Sermon #S040 - When God Disrupts
Your Contentment - (Part 2)
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Welcome to the Breath of Life
Television Ministries broadcast
with Pastor Debleaire Snell!
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In today's episode, Pastor Snell
will continue part two of the
powerful Message titled:
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“When God Disrupts your
Contemptment.” Now, let's go
deeper into the word of God!
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Pastor Snell: But see, one of
the things I need somebody to
understand is that sometimes God
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will disrupt your contentment.
See, I need somebody to
understand the danger of Midian.
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See, Midian is not a bad place.
They ain't got no idols. Jethro
serves God. But the problem with
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Midian, it is this predictable
place. It is this comfortable
place. See, the problem is you
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don't get stretched in Midian.
You don't get challenged in
Midian. The problem is you ain't
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got to pray with perseverance in
Midian. See the danger with
Midian, it is a place that does
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not require faith. And sometimes
you can carve out a niche in
life that is so comfortable that
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faith is no longer required and
you get content there. And
sometimes God has to disrupt
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your contentment and say, I need
you to know that God shows up
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there n Midian because he's
trying to preserve the remnant
of the advocate that remains in
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Moses. He's got to get the
fighter that is left before all
of the fight and Moses dies.
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Is there anybody that's ever had
God disrupt your contentment?
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You see, sometimes we can kind
of carve out a borough in life
where I'm not stretched,
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where I don't have to advocate
for anybody else, where life
becomes comfortably predictable,
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where I don't really
have to walk by faith,
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where I don't really have to
find that level in God that only
trouble is able to produce.
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And see, that's why somebody's
currently on the verge of having
God disrupt your contentment.
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You see, one of the things about
contentment if you're not
careful is that sometimes your
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comfort will smother your
convictions. See there was a
point where Moses had conviction
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about the people in Egypt, but
it is the comfort of Midian that
has smothered nearly to death
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his convictions about being
an advocate and a server of an
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oppressed people. And one of the
things I want to say today is
that somebody is about to have
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an intersection with the most
high because you've got content
and comfortable with some things
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that are about to smother your
convictions. See, the problem is
we've got some young people here
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that have just gotten content
being out of school but in
Huntsville. There are some
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couples that have become content
being roommates and not lovers.
There are some singles that have
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become content in abusive or
toxic relationships. There are
some that have gotten content
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living together, unmarried.
There are some that have gotten
content in a profession that is
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beneath your calling. There are
some that have gotten content
not coming to church.
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There are some that have gotten
content no longer serving in
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ministry. And see sometimes like
Moses, God has to throw off the
balance sometimes, man, he's got
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to disrupt the calm. Sometimes
God has to throw things out of
order so that you learn how to
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find your balance in
him. [ Congregation: Amen]
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And it's crazy because there
almost seems like a
contradiction of terms because
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doesn't, the Bible calls us to
be content in all things, but I
do need to make this quick kind
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of adjustment to your thinking.
God calls us to be content in
all things but not become
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complacent with everything.
[ Congregation: Amen]
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Are you all hearing me today?
Friends? So for somebody who's
about to have their contentment
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disrupted, I want to just give a
few lessons of counsel, then I'm
going to take my seat. Is that
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all right today? Church.
[ Congregation: All right]
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See there, there are three brief
lessons I want to share with you
before I sit down today.
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The first thing I want to say to
somebody today is be careful not
to settle for the first thing
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you're good at. I want to
caution somebody not to get too
comfortable with the first
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fruits. Oh God. See sometimes
when we're trying to discern the
will of God and the will of God
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is sometimes unclear, one of the
first things that we do is we
latch on to the first thing
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or situation that produces some
immediate or quick results or
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fruitfulness. And we make the
assumption that because this
bears fruit first that it's
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supposed to feed us forever. In
other words, remember now when
Moses was first acting as an
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advocate in Egypt, he is
initially burned and turned on
by his family members and his
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friends. He is hunted by
Pharaoh. And so even though it
was the hand of God that leads
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him to the land of Midian,
understand that Midian was
supposed to be a stop gap.
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Midian was supposed to be a
transition space. Midian was
supposed to be a holdover.
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But what happened is he confuses
the place of preparation as a
place of permanence.
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And see, I need somebody to
understand the error is this,
that what happens is he meets
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his wife there in Midian, he has
some kids there in Midian. He
has a job that's paid the bills.
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This is the first time he has
some family, a sense of
belonging, a sense of
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acceptance, a sense of comfort.
And he accepts the first
circumstances that are good to
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him. And he assumes they're
supposed to be permanent for
him. And how many of us know
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that there are times where God
will place you somewhere
temporarily and he will allow
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you to have some fruitfulness in
that space so you know that he
is with you, but never confuse
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the place of preparation as a
place of permanence. You see,
why Moses, he's making a living.
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The bills are getting paid. He
can literally see himself dying
in Midian his wife and he have a
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headstone in Midian. But I need
somebody to understand that just
because he is being prepared
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doesn't mean he's supposed to
stay there permanently. And can
I suggest today friends of mine
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that we are some missing, some
have missed God's divine will
simply because we confused the
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season. We thought this season
of fruitful preparation was
supposed to be where we were
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supposed to be permanently. And
what happened is we confused the
first fruits with our lasting
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fruit. Okay. You got to be
careful not to settle for first
fruits or the first thing you're
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good at, I hate to break
it to some of our students,
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but some of the first friends
you met here at Oakwood won't be
your permanent friends.
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Am I preaching anybody today?
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How many of us understand that
some of us were just so glad to
have some friends that you try
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to make permanent friends out of
those that were supposed to be
seasonal friends, God sent them
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to pass through, not to stick
to you. Are you all hearing me
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today? See there are some of us
that man just chose the first
major where it seems to come
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natural to us. And we did not
continue on a journey of
exploration to try to figure out
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God's divine purpose and calling
for us. There are some of us
that God assigned to a job just
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as a stop gap measure to help
you pay some bills and get
through a particular season. But
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because it's enough to survive,
you decided you were going to
stay there permanently.
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There are some of our young
ladies that accepted a date to
the first guy that asked to the
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banquet. And some of us carry
that same posture to the altar.
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So you'll accept a proposal from
the first guy that asks instead
of realizing that maybe God has
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something in store, are you all
hearing me today? And what I'm
saying is that somebody assumes
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that the first thing is the only
thing. And even though it's
fruitful initially, it does not
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mean that that's where you are
supposed to be permanently. See
how many of us understand that
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first doesn't mean forever. So
sometimes your first friends
aren't going to be your forever
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friends. That your first love
won't be your forever love. That
your first job won't be your
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forever job, that your first
ministry might not be your
forever ministry. And what Moses
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is teaching us friends, is that
sometimes you got to even be
willing to pivot away from your
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first love. And let me just say
to the pensive and the nervous
amongst us that if God can make
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you fruitful in that season,
God can make you fruitful in any
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season. [
Congregation: Clapping]
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See, the problem is we confuse
the circumstance with the author
of the circumstance.
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And so if God can keep you right
here, how many of us know that
God can keep you wherever he
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places you? And see, and this is
why I'm saying you cannot get
addicted to the first fruit.
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Are you all here in the
past today? In other words,
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you all realize that the fresh
fruit was what happened in the
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harvest season. You had first
fruit that would break the
ground before the rest of the
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harvest. But guess what? When
the first fruit broke the
ground, they would present them
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as an offering to God. But guess
what, man? You celebrated the
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first fruit. Why? Because it was
an indication that the rest of
the harvest was on the way.
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In other words, you don't
sequester the first fruit, you
don't herd the first fruit.
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You don't try to eat off the
first fruit for the rest of your
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life. It is to build your faith
to know that a rest of the
harvest is already en route
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and some have missed out on the
harvest. Because you still
trying to eat on the first
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fruit. Are you
hearing me today, my friends?
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And see one of the things I need
somebody to get that sometimes
when God is calling us to a
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pivot, we lean
into the wrong fear.
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See, when God first shows up to
Moses, you know what his initial
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fear is? Man, what's going to
happen if I leave Midian behind?
What's going to happen if I move
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away from the familiar? But do
you realize that he was worried
about the wrong fear?
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He shouldn't have been worried
about what he was going to leave
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behind. He should have been
fearing what he would miss out
on if he disobeyed God's call.
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Oh God, do you realize that
Moses lived one of the most
spectacular lives outside of
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anybody but Jesus Christ? Do you
realize that if he stayed in
Midian, guess what? Then he
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misses the 10 plagues fall on
Egypt. If he stays in Midian,
guess what? He misses the
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Passover miracle. If he stays in
Midian, he never sees God open
the Red Sea. He never sees the
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cloud by day and fire by night,
he never sees manna fall down
from heaven. He never sees water
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come from a rock. He never sees
his people leave the land of
bondage. The fear should not be
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what am I going to leave behind,
the fear ought to be what am I
going to miss out on if I stay
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in the familiar. [
Congregation: Clapping]
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He would've missed
the miracle of the manna.
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He would've missed the miracle
of the water. He would've missed
the miracle of the deliveries.
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But do you realize he would've
missed out on heaven? [
Congregation: Amen] Oh, God.
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I don't know what he Adventist
saw in his room there. Do you
realize he would've missed out
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on heaven? Not to say that if he
had stayed in Midian, he
wouldn't be saved. But if he had
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stayed in Midian, he
would still be sleeping.
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How many of us know in Jude, the
Bible says that Michael came to
resurrect Moses and the devil
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tried to keep him down, but it
was the angel of the Lord that
said, I rebuke the Satan and he
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took him all the way up. And
Moses right now is sitting in
the new Jerusalem so that when
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Jesus was transfigured, guess
what? Elijah was on one side,
Moses was on the other side.
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And the reason he's in the new
Jerusalem is because he left old
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Midian. Are you all here in the
past of today? [ Congregation:
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Clapping] And what I'm saying to
somebody is that your first step
toward the new Jerusalem has to
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be a move away from something.
Oh, don't miss out on New
Jerusalem being loyal to old
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Huntsville. Don't miss out
on New Jerusalem being loyal to
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your old friends. Don't miss out
on New Jerusalem being loyal to
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your old friends. Don't miss out
on new Jerusalem being loyal to
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your old posse. If God is going
to get me into new Jerusalem,
it's got to start with a new
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thing right now. [ Congregation:
Clapping] Are you all hearing me
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today friends. Second thing this
story teaches us friends, is
that it's never too late to
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pivot. Go with me in your Bibles
real quick. Romans chapter 11
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verse 29. One quick verse I want
to share with you Romans 11 and
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verse 29. When you get there
with that New Testament, say
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amen. [ Congregation: Amen]
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Romans chapter 11
and verse number 29,
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hear the word of the Lord. See
one of the things I just taught
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you. Third thing real quick is
that it's never too late to
pivot. The Bible says for the
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gifts and the calling of God are
irrevocable. Oh God, somebody
didn't catch it. Somebody's
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version says the gift or
callings of God are without
repentance or change.
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See what God is trying to tell
us folk, that it doesn't matter
how long your gifts have been
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abandoned, God still does not
revoke them or repossess them.
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Oh God. In other words, as long
as you have breath in your lungs
and blood pumping in your veins,
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then God still has a
work for you to accomplish.
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See I don't go with some that
kind of interpret this text a
little bit differently.
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But essentially what it's
telling us is that as long as
you are living there is time for
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the miraculous to occur in your
life. Now it's crazy because
some of us, I think we used to
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teach wrongly that if you don't
use your gifts, you lose your
gifts. No. And it's based on a
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wrong interpretation of the
parable of the talents. The one,
the man that had the one talent
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had it taken away, but the
talent that was taken away is
not his spiritual gifts. A
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talent was a portion of money.
So what the word is saying is
that the gifts and calling of
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God, oh they have no expiration
date. They don't spoil, they
don't go bad. But as long as you
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are living God is not going to
allow your gifts to be wasted.
So there is an advocate in Moses
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that's been dormant for 40
years. Now, how many of us
understand that when something
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is dormant, it doesn't mean it's
dead. And all my nurses and
doctors can attest that many of
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us have viruses that are inside
of our bodies that are dormant.
That they are still there but
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the right confluence of
circumstances stirs them into
being they are not dead, they
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are just inactive. And what I'm
saying is that there are some in
the body of Christ that have
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gifts that have been lying
dorment. But guess what? They
are not dead. And that's why
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Paul says certain gifts, they
don't need to be revived, they
just need to be stirred up. [
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Congregation: Cheering] Are you
all hearing what I'm saying
today my friends? I need to
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share with you a brief quote
here from child guidance. Put
this up here real quick. I want
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you to see this because I want
us to understand what our
obligation is unto God. Listen
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what she says, child guidance.
Our first duty to God and to our
fellow beings is in self what?
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[development] Every faculty with
which the creator has endowed us
should be cultivated to the
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highest degree of perfection
that we may be able to do, the
greatest amount of good of which
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we are capable. In other words,
friends, I need us again that
our first duty to God is not
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righteousness, it's development.
It is the right employment of
every gift and every faculty
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under which he has allowed us to
be a steward. Are you all
hearing the pastor today my
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friends? And see, I need us to
understand something very, very
powerful. So God has put an
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advocate in Moses that is
starting to die. But because the
gifts are irrevocable, God says,
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I can't let these gifts get
spoiled. You know it's
interesting how God trained
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Moses. He didn't train Moses and
make him bitter in slavery. He
let Moses see oppression through
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the viewpoint and the worldview
of the oppressors. So what God
did was he let Moses figure out
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how Egyptians think. He wanted
Moses to learn how they process.
He wanted Moses to learn what
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they valued. And so you realize
that the Israelites have been in
slavery for 400 years. So
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everybody that's in slavery now
was born into slavery. Slavery
is all that they know in the
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land of Egypt. But because Moses
lived as a free man and as a
head of state, he has traveled
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outside of Egypt. He knows life
outside of Egypt. He has been on
some traveling tours in caravans
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so that he knows that there is
life outside of slavery. And
that's why God could not raise
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up one from the slavery because
even when it was time to go,
they were nervous because they
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had known anything else. But God
trained Moses by expanding his
worldview. In fact, the only way
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he knew how to escape to Midian
is probably cause he had been
there at some point before. Are
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you all hearing what I'm saying?
And it's crazy because you
realize that God has these
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amazing ways of training us and
preparing us. I need somebody to
know that God is up to something
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in your life. I need you to know
God was not allowing the
advocate to die because God made
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him a shepherd. [ Congregation:
Amen] So that, guess what? When
the wolf came upon the flock,
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guess what? The good shepherd
had to advocate and stand up on
behalf of the flock.
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That when the sheep fell over by
the brook, the advocate had to
go and stand up the sheep and
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put him back on all four. That
when a shepherd strayed from the
flock, the advocate would leave
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the 99 and go in search of the
one that strayed and bring him
back. Whenever a lion showed up,
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the advocate would take his rod
and go to war on behalf of the
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flock. And I need you to know
that God was not allowing the
advocate to die, but he was
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preparing Moses the entire
time. [ Congregation: Amen]
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God says, listen man, I cannot
let these gifts be wasted. Are
you all hearing me today?
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And see, one of the things I
want to say real quick to
somebody is that your time in
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Midian has not been wasted.
Okay, I'm going to take my time
since we started early today. [
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Congregation: Laughing] No, no.
Since you all are not getting
it, let me explain that a little
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bit more. Hey, see, is Moses
life behind schedule or is his
life right on schedule?
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[ Congregation:
Right on schedule]
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And the reason I'm saying this
is because there are times where
I hear somebody say something in
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church and in the general
culture and I used to say amen
to it, but I don't know if it's
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true anymore Mayan. Sometimes
we'll say something like, I
should be further along than I
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am right now. And I don't
know if I believe that anymore.
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Some of us operate under the
assumption that I should be
further than where I am
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spiritually and financially and
professionally. But if your
steps have been ordered by God,
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should you be further than where
you are or are you right now
where God has already ordained
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for you to become? In other
words, friends, I need you to
look at it because when we say I
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should be further along by now,
we are usually doing that based
upon comparison. We're looking
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at ourselves juxtaposed against
our peers and our classmates and
folk that we grew up with. And
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we say man, because they're at
that place that I should be at
that place. But how many of us
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know that if God orders my
steps, he orders my stops, he
orders my delays that he is the
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author of everything [
Congregation: Clapping]
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that is it work in my life.
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See, to suggest that I should be
further along by now is to
suggest that God didn't know
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that you would mess up, that he
didn't know your mistakes, that
he would not take into account
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your fears. But how many of us
know that all things work
together for good to them that
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love God and are called
according to your purpose. So
God knew every mess up and he
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took it all into consideration.
What do you mean pastor? God
called Samson to kill the
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Philistines. He took his holler
tree into consideration so that
even though he had messed up, he
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still found his way by some
pillars and his hair began to
grow back and he killed more in
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his death than he killed in his
living. God told Peter, you are
going to deny me three times.
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But he says, when you are
converted, I want you to
strengthen your brethren.
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Remember God allowed Joseph to
go to the pit and into the jail,
but God was still taking what
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his brothers meant for evil and
turning it around and using it
for good. God took Saul's gift
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that was persecuting the church
knocked him off of his high
horse and turned him around in
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the direction of what God had
planned for him. How many of us
know that when Jehovah is your
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GPS, you can never be lost. Oh
God, I'm going to preach it if
it am all by myself. When God is
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your GPS, guess what? You can't
never be lost. Sometimes I drive
with my GPS on even when I know
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where I'm going. And so
sometimes it'll tell me to go
left and I'll decide to go
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right. But because the GPS has
taken every road into a
consideration, guess what?
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It knows everywhere you turn. So
when you go the wrong way, the
GPS doesn't say I quit.
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[ Congregation: Laughing]
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It doesn't say I'm done. It
doesn't say they too stupid. It
doesn't say they won't listen to
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me. It doesn't say I'm done with
them. It just keeps
recalculating and recalculating
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and recalculating. And the
further wrong I go, the more it
recalculates me and gets me
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where I was supposed to be in
the first place. So I still wind
up at my destination. Are you
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all hearing the preacher this
afternoon? Have you ever
wondered why life is so painful?
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Have you ever questioned whether
or not the pain will ever end?
Have you ever just stood in need
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of some hope? I want you to know
that trouble won't last Always.
This summer, Breath Of Life
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Ministry will be coming to
Seattle, Washington, where I'll
be preaching a two week revival
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under the theme “Almost Home.”
These messages are designed to
teach us that this world and its
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horrors are passing away. We'll
be meeting from July 16 through
July the 30th each night at 7
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p.m., with the exceptions of
Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
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I'll be joined in partnership by
gospel recording artist Karen
Clark Sheard, Jonathan Nelson,
00:26:49.30\00:26:57.81
Lucinda Moore and Tamara Bodie.
Dinner is going to be served
each night from 6 to 7:00 pm
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and there'll be special
programing for your little ones
between the ages of four and ten
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years old. The services are
going to be held at the Emerald
City Community, SDA Worship
00:27:10.06\00:27:15.63
Center. It's an in-person event
only, so you've got to come in
person. For more information,
00:27:15.66\00:27:21.17
go to our website at
www.BreathofLife .TV. I look
forward to seeing you where
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we're going to have great food,
great fellowship and the Word of
God.  I need you to know that
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this world and its horrors are
passing. And Dorothy said it
best that there is no place like
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home. (Breath of
Life Theme Music)
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[END]
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