No More Hiding

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They were driving down the road when 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:14.120 they came across a sign that said Nakodochius forty miles ahead. 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.720 They begin to argue over how to correctly pronounce the 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:18.960 name Nakodochius. 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.200 The husband got so upset. 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:23.360 He told his wife when they got to town he 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:24.640 was going to stop and. 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:28.079 Prove to her that she was wrong. They drove silently 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:28.880 thirty minutes. 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:31.600 When he arrived in town, he pulled into the first 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:32.920 fast food restaurant. 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.960 They both marched up to the counter. He said to 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:36.440 the young. 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:39.079 Lady working behind it, my wife and I have been 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:43.400 arguing for thirty minutes. Would you please tell us, very slowly, 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:47.120 very clearly, how to pronounce the name of this place, 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:48.919 Young girls, God's got big. 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:56.280 She leaned over the counter and said, Burger keen, say 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:57.200 it like you mean it. 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:00.160 This is my Bible. I am what it says as 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:03.040 I am. I have what it says I have. I 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.840 can do what it says I can do. Today I 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:09.240 will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:13.240 My mind is alert, my heart is recepted. I will 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:17.160 never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.400 I want to talk to you today about no more hiding. 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.680 God has put gifts and talents in you. He's given 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.960 you dreams and goals that are unique to your life. 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:32.880 You have something to offer that nobody else has. But 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:36.960 it's easy to let fear hold us back. Fear of failure, 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:40.240 fear of what people will think, fear of the unknown. 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.400 What if I try and it doesn't happen, What if 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:44.520 I don't have the talent? 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:46.480 What if people don't accept me. 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:50.520 Too often we're letting the what ifs talk us out 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:50.760 of it. 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:56.240 Many people are living with hidden dreams, hidden talent, hidden potential. 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:58.240 They have books in them. 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:05.600 Songs, business leadership skills, but they're discounting themselves, thinking they're 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:09.200 not as talented as their friend. They've had too many setbacks. 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:11.840 They tried in the past and it didn't work out. 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:16.679 My message today is very simple. Quit hiding what God 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:20.240 has given you. The scripture says you don't light a 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:24.560 candle and hide it under a bush. When God breathed 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:28.400 his life into you, he lit your candle. He created 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.839 you to shine, to make a difference, to leave your mark. 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:36.080 Your gift is not just for you. It's to share 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:36.920 with the world. 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:41.000 We need your talent, we need your creativity, we need 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:41.640 your smile. 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.480 Now, don't let fear talk you out of it. You 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:46.599 can't play it safe. 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:50.279 Your whole life and become who you were created to be. 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.479 And God will put you in situations on purpose that 0:04:54.560 --> 0:05:00.200 look too big overwhelming. It's because God knows what's in you. 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:02.120 He knows what you're capable of. 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:06.040 He created you. You'll be tempted to shrink back, play 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:07.640 it safe, hide your gift. 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:11.279 But if you'll take that step of faith, God will 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:13.000 step in and help. 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.840 You do what you couldn't do. But here's the key. 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:19.400 You can't wait till the fear goes away, and then 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.480 you'll do it. When I get my courage up, then 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:24.880 i'll teach that class, then i'll start. 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.640 My business, then i'll go out on that date. The 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:30.599 fear may not go away. You're going to have to 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:31.440 do it in. 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:35.160 Spite of the fear. This is what faith is all about. 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.240 I feel afraid, but fear is. 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:40.680 Not going to control my life. I'm going to take 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:41.599 a step of faith. 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:47.360 No one that's ever done anything great in life has 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:48.680 done it without fear. 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.200 They felt the fear, but they did it afraid. 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:55.920 When my father went to be with the Lord back 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.839 in nineteen ninety nine, I knew I was supposed to 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:01.599 step up and pasture the church, but I had never 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:06.039 ministered I'd spent seventeen years behind the scenes at Lakewood 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:07.719 doing the television production. 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:12.000 I was comfortable in the background. My father tried to 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:15.120 get me up here many times, but I didn't think 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:17.640 I could do it. I didn't know this was in me. 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.919 That's why I can tell you with confidence, you have 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:25.039 gifts in you right now that you don't know. 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:29.880 You have talent, skill, potential. You didn't hide it. 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:34.480 God's hidden it until it's the right time. I wasn't 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:36.400 supposed to be ministering when. 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:40.600 My father was alive. I was in training, being prepared, 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.120 showing God that I would be faithful. 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:46.279 But when my dad died, I don't know how to 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.560 explain it. But I knew I was supposed to pastor 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.920 the church. I didn't know if it worn't. I didn't 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:54.839 know if people would come. I didn't know if they 0:06:54.880 --> 0:07:00.560 would like me. But some moments are destiny moments, now 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:04.039 or never. You either take that step of faith or 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:06.400 that moment will not pass by again. 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:07.279 Now. 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:10.200 I knew that was one of those moments, and I 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:12.400 wish I could tell you that I turned into a 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.520 different person all of a sudden. 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.520 I was full of faith and courage and power and 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.840 I didn't feel any fear. It was just the opposite. 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.720 I had never been so afraid in all of my life. 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.400 I felt unqualified, inadequate. 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:28.640 When you're close to. 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:32.760 Releasing your gift, you will feel fear more than ever. 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.760 That's the enemy trying to deceive you into keeping your 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:40.600 gift hidden. He doesn't want you to shine, he doesn't 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:42.920 want you to go where no one in your family 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:46.720 has gone. He'll work over time to try to convince 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:50.400 you to shrink back, play it safe. That's when you're 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.679 going to have to have this boldness, this confidence that you're. 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.960 Going to do it in spite of the fear. Well, 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:59.440 what if I fail? You get up and try again. 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:04.559 Every failure is preparing you. You will learn more through 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:08.400 failure than you will through success. You'll learn more in 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.640 the difficult times where it doesn't work out then you 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:12.080 will in. 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:13.040 The good times. 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:16.480 You can't be so afraid of failure that you won't 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:21.640 get out of your comfort zone. Thomas Edison failed ten 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:26.040 thousand times before he finally invented the light bulb. A 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:29.200 reporter asked him about all of his failures. He said, 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.800 I never failed. I just learned ten thousand ways a 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:37.319 light bulb wouldn't work. And even if it doesn't work out, 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:40.240 you're learning, you're growing, You're one. 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:42.080 Step closer to seeing it happened. 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:45.079 And when we come to the end of life, nothing 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:48.760 will be more disappointing than to think what would have 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:50.920 happened if I would have taken. 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:51.559 That step of faith? 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:55.000 What could I have become if I didn't let fear 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:58.000 hold me back? Where would I be if I wouldn't 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:01.280 have hidden my gifts, hid my talents, hid my creativity. 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:05.800 Friend's life is short. Stir up what God's put in you. 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:09.079 Make the most of this day. Don't let the fear 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.920 of people, the fear of failure, the fear of being criticized, 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:13.839 hold you back. 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:15.240 Hell, Joel, I. 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:18.800 Don't want anyone judging me. I don't want people talking 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:23.199 badly about me. Can I tell you respectfully? Somebody's talking 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:24.199 about you right now. 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:30.240 Somebody is jealous of your success. Somebody's trying to discredit you. 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:34.560 People are going to talk whether you settle or whether 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:38.120 you stretch. You might as well stretch and pursue what 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:44.080 God put in your heart. The good news, people cannot 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:48.400 keep you from your destiny. What they say doesn't determine 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:53.560 who you are. Every person has negative chatter. It's a distraction. 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:58.079 Tune it out. Quit letting it upset you, Quit being offended. 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:01.800 God hears what they're saying. He'll fight your battles. He'll 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.960 be your vindicator. One of the best things I've learned 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:09.320 is everyone is not supposed to be for you. Every 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.839 person is not supposed to like you. 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.520 You can't reach your destiny. 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:19.560 Without opposition, without negative chatter, without the critics. Joseph would 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:23.400 have never taken the throne without his brothers throwing him 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:28.000 into a pit. David would have never become king without Goliath. 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:31.439 Jesus would have never risen from the dead and brought 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:37.040 us salvation without Judas betraying him. Quit worrying about who's 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:41.079 not for you. Some enemies are designed as a part 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:44.320 of your destiny. They're not going to stop you, They're 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:48.559 going to promote you. Now, keep running your race, not 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:51.880 looking to the left nor to the right. Not bothered 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.720 by who's not celebrating you, who's not cheering you on. 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.959 Other people may not be able to see your gifts, 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.880 know what God's put in you. They can't feel what 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:07.120 you're feeling. Don't let their discouragement talk you out of it. 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:08.320 Don't let the. 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:11.440 Fear of what they think hold you back. You're not 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.400 going to give an account to people of what you 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:15.400 did with your life. 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:17.000 We're going to give an account to God. 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.440 Every voice said, Joe, you can't get up and minister. 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.440 You can look like a fool. You don't have the training. 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:27.800 Nobody's going to listen. I had a thousand good excuses 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:29.800 to keep my gift hidden. 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:31.160 I was afraid. 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:34.880 I didn't have the experience. I was concerned what people 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:35.439 would think. 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:38.040 But I did what I'm asking you to do. 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:42.560 I did it afraid and no. It wasn't easy the 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.200 first couple of months. At times I felt like I 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:48.080 had to hold onto the podium so people couldn't see 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:51.000 that I was shaking. On Saturday nights, I would have 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:53.400 to look at myself in the mirror and say, Joel, 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:54.520 you are well able. 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:57.560 You can do all things through Christ. You are strong 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:01.040 in the Lord. This is your moment. I've learned. 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.880 You can talk yourself into your dreams, or you can 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:08.040 talk to yourself out of your dreams. Quit telling yourself 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.960 that you can't do it. You don't have a good personality, 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:14.800 you don't have the training. Get rid of those excuses 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:19.040 and start telling yourself what God says about you. You 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:22.200 are strong, you are talented, You are blessed. 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:23.320 You are favored. 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:29.560 You have been fearfully and wonderfully made. When God created you, 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:34.160 he put a part of himself in you. 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:38.280 God is creative. You are creative. God is wise. You 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:42.120 are wise. God is powerful. You are powerful. God is 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:46.080 good looking. You are good looking. That's not in the scripture, 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:46.599 but I like it. 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:50.880 I wouldn't be standing here if I had not learned 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:53.640 to step out even though I felt afraid. 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:54.880 What are you. 0:12:54.960 --> 0:13:00.679 Hiding your gifts, your personality, Afraid to come out of 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:02.439 your shell, afraid. 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:05.559 People might not accept you. It's time to let your 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:06.360 light shine. 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:12.000 Quit hiding your smile, brighten our day, Quit hiding your encouragement. 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:16.520 Lift somebody up, Quit hiding your talent. Make the world better. 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:20.640 If God has given you the gift to see, start seeing. 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:24.640 If you can start writing, if you can build, start building, 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.480 if you can teach, Start teaching. That gift was not 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.920 meant to stay hidden. It's not doing you any good, 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:33.680 nor is it doing us any good. 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.559 As long as you keep it to yourself, it has 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:37.520 to be released. 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:42.880 A group of business people were discussing where the wealthiest place. 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:43.640 In the world is. 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:47.000 One of them said, it has to be South Africa, 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:50.640 in the diamond minds, where there's billions of dollars worth 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:53.720 of diamonds. Another said, no, it must be in the 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:57.400 Middle East, in the oil fields, where there's an abundance 0:13:57.440 --> 0:14:01.920 of oil. The truth is, wealthiest place on Earth is 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:05.440 not South Africa. It's not the Middle East. The wealthiest 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:10.080 place is in the graveyards. Buried in those graves are 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:14.000 hidden dreams, books that were never written, songs that were 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:19.720 never sung. Business has never started, inventions never invented. I'm 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:23.920 asking you to release what you have. God didn't give 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:27.360 you that dream so that it could stay buried. He's 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:30.640 expecting you to bring it out, to pursue it, to 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:35.400 cultivate it, to develop it. We have a responsibility. God 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:40.000 has entrusted us with gifts and talents. Don't take it lightly, 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:44.360 don't live passively, just taking whatever life brings your way. 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:49.800 Shake off the complacency and get focused. What could you 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:53.920 accomplish if you weeded out things that are not moving 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:57.800 you towards your destiny? Where could you be at this 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:02.040 time next year if you got rid of the distractions 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:05.480 and the things that are not producing good fruit, and 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:07.359 you put all your effort. 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:09.920 Into the main thing God put in your heart. 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:14.880 You can do many things good, but you can't do 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:20.120 many things great. And sometimes we're two spread out. Paul said, 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:21.320 this one thing. 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:25.280 I do. Find that one thing and excel at it. 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:29.440 Studies even show that when a person spends ten thousand 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:33.280 hours doing the same thing, they become an expert at it. 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.840 Focus on your one thing and do it to the 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:40.920 best of your ability. Matthew twenty five Jesus told a 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:44.480 parable about a businessman that was going on a trip. 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:46.640 He called three employees over. 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:51.040 He gave one five talents, another two talents, and the 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:55.920 third one talent. A talent represents about twenty years worth 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:59.600 of wages was a significant amount. The man with five 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:03.520 talents went out and invested his and gained five more. 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:07.680 The man with two invested his and gained two more. 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:11.600 But the man with one talent was afraid. He thought, 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:14.720 what if I lose it? What if the economy goes down? 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.640 What if somebody steals it from me? He came up 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:21.280 with all these excuses of what could happen. So he 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:25.520 went and buried his talent in the ground. The men 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:29.800 with five the men with two were faith based. They thought, 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:33.080 look what we've been given, we can increase, we can 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.960 make more. The man with one talent was fear based. 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:40.080 He thought, what if something goes wrong? What if I 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:44.520 lose it? You'll never increase as long as you're living. 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:48.840 Fear based, fear of failure, fear of people, fear of 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:49.720 what could happen. 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:53.080 I can't get in that relationship. I might get hurt. 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.040 I can't take that position. What if I'm not good 0:16:56.080 --> 0:17:00.760 at it. All three men had the same opportunity. Two 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:04.440 did something with their gifts. The third was afraid. 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:07.919 He played it safe and buried it. After a while, 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:11.720 the owner came back. The men with the five talents said, 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.160 here are the five you gave me, plus five more 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:14.840 I gained. 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.880 The owner said, well done. The men with the two 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:22.080 here are the original two plus two more. Again, well done. 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:25.639 The third man came up and said, Sir, I know 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:28.520 you're a hard man. I didn't want to lose what 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.480 you gave me. I was afraid, so I hid my talent. 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:33.879 Here's the one back that you gave me. 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:36.400 You would think the owner. 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:38.880 Would say, all right. At least I didn't lose anything. 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:40.320 At least you gave it back. 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:42.800 It was just the opposite. 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:47.560 The owner was expecting a profit. It wasn't acceptable to 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:49.280 just give back what was given. 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:53.320 He was expecting increase. He said to the man, you 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:54.520 lazy servant. 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:57.280 If you knew I was so hard, why didn't you 0:17:57.320 --> 0:17:59.200 at least put it in the bank so I could 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:00.000 earn some entry. 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:03.920 But you buried it, you hid it. He was angry. 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:06.720 He took that talent and gave it to the man 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:10.320 that had five. He said in verse thirty, take this 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:15.360 worthless man and throw him into outer darkness. The owner 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:19.720 represents God. This is some of the strongest language used 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:20.440 in the Bible. 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:21.879 It's interesting. 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:25.880 The man didn't lie, he didn't cheat, he didn't kill somebody, 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:26.959 he didn't have an affair. 0:18:27.119 --> 0:18:27.720 What did he do? 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:32.959 He buried his talent, He hid what God gave him. 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:37.560 You and I have been given gifts. God has entrusted 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:40.639 us with them. One day, he's going to come back 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:43.840 like that owner. We're going to see him. He's going 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:47.320 to ask what did you do with the talents I 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:51.800 gave you? Whether you have one, two, or five, that 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:52.560 doesn't matter. 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:54.160 God has given. 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:57.600 Us all different abilities. We're not competing with each other. 0:18:58.200 --> 0:19:00.840 I don't have to outperform you. You don't have to 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:04.400 keep up with your neighbor. What matters is what are 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:08.159 you doing with what you have? Are you living fear based, 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:12.280 afraid to take a risk, not willing to get out 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:16.359 of your comfort zone, not putting effort into developing your gift? 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:18.800 Have you buried it? Or you live in. 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:23.720 Faith based growing, stretching, increasing, looking for opportunities. 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:26.280 Believe in you have seeds of greatness. 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:31.199 The men with one talent buried his talent and showed 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:35.840 his fear. He should have buried his fear and showed 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:40.080 his talent. Are you burying what you should be showing 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:42.680 and showing what you should be burying? 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:44.720 Why don't you start. 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:49.880 Burying the insecurity, burying the doubt, the negative thoughts, burying 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:53.200 what the critics have said, and start showing your talent, 0:19:53.359 --> 0:19:56.879 showing your skills, showing your smile. If you will bury 0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:01.120 the fear and show your faith, you'll see increase, you'll 0:20:01.119 --> 0:20:06.080 see new levels. But too often we're discounting ourselves, thinking 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:07.520 we don't have much to offer. 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:10.600 We look at what we don't have, what we can't do. 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:15.040 But your gift can be like an acorn. You could 0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:18.120 look at it and thank God, big deal. You created 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:20.399 the whole universe, and this is what you've given me. 0:20:21.080 --> 0:20:24.840 But what you can't see is that acorn is full 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:28.639 of incredible potential. It has a huge oak tree in 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:33.600 it with branches spreading out fifty feet wide. Don't discount 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:36.000 your gift because it seems small. 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:38.240 Out in the Shepherd's fields. 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:42.160 As a teenager, David could have thought, God, all I'm 0:20:42.160 --> 0:20:46.640 good at is slinging rocks with this slingshot. My brothers 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:50.280 are in the military, they're big, strong, talented. 0:20:50.520 --> 0:20:52.119 Why didn't you give me more talent? 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:57.960 Instead, David kept developing that small gift every day out 0:20:57.960 --> 0:20:58.520 in the fields. 0:20:58.600 --> 0:21:00.680 Instead of being lazy, instead. 0:21:00.359 --> 0:21:03.600 Of complaining about what he didn't have, he kept practicing, 0:21:04.040 --> 0:21:07.719 getting better and better. He could hit a bullseye one 0:21:07.800 --> 0:21:12.280 hundred feet away. One day he faced Goliath, a giant 0:21:12.359 --> 0:21:13.680 twice his size. 0:21:13.760 --> 0:21:16.800 Goliath had all kinds of training experience. 0:21:17.200 --> 0:21:20.920 He was wearing armor that covered his whole body, all 0:21:20.960 --> 0:21:25.000 that is, except around his eyes and forehead. When he 0:21:25.119 --> 0:21:28.920 saw how small David was, he'd begin to laugh. He said, 0:21:28.920 --> 0:21:31.040 am I a dog? That you'd come at me with 0:21:31.080 --> 0:21:34.760 a stint didn't bother David. He picked up a stone 0:21:34.920 --> 0:21:37.840 and put it in his slingshot like he had done 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:41.280 thousands of times before, and when he slung that rock, 0:21:41.600 --> 0:21:45.359 it hit Goliath right in the forehead where there wasn't 0:21:45.440 --> 0:21:50.920 any armor, and Goliath hit the ground. Overnight, David became 0:21:51.000 --> 0:21:55.760 a national hero. Your gift may seem small, but if 0:21:55.800 --> 0:21:59.960 you'll develop it, it will open big doors. You don't 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:02.560 you have to have a great gift for God to 0:22:02.680 --> 0:22:06.880 use you in a great way. The scripture says your 0:22:07.000 --> 0:22:10.359 gift will make room for you, doesn't say if you 0:22:10.359 --> 0:22:13.600 have a big gift, and important gift and impressive gift, 0:22:13.880 --> 0:22:17.560 whatever you have, if you will develop it and keep 0:22:17.600 --> 0:22:22.159 getting better, that gift will open doors of opportunity, doors 0:22:22.200 --> 0:22:26.720 of promotion, doors of influence. But sometimes we wonder, while 0:22:26.760 --> 0:22:30.120 we're not being blessed, while we're not seeing increase, it's 0:22:30.160 --> 0:22:34.320 because we buried our blessing, we buried our promotion, we 0:22:34.440 --> 0:22:38.760 buried our talent. It's time to dig up what's been hidden, 0:22:39.080 --> 0:22:41.080 start releasing. 0:22:40.400 --> 0:22:41.399 What God put in you. 0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:45.879 Mark Chapter six, Jesus had traveled to the other side 0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:49.199 of the Sea of Galilee, a remote area he was 0:22:49.280 --> 0:22:50.280 teaching the people. 0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:53.920 It was late in the day. They were tired and hungry. 0:22:54.520 --> 0:22:57.600 Jesus told his disciples to feed the people. 0:22:58.080 --> 0:23:01.040 Well, there were no grocery stores out there, Plus five 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:04.439 thousand people were there. Even if they did find a 0:23:04.480 --> 0:23:06.760 place to buy food, they wouldn't have that much. 0:23:07.000 --> 0:23:10.440 Seemed impossible. There was a little boy in the crowd 0:23:10.840 --> 0:23:13.560 with a lunch. He had five loaves of bread and 0:23:13.720 --> 0:23:14.800 two fish. 0:23:15.000 --> 0:23:17.080 He could have thought, they don't need what I have. 0:23:17.640 --> 0:23:20.560 It's so small, won't even make a dentt in this 0:23:20.720 --> 0:23:24.920 huge crowd. He could have dismissed it and hid his lunch. 0:23:25.560 --> 0:23:29.000 Instead, When the disciples asked for food, he gave his 0:23:29.119 --> 0:23:29.720 lunch to them. 0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:34.120 They took it to Jesus. Jesus blessed his lunch. It multiplied. 0:23:34.480 --> 0:23:40.159 All five thousand people were fed. Your gift may seem insignificant, 0:23:40.560 --> 0:23:44.520 but when you release it, it will multiply. As long 0:23:44.560 --> 0:23:47.119 as you hide it, as long as you keep it buried, 0:23:47.240 --> 0:23:50.240 it will stay five loaves and two fish. You will 0:23:50.280 --> 0:23:53.560 never see the potential until it's released. 0:23:54.359 --> 0:23:59.560 What are you hiding gifts? Talents, creativity? Have you convinced 0:23:59.600 --> 0:24:02.439 yourself if it's too small. You don't have the talent. 0:24:02.840 --> 0:24:04.439 You could never do anything great. 0:24:05.160 --> 0:24:08.720 If you will quit discounting what you have and start 0:24:08.760 --> 0:24:13.680 releasing it, God will multiply your talent, multiply your influence, 0:24:13.880 --> 0:24:19.080 multiply the resources. Nineteen years ago, I was working behind 0:24:19.119 --> 0:24:21.800 the scenes, running camera, editing. 0:24:21.680 --> 0:24:22.560 Doing the lighting. 0:24:23.320 --> 0:24:27.439 I didn't necessarily have a big gift, But when Daddy died, 0:24:27.680 --> 0:24:29.160 I said, God, this is all I have. 0:24:29.880 --> 0:24:31.720 May not look like much, kind. 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:35.520 Of like the five loaves and two fish in comparison 0:24:35.600 --> 0:24:40.280 to the need, it seemed insignificant. My father had ministered 0:24:40.280 --> 0:24:46.240 for over fifty years. He was dynamic, experienced, respected, loved 0:24:46.280 --> 0:24:50.720 by people all over the world, and I was none 0:24:50.760 --> 0:24:54.680 of the above. The church had six thousand people coming 0:24:54.720 --> 0:24:55.480 on Sundays. 0:24:55.640 --> 0:24:56.840 It was a mega church. 0:24:57.520 --> 0:25:01.159 You would think you would need a mega pastor mega talent, 0:25:01.560 --> 0:25:02.680 mega experience. 0:25:03.320 --> 0:25:06.040 But God doesn't choose the way we choose. 0:25:06.520 --> 0:25:10.840 He doesn't always go find the smartest, most gifted, most experienced. 0:25:11.240 --> 0:25:16.000 Many times he'll take what seems small and multiply it. 0:25:16.400 --> 0:25:19.880 It's what he did with me. It's not how much 0:25:20.000 --> 0:25:22.960 do you have, it's what are you doing with what 0:25:23.040 --> 0:25:23.800 you have? 0:25:23.800 --> 0:25:28.840 Have you buried it feeling unqualified, afraid, intimidated. Why you're 0:25:28.880 --> 0:25:31.920 a child of the most High God, you have been 0:25:32.200 --> 0:25:36.200 crowned with favor. I'm asking you to get that dream out, 0:25:36.760 --> 0:25:40.720 get that book out, that creativity, that goal, release. 0:25:40.359 --> 0:25:43.560 It and watch what God will do. He'll take you 0:25:44.040 --> 0:25:46.440 where you could not go on your own. He'll exceed 0:25:46.640 --> 0:25:47.800 your expectations. 0:25:48.800 --> 0:25:52.439 In the scripture, Gideon was hiding in the wine press, 0:25:52.960 --> 0:25:56.280 afraid of his enemies. God told him to go tear 0:25:56.359 --> 0:25:59.439 down an idol. He wouldn't go in the daytime, he 0:25:59.520 --> 0:26:00.399 was too fearful. 0:26:00.560 --> 0:26:04.240 He went at night. Later, God said he was to 0:26:04.320 --> 0:26:06.560 deliver the Israelites. 0:26:06.119 --> 0:26:10.040 From the Midianites. Gideon said, God, I can't do that. 0:26:10.520 --> 0:26:13.560 I come from the poorest family. I'm the least one 0:26:13.640 --> 0:26:16.920 in my father's house. He was saying, God, my gift 0:26:17.000 --> 0:26:21.040 is too small. I'm not qualified. He was burying his gift, 0:26:21.760 --> 0:26:25.000 and the angel showed up and said something significant. 0:26:25.400 --> 0:26:26.359 The Lord is. 0:26:26.320 --> 0:26:33.399 With you, you mighty hero. Here Gideon was hiding afraid, feeling unqualified. 0:26:33.720 --> 0:26:38.360 Yet God called him a mighty hero. Like Gideon, your 0:26:38.400 --> 0:26:41.959 gift may seem small, the obstacle looks way too big. 0:26:42.320 --> 0:26:46.240 God is saying to you what he said to him, Hello. 0:26:46.359 --> 0:26:50.280 You mighty hero. God sees what you can become. 0:26:51.040 --> 0:26:54.000 Why don't you stir up that gift? Stir up what's 0:26:54.040 --> 0:26:56.840 in your heart. God wouldn't have put it there. 0:26:56.800 --> 0:26:58.600 If he wasn't going to bring it to pass. 0:27:00.000 --> 0:27:03.160 He went out with his three hundred men, and they 0:27:03.240 --> 0:27:07.159 defeated the Midianites, an army of over one hundred and 0:27:07.280 --> 0:27:11.520 thirty thousand people. Today, Gideon is listed as one of. 0:27:11.520 --> 0:27:12.639 The heroes of Faith. 0:27:13.160 --> 0:27:16.520 But I wonder what would have happened if Gideon would 0:27:16.520 --> 0:27:20.639 have stayed in hiding, If it had kept his gifts buried, afraid, 0:27:20.920 --> 0:27:23.320 feeling unqualified, he would. 0:27:23.080 --> 0:27:25.080 Have missed his destiny. 0:27:25.280 --> 0:27:29.200 I'm asking you to come out of hiding your gifts, 0:27:29.480 --> 0:27:31.000 your talents, the dreams. 0:27:31.280 --> 0:27:32.920 They've been buried long enough. 0:27:33.200 --> 0:27:36.240 It's time to step up into who God's created you 0:27:36.320 --> 0:27:39.919 to be. You have greatness in you. There are gifts 0:27:39.960 --> 0:27:43.639 that you have not yet discovered. Don't bury your talent, 0:27:44.160 --> 0:27:45.920 bury your fears, and. 0:27:45.880 --> 0:27:47.800 Start releasing your talents. 0:27:48.119 --> 0:27:52.000 If you'll do this, I believe and declare, like Gideon, 0:27:52.240 --> 0:27:55.000 You're going to accomplish dreams that look bigger than you 0:27:55.119 --> 0:27:59.320 thought possible. You're going to overcome obstacles that look insurmountable 0:27:59.760 --> 0:28:03.280 like little boy with the lunch. What you release, God 0:28:03.359 --> 0:28:06.840 is about to start multiplying in Jesus' name. 0:28:07.240 --> 0:28:09.000 And if you receive it, can you say it? 0:28:09.119 --> 0:28:13.280 Then? Today, I'd like to give you an opportunity to 0:28:13.359 --> 0:28:16.359 make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 0:28:16.400 --> 0:28:21.360 with me? 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