Promotion In The Problem

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Is it investment legal or bikes? 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:03.840 But God won't allow a difficulty unless he has a 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.760 purpose for it. He may not have sent the trouble, 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:09.400 but he knows how to use it to your advantage. 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:14.000 On the other side of every problem is promotion. The 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:17.840 difficulty feels like a setback, but really it's a setup 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:20.160 for God to do something new in your life. 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:21.880 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:25.160 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:28.080 the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:29.480 be a blessing and share. 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:29.880 It with a friend. 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:32.920 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:37.160 your life. God bless you. 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:40.040 It's great to be with you today, and I hope 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:42.600 you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:46.800 daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media. We'll keep you 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:50.639 encouraged and inspired. I'd like to start with something funny 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:53.520 and I heard about this little girl. She asked her 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:57.360 mother how the human race got started. Her mother explained 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:00.680 how God created Adam and Eve, they had children, on 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:03.600 and on here we are today. A few days later, 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:07.280 she asked her father the same question. He explained how 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:11.160 many years ago there were monkeys. Little by little they 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.399 became more like people, and here we are confused. 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.320 She went back to her mother, said, Mom, you said 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:20.680 God created people. Dad said we came from monkeys. How 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:21.160 can that be? 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.160 The mother said, all, honey, that's easy. I told you 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:26.880 about my side of the family. Dad told you about his. 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:31.000 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.639 I am what it says. I am. I have what 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.080 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:38.960 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:39.440 of God. 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:44.360 I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:48.280 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:48.799 bless you. 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:53.359 I want to talk to you today about promotion in 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:57.359 the problem. None of us like problems, things that come 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.840 against us, people that are not fair, trouble at work. 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:03.919 It's easy to get discouraged and lose our passion. 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:05.400 Why is this happening? 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:09.560 But God won't allow a difficulty unless he has a 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:12.560 purpose for it. He may not have sent the trouble, 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:15.320 but he knows how to use it to your advantage. 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:20.120 On the other side of every problem is promotion. The 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:24.119 difficulty feels like a setback, but really it's a setup 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.639 for God to do something new in your life. When 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:30.440 God wanted to promote David, bring him out of the 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.800 shepherd's fields, what did he do? Send him a good break, 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:37.520 a friend to help him out, open a new door. No, God, 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:41.520 send him a problem. Goliath was standing before David, a 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:43.240 giant twice his size. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:45.920 David could have thought, God, you said I was going 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:46.840 to do great things. 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:49.920 You said you'd show me favor. Why am I facing 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:55.600 this giant? David understood with that problem came promotion. On 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.520 the other side of that difficulty was a new level 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:02.080 of his destiny. You have to go through it to 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:07.240 get to it. Some promotion only comes through adversity, through 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:09.119 closed doors, through things. 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:09.720 That are not fair. 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:14.680 David went out and defeated Goliath, and instantly his life changed. 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:19.520 New doors opened. He had respect, influence, favor that he'd 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:21.960 never seen. What took David to. 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:26.560 The throne a problem. Don't complain about the problem. You 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:30.840 can't reach your potential without problems. When you understand that 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:34.560 the problem doesn't come by itself, that there is promotion 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:36.160 in every problem. 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:39.000 Then you'll keep a good attitude. God I don't like 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:42.960 this problem. I'm uncomfortable, but I know you're in control. 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:45.280 You're ordering my steps. Now. 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:47.200 I'm not just going to come out, I'm going to 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:52.320 come out stronger, promoted, better than I was before. Sometimes 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:56.279 the promotion is you developed a greater trust in God. 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:59.400 You learn that you can make it through things that 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.880 you thought would take you under. You saw the faithfulness 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:08.279 of God. You felt him sustaining you, strengthening you, making ways. 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:09.279 Where you didn't see away. 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:14.240 Your faith grew, Your spiritual muscles got stronger, your character 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:15.120 was developed. 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:17.120 Every time you come through a. 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:21.200 Challenge, that's fuel for your faith. God is preparing you 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:24.600 for greater things. The next time you face a problem 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:27.720 like that, you'll think this is no big deal. I've 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:30.080 seen God take me through this in the past, and 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.280 I know he'll take me through at this time. 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:33.799 See, I've learned. 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:37.960 The bigger the problem, the bigger your destiny. The bigger 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:42.400 the challenge, the bigger the promotion. God doesn't send big 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:47.040 problems to people with small futures. God didn't give David 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:51.080 a normal sized problem. He didn't face someone his height 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:55.760 with his training his experience. Goliath stood nine feet tall. 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.440 He was the champion of the Philistine army. The tip 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:03.120 of his fear weighed fifteen pounds. The scripture says he 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:04.760 wore gold leggings. 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:08.200 He was ahead of his time. That's where my brother 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:09.279 Paul got that idea. 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:15.320 But Joel, I've got big problems. This sickness looks permanent. 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.560 My child is way off course. These people at work 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:19.520 are holding me down. 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:23.200 The size of your problem is an indication of the 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:26.560 size of your future. The enemy wouldn't be fighting you 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:29.920 so hard if he didn't know something amazing was in 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:34.240 front of you. Don't be discouraged because you have big challenges. 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:38.080 Have a new perspective. That means God has something. 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:42.760 Big in your future, big breakthroughs, big opportunities, big victories. 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:46.080 If you could see the promotion on the other side 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:49.839 of those problems, if you could see the healing, the favor, 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:53.480 the fulfillment, you wouldn't be discouraged. You would go through 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:57.600 that difficulty in faith praising when you could be complaining, 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:01.440 thanking God that he's fighting your back, knowing that it's 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.520 all a set up for new levels of your destiny. 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:09.720 Are you stressed over a problem, losing sleep over a difficulty, 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:13.320 when in fact, God allowed it so he can show 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:17.960 his favor in a greater way. Without Goliath, David would 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:21.760 have never taken the throne. The problem served a purpose. 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:26.240 God knows what he's doing. He hasn't allowed anything in 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.040 your life that he's not going to use for your good. 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:33.240 It may not be good, may not be fair. I'm 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:34.560 not saying we're going to like it. 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:38.120 I'm saying to trust him that there is a blessing 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:42.840 disguised in that difficulty, that there is promotion attached to 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:43.600 that problem. 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.680 I know at the time we can't see it all. 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.400 We know it's a bad break, it's a disappointment. 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:54.040 They treated me wrong. The door closed, the medical report 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:57.960 wasn't good. God is not through working. You don't know 0:07:58.120 --> 0:07:59.400 what he's up to right now. 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:03.480 You keep doing the right thing, having an attitude of faith, 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:04.240 and your. 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:05.040 Time is coming. 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:08.640 You're going to see the faithfulness of God. You're going 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:10.880 to look back and say, Wow, God. If I had 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.640 not had that problem, I wouldn't be where I am. 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:17.080 If that door had not closed, if those people had 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:19.760 not done me wrong, I wouldn't have seen the blessing 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:23.520 and the favor that you've shown me. A few years 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:26.720 after I started ministering. The church began to grow and 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:30.840 we needed a larger auditorium. My father said he would 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.839 never move the church. We looked for property around the 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:37.520 original location. We found one hundred acre tract of. 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:41.920 Land right off the freeway about two miles away. Seemed perfect. 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:44.240 It's a big sign that said for sale. 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.240 We talked to the owner and told him we wanted 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.559 to purchase it. He said that it had been on 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:52.400 the market for twenty years and he had had never 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:55.880 had one offer. I thought, wow, God, you saved this 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:57.080 property just for us. 0:08:57.559 --> 0:08:58.600 We were so excited. 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:01.760 He told us we could do our soil samples and 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:05.959 preliminary drawings while we got the contract drawn up. A 0:09:06.040 --> 0:09:09.040 couple of months later, we went to sign the contract. 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:12.360 We had an eight o'clock appointment. We arrived at seven 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:16.000 forty five. His secretary came out and said, sorry, the 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:18.199 owner sold the property last night. 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:22.120 I couldn't believe it didn't keep his word. I was 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:23.120 so discouraged. 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.520 I went home and told Victoria. She said, listen here, Joel. 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:29.959 That means God has something better. We're going to trust him. 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:33.319 He hadn't brought us this far to leave us. She 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:35.239 started preaching one of my messages. 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.120 I didn't want to hear that. I wanted her to 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:39.079 be depressed with me. 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:43.839 Misery loves company, and it's good to have friends that 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.319 pull you up and not join the in defeat. A 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:51.439 few months later, we found another large tract of land. 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:55.600 This seemed even better, had more access to it. When 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:58.480 the owners found out, they told the people that owned 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:02.239 the property on one side, they called and said they wanted. 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:04.920 To donate ten acres to us. Now I knew it 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:05.400 was God. 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.480 People were giving us property. We went to close on 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:12.120 thee hundred acres and the same thing happened. They sold 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:15.120 it the day before. I thought, God, this is a 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:15.959 big problem. 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:19.440 There are no more large tracts of land. We're stuck. 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:23.480 We have no room to grow. I didn't see any options. 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.800 But just because we run out of options doesn't mean 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.839 God has run out of options. He won't let you 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.839 get in a problem that he can't bring you out of. 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.720 The reason it's not working out your way is because 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:41.079 God has something better. Six months later, a friend called 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.240 hadn't spoken to him in a long time. He said, Joel, 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:47.599 the Houston Rockets basketball team is moving out of the 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:48.480 Compact Center. 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.719 You should try to get that for your church. When 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:55.439 I heard that something came alive on the inside, I 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:58.160 called the mayor. He was a friend of my parents, 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:01.240 and I was so nervous. I told him what I wanted. 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:03.160 Didn't know how he would respond. 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:07.479 He said, Joel, I think Lakewood having the Compact Center. 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.640 Would be great for our city. I nearly passed out. 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:14.280 Things fell into place. Three years later we had the building. 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:18.320 Never dream we could be here. This was far beyond 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:19.400 what I had in mind. 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:25.160 Sometimes God closes doors because you're thinking too small. He 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:28.240 doesn't let your plans work out because he has much 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:32.280 bigger plans. You were hoping to get that new position, 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:36.240 move up one notch. God is about to catapult you ahead. 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:39.640 If you're believing to feel a little bit better, God's 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:40.880 going to heal you completely. 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:44.000 You're hoping your child will just stay out of trouble. 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:46.959 God's going to use him to do great things, to 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:51.280 leave his mark. And don't be discouraged because you're still 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:52.000 in the problem. 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:56.760 Things aren't improving, doors are closing, people aren't changing. 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:01.600 Those lines will start whispering to get better. You'll never 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:02.120 get well. 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:06.559 Never break this addiction, never accomplish that dream. No That 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:11.120 problem didn't show up alone. That problem came with a purpose, 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:15.640 with a promotion, with a blessing. You keep honoring God, 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.440 and you're going to come out of the problem into 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:22.559 the promotion, out of the sickness into health, out of 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:27.000 trouble into peace, out of struggle into freedom, out of 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.959 lack into abundance. The enemy send it to harm you, 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.760 but God has already turned it to your advantage. 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:36.920 Now, don't get tired of doing the right thing. 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:42.160 Don't let doubt what's not happening, what's not fair, talk 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:47.360 you out of the promotion. Keep believing, keep praying, keep expecting. 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.800 You're on the verge of seeing God show out in 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:55.319 your life. That problem is not permanent. The problem is 0:12:55.400 --> 0:13:01.120 a sign that promotion is coming. You're about to see breakthrough, restoration, 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:06.679 dreams coming to pass, divine connections. God said in Psalm fifty, 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:10.960 trust me in times of trouble, and I will rescue 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:14.640 you and you will give me glory. He didn't say 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:18.079 trust me and I'll keep you from trouble. Trust me 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:21.599 and you won't have any difficulties. He said, trust me 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:26.040 when you're in trouble. Trust me when things don't make sense. 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:30.240 Trust me when the medical report is not good, trust 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:31.680 me when a loved one. 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:35.800 Doesn't make it. If you'll trust him, God says, I 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:38.880 will rescue you, and you will give me glory. 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:42.800 God is not going to leave you in trouble, leave 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:46.160 you in heartache, leave you in dysfunction. That is not 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:49.719 how your story ends. Don't believe the lies that say 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:53.600 it's permanent. God sees what you're going through, and he's 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:57.320 about to rescue you. He's about to turn things around. 0:13:57.960 --> 0:13:59.080 Chains that have held you. 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:03.600 Back are being broken. Difficulties it look like they'll never improve. 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:08.559 You're about to see a suddenly, a breakthrough, a healing. 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:09.080 A promotion. 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:13.800 It's going to be unusual, uncommon. You couldn't make it happen. 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:17.439 You will know it's the end of God. When my 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:21.120 mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer in nineteen eighty one, 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:24.640 she was in a time of great trouble. She had 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:28.240 a big problem. But in that trouble, she chose to 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:31.960 trust God. She believed that he could restore health back 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:35.760 into her, and instead of being depressed worrying all day, 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:38.840 she would go through the house quoting scriptures. 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.080 Father, thank you that the number of my days you 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:46.320 will fulfill that I will live and not die and declare. 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:49.600 The works of the Lord against all odds. With no 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:54.200 medical treatment available, God rescued her from that trouble. He 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:57.240 made a way where we didn't see away. For the 0:14:57.360 --> 0:15:01.680 last forty years, she's been giving God glory. That big 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:05.920 problem came with a big promotion. Her story of healing 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:09.480 has helped people around the world. She's eighty eight years 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:10.680 old now, still. 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:12.000 Praying for people every week. 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:15.000 The enemy would have been smarter to leave her alone. 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:19.080 But God will make the enemy pay what was meant 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:19.800 for your harm. 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:21.120 He'll turn it to your. 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:25.680 Advantage, says, He will rescue you, and you will give 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:30.320 him great glory. The reason you'll give him glory is 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:32.280 because when he brings you out, it. 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.680 Will be better than you've ever imagined. 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.600 I wanted to buy property to build a new auditorium. 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:40.920 God gave us an auditorium that was. 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:45.080 Already built on the busiest freeway in our city. You 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:49.000 may be facing a problem today. My encouragement is that 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:53.280 problem didn't come alone. There is promotion attached to it. 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:55.520 God has the final say. 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:57.800 Trust him not to. 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:00.960 Just make it through, not just sir, but have a 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:04.920 new perspective. Father, I know this problem means I'm about 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:07.000 to see a new level of my destiny. 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:10.720 Lord, I believe, I trust you in this time of trouble. 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.840 See, I would have never seen the Compact Center without 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:19.120 those doors closing. You could say the Compact Center was 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:23.120 attached to a problem. My mother would have never impacted 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:27.160 so many people without that challenge in her health. David 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:31.840 would have never become king without Goliath. Who knows where 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:35.440 that problem is leading you. You've had some closed doors, 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:37.160 things haven't worked out. 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:39.760 Who knows what doors God is about to open. 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:44.320 You have some giants facing a sickness, set back in 0:16:44.400 --> 0:16:47.200 your business, a person walked out of your life. Who 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:51.760 knows what kind of favor, blessings, fulfillment is headed your way. 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.880 The setback is a setup for God to show out 0:16:56.000 --> 0:17:00.360 in your life. Now trust him in the trouble. How 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:03.120 when you get out The test is when you're in it, 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:06.600 nothing looks like it's going to change. That's when you 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.200 have to dig down deep, say God, I don't like it, 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:13.200 but I know this problem is not hereby itself, that 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:16.640 there is promotion on the other side. So Lord, help 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:20.400 me to believe, help me to stay in faith. See 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.560 we all face things that we don't understand, things that 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:27.920 don't seem fair. But I've learned God will not mismanage 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:28.440 your life. 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:32.520 He will not allow hardships and bad breaks that don't 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:33.320 have any purpose. 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:37.080 He's not just sitting back thinking, Oh, man, can't believe 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:38.640 that happened to you, too bad. 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:43.560 He's ordering your steps. Nothing happens without his permission. 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:48.240 He's promised that all things will work together for your good. 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:52.480 Sure there are things we don't understand, things that don't 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:53.080 make sense. 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.359 I can't explain it, but I can. 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:58.720 Tell you if you'll stay in faith, not get bitter, 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:02.560 just keep doing the right thing. Over time, you'll see 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:03.639 it all come together. 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:06.120 The scripture puts it this way. 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.800 Since the Lord is directing our steps, why do we 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.960 try to figure out everything that happens along the way. 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:16.240 There will be plenty of things that happen that don't 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:19.120 make sense. If you try to figure it out, you'll 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:21.160 get confused, discouraged. 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:22.720 Put it in God's hands. 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:26.280 God, this problem doesn't make sense to me, but I 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:29.040 believe that you have a purpose for it, that when 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:31.439 it all comes together, I will give. 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:35.960 You great glory. This is what three Hebrew teenagers did 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:37.920 in the scripture, they. 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:40.920 Wouldn't bow down to King nebukon Nezar's golden idoling. 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:44.080 He made a decree that no one could worship any 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:47.200 god except his God. He didn't believe in Jehovah. 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:50.560 He was so upset he threatened to have them thrown 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:53.840 into a fiery furnace. They were doing the right thing, 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:57.880 honoring God, not compromising, and look what happens. 0:18:58.240 --> 0:18:59.400 They have a big problem. 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:04.000 Sometimes you have trouble not because you're doing something wrong, 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:07.920 but because you're doing something right. When you honor God, 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:12.879 it stirs up the enemy. It will stir up jealousy, resentment, anger, 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:17.119 critical spirits in people that don't honor God. It's not 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:19.600 so much they don't like you. They don't like the 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:23.520 blessing and favor that's on your life. The good news 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:28.160 is they cannot stop what God has ordained. God being 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:31.399 for you is more powerful than any force that is 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:34.520 against you. He has you in the palm of his hand. 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:38.640 Nothing can snatch you away. You may get thrown into 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:42.400 a furnace, but God can make you fireproof. He controls 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:48.280 the universe. These teenagers weren't worried, they weren't panicking. They 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:52.080 said to the king. We know our God will deliver us, 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:55.560 but even if he doesn't, we're still not going to 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:59.680 bow down. When you have a made up mind like that, God, 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:02.479 I'm leaving that you're gonna keep me from this trouble, 0:20:02.920 --> 0:20:05.640 that this door will open, that these people will treat 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:08.720 me right. But even if it doesn't go my way, 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:10.639 I'm still not gonna get discouraged. 0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:13.679 I'm still not gonna complain. I'm still going to give 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:14.280 you praise. 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:19.359 That kind of attitude cannot be defeated. The king was 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:22.800 so furious he had the guards heat up the furnace 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:27.200 seven times hotter than normal. They already had a big problem, 0:20:27.840 --> 0:20:31.240 already didn't look good. Now the fire was hotter than ever. 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:35.680 Sometimes God will let the odds be against you in 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:39.760 a greater way on purpose, so when he turns things around, 0:20:40.119 --> 0:20:43.840 it's a bigger miracle, so everyone will see his favor 0:20:43.960 --> 0:20:48.320 on your life. The guards tied up the teenagers, bound 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:50.960 their hands and feet, and threw them into the furnace. 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:53.960 They fell to the ground. It was so hot that 0:20:54.080 --> 0:20:58.240 the guards were instantly killed. King Nebuknezzar was watching from 0:20:58.280 --> 0:21:01.240 a distance. He noticed the three Hebrew. 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:03.560 Teenagers stood up. He couldn't believe it. 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:06.800 He said to his staff, didn't we throw three men 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:10.679 in bound? I see four men loosed, and one looks like. 0:21:10.760 --> 0:21:11.720 The son of God. 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:17.160 He ran over to the furnace window and shouted, shed 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:20.920 rak mishak a bendigo, servants of the Most Tai God. 0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:24.440 A few minutes earlier, he didn't believe in the Most 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:29.040 Tai God. Sometimes your problems is so God can change 0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:32.520 other people's minds. God can see the big picture, and 0:21:32.840 --> 0:21:36.760 he'll use you to demonstrate his power, his favor, his 0:21:36.960 --> 0:21:40.720 blessing so others will believe. They walked out of the 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:45.239 fire and everyone gathered around. Verse twenty one says they 0:21:45.400 --> 0:21:49.000 noticed not a hair on their head was singed, none 0:21:49.040 --> 0:21:50.520 of their clothing was burned. 0:21:50.840 --> 0:21:52.639 They didn't even smell like smoke. 0:21:53.600 --> 0:21:56.760 God knows how to bring you out of difficulties to 0:21:56.880 --> 0:22:00.040 where you don't look like what you've been through. I 0:22:00.080 --> 0:22:03.720 would ever know you've been through the trouble, through the sickness, 0:22:03.800 --> 0:22:10.400 through the breakup, through the pandemic. You're so blessed, happy, healthy, fulfilled, generous. 0:22:10.800 --> 0:22:13.760 Nobody can tell you were ever in the fire. You 0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:17.560 don't even have the smell of smoke. Nibukanezer said in 0:22:17.720 --> 0:22:21.600 verse twenty eight, Praise be to the God of Shadraq, 0:22:21.840 --> 0:22:25.680 Nieshak and a Bindigo. Now he's worshiping the god he 0:22:25.760 --> 0:22:29.119 didn't believe in a few hours before. This could be 0:22:29.240 --> 0:22:32.720 the end of the story. God protected these teenagers. God 0:22:32.880 --> 0:22:34.000 changed the mind of the king. 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:35.520 That's all a great miracle. 0:22:36.320 --> 0:22:41.560 But verse thirty says, then the king promoted Shadraq, Meejaq 0:22:41.680 --> 0:22:45.639 and Abddi go to much higher positions in Babylon. 0:22:46.720 --> 0:22:49.160 Hidden in that problem was promotion. 0:22:50.119 --> 0:22:52.879 They couldn't see it at the time. God, this king's 0:22:52.920 --> 0:22:55.840 coming against us. God, these people at work are not 0:22:56.000 --> 0:22:59.320 fair dealing with this sickness. I had a set back 0:22:59.400 --> 0:23:02.960 in my fine answers. We would be grateful if God 0:23:03.080 --> 0:23:05.480 just brought us out. But what I want us to 0:23:05.560 --> 0:23:09.840 see is there is promotion attached to the problem. God 0:23:09.960 --> 0:23:12.280 is not going to just bring you out, but that 0:23:12.520 --> 0:23:14.400 difficulty is setting you up. 0:23:14.520 --> 0:23:18.200 For new levels. Even with this pandemic. In a sense, 0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:19.400 we're all in a problem. 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:25.000 There's uncertainty, work is disrupted, people fighting illnesses, things have 0:23:25.160 --> 0:23:25.760 slowed down. 0:23:26.440 --> 0:23:28.800 God is not going to just bring you out, but 0:23:28.960 --> 0:23:31.200 there is promotion in the pandemic. 0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:35.399 God wouldn't let the whole world be impacted just to 0:23:35.480 --> 0:23:38.639 get us back where we were. Greater things are coming. 0:23:39.359 --> 0:23:42.479 New doors are going to open. Family members that are 0:23:42.560 --> 0:23:46.160 off course are going to turn around. Areas you've struggled 0:23:46.200 --> 0:23:49.920 in year after year. There's going to be supernatural breakthrough 0:23:50.560 --> 0:23:54.760 chains are being loosed like these teenagers. The big problem 0:23:54.920 --> 0:23:59.400 means God has big favor come in, big blessings, big influence. 0:24:00.080 --> 0:24:01.280 I keep doing the right thing. 0:24:02.000 --> 0:24:06.200 Don't bow down to compromise, don't give into doubt, fear 0:24:06.760 --> 0:24:09.240 it's never going to happen. No, God's going to do 0:24:09.480 --> 0:24:13.159 something that not only amazes you, but other people are 0:24:13.200 --> 0:24:15.600 going to see the goodness of God on your life. 0:24:16.200 --> 0:24:19.639 Like Nevakanizzar. They're going to acknowledge that you serve the 0:24:19.760 --> 0:24:23.320 most high God. How did it happen through a problem? 0:24:24.040 --> 0:24:27.320 Don't complain about the problem. The problem has a purpose, 0:24:27.800 --> 0:24:32.280 and the problem has promotion. Psalm sixty six says we 0:24:32.440 --> 0:24:35.320 went through the fire and through the flood. 0:24:35.480 --> 0:24:38.480 But you brought us to a place of great abundance. 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:41.639 See, you have to go through the fire, through the 0:24:41.760 --> 0:24:45.320 flood to get to the abundance on the other side 0:24:45.359 --> 0:24:45.920 of the fire. 0:24:46.280 --> 0:24:47.120 You'll see promotion. 0:24:48.040 --> 0:24:50.760 On the other side of that closed door. You'll see 0:24:50.800 --> 0:24:54.840 your compact center. On the other side of that sickness, you'll. 0:24:54.640 --> 0:24:58.560 See greater favor, greater anointing, greater ministry. Like my mom, 0:24:59.320 --> 0:25:02.760 don't get stuck the fire. Why did this happen? I 0:25:02.840 --> 0:25:05.479 don't understand it, Joel. I was doing the right thing. 0:25:05.840 --> 0:25:08.680 No, the right attitude is I may be in this fire, 0:25:09.040 --> 0:25:12.720 but I know it's only temporary. It looks like a setback, 0:25:13.119 --> 0:25:16.679 but I know it's a setup. Abundance is coming, healing 0:25:16.840 --> 0:25:18.639 is coming, Favor is coming. 0:25:19.760 --> 0:25:21.560 This is what happened with the Israelites. 0:25:22.040 --> 0:25:24.080 They were at a dead end at the Red Sea, 0:25:24.160 --> 0:25:26.720 and Pharaoh and his army was chasing them. 0:25:27.040 --> 0:25:27.920 They had nowhere to go. 0:25:28.720 --> 0:25:32.199 They were praying, God, deliver us, do something, don't let 0:25:32.280 --> 0:25:36.800 us be recaptured. The scripture says, a strong east wind 0:25:37.160 --> 0:25:40.200 begin to blow. That was a nice way of saying 0:25:40.400 --> 0:25:41.560 a storm was coming. 0:25:42.320 --> 0:25:45.520 They were already in a problem, about to be recaptured. 0:25:45.720 --> 0:25:48.360 What did God do? Send them another problem? 0:25:49.200 --> 0:25:54.359 Dark clouds started rolling in, thunder started roaring, debris was 0:25:54.640 --> 0:25:55.640 hurling through the air. 0:25:56.359 --> 0:25:59.760 I'm sure they thought, Man, just our luck We're already 0:25:59.800 --> 0:26:03.879 in this problem. Now bad weather. Now this storm is 0:26:03.920 --> 0:26:04.639 going to kill us. 0:26:05.560 --> 0:26:09.399 What they didn't realize is that east wind, that storm 0:26:09.480 --> 0:26:12.680 they thought would stop them, was sent by God to 0:26:12.800 --> 0:26:16.040 blow back the rib sea, to force those waters to 0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:18.960 open up so they could go through on dry ground. 0:26:19.800 --> 0:26:22.040 The storm was a part of the miracle. 0:26:22.800 --> 0:26:25.960 The storm was what not only going to bring them out, 0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:28.919 but the storm was going to defeat their enemies. 0:26:29.920 --> 0:26:33.280 God has a purpose for their problem. They couldn't see 0:26:33.320 --> 0:26:37.040 it at the time. Maybe the east wind is blowing 0:26:37.119 --> 0:26:37.760 in your life. 0:26:38.400 --> 0:26:41.560 You're asking God to help you. Seems like the problem 0:26:41.680 --> 0:26:44.520 is getting worse. You don't see how it can work out. 0:26:45.000 --> 0:26:48.840 You attempted to live, discouraged, overwhelmed. You don't know what 0:26:49.000 --> 0:26:49.760 God is up to. 0:26:50.680 --> 0:26:54.040 His ways are not our ways. What you think is 0:26:54.080 --> 0:26:54.879 another storm. 0:26:55.400 --> 0:26:59.080 Another problem can be what God uses to make a way, 0:26:59.680 --> 0:27:02.639 to open a path, to do something that you've never seen. 0:27:03.680 --> 0:27:04.840 We don't like the storms. 0:27:05.280 --> 0:27:09.240 The thunder is loud, things are blowing around. But God 0:27:09.359 --> 0:27:12.600 is in control of the winds. He's in control of 0:27:12.680 --> 0:27:17.320 your circumstances. God sent these strong east winds not to 0:27:17.440 --> 0:27:18.119 harm them. 0:27:18.440 --> 0:27:19.840 But to blow back the waters. 0:27:20.680 --> 0:27:23.520 What looks like it's going to defeat you. God is 0:27:23.600 --> 0:27:27.040 going to use to move you forward like these people. 0:27:27.280 --> 0:27:29.720 You're going to look back and say, Wow, that east 0:27:29.800 --> 0:27:32.879 wind wasn't what I thought. That storm looked like it 0:27:32.960 --> 0:27:35.119 is going to stop me, but God used it to 0:27:35.240 --> 0:27:35.720 promote me. 0:27:36.800 --> 0:27:39.639 God is going to do something that you're not expecting. 0:27:40.359 --> 0:27:41.440 You didn't see it coming. 0:27:41.880 --> 0:27:46.000 Suddenly your health turns around, Suddenly that door opens, Suddenly 0:27:46.040 --> 0:27:46.520 the right. 0:27:46.440 --> 0:27:47.359 Person shows up. 0:27:47.800 --> 0:27:50.760 You've been through the fire, through the flood. Now get 0:27:50.840 --> 0:27:51.920 ready for abundance. 0:27:52.560 --> 0:27:55.440 Enemies that have been chasing you are being defeated. 0:27:56.240 --> 0:28:01.920 Depression, addictions, trouble at work, health issues. That storm is 0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:04.640 coming to an end. You're going to see the hand 0:28:04.680 --> 0:28:09.879 of God doing unusual, uncommon things because you trust him 0:28:10.040 --> 0:28:13.720 in the trouble. I believe and declare He's about to 0:28:13.840 --> 0:28:17.040 rescue you. You're going to have favor in the fire, 0:28:17.680 --> 0:28:21.040 promotion in the pandemic, strength in the storm. 0:28:21.440 --> 0:28:24.120 When you see what God does, you will give him 0:28:24.440 --> 0:28:28.240 great glory in Jesus' name. 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