Sing To The Promise

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Texas, right here 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:12.839 at Lakewood, and we'd love to have you come out. 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:16.000 I'd like to start with something funny. And I heard 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:20.200 about this positive farmer and negative farmer. When it would rain, 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.080 the positive farmer would say, Lord, thank you for water 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:26.120 and our crops. The negative farmer would say, yeah, but 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:28.480 if it keeps this up, it's going to rock the roots. 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:32.360 When the sun would come out, positive farmer, Lord, thank 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:36.520 you for giving our plants valuable nutrients. Negative farmer, Yeah, 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:38.840 but if it keeps this up, it's going to scortch 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:42.360 the crops. One day they were bird hunting together in 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:46.200 a boat. Positive farmer just got a brand new bird dog. 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.080 He is so proud of him. He shot a bird, 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:53.000 fell in the water, said to his negative farmer, watch this. 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.360 The dog jumped out of the boat, ran on top 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:59.680 of the water, picked the bird up, ran back on 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.600 top of the water, put it in the boat. Said 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.400 what do you think about that? Negative farmer said, should 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:10.160 have known it. That dog can't even swim. Say it 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:13.120 like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:15.600 what it says. I am. I have what it says 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:18.200 I have. I can do what it says I can do. 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:21.520 Today I will be taught the word of God. I 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:25.960 boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:29.920 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:33.200 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:37.200 seeing to the promise. All of us have things we're 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:41.720 believing for, dreams we want to accomplish, Problems we're hoping 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:45.040 will turn around. We know God put the promise in 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.280 our heart, but we don't see how it can happen. 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:51.440 Maybe the medical report's not good, child is off course, 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.920 we don't have the funds we need. Doesn't seem possible. 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:59.120 This is the way the Israelites felt in Numbers twenty one. 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:04.680 In the desert. It was hot, they were tired and thirsty, 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:08.360 but all they could see was more sand, more rocks, 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:12.119 more barrenness. And just when they thought they were done, 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:15.600 they came to this place where there was an old well. 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:20.280 I can imagine they were excited, thinking, finally we're going 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.680 to get some water. They rushed over to it, but 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:26.920 the well was dry. They looked down it and could 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:31.360 see hadn't been used in years, filled with dirt, rocks, 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:35.719 all kinds of debris. It was another disappointment, But God 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:39.400 told Moses to gather the people around, and he was 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:42.920 going to give them water. God gave them the promise, 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.599 water is coming in the desert. Things are about to 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:49.919 turn around. I'm going to do something out of the ordinary. 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:54.800 But the promise didn't automatically come to pass. It didn't 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:58.360 happen just because God said it. There was something the 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:02.719 Israelites had to do. The scripture says they begin to 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:07.600 sing this song, spring up a Well, right in the 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:11.280 middle of the desert, when they were discouraged, when it 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:17.120 looked impossible. Instead of complaining, they started singing, spring up 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:21.760 a Well. They were making a declaration of faith. They 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.720 were saying, Lord, thank you that the water is coming, 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.360 thank you that you're making streams in the desert. Thank 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:31.800 you that you're supplying all of our needs. The verse 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:36.480 goes on to say they sing to the well. That's 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:40.440 the key. You have to sing to the promise. It 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:45.440 didn't look practical in the natural. The well was dried up. 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:50.000 Every circumstance said water is not going to come out 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:54.240 of this empty well. Thoughts told them you look foolish. 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:58.560 You're wasting your time singing to a well. They could 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.000 have talked themselves out of it said, Moses, we're not 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:05.120 going to sing. We're hot, we're thirsty. We'll sing after 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:09.320 we get some water. Instead, they kept singing this phrase 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.919 over and over. Spring up, oh well, thanking God for 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:16.320 the promise. All of a sudden, in the middle of 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:19.080 the desert, water begin to shoot up out of that 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:23.359 dried up, empty well. They saw the promise fulfilled. And 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:27.920 there are promises God is put in you. Every circumstance 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:31.200 may say it's not going to happen. You'll never get well, 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:35.240 you'll never meet the right person, you'll never accomplish that dream. 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.560 It's been a long time. You feel like you're in 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:42.440 a drought. You have to do like them and sing 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:48.080 to the promise, your praise, your thanksgiving, those declaration of 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:52.240 faith is what causes water to flow in the desert. 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.800 Doesn't take any faith to sing after the water shows up. 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:01.320 See easy to sing once the promise is filled. But 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:06.360 the singing the praise is what causes healing to spring up, 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:11.920 abundance to spring up, breakthroughs to spring up. And sometimes 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.800 we're waiting on God, but God is waiting on us. 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.800 Why don't you start calling out those promises He's put 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:23.920 in you. If you're dealing with an illness instead of complaining. 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:28.000 Spring up old healing Lord, Thank you that you're restoring 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:31.160 health back into me. Thank you that the number of 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:34.680 my days you will fulfill. You don't have the funds 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:41.040 you need. Spring up abundance, spring up promotion, Spring up opportunity. Father, 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:44.080 Thank you that I will lend and not borrow. Thank 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:48.120 you that whatever I touch prospers and succeeds. You've been 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:52.600 single a long time, believing for a spouse. Spring up, Oh, 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:56.960 good looking husband. Throw a couple adjectives in there. You're 0:07:57.000 --> 0:08:03.080 believing for children. Spring up obaby, spring up off spring. Father, 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:06.600 you said my seed would be mighty in the land. 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:10.440 You said children are a gift from the Lord. So, Father, 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.960 thank you that my baby is on the way. That's 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:17.960 what it means to sing to the promise. When we 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.520 were trying to acquire this building, the former Compact Center, 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:26.080 all the odds were against us. Well known business leaders 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.480 told us that we would never get it, that we 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:32.680 were wasting our time. We didn't really have the connections, 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:37.760 the experience, the funding. All we had was a promise 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:41.280 that we knew God placed in our heart. Let me 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:45.640 encourage you, you and God are a majority. If you'll 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:49.000 stay in faith, sing to the promise, tell it to 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:53.040 spring forth. All the forces of darkness cannot stop you. 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:57.760 God has the final say. When he hears you thinking 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:02.120 him before the answer, come praising him while you're still 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:05.280 in a drought, declaring his favor when the odds are 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:08.680 against you. He'll make things happen that you could never 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:12.040 make happen. He'll open doors that no man can shut. 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:15.320 Victoria and I used to come up to the Compact 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:18.400 Center before we owned it, late at night when nobody 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.520 was around, and we would walk around the building. With 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.719 every step we would say, Father, thank you that you're 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:28.280 fighting our battles. Thank you that you're bigger than this opposition. 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:32.720 Thank you that your favor surrounds us like a shield. 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.400 What will we doing, singing to the promise, say in 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:42.080 an effect, spring up, Oh Compact Center, Spring up destinies, 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:47.760 spring up favor, spring up breakthroughs. God supernaturally opened the door, 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.960 and here we are today. But it's easy to complain 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.640 about how it's not going to work out, and talk 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:56.800 about how impossible it is. That's going to cause you 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:01.640 to get stuck where you are live. Discourage, settle, for mediocrity. 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:05.559 Why don't you start singing to the promise. There are 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:11.800 goals God has put in you, dreams, healing, promotion, restoration. 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:15.520 They're lying, dormant. You may not see how it can happen. 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.679 You haven't had the breaks that you need. You could 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:22.080 easily settle there and think that it wasn't meant to be. 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:26.400 Those promises are still alive. You have to start calling 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:31.120 them out. Healing spring up in me, Talent spring up 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:36.640 in me. Good relationships, joy, peace spring up all through 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:39.280 the day. Lord, Thank you that my healing is coming. 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:42.560 Thank you that good breaks are on the way. Thank 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:46.440 You that divine connections the right people are in my future. 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:50.280 You may be sick. You can sing your way to health. 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:54.120 You discourage, you can sing your way to joy. You're 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:56.720 stuck in your career, you can sing your way to 0:10:56.760 --> 0:11:00.120 the next level. Well, Joel, this sounds good, but you 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:03.320 don't know my situation. I got passed over for the 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:06.760 big promotion. The medical report says, I'm not gonna make it. 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:10.160 I've had this addiction so long, I don't think I'll 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:14.440 ever break it. That's exactly where the Israelites were in 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:19.360 the desert. They were tired, discouraged, But they dared to 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:24.079 sing to an empty, dried up well. They dared to 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:29.000 thank God for provision when it looked foolish. Every voice 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.760 may tell you it's not going to happen. You have 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:35.280 to dig your heels in and say, spring up healing, 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:40.640 Spring up new levels, spring up promotion. Don't complain about 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:44.920 the problem, Sing to the promise. Thank God that things 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:48.360 are changing in your favor. Thank Him that blessings are 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:52.040 chasing you down. Thank Him that your children will fulfill 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:55.160 their destinies. That as for you and your house, you 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:58.559 will serve the Lord. I talked to a young man. 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:02.120 He came from a small town in Mississippi. He got 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:06.120 a scholarship to play soccer at a major university. It's 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:09.960 very talented, very good athlete, but his dream was to 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:13.720 play football. His junior year in college, he talked to 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:18.000 the coaches. They let him switch from soccer to football. 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:20.720 He was the kicker. He was thrilled to be on 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.679 the football team, but the coaches didn't give him a 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:28.040 chance because he didn't come from a football background. They 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.000 never put him in the game. For two years, he 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:35.240 sat the bench, never kicked one field goal At the 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:38.760 end of his last college season, there was a scout 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:42.199 day when coaches from professional teams would come and look 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:46.000 at the players and evaluate them. He was hoping somebody 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:49.720 would be interested in him. He was a very skilled kicker, 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.200 but since he had never played a game, nobody knew 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:56.400 who he was. He waited and waited for a phone call, 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:59.760 but it never came. It looked like his football days 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:04.000 were over. Driving home from college, flipped on the radio 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:08.480 and came across our serious exem station. He heard me 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:12.400 talking about how a shift is coming, how you're just 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:16.080 one phone call away from your destiny, how one touch 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.800 of God's favor can catapult you to the next level. 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.920 I talked about how it's going to happen faster than 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:25.920 you think. When he heard that, something came alive on 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:30.000 the inside. He knew that was for him. He got 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.920 his cell phone out and made a three minute video 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:36.120 telling everyone that he was going to be in the 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:40.600 NFL that year. Most of his friends thought he had 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.920 lost his mind. He had never kicked a field goal 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:47.440 in college, had no track record. Now you're going to 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:51.880 play professional football. That doesn't make sense. Now, instead of 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:57.520 being discouraged, instead of complaining, he had this expectancy. He 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:01.400 went around saying, Lord, thank you for opening up new doors. 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.680 Thank you that your favor causes me to stand out. 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:08.760 Thank you that you're bringing opportunity across my path. He 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:13.640 was singing to the promise, saying, in effect, spring up, 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:17.760 oh whell looking for God's goodness. Four hours after he 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:22.080 made the video, he received a phone call from Cincinnati, Ohio. 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:26.080 He doesn't know anyone in Cincinnati, so he didn't answer it. 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.840 They left a voice message. It said, this is the 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:34.640 kicking coach for the Cincinnati Bengals football team. We'd like 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:37.240 you to come to our rookie camp and try out 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:39.920 for the team. He thought it was a prank call, 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:43.360 some friends playing a joke on him. He called the 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:46.520 number back, found out it was the real thing. He 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:50.360 tried out for the team, and he made the team. Today, 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:54.880 he's one of the few African American kickers in the NFL. 0:14:56.240 --> 0:15:00.680 How could someone that's never kicked a field goal college, 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:06.000 doesn't have the qualifications, the experience, the resume make it 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:10.520 to the highest level the NFL. That's God bringing water 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:14.280 out of an empty well. That's God making streams in 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:18.680 the desert. That's what happens when you sing to the 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:23.600 promise not complain about the drought, complain about who treated 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:27.400 you wrong, live discouraged because the well was dried up 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:31.200 and empty. That doesn't do anything productive. You have to 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:34.440 do like him when the odds are against you, when 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:38.360 it looks impossible, when you've had bad breaks, dare to say, 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:41.840 spring up, o well, Lord, Thank you that you're opening 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.640 up new doors. Thank you that you're freeing me from 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:49.000 this addiction. Thank you that you're bringing divine connections across 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:52.680 my path. You have to do this by faith. See 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:56.960 when the Israelites saying spring up a well, they couldn't 0:15:57.000 --> 0:16:00.840 see water, they couldn't taste water, they could couldn't feel water, 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:05.560 they couldn't smell water. There was no reason, logically speaking 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:09.440 for them to believe that water was around. If you 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.240 just go by what you see and feel and think, 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:15.280 you'll talk yourself out of it. That's why the scripture 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:19.760 says walk by faith and not by sight. If the 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:23.360 Israelites would have looked at it in the natural, instead 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:26.760 of singing, spring up, oh well, they would have sang, 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:31.120 this old well is empty, this old well is dried up. 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:36.280 Would have been a country western song. But in difficult times, 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.880 you're gonna be saying something. You're either going to be 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:44.600 singing about the problem or singing to the promise, either 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:47.800 talking about how big your challenge is or talking about 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:51.040 how big your God is. Either saying I'll never get 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.000 out of this drought or this drought is only temporary. 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:57.200 I know water is on the way. Spring up, oh well, 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:02.400 spring up victory, spring up abundance, spring up feeling, spring 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:07.159 up favor. The scripture says, it's not going to happen 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:11.200 by our might, by our power, but by the spirit 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:15.280 of the Most High God. God is not limited by 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:19.320 the natural. He's limited by what we believe. When you 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:22.880 start singing to the promise, believing that he can make 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:26.240 streams in the desert, thanking him for what he's put 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:29.000 in your heart, God will show out in your life 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:32.879 in ways greater than you've ever imagined. But too often 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:35.880 we think, I'll wait till I see the water, till 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:38.840 I see the promise, then I'll sing. Then I'll have 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:42.480 a good attitude. Joel, that's backwards. You have to sing first. 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:48.040 Isaiah put it this way. Sing o bearing woman, you 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:52.280 who never bore a child, break forth into song. He 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:56.320 didn't say, sing because God gave you the baby, Sing 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:59.960 because you saw the promise turned around. This text will 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:04.320 written to women who were barren. Back in the Bible days, 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:07.560 if a lady didn't give her husband a child, she 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.760 was looked down on. They lived with a sense of shame. 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:14.119 That's why you read about people like Hannah. She was 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:17.160 so distressed that she couldn't have a baby. She went 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:21.080 to the altar again and again wept and wept, so 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:24.840 much so that Eli the prophet thought she was drunk. 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:29.040 But Isaiah wasn't writing to people that had their children. 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:33.160 He was writing to people who were barren, people who 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:37.720 were waiting for the promise, believing for their healing, hoping 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:40.720 to meet the right person, praying that the business would 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:44.480 turn around. What are you supposed to do when you're bearing? 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.960 Beg God to help you? Complain about how long it's 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:52.439 taking live discouraged because life hasn't dealt you a fair hand. No, 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:57.240 Isaiah said, Sing when you're bearing, break forth into song. 0:18:57.640 --> 0:19:03.240 Here's the principle. Praise is the birth position. Thanking God 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:08.520 is what causes promises to come to pass. Complaining will 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:13.080 keep your baby in the womb. Focusing on negative circumstances 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.880 will keep you barn. But when you switch over into praise, 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:20.040 you say, Lord, thank you for your goodness and favor 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:22.919 in my life. Lord, I know you haven't brought me 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:26.000 this far to leave me. So thank you for new levels, 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:29.080 thank you for breakthroughs. Thank you that I will become 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:34.879 everything You've created me to be. That's not just being grateful, 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:39.679 that's getting in to the birth position. You continue to 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:43.800 do that, living a life of praise, then you will 0:19:43.800 --> 0:19:47.879 give birth to everything God's placed in your heart. But 0:19:47.960 --> 0:19:51.720 when we're bearn it's easy to live discouraged. It's easy 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:54.960 to go around feeling sorry for ourselves. But when you 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:59.360 start thanking God that things are changing in your favor, 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:03.800 I can imagine God saying to the angels, what's that 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:09.040 sound I'm hearing. Most people would be negative, worried, complaining, 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:12.800 But listen to what they're saying. They're thanking me that 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:16.320 the answers on the way. They're singing about the victory. 0:20:16.600 --> 0:20:20.440 Before they see the victory. Angels go to work, restore 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:23.639 their health, open up new doors, bring that dream to pass. 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:28.800 The Psalmist said, God inhabits the praises of his people 0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:32.920 if you want God to show up. Don't complain, don't 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:36.760 talk about the problem. Sing to the promise, thank him 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:39.800 that it's on the way. That's what a young lady 0:20:39.840 --> 0:20:42.919 I know did. For years, she and her husband had 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:45.400 been trying to have a baby in She went through 0:20:45.440 --> 0:20:48.520 all the fertility treatments. They spent a lot of money 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:52.440 with no success. They were finally told that they weren't 0:20:52.440 --> 0:20:56.359 able to have children. She didn't get discouraged. She didn't 0:20:56.359 --> 0:21:00.680 start complaining. Every day she would say Lord, thank you 0:21:00.960 --> 0:21:03.680 that my baby is on the way. She did this 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:07.760 year after year. The promise God put in you is 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:11.600 like a seed. It has to be watered. The way 0:21:11.640 --> 0:21:15.480 you water that seed is through your praise, by thanking 0:21:15.520 --> 0:21:19.399 God that is coming by living with expectancy. And the 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:23.080 reason some people stay barren they don't see the promise 0:21:23.119 --> 0:21:28.000 fulfilled is they've stopped watering their seed. They were excited 0:21:28.040 --> 0:21:31.840 at first. They believe they were going to reach their dreams, 0:21:31.880 --> 0:21:35.359 break the addiction, meet the right person. But over time, 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:39.320 when they didn't see it happening, they got discouraged. But 0:21:39.359 --> 0:21:42.159 if you plan an apple seed and don't water it, 0:21:42.160 --> 0:21:45.760 it's not going to grow. There's nothing wrong with the seed. 0:21:46.320 --> 0:21:49.280 The seed is still full of life, full of potential. 0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:52.760 It just needs to be watered in the same way 0:21:53.359 --> 0:21:56.880 the seed God put in. You may not have come 0:21:56.920 --> 0:22:00.439 to pass yet, but the good news is it's still alive. 0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:04.240 You may have to water it for another month, a year, 0:22:04.520 --> 0:22:07.760 or twenty years. But if you'll keep water in that seed, 0:22:08.280 --> 0:22:12.040 thanking God for the promise, at the appointed time, it 0:22:12.080 --> 0:22:15.240 will come to pass. And that's what this couple did 0:22:15.320 --> 0:22:19.280 for many years. Recently they stopped me in the lobby 0:22:19.680 --> 0:22:22.919 and told how after nine years they were able to 0:22:22.920 --> 0:22:26.159 get pregnant. They have a two year old son, and 0:22:26.240 --> 0:22:29.600 now their second child is on the way. This is 0:22:29.720 --> 0:22:34.080 after all the medical reports said they couldn't have any children. 0:22:34.680 --> 0:22:38.440 Their doctor was puzzled. He said, I've never seen anything 0:22:38.640 --> 0:22:42.600 like this. Something happened and your womb just opened up. 0:22:43.040 --> 0:22:47.200 Everything started working. She's in her forties. He said, you're 0:22:47.320 --> 0:22:50.040 like a twenty year old. You can probably have five 0:22:50.160 --> 0:22:53.080 more children. She said, no, thanks, I don't want to 0:22:53.119 --> 0:22:57.080 be that blessed. No more singing of that promise. But 0:22:57.119 --> 0:23:00.359 what am I saying? God can bring water out of 0:23:00.400 --> 0:23:04.280 an empty well, He can make streams in the desert. 0:23:04.600 --> 0:23:07.520 Learn to see to the promise, thank Him that it's 0:23:07.560 --> 0:23:10.919 on the way. Under your breath, make declarations of faith. 0:23:11.320 --> 0:23:16.440 Healings spring up, babies spring up, promotion spring up. If 0:23:16.480 --> 0:23:20.960 you'll live with this expectancy, always water in your praise, 0:23:21.440 --> 0:23:25.760 God will make things happen that looked impossible. Second Kings, 0:23:25.840 --> 0:23:29.440 Chapter three. The people of Judah had been traveling through 0:23:29.480 --> 0:23:33.080 the desert for seven days on their way to battle 0:23:33.160 --> 0:23:36.879 an enemy army when they too ran out of water. 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:40.880 They didn't realize the streams along the way were dried up. 0:23:41.400 --> 0:23:44.840 Now they didn't have water for themselves or their animals. 0:23:45.600 --> 0:23:49.800 They camped in a valley where it never rains. It 0:23:49.880 --> 0:23:53.679 was hot, they were thirsty. The worst place to run 0:23:53.760 --> 0:23:56.360 out of water. Looked like they would be an easy 0:23:56.480 --> 0:24:00.520 target for the enemy that was approaching. They sent to 0:24:00.560 --> 0:24:04.760 the profit Elisha, asking them what they should do. He 0:24:04.840 --> 0:24:09.160 told them to dig ditches in the valley to prepare 0:24:09.560 --> 0:24:13.600 for the water that was coming. I'm sure, they said, Elisha, 0:24:13.760 --> 0:24:16.800 you must not realize we're in a valley where it 0:24:16.880 --> 0:24:21.000 never rains. They haven't had water here for years. We're 0:24:21.040 --> 0:24:24.040 not going to waste our time digging ditches. If we 0:24:24.080 --> 0:24:26.960 see some clouds starting to form. If we hear a 0:24:26.960 --> 0:24:30.800 little thunder, maybe then we'll dig a few ditches, he said, 0:24:30.880 --> 0:24:34.520 Now doesn't work that way. If you want water, you 0:24:34.640 --> 0:24:38.240 have to dig the ditches first. He went on to say, 0:24:39.040 --> 0:24:43.440 you will see neither wind nor rain, but this valley 0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:47.679 will be filled with water. He was saying, it's not 0:24:47.720 --> 0:24:51.760 going to happen a natural, ordinary way. It's going to 0:24:51.800 --> 0:24:57.479 happen supernaturally. They dug the ditches. The next morning, it 0:24:57.520 --> 0:25:01.320 didn't rain, there wasn't a storm, but out of nowhere, 0:25:01.680 --> 0:25:05.520 water begin flooding into that valley. They went on to 0:25:05.600 --> 0:25:09.800 defeat the enemy army. Every time you thank God that 0:25:09.880 --> 0:25:13.640 the promise is coming, you're digging a ditch. The medical 0:25:13.640 --> 0:25:16.560 report may say you'll never get well, but you go 0:25:16.600 --> 0:25:20.439 around saying Father, thank you. With long life. You satisfy me, 0:25:20.920 --> 0:25:23.600 thank you that I will live and not die. Thoughts 0:25:23.600 --> 0:25:27.040 will tell you why are you digging that ditch? Don't 0:25:27.080 --> 0:25:29.399 you know there are no clouds in the sky. It 0:25:29.440 --> 0:25:33.200 doesn't rain in this valley. Don't worry. It's not going 0:25:33.240 --> 0:25:37.080 to happen a natural way. It's going to be supernatural. 0:25:37.600 --> 0:25:40.840 Out of nowhere, your health shows up, you meet the 0:25:40.920 --> 0:25:44.959 right person, your business takes off. Suddenly you're out of debt. 0:25:45.480 --> 0:25:49.600 When you sing to the promise, you're digging ditches. You're 0:25:49.640 --> 0:25:54.000 making preparations for God to do what you cannot do. 0:25:54.800 --> 0:25:59.240 He said he would give you water without rain. That 0:25:59.359 --> 0:26:03.280 means God can promote you like that football kicker, even 0:26:03.359 --> 0:26:06.879 though you don't have the qualifications, you don't have the experience. 0:26:07.680 --> 0:26:11.520 God can heal you like my mother without the treatment, 0:26:11.960 --> 0:26:15.720 even though medically speaking it said it was over. God 0:26:15.760 --> 0:26:20.480 can promote you beyond your salary, beyond your education. He's 0:26:20.520 --> 0:26:23.639 not limited to your job, to your income. He owns 0:26:23.680 --> 0:26:27.359 it all. When you say, Father, thank you that my 0:26:27.560 --> 0:26:31.320 children make good decisions, thank you that they will fulfill 0:26:31.480 --> 0:26:35.040 their destinies. There may be no sign of it at 0:26:35.040 --> 0:26:38.159 the time. If somebody heard you, they could say, what 0:26:38.200 --> 0:26:41.359 are you talking about. Your children don't make good decisions. 0:26:41.680 --> 0:26:44.960 They're of course, they're always in trouble. That's what they 0:26:45.000 --> 0:26:47.800 said to the people back then. Why are you digging 0:26:47.840 --> 0:26:51.960 a ditch here? It never rains in this valley. Don't 0:26:51.960 --> 0:26:54.800 be moved by what you see, be moved by. 0:26:54.640 --> 0:26:55.199 What you know. 0:26:55.920 --> 0:26:59.959 We know because we're praisers, because we're sings of the promise, 0:27:01.040 --> 0:27:05.840 because our declaration is spring up salvation in our children. 0:27:06.160 --> 0:27:09.359 It's just a matter of time before the water shows up. 0:27:09.600 --> 0:27:13.199 We know the breakthrough is on the way. God is saying, 0:27:13.720 --> 0:27:17.600 if you'll do your part and dig the ditches, I'll 0:27:17.600 --> 0:27:21.440 do my part and bring the water. I'll show you favor. 0:27:21.840 --> 0:27:24.560 I'll open new doors. I'll help you break that addiction. 0:27:25.640 --> 0:27:27.880 You may feel like you're in one of those valleys 0:27:28.160 --> 0:27:30.879 where it never gets water. You've been in a drought. 0:27:31.160 --> 0:27:33.800 You hadn't had good breaks. You could easily settle there. 0:27:34.359 --> 0:27:37.280 This is not the time to get discouraged. This is 0:27:37.359 --> 0:27:41.359 the time to start declaring. Spring up, oh well, Spring 0:27:41.440 --> 0:27:45.680 up promotion, spring up healing, spring up favor. Don't complain 0:27:45.760 --> 0:27:50.080 about the problem. Sing to the promise. Thank God that 0:27:50.119 --> 0:27:53.200 things are changing in your favor. Thank Him that your 0:27:53.240 --> 0:27:55.760 best days are still out in front of you. If 0:27:55.800 --> 0:27:59.720 you'll do this, I believe and declare, the drought is 0:27:59.760 --> 0:28:03.040 come into an end. 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