High Time

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He said, 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.640 I'll give you two good reasons. Number one, I don't 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:00.640 like the people, and number two, they don't like me. 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:03.600 She said, all right, I'll give you two better reasons 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.920 why you should go. Number one, you're forty nine years old, 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:11.920 and number two, you're the pastor. Say it like you 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.960 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.280 says I am. I have what it says I have. 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.359 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:23.560 I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:27.359 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:31.280 never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:35.040 I want to talk to you today about high time. 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.280 When we've been believing for our dreams to come to 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:41.800 pass for a long time, or problems to turn around, 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:45.560 and we don't see anything happening. We're not making progress, 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:49.200 we're not getting good breaks. It's easy to lose our 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:53.040 passion and not expect things to change. It's been that 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:56.959 way so long. We start accepting it. I'll never get well. 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:01.960 I'll never break this addiction. I'll scomplish my goals. I tried, 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:05.359 I prayed, I believed, but it didn't work out. That 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:08.320 may have been true in the past, but I believe 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:12.760 you are entering into a new season. The scripture says 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.680 now is the high time to wake up out of 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:20.720 your sleep, for you are nearer to your salvation than 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:24.720 when you first believed. When God first put the promises 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:28.280 in your heart, you were excited. You told people what 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.040 you were going to do. But now it's been months, 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:34.880 maybe years, it hasn't turned out the way you had planned. 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:38.280 You don't think it's ever going to happen. God is 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:41.680 saying you are closer now to see it. It come 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:45.320 to pass than you've ever been. You're coming in to 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:50.160 a high time. High time is when things suddenly change 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:54.440 in your favor. High time is when blessings chase you down. 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.480 You don't have to go after them, they come after you. 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:01.800 High time is when you're shows up, you meet the 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:05.680 right person, you break the addiction. God makes things happen 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:09.000 that you couldn't make happen. Now, if you're going to 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:11.880 see this high time, there's something you have to do. 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:16.200 Wake up out of your sleep. That means, get your 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:21.120 passion back, start believing again, start expecting things to change, 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:25.400 start talking like it's going to happen. You can't sleep 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:29.440 through your high time and see God's favor. You can't 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:33.040 be complacent and step into the fullness of what God 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:37.599 has in store. The amplified version says it's a critical time. 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:42.960 It stresses the importance of the season. It's saying don't 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:45.760 take it lightly, don't dismiss it and say, ah, this 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:49.280 isn't for me today. If you don't stir your faith up, 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.160 you can miss the new things God wants to do. 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:56.320 What you're believing for is not way. Often in the 0:04:56.400 --> 0:05:01.040 distance is close, it's at hand. It could happen today. 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:05.560 Live with this expectancy. There has to be an anticipation 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:09.800 in your spirit that today could be my day, not 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:13.280 one day in the sweet by and bye, I'll be blessed. 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:17.160 One day I'll be free from these problems. One day, Joel, 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.520 I'll walk on streets of gold, won't have to deal 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.880 with these bills. The problem with the one day mentality 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.840 is you will miss what God wants to do today. 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:28.880 We're not going to need favor in the sweet by 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:31.599 and bye. When we get to heaven, We're not going 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:35.000 to have any problems. God wants to give you favor 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:39.960 right here, right now. The prophet Joel said, wake up 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:44.880 the mighty men, wake up the mighty women. My message 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:48.240 today is very simple. Wake up, get your passion back, 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.839 get your hopes up. You are closer to meeting the 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:55.880 right person than you've ever been. You are closer to 0:05:55.960 --> 0:06:00.400 seeing your health turn around than you've ever been. Are, oh, sir, 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:04.320 to go into new levels to see in explosive blessings 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:08.159 than you've ever been. My question is are you awake? 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:13.279 Do you recognize this is your high time? The opposite 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:16.200 of high time, of course, is low time. Now some 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:20.080 people live with a low time mentality. I never get 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:23.360 any good breaks. My boss doesn't like me. I'll never 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:26.320 get back in shape. I've struggled my whole life. I'll 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.320 never get my business off the ground. Nobody in my 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:33.040 family is successful. As long as you have a low 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:37.479 time mentality, it will keep you from rising higher. Turn 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:41.000 it around, get in agreement with god Father. Thank you. 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:44.120 This is my high time. I believe I'm close to 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:48.680 my victory. Somebody ask you how you're doing. Don't tell 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:51.559 them all the reasons why you're not going to get well. 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:55.000 How your grandmother had the same illness. She only made 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:58.560 it to forty seven. You can talk yourself into defeat. 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.520 Have a high time time mentality. Yes, I hadn't been 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.280 feeling well, but I know I'm close to my healing. 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:09.600 I'm close to the turnaround. You're still single, Yes, but 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:12.520 I'm not worried. I'm close to meeting the right person. 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:16.040 He may show up today, I could meet her tomorrow. 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:19.360 You don't know. They could be in this building. Look 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.280 around before you leave. Don't go out in a hurry. 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:27.120 You're still at that same position. You'll look around later, 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:32.960 not now. You're still in that same apartment. Yes, but 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:36.120 I know a secret. I'm in high time. I'm close 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:40.040 to favor, I'm close to promotion. I'm close to stepping 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:43.600 up to a new level of my destiny. When we 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.320 were children, we used to play a game. One of 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:48.960 us would hide something in the house and the other 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:51.360 person would try to find it. The one that hit 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:54.600 it would give them clues by telling them they were 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:58.520 getting hotter or getting colder. The closer you got to it, 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.320 the hotter you were. I would play with my little 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.720 sister April. When she was going the wrong direction, I'd say, 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:09.040 you're getting cool, you're getting cooler, you're cold, you're freezing. 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:12.400 She'd turn go the right way. You're getting warm, you're 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:16.360 getting warmer. Now you're hot. Now you're really hot. When 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:18.760 she got rut up close to it, I'd say, you're 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:23.640 on fire. You're burning. What you've been believing for, what 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:27.000 you're dreaming about may not have happened for a long time. 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.040 Now you're tempted to settle there and think that it 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.600 wasn't meant to be. God is saying you're on fire. 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.600 You're burning. You're close to your victory, you're close to 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:42.040 your breakthrough. This is not the time to get discouraged. 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:45.160 This is the time to stir your faith up. You 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:49.839 are closer now to seeing it happen than you've ever been. Now, 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:53.120 you may not see any sign of it yet. The 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:57.640 medical report hasn't changed, the fertility treatments haven't worked. You 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:01.560 still feel stuck in your career. The enemy would love 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:06.320 to convince you to go to sleep. Quit believing, quit dreaming, 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.400 quit pray. It's never gonna work out. You're just wasting 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:13.480 your time. Don't believe those lies. You are entering into 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:17.760 a new season, in this high time. It's not going 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.960 to happen the way you thought. God's not going to 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:25.000 do it a traditional way. He's going to do something unusual, 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:28.240 something out of the ordinary. You didn't see it coming. 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:33.760 It looked like another routine day, nothing special. Then suddenly, 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:37.160 out of nowhere, you meet the right person. You didn't 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:40.920 go after them, they came after you. Suddenly your health 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:45.120 turns around. Suddenly you get the promotion. God is full 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:49.280 of surprises. He loves to do things, not on a 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.800 normal timetable, not in a normal way, but when we 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:56.960 don't expect it, when it seems the least likely. If 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.920 we knew it was high time, if we could see 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:02.600 it was going to happen. The scripture wouldn't tell us 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:06.760 to wake up high time. When you're closer than you've 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:11.440 ever been is when every circumstance says nothing's changing, it's 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:13.720 not going to work out. Just settle where you are. 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:17.240 This is what happened with a man in John chapter five. 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:21.240 He was crippled. Every day his friends would carry him 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:25.440 to the Pool of Bethesda. It was surrounded by people 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:30.120 in great need, lame, sick, blind. Once a year, the 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:33.320 angel would stir the waters. The first person to get 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:37.040 in would be healed. This man had been lying there 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:41.480 for thirty eight years. I can see the reason why 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:43.520 he went. There was a chance he could be well, 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:47.400 But I'm not so sure now. He wasn't just going 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:50.760 there to be around other people that were like him. 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:55.520 Sometimes when we're dysfunctional, we like to be around other 0:10:55.640 --> 0:11:00.800 dysfunctional people so we feel normal. If I'm insecure and 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:04.839 you're insecure, and we go find other insecure people, then 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:10.280 being insecure doesn't seem unusual. Don't make the mistake of 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:15.920 surrounding yourself with people that feed your dysfunction. As long 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:21.760 as you accept the dysfunction, you're giving it permission to stay. 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:27.520 You may have been fighting depression, illnesses, addictions your whole life, 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:32.120 but that is not your destiny. Don't be complacent and 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.640 learn to live with it. If you're depressed, don't go 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:40.359 find depressed friends. Don't get around people that enable your dysfunction. 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:44.240 Get around some happy friends. Get around people that lift 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.959 your spirit, not people that make you more depressed. If 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:51.520 you're struggling with an addiction, don't hang around people that 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:55.280 are addicted. It's hard enough to stay strong on your own. 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:58.880 You don't need them pulling you down. When you get better, 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:01.600 when you're free, you can go back and help them, 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:05.080 But right now you need to stay out of that dysfunction. 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:10.600 Get around people that have what you want not. We're 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:13.800 being addicted is the norm, but we're being free is 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:16.800 the norm. We're being happy is the norm. We're being 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:21.319 victorious is the norm. This man had thirty eight chances 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:24.440 to get well, thirty eight times. Once a year the 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:28.080 angel stirred the waters, but somebody always got in in 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.760 front of him. And I'm sure they knew when the 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:36.080 angel normally came, maybe it was in the spring, they 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:38.640 would especially be on guard. This is our time, it 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:41.880 could happen any moment. When it didn't happen, they would 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:46.520 sit there month after month, no expectancy, no passion. They 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:50.080 had to wait a whole year just to have another chance. 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:54.400 But one day Jesus showed up at the pool. I 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:58.280 can imagine it was during the fall. There were hundreds 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:01.400 of sick people all around. But he walked straight to 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.640 this crippled man and said, do you want to get well? 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.440 That seemed like an odd question. He came to the 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:12.360 pool to get well, But I believe Jesus could see 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.440 that he had been there so long he had gone 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:20.199 to sleep. He wasn't expecting anything to change. Early on 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:24.120 the first few years, he was excited. He knew he 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:27.000 would be next, but it didn't happen the first year. 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:31.360 The fifth year of the twentieth year. Now, instead of 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:35.240 answering Jesus with a simple yes, I want to get well, 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.319 he said, sir, I have nobody to help me. When 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:41.960 the angel comes, somebody always gets in front of me. 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:47.040 Jesus didn't say, understand, I feel sorry for you. You've 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:50.120 had a rough life. Jesus said to him, get up, 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:54.800 pick up your bed, and walk. The man was confused. 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:59.120 He thought, what do you mean I can't walk? Can't 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:03.599 you see crippled? The angel didn't come. It wasn't the 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:07.880 right season, it wasn't the normal way. He had seen 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:11.520 thirty eight people heal before he knew how it happened. 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.840 He was an expert. In the spring the angel showed up. 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:18.600 That's when you got well. Now he was at a crossroads. 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.240 Was he going to let traditions how it happened in 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.520 the past, what he was expecting talk him out of it. 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:28.680 Or was he going to say, if you say I 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:31.520 can get up, I'm going to get up. All of 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:36.040 a sudden, something came alive on the inside. What happened? 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:40.320 He woke up? He recognized, this is my high time. 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:43.880 I'm closer now than I've ever been. I'm not going 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:47.640 to sit around another year, discouraged, surrounded by defeat. I'm 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:51.160 going to arise. When he started to get up, instantly 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:54.160 his legs were healed. He picked up his bed and 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:58.120 walked out of there. But Jesus didn't come at the 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:02.240 normal time and do it normal way. This man didn't 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:05.480 see anything different than he had seen in thirty eight years. 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:10.520 Yet suddenly he came in to his high time. Well Joel. 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.840 I've had this addiction since high school. I've been praying 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:17.240 for my dreams come to pass for years. Nothing's happened. 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:20.280 I've been believing for this child to get back on course. 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.840 I don't think it's possible anymore. I'm here to wake 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:27.520 you up. Even if it's been thirty eight years, it 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:31.240 is not too late. In the scripture, Sarah had a 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:35.320 baby when she was eighty years old. What God put 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.440 in your heart, don't talk yourself out of it. You 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:42.240 are coming in to your high time. You're about to 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:47.440 see God do unuse your things. You weren't the most qualified, 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:51.200 but they skipped over others and chose you. You didn't 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:54.480 see it coming. It wasn't the normal time to be promoted, 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:58.720 but God showed up in the quote wrong season. The 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:01.760 medical report said you couldn't get well, just learned to 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:04.680 live with it. But you came in to your high time. 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:08.720 God did what medicine couldn't do. He healed you out 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:12.640 of season. He promoted you out of season. Your business 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:15.920 takes off out of season. I talked to a lady 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:19.760 that works in sales. Last year, everyone in her company 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:23.440 had a down year, over one hundred salespeople, But she 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:26.680 said Joel, it was like clients were looking for me. 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:30.160 I didn't have to go after new business. Every time 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:34.000 that turned around, someone was calling me. People she didn't 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:38.400 even know were recommending her sending business her way. She 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:43.120 ended up fifty percent higher than her previous year. Her 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:47.960 coworkers couldn't understand how in a down year she could 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:51.480 be doing so great. What was that? God showing up 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:55.040 in the wrong season when she wasn't expecting it. God 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:59.040 loves to do unusual things when you think you should 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:02.280 be asleep. Don't expect much. Just make it through this year. 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:05.880 They'll get ready. God is about to surprise you. He's 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:08.919 going to make things happen that you couldn't make. Happen 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:13.600 out of season, out of time, not the traditional way, 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:17.200 not ordinary. It's going to happen sooner than you think. 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:21.280 Second Kings, Chapter seven. There was a great famine in 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:25.000 the city of Samaria. Food was so scarce that it 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:28.560 costs one hundred times what it normally did. To make 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:32.400 matters worse, an army had surrounded the city and cut 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:36.359 off the food supply. The prophet Elishah showed up and 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:40.680 said to the Israelites by this time tomorrow there will 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.560 be so much food you'll be able to buy a 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:47.000 loaf of bread for one penny and ten quarts of 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:51.320 flour off for one cent. The people thought, come on, Elisha, 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:55.919 we're starving, we're surrounded by an army, and you're telling 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:59.639 us this is our high time. You're saying we're close 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:03.800 to our victory. Can't you see it's the wrong circumstances, 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:08.240 wrong time. All the odds are against us. There was 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:11.320 no reason in the natural for them to believe what 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:15.359 Elisha said. May be the same thing for you, Joey. 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.000 You say it's my high time. If you saw my 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:21.240 bank account, you'd say it's my low time. If you 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:24.600 saw my medical report, if you saw how these people 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:27.120 were treating me at work, you wouldn't tell me I'm 0:18:27.119 --> 0:18:30.280 close to my victory. You wouldn't say get my hopes up. 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:33.800 That's just how these people felt. But just because you 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:36.800 don't see a way doesn't mean that God doesn't have 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:40.400 a way. It's easy to be discouraged, to be negative. 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:43.880 Let circumstances talk you out of it. That doesn't take 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:47.920 any faith. But when it seems impossible, when you don't 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:51.160 have the connections to accomplish your dreams. When the medical 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:54.119 report isn't good, that's when you have to dig your 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:57.520 heels in and say, all the odds may be against me, 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:00.800 but God, I know you are for me. I believe 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:05.240 things are changing in my favor. There were four lepers 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:09.040 sitting outside the city gates of Samaria. They said to 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:11.639 each other, we have nothing to lose. We're going to 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:15.040 die anyway. Let's go down to the enemy's camp and 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:18.879 see what they're doing. As they walked toward the enemy, 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:23.679 God multiplied the sound of their footsteps. It sounded like 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:28.480 a huge army was approaching. The enemy panicked and took off, 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:32.080 running for their lives. They left all their food, all 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:36.000 their supplies, all their equipment. The Lepers went back and 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:39.879 told the Israelites what had happened. Just like Elija said, 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:42.600 there was so much food you could buy a loaf 0:19:42.640 --> 0:19:46.960 of bread for one penny. It all happened twenty four 0:19:47.000 --> 0:19:51.520 hours after Elisha said it. God told them, by this 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:56.359 time tomorrow seemed impossible, no way in the natural. But 0:19:56.480 --> 0:20:01.520 we serve a supernatural God. He has by this time 0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:06.680 tomorrow's for you. When it looks the most unlikely, get 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:09.760 ready for the most high God to show up and 0:20:09.880 --> 0:20:15.120 surprise you. And yes, I realize there are seasons of waiting, 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:18.720 seasons of being faithful, doing the right thing when it's hard. 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:22.400 But at some point that season of testing is going 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:25.960 to come to an end. Like the Israelites, you may 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:29.879 feel like you're in a famine, surrounded by difficulties. If 0:20:29.920 --> 0:20:33.080 you ever wanted to doubt, be discouraged, talk yourself out 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:37.040 of it, it would be now. My challenge is stay awake, 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:40.639 don't go to sleep. God has some by this time, 0:20:40.720 --> 0:20:44.960 tomorrow's for you. He can do it suddenly, unexpectedly. You 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:48.840 didn't see it coming. I received an email from a 0:20:48.880 --> 0:20:52.399 young lady that just graduated from college, and she was 0:20:52.480 --> 0:20:55.840 very grateful to have her degree, but she was thousands 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:58.719 of dollars in debt. It looked like she would be 0:20:58.720 --> 0:21:02.280 paying on that for the next twenty years. But recently 0:21:02.720 --> 0:21:06.240 the college called and informed her that they were forgiving 0:21:06.320 --> 0:21:11.080 her debt of fifty four thousand dollars. She was so excited, 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:14.000 she said, Joel, it was like my degree in criminal 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:17.800 justice was for free. One night she went to bed 0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:20.680 tens of thousands of dollars in debt, but by that 0:21:20.800 --> 0:21:24.720 time tomorrow. She was debt free. She didn't see it coming. 0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:28.159 She wasn't expecting it. What happened. She came in to 0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:33.080 her high time. Like her, You are closer to your freedom, 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:37.720 closer to your abundance, closer to your breakthrough than you realize. 0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:40.160 It may look like you're going to be in debt 0:21:40.200 --> 0:21:43.320 for the next thirty years, but God has them by 0:21:43.320 --> 0:21:46.520 this time. Tomorrow's for you. You may think you're going 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:48.840 to have to struggle with that illness the rest of 0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:52.360 your life, or stay awake. You're coming in to your 0:21:52.440 --> 0:21:55.639 high time. I talked to a man that had flown 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:59.320 to Houston to have treatment at the medical Center. He 0:21:59.359 --> 0:22:02.520 has a KNT tumor in his stomach area, and he 0:22:02.600 --> 0:22:05.280 was told he would need to take treatment for six 0:22:05.320 --> 0:22:07.679 months and then they would evaluate to see if the 0:22:07.720 --> 0:22:11.520 tumor was shrinking. Before he started the new treatment, they 0:22:11.560 --> 0:22:17.320 took X rays and noticed that the tumor was already shrinking. Surprise, 0:22:17.480 --> 0:22:20.400 they asked the man if he was doing anything differently. 0:22:20.560 --> 0:22:24.320 He wasn't. They said, you don't need to take the treatment. 0:22:24.600 --> 0:22:28.960 Your body is healing itself. Let's wait and see what happens. 0:22:29.320 --> 0:22:32.040 He flew all that way to have it, but God 0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:37.080 had a by this time tomorrow waiting for him. Well, Joel, 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:40.200 what if it doesn't happen by tomorrow, then you should 0:22:40.200 --> 0:22:43.240 go to bed that night saying Father, thank you. Now 0:22:43.320 --> 0:22:46.000 I know I'm one day closer to seeing it come 0:22:46.040 --> 0:22:51.840 to pass. Keep this expectancy in your spirit. Those things 0:22:51.880 --> 0:22:54.199 that have held you back in the past. That is 0:22:54.280 --> 0:22:57.720 not your destiny, that is not how your story ends. 0:22:58.320 --> 0:23:01.840 Don't let negative circumstance and says convince you to settle 0:23:01.920 --> 0:23:06.159 where you are. Jesus said in John four, say not. 0:23:06.640 --> 0:23:09.960 There are four months and then come the harvest. Lift 0:23:10.040 --> 0:23:13.120 up your eyes look on the fields, for the harvest 0:23:13.320 --> 0:23:17.640 is ready. Now. Notice the principle say not is four 0:23:17.640 --> 0:23:21.960 months away? Say not it's never going to happen. Say not, 0:23:22.160 --> 0:23:24.960 Maybe one day I'll get the break I need. If 0:23:25.000 --> 0:23:28.639 you're always in the future, the seyns will keep you 0:23:28.760 --> 0:23:32.560 from God's best. You have to get rid of the seynox. 0:23:33.080 --> 0:23:36.680 Now is the time to believe. Now is the time 0:23:36.720 --> 0:23:40.199 to release your faith. What you're hoping for is not 0:23:40.440 --> 0:23:43.720 way off in the distance. It's closer than you think. 0:23:44.000 --> 0:23:48.640 You're in your high time. When a caterpillar transforms into 0:23:48.680 --> 0:23:52.680 a butterfly. It spends about three weeks in the cocoon. 0:23:53.160 --> 0:23:56.720 It develops its wings, it gets the strength to push out, 0:23:56.760 --> 0:23:59.960 and finally it comes out of that cocoon. I'm sure, 0:24:00.000 --> 0:24:03.119 sure it's happy, you know, at least it's not in 0:24:03.160 --> 0:24:06.880 the cocoon. It's not dark anymore, it's not confined. But 0:24:06.920 --> 0:24:10.639 the problem is, even though he has brand new wings, 0:24:11.119 --> 0:24:15.640 at first, the wings don't work. They're soft, they're folded over. 0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:19.440 He could think, Wow, I'm glad I'm not a caterpillar anymore. 0:24:19.560 --> 0:24:22.160 At least I look better. But I still can't get 0:24:22.160 --> 0:24:25.520 off the ground. I still can't go any faster. It 0:24:25.560 --> 0:24:29.040 looks like he's stuck. But for the next few hours, 0:24:29.400 --> 0:24:34.280 the butterfly starts pumping blood through its wings. Those wings 0:24:34.359 --> 0:24:38.120 start to spread out, they start to get stronger and firmer. 0:24:38.560 --> 0:24:42.560 After four hours of pumping blood through them, those wings 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:46.080 are now ready for flight. The butterfly takes off into 0:24:46.119 --> 0:24:50.640 the air like this butterfly. Many times, we know there's 0:24:50.680 --> 0:24:54.040 more in us. We know we're supposed to rise higher. 0:24:54.240 --> 0:24:57.840 We can feel these seeds of greatness. We read God's 0:24:57.880 --> 0:25:00.719 promises that tell us we're supposed to to be healthy. 0:25:01.080 --> 0:25:04.119 We're supposed to live an abundant life. We're supposed to 0:25:04.160 --> 0:25:07.800 break the addiction. Our wings are there, but they're not working. 0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:11.280 We're not getting off the ground. We're not making progress. 0:25:12.080 --> 0:25:15.840 But like this butterfly, there's nothing wrong with your wings. 0:25:16.400 --> 0:25:20.480 You're not stuck. As you keep honoring God, as you 0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:23.880 keep being your best, you know what's happening. You're pumping 0:25:23.960 --> 0:25:27.840 blood through your wings. They're starting to spread out. They're 0:25:27.880 --> 0:25:31.760 getting stronger. Every time you thank God for the victory, 0:25:32.080 --> 0:25:35.399 you just pump blood into your wings. Every time you 0:25:35.480 --> 0:25:38.480 come to church. You're pumping more blood into your wings. 0:25:39.040 --> 0:25:41.200 When you get up in the morning with a grateful 0:25:41.240 --> 0:25:43.959 heart and thank God for the day, you're pumping in 0:25:44.000 --> 0:25:50.480 more blood. Your wings are developing now at the right time. Suddenly, unexpectedly, 0:25:50.720 --> 0:25:53.240 you're going to take off. You're going to go further 0:25:53.640 --> 0:25:57.600 than you ever imagine. Now, don't get discouraged because it 0:25:57.680 --> 0:26:01.960 hasn't happened yet. Just keep pumping that blood, Keep honoring God, 0:26:02.440 --> 0:26:07.200 keep being faithful, keep hoping, praying, believing. Isaiah said they 0:26:07.240 --> 0:26:10.879 that wait on the Lord will renew their strength. They 0:26:10.920 --> 0:26:15.080 will mount up with wings like eagles. God has some 0:26:15.119 --> 0:26:18.639 wings for you. When this says to wait. It doesn't 0:26:18.680 --> 0:26:21.960 mean to be passive sick back God, why aren't you 0:26:22.000 --> 0:26:28.000 doing anything? Nothing's working out. One translation says wait with expectancy, 0:26:28.720 --> 0:26:31.600 wait knowing that it's on the way. In other words, 0:26:31.640 --> 0:26:34.160 I'm on the ground now, but I know I'm about 0:26:34.200 --> 0:26:37.119 to fly. I'm close to my healing. I'm close to 0:26:37.160 --> 0:26:40.399 my breakthrough. I'm close to the promotion. That's how you 0:26:40.440 --> 0:26:44.760 get your wings, not dragging around disappointed, focusing on how 0:26:44.800 --> 0:26:47.040 long it's taken, why it's never going to work out. 0:26:47.520 --> 0:26:50.720 That's a low time mentality. You have to come over 0:26:50.960 --> 0:26:55.240 into high time. Those things you're believing for you've never 0:26:55.320 --> 0:26:59.600 been closer than right now. It could happen today, It 0:26:59.640 --> 0:27:03.080 could have happened by this time tomorrow. Your wings could 0:27:03.080 --> 0:27:06.639 be developed this month. Now, get rid of the saynos 0:27:07.280 --> 0:27:09.639 quit believe in those lies. That is way off in 0:27:09.720 --> 0:27:14.000 the distance. God is saying you're on fire. You're burning. 0:27:14.359 --> 0:27:17.600 You're closer than you think. You're in your high time. 0:27:18.320 --> 0:27:22.560 I believe and declare because you're honoring God, you're pumping 0:27:22.600 --> 0:27:25.760 blood through your wings. You're about to take off. You're 0:27:25.800 --> 0:27:28.679 about to see what you're believing for. It's going to 0:27:28.760 --> 0:27:31.359 be better. Than you thought, and it's going to happen 0:27:31.480 --> 0:27:35.199 sooner than you expected. In Jesus' name, and if you 0:27:35.240 --> 0:27:39.919 receive it today, can you say amen? I'd like to 0:27:39.960 --> 0:27:42.840 give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of 0:27:42.840 --> 0:27:46.920 your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:27:48.119 --> 0:27:52.840 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 0:27:53.040 --> 0:27:56.840 make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 0:27:56.920 --> 0:28:00.240 simple prayer, we believe you got born again in a 0:28:00.280 --> 0:28:04.400 good Bible based church and keep God first place. Victoria 0:28:04.400 --> 0:28:06.360 and I will be right back to speak a blessing 0:28:06.440 --> 0:28:06.920 over you. 0:28:08.280 --> 0:28:10.680 As a thank you for your support of our ministry 0:28:10.720 --> 0:28:13.080 this month, Jewel and Victoria, I would like to send 0:28:13.119 --> 0:28:16.480 you a copy of Joel's new three message series, Favor 0:28:16.560 --> 0:28:19.959 of God. In this new series, you'll be reminded that 0:28:20.080 --> 0:28:23.200 you were not created to barely get by. 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