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The driver finally found a square mirror, looked 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:41.000 at it, saw her picture, and handed it to the officer. 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:43.839 The blonde officer looked at the mirror and shook her head. 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:45.880 She handed it back and said, all right, you can go. 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:47.960 I didn't realize you were a police officer. 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:55.200 All right, somebody give me a ride home today. 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:58.320 Hold your bibles up, say it like you mean it. 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:01.520 Ready, This is my vie A. I am what it 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.160 says I am. I have what it says I have. 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:07.360 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:10.800 I'll be taught the word of God. I boldly confess 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:15.000 my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:18.760 never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.400 I want to talk to you today about the importance 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:27.200 of staying in peace and not being controlled by your circumstances. 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:29.000 And so many people. 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:31.839 Are always trying to get rid of their problems. 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:33.520 And then they're going to be happy, then they're going 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:35.040 to start enjoying their lives. 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:38.600 But really, God wants us to learn to have peace 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:41.560 in the midst of the storms. He wants us to 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:44.160 have peace even when things aren't going our way. 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:46.920 Our boss isn't treating us right, we. 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:49.880 Didn't get the promotion we wanted, our child isn't doing 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:53.200 what he should. If we make the mistake of basing 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:57.360 our peace on our circumstances, will never experience God's best 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.800 because the fact is there will always be something to 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.920 upset us. You're never gonna get rid of all the 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:05.279 people in your life. 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:06.640 That aggravates you. 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:08.640 You're never gonna come to a point where you don't 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:11.920 have challenges and you don't have real good opportunities to 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:16.080 get discouraged. We have to change our approach to life. 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.480 People may not change, circumstances may not change. 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:21.640 So we're gonna have to change now. 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.320 Like what the apostle Paul said he'd been through all 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:28.760 kinds of shipwrecks and heartache, and people had done unfair 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.440 things to him. But he said, in spite of all 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:33.919 these things, we are more than conquers. 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:36.240 That's the kind of attitude we need to have. 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:38.960 See, don't use your faith to try to get rid 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:42.560 of all your problems. Use your faith to remain calm 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:45.640 in the midst of your problems. One time Jesus was 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:48.320 on a boat asleep, and all of a sudden, this 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:52.080 huge storm arose. The winds were so strong they were 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:55.159 batting the boat back and forth, and the disciples got 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:58.080 all upset and all afraid, and they finally ran back 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:00.560 there said Jesus, get up, we're about to die. 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:01.919 We're about to perish. 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:05.279 And Jesus got up, and he simply spoke to the storm. 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.200 He said, peace be still, and all of a sudden 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:11.479 there was a great calm. And the reason Jesus was 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:15.240 able to bring peace to that situation was because he 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:16.120 had peace. 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:16.880 On the inside. 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:19.560 He was in the storm, but he didn't let the 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.520 storm get in here. And if you get upset and 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:26.000 frustrated every time things don't go your way, then you 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:29.840 can't bring peace to that situation. And really peace is 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:33.320 not the absence of trouble. Peace is not the absence 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:37.080 of enemies. You can have trouble and conflict all around 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.080 you on the outside, but real peace is to know 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.320 how to not let it get on the inside. And 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:44.920 some of you today you're all upset and worried your 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:48.160 child's not doing right, or maybe there's a situation at 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:51.080 work that's just so unfair, and you're letting that just 0:05:51.160 --> 0:05:53.080 keep you stirred up on the inside. 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:54.120 Day after day. 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:58.080 It's just weighing you down, draining your joy, draining your energy, 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:01.800 draining your enthusiasm. The whole problem is you've let the 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:04.120 storm get on the inside. You've got to make some 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:08.320 changes quite allowing those things to upset you. Learn to 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:11.360 turn that situation over to God. Don't let the storm 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:14.119 get in you. Life's too short to live it that way. 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.560 The Bible talks about how we should enter into the 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.880 rest of God. That's a place where we know that 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:24.000 God is in control. We know God is fighting our 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:26.479 battles for us, and we know when it's all said 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:29.159 and done, God has promised he's going to cause all 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:32.240 things to work together for our good. And that's why 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:34.520 we can stay in peace that's why we can have 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.440 a smile on our face even though things aren't going 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:40.440 our way. God is in control. And if God be 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:43.440 for us, who dare even be against us? But understand, 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:46.359 until you get back to this place of peace, God 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:49.680 can't really work in your life because God works where 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:53.240 there's an attitude of faith and expectancy, not when we're 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:57.360 upset and worried and going around all discouraged and really, 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:00.680 practically every day we're going to have opportunity to lose 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:04.080 our peace. Somebody is rude to you on the phone, 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.200 you want to just jump back down their throat. 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:08.960 No, I'm gonna stay at peace. I'm not gonna allow 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:12.120 him to upset me. Or the boss doesn't give you 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:13.200 the credit you deserve. 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:16.080 You didn't get the big promotion you were really hoping for, 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.080 But that's okay. I know God's in control. I know 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:22.840 God has something better in store. Well, Joel, I'm upset 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:25.200 because this man walked out of our relationship. 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.760 That's just not fair. Now hold your peace. 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:30.920 If you'll stay calm, if you'll stay at rest, God 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:33.960 will bring somebody better into your life. He'll take what 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.480 the enemy meant for evil and turn it all around. 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:38.200 And use it for your advantage. 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.680 But you've got to do your part and hold your peace. 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:45.720 Don't live life upset, worried and frustrate it. Sometimes we 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.920 lose our peace over things we can't change. And you 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.400 can't change the traffic in the morning. You might as 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:53.800 well just sit there and enjoy it. Just stay calm. 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:56.920 You can't make your husband or your wife, or your 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:58.560 boss or your neighbor do what's right. 0:07:58.640 --> 0:07:59.840 Only God can. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.000 You might as well start enjoying your life while God 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.080 is in the process of changing things. I know one time, 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:08.960 Victoria and nine our kids, we were going on vacation 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:12.680 to Branson, Missouri. It was around Christmas time, so the 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:16.720 airports were very crowded. We had to change planes in Memphis. 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:19.880 We didn't have a very long layover. We got off 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.200 the plane and our kids were real hungry, so we 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:24.720 stopped at a little Hamburger stand real quick to get 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:26.880 them something to eat, and then we took off toward 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:27.280 the gate. 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:29.160 And I mean it was a long way. 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:31.960 We had to catch a couple shuttle buses and then 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:34.080 we ran the rest of the way. And when I 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:36.600 got to the gate, I noticed the plane was still here, 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:40.040 but the main door at the jetway was closed, and 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:41.959 so I went up to that counter and I did 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:44.080 everything I could to try to get on that plane. 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:47.240 I prayed for God's favor, I smiled real. 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:49.600 Big, and I was as friendly as I could be. 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:50.920 But none of that worked. 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:52.559 I thought, Man, I don't want to sit in this 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.240 airport for three or four hours waiting for the next flight. 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:58.480 And I could feel myself starting to get stressed. And 0:08:58.520 --> 0:08:59.840 I had to make a choice right then. 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.360 There was I gonna keep my peace or was I 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.040 gonna give it away? I kept about half of it. 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:11.800 When we finally got to Branson A little later, I 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:14.080 got off the plane and this older couple came up 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:15.760 to me and she said, I hate to bother you, 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.520 but I gotta tell you, I really love you. I 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:20.920 listened to you all the time, and I just enjoy 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:21.520 it so much. 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:22.560 On and on she went. 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:24.839 I started to feel a little better, started to get 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.959 my joy back, but I noticed her husband that whole 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:29.880 time was looking at me, like, who in the world 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:32.679 is this guy? And this lady just went on and on, 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:36.400 and as I was finally leaving, I overheard her saying, oh, honey, 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:38.720 you know who he is. He's the guy that sings 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:46.760 my achy breaky heart. I thought it was gonna be 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:50.000 one of those days. But see, we got to learn 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:54.040 to just keep our peace even when people don't know who. 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.880 We are, even when things don't go our way, even. 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.440 When we get caught in traffic, even when our plans 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:02.480 don't work out. Let me ask you, how do you 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.160 know that's not where God wants you to be? How 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.920 do you know God is not protecting you from an accident? 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.240 I love the scripture in Proverbs. It says, since the 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:14.120 Lord is directing our steps, why do we try to 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.560 figure out everything that happens along the way. 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:18.280 Now, just go with the flow. 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.920 Quit worrying about things you can't change, learn to turn 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.080 the situation completely over to God. 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:26.160 He is in control of your life. 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:29.280 And really, one of the greatest ways that we can 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:33.520 show God that we're trusting him is by simply remaining calm, 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.480 Not by how much we pray, not by how many 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:39.120 times we come to church. That's all great, But what's 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.960 going on in you when you get to that point 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.720 where the storm is raging and people are treating you unfair. 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.600 Maybe you've got a bad report from the doctor, and 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:51.120 in the natural You should be discouraged, you should be 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:54.960 all upset, but instead you've got a smile on your face. 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:58.240 You've still got that spring in your step. You're at peace. 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:02.360 What you're really saying is God, I trust you. I 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:05.360 know you're bigger than this sickness. I know you're bigger 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:08.400 than this marriage trouble. I know you're bigger than my enemies. 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.960 When you hold your peace and remain at rest, that's 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:13.920 when God can fight your battles for you. 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:16.480 And really, God wants us to be stable. 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.440 Don't be the type of person that's up when your 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:20.680 circumstances are up. 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:21.720 And down when they're down. 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.640 If you live like that, the enemy will control you 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:25.719 your whole lifetime. 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:27.280 Have some stability. 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:30.080 We've got to learn to stay at peace. If we 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.400 get the promotion, and we're at peace. If we don't 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:36.040 get the promotion, we're calm if traffic's good, and we're 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:38.720 still calm if traffic's all back up. We're in a 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.360 good mood when people are treating us fair, and we're 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:43.440 in a good mood even when life is a little 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:46.559 bit unfair. We need to be the type of person 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:50.280 that's very difficult for us to lose our peace. Well, 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:53.720 somebody's talking about you. They're saying critical things. That's okay. 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:56.120 I know God is in control. I know God will 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:58.400 fight my battles for me. Well aren't you going to 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:00.800 at least respond back? Aren't you gonna at least set 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:01.600 the record straight? 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:02.040 No? 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.560 I know God will be my vindicator. I know God 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:07.280 will make my wrongs right. Or maybe I heard you 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.640 got a bad report from the doctor. I'm sure you're 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:11.600 all upset. No, I'm not upset. 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:12.680 I'm at peace. 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.840 I know the number of my days God has promised 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.320 he will fulfill. I know my life is in the 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:21.000 palm of God's hands. Well I heard you up against 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.760 some big enemies. Yes, that's true, but I'm not worried. 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:26.280 I know my God is bigger. I know no men 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:29.920 can stand against my God. With men, it may be impossible, 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:32.600 but I know with God all things are possible. 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:33.440 See. 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.040 One of the greatest ways we can show God that 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:39.600 we're trusting him, it's just by simply remaining calm. And 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:43.280 so often when trouble comes, first thing we do is rebuke, 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.679 and we resist, and we get ourselves all worn out 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:48.440 and all in a frenzy, but really just staying at 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:49.800 peace in the midst of the. 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:51.480 Storm is spiritual warfare. 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.520 When the enemy hits you with his best shot, and 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.960 in the natural you should get a little discourage, you 0:12:57.000 --> 0:13:00.480 should start complaining it like everybody else. But instead you 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.480 just stay happy anyway. You don't get bitter, you don't 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.240 blame God, you don't try to go pay somebody back. 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.720 You're at peace when you do that. God will always 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.840 cause you to come out ahead. The other day, I 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:15.920 was waiting in my car for this parking spot. This 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:18.080 man was just about to pull out, and I was 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.080 sitting there with my blinker on. I've been there a 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:22.520 long time and it was very obvious I was going 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:23.600 to pull into this spot. 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:25.920 But when he backed out, I got. 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.120 Blocked for a couple of seconds, and so this other 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:30.679 car just pulled right in there and beat me to it. 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:32.960 And I couldn't believe it. I'd been there a long time, 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:33.600 and there was. 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:35.600 No doubt in my mind that guy had been watching 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:37.640 me wait for this spot. And I had to make 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.720 a decision. Was I gonna lose my peace or was 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:43.560 I just gonna stay calm and overlook it? Was I 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.560 gonna get upset or was I gonna sew it as 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:48.800 a seed and trust God to make it up to 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:52.040 me and understand. In the natural, I wanted to blow 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.559 my horn and let him know what I thought, and 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:56.920 the natural I wanted to let him go on inside 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:58.280 and I just go let a little. 0:13:58.080 --> 0:13:59.120 Air out of each child. 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:03.840 But I finally decided, you know what, this is not 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:07.000 worth losing my peace over. I'm just gonna bless him 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:11.119 and move on. And some of you today, you're allowing 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.280 people to steal your peace. Every time they do a 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:16.439 certain thing. It's just like clockwork. 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:17.600 You get all wrought. 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:20.520 Up on the inside. Well, that's not right. They aggravate me. 0:14:20.560 --> 0:14:24.120 They shouldn't do that. No, quite allowing them to control you. 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.000 Every time you get upset, you're playing right into the 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.080 enemy's hands. And you know what, they may not ever change. 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:32.720 I hope they do. But my point is we have 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:36.240 to change now. I've discovered God is more interested in 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:39.640 changing me than he is in changing my circumstances. And 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.440 if I will just work with God and not allow 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:46.960 these things to upset me, be moldable and pliable, then 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:50.400 God will begin to change my circumstances. But we've got 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:53.400 to sew a seed first by doing the right thing, 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:56.280 and sometimes we have to do the right thing a 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.760 long time before we see right results. You've got to 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:02.800 learn to overlook these offenses. You've got to go the 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:06.240 extra mile to keep the peace in your life. Understand, 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:09.840 there's always gonna be people around you that are able 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:13.080 to aggravate you if you allow them, and you cannot 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:16.400 just pray them away. Even if they did leave, God 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:18.680 would probably send two more people to replace them. 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:22.560 You got to learn to overcome that. Maybe at your 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:24.000 office people are. 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:27.240 Gossiping about you, talking behind your back, or maybe somebody 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:30.160 is just real condescending to you. They just kind of 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.280 irritate you. They get on your nerves. It's like they 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.560 pester you, and in the natural, you want to get 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:36.760 in there and argue. You want to get in there 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:38.360 and set the record straight. Well you know what, I'm 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:40.520 gonna tell you what I think. But no, if you'll 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:43.480 just hold your peace, if you'll be the bigger person 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:47.520 and take the high road, learn to overlook a few things, then. 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.600 That allows God to fight your battles for you. 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:53.320 Now, all through the scripture, it compares us to an eagle, 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:55.000 and it's interesting. 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:56.360 What the eagle does? You know? 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.200 The eagle has some pest, and one of its biggest 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:03.920 pests is a crow. He's always squawking, always causing him trouble. 0:16:04.200 --> 0:16:06.320 And the truth is, we all have a few crows 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:08.840 in our lives, probably have a few chickens and a 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:11.440 few turkeys as well. By that, I mean that's his 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:13.800 people that can rub us the wrong way, people that 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:15.760 can irritate us if we allow them. 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.400 But we need to take a lesson from the eagle. 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.960 When the eagle is out flying, often a crow will 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.920 come up right behind him and start to pester him, 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:28.040 just to aggravate him and annoy him. And although the 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:31.800 eagle is much larger, it cannot turn very quickly. In 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.680 other words, it cannot out maneuver the crow. And so 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:36.920 what the eagle does to get rid of his pest 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:40.440 is he just stretches out his seven or eight foot wingspan, 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.280 and he catches some of the thermal currents, and he rises. 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.640 Up higher and higher and higher. 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:49.440 And eventually he gets into an altitude that no other 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:50.200 bird can live. 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:52.000 That crow can't even breathe up there. 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:55.200 There's been eagles spotted as high as twenty thousand feet 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:57.880 up there with the jets fly. The point is if 0:16:57.920 --> 0:16:59.760 you want to get rid of your pest, You've got. 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.840 To come up higher. Don't ever sink down to their level. 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:07.200 Don't ever sink down to their level. 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.960 Don't try to argue, don't try to pay somebody back, 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.879 don't give them the cold shoulder. Be the bigger person. 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:18.639 Overlook their faults, walk in love. Learn to even bless 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:22.679 your enemies. Somebody's talking about you, somebody's doing you wrong, 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.959 Just bless them and move on anyway. Let me tell you, 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:29.240 in the long run, crows can hang with eagles. You 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:32.680 do that and you'll rise above all that jump. As 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:36.040 I said, we all have some crows in our lives. 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:38.800 That's people that are going to always talk, try to 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:40.840 stir up trouble, try to be critical. 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:43.200 But don't you dare sink down to their level. 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:45.920 You are an eagle. You've been made in the image 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:50.399 of Almighty God. Learn to live above your circumstances. Rise 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:53.920 above the petty politics at the office. Don't let people 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:57.960 pull you into strife and division and get you all upset. 0:17:58.000 --> 0:17:58.520 Gossiping. 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:01.439 Hell, Joel, they're talking about me. I'm gonna show them now. 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:04.840 You gotta hold your peace. You gotta be the bigger person. 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:09.520 Learn to rise above that. Always remember the turkeys, the chickens, 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:12.760 the crows. They cannot live at the altitude you. 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:15.119 Were designed to live in. Why don't you put your. 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:18.040 Wings out and begin to som God is in complete 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:21.840 control of your life. He's promised if you will just 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:25.000 remain at rest, he'll make your wrongs right. 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:28.640 He'll bring justice into your life. Man, what a freeing 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:30.040 way this is to live. 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:32.680 We don't have to worry, we don't have to try 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:35.600 to pay somebody back. We don't have to be controlled 0:18:35.640 --> 0:18:38.359 by every little circumstance. We can just do like the 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:41.280 eagle and rise up above it. You know, I've never 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:43.720 seen an eagle pecking around in the chicken coop with 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:47.080 a bunch of chickens. A egle lives in the high places, 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:50.160 and Ego lives up there where he's close to God. 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:53.359 Another interesting thing about an eagle is when he comes 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:56.480 to the storm, he doesn't go through the storm. He 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:58.320 doesn't just bury his head and say, oh, here it 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:01.600 comes again. I gotta fight these winds. This lighting's going 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:03.520 to be terrible. I'll probably never make it out. 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:07.160 The eagle doesn't go through the storm once again. 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:09.320 He just puts his wings out and catches a little 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:12.239 more wind, and he rises above it. He'll go up 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:15.760 higher and higher and higher until he's completely above all 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:19.040 that turmoil. And that eagle is not the least bit 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:20.879 concerned about the storm he's facing. 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:22.520 He doesn't get upset. 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:25.880 He knows he has a way out, and that way 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:29.199 is to come up higher. And I'm sure he probably 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:32.600 could fight his way through the storm, struggle and fight, 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:34.879 and come out of that half dead, all beat up. 0:19:35.560 --> 0:19:37.639 But what a shame for him to live that way 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:40.399 when God's given him the ability to rise above it. 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:43.520 The fact is that's what many of us do. God 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:46.600 has given us his peace. He's told us to cast 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:49.520 our cares on him. He said, if we'll just remain 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:52.280 at rest, he'll fight our battles for us. But so 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:56.240 often we live worried and upset. We let people steal 0:19:56.280 --> 0:19:58.639 our joy, We get bent out of shape if our 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:02.399 plans don't exactly work, or maybe we're frustrated because our 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:05.119 boss or our husband or wife is not doing what 0:20:05.160 --> 0:20:05.639 we want. 0:20:05.560 --> 0:20:07.600 Them to do. But no, you can't change that. 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:11.640 Learn to rise above it, turn that situation over to God. 0:20:12.200 --> 0:20:15.400 Some of you spent ten or fifteen years being frustrated. 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:18.600 You're really not enjoying your life like God wants you to. 0:20:19.160 --> 0:20:19.720 Why don't you. 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:22.359 Make a decision today that you're gonna get your peace back, 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:25.199 that you're not gonna allow all these things to upset 0:20:25.280 --> 0:20:26.760 you and bother you anymore. 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:28.560 Learn to rise above that. 0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:32.240 See, the crow has to flap his wings ninety to 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:33.360 nothing just to fly. 0:20:33.800 --> 0:20:35.159 He's always got to be working. 0:20:35.400 --> 0:20:37.680 But an eagle, all he's got to do is catch 0:20:37.720 --> 0:20:40.720 the right wind currents and he'll soar. Doesn't have to 0:20:40.720 --> 0:20:43.640 be like the crow, working and working all the time. 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:46.120 He just got to put his wings out and learn 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:48.640 how to rest. He learns how to let the winds 0:20:48.720 --> 0:20:53.880 carry him. If you're always frustrated, trying to fix everything 0:20:53.920 --> 0:20:56.320 in your life and trying to straighten this person out 0:20:56.320 --> 0:20:58.720 for what they said about you, and worried about your 0:20:58.760 --> 0:21:01.879 health and worried about your finances, you're being just like 0:21:01.920 --> 0:21:05.280 that crow. You're working and working, flapping and flapping. But 0:21:05.359 --> 0:21:07.840 friends of my message today is life doesn't have to 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:10.639 be that way. Why don't you enter into God's rest, 0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:13.840 Why don't you learn to trust him. He's in complete 0:21:13.840 --> 0:21:16.600 control of your life. He said he had never leave 0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:19.119 you nor forsake you. He said, he'd be the friend 0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:20.480 that sticks closer than a brother. 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:21.119 Now. 0:21:21.119 --> 0:21:23.440 I know some of you are going through some difficult times, 0:21:23.560 --> 0:21:25.760 but you need to know God can make a way out, 0:21:26.040 --> 0:21:28.520 and if you can just get back to peace, then 0:21:28.520 --> 0:21:30.760 God can even do the impossible in your life. 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:32.919 I think about the children of Israel. 0:21:33.240 --> 0:21:35.679 One time, they were facing what seemed to be an 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:39.520 impossible situation. God had just delivered them out of slavery 0:21:39.640 --> 0:21:42.199 in Egypt. Pharaoh had let them go, and now they 0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:44.520 were on their way to the Promised Land. But all 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:47.199 of a sudden, Pharaoh changed his mind, and he and 0:21:47.240 --> 0:21:50.359 the Egyptian army came chasing after them, and the children 0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:52.560 of Israel ended up at a dead end at the 0:21:52.560 --> 0:21:53.360 Red Sea. 0:21:53.440 --> 0:21:55.919 And the first thing they did when they face that 0:21:56.000 --> 0:21:58.680 trouble is what many of us do today. They lost 0:21:58.680 --> 0:21:59.159 their peace. 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:04.800 Upset, they started complaining, they started blaming other people. They said, Moses, 0:22:04.920 --> 0:22:07.080 why did you bring us out here in the wilderness 0:22:07.080 --> 0:22:10.160 to die? Weren't there enough grades in Egypt? Now look 0:22:10.200 --> 0:22:12.760 at us, we don't even have a chance. And Moses 0:22:12.840 --> 0:22:15.879 knew if God was gonna work in that situation, he 0:22:16.000 --> 0:22:18.440 had to get them calm he had to get their 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:21.119 peace back. And so he said to them there in 0:22:21.160 --> 0:22:24.640 Exodus fourteen, verse thirteen, and I imagine he probably said 0:22:24.640 --> 0:22:28.800 it sternly. He said, stand still, and you will see 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:31.720 the deliverance of the Lord. He was saying, in effect, 0:22:31.840 --> 0:22:34.040 if you want God to turn this around, you're gonna 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:36.679 have to quit worrying. You're gonna have to quit complaining. 0:22:36.920 --> 0:22:40.040 You've got to quit living all upset. Be still and 0:22:40.119 --> 0:22:43.040 know he is your God. Now next verse he went 0:22:43.080 --> 0:22:45.719 on to say, for the Lord will fight this battle 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:49.359 for you, but you shall hold your peace and remain 0:22:49.440 --> 0:22:52.520 at rest. Notice what we have to do if we 0:22:52.560 --> 0:22:54.560 want God to work in our lives, we got to 0:22:54.600 --> 0:22:55.640 hold our peace. 0:22:55.680 --> 0:22:56.720 And remain at rest. 0:22:57.400 --> 0:22:59.639 And you too may be in what seems to be 0:23:00.119 --> 0:23:04.000 possible situation in your life, in your health, in your finances, 0:23:04.040 --> 0:23:06.280 in your marriage, in your business, and you say, that's 0:23:06.359 --> 0:23:09.120 why I'm so stressed out today, that's why I'm so upset. 0:23:09.760 --> 0:23:11.760 But I believe God is saying the same thing to 0:23:11.840 --> 0:23:14.200 you that he said to these people many years ago. 0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:19.600 Get your peace back, Remain at rest. Being upset, being worried, 0:23:19.640 --> 0:23:22.840 being negative, that's only gonna make matters worse. And you 0:23:22.920 --> 0:23:26.399 need to know that God is a supernatural God and that. 0:23:26.320 --> 0:23:28.480 Situation is subject to change. 0:23:28.960 --> 0:23:32.040 It may look impossible in the natural, but just like 0:23:32.119 --> 0:23:35.800 God supernaturally parted the Red Sea for these people, God 0:23:35.840 --> 0:23:38.360 can supernaturally make a way out in your own life. 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:40.920 You say, well, George, I don't see how my. 0:23:40.960 --> 0:23:42.479 Business could ever make it. 0:23:42.760 --> 0:23:44.760 I don't see how I'm ever gonna get married, or 0:23:44.800 --> 0:23:46.359 I don't see how I could ever get out of 0:23:46.359 --> 0:23:46.960 these problems. 0:23:46.960 --> 0:23:47.760 It's just too bad. 0:23:48.400 --> 0:23:51.240 Well, the scripture talks about the things that we see 0:23:51.280 --> 0:23:53.440 with our natural eyes are only temporary. 0:23:53.960 --> 0:23:56.199 That means they are subject to change. 0:23:56.320 --> 0:23:58.600 And all it takes is one touch of God's favor 0:23:59.040 --> 0:24:02.840 in a slit second. God can turn any situation around suddenly. 0:24:02.920 --> 0:24:06.640 God can prosper your business. God can give you one idea. 0:24:07.119 --> 0:24:09.240 He can give you one new account that'd cause your 0:24:09.240 --> 0:24:12.760 business to take off. You single people, God can suddenly 0:24:12.800 --> 0:24:15.280 bring somebody into your life that you really love. He 0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:17.199 can cause you to be at the right place at 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:20.720 the right time. Any situation. God can suddenly turn it 0:24:20.760 --> 0:24:23.680 around split second of time. I remember when we were 0:24:23.880 --> 0:24:26.320 trying to get the Compact Center. There were so many 0:24:26.359 --> 0:24:29.040 times where I was just tempted to think, man, this 0:24:29.160 --> 0:24:31.680 is never gonna work out. We just have too many 0:24:31.720 --> 0:24:35.040 odds against us. And I'd have to catch myself and say, no, 0:24:35.320 --> 0:24:37.920 I am not gonna worry about this. I'm not gonna 0:24:37.960 --> 0:24:41.080 give up. I'm just gonna stay in peace and keep believing. 0:24:41.560 --> 0:24:44.119 And I knew as long as I was at rest, 0:24:44.359 --> 0:24:47.400 then God could work in that situation. And even after 0:24:47.440 --> 0:24:49.879 we signed the agreement with the city to lease it, 0:24:50.400 --> 0:24:52.560 you know, a company filed a lawsuit to try to 0:24:52.640 --> 0:24:55.120 keep us from moving in, and our attorneys told us 0:24:55.200 --> 0:24:57.800 there was no guarantee that we would win, and even 0:24:57.840 --> 0:25:00.280 if we did, it could have been tied up in 0:25:00.320 --> 0:25:03.359 the legal system for five or ten years. And I thought, man, 0:25:03.440 --> 0:25:06.080 I've already presented this to the church. Many of them 0:25:06.160 --> 0:25:08.840 have given money. What are we gonna do if we lose? 0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:11.240 What am I gonna do if we win? And the 0:25:11.280 --> 0:25:13.239 building's got to sit there vacant for five or ten 0:25:13.320 --> 0:25:16.040 years waiting for the outcome. And I was so tempted 0:25:16.040 --> 0:25:19.119 to get worried, so tempted to lose my peace. I 0:25:19.200 --> 0:25:22.000 just had to keep telling myself every day, Joel, keep 0:25:22.040 --> 0:25:24.719 your peace. It's all in God's hands. And We had 0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:26.879 been in that legal battle for over a year and 0:25:26.920 --> 0:25:29.840 a half, and our council said, these people will never 0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:32.080 settle with you. Don't even think about it. They've got 0:25:32.119 --> 0:25:34.280 too much riding on it. Do you know, just a 0:25:34.320 --> 0:25:37.360 few weeks before the big trial, one night, I'll never 0:25:37.359 --> 0:25:39.879 forget it. I was out riding my bicycle and I 0:25:39.920 --> 0:25:42.199 got a call saying that the other side wanted to 0:25:42.200 --> 0:25:45.040 sit down and talk. And our attorneys said, oh, it's 0:25:45.080 --> 0:25:47.040 just a ploy, it's just a distraction. 0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:49.520 Don't get your hopes up. People do this all the time. 0:25:49.920 --> 0:25:52.520 But no, do you know, in less than forty eight hours, 0:25:52.840 --> 0:25:55.600 we had not only reached an agreement to settle the lawsuit, 0:25:55.800 --> 0:25:58.800 but that company had agreed to lease us nearly nine 0:25:58.880 --> 0:26:02.359 thousand covered parking spaces there at the Compact Center. As 0:26:02.440 --> 0:26:04.439 most of you know, we'll be moving in in just 0:26:04.480 --> 0:26:08.359 a little while. But my point is all that took 0:26:08.600 --> 0:26:11.120 was one touch of God's favor. And in the same 0:26:11.160 --> 0:26:15.320 way God can suddenly turn any situation around in your life, 0:26:15.400 --> 0:26:17.960 in your marriage, in your child, in your finances, in 0:26:18.000 --> 0:26:20.520 your health, in your business. But I believe the whole 0:26:20.600 --> 0:26:23.960 key is we have to hold our peace and remain 0:26:24.000 --> 0:26:26.840 at rest. Well, let me ask you, are there things 0:26:26.880 --> 0:26:29.760 in your life that you're worrying about, things that are 0:26:29.800 --> 0:26:33.439 weighing you down, things that you're allowing to steal your peace? 0:26:34.080 --> 0:26:36.360 Why don't you make a decision today that you're gonna 0:26:36.400 --> 0:26:39.080 turn it over to God and really enter into his rest. 0:26:39.320 --> 0:26:41.720 You're not gonna worry about it anymore. You're not gonna 0:26:41.800 --> 0:26:44.200 let those people steal your joy. You're not gonna give 0:26:44.280 --> 0:26:46.679 up on the dreams God's placed in your heart. And 0:26:46.760 --> 0:26:48.879 some of you need to get a new perspective. You 0:26:48.920 --> 0:26:51.680 need to get a fresh, new outlook. Maybe you've been 0:26:51.720 --> 0:26:54.439 in a difficult situation for a long time and it 0:26:54.520 --> 0:26:56.720 just doesn't look like it's gonna get any better. The 0:26:56.800 --> 0:27:00.680 storm is raging, you're discourage. It looks so gloomy. 0:27:01.200 --> 0:27:03.119 You need to do like that eagle and begin to 0:27:03.200 --> 0:27:03.960 rise up higher. 0:27:04.359 --> 0:27:06.480 There have been times I've been on an airplane about 0:27:06.520 --> 0:27:09.720 to take off and the skies are so gray outside. 0:27:09.800 --> 0:27:13.240 It's just overcast and really kind of depressing looking. But 0:27:13.320 --> 0:27:15.320 then we take off and we begin to go through 0:27:15.320 --> 0:27:18.520 the clouds, and finally we break through all the gloom 0:27:18.560 --> 0:27:21.080 and despair and low and behold, the sun is up. 0:27:21.080 --> 0:27:24.520 There shining brighter than ever. The skies are blue. You 0:27:24.520 --> 0:27:27.560 can tell the air is crystal clear. See the sun 0:27:27.680 --> 0:27:29.760 was shining the whole time. I just had to get 0:27:29.760 --> 0:27:32.280 a higher perspective in order to see it. And you 0:27:32.359 --> 0:27:35.000 need to know the clouds in your life are only temporary. 0:27:35.400 --> 0:27:37.680 It may look dark and gloomy, but you can rest 0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:39.000 assured the sun is. 0:27:39.000 --> 0:27:40.440 Up there, shining brighter than ever. 0:27:42.200 --> 0:27:44.560 One of the best things you can say to yourself 0:27:44.640 --> 0:27:46.800 when you're tempted to get discouraged, is. 0:27:46.800 --> 0:27:50.040 Now, this too shall pass. It is not gonna last forever. 0:27:50.320 --> 0:27:52.760 Those clouds are gonna blow out one day and imost 0:27:52.760 --> 0:27:54.920 see the goodness of God again in my life. I 0:27:54.960 --> 0:27:59.119 almost see this situation turn around. Friends, get a higher's perspective. 0:27:59.440 --> 0:28:02.840 God is on your side. There's nothing too difficult for him. 0:28:03.280 --> 0:28:07.200 My prayer today is that you'd lay aside everything that's 0:28:07.240 --> 0:28:09.520 weighing you down. Big things are little things, and that 0:28:09.600 --> 0:28:12.800 you live your life free from worry, free from frustration, 0:28:13.000 --> 0:28:16.080 free from discouragement, knowing that God is in complete control. 0:28:16.440 --> 0:28:19.080 And when life gets tough and things don't go your way, 0:28:19.560 --> 0:28:21.800 don't be a crow, don't be a chicken. Be the 0:28:21.880 --> 0:28:24.280 eagle God made you to be. Learn to put your 0:28:24.280 --> 0:28:26.760 wings out and rise above it. 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