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He was walking down the street when 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:48.000 he came upon this group of young boys that were 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:51.400 surrounding a small dog. He asked what they were doing. 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:55.240 They explained they were having a contest. Whoever could tell 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:58.600 the biggest lie would get to keep the dog. He 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:02.040 launched into a ten minute starting with don't you know 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.240 lying is a sin? And ending with when I was 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:09.120 your age, I never told a lie. There was complete silence, 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:11.320 and just when he thought he had gotten through to them, 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:14.400 the youngest boy spoke up and said, all right, give 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:18.399 him the dog. Say it like you mean it. This 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:21.000 is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:23.960 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.560 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:30.520 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:33.840 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:38.639 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:42.320 to talk to you today about right on time. We 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.560 all have things we're waiting on. Waiting for a dream 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.480 to come to pass, waiting for a health to improve, 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:52.160 waiting to meet the right person. We know God put 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:55.079 the promise in our heart, but we wonder why it's 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:58.960 taking so long. But the scripture talks about how there 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:03.520 is an appointed for the promise to be fulfilled. If 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:07.280 there's a right time, that means any other time is 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:11.240 the wrong time. If you don't understand that God will 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:15.880 always be right on time, then the delays, the detours, 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:19.839 the waiting periods will cause you to be frustrated. It's 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:23.240 not enough to just trust God. You have to trust 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:28.480 his timing. He knows when you're ready. He knows when 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.720 it's the right person, when to open the door, when 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:35.400 to turn it around. If it's not happening. Yet you 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.400 have to be mature enough to accept that it's not 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:42.200 the right time. Instead of living upset, why don't you 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.800 do like David and say, God, my times are in 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:49.200 your hands. You know when to bless me, when to 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:53.440 promote me, when to deliver me. God, I trust your timing. 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:59.520 Hebrews says, through faith and patience we inherit the promises. 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.880 It's easy to have faith, it's easy to believe for 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:07.880 your dreams. But faith without patience can get you into trouble. 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:12.400 Just ask Moses. As a young man. He knew he 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:15.960 was supposed to deliver the Israelites. He had the promise, 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:19.120 but he didn't have the patience. He got in a 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:23.360 hurry and killed a man that was mistreating a Hebrew slave. 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:27.839 His heart was right, but his timing was off. He 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:31.080 had to flee for his life. He spent forty years 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:35.160 in the desert, all because he got out of God's timing. 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:39.560 Psalm one O six says they did not wait for 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:44.400 God's plan to unfold. What you're believing for may be 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:48.520 taken longer than you thought. You're not making progress, not 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:52.000 seeing a dream come to pass. But God knows what 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:56.600 he's doing. Don't try to force things to happen. You 0:04:56.640 --> 0:05:01.159 don't have to promote yourself, manipulate people, convince them to 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:05.040 like you. Yes, we should be determined, but you don't 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:08.640 have to beat down a door. At the right time, 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:12.520 things will fall into place. At the right time, the 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:16.359 right people will show up. Now do your part and 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:20.919 wait for the promise to unfold. You're not falling behind, 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:25.640 you're not being left out. You're right on schedule. God 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:29.240 is working behind the scenes. You may not be able 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.920 to see it, but he's lining up the right people. 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:36.200 He's arranging the right breaks, he's ordering your steps. Be 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:41.240 patient and you'll see his plan unfold Matthew eleven. In 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:46.680 the message translation, it talks about the unforced rhythms of grace. 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:52.040 Unforced means you don't have to struggle, fight against everything 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:56.360 make it happen. You can relax and live at rest 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:01.279 knowing that God is unfolding. His plan may not be 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:05.520 happening on your timetable, but God knows when the right 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:09.599 time is. If you don't understand this, you'll wonder why 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:13.160 isn't it happening faster? Why am I not making more progress? 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:17.480 What's wrong? Nothing is wrong, It's just not the right time. 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:21.880 Why don't you come into the unforced rhythms of grace. 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:27.920 Quit worrying, quit being frustrated. Your times are in his hands. 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:32.400 God that created the universe is going to unfold his 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:36.560 plan for your life. The scripture says, when you delight 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:40.040 yourself and the Lord, he will give you the desires 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.840 of your heart. Does it say you have to work 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.360 for it? You have to earn it, make it happen. 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.440 God is going to give it to you. It's going 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:52.760 to happen without the struggle, without the frustration, without all 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:56.440 the experience. It's going to be easier than you think. 0:06:57.200 --> 0:07:00.160 You'll know it was the hand of God because you 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.799 didn't have to force the door to open. You didn't 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:06.560 have to manipulate people. You came into your time, and 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:10.320 God made things happen that you couldn't make happen. Now, 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:14.640 I know you trust God, but I'm asking you to 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:19.960 trust his timing. Quit being frustrated because it's not happening 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:23.760 as fast as you would like. Every season is not 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:28.760 a growing season. Every season is not harvest. There are 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:34.440 seasons of planting, seasons of watering, fertilizing, pulling up the weeds. 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:39.480 Those are important seasons. They are times of testing where 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:43.160 we're showing God what we're made of. Are we going 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.120 to keep a good attitude when we're not seeing growth, 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:50.680 not making progress? Are we going to have faith and patience? 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:55.280 Some one tells us to meditate on God's word day 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:59.480 and night. That means we're not worried, we're not upset, 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.920 and why its taking so long? Were it peace? We 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:07.240 know God's in control. When you do this, it says 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:10.720 you will be like a tree planted by the waters 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:15.840 that brings forth fruit in its season. It doesn't say 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:19.360 it will bring forth fruit three hundred and sixty five 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:23.840 days a year. It says in its season. It implies 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:28.160 there will be waiting periods, periods of no growth, periods 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:31.640 where we don't see anything happening. We have some lemon 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:35.600 trees in our backyard at home. They don't produce lemons 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:39.280 all year long. They have a season where they're full 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:43.400 of lemons, all kinds of growth, but at certain times 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:47.640 of year when there's no growth, no blossoms. If those 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:52.280 lemon trees could talk, they wouldn't be worried, thinking what's wrong? 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:56.320 We don't have any lemons. We've lost our touch God 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:59.520 has forgotten about us. They would be as calm and 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:04.280 peace asking be why they know there's nothing wrong. They're 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:08.160 just not in season. Maybe you're not seeing any growth. 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:12.960 You feel stuck, But like those lemon trees, there's nothing wrong. 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:17.480 It's just timing. You're in a waiting period or perhaps 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:21.040 a development period. But when you come into your season, 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:24.680 you're going to bear much fruit. Now, the question is, 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:28.319 when you're not in a growing season a harvest season, 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:32.679 are you going to get discouraged and think it'll never change? 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:35.520 Are you going to lose your passion and give up 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.360 on what God promised you? If you'll keep meditating on 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.720 God's word, keep your mind filled with thoughts of faith 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:46.200 and hope, then without even trying, you're going to come 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:50.840 into your season. Those lemon trees don't have to work 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:54.280 to produce lemons. They don't have to struggle and put 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:58.600 forth all this effort. When they're in season, it happens 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:03.440 automatically who they are. When you come into your season, 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:06.400 you're not going to struggle. You're not going to make 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:10.600 things happen. You're going to naturally bear fruit. That means 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.440 God's going to cause the right people to find you 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:16.480 gifts and talents are going to come out that you 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:19.520 didn't know you had. Good breaks are going to chase 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:23.600 you down. You may have been waiting for a long time. 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:27.680 You attempted to get discouraged, But get ready. Your season 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:33.040 is coming. You're about to see new growth, unexpected favor, 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:36.760 blessings that catapult you to the next level. You couldn't 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.920 have made it happen on your own, but because you 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:43.720 were faithful in the waiting periods, because you did the 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:46.600 right thing when it was slow, God's going to bring 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:51.080 you into harvest season, into a season of abundance. But 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:53.920 the truth is, none of us like to go through 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:58.240 the waiting periods. It's easy to get frustrated and say, God, 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:00.400 if I'm going to come into my sea and in 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.760 six months or my season in two years, why don't 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:07.280 you just do it now? Save me the frustration. Bring 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:10.360 the right person. Now, give me the promotion. Now. God 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:14.200 knows what he's doing. If he promoted you before you 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:17.400 were ready, it wouldn't be a blessing, it would be 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:21.360 a burden. You wouldn't be able to handle it. He 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.520 has to get you prepared for what he has in store. 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:27.800 He loves you too, much to do it too soon, 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.240 and you may have a promise in your heart. You 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:33.800 know God's given it to you, but you don't see 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:38.880 anything happening. That's a season of waiting. God's using that 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:42.160 to do a work in you. If you will pass 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:46.000 the test, if you will have faith and patience, then 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:50.640 you're growing. Your spiritual muscles are getting stronger. Your character 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:54.080 is being developed. Want you all my friends, they're all 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:58.280 being promoted, but not me. I don't understand it. I 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:01.960 come to church every Sunday. They only come on Easter. Now, 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:07.480 don't compare your situation to somebody else's. You're not running 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.800 their race. God may be going to take you to 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:15.160 a higher level. It's going to require more character, more commitment, 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:20.080 more discipline. Keep doing the right thing. Your season is coming. 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:24.439 When our son Jonathan was ten years old, I didn't 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:27.440 give him the car. Keys say, Jonathan, go take a drive. 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.560 I want you to have everything I have stored up 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.880 for you. I didn't let him have the car, not 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:37.280 because I wanted to keep something good from him, push 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.520 him down, make his life miserable. I didn't do it 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:44.240 because I loved him. I knew him having a car 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.520 at ten wouldn't be a blessing. It would be a curse. 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:52.760 Sometimes God shows his love for us not by what 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:56.600 he gives us, but by what he with Holmes, if 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.560 God would have let you marry that first person you 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.199 really want I wanted to marry, you probably wouldn't be 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:06.280 here today, at least in your right mind. If He 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:08.920 were to let you have that baby, that promotion, that 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:12.760 new house before you were ready, it would have limited 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:17.920 your future. God knows what we can handle, so sometimes, 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:22.520 in order to protect us, he says not now, don't 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:27.319 fight it. Trust his timing. No doesn't mean never. It 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:31.320 means it's not the right time. Jonathan has a car now. 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:34.320 He just had to grow up. It's all a part 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:38.720 of the process. A good father may have a good gift, 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:42.360 but he won't give it at the wrong time. God 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:45.520 is not a good father. He's a great father. He 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:50.120 has great gifts in store for you. He has more 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:52.840 than you can ask or think. What am I saying? 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:56.880 Don't be frustrated if he's not giving it to you yet, 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:01.880 Keep growing, keep being good to peace, keep passing the task. 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:06.600 God can see the big picture. He knows what you're 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:10.000 going to need. You may think you're ready, but you 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:12.600 can't see how high God is going to take you, 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:16.600 how much influence and resources he's going to entrust you with. 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:21.560 God not only knows what you need, he knows who 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:25.800 you're going to need. Sometimes God is saying not now, 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:30.640 because somebody else that's going to be involved is not ready. 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:34.080 He's still working on them. They're going to be instrumental 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:36.920 in your life. They're going to open a door, be 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.560 a close friend, they're going to be a spouse. Be 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:44.520 patient and go through the waiting periods with a good attitude. 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:47.520 After college, I came back to Lakewood and started the 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:52.880 television ministry. I love doing production editing, putting my father's 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:56.640 messages on television. Plus we would do big concerts and 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:01.720 live television specials. My father was very supportive. He let 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:05.440 us buy the best equipment and put on these exciting events. 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:08.920 But toward the end of his life he didn't want 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:11.960 to do that anymore. And one time I lined up 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:16.120 all these radio stations to carry my father's broadcast, and 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:18.800 I told my dad, if you'll come down once a 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:21.640 month for less than an hour, we can make the 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:25.200 openings and closes and the radio program will go out 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:28.440 all over the world. I'll never forget what he said. 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.720 He said, Joel, I don't want to do that. I'm 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:35.520 seventy five years old. I'm not looking for any more work. 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:39.400 I just want to relax and pasture the church. I 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:43.320 was so disappointed. I thought, God, i'm young. You put 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:46.000 big dreams in my heart. I don't want to do less. 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:49.720 I want to do more. I didn't understand it. Thought 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.280 maybe it was time to move on. And I'd had 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.960 an offer to go work for another large ministry. But 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:59.080 when I prayed about it, when I got quiet, I 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:02.040 could hear the still old small voice saying, Joel, not 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:06.520 yet be patient. You're in a waiting period, but your 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:11.480 season is coming. I told Victoria, this is my father's vision. 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:14.720 He's been here for nearly forty years, and I'm not 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.280 going to get sour because I'm not getting my way. 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:20.040 I'm going to honor my father and do what he 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:24.960 would like me to do. I made the decision to 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:28.400 be my best in the waiting period, to do the 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:30.960 right thing when I didn't feel like it. I never 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:34.440 dreamed two years later my father would go to be 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:37.760 with the Lord and I would become the pastor. I 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:41.200 realize now, God put those dreams in my heart for 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:45.560 my own ministry. It just wasn't the right time. Had 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:49.200 I not passed the test and been faithful in the 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:52.720 waiting periods, I don't believe i'd be standing here today. 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.760 God knows what he's doing. If he's asking you to wait, 0:16:57.240 --> 0:16:59.840 that means what he has in store is going to 0:16:59.920 --> 0:17:04.200 be bigger than what you've imagined. Is God saying to you, 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:08.880 not now in some area you're praying for something to change, 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:12.720 believing for a dream, a breakthrough, it's not happening. That's 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:16.359 a test. You're in a waiting period. Keep doing the 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:20.440 right thing. The scripture says the steps of a good 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:24.480 person are ordered by the Lord, and we're grateful that 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:28.200 God is directing our steps. But the truth is he's 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:32.480 ordering our steps. When your steps are ordered, you don't 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:36.399 have a choice. And yes we have free will, but 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:40.199 God will put us in situations on purpose that we 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:44.520 can't get out of. You can be there sour complaining, 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:48.600 fighting it, or you can say, God, I know you've 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:51.480 ordered my steps. You have me here for a reason. 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:55.439 I may be uncomfortable, it may be taken longer than 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:58.560 I would like, but God, I not only trust you, 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:02.439 I trust your time. I know when I'm ready, you 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:06.480 will bring me into my season of much fruit. This 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:10.080 is what Joseph did. He kept passing the test in 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:14.080 the waiting periods when it was unfair, when he was betrayed, 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:18.080 when he was falsely accused. Had he not gone through 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:22.639 those tests with the right attitude, developing his character, showing 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:24.720 God what he was made of, he would have never 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:28.680 taken the throne. You can have great faith, you can 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:32.919 believe for big things, but without patience, you'll get stuck. 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:37.000 Without going through the waiting periods with a good attitude, 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:41.040 it will limit your destiny. Joseph wasn't in a hurry. 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:45.160 He knew he had to wait for God's plan to unfold. 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:48.119 Now along the way, it didn't always look like his 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:52.320 steps were ordered. Being thrown into a pit by his family, 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:55.400 being put in prison for something that he didn't do. 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:58.480 Could have said, God, it's not fair. Look at what 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:01.720 they're doing to me. But you're not going to understand 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:05.479 everything that happens. You may be in a difficult place, 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:09.400 doesn't look like it's ever going to change. Stay encouraged. 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:14.360 Your steps are ordered, You're right on schedule. The delay, 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:18.760 the detour, the disappointment. It's all a part of God's plan. 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:23.240 If you'll be patient and wait for that plan to unfold, 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:28.000 then like Joseph, you'll see God vindicate you, promote you, 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:31.120 and take you to a new level of your destiny. 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:36.400 When God did something significant in the scripture, many times 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:41.280 it says it happened suddenly or immediately or at once. 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:44.520 The prison doors were open, they were in a waiting period. 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:48.600 They didn't see anything changing, no sign of it happening. 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:52.520 Then all the sudden it happened. God was showing us 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:57.000 he can turn things around without any warning. He can 0:19:57.160 --> 0:20:02.320 increase you unexpectedly of the ordinary. You didn't see it coming. 0:20:02.960 --> 0:20:05.720 You were just doing the right thing, going through the 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:10.880 difficulty with faith and patience, and suddenly you came into 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:15.560 your season. Suddenly your business took off, Suddenly your health improved. 0:20:16.000 --> 0:20:19.359 One touch of God's favor can catapult you to the 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:23.760 next level. When you know God has some suddenlies, even 0:20:23.800 --> 0:20:27.040 when it's taken a long time, you'll still have an 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:31.280 expectancy knowing that any moment your suddenly could show up. 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:35.760 One good break, one phone call, meeting one right person, 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:39.240 you'll come out of your waiting period into a season 0:20:39.359 --> 0:20:43.600 of blessing. See just as God order steps into times 0:20:43.600 --> 0:20:48.320 of testing, times of proving, he orders steps into seasons 0:20:48.320 --> 0:20:52.679 of increase, seasons of promotion. You may have been in 0:20:52.720 --> 0:20:55.760 a waiting period a long time, doing the right thing, 0:20:55.920 --> 0:20:59.399 being patient. God is saying, get ready, you're about to 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:02.600 see some suddenlyes. You're going to come into a season 0:21:02.640 --> 0:21:06.240 of much fruit, a season of new growth where God 0:21:06.280 --> 0:21:09.000 thrust you to the next level. He's going to put 0:21:09.000 --> 0:21:12.520 you at the right place at the right time. When 0:21:12.560 --> 0:21:16.520 it says God orders our steps, that doesn't mean God 0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:20.399 does it vaguely, go over here in this general area, 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:22.960 do it in the next week or two. God is 0:21:23.000 --> 0:21:28.320 not vague. He's precise. He's detailed. He's specific, down to 0:21:28.400 --> 0:21:32.479 the split second. One Sunday, when my father was alive, 0:21:33.040 --> 0:21:35.639 I was up in the television control area at the 0:21:35.640 --> 0:21:39.199 other facility and the service was about to start. I 0:21:39.240 --> 0:21:41.879 remembered I needed to tell my father something, so I 0:21:41.960 --> 0:21:46.679 ran downstairs. The stairs were curved to where at one point, 0:21:46.720 --> 0:21:49.080 for four or five seconds when you were walk in, 0:21:49.320 --> 0:21:51.760 you would look out over the front lobby. Then they 0:21:51.800 --> 0:21:55.000 turned back toward the offices. As I was running down 0:21:55.040 --> 0:21:57.919 the stairs as fast as I could, in a big hurry. 0:21:58.480 --> 0:22:01.560 I came around that curve. There was a man walking 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:05.640 through the lobby right in position to where our eyes met. 0:22:06.560 --> 0:22:10.359 He stopped me and said, my cousin has a construction 0:22:10.560 --> 0:22:14.360 permit for a full powered television station here in Houston. 0:22:14.840 --> 0:22:17.240 We'd like to talk to you about it. He handed 0:22:17.280 --> 0:22:22.000 me his number ten second conversation. Long story short, we 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:25.800 bought that construction permit, put the station on the air. 0:22:26.320 --> 0:22:30.240 A few years later, we sold it for a significant profit. 0:22:30.960 --> 0:22:35.159 Those funds were very instrumental in us renovating this place, 0:22:35.359 --> 0:22:39.760 the former Compact Center. But notice how precise God is. 0:22:40.560 --> 0:22:43.960 If I had been running down the stairs five seconds later, 0:22:44.200 --> 0:22:46.920 I would have missed him. If he would have left 0:22:46.920 --> 0:22:51.000 his house a minute earlier, got caught by another stoplight, 0:22:51.359 --> 0:22:55.280 or paths wouldn't have crossed. God ordered our steps down 0:22:55.359 --> 0:22:58.040 to the second. You be at this place, you be 0:22:58.080 --> 0:23:02.200 at that place. Suddenly we came into our season. God 0:23:02.320 --> 0:23:07.160 made things happen we couldn't make happen. Right now, God 0:23:07.280 --> 0:23:10.840 is not only ordering your steps, he's ordering the steps 0:23:11.080 --> 0:23:14.080 of the people you need. He's going to cause them 0:23:14.080 --> 0:23:18.200 to come across your path where opportunity finds you where 0:23:18.240 --> 0:23:21.960 good breaks track you down. What you're believing for may 0:23:21.960 --> 0:23:24.480 be taking a long time. You don't see how it's 0:23:24.520 --> 0:23:28.280 ever going to change. But staying courage, God has some 0:23:28.440 --> 0:23:32.119 suddenlyes lined up for you, things you didn't see coming. 0:23:32.480 --> 0:23:34.760 Where He had you at the right place at the 0:23:34.840 --> 0:23:39.320 right time, and unexpectedly you met the right person. Or 0:23:39.480 --> 0:23:42.240 like with me, the business fell into your lap, the 0:23:42.320 --> 0:23:47.000 problem turned around. Don't be frustrated because it's not happening 0:23:47.040 --> 0:23:49.960 as fast as you would like. You're right on schedule. 0:23:50.440 --> 0:23:53.639 Your steps are being ordered. Any moment you're going to 0:23:53.640 --> 0:23:57.359 come in to your season. In March chapter five, a 0:23:57.480 --> 0:24:00.840 leader in the synagogue came up to Jesus. He fell 0:24:00.880 --> 0:24:03.720 at his feet and said, my little girl is so sick, 0:24:04.160 --> 0:24:07.080 she's close to death. Please come to my house and 0:24:07.119 --> 0:24:10.920 pray for her. Jesus agreed, He said he would come, 0:24:10.960 --> 0:24:14.520 and they started walking that way. I can imagine this 0:24:14.680 --> 0:24:17.680 father was so excited. He knew he was going to 0:24:17.720 --> 0:24:21.359 get his miracle. But as they were traveling in the 0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:24.600 middle of a big crowd, this lady that had been 0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:27.840 sick for twelve years, fought her way through the crowd, 0:24:28.240 --> 0:24:31.719 touched the edge of jesus robe, and instantly she was healed. 0:24:32.440 --> 0:24:36.560 Jesus stopped and asked who touched him? Spent time visiting 0:24:36.600 --> 0:24:40.199 with this lady. While it was a great miracle, it 0:24:40.359 --> 0:24:44.600 delayed Jesus from getting to the little girl's house. I'm 0:24:44.600 --> 0:24:47.760 sure the father was happy this lady got healed, but 0:24:48.080 --> 0:24:52.399 because of the delayed, his little girl died. His friends 0:24:52.440 --> 0:24:55.200 came and said, hey, don't bother Jesus anymore. It's too late. 0:24:55.760 --> 0:24:59.920 Your daughter has passed. He had to watch somebody else 0:25:00.119 --> 0:25:04.359 get healed while his daughter didn't get healed. Will you 0:25:04.480 --> 0:25:07.760 keep a good attitude when you see other people being 0:25:07.840 --> 0:25:12.679 blessed but you're still waiting. Your friend got engaged, but 0:25:12.720 --> 0:25:17.040 you're still single, waiting for the right person. Your coworker 0:25:17.480 --> 0:25:20.560 moved into that new house, you're still in the apartment 0:25:20.720 --> 0:25:25.200 waiting for increase. In the middle of the commotion, in 0:25:25.200 --> 0:25:28.520 the middle of all this excitement, this man felt like 0:25:28.640 --> 0:25:32.280 Jesus had forgotten about him. It's too late. He turned 0:25:32.280 --> 0:25:36.600 to walk away. Jesus stopped him and said, don't be afraid. 0:25:37.119 --> 0:25:42.240 Only believe. Jesus was saying, in effect, it's not too late. 0:25:42.960 --> 0:25:46.800 I haven't forgotten about you. You're right on schedule. Your 0:25:46.840 --> 0:25:50.399 steps are being ordered. This delay didn't stop my plan. 0:25:50.760 --> 0:25:54.920 I'm still going to do what I promised. Jesus showed 0:25:55.000 --> 0:25:57.760 up at the little girl's house, where she had already died. 0:25:58.320 --> 0:26:00.840 He spoke to her and told her to wake up. 0:26:01.400 --> 0:26:05.399 She woke back up and was perfectly normal. The scripture says, 0:26:05.760 --> 0:26:11.360 the people who are completely astonished, here's the principle. This 0:26:11.480 --> 0:26:15.880 man came to Jesus asking for a healing, but because 0:26:15.920 --> 0:26:19.920 of the delay, he received a greater miracle, a resurrection. 0:26:20.880 --> 0:26:24.480 When it's taken longer than you thought, don't get discouraged. 0:26:24.760 --> 0:26:28.840 That means God has something bigger, something better, something that 0:26:28.880 --> 0:26:33.360 you weren't expecting. Like this man, He's going to do something. 0:26:33.880 --> 0:26:39.760 We're not only you, but the people around you are astonished, amazed, 0:26:40.080 --> 0:26:45.000 overwhelmed at his goodness. Friends, God has not forgotten about you. 0:26:45.760 --> 0:26:49.240 He knows how long it's been. He's hurt all your prayers. 0:26:49.680 --> 0:26:52.000 He's seen all the times you've done the right thing. 0:26:52.720 --> 0:26:55.800 And circumstances may tell you it's never going to happen. 0:26:55.960 --> 0:26:59.640 It's too late. God is saying you're right on schedule. 0:27:00.240 --> 0:27:03.600 You're about to come into your season It's not going 0:27:03.680 --> 0:27:06.080 to be a healing. It's going to be something better, 0:27:06.280 --> 0:27:10.080 a resurrection. Now do your part and pass the tesk 0:27:10.359 --> 0:27:14.080 in the waiting periods. Keep a good attitude if you'll 0:27:14.080 --> 0:27:18.840 do this, because you have faith and patience, I believe 0:27:18.920 --> 0:27:22.800 and declare you're going to see God's plan unfold for 0:27:22.880 --> 0:27:27.639 your life. Promise has come to pass, dreams, fulfilled problems, 0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:32.000 turn around the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name 0:27:32.520 --> 0:27:34.679 if you receive it. Can you say him in today? 0:27:36.480 --> 0:27:39.760 I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:27:39.880 --> 0:27:42.919 the lord of your life. 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