God Will Bring Justice

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.400 Hi, this is Joel on Wednesdays. We bring you the 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:35.880 best of I hope you enjoy the podcast. 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:51.120 Well, God bless you always a joy to come into 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.120 your homes and you're ever in our area. Please stop 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.120 buy and be a part of one of our services. 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:58.520 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.040 But thanks so much for tuning in today, and thank 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:03.200 you again for coming out. And I like to start 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.720 with something funny and heard about this little girl. 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:09.079 She asked her mother how the human race got started. 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:13.000 The mother explained how God made Adam and Eve and 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:16.040 they had children and on and on, here we are today. 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:19.360 A few days later, she asked her father the same question. 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:23.720 He explained, how many years ago there were monkeys. Little 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:26.480 by little they became more like people, and now here 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.880 we are confused. She went back to her mom, said, Mom, 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:33.840 you said God created people. Dad said we came from monkeys. 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.639 How can that be? She said, oh, honey, that's easy. 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:38.840 I told you about my side of the family. 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:43.440 Dad told you about his Hold up your bible, say 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:44.320 it like you mean it. 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.200 This is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:47.519 I am. 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:50.360 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:52.960 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:56.760 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.919 is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:05.119 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:08.080 to talk to you today about how God will bring 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:12.400 justice into your life. We all go through situations that 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:16.640 are unfair. It doesn't seem fair that that person could 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:20.760 lie about you and damage your reputation. Doesn't seem fair 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:24.919 that your sisters have children, but you can't conceive. Doesn't 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:28.480 seem fair that you're raising a special needs child, or 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:31.360 you lost a loved one, you're dealing with a sickness. 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.480 Life has thrown you a curve. It's not what you 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:38.400 had planned. But here's what I've learned. Even though life 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:42.360 is not always fair, God is fair. And if you 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:45.640 will keep your trust in Him and not get bitter, 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:49.760 but just keep moving forward. God has promised he will 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:50.880 pay you back. 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:52.640 For every unfair thing that's happened. 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:56.280 Now, don't let one bad break ruin the rest of 0:03:56.320 --> 0:04:01.600 your life. Don't let one divorce, bankruptcy, one loss of 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:04.920 a loved one, one bad childhood keep you from the 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:09.520 amazing future God has in store. What happened may have 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:12.800 been wrong. What they did may have put you at 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:17.040 a disadvantage. They played politics and you didn't get the promotion, 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.719 They let you go after years of being loyal to 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.839 that company, or they didn't have time for you growing up, 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:28.040 abandoned you when you needed them the most. That was unfair, 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.720 But what they did cannot stop your destiny. 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:33.880 They don't have the final say. 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.920 God has the final say, and God said, I will 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.279 restore the years that were stolen. 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:43.800 God said, I will give you beauty for those ashes. 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.520 He said, weeping may endure for a night, but joy 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.960 is coming in the morning. Nothing that's happened to you 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:55.440 is a surprise to God. God already has the restoration, 0:04:55.960 --> 0:05:00.640 the vindication, the new beginning. That setback, it was simply 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:03.000 a set up for God to take you to a 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:06.320 higher level. You got to shake off the self pity, 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:09.279 shake off the defeat, and get ready for God to 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:10.280 do something new. 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:14.200 He's going to pay you back for every injustice. 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:16.880 This is what happened with the people of Israel. They 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:20.680 had spent four hundred and thirty years in slavery. They 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:25.360 were terribly mistreated, forced to work long hours with no breaks. 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:29.360 They were given quotas that were impossible to meet. When 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:32.680 they didn't meet them, their life was made even more miserable. 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:37.000 And God said in Exodus, I have seen the affliction 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:37.880 of my people. 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:41.440 I have heard their cries. Friends. 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:44.480 God has seen every wrong that's been done to you. 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:48.280 He has seen every person that hurts you, every tear 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:52.520 you shed, every lonely not every injustice. God went on 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:56.960 to say, I am come down to deliver you. There 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:00.000 comes a point where God says, enough is enough. 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:03.440 I've seen it. Now I'm going to do something about it. Now. 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:05.479 I'm not going to just give you what you deserve, 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:08.679 but I'm going to make the enemy pay and bring 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.960 you out better off than you were before it. God 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:14.320 delivered the Israelites out of slavery. 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:16.800 Pharaoh finally agreed to let them go. 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:21.000 That was a great miracle that was worth celebrating in itself. 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:25.279 But they didn't leave there empty handed. God is a 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:29.039 god of justice. He always makes the enemy pay for 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.440 bringing the trouble into your life. On their way out, 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:35.560 the Israelites asked their captors for their. 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:37.479 Gold, their silver, their jewels. 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:41.360 God caused them to have favor, and they willingly handed 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:42.120 it over to them. 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:45.440 Imagine what Phedah must have thought. 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:50.799 Seeing these former slaves leaving his country pushing wheelbarrows full 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:54.839 of his treasures. What was God doing paying them back 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:58.360 for four hundred and thirty years of mistreatment. It may 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:02.200 not happen overnight, but God, God is a god of justice. 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:06.080 He is keeping the records. He knows exactly what you're owed. 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:10.200 God sees every time you do the right thing, but 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.480 the wrong thing happens every time you take the high 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.960 road and forgive you let it go. Every time you 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:18.680 work hard, but you didn't. 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:21.960 Get the credit. God is closely watching you. Have an 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:22.960 account with him. 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:26.200 He'll make sure you not only get what you deserve, 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.320 but his justice is to pay you back with more. 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:32.800 Now I know some of you, like these people, you've 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.720 been in an unfair situation. It's gone on a long time, 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:39.680 and you've lost your passion. You've lost your fire, thinking 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:42.280 that's the way it's always going to be. But God 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:45.080 is saying to you what he said to the Israelites, 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.080 I have come down to do something about it. 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:52.400 You need to get ready. It's payback time. Everything the 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:53.520 enemy's stolen. 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:58.320 God is going to restore the joy, the peace, the hell, 0:07:58.840 --> 0:07:59.560 the dreams. 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:01.640 God is going to pay. 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:04.720 You back for the childhood you didn't have. God is 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.280 going to pay you back for that person that falsely 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:10.360 accused you. He's going to pay you back for the 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:14.200 years you lost in an abusive relationship. He has seen 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:17.560 everything you've been through. He has come down to do 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:21.520 something about it. Now, don't go around with a defeated mentality. 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:22.560 Oh Joel, this. 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:25.600 Sounds great today, but you don't know my story. You 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:27.760 don't know what I've been through. Now that's going to 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:30.960 stop God from working. You may have had more than 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:34.640 your share of bad breaks. You could easily get discouraged 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:37.280 and settle where you are, But I'm asking you to 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:40.680 shake that off. Your attitude should be I'm not staying here. 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:41.160 I know. 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:45.560 It's payback time, it's restoration time, it's vindication time, it's 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:50.000 favor time. Almighty God has come down on your behalf. 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:53.280 You may have seen the story in the news recently 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.800 about a young lady named Dawn. She was raised in 0:08:56.880 --> 0:09:00.880 a very dysfunctional family. Her mother was homeless and had 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:05.160 a drug problem. The mother's boyfriend was a drifter. They 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:08.760 would live in a shelter under a bridge. Dawn would 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:11.640 go to elementary school for a few months. When the 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.679 boyfriend would get arrested, they'd have to move somewhere else. 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:18.720 She grew up with no stability in and out of school. 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.760 Much of the time, she didn't even have running water 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:26.200 or electricity. In spite of all this, Dawn was an 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.760 amazing student. She didn't get bitter, she didn't have a 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:32.400 chip on her shoulder. She just kept being her best, 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:36.280 making the most of what she had. In high school, 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:39.280 she worked as a janitor. She would get to school 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:42.319 early in the morning, about five o'clock, and clean the 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:46.200 classrooms and hallways. In the evening, she would stay till 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:51.120 eight working. That's how she had money to survive. One summer, 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:54.400 she went to a camp with the money she had earned. 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.480 When she came back home, her mother was nowhere to 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:00.559 be found. She called the number at the t Temporary 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:04.280 Residents they were staying at, but it was disconnected. Come 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.280 to find out, her mother had moved to another state 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:11.920 with her new boyfriend, abandon her. For several weeks, Dawn 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:15.680 stayed with friends slept on their couches. When the head 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:19.079 janitor heard what had happened, she took Dawn into her 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:23.760 own home for the first time. Dawn really felt loved, accepted, 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.640 like she was valuable. She began to excel in school. 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:31.720 She made the honor roll straight a's. She was elected 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:35.560 vice president of her class. She started a charity to 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:37.000 help wounded soldiers. 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:39.080 On and on all these awards. 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:43.079 When it came time to apply for college, her friends 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:47.240 encouraged her to shoot high, and just recently she received 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:52.080 a letter in the mail, a small white envelope. It read, congratulations, 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:58.880 you've been accepted into Harvard University. What is that God 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:02.880 bringing justice? That's God paying her back for the way 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:06.720 she was raised. The scripture says, even if your mother 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.160 and father forsake you, God will adopt you as its 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:11.080 very own child. 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.240 That was God adopting God. 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:17.120 For years, it didn't look good, didn't look like she 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:20.360 had much of a future. But like Dawn, if you'll 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:23.680 just keep moving forward, being the best that you can be, 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.280 God will take what's meant for your harm and he 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:30.559 will use it to your advantage. God will open doors 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.840 that no man can shut. God will give you favor 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:35.440 and cause people. 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:36.400 To want to be good to you. 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.760 And you may be in a situation where, like Dawn, 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:43.400 because of the poor choices of others, it seems like 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.760 you're stuck. You'll never get out of that rush, you'll 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:50.160 never accomplish your dreams. No God knows how to get 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.840 you to where you're supposed to be. And all through 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.520 the day, in your mind, in your thoughts, you should 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.120 be saying, Father, I want to thank you that it's 0:11:58.160 --> 0:12:03.000 payback time. A God of justice, You're restoring the years, 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:04.680 restoring the dreams. 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.520 No person's going to keep me from my destiny. 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.880 I will become everything you created me to be. 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:12.640 Have that attitude of faith. 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:16.040 I knew a young man growing up that loved to 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:17.080 play baseball. 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:18.320 That was his passion. 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:20.920 When he was twelve years old, he went to try 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:23.560 out for the team, but the coach didn't give him 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:27.160 a chance. He said, I'm sorry, son, you're way too 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.480 small to play baseball. You could never make this team. 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.960 Didn't even let him try out. That young man was 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:38.199 so devastated he went home feeling like a failure. Well 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:41.000 later in the week, the league announced that since there 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.560 were so many boys that tried out, they were going 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:47.280 to form another team. He was placed on this secondary 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:51.679 team made up of the less talented players. Long story short, 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:55.040 those two teams ended up in a playoff for the 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:59.280 championship of the league. This young man's team beat the 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:02.640 team of the more talented players. On top of that, 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.480 he was the winning pitcher. He was the one that 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:09.200 struck out batters left and right. After the game, he 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.400 walked by that coach that wouldn't let him try out 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.720 like he was ten feet tall. He may have been small, 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.319 but he knew dynamite comes in small packages. 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:22.280 That's vindication. But here's my point. Here's how God works. 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:26.160 That next year, the coach came to his home to 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:29.880 meet with his parents to see if, somehow, some way 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:31.959 he couldn't play on his team. 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:34.360 That year, the tables had turned. 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:36.880 Went from him not even wanting him to try out 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.640 to him now begging him to play on his team. 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.840 What is that. That's justice, that's God paying you back. 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:47.360 Now, you've got to shake off the negative comments. What 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:51.360 people say about you doesn't determine who you are. Shake 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:55.439 off the disrespect, keep your head held high, and God 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:59.440 will promote you in spite of what they said. One 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.280 way God pays you back is to prepare a table 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.720 before you in the presence of your enemies. That means 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:08.679 God will promote you in front of the people that 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:11.559 were trying to hold you down. He'll show you favor 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:13.920 and honor in front of those that said, hey, you're 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:17.120 too small, you're not good enough, not talented enough, not 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:17.839 pretty enough. 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.480 You let that go in one ear and out the other. 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:22.760 Hebrews ten thirty. 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:26.720 Says God is a just god. He will repay the 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:31.560 exact compensation owed us. He will settle the cases of 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:35.160 his people. Some of you have cases that need to 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:38.720 be settled. Like this, young man. People have tried to 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:42.360 push you down, make you feel inferior. Or maybe you 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.760 poured your heart and soul into that son, that daughter, 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:47.240 but now they won't have. 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:48.720 Anything to do with you. 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:52.000 You worked hard pursuing your dream, but the bottom fell out. 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.120 Now you're starting over. You could easily have a chip 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:58.120 on your shoulder. Now you've got to know God has 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:01.040 promised to settle your case, but you got to get 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:03.280 in agreement with God and start. 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:04.920 Expecting payback time. 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:08.200 This is what Job did when he went through his 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.840 difficulty where he lost his family, he lost his health, 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:13.160 he lost his business. 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:15.120 He could have easily. 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:18.960 Been better, said God, I'm a good person. How could 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:22.720 you let this happen to me? This is so unfair? No, right, 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:24.920 in the midst of the trouble, he didn't see a 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:28.880 way out. But instead of complaining, instead of talking about 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.720 how bad it was, he looked up to the heavens 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:33.000 and he said. 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.120 I know my Redeemer lives. 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.480 He was saying, I know my God is still on 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.720 the throne. I know he's a God of justice and 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:45.640 he will settle my case. Job ended up coming out 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.400 with twice what he had before. If you want to 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.920 see God pay you back. If you want to see 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:55.000 God make your wrongs right, then when things come against you, 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:58.600 you'll feel like getting better. You may feel like complaining. No, 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:01.400 you've got to dig your heels in and say, like, job, 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:05.240 I know my redeemer lives. I know God's going to 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:08.200 turn this around. No weapon formed against me is going 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:11.800 to prosper. My best days are still out in my future. 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.640 You gotta have this attitude of faith, knowing that God 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:19.360 is a god of justice and he will settle your case. 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.880 I met a young couple that moved here from New Orleans. 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.560 They were displaced by the Hurricane Katrina. They came to 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:30.600 Houston so beaten down, so discouraged. It's like all the 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.520 life had been taken out of them. They had just 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:35.200 purchased their first. 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:37.680 Home there in New Orleans. They were so excited. 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:41.000 The man had a good job moving up in the company. 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:44.120 Plus they had a little baby on the way, their 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:48.000 first child. They were having fun decorating the baby's room, 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.040 making plans for his arrival. 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:54.920 Life was good. Then Hurricane Katrina hit wiped out their 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:55.920 whole neighborhood. 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.200 They not only lost their new home, they lost all 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:02.880 of their possessions, their furniture, their car, their clothes, The 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:06.640 men's company closed down, didn't have a job anymore. When 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.800 I saw them here at Lakewood, it's like they were numb. 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:14.000 Their whole world had fallen apart. I told them what 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:17.960 I'm telling you. God is a god of justice. He 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:21.399 has seen what you've been through, every tear you've shed. 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:24.960 He knows the disappointment, the heartache you feel. 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:28.520 And this is not the end. It's a new beginning. 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:31.639 You're not going to just come out of this barely surviving. 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:34.560 God's going to make the enemy pay and bring you 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:37.400 out better off than you were before. I spent five 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:41.320 or ten minutes speaking faith, hope, victory into their future. 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:45.040 I'll never forget how they begin to brighten up. It 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:47.480 was like I was giving water to a person that 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:51.200 was starving with thirst. They started coming to Lakewood week 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.760 after week, hearing about how we are. 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:56.399 Victors and never victims. 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:59.480 How God always causes us to tryumph, how many of 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:02.600 the afflictions are the righteous, but the Lord delivers us 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:05.800 out of them. All faith begin to rise in their hearts. 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:11.280 They shook off that old, defeated weak mentality. Their attitude 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:15.199 was this may be difficult, it may be unfair, but 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:17.480 we know our redeemer lives. 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:19.880 We know God is still on the throne. 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:23.679 He's in complete control, and he has promised to settle 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:24.240 our case. 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:26.480 That was a few years back. 0:18:27.119 --> 0:18:30.520 Just recently, they told how they moved into the brand 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:33.600 new home that they built here in Houston. The man 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:38.120 has a new job, a better job, less travel, better income, 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:41.360 better benefits, and they don't have just one child now 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:44.440 they have two children. The wife said, Joel, we never 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:46.320 dreamed we could be where we are. 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:48.960 God has amazed us with his goodness. 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:52.480 That's what happens when you get in agreement with God. 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:55.800 We all have unfair things that come against us. We 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.640 all go through bad breaks, but you have to remember 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:02.880 God not only sees it, but he's promised if you'll 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:05.919 just keep moving forward, if you won't get bitter, he 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:07.359 will settle your case. 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:08.880 And the way God. 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:11.479 Settles the case, it's not just to turn it around, 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:13.320 not to just make it right. 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:16.320 No, God will bring you out better off than you 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:16.959 were before. 0:19:17.920 --> 0:19:21.919 Listen to Isaiah sixty one in the message translation. Because 0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:26.000 you got a double dose of trouble, your inheritance in 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:29.439 the land will be double and your joy will go 0:19:29.520 --> 0:19:32.720 on forever. You may feel like you got a double 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:36.679 dose of trouble, like this young couple you work hard 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:40.720 but the bottom fell out, or like Dawn, you weren't. 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:41.920 Raised in a good environment. 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:46.760 Don't get stuck there thinking that that's your lot in life, 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:51.400 that you got short change, that you'll always have a disadvantage. 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:53.400 Now, the truth is that. 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:58.320 Unfair situation has qualified you for double. It doesn't have 0:19:58.440 --> 0:20:00.040 to stop you. 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:02.399 You you have the right attitude. God will use it 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:03.639 to thrust you forward. 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:07.040 Now I realize many people didn't get off to a 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:09.640 good start in life. They had a lot of bad breaks. 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:13.320 They weren't raised with parents like mine that were speaking 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:16.160 faith and victory into them, And my heart goes out 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:17.000 to them. 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:19.360 I'm compassionate, yet. 0:20:19.160 --> 0:20:22.760 At the same time, I don't believe in giving people 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:26.119 a right to feel sorry for themselves. You may have 0:20:26.200 --> 0:20:30.200 had a bad break, you lost a loved one, you're 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:31.800 raising a special needs child. 0:20:32.119 --> 0:20:33.560 That's difficult, But. 0:20:33.480 --> 0:20:36.240 Don't you dare sit around with a chip on your shoulder. 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:40.560 Every unfair thing that has happened has qualified you for double. 0:20:41.240 --> 0:20:43.240 God is a god of justice. 0:20:43.480 --> 0:20:46.760 He wants to pay you back, but you got to 0:20:46.800 --> 0:20:50.880 do your part. Shake off the self pity, shake off 0:20:50.880 --> 0:20:54.280 what they said about you, shake off what didn't work out, 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:57.480 Shake off how you were raised, and get ready for 0:20:57.560 --> 0:21:02.239 a double dose of God's favor, of his blessing, a 0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:06.159 double dose of health, a double dose of peace, a 0:21:06.200 --> 0:21:07.920 double dose of creativity. 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:09.680 Get ready for God. 0:21:09.480 --> 0:21:13.560 To do exceedingly, abundantly above and beyond. When you go 0:21:13.680 --> 0:21:17.800 through unfair situation, it's never easy. We never like it. 0:21:18.040 --> 0:21:20.920 But keep it in the right perspective. That person that's 0:21:20.960 --> 0:21:22.679 talking about you, trying. 0:21:22.440 --> 0:21:25.560 To make you look bad in a sense, they did 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:28.199 you a favor. They just qualified you for double. 0:21:29.640 --> 0:21:34.200 That storm, that storm that damaged your house, that accident 0:21:34.240 --> 0:21:35.040 that sets you back. 0:21:35.240 --> 0:21:38.560 It may be difficult, but don't get better. It qualified 0:21:38.560 --> 0:21:41.800 you for double. That person that walked out on you. 0:21:42.200 --> 0:21:45.160 Left you when you needed them the most. Don't sit 0:21:45.160 --> 0:21:48.320 around thinking that there's something wrong with you. You're inadequate, you're 0:21:48.400 --> 0:21:51.480 less than no. Blow them a kiss goodbye, and get 0:21:51.520 --> 0:21:52.359 ready for double. 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:53.680 It's payback time. 0:21:54.520 --> 0:21:59.680 God wants to do something new in your life. Years ago, 0:22:00.080 --> 0:22:02.680 Victoria and I had this man that did us wrong 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:03.920 in a business deal. 0:22:04.200 --> 0:22:05.320 He didn't keep his word. 0:22:06.000 --> 0:22:09.080 We all agreed verbally to certain things, but when it 0:22:09.119 --> 0:22:11.359 came time to put it in the contract, at the 0:22:11.440 --> 0:22:14.639 last minute, he changed his mind, and because at the 0:22:14.640 --> 0:22:17.359 time constraints, there's nothing we could do. We had to 0:22:17.400 --> 0:22:20.080 sign it or the whole deal would have fallen apart. 0:22:20.440 --> 0:22:22.000 We had way too much invested. 0:22:22.119 --> 0:22:25.520 It's very dishonest, and we could have done something legally, 0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:28.520 but we didn't feel good about that. We finally just 0:22:28.640 --> 0:22:32.680 let it go. We didn't get bitter, we didn't start complaining. 0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:35.639 We didn't hold a grudge against him and start treating 0:22:35.720 --> 0:22:36.240 him badly. 0:22:36.520 --> 0:22:38.480 Our attitude was God. 0:22:38.280 --> 0:22:41.920 You said you would settle our cases. You said you'd 0:22:41.920 --> 0:22:46.080 make our wrongs right. You'd pay us double for this injustice. 0:22:46.119 --> 0:22:48.120 So Lord, we just want to thank you that you're 0:22:48.200 --> 0:22:52.080 fighting our battles for us. It didn't happen overnight, but 0:22:52.440 --> 0:22:56.760 several years later that man faced difficulties and he couldn't 0:22:56.800 --> 0:23:00.880 meet his obligations in the contract. We not only got 0:23:00.920 --> 0:23:04.159 what we deserve, but we got everything that belonged to 0:23:04.240 --> 0:23:05.560 him in that contract. 0:23:05.720 --> 0:23:07.080 It was much more than double. 0:23:07.680 --> 0:23:11.119 What am I saying, when you let God settle your case, 0:23:11.440 --> 0:23:13.280 it will be better than you could have ever done. 0:23:13.280 --> 0:23:13.960 It yourself. 0:23:15.040 --> 0:23:18.600 Now, don't be sour because of something that you lost 0:23:18.840 --> 0:23:22.479 or something that was taken from you. A coworker cheated 0:23:22.520 --> 0:23:24.639 you out of that contract that should have been yours. 0:23:25.200 --> 0:23:28.000 A friend, a family member didn't keep their word. 0:23:28.400 --> 0:23:31.479 They didn't pay you back. Instead of being better and 0:23:31.720 --> 0:23:34.960 trying to get even stay on the high road. God 0:23:35.080 --> 0:23:36.600 sees the injustice. 0:23:36.680 --> 0:23:39.520 He knows what they took, and if you'll let God 0:23:39.640 --> 0:23:43.040 settle your case, he'll not only give you what you deserve, 0:23:43.520 --> 0:23:46.640 but God will pay you back with even more. One 0:23:46.680 --> 0:23:50.200 time in the scripture, Jacob had an agreement with an 0:23:50.200 --> 0:23:53.880 older relative named Laban that he would work for Laban 0:23:53.960 --> 0:23:57.960 for seven years and in return, Laban would give him 0:23:58.000 --> 0:24:02.120 his daughter, Rachel as his wife. Rachel was very beautiful. 0:24:02.680 --> 0:24:06.000 Jacob loved her so much that he agreed. So for 0:24:06.119 --> 0:24:11.600 seven years, Jacob worked faithfully. He increased Laban's flocks many 0:24:11.680 --> 0:24:15.240 times over, went to great links to fight off the 0:24:15.280 --> 0:24:17.200 wild animals that would try to kill. 0:24:17.040 --> 0:24:18.240 The sheep and the goats. 0:24:18.840 --> 0:24:21.919 After seven years, he had fulfilled his part of the 0:24:22.000 --> 0:24:25.359 contract made Laban a much wealthier man. 0:24:25.920 --> 0:24:27.560 But Laban changed his mind. 0:24:28.119 --> 0:24:30.880 He said, Jacob, I'll let you marry one of my daughters, 0:24:30.920 --> 0:24:36.240 but not Rachel. You can marry my oldest daughter named Leah. Well, 0:24:36.280 --> 0:24:39.000 no offense to Leah, but that's not what they agreed to. 0:24:39.640 --> 0:24:43.040 Jacob wanted to marry Rachel. Laban said, if you want 0:24:43.080 --> 0:24:46.160 to marry Rachel, you'll have to work for me another 0:24:46.400 --> 0:24:50.560 seven years. And Jacob was either so dumb or so 0:24:50.720 --> 0:24:52.440 in love he agreed to do it. 0:24:53.720 --> 0:24:55.960 Sometimes you're so in love it makes you dumb. 0:24:58.000 --> 0:25:02.160 Fourteen years later, he said, Laban, I want to leave 0:25:02.280 --> 0:25:05.320 now with Rachel and go back to be with my family. 0:25:05.840 --> 0:25:07.360 Laban was feeling so guilty. 0:25:07.400 --> 0:25:09.800 He said, Jacob, I got to pay you something for 0:25:09.880 --> 0:25:11.119 working all these years. 0:25:11.320 --> 0:25:12.840 You've made me very wealthy. 0:25:13.000 --> 0:25:16.280 What would you like? Jacob said, I don't want any money. 0:25:16.720 --> 0:25:18.960 I'll make a deal with you. I'll work for you 0:25:19.040 --> 0:25:22.680 a little longer. Just let me have all the streaked 0:25:23.240 --> 0:25:28.119 and spotted sheep and goats, all the solid colored animals 0:25:28.119 --> 0:25:31.880 will be yours. When I leave, you'll know that I'm 0:25:31.920 --> 0:25:35.560 not taking anything that belongs to you. Laban loved this 0:25:35.680 --> 0:25:39.680 idea because there were very few streaked and spotted animals. 0:25:40.080 --> 0:25:44.160 But Laban was so cheap and so dishonest. He went 0:25:44.200 --> 0:25:47.720 out at night and removed all the streaked and spotted 0:25:47.960 --> 0:25:51.000 sheep and goats and put them in a special pen 0:25:51.760 --> 0:25:55.000 so they couldn't mate with the solid colored animals. That way, 0:25:55.080 --> 0:25:59.439 Jacob wouldn't have as much. What Laban didn't realize is 0:25:59.480 --> 0:26:02.680 that God, God is a god of justice. He will 0:26:02.720 --> 0:26:06.760 not allow his children to be continually taken advantage of it. 0:26:07.680 --> 0:26:10.760 When those solid colored animals made it, do you know 0:26:10.800 --> 0:26:14.960 what color? Their offspring was streaked and spotted? Friends, God 0:26:15.040 --> 0:26:18.800 has the final say. God knows how to pay you back. 0:26:19.800 --> 0:26:23.159 He's not limited by the laws of nature. He's not 0:26:23.320 --> 0:26:24.080 limited by. 0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:27.240 What people say or what a boss says. And Laban 0:26:27.280 --> 0:26:28.640 was over there scratching his head. 0:26:28.720 --> 0:26:31.280 He thought, man, that is not right. How did that happen? 0:26:31.520 --> 0:26:35.280 He got so frustrated he went back to Jacob and said, 0:26:35.320 --> 0:26:38.479 I want to change the agreement. From now on, you 0:26:38.560 --> 0:26:41.600 get all the solid colored new animals that were born. 0:26:42.040 --> 0:26:44.879 Jacob said, no problem, that's fine. You know what color? 0:26:44.960 --> 0:26:48.280 All the new animals born were solid colored. The blessing 0:26:48.440 --> 0:26:54.160 followed Jacob. God supernaturally increased him. He left there with 0:26:54.320 --> 0:26:58.480 more flocks than his relative Laban. What was God doing 0:26:58.840 --> 0:27:02.120 paying Jacob back when you go to work each week. 0:27:02.400 --> 0:27:06.200 Remember you're not working under people, You're working under. 0:27:05.920 --> 0:27:08.840 God, and he is a god of justice. 0:27:10.080 --> 0:27:14.600 If somebody is being dishonest, not keeping their word, or 0:27:14.640 --> 0:27:18.119 maybe they're playing politics and not giving you the credit 0:27:18.200 --> 0:27:21.679 you deserve, don't get upset, don't try to pay them back. 0:27:22.040 --> 0:27:23.960 God is keeping the records. 0:27:24.240 --> 0:27:27.400 He will make sure you not only get what you deserve, 0:27:27.760 --> 0:27:29.200 but like Jacob, God. 0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:30.720 Will pay you back with even more. 0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:33.159 I know some of you today you feel like that 0:27:33.480 --> 0:27:36.160 you've gotten a double dose of trouble. Things have come 0:27:36.200 --> 0:27:39.679 against you, but this is a new day. It is 0:27:39.800 --> 0:27:43.800 payback time. Get ready for a double dose of God's goodness, 0:27:43.960 --> 0:27:47.239 a double dose of God's favor. God is going to 0:27:47.280 --> 0:27:51.480 make the enemy pay for bringing the trouble into your life. 0:27:51.720 --> 0:27:54.080 Instead of complaining about it, get up in the morning 0:27:54.200 --> 0:27:58.560 and say, like job, I know my redeemer lives. Remember 0:27:59.040 --> 0:28:03.639 every day difficulty, every unfair situation that has qualified you 0:28:03.720 --> 0:28:07.240 for double I believe some of you even this week, 0:28:07.400 --> 0:28:13.000 are going to see cases settled, restoration, vindication, promotion, breakthroughs, 0:28:13.119 --> 0:28:14.439 a promise coming to pass. 0:28:14.880 --> 0:28:16.960 The God of Justice is. 0:28:16.920 --> 0:28:19.879 Going to show himself strong in your life. You're not 0:28:20.000 --> 0:28:22.080 going to just come out. You're going to come out 0:28:22.160 --> 0:28:25.159 better off than you were before. I believe it and 0:28:25.240 --> 0:28:28.760 declare it in Jesus' name. If you receive it, can 0:28:28.800 --> 0:28:33.400 you say amen. We never like to close our broadcast 0:28:33.680 --> 0:28:36.600 without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 0:28:36.600 --> 0:28:37.320 of your life. 0:28:37.560 --> 0:28:38.480 Would you pray with me? 0:28:39.160 --> 0:28:42.760 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 0:28:44.040 --> 0:28:49.880 Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Amen. 0:28:49.960 --> 0:28:52.200 Well, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 0:28:52.240 --> 0:28:55.320 got born again. 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