Recognizing The Goodness Of God

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If you 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.360 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.039 share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:25.280 for God's very best in your life. God bless you. 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.880 It's a joy to come into your homes. We love you. No, 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:31.520 God has great things in store for you. If you're 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:33.880 ever in our area, please stop by and be a 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.399 part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:38.720 make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:41.280 for tuning in. Thank you again for coming out today. 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:43.800 And I like to start with something funny. And I 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.240 heard about this man named Bubba. He lived way out 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:49.560 in the country and he had this stray dog that 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.360 kept showing up at his house. And his wife said, Bubba, 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:54.200 you need to put the dog in the truck and 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:55.800 take him down the road and let him out in 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.440 the woods. That's where he lives. And so Bubba loaded 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:00.600 him up took him a mile down the road. When 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.000 Bubba got back home, the dog was running up the 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.880 driveway practically beat him back. He put him back in. 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:07.440 The truck and drove him further away. 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.720 Came back home thirty minutes later, the dog was coming 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.639 up the driveway. His wife said, Bubba, you got to 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.120 put him in the truck and drive him way out 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.320 and take him around in circles and get. 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:19.160 Him all mixed up. 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:21.600 So Bubba put him in the truck, drove an hour 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:25.280 away and criss crossed those country roads that he'd never 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:28.760 driven on before. Two hours later, he called his wife 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:30.920 from the truck on the cellphone. Said, Hey, has the 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.440 dog made it back yet? She said, yeap, the dog 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:36.440 is walking down the driveway. He said, do you mind 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:40.480 put him on the line. I need directions. Hold up 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.640 your bibles. Say it like you mean it. This is 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:45.800 my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:46.160 I am. 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:48.920 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:51.520 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:54.440 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.520 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:00.760 I will never be the same. In g Jesus' name, 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:04.240 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:09.120 about the goodness of God. Just like the sun radiates heat, 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:13.560 God radiates goodness. It's not just what he does, it's 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:17.560 who he is. God's very nature is good, and it's 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:21.760 important that we recognize God's goodness. When my father went 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:24.120 to be with the Lord. The critics told us that 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:27.120 Lakewood would never make it, but we didn't go under. 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.520 We went over. Today we are stronger than ever. That's 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:34.520 the goodness of God. The medical report said my mother 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:37.280 had a few weeks to live. That was over thirty 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:41.200 years ago. Today my mom is alive and healthy. The 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:45.360 goodness of God. I walked into a jewelry store and 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:46.280 met Victoria. 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:47.680 The goodness of God. 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.840 Our children are healthy, the goodness of God. I don't 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:58.080 look like my brother Paul. The goodness of God. That's 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:04.240 his mercy too. The scripture says every good gift comes 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:08.160 from our Father in Heaven, large or small. You're in 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.920 a crowded parking lot, a car backs out, you get 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:14.240 a front row space. The goodness of God. You're going 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:17.359 through a difficult time. A friend stops by out of 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:18.600 the blue cheers you up. 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:19.839 The goodness of God. 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:22.720 I was in the maul the other day buying some 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:25.480 tennis shoes. A lady came up that I'd never met. 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:27.760 She said, do you have a coupon? I said no, 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:30.480 I don't. She said, here, take this, I have an 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:33.800 extra one. It's forty percent off. That wasn't just a 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:37.800 lucky break. That's the goodness of our God. The scripture 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:41.760 talks about how God was in their minst but they 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:46.000 knew him not too many times. God's working in our lives, 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:50.159 showing us favor, protecting us, sending us healing. But we 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:54.720 don't recognize God's goodness. Don't take things for granted. It 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:57.960 wasn't a coincidence that you met your spouse and fell 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:01.839 in love. God was directing your stafe. Wasn't a lucky 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:04.520 break that you got that job. It was God's hind 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:08.159 of favor. The fact that your children are strong and 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.960 healthy is not just good fortune. 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:12.880 That's God being good to you. 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.240 All through the day. We should be saying, thank you 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.440 Lord for your goodness, Thank you for my health, thank 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:20.960 you for my spouse, Thank you. 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:22.919 For the opportunity that you've given me. 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:26.039 Some of you, If it had not been for the 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:29.440 goodness of God, you wouldn't be alive today. If it 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:32.480 had not been for God's goodness, you'd still be addicted. 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:35.720 But look at you now. You're free, you're clean, you're 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:39.560 helping others. It had not been for God's goodness, you 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:42.480 could have had a nervous breakdown with all you've been through. 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:46.440 But look at you now. You're peaceful, you're beautiful, you're. 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:49.719 Strong, you're confident, you're happy, you're victorious. I don't know 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:52.520 about you, but I'm gonna thank God for his goodness. 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:57.080 I'm gonna recognize his hand of favor. I'm going to 0:05:57.160 --> 0:06:02.720 see the extraordinary in what seems ordinary. The fact that 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:06.000 I can walk is the goodness of God. The fact 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:09.440 that I can see, I can think clearly. I have health, 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:13.839 I have opportunity. I have family. That's not just fate. 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:18.640 That's the creator of the universe breathing in our direction. Now, 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.479 let's don't be like the people back then and have 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.800 God's goodness all around us. Yet we don't realize it. 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:25.960 We take it for granted. 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:28.919 No any good thing that happens, Thank you. 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:32.520 Lord for your goodness. There's this man that I really 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.640 wanted to meet. He works in the television industry and 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:38.760 he's very influential on me. I've had this desire for 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.360 a long time, and I believe that God would bring 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.400 our past together. The year after year of gone by 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:47.719 and didn't look like anything was happening, no kind of connection. 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:51.200 A couple of months ago, I called a lady that 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:53.440 I know out of state, and we were talking about 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.360 a project. She said, Joel, I'd love to help you. 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.640 Do you mind if I take this to my business partner. 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.320 It just so happened. Her business partner was this man 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.440 I'd been hoping to meet recently. I spent the whole 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.600 day with him in his home. That's not a lucky break. 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:11.360 That's the goodness of God. 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:12.760 Right now. 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:16.120 God is going before you, lining up the right people, 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:21.080 the right breaks. He's arranging things in your favor. You 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:24.680 need to be on the lookout for God's goodness. Our 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:27.800 attitude should be I can't wait to see what God's 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:31.559 going to do today. Anything good that happens, be quick 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:35.000 to give God the credit. May not be something big, 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:38.160 just something small. You all of a sudden have a 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.960 good idea. Lord, Thank you for that idea. I know 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:43.920 it came from you. You get finished with the project 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.000 at work sooner than you expected. Lord, Thank you for 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:47.800 your goodness. 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:48.600 See. 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:52.600 God is constantly working showing us his goodness, but too 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:56.400 many times we don't recognize it. We're waiting for the 0:07:56.400 --> 0:08:00.360 big spectacular things. We're waiting for the red seas to part. 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:03.520 And yes, that happens from time to time. But if 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:07.040 you'll have the right perspective, you'll see the goodness of 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:11.600 God even in simple things. The other day, Victoria put 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.920 on some eggs to boil. She wanted hard boiled eggs. 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.280 She had to leave, and she asked me to turn 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:19.600 them off, and I said I would, But I got 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.520 busy doing a whole bunch of other things and talking 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:26.360 on the phone. Two hours later, out of the blue, 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.960 I'm on a conversation, the thought comes to. 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:30.520 My mind, turn off the eggs. 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.240 I ran into the kitchen as fast as I could, 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:36.320 and the whole place was in smoke and no more 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.599 water in the pan. She wanted hard boiled eggs. I 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:43.000 can promise you these eggs were hard boiled. You could 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.960 have used them for baseballs. But no telling what would 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:47.640 have happened. 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:50.200 If I'd have waited a couple of more hours. The 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:51.600 whole place could have burned down. 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:54.720 Why you say, Joel, that's just your mind bringing that 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:57.439 thought back to your memory. No big deal, nothing special 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.199 about that. That may be the way you choose to 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:03.280 see it, But I choose to see it as the goodness. 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:03.520 Of my God. 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:08.560 I know the creator of the universe is directing our 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:12.600 steps he said, his plans for us are for good 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:16.000 and not evil. Whenever something good happens, I'm gonna give 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:19.600 God thanks. When I see favor, Thank you Lord. When 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:22.120 I'm reminded of something I need to do, Thank you Lord. 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:25.040 When somebody lets me in on the freeway, Thank you Lord. 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.120 When the temperature comes below one hundred, Thank you Lord. 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:34.520 When I'm protected, Thank you Lord. When I see the breakthrough. 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.360 Thank you Lord. Get in the habit of thanking God 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:38.280 for his goodness. 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:43.920 Moses said, God, show me your glory. God said, in effect, okay, Moses, 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.720 I'll show it to you, but you can't see my face. 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:49.760 The way you'll know that I've been there is you 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:54.920 will see my goodness. Whenever something good happens, large or small, 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:59.199 God is saying, that's a sign of my presence. If 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:03.160 you're seeing good, you're seeing God. I'm convinced we see 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:06.320 God all day long, but many times we don't recognize him. 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:10.440 A few weeks ago, I was outside my house standing 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.760 under a big oak tree talking with some people. You 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.320 know how here in Houston there's been a drought, hardly 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.520 any rain, and the trees are very stressed. After we 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:23.439 got through talking, we walked away. About ten seconds later, 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:27.480 this big branch fell right where we were standing. If 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:30.160 we'd have still been there, we'd all be in the hospital. 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.839 What caused us to walk away at just the right time. 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:36.920 That wasn't a lucky break. That was the goodness of 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:41.400 God directing our steps. Now, you say, Joel, I had 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.440 an accident this week, I totaled my car must not 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:47.080 work for me. No, if it had not been for 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:50.079 God's goodness, you could have lost more than your car. 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.120 You could have lost your life. You could be in 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:55.760 the hospital. Have the right perspective. Thank God for his 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:56.800 hand of protection. 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:01.080 Years ago, Victoria and I were on a large boat 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:04.080 with my parents and some friends of theirs, and these 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:07.040 friends were driving the boat and our son, Jonathan was 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:09.560 just a little baby, less than a year old, and 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:12.800 we had him in a carrier, sitting on the side 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:15.520 bench by the outside rail of the boat, and we 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:19.800 were just enjoying the beautiful boat ride the ocean, talking, laughing, visiting. 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:24.320 Victoria was minding her own business when something said to 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:28.040 her so strongly, you need to move Jonathan from the 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:30.840 side to the center of the boat and hold on 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.319 to him. She didn't say a word She just went 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.120 over and picked him up and took him to the 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:38.439 center of the boat. About a minute later, the boat 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:42.760 hit a huge wave just right, and everything and everyone 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.520 went flying. If he would have still been by the 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:49.320 outside rail, he certainly would have been thrown overboard. All 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:51.800 we could say was thank you, Lord for your goodness. 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:57.160 We recognize God's hand of protection. When something good happens, 0:11:57.200 --> 0:12:00.760 you're seeing God, make sure you thank him for make 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.440 sure you give him the credit. Some of you don't 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.160 think that God's doing anything in your life, but I'm 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:10.400 convinced God is constantly showing us his goodness. My question 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:15.080 is are you recognizing it? Look around this week, be 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:19.800 more aware. The scripture said, oh, taste and see that 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:23.600 the Lord is good. If you're going to taste God's goodness, 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:27.520 you have to realize that every good break, every time 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:31.640 you were protected, every door that opened, every advantage that 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:34.640 you've had, that's God working in your life. 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:37.560 Don't take it for granted. It's like this man. I 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:38.120 heard about it. 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:41.560 He was driving around a crowded parking lot trying to 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:42.200 get a space. 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:44.640 Going around and around. 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.600 He got so frustrated he finally said, God, if you'll 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:49.040 give me a parking spot. 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:53.320 I'll go to church every Sunday. Right then immediately a 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:54.920 car backed out. He pulled in. 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:58.240 He said, never mind, God, I just found one. 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:00.800 That's the way we are. 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:04.359 A lot of times we forget that every good. 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:05.560 Thing comes from God. 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:09.600 God is the one that caused the quote lucky break. 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:12.679 God caused you to be there at the right place, 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:16.560 at the right time. How many times have we all said, wow, 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.280 that car almost hit me. Now the split second and 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:22.840 I'd have had an accident. That's not a coincidence. That's 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.520 the goodness of God. Make sure you thank him for it. 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:29.480 I have these friends that have two sons. When their 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.600 oldest son was a little baby, they would put him 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.120 in the bed with them at night, right in between 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:37.760 them and let him sleep there. They'd done this for 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.680 many months. One night, they were all sleeping in the bed, 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.960 just like normal, and this young man, my friend, he 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:48.600 was suddenly awakened by a bright, bright light. He thought 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:52.720 it must be lightning outside. He'd never seen anything that bright. 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:55.560 He laid in the bed just looking up and he 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:59.600 saw these sparkles on the ceiling, kind of like stars 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.200 that were twinkling, and he was kind of dazed. Like 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:04.800 he was dreaming. For some reason. He reached over to 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:09.160 check on his little baby, and the baby wasn't there. Somehow, 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:12.000 the baby had worked his way down to the end 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:15.240 of the bed by their feet and fallen off, and 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:18.640 he was caught in the covers, face down. Jumped up 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:22.400 and got the baby. He was totally blue, barely breathing. 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:25.440 They gave him CPR and the paramedics rushed in, and 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.560 long story short, the baby was fine today he's a teenager, 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:31.600 healthy and hull. But here's my point. Had my friend 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:35.840 not been awakened by that bright light, their child wouldn't 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:39.680 have made it. What's interesting is there wasn't any lightning outside. 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.720 There wasn't any storm. Friends, That's the kind of God 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:43.240 we serve. 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:47.880 He's a good God. He's a carrying God. He's watching 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:49.560 after you and your family. 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.680 Every one of you can look back and see the 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:58.200 times God protected Jim, spared you from an accident, gave 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:00.720 you a promotion, caused you to be at the right 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:04.240 place at the right time. Don't ever get tired of 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.080 thanking God for his goodness. 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:08.880 Remember your victories, Tell. 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:13.120 Your children, tell your neighbors, tell your friends. Keep bragging 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:14.360 on the goodness of God. 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:17.200 I've learned. The more you brag on God's. 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:19.480 Goodness, the more of God's goodness you're going to see 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:22.480 when you go around saying, let me tell you what 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:25.240 God did for me. Let me tell you how God 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:27.880 heal my mother a cancer. Let me tell you how 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.480 God protected our son on that boat. Let me tell 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:34.440 you how God gave us this beautiful facility. The Psalmist said, 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:37.920 I recall the many miracles God has done for me. 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:42.200 I cannot stop thinking about them. They are constantly in 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.400 my thoughts too many times. 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:44.800 Today. 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:49.960 Instead of remembering our victories, we're remembering our defeats, our failures, 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.280 our disappointments. You got to switch over and do like 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:57.120 the Psalmist and start remembering the times God protected you, 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:00.920 the times God showed you favor. Time God made a 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:03.600 way when it looked like there was no way. That's 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.520 going to cause faith to rise in your hearts. You'll 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:08.720 know if God did it for you back then, he 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.680 can certainly do it for you right now. When the 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:15.000 people of Israel were headed toward the Promised Land, the 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:18.920 scripture talks about how God sent them dow in the 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:22.200 desert and in the morning when the sunlight hit the dew. 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:25.400 It formed manna, something like bread. 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.560 Now you wouldn't think there would be dew in the desert, 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.840 tought dry, hardly any growth. 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:34.360 But that's the goodness of God. 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:38.200 He sent do in the desert, and that dow brought 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:42.200 them their provision. Sometimes in life you may feel like 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:45.400 you're in the desert. In other words, business is slow, 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:47.320 medical report isn't good. 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:50.400 You feel lonely, But be encouraged today. 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.880 The God we serve knows how to bring dew in 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:56.360 the desert. He knows how to take care of you, 0:16:56.720 --> 0:17:00.240 even when it doesn't look good. When the Israelites got 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:04.679 up each morning and went outside, their provision, their food 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:06.400 was at the doorsteps. 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.080 They didn't have to go way way out to get it. 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:10.600 The provision came to them. 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:13.960 They didn't ask for it, they didn't have to struggle 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:15.919 to get it. They didn't have to buy it. It 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:19.920 was simply the goodness of God. Just like with them, 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:23.600 God has due in the desert for every one of 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:24.400 his children. 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:26.000 If you will be. 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:29.760 Faithful where you are and honor God with your life, 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:30.800 there will be. 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:33.640 Blessings that you don't have to go after. They will 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:35.040 come after you. 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:37.600 You didn't ask for it, you didn't struggle for it. 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:40.159 You didn't deserve it, you didn't earn it. It's simply 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:43.400 the goodness of God. I look up and think, how 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:45.320 in the world did I get to where I am. 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:49.600 I'm not the most talented, not the most qualified. I've 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.320 done my best to be faithful, to make the most 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:54.680 with what God has given me. But I can tell 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:58.480 you God has sent me due in the desert. The 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.960 fact is, you can only go so high in your 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:05.720 own strength. You can reach a certain level with your education, 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:07.560 your talent, your ability. 0:18:08.000 --> 0:18:09.440 But it's the goodness of. 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:12.399 God that will open doors you could not open on 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:15.440 your own. The goodness of God will cause the right 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:16.399 people to notice you. 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:18.440 The goodness of God. 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.480 Will take your places you never dreamed of. I know 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:24.359 every one of you could say, like me, that God's 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:28.639 given you favor, promotion, increase. He's made things happen for 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:31.719 you that you could not make happen by yourself. It 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:35.440 wasn't just your talent, your ability, your hard work, although 0:18:35.640 --> 0:18:39.399 that's important, but this was simply the goodness of God. 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:43.280 It was God's favor giving you what you didn't have 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:46.640 to struggle for. That's what it says in Psalm forty four, 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:50.640 verse three, and the message translation talking about the Israelites, 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:53.960 we didn't have to work for the land. It was 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:58.360 your gift. You gave it to us smiling. Notice how 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:00.679 good God is. He doesn't just give it to you. 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:04.119 He does it with a smile. He takes pleasure in 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:07.399 seeing you succeed. That's what happened to a young lady 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:10.240 in the scripture named Ruth. She was out in the 0:19:10.280 --> 0:19:15.080 fields working, gathering up left over wheat, minding her own business. 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:19.359 God calls the owner of that field, a man named Boaz, 0:19:19.760 --> 0:19:23.640 to notice Ruth. You don't know who God is going 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:27.240 to cause to notice you. God can cause people to 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:30.399 be good to you. He can cause that manager to 0:19:30.440 --> 0:19:33.879 give you a promotion. He can cause a friend to 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:38.520 show you favor. God controls the whole universe. He caused 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:42.439 Boas to notice Ruth, and Boas told his workers to 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:45.960 leave wheat on the ground on purpose for Ruth. In 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:49.240 other words, leave her provision so she doesn't have to 0:19:49.280 --> 0:19:50.120 struggle for it. 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:53.840 Ruth came in to do in the desert. The provision 0:19:53.960 --> 0:19:56.800 came to her. She didn't ask for it. She didn't 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:59.199 have to work for it. She didn't earn it, she 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:02.280 didn't even know who as was. It was simply the 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:03.320 goodness of God. 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:07.640 You may think that you've reached your limits, you've gone 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:10.520 as far as you can go in your own natural ability. 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:13.600 And that may be true, but you don't know what 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:16.600 God is up to. You don't know who God is 0:20:16.640 --> 0:20:20.399 speaking to right now about you. You don't know who's 0:20:20.440 --> 0:20:23.560 about to show you favor. You don't know the amazing 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:26.480 breaks that God has come in your way. I don't 0:20:26.480 --> 0:20:28.080 want to sit back and think, oh, I've seen my 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:28.800 best days. 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:31.560 No, God has do in your desert. 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:36.400 He has promotion, increased opportunity that you didn't ask for. 0:20:36.760 --> 0:20:39.120 You didn't have to go after. You couldn't have made 0:20:39.160 --> 0:20:42.160 it happen in your own strength. It's simply the goodness 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:45.879 of God. I was reading about this salesman. He was 0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:48.760 going door to door selling vacuum cleaners. That's what he 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:51.360 did for a living. He knocked on this one door 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:54.400 and a young man answered. He went into his two 0:20:54.440 --> 0:20:57.840 minute seals pitch. The young man said, I don't need 0:20:57.880 --> 0:21:01.359 a vacuum cleaner. I need a kid. I'm waiting for 0:21:01.400 --> 0:21:04.920 a transplant. There were over five hundred people in line 0:21:05.000 --> 0:21:07.919 in front of him. The salesman said, I'm sorry to 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:11.560 have bothered you, and he walked away. As he was leaving, 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:15.400 something said to him very strongly, you need to donate 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:18.720 one of your kidneys to this young man. I sent 0:21:18.800 --> 0:21:22.040 you here for a reason, not to sell a vacuum cleaner, 0:21:22.320 --> 0:21:25.359 but to give him his health back. All of a 0:21:25.359 --> 0:21:28.880 suddenly he had a strong desire to donate that kidney 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:32.479 on the front lawn of that young man's house. He 0:21:32.600 --> 0:21:36.359 called his wife, the salesman dead. She said fine. He 0:21:36.440 --> 0:21:39.560 called his father, he said fine. This salesman went back 0:21:39.600 --> 0:21:41.960 to the door, knocked on it, told the young man, 0:21:42.040 --> 0:21:44.120 I want to give you one of my kidneys. Let's 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:47.040 go to the doctor he came in to do in 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:47.640 the desert. 0:21:47.840 --> 0:21:51.320 He didn't have to go after it. It came to him. Friends, 0:21:51.359 --> 0:21:54.439 God knows what you need and he knows how to 0:21:54.440 --> 0:21:56.120 get it to you. 0:21:56.160 --> 0:21:59.399 Just so happened that salesman was the perfect match. He 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:03.919 donated kidneing today, both men are healthy and strong. You 0:22:04.000 --> 0:22:08.160 don't know. Somebody may come knocking on your door disguised 0:22:08.240 --> 0:22:11.159 as a salesman, but they're gonna end up being the 0:22:11.240 --> 0:22:14.480 answer to your prayer. They're gonna show you favor. God's 0:22:14.520 --> 0:22:17.280 going to cause them to be good to you. Now 0:22:17.280 --> 0:22:19.840 you need to get your hopes up. You may think 0:22:19.880 --> 0:22:22.520 you've reached your limits, gone as far as you can 0:22:22.520 --> 0:22:25.439 go in your own natural ability. That's okay. God is 0:22:25.480 --> 0:22:28.640 saying I've got something bigger come in your way. I've 0:22:28.680 --> 0:22:31.720 got do in the desert. Blessings that you don't have 0:22:31.800 --> 0:22:35.040 to go after. They're gonna come after you. God is saying, 0:22:35.280 --> 0:22:38.919 I'm gonna cause people to notice you. I'm gonna cause 0:22:39.040 --> 0:22:42.200 people to be good to you. I'm gonna cause opportunity 0:22:42.480 --> 0:22:43.800 to come knocking on your door. 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:46.080 Get your hopes up, believe for it. 0:22:46.640 --> 0:22:50.080 David said, what would have happened to me if I 0:22:50.160 --> 0:22:53.679 had not believed that I would see the goodness of 0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:57.199 God in the land of the living. I know this couple. 0:22:57.440 --> 0:23:00.720 They brought a small home in this neighborhood. They were 0:23:00.840 --> 0:23:04.240 very happy God had blessed them. They were doing their 0:23:04.240 --> 0:23:07.960 best to honor God and enjoying life. The husband is 0:23:08.000 --> 0:23:10.520 a coach and the wife is an accountant. They have 0:23:10.560 --> 0:23:15.119 two beautiful children. In their careers. They had reached their limits, 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:17.520 didn't look like they could rise any higher. 0:23:18.080 --> 0:23:21.160 But one day a developer knocked on their door. 0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:24.760 This man, he told how he wanted to buy their 0:23:24.840 --> 0:23:28.320 house and twelve others around them and put in this 0:23:28.359 --> 0:23:29.440 big shopping center. 0:23:29.960 --> 0:23:31.520 They weren't interested in selling. 0:23:31.920 --> 0:23:34.399 They said, no, thanks, we love our house and we 0:23:34.440 --> 0:23:37.480 love this neighborhood. We're not interested. He said, you haven't 0:23:37.480 --> 0:23:40.720 even let me make the offer. Yet he offered them 0:23:40.840 --> 0:23:43.560 over twenty times what they paid for their house. 0:23:44.200 --> 0:23:44.639 It's funny. 0:23:44.680 --> 0:23:46.639 When they heard that, they said, you know what, we 0:23:46.680 --> 0:23:51.240 never really did like our house. It's amazing how quickly 0:23:51.359 --> 0:23:53.480 they became unattached to that neighborhood. 0:23:54.359 --> 0:23:55.879 They sold their property in. 0:23:56.200 --> 0:23:59.240 God has blessed them more than they could ever imagine 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:04.199 do in the desert. God's goodness come into you now, 0:24:04.280 --> 0:24:06.399 you say, Joel, this is never going to happen to me, 0:24:07.240 --> 0:24:10.400 especially in this economy, with this stock market, with all 0:24:10.400 --> 0:24:14.320 the unemployment. No, it says in Isaiah sixty verse two, 0:24:15.000 --> 0:24:19.119 darkness will cover the earth, and dense darkness. The people 0:24:19.960 --> 0:24:23.440 kind of where we are today, a lot of doom, gloom, pessimism. 0:24:23.840 --> 0:24:27.200 But it goes on to say, the Lord will arise 0:24:27.400 --> 0:24:31.640 upon you, and his glory will be seen on you. 0:24:32.520 --> 0:24:37.560 This means when it gets dark, when people are discouraged, 0:24:37.680 --> 0:24:41.200 when the news reports are gloomy, God is saying, get ready, 0:24:41.440 --> 0:24:44.159 that's when I'm going to show you my glory. It 0:24:44.240 --> 0:24:48.199 says his goodness will be seen on you. In other words, 0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:52.840 God wants to make you an example. He wants your friends, relatives, 0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:55.639 coworkers to look at you and say, what is it 0:24:55.720 --> 0:24:59.400 with them? They're always so happy, They're so blessed, they're 0:24:59.440 --> 0:25:03.720 so peaceful, so successful. That young man that received the kidney, 0:25:03.880 --> 0:25:07.679 that was God's goodness seen on him. The couple that 0:25:07.800 --> 0:25:10.640 sold their house for a large prophet, that was the 0:25:10.680 --> 0:25:15.439 favor of God displayed in their life. Psal one twelve 0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:20.160 says when darkness overtakes the godly, the light will come 0:25:20.200 --> 0:25:24.159 bursting in. Notice not trickling in, not barely making it, 0:25:24.240 --> 0:25:26.800 not little by little, No, it says it will come 0:25:26.880 --> 0:25:31.760 bursting in. That means suddenly you'll see God's goodness. Suddenly 0:25:31.800 --> 0:25:36.280 you'll be promoted. Suddenly the answer comes and unexpected knock 0:25:36.320 --> 0:25:38.640 on the door, and there's the kidney you've been waiting for. 0:25:39.280 --> 0:25:42.280 Suddenly you can pay your house off. Friends, Our God 0:25:42.640 --> 0:25:45.520 is the god of the suddenlyes Now I know some 0:25:45.600 --> 0:25:47.960 of you have been in difficult times, but I can 0:25:48.040 --> 0:25:51.040 sense in my spirit the light is about to come 0:25:51.080 --> 0:25:51.840 bursting in. 0:25:52.200 --> 0:25:54.880 Get ready for the goodness of God in a new way. 0:25:55.760 --> 0:26:01.840 Get ready for breakthrough, Get ready for promote, get ready 0:26:01.880 --> 0:26:05.560 for restoration. You may have had that problem a long 0:26:05.720 --> 0:26:07.160 long time, but do you. 0:26:07.119 --> 0:26:08.840 Know today it could turn around. 0:26:09.840 --> 0:26:12.240 That child may have been off course for many years, 0:26:12.320 --> 0:26:16.480 but today he could come back home. Suddenly things can change. 0:26:16.800 --> 0:26:20.200 God wants his glory to be seen on you. God 0:26:20.280 --> 0:26:23.760 doesn't want us to be average, mediocre, barely making it. 0:26:24.040 --> 0:26:26.760 God wants you to stand out in the crowd. He 0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:27.480 wants you to be. 0:26:27.560 --> 0:26:32.080 So blessed that everyone around you can see His goodness 0:26:32.119 --> 0:26:35.560 on you. That's what the scripture says. Our life is 0:26:35.600 --> 0:26:38.639 to be a praise to God. In other words, God's 0:26:38.640 --> 0:26:42.520 goodness is on us so strongly. Whenever we go somewhere, 0:26:42.680 --> 0:26:44.280 we don't even have to say anything. 0:26:44.720 --> 0:26:46.000 But you're so blessed. 0:26:46.320 --> 0:26:49.840 You radiate so much joy, so much peace, so much victory, 0:26:50.000 --> 0:26:53.359 that your life, just your presence is giving God praise. 0:26:54.240 --> 0:26:57.040 Every one of you has seen God's goodness in the past. 0:26:57.240 --> 0:27:00.080 Remember if God did it for you back then, he 0:27:00.119 --> 0:27:02.320 can do it for you. Right now, He has do 0:27:02.720 --> 0:27:05.760 in your desert provision that is going to come seeking 0:27:05.800 --> 0:27:11.000 you out. Now. My encouragement is three things. Expect God's goodness. 0:27:11.400 --> 0:27:14.880 Get up every day looking for God's favor. Number two, 0:27:15.359 --> 0:27:20.200 recognize God's goodness. There are no coincidences, no lucky breaks. 0:27:20.359 --> 0:27:24.159 It's the goodness of God. And number three, always thank 0:27:24.240 --> 0:27:28.800 God for his goodness whenever something good happens, large or small. Lord, 0:27:28.880 --> 0:27:31.159 thank you for that parking spot, Lord, thank you for 0:27:31.240 --> 0:27:34.240 that idea. Lord, Thank you for sending me due in 0:27:34.320 --> 0:27:37.840 my desert. Have a grateful spirit. If you do this, 0:27:38.160 --> 0:27:41.600 I believe and declare, You're going to come into more 0:27:41.760 --> 0:27:45.000 of God's goodness. Those blessings are going to come after you. 0:27:45.359 --> 0:27:48.560 The light is going to come bursting in. God is 0:27:48.600 --> 0:27:51.880 going to open up supernatural doors. He's going to turn 0:27:51.960 --> 0:27:55.520 negative situations around. He's going to bring the right people 0:27:55.560 --> 0:27:56.520 across your path. 0:27:56.720 --> 0:27:57.639 You need to get ready. 0:27:57.760 --> 0:28:01.600 Something big is coming your way. You're gonna fulfill your 0:28:01.680 --> 0:28:05.280 God given destiny because the goodness of God is on 0:28:05.400 --> 0:28:07.440 your life. Come on, if you believe it, can you 0:28:07.480 --> 0:28:12.960 give the Lord another shout of praise Today. We never 0:28:13.119 --> 0:28:16.400 like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 0:28:16.440 --> 0:28:19.119 to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 0:28:19.160 --> 0:28:23.639 pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 0:28:23.680 --> 0:28:28.240 my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my 0:28:28.320 --> 0:28:32.280 Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 0:28:32.320 --> 0:28:35.000 we believe you got born again. Get in a good 0:28:35.040 --> 0:28:37.520 Bible based church. 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