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I know you're 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:06.520 going to leave encouraged and inspire. 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.799 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:12.600 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:16.160 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:24.560 Enjoy the message. Well, God bless you. It's a joy 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:26.640 to come into your homes. And if you're ever in 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.200 our area, please stop by and be a part of 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.800 one of our services. These are the finest people in 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.000 all of Houston, right here at Lakewood. We'd love to 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:37.760 have you sometimes. I'd like to start with something funny, 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:40.600 and I heard about this burglar that broke into a 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:44.040 house one evening. Just as he was stealing the stereo, 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:48.200 he heard a voice saying, Jesus is watching you. He 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:51.280 froze in his tracks, shined his flashlight in the corner 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.680 and saw a parrot. He said, did you say that 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.440 to me? The parent said yes, I'm just trying to 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:59.960 warn you. Burglar said warn me? What are you talking about? Who? 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:03.600 How are you? Parents said, my name is Moses. The 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.440 burglar laughs, and what kind of crazy people would name 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.720 a parent Moses? The parent said, the same kind of 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:13.520 people that would name a one hundred and fifty pound Rockweller. Jesus, 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:17.200 all right, come on, say it like you mean it. 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.720 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:23.720 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:26.400 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:30.520 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:33.920 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:38.960 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:42.520 to talk to you today about you were enough. It's 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:45.480 easy to go through life thinking that we're lacking in 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:49.080 some area. If we had more talent, then we could 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.560 do something great. We had a better personality, we were 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:56.440 more confident, more attractive, then we could reach our dreams. 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:00.560 But as long as you're discounting yourself and you're at 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:05.000 a disadvantage, it will keep you from rising higher. When 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:08.200 God laid out the plan for your life, he carefully 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.520 studied it. He thought about what you would need and 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.160 what it would take to get you there. Then he 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:17.640 matched you with your world. He gave you the talent 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:22.560 you need, the strength, the confidence. You are, the right size, 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:26.039 you have, the right looks, you have the right personality, 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:30.400 you come from the right family. You're not lacking You 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:34.120 didn't get short changed. You are good enough. You are 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:37.960 talented enough, you are smart enough, you are attractive enough. 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:42.560 You have been fearfully and wonderfully made. But life will 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:45.880 try to push us down. Thoughts will whisper everything that 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:49.480 we're not. You're not as talented as your friend. You're 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:52.359 not as attractive as your coworker. You're not as smart 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:56.039 as your cousin. That's okay. You're not running their race. 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:59.800 You don't need what they have. If you needed it, 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.719 God would have given it to you. If you needed 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:05.679 to be taller, you would be taller. If you needed 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:09.159 a different personality, you would have one. If you needed 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:12.719 to come from another family, that would have happened. God 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:17.000 doesn't make mistakes. When he created you, he wasn't having 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:21.080 a bad day. He didn't accidentally leave something out. Now 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:25.960 you're at a disadvantage. He calls you a masterpiece. You 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:29.599 have royal blood flowing through your veins. He's crowned you 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:34.080 with his favor. You're not lacking. You didn't get short changed. 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:38.640 You have everything you need to fulfill your destiny. Now 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:43.960 quick comparing your looks, your gifts, your success with somebody else, 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:48.880 and be you. You are powerful, You were amazing. You 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.520 are gifted. Nobody can do you like you can do 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:56.559 you well. I wish I had her looks. I wish 0:05:56.560 --> 0:05:59.680 I had his talent. I wish I came from their family. 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:03.440 If you had what they have, it wouldn't help you. 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:06.600 It would hinder you. It wouldn't be a blessing, it 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:10.400 would be a burden. It wasn't designed for you. The 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:14.200 reason it works for them is because it fits them. 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.560 You don't want what doesn't fit you. What fits you 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:20.960 is what you have. Now, quit wishing you were them, 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:25.479 and recognize you are enough. And yes, it's good to 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:29.120 admire people, it's good to celebrate their gifts, but don't 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:31.680 get so caught up in who they are that you 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:35.320 forget who you are. You are gifted, you are talented, 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:37.920 you were one of a kind, And if you don't 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:42.240 recognize that you are enough, then you'll always be dependent 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:45.440 on other people to make you feel good about who 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:49.280 you are. If you live thinking you're at a deficit, 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:53.640 you'll undersell yourself, you'll play up to people, you'll let 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:57.800 them control you. That's where you're getting your validation. But 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:01.440 when you know you are enough by yourself, you won't 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.920 rely on people to approve you. You'll get your approval 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:08.719 from your heavenly father. And the problem with relying on 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:12.800 people is people can change. One minute, people were saying 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:16.440 to Jesus Hosanna, blessed is he that comes in the 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:19.160 name of the Lord. They were laying down palm branches 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:24.000 celebrating his arrival. Three days later, those same people were saying, 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:28.040 crucify him. If you only feel good about yourself when 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.520 people are telling you that you're great, then if they leave, 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:35.760 you'll forget who you are. If you're relying on them 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:40.080 to make you feel talented, valuable, attractive, you're letting them 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:44.040 control your self worth. But when you know you are 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.160 enough all by yourself, when you don't live from a 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:51.160 deficit mentality, then it doesn't matter what people do or 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.720 don't do. You know you're a masterpiece. You know you're 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:58.520 made in the image of Almighty God. David said in 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:02.320 Psalm twenty three, the Lord is my shepherd. I have 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:06.200 everything I need. It's very powerful when you can say 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:09.480 I have the talent I need, I have the looks 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:12.800 I need, I have the family I need, I have 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:17.600 the personality that I need. David had plenty of opportunities 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:21.240 to have this deficit mentality. We know him as the 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:25.080 greatest king that ever lived, but before that, he was 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:29.280 discounted by his father, left out in the shepherd's fields 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:32.720 when the prophet was choosing the next king of Israel. 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:37.200 His father made him feel like he was unqualified, not 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:41.360 good enough, too small. When David took lunch to his 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:44.440 brothers that were out on the battlefield, one of the 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:47.600 brothers made fun of him, said, what did you do 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:51.000 with those few sheep you're supposed to be taking care of. 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.640 He was saying, David, you're not talented. You didn't get 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:58.560 what we got. If David would have relied on people 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.800 to get his approval, he would have never stepped into 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:06.520 his destiny. Now, maybe someone is trying to discount you, 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:10.560 make you feel like you're not talented enough, attractive enough, 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:13.760 not up to par. Let that go in one ear 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.840 and out the other. They didn't breathe life into you. 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.559 They didn't know you before you were formed in your 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:24.439 mother's womb. They don't determine your destiny. Do like David, father, 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:27.800 thank you that I have everything I need. Thank you 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:31.920 that I am enough all by myself. You don't need 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:36.040 people's approval. You don't need their validation. The Most High 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:39.800 God has approved you. Now get rid of that deficit 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:43.080 mentality and step up to who you were created to be. 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.200 While back, one afternoon, I was at home riding my 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:51.720 stationary bike exercising you. I had my earphones in cooked 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.880 up to my cell phone and I was listening to 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.719 a podcast. I put my phone on the front of 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:59.960 the bike by the handlebars. At one point I started 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.040 riding really fast and the bike began to shake and 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:06.880 my phone fell off. When it did, it jerked my 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:11.040 earphones out. I stopped to pick them up, but the 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:15.120 little white rubber tip came off of one of the earphones. 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:19.280 I looked all around, couldn't find it anywhere. It was 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:23.120 the strangest thing. I looked under the treadmill, I moved 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.880 other equipment. I checked up them on the window sill. 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.280 Maybe it popped up there. Looked all over the bike, 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:31.440 on and on. It was nowhere to be found. Later 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:34.800 that evening, I was watching television. I reached up to 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.480 scratch my ear felt something odd and it was the 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.960 white rubber tip. I had it the whole time, but 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:44.760 I didn't realize it. I'm wondering if you're looking for 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:50.480 something that you already have. You're looking around you. God 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:55.000 is saying, look in you. You have the talent, you 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:59.360 have the creativity, you have the confidence. Psalm thirty four 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:03.000 says those who trust in the Lord will never lack 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.320 any good thing. You need to see yourself as a 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:09.959 no lack person. You're not lacking the strength you need, 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:13.480 You're not lacking the favor. Well, Joel, I never get 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:16.079 any good breaks. I don't see how I can accomplish 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:18.920 my dreams. I don't think I'll ever meet the right person. 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:23.560 That's a deficit mentality. That thinking will keep you from 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:26.640 your destiny if you have to turn it around. Father, 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:30.360 thank you that your favor surrounds me like a shield. 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:33.120 Thank you that goodness and mercy are chasing me down. 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.920 Think you that divine connections, the right people are headed 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:40.280 my way. What you need is in you, But you 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:43.080 have to stir it up. As long as you think 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:46.560 you're at a disadvantage, you've been short changed, it will 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:51.000 keep you from rising higher. Second Kings, Chapter four. There 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:54.920 was a widow. Her husband was friends with the prophet Elisha. 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:59.040 She came up to Elisha very discouraged and told him 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.400 how her husband and had died and how now she 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:06.000 was in such debt the creditors were coming to take 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:10.440 her two sons as payment. Elisha asked her what do 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:14.400 you have in your house? She didn't have to think twice. 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:18.440 She said, Elisha, I have nothing at all except a 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:22.600 small jar of oil. She was saying, I'm at a deficit. 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:27.240 I don't have enough. I'm limited. Sometimes, like this woman, 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:31.000 we are discounting what God has given us. We have 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:35.319 some talent, but Joel, it's not enough. I have my degree, 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:39.720 but I don't have enough education. This woman was about 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:44.079 to miss her miracle because she didn't recognize what she had. 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:49.080 She was looking outside the house, but Elisha said, what's 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:53.480 in the house. God will always have what you need 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:57.040 within reach. It's not something far off, it will be 0:12:57.160 --> 0:13:00.920 close to you. One time, Sampson will surrounded by the 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:04.640 Philistine army. He didn't have any weapons, looked like he 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:08.440 would be captured. He looked down and saw the jawbone 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:11.319 of a donkey just so happened to be right there. 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:15.800 He picked it up and defeated a thousand men with it. 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:19.280 Wasn't a coincidence. It was the hand of God. What 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:23.600 you need will be close to you. Elisha told this 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:28.400 widow to go out and borrow as many large, empty 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:31.960 containers as she could find. She went from neighbor to 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:35.240 neighbor asking for them. She came back to the house, 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:38.600 Eliza said, now I want you to pour that little 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:42.640 bit of oil into one of those larger containers. That 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:45.240 doesn't make sense. What good was it going to do 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:49.160 to transfer oil from one container to the other. The 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:53.199 widow started pouring the oil, and the oil kept flowing. 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:57.280 It kept coming out. She filled the first container, then 0:13:57.320 --> 0:14:01.680 another and another. The oil never ran until all of 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:05.480 the containers were full. She took that oil and sold 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:09.439 it and had plenty to pay her debt. When God 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:14.040 asked you to do something that doesn't make sense, many times, 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:18.679 the act of obedience is what brings the miracle. God 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:21.560 could have caused those containers to be full of oil 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:24.560 without her pouring it. He could have caused somebody to 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.440 show up with a bunch of full containers, but the 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:32.320 miracle was dependent on this woman doing her part. Is 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.240 God asking you to do something that you don't want 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:38.480 to do to forgive that person that did you wrong? 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.840 You think God that's not fair. They don't deserve it. 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:44.720 They hurt me. Is he asking you to take care 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:47.840 of that elderly neighbor or to give that friend a 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:51.040 ride to work each day? You think, God, I'm busy. 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:54.520 That's out of my way. The blessing is in the obedience. 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.960 There was a man in the scripture named Naeman. He 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:02.120 was a captain in the Syrian army, but he had leprosy. 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:05.160 God told him to go wash in the Jordan river 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.360 and he would be healed. God could have healed him 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:12.080 like Jesus healed people by speaking to them or by 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:15.480 having someone lay hands on him. But God asked Neeman 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:20.200 to do something unusual, something he didn't understand. At first, 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:23.200 he wouldn't do it, came up with all these excuses. 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.360 He said, I'm not going to go wash in that river. 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:28.960 The water's dirty. We have better rivers back at home. 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:33.040 He almost talked himself out of it, finally decided to 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.720 do it. When he came up the seventh time, his 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:39.800 skin was perfectly healed. The healing wasn't in the water, 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:42.960 or everyone that touched the water would have been healed. 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:47.200 The healing was in the obedience. Don't miss your miracle 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:49.960 because you won't do what God's asking you to do. 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:57.080 What's interesting is Elisha didn't bring anything to the widow's house. 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:00.440 He didn't bring her funds, he didn't have a friend 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:04.280 complant of garden. He simply showed her what was in 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:08.880 the house. The principle is you already have what you need. 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:12.840 You're not waiting for it. Maybe one day it'll show up. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:17.240 There are miracles in your house. Sometimes we're looking on 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:20.800 the outside. You have to look on the inside. God 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:25.840 is saying, I've equipped you, I've empowered you, I've anointed you. 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:29.800 You have seeds of greatness. Are you discounting what God 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:33.920 has given you? Are you overlooking what you have? May 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:37.480 seem small, that gift may not seem like it's enough. 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:41.240 But when you use what you have, God will multiply it. 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:44.440 When you pour that little bit of oil, that act 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:48.120 of obedience is what causes the oil to continue to flow. 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:53.520 The woman said, Elisha, I have nothing except a small 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:57.720 jar of oil. God is going to use what comes 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:02.480 after the accept I have nothing except a little training. 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:06.520 I have nothing except a few connections. He's going to 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:10.800 take what you think is insignificant and turn it into 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:15.919 something extraordinary. When we come to the end of our ability, 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:19.879 that's when God steps in. If you can accomplish your 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:23.760 dreams all on your own, you don't really need God's help. 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.919 If you can overcome that obstacle by yourself, it doesn't 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:31.760 take any faith. Don't be discouraged when what you're up 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:36.600 against looks too big. You don't have the resources the obstacle, 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:41.439 the opposition is too strong. You're in perfect position for 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:44.399 God to show out in your life. It looks like 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:47.600 a setback, Really it is a set up. God is 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:50.359 about to make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:54.520 When my father went to be with the Lord back 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:57.399 in nineteen ninety nine, I knew I was supposed to 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:00.520 step up and pastor the church, but I think I 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:04.120 was enough. I didn't have the training. I'd never been 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:07.640 to seminary. I'm more quiet and reserved. I didn't want 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:10.280 to get up in front of people. I told God 0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:13.280 all the things I couldn't do, all the things that 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:16.760 I didn't have. It was like God said, Joel, what 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:19.840 else do you have in the house. I said, God, 0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:24.400 I don't have anything except a little faith, a little training, 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:28.680 a little confidence. Just this small jar of oil. God said, 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:31.399 that's all I need. Just use what you have and 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:34.359 watch what I will do. I stepped up, and God 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:37.760 took that little bit of oil and turned it into 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:41.080 something more than I ever imagine. What am I saying? 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:46.280 Quit discounting yourself. Quit talking yourself out of your greatness. 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:50.119 God is not limited by what family you come from, 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:53.720 by your education, by what you think you don't have. 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.760 All he's asking you to do is use what's after 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:02.600 the accept I don't have any accept this high school diploma. 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:05.240 How can I do something great? I don't have an 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:10.040 extensive education. Neither did Bill Gates, neither did Steve Jobs. 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:13.040 They did Okay. All I have is a little talent, 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:16.760 a little confidence. If you'll start using it, God will 0:19:16.800 --> 0:19:22.080 show up and do something extraordinary. In the scripture, Jesus 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:25.360 had been out teaching the people all day long, and 0:19:25.400 --> 0:19:28.199 he told his disciples he wanted them to feed the 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:31.760 five thousand people that had gathered. They said, Jesus, we 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:34.520 can't do that. We're in the desert. We have no 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:40.160 food except five loaves of bread and two fish. God 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:43.360 will never ask you for something that you don't have. 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:46.880 If he asks you and you don't think you can 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:50.160 do it. It's because you have it and don't know it. 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.439 Go back and see what's in your house. What do 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:57.840 you have? After the accept Jesus prayed over the fish, 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:01.239 over the loaves, and it multiplied. They were able to 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:04.919 feed the five thousand people had twelve baskets full of 0:20:04.960 --> 0:20:08.480 food left over. When you look at what you have, 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:13.200 your resources, your training, your experience, it may not be enough. 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:16.920 It's just five loaves, it's just a little cup of ore. 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:20.639 What good could that do? No, get ready, God's about 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:24.720 to multiply what you have. He's going to do something unusual. 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:29.399 You didn't see it coming. Doors open that you couldn't open, 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:34.080 opportunity where you were not qualified, the right people comeing 0:20:34.119 --> 0:20:37.959 to you. He's going to take what looks insignificant and 0:20:38.000 --> 0:20:41.919 turn it into something extraordinary. He's going to multiply what 0:20:42.080 --> 0:20:46.280 comes after the accept This is what happened with my father. 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:50.320 He was raised very poor. His parents were farmers, and 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:54.040 they lost everything during the Great Depression. As a little 0:20:54.040 --> 0:20:57.240 boy barely had enough food to eat. He'd go to 0:20:57.280 --> 0:21:00.239 school with holes in his clothes and had hu you 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:02.480 so worn out he had to keep putting cardboard in 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:05.920 the bottom. Didn't look like he had much of a future. 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:10.680 Nobody in their family knew anything about God. They were 0:21:10.680 --> 0:21:13.280 good people, they just didn't have any kind of faith. 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:17.280 But at seventeen, my father went to church with a 0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:20.760 friend of his that had been very persistent. That day 0:21:21.119 --> 0:21:23.760 he gave his life to Christ. The first one in 0:21:23.800 --> 0:21:28.040 the family he felt God calling him to become a pastor. 0:21:28.720 --> 0:21:31.280 He told his parents he was going to leave and 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:34.640 go out and start ministering. They said, John, you better 0:21:34.680 --> 0:21:36.880 stay here with us. All you know how to do 0:21:37.040 --> 0:21:41.360 is work on the farm. He had no training, no funding, 0:21:41.440 --> 0:21:45.960 no experience, but somehow he recognized he had a little 0:21:46.000 --> 0:21:49.880 cup of oil. He had five loaves. It wasn't much, 0:21:50.040 --> 0:21:54.040 but he could feel those seeds of greatness. Every circumstance 0:21:54.080 --> 0:21:57.680 said he was unqualified, he was short chained, he was 0:21:57.720 --> 0:22:02.760 at a disadvantage. But God doesn't create anyone without putting 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:07.320 something significant on the inside. That's why the enemy works 0:22:07.400 --> 0:22:11.119 overtime to try to make you feel like you're not enough. 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:14.960 You're not good enough, you've made too many mistakes, you're 0:22:15.000 --> 0:22:18.520 not talented enough, you're not important enough. Don't let those 0:22:18.640 --> 0:22:22.399 lies keep you from your destiny. He wouldn't be trying 0:22:22.440 --> 0:22:25.480 to discourage you if he didn't know there was something 0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:29.119 amazing in you. It may not be much yet, but 0:22:29.200 --> 0:22:32.119 as you keep pouring that oil, as you keep taking 0:22:32.160 --> 0:22:34.720 those steps of faith, God is going to take you 0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:38.560 where you've never dreamed. Now, seventeen years old, my father 0:22:38.800 --> 0:22:41.520 left the farm. He didn't have a car, he had 0:22:41.560 --> 0:22:44.840 to hitchhike. He went out and started ministering in the 0:22:44.880 --> 0:22:48.639 prisons and in the senior citizens' homes. God began to 0:22:48.680 --> 0:22:52.800 open door after door, and eventually he started Lakewood, and 0:22:52.880 --> 0:22:55.879 that he went on to impact the world. But I 0:22:55.920 --> 0:22:59.600 think about where I would be today if my father 0:22:59.640 --> 0:23:03.520 would have believed he was not enough. You can be 0:23:03.640 --> 0:23:07.880 the one, like my father to affect generations to come 0:23:07.920 --> 0:23:11.040 for your family. You can be the one to set 0:23:11.080 --> 0:23:14.480 them on a new course. You wouldn't be hearing this 0:23:15.000 --> 0:23:17.840 if there weren't greater things in front of you. Quit 0:23:17.920 --> 0:23:20.200 looking at what you don't have, what you didn't get, 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:24.320 what you can't do. You have everything you need. All 0:23:24.440 --> 0:23:28.480 David had was a slingshot in five smooth stones. It 0:23:28.560 --> 0:23:32.199 looked like it was not enough. Goliath was nearly twice 0:23:32.200 --> 0:23:36.119 his size. He was a skilled warrior, he'd been trained 0:23:36.160 --> 0:23:38.919 in the military. We're in a full set of armor, 0:23:39.160 --> 0:23:43.280 very powerful. Here David was a shepherd boy, a teenager. 0:23:43.720 --> 0:23:47.920 He had no formal training, no experience. He could have said, God, 0:23:47.960 --> 0:23:52.800 I have nothing except this slingshot. What you have, after 0:23:52.880 --> 0:23:55.960 the accept is what God is going to use. When 0:23:56.000 --> 0:24:00.000 Goliath saw how small David was, he began to laugh, said, 0:24:00.200 --> 0:24:02.080 am I a dog that you had come at me 0:24:02.160 --> 0:24:05.680 with a stick. I'm sure David was tempted to think, 0:24:05.840 --> 0:24:08.800 am I crazy? I'm going to fight this giant with 0:24:08.960 --> 0:24:14.520 only a slingshot. But the scripture says David ran toward Goliath. 0:24:15.160 --> 0:24:17.280 You would think he would try to sneak up on him, 0:24:17.600 --> 0:24:21.000 surprise him, to get the maximum advantage. But when you 0:24:21.119 --> 0:24:24.800 know who you are, when you know you're equipped and empowered, 0:24:25.000 --> 0:24:27.679 when you know God being for you is more than 0:24:27.720 --> 0:24:31.359 the world being against you, you won't run from your giants. 0:24:31.560 --> 0:24:35.880 You'll run to your giants. David slung the rock, hit 0:24:35.920 --> 0:24:39.560 Goliath in the forehead, knocked him unconscious. He went over 0:24:39.640 --> 0:24:43.919 and took Goliath's own sword and finished him off. What 0:24:44.080 --> 0:24:47.320 you have may not look like it's enough, it's ordinary. 0:24:47.480 --> 0:24:50.200 But when God breathes on it, it will become more 0:24:50.240 --> 0:24:54.520 than enough. A friend of mine's father pastored a large 0:24:54.640 --> 0:24:58.159 church as a young boy, he always looked forward to 0:24:58.240 --> 0:25:01.639 working there. During college, he got a job at this 0:25:01.800 --> 0:25:05.119 business where he would go into the different offices and 0:25:05.240 --> 0:25:08.480 clean and repair the equipment. So they gave him keys 0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:11.919 to all the offices in the building. He carried around 0:25:11.920 --> 0:25:15.119 this big key ring made him feel very important. This 0:25:15.240 --> 0:25:19.360 was years ago. After he graduated from college. He came 0:25:19.440 --> 0:25:21.840 back to work at his father's church and he was 0:25:21.880 --> 0:25:25.680 so excited, but his father only gave him one key, 0:25:26.200 --> 0:25:29.040 the key to his office. He said, Dad, I want 0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:30.920 all the keys. I want to be able to get 0:25:30.920 --> 0:25:33.800 in everywhere. His father said, now this is the key 0:25:33.920 --> 0:25:36.720 I want you to have. He was kind of disappointed. 0:25:36.760 --> 0:25:39.480 He thought, what, my dad doesn't trust me. A few 0:25:39.560 --> 0:25:43.320 years later, his dad became ill and wasn't expected to 0:25:43.400 --> 0:25:45.960 make it. This friend would go up to the church 0:25:46.000 --> 0:25:48.960 at night and pray for his father. He liked to 0:25:49.000 --> 0:25:52.680 pray in the main sanctuary since it was after hours. 0:25:52.760 --> 0:25:55.240 He would always have to get somebody to let him in. 0:25:55.680 --> 0:25:58.520 He'd called the security guard or see someone through the 0:25:58.520 --> 0:26:01.520 glass doors and knock, but it bothered him that he 0:26:01.600 --> 0:26:04.359 didn't have a key. One night, he went up to 0:26:04.440 --> 0:26:07.120 pray for his father and he was all locked up, 0:26:07.160 --> 0:26:09.840 and so he called the security guarden. He said he 0:26:09.920 --> 0:26:12.120 was out and wouldn't be back for a couple of hours. 0:26:12.560 --> 0:26:14.840 So my friend went around the building checking all the 0:26:14.920 --> 0:26:17.920 doors to see if anything was opened. But it's all 0:26:18.000 --> 0:26:22.000 locked up. He's so frustrated. Just when he was about 0:26:22.040 --> 0:26:25.679 to leave, he decided to put his key in the 0:26:25.760 --> 0:26:28.159 door and see if he could jiggle it around and 0:26:28.280 --> 0:26:32.520 somehow get it unlocked. The key went in so smoothly, 0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:36.560 he turned it and the door opened. He was puzzled. 0:26:36.600 --> 0:26:39.520 He walked through the lobby to the sanctuary door, put 0:26:39.560 --> 0:26:42.280 the key in, turned it and it opened. Went to 0:26:42.400 --> 0:26:44.480 the choir room, put the key in, turned it and 0:26:44.520 --> 0:26:48.600 it opened. He didn't realize his father had given him 0:26:48.880 --> 0:26:54.479 the master key all that time. He had what he needed. 0:26:55.680 --> 0:26:59.119 It wasn't that the father didn't trust him, It was 0:26:59.200 --> 0:27:02.920 the son didn't know what he had. Do you know 0:27:03.400 --> 0:27:06.439 what your father has given you? Do you know you 0:27:06.520 --> 0:27:09.960 have the key to unlock every door to your destiny? 0:27:10.640 --> 0:27:14.200 You didn't get shortchanged. Your father didn't say I can't 0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:18.360 trust you now. God has great confidence in you. He 0:27:18.400 --> 0:27:22.280 believes in you more than you believe in yourself. Why 0:27:22.280 --> 0:27:25.639 don't you start using that key believing that you have 0:27:25.840 --> 0:27:28.920 what you need. Don't go through life thinking that you've 0:27:28.960 --> 0:27:32.520 been locked out. 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