Dealing With Unexpected Difficulties

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This is not an offer 0:00:58.080 --> 0:00:59.920 to buy yourself security snore? Is it investment legal or 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:00.600 types of bikes? 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.800 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:06.960 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:09.640 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:10.640 share it with a friend. 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:13.680 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:24.760 your life. O. 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:28.080 God, bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:31.040 We love you and we know God has great things 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.800 in store. If you're ever in our area, I hope 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:35.440 you'll stop by and be a part of one of 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:38.120 our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:40.559 at home. But thanks so much for tuning in today, 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:43.200 and again thank you for coming out. I'd like to 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:45.480 start with something funny, and I heard about these two 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:49.640 little boys, ages four and six. They were brothers. They 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:52.320 were spending the night with their grandmother and she told 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:54.200 them before they went to bed to make sure that 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:56.640 they said their prayers. They went in the room and 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.680 got down on their knees and the smallest boy began 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.880 praying at the top of his lungs. God, I pray 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:06.040 for a new bicycle. I pray for a new PlayStation. 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:09.519 I pray for a new DVD. It's brother Punchton said, 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.120 why are you screaming? God isn't death? He said, I 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:17.160 know that, but grandmother is Hold up your Bible, say 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:20.160 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:21.120 am what it says. 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:21.480 I am. 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:24.519 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.320 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:31.440 taught to word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.919 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:39.760 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:43.639 to talk to you today about dealing with unexpected difficulties. 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:46.600 It's one thing to know that you're going into a 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:50.799 challenging season. You get prepared for it, you get mentally ready. 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.480 But what about the difficulties that we didn't see coming, 0:02:55.040 --> 0:03:00.000 the unexpected crisis that catches us off guard. It's so overwhelmed, 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:02.560 it's almost like it knocks the wind out of us. 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:05.880 Few years after Victoria and I were married, there was 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.320 a knock on the door. I answered it and a 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:12.040 police officer was standing there. He handed me an envelope 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:15.959 and said, somebody really doesn't like you. I said, what 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:18.040 do you mean. I didn't think I had an enemy 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:20.639 in the world. He said, this man is suing you 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:24.720 over some property that you sold him. I wasn't expecting 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.120 to be in a lawsuit at twenty four years old. 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.600 One time I was driving to lunch with some friends. 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:32.880 We had just left the church, and I got a 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:36.200 phone call saying that my sister Lisa had opened a 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:40.600 mail bomb. It exploded in her lap. I wasn't expecting 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:43.520 to be rushing to the hospital hoping she would survive. 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:47.200 A gentleman was at our service last week. He came 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:49.480 home from work just like normal, thought it was an 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.440 ordinary day, but there was a note on the kitchen 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:56.280 table saying his wife had fallen in love with someone else. 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.920 In life, we all have to deal with the unexpected. 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.560 Just because we're a believer, just because we're a good 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:07.840 person doing the right thing, doesn't make us exempt from trouble. 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:12.120 The scripture says, the rain falls on the just and 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:17.400 the unjust. And in these times where something unexpected has happened. 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:20.440 The boss calls you in and said, I'm sorry, we 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:24.000 don't need you anymore. The doctor says, we see something 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:27.320 on your exam that doesn't look good. When you find 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:31.600 yourself facing a crisis, it's easy to panic and fall 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:35.800 all apart, but you have to realize that crisis is 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:40.160 not a surprise to God. It may be unexpected to us, 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:44.480 but God knows the end from the beginning. God has 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:48.600 solutions to problems that we haven't even had, and God 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:52.160 would not have allowed the difficulty unless he had a 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:56.200 divine purpose for it. You have to remind yourself you 0:04:56.320 --> 0:05:01.520 are in a controlled environment. It may feel your circumstances 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:05.160 are out of control, but the creator of the universe 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:08.720 is in complete control. He has you in the palm 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:13.200 of his hand. Nothing can happen to you without God's permission. 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:17.479 In fact, God is even in control of our enemies. 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:22.800 The scripture talks about how God caused Faiah to harden 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:26.440 his heart and not let the people go Notice. God 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:30.240 caused him to be difficult. Why was that so God 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:35.960 could show his power in extraordinary ways When something unexpected 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:40.719 happens catches you off guard. Instead of falling apart, blaming 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.600 God and panicking, our attitude should be God, I know 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.679 you're still on the throne. This is not a surprise 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:50.480 to you. You wouldn't have allowed it unless you had 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:53.719 a purpose, and it may look like a set back, 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.920 but I know the truth. It's a set up for 0:05:57.040 --> 0:06:01.080 you to show your power in a greater way. It's 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.960 a setup for you to show my unbelieving co workers 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:09.200 your greatness. God's purpose in the crisis is to just 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:12.400 show us his power, but to show other people what 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:16.320 he can do. If you will view that adversity as 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:20.440 an opportunity for God to display his greatness, then God 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:23.800 will use you as an example. He wants your neighbors 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:26.280 to say, how in the world did they make it? 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:30.000 The medical report said impossible, but look at her today, 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:33.240 she's as strong and healthy as can be. Or they 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.280 got laid off at the worst possible time, but look 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.719 at them now. They got a better job than we do. Friends. 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:44.080 God wants to turn your test into a testimony. That's 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:48.440 why God will not stop every adversity. Being a believer 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:53.520 doesn't make us immune to difficulty. But God promises, if 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:56.560 we'll stay in faith, he will take what was meant 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.919 for our harm and not only use it to our advantage, 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.720 but he will use it to display his greatness to 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:06.720 other people. And so when something unexpected happens, instead of 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:09.880 falling apart and panicking. Now, that's when, more than ever, 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:12.880 you need to expect God to show up and turn 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:17.800 the situation around. Expect God's favor, expect his supernatural power. 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.200 And it is true that the rain falls on the 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:25.480 just and the unjust. But here's the difference for the just, 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.760 for the believer, that's you and me. The scripture says 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:34.760 no weapon formed against us will ever prosper. It doesn't 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:39.480 say that something would never form, you'll never have any rain, 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:43.360 you'll never have unexpected trouble. No, it says, in effect, 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:47.480 you may go through some difficulties, you may get a 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:51.880 negative medical report, you may see a relationship turned sour. 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.280 But because you're a child of the Most High God, 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:59.920 that difficulty is not going to prosper against you. Mean, 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.240 in the end, it's not going to get the best 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:04.040 of you. You're going to get the best of it. 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:06.720 God's not only going to bring you out, He's going 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:08.720 to bring you out better off than you were before. 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:13.080 And when we face an unexpected challenge, it's easy to 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:16.040 get down on ourselves and think, well, I'm trying to 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:19.040 do my best, trying to honor God. I must be 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:21.920 doing something wrong. I must just not be doing good 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:25.120 enough well. A lot of times, the reason we have 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:29.800 difficulties is not because we're doing something wrong, but because 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:33.560 we're doing something right. It's because you're making a difference. 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:37.719 It's because you're taking new ground for your family. It's 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:41.120 because you're a threat to the enemy. He would leave 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:44.400 you alone if you weren't advancing the kingdom. He wouldn't 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.520 bother you if he didn't know. God had something amazing 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.520 in your future. That's why he's trying to get your 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:54.040 discouraged and bitter and blaming God to keep you from 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:57.880 the new levels that God has in store. You say, Joel, 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.640 I don't understand why these people thought off has given 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:03.720 me such a hard time. I treat them with respect, 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:07.440 I work hard, I mind my own business, but they're 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:10.959 always criticized and finding fault with me. Listen, that's not 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:14.439 because you're doing anything wrong. If you acted like them, 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:17.719 they'd leave you alone, if you were lazy and complained 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:21.160 and had a bad attitude. It's because you're doing something right. 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:26.400 It's because you're letting your light shine. Darkness never likes 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.640 the light, but don't worry about it. Light will always 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:35.640 overtake the darkness. Just keep shining, keep smiling, Keep treating 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:38.760 people good even though they're not treating you good. Keep 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.440 doing the right thing even though the wrong thing's happening. 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.120 That trouble is a sure sign that God has something 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:48.320 amazing in your future. And the enemy is not going 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:51.720 to roll out the red carpet and let us fulfill 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:56.520 our destiny unopposed. He's going to throw out unexpected challenges, 0:09:56.640 --> 0:10:01.480 unexpected trouble, unexpected difficulties. But know this, the God we 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:09.920 serve has unexpected favor, unexpected healing, unexpected breakthroughs, unexpected turnarounds. Matthew, 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:13.880 Chapter thirteen. Jesus told us story about a man that 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:17.680 went out to his field and planted wheat in the ground. 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:22.120 He sowed good seed. This represents he was doing the 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.880 right thing, honoring God with his life, being good to others. 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:30.040 But it says while he slept, an enemy came in 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:34.520 and planted weeds in his soil. The man was asleep, 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:37.439 he didn't know what happened. He was expecting to have 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.960 a great harvest of wheat. He had done the right things, 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.440 he had sown the right seeds, But when it came 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:48.199 time for harvest, all of a sudden, the weeds sprung 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:52.600 up among his wheat. Any time you're doing the right thing, 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:55.679 you're living a life that's honoring God. You're being your 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:59.199 best each day. Don't be surprised if you find some 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:03.640 weeds among your weak doesn't mean that you're doing anything wrong. 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:06.800 And it's one thing to know you're sowing bad seeds 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:10.640 and compromising, not living right, and you can expect to 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:14.120 reap trouble and adversity. That's no big surprise. But what 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:17.760 about like this man, when you're doing the right things, 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.640 sowing the right seeds, but you look in your field 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:24.240 and you see things popping up that you didn't plant. 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:28.360 That doesn't seem fair. The worker said to this farmer, 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:32.079 where did these weeds come from? We saw you, We 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:36.400 know you sowed good seeds. The farmer said, an enemy 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:40.319 has come in and sown these destructive seeds. It's the 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:43.680 same way today. There is an enemy that has sown 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:47.000 weeds in all of our lives. The good news is 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.040 those weeds do not have to keep us from our 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:53.719 God given destiny. It's interesting it says that when the 0:11:53.840 --> 0:12:00.400 wheat was ready for harvest, the weeds sprung up unexpectedly suddenly. 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:04.480 This tells me that when we are close to our victory, 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:08.240 when we are on the verge of our greatest accomplishment, 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.719 our greatest breakthrough. When you're about to go into the 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:16.560 harvest season, that's when the unexpected challenges will pop up 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:20.360 to try to keep us from moving forward. I remember 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:22.559 when my father went to be with the Lord back 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:25.199 in nineteen ninety nine. I knew I was supposed to 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:28.680 step up and pasture the church. I felt a strength, 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:33.000 a confidence of peace like I'd never felt before. I 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:36.040 knew I was stepping into a new level of my life, 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:39.440 a new level of my destiny. But at the same time, 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:46.000 I never felt such fear, intimidation, feelings of inadequacy. What 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:49.679 was that there were two crops coming up. The one 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:53.719 I had planted of faith, of confidence, of victory, and 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:57.400 the one the enemy had planted of doubt, unbelief. You 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:00.920 can't do this. I could have easily talk myself out 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:05.079 of it, but I realized those destructive thoughts were just 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:08.400 weeds that the enemy had sown into my good soil. 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:11.200 They were popping up right when it was my time 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:14.280 for harvest. Now I had the attitude, Hey, I didn't 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:16.480 sow it. I don't have to reap it. I'm gonna 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:19.839 reap the confidence, the faith, the victory. I'm gonna step 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:23.480 into that new level of my destiny. And some of 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:26.240 you today are wondering, where did this trouble come from? 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:30.040 Doesn't make any sense. I worked for this company loyally 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:33.000 for twenty years. How could they lay me off? Or 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.760 I've done my best to stay healthy, to stay in shape, 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:40.160 to exercise. Why did I come down with this sickness? Friends, 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:43.720 those are simply weeds that the enemy has sown into 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.600 your life. They may pop up at just the wrong 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:49.800 time when you should be enjoying the best of life, 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:53.760 have a sickness to deal with. Business slows down, a 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:57.560 child starts acting up. Here's what I'm saying, don't panic, 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:01.600 don't start blaming God. You are close to your breakthrough. 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:06.920 Your harvest is coming. That's why those unexpected challenges are 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:10.240 popping up. And let me tell you, if those weeds 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:13.199 could keep you from your destiny, God would have never 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:16.719 allowed them to be planted. If that trouble could stop you, 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:20.520 God would have never permitted it to happen. It says 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:23.960 in one Peter four twelve. Don't think it's strange when 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:30.200 you encounter fiery trials. It's saying, don't be surprised by difficulties, 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.560 don't get bent out of shape when you face tough times. 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.760 I want us to see these unexpected challenges in a 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:41.360 new light. Instead of falling apart thinking I can't believe 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:44.480 this is happening. Now, our attitude should be it's just 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:48.200 another weed, No big deal. I didn't sow it. I 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:50.320 don't have to reap it. God said he would take 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:53.120 care of it for me. For some reason, you got 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:56.480 laid off, lost your job, don't panic. It's just the 0:14:56.600 --> 0:15:00.320 weeds popping up. If you'll stay in faith, God will 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:03.000 not only open up another door, but he'll give you 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:06.920 a better job with better benefits, better friends, making better money. 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.960 If you were to get a bad report about your health, 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:15.880 don't fall apart. Why God me no view that sickness 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:20.600 as a weed. It's not permanent, it's temporary. It can't 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:23.400 keep you from your destiny. You're a child of the 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:26.000 Most High God, and if it's not your time to go, 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:30.080 you're not going to go. Or maybe a friend betrays you, 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:33.360 walks out of a relationship. Next time you see them, 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:39.160 just say hello, weed. You don't need them to become 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:42.960 who God's created you to be. All right, don't say it, 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:47.920 but you can sure think it. This parable ends with 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:52.080 the workers asking the farmer should we go out and 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.680 pull up the weeds. The farmer says no, just wait 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:59.000 and at the right time, the weeds will be destroyed. 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:02.440 That's what God is saying to us, the weeds that 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:06.760 pop up, the unexpected difficulties. You don't have to fight 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:10.960 those battles. Don't spend your life constantly trying to pull 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:14.200 up all the weeds and fix everything in your own strength. 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.640 If you do that, you'll end up destroying the harvest 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.720 when you were trying to destroy the weeds. Just wait 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:23.400 and let God take care of it for you. God 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.200 knows how to fight your battles. God knows how to 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:29.560 make your wrongs right. God knows which doors need to 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:32.240 be opened, which people need to be moved out of 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.520 the way, so you can get to where you're supposed 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:37.440 to be. Years ago, I was on a flight to 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.440 India with my father and we'd been flying for about 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.480 thirteen hours. We had another couple of hours to go. 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:46.040 Up to that point, it had been a very smooth, 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:50.320 comfortable flight, but at one point we hit some turbulence 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:54.400 like nothing I'd ever experienced before. It was like a 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:58.480 roller coaster. The plane was going every which way. There 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:01.760 was food and bag up on the ceiling. Then they'd 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.800 come down and go right back up again. For ten minutes. 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:08.400 It was the wildest ride of my life. People were hollering, 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:13.240 babies were crying. That plane was shaking so violently. You 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:15.960 were sure it was going to break apart. And me, 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:20.080 being the great man of faith that i am, I thought, 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:23.200 this is it. It's over. There's no way we're gonna 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:26.960 make it through. But sure enough, in about ten minutes, 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:30.600 it seemed like an eternity. We made it through the 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:33.719 turbulence and it was just as calm and smooth as 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.879 it was before. An hour or two later, we landed 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:40.040 safely at our destination. And that's the way it is 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:43.640 in life. We're going along just fine, got a good job, 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:49.080 healthy children, are blessed. Then we hit some turbulence, we 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:53.159 get a negative medical report, a relationship goes through a storm, 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:56.960 we're named in a lawsuit. Our mind tells us this 0:17:57.119 --> 0:17:59.520 is the way it's always going to be. You're never 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:02.359 going to get it. Well, that lawsuit's gonna sink you. 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:05.240 The relationship's never going to work out. Now, Can I 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:08.200 tell you you're just in a part of your ten 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:12.400 minutes of turbulence? This too shall pass. God is still 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:16.520 on the throne. He's brought you safe and sound this far. 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:21.960 Just because it's rocky and people around you are hollering 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:26.000 and you feel like panicking doesn't mean it's over. Sooner 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:28.840 or later, you're gonna come through that turbulence and it's 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.879 gonna be just as smooth and calm as it was before. 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:36.160 Now I've learned in life, basically every person is going 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.640 to have ten minutes of turbulence, not all at once, 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:41.960 but a minute or two here, minute or two there. 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:45.240 In those tough times when you feel like the plane 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:49.280 is gonna break apart, you feel like panicking, living upset 0:18:49.400 --> 0:18:52.000 and worried, You've got to come back to that place 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:55.399 of trust and say, no, I know the creator of 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:59.240 the universe is piloting my plane. The most High God 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:03.240 is directed my steps. And he said, no weapon formed 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:05.840 against me is gonna prosper. He said, to not be 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:09.560 surprised by these fiery trials. So I'm not gonna panic, 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:13.000 get upset, drop out of church, live life bitter. Now 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:15.280 I'm gonna come back to that place of peace and 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:18.200 I'm gonna enjoy my life right in the midst of 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:23.720 these difficulties. I've heard it said trouble is inevitable, but 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:29.160 misery is optional. We're all gonna face trouble. Unfair situations 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:31.719 are going to come, but it's totally up to us 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:34.480 as to whether we're gonna fall apart and panic and 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:37.200 get upset and drop out of church and live life. 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:40.720 Sour heard about this man that was out walking. He 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:43.640 got bit by a dog and he was so upset. 0:19:44.200 --> 0:19:46.680 He went to the doctor and they discovered the dog 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:49.720 had rabies and he was gonna have to get some shots. 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:52.080 And now he was really upset and been out of 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:54.840 shape and angry. The doctor came back in to give 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:58.040 him the shots, and he saw the man making out 0:19:58.080 --> 0:20:01.320 a list. He thought the man was writing out his will. 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:03.879 The doctor kind of laughed and said, sir, it's not 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:06.880 that bad. You're not going to die. The man said, 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:09.280 this is not my will. This is a list of 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:13.800 all the people I'm going to bite. I know people 0:20:13.960 --> 0:20:17.280 like that. They encounter one of their ten minutes of 0:20:17.320 --> 0:20:20.440 turbulence and they get mad at the world. They go 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:24.280 around spreading that poison everywhere they go. Don't let that 0:20:24.440 --> 0:20:28.640 be you. Don't let that be me. When something unexpected happens, 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:33.560 our attitude should be I'm not impressed. This difficulty doesn't 0:20:33.680 --> 0:20:38.240 move me. I'm not gonna complain, get bitter, start panicking. No, 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:41.840 I know this too shall pass. It's just another step 0:20:42.080 --> 0:20:45.440 on the way to my divine destiny. This is what 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:51.240 Joseph had to do. He constantly was dealing with unexpected difficulties. 0:20:51.840 --> 0:20:55.280 He never expected his own brothers to throw him into 0:20:55.359 --> 0:20:58.560 a pit and sell him into slavery. He could have said, God, 0:20:58.640 --> 0:21:00.840 that's not fair. I thought you put a dream in 0:21:00.960 --> 0:21:05.159 my heart. No, Joseph understood this principle. He knew he 0:21:05.240 --> 0:21:08.280 didn't sow those seeds, and God would take care of 0:21:08.320 --> 0:21:11.720 the weeds, so he just kept being his best. He 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:15.480 never expected Potterphar's wife to lie about him have him 0:21:15.520 --> 0:21:19.879 thrown into prison. He never expected his cellmate when he 0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:23.159 got out, to forget all about Joseph, even though he 0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:26.000 had done him nothing but good. It was one bad 0:21:26.119 --> 0:21:29.879 break after another. Joseph could have easily gotten bitter and 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:32.959 angry and made that list of everybody he was going 0:21:33.040 --> 0:21:36.680 to bite. No, his attitude was, this is all just 0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:39.959 a part of my ten minutes of turbulence. These are 0:21:40.080 --> 0:21:42.920 weeds that the enemy has sown into my good soul. 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:46.120 So I'm not worried about it. I know these weeds 0:21:46.240 --> 0:21:49.639 cannot keep me from my God given destiny. He just 0:21:49.760 --> 0:21:52.440 kept being his best, and you know the story. He 0:21:52.640 --> 0:21:55.960 ended up second in command of the whole nation. He's 0:21:56.040 --> 0:21:58.840 the one that said, what was meant for my harm, 0:21:59.200 --> 0:22:02.640 God used to advantage. And you may be in one 0:22:02.680 --> 0:22:06.200 of your ten minutes of turbulence right now. It looks 0:22:06.320 --> 0:22:09.320 very difficult, but I'm here to tell you this too 0:22:09.400 --> 0:22:13.080 shall pass. God did not bring you this far to 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:17.560 fail you. Now. It may be rocky. The medical report 0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:21.960 may say impossible, the financial situation may tell you you're 0:22:22.000 --> 0:22:25.160 going under. In the natural you don't see any way. 0:22:25.720 --> 0:22:28.880 But God is saying, I still have a way. I'm 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:32.560 Jehovah Jirah, the Lord your provider. I'm Jehovah Rahah, the 0:22:32.640 --> 0:22:35.560 Lord your healer. I am Ilshady, the God who is 0:22:35.680 --> 0:22:39.879 more than enough. If that crisis could stop you, if 0:22:39.960 --> 0:22:43.040 those brothers throwing you into the pit, so to speak, 0:22:43.160 --> 0:22:46.760 like Joseph could ruin your life. You can be assured 0:22:47.000 --> 0:22:49.520 God would have never allowed it to happen. If that 0:22:49.680 --> 0:22:53.400 person that hurts you, that disappointment you went through could 0:22:53.440 --> 0:22:56.560 have kept you from your destiny, No, the most High 0:22:56.720 --> 0:22:59.960 God would not have permitted that. What am I saying, 0:23:00.720 --> 0:23:04.879 If you're alive and breathing, you can still become everything 0:23:05.000 --> 0:23:08.320 that God has created you to be. Don't allow a 0:23:08.480 --> 0:23:12.240 crisis that you've gone through, or you're going through, or 0:23:12.320 --> 0:23:15.520 you ever go through, to steal your joy and keep 0:23:15.560 --> 0:23:19.040 you from pressing forward. Just remember that scripture of Romans 0:23:19.080 --> 0:23:22.439 eight twenty eight. All things are going to work together 0:23:22.640 --> 0:23:27.280 for your good. The key word is together. A difficulty 0:23:27.480 --> 0:23:30.800 on its own may not make sense, but when it 0:23:30.920 --> 0:23:35.520 comes together one day, it will make sense. I mentioned 0:23:35.520 --> 0:23:38.680 earlier how few years after Victoria now were married, we 0:23:38.800 --> 0:23:41.840 were named in a lawsuit. The person that bought our 0:23:41.920 --> 0:23:45.160 house was suing us over the plumbing. And he didn't 0:23:45.240 --> 0:23:47.520 just sue us. He sued the builder and the architect, 0:23:47.600 --> 0:23:50.480 the real estate agent, the plumber, anybody he could think of. 0:23:51.119 --> 0:23:53.680 And we knew we had done nothing wrong. We didn't 0:23:53.680 --> 0:23:56.199 build a house. The plumbing had worked fine for us, 0:23:57.000 --> 0:24:00.639 but for six months practically. While I was in that lawsuit, 0:24:00.920 --> 0:24:03.919 I was sick to my stomach. I was so worried. 0:24:04.520 --> 0:24:06.840 I thought it was the worst thing that could have 0:24:06.880 --> 0:24:09.880 ever happened to me. I let it steal my joy 0:24:10.040 --> 0:24:13.639 and caused me to live all stressed out. At one point, 0:24:13.960 --> 0:24:16.200 several weeks ahead, I was going to have to give 0:24:16.280 --> 0:24:21.200 my deposition, my testimony. I started preparing and studying and 0:24:21.280 --> 0:24:23.359 getting all my documents out and thinking about what I 0:24:23.520 --> 0:24:26.480 was going to say. Went in and gave my testimony 0:24:26.520 --> 0:24:29.639 at the lawyer's office. When I got finished, I was 0:24:29.760 --> 0:24:32.879 so nauseated I couldn't drive home. I had to have 0:24:33.000 --> 0:24:36.640 somebody come pick me up. Long story short, several months later, 0:24:36.760 --> 0:24:39.000 the lawsuit was thrown out. We were totally clear and 0:24:39.200 --> 0:24:42.280 very grateful. But here's the point I'm making. The lawsuit 0:24:42.560 --> 0:24:46.480 in itself didn't seem like it was working for my good. 0:24:47.160 --> 0:24:49.240 It seemed like it was a waste of a lot 0:24:49.320 --> 0:24:53.840 of energy and just unnecessary stress and heartache. I didn't 0:24:53.880 --> 0:24:58.560 see how anything would ever come out of that productive No. Remember, 0:24:59.080 --> 0:25:02.560 God will not allow a difficulty unless he has a 0:25:02.640 --> 0:25:07.879 divine purpose. Some fifteen years later, when we acquired this place, 0:25:08.320 --> 0:25:11.840 the form of Compact Center, a company filed a lawsuit 0:25:11.960 --> 0:25:14.760 to try to keep us from moving in this time. 0:25:14.960 --> 0:25:17.480 When I went to give my deposition, I wouldn't the 0:25:17.600 --> 0:25:21.200 least bit nervous. I knew exactly what to expect. I 0:25:21.320 --> 0:25:25.040 had been through that process before. I gave my testimony, 0:25:25.200 --> 0:25:29.320 just as calm, clear and effective as can be. Leaving 0:25:29.359 --> 0:25:34.560 the lawyer's office that day after giving my testimony, I 0:25:34.760 --> 0:25:38.800 realized that first lawsuit, the one I couldn't stand, the 0:25:38.880 --> 0:25:40.600 one I thought was the worst thing in the world. 0:25:40.920 --> 0:25:44.000 That was God getting me prepared for the lawsuit with 0:25:44.080 --> 0:25:47.160 the Compact Center. Had it not been for that man 0:25:47.480 --> 0:25:50.040 suing us over the plumbing, I would have never had 0:25:50.080 --> 0:25:54.080 the confidence the experience when it came to a lawsuit 0:25:54.200 --> 0:25:57.080 that really mattered, a lawsuit between me and my destiny. 0:25:57.520 --> 0:26:02.760 Here's what I'm saying, nothing in life is wasted, even 0:26:02.840 --> 0:26:05.639 your ten minutes of turbulence. God's going to use it 0:26:05.720 --> 0:26:09.200 to your advantage. The enemy may have sown some seeds 0:26:09.880 --> 0:26:12.600 weeds in your life today, and you're thinking this doesn't 0:26:12.640 --> 0:26:15.720 make sense. Where did this trouble come from? No, it 0:26:15.880 --> 0:26:19.000 may not make sense by itself, but I believe one 0:26:19.080 --> 0:26:22.280 day when it all comes together, you will say, like me, 0:26:22.760 --> 0:26:24.920 if it had not been for the man suing me 0:26:25.040 --> 0:26:27.040 over the plumbing, I might not have made it to 0:26:27.119 --> 0:26:30.560 the compact center. Like Joseph, if it had not been 0:26:30.680 --> 0:26:33.080 for my brothers thrown me into the pit, I may 0:26:33.200 --> 0:26:35.840 not have ever made it to the palace. In other words, 0:26:35.840 --> 0:26:38.000 if it had not been for that turbulence, I may 0:26:38.080 --> 0:26:41.680 not have fulfilled my divine destiny. We've all heard the 0:26:41.760 --> 0:26:46.160 saying bad things happen to good people. That is true, 0:26:46.640 --> 0:26:50.439 but it's also true that good people overcome bad things 0:26:50.680 --> 0:26:55.720 and come out better off than they were before. Friends, 0:26:55.760 --> 0:26:59.240 I'm here to tell you God is going to turn 0:26:59.359 --> 0:27:03.880 your tests into a testimony. That difficulty that you think 0:27:04.000 --> 0:27:07.119 is so bad, it's not working against you. It is 0:27:07.240 --> 0:27:10.439 working for you. The creator of the universe is going 0:27:10.520 --> 0:27:13.760 to use it to your advantage. Weeds may have popped 0:27:13.840 --> 0:27:17.240 up in your field today, don't be discouraged by it. 0:27:17.720 --> 0:27:21.720 Be encouraged. That trouble is a sure sign that God 0:27:21.800 --> 0:27:25.359 has something amazing in your future. And yes, the enemy 0:27:25.520 --> 0:27:29.919 has unexpected trouble, but remember our God has unexpected favor, 0:27:30.320 --> 0:27:35.400 unexpected breakthroughs, unexpected promotion. So let me challenge you. Don't 0:27:35.520 --> 0:27:39.400 be surprised by the fiery trials. The forces of darkness 0:27:39.440 --> 0:27:42.080 would not be fighting you if they didn't know. God 0:27:42.160 --> 0:27:45.480 had something amazing in your future. So the next time 0:27:45.600 --> 0:27:49.640 you face an unexpected challenge, had the idea, no big deal. 0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:53.000 This is just a part of my ten minutes of turbulence. 0:27:53.359 --> 0:27:56.400 God has brought me through before, and I know God 0:27:56.440 --> 0:27:59.360 will bring me through again if you'll have that kind 0:27:59.359 --> 0:28:02.679 of attitude. And here's the promise, no weapon formed against 0:28:02.760 --> 0:28:06.160 you will ever prosper. Here's what that means. You'll overcome 0:28:06.280 --> 0:28:10.160 every obstacle, You'll defeat every enemy. I believe and declare 0:28:10.480 --> 0:28:13.480 you will become everything God's created you to be, and 0:28:13.640 --> 0:28:16.520 you will have everything God intended for you to have. 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