Let Go And Let God

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If you 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.880 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.600 share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:56.080 put God's very best in your life. Oh God, bless 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:59.480 you always our joy to come into your homes. We 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.440 love you and we know God has great things in store. 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.320 And if you're ever in our area, please stop buy 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:07.320 and be a part of one of our services. I 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.360 promise you will make you feel right at home. But 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.600 thank you so much for tuning in and thank you 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:14.000 again for coming out today, and I like to start 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.680 with something funny each week. And Paul told this the 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:18.840 other day, and I can tell it better than him. 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:22.080 So let me tell you. I heard about this man. 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:25.519 He sat down on an airplane next to a beautiful blonde. 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.640 They struck up a conversation. He said, what kind of 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.520 men do you like? She said, well, I like Native 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:35.360 American men with their high cheek bones and their golden 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:39.920 tan skin. Plus I like Jewish men They're so brilliant 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:43.160 and so successful. And then also I like good old 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.839 boys from the South with their long Southern draw. What's 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:52.880 your name, he said, My name is Geronimo Bernstein, but 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:57.800 my friends call me Bubba. All right, hold up your Bible, 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.760 say it like you mean it. This is here's my Bible. 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.600 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:06.080 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:08.840 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:13.120 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:17.680 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:21.080 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:25.480 about letting go and letting God. It's easy in life 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:28.880 to get so focused on what we want our dreams, 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:31.160 our goals, that it consumes us. 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:33.720 We're not going to be happy until it happens. 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:37.480 But I found anything we have to have in order 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.800 to be happy is out of balance. I know people 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:44.080 that think I can't be happy until I find a husband. 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.440 Other people think I can't be happy until I get 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:52.000 rid of this husband. I can't be happy till I 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.000 get that bigger house. I can't be happy till I 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:55.720 get a promotion. 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:56.880 No, here's the key. 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:01.320 When our goals and dreams start to frustrate us, when 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:04.320 we lose our peace and we're not enjoying life, that's 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:05.840 a sure sign that. 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:09.480 We're holding on too tightly. What's the solution. You've got 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:10.240 to release it. 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.920 There's a freedom when you say, God, I'm turning it 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:16.839 over to you. You know what I want, you know 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:19.400 the desires you put in me, and I'm not going 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.000 to live frustrated because it hasn't happened. 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:22.680 God. 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:25.919 I'm trusting your timing. I know you know what's best 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:29.440 for me and God, even if it never happens, I'm 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:33.360 still going to be happy and trust you. In other words, God, 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:36.159 I want to attend this certain college, but if I 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:37.200 don't get accepted. 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:39.240 I'm still going to be happy. God. 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:41.520 I really want to get married, but if it doesn't happen, 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:44.520 I'm still going to enjoy my life. When we have 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:48.080 this kind of attitude, it takes away the power of 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:48.680 the enemy. 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:51.520 It takes away his ability to frustrate us. 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:55.920 Not only that, by our actions, we are showing God 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:58.919 that we trust him. We are proving to him that 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:02.600 he is in complete ca control of our life. Sometimes 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:06.000 God will ask us to release the things that mean 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:09.680 the most to us. That's what happened to Abraham. God 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:12.239 asked him to put his own son on the altar. 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.560 It was the thing that meant most to him. Abraham 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:19.000 was obedient. He got it all prepared. Just as he 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:22.280 is about to go through with it, God said, no, Abraham. 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:22.560 Don't do it. 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.440 I just wanted to see that I am the most 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:29.640 important thing to you. And sometimes God will ask us 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.719 to put a dream on the altar. In other words, 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:35.479 we have to show God that we don't have to 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:39.240 have that promotion in order to be happy. Maybe we're 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.440 standing on a promise that we're going to be well. 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:45.160 But when we can say, even if I don't get well, 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.640 I'm still gonna have a smile on my face. I'm 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:49.800 still gonna be good to people. I'm still gonna be 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:52.320 here at church. I'm still gonna be in faith. When 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:54.960 you do that, you're doing what Abraham did. You're putting 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:58.200 the dream on the altar. When you learn to pass 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:01.640 the test of not having to have it my way 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:04.240 in order to be happy. You don't have to have 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:07.159 the bigger house in order to be happy. The problem 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:10.080 doesn't have to turn around before you decide to enjoy 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.919 your life. When you put things on the altar like 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.640 that and show God that you're not going to be 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:19.360 frustrated because it's not happening in your timetable the way 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.120 you would hope, that's when God says, all right, I 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:25.520 know this. They trust me. I'm the most important thing 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:27.800 to them. So let me go to work, let me 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:30.160 open up new doors, let me pour out my favor, 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:35.200 let me give them an exceedingly abundantly above and beyond decade. 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.120 I know this lady that was praying and believing for 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:40.000 her husband to come to church with her. 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:41.640 This went on year after year. 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:46.200 She was very determined, very passionate. She did everything she could. 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:49.640 She put scriptures up all over her house. She would 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.800 leave her Bible open, hoping he would happen to read it, 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:56.360 and she was constantly encouraging him to come. In spite 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.960 of all that, he wouldn't budge. In the first few months, 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:03.839 she was fine. She started off great, but after a 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:07.440 year or so, it began to frustrate her, begin to 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:08.320 wear her down. 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:12.280 She lost her joy. She didn't have the enthusiasm she 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:12.880 once had. 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:17.440 She'd come down for prayer month after month, discouraged, upset. 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:20.240 Joel, I just don't know what else I can do. 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:23.880 One day I told her what I'm telling you. The 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:27.160 best thing you can do is release it. Turn it 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:30.200 over to God. You've done everything you can do. You prayed, 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:34.840 you believe. Now put it on the altar. Have the attitude. 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.320 If he never comes, God, I'm still going to be happy. 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:41.280 If he never changes, God, I'm still going to trust you. 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:43.760 Just like with Abraham. 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:46.360 You have to put the thing that means the most 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:48.960 to you on the altar. When you let it go, 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:51.840 when you show God you don't have to have it 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.560 in order to be happy, That's when God will go 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:56.120 to work in amazing ways. 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.239 When you let go, you let God. 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.320 Some of you today have some things you need to 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:05.160 let go of people that are frustrating you because they're 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:05.800 not changing. 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:07.040 Give it to God. 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:10.000 Just say God, I've done all that I can do. 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.120 I am not going to live my life upset anymore. 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.400 I know only you can change people. So I'm going 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.960 to come back to that place of peace and God. 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.480 If it never works out, I put it on the altar. 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:25.320 It's up to you. There's a freedom when you release it. 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:28.840 And I'm not saying to release your dreams and give 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:33.720 up on your promises. No, release the frustration, release the worry, 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:36.520 and you come back to the place of peace knowing 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:38.479 that God is in complete control. 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.160 That's what this lady did. She turned it over to 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:43.480 the Lord, and she was like a different person. 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:46.480 I would see her week after week, big smile on 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:51.480 her face. She wasn't upset, frustrated. She was enjoying her life. 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:55.680 She was saying by her actions, God, I know you 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:58.200 are still on the throne, and I don't have to 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.560 have anything to happen or not happen in order for 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:02.439 me to be happy. 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:04.680 I've made up my mind. I'm gonna be happy right 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:05.280 where I am. 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.520 About two years after that, one Sunday morning, out of 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:12.280 the blue. Her husband said, I want to go to 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.040 church with you today. She nearly passed out. 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:16.240 It was his idea. 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:20.360 He came that Sunday and he's been coming ever since. 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.640 That was over four years ago. They hardly ever missed 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:24.199 a service. 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:29.040 Friends, when you let go, it allows God to go 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:33.280 to work in amazing ways, maybe like this lady. You 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:36.160 know God has put a dream in your heart. There's 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:37.800 a promise that you're standing on. 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:38.920 But you've done. 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.760 Everything you can do, and now it's starting to wear 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:44.640 you down and take all your energy. And that's all 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.080 you think about, all you pray about, all you hope for. 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:49.520 No, it's time to turn it over to God. 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:53.080 Say God, I want this, but I don't have to 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.880 have this in order to be happy. I believe it's 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.240 a desire you've given me, but I'm not gonna let 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:02.679 it frustrate me. The letter overwhelm me. God, I'm releasing 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:05.439 it to you. I love what David said there in 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:09.920 Psalm thirty one. God, I'm trusting you. My future is 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:13.200 in your hands. This tells me we don't have to 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:14.800 struggle to make things happen. 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:15.959 We don't have to. 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.640 Worry that our God given dreams are not going to 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:22.040 come to pass. We can stay in peace knowing that 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:24.319 our future is in God's hands. 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:26.400 He controls the whole universe. 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.640 As long as we are trusting him, he will get 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.920 us to where we're supposed to be. I was reading 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:36.319 about Oprah Winfrey when she was twenty eight years old. 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:40.120 She was a television reporter in Baltimore. She read a 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:44.160 book that talked about how a young African American girl 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:46.080 overcame being. 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:47.200 Abused as a child. 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:51.160 The story was told through the young girl's letters to God. 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:56.200 That book, The Color Purple, touched Oprah in a great way. 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.600 It mirrored her own life at that point. She had 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.520 never told anyone that she had been abused as a 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.640 child as well. She knew if the girl in the 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:09.040 book could overcome and move forward in life, she could also. 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.559 One day, she heard that they were making a movie 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:15.800 of this book, and deep down she believed she was. 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.080 Supposed to be a part of it. She wanted it 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:18.959 so badly. 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:21.160 Didn't matter if she was going to be on the 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:25.000 crew or have an actual speaking part, she was determined 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:28.920 to be involved. One day, a producer saw her on 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.360 television and invited her to come audition. 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:33.240 She went and audition and. 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:36.400 Gave it her best, poured her heart and soul into it. 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:39.840 But week after week went by she didn't hear anything. 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:44.520 Month after month, she was hoping, praying, thinking about it, 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:48.440 dreaming about it night and day. She got very discouraged. 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.520 She was so close, but now it looked like it 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:55.480 wasn't going to happen. She convinced herself it was because 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:59.199 she was too heavy. She got real down on herself. 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.440 I had to go away to a health retreat in 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:06.960 another state, determined to lose fifty pounds at that retreat. 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:11.480 In her room alone, she began to realize she had 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:15.720 become consumed by this dream. She said, this is what 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:17.720 I wanted more than anything in life, to be a 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.320 part of that movie. And all of her energy and 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:23.120 focus was put on that, and now it hadn't happened. 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.920 One morning, she was out running around the track. It 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:29.319 was cold, rainy, dreary. 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:30.520 All by herself. 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:35.319 She began to sing, I surrender all, I surrender all 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:40.240 all to Jesus. I surrender I surrender all. At that 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:44.360 moment she let it go. She was saying, God, I 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.920 don't have to be in this movie in order to 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:50.160 be happy. God, you are in control of my life, 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:54.679 not my will, but let yours be done. She released it. 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:58.240 She put the dream on the altar. A few days later, 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:01.000 while she was still at the retreat, she received a 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:05.080 phone call. It was Stephen Spielberg. He said, Hey, I 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:07.680 hear you're at a fat farm trying to lose weight. 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:12.040 She said, I prefer calling to the health retreat. And 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:14.080 they both laughed and he said, here's the deal. 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.319 You've got the part, but if you lose one pound, 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:19.440 you're out. Oprah said. 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:22.200 She packed her bags, left that place and headed to 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:28.760 the first dairy queen she could find friends. Something happens 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:32.120 when you put a dream on the altar. It's very 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:36.120 powerful to say, God, I'm giving you control of my life. 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:39.679 I'm gonna let you do it your way, in your timetable. 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:41.479 God. You know my dreams. 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:44.240 You know the things i'd like to see happened, the 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:47.360 situations i'd like to see turn around. God, I'm gonna 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:50.040 do my best. I'm gonna pray, I'm gonna believe, I'm 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:52.680 gonna stay in faith, but I'm not going to be 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.520 frustrated if it doesn't happen my way. God, I don't 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.440 have to have my plans to work out in order 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:00.440 for me to be happy. 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:03.679 I know, you know what's best for me. That's what 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:06.160 it means to let go and let god. 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.320 I remember one time, a few years after Victoria and 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:12.319 I were married, we found this house that we really 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:13.079 wanted to buy. 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:14.160 It was on. 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:18.040 A beautiful corner lot, and it had nice trees and 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:20.000 swimming pool in the backyard. 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.880 We just knew that was supposed to be our house. 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.280 We made the people a very good offer, not far 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.880 off of the asking price. Week after week went by 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:33.120 and we didn't hear anything. The house wasn't occupied. So 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.560 every day Victory and I would go out to that 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:39.040 house and we would march around it and pray and 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:43.080 believe quote scripture, sing shout everything we could think of. 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:46.480 We wanted that house so bad. Finally the realtor called 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:47.720 back and said they did. 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:50.200 Not accept our offer. It was too low. So we 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:51.400 raised our offer. 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.640 Now we were just a few thousand dollars from what 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:55.360 they wanted. 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:57.520 Again, week after week went by. 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.680 One point, Victoria and I went on a vacant that 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:03.760 we already had planned. But the whole time all we 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:06.640 could do was think about that house. We were consumed 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:10.600 by it, so uptight, so stressed out, not even enjoying 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:13.800 our vacation, too caught up in heaven to have that house. 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.120 One day, when I was so stressed about it, I 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:20.320 heard God say something to me, not out loud, but 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.840 down in here. He said, Joel, do you still want 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:27.160 the house even if I have something better in store? 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.560 Right then and there, I did what I'm asking you 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.840 to do. I put that house on the altar. I said, God, 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.240 we don't have to have this house to be happy. 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:39.240 We know you know what's best for us, and we're 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:44.000 not going to live another minute frustrated and upset, missing 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:48.200 the joy of this moment, all because something has not turned. 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:50.120 Out the way we'd like. We released it. 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:53.480 We said, God, not our will, but let yours be done. 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:57.440 That property was sold to somebody else eventually. But here's 0:15:57.480 --> 0:16:01.200 what I've learned. When a door closed. What it seems 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:05.360 like a disappointment, really that's just another step in the 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:09.320 process of God taking us to our divine destiny. God 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:12.760 takes us through detours, doesn't always lead us. 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:15.119 The easiest way, the way we expect. 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:19.680 There's a tremendous freedom when you give up control and 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:23.880 you don't get frustrated because it's not happening on your timetable, 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:27.800 and you don't get discouraged because a door closed and 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:32.360 your plans didn't work out. Much better attitude is to say, God, 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:36.440 I'm trusting you. My future is in your hands. I'm 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:39.520 gonna hold onto my dreams. I'm gonna hold onto my promises, 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:42.960 but I'm gonna let go of the frustration. I'm not 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:46.240 going to get aggravated because it's not happening on my timetable. 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:50.160 I'm not going to fight against everything that doesn't work out. God, 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.200 I believe you are directing every one of my steps. 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.640 A few months later, we bought a different home that 0:16:56.720 --> 0:17:00.760 we ended up selling for twice what we paid for. Friends, 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.480 God knows what he's doing, he knows what's best for us. 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:07.960 But some of you today are frustrated because a door closed, 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:10.840 or you're stressed out trying to make a dream come 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:15.119 to pass, discouraged because it's taken longer than you thought. 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:18.640 The scripture talks about how we have to put on 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:22.600 our shoes of peace. That means come back to that 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:26.720 place of rest. God is in complete control. There is 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.560 nothing in your life right now that has. 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:31.240 To keep you from being happy. 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:34.879 If you will have the right perspective, knowing that God 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:38.400 is directing your steps, and be willing to put dreams 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:42.680 on the altar, you're not just releasing the situation, You're 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:44.000 releasing your faith. 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.000 Then, when it's your due season, when. 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:48.960 God's ready to open a door, when He's ready to 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:51.800 bring a dream to pass, let me tell you no person, 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:55.880 no sickness, no obstacle, all the forces of darkness will 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:57.600 not be able to stop that from happening. 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:00.960 This is what my father had to do. 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:04.240 He was the first one in his family to give 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:07.720 his life to the Lord. His parents and relatives were 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:11.000 good people. They were cotton farmers, but they knew nothing 0:18:11.080 --> 0:18:13.960 about God. They didn't go to church, and he didn't 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:17.639 have any kind of spiritual upbringing. At the age of seventeen, 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:20.639 my father gave his life to Christ and went on 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:24.719 to become a successful pastor. Anytime he was back in 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.480 town at his parents' home, he would just naturally talk 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:30.879 to them about the Lord. His mother and most of 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:33.800 his brothers and sisters gave their life to Christ, but 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:37.199 his father was a different story. He wouldn't have anything 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:39.800 to do with it. He said, John, I don't need 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:43.200 any of this religious stuff when I'm dead. I'm dead 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.560 like a dog just rolled me over in the ditch. 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:49.040 My father said, no, Daddy, that's not true. 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:52.480 You've got to live on somewhere throughout all eternity. You 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:54.920 need to know the Lord. It'd go in one ear 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:58.520 and out the other. My father was so concerned this 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:02.120 was his mission. Anytime he saw his dad, he would 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:04.879 light into him, start preaching up a storm, trying to 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:05.959 make him get saved. 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:09.160 He'd end up leaving frustrated, disappointing. 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:13.560 After doing that for many years, my father decided to 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:16.800 do what I'm asking us to do today. He said, God, 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:20.399 I'm turning this over to you. I loved my dad 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:24.119 more than anything. I want him to know you. But God, 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:27.480 I'm putting this situation on the altar. I can't make 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:29.880 him get saved. I can't make him change. 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:31.880 Only you can. Now. 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:34.760 He didn't give up on the promise that our whole 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:38.160 house would serve the Lord. He didn't quit praying for him, 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:42.040 he didn't quit believing. But he did stop worrying. He 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:45.639 stopped letting it frustrate him. He stopped allowing that to 0:19:45.720 --> 0:19:48.800 steal his joy and keep him from being happy right 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:49.479 where he was. 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:51.359 Year after year. 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:54.800 Went by and my father didn't see anything happening. He 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:58.000 didn't get discouraged. He just kept thanking God that he 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:01.800 was working behind the scenes. One day, my father was 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:05.760 invited to be a guest minister at a church in 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:07.000 his parents' hometown. 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:08.919 That Sunday morning, as he. 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:11.960 Got up to speak, he noticed that his father walked 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:14.800 in the back and sat on the very last row. 0:20:15.359 --> 0:20:18.160 First time he had ever saw his father in church. 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:19.080 He couldn't believe it. 0:20:19.800 --> 0:20:22.640 Right in the middle of his message, his father got 0:20:22.760 --> 0:20:26.240 up started walking down the center aisle toward the platform. 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:29.199 He got to the altar area, but he didn't stop. 0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:31.920 He came right up on the platform and stood next 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:32.600 to my father. 0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:34.159 Interrupted his whole sermon. 0:20:35.000 --> 0:20:39.600 He said, John, I am finishing today what I started 0:20:39.680 --> 0:20:42.560 over thirty years ago. I want to give my life 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:44.800 to Christ in front of that congregation. 0:20:45.240 --> 0:20:48.080 My father led his father to the Lord. It was 0:20:48.119 --> 0:20:49.399 a dream come true. 0:20:51.160 --> 0:20:54.199 After the service, my father said, Daddy, what do you 0:20:54.280 --> 0:20:57.520 mean you were finishing what you started years ago. He 0:20:57.680 --> 0:21:00.600 told how over thirty years ago he was out in 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:04.760 the woods alone and he got caught in a huge snowstorm. 0:21:05.240 --> 0:21:08.680 He couldn't see anything, he lost all sense of direction. 0:21:09.440 --> 0:21:11.439 Night came in, it got dark. 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:15.280 He knew he couldn't survive out there all night, he said, John, 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:19.160 I prayed for the first time. I said, God, if 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:20.920 you will let me live, I. 0:21:20.840 --> 0:21:21.600 Will serve you. 0:21:22.400 --> 0:21:25.640 Not long after that, he fell asleep right there, out 0:21:25.640 --> 0:21:28.720 in the snow, in the middle of the woods. He said, John, 0:21:28.760 --> 0:21:30.879 I woke up the next morning, and I was as 0:21:30.960 --> 0:21:34.400 warm as toast. God had spared my life. I've been 0:21:34.400 --> 0:21:38.000 putting it off all these years, but today I'm keeping 0:21:38.040 --> 0:21:40.840 my promise to God. I'm gonna do what I told 0:21:40.920 --> 0:21:45.600 him I would do. My grandfather went on to join 0:21:45.680 --> 0:21:49.240 that church. One day they asked him to become an usher. 0:21:49.800 --> 0:21:51.520 You would have thought they asked him to become the 0:21:51.600 --> 0:21:54.919 President of the United States. He was so proud. He 0:21:55.000 --> 0:21:58.199 only had one suit. They were very poor people, but 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:01.480 he wore that suit every Sunday, never missed a service. 0:22:01.960 --> 0:22:04.520 Many years later, when my grandfather went to be with 0:22:04.600 --> 0:22:08.440 the Lord, we found his south. Both pockets were stuffed 0:22:08.480 --> 0:22:11.240 full of gospel tracts that he would pass out to 0:22:11.280 --> 0:22:12.440 people everywhere he went. 0:22:13.000 --> 0:22:16.120 Friends, God is in control. He knows how to get 0:22:16.160 --> 0:22:16.920 people's attention. 0:22:17.320 --> 0:22:20.600 We don't have to worry, we don't have to live frustrated. 0:22:21.400 --> 0:22:24.200 When you release it to him, it allows him to 0:22:24.240 --> 0:22:27.680 work in amazing ways. I love the fact that God 0:22:27.760 --> 0:22:31.520 is always working behind the scenes. Just because you don't 0:22:31.520 --> 0:22:34.960 see anything happening doesn't mean God is not working. You 0:22:35.040 --> 0:22:38.280 don't know that person you're so worried about. God may 0:22:38.320 --> 0:22:41.600 have already planted a seed that's about to take root. 0:22:42.160 --> 0:22:45.200 Like my grandfather, it's just a matter of time before 0:22:45.240 --> 0:22:48.760 they turned their life around. When you release it to God, 0:22:49.000 --> 0:22:51.879 when you put a dream on the altar, you're saying, God, 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:55.200 I trust you. I know you've got it all figured out. 0:22:55.480 --> 0:22:58.280 I don't see away, but God, I know you. 0:22:58.320 --> 0:23:00.960 Have a way. The scripture in Firs. 0:23:01.040 --> 0:23:04.240 Peter it says if you put your trust in the Lord, 0:23:04.720 --> 0:23:06.280 you will never be disappointed. 0:23:06.840 --> 0:23:08.160 What a powerful promise. 0:23:08.520 --> 0:23:10.679 And of course that doesn't mean that we'll never have 0:23:10.760 --> 0:23:12.160 temporary disappointments. 0:23:12.200 --> 0:23:12.840 We all do. 0:23:13.200 --> 0:23:17.119 But this is saying we will never be permanently disappointed. 0:23:17.480 --> 0:23:20.160 Somewhere down the road, God will cause it to all 0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:22.560 work out for our good. But some of you today, 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:27.040 like my father, you're allowing another person to frustrate you 0:23:27.040 --> 0:23:30.200 you're trying to make them change, trying to convince them 0:23:30.200 --> 0:23:32.520 to see it your way, and they won't do it, 0:23:32.920 --> 0:23:34.040 and it's aggravating you. 0:23:34.080 --> 0:23:37.040 It's stealing your joy. You've got to turn that over 0:23:37.119 --> 0:23:39.480 to the Lord. He is in complete control. 0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:43.120 And really, life is too short to go through it 0:23:43.400 --> 0:23:46.440 waiting to be happy. As soon as my father knows 0:23:46.480 --> 0:23:49.199 the Lord, soon as I get that promotion I deserve, 0:23:49.480 --> 0:23:50.600 soon as I get married. 0:23:51.240 --> 0:23:54.960 Now, make a decision to enjoy your life right now. 0:23:55.440 --> 0:23:58.040 You don't need those other things to be happy. You 0:23:58.119 --> 0:24:00.800 can be happy right where you are. And I know 0:24:00.880 --> 0:24:04.240 sometimes it's difficult to put things on the altar. It 0:24:04.359 --> 0:24:07.520 takes maturity to say, God, this is the thing that 0:24:07.600 --> 0:24:08.160 I want the. 0:24:08.160 --> 0:24:11.440 Most, but not my will, let yours be done. 0:24:11.520 --> 0:24:13.560 I read a story about this young man that was 0:24:13.800 --> 0:24:17.000 training for the nineteen twenty four Olympics. They were to 0:24:17.040 --> 0:24:20.439 be held in Paris, France. He was a young American 0:24:20.840 --> 0:24:24.520 that was extremely skilled in canoeing. He could ride the 0:24:24.680 --> 0:24:28.920 rapids like no one else. He'd won many competitions before. 0:24:29.400 --> 0:24:32.280 He was the heavy favorite for the gold medal. That 0:24:32.480 --> 0:24:35.800 was his dream and Olympic gold, but it just so 0:24:36.000 --> 0:24:40.040 happened his wife became pregnant and her due date was 0:24:40.119 --> 0:24:44.040 exactly during the Olympics. In those days, of course, they 0:24:44.040 --> 0:24:47.119 didn't have travel like we do today. To go back 0:24:47.200 --> 0:24:50.240 and forth across the ocean would take several months time. 0:24:50.880 --> 0:24:53.639 He made a decision that he was not going to 0:24:53.680 --> 0:24:57.159 miss the birth of his first son. Much to the 0:24:57.200 --> 0:25:01.040 surprise of his coaches and trainers, he informed them he 0:25:01.080 --> 0:25:04.640 would not be competing in the Olympic Games. That news 0:25:04.880 --> 0:25:08.840 sent shockwaves throughout the sports world. Here he had trained 0:25:08.880 --> 0:25:12.000 tirelessly for many years. He was the best in his 0:25:12.040 --> 0:25:15.800 field as far as his career was concerned. This was 0:25:15.840 --> 0:25:19.040 the most important thing to him in Olympic gold. But 0:25:19.119 --> 0:25:21.119 he did what we're talking about. He put it on 0:25:21.160 --> 0:25:23.399 the altar. He said, God, I don't have to have 0:25:23.520 --> 0:25:24.400 that medal. 0:25:24.280 --> 0:25:25.399 In order to be happy. 0:25:25.840 --> 0:25:29.439 Seemed like a great disappointment. His son was born, and 0:25:29.760 --> 0:25:32.760 through the years he poured into that young man. Like 0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:37.000 his father, the son was extremely gifted in whitewater rafting 0:25:37.119 --> 0:25:41.680 as well. They spent year after year practicing together, training, 0:25:41.800 --> 0:25:46.160 getting better and better. Nineteen forty eight, the Sun qualified 0:25:46.280 --> 0:25:49.920 for the Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. He went over 0:25:50.000 --> 0:25:53.080 and competed A few days later, here in America, the 0:25:53.200 --> 0:25:56.720 dad got a telegraph. It said, dear Dad, thanks for 0:25:56.800 --> 0:25:59.720 waiting around for me to be born. I'm coming home 0:26:00.000 --> 0:26:03.520 twenty four years later with your gold medal. His son 0:26:03.600 --> 0:26:05.800 had won the gold. He came home and gave it 0:26:05.840 --> 0:26:10.440 to his father. Now the father had the gold medal 0:26:10.480 --> 0:26:13.639 he'd always dreamed about, but it even meant more to 0:26:13.760 --> 0:26:17.000 him because it came from his son, whom he loved 0:26:17.040 --> 0:26:21.359 so much. Friends, God has a way of working everything out. 0:26:21.480 --> 0:26:23.959 When you let it go, it doesn't mean it's not 0:26:24.000 --> 0:26:27.439 going to happen. You're simply saying God, I'm gonna let 0:26:27.440 --> 0:26:29.640 you do it your way. I know you know what's 0:26:29.720 --> 0:26:32.480 best for me, and if I put my trust in you, 0:26:33.119 --> 0:26:36.399 I know I may have some temporary disappointments, may have 0:26:36.480 --> 0:26:39.879 some temporary setbacks, but I know I will never be 0:26:40.000 --> 0:26:43.760 permanently disappointed. Somewhere down the road, God, you'll cause it 0:26:43.800 --> 0:26:46.280 to work out for my good, just like my father. 0:26:46.480 --> 0:26:49.200 Years later, he saw his father come to know the Lord. 0:26:49.800 --> 0:26:52.439 Just like with Victorian me and that house that we 0:26:52.480 --> 0:26:55.520 wanted so badly, we were disappointed, But can I tell 0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:58.600 you today, we're not disappointed. God gave us a much 0:26:58.640 --> 0:27:02.320 greater investment. Like the lady was so disappointed her husband 0:27:02.320 --> 0:27:05.600 wouldn't come to church. Today she's not disappointed. He's here 0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:08.600 every week. What am I saying? God has a way. 0:27:09.080 --> 0:27:11.080 You don't have to figure it all out. You've just 0:27:11.119 --> 0:27:13.800 got to turn it over to him. Release the struggle, 0:27:14.080 --> 0:27:18.560 release the frustration. Listen anything you have to have to 0:27:18.600 --> 0:27:21.760 be happy. The enemy will always use that against you. 0:27:22.359 --> 0:27:24.640 But when you can say God, I let it go. 0:27:25.119 --> 0:27:28.440 If it works out, great, If it doesn't, no big deal. 0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:30.840 I know you have something better in store, and I've 0:27:30.840 --> 0:27:33.199 made up my mind. I'm gonna enjoy my life right 0:27:33.240 --> 0:27:36.080 where I am. When you can put things on the 0:27:36.119 --> 0:27:38.600 altar like that, you'll see God go to work in 0:27:38.640 --> 0:27:41.000 amazing ways. Now I want you to go out of 0:27:41.040 --> 0:27:45.840 here today, freer, lighter. Some of you are struggling so hard, 0:27:45.960 --> 0:27:48.679 trying to make a dream come to pass, trying to 0:27:48.760 --> 0:27:51.960 make somebody change, trying to force them to live right, 0:27:52.520 --> 0:27:55.240 You're not gonna be happy if unless it happens your 0:27:55.280 --> 0:27:56.920 way on your timetable. 0:27:57.320 --> 0:27:59.720 Let me give you a news flash. You're not God. 0:28:00.240 --> 0:28:02.920 That's not your job. Take the pressure off. 0:28:03.200 --> 0:28:06.520 God is running the universe. He's working behind the scenes 0:28:06.720 --> 0:28:11.600 and listen to God already knows what you want. He 0:28:11.720 --> 0:28:14.920 knows your goals, he knows your dreams. He's the one 0:28:14.920 --> 0:28:18.520 that gave them to you. Now trust him with your life. 0:28:18.960 --> 0:28:21.080 Your future is in good hands. 0:28:21.280 --> 0:28:23.200 Not all state, but Almighty God. 0:28:23.880 --> 0:28:26.880 He knows what's best for you. He's already planned out 0:28:26.920 --> 0:28:29.919 your days for good. He already has a life of 0:28:30.040 --> 0:28:32.880 victory in your future. If you will learn to let 0:28:33.040 --> 0:28:36.119 go and let God, if you'll give him control of 0:28:36.160 --> 0:28:39.040 your life, he will lead you and guide you down 0:28:39.080 --> 0:28:42.280 your best path. He'll take your setbacks and turn them 0:28:42.280 --> 0:28:45.720 into comebacks. You won't have to struggle to make things happen. 0:28:45.920 --> 0:28:48.240 He'll give you the desires of your heart. And I 0:28:48.320 --> 0:28:51.840 believe in declare you'll become everything He's created you to be. 0:28:52.200 --> 0:28:54.880 You'll have everything He intended for you to have, and 0:28:54.920 --> 0:28:58.440 you will see and Ephesians three twenty decade a decade 0:28:58.440 --> 0:29:03.640 of exceedingly abundantly above and beyond favor, blessing, hell, happiness, 0:29:04.080 --> 0:29:04.719 and victory. 0:29:04.800 --> 0:29:08.560 Come on, do you receive that today? We never like 0:29:08.640 --> 0:29:09.280 to close our. 0:29:09.200 --> 0:29:12.720 Broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 0:29:12.760 --> 0:29:13.600 lord of your life. 0:29:14.040 --> 0:29:14.960 Would you pray with me. 0:29:15.560 --> 0:29:19.360 Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 0:29:20.400 --> 0:29:21.360 Come into my heart. 0:29:22.400 --> 0:29:25.680 I make you my Lord and savior. 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