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You Are In A Controlled Environment
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Even when our circumstances feel out of control, God is still in control. You don’t have to live stressed out or worried because something didn’t work out. Stay in peace knowing God has a plan of victory for your life. Your best days are still ahead, and together we can make a difference in this world with the message of God's hope and love. To give visit JoelOsteen.com/GiveHope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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See terms and conditions at UNEs 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:30.080 dot co. 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:34.800 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.880 We enjoy spending this time with you. I hope you'll 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.319 leave Inspire. Make sure you subscribe to get new messages 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.360 every week. We appreciate your support. It helps keep the 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:59.720 ministry going. Enjoy the message. Well, God bless you. It 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:02.520 is always a joy to come into your homes. We 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:04.960 love you and we know God has great things in 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:07.240 store for each one of you. If you're ever in 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:09.680 our area, I hope you'll stop by and see us. 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:11.639 We'd love to have you be a part of one 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:14.359 of our services. These are the finest people in all 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.880 of Houston, right here at Lakewood, So come on out sometime. 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:20.600 We'd love to have you. I like to get started 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:22.799 each week with something kind of funny. And I heard 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:25.880 about this couple. They'd been married for over sixty years. 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.040 They were at a church fellowship and somebody asked them 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:32.520 the secret of their success. The man told how he 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.440 always treated his wife with respect, and he took her 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:38.040 on trips all over the world. He said, in fact, 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:42.120 for our twenty fifth wedding anniversary, I took her to Beijing, China. 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:45.120 Everybody kind of clapped. Somebody spoke up and said, what'd 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.880 you do for your fiftieth anniversary? He said, I went 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:52.800 back and picked her up. All right, hold up your bible. 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.840 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:58.840 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.480 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.280 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:08.720 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:13.000 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:16.600 name God bless you. I want to talk to you 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:21.760 today about how we are in a controlled environment. Sometimes 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.760 it may feel like life is out of control. Things 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.919 can get kind of hectic in our finances, in our 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:31.480 health with a family issue. But you have to remind 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:35.800 yourself even though my circumstances feel out of control, God 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:39.360 is still in control. I When things don't go our way, 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:43.560 the stock market goes down, the hurricane hits, you get 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:48.000 bad news concerning your health, understand none of that is 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:51.480 a surprise to God. God is still on the throne, 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.920 and we need to come back to this place of peace. 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:57.600 We don't have to live life stressed. We don't have 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:01.400 to go around worried because our plans didn't work out. 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:05.920 We went through a disappointment, now we're uncertain about the future. 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.480 Now we can stay in faith knowing that we are 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:14.480 in a controlled environment. That means nothing can happen to 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:19.440 us without God's permission. No sickness can end your life 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:24.640 before you fulfill your divine purpose. No financial difficulty can 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:28.440 keep you from your God given destiny. No person that's 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.880 hurt you in the past, or even someone that may 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:34.000 hurt you in the future, can keep you from becoming 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.800 all God's created you to be. God knew everything you 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:40.640 would go through. And the good news is he has 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:44.679 already laid out a plan of victory. God knew every 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.960 person that would do you wrong. He's already laid out 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:52.440 your vindication. God knew every disappointment. He's already laid out 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:56.479 new opportunities. God knew everything that would be stolen. He 0:04:56.520 --> 0:05:00.000 has already laid out your restoration. You're in a contry 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:04.720 controlled environment. I think about how when the disciples were 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:08.840 in a boat and a great storm arose, Jesus didn't panic. 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:11.240 He didn't get upset and think, what are we going 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:13.719 to do. No, he's the one that told them to 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:16.640 get on the boat. He knew the storm was coming, 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:19.560 he knew it was going to be difficult. What did 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:23.520 he do. He simply spoke to the storm. He said, peace, 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:27.520 be still. And here's the key. The storm obeyed him. 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:32.880 That tells me God is in control even of my storms. 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.320 And when times get tough, you lose money in the 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:40.120 stock market, you're struggling in a relationship, you have to 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.680 remind yourself. God is in control not just of me, 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:47.919 but of even this storm. He's in control of my 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:52.520 financial difficulty. He's in control of my marriage problem. I'm 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:56.560 in a controlled environment. It's very freeing when you realize, 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:00.040 no matter what comes against you, it's never going to 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.760 be too much. It may be a surprise to you, 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:05.240 but it is not a surprise to God. He has 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:10.240 already predestined you to overcome. God has solutions for problems 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.760 you haven't even had. All you've got to do is 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.000 stay in faith, and you're going to walk into your 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:18.359 divine destiny. Well, you say, Joel, it sure seems like 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:21.279 this sickness is in control. I got a bad report 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.680 from the doctor. It seems like that my enemies are 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:27.080 getting the best of me. They cheated me out of 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.440 a promotion at work. I don't see how I can 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:32.760 fulfill my dreams. I don't have the connections. Now, you've 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.640 got to get a new perspective. Do you know who's 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:39.160 backing you up? Do you realize who's on your side? 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:44.240 The all powerful, almighty creator of the universe is breathing 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:48.679 in your direction. God has surrounded you with his favor. 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.840 He has armed you with strength for every battle. He 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:58.760 has equipped you with talent, creativity, wisdom, strength, determination. You 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:03.240 have everything that you need. When you're tempted to get discouraged, 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:07.080 you need to remind yourself the forces of darkness have 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.600 never once stopped God's plan from coming to pass. And 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.480 let me assure you, it's not going to start with you. 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.920 You're going to fulfill your divine destiny. You're going to 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:21.600 overcome every obstacle. You're going to defeat that sickness. You're 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.640 going to beat that addiction. You're coming out of not 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:28.280 enough into the land of more than enough. Whatever you 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:32.280 touch is going to prosper and succeed. Because you honor God, 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.360 his blessings are going to chase you down and overtake you. 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.480 Why don't you let those seeds take root in your 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.880 heart today. I know some of you are facing things 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:44.920 that could easily steal your joy. You could easily go 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:49.000 round upset and worried. But God is saying, I've got 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:52.360 you in the palm of my hand. The storm may 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:55.720 be raging, the wind may be blowing, but I'm in 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.720 control of the storm. I'm not going to let it 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:02.320 overwhelm you. Everything is gonna be all right. That's what 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:05.280 it says in Isaiah forty three to two. You will 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.800 go through the flood but you will not drown. You 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:11.480 will go through the river, but you will not go under. 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:14.840 Let me add one, you'll go through the hurricane, but 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:19.440 you'll come out alive. And well, how about one more. 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:23.480 You'll go through the fire, But one translation says you'll 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:26.560 come out without even the smell of smoke. And you 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:28.800 may feel like you're in the fire, but God's saying 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.800 you're coming out, and you're not gonna come out beat up, 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:35.160 be draggled, half dead. You're gonna come out without a bruise, 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:39.240 without a blemish, better off than you were before. You 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.600 need to get your second wind. You need to dig 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:46.600 your heels in and say that's it. I'm done living depressed, discourage, worried. 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:50.200 I know I've got a provider. I've got a protector. 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.199 I've got a defender. I've got a deliver, I've got 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:58.560 a waymaker. I'm in a controlled environment. I saw a 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:01.680 report on the news and this man was filming a movie. 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.560 He was in a helicopter over the ocean. He was 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:07.839 the lead actor, and in this particular scene, he was 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:10.880 supposed to hand something from the helicopter to the people 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.760 in the boat below, and so the helicopter got real 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:17.040 close to the water, and it hit an unusual burst 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:20.560 of wind and the pilot lost control. It started spinning 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.840 around and around and finally crashed into the water, and 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:27.400 it quickly began to sink. After about thirty seconds, the 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:30.480 pilot's head popped up. He was okay. People were so 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:34.000 relieved that he was alive, but there was no sign 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:37.120 of this other man, the lead actor. A minute went by, 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:41.040 two minutes, three minutes, four minutes, still nothing. People were 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.480 fearing the worst, but about five minutes later, all of 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:46.920 a sudden, his head popped up out of the water 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:51.079 and he too, was perfectly fine. Later he told how 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:54.360 he had been knocked unconscious. When he came to, he 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:58.360 was very disoriented and couldn't find his way out, But 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:01.640 he said, I'd like to thank the rest, and especially 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.160 the man that grabbed the back of my neck and 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.840 maneuvered me through the helicopter and gave me that big 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:11.000 push up to the top of the water. The people 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:14.800 listening said, what are you talking about. There were no rescuers. 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:18.400 You were down there by yourself. Big tears began to 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.000 come down his cheeks. He looked up to the heavens 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.640 and he said, then I want to thank God because 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:28.320 it was his hand that lifted me up. What's my point. 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:32.040 If it's not your time to go, You're not gonna go. 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:36.040 All the forces of darkness cannot take your life. God 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:39.320 always has the final say. And it may look like 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:41.679 that cancer is gonna beat you, but you need to 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:45.040 keep telling yourself, No sickness is gonna take my life. 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:48.719 No accident is going to shorten my divine destiny by 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.880 a single second. I'm in the palm of God's hand. 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:56.320 I'm in a controlled environment. One time in the Old Testament, 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.400 a major army had come against the people of Israel, 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:04.120 much bigger, much more powerful in the natural. The Israelites 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:08.319 didn't have a chance. But every time this enemy army 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.400 made any kind of move, the people of Israel were 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:15.240 already there waiting for them. If they decided to attack 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:18.120 from the north, the Israelites would beat them there and 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.240 cause them to change their plans. If they decided to 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.280 sneak up in the middle of the night, the people 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:27.040 of Israel were up ready waiting for that battle. No 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:29.839 matter how hard they tried, they could never get the 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:33.480 upper hand. And finally, the commander of that enemy army 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.839 said to his men. Somebody is a trader. Somebody is 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:42.000 leaking valuable information. We're never going to defeat these people. 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:45.480 They know every move we're gonna make before we even 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.600 make it. Now, who's the trader? One of the captains 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:50.880 spoke up, says, Sir, I don't know how to tell 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.000 you this, but it's none of us. There's a prophet 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:58.480 over in Israel, and what you whisper in secret, he 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:02.679 announces in public to the whole army. Friends, you and 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:06.640 I have an advantage. God is in control of our enemies. 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:10.200 He knows what they're planning, he knows their next move. 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:14.160 We don't have to be worried. We have inside information. 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:17.720 The commander of that army got so upset he said, 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:19.960 here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna go get that man. 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.240 We're gonna go capture that prophet. Do you know he 0:12:23.400 --> 0:12:27.960 sent thousands of troops and thousands of horses all to 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:31.640 capture one man filled with the spirit of the living God. 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:34.880 It's the same way the enemy looks at you. When 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:38.080 he sees you, he doesn't just see you. He sees 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.960 all the forces that are backing you up. He sees 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.160 the creator of the universe, standing by your side. He 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:48.959 sees his mighty angels guarding, protecting, defending. He sees your 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:52.800 crown of favor. He sees your robe of righteousness. Don't 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.280 ever be afraid of the enemy. He scared the death 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:58.560 of you. Somebody may be doing you wrong today, and 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.480 it looks like they have the upper hand. It looks 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:05.080 like it's never gonna change. You need to keep reminding yourself. 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.920 I have an advantage. God is in control of my enemies. 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:12.640 He's fighting my battles for me. He is my vindicator, 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:15.680 and it's just a matter of time before things change 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:19.199 in my favor. I love the scripture in Hebrews. It 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:23.920 says don't cast away your confidence. One translation says for 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:27.880 payday is coming, and in the difficult times, you have 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:31.920 to remind yourself that payday is on its way. God 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:35.440 is a faithful God. If you'll keep doing the right thing, 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:40.839 honoring him, expecting his favor, God is promised he will 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.240 pay you back. In fact, God said He'll make your 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:48.439 enemies pay you back. It's like this little old lady 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:52.000 I heard about. She lived way way out in the country. 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:54.640 I mean, she was so far out in the woods. 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:59.160 The june bugs didn't show up till August. Every morning 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.560 she'd go out on her front porch and she just 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.600 thanked God she was alive and thanked God that he 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:08.360 was supplying all of her needs. Her neighbor thought she 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:11.480 was a little off of her rocker. He was always 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:14.440 making fun of her, telling her she was just wasting 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:16.720 her time, giving her a hard time. He didn't believe 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.800 in the things of God. One morning he heard her 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:23.200 thanking God that he would provide groceries for the week. 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:26.080 He decided to play a trick on her. He went 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:28.840 to the grocery store got a few bags of groceries. 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.920 The next morning, early he snuck over there and put 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.360 them on her front porch and then went around the 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.040 side of the house and hid. When the lady came 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:40.960 out and saw the groceries, she started rejoicing, saying, God, 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:43.640 you did it again. You brought me groceries for the week. 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:47.320 The man came out of hiding, and he laughed and laughed. 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.760 He said, I told you so, I told you you 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.320 were wasting your time. God didn't put those groceries there. 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:57.520 I did. The lady started rejoicing even louder. She said, God, 0:14:57.600 --> 0:14:59.960 you not only brought me groceries, but you made the day. 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:10.360 I'll pay for it. Friends, God is in control of 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:13.640 our enemies. You don't have to try to get even. 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.000 You don't have to try to pay people back. God 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:20.320 is your vindicator. If you'll stay on the high road, 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:24.800 God will even use your enemies to bless you. You 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.960 remember Mordecai in the scripture. He was the one that 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.320 encouraged Esther to rise up and take that step of faith. 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.400 There was another man by the name of Hayman. He 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:37.240 worked to directly with the king, and Hayman did not 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:41.120 like Mordecai. He's always pushing him down, always trying to 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:45.200 make him look bad. But Mordecai understood this principle. He 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.400 knew he was in a controlled environment and as long 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.920 as he'd keep doing the right thing, being his best, 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:54.520 God would be his vindicator. And one night this king 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:58.040 couldn't sleep, so he asked an assistant to bring in 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:00.880 the records of everything that had happened in that city, 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:03.400 in other words, to bring in the history books. And 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.120 it just so happened. The king opened to the exact 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:09.920 page where it talked about where Mordecai had done a 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:13.640 great deed. And had kept the city from harm. That 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:17.600 was not a coincidence. That was God causing the king 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:21.080 to see the right thing. And if you'll stay in faith, 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.760 God will cause the right people in your life, your boss, 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:28.840 your supervisor, your clients to see what He wants them 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:32.200 to see. God can make things happen that we can't 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:36.280 make happen on our own. It's called the favor of God. 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:40.080 And one touch of God's favor can thrust you years ahead. 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:43.400 One touch of his favor can take you from borrowing 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.560 to lending, or like Joseph, it can take you from 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:49.320 the prison to the palace. It can take you from 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:51.920 working at that business to own in your own business. 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:56.160 But God calls this king to see the exact page 0:16:56.280 --> 0:17:00.440 where it talked about Mordecai's faithfulness. The next morning, the 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:04.240 king called Hayman in said, Hayman, what do you suggest 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:07.600 we do to honor a person that has really pleased 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:11.000 the king, really done a great deed. Hamon was so 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.760 caught up in himself he thought the king was talking 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:17.120 about him, so he played it up real big. He said, King, 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:19.560 I think we ought to put a royal robe on him, 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:22.360 put him in a chariot, parade him up and down 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:26.879 the streets, blowing trumpets, announcing to everyone about how great 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:30.040 he is. I mean, Haman could taste it. He thought 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:33.000 this was his lucky day. The king said, Haymen, I 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:36.760 like that. That's a great idea. I'm putting you in charge. 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:40.520 Now go get Mordecai and do exactly what you said. 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:43.320 You parade him up and down the streets, and you 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:47.240 announced how honored he is by the king. You talk 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:50.639 about being vindicated. God will not only pay you back, 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:54.240 He'll make your enemies pay you back. The very ones 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:56.800 that are talking about you at the office, the ones 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:59.000 that are trying to make you look bad, the ones 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:00.880 that kind of laugh when when you make a mistake. 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:04.720 God will use them to help promote you. And that's 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:06.920 why you don't have to try to get even. Don't 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:09.400 try to pay people back. Stay on the high road. 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.479 Let God fight your battles for you, knowing that your 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:15.879 payday is on its way. What does it mean to 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:20.400 be in a controlled environment. It means that nothing in 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:26.119 life happens by accident. There are no coincidences, no random events. 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.680 You didn't just happen to get that job and happen 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:32.439 to marry that person happen to be here today. Know 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:36.480 the creator of the universe was directing your steps all 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:41.399 along the way. God was carefully orchestrating every detail of 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:44.919 your life. If we could pull the curtain back and 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:48.040 look behind the scenes, we would see God pulling the 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:54.080 strings just like a puppet, manipulating things, arranging events, strategically 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:56.240 causing you to be at the right place at the 0:18:56.320 --> 0:19:00.640 right time. You're not just randomly going to work each day, 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:04.399 coming home doing your thing. You are a person of destiny. 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:07.800 Before you were born, God laid out a plan for 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:11.000 your life. He has an assignment for you to fulfill. 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:14.639 The good news is God has already lined up the 0:19:14.720 --> 0:19:18.840 right people, the right breaks, the right opportunities. You are 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:23.359 meeting people now that very well may somehow, some way 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:27.040 be instrumental in your life even twenty or thirty years 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:30.800 from now. I remember when I was in my mid twenties, 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:34.320 there was this situation in a business dealing that looked 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:36.080 like he's going to take a lot of time and 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:39.879 energy and resources to get corrected. And I knew I 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:42.600 was in the right but it seemed like he's going 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:44.840 to be months and months for it ever to be 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.360 straightened out, and I sure wasn't looking forward to it. 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:49.840 But one day out of the blue, I got a 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:52.679 call from this gentleman that was in charge, and he 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:56.000 told how he had straightened everything out. It was over, 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:58.800 and I was so relieved, And of course I thanked 0:19:58.880 --> 0:20:02.000 him and told him how much I appreciated him taking 0:20:02.080 --> 0:20:05.040 the time to see it my way. He said, Joel, 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:09.160 what really did it for me was my grandmother's best 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:13.280 friend lived down the street from where your family lived 0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:16.119 when you were growing up, and she told my grandmother 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:19.359 one time, when you were about ten years old, you 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:22.159 were riding your bike down the street and she was 0:20:22.160 --> 0:20:25.120 struggling to get her garbage cans out, and you got 0:20:25.119 --> 0:20:27.200 off your bike and you went over and helped her. 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:30.360 And that made a big impression on me. And as 0:20:30.400 --> 0:20:32.800 he was telling me this, I thought to myself, I 0:20:32.800 --> 0:20:35.719 don't know what you're talking about. I don't even know 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:38.639 if I'm the right person, but I'll definitely take credit 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:42.800 for it. But the truth is I did not even 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:47.399 remember that yet a simple act of kindness was still 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:50.560 making an impact in my life some twenty years later. 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:55.120 That was not a coincidence. God knows the end From 0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:57.600 the beginning. He knows what we're going to need in 0:20:57.640 --> 0:21:00.440 the future. And God had to have that lay coming 0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:03.280 down the driveway at the exact right time. I had 0:21:03.320 --> 0:21:05.679 to be riding my bike at the exact right moment. 0:21:06.240 --> 0:21:08.040 If I'd gone back to get a drink of water, 0:21:08.320 --> 0:21:11.280 if she'd gone in to answer the telephone, we wouldn't 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:14.879 be talking about it. That was the creator of the universe, 0:21:15.240 --> 0:21:19.280 directing my steps down to the minute details. I thought 0:21:19.280 --> 0:21:22.320 it was just a random event, but I've since learned 0:21:22.600 --> 0:21:25.919 that nothing in life happens by chance. We are in 0:21:25.960 --> 0:21:31.040 a controlled environment. That means I'm not meeting you by accident. 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:36.240 You didn't come across my path by happenstance. God ordained 0:21:36.320 --> 0:21:39.680 before the foundation of time that our lives would intersect. 0:21:40.320 --> 0:21:43.159 My life will be better off because of spending this 0:21:43.200 --> 0:21:48.000 time with you. I'm drawing strength, I'm drawing encouragement. Who 0:21:48.080 --> 0:21:51.080 knows you may hear something today, or even have some 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:54.240 kind of feeling, some kind of impression that will affect 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:57.560 you years from now, something that will give you encouragement, 0:21:57.960 --> 0:22:01.320 something that will give you insight. Maybe you'll be going 0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:03.720 through a difficult time and all of a sudden, God 0:22:03.760 --> 0:22:06.440 brings this up out of your spirit, and you realize 0:22:06.560 --> 0:22:10.520 it's exactly what you needed to keep pressing forward. I 0:22:10.600 --> 0:22:12.800 received a letter from a lady that went to one 0:22:12.800 --> 0:22:16.280 of our events in New York City. She told how 0:22:16.480 --> 0:22:19.560 a couple of years later, one morning, she woke up 0:22:19.600 --> 0:22:23.320 early before her alarm went off, and when she awakened, 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:26.240 she could hear our little daughter singing the song that 0:22:26.320 --> 0:22:29.040 she sings at the end of these events. It's a 0:22:29.080 --> 0:22:34.440 simple little song. It says, come just as you are, Come, Believe, come, receive, 0:22:34.920 --> 0:22:37.639 Come and live forever. And it was so clear in 0:22:37.680 --> 0:22:41.160 her mind she could see us standing on the platform together. 0:22:41.600 --> 0:22:45.159 She was just reliving it. She could hear Alexander's little voice, 0:22:45.560 --> 0:22:48.920 so innocent, so pure, and it really ministered to her 0:22:48.960 --> 0:22:52.080 that night, and as she lay there in bed, she 0:22:52.160 --> 0:22:56.200 felt an overwhelming sense of peace and just an extraordinary 0:22:56.280 --> 0:23:00.440 sense of God's presence. About thirty minutes later, the phone. 0:23:00.840 --> 0:23:03.359 It was her father. She was kind of startled because 0:23:03.359 --> 0:23:07.239 nobody called that early normally. Her dad said, I just 0:23:07.280 --> 0:23:10.560 want to remind you it was three years ago today 0:23:10.840 --> 0:23:13.520 that mother went to be with the Lord. The exact 0:23:13.600 --> 0:23:16.119 time of her death was five point thirty in the morning. 0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:19.639 That was the exact moment that she woke up with 0:23:19.760 --> 0:23:23.200 that song playing in her spirit. What am I saying? 0:23:23.840 --> 0:23:27.679 God is depositing in you everything you need for now 0:23:28.000 --> 0:23:31.119 and everything you're going to need in the future. You 0:23:31.200 --> 0:23:33.800 may just be listening to a song, you may be 0:23:33.960 --> 0:23:37.280 just talking to a friend, you may just be reading 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:40.439 a scripture. You don't think twice about it. But the 0:23:40.520 --> 0:23:44.679 fact is God is depositing that in your spirit because 0:23:44.680 --> 0:23:47.119 he knows it's going to strengthen you in the days ahead. 0:23:47.600 --> 0:23:51.240 There are no coincidences with our God. I read an 0:23:51.320 --> 0:23:54.480 article in the newspaper about this mail carrier. She was 0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:57.280 out delivering the mail one day, like she always did, 0:23:57.640 --> 0:24:00.119 but she noticed a package that needed to be at 0:24:00.160 --> 0:24:03.520 a certain address by noon, and typically she wasn't in 0:24:03.520 --> 0:24:06.600 that neighborhood until after two o'clock, so she had to 0:24:06.720 --> 0:24:09.520 change her route. And when she got to this address, 0:24:09.560 --> 0:24:12.920 it was a two story apartment building. She rang the doorbell, 0:24:13.359 --> 0:24:16.520 stepped back waiting for somebody to answer, and all of 0:24:16.560 --> 0:24:20.119 a sudden, out of her peripheral vision, she noticed something 0:24:20.240 --> 0:24:24.920 falling from above, and just intuitively, she reached out her 0:24:25.040 --> 0:24:28.160 arms and believe it or not, she caught a one 0:24:28.240 --> 0:24:32.600 year old baby. This little baby was in an apartment upstairs. 0:24:33.040 --> 0:24:35.840 The window was open on the mother's bed. The mother 0:24:35.920 --> 0:24:39.159 turned away, and the baby rolled out the window. The 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:44.000 mom came running downstairs hysterical, screaming. The postal worker calmed 0:24:44.000 --> 0:24:47.240 her down and said, don't worry, I caught your little baby. 0:24:47.560 --> 0:24:50.119 There was not a scratch on that baby, not a blemish. 0:24:50.240 --> 0:24:56.879 The little child was perfectly fine. They interviewed the postal worker. 0:24:57.200 --> 0:24:59.240 She said, all I can tell you is God had 0:24:59.320 --> 0:25:01.960 me at the right place at the right time. She 0:25:02.160 --> 0:25:06.520 was exactly right. Only God could orchestrate that. Think of 0:25:06.560 --> 0:25:09.359 all the things that had to fall into place, what 0:25:09.440 --> 0:25:12.679 are the chances of her being right there when the 0:25:12.680 --> 0:25:15.560 baby fell out the window. If she hadn't had that package, 0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:18.040 she wouldn't have even been in that neighborhood. Or what 0:25:18.200 --> 0:25:20.679 is the likelihood that she would be quick enough and 0:25:20.760 --> 0:25:24.480 sharp enough to reach out and grab that little baby? Man, 0:25:24.520 --> 0:25:27.080 I wanted to sign her up for the Texans football team. 0:25:28.480 --> 0:25:32.320 We need some of that kind of favor. But I 0:25:32.400 --> 0:25:35.879 want you to have this assurance today, this confidence that 0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:40.200 wherever you are, God is directing your steps, no matter 0:25:40.240 --> 0:25:42.760 what it looks like. In life. No matter how out 0:25:42.760 --> 0:25:45.720 of control it seems to be, know this God is 0:25:45.760 --> 0:25:50.840 still in control. During World War II, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's 0:25:50.880 --> 0:25:54.960 plane crashed into the ocean. He ejected right before impact, 0:25:55.240 --> 0:25:58.119 splashed into the water. When he came up, he found 0:25:58.160 --> 0:26:00.760 a piece of the wreckage so he could stay afloat. 0:26:01.359 --> 0:26:04.480 Day after day went by with no signs of hope. 0:26:04.720 --> 0:26:07.560 He hadn't eaten in so long that his strength began 0:26:07.680 --> 0:26:10.719 to wane. He didn't think he could carry on. Just 0:26:10.800 --> 0:26:13.639 when he was about to give up, out of nowhere, 0:26:13.720 --> 0:26:17.280 a seagull came and landed on his arm. He grabbed 0:26:17.280 --> 0:26:20.719 it and ate the whole thing, bones and awe. It 0:26:20.800 --> 0:26:25.400 not only strengthened him physically, it strengthened him spiritually. At 0:26:25.400 --> 0:26:29.040 that moment, he knew God was still in control. Wasn't 0:26:29.040 --> 0:26:32.240 long after that that he was rescued and brought back 0:26:32.240 --> 0:26:36.200 home to a hero's welcome. He told everyone how God 0:26:36.200 --> 0:26:39.679 had used that seagull to spare his life. Come to 0:26:39.720 --> 0:26:42.200 find out, it was a much bigger miracle than he thought. 0:26:42.640 --> 0:26:46.360 He was hundreds of miles from the nearest land. There 0:26:46.400 --> 0:26:50.120 are no seagulls out there. Seagulls don't fly that far out. 0:26:50.240 --> 0:26:53.639 They would never be able to survive. How could that happen? 0:26:54.040 --> 0:26:56.880 God simply spoke to the seagull and said, head out, 0:26:57.040 --> 0:26:59.720 I've got an assignment for you. What am I saying? 0:27:00.359 --> 0:27:05.600 We're in a controlled environment. Even if you're stranded in 0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:08.840 the middle of the ocean. God has a plan. Let 0:27:08.840 --> 0:27:11.680 me make it more practical. If the stock market goes 0:27:11.720 --> 0:27:15.119 down forty percent, if gas is four dollars a gallon, 0:27:15.440 --> 0:27:18.159 if you lose your biggest client, God still has a 0:27:18.200 --> 0:27:21.600 way to supply your needs. God said he would prosper 0:27:21.680 --> 0:27:25.240 you even in the desert. He said you would flourish 0:27:25.400 --> 0:27:29.480 even in a famine. He's called El Shadai, the God 0:27:29.480 --> 0:27:32.520 who is more than enough. David said, I was young, 0:27:32.640 --> 0:27:35.560 now I'm old, but I've never once seen the righteous forsaken. 0:27:36.480 --> 0:27:40.040 When times get tough, don't get discouraged and think, all men, 0:27:40.080 --> 0:27:42.680 what am I going to do? Stay in faith. Your 0:27:42.720 --> 0:27:46.560 heavenly Father has not run out of options. When you fall. 0:27:46.920 --> 0:27:49.240 He's already arranged for the mail carrier to catch you 0:27:49.880 --> 0:27:52.680 when you're in need. He's already spoken to the seagull. 0:27:53.359 --> 0:27:55.560 When somebody does you're wrong, He's already lined up your 0:27:55.640 --> 0:27:59.320 vindication when you're having a setback. He's already planned your comeback. 0:27:59.480 --> 0:28:02.400 He's already he positive the right song on the inside. 0:28:02.520 --> 0:28:05.280 He's already told the angel to protect you in the accident. 0:28:06.119 --> 0:28:09.320 When you realize you're in this controlled environment, takes all 0:28:09.320 --> 0:28:12.399 the pressure off of you. You can relax and enjoy 0:28:12.480 --> 0:28:16.159 your life knowing that nothing can happen to you without 0:28:16.160 --> 0:28:19.199 God's permission. Now, I know some of you today have 0:28:19.280 --> 0:28:21.760 a lot of things going on. You could easily be 0:28:21.880 --> 0:28:25.040 upset and worried, but I'm asking you to come back 0:28:25.080 --> 0:28:28.040 to that place of peace. The storm may be raging, 0:28:28.440 --> 0:28:31.400 the winds may be blowing, but God is saying, I've 0:28:31.400 --> 0:28:34.240 got you in the palm of my hand. Everything is 0:28:34.280 --> 0:28:34.520 going to. 0:28:34.560 --> 0:28:35.080 Be all right. 0:28:35.640 --> 0:28:37.520 It may get a little rocky, it may get a 0:28:37.520 --> 0:28:41.200 little bumpy, but God has the final say, and he's saying, 0:28:41.560 --> 0:28:44.240 I always cause you to triumph. What was meant for 0:28:44.320 --> 0:28:47.520 your harm I'm going to use to your advantage. And 0:28:47.640 --> 0:28:49.760 my prayer today is that you would know, beyond a 0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:52.760 shadow of a doubt, that the creator of the universe 0:28:52.960 --> 0:28:56.640 is directing your steps down to the minute details in 0:28:56.680 --> 0:29:01.120 your future. He's already lined up favor good brain solutions 0:29:01.160 --> 0:29:06.120 to problems. He's gonna be your vindicator, your provider, your waymaker. 0:29:06.760 --> 0:29:09.320 As you go out each day in faith, knowing that 0:29:09.360 --> 0:29:12.240 you're in this controlled environment, let me just declare what's 0:29:12.240 --> 0:29:15.040 gonna happen. You're gonna see God's favor in a greater way. 0:29:15.400 --> 0:29:19.080 You're gonna rise higher. You're gonna overcome every obstacle. You're 0:29:19.080 --> 0:29:22.480 gonna defeat every enemy. You're gonna see every dream, every 0:29:22.520 --> 0:29:24.680 desire God's put in your heart is going to come 0:29:24.680 --> 0:29:27.240 to pass. In the name of Jesus. Amen, do you 0:29:27.280 --> 0:29:31.680 receive it today. We never like to close our broadcast 0:29:31.960 --> 0:29:34.880 without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 0:29:34.880 --> 0:29:38.920 of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:29:40.000 --> 0:29:44.800 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 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