Your Set Time is Coming

0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:04.040 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. 0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:07.120 We enjoy spending this time with you. I hope you'll 0:00:07.160 --> 0:00:10.520 leave inspire. Make sure you subscribe to get new messages 0:00:10.600 --> 0:00:13.600 every week. We appreciate your support. It helps keep the 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:26.000 ministry going. Enjoy the message. Well, God bless you always 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:28.760 the joy that come into your minds. We love you 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:31.000 and we know God has great things in store for 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:33.400 each one of you. And if you're ever in our area, 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:35.360 I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:37.519 one of our services. I promise you will make you 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:39.880 feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:42.560 in today, and thank you again for coming out. I 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:45.120 like to start with something funny each week and one 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:47.640 day up in heaven, God said to the men, I 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:50.640 want you to form two lines. One line is for 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:53.239 the men who are the head of the house, and 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:55.320 the other line is for the men who let the 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:58.200 woman be the head of the house. The line where 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:00.640 the woman ran the house was one hundred I was long. 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:04.640 There was only one man in the other line. God said, men, 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:07.200 I'm ashamed of you. I created you to be the head. 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.759 Only one man stood up to make me proud. He 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:12.920 turned to him and said, son, tell him, how did 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:15.200 you manage to be the only one in this line. 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:17.280 He looked kind of confused and said, I don't know. 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:22.520 My wife told me to stand here. All right, hold 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:25.039 up your bible. Say it like you mean it. This 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:27.760 is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:30.720 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:33.399 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:37.399 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:40.800 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:45.520 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I would 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:48.760 have talked to you today about how your set time 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:52.840 is coming. So often we wonder why something is taking 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:56.600 so long. We prayed, we believed, but we don't see 0:01:56.640 --> 0:02:00.440 anything happening. We get discouraged and start thinking that it's 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:03.600 never going to happen. But here's what I've learned. The 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:07.160 moment God puts the promise in your heart, the moment 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:11.040 the dream took root. At that same moment, God has 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:15.160 established a set time to bring it to pass. He 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:19.000 will not give you a promise without appointing a specific 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:22.720 time to fulfill it. When we understand this, it takes 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:26.560 away the frustration. We don't get discouraged because we don't 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:30.560 see anything happening. We know the set time is coming. 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:33.840 We don't give up because it's taken a long time. 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.720 We know the set time is the right time. We 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:40.239 don't believe the lies that it's never going to happen. 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:43.760 We know the truth. The moment the promise took root, 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:47.040 God established the set time, and as long as we 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:50.359 stay in faith, as long as we keep believing, nothing 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:53.960 can stop that set time. Maybe you're standing on the 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.679 promise that as for me and my house, we will 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.480 serve the Lord. You know down deep, that's for you. 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.839 It's taken root in your spirit. But when you look 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:05.440 at your family, it doesn't look like it's ever going 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:07.800 to happen. The more you pray, it seems like the 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.320 worse they do, And if you just look at it 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:14.080 in the natural, you'll get discouraged, possibly give up on 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:17.640 the promise. You've got to remind yourself of this truth. 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:21.560 God has already set a time for each of your 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:25.200 family members to come to know Him. He already established 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.080 it the moment you prayed. You don't have to know 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.920 when it is. You just have to keep believing knowing 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:34.040 that it is on its way. Friends, in your future, 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:37.800 there is a set time for you to accomplish dreams. 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:40.600 There is a set time for you to meet the 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.600 right people. There is a set time for you to 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:47.120 come out of debt, a set time for problems to 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:50.800 turn around. That's what it says in Obacca. The vision 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:56.400 is for an appointed time. Though it terry waited earnestly 0:03:56.480 --> 0:04:01.400 for it, it will surely come. Trend says, it won't 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:05.000 be one second late. That tells me we don't have 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:08.640 to live frustrated because it's not happening on our timetable. 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.280 I don't have to be discouraged thinking I'm missing out, 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.720 I'm getting too old, I'm never going to get to 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.880 where I'm supposed to be. Now, if you'll stay in faith, 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:22.240 those promises won't be one second late. Maybe you're single 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.960 and you have a desire to get married. Well, know this, 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.080 the person that God has picked out for you to meet, 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:30.839 they're not going to be one second late. You're going 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:34.240 to meet them at the exact right time. It's already 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:37.839 been set. The creator of the universe has ordained it. 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:41.920 When is the set time. It's the right time. It's 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:45.159 when God knows that it's best for you. If you're 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.800 like me, you want everything right now. God, I want 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:49.680 it fast. God, I'm in a hurry. God, I don't 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.680 want to be left out. That's not always the best. 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:56.760 Sometimes it's because we're not ready, we're not prepared, and 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:00.880 as we wait with the right attitude, we grow, we mature, 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:05.480 we developed. Or sometimes it's not us, it's the other person. 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.880 The one God has ordained for you is not ready. 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:11.640 God is still doing a work on them. If you 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.800 were to meet them right now, it wouldn't work out. 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:18.480 Trust God's timing. He knows what's best. When he gave 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:22.919 you the promise, he established the exact right time. And 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.400 when those lives come saying it's never gonna happen, you're 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:29.400 never gonna meet anybody, You're never gonna get well, You're 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:33.880 never gonna have an exceedingly abundantly above and beyond decade. No, 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:38.359 don't believe the never lies. Our attitude should be. I 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:41.400 may not see away, but I know God has a way. 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:44.440 He's the one that put the promise in me. He 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:48.360 gave me the dream, and I know He's already established 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:51.719 a set time to bring it to pass. It's already 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:55.360 on my calendar. It's already been set in my future. 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:59.160 So I'm not gonna get discouraged. I'm not gonna give 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:03.920 up going to wait for it earnestly in faith, knowing 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.359 that it is on its way, and it's not gonna 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.200 be a year late, a month late, a week late, 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.919 a day late, a minute late. It's not gonna be 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:16.120 one second late. It's gonna happen at the exact right time. 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:20.560 You don't know. Your set time could be tonight, Your 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:24.000 set time could be tomorrow. You could meet the person 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:27.120 of your dreams this week. You could see your health 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:30.479 turn around this month. You could come totally out of 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:34.160 debt this year. Many of you have been faithful, You've 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:38.720 stood on those promises a year, five years, twenty years. 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.839 You need to get ready. There are some set times 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:45.760 in your future where suddenly God is gonna thrust you 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.520 to a new level. Suddenly you're gonna get the breaks 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:52.400 you're praying about, Suddenly you meet the right people. What happened, 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.119 You hit one of your set times, You came into 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:58.000 your due season. But the truth is, in life, we 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:02.560 all have to wait through faith and patience that we 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.760 inherit the promises. The key is to learn to wait 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:11.520 the right way, not discouraged, upset, negative it's never gonna happen. No, 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:15.520 the right way to wait is with expectancy. In other words, 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:19.160 I know my set time is coming. I'm not going 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:23.640 to live worried and upset, wondering why it hasn't happened yet. No, 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:27.120 I know God has ordained it. It's already in my future, 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:30.560 and I believe it could happen today. I could get 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:33.240 a good break this week, my child could come back 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:36.360 home this month. I know there are set times in 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:38.800 my future. Well, you said, Joe, what if I get 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:41.920 my hopes up like that each day and it doesn't happen, 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:45.240 then I'll go to bed another night disappointed. No, turn 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:48.360 it around. Your attitude should be Father. I want to 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:51.720 thank you now. I know I'm one day closer to 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:55.720 see in that set time come to pass. You remember 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.840 when God promised Abraham and Sarah that they were going 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:02.000 to have a child in the natural. They were much 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.480 too old. In fact, when they heard it, they both 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:07.880 kind of laughed and thought, that's impossible. Can you imagine 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:11.080 us having a baby. God must have heard what they 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:15.560 were saying, because he said in Genesis eighteen fourteen, is 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:19.840 there anything too hard for me? At the appointed time? 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:24.800 I will return and give Sarah a son. Notice there 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:29.760 was an appointed time for something supernatural to happen. According 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.640 to the laws of nature, Sarah couldn't have a baby. 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:35.680 She was nearly eighty years old. She had already gone 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:38.760 through the change of life. But friends, God is not 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.560 limited by the laws of nature, or the laws of 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:46.559 medicine or the laws of science. It may look impossible 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.160 for you to ever get out of debt, or for 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:52.400 you to ever leave a legacy of faith and victory 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:58.319 for your family. Maybe you come from generations of lack, mediocrity, addictions. 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:02.160 In the natural. It looks impossible, But God is saying, 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:06.280 is there anything too hard for me? I've already appointed 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:09.560 a time. I've already made arrangements to thrust you to 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:13.439 a new level. I've already lined up and exceedingly abundantly 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:17.360 above and beyond decade the moment the promise took root, 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.760 God set that in your future. It's up ahead of 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:23.680 you right now. It may look like you could never 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:29.560 get well. All the medical reports say impossible, hopeless, no way. 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:33.720 But God is saying, I supersede those laws. I'm not 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:37.240 limited by the laws of medicine. I've already appointed a 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:40.800 time to turn your health around. I've already set the 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.800 date for your breakthrough. Now you've got to get in 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:47.079 agreement with God and get your joy back, get your 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:51.480 vision back. There is something great in your future. You 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:55.320 would not be alive unless God had another victory ahead 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:58.679 of you. The dreams He's placed in your heart, the 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:02.439 situations you'll believe in to turn around. God has already 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.280 set the time for it to come to pass. It's 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:09.120 already on your calendar, already been written in your book. 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:11.920 And you've got to get up each morning and say, Father, 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:15.559 I want to thank you that my set time is coming. 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.560 I know the moment I prayed you established it. I 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.600 may not be able to see it, it may look impossible, 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.040 but I'm not gonna get discouraged. I'm gonna dig my 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:29.000 heels in and keep pressing forward, knowing that my appointed 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:33.080 time is on its way. It's interesting how God said 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:37.480 I will return and give Sarah a son. And in 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.320 a sense we know that God never leaves us. But 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:44.000 between the time we pray and the time we see 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:47.720 the answer, that's what's called the trial of our faith. 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.000 In other words, God will step back and say, all right, 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:53.640 let me see what they're made of. Let me see 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:56.320 how much they trust me. Are they going to get 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.400 discouraged and give up because it's taken a long time. 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.720 Are they gonna start complaining thinking it's not gonna happen. 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:06.360 Or are they gonna be like those fanatical people at 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.600 Lakewood and believe that there's nothing too hard for me, 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:15.559 and just keep praising me and keep thinking me, acting 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:18.520 like it's gonna happen, talking like it's gonna happen, thinking 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:21.400 like it's gonna happen. For INDs, it's that attitude of 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.600 faith that allows God to bring the set times to pass. 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:29.080 It says in Genesis twenty one to two, Sarah conceived 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:32.640 and bore a son. Notice when it happened at the 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:36.880 set time. When you understand that God has already set 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:40.800 the time, you won't be frustrated because things don't happen 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:44.880 on your timetable. You know God has established the right time. 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:47.440 But I see too many people that give up on 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:50.760 their dreams, and they abort the promises God's placed in 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:53.600 their heart because it's not happening. As fast as they 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:56.440 would like, and they've gone through setbacks and things hadn't 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.960 worked out. But if you can just keep reminding yourself God, 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.360 it has already set the time and it's not going 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.320 to be one second late, then that will give you 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:08.480 the faith to keep pressing forward. Some of you have 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.199 been standing on a promise for a long time. You've 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:15.040 been praying, believing, working hard, being your best. Let me 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:18.400 tell you you've passed the test. You've proven to God 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:20.800 that you're faithful. And God is going to do for 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:23.280 you what he did for Sarah. He's going to return 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.680 and visit your house and bring those promises to pass. 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:30.120 God is going to reward your faithfulness, your obedience, your 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:33.400 trust in Him. That's what happened to a young lady 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:37.559 I know. She worked part time as a receptionist at 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:41.720 this big film studio in California. Deep down, her dream 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:44.720 was to touch people all over the world through movies. 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:47.920 That was the promise God birthed in her spirit. She 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:50.960 went to college and study this God her degree. But 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:54.360 in spite of her education, this was the only job 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:57.600 she could find, a temporary position, and she worked for 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:01.240 three years part time. Was only called in when one 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:04.480 of the regular employees couldn't be there. But she didn't 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:09.199 get discouraged. She understood this principle that her set time 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:13.880 was coming. She never complained. She didn't slack off because 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:16.960 it was temporary. Every time she was there, she gave 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:19.800 it her best, went out of her way to be 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:23.240 kind and friendly, did more than she had to do now. 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:26.200 At one point, the main receptionist went on maternity leave. 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.360 That opened the door for her to be hired full time. 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:33.040 Several years later, the man in charge of the studio, 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:36.240 the CEO of the company, said, I really like that 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.199 young lady. I want her to be one of my assistants. 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:44.120 That led to promotion after promotion. Today, seven years later, 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.320 that young girl that started off part time as a 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:51.760 receptionist is now the vice president of one of the largest, 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:56.040 most influential film studios in the world. She decides which 0:13:56.080 --> 0:14:00.160 movies will be produced. What happened She came in to 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:03.240 her set time. But here's what I want you to see. 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:07.520 She had plenty of opportunities along the way to get discouraged. 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:11.000 She could have settled where she was and thought, all great, 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.920 just my luck. I've got all this education and all 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.480 I can find is a temporary job. It's just not 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:21.040 meant to be friends. It's easy to abort dreams. But 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:24.240 if you will stay in faith and just keep being 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:27.600 the best, write where you are like this young lady, 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:31.120 you will come in to your due season. The dream 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:34.760 God put in your heart is for an appointed time, 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:38.800 the scripture says, though it's taken a long time, wait 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:43.560 for it earnestly. What does that mean? Stay passionate, keep praying, 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:47.280 keep believing, keep hoping, keep being your best. Each day. 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.640 When you do that, you're passing the test. You're getting 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:53.640 one day closer to seeing the promise come to pass. 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:57.120 I think about the apostle Paul. God put the promise 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:59.920 in his heart that he was going to stand before seas. 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.880 Paul believed it, and at that moment God set a 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:07.120 time for it to happen. But Paul went through many 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:11.400 adversities and disappointments and set back. It didn't look like 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:14.320 it was going to happen. In fact, one time Paul 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:17.080 was on a boat out in the ocean and this 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:21.840 huge storm arose. For twenty one days, the storm battered 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:24.480 the boat back and forth. They thought they were going 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:27.920 to die. It got so bad The captain had them 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:30.920 throw all the cargo overboard to try to keep the 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:35.240 ship from sinking. Paul could have gotten depressed, thinking, well, 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:37.640 I thought God gave me the promise that I was 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:39.760 going to stand before Caesar. Doesn't look like it's going 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:43.560 to happen. No, Paul knew this truth. My set time 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:47.080 is coming. I can't die in this storm. God has 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:50.080 something else for me to do. He stayed in faith. 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:53.520 That boat eventually fell apart and they had to swim 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.680 to dry ground on this little island. Paul reached down 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:58.840 to pick up some wood for a fire, and a 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:03.520 poisonous snake bid him on the arm. The natives expected 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:07.120 him to swell up, get sick, and die. They'd seen 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:10.520 it happen again and again. But Paul simply shook the 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:14.280 snake off and went about his business. His attitude was 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:18.080 no big deal. This snake can't stop my destiny. This 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:22.280 shipwreck can't defeat me. I've got an appointed time. God 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.120 is already ordained it now. I'm not gonna let a 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.800 few setbacks and bumps in the road caused me to 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:31.040 give up. My future is in God's hands, and he 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:34.400 has already set the time for me. To stand before Caesar. 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:38.000 Sure enough, one day Paul did just what God said. 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:41.400 He stood before Caesar. He came in to his set time. 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:44.960 Many of you have a dream in your heart, a 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:48.160 promise that you're standing on. But it seems like everything 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:52.880 has come against you. Disappointments, bad breaks, setbacks. You could 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:56.000 easily get discouraged, you could easily settle where you are. 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:58.720 You've got to learn to do like Paul and just 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:02.160 keep shaking it off. You go through a disappointment, no 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:05.920 big deal. God's still in control. Shake it off. Somebody 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:09.400 lies about you. They don't control your destiny. God does. 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:13.160 Shake it off. You get a bad break, one door closes, 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:15.520 God's going to open up another door. Shake it off. 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:18.720 The medical report doesn't look good, don't dwell on it, 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:22.000 night and day. Shake it off. You may get knocked down, 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.000 but God has already set a time for you to 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:28.280 get back up again. I received a letter this week 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:31.960 from a gentleman that was diagnosed with cancer of the kidney. 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:35.960 He had one kidney removed and they ran tests to 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:37.680 see if it was in his lymph nose to see 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:40.560 if it had spread, and those tests came back positive. 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:43.800 The cancer had indeed spread. The doctors gave him the 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:46.720 grim news that he had less than two years to live. 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:50.560 He was respectful, but he said, doctors, I don't believe 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:54.200 I'm finished just yet. I've got something else to do. 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:57.719 They said, sir, you're in denial. You need to accept 0:17:57.800 --> 0:18:01.240 it and learn to deal with it. To another very 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:04.000 well known hospital for a second opinion. He took all 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:06.720 of his charts and records, and the doctor studied it 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:09.080 and said, yes, looks like they were right. Looks like 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:12.280 the cancer has spread. He asked the doctors to run 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:15.320 some new test. A week or so later, they came 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:18.400 back in amazement and they said, we've never seen this before. 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:21.480 The old tests clearly show that you have cancer, but 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:24.520 these new tests show there's no trace of cancer in 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:30.080 your body. That was five years ago. He is still 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:34.200 as healthy as can be, still going strong. What happened 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:38.239 He came in to his set time. God visited his 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:41.800 house and did what medical science could not do. Let 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:43.880 me tell you, if it's not your time to go, 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:47.560 you're not gonna go. God has the final say down 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:51.440 deep in here like that, man, you will fill the promise. 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:54.000 I can't die yet. I've got something else to do. 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:57.679 It may not look good like Paul the snake, may 0:18:57.720 --> 0:19:00.280 be poisonous, but I'm gonna shake it off. I know 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:02.960 a set time is coming. I know the God of 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:06.359 the breakthrough is about to visit my house. Some of 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:09.480 you need to get ready. Your set time is closer 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:12.560 than you think. You're about to see God open up 0:19:12.600 --> 0:19:15.600 the doors you've been praying about. You're about to meet 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.760 the person that you've been dreaming about. God is about 0:19:18.800 --> 0:19:22.520 to thrust you to a new level, like Sarah. God 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:26.640 is gonna return and visit your house. Here's why. It's 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:30.640 because you've been faithful. You pass the test. You've done 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:33.600 the right thing when the wrong thing was happening. Now 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:36.800 your set time is coming. Friends, this is not the 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:39.840 time to get down and discouraged. This is not the 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:42.199 time to let your own thoughts talk you out of it. 0:19:42.760 --> 0:19:45.919 Start thinking it's never gonna happen. I'm getting too old. 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:49.760 I'm never gonna accomplish my dreams now. The scripture says, 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:54.639 don't get tired of doing what's right, for in due season, 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:57.760 you will read. If you just don't give up, you 0:19:57.840 --> 0:20:01.720 gotta keep reminding yourself my do season is on his way. 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:05.919 God has already established it. He's already set the time 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:09.040 in my future. I may not be able to see it, 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:12.480 it may look impossible, but I know my future is 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:15.720 in God's hands. And if God said it, he will 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:18.480 do it. What he promised he will bring to pass. 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:22.560 I heard TD Jakes telling about a major turning point 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:25.640 in his life. Most of you know Bishop Jakes. He's 0:20:25.680 --> 0:20:28.440 a great minister and a good friend of ours. And 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:32.560 he told how years ago he had a dream to 0:20:32.560 --> 0:20:35.920 touch people all over the world. He knew that God 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:38.439 was going to use him in a great way, but 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:41.320 at that time he was pastoring a small church in 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:45.399 West Virginia. He prayed and believed and asked God to 0:20:45.440 --> 0:20:48.600 open up bigger doors, but nothing seemed to be happening. 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:52.000 For years, he would go across the US, speaking to 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:54.960 a couple hundred people here and there, but nothing like 0:20:55.000 --> 0:20:57.080 he had in his heart. And this one on year 0:20:57.119 --> 0:20:59.720 after year, and he didn't see any signs of growth. 0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:03.360 But he didn't start complaining, He didn't get discouraged. He 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:06.800 just kept being his best right where he was, doing 0:21:06.840 --> 0:21:09.680 what God called him to do. One day, he went 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:13.720 and spoke at a church conference in Tulsa. The pastor 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:17.520 of that church had a television program. After the conference, 0:21:17.840 --> 0:21:21.080 the pastor decided to edit down the highlights from the 0:21:21.119 --> 0:21:24.080 three or four conference speakers, just maybe four or five 0:21:24.119 --> 0:21:28.000 minutes each one, and put them on his weekly television program. 0:21:28.440 --> 0:21:32.840 When the broadcast aired, it just so happened that Paul Crouch, 0:21:33.320 --> 0:21:37.040 the founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, was flipping through 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:40.399 the channels and he came across this man that he 0:21:40.440 --> 0:21:44.760 had never seen, Bishop Jakes. He was so impressed, so 0:21:44.960 --> 0:21:48.119 stirred by it. Paul Kraus told his staff, I don't 0:21:48.119 --> 0:21:50.439 know who that man was, but I want you to 0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:53.600 find him and tell him. I want him to have 0:21:53.680 --> 0:21:57.960 his own program on our network. That one moment, that 0:21:58.200 --> 0:22:02.000 one good break, was the turning point in Bishop Jake's ministry. 0:22:02.240 --> 0:22:05.080 He went from ministering to a couple hundred people to 0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:08.640 ministering to millions all over the world. He came in 0:22:08.640 --> 0:22:12.720 to his set time. But I think about all the 0:22:12.800 --> 0:22:16.840 events that had to get perfectly lined up in order 0:22:16.840 --> 0:22:19.800 for that to happen. Bishop Jakes had to be speaking 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:22.399 at the right church. The pastor had to have a 0:22:22.440 --> 0:22:25.840 television program, Paul Crouch had to be flipping through the 0:22:25.920 --> 0:22:28.879 channels at the exact right time. If he'd have been 0:22:28.920 --> 0:22:32.080 five minutes later, if he'd gone to make a sandwich, 0:22:32.200 --> 0:22:34.640 if he'd gone to take a telephone call, it would 0:22:34.720 --> 0:22:38.359 not have happened. What am I saying, God is working 0:22:38.440 --> 0:22:41.400 behind the scenes in our lives, whether we can see 0:22:41.400 --> 0:22:45.159 anything happening or not. That was not a lucky break. 0:22:46.720 --> 0:22:50.119 That was not just a coincidence. That was Almighty God, 0:22:50.359 --> 0:22:53.959 the creator of the universe, getting everything lined up and 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:58.080 at the right moment, at the appointed time. It all 0:22:58.119 --> 0:23:02.399 came together in the way God is getting everything lined 0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:05.959 up for you. You may not see it. Everything may 0:23:06.000 --> 0:23:08.560 be the same, just like it's been the last ten years, 0:23:08.680 --> 0:23:11.679 But all the sudden, in a split second, is going 0:23:11.760 --> 0:23:14.840 to come together. God is going to visit your house 0:23:15.200 --> 0:23:18.000 and bring a set time across your path. And when 0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:21.280 it's your due season, no person can stop it. When 0:23:21.320 --> 0:23:24.800 it's your appointed time, All the forces of darkness cannot 0:23:24.920 --> 0:23:28.000 keep it from happening. Suddenly your business will take off. 0:23:28.359 --> 0:23:31.120 Suddenly you'll get the break you need, Suddenly your health 0:23:31.160 --> 0:23:34.800 will turn around. Some of you. Right now you're about 0:23:34.800 --> 0:23:38.399 to walk in to one of your appointed times. Keep praying, 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:42.159 keep believing, keep being your very best. Your set time 0:23:42.520 --> 0:23:45.679 is closer than you think. I was reading about a 0:23:45.720 --> 0:23:49.520 young man that set out to swim across the English Channel. 0:23:49.960 --> 0:23:52.600 This was many years ago. It had never been done before. 0:23:53.000 --> 0:23:56.359 The channel is twenty three miles long. It takes between 0:23:56.400 --> 0:24:00.679 twelve and fourteen hours to swim. It's extremely dangerous. The 0:24:00.760 --> 0:24:04.719 water temperature is very cold, the current is strong. Not 0:24:04.760 --> 0:24:07.520 only that, there are sharks and jellyfish other things to 0:24:07.560 --> 0:24:11.360 deal with. Several people had attempted this before. They had 0:24:11.359 --> 0:24:14.240 not only not been successful, but they had lost their 0:24:14.280 --> 0:24:17.919 lives in trying. This young man started out. He was 0:24:17.960 --> 0:24:22.000 in great shape, so determined. He swam an hour and 0:24:22.040 --> 0:24:24.840 two hours, three hours, four hours, five hours, and he 0:24:24.920 --> 0:24:27.520 began to get tired. He was in great pain, but 0:24:27.720 --> 0:24:30.480 he wanted it so badly he just kept on keeping on. 0:24:31.320 --> 0:24:35.280 Late in the day, an unusually thick fog rolled in 0:24:35.560 --> 0:24:37.600 to where he could barely see in front of him. 0:24:38.040 --> 0:24:41.720 He swam hour after hour in this heavy fog. He 0:24:41.840 --> 0:24:44.520 lost sight of the other side and he began to 0:24:44.600 --> 0:24:48.480 slowly get discouraged. Finally, he couldn't take it any longer. 0:24:48.840 --> 0:24:51.120 He was so cold, and he didn't even know where 0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:54.400 he was, so he decided to quit, and he gave up. 0:24:54.840 --> 0:24:57.719 So a little boat traveling beside him, he crawled into it, 0:24:58.000 --> 0:25:01.040 and as they rowed to the other side, much to 0:25:01.160 --> 0:25:05.880 his amazement, he discovered he was less than fifty yards 0:25:05.920 --> 0:25:09.840 from the shore, less than fifty yards from making history. 0:25:10.440 --> 0:25:12.600 Had he known he was so close, he would have 0:25:12.640 --> 0:25:16.520 never given up so soon. Like this, young man, many 0:25:16.560 --> 0:25:20.240 of you are much closer than you think. Right around 0:25:20.240 --> 0:25:22.879 the corner, you're going to see the situation turn around. 0:25:23.320 --> 0:25:25.480 You're gonna get the breaks that you've been praying about. 0:25:25.720 --> 0:25:28.439 You're going to see your health begin to improve. The 0:25:28.480 --> 0:25:32.679 most difficult time is always right before the victory. And 0:25:32.800 --> 0:25:35.439 things may be a little foggy in your life today. 0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:38.239 You look out and you don't see anything good in 0:25:38.280 --> 0:25:40.920 your future. Doesn't look like it's ever gonna work out. 0:25:41.440 --> 0:25:44.199 You're tired, You've done your best, but you're ready to 0:25:44.359 --> 0:25:47.600 just call it quits. But let me challenge you. Don't 0:25:47.640 --> 0:25:51.800 give up fifty yards before your destiny. Your appointed time 0:25:52.000 --> 0:25:54.000 is coming. It's right up ahead of you. 0:25:55.680 --> 0:25:55.880 Now. 0:25:55.880 --> 0:25:59.040 You got to dig your heels in, get your second wind, 0:25:59.359 --> 0:26:02.040 and say I've come too far to stop. Now. God 0:26:02.119 --> 0:26:05.159 is in complete control. He's brought me through in the past, 0:26:05.200 --> 0:26:07.600 and I know he'll bring me through again. I'm gonna 0:26:07.680 --> 0:26:11.080 keep pressing forward knowing that my due season is on 0:26:11.160 --> 0:26:14.639 his way. If you do that, God promises it won't 0:26:14.640 --> 0:26:17.800 be one second late. Friends, we all have to wait. 0:26:18.000 --> 0:26:21.440 But let's wait the right way with expectancy. Let's wait 0:26:21.520 --> 0:26:25.639 knowing that the appointed time has already been established. Many 0:26:25.680 --> 0:26:27.800 of you have been standing on a promise for a 0:26:27.840 --> 0:26:31.040 long time. You need to get ready. God is about 0:26:31.080 --> 0:26:32.920 to do for you what he did for Sarah. He's 0:26:32.960 --> 0:26:36.080 gonna show up in your life in amazing ways. You're 0:26:36.080 --> 0:26:38.800 about to come into one of your set times. Let 0:26:38.840 --> 0:26:41.840 me just declare this over you. In your future, you're 0:26:41.840 --> 0:26:45.480 gonna come into a set time of promotion, a set 0:26:45.560 --> 0:26:49.320 time of supernatural opportunities, a set time where you meet 0:26:49.359 --> 0:26:53.640 the right people, a set time where your health is restored, 0:26:54.119 --> 0:26:57.679 a set time where you accompass your goals, a set 0:26:57.800 --> 0:27:02.040 time where you fulfill God given dream. I believe it. 0:27:02.160 --> 0:27:04.280 I declare it over each one of you in the 0:27:04.359 --> 0:27:06.760 name of Jesus. And if you receive it, can you 0:27:06.800 --> 0:27:11.679 say amen? And amen? Amen? Well, we never like to 0:27:11.720 --> 0:27:14.960 close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 0:27:15.080 --> 0:27:17.679 Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:27:18.240 --> 0:27:22.920 Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 0:27:22.960 --> 0:27:28.280 into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 0:27:28.320 --> 0:27:30.520 if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:27:30.560 --> 0:27:33.400 born again. Get in a good Bible based church, keep 0:27:33.440 --> 0:27:35.960 God first place. He's going to do amazing things in 0:27:36.000 --> 0:27:36.480 your life. 0:27:37.320 --> 0:27:40.959 Thank you for listening to the Jolusteine podcast. Help us 0:27:41.000 --> 0:27:43.880 continue to share the message of hope with those all 0:27:43.880 --> 0:27:47.960 over the world. 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