The Promise is Coming

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See terms and conditions at UNEs 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:30.080 dot co. 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:34.319 Hi, this is Joel. Thanks so much for downloading the podcast. 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:36.720 I believe you'll be inspired and challenged. 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:50.240 I hope you enjoy the message. 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:53.520 Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:56.520 your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.120 stop buy and be a part of one of our services. 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:01.920 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:04.880 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.320 about this husband and wife. They had been arguing. Now 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:11.919 they were giving each other the silent treatment. The next morning, 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.160 the man had to get up early and catch a plane. 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.359 He needed his wife to wake him up. Not wanting 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:20.079 to break the silence, he left a note on her 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:23.040 side of the bed that said, please wake me up 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:25.960 at five am. He got up the next morning at 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.960 eight o'clock missed his flight. He was so upset he 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.079 went in to find out why she didn't wake him up. 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:33.160 There was a note on his side of the bed. 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:37.760 It said, wake up, it's five. Say it like you 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.800 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.280 says I am. I have what it says I have. 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.400 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.919 I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:53.880 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:57.799 never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:01.160 I want to talk to you to day about the 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:06.400 promise is coming. We all have things we're believing for dreams. 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:10.040 God put in our heart, problems to turn around. But 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:13.880 when it's been so long, we've made mistakes. People have 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:18.040 come against us. All the circumstances say, if it was 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:21.480 going to happen, it would have happened. By now. It's 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.880 easy to get discouraged and accept that it's never going 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:29.240 to work out. But what God promised you doesn't have 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:33.840 an expiration date. Just because you've given up on it 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:36.840 doesn't mean that God has given up. You may have 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:40.200 done things that should keep your dream from coming to pass. 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:44.200 You got off course, you don't deserve it. But God 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:48.640 is so merciful He's already taken your mistakes into account. 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:52.720 You may have delayed it from happening, but you haven't 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:57.320 denied it from happening. The promise is still coming. God 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:02.600 is saying, despite your mistakes, despite the failures, despite the delays, 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:05.720 I'm still going to bless you. I'm still going to 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:08.960 heal you. I'm still going to bring that dream to pass. 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:14.320 But too often we disqualify ourselves. We think it would 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.560 have happened if I'd have made better choices, if I'd 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:21.080 finished school, if I'd got involved with the wrong crowd, 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.760 if I'd not wasted those years compromising, then God would 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:28.400 bless me, then he would open up new doors. That 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:32.120 would be true if God was like us, if he 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:35.360 judged us based on our performance and gave us what 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:39.560 we deserved. But God is not like people. He is 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:44.159 full of mercy. He doesn't hold our mistakes against us. 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:48.280 He doesn't cancel our destiny because we got off course. 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:53.400 God already knew every wrong turn we would take, every 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:58.599 mistake we would make, every failure, every weakness. Nothing you've 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:02.560 done is a surprise God. Nothing that's happened to you 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:05.840 has caught him off guard. And the good news is 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:11.440 God has mercy for every mistake, restoration for every failure, 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:16.440 a new beginning for every loss, a comeback for every setback. 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:20.640 What He's promised you is still on the way. You 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:24.200 didn't miss your chance. You haven't failed too many times. 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:28.920 That disappointment didn't stop God's plan. He's still going to 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:33.960 show you favor. May seem unlikely. The medical report says, 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:37.080 learn to live with the sickness. It will never change. 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:41.880 It's permanent. God says, healing is coming, Wholeness is coming. 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:45.560 I will restore health back into you. You may not 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:49.120 see how you could ever get out of debt. Nobody 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:52.320 in your family has excelled. You can be the first. 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:56.920 God is saying increase is coming. You will lend and 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:00.560 not borrow. What you touch, will prosper and succes see 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:04.040 well Joel, I'm the one that got me into this mess. 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.400 It's my own fault. God is the one that's going 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.479 to bring you out of that mess. Quit believe in 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.520 the lies that it is too late. The problem is 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:17.679 too big. You've made too many mistakes. God is called 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:22.240 the author and the finisher of your faith. What he started, 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:26.360 he's going to finish. The delay doesn't mean it's not 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:30.719 going to happen. Your mistakes haven't caused God to change 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:35.360 his mind. And the circumstances may look impossible, but God 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:38.880 hasn't run out of options. You may not see a way. 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:44.239 That's because we're natural. God is supernatural. He has ways 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:48.440 we've never thought of. He's not limited by your job, 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:52.159 by your salary, by medical report, by what you didn't get. 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.520 One touch of his favor will catapult you to the 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:59.440 next level. One good break, and what he promised you 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:04.080 will come to pass. In the Scripture, God told Abraham 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:06.479 that he and his wife Sarah were going to have 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:10.600 a baby. Abraham was seventy five years old, Sarah was 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:14.200 sixty five. They had been married many years and not 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:18.800 had any children. This seemed impossible. They were way too old. 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:23.960 Sometimes God will put promises in your heart that don't 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.360 make sense to your mind. He'll put bigger things in 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:31.240 your spirit than you can accomplish on your own. The 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.920 key is to let the seed take root. You don't 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:37.360 have to figure out how it's going to happen. All 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:40.800 you have to do is believe. Well, years went by 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.760 and they didn't see any sign of a baby, so 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:47.600 they tried to help God out. Sarah told Abraham to 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:51.880 sleep with her maid, Hagar. They had a son that 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:56.320 they named Ishmael, but he wasn't the promised child. That's 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:59.960 what the scripture calls works of the flesh, when we 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.840 try to make things happen in our own strength, our 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:06.800 own timing. And of course they loved Ishmael, but he 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:11.040 was a constant source of conflict. Sarah got mad at 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:15.080 Abraham for sleeping with Hagar, even though it was her idea, 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:19.600 and that brought strife and division. She finally gave Abraham 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:23.600 an ultimatum, either that lady is leaving or I'm leaving, 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:26.800 but I am not staying here with Hagar and her son. 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:32.640 Abraham was torn. He loved his son, Ishmael. Hagar hadn't 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.840 done anything wrong, but he didn't have much of a choice. 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:39.120 He had to send him out into the desert. Was 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:44.280 a big mess, all kinds of dysfunction. For thirteen years, 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:49.560 God was silent. Abraham didn't hear anything. I'm sure thoughts 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.920 told him. You blew it. You made a big mess, 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:56.200 You had a baby with another woman. Now it's never 0:08:56.280 --> 0:09:00.720 going to happen. But just because God is silent doesn't 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:04.360 mean he's given up. You may have delayed it, but 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:08.640 you didn't deny it. God hasn't changed his mind. Will 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:12.800 you trust him in the seasons of silence when every 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.800 voice tells you it's never going to happen, it's your 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:20.320 own fault. You knew better. You may not see anything happening. 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:23.760 But God is still working. What he promised you is 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:28.439 still on the way. After thirteen years of silence, when 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:33.840 Abraham was ninety nine, Genesis seventeen says God said to Abraham, 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:38.160 I am the Lord God Almighty. You will become a 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:44.160 father of many nations. After all his mistakes, all the failures, 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:48.120 all the dysfunction, the first thing God said to him 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.400 is you will become a father. He reminded him of 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:55.280 the promise. He was saying, Abraham, even though you blew it, 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.920 even though you made a big mess, that didn't stop 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:02.679 my plan. I didn't change my mind. I'm still going 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:06.040 to do what I said. You would think the first 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:09.880 thing God would say was Abraham, I'm disappointed in you. 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:13.360 What were you thinking? I'm going to find somebody else 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:17.440 to accomplish your destiny. But God never gives up on you. 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:24.240 He never disqualifies you. Now quit disqualifying yourself. You blew it. 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:28.960 Joined the crowd. We all have you made a big mistake, Well, 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:32.720 come on in. You're in good company. The enemy is 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:36.800 called the accuser of the brethren. He'll remind you of 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:41.120 everything you've done wrong, every mistake you'd made. He'd love 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:44.840 for you to go through life down on yourself. No dreams, 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:49.680 no passion, no expectancy. Don't fall into that trap. At 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:54.600 ninety years old, Sarah conceived and gave birth to a son. 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:58.680 They named him Isaac. He was the promised child. The 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:03.120 scripture says it happened at the exact time God said 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:07.440 it would. That tells me God already knew they would 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.959 make those mistakes. He already knew they would be impatient, 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:15.240 have the first son and get into strife. Isaac was 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:19.200 born right on schedule right when God had it planned. 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:23.600 Are you believing lies that you missed your chance? You 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:27.320 made too many poor choices. If you'd have been more disciplined, 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.040 not hung around those people that pulled you down. God 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:35.400 already knew about that. What he promised you is right 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:38.760 on schedule. You didn't miss it is still in your future. 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:42.760 I talked to an older gentleman. He had struggled most 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:46.560 of his life with drugs and alcohol. He was raised 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:49.840 in a good family with a single parent mother. They 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:52.440 were in a rough environment and he got involved with 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:56.360 the wrong crowd. He'd gone to rehab again and again 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:58.920 through the years, and it worked for a little while, 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:03.120 but he would always fall back. His own thoughts not 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:06.800 only told him how bad he was, but people around 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:10.800 him were constantly putting him down, making him feel like 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:14.280 a failure. He was so down on himself he didn't 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:19.480 really want to live. He started watching our program, He said, Joel. 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:23.520 Everybody told me how bad I was, how was a failure, 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:26.679 How I hadn't made anything out of my life. But 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:29.160 you were the first one to tell me how good 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:32.440 I was, and how was made in the image of God. 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:35.920 He didn't have anyone to speak faith into him and 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:39.480 tell him what he could become. When he heard me 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:42.800 say you are a child of the Most High God, 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:46.680 something came alive on the inside. He got down on 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:50.400 his knees, said, God, I made a mess of my life. 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.320 Tried to clean it up on my own. But I 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:58.280 can't do this by myself. God, please help me to change. 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:01.760 From that moment on, you never had another desire for 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:07.080 the drugs. He never touched the alcohol again. Today he 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:11.720 works in the prisons encouraging the inmates that they too 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.560 are a child of the Most High God. Now, you 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:19.680 may have failed, but you are not a failure. Failure 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:23.199 is an event, it's not who you are. You may 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:26.480 have an addiction, but you are not an addict. That's 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.839 what you struggle with. That's not who you are. What 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:34.240 you do may not always be good, but you are good. 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:38.960 The creator of the universe breathe life into you like 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.840 this man. You may have gotten off course, you may 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:44.800 have brought the trouble on yourself, but God is saying, 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:48.160 I'm still going to bless you. I'm still going to 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:51.480 free you. I'm still going to use you to help others. 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:56.480 You're still going to fulfill your destiny. Jesus said, you're 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.800 blessed when you're at the end of your rope with 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:04.120 less of you. There's war of God and his room. 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:09.079 His rule means his favor, his healing, his freedom. Abraham 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:11.440 was at the end of his rope, no way in 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:15.480 the natural. But God showed up and gave him a baby. 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.600 This man was at the end of his rope, addicted 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:23.040 for years. God showed up and brought freedom. You may 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:26.760 be in a situation that doesn't look good your health, 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:30.640 your finances or relationship. A business looks like at the 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:33.440 end you don't see how it can ever work out. 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:37.720 Have a new perspective when you're at the end. In 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:41.600 a sense, it's a blessing in disguise. You're in prime 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:45.800 position for God to show out in your life. God 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:49.280 is saying to you what he said to Abraham. I 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:53.560 am the Lord God Almighty. What I promised you is 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.920 still on the way. Those dreams you've given up on, 0:14:57.320 --> 0:15:00.920 they're on the way. That healing your prayer, it's on 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:04.640 the way. That baby you're believing for is on the way. 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:10.760 Instead of going around down on yourself, discourage, turn it around. Father, 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:15.200 Thank you that you are almighty God that your mercy 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:19.040 is bigger than my mistakes. You're more powerful than this addiction. 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:22.360 You're greater than this sickness. I may be in a 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:26.080 season of silence. I don't see anything happening right now, 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:29.760 But God, I know you are working behind the scenes. 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:33.920 What you promised me is still right on schedule. Think 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:37.200 about Abraham ninety nine years old. He didn't have the 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:42.600 seed to have a baby. Even if Sarah could somehow conceive, 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:46.720 even if her wound became fertile, it wouldn't happen without 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.760 the seed. He could have thought, God, I could believe 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.280 we could have a baby if I had the seed. 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:55.520 But the problem is I don't have what I need. 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:59.960 I'm lacking. You may feel like you're lacking in some area, 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:06.000 lacking talent, lacking finances, lacking support. But God knows what 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:09.280 you don't have. He knows what's in your bank account, 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:12.480 he knows who's not for you, he knows what the 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:16.280 medical report says. The good news is God is going 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:19.120 to make up for what you don't have. He's going 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.400 to give you the seed. That's what he did for Abraham. 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:26.600 Little Isaac was born. But it's interesting God could have 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:29.560 caused Abraham to have a baby when he was younger, 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:33.920 when he had the natural ability. But God waited till 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:38.200 he ran out of the seed. And sometimes on purpose, 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.440 God will let you run out of what you need, 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:44.760 so you'll have to depend on him where your only 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:47.800 option is God. If you don't do this, it's not 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:50.880 going to happen. If you don't turn my child around, 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:54.200 if you don't open this door, if you don't heal 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.720 my body, God that I'm done. That's what Jesus said. 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:00.880 When you come to the end of your ability, then 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:03.800 there's room for God's favor. There's room for him to 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:07.439 show out in your life. If Abraham were here today, 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:11.720 he would tell you, don't let the circumstances fool you. 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:14.720 Don't let what you don't have talk you out of it. 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:19.680 Don't let your mistakes, your failures, the delays, the seasons 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:23.240 of silence convince you that it's never going to happen. 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:27.520 The Lord God Almighty is about to do for you 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:30.719 what he did for Abraham. He's going to bless you 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:34.199 in spite of your mistakes. He's going to promote you 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.760 in spite of the odds being against you. He's going 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:41.160 to make things happen that you didn't deserve. You didn't 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:43.639 work for it, you didn't earn it. It's just the 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:48.400 goodness of God. Years ago, this business venture came across 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:52.400 my path. It seemed like a once in a lifetime opportunity. 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:55.800 I was so excited. I didn't have to pray about it. 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.520 I didn't have to think twice. I just said yes 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:03.000 the way. As we researched it more and talked with 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:07.159 a few experts, there were several red flags and things 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:10.240 that didn't pan out, but I was so set in 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:13.720 having it my way. I ignored it, didn't pay it 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:17.280 any attention. We signed a contract and got it up 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:21.280 and going, but it wasn't what I thought. Didn't take 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:24.800 off the way we had planned. There were some restrictions 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:29.120 and limitations that we didn't realize. It was a constant struggle, 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:32.760 a burden financially. We didn't know how it was going 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.919 to turn out. I had this huge obligation. I was 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:39.760 over my head and it was nobody's fault except my own. 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:43.800 I knew God had put big things in my heart, 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:47.920 but like Abraham, I was impatient. I tried to make 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:52.480 it happen in my own strength. Nasaalmis said, the Israelites 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:57.280 did not wait for God's plan to unfhone. It's easy 0:18:57.280 --> 0:18:59.760 to get in a hurrying try to force doors to 0:18:59.840 --> 0:19:04.080 own open, try to manipulate people. If you push hard enough, 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:08.280 sometimes God will let you open a door that he 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:11.840 hasn't ordained. He'll let you go down a road that's 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:15.720 not his best path. And I'm all for taking risks 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:19.439 getting out of our comfort zones, but it's important to 0:19:19.560 --> 0:19:23.800 stay in God's timing. Listen to that still small voice 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:27.880 on the inside. That opportunity may be right for you, 0:19:28.200 --> 0:19:31.320 but when you feel the unrest, it may be it's 0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:35.239 just not the right time. Abraham knew God promised him 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:38.520 a baby, but what it didn't happen on his timetable 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:41.520 as fast as he thought it should. That's when they 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:45.399 tried to help God out for this business venture of 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:49.760 mine never did take off. But here's how amazing God is. 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:53.720 Even though I made the mess, even though I overrode 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:57.480 what I was feeling, brought the trouble on myself, God 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:01.760 supernaturally turned it around. We came out of it much 0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:04.840 better than we went into it. It ended up being 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:08.159 a huge blessing. What am I saying, God took my 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:12.760 mistake and turned it into a miracle. That's the mercy 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:16.280 of God. When we don't deserve it. We got our course, 0:20:16.640 --> 0:20:19.680 we got in a hurry. God says, I'm still going 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:23.000 to bless you. I'm still going to favor you. I'm 0:20:23.040 --> 0:20:25.679 still going to get you to where you're supposed to be. 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:29.840 Quit believe in those lies that you can't accomplish your dreams. 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:32.719 Look what you've done. You'll never meet the right person, 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:35.920 never get out of debt. You've made too many poor choices. 0:20:36.400 --> 0:20:40.159 What God promised you is still on the way. You 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:43.640 may have delayed it, but you didn't deny it. It's 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:48.600 still on the schedule. Start believing again, Start dreaming again, 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:52.280 Start making plans for what you've given up on. I 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:54.359 met a couple that had been trying to have a 0:20:54.400 --> 0:20:58.359 baby for eleven years. They came down for prayer and 0:20:58.400 --> 0:21:01.639 the young lady was weeping and weeping. She wanted a 0:21:01.680 --> 0:21:05.560 baby so badly, but all the medical reports said there 0:21:05.600 --> 0:21:09.359 was no way. She had taken the fertility treatments, they'd 0:21:09.359 --> 0:21:12.680 done everything they could in the natural with no success. 0:21:13.320 --> 0:21:17.560 But against all odds, the young lady conceived They came 0:21:17.600 --> 0:21:23.040 back last week to dedicate their beautiful baby daughter. Medically speaking, 0:21:23.520 --> 0:21:28.160 it was impossible. But when the Lord God Almighty shows up, 0:21:28.680 --> 0:21:33.159 what's impossible becomes possible. What He's destined for your life 0:21:33.240 --> 0:21:36.400 will come to pass. The last time I saw her, 0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:41.880 years before, she was weeping with tears of sadness, so heartbroken. 0:21:42.320 --> 0:21:45.639 This time she was weeping with tears of joy, so 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:50.000 overwhelmed at God's goodness. You may have shed some tears 0:21:50.040 --> 0:21:53.720 of sadness over what hasn't worked out, dreams that haven't 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:57.840 come to pass, disappointments, loss that you've been through. Like 0:21:57.920 --> 0:22:00.720 with her, God is going to turn you your mourning 0:22:00.880 --> 0:22:04.720 into dancing, those tears of sadness into tears of joy. 0:22:05.359 --> 0:22:08.440 May not have happened yet, but it's not over. God 0:22:08.480 --> 0:22:12.800 has the final say. The Psalmist said, weeping may endure 0:22:12.880 --> 0:22:16.520 for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Your 0:22:16.560 --> 0:22:20.879 mourning is coming, your baby is coming, your healing is coming, 0:22:21.200 --> 0:22:25.320 your spouse is coming, Your breakthrough is coming. When it happens, 0:22:25.359 --> 0:22:29.000 it's going to be more rewarding, more fulfilling, better than 0:22:29.040 --> 0:22:34.560 you've ever imagined. Moses was born into a Hebrew family, 0:22:35.080 --> 0:22:38.359 but he was raised by Egyptians. As a young man, 0:22:38.520 --> 0:22:41.280 God gave him a dream that he would deliver the 0:22:41.440 --> 0:22:45.280 Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. One day, he saw 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:49.600 an Egyptian foreman mistreating a Hebrew slave. He didn't think 0:22:49.640 --> 0:22:53.720 anyone was watching. He killed the man. He had good intentions, 0:22:53.920 --> 0:22:56.680 but he got out of God's timing. He didn't wait 0:22:56.720 --> 0:23:00.440 for the plan to unfold. Someone saw him. He had 0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:03.959 to run for his life. He spent forty years on 0:23:04.000 --> 0:23:07.359 the back side of the desert in hiding. Here he 0:23:07.440 --> 0:23:10.280 had this calling on his life. He knew what God 0:23:10.280 --> 0:23:13.080 had spoken to him, but he blew it. It was 0:23:13.200 --> 0:23:17.399 his fault. I'm sure he lived in regrets. There weren't 0:23:17.440 --> 0:23:20.400 many days went by that he didn't think about that mistake. 0:23:20.920 --> 0:23:23.480 Why didn't I keep my cool? Why didn't I use 0:23:23.520 --> 0:23:27.920 better judgment? It looked like that had canceled out the promise. 0:23:28.359 --> 0:23:33.440 But God doesn't change his mind. Our mistakes may delay them, 0:23:33.560 --> 0:23:37.919 but even then God uses the delays, the setbacks to 0:23:38.080 --> 0:23:42.840 develop us, to get us prepared. Nothing is wasted. If 0:23:42.840 --> 0:23:45.720 you'll keep the right attitude, all things will work for 0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:49.560 your good. One morning, Moses was out in the desert. 0:23:49.920 --> 0:23:55.520 Everything seemed normal, when suddenly a bush exploded caught fire. 0:23:56.160 --> 0:24:00.680 What made this bush unusual is that it didn't burn up. Intrigued, 0:24:00.800 --> 0:24:03.520 Moses walked over to it see what was going on. 0:24:03.840 --> 0:24:08.520 A voice boomed out, Moses, Moses, take off your sandals. 0:24:08.640 --> 0:24:12.520 You are standing on holy ground. It had been forty 0:24:12.640 --> 0:24:16.199 years since he had heard God's voice, a season of 0:24:16.280 --> 0:24:19.720 silence so long he thought God had forgotten about him. 0:24:20.119 --> 0:24:24.439 He'd already accepted that he couldn't accomplish his destiny. But 0:24:24.560 --> 0:24:28.320 after all his mistakes, after the failures, when he was 0:24:28.400 --> 0:24:32.200 eighty years old, God showed up and say, all right, Moses, 0:24:32.520 --> 0:24:35.440 now I'm ready for you to go deliver the Israelites. 0:24:35.640 --> 0:24:39.520 He went out and did just that. Like Moses, you 0:24:39.560 --> 0:24:42.840 may have made mistakes, you got off course. You don't 0:24:42.880 --> 0:24:45.440 see how you could ever accomplish your dreams. It's been 0:24:45.480 --> 0:24:50.040 too long. But that season of silence doesn't mean God 0:24:50.080 --> 0:24:54.040 has forgotten about you. In the forty years Moses was 0:24:54.080 --> 0:24:58.280 out in the desert, the scripture says, Moses became the 0:24:58.280 --> 0:25:02.840 most humble man in all the land. God is working 0:25:02.880 --> 0:25:06.919 on you in the silent years. You may not realize it, 0:25:07.160 --> 0:25:11.160 but he's getting you prepared your time is coming. Your 0:25:11.240 --> 0:25:14.880 burning bush is on the way. What God started, He's 0:25:14.920 --> 0:25:17.800 going to finish. Even though it may have been your fault, 0:25:17.920 --> 0:25:20.479 He's still going to bless you. He's still going to 0:25:20.520 --> 0:25:23.760 favor you. He's still going to open doors you never 0:25:23.840 --> 0:25:27.000 dreamed would open. I talked to a gentleman. When he 0:25:27.080 --> 0:25:30.719 was seventeen years old. Back in the nineteen sixties, his 0:25:30.840 --> 0:25:35.480 girlfriend became pregnant. Their parents were not happy. They sent 0:25:35.560 --> 0:25:38.560 him off to the Marine Corps. The young lady and 0:25:38.640 --> 0:25:42.600 her family moved to a different state. While in boot camp, 0:25:42.840 --> 0:25:45.880 she informed him that she was giving the baby up 0:25:45.920 --> 0:25:49.800 for adoption. He went over and served overseas and the 0:25:49.840 --> 0:25:52.920 Special Forces. He was hoping when he came back home 0:25:52.960 --> 0:25:55.919 they'd get back together. She sent him a note saying 0:25:56.080 --> 0:25:59.720 she was moving on. They went their separate ways. Fast 0:25:59.760 --> 0:26:02.960 forward to the year two thousand and nine. The man 0:26:03.080 --> 0:26:06.000 had just lost his wife of twenty four years to 0:26:06.080 --> 0:26:10.560 an illness. He was very heartbroken. Three months later, he 0:26:10.640 --> 0:26:15.560 received a sympathy card from his former teenage girlfriend. They 0:26:15.600 --> 0:26:19.280 had not spoken in over forty two years. Her husband 0:26:19.320 --> 0:26:22.160 had just died as well. He was able to find 0:26:22.160 --> 0:26:25.240 her number and call her. They couldn't believe they were 0:26:25.280 --> 0:26:28.680 talking to each other after all that time. She told 0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:32.359 him how she had just located their daughter that they 0:26:32.400 --> 0:26:35.359 had given up for adoption. She lived a few minutes 0:26:35.400 --> 0:26:38.680 from her. He went to see the lady. He met 0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:41.760 his daughter for the first time and his ten year 0:26:41.760 --> 0:26:45.720 old grandson. A dream come true. He and the lady 0:26:45.840 --> 0:26:50.080 started dating. A year later, they were married, with their daughter, 0:26:50.560 --> 0:26:53.240 who they had given up for adoption, as the maid 0:26:53.280 --> 0:26:57.280 of honor. God knows how to take mistakes we've made 0:26:57.560 --> 0:27:01.879 and turned them into miracles. It's not too late. You 0:27:01.960 --> 0:27:05.000 haven't missed your chance. You don't know what God is 0:27:05.119 --> 0:27:08.360 up to. He can make things happen. You never dreamed 0:27:08.400 --> 0:27:13.160 what happened. I'm sure Moses never thought he'd fulfill his destiny. 0:27:13.640 --> 0:27:17.600 Abraham never thought he'd become a father at an old age. 0:27:17.960 --> 0:27:21.200 This man never thought he'd ever meet his daughter, never 0:27:21.200 --> 0:27:24.800 see his family restored. But God is full of mercy 0:27:25.119 --> 0:27:28.520 and full of surprises. There are promises you may have 0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:31.760 given up on, but God has not given up. 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