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Tuning in. 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.400 If you're ever in our area, stop by and see us. 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:13.680 I'll promise you will make you feel right at home. 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:16.320 Thank you again for coming out today. And I like 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:19.120 to start with something funny. And A woman was on 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:22.280 an airplane reading her Bible. The man next to her said, 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:24.120 you don't believe all that stuff in there, do you? 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:26.960 She said, of course I do. It's the Bible. He said, well, 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.000 what about that guy that was swallowed by the well? 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:31.680 She said, you mean Jonah. Yes, I believe that too. 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:34.560 He said, well, how could he possibly survive all that 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.320 time inside a well. She thought about it a moment 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.280 and said, I don't know. When I get to heaven, 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:42.359 i'll guess i'll have to ask him. He said, sarcastically, well, 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.800 what if he's not in heaven. She smiled and said, 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:50.280 then you're gonna have to ask him. All right, hold 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:53.679 your bibles up, let's say it together. This is my Bible. 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.800 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.400 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:02.120 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:06.400 of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:11.080 heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus' name, 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.960 God bless you. You sound great as usual. We've been 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.800 talking about making the most of our time, and I 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:21.000 want to focus today on the importance of knowing your 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:25.080 purpose and then taking steps to fulfill that purpose. You 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:29.280 have a divine destiny. You're not an accident. God saw 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:32.280 you before you were ever even born, and He's put 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:37.280 gifts and talents in you. He's given you ideas and creativity. 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.600 There's something that you can excel at. You have all 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.560 this potential on the inside, but it's not going to 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.520 do you any good unless you start tapping into it. 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:51.320 And too many people today are not really fulfilled. They're 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:54.360 just going to work, trying to make a living, stuck 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:57.040 in a job they don't even like, not pursuing the 0:03:57.160 --> 0:04:00.280 dreams and desires that God's put in their heart. And 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:03.680 as long as we're not moving toward our God given destiny, 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:07.800 there will always be a sense of dissatisfaction on the inside. 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.080 And I can't think of anything more tragic than to 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:13.960 come to the end of your life and realize that 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:16.599 you have not become all God created you to be. 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:20.440 You just lived an average, mediocre life. You got by, 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.160 but you didn't have any passion, You didn't have any enthusiasm. 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:28.760 You had all this untapped potential on the inside. I 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:32.440 heard somebody say, the wealthiest place on Earth is not 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:35.400 in the oil fields over in the Middle East. It's 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:38.400 not in the gold and diamond minds in South Africa. 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:43.039 The wealthiest place on earth is in the cemeteries. Because 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:46.240 buried in those graves are all kinds of dreams and 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:49.599 desires that will never be fulfilled. There are books that 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:52.920 will never be written, businesses that will never be started, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.920 ministries that will never see the light of day. The 0:04:55.960 --> 0:05:00.520 incredible power of potential is lying in those graves. Now, 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:03.840 I want you to feel this sense of destiny today. Friends, 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:07.400 you have an assignment. There is something God wants you 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.599 to accomplish, and if you don't get it done, not 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.720 only are you not going to be fulfilled, but this 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:15.960 world is not going to be near as bright a 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:19.040 place as it could be. And the reason some people 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:22.560 are not happy, the reason they're not living with enthusiasm, 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:27.440 is because they're not really in their purpose. Understand, there 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:30.240 is a gift, a treasure on the inside of you, 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.200 but you've got to do your part to get it out. Now, 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:36.080 I want to challenge you today to be more determined 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:39.320 than ever that you're going to get focused and start 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:43.120 taking steps toward the dreams and desires that God's put 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:46.040 in your heart. Our goal should be, We're going to 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:50.359 live life to the full, pursuing our passions, pursuing our dreams, 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:53.159 and then when it comes our time to go, we're 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.839 gonna go empty. We're not gonna have any potential left 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:57.680 in us. We're not going to have to bury any 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:01.120 of our treasures. We're going to have spent our life life. Well, well, 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.799 you said, Joe, how do I really know my purpose? 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.800 How do I really get into my divine destiny? It's 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:11.280 not complicated. Your purpose has to do with what excites you, 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:15.040 What are you passionate about, what do you really love doing. 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:18.479 Your purpose will be a part of the dreams and 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:21.440 the desires that are in your heart. It'll be a 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:25.600 part of your very nature. See God made you, He's 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:28.280 the one that put those desires in you, so it'll 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:31.719 be something that you like doing. For instance, if you 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:36.000 really love children, then your purpose will probably be something 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:39.680 that has to do with children, teaching them, coaching them, 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:44.279 mentoring them. I know people that are just extremely helpful people. 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:48.600 They're so compassionate and caring well, their purpose will probably 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.800 fall into a social field, or maybe even a medical 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:56.000 field a doctor, a nurse, a caregiver, a counselor What 0:06:56.040 --> 0:07:00.440 I'm saying is that your purpose will always follow after 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.840 what you are passionate about. I know, from the time 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:06.839 I was ten or eleven years old, I was always 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:11.880 fascinated with television production. I loved the cameras and editing 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:15.600 and watching people make movies. That just excited me. And 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:17.560 from the time I was a young man, I would 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:20.120 come down to the church on the weekends. We had 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:23.560 some little industrial cameras and I'd spend all day Saturday 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:26.360 just playing with the television equipment. I didn't know how 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:28.480 to run it. I just turn it on and off 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:31.440 and unplug it, plug it back in, cool the cables, 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:34.680 get it ready for Sunday. But I was passionate about it. 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:37.960 It's what came naturally. When I got old enough to 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:41.920 run the camera in the services, maybe thirteen or fourteen, 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:44.040 I was very good at it. In fact, I was 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:46.640 one of the best camera men that we had. But 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:49.840 it wasn't hard for me. It was natural to me. 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:51.520 I didn't have to work at it. It was like 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:54.720 a hobby. I loved doing it. See, that was all 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:58.320 a part of my purpose that was hardwired into me 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:01.200 by the creator of the universe. And I just kept 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:04.360 following my passions. I went to college and studied it 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.720 for a year, came back home and started the television ministry, 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:10.920 And even today, being on the other side of the cameras, 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:14.120 I can see how God was guiding and directing my steps. 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:16.720 But some of you go to work every day and 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:20.280 you don't really enjoy it. You don't like the field 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:23.440 that you're in. You get up in the morning dreading it. 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:26.720 You can't stand the traffic, you don't enjoy the people. Listen, 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:29.559 you need to re examine things. You are not meant 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:34.000 to live a miserable and unfulfilled life, and you need 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:36.560 to make sure that you're in a field that's a 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:40.600 part of your purpose. Don't go twenty five years doing 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.560 something you don't like and just stay there because you're 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.000 comfortable and you don't want to rock the boat. Now 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:50.320 get into your divine destiny. We should love what we're doing. 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:54.360 We should go to work every day with enthusiasm, passionate 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:57.000 about what we do. Now I'm not saying we don't 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:58.920 have to work hard, and there are not going to 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.240 be some frustrating day and people we don't want to 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:04.200 deal with. That's all a part of it. But ultimately 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:07.400 we should enjoy what we're doing. When you get home 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.880 at night, you should feel rewarded, like you've accomplished something, 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:14.120 like you've made the world a better place. And really, 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:17.160 when you get into your purpose, work is not even 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:18.959 going to be like work to you. It's going to 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:20.960 be like a hobby. And on top of that, you'll 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:24.040 get paid for it. I heard somebody say, do what 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:27.000 you love doing and the money will always follow. And 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.720 I believe that if you'll really get into your purpose, 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.320 you'll never have a problem with money, because when you're 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:36.000 fulfilling your god given destiny, you'll not only be excited 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:39.960 and enthusiastic about it, but you'll excel in that area. 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:43.439 And when you excel, promotion and increase will always come. 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:47.800 And every one of you has hardwired into you a 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:51.160 divine purpose from the creator of the universe. It's a 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:54.760 part of your nature. And until you start pursuing it 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:57.360 and start really getting into it, you're not going to 0:09:57.400 --> 0:10:00.520 be fulfilled as you should be to think of it 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:03.880 like this. God made all these different kinds of animals, 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:07.920 and he's given them each unique characteristics and unique things 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:12.880 about their personality. For instance, the owl is nocturnal, likes 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.320 to be out at night, and so God has given 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.520 the owl eyes that can see as good at night 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:21.719 time as we can see in the daytime. But if 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:24.440 that owl decided he wanted to start sleeping at night 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:26.640 and staying out during the day, and all of a 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.920 sudden he started going against his God given destiny, then 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.679 he's gonna have problems. He's gonna have a hard time 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:37.400 finding food, he's gonna struggle all day not enjoy his life. 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.840 And it's all because he's not doing what he was 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.360 wired to do. He got outside his purpose. When you're 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:47.640 really in your purpose, things come naturally to you. You 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:49.800 don't have to tell the owl to stay up at night. 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:52.520 It's natural for it to stay up at night, and 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.120 it's got the equipment for it, it's got the goods 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:58.000 God's given it. The vision doesn't have to struggle to 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.480 stay awake. God made it not ern well. In the 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:04.840 same way, God has put certain things in every one 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:07.040 of us. And if we can just get into our 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:11.160 purpose and do what we're good at. Naturally, then life 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:13.480 is not going to be a struggle. It's not gonna 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:15.240 be a headache. You're not gonna get up dread and 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:18.000 go into work. God, why do I have this job? No, 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:21.040 make sure you're in your purpose. When you're really in 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:24.720 your purpose, there'll be a joy on the inside, deep 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:28.040 down in here. You'll feel a sense of accomplishment, a 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:31.280 sense of fulfillment. And yes, we're gonna have to work hard, 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:34.640 Yes there will be times that we struggle, but overall, 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:37.839 when you're really in your purpose, you will be fulfilled 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:41.320 and you will enjoy your life. I think about another 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.319 type of animal, a retriever, a certain type of dog. 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:48.559 It's natural for a retriever to retrieve, that's what's been 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:52.000 hardwired into it. You can take a bunch of retrievers 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:54.480 and put them in a fenced off area, and all 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:59.120 day long, they'll just lay around the yard, lazy, unmotivated, 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:02.480 no enthusiasm, just dragging through the day. But when that 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.480 owner comes home and opens up the bed of his 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.439 pickup truck and they begin to realize they're about to 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:12.040 go hunting, those dogs will come alive. They'll start barking, 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:15.240 They'll start jumping, they'll run around the yard in excitement. 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.720 I mean, it's a night and day difference. Why is that. 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:22.240 It's what they were meant to do. God put that 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.679 on the inside of them. So there's a natural excitement, 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:29.600 a natural enthusiasm. They don't have to get themselves all 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:32.160 worked up to be happy. They don't have to say, well, 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:34.120 let me go listen to one of Pastor Joe's sermons. 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.920 I just lost my joy today. Know, when they know 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:42.640 they're going hunting, they're excited about it. That's been hardwired 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.360 into them by the creator of the universe. And I 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:48.480 really believe when we get into our purpose and when 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:51.120 we really start doing what we know we're called to do, 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:55.680 there will be an enthusiasm and excitement that just comes naturally. 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.400 We may not jump up and down every day, but 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:00.200 down in here we're going to know that we know 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.320 that we know men, this is what I was called 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.640 to do, this is my destiny. And every one of 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:09.360 you has something that you're good at. Naturally, there is 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:11.880 something you can do that's just no big deal to you. 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:14.880 I was thinking about Cindy Man. That girl can sing. 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:18.160 You've heard her up here she hits those long, high 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.160 notes and just holds it forever, and it looks totally 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:25.120 effortless to her, doesn't even look like she's trying. I think, man, 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:28.400 I can't even hit those notes in the shower. But 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:31.520 why is that? It's because she's doing what she's good 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:34.600 at naturally. But on the other hand, if you're doing 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:38.520 something that's not natural, and it's always a struggle, it's 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:41.840 always given you a headache, and even after you try 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:45.040 and train and practice and push, you still can't seem 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.840 to get it down. You've got to recognize that's not 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.280 in your nature, that's not one of the areas God 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:52.280 has gifted you in, and you need to just let 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:57.040 it go. Find something that you're good at naturally. And 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:58.760 of course there are going to be times we have 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.920 to push through and learn things that are hard, but 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:06.360 in general, life should not be a constant struggle. When 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:08.720 you're really in your purpose, there'll be at ease and 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:12.360 it'll come naturally. I know these two friends that went 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.160 to Bible school together and they were studying to become 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:18.440 a pastor. And when they graduated, one young man started 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:20.760 his own church, and he asked his friend to come 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.520 along and help, and this other young man was very 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:26.840 set on starting his own church, but since nothing had 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:29.320 opened up, he decided that he would help him out 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.840 for a little while. And this young man was a 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:36.000 phenomenal musician. He could play the piano like you'd never heard, 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.280 and he could write music, he could sing. He was 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:42.680 just very gifted in that area. And so his friend, 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.200 the pastor, put him in charge of the music ministry 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:48.320 there at the church. And for several years he excelled 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:50.680 in that area. I mean, the church was known for 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:54.240 its music. Things begin to grow and great things were happening. 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.560 But this whole time, this young man kept telling himself, man, 0:14:57.600 --> 0:14:59.200 I got to get out there and start my church. 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:02.080 I got to get out there and really get going. Well, 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:05.040 his wife and the pastor his friend, when they saw 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:07.640 how much success he was having in the music ministry, 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.640 they began to challenge him about what he was really 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.320 called to do. I mean, his music was affecting so 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:16.120 many people. But this young man wouldn't hear it. All 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:19.320 he wanted to do was start his own church. To him, 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:22.960 music was too easy. He had always done that, He'd 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:25.560 always excelled in that area. He thought for sure he 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:28.400 had to get out and try something more challenging, something new. 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:32.120 But one day he began to realize everything he was 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:35.320 trying to give people he was giving them through his music. 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:38.560 He began to feel a sense of destiny about what 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:41.680 he was already doing. In fact, when he really thought 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:45.560 about pastoring, there were many aspects that weren't appealing or 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:47.920 exciting to him at all. It was just something that 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:51.000 was stuck in his mind, and he finally decided he 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:54.040 would just stay right where he was at and continue 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:57.840 using his God given gifts and talents that came naturally 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:00.880 to him. But see, he almost met it's his divine 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:03.600 destiny because he was too close to it. It was 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:06.480 just so normal for him. He'd been good at music 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:09.800 all of his life. It's no big deal. But really 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:12.520 it wasn't normal. That was a gift that God had 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:15.520 given him. And God has given every one of you 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:18.720 certain things that you can do well. There are certain 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:21.120 areas that you excel in. You know what they are. 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:25.240 Don't take them for granted. It may be in cells 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:30.160 or communication, or encouraging people, or in athletics or in marketing. 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:33.360 Whatever it is, just because it comes natural to you. 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:37.000 Don't take it for granted, that's what God has hardwired 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:40.040 into you. It's a part of your destiny. Make sure 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:42.480 that you're using it to the full. I think about 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:45.240 my brother in law, Kevin. He's the administrator here at 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.680 the church, and there's nobody on this earth more detailed 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:53.239 than Kevin. I mean, he is so organized, so efficient, 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.920 he uses his time well. That is a gift that 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.600 God has given him. It is not normal to be 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:05.480 that organized. Kevin knows every detail of the construction down 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:08.120 at the Compact Center. There is not a penny being 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.440 spent that he doesn't know about it. And he can 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:12.920 tell you not only why it's being spent, but he'll 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:14.760 tell you three other ways that we tried to do 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.840 it to save money. He is full of details. And 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:21.000 if we ever go on vacation with his family, Kevin 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:24.560 will send me an itinerary. He'll send me my tickets. 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.800 He'll send me a weather report, He'll send me in 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.120 traffic instructions. He'll tell me if there's problems on the freeway. 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.440 He'll send me rental car information. He reminds me to 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:37.479 bring my driver's license. One time I got out there 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:40.560 and forgot it. But Kevin will send me things in 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:43.880 writing that I never even think about. He is gifted 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:48.080 in being detail oriented, and Kevin stays in his area 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:52.320 of strength. He excels as our administrator. It's what he's 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:55.320 good at. Naturally. I'm sure Kevin could think in the 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:57.520 back of his mind, well, if I'd get up there 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:00.199 and preach, I'd really be making a difference. So if 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:02.480 Kevin got up here and preached, we may not need 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:09.879 the compact center. He's not here today. He can't preach, 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:13.840 But you know what I can't administrate. He's doing what 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:17.080 he's good at. Naturally. He told me the other day, Joel, 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:20.320 this is a dream come true. See, he loves coming 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:23.600 to work every day. He's passionate about it. It's what 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.280 he's good at. It's a part of his purpose. And 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:29.479 as I said, every one of you has something that 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:32.000 you are good at. Don't let the enemy tell you 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:34.640 you've been left out. God has not left anybody out. 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:39.040 You have talents, you have abilities, you have natural strengths, 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:41.600 and you need to be aware of what they are 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:44.480 and make sure that you're taking advantage of it. It 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:47.680 says in Romans twelve, verse six. God has given each 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:52.000 of us the ability to do certain things well. You 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:55.080 can't do everything well, but you can do something well. 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:58.560 Focus on your strengths and make sure that you're not 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:02.280 missing out on your purpose because you're always trying something 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:06.160 that's so complicated for you. Again, your purpose is going 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:09.480 to have to do with something that comes naturally to you, 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:12.640 and when you get into it, it's just gonna feel right, 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:15.480 just gonna feel like it fits. I know, I have 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:18.600 this certain pair of tennis shoes that's broken in, real 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:21.040 good and molded to my feet, and when I put 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:23.760 them on, they just feel like house shoes. Well, that's 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:26.119 what it feels like. When you really get into your purpose, 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:29.199 it just feels right. You just think, Man, God, I 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.639 know this is why you put me here. I was 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:34.840 thinking about my father. Daddy loved to go to India. 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:38.040 That was one of his main passions, and two or 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:40.480 three times a year, my wife Victoria and I would 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:43.960 travel over there with him, and oftentimes after we would land, 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:47.160 we would travel four or five hours way back into 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:49.880 one of the little villages, and of course there weren't 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:52.760 any hotels back there. There wasn't any kind of food 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:56.840 that we could eat. Was hot and dirty and uncomfortable. 0:19:57.240 --> 0:20:00.080 And now I remember one time, in particular, we stay 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:04.280 this old run down government army barracks. It was nothing 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:08.560 more than four concrete walls, no inside bathroom, no ac 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:10.919 no sheets on the bed, just a little cot, and 0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:13.919 about fifty yards away there was what they used for 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:16.960 the sewer, so you can imagine how it smelled at night. 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:19.560 There were bugs and all kinds of insects running around, 0:20:20.040 --> 0:20:22.960 and Victoria and I we never complained about it, but 0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:25.920 honestly we could not wait until we got out of there. 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:29.760 We were counting the days until those meetings were over. 0:20:30.320 --> 0:20:32.879 But it's interesting about my father. He no more noticed 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:35.280 any of that. You'd have thought Daddy was staying in 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:38.480 a fancy hotel. He didn't smell the smells, he didn't 0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:40.760 feel the heat, he didn't see the bugs. He was 0:20:40.800 --> 0:20:43.360 as happy as he could be. In fact, I've never 0:20:43.400 --> 0:20:45.639 seen my father so happy as when he was in 0:20:45.680 --> 0:20:48.480 the villages of India. He told me one time, Joey, 0:20:48.520 --> 0:20:51.120 if I didn't know I was supposed to pass through Lakewood, 0:20:51.160 --> 0:20:54.520 i'd live right here. Well why was that? Why wasn't 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:57.920 he uncomfortable? It's because it was a part of his purpose. 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:01.560 He was passionate about it, just like God had hardwired 0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:05.720 TV into me. God had hardwired that into him. It's funny. 0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:08.360 One time, when we were staying there at those army barracks, 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:10.840 early one morning, my father and I were out on 0:21:10.880 --> 0:21:14.119 the front lawn eating breakfast. And i'd been married to 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:16.680 Victoria if maybe about a year or two. And here 0:21:16.800 --> 0:21:19.439 Victoria is so beautiful and comes from a well to 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:21.720 do family, and I take her to about one of 0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:24.920 the roughest places on the earth. But she never said 0:21:24.960 --> 0:21:26.439 anything about it. But Daddy and I were out there 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:28.720 by ourselves eating breakfast early one morning, all of a 0:21:28.760 --> 0:21:32.159 sudden we hear Victoria start screaming to the top of 0:21:32.200 --> 0:21:32.840 her lungs. 0:21:33.440 --> 0:21:33.640 Men. 0:21:33.680 --> 0:21:36.040 I'd never heard anything like that before, and so we 0:21:36.119 --> 0:21:38.679 threw our breakfast down and ran toward the building. And 0:21:38.760 --> 0:21:41.719 here she comes running down the stairs, shaking her blonde 0:21:41.760 --> 0:21:44.880 hair just as fast as she possibly could. We were thinking, 0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:47.359 what the world is going on? And about that time, 0:21:47.440 --> 0:21:51.480 we saw this lizard about this long, about that fat, 0:21:51.520 --> 0:21:54.400 you know, like an iguana, And all I could think is, girl, 0:21:54.560 --> 0:22:01.159 just keep on shaking. I thought, you're looking at the 0:22:01.160 --> 0:22:08.159 wrong person. If you want me to get Finally, she 0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:11.679 shook him out of her hair, and I thought I 0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:15.359 was gonna have to resuscitate her. Thank god we are 0:22:15.400 --> 0:22:20.200 still married even today. But you know, seriously, none of 0:22:20.280 --> 0:22:23.719 those uncomfortable conditions ever bothered my dad. Why was it 0:22:23.920 --> 0:22:26.240 that was a part of his purpose? He was passionate 0:22:26.280 --> 0:22:29.479 about it. And it says in Proverbs eighteen sixteen that 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:32.879 your gift will make room for you. And I'm convinced 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:35.600 if you'll get into your real purpose, no matter where 0:22:35.600 --> 0:22:38.320 you are, you won't have any problem being happy. You 0:22:38.359 --> 0:22:42.840 won't have any problem finding work, finding friends, finding opportunity. 0:22:42.960 --> 0:22:46.119 In fact, if you'll focus on your strengths and do 0:22:46.240 --> 0:22:48.720 what you're gifted to do well, you'll have to turn 0:22:48.760 --> 0:22:52.320 down opportunities. For some of you today, you are not happy, 0:22:52.359 --> 0:22:55.480 you're not fulfilled because you're not in your purpose. You 0:22:55.560 --> 0:22:59.080 are doing things that you're not hardwired to do. You've 0:22:59.080 --> 0:23:01.800 got to make sure that you're fulfilling the dreams that 0:23:01.880 --> 0:23:05.040 God has placed in your heart. Are you tapping into 0:23:05.080 --> 0:23:08.280 the potential that's on the inside. Have you discovered what 0:23:08.440 --> 0:23:11.840 you do best, what comes naturally and are you excelling 0:23:11.920 --> 0:23:14.560 in that area. If you called to be a stay 0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:16.960 at home mom and raise your children, do it to 0:23:17.000 --> 0:23:20.280 the best of your ability. Don't feel pressured to get 0:23:20.280 --> 0:23:22.520 into some career just because your friends are doing it. 0:23:22.920 --> 0:23:25.680 Recognize that's a part of your purpose, and do it well. 0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:29.160 If you're gifted in the area of cells, don't sit 0:23:29.240 --> 0:23:32.200 behind a desk all day long by yourself. Get into 0:23:32.280 --> 0:23:34.679 the area of your gifting and do it to the 0:23:34.680 --> 0:23:38.120 best of your ability. If you're going to fulfill your purpose, 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:41.119 you've got to do what you're hardwired to do, and 0:23:41.119 --> 0:23:43.280 you've got to make sure you stay in the area 0:23:43.440 --> 0:23:46.520 that you're passionate about. I read about this golfer that 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:49.680 had a dream to become a professional. He was very 0:23:49.720 --> 0:23:53.120 talented in golf, was a natural gift that God had 0:23:53.119 --> 0:23:55.840 given him, and he'd excelled all through high school and 0:23:55.880 --> 0:23:58.119 all through college. But when he got up to the 0:23:58.160 --> 0:24:02.000 professional level, he saw how tough the competition was. He 0:24:02.119 --> 0:24:04.679 soon realized he couldn't make a living at being a 0:24:04.680 --> 0:24:07.320 professional golfer. He had to come to grips with the 0:24:07.320 --> 0:24:09.960 fact that that dream was just not going to come 0:24:10.000 --> 0:24:13.360 to pass. But instead of giving up on his passion 0:24:13.520 --> 0:24:16.560 and just going into another field, he decided to come 0:24:16.600 --> 0:24:19.879 at it from another angle, and he started following the 0:24:19.960 --> 0:24:24.200 pros around on the tours, tracking every shock that they hit, 0:24:24.680 --> 0:24:28.280 writing down what club they used, what distance it was from, 0:24:28.359 --> 0:24:31.440 and how accurate it was. And before long he had 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:35.040 all this incredible data. He began to study it and 0:24:35.160 --> 0:24:38.320 analyze it, and he found out all these interesting things 0:24:38.359 --> 0:24:41.920 about each player. And after a while, the pros began 0:24:42.040 --> 0:24:44.840 noticing him on the tours and they inquired as to 0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:47.320 who he was. And when they found out he had 0:24:47.320 --> 0:24:50.040 done all this research and he knew so much about 0:24:50.040 --> 0:24:52.919 each one of them, they started hiring him as a 0:24:52.920 --> 0:24:55.640 consultant and he would tell them when they were using 0:24:55.640 --> 0:24:58.520 the wrong club and how they could improve their game. 0:24:58.960 --> 0:25:03.080 Eventually he wrote three very popular books sharing this information. 0:25:03.760 --> 0:25:07.320 What's my point, This man stayed in the area of 0:25:07.359 --> 0:25:10.720 his passion just because his dream didn't work out the 0:25:10.760 --> 0:25:13.400 way he thought it would. He didn't just give up 0:25:13.400 --> 0:25:17.000 on it and get outside of his natural gifts and talents. 0:25:17.240 --> 0:25:20.280 He found a way to make his passion work for him. 0:25:20.880 --> 0:25:24.000 And we've got to stay open and recognize just because 0:25:24.040 --> 0:25:27.280 you have a passion in your heart doesn't necessarily mean 0:25:27.359 --> 0:25:29.879 it's going to qualify you for your exact dream the 0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:32.640 way you're thinking about it. Stay open, and just because 0:25:32.720 --> 0:25:35.160 one thing doesn't work out, you've got to be willing 0:25:35.200 --> 0:25:37.920 to go at it from another avenue. Friends, you've got 0:25:37.920 --> 0:25:40.040 a gift on the inside of you. There's a treasure 0:25:40.119 --> 0:25:42.399 down in you, but you gotta work with God and 0:25:42.440 --> 0:25:44.520 do your best to get it out. One of my 0:25:44.600 --> 0:25:48.080 favorite movies is Chariots a Fire, and in this film, 0:25:48.080 --> 0:25:51.399 the lead character is a very gifted runner. He's called 0:25:51.400 --> 0:25:54.200 to be a missionary over in China, but his dream 0:25:54.359 --> 0:25:57.000 is to compete in the Olympics, and he knows that 0:25:57.040 --> 0:26:00.920 God has given him this gift of running. Explains how 0:26:01.040 --> 0:26:04.160 when he runs, he feels like he's dedicating himself to God. 0:26:04.640 --> 0:26:08.159 He said, when I run, I feel God's presence. He 0:26:08.280 --> 0:26:10.600 was saying, when I do what I know I'm called 0:26:10.640 --> 0:26:13.800 to do, when I'm using my gifts and talents, when 0:26:13.840 --> 0:26:17.560 I'm pursuing my destiny, I can feel God's smiling down 0:26:17.600 --> 0:26:20.159 on me. One of my favorite lines in the film, 0:26:20.359 --> 0:26:24.080 he said, to win is to honor God. And if 0:26:24.080 --> 0:26:26.800 we could just live by that same philosophy. In other words, 0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:30.879 to excel, to pursue our purpose, to be the best 0:26:30.920 --> 0:26:34.119 that we can possibly be, is to honor God. If 0:26:34.119 --> 0:26:37.080 you're call to be a businessman. Excel at it, and 0:26:37.119 --> 0:26:40.399 you honor God. You call to teach children, excel in 0:26:40.440 --> 0:26:43.520 that area, and you honor God. Whatever you are called 0:26:43.560 --> 0:26:45.879 to do, if you'll do it to the best of 0:26:45.920 --> 0:26:49.600 your ability, excelling at it, realize you are honoring God. 0:26:50.080 --> 0:26:52.720 But some of you today you have not stepped into 0:26:52.760 --> 0:26:55.600 your divine destiny. You're doing things that you don't have 0:26:55.640 --> 0:26:58.840 any passion about, no enthusiasm. You're just going to work 0:26:58.840 --> 0:27:01.320 and trying to make a living. And I realize we 0:27:01.320 --> 0:27:04.040 can't just snap our fingers and change careers. But at 0:27:04.119 --> 0:27:06.879 least I want to sturdy you up today to examine 0:27:06.880 --> 0:27:10.119 your life and be aware of how you're spending your time. 0:27:10.640 --> 0:27:13.920 Are you pursuing your passions? Are you doing what you're 0:27:13.920 --> 0:27:17.360 good at naturally? If not, why don't you make some changes? 0:27:17.440 --> 0:27:20.919 Time is short. I would encourage you find the one 0:27:20.960 --> 0:27:24.159 thing that you're passionate about and start giving yourself to it, 0:27:24.440 --> 0:27:26.560 and God will lead you one step at a time. 0:27:27.119 --> 0:27:29.800 I mentioned earlier how God put the desire in me 0:27:29.920 --> 0:27:34.040 for television production as a young man. I followed that passion. Then, 0:27:34.080 --> 0:27:36.520 when my father went to be with the Lord, I 0:27:36.560 --> 0:27:38.879 had the desire to step up and pastor the church. 0:27:38.960 --> 0:27:42.120 And I followed that passion, and I can honestly say 0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:45.640 today that I believe I've stepped into my God given destiny. 0:27:45.920 --> 0:27:47.760 I know that I know this is what I was 0:27:47.880 --> 0:27:52.679 called for. This is why God put me here. And 0:27:52.720 --> 0:27:55.280 that's my desire for every one of you, that when 0:27:55.320 --> 0:27:59.080 you would follow after God's perfect will, knowing your calling, 0:27:59.240 --> 0:28:02.200 staying in your purpose, and then one day you could 0:28:02.200 --> 0:28:04.680 look back, or maybe you could even say it today, 0:28:04.920 --> 0:28:07.120 this is why God put me here. I know, this 0:28:07.200 --> 0:28:10.040 is the whole reason I was born. That's when you're 0:28:10.080 --> 0:28:12.840 living life to the full. You're giving to the full, 0:28:12.920 --> 0:28:15.360 you're loving to the full. You'll being all God created 0:28:15.400 --> 0:28:17.600 you to be. And then when it comes your time 0:28:17.640 --> 0:28:20.040 to go, you can say, with the apostle Paul, I 0:28:20.080 --> 0:28:23.760 have finished my course. I've spent all the talents and 0:28:23.800 --> 0:28:26.480 the potential God has given me. I've used all my 0:28:26.600 --> 0:28:29.879 gifts to the very full. Friends, let me challenge you again, 0:28:30.200 --> 0:28:34.119 don't die with buried treasure. Find your purpose, pursue it, 0:28:34.200 --> 0:28:36.800 give it everything you got. If you do that, God 0:28:36.840 --> 0:28:38.960 will lead you and guide you. He'll pour out his 0:28:39.080 --> 0:28:43.280 favor and blessings, and you too will fulfill your divine destiny. Amen, 0:28:43.680 --> 0:28:45.520 if you receive it, Can you give the Lord a 0:28:45.600 --> 0:28:50.200 chat of praise today? 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