Stepping Into Your Divine Destiny

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If you 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.880 enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.600 share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:53.760 put God's very best in your life. Come on, say 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:57.280 it like you men ready, This is my Bible. I 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.560 am what it says I am. We have what it 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:03.520 says I have. I can do what it says I 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:07.240 can do. Tonight I will be taught the word of God. 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:13.160 I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:17.840 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:19.560 bless you sound great. 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:22.799 I want to. 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:26.720 Talk to you tonight about stepping in to your divine destiny. 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:31.440 Every one of us has seeds of greatness on the inside. 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:32.840 You have a. 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:34.560 Gift to share with this world. 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:39.120 There is buried treasure down in you right now, potential 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:43.120 that has not yet been released. But so often we 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.880 let other people talk us out of our dreams. We 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:52.000 let disappointments and failures keep our treasure buried. We allow 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:56.760 insecurities and low self esteem to convince us that we 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:00.320 don't have anything special to offer. We're just an ab rich, 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:05.240 ordinary person. But no, God did not make average people. 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:09.560 He did not create any of us as ordinary. No 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:12.920 matter what someone has told you, no matter how they 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:16.239 tried to make you feel, listen to what God is saying. 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:21.280 There is treasure on your inside. You have something to 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.600 offer that no one else has. And if you don't 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:28.880 step in to your destiny and release your gift, then 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:33.320 this world will not be as right as it should be. Now, understand, 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:38.200 no one can take your place. You are unique. When 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:42.119 God created you, he threw away the mold. Don't make 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:46.920 the mistake of comparing yourself with someone else. If God 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:48.440 wanted you to have their gift. 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:50.200 He would have given you their gift. 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.560 If he wanted you to look like them and have 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:55.440 their personality. 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:56.760 He would have created you that way. 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:01.440 You don't need what they have to fulfill your destiny. 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:05.840 You have what you need. It's already on the inside. 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:10.320 When God created you, he matched you with your world. 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:14.080 He decided what your purpose would be. He gave you 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:17.719 an assignment, and then he put in you the gifts, 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:22.839 the talents, the looks, the creativity, the personality. 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:25.880 He equipped you with exactly. 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:29.120 What you need. That means if you needed to be taller, 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:32.680 God would have made you taller. If you needed to 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:36.960 be another nationality, God would have made you another nationality. 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:40.240 If you needed a different personality, God would have created 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:44.960 you that way. Quit despising what you have, Quit complaining 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:49.680 about what you don't have. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:53.039 God has created you exactly the way he wants you 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:57.400 to be. Think about with a car. You can purchase 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:58.560 a car that's. 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.440 Totally stripped down, just the. 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:05.000 Basis, no AC, no power windows, no radio, just a 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:09.240 standard car. But know this, when God made you, he 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.800 had all the options put on you. Are not a 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:16.400 wanna bee you are not a stripped down version of 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:21.360 the real thing. You are fully loaded and totally equipped. 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:26.240 When God created you, he said, I want the deluxe package. 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.120 I want the chrome wheels, I want the sun roof, 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.640 I want the navigation, I want the stereo with surround 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:37.360 and oh yeah, don't forget my pinstripes. Some of you 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.920 got a sedan, some of you got a compact, some 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.600 of you got a truck, some of you got a lowrider. 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:47.480 Don't be discouraged even if you got a station wagon 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:52.760 like my brother Paul. Whatever God has given you, you 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:58.000 are fully loaded and totally equipped. I realize I may 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:00.919 not have what someone else has. They may be a 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:04.040 Ferrari and I'm a Ford. But I'm not the least 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:07.440 bit worried. I know I have what I need to 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:11.120 fulfill my purpose. When we try to be something that 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:15.719 we're not, that's when life gets frustrating. I've learned it's 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:19.200 easy to be me. I don't have to perform, I 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:22.760 don't have to manipulate things. I can just relax and 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:26.200 be myself. Do you know I can be a better 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:29.000 me than anybody else in the whole world? 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:31.680 Why I'm anointed to be me? 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:36.440 You are anointed to be you. Nobody can beat you 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:40.120 at being you. Quit worrying about what you don't have, 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.240 and just be the best you that you can possibly be. 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:47.280 I remember when I first started ministering. I was very 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:51.200 intimidated and very unsure of myself. I would hear these 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:54.839 other ministers that were so dynamic. Many of them could 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:58.599 not only speak exceptionally well, but they could even sing 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:02.120 incredibly well. At the end of their sermons, they just 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.560 burst out into songs and it was so effective it 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.360 almost gives you chill box. I used to think, God, 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:10.240 why can't I sing like that? 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:12.240 Why don't I have their gift? 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:16.160 But one day I realized God has given me what 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.960 I need. If they have it and I don't, it 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.840 must mean that I don't need it. And yes, they 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:25.600 may be able to sing exceptionally well, but I know this, 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:30.560 they're not near as good looking as I am. Friends, 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:34.920 you are fully loaded and totally equipped. Don't you dare 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:37.400 go around thinking, oh, I don't have what it takes. No, 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:41.640 you go around saying I am annoyted, I'm empowered, I 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:46.520 am talented, I am creative, I am a fully loaded person. 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.800 I heard about this young lady many years ago, she 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:54.680 went to the theater and heard a girl singing so beautifully, 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:57.680 and she complained to her friends, if I could just 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:01.360 sing like that, then I'd be successful. She went to 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:05.320 the movies and saw an actress giving an award winning performance. 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.560 She thought to herself, if I could just act like that, 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:12.800 then I'd be successful. But one day someone told her 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:16.360 what I'm telling you, and instead of looking at others 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:20.640 complaining about what she didn't have, she looked inside and 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:21.960 discovered what she did have. 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.720 She remembered how all through school she was. 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:30.200 Constantly making people laugh. She was naturally funny. She had 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:34.080 this gift for humor. She went on to develop that gift, 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:39.680 and today Phyllis Diller has become extremely successful. And what's 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:43.160 interesting is she doesn't have the beautiful looks like the 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:47.000 movie actress she saw. She doesn't have the incredible voice 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:50.200 like the young lady she heard that was seen. In fact, 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:54.240 her voice is very scratchy, very gruff. But when God 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:58.520 created you, he didn't make any mistakes. And instead of 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:01.719 looking at others think about what you don't have, why 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:05.400 don't you look inside and you'll discover what you do 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:10.480 have the fingerprints of God. Are all over you. Before 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:14.280 you were born. God knew you. He has planned out 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:19.400 all your days for good. Don't let your potential lie dormant. 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:24.400 Tap into that buried treasury. Share your gift with the world. 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:26.680 You have more in you. 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.439 There is talent you've not yet discovered. 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.640 You may have had some great victories in your past, 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.679 but that is nothing compared to what God has in 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:39.000 your future. And if you will see yourself as a 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:43.760 fully loaded person, totally equipped, then as you stretch your faith, 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:46.680 God is going to show up and show out in 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:50.320 amazing ways. Now I know tonight I am not looking 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:54.400 at average people. I'm not looking at anyone ordinary. I'm 0:09:54.400 --> 0:10:00.080 looking at fully loaded people, victors and not victims. And 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:04.000 I'm declaring the treasure that's been buried is going to 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:09.520 come out. I'm calling forth the dreams, the gifts, the talents, 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:15.600 the businesses, the ideas, the inventions, the books, the songs, 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:21.160 the movies. I'm calling forth that untapped potential. I believe 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:24.839 that you're going to step into a new season. You're 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.600 going to have a confidence to do things that you 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:31.559 wouldn't do before. You're going to feel a supernatural strength, 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:36.360 supernatural doors are going to open up for you. Supernatural 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:41.360 opportunities are coming your way. Don't shrink back, don't be intimidated. 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:45.160 The creator of the universe has not only equipped and 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:50.679 empowered you, but he's breathing in your directions. He's breathing creativity, 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:57.600 he's breathing confidence, he's breathing ideas, he's breathing restoration. God 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.680 is saying to you what he said to Joshua. Be 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:04.360 strong and of good courage, for the Lord your God 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.240 is with you. And some of you have been told 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:10.480 a thousand times what you can't do, But I'm here 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:14.439 to tell you what you can do. You can overcome 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:19.800 every obstacle. You can prosper in spite of the economy. 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:24.160 You can be healthy and hold once again. You can 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:28.480 recover from a fall. You can become all that God's 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:32.440 created you to be. You are a can do person, 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:37.720 fully loaded, totally equipped. But if you don't understand who 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:41.400 you are, then you'll never have the confidence to get 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:44.000 out of your comfort zone and take steps of faith. 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:49.520 This is imperative to fulfilling your destiny. I've learned when 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.000 I make a move, God will make a move. 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:53.559 When I get out of my. 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:57.080 Comfort zone and stretch my faith, then God will release 0:11:57.200 --> 0:12:02.160 more of his favor. When I think God will act bigger. 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:06.320 When I believe that I can rise higher and I 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.840 put my shoulders back, I hold my head up high, 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:10.960 and I walk like I'm a child of the most 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:14.560 high God. That's when God shows up and shows out 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:19.600 in unusual ways. One time in the scripture, when Lazarus 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:23.760 had died, Jesus said to the disciples, roll away the 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:28.719 stone and I'll raise Lazarus. It's interesting Jesus could have 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:31.720 rolled away the stone here he was about to raise 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:32.400 a dead man. 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:34.079 But it was a principle. 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:38.319 God expects us to do what we can, and then 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:41.280 he will do what we can. If you will do 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:45.280 the natural, God will do the supernatural. If you will 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:49.959 do the ordinary, God will do the extraordinary. But God 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:52.720 will not do for you what. 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:53.920 You can do for yourself. 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:56.920 Well, you say, Joel, I never get promoted, I never 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.760 get any good breaks. Let me ask you are your 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:02.480 role in away the stone? Do you get to work 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:05.360 on time each day? Are you giving it your best? 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:09.199 Are you productive? Do you have a good attitude. If 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.640 you will do what you can, God will do what 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:15.040 you cannot. Maybe you're single, you have a desire to 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:18.800 get married. You cannot sit at home every night watching 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.200 television praying that Miss America is gonna come knocking on 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:25.320 your door. You need to get out and meet some 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:28.559 new friends. Go to the mall, get some new clothes, 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:34.520 dress good, look good. You are a fully loaded person. 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:38.240 You have a lot to offer when somebody gets you 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:42.720 there getting a prize. You are extremely valuable. You have 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:46.800 the fingerprints of God all over you. You've got to 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:50.200 see yourself the right way. Well, you say, Joel, I'm 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:53.080 kind of shy. I'm kind of reserved, so am I. 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:56.760 But I'm standing in front of thousands of people. Do 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:59.360 you know how much nerve It took me to even 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:01.160 call Victory and ask her. 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:02.120 Out on her first day. 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:05.440 It took me two weeks to get my courage up. 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.600 I finally convinced myself that I am a fully loaded 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.400 person and she would be absolutely. 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:13.240 Crazy to say no to me. 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:19.320 I called her, she said yes, and I nearly passed out. 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.480 After twenty two years of marriage, I can tell you 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:27.520 that Victoria is fully loaded and totally equipped. 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:31.800 She's one of a kind. What am I saying? 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.360 You make a move and God will make a move. 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.760 You do the natural, and God will do the supernatural. 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:42.360 Some of you tonight, you're stuck in your comfort zone. 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:46.520 You're a fully loaded person using about ten percent of 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:47.680 what God has given you. 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:50.760 I want to stir you out of complacency. 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:54.760 If you're not uncomfortable every once in a while, then 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:58.720 you're not really using your faith. Faith is all about 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:04.640 stretching that obstacle, that challenge, that opportunity. It may look intimidating, 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:07.600 but God would not have presented you with it if 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.520 He didn't already know that you have what it takes. 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:11.720 Dared to stretch. 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:15.840 I would rather try and fail every once in a 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:18.160 while than have to come to the end of my 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:20.920 life and wonder what would have happened if I'd ha. 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:21.800 Taken that risk. 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:22.560 Now. 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:23.920 A lot of people are. 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.600 Living in the safe zone. But I want to get 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.600 you over into the faith zone. That's where you see 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:35.280 God do amazing things. One time in the scripture, a 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:39.080 city was about to be destroyed. The angel told Lot 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.000 to go to a certain place, but Lot wasn't moving 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.920 fast enough, so the angel said, hurry, Lot. 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:48.880 I can't do anything until you get there. 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:52.000 I believe God is saying that to each one of 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:55.200 us I can't move in your life like I want to. 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:59.400 I can't release my favor in a greater way until 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.800 you get where you're supposed to be. It may not 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:07.280 even be somewhere physically, but in our thoughts, in our minds. 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:09.560 We cannot go around with low. 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:13.120 Self esteem thinking that we don't have what it takes. No, 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:17.160 we have to think like we're fully loaded, think like 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:21.480 you're totally equipped. We can't have the attitude that my 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.760 business will probably never make it in this economy, or 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:27.240 I lost so much in the stock market, I'll probably 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:30.160 never recover, Joel, I got laid off. I don't think 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:33.800 I'll ever get another job. No, you are a fully 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:37.760 loaded person. That means when one door closes, God's going 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:41.360 to open up another door. That setback is not a 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:45.760 surprise to God. He had the solution before you even 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:49.600 had the problem. He has already armed you with strength 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:50.920 for every battle. 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.400 You need to pack up and move over into faith. 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:57.080 God is saying to you what he said to lot, 0:16:57.520 --> 0:16:59.800 hurry up and get there so I can show you 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:01.400 my favor in a greater way. 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.280 I heard a story about a five year old boy. 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:09.880 He loved the piano anytime that he got a chance, 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:13.000 he would sit down and peddle around. He'd never had 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:16.480 lessons or any kind of formal training. He was often 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:19.800 told that he was too small, too young to play 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:24.040 the piano, but in spite of those comments, he continued. 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:25.000 To practice and practice. 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.959 The only song he knew how to play was Chopsticks, 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:31.760 just a very simple tune, but he played it again 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:32.480 and again. 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:35.400 One day, his father surprised him. 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:38.160 He got tickets for them to go to the symphony 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:43.679 and hear this world renowned Italian pianist. This man was 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:46.359 one of the greatest piano players that had ever lived. 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:48.720 And as they were walking to their seats there in 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:52.920 the auditorium, the little boy saw the beautiful grand piano 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:56.800 behind in the curtain. While no one noticed, he snuck 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:59.520 over and sat down on the piano bench and began 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:04.160 to play his elementary version of Chopsticks. About that time, 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:07.600 the curtain began to rise. Everyone was thinking they were 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:09.040 gonna see this world. 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:10.480 Famous master pianist. 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:14.160 Instead they saw a little boy hunched over the piano 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.800 playing Chopsticks. He was so caught up in his world 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:21.600 he didn't know anybody was watching. When he realized what 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:25.159 was happening, He was petrified, and just as he was 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:28.159 about to get up and run for his life, he 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:32.520 felt two big arms reaching around him, with the hands 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:36.960 landing on the piano keys. It was the master pianist. 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:41.360 He whispered in the little boy's ear keep playing. As 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:45.760 the little boy continued to play his simple rendition of chopsticks, 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:51.080 this world renowned pianist begin to play a Beethoven symphony 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.160 piece that was scored in the. 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:55.280 Same cadence and the same key. 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:59.320 Under the direction of the Master, he brought the rest 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:02.720 of the orchestra in. First he brought in the woodwinds, 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:06.960 then the brass, then the percussions. The boy's father sat 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:10.359 there with tears coming down his cheeks, couldn't believe what 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:14.359 he was hearing. He never dreamed that simple tune that 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:17.199 he heard in his living room each day would no 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:22.199 longer sound like chopsticks, but now it would become a full, 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:25.800 beautifully orchestrated Beethoven symphony. 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:27.440 What was the difference? 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:31.720 The Master stepped in. And sometimes in life you may 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:35.080 not feel like you have the talent, the wisdom, the 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:39.359 know how. The good news is God does when you 0:19:39.600 --> 0:19:43.720 use what you have, the Master will step in He'll 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:47.320 put his hands on top of your hands. He'll take 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:52.520 what you think is very average, average gifts, average talent, 0:19:53.640 --> 0:19:58.200 average ability. But when the Master steps in, he'll put 0:19:58.280 --> 0:20:02.560 his super with you. They're natural and supernatural things will 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:06.280 begin to happen Like that little boy. You'll be amazed. 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:10.439 You'll think, I know what I normally sound like. I 0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:13.159 know what I'm capable of. How did I end up 0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:18.199 like this? Here's how the Master stepped in. I remember 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:22.040 when I first started ministering ten years ago. My first 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:26.320 few sermons were so basic and so elementary, like this 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:29.879 little boy. I'm sure they sounded about like chopped sticks, 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:35.040 and don't you say amen. I had never really ministered before, 0:20:35.480 --> 0:20:38.479 but I was doing the best that I could, using 0:20:38.560 --> 0:20:43.800 what God had given me. The negative thoughts bombarded my mind, saying, Joel, 0:20:44.119 --> 0:20:45.359 you don't have what it takes. 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:46.960 You're not a minister. 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:49.159 You're too shy, you're too quiet. 0:20:49.359 --> 0:20:52.080 You better stay in your safe zone. 0:20:52.280 --> 0:20:55.280 I had to keep shaking those thoughts off and reminded 0:20:55.320 --> 0:20:59.399 myself that I am a fully loaded person. I'm anointed, 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:02.399 I'm a quick time talented. I can do all things 0:21:02.440 --> 0:21:07.840 through Christ. What happened The Master stepped in. God put 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:12.000 his hands on my hands, He put his voice in 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:15.840 my voice. I discovered talent in me that I didn't 0:21:15.880 --> 0:21:18.680 even know I had. If you'd have told me ten 0:21:18.760 --> 0:21:22.520 years ago that one day I'd be ministering in Yankee Stadium, 0:21:23.000 --> 0:21:25.400 I would have said, yeah, right, and you can land 0:21:25.440 --> 0:21:33.840 an airplane safely in the Hudson River. Friends, when the 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:38.440 Master steps in, supernatural things are going to happen. Some 0:21:38.480 --> 0:21:41.160 of you think that you could never accomplish your dreams. 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:44.920 You think you don't have the talent, the resources, the connections. 0:21:45.440 --> 0:21:49.280 You may not, but know this God does. Now, as 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:52.919 you take steps towards your destiny, God is going to 0:21:52.960 --> 0:21:56.600 show up. You have to put a demand on your faith. 0:21:57.280 --> 0:21:59.920 If you play it safe all the time, you'll never 0:22:00.200 --> 0:22:02.000 really know what's on the inside. 0:22:03.000 --> 0:22:04.560 I believe in the coming. 0:22:04.359 --> 0:22:08.040 Days, as you stretch your faith, you're going to see 0:22:08.200 --> 0:22:11.560 the Master step in. You're going to have a courage 0:22:11.640 --> 0:22:15.040 to do things that you wouldn't do before. You're gonna 0:22:15.040 --> 0:22:18.160 discover an ability that you didn't even know was in you. 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:22.199 God is going to take your natural and mix his 0:22:22.359 --> 0:22:25.840 super with it. And instead of just playing chopped sticks 0:22:25.920 --> 0:22:29.520 like the little boy, God's gonna bring in the percussion. 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:33.479 That means you're gonna get supernatural breaks. Just when you 0:22:33.480 --> 0:22:35.919 thought it couldn't get any better, God's gonna bring in 0:22:35.960 --> 0:22:39.920 the brass. That is the right people. Then the woodwinds, 0:22:39.960 --> 0:22:43.960 that's the right opportunity. Before long, you're gonna be hitting 0:22:43.960 --> 0:22:48.000 on all cylinders. It's gonna sound like a beautiful orchestra. 0:22:48.359 --> 0:22:51.720 That buried treasure is gonna come out. You're gonna know, 0:22:51.920 --> 0:22:55.119 like I know, this is not just my talent. This 0:22:55.240 --> 0:22:56.480 is not just my ability. 0:22:57.000 --> 0:22:59.080 This is the Master joining in. 0:22:59.560 --> 0:23:03.640 This is God taking my ordinary and making it extraordinary. 0:23:04.760 --> 0:23:07.840 I read a story about a police officer. She patrolled 0:23:07.840 --> 0:23:11.560 a very rough area of town. She always had a 0:23:11.600 --> 0:23:15.560 desire to help children learn how to read. In fact, 0:23:15.680 --> 0:23:18.760 she was the oldest of twelve children. She was the 0:23:18.800 --> 0:23:21.320 one that taught all of her brothers and sisters how 0:23:21.320 --> 0:23:24.400 to read. When she would get called to these troubled 0:23:24.400 --> 0:23:27.880 homes so often, she would notice how there were never 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:31.119 any children's books, nothing for the kids to read, and 0:23:31.359 --> 0:23:34.280 this just broke her heart. She wanted to do something 0:23:34.320 --> 0:23:38.439 about it, but what could she do. She had limited resources. 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:41.719 But instead of giving up and thinking it would never happen. 0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:45.920 She just kept hoping, kept praying, kept believing. One night, 0:23:46.000 --> 0:23:50.240 she answered a false alarm at this huge warehouse. When 0:23:50.280 --> 0:23:54.200 she flipped the lights on, she saw thousands of children's 0:23:54.280 --> 0:23:57.880 books just waiting to be destroyed. They were brand new, 0:23:57.960 --> 0:24:00.520 but they had a little imperfection. They were going to 0:24:00.560 --> 0:24:02.280 be discarded. She said. 0:24:02.320 --> 0:24:04.320 When I saw those books. 0:24:04.040 --> 0:24:07.080 I knew they were mine. She asked the owner right 0:24:07.080 --> 0:24:09.720 then and there if she could have them. He said, fine, 0:24:09.760 --> 0:24:14.040 They're all yours. That night, dropped into her hands were 0:24:14.080 --> 0:24:19.159 over ten thousand brand new children's books. One Saturday afternoon, 0:24:19.640 --> 0:24:22.560 she and the other officers went through the low income 0:24:22.560 --> 0:24:27.119 neighborhoods passed out every single book. Now, when she patrols 0:24:27.160 --> 0:24:31.320 her area, she constantly sees kids sitting on the sidewalks, 0:24:31.359 --> 0:24:34.439 sitting on the front porch reading these children's books. 0:24:34.960 --> 0:24:35.640 What happened? 0:24:36.080 --> 0:24:39.800 The Master stepped in. God made a way where it 0:24:39.840 --> 0:24:43.199 looked like there was no way. The scripture says that 0:24:43.800 --> 0:24:47.800 no good thing will God withhold when you walk up rightly. 0:24:48.600 --> 0:24:52.480 That means, as you live a life of excellence and integrity, 0:24:52.920 --> 0:24:55.800 a life that's pleasing to the Lord, God is going 0:24:55.840 --> 0:24:58.639 to bring your dreams to pass. He's going to cause 0:24:58.680 --> 0:25:01.399 you to be at the place at the right time. 0:25:01.960 --> 0:25:02.399 You're going to. 0:25:02.440 --> 0:25:07.879 Find yourself even stumbling into God's blessings. Dare to dream big, 0:25:08.560 --> 0:25:13.560 think big, believe big. You are a fully loaded person. 0:25:13.800 --> 0:25:15.120 You are totally. 0:25:14.680 --> 0:25:18.399 Equipped Like this lady. You may not have the resources 0:25:18.480 --> 0:25:20.240 right now, but that's okay. 0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:21.200 God does. 0:25:21.680 --> 0:25:25.400 And as you take steps towards your divine destiny, God 0:25:25.480 --> 0:25:28.439 is going to release more of his favor. Don't be 0:25:28.520 --> 0:25:32.920 surprised when things fall into place. That's not a lucky break, 0:25:33.160 --> 0:25:37.440 that's not a coincidence. That's the Master stepping in. Don't 0:25:37.480 --> 0:25:41.400 be surprised when you have wisdom beyond your years, when 0:25:41.480 --> 0:25:44.639 you get breaks you didn't deserve, when you accomplish more 0:25:44.680 --> 0:25:48.760 than you thought possible, that's God putting his hand on 0:25:48.920 --> 0:25:54.119 your hands. That's the Master breathing in your direction. We 0:25:54.240 --> 0:25:56.480 have a friend that told a story about her mother 0:25:56.520 --> 0:25:59.400 in law. As a little girl, This mother in law, 0:25:59.760 --> 0:26:03.159 all Aways, had a desire to sing. Her dream was 0:26:03.200 --> 0:26:07.320 to one day become an opera singer. She was extremely talented. 0:26:07.960 --> 0:26:10.879 All through junior high and high school. She was the 0:26:10.880 --> 0:26:13.480 one chosen to play the lead in the class plays. 0:26:14.160 --> 0:26:17.680 But when it came time for college. Her parents said, 0:26:18.000 --> 0:26:20.400 you'll never make a living as an opera singer. That's 0:26:20.440 --> 0:26:22.520 not a good idea. You need to get a normal degree. 0:26:23.240 --> 0:26:25.439 They kind of talked her out of what she felt 0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:28.199 in her heart. She went on and got her degree 0:26:28.240 --> 0:26:31.320 and lived a happy and a blessed life. When she 0:26:31.400 --> 0:26:34.280 was ninety years old, she was living in a senior 0:26:34.320 --> 0:26:37.320 citizen's home. Her husband had gone to be with the Lord, 0:26:37.400 --> 0:26:40.040 and her mind was not as sharp as it should be. 0:26:40.400 --> 0:26:44.240 She suffered a little from dementia. But what's interesting is 0:26:44.800 --> 0:26:48.040 every day in the senior's home she would stand in 0:26:48.040 --> 0:26:51.679 front of all the people and sing the most beautiful 0:26:51.720 --> 0:26:54.000 opera you could ever imagine. 0:26:54.040 --> 0:26:55.560 She sounded like an angel. 0:26:56.080 --> 0:26:58.880 In fact, people came from all over just to hear 0:26:58.920 --> 0:27:03.000 this ninety year old seen what was that She had 0:27:03.119 --> 0:27:07.480 buried treasure on the inside. Her gift had been pushed 0:27:07.520 --> 0:27:11.000 down for nearly ninety years, but it was still alive, 0:27:11.760 --> 0:27:16.040 just waiting to be released. My challenge to you is, 0:27:16.119 --> 0:27:19.800 don't die with the music still in you share your 0:27:19.840 --> 0:27:23.320 gift with this world. You can go further than you think. 0:27:24.080 --> 0:27:26.720 You can accomplish more than you've accomplished. 0:27:27.600 --> 0:27:30.040 No matter what you've gone through. 0:27:30.520 --> 0:27:34.480 No matter how long it's been, your seeds of greatness 0:27:34.680 --> 0:27:39.399 are still alive and well. You can still become everything 0:27:39.440 --> 0:27:42.560 that God has created you to be. My prayer for 0:27:42.680 --> 0:27:45.879 each one of you is that before you leave this earth, 0:27:46.440 --> 0:27:50.159 all of your potential will be released. Not one dream, 0:27:50.680 --> 0:27:54.440 not one gift, not one promise, not one God given 0:27:54.520 --> 0:27:56.840 desire will go left unfulfilled. 0:27:57.320 --> 0:27:59.080 I'm calling back. 0:27:58.920 --> 0:28:02.280 Those seeds that you you've let go of, those family members, 0:28:02.280 --> 0:28:05.080 you've given up on, those dreams you pushed aside. 0:28:05.160 --> 0:28:06.679 I'm calling them back tonight. 0:28:07.720 --> 0:28:10.359 Some of you you don't realize it, but you can't 0:28:10.440 --> 0:28:13.800 die yet. You've got too much left in you. You've 0:28:13.800 --> 0:28:17.160 got too much potential. God is not going to let 0:28:17.160 --> 0:28:20.080 that go to waste. You might as well put up 0:28:20.119 --> 0:28:24.399 that rocking chair. It's not time to retire. It's time 0:28:24.480 --> 0:28:27.919 to refire. You need to get ready. God is going 0:28:28.000 --> 0:28:32.320 to give you new opportunities and more time to share 0:28:32.359 --> 0:28:36.600 your gift with the world. I recently read about a 0:28:36.680 --> 0:28:40.720 ninety three year old woman that just graduated from college. 0:28:40.760 --> 0:28:43.040 If she can do it at ninety three, you and 0:28:43.080 --> 0:28:45.920 I can do it at twenty, at forty, at sixty, 0:28:46.040 --> 0:28:50.200 at eighty get your fire back. The moment you quit 0:28:50.280 --> 0:28:53.320 planning for your future is the moment you quit living. 0:28:54.040 --> 0:28:56.920 The day you quit being excited about what God has 0:28:56.960 --> 0:29:00.840 in store is the day you went from living just breathing. 0:29:01.680 --> 0:29:04.800 You need to have the right attitude, have the right 0:29:04.960 --> 0:29:08.640 vision for your life. You are a fully loaded person, 0:29:09.200 --> 0:29:13.040 totally equipped, and if you will learn to stretch your faith, 0:29:13.600 --> 0:29:16.720 refuse to die with the music still in you. Here's 0:29:16.760 --> 0:29:20.640 what's gonna happen. The Master's gonna step in. That means 0:29:20.960 --> 0:29:23.920 you're gonna get breaks that you didn't deserve. You're gonna 0:29:24.000 --> 0:29:28.760 overcome obstacles that looked insurmountable. You're gonna accomplish more than you. 0:29:28.760 --> 0:29:31.360 Ever thought possible. When you come to. 0:29:31.360 --> 0:29:34.560 The end, you'll be able to say I finished my course. 0:29:35.000 --> 0:29:38.560 I've spent all my potential, I've released all my gifts. 0:29:38.720 --> 0:29:42.240 I've fulfilled my God given destiny. Amen. 0:29:42.360 --> 0:29:43.560 Do you receive that tonight? 0:29:45.680 --> 0:29:46.240 I know you do. 0:29:48.280 --> 0:29:51.920 Thank you for listening to the Juelustine Podcast. 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