Don't Settle For Good Enough

0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:02.880 No one likes to talk about money. Am I saving enough? 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:05.040 Can I buy a house? Am I paying too much 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:07.760 in taxes? Will I be able to retire? What if 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:10.360 you could unlock insights about your finances in less than 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:12.840 five minutes, with a clear picture of where you stand 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:15.720 today and where your money can work harder. Now you 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:18.759 can visit facet dot com to take the free quiz 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:23.400 and get your financial wellness score today. That's Facet dot com. 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:25.360 This ad is sponsored by Facet. Fast Wealth in Corporated 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:27.280 is an sec registered investment advisor. This is not an 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:29.080 offer to buy your self securities or is it investment, 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:30.080 legal or tax advice. 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:33.960 You're ready for a comeback, and with Purdue Global you 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:37.200 can do more than take classes. You can take charge 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:41.520 of your story, of your career, of your life, Earn 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:43.559 a degree you can be proud of, and get an 0:00:43.680 --> 0:00:48.559 education employer's respect. It's time, your time, not just to 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:50.960 go back to school, but to come back and move 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:55.840 forward with Purdue Global, Purdue's online university for working adults. 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:59.920 Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:02.240 He'll forget about the video game you gave him on 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:02.840 his birthday. 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:05.039 Wow, thanks Grandpa, But. 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:07.280 He'll never forget how you invest it in his future 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:08.280 with the units stapp. 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:10.760 Wow, Thanks Grandpa. 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:13.600 The units stap makes it easy for grandparents and family 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.319 friends to give funds to a child's investment account for 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:18.760 a limited time. Download the uns stap and use the 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:20.840 code I heeart fifty at sign up to receive a 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:23.400 fifty dollars bonus when you fund your account. That's code 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:26.400 iHeart fifty when you sign up at unest dot co 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:29.319 for a fifty dollars bonus. See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:30.120 UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:33.400 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:36.520 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:37.240 the ministry. 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.680 If you enjoyed today's MESSI, why don't you be a 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:41.240 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.280 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:51.160 your life. Well, God bless you and welcome so good 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:53.680 to come into your homes. And if you're ever in 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:56.160 our area, I hope you'll stop buying be a part 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:58.560 of one of our services. I promise you we'll make 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:00.880 you feel right at home. But thanks so much for 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.360 tuning in today and thank you again for coming out. 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:06.480 I like to start with something funny, and I heard about. 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:07.360 This senior citizen. 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.360 He was driving down the freeway in his brand new 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:14.080 Corvette with the top down, going eighty miles an hour 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:18.200 when he noticed flashing lights from a state trooper behind him. 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:21.120 Without thinking about it, he floored it to one hundred 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:24.519 miles an hour. The trooper flipped on his sirens, and 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.520 the man came to his senses and pulled over. Said officer, 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.040 I'm so sorry. I don't know what I was thinking. 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:33.440 The state trooper said, listen, sir, it's Friday at four o'clock. 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.639 My shift ends in thirty minutes. If you can give 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:40.079 me a reason for speeding that I've never heard before, 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:43.440 then I'll let you go. He thought about it and said, officer, 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.800 years ago, my wife ran off with a state trooper, 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:51.920 and I thought you were bringing her back. The officer said, 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:56.320 have a great weekend. Hold up your Bible. Say it 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:59.200 like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:01.520 what it says I am. I have what it says 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.160 I have. I can do what it says I can do. 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:07.400 Today I will be taught the word of God. I 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:11.560 boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:15.480 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.840 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:22.800 not settling for good enough. It's easy to think my 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:25.160 marriage is not what it should be, but at least 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.640 we're still together, it's good enough. Or I don't really 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:31.040 like this job, but at least I'm employed. 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:32.160 It's good enough. 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:36.000 I would love to make a's in school, but I'm 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:36.840 not that smart. 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:38.720 These seas are good enough. 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:42.600 Too many people are living with things that are less 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:47.040 than God's best. They've lost their passion. At one time, 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:50.840 they had a big dream. They were excited about their future, 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:54.600 but they hit some bumps along the way. Didn't happen 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:58.560 on their timetable. Now they've gotten discouraged, thinking that it's 0:03:58.600 --> 0:03:59.200 never going. 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:02.440 To happen, accepted as their lot in life. 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:06.360 But just because you haven't seen what God promised you 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:09.840 come to pass doesn't mean that it's not going to happen. 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:14.920 Don't make the mistake of settling for good enough. Good 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:18.920 Enough is not your destiny. You are a child of 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.520 the most High God. You have seeds of greatness on 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:27.280 the inside. You are created to excel, to live an 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:32.520 abundant life. You may be struggling in your health, your finances. 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:35.719 With an addiction, it's been that way a long time, 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:39.000 and now you're just coasting, thinking what's the use It's 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:40.280 always going to be this way. 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.640 Now you've got to get your fire back. It's not 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:45.720 over until God says it's over. 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:50.200 You've got to start believing again, start dreaming again, start 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:53.920 pursuing what God put in your heart. Genesis thirty eight. 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:57.160 There's a story about a woman that was pregnant with twins. 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.440 When she was giving birth, one of the babies arms 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.839 came out. The midwife tied a small quarter around it 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.120 was going to gently pull him, but before she could, 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:10.679 he pulled his arm back, and his brother broke through 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:16.600 and came out first. One stretched and one settled, Like 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.720 this woman. On the inside of each one of us, 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:23.400 there are two people. One says, I'm going to become 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.680 everything God's created me to be. I can do all 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:31.320 things through Christ. I'm surrounded by God's favor. The other says, 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:34.040 you'll never get out of debt. The economy's too bad, 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:38.080 you'll never lose the weight. Your metabolism is all. You'll 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:40.960 never break that addiction, just learn to live with it. 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:45.599 One wants to stretch the other wants to settle. Now 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.200 you get to choose which person you're going to be. 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:53.160 Too many people make the choice to settle. They believe 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:56.520 the lies that you've reached your limits. You never get 0:05:56.560 --> 0:05:59.600 any good breaks. Where you are is where you're always 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.400 going to be. Be. Now, if you're going to see the 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:05.560 fullness of what God has in store, you have to 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:09.120 have the attitude. I'm not going to let good enough 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:13.599 be good enough. I know I was created for greatness. 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:17.520 I was created to excel, to live a healthy life, 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:21.240 to overcome obstacles, to fulfill my destiny. 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:25.200 I am not going to settle. I'm going to stretch. 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:26.320 I'm going to. 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:29.520 Let go of what didn't work out and reach forward 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:32.840 to the new things God has in store. But some 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:35.760 of you have lost your fire. At one time, you 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:38.760 knew you would break that addiction. You knew you would 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.680 beat that sickness. You knew you would get married. But 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:45.320 you've gone through disappointments. Didn't happen the way you thought. 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.680 Now you've accepted the fact that it's probably not going 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:52.880 to happen. You've gotten comfortable with good enough. But God 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.080 is saying to you what he said to the people 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:59.440 of Israel. You have dwelt long enough on this mountain. 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:04.160 It's time to move forward. God has new levels in 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:10.240 front of you, new opportunities, new relationships, promotions, breakthroughs. But 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:13.320 you've got to stir up what God put on the inside, 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:17.920 the dreams, the promises that you've pushed down thought. Oh, 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:20.560 it's not going to happen, Joel, I'm too old, I 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.080 don't have the connections, I don't know the right people. 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.320 No, God hasn't all figured out. 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:31.320 If you'll start believing again, start dreaming again, start pursuing 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.120 what God put in your heart. God will make a 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:37.520 way where you don't see away. He'll connect you to 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:40.640 the right people. He will open doors that no man 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:44.840 can shut. What God spoke over your life, what he 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:49.120 promised you in the night, what He whispered in your spirit, 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:53.200 those hidden dreams he will bring to pass. See, just 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.680 because you gave up on a dream doesn't mean God 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:59.080 gave up. Just because you decided you're not gonna get well, 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:02.560 never break the addiction, never get married. You might have 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:05.679 changed your mind, But the good news is God didn't 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:09.480 change his mind. He still has a victorious plan in 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:10.080 front of you. 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:12.160 Why don't you get in agreement with God. 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:16.560 I read a story about a young man that had 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.800 a dream to play professional football. In high school, he 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:23.320 was a star player on all kinds of awards. He 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.680 came from a very small town where everybody knew him. 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.760 All the children looked up to him, wanted to be. 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:33.400 Like him, a local hero, but most of the coaches 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:36.840 thought he was too small to play in college. He 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:40.520 was turned down by all the major universities. He ended 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:44.240 up at a junior college working at a pizza restaurant, 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:48.040 not even play in football. One night, he was delivering 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:51.200 a pizza. A ten year old boy answered the door. 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:54.560 When this boy saw the young man, his eyes got 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:55.120 so big. 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:57.040 The boy was starstruck. 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:00.760 He couldn't believe the player he had watched so many 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:05.240 times thrill the crowd, so quick, so fast, was standing 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:08.080 right in front of him. About that time, the boy's 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:10.800 father walked up, and the young man gave the father 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:14.560 the pizza. The little boy was very confused. He looked 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:16.800 up at his father. He looked at the young man 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:21.679 and said, very innocently, what are you doing delivering pizzas 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:25.840 Those words from a ten year old boy lit a. 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:27.959 New fire on the inside. 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:29.880 When he got off of work, he went to the 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:34.280 gym and started training. That summer, he trained harder than 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:39.920 he had ever trained before. He gained seventy pounds, got bigger, stronger, quicker, faster. 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.800 In the fall, he tried out at a major university 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.120 where he always wanted to play. He not only made 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:51.280 the team, but he became their star player. Two years ago, 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:55.520 he was drafted in the first round to play professional football. 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:59.560 Today he is a star in the NFL, living out 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:00.240 his dream. 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:01.760 But here's what he said. 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:05.400 It would have never happened if that ten year old 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:09.200 boy wouldn't have asked me, what are you doing selling pizzas? 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:15.120 My question today? Have you settled somewhere way beneath what. 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.040 You know God has put in you. 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.600 Have you given up on a dream, let go of 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:24.400 a promise because it didn't happen. The first time you 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:27.640 had a set back, somebody told you, no, you're not 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:31.640 talented enough, You're not dig enough. I ask you, respectfully, 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:36.160 what are you doing there? You have so much in you. 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:42.120 You are full of talent, ideas, creativity, potential. When God 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:45.160 breathed his life into you, he put a part of 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:49.960 himself in you. You have the DNA of Almighty God. 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:55.320 You were never created to be average, to barely get by, 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:59.240 to always struggle, to just have to take the leftovers 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:06.000 as the head and not the tell you are equipped, empowered, 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:08.640 fully loaded, lacking nothing. 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.920 Don't you dare settle for second best. 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:15.040 Don't get stuck in a rut thinking that you've reached 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:18.360 your limits. Draw the line in the sand and say 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:23.120 that's it. I've let good enough be good enough long enough. 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:24.800 Today is a new day. 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:28.079 May not have happened the first time, the fifth time, 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:31.880 or the thirtieth time, but I'm not going to settle. 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:36.280 I'm going to start stretching my faith, looking for opportunities, 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:40.600 taking steps to improve. I'm going to become everything God's 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:41.440 created me to be. 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:43.319 Listen, when you do. 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:46.520 The natural, God will show up and do the supernatural. 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.040 When you do what you can, God will come and 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:52.360 do what you cannot. Don't take the easy way out, 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:56.640 Stand strong and fight the good fight of faith. In 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.960 the scripture, Abraham is listed as one of the heroes 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:02.559 of faith. He's the one that God made one of 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:06.560 the first covenants with. But what's interesting is God spoke 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:10.800 to Abraham's father many years before and told him to 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:14.920 go where he told Abraham. Says in Genesis eleven that 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:19.640 Abraham's father left Er and headed out toward Canaan. 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:23.400 He had his goal. He was going to the Promised Land, 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:25.479 just like God told Abraham. 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:30.480 But it says he stopped along the way and settled 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:31.200 in Huran. 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:35.000 Why did he stop? There were too many difficulties. 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.480 It was hard traveling with all of his flocks and herds, 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:41.480 he had, his family, his possessions. 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:45.960 Wasn't comfortable. He finally decided, I can't go any further. 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:50.320 I know this isn't the Promised Land, but it's good enough. 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:52.720 At least we can survive out here. At least we 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:55.600 can make it. How many times do we do the 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:59.280 same thing. We start off right, We've got a big 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:03.800 dream to fulfill our destiny, but along the way we 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:09.800 face opposition, adversity arises. Too many times we say, like 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:13.439 Abraham's father, what's the use. I'm never going to break 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.400 this addiction. My marriage is never going to get better, 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:18.760 I'll never accomplish my dreams. 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:20.520 I'm just going to settle here. 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:23.760 It's good enough. No, I want to light a new 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:28.280 fire in you today. You are not weak, defeated, lacking. 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:32.240 You have been armed with strength for every battle. That 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:34.720 obstacle is no match for you. 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:35.280 You have the. 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:40.320 Most powerful force in the universe breathing in your direction. Now, 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:44.680 don't be a weakling, be a warrior. Your marriage is 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:49.600 worth fighting for, Your health is worth fighting for. Your dreams, 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:52.960 your children, they are worth fighting for. You got to 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.840 dig your heels in and say I am in it 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:59.000 to win it. I know God didn't bring me this 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:02.800 far to leave me here. Now, I'm not going to 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:06.840 settle halfway, three fourths of the way or nine tenths 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:09.440 of the way. I'm going to make it all the 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:14.079 way into my promised land. If you're going to be victorious, 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:16.640 you have to have a made up mind. You've got 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:19.520 to be determined. You're not going to give up when 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:22.880 it gets difficult. You're not going to complain because it's 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:26.800 taken a long time, not going to get discouraged because. 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:27.640 You went through a setback. 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:32.480 You know everything God promised you is worth fighting for, 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:35.680 so you are in it for the long haul. Now, 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:38.640 some of you today you need to pull up your stakes. 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:44.800 You've camped halfway like Abraham's father. You've gotten comfortable, decided 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.600 that your dreams are never going to come to pass. 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:49.520 Your health is never going to improve. 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:53.400 I'm asking you to pack up your tent, gather up 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:57.440 your belongings, and start moving forward. You may have taken 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:02.120 a temporary delay, but that's okay. That didn't stop your destiny. 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:06.080 Today can be your new beginning. God is breathing new 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:10.360 life into your spirit. He has greater victories in front 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.840 of you. Get a vision for it now, you say, Joel, 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:17.160 this sounds good, but I've been single a long time. 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:19.920 I don't think I'll ever meet the right person. Or 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:23.280 I work hard, but I never get any promotion. Every 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:27.200 time you dwell on those negative, discouraging thoughts, you are 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:32.840 digging another stake halfway toward your promised land. First place 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:36.000 we lose the battle is in our own thinking. If 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.680 you don't think you can be successful, then you never 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:39.120 will be. 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:40.920 If you don't think you. 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:45.240 Can overcome the past, meet the right person, accomplish your dreams, 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:48.160 you'll get stuff right where you are. You've got to 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:52.040 change your thinking. Listen right now, the creator of the 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:56.280 universe is arranging things in your favor. He said, no 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.840 good thing will he withhold because you walk up right. 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:03.400 He's not going to withhold the right person, the wisdom, 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.320 the breaks, the turnaround, get rid. 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:08.640 Of a negative, defeated mentality. 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.320 Make room in your thinking for the new thing God 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.320 wants to do. He wants to take you all the 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:19.240 way in to your promised land. I read about this 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:23.480 professor at a major university. He was in class about 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:26.960 to pass out the final exam, the most important test 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:30.240 of the year. Before he did, he told his students 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:33.040 how proud he was of them, and because they had 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:36.720 worked so hard, he made them a special offer. He said, 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:40.840 anyone that would like an automatic sea on this test, 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:43.880 just raise your hand and I'll give you a C. 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:47.200 You won't even have to take the test. One hand 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:51.360 slowly went up, then another, and another, until about half 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.760 of the students opted out of taking the test. They 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:58.200 walked out of the room so relieved, so happy. The 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:00.640 professor went on to pass out the test to the 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.480 rest of the students, and he placed it face down 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:05.440 on the desk asked. 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.959 Them not to turn it over until he instructed them too. 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:12.360 For the next few minutes, he encouraged them about how 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.960 they were going to do great things in life and 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:18.480 how they should always strive to do their best. Then 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:20.480 he gave the word that it was okay, turn the 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:24.680 test over and get started. The test only had two sentences. 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.000 It read congratulations, you just made an A. 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:32.880 This is what we do. 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:38.520 Many times we settled for a C, not realizing God 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:42.080 has an A in our future. Joel, I don't think 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:45.879 i'll ever get over this sickness. I'm just learning to 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:48.960 live with it. That's taken a C. You've got to 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:52.639 change your thinking. God is restoring health. Unto me, I 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:56.040 will live and not die. I'm getting stronger, healthier, better. 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:59.320 That's going for the A. Well, I'm getting up there 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:02.040 in years on how your health starts to go downhill. 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:05.720 That's taking a C. I'll never break this addiction. I've 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:06.919 had it since high school. 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.320 Another sea? How about this one, Joel. 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:12.280 This guy I'm dating, I know he's not good for me, 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:13.720 he doesn't treat me right. 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:16.919 But I may not ever meet anybody else. That's not 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:18.919 a C. That's a D. That's an F. 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:26.640 God has an A, but you'll never see it if 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:27.919 you keep taking the sea's. 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:32.560 Yes, the seas are easier. You don't have to stretch, 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:34.879 you don't have to get out of your comfort zone. 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:39.160 But you'll never be truly fulfilled. If you keep settling 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:41.320 for SS. The good news is. 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:44.840 God already has a's in your future. He has the 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:51.200 right person, a happy marriage, a successful career, hell, holness, freedom, victory. 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:55.720 Don't take the easy way out. The a's are worth 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:59.440 fighting for now. I can't think of much that would 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:01.800 be sadder than to come to the end of life 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:05.800 and have to wonder what could I have become if 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:08.760 I didn't settle for good enough? What could I have 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:12.680 been if I didn't take so many SE's. But instead 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:16.600 I press forward, striving to be my very best. You 0:19:16.680 --> 0:19:19.199 may have taken some c's in the past, we all have, 0:19:19.760 --> 0:19:22.720 but make a decision with me. From now on, you're 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:25.760 only going for the a's. I know some of you 0:19:25.840 --> 0:19:28.119 are thinking, well, Joel, I'm married a C. What should 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:32.120 I do? You stick with him and make him into 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:32.399 an A. 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:36.240 But here's the key. 0:19:38.440 --> 0:19:40.520 Don't look at your husband now. That's a wrong time. 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:45.560 Straight ahead. Here's the key. If you're not seeing in 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:50.480 your life what God promised in your spirit, then keep 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:51.320 moving forward. 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:53.200 It's only temporary. 0:19:53.359 --> 0:19:56.240 Like the young man delivering pizzas, you may be doing 0:19:56.280 --> 0:20:00.280 something that's below your potential, working at a job, even 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:01.320 using your gifts. 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:03.240 Don't slack off when you're there. 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:07.480 Keep being your best, but see that as only temporary. 0:20:07.960 --> 0:20:11.200 That's just a season that you're passing through. Don't put 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:15.080 your stakes down. If where you're living doesn't match what 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:19.159 God put in your spirit, be grateful. Keep a good attitude, 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:23.680 but see it as only temporary. Don't settle there. If 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:27.600 the medical report doesn't agree with what God says about you, 0:20:28.200 --> 0:20:30.720 don't accept it as the way it's always going to be. 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:34.520 Your attitude should be. This is just a season that 0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:35.560 I'm passing through. 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:40.600 I'm coming into health, wholeness, victory, even if it's something good. 0:20:41.200 --> 0:20:45.240 Maybe God has blessed you a family, a job, health, 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:48.760 You've seen his favor, but you know there are greater 0:20:48.920 --> 0:20:50.120 levels in front of you. 0:20:50.640 --> 0:20:51.440 It's easy to. 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:54.560 Think, Joel, I'm happy, I have no complaints. 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:55.720 God's been good to me. 0:20:56.440 --> 0:20:59.760 But I've learned that good is the enemy of great 0:21:00.520 --> 0:21:03.119 You may be doing good, you're using your gifts, but 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:06.800 deep down you know you have more in you. Don't 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:10.560 let good be an excuse to keep you from God's best. 0:21:11.040 --> 0:21:14.720 Stir up your greatness, stretch into a new level. This 0:21:14.760 --> 0:21:17.679 is where the people of Israel misted. It God brought 0:21:17.680 --> 0:21:18.879 them out of slavery. 0:21:19.320 --> 0:21:22.840 They were headed toward the Promised Land, a land flowing 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:26.640 with milk and honey. The spies came back and said, Moses, 0:21:26.880 --> 0:21:31.000 we have never seen such a magnificent land, so beautiful, 0:21:31.119 --> 0:21:35.920 luscious green. The fruits and vegetables were like nothing that experienced. 0:21:36.359 --> 0:21:39.400 It took two people to carry the bushels of grapes, 0:21:39.600 --> 0:21:42.760 they were so big. That's the vision God had in 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:46.000 front of them. That was the aid. But in the 0:21:46.040 --> 0:21:50.159 wilderness they saw God's goodness. They saw God part the 0:21:50.200 --> 0:21:53.600 Red Sea, bring water out of a rock, rain down 0:21:53.680 --> 0:21:54.560 manner from heaven. 0:21:54.960 --> 0:21:58.760 But do you know that was all only temporary provision. 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:00.840 That was only the sea. 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:04.199 The mistake they made is when they came to the 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:07.880 Promised Land there were people living on it. All they 0:22:07.920 --> 0:22:10.600 had to do was fight for the land, and God 0:22:10.680 --> 0:22:14.919 promised them the victory. The problem is that group was 0:22:14.960 --> 0:22:18.520 not willing to fight. They thought it's not worth it, 0:22:18.520 --> 0:22:21.720 it's too much trouble. Besides, those people are bigger than us. 0:22:21.760 --> 0:22:22.240 Anyway. 0:22:23.400 --> 0:22:26.399 I believe one reason they settled for the sea so 0:22:26.600 --> 0:22:31.320 easily is because they had seen God's favor in the wilderness. 0:22:31.480 --> 0:22:32.640 They thought it's. 0:22:32.480 --> 0:22:35.679 Not so bad out here. God takes care of us, 0:22:35.720 --> 0:22:39.440 he feeds us, he closes us. It's good enough. They 0:22:39.480 --> 0:22:44.240 were too easily satisfied. They didn't realize everything God had 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:48.040 done up to that point was only temporary provision. It 0:22:48.160 --> 0:22:51.080 was to take them in to their land of abundance. 0:22:51.960 --> 0:22:54.840 Most of you can say, like me, You've seen God 0:22:54.880 --> 0:22:58.240 be good to you. God's blessed you with health, a family, 0:22:58.359 --> 0:23:01.360 a job. He's opened doors that should not have opened. 0:23:01.640 --> 0:23:05.160 He's shown you favor protected you can I tell you 0:23:05.640 --> 0:23:09.800 that was only temporary provision. You have not made it 0:23:09.920 --> 0:23:14.240 into your promised land. God has taking you somewhere greater 0:23:14.520 --> 0:23:15.879 than you've ever imagined. 0:23:16.320 --> 0:23:18.240 The scripture says no. 0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:22.240 Eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has 0:23:22.320 --> 0:23:26.280 imagined the amazing things God has in store for those 0:23:26.320 --> 0:23:27.160 that love the Lord. 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:29.840 Now, don't make the mistake they. 0:23:29.720 --> 0:23:33.439 Did and build a house where you should be pitching 0:23:33.480 --> 0:23:38.760 a tent. Don't let your temporary provision become permanent. Yes, 0:23:38.840 --> 0:23:42.119 God's been good to you, but you haven't seen anything yet. 0:23:42.280 --> 0:23:45.960 What God has in your future will supersede what you've 0:23:46.000 --> 0:23:49.919 seen in the past. Thank God for his goodness, Be 0:23:50.080 --> 0:23:53.159 grateful for the red seas that part. Thank him for 0:23:53.240 --> 0:23:56.520 the protection, the provision, the favor. But if it's not 0:23:56.800 --> 0:24:00.000 more than you can ask or think, be bold enough 0:24:00.080 --> 0:24:03.240 to pick up your stakes and say, God, this is 0:24:03.280 --> 0:24:06.159 all great. You've been awesome in my life, and I 0:24:06.240 --> 0:24:08.800 thank you for it. But God, I believe this is 0:24:08.880 --> 0:24:12.680 only temporary provision. Where you're taking me is to a 0:24:12.800 --> 0:24:16.840 land of abundance, a place like I've never experienced before. 0:24:17.560 --> 0:24:21.400 That's not being selfish. That's releasing your faith for the 0:24:21.400 --> 0:24:25.480 fullness of your destiny. After all, God said, I will 0:24:25.520 --> 0:24:28.560 give you houses that you didn't have to build. You 0:24:28.600 --> 0:24:31.800 will reap from vineyards that you did not plan. One 0:24:31.880 --> 0:24:34.560 version says, may the God of your fathers make you 0:24:34.600 --> 0:24:37.679 a thousand times more than you are. I don't know 0:24:37.720 --> 0:24:39.679 about you, but I can't settle here. I got to 0:24:39.680 --> 0:24:42.680 pull up my mistakes. God has a thousand times more, 0:24:43.000 --> 0:24:49.840 more joy, more peace, more influence, more wisdom, more ideas, 0:24:49.960 --> 0:24:51.480 more creativity, more good. 0:24:51.520 --> 0:24:51.800 Great. 0:24:53.119 --> 0:24:56.479 Let's take the limits off of God, all right? 0:24:56.600 --> 0:25:01.320 Let me finish feel limits off of God. 0:25:01.720 --> 0:25:03.399 When my father went to be with the Lord in 0:25:03.480 --> 0:25:06.280 nineteen ninety nine and I stepped up to pastor the church, 0:25:06.760 --> 0:25:09.760 one of our goals is if we could just maintain 0:25:10.000 --> 0:25:12.720 what my parents had built, we thought we would be 0:25:12.800 --> 0:25:16.320 doing good. But God's plan for our life is much 0:25:16.359 --> 0:25:17.399 bigger than our own. 0:25:17.880 --> 0:25:18.879 God doesn't want. 0:25:18.760 --> 0:25:20.960 Us to get stuck at one level. He's a God 0:25:21.040 --> 0:25:24.720 of increase, and we didn't maintain the church begin to grow. 0:25:25.320 --> 0:25:29.000 Before long, that eight thousand seat sanctuary. It was filled 0:25:29.000 --> 0:25:31.600 to the brim and we needed more room. And after 0:25:31.640 --> 0:25:33.919 about nine months we had to add a second Sunday 0:25:33.920 --> 0:25:37.120 morning service, a few months later, a Saturday night service, 0:25:37.440 --> 0:25:38.880 later even another service. 0:25:38.880 --> 0:25:40.280 And I was so amazed. 0:25:40.440 --> 0:25:43.960 I thought for sure that was our promised land, seeing 0:25:44.000 --> 0:25:46.679 that other building filled three or four times a week. 0:25:47.080 --> 0:25:48.360 But looking back now, I. 0:25:48.400 --> 0:25:52.879 Realized that was only temporary provision. That was God just 0:25:53.000 --> 0:25:56.080 sustaining us while we were on the way to where 0:25:56.080 --> 0:25:58.720 He was really taking us. One day God opened up 0:25:58.760 --> 0:26:02.400 the doors to this place, former Compact center. He parted 0:26:02.440 --> 0:26:05.000 some red seas, and God gave us a building that 0:26:05.119 --> 0:26:08.680 was already built. That other location, it didn't have any 0:26:08.760 --> 0:26:11.080 drive by traffic. You had to want to go out 0:26:11.119 --> 0:26:14.080 there to church. But this new place, it's on the 0:26:14.119 --> 0:26:18.080 second busiest freeway in the nation. Friends, God has houses 0:26:18.119 --> 0:26:20.480 that you didn't have to build. He has vineyards that 0:26:20.520 --> 0:26:25.640 you didn't have to plan. You may be blessed today. 0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:28.480 God's been good to you, But what's. 0:26:28.280 --> 0:26:33.399 In your future is exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. Don't 0:26:33.440 --> 0:26:36.760 you dare settle where you are. God's promised land for 0:26:36.840 --> 0:26:39.800 your life is greater than anything that you've imagined. 0:26:40.480 --> 0:26:42.359 Now, don't be surprised. 0:26:41.760 --> 0:26:45.159 If the two voices, the two people start talking to you. 0:26:45.240 --> 0:26:48.119 One wants you to settle. It'll tell you this is 0:26:48.160 --> 0:26:51.200 not for you today. You've reached your limits. You've made 0:26:51.240 --> 0:26:54.600 too many mistakes, you never get any good breaks. The 0:26:54.720 --> 0:26:57.680 other will tell you this is for you today. Make 0:26:57.800 --> 0:27:00.840 room for God to do something new, something out of 0:27:00.840 --> 0:27:03.440 the ordinary. Why don't you let that voice take root. 0:27:04.680 --> 0:27:08.600 When Joshua was leading the people of Israel, God said, Joshua, 0:27:09.160 --> 0:27:11.439 you have not passed this way before. 0:27:12.359 --> 0:27:14.280 God is saying the same thing to us. 0:27:14.720 --> 0:27:18.080 Something out of the ordinary is coming your way, new 0:27:18.160 --> 0:27:24.919 levels of favor, unprecedented opportunities, divine connections. God has a's 0:27:24.960 --> 0:27:28.400 in your future. People already lined up to be good 0:27:28.400 --> 0:27:30.840 to you. What makes them an a is you don't 0:27:30.880 --> 0:27:33.800 have to find them. They'll come find you when you 0:27:33.880 --> 0:27:37.560 honor God his blessings will chase you down. You won't 0:27:37.600 --> 0:27:40.600 be able to outrun the good things of God. My 0:27:40.800 --> 0:27:44.719 challenge today, don't settle where you are in your health, 0:27:45.200 --> 0:27:49.560 your relationships, your career, your walk with the Lord. Keep stretching, 0:27:49.960 --> 0:27:53.640 keep growing, keep believing, keep dreaming. Don't let good enough 0:27:53.760 --> 0:27:57.520 be good enough. Be determined to become everything God created 0:27:57.560 --> 0:28:00.040 you to be. Some of you have dwelt on that 0:28:00.200 --> 0:28:03.520 same mountain long enough. It's time to pull up your stakes, 0:28:03.840 --> 0:28:07.879 pack up your belongings, start moving forward. Enlarge your vision, 0:28:08.440 --> 0:28:11.120 make room in your thinking for the new thing God 0:28:11.160 --> 0:28:15.440 wants to do. Don't let your temporary provision become permanent. 0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:20.200 If you'll learn this principle of stretching and not settling, 0:28:20.440 --> 0:28:22.680 then you will see the fullness of what God has 0:28:22.720 --> 0:28:23.119 in store. 0:28:23.480 --> 0:28:23.560 Now. 0:28:23.600 --> 0:28:27.919 I believe you will overcome obstacles accomplish dreams. Not like 0:28:28.000 --> 0:28:31.359 Abraham's father, but like Joshua. You're going to make it 0:28:31.520 --> 0:28:35.040 all the way into your promised land. I declare it 0:28:35.080 --> 0:28:38.280 in Jesus' name. If you receive it, can you say amen? 0:28:40.160 --> 0:28:40.280 Well? 0:28:40.320 --> 0:28:43.160 We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:43.200 --> 0:28:46.240 an opportunity to make Jesus, the Lord of your life. 0:28:46.480 --> 0:28:50.760 Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, I 0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:55.600 repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 0:28:55.680 --> 0:28:59.680 you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 0:29:00.120 --> 0:29:02.560 leave you got born again, Get in a good Bible 0:29:02.560 --> 0:29:05.480 based church. Keep God first place. He's going to take 0:29:05.480 --> 0:29:07.280 your places that you've never dreamed of. 0:29:07.720 --> 0:29:10.280 Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 0:29:10.400 --> 0:29:13.200 I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest 0:29:13.240 --> 0:29:16.720 podcast to keep you encouraged and inspired all through the week. 0:29:16.880 --> 0:29:19.120 Help us to continue to share the message of hope 0:29:19.120 --> 0:29:20.600 with those all around the world. 0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:23.680 Visit Joelosting dot com or click the link in the 0:29:23.720 --> 0:29:25.880 description to partner with us today. 0:29:26.120 --> 0:29:28.600 We hope you'll share this message with a friend and 0:29:28.680 --> 0:29:30.640 be sure to follow us on social media. 0:29:30.920 --> 0:29:34.240 We're praying for you. I know God's best is still ahead. 0:29:34.480 --> 0:29:35.520 We'll see you next time. 0:29:38.880 --> 0:29:41.600 Watermelon is not just summer's fun fruit, but it is 0:29:41.640 --> 0:29:44.200 your family's budget friendly fruit because you can use the 0:29:44.240 --> 0:29:47.560 whole watermelon, use the rine, eat the fruit, drink the juice, 0:29:47.600 --> 0:29:51.600 and watermelon is versatile, get creative and incorporate into savory salad, 0:29:51.680 --> 0:29:55.880 sweet Sorba's breakfast, movies and nighttime cocktails. Watermelon is juicy, 0:29:56.080 --> 0:29:58.920 Watermelon is tasty. Just look at the rind. It leaves 0:29:58.920 --> 0:30:01.640 a smile on your mind. Visit Watermelons at Work for 0:30:01.720 --> 0:30:04.400 summer recipes and how you can use the whole watermelon. 0:30:07.920 --> 0:30:10.600 With millions of books on Amazon, there's a reading feeling 0:30:10.680 --> 0:30:15.640 for everyone. For example, Raquel's whoa when she first entered 0:30:15.680 --> 0:30:19.880 the Kingdom by dragonback is different to Ari's whoa when 0:30:19.920 --> 0:30:22.800 he found out there was more than one crime scene, 0:30:23.200 --> 0:30:27.960 which is also different to Ava's whoa the moment when 0:30:27.960 --> 0:30:32.480 the stable boy became a stable man? From WHOA to 0:30:32.920 --> 0:30:37.360 WHOA twooa. Amazon books that reading feeling awaits. 0:30:38.360 --> 0:30:42.520 All inclusive vacations make life easy with endless eats, bottomless drinks, 0:30:42.520 --> 0:30:45.280 and never ending fun. So fucking an all inclusive vacation 0:30:45.440 --> 0:30:48.920 should be easy too write. That's where Apple Vacations comes in. 0:30:49.000 --> 0:30:51.840 Book your all inclusive getaway with Apple Vacations and receive 0:30:51.960 --> 0:30:55.400 exclusive perks at select resorts. You'll find the best deals 0:30:55.400 --> 0:30:58.680 to sun and sand destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean, 0:30:58.800 --> 0:31:02.000 and enjoy a selection of ex exclusive NonStop vacation flights. 0:31:02.160 --> 0:31:05.280 Turn on Easymode at Apple Vacations Dot com or call 0:31:05.320 --> 0:31:07.200 your local travel advisor to get started.