Expecting A Favor-Filled Future

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It's great to be with 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.200 you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:57.560 during the week through our daily podcast, YouTube channel, social media, 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:00.480 and you can come visit us in person we'd love 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:02.640 to have you be a part of one of our services. 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.480 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:08.840 about this lady. She was on an airplane reading her Bible. 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:11.680 The guy next to her said, you don't believe all 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:12.639 that stuff in there. 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:12.800 Do you? 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:16.240 She said, of course I do. It's the Bible. He said, well, 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:18.440 what about that God that got swallowed by a well? 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.359 She said, you mean Jonah? Yes, I believe that too. 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.480 He said, well, how could he possibly survive all that 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.160 time inside of a well? She thought about it in 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:29.440 a moment, said I don't know. When I get to Heaven, 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:31.840 I'll have to ask him. He laughed and said, what 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:34.440 if he's not in heaven. She said, then you'll have 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:38.760 to ask him. Say it like you mean it. This 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:41.519 is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:44.280 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:46.920 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:50.800 taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:54.120 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:59.120 the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:03.080 to talk to you today about expecting a favor filled future. 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.760 It's easy to lose our passion in life. When we've 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:10.280 been through disappointments, dreams are taken longer than we thought, 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:14.000 we're dealing with a challenge. If we're not careful, will 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:17.480 become complacent, or we're not believing for things to turn 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:22.040 around and not expecting good breaks. But Paul said in Romans, 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.399 be glad for all that God is planning for you. 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:28.679 If you could see what God has planned for you, 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.840 if you knew the doors he's going to open, the 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:35.040 people you're going to meet, the giants you're going to defeat, 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:37.560 then you'd go out each day with a spring in 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:41.880 your steps, excited about your future, expecting God to show 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:46.200 out in your life. That expectancy is what allows God 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:50.200 to do great things. That's your faith at work. You 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:53.000 may be in a difficult time and thoughts will whisper 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:56.160 it's never going to change. You've seen your best days. 0:03:56.760 --> 0:04:00.840 Don't believe those lies. God has a comeback for reset back, 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:05.320 a new beginning for every loss, mercy for every mistake. 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:09.880 He's already planned to bring you out better, to promote 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.600 you in front of those that did you wrong, to 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:16.599 heal you. Despite that diagnosis, there are good breaks in 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:20.919 your future. That will catapult you ahead. When you realize this, 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:25.880 it changes your perspective. You won't get discouraged over problems 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:29.400 thinking a dream is too big, these people are too powerful. 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:33.800 There'll be a passion and an expectancy. You know God 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.479 is on the throne. You know his plans for you 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:40.480 are for good. That He's already lined up the right people, 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:44.400 the breaks you need, the favor. There's not a problem 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:47.839 you'll face that God hasn't already lined up a solution. 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:51.000 It's not a goliath that will try to stop you. 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:54.440 That God hasn't already lined up a slingshot in a 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:57.960 smooth stone, not a dream in your heart, that God 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:03.200 hasn't already arranged the wisdom, the creativity, the funding. When 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.840 you know God has good plans, you'll live out of 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:09.760 a place of rest, not uptight wondered how it's going 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:13.599 to work out. You know it's already been planned. The 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:18.000 schedule has already been set, not by people, not by oppositions, 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:20.960 not by the enemy. The Most High God has planned 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:25.640 out your days. Psalm thirties says that God's favor is 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:29.400 not for a season, but it's for a lifetime, not 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.679 for a few years. Maybe in your twenties, your thirties, 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.040 you have a few good breaks. No, as long as 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:38.640 you're breathing, there's favor on your life. And we can 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:41.920 all look back and see these moments of favor where 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:44.839 God opened a door we could have never opened. He 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.240 had you at the right place and you met that 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.480 person and fell in love. He promoted you when you 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:53.240 weren't next in line. He healed you when the expert 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.880 said there was no way. You've seen God's favor in 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:00.479 the past. The good news is God never does his 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:04.480 greatest feats in your yesterdays. They're always in your tomorrows. 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:07.799 God doesn't want us to live off of old victories. 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.320 Yes we can celebrate, Yes we should be grateful for 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.480 what God has done. But He has some new victories 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:18.719 for you. He's taken you from glory to glory. What's 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:22.400 in your future is going to supersede anything you've seen 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:25.800 in the past. That's why we can live with expectancy, 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:30.280 excited when others are down, hopeful when others are discouraged, 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:34.840 praising when others are complaining. We know His favor is 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:38.159 for a lifetime that we haven't seen our best days. 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.680 I'm sure you can say like me that God's been 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:45.240 good to you. You've been blessed, but the scripture says 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:49.400 you haven't seen, heard, or imagined what God has in 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:53.560 store for those that love him. You've seen favor, but 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:57.400 you haven't seen the favor that's coming. You've seen breakthroughs 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:00.280 God turned things around, but you haven't seen the great 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:04.640 throughs that are coming. You've seen promotion, but you haven't 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.240 seen the levels that God is about to take you to. 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.760 Paul said, to be glad for all God is planning 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:16.400 for you. He's inferring. If you're not glad, you're not hopeful, 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:19.840 not expecting, then you're not going to see it. You'll 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:24.360 miss the favor, the blessing that belongs to you. Well, Joel, 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:27.239 I've seen God's goodness in the past, but this problem 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:31.360 with my health, this child, my finances, I don't see 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.320 how it can work out. Don't talk yourself out of it. 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:37.240 If you could see what God has planned, if you 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.960 could see what He's about to do, you'd get your 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:45.560 passion back. God sent me to relight that fire. Yes, 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:47.880 he's been good to you in the past, but there 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:52.000 are new victories coming. Just because you haven't seen anything 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:54.920 in a long time doesn't mean God is not going 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:58.080 to do it. The scripture says, there is a set 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:02.440 time for God to favor you. There are marked moments 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:07.320 where God has already planned to suddenly promote you, suddenly 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:12.040 turn it around, suddenly open a door. David said, what 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:15.120 would have happened to me? If I had not believed 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:18.680 that I would see the goodness of God? He was saying, 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:21.880 I wouldn't be where I am. I wouldn't have defeated 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:25.600 the Goliath. I wouldn't have outlasted King Saul. I wouldn't 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.720 have taken the throne if I had not believed that 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:31.560 the favor of God was on my life, that he 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:35.360 had already lined up the breaks, the protection, the promotion 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:39.640 that would take me into my destiny. See when David 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:42.640 was a teenager, he was out in the shepherd's fields 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.120 taking care of his father's sheep. He had a big 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:49.640 dream for his life, but nobody paid attention to him. 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:53.720 He was stuck out there cleaning up after sheep, protecting them, 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:57.520 feeding them. His brothers were in the army. They had 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:01.320 a prestigious position. It seemed like David had been left out. 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:04.800 He was at a disadvantage almost like God had forgotten 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:08.679 about him. He could have been discouraged. This isn't fair. 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:12.480 Why did I get stuck out here? But out there 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:16.120 in the lonely shepherd's fields when he could have been complaining. 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:20.600 Maybe that's where he wrote. Surely goodness and mercy will 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:24.000 follow me all the days of my life. He was saying, 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:26.960 the odds may be against me, doesn't look like I 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:31.400 can accomplish my dreams. But surely goodness is coming. Surely 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:34.280 new doors are going to open. Surely the right people 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.800 will show up. He had such a confidence in God. 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:43.000 He believed, despite the circumstances, despite how long it had been, 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:46.000 despite who didn't believe in him, that he would leave 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:51.360 his mark. One day, unexpectedly, the prophet Samuel came to 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:54.679 his father's house to anoint one of the sons as 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:59.200 the next king of Israel. His father, Jesse didn't even 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:03.000 bother call David in from the shepherd's fields. He thought, 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:07.280 David's too young, too small, He's not that talented. He'll 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:11.760 never do anything great. People may overlook you, but God 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:15.480 sees you. They may judge you, discount you, leave you out. 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:19.600 They can't see the greatness God put in you. He 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:23.160 loves to take what some consider weak and cause them 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:26.960 to confound the wives. Samuel said to Jesse, it's none 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.120 of these sons. Do you have any other? He said, yes, 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:32.400 I have a son named David, but I'm sure it's 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:36.360 not him. They brought David in. Samuel took one look 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.800 at him and said, that's the one. God had already 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:43.440 planned for David to be the king. What God has 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:48.720 planned for you, people cannot stop. Betrayals, can't stop, rejection, 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:53.320 can't stop. God's plan will override what other people want. 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:57.560 His plan will supersede those that try to push you down, 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:01.640 leave you out, tell you that you're not qualified. And 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:06.040 it's significant that David didn't go after Samuel. Samuel came 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:10.439 to him. David didn't have to campaign, try to convince 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:13.520 Samuel to be for him, play up to him. Samuel 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:17.560 came knocking on his doors. There are blessings in your future, 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:20.960 good breaks, the right people that are going to come 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:23.920 looking for you. You don't have to go after them. 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.480 God's going to cause them to find you. These moments 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:31.440 of favor that God has already lined up to thrust 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:34.360 you into your destiny. And I know you've seen some 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:37.520 in the past. The good news is His favor is 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:41.520 for a life round. There are more favor moments come 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:46.800 in your way. There are more Samuel's blessings, promotion, healing 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:50.240 still on your schedule. Now do your part and be 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:54.200 glad for all God has planned for you. Live with expectancy, 0:11:55.040 --> 0:12:00.680 excited about your future, thanking God for what's in store. Pastor, 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:02.959 a friend of mine, wanted to build a new sanctuary, 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:06.840 and he'd tried for several years but couldn't find any property. 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.320 And a couple of times he found a place, but 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:11.760 it was way too expensive. He didn't have the funds, 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:15.160 and nothing was coming together. He could have been discouraged 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:17.280 and to all ell it's not meant to be. But 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:21.000 his attitude was, God, I know you already have the 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:24.559 right place for us. God, I trust you. One day, 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:28.360 the mayor of his city unexpectedly called. He had never 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:31.360 met this pastor, but he'd heard that they were looking 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:34.559 for a building. He told about this group that built 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:37.400 a huge building for a casino. It was just a 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:40.560 few miles from his church. Before they moved in, they 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:44.640 went bankrupt. It had over forty acres of parking. The 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:48.880 building could fit four football Fiells inside. The mayor asked 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:51.640 the pastor if he was interested in purchasing the building. 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.480 Pastor thought it'd cost fifty million dollars. They couldn't afford that. 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:57.960 The mayor said, no, we can sell it to you 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:02.760 for under two million dollars. Pastor never dreamed he would 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.720 have a facility like that. This was one of those 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:10.040 favor moments that God had already planned. Now, God has 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:14.480 some of these explosive blessings in your future moments that 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:18.280 will catapult you further. You couldn't make it happen. You 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:21.679 didn't have the resources, the funding, the connections. But the 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:24.640 favor of God will open the door. The favor of 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.760 God will bring the right people. The favor of God 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:33.120 will turn that problem around. Instead of living worried, frustrated, 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:38.439 let's do like David. Surely goodness is coming. He didn't say, 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:42.080 I hope it comes, Maybe it comes. There's a chance 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:45.959 it may show up. He said, Surely it's coming. Our 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:50.440 attitude should be. Surely breakthroughs are coming. Surely promotion is 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:54.800 on the way. Surely, healing, restoration, new levels are in 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:58.480 front of me. David said in Psalm twenty seven. I 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:03.080 am confident will see the goodness of God. Look at 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:07.240 his attitude in the midst of trouble, people coming against him, 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.480 left out in the shepherd's fields. You would think he'd 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:14.280 be discouraged, giving up on his dreams. Yet he said, 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:17.920 I am confident God will turn this around. I am 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:21.360 confident good things are ahead of me. I am confident 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.240 my latter days will be better than my former days. 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:28.800 He was convinced that God had good things planned for him, 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:32.840 that he wasn't at the mercy of other people, his environment. 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:35.600 What he didn't get, he knew that God had the 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:39.480 final say. What would happen if we would live with 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:43.440 that same attitude. I am confident I will see God's goodness. 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:47.600 How much further will we go if we had this mindset? 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:51.320 Surely good things are in my future. Yes, business may 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:54.640 be slow now, struggling with my finances, but I am 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:59.960 confident Jehovah Jihrah, the Lord my provider, will bring increase, promotion, 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:05.160 new clients, abundance. I'm still single, haven't met anyone yet, 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.920 but I am confident the right person is on the way. 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.000 I'm still fighting this battle in my health, but I 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:15.680 am confident Jehovah Rapha, the Lord, my healer, is restoring 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.320 health back into me. I am confident I will live 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:22.120 and not die. Or maybe this addiction has been in 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:25.840 my family for years, but I am confident freedom is coming. 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:29.480 This is not how my story ends. I am confident 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:34.040 this generational curse is being broken and a generational blessing 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:39.240 is beginning. Proverb thirteen puts it this way. Trouble chases 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:43.720 the wicked, but blessings chase the righteous. When you honor 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:47.320 God with your life, you keep in first place. Something 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:52.320 is chasing you, not defeat, bad, break, sickness, depression, No, 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:57.360 you're the righteous. Blessings are chasing you. Healing, promotion, the 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:00.960 right people, breakthroughs. When you look in your rear view mirror, 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:04.440 you have a tailgater. Favor is about to overtake you. 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:08.400 Samuel is about to show up. That baby you've been 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:12.200 dreaming about is headed your way. Healing is tracking you 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:15.600 down right now, Freedom has almost caught up with you. 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:19.120 Just a matter of time before you see the goodness 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:22.400 of God. Now do your part and be glad for 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:26.840 what God is planning for you. Every day. Live with expectancy. Lord, 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.880 I believe something good is going to happen to me. Father, 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:32.320 thank you that my best days are not behind me, 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:36.160 but they're still out in front of me. See Isaiah said, 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:40.040 God is longing to be good to those who look 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:45.680 for who expect his goodness, his favor, and his blessing. No, 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.120 this God wants to be good to you. He wants 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:51.400 to show you his favor, but there's a condition. He's 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:56.200 looking for people that are expecting his goodness, expecting his favor. 0:16:56.560 --> 0:17:00.720 People who will believe that healing is coming, are on 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:04.200 the way that their future will be brighter than their past. 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:07.600 Could it be that God is longing to be good 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:10.280 to you, but you're not seeing it because you're not 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:15.919 looking for his goodness. You become passive, complacent. Joe's been 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:18.800 this way a long time. I think I'm stuck out 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:21.119 here in the shepherd's fields. These people didn't treat me 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:24.840 right either. No, God has an awesome future planned for you. 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:28.520 His favor is for a lifetime. Here's the whole key. 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:31.399 You have to be looking for it. You have to 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:34.919 be expecting things to turn around, believing that good breaks 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:38.120 are coming, thanking him that the best is still ahead. 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:42.240 A passive attitude will keep you from the fullness of 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:47.160 your destiny. It's easy to become complacent. I've seen God's goodness. 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.440 I have no complaints. I've been blessed. Don't put your 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:54.239 faith on autopilot. God didn't create you to reach a 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.520 certain level and get stuck. He said, your path will 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:01.320 get brighter and brighter. That you're allowed will be better 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:04.800 than your former days. Now, you may have had some 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:08.639 great former days, that's awesome, but God has some greater 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:13.280 days of ahead. There are moments of favor you're about 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:16.120 to come into that are going to catapult you ahead. 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:20.199 Something you can't explain. You didn't work for it, you 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:23.760 weren't qualified. It's never happened in your family. It's just 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:27.439 the goodness of God. It's Samuel showing up. It's the 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:31.679 mayor calling, it's the building finding you. It's favor on 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:36.480 that slingshot to where God thrust you into influence, resources, 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:41.439 leadership that you've never imagined. Paul prayed in Ephesians that 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:44.600 the eyes of our heart would be flooded with light 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:47.840 so that we would know the awesome future God has 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:51.160 in store. Paul knew our mind would try to talk 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:55.080 us out of it, and we'd get passive. Let disappointments, 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:58.800 setbacks cause us to quit believing, settle where we are. 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:02.560 That's why he prayed that we would be flooded with light. 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:08.679 Flooded means overwhelmed, not overwhelmed with dow trouble. Look what 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:12.280 I'm up against. I've reached my limits. No flooded with light, 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:18.359 flooded with hope, flooded with faith, flooded with expectancy. Like David, 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:21.679 I am confident I will see the goodness of God. 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:25.320 When Moses was at the end of his life one 0:19:25.400 --> 0:19:28.359 hundred and twenty years old, he was about to pass 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:32.399 the scripture says his eye was not dim and his 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:36.479 natural force was not abated. This was talking about his 0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:41.080 physical eyes, but I believe it's symbolic his eyes of faith, 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:45.280 the eyes of his heart, were still flooded with light. 0:19:45.320 --> 0:19:47.600 One hundred and twenty years old, and he was still 0:19:47.640 --> 0:19:52.960 expecting God's goodness. This was significant because Moses, as a baby, 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.600 had seen God's favor. The king had issued a decree 0:19:56.640 --> 0:20:00.240 that all the male Hebrew boys two years of agent 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:03.720 under were supposed to be killed, but Moses's mother put 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:06.240 him in that basket and sent him down the Nile river. 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:10.280 Just so happened. The pharaoh's daughter was there taking a bath. 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:13.800 She saw him and took him in. She raised Moses 0:20:13.880 --> 0:20:17.560 as her own child. Now Moses knew he was supposed 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:20.720 to deliver the Israelites out of slavery, but he got 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:24.760 out of God's timing. He saw an Egyptian foreman mistreating 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:27.760 a Hebrew slave, and he didn't think anyone was watching, 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:30.760 and he killed that foreman. He had to flee for 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:35.520 his life, spent forty years hiding in the desert. I'm 0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:40.440 sure he felt forgotten alone, like he had missed God's plan. 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:44.720 It his own fault, he blew it. But God's favor 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:48.080 is not for a season, It's for a lifetime. God 0:20:48.160 --> 0:20:52.399 has mercy for every mistake. He's already planned to come back. 0:20:52.880 --> 0:20:56.760 Forty years later, at eighty years old, God showed up 0:20:56.840 --> 0:21:00.800 in a burning bush, said Moses, now to go and 0:21:00.880 --> 0:21:05.719 deliver the Israelites after his mistake. After he thought he 0:21:05.840 --> 0:21:08.160 was done, he went on to part the Red Sea 0:21:08.680 --> 0:21:11.080 to bring water out of a rock, to see all 0:21:11.119 --> 0:21:15.600 these supernatural signs. Now, at one hundred and twenty years old, 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:19.560 his eye was not dim. He was still confident he 0:21:19.600 --> 0:21:23.560 would see the goodness of God. If Moses were here today, 0:21:23.840 --> 0:21:27.040 he would tell you God's favor is not for a season, 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:31.399 It's for your lifetime. You haven't made too many mistakes. 0:21:32.040 --> 0:21:35.639 The obstacles are not too big. What God promised you 0:21:35.960 --> 0:21:39.720 he's still going to bring to pass. Now get your fireback, 0:21:40.320 --> 0:21:44.080 start expecting his favor. He's longing to be good to you, 0:21:44.520 --> 0:21:47.840 but you have to be looking for his goodness. I 0:21:47.920 --> 0:21:50.760 talked to a young lady after the service. She had 0:21:50.760 --> 0:21:54.720 lost her arm in an accident. She became very depressed, 0:21:54.880 --> 0:21:57.760 wouldn't leave the house, and many days she wouldn't get 0:21:57.800 --> 0:22:00.359 out of bed. Her mother got her lists listening to 0:22:00.400 --> 0:22:03.320 our messages, and she heard me talking about how God 0:22:03.400 --> 0:22:06.160 has good things in store and how what was meant 0:22:06.200 --> 0:22:09.280 for harm he can turn to your advantage. Little by 0:22:09.320 --> 0:22:12.400 little she got her passion back. She told me how, 0:22:12.440 --> 0:22:16.320 she said, God, I'm disappointed. I don't have any plans 0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:19.400 for my life. But God, I know you have good 0:22:19.440 --> 0:22:22.800 plans for me. You may not see anything good in 0:22:22.840 --> 0:22:26.920 your future. That's okay. Like her, you can thank God 0:22:26.960 --> 0:22:31.199 for what he has planned for you. His plans are bigger, better, 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:36.439 more rewarding than you could ever imagine. Proverbs says hope 0:22:36.520 --> 0:22:41.159 deferred makes the heart sick. One definition of hope is 0:22:41.280 --> 0:22:46.600 happy anticipation of something good. If you're anticipating something good, 0:22:46.720 --> 0:22:50.639 brings you joy, gives you passion. When you believe the 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:53.880 best is in front of you, God is arranging things 0:22:53.880 --> 0:22:58.040 in your favor, lining up the samuels, the property, the solution. 0:22:58.880 --> 0:23:01.840 You believe he has ex Josh blessings on your schedule, 0:23:02.080 --> 0:23:05.280 then you're going to be excited about life. It'll affect 0:23:05.280 --> 0:23:09.960 your attitude, your relationships, your productivity. But if you're not 0:23:10.040 --> 0:23:15.440 anticipating anything good, if you think you're stuck, the problems permanent, 0:23:15.560 --> 0:23:19.400 you've reached your limits. That will drain your energy, stifle 0:23:19.440 --> 0:23:23.120 your creativity, take your joy, and you'll just drag through 0:23:23.160 --> 0:23:27.399 the day, endure life. No. God created you to have 0:23:27.520 --> 0:23:30.800 something to look forward to. This is what faith is 0:23:30.840 --> 0:23:34.240 all about. God. I believe you have good plans for me, 0:23:34.960 --> 0:23:37.720 that you're taking me where I've never been. That the 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:42.080 best days in my health, my family, my relationships are 0:23:42.119 --> 0:23:45.720 still in front of me. That's not just being positive, 0:23:46.040 --> 0:23:49.440 that's getting in agreement with God. That's what allows him 0:23:49.520 --> 0:23:53.720 to do amazing things. My prayer is that you will 0:23:53.720 --> 0:23:57.480 be like Moses, that your eyes will not become dim, 0:23:57.760 --> 0:24:00.479 that you will not lose sight of the awesome future 0:24:00.560 --> 0:24:03.000 God has in store. That you will keep your faith 0:24:03.040 --> 0:24:07.400 stirred up to live with expectancy looking for God's goodness. 0:24:08.400 --> 0:24:11.239 Paul said, be glad for all God has planned for you. 0:24:11.760 --> 0:24:15.480 The next part of that same verse says, be patient 0:24:15.680 --> 0:24:19.879 in trouble. It's not a coincidence that God connected the 0:24:19.920 --> 0:24:24.840 two because in trouble, in difficulties, you'll be tempted to 0:24:24.840 --> 0:24:28.960 get discouraged. Think it's never going to work out, medical 0:24:29.000 --> 0:24:31.800 reports too bad, had this set back in my career. 0:24:32.480 --> 0:24:35.880 None of that is a surprise to God. He's already 0:24:35.920 --> 0:24:40.280 planned the solution. Be patient in trouble. The trouble is 0:24:40.320 --> 0:24:44.080 not permanent. The trouble is not how your story ends. 0:24:44.440 --> 0:24:47.840 God wouldn't have allowed the difficulty if he wasn't going 0:24:47.880 --> 0:24:51.840 to bring you out better. The scripture says, God makes 0:24:51.880 --> 0:24:56.280 all things beautiful in its time. Give God time to 0:24:56.359 --> 0:24:59.879 work it out. Just because you don't see anything happening 0:25:00.240 --> 0:25:04.119 doesn't mean God is not working behind the scenes. Right now. 0:25:04.320 --> 0:25:07.479 He's lining up everything that you need. He's not going 0:25:07.560 --> 0:25:09.800 to bring you out the same He's going to bring 0:25:09.840 --> 0:25:14.600 you out better. But while you're waiting, negative thoughts will 0:25:14.600 --> 0:25:17.440 come try to talk you out of it. That's when 0:25:17.480 --> 0:25:20.240 you have to dig down deep and say, like David, 0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:23.320 I am confident I will see the goodness of God. 0:25:23.800 --> 0:25:28.040 Surely favor is coming, Surely healing is coming. Surely breakthroughs 0:25:28.080 --> 0:25:31.240 are on the way. Instead of dwelling on all the 0:25:31.320 --> 0:25:34.720 reasons it's not going to work out, start thanking God 0:25:34.880 --> 0:25:38.240 that he's turning it around. Lord, you said, many are 0:25:38.280 --> 0:25:41.240 the afflictions of the righteous, but you deliver me out 0:25:41.240 --> 0:25:43.959 of them all. You said you will lift me out 0:25:44.040 --> 0:25:46.520 of this pit, set my feet on a rock, put 0:25:46.560 --> 0:25:49.000 a new song in my heart. Lord, I think you 0:25:49.040 --> 0:25:52.560 that I'm coming out better, promoted at a new level 0:25:52.640 --> 0:25:57.119 of my destiny. In the scripture, Ruth went through a 0:25:57.119 --> 0:26:01.720 great disappointment. Her husband un ex effectively passed. She was 0:26:01.760 --> 0:26:04.600 a young woman. She never dreamed she would be a 0:26:04.640 --> 0:26:07.320 widow at this age, and her whole life was turned 0:26:07.400 --> 0:26:11.320 upside down. Didn't seem like God had good plans for her. 0:26:11.800 --> 0:26:15.840 Call that heartache and pain. But being a believer doesn't 0:26:15.880 --> 0:26:19.199 exempt us from difficulties. There will be things that are 0:26:19.240 --> 0:26:22.960 not fair. We don't understand. This is when you have 0:26:23.040 --> 0:26:26.280 to trust that God is still in control. If you'll 0:26:26.320 --> 0:26:29.840 be patient not get bitter, God will give you beauty 0:26:29.880 --> 0:26:33.520 for those ashes. Ruth and her mother in law, Naomi, 0:26:34.200 --> 0:26:38.119 they moved back to Naomi's hometown. They were both widows, 0:26:38.760 --> 0:26:42.400 very poor, heartbroken. Ruth would go out in the fields 0:26:42.440 --> 0:26:45.680 each morning and pick up left over wheat. One day, 0:26:45.680 --> 0:26:49.199 the owner of all those fields noticed Ruth, a man 0:26:49.320 --> 0:26:52.920 named bo Has long story short. They ended up falling 0:26:53.000 --> 0:26:56.560 in love and getting married. They had a little baby boy. 0:26:57.359 --> 0:27:01.120 I can see Ruth holding that baby, imagining she would 0:27:01.160 --> 0:27:04.480 be that happy, that fulfilled. She didn't have to work 0:27:04.520 --> 0:27:08.160 in the fields anymore. Now she owned the field. They 0:27:08.240 --> 0:27:11.520 named their son Obed. Obed had a son named Jesse. 0:27:12.080 --> 0:27:15.439 Jesse had a son named David. Now Ruth was in 0:27:15.520 --> 0:27:19.840 the family line of Jesus. Be patient in trouble. You 0:27:19.880 --> 0:27:22.960 don't know what God has planned. You don't know where 0:27:22.960 --> 0:27:26.480 He's taking you. The enemy would love for your eyes 0:27:26.520 --> 0:27:30.400 to become dim where you live discouraged look at all 0:27:30.440 --> 0:27:33.760 these bad breaks. No, there are boases out there for you. 0:27:34.320 --> 0:27:38.760 There is restoration, healing, abundance. God has things in your 0:27:38.800 --> 0:27:42.919 future that you can't conceive right now. Sometimes you have 0:27:43.000 --> 0:27:46.479 to go through the disappointment, through the hardship. But on 0:27:46.520 --> 0:27:49.280 the other side, you're going to see favor that you 0:27:49.320 --> 0:27:53.000 would have never seen. My question for you today is 0:27:53.080 --> 0:27:57.720 are you expecting a favor filled future? Are you anticipating 0:27:57.840 --> 0:28:01.240 anything good? Are the eyes of your flooded with life 0:28:01.920 --> 0:28:04.720 or had they become dim? You think you've seen your 0:28:04.760 --> 0:28:08.480 best days. The only thing that's stopping some people is 0:28:08.520 --> 0:28:12.800 what they're expecting. I'm asking you to be a David. 0:28:12.800 --> 0:28:15.719 Have that attitude. I am confident I will see the 0:28:15.760 --> 0:28:18.800 goodness of God. Surely favor is come in my way. 0:28:19.200 --> 0:28:22.800 If you'll do this, I believe and declare you're about 0:28:22.840 --> 0:28:25.479 to step in to one of those moments of favor. 0:28:26.119 --> 0:28:30.399 God's about to do something unusual. Blessings chasing you down, 0:28:30.960 --> 0:28:34.359 healing about to overtake you. Samuel's about to show up 0:28:34.800 --> 0:28:38.520 good breaks that catapult you ahead a new level of 0:28:38.560 --> 0:28:42.360 your destiny in Jesus's name, And if you receive it, 0:28:42.800 --> 0:28:46.840 well you say amen. I'd like to give you an 0:28:46.840 --> 0:28:50.560 opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 0:28:50.600 --> 0:28:54.719 you pray with me? 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