WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.580 Psalm 100 in 1967 declares, before I was afflicted, 00:00:05.599 --> 00:00:10.140 I went astray, but now I obey your word. Today, 00:00:10.179 --> 00:00:14.359 Lord, I surrender my season to you, the place 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:18.019 where I am, the circumstances surrounding me, 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:21.399 the doors that have opened, the doors that have 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:25.120 closed, the things that have changed, and the 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:29.140 discomfort I do not completely understand. God. 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:32.520 I do not want to run simply because something 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:35.960 has become difficult, but I also do not want 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:40.399 fear, familiarity, or comfort to keep me somewhere 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:44.380 when you are calling me forward. Give me discernment. 00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:47.740 If you are telling me to stay, give me strength 00:00:47.740 --> 00:00:51.340 to stay. If you are telling me to wait, give 00:00:51.340 --> 00:00:54.460 me patience to wait. If you are telling me to 00:00:54.460 --> 00:00:58.689 return, give me humility to return. And if you 00:00:58.689 --> 00:01:02.429 are telling me to move, give me courage to move. 00:01:02.969 --> 00:01:05.849 God, teach me the difference between a difficult 00:01:05.849 --> 00:01:09.670 season I must endure and a completed season I 00:01:09.670 --> 00:01:13.709 must release. Do not allow temporary discomfort 00:01:13.709 --> 00:01:17.230 to make me abandon an assignment you are still 00:01:17.230 --> 00:01:20.670 developing. But do not allow temporary comfort 00:01:20.670 --> 00:01:24.250 to make me remain where your purpose is calling 00:01:24.250 --> 00:01:29.219 me to leave. Holy Spirit. direct my steps. God, 00:01:29.780 --> 00:01:33.180 Israel entered Egypt because Egypt was once a 00:01:33.180 --> 00:01:37.319 place of preservation, but Egypt was never the 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:40.700 promise. So help me understand that something 00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:44.060 can have been right for yesterday without being 00:01:44.060 --> 00:01:47.819 right for tomorrow. Teach me to be grateful for 00:01:47.819 --> 00:01:51.340 what a place has given me without becoming imprisoned 00:01:51.340 --> 00:01:55.719 by familiarity. If a season has completed its 00:01:55.719 --> 00:02:00.060 assignment, Give me grace to release it. If a 00:02:00.060 --> 00:02:03.480 door has closed because you are redirecting me, 00:02:03.859 --> 00:02:07.099 keep me from continually trying to reopen it. 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:11.740 If something that once fit no longer fits because 00:02:11.740 --> 00:02:15.159 you are developing something new within me, help 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:19.099 me recognize the change. And if I am trying to 00:02:19.099 --> 00:02:21.659 leave before I have learned what this season 00:02:21.659 --> 00:02:25.930 came to teach me, slow me down. Do not let me 00:02:25.930 --> 00:02:29.150 escape the classroom before the lesson is complete 00:02:29.150 --> 00:02:35.030 Lord sometimes I ask you get me out of this But 00:02:35.030 --> 00:02:38.150 perhaps you are saying let me first get something 00:02:38.150 --> 00:02:42.110 out of you So refine me here if there is pride 00:02:42.110 --> 00:02:46.210 in me remove it if there is impatience in me 00:02:46.210 --> 00:02:49.789 Discipline it if there is fear in me strengthen 00:02:49.789 --> 00:02:54.169 my faith if I depend too much upon people's approval 00:02:54.490 --> 00:02:58.449 Bring me back to you. If my priorities have become 00:02:58.449 --> 00:03:02.490 confused, reorder them. If comfort has weakened 00:03:02.490 --> 00:03:06.830 my prayer life, awaken me again. If I have wandered, 00:03:07.009 --> 00:03:10.449 bring me back into obedience. Your word says, 00:03:10.969 --> 00:03:14.150 before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now 00:03:14.150 --> 00:03:18.509 I obey your word. So God, do not allow my difficult 00:03:18.509 --> 00:03:21.550 season to be wasted. If this season makes me 00:03:21.550 --> 00:03:24.860 pray again, let me pray. If it makes me seek 00:03:24.860 --> 00:03:28.800 you again, let me seek you. If it makes me reconsider 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:32.639 my priorities, reorder my life. If it exposes 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:35.900 something that needs to change, change me. If 00:03:35.900 --> 00:03:39.280 it teaches me something I will need in my next 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:43.740 assignment, teach me completely. God, protect 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:46.719 me from looking backward when you are calling 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:51.099 me forward. I refuse to return to familiar bondage 00:03:51.099 --> 00:03:54.689 simply because unfamiliar freedom requires faith 00:03:54.689 --> 00:03:59.189 i refuse to worship comfort i refuse to worship 00:03:59.189 --> 00:04:03.129 familiarity i refuse to make security more important 00:04:03.129 --> 00:04:06.930 than obedience my security is in you my future 00:04:06.930 --> 00:04:11.229 is in you my purpose is in you therefore i declare 00:04:11.229 --> 00:04:15.050 i will not miss my next season because i am afraid 00:04:15.050 --> 00:04:18.610 to release the last one i will not move before 00:04:18.610 --> 00:04:22.829 god i will not remain behind god I will move 00:04:22.829 --> 00:04:26.310 with God. I declare that every temporary place 00:04:26.310 --> 00:04:29.490 will produce what God intends to develop in me. 00:04:29.850 --> 00:04:33.250 The pit will not be wasted. The waiting will 00:04:33.250 --> 00:04:36.689 not be wasted. The wilderness will not be wasted. 00:04:37.149 --> 00:04:40.050 The uncomfortable season will not be wasted. 00:04:40.490 --> 00:04:43.750 I will learn what I need to learn. I will surrender 00:04:43.750 --> 00:04:46.750 what I need to surrender. I will release what 00:04:46.750 --> 00:04:50.569 I need to release. And when God says move, I 00:04:50.569 --> 00:04:55.649 will move. God, order my steps. Sharpen my discernment. 00:04:55.910 --> 00:04:59.829 Quiet the voice of fear. Break unhealthy attachment 00:04:59.829 --> 00:05:04.129 to yesterday. Give me wisdom for today and prepare 00:05:04.129 --> 00:05:08.050 me for tomorrow. If the place is temporary, teach 00:05:08.050 --> 00:05:11.589 me there. If the season is difficult, refine 00:05:11.589 --> 00:05:15.189 me there. If the door is closing, direct me. 00:05:15.370 --> 00:05:19.529 If the road is opening, lead me. I declare. I 00:05:19.529 --> 00:05:22.509 will not confuse my current location with the 00:05:22.509 --> 00:05:26.189 conclusion of my story. God is still writing. 00:05:26.430 --> 00:05:29.410 God is still directing. God is still preparing. 00:05:29.810 --> 00:05:32.889 God is still repositioning. And whether he tells 00:05:32.889 --> 00:05:37.389 me to stay, wait, return, or move, I choose obedience 00:05:37.389 --> 00:05:42.149 over comfort. I am learning. I am moving. I am 00:05:42.149 --> 00:05:46.509 becoming. I am being refined for a purpose. In 00:05:46.509 --> 00:05:53.990 the name of Jesus Christ. Amen You are not alone.