Consecrate Yourself: Cross Jordan, Claim God's Promises

Number three, consecration is an act of faith that does not need to know the outcomes of the sacrifice and commitment. Let me read that one again. It's an act of faith. It doesn't need to know the outcomes of the sacrifice. In other words, I don't have to read the brochure. Right? Page four paragraph b point seven fine print to find out what God's gonna do in my life five years from now before I sign off on it. [00:55:09] (28 seconds)  #FaithOverCertainty

There are times and seasons and doors that open in your life. God says to him, the time has come for you. I love that. Let me preach that out over you today. For many of you, the time has come for you to walk away from that addiction. The time has come for you to forgive some people and get free of that bitterness and that hurt. The time has come for you to step into some ministry. The time has come for you to prosper and be a channel of revenue for the kingdom of God. The time has come. [00:45:33] (30 seconds)  #TheTimeHasCome

For instance, he says, stay close to the presence because you never been this way before. Where God wants to lead you, it's not in a brochure. Yeah. There's revelation in the word of God but you need the Holy Spirit to guide you. That is what the ark of the covenant is, an old testament type of the leading of the Holy Spirit. He says, stay where you can see the ark because you've never been this way before. [00:48:22] (22 seconds)  #FollowTheSpirit

This is a massive verse. A massive promise from God. And there are three components of spiritual land acquisition today that I want you to apply to your life, your scenario. You can personalize these and here's what it is. There's God's promises. They're yes and amen to those who believe. They're generalized promises in the word but they're also specific promises to you as his word comes alive in your heart. And then there's God's timing. And the third one is our faith response. [00:44:24] (30 seconds)  #PromisesTimingFaith

Second one is this, consecration is an invitation, it's not a forced behavior. When Jesus calls you, he never forces or requires you to follow him. And there's a mystery in sovereignty versus free will. But you see this in the New Testament. When Jesus walked by Peter, James and John and said, follow me, they had a choice. And they chose to leave their nets, to leave their identities, to leave their current career in order to consecrate themselves onto following the Messiah, the rabbi. [00:53:31] (32 seconds)  #CalledNotForced

God doesn't force you to step into his full will. Now that does not diminish his love for you whatsoever. It just diminishes your potential in life. It doesn't mean you're any less of a son or a daughter, but it does diminish your potential and legacy here on this earth. And I don't know about you guys, but I wanna be used for his glory. I want him to take the days and the months and the few years I have left on the planet, and I want him to just get a 105% of Dave as he can. And I wanna consecrate myself and say, God I wanna willingly follow you into the future. [00:54:32] (36 seconds)  #GiveGodYourAll

So God's promise to Moses was I'm giving you this land. What a shame that an entire generation missed out on the promise of God. They were all invited. And here's what I see in the church. Here's what I see in people's spiritual journey. There's a lot of people claiming, excuse me, living with unclaimed promises. Living with a potential of real spiritual real estate that they never enter into. [00:44:55] (25 seconds)  #UnclaimedPromises

But he asked me for a commitment. Listen, I negotiated this with the Lord, which is biblical. I said, God, if you'll let your grace rest upon this church And this is where Exodus thirty three fifteen came to to life in me. I said, if your presence will go with us, and if your presence will be known at this church who's yet to be named, I will stay the rest of my ministry days in this town called Vacaville. [01:09:12] (28 seconds)  #PresenceFirst