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See terms and conditions at uness dot co. 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:36.560 David understood this principle. I'm underestimated and that's okay. Doesn't 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:40.399 hurt my feelings. I'm not offended. They can't see what's 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:43.480 in me. The odds may be against me, but I 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:47.960 know God uses underestimated people. This is setting me up 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:51.000 for a new level of my destiny. Hi, this is 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:54.680 Joelan Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:57.920 for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:00.000 don't you be a blessing and share it with a friend. 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.120 We appreciate you and pray for God's buried best in 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:07.600 your life. It's great to be with you today, and 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.240 I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:13.919 through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media. 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.200 We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:19.320 I like to start with something funny and One day 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:22.920 up in heaven, Satan and Jesus were having a contest 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:25.320 to see who was better at computers. 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:27.520 After six hours of making. 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:30.880 Spreadsheets designing web pages, a thunderstorm knocked. 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:31.280 The power out. 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:36.000 When they rebooted their computers, Satan started screaming, it's all lost. 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:38.840 All my material is gone, while. 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:41.640 Jesus quietly walked over printed his out turned it in. 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.440 Satan complained, it's not fair. He must have cheated. How 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:48.640 come he didn't lose his material. God smiled and said, 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:52.160 Jesus says, say it. 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:55.359 Like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:57.919 what it says. I am. I have what it says 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.520 I have. I can do what it says I can do. 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.920 Today I will be taught the word of God. I 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:08.200 boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:12.160 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:17.000 bless you. I want to talk to you today about underestimated. 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:20.560 We all face times when what we're up against it's 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:21.480 too big for us. 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:23.760 The dream is too great, the. 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.720 Problem too strong, the opposition too powerful. 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.840 People rule us out and think it's never going to happen. 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:32.959 You don't have the resources, you don't come from the 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:35.960 right family, the medical report is not good. 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:41.280 All the facts say it's impossible. But God, on purpose. 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:45.120 Will have you underestimated when it seems the least likely. 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:49.040 That's when He shows up the greatest. Don't get discouraged 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:50.400 when you're underestimated. 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:51.560 It's a setup. 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.600 God puts you in that position to show himself strong. 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.720 When you defy the odds, everyone will know His favor 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:00.800 is on your life. 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:07.240 But when you're outnumbered, outsized, out educated, out trained, don't be. 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.760 Surprised if people discount you, tell you you're not talented enough, 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:15.720 not tall enough, not strong enough, not experience enough. That 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.800 may be true, but what they can't see is what 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:22.080 God put in you. They're just looking on the outside 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:26.240 from a natural perspective, But you have something on the inside, 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:30.320 the seed of Almighty God. It will take you where 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:33.840 you can't go on your own, But sometimes doubt will 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:36.960 whisper you don't have what it takes. How could you 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:40.080 accomplish that dream where you're going to get the funds? 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:42.719 How can you take your family to a new level? 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:45.640 You're barely making it each week? How can you get 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:49.560 the promotion? Your coworker is more qualified, they have more training, 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:54.240 but deep down you can't explain it, or something tells you. 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:54.680 You can do it. 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.880 You were created for this. You know it's going to happen. 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.560 People look at you and think just the opposite. You're 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:06.560 exactly where you're supposed to be. God uses underestimated people. 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.960 When you look down on told it's not going to happen. 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:13.120 Get ready, God is about to show out in your life. 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:14.960 It's going to be uncommon. 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.880 People are going to be scratching their heads thinking, how 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:20.440 did he become that successful? 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:23.640 Do you know what neighborhood he was raised in? How 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:26.400 did she marry that man? I don't get it? How 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:28.880 did she beat the cancer? Did you see the report? 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.280 How did he become the pastor of Lakewood? 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:32.480 He didn't have the training. 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:37.279 God loves to take the underestimated and do something awesome. 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:41.480 The reason he puts you in situations that are too big, 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:45.719 too strong, too much, is not to defeat you, but 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:49.960 to establish you. When God turns it around, when you 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:53.520 discover the greatness inside, people will see you in a 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:57.680 whole new light that's moving you toward your God given purpose. 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:02.719 When you're tempted to feel over wound, outnumbered, not enough, 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:07.320 instead of giving up, have a new perspective. I'm underestimated 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:08.320 and that's okay. 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:10.479 I know God is up to something. 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:13.960 I know favor is coming. I know new doors are 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.960 about to open. I know healing is on the way. 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:20.280 God is going to defy the odds and. 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.400 Do what only he can do. 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:28.560 Don't be discouraged when you're underestimated. Embrace being underestimated. God 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.679 loves to take the underdog and cause them to shine. 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:33.680 When people don't believe in. 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:37.479 You, the discounting you, all the facts say it's never 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:38.280 going to happen. 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.960 You're in perfect position for God to surprise you. 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:45.839 That's when he'll show up and do things that catapult 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:47.200 you into your destiny. 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:51.720 Think about David. He had a history of being underestimated. 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:55.239 As a teenager, he was out in the shepherd's fields 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:56.960 taking care of his father's sheep. 0:06:57.520 --> 0:06:59.960 His brothers were in the army. They had a prison 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:01.040 Pstigia's position. 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:06.400 David was the youngest, the smallest. He was discounted, sort 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:08.919 of seen as the runt of the litter. When the 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:11.920 prophet Samuel came to his house to anoint one of 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:15.360 his father's sons as the next king of Israel, his 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:19.080 father Jesse didn't call him in from the shepherd's fields. 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:22.120 He thought, there's no way it's David. He didn't have 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:27.120 the size, the strength, the talent. These other brothers are bigger, stronger, 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:28.080 more experienced. 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:30.080 He saw David as. 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:34.440 Less than, not good enough. He doesn't have a chance yet. 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:37.760 When Samuel looked at the other brothers, he said, it's 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:43.240 none of them. What's significant is the oldest son, Eliab. 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:47.560 Was tall, strong, muscular, attractive. He looked like a king. 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:49.600 He was a perfect choice. 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:54.200 But God loves to choose the underdog, the least likely, 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.920 the one other's right off. Jesse told Samuel, I have 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.840 another son out in the shepherd's fields, but I'm sure 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:01.960 it's not him. 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:03.280 David came in. 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:07.400 Samuel said, that's the one I can imagine. Jesse nearly 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:11.280 passed out. Samuel said Jesse. You look on the outside, 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:14.880 but God looks on the inside. You're judging by appearance, 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.480 hide stature, but God looks at the heart. 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:20.920 David was anointed to be king, but he didn't go 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:23.480 to the palace. He went back to the shepherd's fields. 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:27.000 One day, his father asked him to take lunch to 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:30.640 his brothers, who were serving in the army in another city. 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:35.319 When he arrived, instead of thanking him, his oldest brother 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:37.760 made fun of him in front of all the men. 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:40.920 What are you doing here, David? And what did you 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.600 do with those few sheep you're supposed to be taking 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:43.960 care of. 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:48.720 He belittled him, discounted him, tried to make him feel small. 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:53.439 He didn't think David would do anything significant. Like David's father, 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:56.560 he saw him, it's not up to par, just a 0:08:56.600 --> 0:09:03.199 young boy. Think about how easily David could have felt inadequate, inferior, 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.040 been talked out of. What God put in his heart 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:10.280 so important that you don't let how people treat you 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:14.920 determine your value. Don't let what they say determine your 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:18.680 self worth. They may not believe in you, they see 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:22.199 is less than say things that try to push you down. 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.360 Don't let those lives take root. 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:29.960 Live inferior, insecure, not pursue your dreams. You have to 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:32.600 do like David, let it go in one ear and 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:37.319 out the other. They're underestimating you, but you know this principle. 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:39.920 God uses underestimated people. 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:42.760 It's a set up. He's about to show out in 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:44.040 your life. 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.920 As David was about to return home, Goliath, the champion 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:50.920 of the Philistine army, came out on the mountain side 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:55.520 and started taunting the Israelites, shouting insults, daring them to 0:09:55.559 --> 0:10:00.200 come fight. All the Israelite army ran in hid. They 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:04.360 were afraid, but something rose up in David. He said, 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.240 who is this man? That he would defy the armies 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:10.520 of the Living God didn't make sense to his mind, 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:14.000 but he had this passion, this knowing that he was 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:16.760 going to take care of Goliath. He went to King 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:19.439 Saul and told him that he wanted to fight Goliath. 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:23.040 You would think that Saul would be happy. None of 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:24.600 his soldiers had the courage. 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:28.360 They were all terrified. Day after day they shrunk back. 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:30.040 Finally someone stepped up. 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:34.680 But when King Saul saw how small David was, he 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:38.120 said in verse thirty three, David, don't be ridiculous. 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.880 You're just a boy. He's the champion of their army. 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:47.000 He's incredibly skilled, strong and powerful. You can imagine how 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:51.480 David felt. He had all this passion, this enthusiasm. He 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:53.880 knew God called him to do something great. 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:55.720 But nobody believes in him. 0:10:56.080 --> 0:11:00.360 His father, his brother, King Saul, they all discounted him, 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:04.640 tried to talk him out of it. David understood this principle. 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:10.120 I'm underestimated and that's okay. Doesn't hurt my feelings. I'm 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.840 not offended. They can't see what's in me. The odds 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:18.200 may be against me, but I know God uses underestimated people. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.280 This is setting me up for a new level of 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:25.280 my destinies. David got his courage up, went out to 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:29.760 face Goliath. When Goliath saw how small David was, he 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:33.920 began to make fun of David, ridicule him. He said, 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:35.840 am I a dog that you'd come at me with 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.960 a stick? He was saying, is this the best you got? 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:40.400 This teenager? 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:44.319 This young boy, he doesn't have the training, the size, 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:45.119 the experience. 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:46.640 He's not even worth my time. 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:52.080 Look at how many opportunities David had to get discouraged. 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:54.040 Feel inadequate, unqualified. 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:59.720 His father, his brothers, King Saw, now even Goliath are 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:01.800 all trying to reinforce these lies. 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.320 David, you're not enough. You can't do this. It's too 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.160 big to reach your destiny. 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:12.480 You have to tune out all the naysayers, the intimidations that. 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:13.720 Can't do it. Thoughts. 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.840 You have to know on purpose. God is causing you 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:22.920 to be underestimated. People not believing in you, discounting you, 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.400 feeling like you're way over your head. That's a sign 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:29.920 that you're right where you're supposed to be. God is 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:34.200 positioning you to do something that you've never seen, to 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:37.360 defy the odds, to go where no one in your 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:42.319 family has gone, to break generational curses, to bring down giants, 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:46.600 to set new standards. Don't get discouraged when people don't 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:48.319 believe in you try. 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:49.599 To talk you out of it. 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:53.080 It's good to be underestimated. That means God's about to 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:54.880 catapult you to new levels. 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:58.600 Goliath stood over nine feet tall. 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:03.880 He washed muscular, not only powerful, but he was skilled 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:08.840 in battle, smart, experienced, agile. You would think God would 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:13.360 find the biggest Israeli soldier, the tallest, strongest, most skilled 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:14.880 man to take on Goliath. 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.560 He's God. He could have chosen anyone. 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.560 He could have caused an Israeli man to be nine 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.520 feet tall stand eye to eye with Goliath. 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:27.080 That makes more sense. But what did God do He 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:31.720 chose David. Some commentaries say David was less than. 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:36.640 Five feet tall my brother Paul's height. He was very short, 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:41.200 not even average height. Goliath was nine feet tall. That 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:45.360 means he was almost twice David's size. God was showing 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:50.720 us this principle he uses underestimated people. You may be 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:54.239 in a situation where what you're up against seems impossible. 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:58.440 There are giants in your life, in your finances, doesn't 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:02.000 look like you'll get ahead. Medical reports not good, maybe 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:05.280 a child's off course. You're still believing to meet someone. 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:09.839 Nothing's working out. You're right where David was. Thoughts will 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:13.520 tell you there's no chance. It's too big, too complicated. 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:17.040 You might as well turn around, quit expecting, quit believing, 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:20.800 don't believe those lies. God has let the odds be 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:25.480 against you on purpose. He's let you be underestimated. So 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:29.080 when he turns it around, when he devised the odds 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:35.760 and you defeat that giant, you come out promoted, healthy, happy, married, victorious. 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:40.520 Nobody will doubt the most high God is on your side. 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:43.640 Goliath was standing there in a full set of armor. 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.720 He had a sword, a shield, the best protection, the 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:52.640 latest equipment. David had no armor, no helmet, no protection. 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:56.280 All he had was a slingshot and a few stones. 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:00.080 When he looked at Goliath, fully decked in all all 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:03.040 of his armor, he thought about how he had nothing 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:04.040 but a slingshot. 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:06.760 He could have been intimidated, afraid. 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:10.880 Maybe this isn't a good idea, but he knew that 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:15.040 slingshot with the favor of God was more powerful than 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:18.840 having the best equipment. It's not so much what you have, 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:23.000 it's what do you think about what you have. If 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:27.720 you're discounting your talent, discounting your height, discounting. 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:31.920 Your ability, your nationality, your education, all I have is 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:35.440 this slingshot. I just went to high school. My family's 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:36.320 just ordinary. 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:40.440 You're going to miss the greatness God put in you. 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:41.240 You don't need. 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:44.320 Great talent to do something great. You don't have to 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:47.920 have great resources to leave your mark. You don't have 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:51.480 to come from an influential family to make a big difference. 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:55.040 If you live thinking if I just had something better, 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:56.280 than this sling shot. 0:15:56.760 --> 0:16:01.800 I just had more talent, more experience, personality, more courage. 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:05.200 That's going to limit your life. Here's the key. 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:09.520 You have exactly what you need to fulfill your destiny. 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:13.840 May seem like it's just a slingshot, but that slingshot, 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:16.440 with the favor of God will take you from the 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:20.119 shepherd's fields to the palace. It will cause a teenager 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:23.840 with no training to defeat the most skilled warrior of 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:28.320 that day. Don't discount what you have. If you needed more, 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:29.960 God would have given you more. 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:31.680 Many times. 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:36.560 It's not other people underestimating us. We're underestimating who we are. 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:40.200 It's not the golias holding us back. It's the lies 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:44.960 we're buying into. I'm too small, I'm too old, too shy, 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:49.000 too clumsy. I'm not wearing any armor. All I have 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:53.080 is this slingshot. Can I tell you that slingshot, what 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:55.800 you have in your hand is the ticket to the 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:57.359 next level of your destiny. 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:01.480 Don't discount what you have. God will take the little. 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:05.000 He'll take what seems like not enough and breathe on 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.359 it and it will become more than anle. 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.840 My question is, what do you think about what you have? 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:14.719 Are you discounting what God has given you. 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:17.600 I don't say this arrogantly, but. 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:21.080 I realize I have the talent I need. I have 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:24.000 the courage I need. I have the skills I need. 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.760 I have the height, the looks, the friends, the favor 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:30.680 that I need. Don't go through life thinking that you're 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:33.000 at a disadvantage, you're lacking. 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:36.080 You have everything you need. Now. 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:39.320 People may underestimate you. That's a part of God's plan. 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:45.640 But don't underestimate yourself. Don't discount yourself. Don't talk yourself 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:47.639 out of the greatness God put in you. 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.640 Joel, all I have is this slingshot. All you need 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:55.080 is a slingshot. You'll be amazed at where you can go. 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:58.320 With a little talent, a little courage, a little faith, 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:02.600 a little determination. This is where the Israelites missed it. 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:06.600 Ten men went in despy, out the promised land. They 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:11.359 came back intimidated, afraid, said Moses, the people are too big. 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:12.919 We don't have a chance. 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:17.680 We felt like grasshoppers compared to them. They didn't understand 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:18.520 this principle. 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:21.960 God will let the odds be against you on purpose. 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:26.520 He'll put you in situations where you're the underdog. Everyone 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:27.320 counts you out. 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:28.600 You don't have the. 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:32.359 Size, the training, the skill, the equipment. If you stay 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:35.440 focused on what you don't have, you'll talk yourself out 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:35.639 of it. 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:38.720 The right approach is, yes, the people are big. 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:42.760 Yes we felt like grasshoppers. But God, we know you 0:18:42.920 --> 0:18:45.960 being for us is more than the world being against us. 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:50.159 We know you allow us to be underestimated so you 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:51.680 can show your power. 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:52.560 In greater ways. 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:56.399 When God breathes on what you have, like David and 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:59.960 the slingshot, you will defeat enemies that are much bigger, 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:02.800 overcome obstacles that look impossible. 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:05.480 You'll go places that you've never dreamed. 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:09.679 Even in my own life, when my father died, no 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:12.440 one expected me to step up and pastor the church. 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:15.919 I didn't have the training, I've never been to seminary. 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:19.719 I was more quiet and reserved. I liked being behind 0:19:19.760 --> 0:19:23.000 the scenes. But when my father passed, I knew I 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:25.679 was supposed to take this step of faith, and plenty 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:27.520 of people didn't think I could do it. 0:19:28.119 --> 0:19:29.800 A major newspaper wrote an. 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:33.040 Article about how the worst thing that could happen was 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:36.240 for one of the sons to take over. Oliver heard 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:39.280 a couple of people talking after a service, saying he's 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:40.480 not as good as his father. 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:42.320 I don't think he'll make it. 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:47.120 But despite what they said, despite what my natural reasoning 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:50.119 told me, somehow I believe that I had what it takes. 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:53.199 I wasn't move by all the naysayers. I didn't let 0:19:53.280 --> 0:19:54.600 the giants intimidate me. 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:57.800 By the grace of God, He's caused me to go 0:19:57.880 --> 0:20:01.080 further than I ever imagined, brought gifts out that I 0:20:01.119 --> 0:20:05.240 didn't know. I had that same newspaper that talked about 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:08.800 how I wasn't qualified. A few years later wrote another 0:20:08.960 --> 0:20:12.280 article was on the front page. The headline was a 0:20:12.359 --> 0:20:16.760 force to be reckoned with. I thought to myself, Look 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:21.240 what God can do take you from being underestimated, looked 0:20:21.280 --> 0:20:24.560 down on, discounted to a force to be reckoned with. 0:20:25.560 --> 0:20:28.679 Are you allowing people to talk you out of your dreams, 0:20:29.240 --> 0:20:32.000 circumstances to convince you that you don't have what it 0:20:32.040 --> 0:20:36.560 takes get your fire back? You're underestimated on purpose. 0:20:36.760 --> 0:20:37.680 It's a setup. 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:40.879 God is about to do something that you've never seen. 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:44.679 Don't discount what you have. It may be small now, 0:20:44.880 --> 0:20:47.320 but when God breathes on it, it's going to multiply. 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:50.280 New doors are going to open. Giants are going to 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:50.840 come down. 0:20:51.880 --> 0:20:55.480 When we acquired this place, the former Compact Center, a 0:20:55.560 --> 0:20:58.080 company filed a lawsuit to try to keep us from 0:20:58.160 --> 0:21:01.199 moving in. And it wasn't just any company. It was 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:05.360 the largest taxpayer in Texas, a huge real estate company. 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:10.359 Was literally David versus Goliath. They had more funds, more influence, 0:21:10.480 --> 0:21:14.240 more connections. We could say, like the Israelites. We felt 0:21:14.240 --> 0:21:17.840 like grasshoppers compared to them. They have billions of dollars 0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:22.800 of assets. But when you're underestimated, God is setting you up. 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:25.760 It's a part of his plan. The bigger they are, 0:21:26.119 --> 0:21:28.600 the harder they're going to fall, the more he's going 0:21:28.640 --> 0:21:29.399 to get the credit. 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:32.679 Our attorneys told us that it could be tied up 0:21:32.680 --> 0:21:34.879 in the courts for up to ten years, not to 0:21:34.880 --> 0:21:37.720 get our hopes up. But a year and a half later, 0:21:38.040 --> 0:21:41.480 without any warning, God supernaturally turned it around. 0:21:42.040 --> 0:21:42.920 They not only. 0:21:42.760 --> 0:21:46.520 Dropped the lawsuit, which gave us the building, they leased 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:50.600 us nine thousand covered parking spaces. We didn't have to 0:21:50.600 --> 0:21:54.840 build a garage. What am I saying? When you're underestimated, 0:21:55.119 --> 0:21:58.560 God is up to something. As you go through life, 0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:00.760 you're going to have these times where the odds are 0:22:00.800 --> 0:22:04.000 against you, all the facts say there's no way is 0:22:04.040 --> 0:22:04.639 going to happen. 0:22:05.000 --> 0:22:06.560 Come on, man, they're the biggest. 0:22:06.200 --> 0:22:09.439 Company in Texas. Goliath is nine feet tall. 0:22:09.960 --> 0:22:12.480 You don't have the funds that sickness is permanent. 0:22:12.960 --> 0:22:16.200 It's easy to get discouraged, give up on your dreams. 0:22:16.440 --> 0:22:19.760 Believe what people are saying. Now, have the right approach. 0:22:20.200 --> 0:22:24.760 I'm underestimated on purpose. This means God is up to something. 0:22:25.040 --> 0:22:27.439 He's about to show out in my life in a 0:22:27.480 --> 0:22:30.560 new way. There was a young boy that had a 0:22:30.640 --> 0:22:32.440 dream of playing professional football. 0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:34.040 Nine years old. 0:22:34.119 --> 0:22:37.320 He drew a picture of himself and underneath he wrote 0:22:37.320 --> 0:22:41.919 the caption best safety in the NFL. The problem was 0:22:42.160 --> 0:22:45.679 he was very small, couldn't make the team in high school. 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:48.760 He was only five feet tall weighed one hundred pounds. 0:22:49.280 --> 0:22:52.200 The coaches were concerned for his safety, and they kept 0:22:52.240 --> 0:22:54.120 telling him you're too small. 0:22:54.240 --> 0:22:56.880 You're going to get hurt. Football is not for you. 0:22:57.560 --> 0:23:00.920 He'd go back again and again, wanting to so badly. 0:23:01.760 --> 0:23:04.960 One day after practice, the coach on the field said 0:23:05.000 --> 0:23:08.920 to him very firmly, listen, son, we've taken all your measurements, 0:23:09.280 --> 0:23:12.439 we've studied you you're too small. You're never going to 0:23:12.480 --> 0:23:16.640 play professional football. The young men walked away so discouraged. 0:23:17.359 --> 0:23:21.800 That night, he told his father the coaches took my measurements, my. 0:23:21.880 --> 0:23:23.680 Size, my height, my weight. 0:23:24.200 --> 0:23:27.600 They said, don't measure up. I can't play football. The 0:23:27.680 --> 0:23:30.120 father looked him in the eyes and said, son, did 0:23:30.119 --> 0:23:33.919 they measure your heart? He was saying, they don't know 0:23:34.000 --> 0:23:37.280 what's in you. They're judging by the outside, but they 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:39.240 can't see the greatness. 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:39.560 That God put in you. 0:23:40.920 --> 0:23:44.800 Years later, against our odd's this young man bo Eason 0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:48.320 went on to play professional football. His second year in 0:23:48.400 --> 0:23:52.040 the league, he was voted in All Pro Safety, one 0:23:52.080 --> 0:23:56.320 of the best players in that position. When you're underestimated, 0:23:56.680 --> 0:24:00.000 look down on, discounted, that's a sign. 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:01.760 That God is up to something big. 0:24:02.720 --> 0:24:06.520 People can't stop your destiny. What someone said about you, 0:24:06.880 --> 0:24:10.080 or the odds being against you, that's God setting you 0:24:10.200 --> 0:24:11.520 up for something. 0:24:11.200 --> 0:24:12.000 You've never seen. 0:24:12.840 --> 0:24:15.960 Now, you have to do your part like David, like Beau, 0:24:16.359 --> 0:24:20.200 keep believing, keep stretching, keep doing the right thing. 0:24:20.720 --> 0:24:22.760 You're going to see unusual doors. 0:24:22.400 --> 0:24:27.800 Open divine connections and favor that catapult you into your destiny. 0:24:28.640 --> 0:24:30.879 We even see this in the life of Jesus. 0:24:31.240 --> 0:24:34.600 He could have been born in a palace, born into royalty, 0:24:35.040 --> 0:24:38.600 born into wealth and influence. Instead, he was born in 0:24:38.600 --> 0:24:41.920 a manger. He was wrapped in a blanket they used 0:24:41.920 --> 0:24:45.560 for animals. His mother was from a low income family. 0:24:45.840 --> 0:24:49.959 She didn't have status or clout. Nobody knew her. Jesus 0:24:50.040 --> 0:24:53.159 could have been raised in Rome, in a powerful city, 0:24:53.640 --> 0:24:57.240 but he grew up in Nazareth. When he started doing miracles, 0:24:57.440 --> 0:25:01.280 people were confused. They said, can anything good come out 0:25:01.280 --> 0:25:05.400 of Nazareth. They were saying, this doesn't make sense. Nobody's 0:25:05.440 --> 0:25:09.679 significant lives here. Another time they ask, is this not 0:25:09.800 --> 0:25:10.920 the carpenter's son. 0:25:11.560 --> 0:25:15.080 We know Jesus. There's nothing special about him. 0:25:15.400 --> 0:25:19.120 Don't be offended if you're underestimated. It's all a part 0:25:19.160 --> 0:25:19.960 of God's plan. 0:25:20.680 --> 0:25:24.040 The key is don't let those lives get on the inside. 0:25:24.640 --> 0:25:27.879 They may try to devalue, be little, not give you 0:25:27.920 --> 0:25:30.840 the time of day. That's a test. You can get 0:25:30.920 --> 0:25:35.359 upset offended. They're right, I'm not that talented. I don't 0:25:35.359 --> 0:25:39.560 have much of a future. Or you can say I'm underestimated, 0:25:39.680 --> 0:25:43.200 and that's okay. God, you're still on the throne. You're 0:25:43.240 --> 0:25:46.560 in control of my life. I'm gonna keep honoring you. 0:25:47.119 --> 0:25:47.960 I know you'll. 0:25:47.800 --> 0:25:50.480 Cause me to defy the odds and go where I've 0:25:50.520 --> 0:25:51.160 never dreamed. 0:25:52.200 --> 0:25:55.760 My father grew up very poor. His family were farmers. 0:25:56.040 --> 0:25:58.920 They lost everything during the Great Depression and he had 0:25:58.920 --> 0:26:01.400 to drop out of high school to help on the farm. 0:26:01.720 --> 0:26:04.639 They were the ones that received the Christmas basket that 0:26:04.720 --> 0:26:07.960 went to the poorest family. He got a job selling 0:26:08.000 --> 0:26:11.320 popcorn in a movie theater in Fort Worth. He had 0:26:11.359 --> 0:26:15.439 no future to speak of, no education, no money, But 0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:19.160 as seventeen years old, he gave his life to Christ, the. 0:26:19.119 --> 0:26:20.520 First one in his family. 0:26:21.320 --> 0:26:23.840 God put a dream in his heart to become a minister. 0:26:24.520 --> 0:26:26.800 He believed that one day he would have a church 0:26:26.880 --> 0:26:29.879 with thousands of people that was unheard of back in 0:26:29.920 --> 0:26:33.000 the nineteen thirties. He told his parents that he was 0:26:33.040 --> 0:26:35.600 going to go out and start ministering. They tried to 0:26:35.640 --> 0:26:39.120 discourage him, said, John, all you know how to do 0:26:39.240 --> 0:26:40.159 is work on the farm. 0:26:40.600 --> 0:26:43.879 You're going to get out there and fail. They meant well. 0:26:44.440 --> 0:26:48.120 They were trying to protect him, but they underestimated him. 0:26:48.880 --> 0:26:49.680 They didn't think he. 0:26:49.640 --> 0:26:53.760 Could do something significant nobody in our family had. But 0:26:53.840 --> 0:26:56.359 look at how God works. My father went on to 0:26:56.400 --> 0:27:00.800 pastor great churches. He founded Lakewood Pastor here for nearly 0:27:00.880 --> 0:27:03.119 forty years, impacting the world. 0:27:03.720 --> 0:27:06.240 He was the least likely one. 0:27:06.320 --> 0:27:09.240 He didn't have any support. He had the hitchhike leaving 0:27:09.280 --> 0:27:14.000 the farm. But God loves to take people who were underestimated. 0:27:14.680 --> 0:27:17.520 When the odds are against you, when others are telling 0:27:17.560 --> 0:27:20.119 you it's not going to work out, God will cause 0:27:20.160 --> 0:27:25.000 you to blossom, to bloom, to accomplish what seems impossible. 0:27:25.560 --> 0:27:28.440 I mean, God could have chosen someone more qualified than 0:27:28.480 --> 0:27:32.159 my father, someone that had the credentials, came from a 0:27:32.240 --> 0:27:37.520 prestigious family, that had great skill and education. Instead, he 0:27:37.640 --> 0:27:41.080 chose a popcorn salesman. He chose a young man with 0:27:41.240 --> 0:27:46.240 no religious upbringing. God loves to defy the odds. He's 0:27:46.280 --> 0:27:49.040 going to do things in your life that lead people 0:27:49.119 --> 0:27:52.880 scratching their heads thinking, how did that happen? Can anything 0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:56.399 good come out of fort wear? Isn't that Jack Ostein's son? 0:27:56.520 --> 0:27:58.240 Aren't they just poor farmers? 0:27:58.960 --> 0:28:01.680 You may be under as estimated, it's a good thing. 0:28:02.359 --> 0:28:05.080 That's a sign that God is up to something unusual. 0:28:05.680 --> 0:28:10.160 You're underestimated on purpose. The giants are way bigger on purpose. 0:28:10.560 --> 0:28:14.719 People are discounting you on purpose. Your time is coming. 0:28:15.359 --> 0:28:18.480 God's about to show out in your life. Don't be offended, 0:28:18.880 --> 0:28:22.520 don't get distracted, Just keep doing the right thing. What 0:28:22.600 --> 0:28:26.359 they say doesn't determine your destiny. What they think about 0:28:26.400 --> 0:28:28.040 you doesn't limit your future. 0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:31.040 God uses underestimated people. 0:28:31.800 --> 0:28:35.719 I believe and declare, like David, You're about to defy 0:28:35.840 --> 0:28:38.840 the odds. Giants that are much bigger are about to 0:28:38.880 --> 0:28:41.480 come down. Gifts are going to come out of you 0:28:41.600 --> 0:28:44.400 in a greater way. What God is about to do 0:28:44.480 --> 0:28:47.760 in your life will not only amaze you, but other 0:28:47.880 --> 0:28:51.480 people will be scratching their heads in Jesus' name. 0:28:52.000 --> 0:28:54.200 And if you receive it, can you say amen? 0:28:55.720 --> 0:28:58.760 I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:28:58.800 --> 0:28:59.840 the Lord if you're life. 0:29:00.240 --> 0:29:01.200 Would you pray with me? 0:29:01.840 --> 0:29:05.600 Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 0:29:07.000 --> 0:29:11.000 Come into my heart. 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