God is Preparing the Way for Victory

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:34.800 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.880 We enjoy spending this time with you. I hope you'll 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.319 leave Inspire. Make sure you subscribe to get new messages 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.360 every week. We appreciate your support. It helps keep the 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:59.760 ministry going. Enjoy the message. Oh God bless you. It's 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.760 a joy to come into your homes and we love you, 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:05.400 and we know God has great things in store for 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.640 each one of you. And if you're ever in our area, 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:09.760 I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.080 one of our services. I promise you will make you 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.560 feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:17.400 in today, and thanks again for coming out. I'd like 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:19.720 to start with something funny each week, and of course 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:22.480 you know these are not doctrinely correct. They're just to 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.000 make us laugh. But I heard about this man that 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.760 was walking on the beach and God said, son, you've 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:31.560 been so faithful, I'm going to grant you one special wish. 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:34.200 He said, God, I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:37.560 but I'm afraid to fly. So my wish is that 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:41.560 you would build me a bridge across the ocean. God said, son, 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:45.280 that's totally impossible. Think of the logistics of that. Now 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:48.320 take some time and wish again. He said, okay, God, 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:52.160 I've been divorced four times and all my ex wives 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:55.480 say that I'm so insensitive. So my wish is that 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:58.720 I would be able to understand a woman. I want 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:01.320 to know why she thinks like she thinks and why 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:04.560 she feels like she feels. There was a long pause, 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.119 and God said, do you want two lanes or four 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:11.480 lanes on that bridge? All right, hold up your Bible. 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.359 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.040 I am what it says. I am. I have what 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:19.400 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:22.200 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:26.400 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:31.000 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:34.560 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:38.360 about how God is going before you, preparing the way 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:43.440 for victory. We all face situations that seem impossible. It's 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.080 easy to get discouraged and think that it's never going 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:49.600 to work out. But the scripture talks about how God 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:54.040 is going before us, making our crooked places straight. That 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:58.360 means you may not have the connections right now to 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:02.120 accomplish your dreams, but you don't have to worry. God 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:06.000 is going before you, lining up the right people. He's 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:09.960 arranging the right breaks, the right opportunities. You may have 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:13.800 lost a job, had your hours cut back. It's easy 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.800 to get negative and think nothing is ever going to change, 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.000 but you have to realize that loss is not a 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:23.240 surprise to God. He's not up in the heaven scratching 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:25.760 his head thinking, oh no, now what I'm going to do. 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:26.360 No. 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:30.039 God has already written every day of your life in 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:34.119 his book. He knew exactly when that setback would occur. 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:38.200 And the good news is He's already arranged a comeback. 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:42.159 Before you had the problem, God already had the solution. 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:46.440 He is going before you right now, preparing the next 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:49.360 chapter of your life. If you will stay in faith 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:51.520 and keep the right attitude, it's going to be a 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:55.640 better chapter, a chapter with greater victories and greater fulfillment. 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:59.320 At the office. People may be trying to push you 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:04.080 down play in politics. They may have more seniority than you, 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:08.200 they may be quote more powerful. But when you understand 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:11.440 this principle, you won't get upset. You won't go in 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.839 there and try to play their games and prove to 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:17.440 them who you are. No, you'll stay in peace knowing 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:20.960 that the most High God, the creator of the universe, 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:24.800 the one that controls it all, is going before you, 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:28.640 and he promised he will fight your battles. He will 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:32.000 be your vindicator. He will make your wrongs right. If 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:33.840 you will stay on the high road and just keep 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:36.880 being your best, you will see the hand of God 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:40.799 at work in amazing ways. It may not happen overnight, 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:44.560 but at the right time in your due season. God 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:47.719 will not only move the wrong people out of the way, 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.359 but he will pay you back for every injustice. He 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:53.880 will make up for lost time and get you to 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:57.480 where you're supposed to be. But some of you today 0:05:57.560 --> 0:06:00.719 are discouraged, thinking that your situation and is never going 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:04.360 to change. You don't see anything happening. But if the 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.800 curtain were pulled back to where you could see into 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:11.919 the unseen realm, you would see how right now God 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:15.560 is at work arranging things in your favor. He's planning 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.640 to open this door and bring a certain person across 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:22.080 your path. He's getting you lined up in position for 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:26.040 the exact right opportunities. He's even looking years down the 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:30.560 road and arranging solutions to problems that you haven't even had. 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.080 As we enter into this new decade, I want us 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:36.560 to get this down in our spirit like never before. 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:40.880 God is going before me making my crooked places straight. 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:44.640 That means you may have gone through a disappointment, an 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:49.200 unfair situation, but don't settle there, don't sink down into 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:53.160 self pity. In your future, God is already lined up 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:57.440 a new beginning, new friendships, new opportunities. It's right up 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:00.920 ahead of you. Maybe last year in your finances, in 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:04.280 your career, it was a rough year. You had some setbacks. 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.680 But don't make the mistake of expecting this year to 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.520 be the same. Get a new vision. This is a 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:13.440 new day. You may have taken a couple of steps 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.240 backwards in two thousand and nine, but let me declare 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:19.560 it over you in twenty ten. God is going to 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:23.760 thrust you forward. He has explosive growth in your future. 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:28.560 He's already lined up new sells, new clients, new business, 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:33.400 new partnerships. Our attitude should be yes. The economy is down, 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.920 but I'm not worried. I know God is going before me, 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:40.800 and He's promised he will make rivers in the desert. 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.880 He will prosper me even in the midst of a recession. 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:47.800 Or the medical report may not look good. It says 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:50.200 that I just have to live with this sickness. But 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.280 I have another report and it says that God is 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:57.280 restoring health unto me, and I believe in my future 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:02.600 God has already released healing and victory. Or you may 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.080 have a child that looks like they'll never get back 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.360 on the right course in the natural, it seems impossible, 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:11.400 but our report should be I know God can do 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:14.680 the impossible. I may not see away, but I know 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:18.080 God has a way, and I believe right now God 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:21.720 is going before my child, lining up the right people 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:25.120 to come across his path, taking away the wrong people, 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:29.840 breaking every force of darkness, opening his eyes to every deception, 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.480 and giving him the wisdom to make good choices to 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:37.680 fulfill his destiny. One time in the scripture, the people 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:41.520 of Israel faced an impossible situation. They could have easily 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:45.480 settled where they were, In fact, their parents, the original 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:48.160 ones that God brought out of Egypt. They did just that. 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:52.800 They thought their enemies were too big, their obstacles were 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:56.880 too great, and this thinking kept them from God's best. Now, 0:08:56.880 --> 0:09:01.080 many years later, their children and grandchildren were standing at 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:04.600 the Jordan River, about to cross over and go into 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:09.720 the Promised Land. But this land was occupied by incredibly strong, 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:14.880 powerful people called the Anakites. They were actually descendants of 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:18.680 giants in the natural. The people of Israel didn't have 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:22.679 a chance. You can imagine how intimidated they must have felt, 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:26.360 knowing that they had to face these huge warriors. As 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.920 they stood there at the Jordan no doubt, contemplating whether 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:32.680 or not they should go through with it, God gave 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.800 them a promise that helped push them over it, says 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:39.760 in Deuteronomy chapter nine. Today you are about to face 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:44.560 people much stronger and much more powerful. You've heard the saying, 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:48.559 who can stand up against the Anakites? Here's the promise. 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:52.200 But the Lord your God will cross over ahead of 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:56.840 you like a devouring fire to destroy them. He will 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:01.000 subdue them so that you can quickly conquer. Some of 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:04.600 you today are facing a situation that seems impossible. Like them, 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:08.319 maybe the people you're up against are much more powerful, 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:12.679 or the health issue, the financial difficulty, the legal situation. 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:16.040 Looks like you don't have a chance. But God is 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.960 saying to us what he said to them. The Lord 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:22.400 your God will go before you and take care of 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:27.120 your enemies so that you can quickly conquer them. You 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.280 need to get that down in your spirit. You're going 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:32.120 to come out of that trouble quicker than you think. 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:35.240 God is fighting your battles for you. You're going to 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:38.480 get well quicker than you think. It's going to amaze 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:42.720 the doctors. You're going to accomplish your dreams much quicker. 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:46.719 Than you think supernatural breaks are coming your way? How 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:50.160 could this be the Lord, your God is crossing over 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:53.520 ahead of you. I remember when we were trying to 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:58.199 acquire this facility, the former Compact Center, a company filed 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:00.559 a lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in. 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:03.000 This has been going on for a little over two 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:06.240 years now. Our attorneys told us it could drag on 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.600 for another eight to ten years even if we were 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:13.400 to win the initial lawsuit. Because of the appeals process, 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:15.880 it could go on for many more years to where 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:19.000 we couldn't use the facility. And the people that filed 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:23.600 the lawsuit were the biggest taxpayers in Texas, a huge 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:27.840 real estate company. It was like David vers Goliath, and 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:30.480 we knew that God had given us the facility, but 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:33.439 it just seemed like they were so much bigger and stronger, 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:36.720 and they had so many more resources. But one thing 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:39.720 I've learned from my parents is to find a scripture 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:42.640 from God's word, a promise that you could stand on. 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:46.679 And I found this passage, and every day I would say, Father, 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.679 I want to thank you that even though our opponents 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:54.120 are bigger and stronger, I know you are going before us, 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.560 and no person, no company can stand up against you, 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:01.360 So I want to thank you that feat them and 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:05.400 give us the victory quicker than we think. One day, 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:08.560 out of the blue, the CEO of the company called 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.400 the men that ran the whole business and asked to 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:14.480 have a meeting with us. Our attorneys told us it 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:17.480 was just deployed to try to bring more confusion, but 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:19.839 I believed it was the hand of God at work. 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:23.040 He flew in from another city in When I met him, 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.560 the first thing he said was Joel, my wife and 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:29.200 I watch you on television each week. My son in 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:32.079 law is a youth pastor, and I really want to 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:35.880 get this situation resolved. Two days later, we had an 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.360 agreement and the lawsuit was dropped. What could have dragged 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:42.160 on for eight or ten years happened in a fraction 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:47.480 of the time. What was that God going before us, 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:51.920 preparing the victory fighting our battles. That wasn't a coincidence 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:55.400 that the CEO watches us on television each week. That 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:58.400 was God lining up the right people. It wasn't a 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:01.080 lucky break that his son in law just so happened 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:04.360 to be a youth pastor. That was God arranging things 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:07.920 in our favor. The scripture says, you've heard the saying, 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:12.480 who can stand up against the Anarkites. They're big, they're strong, 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:16.240 they're descendants of giants. In modern day terms, it would 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:19.840 be you've heard the news the economy is down, the 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.920 stock market is low. You can't be blessed, you can't 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:26.360 be successful this year. Or you've heard what the medical 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.440 report said. You're never going to get well, or you 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.280 remember what that coach said about you growing up. You're 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:35.120 not talented, you don't have what it takes. No, the 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:38.880 next time someone says something discouraging about you, or the 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.520 next time your own thoughts try to convince you how 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:45.319 impossible it is, just answer back what God said here. 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:48.640 Yes it may look impossible, Yes they may be bigger. 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:52.400 All the odds are against me. I'm not denying the facts. 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:54.880 But the truth is I'm not worried about it. I 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.320 know God has the final say, and he's promised he 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.800 will cross over ahead of me and defeat them for me. 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:06.120 So my declaration is I will quickly conquer them. See 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:10.120 switch over into faith, get in agreement with God. Those 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:12.640 obstacles that are trying to hold you back, they don't 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:16.280 have a chance nothing can stand against our God. When 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:18.880 those thoughts come saying, well, you're never gonna get well, 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.200 you're never gonna accomplish your dreams, or man, you're never 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.560 gonna overcome that addiction. No, turn it around and make 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:29.120 a declaration of faith. I'm gonna overcome this addiction quicker 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.720 than I think. I'm gonna get well, quicker than I think. 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:35.720 I'm gonna accomplish my dreams, much quicker than I think. Friends, 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:39.240 it's not by our own strength or by our own power. 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:44.080 It's because Almighty God, the one who holds our future 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:48.520 in his hands. He is going before us, fighting our battles, 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:53.440 making crooked places straight, even causing our enemies to want 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:56.160 to be good to us. Had a friend tell me 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.400 not long ago, how he was at this government building 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:02.960 taking care of a legal situation, and the man in charge, 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:05.800 the man helping him, told him it would take two 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:09.320 years for his transaction to go through. My friend asked, 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.160 very kindly and politely, is there any way that it 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:15.920 could happen sooner? The man answered back, very gruffly. I 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.160 said it would be two years, and I mean it's 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:20.840 going to be two years. The system is all backed up. 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:23.360 I've got so much work in front of you, it'll 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:26.080 be a long time before I get to your paperwork. 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:29.240 My friend said, well, that's fine, but I'm gonna pray 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:33.080 and believe that somehow God will cause it to happen sooner. 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:37.600 That made him even more aggravated, and he said back, sarcastically, 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:40.600 pray all you want, but I'm in charge, and I'm 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:44.160 telling you it's going to take two years. Six weeks later, 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:46.480 the man called him back and said, come on in, 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:50.040 your paperwork is ready. My friend thought it was a mistake. 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:52.320 He said, are you sure it's fine. He said, yes, 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:54.840 I'm sure. He got there as quickly as he could. 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:57.840 He said to the man, thank you so much. But 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:00.280 I thought you said it would take at least two years. 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:03.840 The man said I did. But ever since I met you, 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.680 I can't get you off my mind. I wake up 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.360 in the morning thinking about you. I eat lunch thinking 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:13.080 about you. I go to bed thinking about you. And 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.640 I am so sick and tired of thinking about you. 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:22.440 Take your paperwork and go. Proverbs sixteen seven says when 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:25.760 you live a life pleasing to the Lord, God will 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.720 cause even your enemies to want to be good to you. 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:31.400 Had a man tell me one time, Joel, I never 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:34.000 used to like you, but I couldn't turn you off. 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.960 I couldn't quit watching you, and now I'm your biggest supporter. 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:41.160 That's God crossing over ahead of us, causing our enemies 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:43.360 to even want to be at peace with us. And 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.120 I love to think about the fact that before we 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:50.400 have the problem, God already has the solution. God has 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.840 people in your life right now, most likely that are 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:57.920 not necessarily there just for today, but He has them 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:01.440 there because in your future they will be very instrumental. 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.159 I met a man one time years ago from another state. 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:07.800 He was down at the office for a couple of 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:11.359 days installing some equipment, and in that short period of 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:14.280 time we became good friends. We just really hit it off. 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.920 Over the years, I would only see him once or twice, 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:22.560 but just like old times, twelve years later, Victoria and 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.840 I came into a once in a lifetime business opportunity, 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:28.720 and it just so happened that this man was an 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.639 expert in that field. The first thing I did was 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:34.520 call him. He came down and over a period of 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:38.880 a couple of months, he negotiated a very complicated contract, 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:42.520 put it all together and the business became a huge success, 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.399 But I thought about how I would not even have 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:49.399 pursued that opportunity had I not known that man. I 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:54.000 realize now God brought him into our lives many years earlier, 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:59.919 not just for the friendship, but even for that specific purpose. See, friends, 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:04.120 God knows what's in your future. He knows every opportunity 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:07.840 ahead of you. That's why he's crossing over in front 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.600 of you to make sure the right people will be 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.240 there when you need them. And you may think that 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:16.440 you just met them by accident, it was just a coincidence. 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:19.840 But one day you'll look back, most likely like I did, 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:23.640 and see how God used that person in an instrumental 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:27.400 way to help you get further towards your divine destiny. 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:31.240 I love the story my brother Paul told not long ago. 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:34.480 He and a group of surgeons were in Haiti right 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:37.480 after the big earthquake. They were operating on many of 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:40.760 the injured people, but one day, the main monitor that 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:44.840 they were using during surgery to monitor the patients oxygen 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:48.440 levels and blood pressure, pauls things like that. That monitor 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:51.359 went out and without the monitor they really couldn't do 0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:54.719 any more surgeries. It was just too dangerous not to 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:57.360 know what was going on with the patient's vital signs. 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:00.800 So they told all the help around there and asked 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:02.840 the people that worked at the hospital see if they 0:19:02.840 --> 0:19:06.199 could find another monitor. But they couldn't find anything. They 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:09.040 made phone calls and did everything they could do. Still 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:12.600 with no monitor, they begin to pray and ask God 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:15.400 for favor to somehow bring a monitor so they could 0:19:15.440 --> 0:19:19.720 continue helping the injured people. Not long after that, the 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:24.560 administrator of a hospital, a local Haitian man, came walking up. 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:27.680 His name was mister Angoose. He was beaming from ear 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:31.760 to ear. He was carrying a brand new monitor, still 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:34.720 in the box, never been used before, and it was 0:19:34.760 --> 0:19:38.600 the exact monitor that they needed. Paul and the other 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:42.840 professionals were so amazed, and Paul said, mister Angoose, where 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:46.280 in the world did you find this monitor? He said, 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:50.760 I was at a hospital administrator convention in America two 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:55.520 years ago, and everyone that attended God automatically entered in 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:58.159 for a door prize, and it just so happened I 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:02.720 won this monitor two years before the problem, two years 0:20:02.760 --> 0:20:06.680 before the big earthquake, God had already arranged a solution. 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:12.600 And right now God is crossing over ahead of you, 0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:17.880 lining up the right people, the right supplies, the right circumstances, 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:21.960 Quit worrying about how it's all going to work out, 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:25.240 and dare to trust him. Dare to believe that he's 0:20:25.280 --> 0:20:28.680 in control. Dare to believe that he's fighting your battles, 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:32.320 that he's preparing your way for victory. I heard a 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:35.320 story about this college professor that took a group of 0:20:35.359 --> 0:20:39.119 students to China for a field trip. Several days into 0:20:39.160 --> 0:20:43.280 the journey, he began to experience incredible pain in his stomach. 0:20:43.720 --> 0:20:46.080 It got so bad he couldn't stand it. In the 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:48.080 middle of the night, he had a friend call an 0:20:48.119 --> 0:20:51.320 ambulance and they rushed him to the emergency room. They 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:54.760 were way back in a small town with no big hospitals. 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:59.720 The medical professional in charge noticed that his appendix had 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:03.160 run and it was spreading poison throughout his whole system. 0:21:03.480 --> 0:21:06.159 There were no surgeons around, really nothing he could do. 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:08.720 He said to the friend. I can give him some 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:13.119 pain medication, maybe some sleeping pills, but my advice is 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:16.880 that he should make peace with his family. The professor 0:21:16.920 --> 0:21:20.440 began to have convulsions, go in and out of consciousness. 0:21:21.200 --> 0:21:24.520 Back at home, in the States. The professor's father is 0:21:24.560 --> 0:21:28.119 a pastor, and at the exact time this was happening, 0:21:28.760 --> 0:21:31.480 this father was in a service at his own church, 0:21:31.760 --> 0:21:34.960 and he began to feel an incredible burden for his son. 0:21:35.640 --> 0:21:38.600 He tried to ignore it, but it just wouldn't go away. 0:21:38.760 --> 0:21:41.760 Finally he stopped the service and he said to the congregation, 0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:45.160 we've got to pray for my son. Something is wrong. 0:21:45.680 --> 0:21:47.760 They got down on their knees and begin to pray. 0:21:48.520 --> 0:21:51.600 Back at the small hospital, two o'clock in the morning, 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:55.280 in walked one of the most well known surgeons in 0:21:55.359 --> 0:21:58.919 all of China. In fact, it's the same surgeon that 0:21:59.040 --> 0:22:02.320 travels with the USA as President when he visited China. 0:22:03.000 --> 0:22:06.680 The hospital was so amazed to see him. He said, 0:22:06.720 --> 0:22:09.840 I'm here to take care of the American. They rushed 0:22:09.920 --> 0:22:13.320 him into surgery. He ended up saving his life. The 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:16.360 next day, the surgeon said to the professor, who were 0:22:16.440 --> 0:22:19.720 those two men that you sent into my office yesterday. 0:22:20.359 --> 0:22:23.600 The professor said, I didn't send anybody in. I don't 0:22:23.600 --> 0:22:25.840 know anybody here in China. I've just been here for 0:22:25.880 --> 0:22:29.320 a couple of days. The surgeon said, that's odd, because 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:32.920 two men came in dressed in nice suits. They looked 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:35.879 like they were government officials, and they said you were 0:22:35.920 --> 0:22:39.280 a very important person, and I needed to be here 0:22:39.320 --> 0:22:42.719 in the middle of the night to operate on you. Friends. 0:22:42.760 --> 0:22:46.439 That's God crossing over ahead of us, making our crooked 0:22:46.480 --> 0:22:51.280 places straight. God knows how to make it all work out, 0:22:51.880 --> 0:22:56.119 even seven thousand miles away. God had people praying, and 0:22:56.160 --> 0:23:00.639 that's why we can live life in peace, not upset, worried, 0:23:00.880 --> 0:23:03.359 not trying to figure it all out. We know that 0:23:03.400 --> 0:23:06.880 God is in complete control. He knows the end from 0:23:06.960 --> 0:23:10.160 the beginning. God knows what you're gonna need a week 0:23:10.200 --> 0:23:14.000 from now, a month from now, even ten years from now. 0:23:14.200 --> 0:23:16.800 And the good news is He's already got it taken 0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:20.240 care of. Some of you today are so worried about 0:23:20.280 --> 0:23:24.560 your future, worried about your finances, worried about a child. 0:23:25.080 --> 0:23:27.480 You just don't see how it could work out. Let 0:23:27.480 --> 0:23:30.919 me encourage you. God already has a way. He is 0:23:31.040 --> 0:23:34.120 already lined up the right people to help you fulfill 0:23:34.200 --> 0:23:38.480 your destiny. He's already arranged the right breaks to get 0:23:38.520 --> 0:23:41.760 you to where you're supposed to be. The obstacles in 0:23:41.840 --> 0:23:44.960 your path may look insurmountable, you don't see how you 0:23:45.000 --> 0:23:47.560 could ever get out. But God is saying to you 0:23:47.600 --> 0:23:51.800 what he said to Joshua, be strong and of good courage. 0:23:51.920 --> 0:23:55.520 You have someone fighting for you. The creator of the 0:23:55.640 --> 0:23:59.560 universe is breathing in your direction. His hand of favor 0:23:59.680 --> 0:24:03.040 is a your life. Right now. He is crossing over 0:24:03.080 --> 0:24:07.000 ahead of you, making your crooked places straight. As long 0:24:07.040 --> 0:24:09.560 as you live a life to honor him, God has 0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:13.080 promised nothing will be able to stand up against you. 0:24:14.240 --> 0:24:18.280 I think about the airplane that Captain Sullenberger safely landed 0:24:18.359 --> 0:24:21.960 on the Hudson River in New York. You remember how 0:24:22.000 --> 0:24:26.119 the plane hit those large birds and both engines lost power, 0:24:26.480 --> 0:24:28.600 And now they were several thousand feet in the air. 0:24:28.920 --> 0:24:31.720 One hundred and fifty or so people on board the 0:24:31.760 --> 0:24:36.320 plane had no power. I was reading about Captain Sullenberger's background. 0:24:36.840 --> 0:24:41.000 He is an incredibly experienced pilot. As a young man, 0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:44.399 he served in the US Air Force flying fighter jests. 0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:49.520 He received the Outstanding Airmanship Award. He served as a 0:24:49.560 --> 0:24:52.879 safety consultant for NASA and is considered one of the 0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:57.160 leading experts in flight safety in all the world. Not 0:24:57.200 --> 0:25:01.720 only that Captain Sully is a certified glider pilot for 0:25:01.840 --> 0:25:05.760 thirty six years. He's been flying planes with no power. 0:25:06.320 --> 0:25:09.840 There's no one that has more experience and more expertise 0:25:10.320 --> 0:25:13.639 in flying a plane without any engines than Captain Sully. 0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:18.000 Isn't it interesting? Of the tens of thousands of flights 0:25:18.200 --> 0:25:22.440 that take off in land safely every year without any problem, 0:25:22.920 --> 0:25:27.080 the one flight that would lose power in all the 0:25:27.240 --> 0:25:31.239 engines would be piloted by the one man that you 0:25:31.240 --> 0:25:33.879 would choose to be at the controls if you had 0:25:33.880 --> 0:25:37.080 planned it ten years in advance. Friends, God knows what 0:25:37.160 --> 0:25:40.720 he's doing. He can see the big picture. God knows 0:25:40.760 --> 0:25:45.600 what's in your future, every setback, every disappointment, every danger, 0:25:46.800 --> 0:25:49.040 and God is going to make sure that you're not 0:25:49.200 --> 0:25:52.159 only at the right place at the right time, but 0:25:52.240 --> 0:25:55.040 he's going to make sure the people you need will 0:25:55.080 --> 0:25:57.520 be at the right place at the right time. He 0:25:57.680 --> 0:26:00.840 is crossing over ahead of you. And if it's not 0:26:00.960 --> 0:26:03.199 your time to go, don't worry about it. You're not 0:26:03.240 --> 0:26:07.200 going to go. Nothing can snatch you out of God's hands. Well, 0:26:07.240 --> 0:26:10.439 you say, Joel, if God's in control, then why didn't 0:26:10.440 --> 0:26:12.679 he stop the birds from hitting the engines in the 0:26:12.680 --> 0:26:16.640 first place. No, God is not going to stop every adversity. 0:26:17.200 --> 0:26:20.639 He's not going to prevent every challenge. But if we 0:26:20.680 --> 0:26:24.360 will stay in faith, God promises he will bring us 0:26:24.440 --> 0:26:27.440 through every challenge and get us to where we're supposed 0:26:27.440 --> 0:26:31.240 to be. You've heard that saying God never promised us 0:26:31.440 --> 0:26:35.120 smooth sailing, but he did promise us a safe landing. 0:26:35.840 --> 0:26:40.119 Now I've discovered that sometimes God will allow things just 0:26:40.280 --> 0:26:43.639 to display his goodness in a greater way. Do you 0:26:43.720 --> 0:26:46.840 know what a testimony that was to see an airplane 0:26:47.160 --> 0:26:52.240 safely landed in the Hudson River. More people acknowledge God 0:26:52.359 --> 0:26:55.520 and his goodness that day than just about anything I've 0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:59.159 ever seen in my lifetime. News reports all over the 0:26:59.200 --> 0:27:04.160 world led their newscast with that, saying miracle on the Hudson. 0:27:04.880 --> 0:27:07.960 People that don't even believe in God were scratching their heads, 0:27:07.960 --> 0:27:12.240 saying that had to be divine intervention. They wouldn't say God, 0:27:12.280 --> 0:27:16.119 but they got close. I know people that only use 0:27:16.200 --> 0:27:19.160 God when it's followed by a curse word. Even they 0:27:19.200 --> 0:27:21.760 were saying, man, that was God looking after those people. 0:27:22.800 --> 0:27:24.679 I want you to go out of here today with 0:27:24.760 --> 0:27:27.720 a new confidence, a new sense of trust, knowing that 0:27:27.840 --> 0:27:31.480 as a believer, you have an advantage. The creator of 0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:34.639 the universe is not only fighting your battles, but he 0:27:34.760 --> 0:27:37.600 is lining up the right people, the right breaks, and 0:27:37.640 --> 0:27:41.439 the right opportunities. You may be facing a situation that 0:27:41.520 --> 0:27:44.000 looks like that it's never gonna turn around, But let 0:27:44.000 --> 0:27:46.520 me declare this over you. You're gonna see it turn 0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:49.440 around quicker than you think you're gonna come out of debt, 0:27:49.480 --> 0:27:52.959 quicker than you think you're gonna accomplish your destiny in 0:27:53.000 --> 0:27:56.280 your goals, much quicker than you think. It's because the 0:27:56.400 --> 0:27:59.800 Most High God is going before you right now for 0:28:00.359 --> 0:28:03.639 the way for victory. Just like with Joshua, God is 0:28:03.680 --> 0:28:06.959 crossing over ahead of you. Just like with Captain Sully, 0:28:07.080 --> 0:28:09.119 God's going to have the right people in your path. 0:28:09.720 --> 0:28:12.359 Just like with Paul and the Monitor, God has the 0:28:12.400 --> 0:28:15.679 solution before you had the problem. Just like with me 0:28:16.160 --> 0:28:19.000 and the lawsuit with the Compact Center, God is going 0:28:19.040 --> 0:28:21.800 to cause even your enemies to want to be good 0:28:21.840 --> 0:28:25.680 to you. Friends, we are entering into a decade where 0:28:25.720 --> 0:28:28.080 you're going to see God going before you like you've 0:28:28.119 --> 0:28:31.160 never seen before. He is going to open up doors 0:28:31.160 --> 0:28:33.840 that no man can shut. He is going to turn 0:28:33.960 --> 0:28:37.640 impossible situations around God is going to take you places 0:28:37.680 --> 0:28:40.480 that you've never even dreamed of. Why don't you get 0:28:40.520 --> 0:28:43.960 ready for more of God's favor. Start expecting God to 0:28:44.040 --> 0:28:47.640 show up in unusual ways. If you'll get in agreement 0:28:47.680 --> 0:28:50.840 with God and release your faith in this area, you 0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:54.320 will see God do amazing things. 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