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00:05 #S068_Take What's Yours (Part 1)
00:20 I want you to know that today's message 00:22 is not going to resonate with just the religious. 00:27 This message is only going to impact you if you're 00:30 planning to walk in faith. 00:32 So do I have anybody that's planning to walk in faith? 00:34 I just need to know who you are. 00:36 I'll skip over the others. 00:38 I just want to aim this at those who want it today. 00:40 Exodus chapter four and verse number one. 00:43 Let's hear the Word of the Lord together. 00:45 The Bible says when Moses 00:47 answered and said, But suppose 00:52 they will not believe me or listen to my voice. 00:55 Suppose they say 00:59 The Lord has not appeared to you, 01:03 and the Lord said to him, What is in your hand? 01:08 Matter of fact, he's asking all of us that question today. 01:11 While you're looking at what you're lacking. 01:13 God is asking you what's in your hand. 01:18 And he said a rod. 01:21 And he said, Cast it to the ground. 01:25 So he cast it to the ground and it became a serpent. 01:28 And Moses did what? 01:31 He fled from it. 01:33 Then the Lord said to Moses, Watch this church, 01:37 reach out your hand and take it by the tail. 01:41 And he reached out his hand and caught it. 01:45 And it became a rod in his hand. 01:49 I want to read Pemberton's verse for 01:50 then the Lord said to Moses, Reach out your hand 01:54 and take it by the tail. 01:57 Today, Saints, for just a little while. 01:58 I'm going to talk to you under the subject. 02:01 Take what's yours. 02:04 Take what's yours. 02:07 Let's pray together today. 02:09 Father, I pray today 02:14 that your spirit would be dominant in this service today. 02:19 Lord, we 02:20 pray that heaven's rafters with swing open. 02:23 And that there would be a transformative 02:27 and life changing anointing over the preaching of the word. 02:31 Over the hearing of the word. 02:33 But most importantly, the application of the word. 02:37 So, Lord, 02:38 I pray that faith would be multiplied exponentially. 02:42 Lord, would you hide me in the shadows of the cross that 02:44 Jesus alone might be seen, that Christ alone might be heard? 02:50 And at the end of our time 02:51 together, let Jesus alone be praised. 02:54 Bless us to this day, 02:55 and we ask in the wonderful name of Jesus, 02:57 let them that believe, say together. 02:58 Amen and amen. 03:01 You may be seated in the House of the Lord again, inviting 03:04 all our online disciples, Apple Apostles, 03:08 all of our electronic evangelists. 03:09 If you would share, share, share 03:11 that others might be able to receive the word today. 03:14 Again, talking on the subject. 03:16 Take what's yours. 03:19 You know, friends as we get into the word. 03:22 One of the things you must know 03:24 is that you can't be excused lists 03:28 and tentative at the same time. 03:32 You see, real faith is not docile, 03:35 it's not passive, it's not ambivalent. 03:40 In fact, real faith has an edge to it. 03:44 Real faith approaches things with a confidence 03:49 that looks arrogant to those who are not convicted by God. 03:54 Have you ever noticed that the language of Scripture 03:57 is very militant and unafraid, 04:01 so that when God spoke to the children of Israel, 04:05 he didn't go and tell them to request the land. 04:09 He went and told them to possess the land. 04:13 Notice that when Jesus spoke to a demon, 04:17 he never said, Were you pretty? 04:18 Please come out. 04:20 The Bible says 04:21 Jesus commanded them to come out. 04:25 Notice that Joshua didn't ask the son to be steel. 04:29 Joshua commanded the son to be steel. 04:33 Notice that Jesus didn't request for the storm to cease. 04:37 Jesus commanded the Son to storm to cease. 04:41 And one of the reasons we have so many excuses 04:44 is that we have not walked in. 04:46 The divine authority made available to us in the word. 04:51 And to be clear that our authority is not absolute, 04:56 but our authority is attached to whatever God has assigned us 05:00 to do. 05:01 And the problem, Prince, is we are walking around 05:03 using human metrics and we're studying 05:07 likelihoods and probabilities and statistics. 05:11 But the word for somebody today is, at some point you've 05:14 just got to take 05:17 what's yours. 05:19 Let me say it this way. 05:19 I remember coming up, 05:21 you know, my dad had gotten me a new basketball. 05:24 And I remember going down to the little ghetto court 05:27 and the complex where we were living. 05:30 And Malcolm, I was there playing by myself. 05:32 But after a while, 05:33 the older kids came on to the court and they muscled me 05:37 off the court 05:38 and they took my ball and I went home empty handed. 05:43 And I remember when I got home, my dad asked me 05:46 what happened to the ball, and I told him they took it. 05:49 And so he asked me, why did you let them take it? 05:52 And I said, Daddy, 05:53 I asked them for it back, but they wouldn't give it to me. 05:57 And my dad said something I'll never forget. 06:00 He said, Son, I paid hard earned money for that ball. 06:04 And he said, Son, you don't ask them for what's yours. 06:08 You go and take what's yours. 06:10 And I remember 06:11 going back down to that court, mumbling under my breath. 06:14 And when I got there, 06:15 I gathered all the bass I could hear my voice. 06:19 But I need you to know, I amended the instruction. 06:22 I said, my daddy said, you better give me that ball. 06:27 And if y'all don't, y'all gonna have to deal with him. 06:30 They curse me out and push me around. 06:32 But guess what? 06:33 They gave me that basketball. 06:35 And when I got back home, my daddy said, 06:38 How did you get it back? 06:39 I say, Dad, I just took what was mine. 06:44 And I came 06:45 back home with it and and the word to somebody today 06:50 is, you got to stop asking for permission 06:53 and you've got to take what God has said is yours. 06:57 I need you to know the price has been paid. 07:00 So stop being scared 07:01 about your salvation and take what's yours. 07:05 The Holy Spirit has been offered. 07:08 Stop wondering if I got anointing and take what's yours. 07:12 I need somebody to take your favor. 07:14 I need you to walk in your gifts. 07:16 Stop walking around scared and ambivalent, and take 07:21 what God has said as yours. 07:23 Oh, y'all with me today, friends. 07:25 And so go back with me, if you don't mind. 07:26 To Exodus Chapter four and verse one. 07:29 I need you to see some things in the Scripture today. 07:32 Exodus four In verse one When you get there as a pastor, 07:34 I'm here. 07:35 Exodus one one the Bible says. 07:37 Then Moses answered and said, But suppose 07:40 they will not believe me or listen to my voice. 07:45 Suppose they say The Lord has not appeared to you. 07:51 Now, friends, I want you to understand that 07:53 our text today is filled with powerful and relevant truth. 07:59 But the first thing it teaches saints is that excuses thrive 08:04 when you focus on what happened last time. 08:08 Let me say it again that excuses abound 08:12 when you always focus on what happened the last time. 08:16 Now, remember, friends, that Moses begins by asking, 08:20 Who am I that I should stand before Pharaoh? 08:24 And it is 08:24 then that God assures Him 08:28 of His presence and he guarantees the success of Moses. 08:32 But then Moses proffers a different excuse. 08:36 He suggests that he has a credibility issue 08:40 and that they would not believe him. 08:43 Now, understand Church, this is a very obstinate claim. 08:47 It is the equivalent of a child talking back to his parents 08:51 because in chapter three and verse 18, 08:54 God told Moses that they will heed your voice. 08:59 But Moses is on the other side saying They won't believe me. 09:03 And what fuels this thinking with Moses is 09:06 what happened the last time he was in Egypt. 09:11 Not now. 09:11 Now, think back with me, if you will. 09:14 Before Moses split committee and there were 09:16 a number of things that converged at the same time. 09:21 You see, Moses had ultimately come to himself 09:25 and Hebrews 11 lets us know that Moses, before he left, 09:30 had already made a break with the culture of Egypt. 09:34 In fact, the Bible says that Moses refused to be called 09:37 the son of Pharaoh's daughter, and he made a choice 09:42 that I would rather suffer affliction with my people 09:46 than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. 09:50 And understand at this point there is something radical 09:54 that has been loose in Moses. 09:55 There is something adds worthy that is operating in his soul. 10:01 And one day it all boiled over when he saw an Egyptian 10:05 and beating a Hebrew, and it showed up in a murderous rage 10:10 as he killed the Egyptian and buried his body in the sand. 10:15 And understand, friends, that shortly thereafter, 10:19 Moses sees two Hebrews fighting among one another. 10:24 And notice that Moses steps in as an arbiter of peace. 10:28 He comes to try to consolidate and lead his people, 10:33 and he says to them, Why are you fighting one another? 10:36 Seeing as how you both are Hebrews. 10:38 In other words, friends. 10:39 Moses is at a place where he is ready to lead a revolution. 10:44 He's trying to get his people on the same page. 10:47 He steps into this space with the grace of Nelson 10:50 Mandela, the age of Malcolm X and the courage of Martin 10:55 Luther King. 10:56 Moses is ready to take the helm. 11:00 But notice they don't applaud Moses leadership. 11:03 The Bible says they mock his leadership. 11:07 In fact, they don't applaud Moses. 11:09 They turn on Moses and say, Who are you to be judge? 11:13 And Prince over us? 11:14 Will you now kill us the same way you killed 11:19 the Egyptian and understand what happens in Moses mind? 11:22 He gets to a place 11:23 where he tries to lead them, but they mock his leadership. 11:27 They reject his leadership. 11:28 They refuse to follow Moses 11:31 and understand that when Moses talks to God, 11:35 the assumption is not just that they won't believe. 11:38 The assumption is that they won't believe him. 11:43 In other words, Church Moses is at a place where he's saying, 11:46 God, I've been there, done that, and got the T-shirt. 11:50 He's saying, Moses, 11:51 I've already tried to lead, but it didn't work. 11:55 And the reason that Moses is hesitant 11:59 is because he's focused on what happened the last time. 12:03 And friends, can I suggest that you will always be hesitant 12:07 if you spend your time focusing always on what happened 12:12 the last time? 12:13 And see, I need somebody to know that it is folly 12:16 to project next time 12:20 based upon what happened the last time, 12:23 and see how many of us know that sometimes God will aim 12:27 you in the direction of your previous failure. 12:32 Sometimes life has a way of coming full 12:35 circle and God will place you in that same position 12:41 to deal with those same people, to face that same difficulty. 12:46 And he wants the place of your past failure 12:50 to be the place of your current celebration. 12:54 And see, there's somebody today that needs to recognize 12:57 help me, Holy Spirit, that what happened last time 13:03 won't dictate what happens this time. 13:06 I see some of us are wrestling with this 13:09 because you've lived your life 13:10 believing that experience is the best teacher. 13:14 But how many of us know experience is not 13:17 a better teacher than wisdom? 13:20 So you see, wisdom is the teacher. 13:23 Experience is the principal's office. 13:26 Experience is where God sends you 13:28 when you don't listen to wisdom. 13:31 But wisdom is learning how God is moving in this season. 13:37 Are you all with me today, church? 13:38 And see, the reason that some of us are paralyzed 13:40 by failure is because some of us don't realize 13:45 that failure has a purpose. 13:49 All right. 13:50 Let me show you this here from the book Gospel Workers. 13:53 I want you to look at this this text. 13:54 This text here, gospel workers. 13:56 Check it out today. 13:57 Gospel workers, 269. 13:59 Listen. What Ellen White says. 14:00 She says some God trains by bringing them 14:05 into disappointment and a parent. What 14:10 it is his 14:11 purpose that they shall learn to master what he inspires them 14:15 with a determination to prove every apparent failure. 14:19 A success often mean pray and weep because of 14:22 the perplexities and obstacles that confront them. 14:27 But if they will hold the beginning 14:29 of their confidence, steadfast 14:30 until the end, God will make their way clear. 14:34 Success will come 14:35 as they struggle against the apparently insurmountable 14:38 difficulties and will sit with success will come. 14:42 The greatest joy does all catch that today. Church. 14:45 In other words, she literally says that 14:46 sometimes a part of your curriculum 14:51 is failure. 14:52 Sometimes a part of your instruction is difficulty. 14:58 In other words, some of us are going to graduate from Oakwood. 15:01 Some of us went to A&M. 15:02 Some of us went to Harvard. 15:04 But do I have a witness that sometimes 15:07 you got to graduate from the school of hard knocks? 15:11 I hear me today, friends. 15:12 And see. 15:13 One of the things I want to say 15:15 is you've got to be careful how you interpret failure, 15:19 because sometimes you have the right plan. 15:23 You just had the wrong season. 15:26 Okay, so see, some of us had the right instinct. 15:29 You just approached it the wrong way. 15:31 Oh, he'll be Holy Ghost. 15:33 See, I need you to know that Moses had the right 15:36 instead, he was just ahead of Providence. 15:40 Moses had the right plan. 15:43 He just approached it the wrong way 15:45 because they were not to defeat Egypt with hand-to-hand combat. 15:49 God was go in his right hand and strong 15:52 arm to get them the victory. 15:55 In other words, I need somebody know. 15:57 The reason certain things failed 15:59 was because we were approaching. 16:01 There may be the wrong way. 16:03 Or maybe we showed up a little early 16:05 and we were there at the wrong time. 16:09 And see, I need somebody to know that sometimes 16:11 the wrong time doesn't mean that it was a wrong decision. It 16:17 in other words, it was not wrong for you 16:19 to try to seek promotion, but it was wrong to try to get it 16:23 by favor, banking and backslapping. 16:27 God wanted to do it in a way that He got to blow glory. 16:30 It was not wrong for you to try to get the house, 16:33 but maybe you were just a year ahead of God's divine timing. 16:38 Bro, it wasn't wrong for you to take your shot with that girl, 16:41 but maybe she needs a little time to get over yesterday. 16:44 But she might be ready a little time from now. 16:48 It was not wrong for you to try to start the business, 16:51 but sometimes you are just ahead of divine timing. 16:54 And the hard truth to embrace is that sometimes failure is 16:59 what happens when good intentions are done 17:02 and bad timing. 17:05 Sometimes things fail because I tried the right thing, 17:09 but I approached it the wrong way. 17:12 And see, sometimes God is taking you back 17:14 to the place of previous humiliation 17:17 and he's saying, This time 17:18 I want you to approach it a little bit more prayerfully. 17:21 This time I don't want you to leave 17:22 according to your own devices, he says. 17:25 This time, don't try to box me into your schedule. 17:29 I need you to be still and let me be God over your life. 17:32 Are you hearing me today, Prince? 17:34 Can I give you a contemporary example of this? 17:36 Do you realize 17:37 that our president, Joe Biden, he ran for president in 1988, 17:42 but it was discovered that he plagiarized a speech 17:44 from a British politician and he had to drop out. 17:48 Then he ran again in 2008, but he came up against 17:51 a providential figure in Barack Hussein Obama. 17:56 But God had an ordained season where somebody 17:58 had to stand up against Trump and he had to put 18:01 a chocolate girl named Camilla next to him in the White House. 18:06 In other words, it had to be the right time 18:09 and the right season and with the right people. 18:12 And God is saying to somebody, 18:14 don't be afraid of what happened last time 18:18 because you're in the right season this time. 18:22 And there are some that are afraid to revisit the vision 18:25 because of what happened last time. 18:27 Some are afraid to retake the class 18:29 because of what happened last time. 18:31 Some are afraid to get active in church 18:33 because of what happened last time. 18:35 But I need to free somebody to know 18:37 that what happened last time 18:40 will determine what happens this time. 18:42 I go with the church. 18:45 Second thing that our story teaches us 18:47 this afternoon is this is that when God is calling you, 18:51 just worry about your part. 18:55 Well, 18:57 let me say it again. 18:58 When God is calling you friends of mine 19:00 and call people in the room today, when God is calling you, 19:03 don't worry about all the logistics. 19:07 Don't worry about all the details. 19:09 Just worry about doing your part. 19:13 Why are you saying that part? 19:14 Cause I need this truth to get down in somebody's spirit. 19:18 When God brings something to your attention. 19:21 When God put something on your heart. 19:23 I need you to stop focusing on all the data and the details. 19:26 And what is all you got to focus on is what God told you to do. 19:32 Because how many of us know that God 19:34 will never ask you to cook without buying the groceries, 19:38 that God will never send you to a field 19:42 that He has not already prepared you to be able to work. 19:46 I need somebody to know that before God, God prepares 19:49 the one that has been assigned and God prepares the assignment. 19:55 Are you all with me today? Church Let me show it to you. 19:57 Patriarchs from Prophets here. 19:59 Page 245 Want you to see this real quick. 20:03 I need you to catch this literally, she says. 20:05 The elders of Israel were taught by angels 20:11 that the time of their deliverance was near 20:14 and that Moses was the man 20:17 whom God would employ to accomplish this work. 20:21 Angels instructed Moses also that Jehovah had chosen him 20:25 to break the bondage of his people. 20:27 Oh God, some of y'all Ms. starts out 20:30 the y'all 20:31 realize that on one side of the visible 20:34 Moses is complaining and saying, Lord, 20:36 they won't believe me if I show up. 20:38 But on the other 20:40 side of the visible, God had already sent angels 20:44 to create a soft landing spot and had prepared 20:49 the way for Moses to succeed. 20:53 I need you to notice something about this church. 20:55 I need you to take note of the fact that God, since 20:58 angels to the Elders. 21:01 He didn't send angels to convince the entire camp 21:06 God, just since angels to convince the influential ones 21:11 that will help Moses get the vision into reality. 21:15 And the reason that's important is because some of us only see 21:18 God when there is consensus, when everybody applauds 21:22 your vision and everybody stands behind your initiative. 21:27 But I need somebody to know 21:28 that God is never go convince everybody. 21:32 He's just got awakened, some influential and critical people 21:37 to help you get to where he's ordained for you to be. 21:40 In other words, 21:41 God is not going to convince all of your coworkers 21:45 that you need to have the position. 21:46 God is just go 21:48 alert the boss that you are the one that needs to be there. 21:52 In other words, this God and God sent 40 men 21:55 to act you out like The Bachelorette. 21:58 He's just going to send the right man 22:00 with the right intentions at the right time. 22:04 God ain't going to convince everybody on the board. 22:06 He's just going to get 22:08 the influential ones to help move the vision across. 22:12 You don't need everybody to cheer you on. 22:16 You just got to let God 22:18 alert the influencers to help His purpose become clear. 22:23 Are y'all with the Today Church? 22:27 But the larger idea is, Oh God, this is too good to me, 22:30 is that Moses is on 22:32 one side resisting. 22:36 He's on one side of the visible, talking about all the reasons 22:39 why he can't. 22:40 But God is on the other side, and He's already worked out 22:44 the reasons and the obstacles in Moses way. 22:47 In other words, 22:48 while Moses is over here trying to figure it out, 22:52 God has already gone ahead of Him 22:55 and worked that thing out. 22:56 Y'all with me today, church 22:59 and see, I need somebody to understand this critical truth 23:02 that God never sends you where He hadn't already been. 23:07 I need you to know that when you walk in faith, 23:09 you're not creating the path. 23:11 You're walking in the path that has been established 23:14 and prepared for you. 23:15 By God, y'all hear me today? 23:16 Church? 23:18 And I need you to know that this is not 23:19 the only time that God does this. 23:21 There is actually a trend in Scripture of God 23:24 preparing the way 23:26 for those that He calls to do a very specific work. 23:30 Do you remember the story of Jacob and Esau? 23:33 When Jacob heard that Esau was near that night, 23:35 he wrestled with God, 23:37 but before he did, he sent gifts to pacify Esau. 23:41 He sent the wives and the kids ahead 23:44 because he was bracing himself to be slaughtered. 23:47 But God had already gone ahead and removed all the poison 23:50 from Esau, his heart, 23:52 so that by the time they met one another, Esau hugged Jacob 23:57 and poured gifts and blessings upon him and his tribe. 24:00 Do y'all remember 24:01 in chapter nine, after Saul, who became Paul, got converted, 24:06 he was told to go into a house and wait for a man named Anenih. 24:11 But God showed up to an analysis and said, I want you to go to 24:14 Straight Street and see a man named Saul. 24:18 And and 24:19 now you say that man has done great harm to your church, 24:22 but God said to Nice, he is my chosen vessel. 24:26 So that by the time in a nice gift to Paul, 24:29 he finds an open minded Paul, 24:31 and Paul finds a willing and a nice and it is 24:33 there that he receives his sight and begins his mission. 24:38 Y'all start not here yet. That's Chapter ten. 24:40 There was a man named Cornelius, a gentile who loved God. 24:45 And God told Cornelius to send a delegation to Peter. 24:48 But he knew Peter would not receive him 24:50 because he was a Gentile. 24:51 And so God gives Peter a visit 24:54 of unclean food and meat, and he tells him to engage. 24:58 But the vision was not about food. 24:59 It was about people so that he would not call man 25:03 uncommon and unclean. 25:04 And as soon as the vision is, Peter's delegation 25:08 was knocking at the door so that God prepared them to 25:11 receive him 25:14 before they ever got there. 25:15 And what I'm saying to somebody, church, is that the same way 25:20 God prepared Esau to receive Moses, 25:23 the same way God's prepared and a nice to receive Paul 25:27 the same way God prepared Peter to receive. 25:29 And a nice is the same way 25:32 that God doesn't leave any of your circumstance 25:34 as up to chance. 25:35 And did you know the God that knows the end from the beginning 25:40 and the beginning from the end has already run ahead of you. 25:44 He's already clear the path he's already made away. 25:47 So all you got to do is worry 25:50 about your parts. 25:53 Are you hear me today? 25:54 France 25:56 thank you for joining us for the Breath of life 25:59 television ministries broadcasts with Pastor Debleaire Snell. 26:03 We hope and pray 26:04 that you have been blessed by the second message 26:08 in the new sermon series ExcuseLess 26:12 Join us next week for part two of the message. 26:16 “Take What's Yours.” You don't want to miss. 26:19 Hello, I'm Pastor 26:21 Snell, speaker, director for The Breath of Life 26:23 Television Ministry. 26:25 This ministry was established to take the gospel of Jesus 26:28 Christ throughout North America and across the globe. 26:33 My goal is to make Jesus Christ 26:35 known through the preaching of the word. 26:39 I need you to know that we need your financial partnership 26:43 in order to make sure that the Gospel can go into every hill, 26:48 into every rural county, and into every inner city. 26:52 And we can only take the gospel as far as the gifts 26:55 that you lend to us. 26:56 We thank you for your financial partnership in the past, 27:01 and I'm asking that you continue to be a financial partner 27:05 with this ministry going forward. 27:07 Here are some ways you can give. 27:09 You can give online at our website, 27:12 at www.breathoflife.tv. 27:15 You can send your gift by mail to Breath of Life. 27:17 P.O. 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