From Brokenness to Destiny: Obey, Heal, and Advance

And Saul responded in one of those shadiest ways possible. He said, it was those people. It was those people, God. I wanted to destroy everything. Then he added, they kept it to make it a sacrifice unto you, God. And Saul was excusing his disobedience. Tell your neighbor, quit yeah butting God. Tell your other neighbor, quit getting your butt into God's business. Quit it. [00:58:28] (33 seconds)

Some of you say, but I've never shot somebody or thrown a spear at anybody. No. But you've thrown words to somebody. Have you ever heard words come out of your mouth that you said, is that that's not who I am. You've gossiped about people, and you wonder why you're depressed. It's because gossip grieves the holy spirit. You start gossiping. You wanna find chaos in your house? Start gossiping about god's people. We don't know what we're capable of of when our our hearts are neglected for too long. [01:37:50] (33 seconds)

Lord Jesus, and even as was declared today, we're not just gonna wait. As we're in the season of waiting, father, we're gonna serve. We're gonna praise you. We're gonna worship you. We're gonna dive into your word. And before we know it, we're gonna look up. And because we've been so preoccupied by the very presence of God, we're gonna realize that not only are we received breakthrough, but we've stepped into a brand new season and chapter of life. So I thank you, father God, that you're coming to bring life again to those dead areas. [00:48:02] (35 seconds)

now that God's destiny for your life it's so important that we understand this. We gotta know that God's destiny for our life is for us to be healthy and whole. He desires the healed version of you. He wants you to be healed and whole in your marriages. He wants your relationships to be whole. He wants you to be healed and whole. It is the for the healed version of you so nothing can stop you from stepping into the destiny God has prepared for you. Otherwise, you'll be like my old house where I just painted the foundation and your very foundation is out of whack. [01:15:08] (42 seconds)

It's in the dirt. It's in the dirt right where you're at. Can you stand up? It's in the dirt. It's in the mess. You know, it's interesting. There's a great story in Matthew. Jesus was telling the story of a man who was willing to sell it all. And we always preach and hear this sermon, he sold it all to buy the treasure in the field. No. No. He sold it all to buy some dirt. And it was in the dirt there was treasure. It's interesting, Michelle. What were we made out of? The Bible tells us Made out of Dirt. God took us as dirt and blew life into us. The way you get healed is being rooted in with dirt. It's in the dirt. [01:43:00] (44 seconds)

Who is your standard? Men, who's your standard? You wanna know who my standard is? His story is in this book, and his name is Jesus. That's my standard. That's the man I'm trying to live up to. A man who's willing to lay down his life for others. A man who'll take pain, who'll turn the other cheek, a man who will let people flog them and curse them and talk bad about them and do nothing so that others can be saved. If you gotta think bad of me to get saved, I'm cool with that. If I gotta apologize to you for something I didn't do, I'm cool with that. If that's the cross I gotta pick up so that you can be saved, I'm cool with that. I don't want anything in my life to keep you from God's best. [01:42:11] (49 seconds)

Maybe that's something you've never heard before, and maybe you've been using that as your excuse. It's got nothing to do with your flesh. Your flesh will always be weak. We know that. You see this in the story of Jesus at the Garden Of Gethsemane. What is he doing? God shows us in this very vulnerable moment. God fully man, God fully God, he sits there praying, God, not my will, but yours be done. He's fighting with the flesh because he knows when I go to the cross, I'm gonna get crucified. He knows there's gonna be a cup of judgment. All of the judgment we should feel, it's go on to him. But he says, not my will, but yours be done. Are you living your will or God's will? [01:18:22] (44 seconds)

The only time Saul experienced peace was when David played songs of the Lord. It brought relief. It brought relief. And I believe some of us at the church, we have a problem with this because we start using the presence of God as a numbing agent instead of a transformation agent where we come to church every week and we cry and we shout and we speak in tongues and we feel better for the moment. Then we go home and that same function cycle continues, and we wait until next Sunday to do it again. And there's nothing wrong with the presence of God, and there's nothing wrong with crying in church. I cry church, but at some point, I should be crying over something new because God healed me from the last thing. [01:37:02] (46 seconds)