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God bless you Today. 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:21.320 I like to get started each week with something kind 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:24.960 of funny. And I heard about this young police recruit. 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:27.799 He was taking his final exam and he was in 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.440 the front of the classroom and the sergeant asked him, 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.040 what would you do if you had to arrest your 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:34.160 own mother in law? 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.520 Without missing a beat? He said, call for back up. 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:41.799 All right, hold up your Bible. Say it like you 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:45.320 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:45.640 I am. 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.799 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:51.639 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:55.919 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.639 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:04.880 the in Jesus's name, God bless you. We've been talking 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:09.079 about trusting God and learning to embrace the place where 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:09.480 we are. 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:11.520 Too many people are. 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:15.600 Always fighting against everything that doesn't go their way. They 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:19.519 end up living frustrated and stressed out, wondering why God 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:23.359 isn't answering their prayers, why things aren't changing any sooner. 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:27.080 But if we really believe that God is directing our steps. 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:31.000 Then each one of us is exactly where we're supposed 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:33.720 to be. And it may be we're in a place 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:37.280 that's uncomfortable, a place where we're not getting our way, 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.080 and it's easy to think, well, this couldn't be right, 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.160 this couldn't be God, my prayers are not being answered. 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.760 But no, God is still in control. He's got you 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:47.800 there for a reason. 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.840 The fact is it's in the difficult times that we 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:57.320 really grow. That's when we're being stressed. That's when God's developing. 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:59.360 Our character and preparing us for promotion. 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:03.640 We may not like it, it may be uncomfortable, but 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:06.120 if we can just learn to keep the right attitude, 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:08.720 then we're going to come out of that better off 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:09.720 than we were before. 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:13.200 But the whole key is we have to pass the test. 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:19.359 If we're going around defeated, negative, frustrated, fighting against everything 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.280 that's not going our way, we're just slowing the process down. 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:26.120 We need to come to a place of peace. When 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:29.479 you're in peace, you have power. When you're at rest, 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:32.840 God can fight your battles for you. Too many people 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:36.719 today are just wearing themselves out, frustrated because they don't 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.920 have the job they want upset because a child won't 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.640 do right, worried because of a health problem. 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:45.480 Now you've got to turn all that over to God 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.960 and just learn to embrace the place where you are. 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:51.200 You cannot pray away. 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:54.839 Every uncomfortable situation from your life. You cannot pray away 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:58.320 every difficulty. You've got to be willing to go through 0:04:58.480 --> 0:04:59.480 some things. 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.239 With a good attitude. It's interesting. 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:06.520 In Colossians chapter three, Paul prayed that the people would 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:10.800 have the strength to endure whatever came their way. Think 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:13.400 about it, the great Apostle Paul. He didn't pray that 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:16.640 God would remove every difficulty. He didn't pray that God 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.920 would deliver them instantly. He prayed that they have the 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:23.520 strength to go through it. And sometimes we pray the 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.600 wrong way. God, You've got to get me out of 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.920 this situation today. I can't stand it any longer. If 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:31.360 it goes on another week, I'm not gonna make it. No. 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:34.040 A better way to pray is, God, give me the 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.200 strength to go through this with a good attitude. Help 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:41.960 me to keep my joy, help me to keep my peace. See, 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:45.920 we've got to change our approach. Our circumstances are not 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:49.640 going to change until we change Hey, you say, George's 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:52.600 so difficult, Got this problem with my health, got this 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:53.760 situation at work. 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:56.640 No, listen, you have the power of the most High 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.720 God on the inside of you. You can withstand anything. 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:00.600 That way. 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:03.960 You are more than a conquer a victor and not 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:07.080 a victim. And sure, we'd all love for God. 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:10.080 To deliver us instantly, but most of the time that's 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:12.279 not the way it works. We have to dig our 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:15.600 heels in and not only endure it, let's learn to 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:19.560 enjoy it. Make a decision to turn the situation over 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:23.560 to God. Quit worrying about it, quit letting it dominate you, 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:27.000 and get back to that place of peace. Get back 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:30.160 to that place of rest. And know this, even though 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:33.080 it's hard, even though you may not like it, the 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:36.800 good news is you are growing. God's getting you prepared 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:39.040 for promotion, and you're gonna come out of that better 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:40.159 off than you were before. 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:41.360 See. 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:43.920 God has a purpose for everything, and we may not 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:46.320 be able to see it right now, but God has 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.680 promised he will not allow anything to come into our 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:53.040 life unless He can ultimately get some good out of it. 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:55.560 This should take all the pressure off of us. 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.280 That means if our prayers aren't being answered in the 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.239 way we want. God must have something better in store. 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.520 He knows what's best for us. Why don't you trust him? 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:06.599 Why don't you. 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:08.920 Believe that God has you in the palm of his hand. 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.120 Why don't you believe that all things are gonna work 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:13.040 together for your good. 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:17.280 Don't live life stressed out. Learn to just accept the 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:19.320 place where you are, and. 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.800 Even in those difficult times, even when things aren't going 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:25.880 our way, our attitude should be I must need this 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:27.720 because this is where God has me. 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:30.160 And I may not like it, but I'm not gonna 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:30.480 fight it. 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.640 I'm not gonna go around depressed because my business hasn't 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.360 grown like I wanted it to, or because my child 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:38.679 is not doing right. No, I'm gonna stay in peace, 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.200 trusting God, knowing at the right time, God's gonna turn 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:43.000 it around. 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:46.120 And use it to my advantage. That's a very freeing 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:46.800 way to live. 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:52.360 Some of you today, you've always got stomach problems, headaches, ulcers, 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:56.160 you can't sleep at night, and it's because you're fighting 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.520 against everything that doesn't go your way. 0:07:59.160 --> 0:07:59.800 You're trying to. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.120 Change things that only God can change, and God is 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:06.320 not removing it either. Because it's not the right time, 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:08.320 or I don't know, maybe he's trying to do a 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:10.880 work in you. And if you could just get back 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:14.120 to that place of peace and instead of fighting it, 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:17.800 saying all right, God, not my will, but yours. If 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.720 you'd do that, things would begin to improve in your life. 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:24.880 And I'm asking you today to lighten up and take 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:28.200 the pressure off yourself. If your prayers aren't being answered 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.560 in the way you want, no big deal. God has 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:31.559 something else in store. 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:34.360 If you're in a difficult time, won't fight it. 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:37.160 God's doing a work in you. He's still in control. 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:41.120 Learn to relax and just go with the flow, and 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:42.600 even in small things. 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:43.160 I know. 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:45.719 A few years ago, Victoria and I had this big 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:49.640 vacation planned. We'd really been looking forward to getting away 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.800 by ourselves, and so months before I'd made all the 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:55.320 reservations and got everything lined up. 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:57.200 And we were so excited about going. 0:08:57.880 --> 0:08:59.959 But just a week or so before we were to leave, 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:03.079 my mother got a call from the hospital and she 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:06.520 was scheduled to have her hip replaced. Mother had polio 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.280 when she was a child, and the operation was supposed 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:12.080 to take place the week we got back, but they 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.719 said something came up with the doctor and he had 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:16.719 to move it up, and it just so happened. It 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:19.679 fell on the exact day that we were leaving for 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:22.640 our vacation, and I had to make a decision do 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:25.199 I love my mother more than I want to go 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:31.959 on this vacation. And after much prayer and fasting, I 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:34.200 decided to stay home and take care of my mother. 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.000 But at first I was so disappointed. 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:40.120 I'd really been looking forward to getting away, and I 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.240 lost my deposit at the hotel and my mother is 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:44.440 still never paid me back. 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:51.000 But now I've learned to just go with the flow. 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.640 My plans didn't work out, but you know what, I 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:56.360 believe that God is still directing my steps. 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:57.240 I don't know. 0:09:57.400 --> 0:10:00.360 Maybe he was keeping us from an accident, he was 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.559 keeping us from danger, whatever it was, I know this 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:07.680 God has our best interest at heart, and as long 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.680 as we're trusting him, as long as we're doing our best, 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:12.360 he has a purpose for it. 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.439 And each one of us is exactly where we're supposed 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:15.640 to be. 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.360 And when you really understand this principle, it makes life 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:23.000 so much easier. You don't have to live frustrated because 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:23.840 your plans. 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:24.240 Didn't work out. 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:27.559 You don't have to be disappointed for a month because 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:29.880 you didn't get the promotion you wanted. You don't have 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.640 to get upset because somebody is being unfair to you. 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:36.120 You know that God is in control and he's got 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:39.040 you exactly where he wants you. And as long as 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.320 you keep trusting him, God is going to fight your 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.960 battles for you. That's what it says in the Book 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:47.800 of Exodus, chapter fourteen. If you will remain at rest 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:52.040 and hold your peace, then the battle is not yours, 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:53.800 but the battle is the Lord's. 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:58.319 Think about the principle there. You have to remain at rest, 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:00.440 we have to hold our peace. 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:03.960 In other words, that's saying, as long as we're upset 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:07.079 and frustrated and all been out of shape, God's just 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:07.920 going to back away. 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.680 Really, there's no better way to show God that we're. 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:14.960 Trusting him than by just staying in peace, then by 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.439 keeping a smile on our face, then by having a 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:20.040 good attitude day in and day out. 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:23.520 Do you know when you're consistent, when. 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.800 You're stable and you're not moved by your circumstances, you're 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.920 saying loud and clear, God, I believe that you're in 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:33.520 complete control of my life. I'll never forget a friend 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:36.880 of mine. We used to play basketball several times a week, 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.839 and one night after the game, it was still kind 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:41.559 of early, and I asked him if he wanted to 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:46.079 go somewhere with me, and he said, almost in passing, No, Joel, 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:47.520 I got to go up to the hospital. 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.880 I'm taking chemotherapy. I said, you've got to be kidding, 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:52.560 you're doing what he said. 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.480 No. This is my second bout with cancer and I 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:58.160 take it three times a week. And man, I was 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:01.680 so impressed. You would have never known anything was wrong 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.360 with him. He always had a smile on his face, 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:07.199 always was in an attitude of faith, looked like he 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.679 was on the top of the world. A lot of 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:13.560 people in that situation, you know, they'd be dragging around, defeated, 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:15.520 blaming God, having a pity party. 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:18.800 But not him. He knew that God was still in control. 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.400 He knew that God was still directing his steps, and 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:25.760 even though he didn't like it, even though he was uncomfortable, 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:26.640 he didn't. 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:27.640 Allow it to get him down. 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:31.439 His attitude was, this is the hand that I've been dealt, 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:34.160 and I'm not gonna sit around feeling sorry for myself. 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:36.520 I'm not gonna let this be the center of my life. 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:38.959 I'm gonna deal with it and move on. And he 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:43.120 did exactly that. Today, several years later, he's cancer free. 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.360 God has totally healed him. I saw him not long ago. 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:50.520 He's as healthy as he can be. And I realize 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:54.640 some of you, like him, are fighting some serious battles. 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.760 But the good news is God is bigger than anything 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.640 that you're facing. He can make a way even when 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.720 it looks like there is no way. Don't quit living 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:07.240 your life. Don't let that obstacle be the central focus. 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:12.360 Keep on pressing forward, keep on trusting God, knowing that as. 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.440 You believe, all things are possible. 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:16.760 It may look kind of dark in your life, but 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.760 the scripture says, weeping may endure. 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:22.200 For a night, but joy is coming in the morning. 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:26.040 And really it doesn't matter what it looks like in 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:30.199 the natural, because our God is a supernatural God. And 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:34.040 when you're in faith, there's a rest. You're not stressed out, 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:37.680 you're not worried. You know that you know that everything 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.199 is gonna be all right. You know that God has 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:42.720 you in the palm of his hand, and as long 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:45.480 as you hold your peace, God is gonna fight your 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:48.599 battles for you, and he's gonna make sure that you 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:52.000 fulfill every single day that He has ordained for you. 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:55.160 That's what the Bible says. No man can snatch you 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:58.760 out of God's hands. That means no sickness is too great, 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:00.040 no enemy. 0:13:59.880 --> 0:14:02.640 Is too powerful. If God be for you, who dare 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:03.559 even be against you? 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:07.800 Even when it's difficult, even when you're uncomfortable, You just 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.480 got to remind yourself in the end, you're gonna come 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.160 out of that better off than you were before. 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:15.080 Now I like to even think about. You know, even 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:18.559 the worst case scenario is if we die, we go 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:20.640 to heaven to be with the Lord, and that's not 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:26.320 too bad. Keep your joy, keep your peace, remain at rest. 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:31.760 Too many people today they're up when their circumstances are up, 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:32.960 down when they're down. 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:34.840 But you don't have to live that way. 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:38.040 When you really know that God is directing your steps, 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:41.880 you can be consistent no matter that what comes into 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.520 your life, God is going to use that for your good. 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.240 When you say, Joel, I don't understand why this has 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.400 happened to me. I'm a good person. Why did I 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.400 get sick? Why do I have these bad breaks in life, 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.200 Why didn't God answer my prayers? No quit trying to 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:59.760 figure out why. Proverbs twenty twenty four says, since the 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:03.640 the Lord is directing our steps, why try to figure 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:05.840 out everything that happens along the way. 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.240 Some things were never going to figure out. 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:11.640 You may never understand why you had to go through 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.280 what you went through, or why somebody treated you a 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:18.040 certain way. But know this, God has a purpose. The 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.880 enemy may have brought that into your life, but God 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:23.760 is so good. He's promised he'll turn it around and 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:25.360 still use it to your advantage. 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:27.760 But you got to trust him. You've got to believe 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:28.720 that he's in control. 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:32.440 And I found sometimes God will ask us to go 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:35.240 through some things in order to help somebody else. 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:37.840 I was reading about these two young men. 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:41.600 They were traveling to Kenya to work on a missions project, 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.480 and it was their first trip overseas, and they were 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:45.640 so excited about it. 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:47.320 They were in the early twenties. 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:50.880 Both of them were former college basketball players, and they'd 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:54.160 prayed and prayed, just believing that everything would go real smoothly. 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:58.160 But unfortunately, when the plane tried to land in London, 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:01.720 it was too foggy. They got delayed and they missed 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:04.400 their connecting flight to Kenyon. They were sitting around the 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:07.320 airport a little disappointed, a little bit frustrated. 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:10.120 The next flight wasn't for seven or eight hours. 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.400 And when it came time for them to leave, the 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:15.160 only seats available were up in first class, and so 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:16.800 they put them up there, and of course they were 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:20.120 excited about that. But about midway through the flight, the 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:23.960 plane took a nose dive straight toward the ground. People 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:25.360 were hollering and screaming. 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:26.680 They thought they were all gonna die. 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.960 About that time, they heard some noise up in the cockpit, 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:33.000 sounded like a struggle, And of course this was before 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:35.720 nine to eleven, and they were somehow able to make 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:38.280 their way up there, and sure enough, when they opened 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:41.360 up the door, there was this deranged man there. 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:42.560 He was a huge man. 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.160 He had taken over the controls of the plane. And 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:47.600 these pilots were just little men. They didn't have a chance. 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:50.360 But these were big, tough, strong guys. They got in 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.120 there and wrestled with him. Finally, after a couple of 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:56.320 minutes they got him under control. That plane had fallen 0:16:56.440 --> 0:17:00.600 from forty thousand feet to four thousand feet a little. 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.120 While longer that all been done. 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:05.880 The point I want you to see, sometimes God will 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:09.160 put you in an uncomfortable place in order to help 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:13.280 somebody else. God delayed those two young men on purpose. 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:17.880 He put them right up front so they could save 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:22.600 that entire plane. See, God knows the future, and he's 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:25.960 got you exactly where he wants you. Why don't you 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:29.240 quit fighting everything in your life? Why don't you quit 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.720 resisting everything that doesn't. 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:32.080 Go your way? 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.840 You say, Joel, I can't stand my job. These people 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:38.840 get on my nerves. They irritate me. I shouldn't have 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:40.960 to put up with them. No, have you ever thought 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:44.440 about maybe God has you there on purpose so he 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:47.760 can do a work in them. May be God's counting 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:51.400 on you to let your light shine. Maybe God wants 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:52.280 you to plant. 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:56.440 That seed of hope so that he can change their hearts. Well, Joel, 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:59.200 I'm uncomfortable. I don't like it. Well, you're gonna have 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:01.800 to get a bigger you because it's not all about you, 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:04.679 and you just can't pray that away. 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.879 The way you pass that test is by keeping a 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:13.520 good attitude and doing the right thing even. 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:16.480 Though the wrong things happening to you. Sow a sde 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:20.239 and be willing to go through some things. You may 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:23.280 be in a relationship today that's uncomfortable. 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:26.960 Maybe that other person is doing things that you don't like, 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:30.480 but understand that doesn't give you the right to treat 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:32.200 them the same way that they're treating you. 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:34.280 You've got to be the bigger person. 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.720 You've got to swallow your pride and sometimes even apologize 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:41.480 when it wasn't your fault. You've got to overlook some 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:44.320 things that tend to get on your nerves and be 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:48.640 determined enough to stick with that person, stick with that husband, 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:52.040 stick with that wife, stick with that child that's hard 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:55.960 to raise. We give up too easily on people these days. 0:18:56.680 --> 0:18:58.879 I know this young lady, and she had some very 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:02.280 unfair things happen to her growing up. Her first marriage 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:05.040 didn't last very long, and she married this second man, 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:07.880 and she was basically making his life miserable. 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:09.960 And the truth is she wasn't trying to. 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:13.119 She had just been so hurt and so messed up. 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:17.240 She couldn't trust anybody. She was very negative and bitter. 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:21.560 And this man told how a thousand times he wanted 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:22.080 to leave her. 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:26.040 He had every excuse in the world nobody would have 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:29.119 ever blamed him, but he knew down and here he 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.920 was supposed to stay with her. He said, Joel, it 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:34.639 was the most difficult thing that I ever did. I 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:35.760 was uncomfortable. 0:19:36.000 --> 0:19:39.119 I didn't like it. I didn't understand it. But do 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:42.600 you know today it's a different story. He stuck with her. 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:45.840 He was willing to pay the price, and now that 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:50.159 young lady is healthy and whole, their relationship couldn't be 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:53.040 any better. She said, Joel, what if he had been 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:55.480 like that first guy in just taking the easy way out. 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:57.639 What if he had not stuck with me? 0:19:58.280 --> 0:20:01.240 No, sometimes God's I want to ask you to suffer 0:20:01.359 --> 0:20:04.639 for somebody else. Sometimes God's going to ask you to 0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:08.080 go through some things in order to help somebody else 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:10.760 that's in need. And where are the people that are 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:14.200 unselfish enough to say, God, I'm trusting you. 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:16.560 I believe that you're in control. 0:20:16.720 --> 0:20:19.560 And even though I don't understand this, even though I 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:22.359 don't like it, I'm gonna stick with it. I'm going 0:20:22.440 --> 0:20:25.160 to keep a good attitude. And God, I'm not doing 0:20:25.200 --> 0:20:26.320 it because I feel like it. 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:29.720 I'm doing it as a sacrifice under you. I'm doing 0:20:29.800 --> 0:20:32.679 it because I love you. And I trust you. Let 0:20:32.760 --> 0:20:35.280 me tell you that's the kind of people that God rewards. 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:39.879 Don't give up on that husband, don't give up on 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:43.200 that wife, don't give up on that child. Well, you say, Joel, 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:44.440 they just won't do right. 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:48.359 They're causing me so much turmoil now, even though it's difficult, 0:20:48.720 --> 0:20:52.680 Keep loving them, keep praying for them, keep encouraging them, 0:20:53.119 --> 0:20:56.040 keep forgiving them. You've got to be willing to go 0:20:56.320 --> 0:21:00.040 through some things in order to help somebody else. I 0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:02.920 know this God is keeping the records, and as you 0:21:03.080 --> 0:21:07.240 sow those seeds, God's gonna reward you as well. And 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:10.159 I found that sometimes that we can get so focused 0:21:10.400 --> 0:21:13.720 on what we want, or even so focused on overcoming 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:17.280 an obstacle, that we let it consume us. That's all 0:21:17.359 --> 0:21:20.040 we think about, all we talk about, and we're not 0:21:20.119 --> 0:21:23.320 gonna be happy unless it comes to pass exactly the 0:21:23.400 --> 0:21:24.080 way we want. 0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:27.440 I've seen people that are not gonna be happy until 0:21:27.440 --> 0:21:28.159 they get married. 0:21:28.600 --> 0:21:31.440 They're not gonna be happy until their business grows, or 0:21:31.520 --> 0:21:33.240 until they get out of a certain situation. 0:21:34.080 --> 0:21:36.480 I know it's so important that we turn the. 0:21:36.560 --> 0:21:39.760 Situation over to God and that we learn to be 0:21:39.920 --> 0:21:43.480 content right where we are. It's when we turn loose 0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:45.959 of it that God can begin to work. But as 0:21:46.040 --> 0:21:48.520 long as we don't have any peace and we're frustrated 0:21:48.520 --> 0:21:51.600 and upset because it's not happening sooner, we're just slowing 0:21:51.640 --> 0:21:52.440 the process down. 0:21:53.200 --> 0:21:54.919 My sister Lisa told how she. 0:21:55.040 --> 0:21:57.800 And her husband Kevin really wanted to have a baby, 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:00.119 and they had tried and tried and tried for a 0:22:00.200 --> 0:22:03.200 long time, but for some reason Lisa just couldn't conceive, 0:22:03.720 --> 0:22:06.160 and so she went through all the fertility treatments. 0:22:06.480 --> 0:22:07.720 They spent a lot of money. 0:22:08.400 --> 0:22:12.320 Finally, after several years, the doctor said, Lisa, I'm sorry, there's. 0:22:12.119 --> 0:22:13.639 Nothing we can do for you. You're not going to 0:22:13.680 --> 0:22:17.160 be able to have any children. And Lisa was so disappointed, 0:22:17.320 --> 0:22:20.359 so discouraged. Here she has spent all this time and. 0:22:20.520 --> 0:22:25.800 Energy, always praying, believing, doing everything she could. Really she 0:22:26.080 --> 0:22:29.440 was consumed by it, and now she was just emotionally 0:22:29.560 --> 0:22:32.800 and physically drained. And she told how one day she 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:36.639 got tired of fighting, she got tired of struggling, and 0:22:36.760 --> 0:22:39.680 she said, God, I'm not going to ask you another 0:22:39.920 --> 0:22:43.480 time about having this baby. You already know what I want, 0:22:43.640 --> 0:22:46.840 and I'm just turning it all over to you, she said. 0:22:46.880 --> 0:22:49.520 From that day forward, she did her best not to 0:22:49.600 --> 0:22:53.639 worry about it. She didn't beg God for anytime she 0:22:53.760 --> 0:22:56.399 thought about it. She just thanked God that he was 0:22:56.440 --> 0:22:59.720 still in control. Really, she was saying, God, not my will, 0:22:59.840 --> 0:23:02.520 but yours. And do you know it wasn't a couple 0:23:02.600 --> 0:23:05.200 of months after that that they got a call from 0:23:05.200 --> 0:23:09.400 a friend of ours about adopting baby twin girls. Long 0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:13.240 story short, they ended up doing exactly that, and today 0:23:13.280 --> 0:23:14.959 they have three beautiful children. 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:17.760 But the point I want you to see is it 0:23:17.960 --> 0:23:21.480 was when Lisa turned loose of it that things begin 0:23:21.600 --> 0:23:22.080 to change. 0:23:22.680 --> 0:23:25.760 And sometimes we can get so consumed with our dreams, 0:23:25.880 --> 0:23:30.040 or even so consumed with overcoming an obstacle that that's 0:23:30.119 --> 0:23:32.639 all we think about and talk about and pray about, 0:23:32.840 --> 0:23:35.000 and we're not gonna be happy unless it comes to 0:23:35.119 --> 0:23:38.480 pass exactly the way we want. But that's when we 0:23:38.600 --> 0:23:41.240 end up being frustrated. We have to get back to 0:23:41.400 --> 0:23:44.280 that place of rest. You got to get back to 0:23:44.400 --> 0:23:47.920 that place of peace where you say, God, I trust you, 0:23:48.720 --> 0:23:51.680 I believe that you know what's best for me. And God, 0:23:51.880 --> 0:23:54.560 even if this doesn't work out the way I want, 0:23:55.119 --> 0:23:57.720 I'm not gonna be unhappy. I'm not gonna let this 0:23:57.920 --> 0:24:00.640 ruin the rest of my life. I'm making a decision 0:24:00.960 --> 0:24:03.200 that I'm going to be content right where you have 0:24:03.400 --> 0:24:07.000 me today. I'm going to embrace the place where I am. 0:24:08.119 --> 0:24:10.440 I was reading a story about a man by the 0:24:10.520 --> 0:24:14.720 name of Horatio Spafford. He was a wealthy businessman that 0:24:14.840 --> 0:24:18.160 lived back in the eighteen hundreds, and he encountered. 0:24:17.840 --> 0:24:19.520 A great tragedy in his life. 0:24:20.200 --> 0:24:23.080 One day, his wife and four daughters were on a 0:24:23.200 --> 0:24:27.359 ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and they had a collision 0:24:27.920 --> 0:24:31.840 and all four of his daughters lost their lives. His 0:24:32.000 --> 0:24:35.600 wife sent a telegram back informing him of the terrible news. 0:24:35.960 --> 0:24:38.880 A few weeks later, mister Spafford got on a ship 0:24:39.440 --> 0:24:41.440 was crossing the Atlantic Ocean. He was going to meet 0:24:41.520 --> 0:24:44.119 up with his wife, and at one point the captain 0:24:44.200 --> 0:24:47.479 came to him and notified him that they were at 0:24:47.560 --> 0:24:49.400 the exact spot. 0:24:49.680 --> 0:24:51.480 Where his daughters had been killed. 0:24:52.240 --> 0:24:54.880 Mister Stafford got out of pen and he wrote down 0:24:55.080 --> 0:25:00.320 these words, When peace like a river attendeth my soul, 0:25:01.119 --> 0:25:06.639 when sorrows like sea billows raw, whatever my lot you 0:25:06.800 --> 0:25:07.639 have taught. 0:25:07.440 --> 0:25:10.920 Me to say, it is well. It is well with 0:25:11.160 --> 0:25:12.439 my soul, and. 0:25:12.480 --> 0:25:15.280 Really each one of us, no matter what comes our 0:25:15.359 --> 0:25:17.480 way in life, we need to be able to say 0:25:17.520 --> 0:25:21.199 with him, it is well with my soul. Life may 0:25:21.280 --> 0:25:23.840 have thrown me some curves, but it is well with 0:25:24.040 --> 0:25:26.960 my soul. All my dreams may not have come to 0:25:27.040 --> 0:25:29.119 pass just yet, but that's okay. 0:25:29.560 --> 0:25:30.360 I'm not in a hurry. 0:25:30.400 --> 0:25:32.600 I know in God's timing day will it is well 0:25:32.680 --> 0:25:35.800 with my soul. I didn't get my way, my plans 0:25:35.840 --> 0:25:37.680 didn't work out, but you know what, it is well 0:25:37.760 --> 0:25:40.239 with my soul. Or I got a bad report from 0:25:40.280 --> 0:25:42.880 the doctor. Things don't look good, but I know God 0:25:42.960 --> 0:25:45.600 has another report. I know he can do what men 0:25:45.720 --> 0:25:48.760 can't do, and whatever happens to me, it is well. 0:25:49.320 --> 0:25:51.760 It is well with my soul. That's the kind of 0:25:51.800 --> 0:25:55.560 attitude we need to have in some of you today. 0:25:55.960 --> 0:25:58.000 You need to get a new perspective. 0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:01.480 You are too focused on what you don't have and 0:26:01.600 --> 0:26:04.400 on what's wrong in your life, and you're telling God 0:26:04.480 --> 0:26:06.680 every five minutes what to do and how to do it, 0:26:07.240 --> 0:26:09.480 and you're not going to be happy unless it turns out. 0:26:09.440 --> 0:26:10.640 Exactly like you want. 0:26:11.320 --> 0:26:13.440 Now, you have got to make a decision to be 0:26:13.600 --> 0:26:17.359 happy right now and I realize it may be a 0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:19.000 little cloudy in your life. 0:26:19.440 --> 0:26:20.280 In other words, you. 0:26:20.400 --> 0:26:23.399 May not see too many good things happening. But know this, 0:26:24.240 --> 0:26:27.600 the sun is always shining. You just have to get 0:26:27.640 --> 0:26:31.480 above those dark clouds. You have to get a higher perspective. 0:26:32.680 --> 0:26:34.640 I know the other day, we were flying out. 0:26:34.560 --> 0:26:37.200 Of Houston and it was so overcast. 0:26:37.320 --> 0:26:39.560 It was early in the morning, and driving to the 0:26:39.600 --> 0:26:43.879 airport it looked very depressing, real gray and gloomy. But 0:26:44.000 --> 0:26:46.280 we got on that plane. The first few minutes we 0:26:46.359 --> 0:26:48.960 were in these thick, thick clouds. You couldn't see anything. 0:26:49.520 --> 0:26:52.200 But finally when we hit about five thousand feet, we 0:26:52.359 --> 0:26:54.960 broke out of the clouds and it was the most. 0:26:54.800 --> 0:26:58.960 Beautiful sunrise you can imagine. It was spectacular, and. 0:26:59.000 --> 0:27:02.000 I thought to myself, I bet nobody down there in 0:27:02.080 --> 0:27:04.440 Houston would believe what's up here because it was so 0:27:04.720 --> 0:27:08.439 dark and gloomy, But just right over their heads, separated 0:27:08.520 --> 0:27:11.920 by a few clouds, it was as bright and beautiful 0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:14.560 as can be. And really it's the same way in 0:27:14.680 --> 0:27:18.520 our own lives. Sometimes it's kind of cloudy. We go 0:27:18.680 --> 0:27:21.520 through difficulties and we wonder when it's ever gonna change, 0:27:21.560 --> 0:27:22.760 when's it ever gonna get better. 0:27:22.960 --> 0:27:24.280 That's why I'm so discouraged. 0:27:24.320 --> 0:27:24.560 Joel. 0:27:24.800 --> 0:27:27.160 No, you can be happy right now. You just gotta 0:27:27.200 --> 0:27:27.840 go up higher. 0:27:28.440 --> 0:27:30.720 The way you do it is found in Psalm fifty 0:27:30.800 --> 0:27:35.520 five twenty two. Cast your burdens on the Lord, release 0:27:35.680 --> 0:27:39.760 the weight of them, and God will sustain you, no 0:27:39.880 --> 0:27:41.359 matter how dark and gloomy it. 0:27:41.400 --> 0:27:42.639 Looks in your life right now. 0:27:43.040 --> 0:27:45.920 If you can just release the weight of those burdens, 0:27:46.359 --> 0:27:47.320 you know what's gonna happen. 0:27:47.520 --> 0:27:48.600 You're gonna go up higher. 0:27:49.040 --> 0:27:51.600 You're gonna get a new perspective, and you're gonna see 0:27:51.720 --> 0:27:55.040 the sun break forth in your own life. So let 0:27:55.119 --> 0:27:59.160 me challenge again. This all starts by believing that God 0:27:59.320 --> 0:28:02.679 is in control. Trust Him wherever you are. 0:28:03.160 --> 0:28:06.200 Stay in peace. When you do that, the battle is 0:28:06.280 --> 0:28:08.280 not yours. The battle is the Lord's. 0:28:08.880 --> 0:28:11.400 And learn not to be upset when you don't get 0:28:11.440 --> 0:28:15.160 your way or when your prayers aren't answered. Be willing 0:28:15.240 --> 0:28:18.160 to go through some things with a good attitude. Ask 0:28:18.240 --> 0:28:21.359 God to give you the strength to endure, and always 0:28:21.400 --> 0:28:22.159 remember the. 0:28:22.240 --> 0:28:24.280 Sun is shining. You just got to go up a 0:28:24.320 --> 0:28:26.480 little higher. You got to get your peace back. 0:28:26.840 --> 0:28:29.840 Quit fighting everything, turn it over to God and get 0:28:29.920 --> 0:28:33.080 back into that place of rest. If you do that, 0:28:33.520 --> 0:28:36.120 no matter what comes against you, you'll be able. 0:28:36.000 --> 0:28:38.720 To say with a smile, it is well. It is 0:28:38.800 --> 0:28:41.920 well with my soul. Do you receive it today? 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