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If You Only Knew

Joel Osteen
October 3, 2021 31m 49s

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He still makes rivers out of deserts. 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:47.800 He still brings walls down. He still defeats giants. He 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:51.800 still breaks chains in the midnight hour. He's still a waymaker, 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:54.520 a promise keeper, a miracle worker. 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:56.680 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.680 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:59.680 --> 0:01:59.920 the men. 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:02.920 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:04.480 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:07.520 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:12.040 your life. 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.560 God bless you. It's a joy to have you with 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:17.280 us today. If you're ever in. 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:19.800 Our area, please stop buy be a part of one 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.480 of our services. These are the finest people in all 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.679 of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood. I also hope 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.160 you'll stay connected with us during the week. We have 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:31.839 a daily podcast. You can download our YouTube channel, watch 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:35.000 the messages anytime. You can follow us on social media. 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:38.600 We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I like to start 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.200 with something funny, and I heard about these two men, 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:45.400 Archie and Jack. They had debated their whole life as 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:48.320 to whether Jesus was white or whether he was black. 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.680 Archie was certain he was white. Jack was just as 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:54.160 certain he was black. As fate would have it, they 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:57.040 died on the same day. Rush to the pearly Gates, 0:02:57.160 --> 0:03:00.000 said Saint Peter, please tell us we've been arguing our 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:00.800 our whole life. 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:02.760 Is Jesus white or is he black? 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:07.200 About that time, Jesus stepped up and said, Buenos dias. 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:12.480 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:14.160 I am what it says I am. 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:17.000 I have what it says I have, I can do 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.680 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:23.600 taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.960 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:32.119 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.880 to talk to you today about if you only knew. 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:38.560 We all go through disappointments in life and things we 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:43.279 don't understand. Sometimes we make mistakes and bring trouble on ourselves. 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:47.040 It's easy to get discouraged and lose our passion. But 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:50.360 God won't allow anything to happen that will keep you 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:54.880 from your purpose. He's already taken into account every bad break, 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:59.360 every person that walked away, every mistake. What we can't 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:03.640 see is how he's working behind the scenes, and sometimes 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.200 he has to close a door so he can open 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:09.160 a bigger door. He'll move a person out of your 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:12.720 life because they're limiting your growth. And what looks like 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:16.680 a disappointment is really the hand of God ordering your steps. 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:20.120 Doesn't make sense now, but down the road. 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:23.200 You'll see how if that door hadn't have closed, you 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:26.360 wouldn't have met that person that introduced you to a friend, 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.400 that had an opportunity that took you to a new level. 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.880 If you only knew what God was up to, you 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:33.880 wouldn't live upset. 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:37.039 If you only knew how He's going to connect the 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.880 dots in your life, how all things are going to 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:43.520 work for your good. You get your passion back. Maybe 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:47.040 you went through a loss, you're discouraged, thinking you've seen 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:50.760 your best days. I know that's difficult, But if you 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:54.240 only knew God has beauty for those ashes, If you 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:56.760 only knew the new doors that are going to open, 0:04:57.080 --> 0:05:00.000 the new friendships that are coming, if you only knew 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:03.799 that your latter days will be better than your former days. 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:07.000 Looks like the end, but really it's a new beginning. 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:09.760 The best part of your life is still in front 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:13.640 of you. Perhaps you've made mistakes and you're not where 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:16.599 you thought you'd be in life, and you've accepted that 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:19.760 you can't reach your dreams, you can't see God's favor. 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:23.800 Look what you've done that didn't stop your destiny. God 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:27.880 knew every mistake you would make, every failure. He's already 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:32.560 lined up restoration another chance. When God told Jonah to 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.600 go to the city of Nineveh, Jonah went the other way, 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.039 exactly opposite. 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:39.400 Of what he knew he was supposed to do. 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.080 God didn't say I'm done with you Jonah, see if 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:43.960 I'll ever help you. 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:45.720 A couple days. 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.800 Later, Jonah was thrown overboard in the middle of the 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:49.600 sea in. 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:50.960 A huge storm. 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:54.080 You would think God would say, see, Jonah, I told 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.560 you what to do. Now you're in trouble. You're on 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:00.359 your own. God had a big fish already in place, 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:03.440 a well waiting to rescue Jonah. 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:05.680 Swallowed him up, carried him to. 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:09.600 The shore like a cruise liner. Three days later spit 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:12.960 him up on dry ground. You may be off course, 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:16.960 thinking you've missed your destiny if you only knew what 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:19.680 great links God is going to go to to get 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:23.040 your back on course, If you only knew there are 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:27.200 wells waiting for you to rescue you, to protect you, 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:31.160 to bring you back into your purpose. You can't outrun 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:34.240 the mercy of God. He can't get too far away, 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.839 too far down. The psalm is said, if I go 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.080 to the depths of the ocean, God. 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:40.400 You are there. 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.159 If I go to the heights of the heaven, You're 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:47.200 still there. When the fish spit Jonah out, God told 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.520 him to go to the city of Ninevah. He gave 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:53.280 him another chance. This time Jonah went. He got back 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:57.039 on course. He fulfilled his purpose. You may have gone 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.800 your own way, done things that were not the best. 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.000 You think that God wouldn't have anything to do with you, 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:06.960 But like Jonah, you can still become who you were 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:11.840 created to be. Don't sit around condemned, listening to the accuser, 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:16.160 reminding yourself of everything you've done wrong. If you only 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:19.200 knew what God was going to do, how He's not 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:22.080 just going to restore you, not just bring you out 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:23.880 and set you on the sidelines. 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:25.280 He's going to put you. 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:29.320 Back into purpose. His calling is still on your life. 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:33.640 The assignment he has for you didn't get canceled because 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:37.160 you took a detour. He's still going to honor you. 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.720 You're still going to see dreams come to pass. You're 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:42.960 still going to have a healthy family. If you only 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:46.320 knew what God was doing behind the scenes, if you 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:48.560 only knew how he's working. 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:49.400 Out his plan for. 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.600 Your life, if you only knew what he started he's 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:55.600 going to finish. If you only knew how he's fighting 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:59.000 battles for you, then you would trust him. You would 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:01.600 live from a place of peace, a place of faith. 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.880 You wouldn't fight all the things you don't like. The disappointments, 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:10.360 the delays, the betrayals. They had to happen. They're a 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:13.720 part of his plan. You couldn't step into the fullness 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:18.000 of your destiny without them. It was uncomfortable, it didn't 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:22.120 make sense. But you wouldn't see your greatness without those challenges. 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:24.040 John chapter four. 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:29.000 Jesus was traveling with his disciples from Judea to Galilee. 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:33.000 They stopped in Samaria. The disciples went into town to 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:37.400 buy food. Jesus was waiting at a well at noontime. 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:40.160 This Samaritan woman came to the well to get water. 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.880 She had been married five times and now was living 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:47.040 with the six man. She had gone through great rejection 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:54.800 and heartache, been taken advantage of. She felt ashamed, unworthy, unattractive, devalued. 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:58.600 On top of that, people would talk about her, make 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:02.280 disparaging remarks, so much so that she came to the 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:06.080 well at noon, the hottest part of the day. Everyone 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:07.800 else came in the morning, but. 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:08.959 She didn't want to see anyone. 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:12.600 She didn't want to feel their judgment, hear their comments. 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:15.440 As a little girl, I'm sure. 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.880 She dreamed of getting married, having a happy family, but 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.600 life didn't turn out the way she had thought she 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:25.360 had made mistakes, other people had done her wrong. Now 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:29.600 she was hurting and lonely at the weld. Jesus asked 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:33.040 her for a drink of water. The woman was surprised 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.920 because back then the Samaritans didn't have anything to do 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:40.200 with the Jews. On top of that, in that culture, 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:43.000 a man would never speak to a woman that he 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:43.520 didn't know. 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.720 But I love the fact that Jesus broke rules. 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:51.920 To reach people. He went against protocol, against what was accepted, 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:55.760 to lift the fallen, to restore the broken, to heal 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:56.320 the hurting. 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.480 She said to Jesus, you're a Jew. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.160 I'm a Samaritan. Why are you asking me for a drink? 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:07.240 Jesus said to her, if you only knew the gifts 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:10.240 God has for you and who I am, you would 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.520 ask me and I would give you living water. 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:13.960 He was saying. 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.920 If you only knew what I'm about to do for you, 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:20.160 if you only knew how I'm about to heal the hurts, 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:23.960 restore your sense of value, thrust you into your purpose, 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:26.640 then you would gladly give me a drink of water. 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.439 She said, but Sir, you have nothing to draw water with. 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:32.920 You don't have a bucket. Where are you going to 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:36.520 get this living water? And besides, are you greater than 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:40.640 our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well. Jesus said, 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:43.960 if you drink this water, you will soon get thirsty. 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.040 But when you drink the water I give you, you will 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:48.000 never thirst again. 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.839 She said, please give me this water. 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:55.120 Jesus began to tell her about her life and how 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:58.400 she had had five husbands. She was amazed at how 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:02.080 he knew everything. I said, sir, you must be a prophet. 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.800 I know one day the Messiah, the Christ, will come. 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.360 Jesus said to her, I am the Messiah. 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:13.200 The first person Jesus ever told he was the Messiah. 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:17.319 Wasn't an influential leader, wasn't a priest in the synagogue, 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.520 wasn't the mayor of the city. It was this lady, 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.920 A lady that had made mistakes, a lady that had 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:27.640 been mistreated, a lady that had suffered heartache, the least 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:31.560 likely one you may have made mistakes, had people do 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:33.880 you wrong, gone through bad breaks. 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:35.040 God is saying to. 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:38.040 You, if you only knew what I'm about to do, 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:41.760 if you only knew how I'm going to make miracles 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:42.839 out of your mistakes. 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:44.720 If you only knew. 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:48.000 How I'm going to restore you, heal, you still make 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:51.560 something great out of your life. This lady came to 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:55.720 the well beaten down, unworthy, thinking that she would always 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:59.320 be looked down on, defeated. But she left that day 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:02.800 with a new pass, a new self image. She saw 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:08.000 herself as valuable, redeemed forgiven. She ran back and told 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:11.480 the whole town to come see this man Jesus. They 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:15.120 all flooded out to see him. She didn't just get changed, 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:18.640 but she changed her city. Now she was no longer 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:23.440 looked down on. She had respect, she was no longer broken, unworthy. 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:24.760 She felt valuable. 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:28.480 She knew she was a child of the Most High God. 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:33.760 What's interesting is Samaria wasn't the shortest route from Judea 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.839 to Galilee. There was a quicker way, but Jesus said 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:43.000 I must go through Samaria. I can hear the disciples saying, Jesus, 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:47.160 that's a long way. It's hot, we're already tired. Let's 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:51.440 take the short cut. Jesus said, no, there's a woman there. 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:55.319 I need to see someone that's made mistakes, someone this 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:59.600 off course, someone that's been rejected, that feels forgotten about. 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.400 I have to tell her what I'm about to do. 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:07.280 This woman came from a culture that worshiped idols. Their 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:11.439 gods were made out of stone, no life, no response. 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.320 Jesus showed up and said, I'm going to give you 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:18.160 living water. They were used to dead gods. He said, 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:22.080 I'm the Messiah. I'm the living God. You may have 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:25.079 some big obstacles. You don't see how you can overcome 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:28.400 the sickness, how you can break the addiction, how you can. 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:29.800 Accomplish your dream. 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:33.440 But if you only knew who our God is, He's 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:37.640 not a weak, lifeless, limited god that used to live 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:41.560 a statue that we can reverence. Our God is alive. 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:46.200 He still parts red seas. He still brings dead things 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:50.079 back to life. He still protects in the fiery furnace. 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:53.840 He still makes rivers out of deserts. He still brings 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:58.320 walls down, he still defeats giants. He still breaks chains 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:02.480 in the midnight hour. He's still a waymaker, a promise keeper, 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:03.800 a miracle worker. 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:05.760 Like this woman. 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:09.240 Life may have thrown you a cur You've settled where 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:11.360 you are, thinking this is as good as it gets. 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:15.200 Just live with the addiction, Just accept those bad breaks 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:18.920 limited you. That person that walked away soured your life. 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:22.160 God is saying, if you only knew what I'm about 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:25.640 to do, I'm about to promote you in the pandemic. 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:28.720 I'm about to honor you in front of your enemies. 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:32.080 I'm about to heal you despite what the report says. 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:35.400 I'm about to free you from what looks permanent. I'm 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.960 about to bring someone into your life better than you've imagined. 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:40.840 If you only knew. 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:42.960 What God was up to, you'd get your fire back. 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:47.120 Those bad breaks didn't stop your purpose. The mistakes you 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.360 made didn't cancel your destiny. You're about to see God 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:51.880 show out in your life. 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.200 My father went through a great disappointment. 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.680 He was married at a young age, and unfortunately the 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:02.520 marriage didn't work out. Denominational leaders told him that he 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:06.320 would never pastor again, that that failure had disqualified him. 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:10.240 He eventually left his church and started selling insurance. He 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.960 was very down on himself, living condemned, thinking that he 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:14.640 had seen. 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:15.360 His best days. 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.600 But the same God that came to the well for 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:21.880 that woman that was broken and lonely came to my father. 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:26.000 Daddy thought it was all downhill, that he would never pastor, 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:30.200 never be in ministry, never have a family. But God said, 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:33.160 if you only knew what I'm gonna do, If you 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:37.080 only knew You're gonna meet Dolores Pilgrim, a young nursing 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:38.440 student and fall in love. 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:40.400 If you only knew. 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:43.960 You're gonna have four average children and one exceptional child. 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:48.960 If you only knew you're gonna pastor Lakewood and have. 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:54.000 Influence around the world, you wouldn't live defeated, down on yourself. 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:56.720 Because of mistakes, no passing, because. 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:57.560 Of those bad breaks. 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:01.640 See, we get stuck in the heartache, the disappointment, the guilt, 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:02.200 the shame. 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:03.720 I should have done better? 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:07.400 What was wrong with me? God knows we're human. Quit 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:11.000 being so hard on yourself. Your mistakes didn't stop what 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:12.520 God has planned for your life. 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:14.160 You're not that powerful. 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.400 If you could stop your destiny, none of us would 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.000 make it. Abraham made a mistake, had a baby out 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:24.880 of wedlock. That didn't stop the promised child. He's called 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:28.120 the father of our faith. If he made mistakes and 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:31.880 didn't miss his purpose, then you shouldn't beat yourself up because. 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:32.600 You've made mistakes. 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:36.080 Now I'm not saying about being loose and doing whatever 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:38.760 you want, but when your heart is to please God, 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:41.240 when down deep you want to do the right thing, 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:42.920 but you make mistakes, that. 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:44.800 Is not going to stop your purpose. 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:49.080 What will stop you is if you start living condemned, 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:51.520 down on yourself, no passion. 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:53.760 That's why Jesus showed up. 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:56.600 And said to this woman, if you only knew what 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.560 I'm about to do, if you only knew the gift 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.160 I have for you, if you only knew who you 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:05.640 are talking to, He was saying, I'm not just anyone. 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:09.199 I'm the God who spoke worlds into existence. I'm the 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:12.119 God who flung stars into spaith. I'm the God that 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:15.760 crowned you with favor, that planned out your days for good. 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:20.000 Jesus spoke faith into this lady. He could have condemned her. 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:24.239 You're getting what you deserve, too bad. It's just life now, 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.120 he said, get ready, I'm about to do something awesome 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:27.880 in your life. 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:31.080 You may have had your share of setbacks. 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:33.920 You could come up with good reasons why you can't 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:37.120 be happy, why you can't get married, why your business 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.520 can't succeed in your own strength. That may be true, 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:43.880 but you're not on your own. The God who breathed 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:47.600 life into you, is saying, if you only knew the 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:50.480 doors I'm about to open, if you only knew the 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:53.560 favor I'm about to show you, if you only knew 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.479 how I'm going to connect the dots. Those things you 0:17:56.520 --> 0:18:01.240 don't understand that were painful, that weren't fair, I saw them, and. 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:02.960 They're going to all work for your good. 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:06.800 They're leading you to an amazing future, to something better 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:12.080 than you've imagined. As a teenager, Joseph's father gave him 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:16.320 a coat of many colors. That coat represented favor. He 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:20.120 was the youngest son at the time and his father's favorite. 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:23.280 Joseph had a big dream to lead a nation. He 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.560 knew God's hand was on him, but his brothers didn't 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.800 like the favor on his life. When Joseph showed up 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:33.480 to check on them in another city at their father's request, 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:36.280 they thought this was their big chance to get rid 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:40.199 of Joseph. It's significant that they took his robe of 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:41.440 many colors off. 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:43.359 Of him and threw him into a pit. 0:18:44.000 --> 0:18:46.840 They killed an animal, put blood on it, and took 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:49.399 the robe back to their father and said they found 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:53.560 it along their way. Their father, Jacob was heartbroken. He 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:58.040 said a wild animal has killed Joseph. What's interesting is 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:00.919 they took the robe away from him, but they couldn't 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:04.800 take the favor. They sold him as a slave. Joseph 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:08.400 had favor working for his owner. He was falsely accused 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:11.400 and put in prison, but Joseph had favor in prison. 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:16.359 Thirteen years later, the pharaoh had a dream he didn't understand, 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:19.719 and they called Joseph out of the prison. He interpreted 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:23.160 the dream for the pharaoh. He was so impressed. He said, 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:27.040 who better to lead our nation than Joseph. The scripture 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:31.000 says the pharaoh put a royal robe on Joseph. He 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:33.560 took off his prison clothes, and he put on a 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:37.320 robe of influence, a robe of authority, a robe of honor. 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:41.960 I can imagine during those thirteen years there were some 0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:46.359 lonely nights where Joseph thought about that colorful robe that 0:19:46.480 --> 0:19:47.840 his father had given him. 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:49.560 When his brothers tore. 0:19:49.480 --> 0:19:53.639 It off, he was so disappointed, heartbroken, betrayed by his 0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:57.040 own family. He lost something that was important to him. 0:19:57.440 --> 0:19:58.320 Didn't seem fair. 0:19:58.560 --> 0:19:59.560 Why did that happen? 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:02.920 But when the pharaoh put this new robe on him, 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:06.120 a robe that said I lead a nation, a robe 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:09.880 of great authority. A light turned on for Joseph. He 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:13.359 realized it had to happen. I had to lose the 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:17.000 robe of many colors in order to get this royal robe. 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:20.480 The robe of many colors was supposed to be temporary. 0:20:20.760 --> 0:20:26.760 God had something bigger, better, more rewarding. Sometimes we're disappointed 0:20:26.760 --> 0:20:30.119 over what we've lost. We know it was good, it 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:34.760 represented favor, but it didn't last. The door closed, the 0:20:34.800 --> 0:20:38.320 loan didn't go through, the person walked away. We don't 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:41.120 understand why it didn't work out. Why did I lose 0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:42.400 this coat of many colors? 0:20:42.480 --> 0:20:43.639 It meant so much to me. 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:47.400 But if you only knew what God was about to do, 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:50.680 if you could see the coat of influence, the code 0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:54.080 of honor, the code of authority that's coming, you would 0:20:54.200 --> 0:20:57.840 understand that it's all a part of God's plan. You 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:01.400 have to trust him when it doesn't make sense. He's 0:21:01.400 --> 0:21:03.960 not going to let you lose your coat of many 0:21:04.040 --> 0:21:05.640 colors unless there's. 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:07.640 A royal robe that's in your future. 0:21:08.280 --> 0:21:11.720 If you only knew where those disappointments are leading you, 0:21:12.440 --> 0:21:15.320 Like with Joseph, you had to get pushed out. They 0:21:15.359 --> 0:21:18.480 had to be jealous, They had to betray you. It's 0:21:18.520 --> 0:21:20.359 not that God has forgotten about you. 0:21:20.840 --> 0:21:21.720 It's that He's. 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:27.600 Positioning you for greater influence, greater honor, greater favor. Can 0:21:27.640 --> 0:21:31.199 he trust you when the Robe of Many Colors is taken? 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:34.800 Will you keep a good attitude, not get bitter, not 0:21:34.920 --> 0:21:38.199 think you've seen your best days? Joseph had plenty of 0:21:38.280 --> 0:21:41.680 opportunities to give up on his dream in the pit, 0:21:42.080 --> 0:21:46.159 feeling forgotten, working in a foreign country against his will, 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:49.360 in prison for something that he didn't do. How did 0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:53.120 he stay encouraged? I believe the same God they came 0:21:53.160 --> 0:21:55.560 to the well to meet the woman who was hurting, 0:21:56.040 --> 0:21:58.439 The same God that came to my father when he 0:21:58.520 --> 0:21:59.920 was heartbroken, came. 0:21:59.840 --> 0:22:02.240 To Joseph and whispered. 0:22:02.080 --> 0:22:05.120 If you only knew what I'm about to do, If 0:22:05.119 --> 0:22:07.800 you only knew how I'm going to connect the dots, 0:22:08.040 --> 0:22:10.880 If you only knew how, You'll never miss this Robe 0:22:10.920 --> 0:22:14.639 of many colors when I get finished. That still small 0:22:14.760 --> 0:22:18.199 voice kept reminding him that God is in control, that 0:22:18.320 --> 0:22:21.480 his steps for being ordered, that what God started he 0:22:21.560 --> 0:22:25.360 would finish. Are you discouraged over what didn't work out? 0:22:25.840 --> 0:22:28.560 Who did you wrong? Why is it taking so long? 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:30.280 If you only knew. 0:22:30.080 --> 0:22:31.000 What God was up to. 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:34.159 If you only knew the doors he's about to open, 0:22:34.640 --> 0:22:37.080 if you only knew how He's going to vindicate you, 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:41.440 heal you, promote you, then you would trust him. Why 0:22:41.440 --> 0:22:45.359 you don't understand, Stay in faith when it doesn't make sense, 0:22:45.880 --> 0:22:48.320 Do the right thing when the wrong thing has happened. 0:22:48.720 --> 0:22:51.400 The fact that you lost the robe of many colors. 0:22:51.880 --> 0:22:56.639 You've been through disappointments, betrayals, injustice, that's a sign that 0:22:56.840 --> 0:22:59.840 something awesome is on the way. What God is about 0:22:59.880 --> 0:23:02.679 to do in your life will not just make up 0:23:02.720 --> 0:23:06.000 for every wrong every injustice, but it will be so 0:23:06.200 --> 0:23:09.200 rewarding you won't think about what you lost. 0:23:09.640 --> 0:23:11.040 I heard about this young lady. 0:23:11.320 --> 0:23:13.840 She was going to meet her fiance's parents for the 0:23:13.880 --> 0:23:17.119 first time. They were known to be very picky and 0:23:17.359 --> 0:23:20.480 not easily impressed, and she was nervous about it all. 0:23:20.560 --> 0:23:23.399 And she made sure her outfit was perfect and she 0:23:23.440 --> 0:23:26.119 looked the best that she possibly could. But on the 0:23:26.119 --> 0:23:29.080 way out the door, she accidentally knocked a can of 0:23:29.080 --> 0:23:32.320 coca cola over. It hit the floor and splashed up 0:23:32.359 --> 0:23:35.280 on her shoes and pant legs. She couldn't believe it. 0:23:35.440 --> 0:23:37.720 Of all times, she was trying to look good, and 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:40.800 this happened. She didn't have time to change, so she 0:23:40.960 --> 0:23:43.040 just wiped it off the best she could and went 0:23:43.080 --> 0:23:46.480 on her way. At her fiance's house, she met the 0:23:46.560 --> 0:23:49.439 parents and they visited for a while. They have a 0:23:49.480 --> 0:23:53.040 little dog that they've had for years. The whole time 0:23:53.359 --> 0:23:56.640 that dog was at this young lady's feet, it followed 0:23:56.640 --> 0:23:59.640 her through the house, would not leave her side. When 0:23:59.680 --> 0:24:02.600 she's stop, the dog stock where she sat. The dog 0:24:02.720 --> 0:24:06.119 sat for two hours. The dog was the girl's best friend. 0:24:06.760 --> 0:24:09.160 When she was about to leave, the mother said, We've 0:24:09.160 --> 0:24:12.040 had plenty of people over to our house, but this 0:24:12.160 --> 0:24:14.640 dog has never taken to anyone like you. 0:24:15.000 --> 0:24:17.480 There must be something very special about you. 0:24:18.240 --> 0:24:21.120 She didn't realize the dog like to smell of coke 0:24:21.240 --> 0:24:25.639 on her pants. Sometimes what we think is a disappointment 0:24:26.000 --> 0:24:27.240 is really the hand of God. 0:24:27.840 --> 0:24:30.000 His ways are not our ways. 0:24:30.760 --> 0:24:33.880 Instead of being frustrated by what doesn't work out, try 0:24:33.920 --> 0:24:35.240 a different approach. 0:24:35.040 --> 0:24:36.880 And say, God, I trust you. 0:24:37.600 --> 0:24:40.760 I may not understand it, it may be uncomfortable, but 0:24:40.880 --> 0:24:43.560 I know you wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't 0:24:43.560 --> 0:24:47.040 going to work to my advantage. If you only knew 0:24:47.200 --> 0:24:49.679 what God is going to do, you'd stay in peace. 0:24:50.200 --> 0:24:52.960 If you only knew how he's going to connect the dots, 0:24:53.280 --> 0:24:56.400 you wouldn't fight everything that doesn't go your way. If 0:24:56.400 --> 0:24:59.119 you only knew how he's going to take your mistakes 0:24:59.240 --> 0:25:02.360 and make Mira out of them, how your poor choices 0:25:02.560 --> 0:25:05.400 are not going to stop your destiny, then you'd get 0:25:05.400 --> 0:25:08.680 your passion back. You'd stir your faith up and start 0:25:08.760 --> 0:25:13.800 dreaming again, start hoping again, start believing again. There's a 0:25:13.880 --> 0:25:15.840 lady in the scripture named Rayhab. 0:25:16.119 --> 0:25:17.280 She was a prostitute. 0:25:17.880 --> 0:25:20.800 She didn't like who she had become. She never thought 0:25:20.840 --> 0:25:23.520 she'd end up where she was. But life has a 0:25:23.560 --> 0:25:27.600 way of taking turns, and we find ourselves disappointed, hurting 0:25:27.840 --> 0:25:28.639 in dysfunction. 0:25:29.359 --> 0:25:30.320 She felt stuck. 0:25:30.800 --> 0:25:33.320 How could she get out? She was living in a 0:25:33.359 --> 0:25:37.199 city that worshiped idols. I can imagine some nights she 0:25:37.240 --> 0:25:39.960 would look up at the stars and say, God. 0:25:39.920 --> 0:25:42.200 If you're real, help me to change. 0:25:42.560 --> 0:25:46.360 God, show me a better path, thought said, are you crazy? 0:25:46.920 --> 0:25:49.240 God would never have anything to do with you. Look 0:25:49.280 --> 0:25:52.320 at how you're living. But when you take one step 0:25:52.359 --> 0:25:56.560 toward God, he'll come running towards you. God doesn't judge 0:25:56.600 --> 0:26:01.080 the way people judge. People will write you off discounts you. 0:26:01.080 --> 0:26:04.280 You can't do anything great. You made too many mistakes. 0:26:04.640 --> 0:26:07.399 You come from the wrong family. You're not talented enough. 0:26:07.800 --> 0:26:11.359 If you only knew how God sees you, he calls 0:26:11.359 --> 0:26:14.960 you a masterpiece. He put royal blood in your veins. 0:26:15.160 --> 0:26:18.800 He's crowned you with favor. You have seeds of greatness. 0:26:19.240 --> 0:26:23.680 Nothing you've done has lessened your value. Nothing you've done 0:26:23.960 --> 0:26:25.919 has made him love you any less. 0:26:26.440 --> 0:26:30.560 He's still going to make something significant out of your life. 0:26:30.720 --> 0:26:33.439 Joshua was sent men in to spy out her city, 0:26:33.840 --> 0:26:37.120 the city of Jericho. Word got out that they were there, 0:26:37.160 --> 0:26:40.680 and Ray Have hid the spies in her house made 0:26:40.720 --> 0:26:44.399 sure that they were safe. In return, the spies told 0:26:44.440 --> 0:26:47.440 her that whoever was in her house when the Israelites 0:26:47.480 --> 0:26:51.760 attacked the city, they would be spared, and her relatives 0:26:51.840 --> 0:26:53.760 were the only ones that survived. 0:26:54.400 --> 0:26:55.919 That was the turning point. 0:26:56.240 --> 0:26:59.240 Ray Have married a man from the tribe of Judah, 0:26:59.480 --> 0:27:03.760 the unnamed Boas. Boas had a son named Jesse. Jesse 0:27:03.880 --> 0:27:07.600 had a son named David. That means Rahab is in 0:27:07.640 --> 0:27:11.600 the family line of Jesus. If you only knew how, 0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:14.240 God cannot only bring you out of a mess, but 0:27:14.320 --> 0:27:18.680 still do something awesome with your lifehab is now listed 0:27:18.760 --> 0:27:21.679 in Hebrews eleven as one of the heroes of faith. 0:27:22.560 --> 0:27:25.399 Imagine someone telling her, while she was still in that 0:27:25.480 --> 0:27:28.920 profession that one day you're going to make such an impact. 0:27:29.080 --> 0:27:32.399 You're going to do something so significant that thousands of 0:27:32.480 --> 0:27:35.280 years from now people are going to be talking about you. 0:27:35.920 --> 0:27:38.439 She would have thought you have the wrong person. Do 0:27:38.520 --> 0:27:41.000 you see what I do for a living, The mistakes 0:27:41.000 --> 0:27:44.080 I've made, the culture I come out of. None of 0:27:44.080 --> 0:27:46.639 that is going to stop what our God is about 0:27:46.680 --> 0:27:50.960 to do. You may have plenty of reasons why you're limited. 0:27:51.520 --> 0:27:54.119 You've seen your best stage, you made too many mistakes. 0:27:54.320 --> 0:27:57.320 God is saying to you, if you only knew what 0:27:57.400 --> 0:28:00.600 I'm about to do, if you only knew the I'm 0:28:00.640 --> 0:28:03.320 about to show you, if you only knew the doors 0:28:03.359 --> 0:28:07.480 I'm about to open, the healing, the restoration, If you 0:28:07.560 --> 0:28:10.399 only knew the gifts God has for you, then you 0:28:10.400 --> 0:28:13.400 would ask for living water. That means you would ask. 0:28:13.240 --> 0:28:15.200 Big, you would believe big. 0:28:15.560 --> 0:28:18.640 You'd get rid of the guilt, let go of the discouragement, 0:28:18.960 --> 0:28:22.399 what didn't work out, mistakes you've made, and get ready 0:28:22.680 --> 0:28:25.440 for something that you haven't seen This is a new day. 0:28:26.080 --> 0:28:27.359 God is doing a new thing. 0:28:28.040 --> 0:28:31.200 Chains that have held you back are being broken right now. 0:28:31.720 --> 0:28:34.200 Strongholds in your mind are coming down. 0:28:34.880 --> 0:28:37.760 Yes, you lost that coat of many colors. Don't worry. 0:28:37.960 --> 0:28:41.720 You're about to see a robe of greater influence, greater authority. 0:28:42.120 --> 0:28:45.680 God is about to connect the dots, the bad breaks, 0:28:46.040 --> 0:28:48.800 the disappointments, the people that tried to stop you. 0:28:49.080 --> 0:28:51.000 It's all working for your good. 0:28:51.520 --> 0:28:54.960 I believe and declare you'll come in into promotion like 0:28:55.040 --> 0:28:59.040 you've never seen, like ray, have favor that you didn't deserve. 0:28:59.680 --> 0:29:00.800 The well. 0:29:01.120 --> 0:29:04.320 You're not only going to be restored, healed and free, 0:29:04.680 --> 0:29:08.040 but you're going to impact your family, your city, your 0:29:08.120 --> 0:29:11.360 world for the glory of God. And if you receive it, 0:29:11.520 --> 0:29:15.360 can you say amen? 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