Stay Open For Change

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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:33.959 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.759 our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.240 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:40.800 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:43.840 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:48.040 your life. 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:58.080 God bless you. It's always a joy to come into 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:00.000 your homes. We love you. 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.360 If you're ever in our area, please stop by and 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:04.760 be a part of one of our services. I'll promise 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:06.840 you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:09.080 so much for tuning in today, and thank you again 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.519 for coming out. And I like to start with something funny. 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.760 And I heard about these three men that were out 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:17.720 in the wilderness and they came upon this violent, raging river. 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:20.680 They needed to get to the other side. The first 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.799 man prayed, God, please give me the strength to make 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:26.640 it across, and poof God gave him big arms and 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:29.400 strong legs, and he was able to swim across in 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:33.480 two hours. Seeing this, the next man prayed, God, please 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:36.359 give me the strength and the tools to make it across, 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.000 and poof God gave him a boat. He was able 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:42.600 to row across in thirty minutes. The next man said, God, 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:46.079 please give me the strength, the tools, and the intelligence 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.960 to make it across, and poof God turned him into 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:54.079 a woman. She looked at the map, hiked five minutes upstream, 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:59.799 and walked across the bridge. Hold up your bibles, and yes, 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:01.320 that was said to me by a woman. 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:05.799 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.440 I have what it says I have, I can do 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:10.920 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:14.600 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:17.840 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:22.359 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:26.560 to talk to you today about staying open for change. 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.960 Mark Twain said, the only person that likes change is 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:34.640 a wet baby. One reason change is one of the 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:38.560 most difficult things that we all face, but change is inevitable. 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:41.640 And one reason we don't like change is we get 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:44.960 comfortable where we are. We get used to our friends, 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.560 our job, the place we live, and even if it's 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:52.760 not perfect, we accept it because it's familiar. And what 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:57.000 happens because we're not willing to change. We get stuck 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.600 in what God used to do instead of moving forward 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:04.320 into what God is about to do. And just because 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.960 God's blessed you where you are doesn't mean you can 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.960 just sit back and settle there. I read about these 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:13.080 people that went to a leading company that rents out 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:16.800 movies and videos. They said, we've got an idea and 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:20.000 we'd like to partner with you on it. We've developed 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:23.120 the technology to send movies through the internet. 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:25.520 That way, people wouldn't have to come. 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:27.719 Up to the store and rent the movie and drive 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.599 back and drop it off. It would eliminate all the travel. 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:34.520 The company wasn't interested. They said, no thanks, we're the 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:35.760 leaders in our field. 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:36.960 We know what we're doing. 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.560 The people said fine, went out and started their own company. 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:45.280 They called it Netflix. Today it's taken off and practically. 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:46.360 Put the other people out of business. 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.600 My point is you have to stay open to what 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:54.080 God is doing now. What worked five years ago may 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:57.760 not work today. If you're going to be successful, you 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:01.760 have to be willing to change. Every blessing is not 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:05.640 supposed to be permanent. Every provision is not supposed to 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:08.800 last forever. When the people of Israel were in the 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.680 desert on the way to the Promised Land, God gave 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:12.840 them manna to eat. 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:14.320 That was good. 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:18.800 It sustained them for a while, but it wasn't permanent provision. 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:23.080 The mana stopped coming. They had to move forward. God 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:26.880 gave them quall. They were excited. That fed them for 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:30.640 a while, but it too was temporary. God was taking 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:34.599 them to the Promised Land, where they would have permanent provision, 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:36.440 blessings in favor like. 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:37.560 They'd never seen before. 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.640 When the manna stopped coming, when the quail didn't show up, 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:45.680 they were smart enough to recognize that was only temporary 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:49.520 provision that God had something much greater in their future, 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:53.400 so they kept moving forward. The fact is God could 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.159 have kept the quail and the manna coming. He's God, 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:01.679 but God likes freshness. He works in seasons. You can't 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.160 get stuck in a rut and think that one way 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:08.480 is going to last forever. If you'll stay open and 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:13.560 be willing to change, make adjustments, make corrections, try something new, 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:17.159 then your provision will lead you into your promised land. 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.560 If the man it stops coming like it used to, 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:23.880 don't get upset, don't get stuck there. Try to make 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:27.200 something happen that God is finished with. Just keep moving 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:30.680 forward and you'll come into your quail. If the quail 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:34.919 stops showing up, look for new opportunities. Tweak what you're doing. 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:39.039 That's a temporary provision. God wants to get you to 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:42.640 your next place of blessing, one step closer to your 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:46.640 promised land. But too often we get stuck in the old. 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:49.479 It worked at one time, so we think it's going 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:50.479 to work all the time. 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.320 When they needed water back then, God told Moses to 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:57.640 strike the rock. He struck the rock and water float 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:02.159 out freely. Another time they needed. God told Moses speak 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:04.839 to the rock. You know what Moses did. He went 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:07.680 over and struck the rock. He thought, hey, it worked 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.760 last time, it'll work this time, the same rock. 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:12.320 But God had a different plan. 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:16.160 You have to stay open for something new. You can 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:19.239 do the same thing the same way you did last 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:23.480 time and had great success, but this time there's no success. 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:26.760 It's because God's doing a new thing. It may not 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:30.320 be something major where you're missing it, but like Moses, 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:31.560 just something small. 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:33.920 He was striking the rock. 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.320 When God had moved forward, and he should have been 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:40.920 speaking to the rock. A small tweak, a small adjustment 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.080 to stay in sync with the plan of God. I 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:47.320 read about this restaurant in Washington, d C. They had 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:50.800 great success for a while, but then business started going down. 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.400 They couldn't figure out why they were serving the same food, 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:58.720 same chef, same amount of advertisement, but business was about 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:02.000 half what it used to be. One day, a customer 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:04.960 said to the owner, a lot of people that come 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:08.760 in here work for the CIA, and your tables are 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:09.800 too close together. 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:11.960 There's no privacy. 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:15.120 The owner made a small tweak, removed about a dozen 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:18.360 tables on the floor, spread the others out, and business 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:22.120 went back to booming like it was before. Sometimes a 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:26.480 minor adjustment can make a major improvement. Let me make 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:30.280 it more practical. One friend, you're hanging around that was 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.240 good for a season, but now it's a new day 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:36.520 and they're holding you back. If you'd make a small tweak, 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.559 it'd make a major difference in your life. Stay open 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:43.920 for change, be willing to make adjustments in your attitude, 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:48.000 in relationships, in your career. Don't be like the first 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:50.520 company I talked about and be a know it all 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:51.319 and think that. 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:53.040 There's no room for improvement. 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:58.200 We should always stay open to advice, open to suggestions 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:01.439 from friends. Family members love us and believe in us. 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:05.200 Sometimes we can get so close to a situation we 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:08.000 can't see the obvious. That's why you need to pay 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:11.400 attention to who God's put in your life. You may 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.040 not take every bit of advice, but there will be 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:17.320 certain things they say that bear witness to your spirit. 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:19.720 You know it's right for you, and it will be 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:23.560 instrumental in you moving forward. Just a small word of advice. 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.080 Talked to a young man after the service a while back, 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:31.000 and he was raised in a really rough environment. He said, 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:33.440 Joel the only thing I know how to do is 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:36.920 sell drugs. I've never been to college, don't have any 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.600 special skills. That's the only way I know how to 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.480 make a living. I told him what I'm telling you, 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:45.400 A minor adjustment. 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.680 Could make a major improvement. He said, what do you mean. 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:51.920 I said, you're selling yourself short. If you can sell drugs, 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:55.280 that means you have to know how to market a product. 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.080 That's marketing. You have to know how to get the 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.560 word out. That's advertisement. You have to know how to 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:05.360 take care of your clients. That's customer service. You have 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:08.040 to know when to sell and when not to sell. 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:12.280 That's a management decision. If you can sell drugs, you 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:15.120 can sell stocks and bonds. You can sell insurance, you 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:19.120 can sell medical supplies. Be willing to change, be willing 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:23.440 to make adjustments. When I first started ministering, I used 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.280 to write my sermons by hand. I know how to type, 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:28.480 but I was very slow, and it's just easier to 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.240 do it long hand. And I would have pages and 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:34.439 pages of notes. It'd be like, amazed, this paragraph goes 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:36.840 over here, this one here. To have all these lines drawn, 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:40.000 it would take as much time and energy to try 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.600 to remember where everything went as it did. To prepare 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:46.280 the message, I'd sit down with my assistant afterward. 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:47.200 And she would type it off for me. 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:50.000 But one day Victoria said, Joel, you've got to get 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:53.360 on the computer and start typing this yourself. You can 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:56.319 cut and paste, move things around, make it so much easier, 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:59.320 save you so much time. One day I took her advice, 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:03.200 and I'm that adjustment. It saved me hours and hours 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:07.760 every week. A minor adjustment made a major improvement. My 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:11.240 mother's seventy eight years old, and just recently she learned 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:12.000 how to text. 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.080 Now, Yeah, she's dangerous. Now. 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:20.320 I get text from her all the time. About half 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.719 of them I understand. The other half is like she's 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:26.600 speaking in tongues. But I am so impressed that she 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:30.600 stays open. She's willing to try something new. Already decided 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:34.800 I'm gonna get her a color TV for Christmas. She 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:39.679 told me after the service, make sure it's HD. Are 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:43.040 you stuck in what God used to do and is 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:45.920 keeping you from what God is about to do? Are 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:48.920 you still striking the rock trying to make what happened 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:54.400 yesterday happen today? Too often we get comfortable with temporary provision. 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.520 The good news is God loves us too much to 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:01.120 leave us there. Like the people of Israe. There will 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:05.079 be times when the provision dries up and it forces 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:09.520 us to change. An opportunity shuts down. You lose a client, 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:12.720 a friend moves to another city. What happened the manna 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:16.280 stopped coming. God's not trying to make your life miserable. 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:19.440 He's trying to get you in position to receive a 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:20.960 new level of his favor. 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:24.200 If you're going to see this increase, you have to 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:28.600 recognize when the whims are shifting and not try to 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:32.080 hold on to something that God has done with. I 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:35.280 know people that are trying to hold on to a relationship, 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.600 a friendship, not a marriage, but a friendship that's been 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:43.120 done for five years. It's dragging, not bringing them any joy, 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.240 but they want it to be just like it was 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:48.840 ten years ago, before they had children, before they were married, 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:50.480 before they had responsibility. 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:52.000 No, it's a new day. 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:56.240 That relationship was right for the time God brought them 0:12:56.280 --> 0:13:00.320 into your life, but the season has changed. It's not 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.920 going to be like it used to be. But that's okay. 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:04.400 God has something. 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:05.280 New in your future. 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:09.560 The key is to Enjoy the season you're in, Enjoy 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:13.200 the favor God's given you, but don't get stuck trying 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:17.320 to make temporary provision permanent. In other words, don't try 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.240 to make something last forever that was never meant to 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:25.319 last forever. Just as God opens doors, God will supernaturally 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:27.679 close doors to push us into. 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:28.160 A new season. 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:33.360 The same God that brings people into your life divine connections, 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:37.080 he will supernaturally move people out of your life, not 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:41.360 because they're bad, but because the season is over. They've 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:44.600 served their purpose on the way to your promised land. 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:48.680 Don't be surprised if God removes certain people that you 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:52.760 were counting on, that you thought you couldn't live without. No, 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.960 the truth is they were holding you back. They were 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:59.040 a crutch keeping you from blossoming, and if God didn't 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:02.560 remove them, you would be stuck living off a temporary provision. 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:04.400 And sometimes when. 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:08.040 People leave our life, we think, how am I going 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.800 to make it without them? They trained me, she encouraged 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:12.800 me when I was down. 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:14.120 They ran errands for me. 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.920 No, God wouldn't have removed them if you weren't about 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:20.760 to go to a new level. Be grateful for what 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:24.400 they did, but recognize this is your time to shine, 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:27.360 This is your time to step up. You don't need 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:31.720 someone constantly encouraging you. If God moved them away, they 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:36.000 were temporary provision. God is saying you can encourage yourself. 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:39.320 You can run that department yourself. You can raise those 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:43.480 children yourself. You are equipped and empowered by the most 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:47.600 High God. If they left, you accept it as a 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:51.560 part of God's plan. It was not an accident. Let 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:55.040 it go and God will open up new doors. If 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:57.200 it was their time to go. Nothing you can do 0:14:57.280 --> 0:15:01.120 can stop it. Don't beg them, don't to them, don't 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:04.520 let them manipulate you. Move forward and God will bring 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:07.360 the right people. God will give you what you need 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:11.000 to make it into your promised land. But I know 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:15.000 people that are holding on to someone that's holding them back. 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.520 Just because it was good five years ago doesn't mean. 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:19.480 It's still good today. 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:25.480 We should constantly evaluate our friendships. Who's speaking into your life, 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:29.160 Who are you depending on Make sure they're not dragging 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:33.400 you down, limiting you from blossoming. I've learned if you 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.240 don't get rid of the wrong friends, you will never 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:39.360 meet the right friends. If they're not adding to your life, 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:42.760 if they're not making you better, inspiring you. It doesn't 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:45.760 mean that they're bad people. Maybe they did at a time, 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:49.000 but you've grown, you've come up higher. Now it's time 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:50.040 to make a change. 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:50.880 See. 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.760 One of the hardest things for us to accept is 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:57.320 everybody is not supposed to be in our life forever. 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:02.200 Some people are obviously our spouse, our children, our parents, 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:06.440 But there are people that come into our life like scaffolding. 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:10.400 God designed them to be there for a season to 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:13.360 help us get to the next level. When your children 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:16.280 were young, they were there to assist you. When you 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:18.560 started at the office, they were there to train you 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.800 when your spouse was working long hours. They were the 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:24.840 friend that kept your company. But if they were to 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:28.920 stay in that same capacity, instead of helping you, they 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:29.760 would hinder you. 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.240 They would limit your growth. 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:35.200 Like scaffolding, it wasn't designed to be permanent. 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:37.880 Once the building is built, it's taken away. 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:38.920 Now. 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.680 Don't try to keep the scaffolding up in your life. 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:46.120 Appreciate the people that have helped you, Always honor them, 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:50.360 but recognize when their part in your story is over. 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:54.120 God didn't design it to be permanent. If you hold 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:56.240 on to it and try to keep it, the way 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.800 it was, you're going to miss out on the amazing 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:02.040 things that God has in you future. In the scripture, 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.160 God told the prophet Elijah to go to the brook 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:09.320 Cherith and the ravens would feed him there. He got there, 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:12.399 and he had provisioned. Week after week, he didn't have 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:15.400 to go get the food. The ravens came to him. 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:18.760 Life was good. I'm sure he thought, doesn't get any 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:21.560 better than this. Just as he was about to get 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:25.600 comfortable and settled in, God said, all right, Elijah, now 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:28.200 I want you to go to the city of Zarapath. 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:31.600 There's a widow there that's going to take care of you. 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:34.679 In other words, Elijah, I know you like this job. 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:37.880 I've blessed you here, but I've got a new opportunity. 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.000 I've got a promotion. I want you to take a 0:17:40.040 --> 0:17:43.760 step of faith. Or Elijah, I know you like these friends. 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.800 They're good people, but it's a new season. I'm gonna 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:50.199 close that door and bring some new friends into your life. 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:54.560 Elijah could have thought that couldn't be God. He blessed 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:57.879 me here. I've seen his favor. I like this brook, 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:00.600 I like these ravens. I'm gonna stay where I am 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:01.639 I'm gonna hold. 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:02.080 Onto the old. 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:07.000 The problem is the ravens quit coming, the brook dried up. 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:12.399 Why it was temporary provision. That means God has something better. 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:15.080 But you have to let go of the old before 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:18.560 you'll receive the new. And if you don't understand that 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:21.960 God has something greater in your future, God has something 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:24.760 amazing in front of you, then you'll try to hold 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:25.960 onto the old. 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:27.480 And keep it the way it used to be. 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:31.840 I know people, they're trying to live off a temporary provision, 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:35.479 keeping the same friends. They know God was finished with 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:39.120 years ago, stuck at the same job that was supposed 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:41.760 to be a stepping stone, but they were afraid to 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:45.040 move forward. Now they're trying to get water from a 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:46.400 brook that's all dried up. 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:49.959 Don't let that be. You be willing to make changes. 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:55.320 God has new ways to bless you, new ideas, new opportunities, 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:59.199 new friendships. If you're going to be successful, we have 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:04.080 to continue be willing to make adjustments, study what's working 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:09.440 and what's not working. Sometimes what once was flourishing, what 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:12.840 once had God's favor, will start to drag you down. 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:16.919 You have to be sensitive enough to realize when a 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:21.520 season is over. Don't keep putting time and energy into 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:22.960 something that's not going anywhere. 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:26.200 This is what my father had to do. Years ago. 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:28.960 Daddy started a Bible school here at Lakewood. 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:30.120 It was very. 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:33.600 Successful, a lot of students, many people were trained and 0:19:33.760 --> 0:19:38.040 blessed and inspired. But at one point it started becoming 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:41.119 more of a burden than a blessing. It's a drain 0:19:41.240 --> 0:19:44.320 on the finances, on the staff, on the volunteers. 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:46.760 One Sunday, my father got. 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:49.760 Up in front of the congregation and announced that we 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:53.080 were shutting down the Bible School. Daddy had a saying 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:57.880 nothing is forever. He was smart enough to recognize when 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:02.240 a season was over. Followed his pride, and he shut 0:20:02.280 --> 0:20:04.200 it down and moved on to the new thing God 0:20:04.280 --> 0:20:08.680 wanted to do. Just because something doesn't last doesn't mean 0:20:08.720 --> 0:20:12.440 you missed. It doesn't mean you're a failure. Accept it 0:20:12.560 --> 0:20:15.399 as a part of God's plan. God never said it 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:19.160 was going to go on forever. Be determined. But don't 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:22.399 be too proud to know when to say, God, I 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:27.760 realize your favor has lifted from this Bible school, this project, 0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:30.840 this business, this relationship. It was great at the time. 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:34.080 I enjoyed it. I gave it my best. But now 0:20:34.119 --> 0:20:36.520 I can see you're doing a new thing, and I'm 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:38.880 not going to get stuck in the old and try 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:39.399 to make. 0:20:39.400 --> 0:20:41.440 Temporary provision permanent. 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:45.399 My father could have thought, if I shut this Bible 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:47.000 school down, I. 0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:49.400 May look bad. I may look like a failure. 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:51.639 People may get upset and leave the church. 0:20:52.119 --> 0:20:54.720 It was just the opposite. People were as loyal as 0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:55.000 can be. 0:20:56.000 --> 0:20:59.360 If something is more of a burden than a blessing, 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:03.240 you can sense that God's favor has lifted. Off of 0:21:03.280 --> 0:21:07.480 that the winds are shifting. That simply means that God 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:10.960 has something greater in your future. I'm not saying to 0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:13.160 give up on your dreams. You stand strong and follow 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:15.880 your own heart. All I'm saying is don't be too 0:21:15.960 --> 0:21:20.960 proud or too stubborn to recognize when a season is over. 0:21:21.600 --> 0:21:24.760 It doesn't mean it was a failure. It means it 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:28.760 was only temporary provision. Like the manner that stopped coming, 0:21:29.040 --> 0:21:32.200 It's just another step on the way to your promised land. 0:21:32.960 --> 0:21:36.000 When a baby is born, the mother nurses the baby 0:21:36.040 --> 0:21:39.040 for the first part of his life, and the baby gets. 0:21:38.880 --> 0:21:39.840 Used to it. 0:21:39.840 --> 0:21:44.439 It's comfortable, makes him feel secure, soothing, but at some 0:21:44.600 --> 0:21:48.880 point that temporary provision is taken away and the mother 0:21:49.000 --> 0:21:50.240 introduces a bottle. 0:21:50.800 --> 0:21:53.760 The baby doesn't like the bottle. He pushes it. 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:57.040 Away, He'll kick, he'll scream, it's not what he's used to. 0:21:57.680 --> 0:22:00.800 But over time he'll accept the bottle discovered that he 0:22:00.960 --> 0:22:03.800 likes it. Then one day the mother will take the 0:22:03.840 --> 0:22:06.840 bottle away and she'll take a spoon of baby food 0:22:06.880 --> 0:22:09.200 and put it in his mouth. Most of the time 0:22:09.240 --> 0:22:12.160 the baby will spit it out and cough and grimace. 0:22:12.359 --> 0:22:15.320 It wants its bottle back, But again, at some point 0:22:15.520 --> 0:22:17.040 he realizes he likes the food. 0:22:17.320 --> 0:22:21.120 Continues to grow and develop. But had the mother not. 0:22:21.240 --> 0:22:25.359 Taken away the temporary provision at every stage at just 0:22:25.440 --> 0:22:29.120 the right time, the baby's growth would have been stunned, 0:22:29.240 --> 0:22:33.320 never would have grown and fully developed. In the same way, 0:22:33.720 --> 0:22:37.680 there are times that God will take things away, not 0:22:37.800 --> 0:22:40.360 to harm us, but to get us in a position 0:22:40.760 --> 0:22:44.200 to receive all that He has in store. God knows 0:22:44.240 --> 0:22:47.320 we'll never fully develop if we're not having to take 0:22:47.359 --> 0:22:50.880 steps of faith, not having to stretch, not being pruned. 0:22:51.840 --> 0:22:55.200 Don't fight change, don't try to hold on to something 0:22:55.240 --> 0:22:56.679 that you know God has done with. 0:22:57.000 --> 0:22:58.080 If he's removing it. 0:22:58.600 --> 0:23:03.280 Let it go like that baby. It's temporary provision. It 0:23:03.400 --> 0:23:05.600 was there to get you to a certain level. But 0:23:05.720 --> 0:23:08.080 now you pass the test and you're going to. 0:23:08.000 --> 0:23:09.439 Come up to a higher level. 0:23:09.720 --> 0:23:13.160 You're going to see a new season of growth and increase. 0:23:13.440 --> 0:23:17.199 Stay willing to change. This is what Jesus talked about 0:23:17.200 --> 0:23:20.479 in John fifteen. How God will prune us so that 0:23:20.520 --> 0:23:25.000 we can bear much fruit. Prune means something is cut away, 0:23:25.200 --> 0:23:28.359 something is removed. A good friend that you counted on 0:23:28.720 --> 0:23:32.360 moved to another city, a business shut down, or you. 0:23:32.359 --> 0:23:34.119 Lost a loved one. 0:23:34.160 --> 0:23:37.360 Anytime you go through loss, anytime you go through pruning, 0:23:37.840 --> 0:23:41.280 don't get bitter. Don't get down and think it's the end. 0:23:41.720 --> 0:23:42.760 Don't start thinking that. 0:23:42.720 --> 0:23:45.200 You're a failure. Have the attitude God. 0:23:45.280 --> 0:23:49.320 I let this go knowing that it was only temporary provision, 0:23:49.720 --> 0:23:52.440 and what you have in my future will be greater 0:23:52.520 --> 0:23:56.000 than what I'm letting go of. If you will accept 0:23:56.040 --> 0:23:59.959 the change and stay in faith, God will open new doors. 0:24:00.320 --> 0:24:04.560 He will bring new opportunities, new friendships. I was reading 0:24:04.600 --> 0:24:08.360 about Steve Jobs, one of the most brilliant minds. 0:24:08.080 --> 0:24:08.640 Of our day. 0:24:09.280 --> 0:24:12.480 He was fired from Apple, the very company that he 0:24:12.640 --> 0:24:16.080 founded and made so great. He gave it his heart, 0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:19.040 his time, He worked so hard, and yet he got 0:24:19.200 --> 0:24:21.200 fired from the very thing that. 0:24:21.200 --> 0:24:24.960 He loved the most. He didn't get bitter, he didn't 0:24:24.960 --> 0:24:25.879 blame other people. 0:24:26.119 --> 0:24:29.200 He went out and started another company. 0:24:29.280 --> 0:24:31.040 He learned a new set of skills. 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:35.720 That company grew and became so successful that Apple bought 0:24:35.800 --> 0:24:39.879 his company and put him back in charge. Steve Jobs said, 0:24:40.119 --> 0:24:42.800 if I had not been fired, I would have never 0:24:43.000 --> 0:24:45.840 developed the skills that had made me into who I 0:24:45.880 --> 0:24:46.439 am today. 0:24:47.320 --> 0:24:49.000 Friends, God knows what he's doing. 0:24:49.400 --> 0:24:52.520 It may look like a set back, but what was 0:24:52.600 --> 0:24:53.560 meant for your harm. 0:24:53.840 --> 0:24:55.720 God's going to use to your advantage. 0:24:55.800 --> 0:24:58.800 The steps of good people are ordered by the Lord. 0:25:01.520 --> 0:25:05.879 God knows exactly when to remove something. He knows exactly 0:25:05.920 --> 0:25:10.080 when to prune something away. It's not to harm you, it's. 0:25:09.920 --> 0:25:10.679 To promote you. 0:25:11.560 --> 0:25:14.359 God doesn't want you living off temporary provision. 0:25:14.640 --> 0:25:16.520 He has an abundance in store. 0:25:16.960 --> 0:25:20.760 So yes, the manner will stop coming, the quail will 0:25:20.800 --> 0:25:21.640 quit showing up. 0:25:21.960 --> 0:25:23.440 The brook may dry up. 0:25:23.840 --> 0:25:27.679 Not because God's forgotten about you, but because God has. 0:25:27.560 --> 0:25:29.000 Something greater in your future. 0:25:29.880 --> 0:25:33.800 If somebody left your life, it wasn't an accident. Their 0:25:33.920 --> 0:25:38.120 part in your story was over. God pruned it. If 0:25:38.119 --> 0:25:41.679 a project didn't last, it wasn't supposed to last. 0:25:41.840 --> 0:25:45.359 God shut the door. Now, don't sit around discouraged depressed. 0:25:45.520 --> 0:25:46.760 You know the only. 0:25:46.520 --> 0:25:49.040 Reason you were pruned is so that you can bear 0:25:49.119 --> 0:25:52.720 more fruit. Get ready for increase, get ready for abundance, 0:25:52.840 --> 0:25:53.680 get ready for a. 0:25:53.640 --> 0:25:56.960 New level of God's favor. That's what happened with me. 0:25:57.760 --> 0:26:00.480 For seventeen years I worked behind the scene here at 0:26:00.520 --> 0:26:04.280 Lakewood doing the television production. When my father went to 0:26:04.320 --> 0:26:06.639 be with the Lord, I was pushed out of my 0:26:06.760 --> 0:26:09.679 comfort zone. I knew I was supposed to step up 0:26:09.720 --> 0:26:12.240 and pasture the church, but I was afraid. 0:26:12.680 --> 0:26:13.960 I didn't know this was in me. 0:26:14.520 --> 0:26:17.320 I finally took that step of faith, and God's taken 0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:20.639 me places that I've never dreamed of. But those seventeen 0:26:20.720 --> 0:26:25.480 years behind the scenes, that was temporary provision. The brook 0:26:25.600 --> 0:26:29.360 dried up like Elijah. When my dad died, I had 0:26:29.400 --> 0:26:32.679 to decide, am I going to move forward into the 0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:34.120 new thing God wants to do? 0:26:34.960 --> 0:26:36.800 Or am I going to hold onto. 0:26:36.600 --> 0:26:38.560 The old and try to keep it the way it 0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:42.719 used to be. It looked like a setback in the natural. 0:26:42.800 --> 0:26:44.479 I thought it's never going to be as good as 0:26:44.520 --> 0:26:47.720 it used to be. But I realized now I was 0:26:47.800 --> 0:26:50.280 being pruned so I could bear much fruit. 0:26:50.920 --> 0:26:52.280 I love and honor my dad. 0:26:52.280 --> 0:26:54.840 But when God took him away, when God removed him 0:26:54.840 --> 0:26:56.240 from my life. 0:26:55.880 --> 0:26:58.520 That was never meant to take me backwards. It was 0:26:58.600 --> 0:26:59.920 meant to thrust me forward. 0:27:00.240 --> 0:27:02.399 But I had to do my part and be willing 0:27:02.440 --> 0:27:07.119 to change. I had to let go of the old 0:27:07.640 --> 0:27:11.800 and accept the new. I've learned change is going to 0:27:11.840 --> 0:27:15.000 happen whether we like it or not. The real question 0:27:15.240 --> 0:27:18.160 is how are we going to deal with it? Are 0:27:18.160 --> 0:27:21.399 we going to fall apart and think that our world 0:27:21.480 --> 0:27:24.760 is ended because a loved one died, a business didn't 0:27:24.840 --> 0:27:28.000 make it, a good friend moved to another city. Are 0:27:28.040 --> 0:27:30.159 we going to get stuck in what God used to 0:27:30.200 --> 0:27:33.040 do and miss out on what God is about to do? 0:27:33.960 --> 0:27:36.480 Or are we going to say, God, I'm letting go 0:27:36.880 --> 0:27:40.480 of what you're removing. I know it's only temporary provision. 0:27:40.840 --> 0:27:42.800 I'm not going to fight the new thing you want 0:27:42.840 --> 0:27:45.440 to do, because God, I know what's in my. 0:27:45.480 --> 0:27:47.879 Future will be greater than what's in my past. 0:27:48.560 --> 0:27:52.600 I'm asking us to stay open for change, just because 0:27:52.640 --> 0:27:53.720 it worked last year. 0:27:54.000 --> 0:27:55.800 Doesn't mean it's going to work this year. 0:27:56.760 --> 0:28:01.840 Evaluate your friendships, Evaluate how you spending your time. Don't 0:28:01.920 --> 0:28:05.160 keep putting effort and energy into something that's not going 0:28:05.200 --> 0:28:09.960 any place. Recognize when a season is over. Remember a 0:28:10.119 --> 0:28:14.440 small adjustment can make a major improvement. If you'll make 0:28:14.480 --> 0:28:17.159 this decision with me that you're gonna stay open for 0:28:17.320 --> 0:28:20.400 change and not get bitter and discouraged, but just keep 0:28:20.440 --> 0:28:23.960 moving forward, then just like the people of Israel, God's 0:28:24.000 --> 0:28:26.880 gonna take you into your promised land where you see 0:28:26.880 --> 0:28:32.280 permanent provision, abundance, increase blessings like you've never seen before. 0:28:32.320 --> 0:28:35.919 And I believe and declare You're gonna become everything God's 0:28:35.960 --> 0:28:39.800 created you to be. You're gonna have everything He intended. 0:28:39.360 --> 0:28:41.400 For you to have. Amen. 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