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I promise you we'll have a 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.000 good time and we'll make you feel right at home. 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:15.079 But thanks for tuning in again, thanks for coming out today. 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:17.720 And I like to start with something funny. And I 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:20.959 heard about this pastor. He decided to skip church one 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:24.200 Sunday and go play golf. He told his assistant he 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:27.400 wasn't feeling well, and he drove to another city a 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:30.400 golf course there so nobody would know him. He teed 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:32.840 off on the first hole. All of a sudden, a 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:36.720 huge gust of wind caught his ball, carried it an 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:40.240 extra hundred yards, and blew it right into the hole 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.440 for a four hundred and twenty yard hole in one. 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:46.440 An angel looked at God and said, what'd you do 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.760 that for? God smiled and said, who's he going to tell? 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.960 All right, hold up your bible, say it like you 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:59.640 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:02.640 I am. I have what it says I have. I 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:05.440 can do what it says I can do. Today I 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:08.880 will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:12.919 my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:16.640 never be the same in Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:20.040 I want to talk to you today about how you 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:24.480 have come back power. We all face situations that seem 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.680 like they could bury us. The loss of a loved one, 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:32.639 bad news concerning our health, a divorce. Those negative thoughts 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:36.720 bombard our minds, telling us it's over. You've seen your 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:40.200 best days. That setback is going to taint your future. 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:44.000 That layoff is going to ruin your career, That illness 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:46.920 is always going to limit you. It's easy to feel 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:50.800 like we've been buried. But what's interesting is the only 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:56.360 difference between being buried and being planted is the expectancy 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:59.680 of what's going to happen next. When you put a 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:03.240 seaed in the ground, you don't say I'm burying this seed. 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.400 You say I'm planting this seed because you know it's 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:11.040 coming back. Not long ago, one of our rabbits died. 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:15.480 I didn't say I'm planting this rabbit. I buried the rabbit. 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.279 I knew it wasn't coming back. If it did, I 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:22.960 sure didn't want to be around. We all face difficulties, 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:26.960 but you have the seed of Almighty God on the inside. 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.599 He breathed his life into you. And when you go 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:34.680 through disappointments, you're in tough times. You may feel like 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:38.919 you've been buried, but the fact is you've simply been planted. 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:42.880 That means you're coming back, and you're not only gonna 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:46.880 come back, you're gonna come back better, increased, stronger. What 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:50.679 was meant for your harm, God will use to your advantage. 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.640 You go in as a seed, but because of the 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:57.880 life of God, you come out blossomed, producing even more fruit. 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:02.440 Jesus talked about this in John twelve twenty four. He said, 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:06.440 unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:10.680 is planted, it will not produce fruit. You can have 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:14.080 a seed on your shelf for a lifetime, it will 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:17.080 never become what it was created to be until you 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:20.240 put it in the ground. Its potential will never be 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:24.880 fully realized until it's planted. As long as it's up 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:28.479 on the shelf where it's comfortable, doesn't have to stretch, 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:32.120 doesn't have to deal with any adversities, that potential will 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:36.880 remain locked up dormant on the inside. Only after it's 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.480 been planted and it goes through the process of germination, 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:44.720 the outer shell breaks off, the new growth springs forth. 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:48.800 That's when it will blossom and produce more fruit. And 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:50.960 I'm sure if you were to ask the seed, it 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:54.320 would say, I don't want to be planted. It's lonely 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:58.880 in the dirt by myself. It's dark, it's uncomfortable. It 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:03.159 feels like it's been buried. Can't see any light, people 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:07.000 walking on top of it. The truth is it's not buried. 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.960 It's only planted. When it's in the ground. In that 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:16.520 dark time, something supernatural begins to happen. Although the dirt's 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:21.080 hundreds of times more powerful, possibly thousands of times heavier, 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:25.240 it cannot hold the seed in. I can imagine the 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:28.560 dirt when it feels something sturry. It says to the 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.239 little seed, what do you think you're doing. You can't 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:34.320 get out. I'm much more powerful than you. The little 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:37.440 seed says, no, no, no, I know a secret. I'm 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:41.240 not buried. I'm planted. I may be down right now, 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.760 but it's temporary. I'm coming back. I've got the life 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:47.520 of God in me. The dirt says, what are you 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:50.479 talking about. You're nothing compared to me. You don't have 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:54.040 a chance. Something in that seed rises up even stronger 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:57.360 and says, no, you cannot keep me down. I've got 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:02.760 comeback power in my DNA. I will rise again. Sure enough, 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:06.760 one day that little seed breaks the surface of the earth. 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:10.080 It smiles and says, I told you I was coming out. 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:14.440 It's no longer buried, no longer hidden and alone, no 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.000 longer has people walking on top of it. It's got 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:21.119 a new beginning. Its potential is being realized as time 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:24.040 goes by. Instead of being a little seed buried in 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:28.040 the ground, grows into a beautiful plant producing all kinds 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:31.800 of bright, colorful flowers. What happened. It went through the 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:35.920 process of being planted, had to go through some dark times, 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.160 some lonely nights, had to push some dirt out of 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.680 the way. It seemed like it would never see bright days, 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:46.920 but it just kept pressing forward and eventually it became 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:50.520 everything God created it to be. You need to get 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.520 this deep down in your spirit today. No matter what 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:57.360 comes against you in life, you are not buried. You 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:01.520 are planted. You may feel like, even now that you've 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:03.840 got some dirt on top of you, you're in a 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:07.280 tough time. Something was unfair, doesn't look like it's ever 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:10.760 gonna change. But if you can just keep shaking off 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:14.440 the dirt, shaking off the self pity, shaking off the 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:18.080 lies that are telling you it's over, You're done. Then 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:21.040 you too, like that little seed, will begin to feel 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:25.040 the life of God spring forth. The same power that 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.520 raised Christ from the dead is on the inside of 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:31.360 each one of you. That sickness will tell you can't 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:34.480 push me out of the way. I'm much bigger than you. 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:38.280 I've got you buried. Don't believe that lie. Just say, 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:41.520 like the seed, I'm coming back. I may be laying 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:45.079 in the hospital right now, but this sickness is only temporary. 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:48.800 This chemo may have taken my strength, my energy, my hair, 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:52.200 but know this today, I've got comeback power. This is 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:56.240 not the end, It's only the beginning. Or this addiction 0:08:56.960 --> 0:09:00.000 it may have kept me back for a long time, 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:03.200 have my full potential from being realized. But I'm not 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:06.800 staying here. I know my chains have been gone. I 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.600 know whom the sun sets free is free. Indeed, I'm 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:12.800 moving the dirt out and I'm coming back. Or how 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:16.120 about this business may be slow, I may have lost 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:20.040 my biggest account, but I know I'm not buried. I'm planted. 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:23.200 I know God's got another victory in my future. I 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.760 know my best days are still out in front of me. 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:29.600 I want you to have this new vision today. God 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.440 will not let you go through more than you can handle. 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:36.200 If you have a big challenge today, that just means 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:42.280 you have a big destiny. Extraordinary people face extraordinary difficulties. 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:45.439 But the good news is we serve an extraordinary God. 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:49.240 He has you in the palm of his hand. In 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:51.599 those tough times, you got to draw the line in 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:56.040 the sand, make a declaration. This difficulty is not going 0:09:56.080 --> 0:10:01.440 to bury me. This loss, this disappointments, this injustice is 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:03.760 not gonna cause me to give up on my dreams. 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:07.640 I refuse to live in self pity. I know I 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:11.080 am a seed. That means I cannot be buried. I 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.720 can only be planted. Now. I may be down, but 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.960 it's only temporary. I know I'm not only coming back, 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:19.760 I'm gonna come back better off than I was before. 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:23.240 I heard a story about a farmer that had an 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:27.280 old mule that had fallen into an empty well. It 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:30.440 was about forty or fifty feet deep, and the farmer 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:34.040 was so disappointed. He really loved this old mule, but 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:37.440 when he surveyed the situation, he realized it was almost 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.959 gonna be impossible to rescue him. The well was very 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:43.680 narrow and he was crammed at the bottom. He figured 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:47.520 the mule was probably already seriously injured. As much as 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:51.080 he didn't want to, he decided the mule nor the 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:54.160 well was worth saving. So he was just gonna fill 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:57.120 the well in with dirt and bury the old mule. 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.440 He called some friends to help, and they begin shovel 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.800 the dirt in, one shovelful at a time. And when 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:07.120 that old mule felt the dirt hit his back and 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:10.360 he realized what they were about to do. Instead of 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:13.800 having a pity party, thinking too bad for me, he 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:17.199 decided every time he felt the dirt on his back 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:20.640 he would shake it off and step up, shake it 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:24.480 off and step up, time after time, no matter how 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.679 he felt, no matter how tired he got, he kept 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:31.800 shaking it off and stepping up, shaking off and stepping up. Finally, 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.360 after two or three hours of doing that, he was 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:37.360 able to step over the wall of the well and 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:43.079 walk out triumphantly to freedom it. What's interesting is the 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:48.600 dirt that was meant to bury him actually saved his life. 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.800 I'm asking you today, when you feel the dirt hit 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:54.760 your back when life treats you unfair, when you go 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:58.559 through disappointments, don't let it bury you. Shake it off 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.680 and step up. When the going gets tough, the tough 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.600 have to get going. The same dirt that's trying to 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:07.360 bury you can be the very dirt God will use 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:12.280 to promote you. Your attitude should be. I may be down, 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:15.840 but I'm not staying down. This difficulty was meant to 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:19.000 destroy me, It was meant to harm me, but I 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.760 know better. God's gonna use it to my advantage. He's 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:25.200 gonna use it to increase me. Do you know the 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:29.040 only difference between a piece of black coal and a 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:32.720 priceless diamond is the amount of pressure that is endured. 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:37.000 How you handle your adversities will make you or break you. 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.840 If you get bitter and lose your enthusiasm, you will 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:44.240 allow the difficulties of life to bury you. They can 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.080 keep you from your God given destiny. But if you 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.920 will choose to shake it off and step up, that 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:54.760 means you keep pressing forward with a smile on your face. 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:58.200 You know that God is in complete control, so you 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:01.120 do the right thing even though the wrong things happening. 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.720 Instead of complaining you've got a report of victory. You 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.840 go around saying, this problem is not going to defeat me. 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:11.199 It didn't come to stay, it came to pass. I 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:15.439 have strength for everything I need. I'm equipped, empowered, anointed, 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.480 I am more than a conquer When you do that, 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.559 the seed of victory that is in your DNA will 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.240 begin to release and help you push the dirt out 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:28.599 of the way, and you will blossom into the fullness 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:31.160 of what God created you to be. You'll go from 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:34.800 a piece of coal to a priceless diamond. That's what 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.600 this one young lady did. She was raised in a 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:41.800 very difficult environment. Her father died when she was six 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.640 years old, and not long after that, her mother had 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:47.920 to go on dialysis. While other young ladies were out 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:51.439 doing cheerleading and playing with their friends, she was at 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.000 home taking care of her mother, helping to run the 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:57.520 kidney machines. At twelve years old, she was the one 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:01.360 that went grocery shopping. She cooked the family, She took 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:03.679 care of the little brother, got him dressed and ready 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.080 for school. She even wrote the checks for the mom 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.480 to pay the bills each month. It looked like she 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:13.200 was buried. Looked like that disadvantage would keep her from 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:17.480 her destiny. But understand, just because you didn't get the 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:21.880 same breaks or the same opportunities as somebody else doesn't 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:25.400 mean God doesn't still have something great in your future. 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:29.520 This young lady knew she wasn't buried, she was planted. 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:33.000 Yes it was difficult, Yes it was unfortunate, but she 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:37.160 just kept shaking it off and stepping up. In spite 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:40.480 of the difficulty. She excelled in school. She got a 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:43.360 full scholarship to college. She went on to get her 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:48.840 master's degree. Today she's extremely successful, She's happily married, has 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:53.160 three beautiful children. She said Joel, I didn't really have 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.360 the chance to have a childhood. I grew up so fast. 0:14:56.840 --> 0:15:00.480 But I can truly say God has restored those years 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:03.320 and paid me back for doing the right thing. I 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.720 am happier and more fulfilled than I ever dreamed I 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:13.160 could ever be. What happened. Instead of having the victim mentality, 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:17.360 she had a victor mentality. God not only brought her out, 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:21.160 but she saw her life blossom into the fullness of 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:25.280 what God had in store. And I've discovered sometimes the 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:29.200 things that we get discouraged about are the very things 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:33.080 God is going to use to promote us. God doesn't 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:36.840 send the storms, but he uses the storms. He will 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:39.720 not allow a trial to come into your life unless 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:43.080 He has a purpose for it. When you're in difficult times, 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:46.320 know that that challenge was not sent to destroy you. 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.800 It was sent to promote you, to increase you, to 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:53.000 strengthen you. You may not see how right now, but God 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.680 has a way. Just like that little seed. God uses 0:15:56.760 --> 0:16:00.320 adversities to bring potential out of us that we didn't 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:03.680 even know we had. That's what happened to me when 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:06.160 my father went to be with the Lord in nineteen 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:09.480 ninety nine. In a sense, I felt like I had 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:14.000 been buried outside of Victoria. My father was my best friend. 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:16.720 I'd worked with him closely here at the ministry for 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:20.880 seventeen years. We traveled all over the world. When he died, 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.280 it seemed like the wind that was taken out of 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:26.520 my cell. It was a struggle making some of the adjustments, 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:29.640 but one thing that really helped me was down deep, 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.800 I knew this thing is not going to bury me. 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.840 It's planting me, and somehow, some way, God's going to 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.640 use it to my good. There were days where it 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.920 didn't look like anything would ever work out. I had 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:46.680 to do like David and just keep encouraging myself. I said, God, 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:49.880 I know you're still on the throne. This loss is 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.760 not a surprise to you. But you still have something 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:57.120 great in my future. God is faithful. He not only 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:00.440 brought me through that dark time, but that's when I 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:03.520 discovered potential in me that I didn't even know I had. 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:06.320 I didn't know I could get up here in minister. 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:10.480 The loss of my father is when my seed really blossomed. 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:13.840 It was meant to destroy me, but God used it 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:19.679 to increase me. When you're in those dark times and 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:22.520 you feel like you've been buried, maybe you've been through 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:25.200 some kind of loss, and you don't see anything bright 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:28.040 in your future, feels like people are walking on top 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:32.800 of you. Remember there is a process taking place like 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:37.080 that little seed. New growth is springing forth, new talent, 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:42.719 new determination, new opportunities, new friendships. God is birthing something 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:45.879 in you greater than you are right now. You have 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:49.600 to keep reminding yourself. God is still on the throne. 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:52.880 This is not the end, It's only the beginning. I've 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:57.719 got comeback power in my DNA friends don't live your 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.600 life with a chip on your shoulder. Don't go around 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:05.600 dwelling on your disappointments on what didn't work out. Bitterness 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:09.840 will keep your seed from taking root. Self pity will 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:14.080 hinder your growth. Condemnation and feeling like you don't deserve 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:17.400 God's goodness will limit how high you can go. Why 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:20.560 don't you shake that off and step up over into faith? 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:25.639 Understand the only difference between being buried and being planted 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:29.600 is what you expect. If you expect that difficulty to 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:31.600 be the end of you and you give up on 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:35.840 your dreams, then even though you're a seed with the 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:39.560 life of Almighty God, even though God's already planned your 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:43.240 come back, because of your own thinking, it won't happen. 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:47.280 And I've seen people that have gone through incredible challenges, 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:50.159 but right in the middle, they've got a smile on 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:55.320 their face. They're hoping, believing, expecting. You know what they're saying, God, 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:58.840 I know I'm not buried, I'm planted, and I can't 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:01.199 wait to see what you're going to do next. I 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:03.480 can't wait to see the new doors you're gonna open, 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:06.800 the new friends I'm gonna meet, the new opportunities, I'm 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:11.200 gonna encounter. If you'll stay in faith like that, your 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:15.200 difficulties will lead you to a new fullness. You'll see 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:18.720 God blossom your life in ways you've never even imagined. 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:21.919 This is what happened to Job. He went through a 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:25.560 nine month season when everything that could go wrong did. 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:30.160 He lost his business, lost his health, lost his family. 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:33.560 It looked like he was buried, looked like God wasn't 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:37.480 even concerned about him. It got so bad his wife said, 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:41.520 Job just cursed God and die. She was saying, Job, 0:19:41.840 --> 0:19:45.639 it's over, You're done, Just give up. It's funny sometimes 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:48.639 the people that should be encouraging us or doing just 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:53.320 the opposite. Don't let anyone talk you out of your dreams. 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:57.040 Don't let someone convince you that you've been buried. Don't 0:19:57.080 --> 0:19:59.720 listen to the news report so long that you just 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:03.200 plan on having a defeated down year. No, no matter 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:06.440 what comes your way, it is not a surprise to God. 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:09.200 It was not sent to bury you. It was sent 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:12.120 to increase you. You may not see how right now, 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:14.520 but God has a way. If you stay in faith, 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:16.560 He's gonna bring some kind of good out of it. 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:21.000 Job was down, but Job was not out. If you 0:20:21.080 --> 0:20:23.919 read the end of the story, it tells us that 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:27.600 Job came out with twice what he had before. He 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:31.399 had twice, the livestock twice, the joy twice, the peace twice, 0:20:31.440 --> 0:20:34.760 the victory. God gave him double for that trouble. When 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:37.680 you're in tough times and everything that could go wrong, 0:20:37.800 --> 0:20:40.720 does you got to dig your heels in and just 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:44.000 say this attack was meant to destroy me. But I've 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:48.960 got inside information. It cannot bury me. It's only planting me. 0:20:49.440 --> 0:20:51.399 And I'm not only gonna come out, I'm gonna come 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:55.800 out like Job, which twice what I had before. The 0:20:55.800 --> 0:20:59.119 scripture talks about in James how we should wait for 0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:03.560 God's promise, says, like a farmer waits for his harvest. 0:21:03.960 --> 0:21:07.480 I've never seen a farmer plant a crop and then 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:10.160 worry night and day as to whether it's gonna come up. 0:21:10.760 --> 0:21:13.800 He doesn't lose sleep at night, say, oh, please pray 0:21:13.920 --> 0:21:16.720 that my corn's gonna take root. Please pray that I'm 0:21:16.720 --> 0:21:20.320 gonna have a harvest. No, he waits with a knowing, 0:21:20.840 --> 0:21:25.320 with a confidence. In fact, he doesn't necessarily hope that 0:21:25.400 --> 0:21:28.720 it happens. He doesn't even have to believe that it's 0:21:28.760 --> 0:21:32.159 gonna happen. He takes it one step further. He knows 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:34.679 that his harvest is on its way. He's seen it 0:21:34.720 --> 0:21:38.840 happen time and time again. And really it's not enough 0:21:38.880 --> 0:21:42.760 to just hope that your situation turns around, Joel. I 0:21:42.760 --> 0:21:45.800 hope I get well, or I hope my child straightens up, 0:21:45.920 --> 0:21:48.240 or I sure hope I make it through this slow 0:21:48.359 --> 0:21:51.200 time at the office. It doesn't look good. No, start 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:54.480 waiting like a farmer. Wait with a knowing, Wait with 0:21:54.600 --> 0:21:57.920 a confidence. Not if it's gonna happen, but when it's 0:21:57.920 --> 0:22:02.760 gonna happen. Just like that armor, he has planted, he's watered, 0:22:02.920 --> 0:22:06.560 he's fertilized. Now he waits with the knowing. Well, you 0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:10.359 have stood on God's promises. You have praised, you have believed, 0:22:10.640 --> 0:22:14.320 you have watered your seed with your praises. Now it's 0:22:14.359 --> 0:22:17.480 time to come over into this knowing. It's time to 0:22:17.520 --> 0:22:22.399 come into an unshakable confidence. Somebody ask you, you still 0:22:22.440 --> 0:22:24.840 think you're gonna get out of debt with the economy 0:22:24.880 --> 0:22:27.679 as bad as it is. Tell him, I don't think so. 0:22:28.119 --> 0:22:32.560 I know so it's just a matter of time. Well, 0:22:32.640 --> 0:22:35.399 you still think that your child is gonna straighten up. 0:22:35.440 --> 0:22:38.119 He's as wild as can be. No, I don't think so. 0:22:38.280 --> 0:22:40.439 I know. So as for me and my house, we 0:22:40.520 --> 0:22:44.520 will serve the Lord. Well, you really think you're gonna 0:22:44.520 --> 0:22:47.959 get well? I've never seen you look so bad. They 0:22:48.040 --> 0:22:51.600 must be related to Job's wife. You tell him, I 0:22:51.600 --> 0:22:53.680 don't think I'm gonna get well. I know I'm gonna 0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:58.040 get well. God is restoring health unto me. How about 0:22:58.080 --> 0:23:00.880 this one, You really think you're gonna get married? You've 0:23:00.920 --> 0:23:03.760 been single so long. I don't think so. I know. 0:23:03.880 --> 0:23:06.800 So God's bringing the right person into my life. He's 0:23:06.840 --> 0:23:13.000 bringing me divine connections. You've got to have an unshakable confidence. 0:23:13.359 --> 0:23:15.359 Just like you know the sun's gonna come up in 0:23:15.400 --> 0:23:18.480 the morning, you know God's gonna bring about his promises. 0:23:19.000 --> 0:23:23.000 It may happen this afternoon, it may happen tomorrow, next week, 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:26.359 next year, or twenty years from now, but you know that, 0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:28.879 you know that, you know, just like that farmer, that 0:23:29.000 --> 0:23:31.879 your harvest is on its way. You've seen God do 0:23:31.920 --> 0:23:33.679 it in the past, and you know he's gonna do 0:23:33.720 --> 0:23:37.440 it again in your future. It goes on to say 0:23:37.520 --> 0:23:41.560 that we should wait like Job. Isn't it interesting that, 0:23:42.119 --> 0:23:45.040 of all the people God could have chosen. He chose 0:23:45.200 --> 0:23:49.639 Job as the example. I believe it's significant Job was 0:23:49.680 --> 0:23:53.320 the one that received double God is saying, while you're 0:23:53.359 --> 0:23:57.040 waiting for his promises, when the business is slow, when 0:23:57.080 --> 0:24:00.480 the medical report doesn't look good, don't just expect to 0:24:00.480 --> 0:24:03.320 come out the same. Don't expect to just survive it. 0:24:03.760 --> 0:24:06.719 Expect to come out better off than you were before. 0:24:07.200 --> 0:24:10.240 Expect to come out like job, with twice what you have. 0:24:10.640 --> 0:24:14.000 In other words, get a bigger vision. Think about when 0:24:14.040 --> 0:24:16.680 you put a seed in the ground, it never comes 0:24:16.760 --> 0:24:19.439 up and just gives you one more seed. It doesn't 0:24:19.440 --> 0:24:22.240 come up equal. If you plant an apple seed, it 0:24:22.280 --> 0:24:24.919 grows up into a big tree. It gives you many 0:24:25.000 --> 0:24:29.159 more apples. It's multiplied over and over. That's what this 0:24:29.280 --> 0:24:32.320 is saying. We should wait with a confidence, with a 0:24:32.480 --> 0:24:35.480 knowing that I'm not only coming out, but I'm going 0:24:35.560 --> 0:24:40.320 to come out multiplied, increase, in full, blossoming. I know 0:24:40.400 --> 0:24:44.280 you may have some difficulties, but don't talk about your problems, 0:24:44.480 --> 0:24:48.520 talk about your God. The scripture says, let God arise, 0:24:48.880 --> 0:24:52.000 and his enemies will be scattered. When you let God 0:24:52.040 --> 0:24:54.600 arise in your life and you go out with this 0:24:54.840 --> 0:24:59.520 unshakable confidence. You're waiting for your harvest like that farmer, 0:25:00.000 --> 0:25:02.359 and it is going to be better than expected. You 0:25:02.480 --> 0:25:06.479 know down deep. No difficulty can defeat you, No person 0:25:06.520 --> 0:25:10.280 can keep you from your destiny. Every setback is only temporary. 0:25:10.600 --> 0:25:13.240 Instead of complaining, you're saying, I can't wait to see 0:25:13.240 --> 0:25:16.800 what God's gonna do. When you let God arise, you 0:25:16.880 --> 0:25:19.480 might as well get ready. Your enemies will be scattered, 0:25:19.880 --> 0:25:24.480 enemies of sickness, enemies of debt, enemies of depression, enemies 0:25:24.520 --> 0:25:28.399 of disappointment. Let me ask you today, what are you 0:25:28.520 --> 0:25:31.560 letting a rise? What are you lifting up? Oh, Joel 0:25:31.640 --> 0:25:34.000 minutes hard. I lost a lot of money in the 0:25:34.040 --> 0:25:37.679 stock market. My health doesn't look good. Somebody walked out 0:25:37.720 --> 0:25:40.960 of my relationship. No, you're letting the wrong things arise. 0:25:41.040 --> 0:25:44.920 That's defeed, discouragement, self pity. You need to turn it around. 0:25:45.160 --> 0:25:48.840 Say God is still in control. Somebody may have walked 0:25:48.880 --> 0:25:51.440 out of a relationship, but I know God's gonna bring 0:25:51.480 --> 0:25:54.639 me somebody better. I may be hurting right now, but 0:25:54.720 --> 0:25:57.359 I know God is the restore of my soul. He's 0:25:57.400 --> 0:26:00.520 giving me beauty for my ashes. Mail lost money in 0:26:00.560 --> 0:26:03.160 the stock market, but I'm not worried. I know God 0:26:03.240 --> 0:26:06.880 is my provider. He's supplying all of my needs. Somebody 0:26:06.880 --> 0:26:09.560 may have cheated me in a business deal, No big deal. 0:26:09.720 --> 0:26:12.879 God's my vindicator. He'll make my wrongs right. He's fighting 0:26:12.920 --> 0:26:16.960 my battles. I'm not buried. I know I'm planted. When 0:26:16.960 --> 0:26:20.080 you let God arise, you can't stay defeated. Your enemies 0:26:20.119 --> 0:26:23.679 will be scattered. I was thinking about Moses as a 0:26:23.680 --> 0:26:26.879 young man. He had a desire to deliver the people 0:26:26.880 --> 0:26:29.840 of Israel. But he got out of God's timing and 0:26:29.920 --> 0:26:33.160 he killed a man. He had to run for his life. 0:26:33.280 --> 0:26:36.160 He spent forty years on the back side of the desert. 0:26:36.680 --> 0:26:39.640 Looked like he was buried, looked like his dreams would 0:26:39.680 --> 0:26:43.080 never come to pass. The truth is he wasn't buried. 0:26:43.359 --> 0:26:46.920 He was simply planted. He was coming back. Those dreams 0:26:46.960 --> 0:26:50.080 were still alive. During all those years out there in 0:26:50.119 --> 0:26:54.440 the wilderness. He didn't get bitter, he didn't get discouraged. 0:26:54.480 --> 0:26:57.960 He knew God was still in control. One day, when 0:26:58.000 --> 0:27:01.200 he was eighty years old, God God came and said, Moses, 0:27:01.680 --> 0:27:04.639 it's time for you come back. It's time for you 0:27:04.720 --> 0:27:08.000 to blossom. I've got an assignment for you. Do you 0:27:08.119 --> 0:27:11.879 know the latter part of Moses' life was much greater 0:27:12.040 --> 0:27:14.800 than the first part. Some of you today kind of 0:27:14.800 --> 0:27:18.119 feel like Moses, like you've made too many mistakes. Joel, 0:27:18.160 --> 0:27:21.439 this sounds good, but I've missed so many opportunities. Listen, 0:27:21.840 --> 0:27:24.480 God wants the rest of your life to be the 0:27:24.480 --> 0:27:28.920 most fulfilling, the most rewarding. Those dreams that you once had, 0:27:29.320 --> 0:27:33.080 they didn't die. They're still alive on the inside. You 0:27:33.119 --> 0:27:35.840 may have made poor choices, but it didn't bury you. 0:27:36.119 --> 0:27:40.359 It planted you. That means God has already arranged your comeback. 0:27:40.800 --> 0:27:42.720 Now you've got to do your part and get your 0:27:42.760 --> 0:27:47.280 fire back. Quit living condemned. Quit listening to the accuser 0:27:47.760 --> 0:27:51.400 reminding you of everything that you've done wrong. God knew 0:27:51.440 --> 0:27:54.680 every mistake you'd ever make. The moment you ask him 0:27:54.680 --> 0:27:58.000 for forgiveness, he forgave you. The good news is he 0:27:58.080 --> 0:28:02.280 didn't cancel your destiny and give away your assignment. You 0:28:02.359 --> 0:28:04.120 need to dig your heels in and say that's it. 0:28:04.400 --> 0:28:08.760 I'm not living condemned anymore. If God gave Moses another chance, 0:28:08.880 --> 0:28:11.480 he'll give me another chance. This is a new day. 0:28:11.560 --> 0:28:14.199 I'm putting on a new attitude I know I've not 0:28:14.359 --> 0:28:18.560 been buried. I've been planted. Friends, you have come back 0:28:18.680 --> 0:28:23.320 power in your DNA. You've been created to overcome every obstacle, 0:28:23.480 --> 0:28:26.239 to rise above every challenge. I want you to have 0:28:26.320 --> 0:28:29.840 this confidence that no matter what comes against you, it 0:28:29.880 --> 0:28:33.360 cannot defeat you. As long as you're letting God arise, 0:28:33.640 --> 0:28:37.040 your enemies will be scattered. That same dirt that's trying 0:28:37.040 --> 0:28:39.440 to bury you can be the dirt God's gonna use 0:28:39.480 --> 0:28:43.000 to promote you. Learn to shake it off and step up. 0:28:43.640 --> 0:28:46.920 Remember in the tough times, that loss, that disappointment, that 0:28:47.000 --> 0:28:50.800 injustice is not the end. It's a new beginning. Put 0:28:50.840 --> 0:28:53.800 your shoulders back, hold your head a pie. Dare to 0:28:53.840 --> 0:28:57.000 declare I'm coming back and I'm coming back better. If 0:28:57.040 --> 0:28:58.600 you do that, then you're going to come out like 0:28:58.720 --> 0:29:02.479 job with twice what you had before. Those difficulties are 0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:05.960 gonna give way to new growth, new potential, new talent, 0:29:06.200 --> 0:29:09.920 new friendships, new opportunities, new vision. You're gonna see God 0:29:10.040 --> 0:29:13.959 blossom your life in ways that you've never even dreamed of. Amen, 0:29:14.200 --> 0:29:18.080 do you receive that today? We never like to close 0:29:18.120 --> 0:29:21.360 our godcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:29:21.440 --> 0:29:23.680 the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me, 0:29:24.240 --> 0:29:28.880 Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 0:29:28.920 --> 0:29:33.640 into my heart. I make you my Lord and save you. Friends. 0:29:33.680 --> 0:29:35.920 If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:29:35.960 --> 0:29:39.040 born again. 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