Something's Cooking

0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:03.200 So great to have you with us today, and as 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:05.960 we enter into this spring season, just let it be 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:08.760 a time of new beginnings, letting go of the old, 0:00:09.000 --> 0:00:11.160 getting ready for the new things God's going to do, 0:00:11.200 --> 0:00:13.320 and just really believe you're going to come into a 0:00:13.360 --> 0:00:15.640 blooming and a blossoming season. 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:18.920 In Jesus' name. But God bless you, and enjoy the podcast. 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:20.520 God bless you. 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:23.360 It's great to be with you today, and I hope 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:25.720 you stay connected with us during the week through our 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:29.680 daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:31.040 come visit us in person. 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:33.000 We'd love to have you be a part of one 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:34.120 of our services. 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:36.640 And I'd like to start with something funny. And I 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:40.000 heard about this five year old boy. He wasn't feeling well, 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:42.080 so he had to stay home from church with the 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:45.960 babysitter while his family attended it. It was Palm Sunday. 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:49.280 When his parents returned home, his mom told how the 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:52.920 church passed out palm branches to the congregation and people 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:54.000 laid them down. 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:56.520 On the floor, and Jesus came walking down the aisle. 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.040 The little boy said, wouldn't you know it? The one 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:03.160 Sunday I don't go oh and Jesus shows up, say 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:03.960 it like you mean it. 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:07.240 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:08.920 I have what it says I have. 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.120 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:15.680 I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:19.680 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:23.680 never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:27.880 I want to talk to you today about something's cooking. 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.320 We all have things that we're waiting on, and it's 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:34.600 easy to be frustrated. Why is this taking so long? 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:37.640 And I thought i'd be married by now. I thought 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.119 i'd be over this illness. I thought i'd be further 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:44.039 in my career. When we don't see anything happening, it's 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:47.080 tempting to take matters into our own hands and try 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:51.000 to force doors to open and manipulate a situation live, 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:55.760 striving and straining. But the scripture says through faith and 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:59.920 patience we inherit the promises. And it's good to have faith, 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:04.480 but without patience you can miss God's best. One of 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:08.480 the most important things I've learned is to trust God's timing. 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:13.000 Sometimes the reason it's taking longer is because what God 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:14.919 has in store is much. 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:16.440 Better than what we have in mind. 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:20.560 We think we're falling behind and everyone's passing us up, 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:24.720 and I should be further along. But God has blessings 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:29.440 that will catapult you ahead. Jesus told its disciples, I'm 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.320 going away to prepare a place for you. 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:35.560 God has some prepared blessings for you. 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:40.560 Things He's already lined up, good breaks, the right people, healing. 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:46.000 At the appointed time, you'll come into blessings favor greater 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:50.200 than you've ever imagined. Isaiah said, they that wait on 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:53.760 the Lord will renew their strengths. They will mount up 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:57.600 with wings like eagles. Waiting on the Lord is waiting 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:01.280 in faith. I don't see anything happening, but God, I 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:05.360 believe you're working behind the scenes. It's waiting in peace. 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:09.720 You could be frustrated over your job, worried about your health. 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:12.519 Your attitude is God. I trust you. 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.200 I know you're in control. You already have a solution. 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.360 I'm going to be still and know that you are God. 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:23.360 It's waiting from a place of rest. You could be 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:28.000 trying to force things, make that door open, manipulate that coworker, 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:31.440 but you step back and let God fight your battles. 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:34.679 You trust him to open the doors, to bring the 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:38.720 right people to vindicate you. You do your best and 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:42.760 then rest. You know he's already prepared what you need, 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:46.080 so you stay in peace, knowing that at the right time, 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:47.360 you'll step. 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:51.640 In to a prepared blessing John twenty one. Peter was 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.080 very discouraged. Jesus had been. 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:57.760 Crucified, and now he and the other disciples were without 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:01.880 their leader. They believe Jesus would the Messiah. They gave 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.000 up their life to follow him. They never dreamed it 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:09.000 would turn out this way. They were so disappointed, wondering 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:10.400 what they were going to do next. 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:12.360 Well, Peter went back to. 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:15.360 What he had done before he met Jesus, to fishing. 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.200 He was at the Sea of Galilee, and he and 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.719 a few disciples got in a boat and fished all night. 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:26.599 They didn't catch anything. They were already disappointed. Now on 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:30.200 top of that, they were frustrated. They had worked and strained, 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:33.800 put out the net again and again. Surely this time 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:38.279 we'll catch something. Once again, the net was empty. Early 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:41.000 the next morning, they were close to the shore and 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:44.560 Jesus was standing on the beach, and they couldn't tell 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.520 who he was. He asked them if they had caught anything. 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:48.560 They told him no. 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.240 He said, throw your nets on the other side of 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:55.719 the boat and you'll catch plenty of fish. When they did, 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:58.839 they caught so many fish that they couldn't put them all. 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:03.920 In that moment, John recognized Jesus. He said to Peter, 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:04.920 it's the Lord. 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:08.360 Peter jumped out of the boat and swam to the shore. 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:13.560 Jesus had a charcoal fire burning and fish grilling on it. 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:17.120 He said in verse twelve, come and have some breakfast 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.720 with me. There's a principle here. 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:25.080 What they couldn't catch, Jesus was already cooking what they 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:29.920 were so frustrated over working all night, toiling straining no fish. 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:34.480 God already had on the grill. This was a prepared. 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.440 Blessing, not raw fish. 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.080 Not I'll help you find what you're looking for. No, 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.599 I'm gonna cook the fish for you. It's gonna be 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:45.520 better than you've imagined. Like these disciples, you may have 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.920 worked hard and done your best, but you hadn't caught anything. 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:52.560 You haven't caught your healing, so to speak, caught the 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:55.840 right person, caught the good break in your business. You 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:59.400 fished all night, but your nets are empty. Can I 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.480 encourage you what you didn't catch? 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:03.040 God is already cooking. 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.760 He not only knows where all the fish are, but 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:10.440 he's grilling your fish. While you're stressed, think it, it's 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:14.600 never gonna happen. He's seasoning your fish while the medical 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.359 report says you're not gonna get well. He's putting more 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.920 charcoal on the fire. While thoughts are telling you you'll 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:24.080 never get out of debt. Never break that addiction, never 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:25.440 see your family restored. 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:27.640 Hang on a minute. I smell something. 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:32.720 I smell fire burning. I smell some fish grilling. Something's cooking. 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:35.880 You're about to taste and see that. 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:39.360 The Lord is good. You're gonna come into a prepared blessing. 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:44.480 You've been working, straining, striving, But what you're laboring over 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:48.600 God is already grilling. It may be taking longer than 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:52.720 you thought. You don't see anything happening. My encouragement is 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:56.400 let him cook. God knows what he's doing. When the 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:56.960 fish you're. 0:06:56.880 --> 0:07:00.280 Ready, when it's just right, he'll call you. See. 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:04.039 God is a master chef. He doesn't use a microwave. 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:09.479 He wasn't on the beach microwaven. Some frozen fish come 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:10.560 on in disciples. 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:13.400 I've cooked you a cheap version of what you're trying 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:13.880 to catch. 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.280 Twelve fish filets for a dollar ninety nine. 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:19.160 They've been frozen fourteen years. 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.240 I'm on microwaven right out of them. 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:24.080 No, God doesn't cook like Victoria. I mean, he doesn't 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:30.440 use a microwave. I couldn't resist, but I'm not gonna 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:35.600 look at her. God doesn't use a microwave. God doesn't 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:36.640 cut any corners. 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.600 He's not gonna give you a microwave blessing, a lesser 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:42.200 version and imitation. 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:43.400 That's good enough. 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:47.320 Now, God uses the real thing, the charcoal, the fire, 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.080 that takes longer than a microwave. It seems like a 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:54.560 delay to us. But if you could see behind the scenes, 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:58.520 God seasoning your blessing, He's flavoring your promise. 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:02.560 He's making sure it's the exact right temperature. Don't be 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:03.200 in a hurry. 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:07.320 Let him cook. He's up to something. You haven't met 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:10.880 the right person. Let him cook. Your health hasn't turned around. 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:14.280 Let him cook. Your business seems stuck. Let him cook. 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.200 God has not forgotten about you. 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.600 He sees you doing the right thing, working hard, praying, 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:23.720 believing you're passing the test. 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.880 You can't see it yet, but something's cooking. 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:31.880 What you're believing for has already been caught, clean, seasoned. 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:32.880 It's on the grill. 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:36.200 When we were trying to buy property to build a 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:39.160 new sanctuary, twice that property was sold out. 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:39.800 From under us. 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:43.960 I was fishing, doing my best, taking steps of faith. 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:47.080 I thought I caught one hundred acres. I had a 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:50.480 big fish on the line. But twice that fish got away. 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:55.040 Like Peter, I caught nothing. I was disappointed. I didn't 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:58.600 see how we could grow. All that time, I was worried. 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:02.280 The compact center was sitting right here waiting for us. 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:05.520 God had already caught the fish. He was in the 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:09.319 process of cleaning it, moving out the old tenants, lining 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:13.079 up the council members to support us. My nets were empty. 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.720 What I couldn't see was God was already grilling the fish. 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:19.959 All I had to do was let him cook. Stay 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:24.760 in peace, and at the appointed time he called our name, Joel, 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:25.920 come have some breakfast. 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:27.560 I've got what you're looking for. 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:31.600 It wasn't just a piece of property, but a prepared blessing, 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:35.200 a facility already built. You know what this building is 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:37.680 grilled fish, But There. 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:38.640 Were plenty of times. 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.160 You know, I couldn't sleep, and we're never going to 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:45.520 find a place. I didn't realize God was seasoning the fish. 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:48.040 What if it doesn't work out, We're going to be stuck. 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:51.560 God was putting more charcoal on the fire, making sure 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:54.920 it was just the right temperature. Now, when my nets 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:58.360 come up empty and things aren't happening on my timetable, 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:03.160 I've learned this principle. Let him cook. God's up to something. 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:07.120 You don't have to strain and strive, try to manipulate. 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.000 All that's going to do is wear you out. Do 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:13.560 your best, take steps of faith, but don't try to 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:14.679 force things. 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:15.000 To work out. 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.440 If it's not the right time, all your effort can't 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:19.120 make it happen. 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:22.400 It's going to frustrate you. You can't open a door 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:23.520 that God has closed. 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:27.240 In the same way, when it's the right time, all 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:30.640 the forces of darkness cannot stop what God has for you. 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:34.599 Peter had fished all night and caught nothing. He was 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:38.640 a professional fisherman. They had huge nets they were throwing out. 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:41.720 You would have thought they caught something, at least a 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.800 couple fish here and there. But God was making a 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:50.120 point all of our own efforts, striving, straining, toiling, that 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:53.080 doesn't bring the blessing. And yes, we can reach a 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.200 certain level by working hard, and that's good. 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:59.160 But what God has for you is much greater than you. 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:02.720 Can accomplish on your own. There will be times that 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:06.480 your nets are empty. You're doing the right thing, not 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:10.600 catching anything. You haven't caught a good break, caught a promotion, 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:12.200 caught a divine connection. 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:13.480 That's a test. 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:17.120 Are you gonna get discouraged try to make it happen 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:20.479 all in your own effort, or are you gonna recognize 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:24.640 something's cooking? God is doing something you can't see. He 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:28.200 has some fish on the grill. He's already caught what 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.480 you're believing for. Instead of being thrusted on why is 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:35.360 this taking so long? Let him cook. Our attitude should 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:39.200 be God, I trust you, I trust your timing, I 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:42.760 trust your ways. I don't have to understand what you're doing. 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.600 I'm gonna stay in faith, knowing that my fish are 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:49.000 on the grill, knowing that you have prepared blessings in 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:52.440 store for me. There's a young woman in the scripture 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:56.360 named Rachel. She and her sister Leah were both married 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:57.040 to Jacob. 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:00.360 When Jacob saw Rachel, it was love at first sight. 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:04.880 She was very beautiful, but their father tricked Jacob into 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:08.560 marrying Leah first, the oldest daughter. Jacob had to work 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:12.040 seven more years to marry Rachel. She had already been 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:16.800 through this long delay disappointments. Finally she got married. She 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:20.320 always wanted children, that was her dream, but for some 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:24.520 reason she couldn't conceive. Year after year went by, she 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:28.760 was still barren. Her sister Leah was just the opposite. 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:33.640 She had one son after another, four boys, strong, handsome. 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:38.360 Rachel was so upset she became jealous of Leah. She 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:42.200 tried to manipulate things and take matters into her own hands. 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:44.280 Leah's son had. 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:47.440 Some man drakes that was a plant believed to help 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:48.280 with fertility. 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:51.160 They would make this potion to aid in conception. 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:55.080 Rachel asked her sister Leah for her son's man drakes, 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:58.120 but Leah wouldn't have anything to do with it. There 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:03.000 was strife and division because Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah. 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:05.040 She said in verse fifteen. 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:08.000 You've already taken my husband. I'm not going to give 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:11.200 you my son's man draks. This was like an episode 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:14.640 of Love Island. Rachel said, if you'll give me the 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:19.480 man Drakes, I'll let Jacob be with you tonight. Leah 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:23.680 wanted the baby so badly she agreed that evening. When 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:27.600 she saw Jacob coming in from harvesting grain after a 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:29.959 long day of work, she ran out to meet him 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:31.839 said in verse sixteen. 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:34.920 You have to come with me. I've hired you with 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:36.160 my son's man Drakes. 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:40.280 That night, Leah conceived and gave birth to a fifth son. 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.960 She went on to have two more children, seven children 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:48.319 in seven years. The whole time Rachel was barren, Her 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:52.320 nets were empty. She strived, manipulated, deceive. 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:53.480 None of that worked. 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.840 What she couldn't see was God had the fire on. 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:00.400 There were fish on the grill. What she was trying 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.880 to catch. God was already cookie. He had a son 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:04.800 in her future. 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:06.240 The reason it was. 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:10.200 Taken so long was it was no ordinary child. The 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:15.240 scripture says God remembered Rachel. She conceived and gave birth 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:19.320 to a son that she named Joseph. Joseph was the 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:22.920 one that would save the Israelites during the famine. He 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.560 was the one that God raised up to become the 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:29.200 prime Minister of Egypt. To control all the food supply 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:33.080 in the most powerful nation of that day, so he 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:36.280 could be good to his family and continue on what 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:40.560 God started. The principle is when it's taken longer than 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:45.040 it should, it's because God has something bigger, something better. 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.720 I was trying to catch a hundred acres. God gave 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:52.680 me a whole building on the main freeway. Rachel was 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.600 just hoping to have a baby, but she gave birth 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:59.280 to a deliver to someone we'd be talking about thousands 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:02.600 of years later. One thing we can learn from Rachel 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:07.000 is you don't have to connive and manipulate, be jealous 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:10.440 of people, try to force things to work out. You 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.560 don't need their man drinks. You don't need what someone 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:17.760 else has. God has your fish already on the grill. 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:19.880 It may be taken longer than you thought. 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:25.000 It's because God seasoning it. He's flavoring it, marinating it, 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:29.560 removing the bones, getting it exactly like he wants. Yes, 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:32.960 it's been a long time, but I smell something. I 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:36.520 smell fire burning. I smell charcoal in the air. I 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:38.120 smell some fish grilling. 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.320 Do you hear that? I hear God calling your name. 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.920 He's saying You're about to come into a prepared blessing. 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.760 Doors open and you never dream would open. The right 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:54.480 person showing up healing, restoration. Don't get discouraged because your 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.960 net was empty. You didn't catch what you hoped to catch. 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:02.280 You didn't get that promotion. The medical report hasn't changed. 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:06.200 Like Rachel, you haven't conceived yet. Can I tell you 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:12.400 something's cooking? The scripture says God remembered Rachel. God has 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:17.200 not forgotten you. He has seen every unfair situation, every 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:19.280 lonely night, every heartache. 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:21.760 That is not how your story ends. 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:26.200 There are prepared blessings that you're going to walk into now. 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:28.320 In the meantime, let him cook. 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:32.920 Psalm thirty seven says, don't be impatient for the Lord 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:37.280 to act. Keep traveling steadily along his path, and in 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:41.800 due season he will honor you with every blessing. If 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:45.800 you'll keep traveling steadily. Everything that has your name on 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:49.880 it is coming in the spouse, the baby, the healing, 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:54.880 the business, the contract, the freedom. When thoughts whisper. You'll 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:58.160 never get out of debt. Everyone in your family struggles. 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:02.560 No thanks, I can smell the thing. Something's cooking. You'll 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:05.960 never meet the right person. Yes, my net was empty, 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:09.520 but I know God's already caught him. You've had this 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.280 sickness a long time. I don't see how you'll ever 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:15.720 get well. Now I know a secret. While I'm waiting, 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:20.560 God is cooking. The scripture says healing is the children's bread. 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:23.919 Healing is in the oven. Freedom is in the oven, 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:25.359 Promotion is in the oven. 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.240 Don't fight the weight. Let him cook. 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.439 Wait knowing that God is working on what you're concerned about. 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:37.640 He's already caught what you thought you missed. Trust his timing. 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:41.320 If it hasn't happened yet, it wasn't supposed to happen. 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:42.720 God has an. 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:46.679 Appointed time to bring the promise to pass. Rachel was 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:49.639 bearing all those years, but if Joseph would have been 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:54.400 born earlier, he wouldn't have fulfilled his divine purpose. God 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:58.480 is strategic. He does everything for a reason. There's nothing 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:01.280 random haphazard. He knows what you. 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:04.720 Need and when you're going to need it. It's interesting. 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:09.160 Two years before we needed a larger auditorium, the Rockets 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:13.080 basketball team tried to move out of this facility, but 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:16.520 the city vot didn't know. They didn't approve the construction 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:19.000 of a new facility and wouldn't let them out of 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:22.399 their lease. If that vote would have passed at that time, 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:25.160 we wouldn't have been in position to try to. 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:27.200 Acquire the building. We didn't need it then. 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:33.200 But God controls everything, and sometimes he'll delay things, close 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:36.520 a door, cause someone to walk away. We may not 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.760 recognize it then, but it's all serving his plan. 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:44.520 You can stay in peace knowing that he's ordering your steps. 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:48.439 David said it this way, God, my times are in 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:51.679 your hands. He was saying, I'm not going to be 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:55.000 frustrated by the delays. I'm not going to be sour 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:58.800 when my nets are empty, not going to live discouraged because. 0:18:58.480 --> 0:19:01.560 I'm not further along. I know something's cooking. 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:04.719 I know fisher already on the grill, that there are 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:06.080 prepared blessings. 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:09.879 And when you know that God's in control, that your. 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:13.040 Times are in his hands, when your nets come up empty, 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:16.399 he's already caught what you need. This takes all the 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:21.080 pressure off. You don't have to strive and strain. Got 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:24.120 to make this door open, convince these people to. 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:27.080 Like me, and work hard to earn their approval. 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:30.320 I gotta manipulate this situation at work to get the 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:31.000 upper hand. 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:32.920 That's going to wear you out. 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:38.359 That's being a rachel, conniving, deceiving, jealous. Life's too short 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:41.399 to live that way. Come back to a place of peace. 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:44.879 You don't have to catch everything. You don't have to 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.960 make it happen all in your own strength. God has 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:51.640 exactly what you need for each season that you're in. 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:57.000 Jesus said, seek first the Kingdom of God, and all 0:19:57.040 --> 0:20:00.480 these things will be added to you. He keep God 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:04.439 first place, and he'll add everything you need. You honor 0:20:04.520 --> 0:20:08.080 him and he'll grill your fish. He'll catch what you 0:20:08.200 --> 0:20:10.960 can't catch. The Saalwmer said, no good thing will he 0:20:11.040 --> 0:20:15.120 withhold when you walk up rightly. The key is, don't 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:19.479 seek the blessing, seek the bless hors. Keep him first place, 0:20:19.760 --> 0:20:23.639 and the blessings will seek you. When Peter recognized it 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:26.919 was Jesus on the shore, he immediately jumped into the 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:29.639 water and swam to the beach. They were in the 0:20:29.680 --> 0:20:33.080 middle of gathering a net breaking load of fish, so 0:20:33.200 --> 0:20:34.000 many fish they. 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:34.919 Couldn't pull it all in. 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:39.520 But Peter showed by his actions he was more interested 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:44.399 in the Savior than success. He wasn't focused on the blessing. 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:47.520 He was focused on the bless oars. He knew where 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:50.720 the source of all good things come from, our father 0:20:50.920 --> 0:20:51.439 in heaven. 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:54.280 He left the boat and went to Jesus. 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.040 I've seen from the time I was a little boy, 0:20:57.400 --> 0:21:00.080 when you honor God, he will always honor you. 0:21:00.840 --> 0:21:02.520 The grill fish is not the goal. 0:21:02.880 --> 0:21:05.960 The goal is to fulfill your purpose, to end your 0:21:06.000 --> 0:21:08.080 life hearing, well done, good. 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:10.960 And faithful servant. But Rachel was bearing for. 0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:13.359 All those years, and plus you had to wait another 0:21:13.440 --> 0:21:14.600 seven years to get. 0:21:14.440 --> 0:21:16.480 Married because her father was dishonest. 0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:21.720 She had all these delays, detours, disappointments. They come to 0:21:21.800 --> 0:21:24.919 us all we worked hard, but our nests were empty. 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:28.640 Did the right thing, but other people were unfair. Now 0:21:28.680 --> 0:21:32.280 we've caught nothing. That's not the end of your story. 0:21:32.480 --> 0:21:36.080 Those are tests through faith and patience. 0:21:36.160 --> 0:21:39.159 You wou inherit the promises. You have the faith. My 0:21:39.320 --> 0:21:43.159 question is do you have the patience? Some one O 0:21:43.320 --> 0:21:44.240 six says the. 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:47.639 Israelites did not wait for God's plan to unfold. 0:21:48.240 --> 0:21:49.680 It's taken longer than they thought. 0:21:50.080 --> 0:21:52.680 They got discouraged, gave up on their dreams. 0:21:53.080 --> 0:21:53.800 Don't let that be. 0:21:53.920 --> 0:22:00.360 You keep traveling, steadily, believing, trusting, knowing that something's cookie. 0:22:01.000 --> 0:22:04.080 It's taking longer because it's going to be better than 0:22:04.119 --> 0:22:08.320 you imagine. Ruth chapter four says that Rachel is the 0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:12.320 one from whom the whole nation of Israel descended. 0:22:13.080 --> 0:22:15.280 Think about it, this barren woman. 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:19.080 Jealous of her sister, thinking she was at a disadvantage, 0:22:19.200 --> 0:22:22.359 that God had forgotten about her, when in fact she 0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:25.920 would be the one that would birth the nation. Her 0:22:25.920 --> 0:22:28.400 son would be the one who would save the nation. 0:22:29.440 --> 0:22:32.800 Who knows what God is cooking for you? Who knows 0:22:32.880 --> 0:22:36.000 what's on that grill right now? Things you couldn't catch. 0:22:36.520 --> 0:22:39.520 You never thought it would happen. It's been too long. 0:22:40.200 --> 0:22:44.359 Like Rachel, you're bearing in your business, bearing in relationships, 0:22:44.520 --> 0:22:45.440 bearing in your hell. 0:22:46.080 --> 0:22:48.040 That barrenness is not the end. 0:22:48.320 --> 0:22:52.440 Your baby is coming, Your healing is coming, Your breakthrough 0:22:52.520 --> 0:22:56.359 is coming. Not something ordinary, not something average, but a 0:22:56.480 --> 0:23:03.720 Joseph uncommon, unusual fish, a prepared blessing that catapults you 0:23:04.080 --> 0:23:08.160 into your destiny. Back in the nineteen eighties, my father 0:23:08.200 --> 0:23:11.840 wanted to build a new sanctuary. We needed a larger building. 0:23:11.920 --> 0:23:14.920 But every time he tried to proceed, he didn't feel. 0:23:14.760 --> 0:23:17.760 Good about it. Something would come up and delay it. 0:23:18.440 --> 0:23:21.600 He'd get his faith back up and announced to the congregation. 0:23:22.200 --> 0:23:25.480 Then he'd changed his mind. This happened again and again. 0:23:26.240 --> 0:23:29.440 He saw these other pastors that were much younger than 0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:32.280 him building these beautiful sanctuaries. 0:23:32.840 --> 0:23:36.440 Thoughts told him, you're getting too old, you'll never build again. 0:23:36.760 --> 0:23:39.600 Just not meant to be. It seemed like it was 0:23:39.640 --> 0:23:40.119 the truth. 0:23:40.400 --> 0:23:43.880 Years went by, no building, no plans, nothing had changed. 0:23:44.560 --> 0:23:47.080 But when it's not the right time, you're not going 0:23:47.160 --> 0:23:50.800 to feel a peace. There will be an unrest. No 0:23:50.840 --> 0:23:54.080 matter how hard you try, the door's not going to open. 0:23:54.840 --> 0:23:56.080 Timing is critical. 0:23:56.800 --> 0:23:59.359 You can do the right thing at the wrong time 0:23:59.520 --> 0:24:03.520 and work out The reason your nets may be empty 0:24:03.880 --> 0:24:06.560 is not because there aren't any fish, but it's not 0:24:06.680 --> 0:24:07.440 the right time. 0:24:08.040 --> 0:24:11.120 The fish are there. Jesus told Peter. 0:24:10.960 --> 0:24:13.600 To throw his nets on the other side of the boat, 0:24:13.640 --> 0:24:16.600 and they caught so many fish that the nets begin 0:24:16.680 --> 0:24:16.960 to break. 0:24:17.000 --> 0:24:20.360 They couldn't handle it. God not only knows where all 0:24:20.400 --> 0:24:23.080 the fish are, but he controls the fish. 0:24:24.080 --> 0:24:26.840 You may have fished all night and caught nothing, but 0:24:26.960 --> 0:24:30.199 at the right time, the fish will find you. You 0:24:30.280 --> 0:24:32.720 won't have to go after them, They'll come to you. 0:24:33.960 --> 0:24:37.280 Nineteen eighty six, Houston was in the worst recession our 0:24:37.320 --> 0:24:40.280 city had ever seen. There was that big oil bust 0:24:40.359 --> 0:24:43.440 and the price of oil dropped so low. There were 0:24:43.440 --> 0:24:47.000 more bankruptcies and foreclosures than ever, people going out of 0:24:47.040 --> 0:24:51.200 business left and right. That's when my father felt peace 0:24:51.320 --> 0:24:55.520 to build. He knew it was the right time. Logically speaking, 0:24:55.600 --> 0:24:58.760 it was the worst time. But God's ways are not 0:24:58.880 --> 0:25:02.960 our ways. Sometimes God will let the odds be against 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:06.560 you in a greater way on purpose, so when he. 0:25:06.480 --> 0:25:08.520 Does it, it will be a bigger miracle. 0:25:09.440 --> 0:25:12.480 My father announced to the congregation that we were going 0:25:12.520 --> 0:25:16.280 to build this new eight thousand seat sanctuary. Should have 0:25:16.359 --> 0:25:19.679 cost thirty million dollars back then, but things were so 0:25:19.840 --> 0:25:24.080 depressed the price of steel, concrete, electrical. We built the 0:25:24.119 --> 0:25:28.800 sanctuary debt free, for six million dollars. The reason God 0:25:28.840 --> 0:25:32.600 had that delay was because he had something better in store. 0:25:33.600 --> 0:25:34.399 What am I saying? 0:25:34.760 --> 0:25:38.280 God can see things that we can't see. He knows 0:25:38.320 --> 0:25:41.560 what's coming, what you're going to need, where you need 0:25:41.600 --> 0:25:43.800 to be, and when you need to be there. 0:25:44.200 --> 0:25:48.520 Trust his timing. Don't fight the delays, let him cook. 0:25:49.240 --> 0:25:51.840 He knows what's best for you, and he has some 0:25:51.880 --> 0:25:55.760 of these prepared blessings in store. You may have been 0:25:55.800 --> 0:25:58.879 waiting for a long time, you haven't caught anything. 0:26:00.000 --> 0:26:02.280 I'm up empty. Can I encourage you again? 0:26:02.800 --> 0:26:07.439 Something's cooking. God's already grilling what you couldn't catch. He 0:26:07.520 --> 0:26:10.560 already has what you need. It's just a matter of 0:26:10.600 --> 0:26:15.040 time before you hear him calling your name, opening the door, 0:26:15.480 --> 0:26:18.719 bringing the healing, the right person, the breakthrough. 0:26:19.400 --> 0:26:23.080 Now do your part and wait for his plan to unfold. 0:26:23.480 --> 0:26:27.040 The reason it's taking longer is it's grilled fish. 0:26:27.280 --> 0:26:28.959 It's better than you've imagined. 0:26:29.359 --> 0:26:32.760 If you'll do this, I believe and declare you're about 0:26:32.800 --> 0:26:38.040 to come into a prepared blessing, favor, healing, promotion that 0:26:38.160 --> 0:26:43.320 catapults you ahead like Rachel. Your baby is coming like Peter. 0:26:43.760 --> 0:26:47.920 Abundance is coming like my father. Your dream is coming 0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:51.359 in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, can you 0:26:51.400 --> 0:26:56.240 say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity to 0:26:56.320 --> 0:26:59.440 make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 0:26:59.480 --> 0:27:03.800 with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 0:27:04.359 --> 0:27:07.920 Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 0:27:08.680 --> 0:27:11.080 If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:27:11.080 --> 0:27:14.119 born again. We'd love to send you some free information 0:27:14.280 --> 0:27:16.399 on your new walk with the Lord. You can text 0:27:16.400 --> 0:27:19.160 the number on the screen or go to the website. 0:27:19.400 --> 0:27:21.840 But I hope you'll get into a good Bible based 0:27:21.920 --> 0:27:24.240 church and keep God first place. 0:27:25.320 --> 0:27:28.479 When God created the world, he did it specifically with 0:27:28.600 --> 0:27:33.040 you in mind. He used his words. He spoke everything 0:27:33.080 --> 0:27:42.760 into existence, light, oceans and dry land, plants, sun and stars, animals, 0:27:44.000 --> 0:27:48.600 man and woman. Your words have that same creative power. 0:27:49.760 --> 0:27:51.240 If you want to know what you're going to be 0:27:51.440 --> 0:27:54.280 like five years from now, listen to what you're saying 0:27:54.359 --> 0:27:58.639 about yourself. You are prophesying your future, and too often 0:27:58.720 --> 0:28:00.879 we don't realize feeding. 0:28:00.520 --> 0:28:02.160 Ourselves with our words. 0:28:02.680 --> 0:28:06.360 I'll never get healthy, I'm not attractive, This dreams impossible. 0:28:07.000 --> 0:28:09.960 Instead of limiting your future, why don't you start blessing 0:28:10.000 --> 0:28:13.160 your future. If you'll change your words, you can change 0:28:13.200 --> 0:28:16.280 your world. I have a new book called Speak the 0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:19.480 Blessing You want to help you to speak positive, faith 0:28:19.560 --> 0:28:22.760 filled words. 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