When God Seems Too Late

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This is not an 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:29.759 offer to buy your self securities snor is it investment, 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:30.760 legal or tax advice. 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:32.319 You haven't missed your chance. 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:37.360 The window hasn't closed, and unscheduled blessing is coming and 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:43.120 out of season promotion is already en route. Healing breakthroughs 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:46.360 the right people, They're already on your calendar. 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:50.880 It's going to happen at the time that God has planned. Hi, 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:52.440 this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:55.560 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.480 the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:01.320 be a blessing and share it with a we appreciate 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:08.239 you and pray for God's very best in your life. Well, God, 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:11.400 bless you. It's great to be with you today. I 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:14.280 hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week. We 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:17.560 have a daily podcast that you can download. You can 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:20.560 go to our YouTube channel and watch the messages anytime, 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:22.760 or of course, you can follow us on social mediu. 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:26.160 I promise you we'll keep you encouraged and inspired. But 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.120 thanks for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out today. 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:32.680 I'd like to start with something funny. One day, Adam 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:35.800 was talking to God. He said, God, why did you 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:39.680 make Eve so beautiful? God said, so you would love her. 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:41.679 He said, well, God, why did you give her such 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:44.960 long flowing hair? God said it again, so you would 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.320 love her? Well, God, why did you give her such 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:50.079 a great figure? God said the same thing, so you 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:52.760 would love her. He said, okay, God, you made her 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:54.600 so beautiful, so attractive. 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:56.320 Why did you make her so dumb? 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:00.000 God said that's easy, Adam, so she would love you. 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.480 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:05.919 I am what it says. 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:06.320 I am. 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:09.040 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:11.640 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:15.560 taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:17.760 is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:21.640 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:22.200 bless you. 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:25.760 I want to talk to you today about when God 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:29.440 seems too late. We all have things that we're believing 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:33.280 for dreams to come to pass, problems to turn around. 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:37.440 We've been praying, standing in faith, but nothing is happening. 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.080 Now. It seems like we've missed our chance. 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.960 It's too late to have a baby, it's too late 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:44.680 to start my business, too. 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:47.320 Late to break this addiction. I've had it so long. 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:51.800 But many times God waits on purpose till the odds 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:55.640 are against us. He waits till the obstacle is too big, 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:59.200 so when he turns it around, there won't be any doubt. 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:03.440 It was his his healing, his power, making a way 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:06.920 where there was no way. Don't be discouraged when it 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.880 seems too late. You don't see how it can happen. 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:13.200 You're in prime position for God to show out in 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:16.919 your life. God told Abraham when he was one hundred 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:19.480 years old that he was going to have a baby. 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:24.600 Abraham's wife, Sarah was barn She had never had children, 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:26.240 plus she had gone through the. 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:27.800 Change of life. 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.919 God could have given Abraham this promise when he was 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.919 thirty years old, when Sarah was in her prime to 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:36.919 have a child, or maybe when he was forty years old, 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:39.400 a more normal age to have a baby. 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:44.000 He's God. He has everything strategically. 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:47.240 Planned out, down to the smallest details. It's not like 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:51.440 he forgot or he miscalculated. Oh, I meant to give 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:55.080 them that promise years earlier. Why did I wait so long? 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:59.480 God on purpose waited for the odds to be against them. 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.960 On purpose, He waited till they were that age. 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:04.280 On purpose. 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:08.320 He chose Sarah, who was barren, not able to have children. 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.040 Maybe God has put promises in your heart that seem 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:14.920 too late. You don't see how you could get well, 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.360 how your child can get back on course, how you'll 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:23.520 meet the right person. God didn't miscalculate, He didn't accidentally 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:27.280 choose the wrong person. God let the odds be against 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:30.799 you on purpose. He let it seem like it's too big, 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:35.120 too late, too far gone. You're right where Abraham was 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:39.320 a baby, when my wife is barren, a baby at 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:40.960 one hundred years of age. 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:44.480 God let the circumstances seem impossible. 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:48.480 Then he said, now, Abraham, I'm going to bless you. 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:53.320 God doesn't do things on a normal schedule, a normal 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:58.200 time frame. He has some unscheduled blessings for you, things 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:03.520 that are out of season of the ordinary, that shouldn't happen. Now, Joel, 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:07.280 I'm past my prime. The medical report says it's too late. 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:11.720 The financial experts say things should be down. That's when 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:14.320 God steps in and says, let me show you who 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:18.440 I am. I'm not limited by time. I'm not affected 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:23.200 by the economy. I'm not restricted by your age, your background, 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.920 the opposition, by how long it's been. 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.160 I control the universe when I speak. 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.560 Wounds come back to life when I speak, Red Sea's 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:37.120 part when I speak. Sicknesses leave when I speak. Compact 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:41.760 centers open up when I speak. Addictions are broken, marriages 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:46.440 are restored, Opportunities show up. When thoughts tell you it's 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.880 too late, it's never going to happen. Now, let that 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:53.760 go in one ear and out the other. God is faithful. 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:57.560 What he promised you is still en route. You may 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:01.320 not see any sign of it. Every circumstances. There's no 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:05.680 way things are happening that you can't see in the 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:09.159 unseen realm, God is moving the wrong people out of 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:13.600 the way, lining up the healing, the favor, the good breaks. 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:17.000 They're already on your schedule. But here's the key. 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:19.800 If you could see how it was going to happen, 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:24.480 that wouldn't take anything. If God would have promised Abraham 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:27.680 a child at thirty years old, that. 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:30.080 Would have been great. But that wasn't unusual. 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.800 God is going to put promises in your heart that 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:38.480 are out of the ordinary, things that seem unlikely, too big, 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:42.400 too much money, too much opposition. Now it's up to 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:45.720 you what you do with that promise. Are you going 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:49.040 to dismiss it? Think that's not for me? No way 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:53.680 that could happen. Now me get well, Now start my business. 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:57.360 Now meet the right person. Now do you know how 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:00.640 long I've been single? God, where were you twenty years ago? 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:04.480 How do you know that God has not waited on purpose? 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:08.280 How do you know, like Abraham and Sarah, that God 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:10.360 didn't let the odds be against you. 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:13.760 For a reason. He's saying to you what he said 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:14.120 to them. 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:17.720 Now, I'm going to bless you. Now, I'm going to 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:21.960 heal you. Now, I'm going to turn that child around. Now, 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:24.800 at this season in your life, I'm going to cause 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:28.200 your business to take off. Why don't you receive that 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:32.320 into your spirit. It's not too late. You haven't missed 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:35.880 your chance. God waited so he can show out in 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.960 your life. He wants to make you an example of 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:42.400 his goodness. If he did it at a normal time, 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:45.760 no one would have noticed. If he did it under 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.319 ordinary circumstances. 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:48.840 It would have been no big deal. 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:54.319 Get ready for some unscheduled blessings. Out of season increase, 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:59.080 not the normal time. Promotion promises that you've given up 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:03.199 on what you've let go of, You've accepted it's too 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:06.640 late to accomplish that goal, too late to break the addiction, 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:08.360 too late to have a baby. 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:10.040 That may be true. 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:13.720 Looking at a normal schedule, you don't see it on there. 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:17.480 But God is saying it's still on my schedule. I 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:19.840 still have a way to bring it to pass. I 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:22.520 wouldn't have promised it if I wasn't going to do 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:26.120 it now. All through the day, Father, thank you that 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:29.120 what you started in my life you're going to finish. 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:31.760 It may seem too late for me, but I know 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:33.160 it's not too late for you. 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:34.520 Thank you for these. 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:37.640 Unscheduled blessings, blessings out of season. 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:40.080 When Abraham heard. 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:42.720 That he was going to have a child, the scripture says, 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:46.560 he laughed to himself and said, God, how can I 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:49.640 become a father at the age of one hundred and 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:53.400 Sarah is ninety? How can she have a baby. It 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:57.240 was so far out that it was almost comical. Abraham 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:00.440 didn't tell Sarah anything about it. He knew she would 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.320 have thought that he had lost his mind. But not 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:07.880 long after that, Sarah overheard three men talking with Abraham. 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:11.640 They said, by this time next year, Sarah will have 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:12.600 a baby. 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:15.360 When she heard that, she nearly passed out. 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:19.800 She did like Abraham, She laughed and said, God, how 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:23.400 could an old woman like me have a baby? Plus, 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:26.959 my husband is an old man. She was saying, if 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:29.360 you think I'm bad, you should see my husband. 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:33.040 God, you found the wrong couple. You showed up too late. 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:37.200 You better find someone fifty years younger than us. She 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.360 didn't think there was any possible way it could happen. 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:45.960 Verse thirteen. God said Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh? Why 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.400 did she say? Can an old woman like me have 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:51.720 a baby? Is there anything too hard for the Lord? 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:56.840 Sometimes God puts promises in our heart that are so big, 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.520 so unlikely, it's almost funny. 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:01.280 All we can do is laugh. 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.880 God, you want me to step up and pastor the church, 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:08.920 and I've only ministered one time. God, you're saying we're 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.520 going to get the compact center. Have you seen how 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:15.120 big the opposition is. You're saying I'm going to lend 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:18.640 and not borrow. Have you seen my finances? Do you 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:21.520 know we're in the middle of a pandemic? Or God, 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.000 you say my children will be mighty in the land. 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.160 Have you seen what they've been doing lately? Are you 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:30.400 sure you have the right children? God is saying to 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:33.760 you what he said to Abraham. Is there anything too 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:38.000 hard for the Lord? He spoke worlds into existence, He 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:41.680 parted red seas, he cured the lepers, he brought the 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:45.040 dead back to life. What you're up against is no 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:48.640 match for him. One touch of his favor and you'll 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:55.400 see promotion, healing, breakthroughs, divine connections. Genesis twenty one says 0:11:55.720 --> 0:12:00.840 the Lord did exactly what he promised. Sarah becamet and 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.000 had a son in her old age. 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:04.880 The next phrase is the key. 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.760 It all happened at the time God said it would. 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:14.160 God on purpose waited for them to be older. On purpose, 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.400 He waited for the odds to be against them, so 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:19.640 much so that they both laughed. 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:24.160 They both thought it was impossible. You would think God. 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:27.360 Would say, okay, fine, if you don't believe, if you 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:29.800 don't think it's going to happen, you think it's too 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:31.520 far out, I'll find someone else. 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:34.440 But God is so merciful. 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:38.360 Even when we don't believe, even when our faith is limited, 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:41.560 God steps in and says, I'm going to do it anyway. 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.040 I'm going to show your favor anyway. I'm going to 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:48.280 heal you anyway. I'm going to turn it around anyway. 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:54.000 I know sometimes I've released my faith. I've believed, I've expected, 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:54.760 and I've. 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:55.960 Seen the goodness of God. 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.160 But there are plenty of times where I didn't have 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:02.320 the faith. I thought it was too far out, I 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:06.000 thought the opposition was too big. But despite my lack 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:08.280 of faith, God showed out in my life. 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:10.400 That's how good God is. 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:14.080 If he only blessed us when we believed we wouldn't 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:18.280 reach our destiny, like with Abraham and Sarah, God's going 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:22.080 to do exactly what he promised at the time he 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:26.000 has planned. It may seem too late, but that's how 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:29.880 God planned it. It may look impossible, That's how God 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:33.800 planned it. The medical report may not be good. You 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.440 had to set back in your finances. The odds are 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:40.800 against you. That doesn't stop our God. You haven't missed 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:46.000 your chance. The window hasn't closed. And unscheduled blessing is coming, 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:50.720 and out of season promotion is already en route. Healing 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:55.000 breakthroughs the right people, They're already. 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:57.280 On your calendar. It's going to happen at the. 0:13:57.240 --> 0:14:01.800 Time that God has planned. Sarah said in verse seven. 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.120 Who would have ever thought I would have a baby 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:08.839 at such an old age? God has some of these. 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:12.120 Who would have ever thought blessings lined up for you? 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:15.760 Who would have ever thought my business would take off 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:19.200 like this? Who would have ever thought I'd meet someone 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.360 this awesome? Who would have ever thought I'd feel this 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:25.320 good again? Who would have ever thought. 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:27.800 We would be meeting in the former compact center. 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.800 Who would have ever thought my mother would still be 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:34.920 with us forty years after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:40.640 Sarah went from laughing in unbelief thinking she was too old, 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:44.840 to laughing with great joy, holding the baby seeing the 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:48.440 goodness of God, and some of the promises that God 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:51.800 has put in your heart may seem like it can't happen. 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:55.560 Now it's too late. You tried and it didn't work out. 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:59.600 It's still on the schedule. It hasn't happened yet for 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:04.520 a it wasn't the right time, like with Sarah. One 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:07.840 day you're going to be holding that baby, so to speak, 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:11.720 holding that promise, saying, who would have ever thought God 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.200 would have blessed me like this? You're going to stand 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:18.360 in amazement at what God has in your future. Now, 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:21.760 quit believing those lies that if it was going to happen, 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.640 it would have happened by now. Come on, if you're 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.360 going to get well, you'd be well by now. If 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:30.640 you're going to get that good break, meet the right person, 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:33.680 write that book, surely it would have happened by now. 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:38.120 Look how long it's been. Psalm thirty seven says, don't 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:42.440 be impatient for the Lord to act. Keep traveling steadily 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:46.480 along his path, and in due season he will honor 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:51.040 you with every blessing. This is saying, if you'll keep 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:54.400 doing the right thing, then everything that has your name 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:58.120 on it is coming in there's healing with your name 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:00.840 on it. There's a business with your name on it, 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:03.560 there's a baby with your name on it. Or how 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.320 about there's a husband a wife with your name on it. 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:11.360 Don't be impatient. It hasn't happened yet. It wasn't supposed 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:14.880 to happen. Well, Joel, I'm getting too old. I think 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:19.360 I've missed my season. No, you're coming into your season. Well, 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:23.040 these people at work, they turned on me. They always 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:26.040 leave me out. They were supposed to leave you out. 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:29.800 It's not setting you back, it's setting you up. Keep 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:33.400 honoring God, and every blessing that has your name on 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:37.680 it is coming in. People can't stop it. Bad breaks 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:41.680 can't stop it. Age can't stop it. Time can't stop it. 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:45.960 The economy can't stop it. Forces of darkness cannot stop it. 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:50.240 Like Sarah, your womb may be dead, so to speak, 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.720 in the natural, it's too late. It shouldn't happen now. 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.960 But God knows how to bring a dead womb back 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:58.120 to life. 0:16:58.160 --> 0:16:59.000 He can bring. 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:03.760 Dead dreams back to life, a dead relationship, dead finances, 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:07.760 dead health, not feeling well. When it's your time to 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:11.720 give birth, God will resurrect everything you need to see 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:15.239 that baby not only your womb, but he'll wake up 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:19.679 the Abrahams, the people you need to fulfill your destiny. 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:21.600 I talked to a young lady. 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:25.879 She grew up very healthy and very active, but at 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.320 the age of eleven, she had a pain in her 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:32.240 side that wouldn't go away. She had her appendix taken out, 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:36.359 but that didn't help. She continued to go downhill, losing 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:40.080 thirty pounds in a few weeks. The doctors were baffled. 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:42.960 He couldn't figure out what was wrong. She got to 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:46.840 where she couldn't swallow, She lost movement in her legs 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:50.359 and arms. She ended up in the hospital in a 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:54.080 vegetative state, not able to open her eyes or communicate 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:57.720 in any way. She was finally diagnosed with a rare 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:03.200 autoimmune disorder that swelling on her brain. Her parents were 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:05.600 told that she would be in a coma the rest 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:06.200 of her life. 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:08.440 She probably wouldn't live that long. 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:13.520 Against all odds, they believed that God was still in control, 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.600 that he was still a healer. Month after month went by, 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:20.480 they would sit by her bed and talk to her, 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:25.280 speaking faith into her. Two years later, she woke up 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:29.680 on the inside. She still couldn't move, but she was aware. 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:30.920 Of everything that was happening. 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:34.480 She could hear the doctors telling her parents that she 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:38.120 was gone and there was no chance of recovery, and 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:41.280 she could hear her mother telling her how she loved 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:42.600 her and how she. 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:43.440 Was going to make it. 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:47.760 Every Sunday morning, her mother would turn on our program. 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:51.360 This young lady would hear how God is a healer, 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:53.280 how he can do what. 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:54.400 Medicine cannot do. 0:18:55.200 --> 0:18:58.800 In her mind, instead of feeling sorry for herself, she 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:02.680 would say, I'm a victor and not a victim. God 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:07.560 is restoring health back into me. Thoughts told her, you're trapped, 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:11.080 you'll never get out. She would answer back, no, my 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:14.720 time is coming. This is not how my story ends. 0:19:15.520 --> 0:19:18.960 It seemed like God was too late. In a coma, 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:23.880 trapped inside her own body, not able to communicate. But 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:28.199 God has the final saying, sometimes He'll let the odds 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:31.800 be weigh against you, just so he can show his power, 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:36.760 his favor, his blessing in amazing ways. Three years later 0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:40.280 she opened her eyes. That was a start of a 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:41.440 long journey back. 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:43.320 She learned to speak. 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:47.639 Again, to eat again, to move again. Everything came back 0:19:48.040 --> 0:19:51.840 except her legs. She was paralyzed from the waist down. 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:55.679 She was happy that she was out, grateful to be 0:19:55.720 --> 0:20:00.280 in a wheelchair, but she wasn't satisfied. She knew what 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:03.840 God started he would finish. She was told that she 0:20:03.880 --> 0:20:08.480 would never be able to walk, but through prayer, hard work, training, 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:12.159 she defied the odds and took her first steps. Today, 0:20:12.200 --> 0:20:15.359 my friend Victoria Arlen can not only walk, but she 0:20:15.440 --> 0:20:15.960 can run. 0:20:16.359 --> 0:20:18.120 She was on Dancing with the Stars. 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:22.120 She's one of ESPN's youngest on air personalities. 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:24.720 Is there anything too hard for the Lord? 0:20:25.560 --> 0:20:28.960 Just because it seems like God is too late doesn't 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:32.240 mean that he's not going to come through. Don't be 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:36.400 fool by the circumstances. You may not see anything. The 0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:39.520 odds are against you. The experts say it's not going 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:44.280 to work out. God controls the universe. Don't be impatient 0:20:44.320 --> 0:20:48.560 for him to act. Keep believing, keep praying, and every 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:52.600 blessing that belongs to you will show up. You won't 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:54.840 have to go after it. It's going to come to you. 0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:55.720 It's going to. 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:58.360 Happen at the time God has planned. 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:03.600 In John eleven, Mary and Martha sent word to their 0:21:03.640 --> 0:21:07.440 dear friend Jesus that their brother Lazarus was very sick. 0:21:08.320 --> 0:21:11.400 Jesus was in another city. They asked if he would 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:14.399 come and pray for Lazarus. A day went by and 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:19.160 Jesus didn't show up. I can imagine Mary asking her assistant, 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:20.840 did you tell him it was me? 0:21:21.600 --> 0:21:24.040 Yes, we told him. Did you let him know it 0:21:24.119 --> 0:21:25.680 was urgent? Yes, we did. 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:30.880 Another day passed he didn't come, and another and another. Finally, 0:21:31.080 --> 0:21:36.159 Lazarus died. On the fourth day, Jesus showed up. What 0:21:36.200 --> 0:21:40.240 do you do when God shows up too late? You prayed, 0:21:40.560 --> 0:21:44.400 you believed, but the problem didn't turn around. The business 0:21:44.440 --> 0:21:48.080 didn't make it, your health didn't get better. Martha was 0:21:48.119 --> 0:21:52.040 so upset she rushed out to meet him. Said, Jesus, 0:21:52.240 --> 0:21:55.040 if you would have been here sooner, my brother wouldn't 0:21:55.040 --> 0:21:55.480 have died. 0:21:56.200 --> 0:21:58.680 She was saying, how could you do this to us? 0:21:59.240 --> 0:22:02.159 We're your friends. When we needed you the most, you 0:22:02.280 --> 0:22:03.000 let us down. 0:22:03.960 --> 0:22:07.520 They thought that Jesus didn't care, that he was too busy, 0:22:08.080 --> 0:22:13.560 preoccupied with others, but the scripture says Jesus wept. He 0:22:13.560 --> 0:22:16.560 could have gone straight to the tomb and raised Lazarus, 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:19.719 but his tears let them know that he cared. 0:22:20.520 --> 0:22:22.760 He wept because he loved Lazarus. 0:22:23.119 --> 0:22:26.520 He wept because he felt the sorrow, the heavenness that 0:22:26.560 --> 0:22:29.879 they were all feeling. And when God shows up late 0:22:30.240 --> 0:22:33.760 thoughts will tell you God doesn't care about you. How 0:22:33.800 --> 0:22:36.399 could he let this happen? Look at all the pain, 0:22:36.880 --> 0:22:40.560 this hearty. He could have stopped it. Don't believe those lives. 0:22:40.880 --> 0:22:44.480 The scripture says, God collects all of your tears in 0:22:44.520 --> 0:22:49.000 a bottle. He feels what you feel, the loneliness, the 0:22:49.080 --> 0:22:52.840 heart ache. He weeps when you weep. His heart breaks 0:22:52.920 --> 0:22:56.720 when your heart breaks. You're his child. If you're a parent, 0:22:56.880 --> 0:22:59.920 you know when your child is hurting, you hurt with them. 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:04.800 God is your heavenly father. He told them to roll 0:23:04.840 --> 0:23:08.760 away the stone. Lazarus had been dead for four days. 0:23:09.400 --> 0:23:13.600 Martha said, Lord, it's going to stink. Sometimes you have 0:23:13.680 --> 0:23:16.560 to get to the stinky stuff before God will heal 0:23:16.640 --> 0:23:20.119 you. You have to be real and deal with what God 0:23:20.160 --> 0:23:21.000 is bringing to light. 0:23:22.119 --> 0:23:24.919 Jesus spoke to Lazarus. He didn't pray. 0:23:25.560 --> 0:23:27.920 Some things you need to pray about, but some things 0:23:27.920 --> 0:23:28.920 you need to speak too. 0:23:29.560 --> 0:23:31.520 He said, Lazarus, come forth. 0:23:32.040 --> 0:23:35.919 All of a sudden, Lazarus came back to life. Mary 0:23:36.000 --> 0:23:39.680 and Martha were praying for a healing, but Jesus had 0:23:39.720 --> 0:23:44.680 something better in mind, a resurrection. Sometimes the reason God 0:23:44.760 --> 0:23:48.320 delays is because he's going to do something better than 0:23:48.359 --> 0:23:53.600 you think, something bigger, more rewarding. From that day forward, 0:23:53.920 --> 0:23:57.480 no one ever saw Lazarus the same way. No one 0:23:57.560 --> 0:24:01.040 saw Mary and Martha the same way, had a new respect, 0:24:01.400 --> 0:24:05.919 a greater influence, greater honor like them. You may be 0:24:06.040 --> 0:24:09.680 wondering why God is so late. Why hasn't my health 0:24:09.720 --> 0:24:12.440 turned around? When is my business going to get better? 0:24:12.720 --> 0:24:16.119 When is this trouble going to resolve? You're believing for 0:24:16.160 --> 0:24:20.760 a healing. God is delaying because he has a resurrection coming. 0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:24.200 He has something much better than what you have in mind. 0:24:24.880 --> 0:24:29.240 Trust him when you don't see anything happening, believe when 0:24:29.320 --> 0:24:34.240 heaven is silent, he's working behind the scenes. Every blessing 0:24:34.359 --> 0:24:37.040 that has your name on it. If you will be patient, 0:24:37.520 --> 0:24:39.960 it's not only going to find you, it's going to 0:24:40.000 --> 0:24:43.479 be much better than you think. The delay is a 0:24:43.520 --> 0:24:46.840 sign that God is up to something big. It's a 0:24:46.880 --> 0:24:49.280 sign that he's about to show out in your life. 0:24:50.240 --> 0:24:53.720 The mistake we make too often is we get discouraged 0:24:53.800 --> 0:24:57.600 in the delays We believe those lies that God's not 0:24:57.680 --> 0:24:59.240 concerned about us, he. 0:24:59.240 --> 0:24:59.880 Would have been here. 0:25:00.240 --> 0:25:03.879 Now does he even know what I'm going through? The 0:25:03.920 --> 0:25:08.600 scripture says God sees every sparrow, every little bird that 0:25:08.680 --> 0:25:12.959 falls to the ground. How much more does God see you? 0:25:12.960 --> 0:25:16.439 You're his child, He made you in his image. He 0:25:16.560 --> 0:25:20.480 calls you a masterpiece. He sees what you're going through. 0:25:20.880 --> 0:25:25.360 He's concerned, and he's coming at the time he has planned. 0:25:25.560 --> 0:25:31.240 In your due season, You're going to see breakthroughs, healing, freedom, abundance, 0:25:31.600 --> 0:25:35.560 more than you've imagined. After Jesus rose from the dead, 0:25:35.840 --> 0:25:39.399 Peter was out fishing. He'd spent the last few years 0:25:39.400 --> 0:25:42.560 with Jesus as one of his close friends, and he 0:25:42.640 --> 0:25:46.720 never dreamed it would end with Jesus being crucified. He 0:25:46.800 --> 0:25:50.240 was discouraged a little bit confused, so he went back 0:25:50.240 --> 0:25:53.120 to doing what he did before Jesus called him. 0:25:53.760 --> 0:25:56.399 He had fished all night and had caught nothing. 0:25:57.119 --> 0:26:00.480 The next morning, as they were coming in, Jesus was 0:26:00.520 --> 0:26:04.640 on the beach. He shouted, have you caught anything? They 0:26:04.640 --> 0:26:08.200 didn't recognize him. They told him no. He said, throw 0:26:08.280 --> 0:26:10.760 your net on the right side of the boat and 0:26:10.800 --> 0:26:14.280 you'll catch plenty of fish. When they did, they caught 0:26:14.320 --> 0:26:16.920 so many fish that they couldn't pull it all in. 0:26:17.560 --> 0:26:21.280 Peter looked over and realized it was Jesus. He jumped 0:26:21.280 --> 0:26:25.440 in the water and swam to the shore. When he arrived, 0:26:25.600 --> 0:26:30.560 he could smell something so tasty, so appetizing. Jesus was 0:26:30.600 --> 0:26:33.879 cooking fish. He told Peter to sit down and have 0:26:34.000 --> 0:26:38.520 breakfast with him. He served him grilled fish what Peter 0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:42.199 couldn't catch all night. Now he not only has a 0:26:42.200 --> 0:26:46.120 whole boatload of fish, but Jesus has already cooked. 0:26:45.840 --> 0:26:47.760 It and prepared it for him. 0:26:48.640 --> 0:26:51.520 When you go through a delay, you fished all night, 0:26:52.280 --> 0:26:56.040 nothing is working. You're wondering where God is. How come 0:26:56.200 --> 0:26:59.040 I'm not getting any good breaks. If you'll keep doing 0:26:59.080 --> 0:27:01.840 the right thing, God is not only going to give 0:27:01.880 --> 0:27:04.680 you an abundance, but you're going to come into some 0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:09.919 prepared blessings, fish that's already cooked, promotion waiting for you, 0:27:10.720 --> 0:27:14.640 the right people, the business, the healing. You're not going 0:27:14.720 --> 0:27:18.000 to have to make it happen, start from scratch. It's 0:27:18.040 --> 0:27:21.679 going to fall into place. I can smell something in 0:27:21.720 --> 0:27:26.600 the air. I smell fresh fish, I smell prepared blessings. 0:27:26.880 --> 0:27:29.560 You've had delays. You're wondering where God is. 0:27:29.880 --> 0:27:33.320 He's cooking your fish. He's got the fire on. He's 0:27:33.359 --> 0:27:36.399 about to offer you breakfast, so to speak. You're about 0:27:36.440 --> 0:27:38.080 to see what God has been up to. 0:27:39.040 --> 0:27:42.720 Don't be impatient for God to act. Keep honoring him. 0:27:43.160 --> 0:27:46.280 Every blessing that has your name on it will come in. 0:27:47.240 --> 0:27:49.080 Nobody is getting your fish. 0:27:49.720 --> 0:27:53.719 Sometimes when God is not showing up, we're not seeing 0:27:53.760 --> 0:27:57.280 things happen. We feel like we're falling behind. Others are 0:27:57.280 --> 0:28:00.920 getting ahead. But God has all the fish that belongs 0:28:00.920 --> 0:28:05.040 to you. You tried all night, so to speak, caught nothing. 0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:10.440 It's been months or even years. You haven't seen good breaks, promotion, 0:28:10.800 --> 0:28:11.880 things turning around. 0:28:12.160 --> 0:28:12.719 Don't worry. 0:28:13.200 --> 0:28:17.240 Your fish are being stored up. He told the disciples 0:28:17.400 --> 0:28:20.000 to throw their nets on the other side of the boat. 0:28:20.680 --> 0:28:24.280 That means they're not far away. You don't have to 0:28:24.320 --> 0:28:27.800 do something drastically different. God is going to bless you 0:28:27.840 --> 0:28:30.720 where you are. He's going to cause the fish to 0:28:30.800 --> 0:28:34.520 find you, not a little bit, but a great. 0:28:34.359 --> 0:28:35.840 Haul of fish. 0:28:36.200 --> 0:28:39.080 Now you may be in a dry season, things are 0:28:39.120 --> 0:28:44.040 not changing. God sees your faithfulness. 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