message today is I'm so so grateful to God to
come into and to share it with you and I just
pray that it's as impactful as as as God has
just stirred my spirit up to see I'll just pray
we experienced the fruit of it in this moment
but week week week one we started with let's
get loud right and so this week we're gonna talk
about can you see what God is doing Can you see
what God is doing? And what do you mean by Pastor
Brian? We can see what God is doing You can't
help but start to praise him but seeing what
God is doing and It is not as Automatic as we
may want it to be the Bible tells us that behold.
I'm doing a new thing Will you not perceive it
which lets us know you can miss what God is doing.
You can miss God could be moving, changing things,
shifting things right in front of you, and you
not perceive it. But we know that that is not
the design that God has for us, but God wants
us to see everything that he's doing. So look
at your neighbor and say, hey neighbor, can you
see what God is doing? And I pray that by the
end of this message that anything that could
be withholding your ability to see what God is
doing in your life I pray that the Spirit of
God removes whatever that is and you leave here
with clear sight and say I can see what God is
Doing let's just flip that we said can you let's
just what no no I Love it y 'all right here with
me The question was can you see what God is doing
The goal would be by the time we leave this message
is you to look at you. Hey neighbor, I Can see
what God is doing I Can see him I can see him
whoo, I can see him getting excited But we'll
start at verse 15 and we will finish chapter
1 today in faith You know what, I'm gonna go
up to 13. But it says, in him, you also, when
you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation, and believed in him were sealed with
the promise, Holy Spirit, say, hey neighbor,
you are sealed. And this is important because
when we start to talk about, Seeing what God
is doing. You have to see a finished work is
that foundation and so what? Paul is giving credence
to here, are bringing to our mind or to our hearts
more, most importantly, is that when you believe,
when you said, I am saved, I believe Jesus died
and rose again, through that confession, at that
moment, you became sealed with the promised Holy
Spirit, right? So saved, sealed. Look at neighbor
say, saved, sealed. Saved and sealed I'm God
keep going Who is verse 14 so right? That's a
thought right who is the guarantee of our inheritance
until we acquire Possession of it to the praise
of his glory verse 14 Paul then says hey you
were saved now you are sealed I'm hearing myself
somewhere But um But you were saved then Through
that, you were sealed by the Holy Spirit, but
not only are you sealed by the Holy Spirit, but
that sealing is representation of a guarantee.
What is that guarantee? That you have eternal
life. Say, hey, neighbor. I have eternal life.
It's been sealed. It's sealed. Much like a container,
you know. that depending on how they seal something
determines how long it can be preserved. A weak
seal won't lead to something being preserved
for a long time. But you could put a seal around
something and it can be preserved for a very
long time. I don't know if many of you guys noticed,
but yesterday they were sealing a time capsule
and they were saying, we don't want this open
for another 250 years. Any of y 'all saw that?
Thank y 'all for paying attention to the world
around us But if you saw it, they didn't just
put it in a Ziploc baggie If it's going to last
250 years there must be something, a way it's
done so that it's guaranteed survive the journey,
right? So they took it and they made sure it
was airtight, because if liquid gets in, it can
harm what's inside of it. They made sure how
deep it was dug. They made sure that what it
was made out of could last that time. Now you
would think, why couldn't they just put it in
the ground? Well, if you're talking about 250
years, you have to put it in the ground in a
way that it can survive all types of things.
So when the Bible speaks of you being sealed
by the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit being
a guarantee, it's saying that this is what was
necessary so that your eternal life would never
be in question. Because the Holy Spirit is the
greatest seal you could have to God being on
your side. That the Holy Spirit represents God
Himself living on the inside of you. And if God
moved on the inside of you, look at your neighbor
saying, Check it out. He sealed himself in there.
Often tell people sometimes when you pass away,
you just bring God back where he already put
in you. Some of y 'all will catch that. God,
I'm bringing back what you put in me. When I
got saved, you moved in. Now I'm returning with
what you sealed me with. That's how we can experience
heaven here on earth heaven lives in you I'm
gonna have y 'all some y 'all didn't catch that
it's how we can experience Heavenly realities
in this physical world is because heaven lives
on the inside looking every say hey neighbor
heaven lives in you Haha y 'all wanna hear something
heaven is sealed in you I often get into arguments
with people theological arguments. There's like
can you lose your salvation? I said, well, do
you know how to undo the seal? You would need
you would need to know how to undo the seal in
order to it to take what was secured and make
it insecure Mmm, but this is important that you
see this because this is that finished word You
know what I don't like? This is not even part
of my message. But it is so wrong, but some of
y 'all just need to hear this, because you know
what people think? They think their behavior
unseals you. But he sealed you so your behavior
can't undo what he did. That was the whole point.
Jesus was sent so you could no longer get in
the way. So how could you now disrupt what he
sealed so that you couldn't even mess it up?
Y 'all hear what I'm saying It's like putting
a child lock on a piece of medicine You know,
they put a little child lock so the kid can't
get in it. They don't know how to Get it out
It's been sealed You've been sealed It's important
that you see this because what you understand
is this is all done so that you can stop interpreting
life through the lens of God not being for you.
Because if you start to think that somehow God
is out to get you, then you'll start to perceive
what's in front of you as him trying to get you.
And I tell people God doesn't. punish people,
he prunes people. What is punishment? Punishment
is when I am correcting you without vision of
your future. Pruning is me adjusting you because
I know what you can become. Can you perceive
and see what God is doing? God knows what he's
doing with you. So anything that comes to you,
Right comes to you that makes you adjust that's
not punishment. That's not that's that's pruning
It's for your good and you understand that certain
trees have to be seasonally prune Looks at this.
Hey neighbor You are seasonally prune Every year
there should be something you're working on The
fact that I have something to work on isn't evidence
that I'm going in the wrong direction. It's evidence
that I'm headed in the right direction. The Bible
describes God as a loving father who does not
withhold what is necessary so that you can become
to your full potential. He's not like your earthly
father. Your earthly father would correct you
through convenience. Your heavenly father corrects
you based on what's promised. If your earthly
father is tired, you may get a couple a cup,
you know a couple lashes If you scream too long,
I'm getting emotional it hurts Your heavenly
father's like pain don't last always I Can heal
anything is broken There's nothing like when
you to punish and the physician I know what I
can fix He said who is the guarantee of our inheritance
until we acquire possession of it to the praise
of his glory. So he's also wanting us to live
as though we have a reward after life here on
earth. The term inheritance speaks of set aside
for an appointed time. Set aside for an appointed
time and and when you know you have an inheritance
How you treat every day should change? Just think
about in the natural sense that if You knew you
had an inheritance and this inheritance Kicked
in once you hit the age 55 you treat 40 54 different
Cuz I'm almost there You if someone calls you
and says hey you just got fired you like, you
know I could just live at somebody else for a
year that ain't too long How you how you treat
problem changes How you adjust to what's happening
around you changes so he's not He's not saying
you have an inheritance waiting on you so that
you can just put hope in the future. He's wanting
you to perceive today differently. He's wanting
you to shape this truth and allow it to change
how you act tomorrow. In the same way of some,
I mean, say it again. If someone told you when
you turn 55, you have a million dollars coming
your way. If you get fired at 54, From a $35
,000 a year job You going out stressing you worried
you concerned No, some of y 'all they pass what
you talking about they fired me I quit Soon as
I found out it was coming I quit Quit at 44 knowing
it was coming at 54 Why why why because I have
taken ownership of what's to come and So when
we talk about living from a finished work is
saying I'm taking ownership of what's to come
in my today, that I am shaping what I see based
on what I already know is settled. Amen, amen.
He says, for this reason, because I have heard
of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and your love
towards all the saints, I do not cease to give
thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers."
So what Paul is starting to say, he's listing
qualifiers for what he's about to say. The most
important thing for you to understand about what
he's saying is, is I've observed the condition
of your heart. I see how you are. He said, I
see your faith in the Lord. I see your love towards
the saints. So I don't cease to give thanks for
you. Remembering you in my prayers that the God
of our Lord Jesus Christ. The father of glory
may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation
in the knowledge of him. Let me put this in context,
because part of what we've been learning to do
is become a better community. And he's shaping
how we should interact with each other, that
we often see brothers and sisters in the faith.
Man, your heart ever cried out towards somebody
that they are just doing the right thing, but
there's not a lot of good things happening. That
that it's man. I see you You're keeping the faith.
I see you. You're praying. I see you. You're
praising. I see you. My heart goes out towards
you because I see you are as remaining faithful,
although there are many unsettling things in
your life. I just want to put you in the context
of this. This is what Paul is speaking about
them. He's saying, I know it's been long. I know
it's been a lot. I know, I know I get it. I get
it. You have done what's right. You've been loving
on people, you've been praying, praising, so
you've been doing all the things yet you have
not yet to materialize or see what God is doing
for you. Is that all right? Can we talk? And
so he prays, this is a prayer. He said, I pray
that you can begin to discern the wisdom of what
God is doing. Woo, you gotta hear this. I'm gonna
read it again. He says, I do not cease to give
thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of glory may give you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation and the knowledge of Him having the
eyes of your hearts. enlightened that you may
know what is the hope to which he has called
you, what the riches of his glorious inheritance
is in the saints." So what is Paul praying? Is
he praying that God open up the windows of heaven
and pour out a blessing that there ain't room
to receive? Is he praying that you receive breakthrough
and you get that thing you've been praying about?
Is he praying that your job changes? Is he praying
that your career changes? Is he praying that
your family changes? He's not praying for any
of those things. What he's actually praying is
that you grow in wisdom to see what God is doing.
He's actually praying that your eyes are enlightened,
that your heart becomes aware of what God is
doing. Paul doesn't take a posture of God's not
doing nothing. He says, no, no, in every season,
God is doing something. The problem is we can't
always see what God is doing. So I pray that
your eyes become open to what God is doing. I
pray that your eyes become exposed, that wisdom
grows, your knowledge of Him increases so that
you can see what God is doing, because to say
He's doing nothing would make you a liar, because
God is always working together everything for
your good. You can't see it, but He's doing it.
You can't recognize it, but it's happening. You
don't feel like it, but it's going on. So I'm
not praying for breakthrough. I'm praying that
your eyes can see what He's doing. God is not
withholding any good or beneficial thing from
you. God is moving right now. Oh, I'm getting
excited. Because this is the message to us today.
I know many of y 'all walked in like, God, I
pray you break through tomorrow. And God's like,
I pray you see what I'm doing right now. You
ain't for me to break through. I've already broke
through You you have to now take off the scales
that are stopping you from seeing what i'm doing
Right now because if you can't see me now, you're
not gonna see me then Look at them say god is
doing a new thing. Can you see it? He's doing
it, can you see it? He's doing it, can you see
it? It's never his doing, it's our seeing that
has the problem. So he prays, open up their hearts.
open up their eyes. Let them see God. Let them
not get weary and well -doing. Let them continue
to be fervent. Let them continue to be patient.
Let them see what I'm doing. This is prayer.
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened that
you may know what is the hope to which he has
called you what What are the riches of his glorious
inheritance to the saint and what is? immeasurable
Greatness of his power towards us who believe
he's perceived. He's hoping that you can see
the power that is working on your behalf He says
to the same measure at which his great might
that he worked in Christ when he raised him from
the dead and seated him at his right hand in
heavenly places, far above. Here we go, verse
21 of Getcha. He said, far above all rule and
all and authority and power and dominion and
above ever. name that is named not only in this
age but also in the one to come not only in this
age but also in the one to come that he is seated
in authority all power over all things on heaven
and all things on earth that it is governed by
Christ himself That all things in both above
and beneath all things in heaven and on earth
are governed by Christ What is he challenging
us to do to never take Christ out the picture?
Cause all things are governed. All things are
under his power, under his authority, under his
rule, under his reign on both heaven and earth.
What does that mean? That means if you can't
see God, it doesn't mean cause he's not there.
Cause all things are under his power, under his
authority. And he is seated next to God. Interceding
on the behalf of the believer saying the blood
still covers them you can ooh I'm getting ahead
of myself, but I'm getting excited cuz we almost
there He says then he put all things look 22
and he put all things Under his feet and gave
him as head over what all things to the church
Which is his body the fullness of him who feels
all He's saying so he's over all Rules are fills
are He's in all Can you see What God is doing
Now pastor, this is bad news. Can you see? What
God is doing? No, this report ain't good. Can
you see? Because he is in all things governs
all things over all things Nothing happens that's
outside of heaven's reign. Nothing. I know this
challenges us, but it challenges us to do what?
Pray that God opens up. God, I don't understand
why that person is in authority, but open up
my eyes. Give me the wisdom to discern why you
are allowing this He doesn't give us a space
to say that ain't God Whoa What a minute wait
a minute we love to say that ain't God he doesn't
give space to a that ain't God He gives a challenge
to see God, even when you don't like what you're
seeing. He gives an invitation to trust him,
even when you don't like what you're seeing,
but he does not give you the authority to say
it ain't him. He's challenging us. To go deeper
in our knowledge of God He's challenging us to
anytime. I can't see you. It's not a you. It's
a me Y 'all just say something with me just say
it to yourself God open up my eyes of understanding
I Know there's some things you walked in here
wondering God is this you This should be your
prayer. God, I know you're in it. You cannot
be in it. I know you have authority over. Open
up my eyes. Grow me in the knowledge of who you
are so that I can see you. But Paul covers three
core principles of our finished work. Seated,
sealed, and settled. That we must see Christ
as seated. We must see ourselves as sealed. And
we must see everything concerning our lives as
settled. Because it's all under his authority.
There's nothing in your life that God doesn't
govern. I'm gonna let that sit for a moment,
because we love to say you messed it up. His
grace is sufficient. His mercy endures. You can
either take that statement and cast it out or
use that truth to reshape what you see. Choice
is yours. You can say past Brian you crazy fine
stay sad Fine stay frustrated stay mad stay unsettled
But as for me I'm seated Boy the joy of the Lord
is like a flowing river in my life Why because
I refuse to remove God from my life. Good decisions,
bad decisions, great outcomes, bad outcomes.
It doesn't matter. He's seated. I'm sealed. So
everything that concerns me is settled. Look
at your neighbor, say, it's settled. And then
look at him and say, hey, I'm talking about,
look, keep talking to him. I'm talking about
that thing you're worried about. It's settled.
If he be seated and you be sealed, all things
are settled. He's walking us through these theological
principles that are a core foundation to our
finished work and how we move as people of faith
Seated sealed settled Truth is we don't just
fill our hearts with the future. Hope we fill
our eyes with the present god That's what he's
trying to get us to do is You have to fill your
eyes with the present God. I think one of the
most powerful things that Paul says here, which
really should agitate you just a little bit,
it says having the eyes of your heart enlightened.
See, the thing about the heart, a heart is a
controversial topic in the church. Many people
are under the belief that your heart is of evil
and it has no hope. But Paul is actually challenging
that very set of theological belief that your
heart is forever ruined That what happened to
you will forever be a part of how you shape what
you see No, no, no. He's coming against the very
thing that people have Wrongfully theologically
said that it is irrelevant to your faith and
he's saying no I Know you know your spirit the
spirit is his I know you know your mind is being
renewed, but many of y 'all still believe that
your heart has been damaged and so you can't
do nothing about it. It's the result of your
decisions, it's the result of what people have
done to you, that there are things inside of
you that you are just, can't get past. It hurt
me. They hurt me. It hurt me. I'm damaged. How
I treat people, interact with people, interface
with people is forever going to be tainted because
God can't do nothing with this. I'll remind you
the words of David. Lord, creating me a clean
heart, renewing me a right spirit. Paul is also
acknowledging. that same process at that point,
and said, may their hearts be flooded and filled
with you. May God continually and perpetually
purge you from the pain. May he continue to heal
you from what happened. A lot of our unanswered
questions about what's going on are actually
stored in our heart. The heart does describe
that one space that many people don't wanna hear.
It's not what you said, it's how you said it.
That you find out that the heart rules expression.
Matter of fact, Jesus says out of the abundance
of the heart, the mouth speaks. That it controls
and it dictates what is expressed. That truthfully
you can believe a thing. But if your heart remains
disconnected, it will be hard for you to even
speak what you believe. I ain't talking to myself.
That many of you guys truthfully allow the pain
of your past to control the confession you have
today. You allow your present conditions to stop
the confession of faith God has given to you.
You you're allowing people's perception of how
they will feel about what you said and how many
times you said it before and nothing happened
I'm gonna wait this time till I get some evidence.
What are you talking about? The just shall live
by faith You holding my past failures against
me is your problem not mine How you change perception
of me based on my past is your problem not mine
It's time that you put the problem in the right
place And you thinking that you can outwork people's
perception of you is crazy If they have decided
that you are a failure Let let let god be true
and every man be a liar. I could care less I'm
gonna say it to this side. You just I could care
less I believe God says, and shout it from the
top of the mountain until he bring me home. I'm
not gonna stop. I'm not gonna stop. I'ma keep
saying it as he said it to me. I'ma keep speaking
it as confidently as I see the work is finished.
God is what it is. What that sound like to y
'all? Settled. I'm not gonna let my heart determine
how I respond to who God is. You believe it in
your mind, but it is your heart that has you
half -stepping and half -speaking and shy, discouraging.
And he says, I pray that God take that heart
and enlightens it with the understanding of who
he is. I'll never forget this. I've never shared
this from the pulpit. I've shared this to people
privately, when it's important. And I just felt
the Spirit of the Lord say, it's okay, you can
share it now. Some of the greatest battles that
I faced in order to be where I'm standing right
now, no one ever saw. I'm saying this not so
you can think about me. I want you to think about
you as I'm talking about this. And so it's hard
for people to see that I belong here because
they weren't there for the battles that got me
here. And if I'm being honest, the battles that
got me here aren't even battles you would even
share or shout from the mountaintops. The actual
struggles aren't things that are popular to talk
about in church. The victories that I'm most
proud of aren't the ones that you would write
a post about. And I look back and I say, man,
God, I didn't know that was what you was doing.
I know. I can look back now and realize why that
was what it was, but... In the midst of it...
So what happened, Pastor Bryan? Um, and y 'all
forgive me for the dates. It's not the dates
that's important, but the timing of things. Um,
I was in college. Truly truly believed that I
that God had called me to be a designer and architect
So I went to USF and signed up to be an architect
and engineer And First semester I could just
tell like something something something it I
Called up my mom and I said I'll just expedite
this to so I can get to the part. I said mom
God just told me that The church needs some help
and I'm supposed to help she could tell you I
thought it was like I was supposed to go out
there and come up here move some boxes and Something
like that That's what I thought The truth of
the matter is I never saw the destiny of my life
connected to this building So I would go up and
do whatever I was asked to do But I didn't really
see myself as woven into the future of it. This
is how far back I'm dating. I'm just coming out
of college. I was like, I'm going to be an architect.
At that time, I was trained to be a professional
golfer. And I was on the side of, you know, I'm
going to help the church by giving big offerings.
Anybody ever been in that category? So that would
be my thing. Once I pop off as a professional
golfer, you know, My parents will never have
to worry about asking people to sew again cuz
I got you and I figured that's my service to
the kingdom I'm just saying this as a son watching
my parents and so She says yeah, I'll come up
I went to her I said so what do you want me to
do? She said I don't know My dad was here. So
I went up to him. I said what you want me to
do he says I don't know. I said, no, one of y
'all got to tell me something to do so I can
leave. But God told me to come here. She can
tell you, I literally was walking between his
office and the parking lot. My dad just gets
up to leave like I'm leaving the building. This
is your thing, not my thing. So I end up back
to my mom's expediting it. And I said, listen,
I just need to do whatever it is that God told
me to do so I can go. What I observed was that
there was Help needed one of the hardest places
to to get people to be a part of is as it concerns
the finances in the church Simply because people
just be tripping to make that supple and so I
Said okay. I've always been very acute as it
comes to financial things and so Said alright,
I'll tell you what. Um, it had grew to the point
to where she was like This is where we need help
at I had switched my major to accounting in business
So that I could specialize Once I realized you
need a degree to do what this is so I can specialize
so I can do my assignment and keep it moving
What I didn't know Is at that same point in time
now I'm going pretty fast here is um, you know,
I would find a young lady named Rashida Fall
in love with her Now we talking about marriage.
Well marriage and my part -time career don't
go together. I need a job now So now the place
I came to volunteer not I was I was working for
free He bothered me I got other plans It was
actually became a joke at one point because I
had got seven people jobs and I still ain't had
one that's what people would say What they didn't
know is that I'm gonna just talk a little trash
that I have provision, you know Not of you know,
I'm saying my heavenly father takes care of Brian
I've already out that was fine But now I need
a job because I'm talking about getting married
we need things I Stay upstairs at my parents
crib Seated sealed instead of upstairs Bother
me. Yeah, you can ask mama. It did not bother
me People will come how long you gonna live upstairs
at your parents house. I said listen when I leave
here I guarantee you it will be in my own house
That's what I told him through some look back
at them. You throw shade at me I got some shape
for you to Christians know how to poke bears,
too Y 'all don't lie. We got petty in our system.
It was a little petty, but it was what it was
You know I'm saying so I'm upstairs when I leave
here will be with my wife in our new house I
had no job. I had some aspirations, strong ones.
So let me fast -forward. So, you know, it was
determined that my work unto the Lord was worthy
of being hired, but at an entry -level position.
So I got hired at an entry -level position with
entry -level dollars. If you don't know my father,
maybe it would confuse you. But no, he don't
care about none of that stuff. Listen. So here
I am. God has called me to do, to the job. He's
called me to do. And I do feel... Can we just
talk? I do feel pressure. I'm thinking about,
I just proposed to this girl. We need a house.
We need cars. I'm feeling real financial pressures,
because I'm still upstairs in my parents' crib.
We got to get up out of here I'm trying to find
anything that fit my budget as far as housing
But you got to eat once you get in there And
in my mind I told myself Brian just work as hard
as you can They'll see it. And when they see
it, you'll get increase. So give it all you got,
because you got to get married. And you can't
stay here, although you know that here is where
you belong. I worked, I worked, I worked. Guess
what, y 'all? No increase. Matter of fact...
I got a change in assignment. Don't want to hear
what it was. I was assistant to doing payroll
for the church. See, I thought everybody was
getting paid when I was getting paid. I'll never
forget the day That book rolled open And I saw
what my co -laborers was getting paid And what
I was getting paid what they was doing and what
I was doing what I needed that they had And I
said god, why did you put me here The first thing
that hit me was envy, jealousy, strife. When
I tell you I got hit with every spirit, I was,
God get me out. You know my need. Why would you
put me here? I'm trying to keep my heart pure
and every week I'm reminded. not appreciated
them thoughts start coming I never had that thought
a day in my life I said I'm unappreciated they
don't see my value they don't recognize me all
these things every week are flooding my heart
I'm getting mad at people they don't even know
why I stopped doing things because I was like
You gonna do this one you doing this one today
you will work today I Was in the fight of my
life To remain Pure While having to deal with
emotions that I knew were there to shipwreck
me. I said, God, I don't know what you were doing
and why you have me here, seeing this. And I
just kept remembering, God, I don't want to become
what I'm thinking. Don't want to become realistic,
but I was failing I was Times ticking down People
complain and I'm thinking you complain you don't
even know what struggle is But I'm surrounded
I want y 'all get the reality I'm surrounded
by so much wealth. But I'm seated in the midst
of it with so much struggle. And God told me
to do this, and this is my suggestion to some
of y 'all. I said, Brian, I need you to sit down.
Because obviously the first attack first attack
was with my parents And I knew he was trying
to get me Just to change my heart towards them
My parents have been incredible Unbelievable
So I need you to sit down He says, you know how
much you make? I say, yeah. He says, now I need
you to add up. If you had to pay for all the
things I've blessed you with this year, how much
would it add up to? I sat down and started to
write it every Every dinner, my parents paid.
I said, man, I'm living in their house. If I
had to pay rent, how much would that be? I started
to write it all out. All the trips. What my parents
had blessed me with was more than I was making.
I'm not done yet. He says, Brian, this is what
I want you to receive for the rest of your life.
If you receive this, you'll be able to serve
me in purity for the rest of your life. I didn't
see this assignment. but I never want you to
ever think that how blessed you are is governed
by the amount of money you make. He said them
two things can never be connected. He said you
are blessed. You are blessed. You know what you
make, but you are blessed. Think about how you
were living. Think about what I have done. He
said that he went in on Friday and said, Brian,
had I had given you the same money that they've
blessed you with, would you have done the things
you enjoyed with the money? I said, no. If you
had given me the money instead of it coming through
them, I would have saved it. He says, not only.
Am I taking care of you? But I'm making sure
you enjoy life Because if I had given you the
money you wouldn't have even used it to enjoy
life. He said I'm protecting your enjoyment in
life He said but you got one other problem you
got to settle You can never disqualify a blessing
because of the hands it came through Because
they were my parents I had disqualified it as
a blessing. Oh I'm talking now. I have figured
it's their responsibility. No, it's not No, it's
not It's not their responsibility. It wasn't
their responsibility. So I had a whole category
of blessings from God that I had disqualified
as part of what he was doing so I couldn't see.
What he was doing not because he wasn't doing
it But because my heart was fixed on seeing things
how I want them to be I wanted the money to go
through my account. I wanted to make the choice
I wanted to control this I wanted to control
that meanwhile God's like boy I'm trying to bring
you to a life where you are freely living according
to what I dictate I want you to understand the
numbers will never determine how blessed you
are. I am with you. I'm with You will always
live above what that paycheck says I Came out
of there not a dollar had changed But my whole
life changed when I allow God to sit me down
So I could see what he was doing an incredible
tool but a horrible master he will never let
you be the master but that don't dictate the
life you gonna live and the life you are living
look at you never say I am blessed if you struggling
with that the prayer is God open up my eyes So
that I can see how blessed I am because the it
ain't with you That's me and a lot of y 'all
have disqualified things cast things out consider
it no longer good Some things God's been so consistently
good you don't even call it good no more That's
a you problem not a he problem I don't count
that no more. It's been too consistent. That's
a crazy thing to say. That's a crazy thing to
say. When's the last time you was hungry and
couldn't buy food? Exactly. You the problem.
Because there's people... If you can't if you
are willing to become callous because of consistency
That's a principal problem more ain't gonna solve
that Matter of fact more will cause you to form
pride right there Some of y 'all trying to figure
out why the money always funny it ain't funny
it's always control just not by you Why can't
I ever just get to this because if you got to
that you would leave him Take no thought for
what you need for your heavenly father knows
You have to see God as walking with you to live
by that We know that, but we struggle to live
that. Can I get a cap? Y 'all better testify.
We know that we are not supposed to live and
plan and store, yet we store, we keep, we protect.
And he says sufficient for today is the supply.
I tell you all the time, you don't have a money
problem. You just thinks it's you. Think it's
gonna last longer than what God has planned You
have a timing problem The only reason you're
not blessed because you think a five -year supply
is supposed to go ten years You can't see what
God's about to do in four years So you you don't
know there's a real So you living like it's the
last so you stressed out though. You're blessed
That ain't God promise you problem that's what
you can see because you can't see the next thing
he's doing you only can you're only monetizing
and looking at the last thing he's did as if
it's the last thing he's gonna do that's a perception
problem that's an eye problem not a God problem
It's amazing. I just want to say this so that
y 'all can hear what I'm saying. Y 'all saying
this off the chain, and I cry every time I think
about it. That was one of the most painful moments
of my life. Satan was trying to get me to hate
my parents. Y 'all didn't see that victory. Couldn't
post about that one That wasn't popular to talk
about It was the fight of my life and no one
even gives you an applause for it That's what
I want y 'all to connect with Because many of
you guys are in a fight for your life ain't nobody
gonna give you no applause, but God sees you
They look at me and say, I don't know how he
got up there. I think about all the nights I
cried to keep my heart pure so that God could
use me in this moment. Battles fall in one that
no one even cares about. Acronym, something is
always shifting. God is always erasing, and my
situation is always evolving. C, I'm looking,
but I must remember, something is always, not
shifting, sifting. That God is always separating
the wheat from the tares. That's why some people
you thought was gonna be there. Because he's
always sifting. He's always sifting. He's always
taking what is and making sure what don't belong
don't stick around. It's always sifting. So I
don't care if they tripped out and left because
God is always sifting. Always sifting. Life feels
unsettled. It's not unsettled. It's all God's
always sifting. That's I call it unsettled. He
calls it sifting That's my perception It's always
sifted always He's always a racing what you mean
a racing for giving you for what you've done
So I can't look at what I see and think I'm being
punished Because God's always a race I Know you
did it but his grace is sufficient So I can't
take the lens of condemnation and say this is
my punishment He's always a racing and things
are always evolving evolution we're like from
caterpillars to butterflies the transformation
is unmistakably real but still hard to fathom
how can you can go from a life of crawling to
a life of flying I never knew it could fly It's
nothing like when God hits you with those, I
never knew it could be like this. These things
are always evolving. You are always evolving.
I never saw myself as this. But you are always
evolving. So when I... that what I'm seeing is
always sifting, God's always erasing, and I'm
always evolving. Father God, I thank you for
today and thank you for the opportunity to come
and to present your word. I pray that your word
went forth and just healed our hearts and renewed
our minds and stirred us up in our spirit. Father
God, I pray that as we go out with this truth
that... We don't keep it to ourselves that we
impact the community around us with this truth.
Let's bring a new question to those atmospheres
of doubt. Can you see what God is doing? But
if anybody's hearing you're not saved, you haven't
given your life to Jesus Christ, I'd like to
take this moment to open up. I guess it's always
open. I'd like to take this moment for us to
have the pleasure of welcoming you into the kingdom
of God. So if that's you and you want to be saved,
I want you to do something. I want you to use
the first one on the left if you're here. Type
it in the chat if you're listening. It takes
a confession of the mouth and a belief in the
heart. nor forsake us. We understand that God
is always one of us to sow a seed, because as
long as the earth remains, there shall be seed,
time, and harvest. But we sow cheerfully because
we're not doing it out of necessity. We're not
doing it because we've been convinced or forced
to do it. We're doing it because we've heard
from God, and God has instructed us to do so.
So you can be cheerful. about anything God has
placed in your heart to do. But that's why we
declare that we are, what church? Cheerful givers.
Amen? Well, as you guys, so I'm gonna have them
play a video. This is incredible, but I'll let
them play it and then I'll talk afterwards. at
the Young Hearts Big Dreams Summer Camp. Let's
go. Art is what? It's a way of what? Expressing
yourself. Art was a form of escape for me. It
was a way of me getting outside of the world.