Your Time Is Coming

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 uness dot co. 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:34.480 People don't determine your destiny. Someone may have put you 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.560 at a disadvantage. You keep doing the right thing, and 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:41.280 your time is coming. Promotion will come calling your name, 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:45.360 Opportunity will come looking for you. The right people will 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:49.160 come tracking you down. God knows how to vindicate you. 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:51.840 He knows how to cause you to stand out. 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:53.240 Hi. 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:57.000 This is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.240 We enjoy spending this time with you. I know you're 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:02.080 going to leave encouraged and inspired. 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:05.279 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week, 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:08.040 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:11.640 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:15.800 Enjoy the message. God bless you, and thanks for spending 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:18.720 this time with us. We are praying for God's very 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:21.840 best for you and your family. But I like to 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:24.800 start with something funny, and I heard about this minister 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:28.440 that died. He was standing at the pearly gates. The 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:30.760 man in front of him was dressed in a loud 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:34.799 T shirt, sunglasses, and blue jeans. Saint Peter asked him 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:38.680 his name. He said, I'm Joe Cohen, taxicab driver, New 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:42.280 York City. Peter checked his list, handed him a gold 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:45.920 staff and silk robe, and said, welcome to Heaven. The 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:49.920 minister stepped up said I'm Reverend Joseph Snow, pastor of 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:53.799 Saint Mary's Cathedral. Peter checked his list and handed him 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:57.280 a wooden staff and cotton row. He said, wait a minute, 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:00.440 this couldn't be right. The taxicab driver got a gold 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.639 staff and this is all I get. Peter said, sir, 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:07.919 up here, we work by results. When you preached, people slept. 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:12.160 But when he drove, people prayed. Come on, say it 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:15.400 like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:18.080 what it says I am. I have what it says 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.840 I have. I can do what it says I can do. 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:24.480 Today I will be taught the word of God. I 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:28.640 boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:32.520 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.920 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:39.480 your time is coming. We all have things that were 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:43.040 believing for a dream to come to pass, or problems 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:45.720 to turn around. At one time, we knew it was 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.640 going to happen. We stood in faith. But when it's 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.600 been a long time and we don't see anything improving, 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:54.680 it's easy to get discouraged and think that it wasn't 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:58.480 meant to be. But just because you've given up doesn't 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:02.240 mean that God has given up. God doesn't abort dreams. 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:07.240 The delays, the detours, the disappointments didn't stop God's plan. 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:10.960 What he started in your life, He's going to finish. 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:16.200 The Scripture says what God has purposed, Who can annul it. 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:18.960 It may seem like what you're believing for could never 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:22.480 come to pass. It's too late. The odds are against you. 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:26.640 God is saying your time is coming. He has not 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:30.839 forgotten about you. He has seen the lonely nights, He's 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:34.400 seen the unfair situations, the times you're doing the right 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.960 thing and not getting the credit. The illness isn't improving, 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:42.400 the child isn't doing better. Voices whisper it will never change. 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:47.039 Don't believe those lies. Healing is coming, promotion is coming, 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:51.040 freedom is coming. God has already put it on the schedule. 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:55.919 The date has already been ordained. Psalm one two says 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:59.960 there is a set time for favor. You keep honoring God, 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.600 God doing the right thing, and you're going to come 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:06.040 in to some of your set times, times that God 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.800 will show out in your life, times that you will 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:13.120 see explosive blessings. You were struggling in your finances, you 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:15.960 didn't see how you could get ahead, and suddenly you're 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:19.440 promote it. Suddenly your business takes off, Suddenly you get 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:23.840 that scholarship. The medical report says that you'll never get well, 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:27.640 but suddenly your health turns around. Suddenly you break that addiction, 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:31.440 Suddenly your child gets back on course. What happened? You 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.960 came in to your set time. If you could see 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:38.080 what God has on your calendar, you wouldn't worry about 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:40.920 the clients you lost. You wouldn't lose sleep over that 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:44.880 family member. You wouldn't get discouraged over that legal situation. 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.760 You may have some obstacles that are not changing. You're 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:53.640 praying and believing, but instead of complaining, living discourage all 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:57.200 through the day. Father, thank you that my time is coming. 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.840 I'm not moved by what I see. I'm moved by 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:02.680 what I know that You've already set the time to 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.599 favor me. You've already set the time to heal me. 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:09.320 You've already set the time to turn this around. Get 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:12.400 your hopes up. It's not too late. You didn't miss 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:15.600 your chance. You wouldn't be alive if God didn't have 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:20.360 something amazing in your future. David was seventeen years old 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:24.040 when the prophet Samuel came to his house to choose 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:27.239 one of his father sons as the next king of Israel. 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:32.039 David had seven older brothers. They were bigger, taller, had 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:37.040 more experience. David's father, Jesse, didn't bother to bring David 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:40.400 in from the shepherd's fields. He thought David is not 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:45.080 king material. He's too small, too young, not as talented 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:49.080 as his brothers. Samuel looked at the other brothers and said, 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.600 it's none of these. Do you have another son, Jesse 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:56.359 had David come in. When Samuel saw him, he said, 0:06:56.560 --> 0:07:00.960 that's the next king of Israel. People judge the outside 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:05.880 by your appearance, your nationality, your education, but God looks 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:09.520 at the heart. Don't be discouraged if people write you off. 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:13.640 Promotion doesn't come from people, it comes from God. God 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:17.720 sees you have a heart after him. He sees your sincerity, 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:22.320 your integrity, your spirit of excellence. What's on the inside 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:26.520 is more powerful than what's on the outside. David was 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:29.360 anointed to be the next king, but he didn't go 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:32.280 to the palace. He went back to the shepherd's fields 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:35.520 where he was before and took care of his father's sheep. 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:40.440 He was anointed. Before he was appointed, he knew big 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:42.600 things were in him. He knew he was going to 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.960 leave his mark. But month after month he was stuck 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:49.240 in the lonely shepherd's fields doing what seemed like a 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:54.080 menial job, feeding sheep, cleaning up their waist, shoveling manure. 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:56.920 He could have thought, God, you said I would be 0:07:56.960 --> 0:08:00.400 the king. You had Samuel anoint me. Why am I 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:02.960 still stuck out here? I have so much more in me. 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:07.440 But David understood this principle, that his time was coming, 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:11.040 that what God promised was already on the schedule, that 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:15.120 the date had already been set. And even though David 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:18.520 was doing a menial thing taking care of sheep, he 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:22.800 kept being his best. Nobody was watching him. He didn't 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:26.040 have a supervisor, he wasn't clocking in. He could have 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:29.760 slacked off, done just enough to get by, but David 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:33.040 went the extra mile to watch over those sheep. He 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:36.679 fought off wild animals, kept them from harm, made sure 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:39.320 they had food and water. He had a spirit of 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:43.440 excellence because he proved to God he would be faithful 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:47.240 taking care of sheep. God trusted him to take care 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:50.800 of his people. And if you're not faithful in the wilderness, 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.760 how can God trust you to be faithful in the 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:57.960 promised land? Like David, Most of the time, you will 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:03.160 be anointed before your appointed. You'll have the promise, the dream, 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.000 the calling, but you won't go straight to the throne. 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:09.880 You'll go back to the shepherd's field. How you respond 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:14.360 when you're anointed but not appointed will determine whether you 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:17.199 make it to the palace. You have to be your 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:20.560 best right where you are. You may have bigger things 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.319 in you. You know you're going to lead that department, 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:26.080 You're going to teach that class, you're going to run 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:29.959 that business. The promise is in your heart. You've been anointed, 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.280 so to speak, but you're doing something much smaller than 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:36.520 what's in you. Will you give it your all, even 0:09:36.559 --> 0:09:40.600 though you're overqualified for that position. Will you serve others 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:44.439 even though you have more experience than them. If you'll 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.600 pass the test of being faithful in the small, then 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:51.120 God will trust you with much. Saul was the king 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:54.880 of Israel, and he struggled with bouts of depression, and 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:58.280 he had these tormenting spirits that came against him. His 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:01.120 staff told him that when these are tacks came, he 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:03.839 needed someone to play music and it would help him 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:07.280 feel better. Saul agreed and asked them to find someone. 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:10.680 They said, we know a young man named David, the 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:14.559 son of Jesse. He's excellent in playing the harp. The 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:19.000 scripture says Saul sent a message to Jesse saying, send 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:23.719 me your son David the Shepherd here. David had been overlooked, 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:27.880 felt like he was forgotten. People discounted him. His father 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:31.640 didn't believe in him. But now the king was asking 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:35.920 for him by name. People don't determine your destiny, and 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.840 someone may have put you at a disadvantage. You keep 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:42.320 doing the right thing, and your time is coming. Promotion 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:46.320 will come calling your name. Opportunity will come looking for you. 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:50.480 The right people will come tracking you down. God knows 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:53.560 how to vindicate you. He knows how to cause you 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:57.800 to stand out. Imagine Jesse hearing the knock on the door. 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:01.079 He answers it and it's the key King's right hand 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:05.800 men standing there, dressed in their military uniforms holding their armor. 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:08.559 Jesse thought, what in the world are they doing at 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:11.640 my house? Am I in trouble? Have I done something wrong? 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:16.120 The main man speaks up and says, King Saul wants 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:19.600 your son David to come serve him in the palace. 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:24.200 Nobody in David's family paid attention to him. They didn't 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:27.640 give him any credit. But now the king was calling 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:32.559 for David. I'm sure Jesse nearly passed out. Word quickly 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:36.080 spread throughout the neighborhood. The king asked David to come 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:41.480 work for him. Now, David is the talk of the town, esteemed, honored, 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.560 looked up to. In one moment, he went from the 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:48.960 background to the foreground, from being discounted to being admired. 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:53.480 You may have had unfair things happen. People left you out, 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:57.960 tried to discredit you. God saw what happened. He's keeping 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:02.000 the records. He hasn't forgot about. You may seem like 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:05.800 you're falling behind. You could never reach your dreams. Now 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.600 it's too late. You've been stuck out in the shepherd's 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:12.800 fields for too long. No, your time is coming. Keep 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:15.800 doing the right thing when the wrong thing is happening. 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:18.640 Keep being good to people that are not being good 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:20.840 to you. You're going to come in to one of 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:25.959 these set times. Will God catapult you ahead? Sometimes God 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:29.600 does things gradually, little by little, but there are moments 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:33.440 where God will thrust you twenty years ahead. He'll not 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.920 only make up for lost time, but he'll accelerate things. 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:41.800 David went overnight from working in the shepherd's fields, the 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:45.960 lowest position, to working with the King, the highest position. 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.800 He didn't have to make it happen, try to manipulate things, 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:53.400 talk people into helping him, the King sent for him 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:58.000 life with David, You're going to see opportunity that comes 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:01.400 looking for you, that puts you years down the road. 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:04.720 You're gonna think, how did I get here? I didn't 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:08.600 have the qualifications, I wasn't next in line. This should 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:11.760 have taken me my whole life. But suddenly God is 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:15.400 going to thrust you ahead. Get ready for some set 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:21.559 times of acceleration. Hebrews says, don't cast away your confidence, 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:25.560 for it will be richly rewarded. It's easy to hear 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:28.080 this and think, Joel, this is never going to happen 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:31.000 for me. I've had a lot of bad breaks. I 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:34.440 have big obstacles in my path. I'm way behind where 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:37.240 I should be. That kind of thinking is going to 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:42.240 limit your life. That's casting away your confidence. God is 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:47.000 saying your time is coming. I'm about to do something unusual, 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:51.319 something uncommon. I'm going to thrust you ahead. I'm going 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.520 to free you from that addiction you've struggled with for years. 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:57.120 I'm going to vindicate you and pay you back for 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:01.040 the wrongs. I'm going to take you from insignific mediocre 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:05.000 to influential and powerful. Now you have to get in 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:08.720 agreement with God, if you'll start thanking him that your 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:12.320 time is coming, talking like it's going to happen, believing 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:14.880 that it's on the way. That's what it means to 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:19.080 not cast away your confidence. When you do this, God 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:23.520 promises it will be richly rewarded. Look at how good 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:27.720 God is. Not just rewarded that would be fine, but 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:32.000 God will exceed your expectations. He'll make things happen that 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:35.320 you didn't see coming. Now, don't get talked out of 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:38.840 your dreams. You may feel like David, you're stuck out 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:42.360 in the shepherd's fields. Nobody pays attention to your gifts. 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:47.120 You're in prime position to be catapulted to a new level. 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:51.200 People may not pay attention, but God sees you. He's 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:55.560 the one that matters. He controls the universe. He's already 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:59.640 scheduled your set times of favor, set times of healing, 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:04.120 set times of acceleration. There are moments in your future 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:07.400 that are going to cause you to stand out, Moments 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:10.480 that will catapult you to a new level, Moments where 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:14.240 fever will come looking for you. There's a young man 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:18.080 that attends here. He had a dream to become a physician. 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:22.320 He graduated from college with honors. He applied to forty 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:26.840 medical schools, but only three contacted him back. He interviewed 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:31.400 with them, Unfortunately he was turned down. He was so disappointed. 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.280 This was always what he wanted to do. He'd put 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:37.160 all of his time and energy and focus into getting 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:40.120 into medical school, but now that door had closed and 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:43.880 he didn't understand it. He had worked so hard, But 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:47.680 instead of being sour, he kept believing that his time 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:51.040 was coming. He knew God didn't bring him this far 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:55.160 to leave him. When things happen that aren't fair, you 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:58.440 don't understand. You have to trust that God is still 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:01.600 in control and that he he knows what's best for you. 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:05.920 His ways are not our ways. He doesn't always take 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:08.680 us down the path that we thought. There will be 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:12.680 times that doors closed that don't make sense. People that 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:15.520 should be for us are not around. We're doing the 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:18.920 right thing, but the wrong thing keeps happening. None of 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:22.560 this is a surprise to God. He's already lined up 0:16:22.640 --> 0:16:26.240 the breaks you need, the open doors, the right people, 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:30.680 the healing, the baby. It's already on your schedule. This 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:34.520 young man attended a seminar for students wanting to get 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:38.160 into medical school. One option they mentioned was working for 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:42.000 the Armed Services. When he heard that, something ignited on 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.760 the inside, he knew that's what he wanted to do. 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.160 He met a gentleman there that took an interest in 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:50.680 him and went out of his way to put in 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:54.360 a good word for him. Recently, this young man received 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:57.920 the news that he was accepted into the Armed Forces 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:01.800 medical school. He would not only receive a full scholarship, 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:05.679 not have any cost for his medical education, but that 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.960 he would be paid a very substantial salary while he 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:14.080 attended college. What happened he came in to one of 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:18.480 his set times. If God had not closed those other doors, 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:21.680 if a school would have accepted him earlier, he would 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:25.080 have never seen this opportunity that was more than he 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:28.000 could imagine. He never dreamed he would come out of 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:31.600 medical school with no debt, being paid the whole time 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:34.480 someone would have paid me. I would have stayed in college. 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:38.880 If you want cast away your confidence, God will richly 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:43.399 reward you. You may have gone through some disappointments, things 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:45.840 didn't turn out the way you hoped. You don't know 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:49.280 what God is up to. The reason he closed those 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:52.919 other doors is because he has something better. Don't be 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:56.760 discouraged by what didn't work out. Stay in faith. Your 0:17:56.840 --> 0:18:01.400 time is coming, the right opportunity on the way. It's 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.320 going to be better than you thought. That person that 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.760 walked out of your life, it wasn't fair. It was painful, 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:11.639 but it didn't stop your destiny. They left only to 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:16.120 make room for someone better. God has beauty for those ashes. 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:20.000 You haven't seen your best days. Keep moving forward when 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:23.760 you don't understand, Keep being your best when it's not fair. 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:27.639 This is what Joseph did. How could he have a 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:32.280 good attitude year after year after being betrayed by his family, 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:35.840 sold into slavery, put in prison for something that he 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:40.159 didn't do. Deep down, he knew his time was coming. 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:43.359 He knew what God spoke to him as a teenager, 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:46.280 The dream that was put in his heart would come 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:50.040 to pass. He didn't know how, when, or where. All 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:53.400 he knew was God is faithful and that the set 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:57.240 time was already on the calendar. He didn't cast away 0:18:57.320 --> 0:19:01.520 his confidence. He had plenty of opportunities two he'd had 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:04.800 a lot of bad breaks. But when you understand that 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:08.320 God is ordering your steps, that nothing can happen to 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:12.000 you without his permission, then you won't fall apart when 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:15.520 a pandemic hits. You won't live bitter when somebody does 0:19:15.560 --> 0:19:18.160 you wrong. You won't give up on your dream when 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:21.280 life throws you a cur You know it's all a 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:25.399 part of God's plan. That setback is only setting you 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:29.639 up to go further. God had the solution before you 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:33.040 had the problem. He's already set the time to turn 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:36.240 it around, set the time to open the right door, 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:40.680 set the time to bring you out promoted, vindicated, healthy 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:45.160 and whole. One day the pharaoh, the leader of the country, 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:48.080 had a dream that he didn't understand what it meant. 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:53.040 The scripture says Pharaoh sent for Joseph. He was hastily 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:56.879 brought from the dungeon in the Pharaoh's presence, just like 0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:01.000 with David. King Saul said, send me David to the palace. 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:05.159 The Pharaoh said, send me that prisoner, send me that 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:10.280 slave named Joseph. Both times the promotion came looking for them. 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:13.360 You don't have to look for the blessing. The blessing 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:16.800 is going to come looking for you. Joseph was brought 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:21.040 to the palace hastily. He wasn't expecting it. It was 0:20:21.080 --> 0:20:25.560 an ordinary day, nothing special, and suddenly he was in 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:28.800 the palace. He didn't see it coming, wasn't any sign 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:32.040 of it. He woke up a slave in prison. He 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:36.000 went to bed that night, the Prime Minister. God has 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:39.520 some of these suddenlyes in your future. You don't see 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:43.600 anything improving. Everything looks the same, and you come into 0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:48.680 a set time. It's going to happen hastily, in a hurry. Quickly. 0:20:48.880 --> 0:20:53.200 Things turn around quickly, the door opens quickly, your health improves. 0:20:53.800 --> 0:20:57.399 It may be difficult now, but you don't know. Any moment, 0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:01.399 you could get a call like Joseph did. Send me, Julie, 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:05.480 send me William, send me Maria. That's how you stay 0:21:05.520 --> 0:21:08.280 in faith. You have to keep this hope in your 0:21:08.320 --> 0:21:11.800 heart knowing that God has already lined up these set 0:21:11.880 --> 0:21:15.280 times for you. If you only look at your situation 0:21:15.480 --> 0:21:19.520 in the natural, you'll get discouraged. Because God puts dreams 0:21:19.560 --> 0:21:22.240 in our hearts that we can't accomplish on our own. 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:26.760 We don't have the resources, the connections, the experience. This 0:21:26.800 --> 0:21:30.359 is so will have to depend on Him. We face 0:21:30.480 --> 0:21:35.360 challenges that we can't overcome by ourselves, a sickness, an addiction, 0:21:36.080 --> 0:21:39.359 people that are more powerful. It looks like we're stuck. 0:21:39.840 --> 0:21:42.760 But deep down you have to know the forces that 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:45.520 are for you are greater than the forces that are 0:21:45.560 --> 0:21:50.359 against you. You may feel outnumbered, at a disadvantage. The 0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:55.760 sickness seems bigger, the addiction stronger. Keep reminding yourself your 0:21:55.880 --> 0:22:00.439 time is coming. One touch of God's favor, one set time, 0:22:00.720 --> 0:22:05.240 and things will suddenly change. Nothing can stand against our God. 0:22:05.600 --> 0:22:09.199 No sickness is too great, no addiction too strong, no 0:22:09.480 --> 0:22:13.199 enemy too powerful. I talked to a gentleman that was 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:17.320 diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. The doctors only gave him 0:22:17.359 --> 0:22:20.879 eighteen months to live. He heard me tell how my 0:22:21.000 --> 0:22:24.520 mother quoted healing scriptures when she was sick with cancer, 0:22:24.520 --> 0:22:28.040 and how she defied the odds, and instead of accepting 0:22:28.080 --> 0:22:31.320 it and thinking his life was over, he started quoting 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:34.720 these scriptures and thanking God that he was restoring health 0:22:34.800 --> 0:22:39.280 back into him. The Psalmus said, when darkness overtakes, the 0:22:39.359 --> 0:22:43.800 righteous light will come bursting in. When you're in a 0:22:43.800 --> 0:22:47.119 tough time, seems like there's no way out, the odds 0:22:47.119 --> 0:22:50.679 are against you. It's easy to live worried, fall apart, 0:22:51.160 --> 0:22:54.240 but you have to remind yourself that God has already 0:22:54.280 --> 0:22:58.400 set the time for light to come bursting in. He's 0:22:58.440 --> 0:23:02.360 already set the time for heat, set the time for breakthroughs. 0:23:03.080 --> 0:23:06.800 Bursting means it's going to happen suddenly. You didn't see 0:23:06.800 --> 0:23:11.000 it coming. You can't explain it. It's out of the ordinary. 0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:13.720 When I spoke with this young man, he said that 0:23:13.840 --> 0:23:17.600 yesterday was the end of the eighteen months. That's how 0:23:17.680 --> 0:23:20.160 much time he was given to live. He went back 0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:23.560 to the hospital for a checkup. The doctor said, we 0:23:23.600 --> 0:23:26.919 can't explain this. We don't know how it happened, but 0:23:27.040 --> 0:23:30.280 we can't find any cancer in your brain. You are 0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:34.439 perfectly well. When you come in to your set time, 0:23:34.720 --> 0:23:37.639 God will make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:41.880 He can do what medicine cannot do. He's not limited 0:23:41.920 --> 0:23:46.720 by what limits us. We're natural. He's supernatural. You may 0:23:46.760 --> 0:23:50.240 be in darkness, but instead of complaining about the darkness, 0:23:50.560 --> 0:23:53.880 being depressed by the darkness, try a different approach. Father, 0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:57.600 Thank you that your light is about to come bursting in. 0:23:58.040 --> 0:24:01.160 Thank you that my set time for faith, set time 0:24:01.200 --> 0:24:04.440 for healing, set time for deliverance is on the way. 0:24:05.440 --> 0:24:08.959 Don't cast away your confidence. God is bigger than what 0:24:09.000 --> 0:24:13.080 you're facing. You may not see how it can work out. Logically, 0:24:13.119 --> 0:24:15.879 there's no way. The good news is you don't have 0:24:15.960 --> 0:24:18.800 to figure it out. All you have to do is believe. 0:24:19.359 --> 0:24:22.879 When you believe, all things are possible. When you go 0:24:22.960 --> 0:24:25.639 through the day saying Father, I don't see a way, 0:24:26.080 --> 0:24:28.480 but I know you have a way. It doesn't look 0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:31.840 possible to me, but I know you can do the impossible. 0:24:32.440 --> 0:24:35.640 Like this man, you'll see these times where God will 0:24:35.680 --> 0:24:39.119 show out in your life. It may not have happened yet, 0:24:39.200 --> 0:24:42.959 but I believe you are closer than you think. You 0:24:43.040 --> 0:24:46.200 are close to your breakthrough. You are close to things 0:24:46.200 --> 0:24:49.400 turning around. You are close to that child getting back 0:24:49.440 --> 0:24:52.400 on course. You wouldn't be hearing this if you weren't 0:24:52.400 --> 0:24:56.480 about to see one of your set times. Verse Samuel, 0:24:56.560 --> 0:25:00.239 chapter one. There was a young lady named Hannah. She 0:25:00.359 --> 0:25:03.600 was barren and not able to have children. Her husband 0:25:03.640 --> 0:25:07.280 was married to another woman as well, named Panana. She 0:25:07.400 --> 0:25:11.919 had baby after baby didn't seem fair. Hannah kept praying 0:25:12.040 --> 0:25:15.800 and believing, but the scripture says the Lord had shut 0:25:15.880 --> 0:25:19.199 her wound. The good news is the same God that 0:25:19.280 --> 0:25:23.640 shuts wombs can open wounds, just as God shuts doors. 0:25:23.760 --> 0:25:27.359 He can open doors. Year after year went by with 0:25:27.560 --> 0:25:30.840 no sign of a baby in Hannah was very discouraged. 0:25:31.200 --> 0:25:33.679 She went to the temple, fell on her knees, and 0:25:33.800 --> 0:25:37.000 asked God to give her a child. The prophet Eli 0:25:37.200 --> 0:25:40.119 saw how distraught she was and asked what was wrong. 0:25:40.640 --> 0:25:43.760 She explained how she couldn't have children. She was asking 0:25:43.800 --> 0:25:47.679 God to open her wound. Eli said, cheer up. The 0:25:47.720 --> 0:25:51.240 God of Israel has granted your request. You're going to 0:25:51.320 --> 0:25:54.840 have a baby. Eli said, in effect, you're about to 0:25:54.960 --> 0:25:57.879 come in to one of your set times. You're about 0:25:57.920 --> 0:26:01.880 to see God do something that you've never Here's the key. 0:26:02.280 --> 0:26:06.199 Hannah believed what he said. She went back home a 0:26:06.240 --> 0:26:09.399 different person. She had a smile on her face, a 0:26:09.440 --> 0:26:12.600 spring in her step. She didn't have the baby yet, 0:26:13.119 --> 0:26:16.520 all she had was the promise that her time was coming. 0:26:17.119 --> 0:26:19.639 A year later, she went back to the temple with 0:26:19.760 --> 0:26:24.159 her baby boy that she named Samuel. Sometimes, like with 0:26:24.280 --> 0:26:27.800 Hannah and the other wife, it seemed like everybody is 0:26:27.840 --> 0:26:32.760 being blessed except you. Everybody's getting married except you. Everybody's 0:26:32.760 --> 0:26:36.200 seeing promotion accept you. It's like the favor has been 0:26:36.240 --> 0:26:40.760 shut off. But don't be discouraged by what hasn't happened yet. 0:26:41.280 --> 0:26:45.159 Your time is coming, Your baby is coming, your healing 0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:48.800 is coming, your joy is coming. God is about to 0:26:48.920 --> 0:26:52.399 open up your wound. You're about to see things that 0:26:52.440 --> 0:26:56.240 you've been believing for a long time, promises you thought 0:26:56.240 --> 0:26:59.600 would never happen, Dreams that you've let go of. You 0:26:59.640 --> 0:27:03.880 are close to your set time of favor. Now I've 0:27:03.920 --> 0:27:07.359 done what Eli did. I've announced what God said. You 0:27:07.480 --> 0:27:10.600 have to do like Hannah and say, yes, God, this 0:27:10.760 --> 0:27:14.399 is for me. Let this seed take root in your spirit. 0:27:14.920 --> 0:27:17.960 Don't let it just be another encouraging message. Let it 0:27:18.000 --> 0:27:21.560 ignite your faith. Let it come alive on the inside. 0:27:22.000 --> 0:27:25.520 You are on the verge of seeing God do something amazing. 0:27:26.040 --> 0:27:29.080 It's not far off. It's not way off in the distance. 0:27:29.359 --> 0:27:32.280 You are close to your breakthrough. You are in the 0:27:32.359 --> 0:27:36.879 final stretch. Now, don't cast away your confidence. This is 0:27:36.920 --> 0:27:39.399 not the time to get discouraged. This is not the 0:27:39.440 --> 0:27:42.320 time to talk defeat. This is the time to stir 0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:45.560 up your faith, turn up your praise, talk like it's 0:27:45.640 --> 0:27:48.800 en route all through the day. Father, Thank you that 0:27:48.880 --> 0:27:52.120 my time is coming. Thank you that you're the waymaker, 0:27:52.359 --> 0:27:56.120 the promise keeper, the miracle worker. If you'll do this. 0:27:56.359 --> 0:28:00.840 God said you will be richly rewarded. 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