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You can go to our 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.840 YouTube channel watch the mess anytime, or of course, you. 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.360 Can follow us on social medium. I promise you. 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:07.720 This, We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. Thanks for tuning 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:10.400 in and thanks again for coming out today. And I 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:12.800 like to start with something funny. And this is just 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:15.919 a joke, please don't be offended. But I heard about 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:19.040 this man. He was sitting in a dark restaurant. He 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:21.160 said to the lady next to him, would you like 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:24.120 to hear a blonde joke? The lady said, well, before 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:27.360 you tell me, you should know that I'm blonde, six 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.760 foot tall and a professional bodybuilder. 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:31.480 The lady next to me is. 0:02:31.520 --> 0:02:35.280 Blonde, six foot two and a professional wrestler. And the 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:38.640 lady next to her is blonde, six foot five and 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:41.760 the kickboxing champion of the world. Now do you still 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.160 want to tell me? He thought about it in a moment, 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:45.359 said no, not if. 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:49.240 I'm gonna have to explain it three times. I made 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:52.119 it a ride home today. But here we go. This 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.760 is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:57.480 I have what it says I have, I can do 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.000 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:04.520 the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.720 my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:12.480 In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:14.880 to you today about settled accounts. 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:16.400 We all have to. 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.840 Deal with unfair situations and people that do us wrong. 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:24.519 You can't live very long without someone being jealous, talking 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:28.000 badly about you, being cheated in a business deal, a 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:31.240 friend not keeping their word. A lady told me how 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.520 a coworker said things about her that weren't true. She 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:38.080 went around spreading these rumors. People believed it, and it. 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:39.640 Kept this lady from a promotion. 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:43.480 It doesn't seem right when you're being your best and 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.720 someone else puts you at a disadvantage. 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:47.600 Their choices set you back. 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:51.720 But God said in Hebrews, I am a just God. 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:56.520 I will repay the exact compensation owed you. I will 0:03:56.600 --> 0:04:00.080 settle the accounts of my people. 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:03.920 What you're going through. He sees who did you wrong. 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.920 How they walked away and left you to raise the kids, 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:10.600 how they manipulated things, made you look bad, how they 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:12.040 were dishonest. 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:14.440 And took what should have been yours. God is saying, 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:17.640 don't worry, I'm going to pay you back. I'm going 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:19.200 to make it up to you. 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.320 You don't have to get even. You don't have to 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:25.160 vindicate yourself. The most High God is going to settle 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.920 your account. You are not at the mercy of how 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:32.680 other people have treated you. They don't control your destiny. 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:36.960 They may have walked away, said things that damage your reputation. 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:39.799 Seems like they put you at a disadvantage. 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:42.520 Stay encouraged. Your time is coming. 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:46.080 God is not going to leave your account in a deficit. 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:50.480 He's not going to let you stay down, mistreated, short chained. 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:54.840 Don't get ready. Payback is coming. God is a just God. 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:57.960 You don't have to settle your account. He's going to 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.679 do it for you. And the good news is God 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.760 never brings you out the same. He makes the enemy 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:07.080 pay for bringing the trouble. Someone may have tried to 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:10.440 push you down, said things that were hurtful. You didn't 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:14.400 have a good childhood. There's a lot of abuse, manipulation 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:18.120 and jealousy. But when God settled your account, you're not 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:20.479 only going to get what you were owed, but you're 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:24.760 going to come out increased, promoted, honored, better than if 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:30.359 it would have never happened. Better relationships, better position, better opportunities. 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:32.919 This is what happened with Jacob. 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:36.320 In the scripture, he fell in love with Laban's daughter, 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:38.120 a young lady named Rachel. 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:39.840 Laban told him that. 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:42.159 If he would work for him for seven years, he 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:43.760 could have Rachel as his wife. 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:48.000 They had this agreement very clear. Seven years and she's mine. 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.479 Jacob worked those seven years, being his best. 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.520 He didn't just pass the time. He excelled. 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:59.919 Because of Jacob, Laban became very wealthy. His flocks multiplied 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:04.080 many times over seven years. Finally came and Jacob was 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:08.040 so excited in those days. At the wedding, the bride 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:09.400 wore a very thick veil. 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:11.200 You couldn't see who was in there. 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:16.040 After the big celebration with partying and dancing, I can 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.040 imagine Jacob went to bed that night with a little 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:22.480 too much to drink. The next morning, when he woke up, 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:25.800 he leaned over to kiss his new bride, but it 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.679 wasn't Rachel, it was her sister, Leah. 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:30.800 Jacob nearly passed out. 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:34.000 He ran to Laban said, what are you doing trying 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:37.039 to trick me. I didn't agree to marry Leah. I 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.560 agreed to marry Rachel. Laban said, I know, Jacob, but 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.520 we have a tradition we have to marry the older 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:47.480 daughter off first, work for me another seven years, then 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:53.480 you can have Rachel. Laban was dishonest, manipulative, connithing all 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:54.720 at Jacob's expense. 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:56.880 Here, Jacob did the right thing. 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:00.560 He went overboard to carry out his part of the agreement, 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:04.600 but Laban deceived him, and Jacob was either so in 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.880 love with Rachel or so dumb. He agreed to work 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:12.720 another seven years. He eventually married Rachel. He told Laban 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.880 that he wanted to move back home. Laban didn't want 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.640 him to go. He said, Jacob, I know God has 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:22.600 blessed me because you were here. My flocks were very small, 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:26.600 but now because of you, I am enormously wealthy. He 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:30.280 recognized it was the favor on Jacob that caused him 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:31.240 to be so blessed. 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:34.920 He asked Jacob what he wanted as a parting gift. 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:37.960 You would think he'd want to be good to Jacob, 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.000 send him off with a great blessing. 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:41.600 But Laban was. 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:45.600 So manipulative, so dishonest, he tried to keep him from 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:47.160 having anything significant. 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.920 Jacob said, I'll work for you a little longer for 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:51.720 my payment. 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.760 Let me have all the new goats and sheep, that 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:58.600 are born that are speckled in street. You keep all 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:01.520 the animals that are solid. That way, when I leave, 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.760 nobody will have any doubt that what I take belongs 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:05.000 to me. 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.560 Laban agreed, but he was so stingy. 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:11.600 He had his workers sneak out in the middle of 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:15.560 the night and take all the male, streaked and spotted 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:19.080 animals so when they made it, Jacob wouldn't get any 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:23.040 more flocks. The funny thing is, when the solid colored 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:27.240 animals mated, they produced speckled and spotted offspring. 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:28.960 It didn't make sense. 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:32.960 This went on and on to where Jacob's flocks were 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:37.640 getting bigger than Laban's. Laban couldn't understand it. He said, Jacob, 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.839 I've changed my mind. From now on, I get all 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:44.679 the speckled and spotted animals, You get the solid colored ones. 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:47.959 You know what happened. All the animals that were born 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:49.400 were now solid. 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:52.760 Laban was scratching his head, thinking, what in the world 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:56.920 is happening. God knows how to settle your accounts. He 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.400 knows how to pay you back for what should have 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:05.439 been yours. Deceptive people can't stop our God manipulators are 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:07.840 not going to get the best of you people that 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:11.199 leave you out, push you down, don't keep their word. 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.560 Don't get upset. You're not on their payroll. You're on 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:19.080 God's pay role. He controls the universe. He knows what 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.040 you're own. He knows how to make it up to you. 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:26.160 He will bless you despite people trying to keep you down. 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:30.160 They can't stand against our God. Now quit worrying about 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:33.480 people that have done you wrong, losing sleep over that 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:37.240 person that left you out, that contract you were manipulated 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:41.040 out of. They may have manipulated you, but they can't 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:44.120 manipulate our God. When he's ready to pay you back, 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:48.480 all the forces of darkness cannot stop him. He'll make 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:52.400 things happen that don't make sense. He'll cause people to 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:55.319 be good to you that don't even like you, cause 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:59.320 doors to open that should be closed, cause promotion when 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:03.720 you were in line. God is a just god. He 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:07.520 saw Jacob's account was in deficit. He was doing the 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:11.400 right thing and not being treated fairly, working hard, but 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:15.920 not getting Rachel what he was promised. That doesn't go unnoticed, 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:20.360 God said in verse twelve, Jacob, I have seen all 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:23.840 that Laban has done to you. People may think they're 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.600 getting the best of you. They don't have any problem 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:30.280 putting you at a disadvantage. Do like Jacob, stay on 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:33.520 the high road, keep being your best. You don't have 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:37.720 to vindicate yourself. God will not only vindicate you, but 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:41.040 he'll make it up to you. The time is coming 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.440 where you're going to see blessings that you can't explain. 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:48.880 Promotion you didn't deserve. Great people come looking for you. 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:51.880 What is that God paying you back for how you 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:55.440 were treated, paying you back for what should have been yours. 0:10:56.240 --> 0:11:00.359 Jacob said, Laban, you have reduced my wages ten times. 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:04.120 Think about how unjust that was. Here's a man that 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:07.720 caused Laban to be incredibly wealthy. If it were not 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:11.360 for Jacob, he would still be struggling. But instead of 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:16.199 blessing Jacob, instead of promoting him, he kept demoting him, 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:20.400 decreasing his wages. Jacob went on to say, if it 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:23.160 were not for the grace of God, you would send 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.439 me off without a penny. But God has seen your 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:29.280 cruelty and he's seen my hard work. 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:31.800 That's why he's blessed me in abundance. 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:36.480 God saw what was unfair, and he saw how Jacob 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:40.840 kept passing the test, taking the high road. Jacob ended 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:44.680 up leaving with more flocks than Laban. In a short time, 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:48.880 he outgrew Laban. The blessing on his life caused him 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:52.200 to come into sudden increase to acceleration. 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:54.640 What was that he back time. 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:58.800 Don't be discouraged over what it looks like you're losing, 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.520 how you're being sure changed, not getting what you deserve. 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:06.960 When you come into your payback time, you'll see sudden increase, 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:13.920 unusual growth, extraordinary blessings. God knows what you're owed. He's 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:17.720 storing up the blessing. When he releases it, it's going. 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:20.680 To catapult you ahead. Now here's the key. 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.440 Don't look to people to make it up to you. 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:24.560 Look to God. 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.439 That person that hurts you, the friend that did you wrong, 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:30.120 the company that lets you go. 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.320 They can't pay you back the way God is going 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:34.079 to pay you back. 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:36.880 If you get it from people, it's going to be 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:40.000 less than what it should have been. You have to 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:44.040 pass the test of being vindictive, trying to get revenge, 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:45.720 showing them that you can. 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:46.480 Play at that game. 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:51.040 That's a distraction, that's not a battle that you're supposed 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:51.480 to fight. 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:53.480 Let God take care of it. 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:58.319 Too often, We're trying to get something from people that 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:01.760 they don't have to give. That person that did you wrong, 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.600 the friend that walked away, the boss that lets you go. 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:09.640 Their part in your story is over. Don't give it 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:13.080 any more time or attention. They don't have anything that 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:17.160 you need. You're not on their payroll. God didn't promise 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:20.479 that they would pay you back. He promised that he would. 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:20.960 Pay you back. 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.760 Get your eyes off of who hurts you, Quit losing 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:28.360 sleep over what they did, and start thinking God that 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:31.640 he will settle your accounts, that he will compensate you 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:36.000 exactly what you're owed. If you'll be a Jacob, keep 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:39.560 doing the right thing, keep a good attitude when it's unfair, 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:42.800 be your best when you're not being treated right, and 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:45.439 then when it's all said and done, you'll not only 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:50.320 be vindicated, you'll be promoted, honored, blessed at a new level. 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:55.000 Years ago, Victoria and I went into partnership with this 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:58.320 gentleman that came across our path. He had a project 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:01.520 that we were interested in. We agreed to do it together. 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:04.559 He would be a silent partner and we would give 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:08.720 the leadership and direction. We worked out a very fair contract. 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:12.040 Everything we earned would be split. But when it came 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:15.960 down to the operations, he wanted himself and several of 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:16.960 his people. 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:19.760 To be on the payroll. We didn't need any of them. 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:24.240 These weren't starting salaries, they were executive salaries. We were 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:27.040 struggling to make ends meet, trying to get it off 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:30.120 the ground. We talked to him a couple of times 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:31.600 about how that wasn't what. 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:32.200 We agreed to. 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:35.120 Would be better once we built it up, then we 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:37.800 could take on more staff, but he was set in 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:40.920 his ways. He wouldn't hear it, and rather than fight 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:44.080 about it and get into a big argument, we just 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:47.920 kept being our best, doing what we could, trusting God 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:48.960 to do what we couldn't. 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:51.880 If you don't understand. 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:55.000 That God will settle your accounts, then you'll get frustrated, 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:59.960 try to get revenge, manipulate things. Let God pay you back. 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:05.000 Trust him when it's not fair. He sees exactly what's happening. 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.440 That's why he told Jacob, I have. 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.000 Seen all that Laban has done to you. 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:13.360 That little detail could have been left out of the scripture, 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:17.200 no big deal, but God had it recorded so we 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:21.040 would know that he sees when it's unfair. He sees 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:24.400 when you're being wronged, he sees when people are taking 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:25.200 advantage of you. 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:27.640 If you'll stay in faith and. 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:31.120 Keep honoring him, the time will come where he'll not 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:35.040 only vindicate you, but he will honor you in front 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:38.360 of those that tried to hold you back. He's preparing 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:42.680 a table in the presence of your enemies. That means 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:46.440 when you have enemies, when it's unfair, you're not being 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:50.479 treated right, there's a table there. Instead of living frustrated, 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.280 Why don't you take a seat. Why don't you stay 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.760 in peace and let God make your wrongs right. Our 0:15:56.800 --> 0:16:00.760 attitude should be Father, thank you that you will settle accounts. 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:03.960 I know you are a just God. You will pay 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:07.560 me back all that I'm owed. Several years went by 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:11.200 and we just kept on doing the right thing. One day, 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:14.000 out of the blue, this man called and asked if 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:17.720 we would buy him out. He'd never given any indication 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:20.400 that he didn't want to be a long term partner, 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:24.640 but for some reason he suddenly changed his mind. We 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:27.440 bought him out at the same value we purchased our 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:31.560 part About a year later, a company contacted us. 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:33.160 About buying the business. 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:36.240 We ended up selling it for more than ten times 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:40.200 what we bought it. For those few salaries we paid 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:43.160 for several years that weren't fair, God. 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:45.280 Compensated us many times over. 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.560 If that man would have waited a few more months, 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:52.080 he would have received a huge return on his investment. 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:54.560 Instead, it all came to us. 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:58.520 When God pays you back, it won't be average, it 0:16:58.560 --> 0:16:59.480 won't be ordinary. 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:01.800 It will be more than you can imagine. 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:07.040 David said in Psalm eighteen, the Lord rewarded me for 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:12.200 doing right. Then he compensated me from my innocence. When 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:16.479 you keep doing the right thing, God will compensate you. Now, 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:19.400 I believe many of you have been doing this. You've 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:21.919 done the right thing when it was hard. You've been 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:24.840 good to people that weren't good to you. You stayed 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:28.160 on the high road instead of paying people back. God 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:32.000 is saying, I'm about to settle your account. I'm about 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:36.800 to vindicate you, promote you, suddenly turn things around. You 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:39.919 didn't see it coming, but suddenly He's going to thrust 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:43.119 you to a new level, thrust you to abundance, thrust 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:47.840 you into greater influence, honor, opportunity. Like with us, You're 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:51.119 going to come out with much more than those that 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.160 tried to stop you, they tried to push you down. 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:55.960 But when God settled your. 0:17:55.840 --> 0:18:00.360 Account, it's going to catapult you ahead. Listen, you are close, sir, 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:04.199 to your payback than you think. Don't get tired of 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:08.280 doing the right thing. Your due season is coming. The 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:12.080 unfair situation, the bad break, the people that left you 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:17.120 out didn't go unnoticed. God saw your innocence, He saw 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:18.240 your faithfulness. 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.320 He's about to settle that account. 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:24.320 The Israelites had been in slavery for four hundred and 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:29.000 thirty years. They were mistreated, forced to work long hours 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:32.440 with no breaks, given quoteras that were impossible to meet. 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:34.720 It looked like that was their destiny. 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:38.880 But God is not going to let people continually mistreat you, 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:43.760 continually take advantage of you. He said in Exodus, I 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:47.200 have seen the affliction of my people. I have heard 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:51.600 their cries. I am coming down to deliver them. God 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:55.760 was saying, enough is enough, it's payback time. I'm ready 0:18:55.760 --> 0:19:00.240 to settle this account. God didn't just deliver them. He 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:03.000 didn't just free them from the Pharaoh. That would have 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:06.240 been a great miracle. But when you're on God's payroll, 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:09.639 when you honor him with your life. He's keeping a 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:13.480 record of everything that's owed you, everything that should have 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:14.600 been yours. 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:17.040 They didn't leave Egypt empty handed. 0:19:17.600 --> 0:19:21.280 The scripture says God caused them to have favor with 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:25.760 their oppressors. They gave them their gold, their jewelry, and 0:19:25.840 --> 0:19:26.520 their clothing. 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:28.919 Think about how strange that was. 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:32.360 The people that had held them all those years, made 0:19:32.400 --> 0:19:33.520 their lives miserable. 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:37.080 Now they're giving them their valuables. What was that? 0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:40.919 God paying them back for four hundred and thirty years 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:45.160 of working without pain. It says in Psalms that they 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:49.840 left loaded down with blessings. For years, they had been 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:53.960 loaded down with burdens, loaded down with pressure, loaded down 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:54.920 with discouragement. 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:56.920 But when God settled their. 0:19:56.800 --> 0:20:00.440 Account, they were loaded down with gifts, loaded down with joy, 0:20:00.680 --> 0:20:04.520 loaded down with blessings. You too, may have been through 0:20:04.520 --> 0:20:09.159 some unfair situations, seems like the struggle, the loneliness, the 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:10.919 depression is your destiny. 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:14.760 No, your time is coming. God is not going to 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:16.200 leave you at a deficit. 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:20.919 Yes, there are seasons where we're tested, Things happen that 0:20:20.960 --> 0:20:24.760 we don't understand, but that is not how your story ends. 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:27.720 Payback is coming. You're not going to be. 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:31.719 Loaded down with burdens, but loaded with blessings, not loaded 0:20:31.760 --> 0:20:35.600 with lack, but loaded with abundance, not loaded with sickness, 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:39.200 loaded with good health, with strength, with vitality. 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:43.560 Everything that was stolen. God is going to restore. 0:20:43.560 --> 0:20:48.880 The joy, the peace, the health, the finances, the relationships, 0:20:49.119 --> 0:20:52.480 the dreams. He's going to pay you back for the 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:55.439 childhood that you never had. He's going to pay you 0:20:55.560 --> 0:20:58.760 back for the person that falsely accused you, for those 0:20:58.840 --> 0:21:02.680 years you lost in an abusive relationship, for that promotion 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:05.440 that should have been yours. Now, why don't you get 0:21:05.440 --> 0:21:08.920 in agreement with God instead of focusing on who did 0:21:08.960 --> 0:21:12.639 you wrong, what you didn't get, how unfair it was. Lord, 0:21:12.960 --> 0:21:16.000 Thank you for settling my account. Thank you for paying 0:21:16.040 --> 0:21:17.280 me back for the wrongs. 0:21:17.600 --> 0:21:17.879 Lord. 0:21:17.920 --> 0:21:21.359 I know you will compensate me for my innocence that 0:21:21.480 --> 0:21:22.840 what was meant for harm. 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:25.600 You are turning to my advantage. 0:21:25.720 --> 0:21:29.600 You don't have a victim mentality, have a restoration mentality, 0:21:29.920 --> 0:21:34.840 a payback mentality. Isaiah said, God will give you double 0:21:35.080 --> 0:21:39.520 for your former shame. When unfair things happen, someone does 0:21:39.600 --> 0:21:42.959 you wrong in one sense, they did you a favor. 0:21:43.480 --> 0:21:47.400 They just qualified you for double instead of being discouraged father. 0:21:47.520 --> 0:21:49.720 Thank you that double is coming. Think you that you 0:21:49.760 --> 0:21:53.199 will show out in my life. I saw a story 0:21:53.240 --> 0:21:56.119 about a young lady named Dawn. She grew up in 0:21:56.160 --> 0:22:00.720 a very dysfunctional home. Her mother struggled with addiction. The 0:22:00.800 --> 0:22:04.480 mother's boyfriend was a drifter. They'd live under a bridge 0:22:04.720 --> 0:22:08.119 or in a shelter, and don would attend elementary school 0:22:08.160 --> 0:22:11.240 for several months, and then when the boyfriend would get arrested, 0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:14.119 they'd move to another city. She grew up with no 0:22:14.240 --> 0:22:17.480 stability in and out of school. Much of the time, 0:22:17.560 --> 0:22:21.359 she didn't have running water or electricity. Despite all this, 0:22:21.720 --> 0:22:25.320 down was an amazing student. She wasn't bitter, she didn't 0:22:25.359 --> 0:22:27.680 have a chip on her shoulder. She just kept being 0:22:27.760 --> 0:22:28.280 her best. 0:22:29.200 --> 0:22:31.639 In high school, she worked as a janitor. 0:22:32.200 --> 0:22:34.720 She would get to the school two hours before it 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:38.400 started five in the morning, cleaned the halls and classrooms. 0:22:38.840 --> 0:22:41.560 After school, she would stay and work till eight at night. 0:22:41.960 --> 0:22:43.080 That's how she made. 0:22:42.880 --> 0:22:43.800 Money to survive. 0:22:44.720 --> 0:22:47.280 One summer, she went to a camp and with the 0:22:47.280 --> 0:22:50.160 money she had earned, and when she came back, her 0:22:50.160 --> 0:22:53.320 mother was nowhere to be found. She called the number 0:22:53.359 --> 0:22:57.200 where they were temporarily staying. It was disconnected. Her mother 0:22:57.359 --> 0:23:01.320 and new boyfriend had abandoned her. Moved to another city, 0:23:01.359 --> 0:23:04.680 and the head janitor heard what happened and took Dawn 0:23:04.800 --> 0:23:08.199 into her home. She began to excel in school. She 0:23:08.320 --> 0:23:12.000 made the honor all straight a's. She was elected vice 0:23:12.080 --> 0:23:15.200 president of her class. When he came time to apply 0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:18.760 for college, her friends encouraged her to aim high. 0:23:19.119 --> 0:23:22.080 A few months later, she received a letter in the mail. 0:23:22.600 --> 0:23:28.679 It said, congratulations, you've been accepted into Harvard's University. God 0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:32.600 knows how to settle your accounts. He knows how to 0:23:32.680 --> 0:23:36.120 make up for what wasn't fair, what she didn't get, 0:23:36.640 --> 0:23:40.800 who wasn't there for you, who walked away. Another person 0:23:41.280 --> 0:23:45.640 cannot stop your destiny unless you allow them to. If 0:23:45.680 --> 0:23:49.600 you get bitter, angry, lose your passion, then you'll miss 0:23:49.640 --> 0:23:50.320 the payback. 0:23:50.680 --> 0:23:51.719 You'll miss the double. 0:23:52.400 --> 0:23:56.200 The scripture says, even if my father and mother forsake me, 0:23:56.640 --> 0:24:00.640 God will adopt me as his very own child. He's 0:24:00.680 --> 0:24:04.240 watching over you right now. He's seen the lonely nights, 0:24:04.760 --> 0:24:08.680 he's seen the loveless marriage. He's seen the injustice at work. 0:24:09.240 --> 0:24:12.800 He has beauty for those ashes. He has blessings for 0:24:12.880 --> 0:24:16.440 the burdens. He has joy for the morning. If you'll 0:24:16.440 --> 0:24:20.680 do like Dawn, keep moving forward, being your best where 0:24:20.720 --> 0:24:23.200 you are, then payback is coming. 0:24:23.760 --> 0:24:26.359 God will open doors that no person can shut. 0:24:26.920 --> 0:24:30.000 He'll give you favor with people and cause them to 0:24:30.040 --> 0:24:33.320 be good to you. When he settled your account, you'll 0:24:33.320 --> 0:24:35.320 go places that you've never dreamed. 0:24:36.280 --> 0:24:38.040 Think about all the people. 0:24:37.920 --> 0:24:41.600 That came against Joseph in the scripture, he was betrayed 0:24:41.640 --> 0:24:44.800 by his brothers. They were jealous and threw him into 0:24:44.800 --> 0:24:48.040 a pit. He could have thought, God, my own family 0:24:48.080 --> 0:24:50.720 has turned on me. The people that should love me 0:24:51.320 --> 0:24:55.440 before me are now against me. In Egypt, the man 0:24:55.480 --> 0:24:59.400 he worked for was a high ranking military officer. His 0:24:59.480 --> 0:25:02.959 wife thought costly accused Joseph. She lied and said he 0:25:03.040 --> 0:25:05.920 was trying to harm her. Joseph was put in prison. 0:25:06.840 --> 0:25:10.320 While there, he interpreted a dream for a fellow prisoner, 0:25:10.800 --> 0:25:15.600 Pharaoh's former butler. All Joseph asked in return was for 0:25:15.680 --> 0:25:19.120 him to remember Joseph when he got out. The butler 0:25:19.160 --> 0:25:22.199 said that he would, but when he was released he 0:25:22.280 --> 0:25:23.720 forgot all about Joseph. 0:25:24.200 --> 0:25:25.919 Two years went by in nothing. 0:25:26.760 --> 0:25:30.240 The butler wasn't a bad person, He just got busy 0:25:30.320 --> 0:25:33.520 doing his own thing. We all have to deal with 0:25:33.600 --> 0:25:37.360 broken promises, people that mean well but they don't keep 0:25:37.359 --> 0:25:37.879 their word. 0:25:38.320 --> 0:25:39.720 Something we were counting on. 0:25:39.960 --> 0:25:43.760 We needed it to happen, but they forgot about it. 0:25:43.760 --> 0:25:47.200 It seemed like Joseph would end in a deficit, all 0:25:47.240 --> 0:25:52.719 these unfair things, betrayal, rejection, being lied about, broken promises. 0:25:53.200 --> 0:25:57.760 Surely his story was over. No, people can't stop your destiny. 0:25:58.359 --> 0:26:01.640 If that betrayal was going to keep you from your purpose, 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:06.399 God wouldn't have allowed it. If the injustice, the person 0:26:06.440 --> 0:26:09.439 that walked away, the boss that did you wrong, was 0:26:09.480 --> 0:26:12.880 going to stop God's plan, they would be more powerful 0:26:12.880 --> 0:26:13.359 than God. 0:26:14.160 --> 0:26:17.840 No, nothing anyone has done to you, no bad break, no. 0:26:17.920 --> 0:26:22.320 Disappointment, no betrayal has stopped what God has in store 0:26:22.359 --> 0:26:27.000 for you. It wasn't fair, it was painful. It shouldn't 0:26:27.040 --> 0:26:31.320 have happened. Yes, but God saw it, and payback is coming. 0:26:31.880 --> 0:26:36.520 He's going to settle your account. After thirteen years, all 0:26:36.560 --> 0:26:40.200 the odds were against Joseph. One day the Pharaoh sent 0:26:40.280 --> 0:26:44.200 word for him. He interpreted the Pharaoh's dream and became. 0:26:44.000 --> 0:26:47.280 The Prime Minister of Egypt. It happened suddenly. 0:26:48.000 --> 0:26:51.919 Joseph woke up that morning a slave in prison. That 0:26:52.080 --> 0:26:55.280 night he went to bed, second in command of Egypt. 0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:59.320 What happened God settled his account. You may have been 0:26:59.400 --> 0:27:02.720 in an unfair situation a long time. You feel like 0:27:02.720 --> 0:27:04.080 it's never going to change. 0:27:04.240 --> 0:27:07.440 You attempt to lose your passion, give up on your dreams. 0:27:07.880 --> 0:27:09.840 God has not forgotten about you. 0:27:10.440 --> 0:27:12.120 He sees your faithfulness. 0:27:12.359 --> 0:27:16.320 He sees you pressing forward, being your best despite what 0:27:16.359 --> 0:27:19.959 they said, despite how they treated you, despite how they 0:27:20.040 --> 0:27:25.800 made fun life with Joseph. He's about to do something unusual, uncommon, 0:27:26.320 --> 0:27:31.080 out of the ordinary. Suddenly you're vindicated, Suddenly you're promoted, 0:27:31.680 --> 0:27:35.000 Suddenly you meet the right person. Or suddenly people that 0:27:35.040 --> 0:27:37.880 are trying to stop you are moved out of the way. 0:27:38.160 --> 0:27:41.399 Your crooked place is made straight, your thrust where you 0:27:41.440 --> 0:27:44.960 can't go on your own. What is that the power 0:27:45.119 --> 0:27:48.720 of the most high settling your account. You may be 0:27:48.920 --> 0:27:53.040 in a deficit now. Life hasn't been fair. People left 0:27:53.119 --> 0:27:56.480 you out, family member turned on you. The storm sets 0:27:56.480 --> 0:27:56.880 you back. 0:27:57.119 --> 0:28:00.720 Stay in peace. Your time is coming. God is going 0:28:00.760 --> 0:28:02.000 to make it up to you. 0:28:02.680 --> 0:28:06.640 Like with Jacob when Laban was unfair, God knows how 0:28:06.640 --> 0:28:09.080 to make the streaked and spotted animals. 0:28:09.320 --> 0:28:12.680 What belongs to you is on the way. You don't 0:28:12.720 --> 0:28:15.200 have to go after. 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