800 the Lord, and I received a call from my mother 0:23:32.920 --> 0:23:35.679 that night, Joel, come over quick. Daddy's had a heart attack. 0:23:36.080 --> 0:23:39.159 He died the next day. It seemed like everything was 0:23:39.200 --> 0:23:42.080 out of control. We didn't know what was going to 0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:45.880 happen to the church. Would people keep coming, who would 0:23:45.920 --> 0:23:49.840 the pastor be? There were all these variables. In the 0:23:49.880 --> 0:23:53.439 midst of that storm. The waves seem so big, the 0:23:53.520 --> 0:23:56.879 winds were howling. We could have gotten discouraged, depressed. But 0:23:57.160 --> 0:24:00.600 really we did what I'm asking you to do. We said, 0:24:00.640 --> 0:24:05.119 by faith, all is well, And sometimes you have to 0:24:05.200 --> 0:24:08.440 announce it, not only so you can hear it, not 0:24:08.480 --> 0:24:11.280 only so God can hear it, but so the enemy 0:24:11.320 --> 0:24:16.280 can hear it. He's expecting you to fall apart, get depressed, 0:24:16.320 --> 0:24:19.040 give up on your dreams. But when you look that 0:24:19.240 --> 0:24:22.520 adversity in the eye and you're not moved by it, 0:24:23.160 --> 0:24:25.720 you've still got a report of victory. You've still got 0:24:25.720 --> 0:24:28.520 a smile on your face, You're still being good to people. 0:24:28.880 --> 0:24:32.439 That gives him a nervous breakdown. He hits you with 0:24:32.520 --> 0:24:36.000 his best shot, but his best was not enough. He 0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:39.680 doesn't have the final say. God has the final say. 0:24:39.760 --> 0:24:43.840 And God has not brought you this far to leave you. 0:24:43.840 --> 0:24:48.120 You've seen God's goodness, mercy, favor in the past. You're 0:24:48.119 --> 0:24:50.720 going to see it again in the future. When it's 0:24:50.760 --> 0:24:54.560 all said and done, you'll still be standing strong. Now, 0:24:54.600 --> 0:24:57.840 you've got to do your part and speak victory into 0:24:57.880 --> 0:25:00.280 your future. If you don't talk to your s self 0:25:00.359 --> 0:25:03.480 the right way, negative thoughts will try to talk you 0:25:03.520 --> 0:25:06.439 out of it. The what ifs will bombard your mind. 0:25:07.040 --> 0:25:09.800 What if people don't keep coming, Joel, What if you 0:25:09.840 --> 0:25:11.919 don't meet the right person, What if you don't have 0:25:11.960 --> 0:25:14.880 the funds, What if your health doesn't improve? No, declare 0:25:14.920 --> 0:25:17.679 it by faith, all is well God. I may not 0:25:17.800 --> 0:25:20.680 see away, but I know you have a way. This 0:25:20.720 --> 0:25:22.800 may be a surprise to me, but it's not a 0:25:22.840 --> 0:25:26.600 surprise to you. Week after week, month after month, I 0:25:26.720 --> 0:25:30.680 kept meditating on that simple phrase, all is well. Today. 0:25:31.080 --> 0:25:33.360 We don't have to say it by faith. We can 0:25:33.400 --> 0:25:36.800 say it as a fact. Lakewood is well, the Church 0:25:36.880 --> 0:25:39.439 is strong, greatest days are still out in front of us. 0:25:39.480 --> 0:25:43.959 The future is right. How you respond in the difficult 0:25:43.960 --> 0:25:47.720 times will determine whether or not you reach the fullness 0:25:47.720 --> 0:25:51.159 of your destiny. If we would have gotten depressed, discouraged 0:25:51.200 --> 0:25:54.520 in self pity, we would not be here today. Friends. 0:25:54.600 --> 0:25:58.040 There will be obstacles on the way to your promised land. 0:25:58.560 --> 0:26:02.399 We all have weeds sown into our fields. Things that 0:26:02.440 --> 0:26:07.760 don't make sense. We don't like it, loss, unfair situations, disappointments. 0:26:08.040 --> 0:26:11.560 But don't complain, don't get bitter. Do like Daniel, Do 0:26:11.760 --> 0:26:13.960 like Joe, Do like the young couple and the house 0:26:14.359 --> 0:26:18.119 dare to say all is well. That shows God that 0:26:18.160 --> 0:26:21.560 you're trusting him. That's what allows him to give you 0:26:21.640 --> 0:26:24.720 beauty for ashes, to turn what was meant for your 0:26:24.760 --> 0:26:28.560 harm and turn it into your advantage. Maybe you're in 0:26:28.600 --> 0:26:32.639 a situation now that you could be discouraged, upset. You 0:26:32.640 --> 0:26:35.439 don't see how it could ever work out in your favor. 0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:40.520 But Isaiah three says say to the righteous, it shall 0:26:40.640 --> 0:26:44.280 be well with you. You are the righteous. God says 0:26:44.320 --> 0:26:48.000 say this to you, it shall be well. Not hope 0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:50.600 so not maybe not if you get lucky. No, God 0:26:50.680 --> 0:26:54.800 promises it shall be well with you. Maybe you lost 0:26:54.840 --> 0:26:56.960 a loved one. You don't see how you can go on. 0:26:57.400 --> 0:27:00.400 That is not the end, That is a new beginning. 0:27:00.520 --> 0:27:04.639 It shall be well with you. The job situation didn't 0:27:04.640 --> 0:27:07.399 work out, you lost a client, your God let go. 0:27:07.640 --> 0:27:11.000 Don't worry. God has something better. It shall be well 0:27:11.040 --> 0:27:14.560 with you. You're struggling in your finances. You don't know 0:27:14.600 --> 0:27:17.120 how you're going to make it. God's got it all 0:27:17.119 --> 0:27:21.320 figured out. He's called the Lord, our provider. He closed 0:27:21.320 --> 0:27:24.159 the lilies of the field, he feeds the birds of 0:27:24.200 --> 0:27:27.840 the air. It shall be well with you. I'm asking 0:27:27.920 --> 0:27:30.760 you all through the day to let this phrase play 0:27:30.800 --> 0:27:34.159 in your mind. When you're tempted to get upset, to 0:27:34.280 --> 0:27:38.200 be worried, offended, just smile, no thanks. I know all 0:27:38.440 --> 0:27:43.440 is well, friends. God has promised that all things, not some, 0:27:43.920 --> 0:27:46.760 All things are going to work out for your good. 0:27:47.280 --> 0:27:50.359 That means even the weeds are going to work to 0:27:50.400 --> 0:27:53.600 your advantage. You may have some weeds in your life 0:27:53.640 --> 0:27:56.720 right now. You remember that's a sign that you are 0:27:56.800 --> 0:28:02.120 close to your harvest. You're about to see a breakthrough, healing, restoration, promotion. 0:28:02.680 --> 0:28:05.520 You may have to say it by faith today, but 0:28:05.680 --> 0:28:08.920 one day, like the lady and Elisha, you will say 0:28:08.960 --> 0:28:12.159 it as a fact. All is well in my health, 0:28:12.280 --> 0:28:15.679 got a good medical report, All is well in my career, 0:28:16.000 --> 0:28:19.080 dreams are coming to past. All is well with my children. 0:28:19.200 --> 0:28:23.280 They're fulfilling their destinies. You will see the faithfulness of God. 0:28:23.720 --> 0:28:27.840 Promises will be fulfilled. Negative situations will turn around. I 0:28:27.960 --> 0:28:31.879 believe and declare you're coming into your harvest the fullness 0:28:31.920 --> 0:28:35.560 of your destiny. It shall be well with you in 0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:38.320 Jesus's name if you receive it. Can you say him 0:28:38.360 --> 0:28:43.240 in today? We never like to close our broadcast without 0:28:43.280 --> 0:28:46.160 giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 0:28:46.160 --> 0:28:50.200 your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:28:51.280 --> 0:28:56.360 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart, wash 0:28:56.480 --> 0:29:01.640 me clean. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 0:29:01.640 --> 0:29:03.920 if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:29:03.960 --> 0:29:07.320 born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 0:29:07.360 --> 0:29:10.200 God first place. He's going to take your places that 0:29:10.280 --> 0:29:11.200 you've never dreamed of. 0:29:12.240 --> 0:29:15.120 Thank you for listening to the Joel Los Deine podcast. 0:29:15.480 --> 0:29:18.080 Help us continue to share the message of hope with 0:29:18.200 --> 0:29:22.160 those all over the world. 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