Service Date: 8.30.2015 – 11AM
if you weren’t here Wednesday night I
want to encourage you to watch the
message on YouTube it was called the
spiritual sweet spot we looked at
Solomon and the accountant first Kings
chapter 3 we got approaches Solomon at
Gibeon and he says the Solomon ask of me
and I will give it to you and Solomon
could have asked for anything I mean
anything if we were presented with that
proposition some of us would have asked
for a whole bunch of things too but
Solomon for some reason he is moved to
pause his move to take his time and he’s
moved to reflect upon firstly the one
who’s making this request of him to his
own life
three sb5 by the time this is done three
the history of God and then as he does
all of this assessing he was not quick
to answer he goes to this process you’ve
got to listen to that message he goes
through this process and he finally
comes down to not asking for riches not
asking for honor not asking for the
heads of his enemies but he ultimately
says God give me a wise and
understanding heart so that I might live
out ultimately my purpose in my destiny
all it was incredible right and as I
begin to to think about that message
even to a deeper place and I did
originally I thought about where he was
when God encountered him in such a way
because how many of us know geography is
everything God is so brilliant and
intelligent and he is so all-knowing and
all-seeing that everything about what he
does in your life what he does who was
around when he does it and where he does
it all those things are significant and
so I’m like we don’t Psalms in this
place I’m like I wonder if there was
something about Gibeon something about
God engaging Solomon at Gibeon that
somehow
him into this the spiritual place of
alignment that allowed him to respond to
God appropriately in such a way that it
pleased God and God blessed his socks
off literally he said God give me wisdom
and understanding and God gives him
first of all he makes him the wise as
ever and then because he didn’t ask for
the other things he gives him riches and
honor so this this is not just something
to read over this was like a powerful
moment where he was perfectly aligned
and I believe that his geography helped
him to come to the place of responding
to God the way that he responded to God
and securing the destiny that God had
had purpose for him and so I wanted to
do some research on Gibeon and I’m like
what was it about giving so so I did a
little bit of research on Gibby and a
little bit of research on Gibeon and I
found out that it was actually a place
we’re going to look at in just a second
in Joshua chapter 9 but it was actually
a place where in times past the children
of Israel made a big mistake
and so I want us to look at that as we
embark upon this brief but necessary
message called divine decision-making
because I can tell you right now that
God wants you to be of an excellent
spirit this guy named Daniel in
Scripture you got to study when you get
a chance one of the things that it says
of Daniel was that he was of an
excellent spirit he made right moves
mm-hmm and I believe that as we can’t
embrace a lifestyle and a paradigm of
really seeking God and making the right
moves we’re going to see our lives
accelerate we’re going to see just the
goodness of God take off in our lives in
unprecedented ways but we have to learn
and particularly we can learn this
lesson early how to make divine
decisions and not just decisions there
are good things and then there are God
things and so let’s look at this account
let’s look at the mistake and let’s
glean from the mistake I’m going to show
you four necessities that we must have
for divine decision-making we’re going
to pray and we’re going to be better
when we leave out here is that good
all right so here is the historical
backdrop the backdrop is that this the
children of Israel are under the
leadership of Joshua and Joshua is a
young leader he’s full of God the favor
of God is on his life the hand of God is
on his life and he is leading the
children of Israel into victory upon
victory upon victory to realize
everything that God had promised to
their forefathers right and so at this
time in the text they have conquered a
few cities and they are just I mean
they’re kicking butts and takin names
they are in alignment with God they are
in their purpose the promises of being
realized in their life they are on their
way it is happening it is rolling and
then this takes place it says and it
came to pass when all the kings these
kings were the kings that were left over
because they were conquering kings and
kingdoms in the name of the Lord getting
their inheritance and so now these kings
at our reference here Kings that are
left and they’re afraid here it goes and
it came to pass when all the kings who
were on this side of the Jordan in the
hills in the lowland
and all the coasts of the Great Sea
toward Lebanon the hid side the amorite
the Canaanite the perizzite the hivite
and the jebusite when all these kings of
these peoples heard about it that they
gathered together to fight with Joshua
and Israel with one Accord I want to
just point out some things as we walk
through this when you begin to get into
purpose when you begin to align yourself
with things of God and you start moving
past the hit and miss wins but you start
winning all the time right because
before you really get into alignment
when you’re learning your lessons that
you’re you’re making the majority of
your space sure you have victory over
here and then two failures over here but
there’s a place that you will get to
when you are seasoned and sensitive in
God where you start winning after
winning after winning you start having
victory after victory after victory and
when that happens you become a threat I
feel God on that there’s some people in
here right now
and you’re you’re coming to the end of a
season where you have deficit after
deficit and defeat after defeat you’re
coming to an end of that season all of
that was designed to teach you and train
you and make you hungry and thirsty and
desperate for God and you’re going to
move into a time where it is victory
after victory after victory you are
going to be hashtag we always win in
Jesus name it’s coming it’s coming it’s
coming it’s coming I promise you it’s
your inheritance it’s over your life but
when that happens you’ve got to know
that you winning means the Kingdom is
winning and if the Kingdom is winning
that means that the enemy is losing and
when enemy starts in losing he starts
getting desperate and he starts
galvanizing all of his resources
together against you and here’s what you
have to understand just because you’re
winning does not mean that you are
exempt of an enemy I need to say that
again
just because you are winning you must
not forget that you have an adversary
sometimes the good life makes you think
that everything in life is good and you
can never lose your consciousness and
your awareness that you are in a fight
and your success means his demise your
prosperity means his defeat you have to
understand that because it will keep you
on guard and so they’re winning and the
scriptures say that because they’re
winning now instead of them facing king
after king now what’s happening in a
realm that they cannot see is that all
the kings are coming together while for
heaven on this and now the strategy
against you this is for somebody this
mess is going to save your life the
strategy against you is getting more
complex and is getting more complicated
and is getting more sophisticated
because you have all these Kings each of
these Kings had wisdom and now they’re
galvanizing together and they are
strategizing now with their various
talents gives Shekinah Rees and now
they’re bringing them all to the
boardroom of all into the anti-you
boardroom that’s why the season of
prosperity is a dangerous
and that’s what you got to have your
switchblade out at all times I’m telling
you I pull it out who are you who are
you who sent you you can always put it
back but don’t be caught without it come
on somebody’s like Amex don’t be caught
without it and so so they gather
together to fight with Joshua in Israel
with one Accord whoo boy and it says but
when the inhabitants of Gibeah know here
we go gideon remember where did Solomon
get engaged by God Gibby and now here’s
Gideon again he says but when the
inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua
had done to Jericho and I it says they
worked craftily now Gibeon was a land it
was literally next it was the next land
for them to conquer okay so they were
supposed to conquer give in when given
here is what they had done to Jericho
and what they had done the AI they
decide that since I can’t beat them I’ve
got to try to outsmart them and it says
that they worked craftily wouldn’t it be
so easy if the enemy was straight up I’m
the enemy I hate you I don’t like you
you’re stronger than me you can beat me
and all you have to do is keep going and
I’ll be defeated and you will prosper
don’t you wish the enemy will be
straight up but it isn’t he’s crafty he
has to be crafty right so the
inhabitants of Gibeon it says they
worked craftily and went and pretended
to be ambassadors and they took old
sacks on their donkeys old wineskins
torn and mended and and old and patch
sandals on their feet and old garments
on themselves and all the bread of their
provisions was dry and moldy and they
went to Joshua to the camp of Gilgal and
they said to him and to the men of
Israel we have come from a far country
and remember Gibeon was next they lied
and said we’ve come from a far country
now therefore look at what they say what
right away make a covenant with us so
what they’ve done here is they’re from
literally the neighboring city but
they’re pretending like they’re from a
far city right and
and they start they get old clothes and
they get old wineskins and they get old
moldy bread because they’re getting
ready to ultimately lie to the children
of Israel and notice that they are
trying to get them to make a covenant
trying to get them to make a decision
quickly then the men of Israel said to
the Hittites now who are the headlights
the Hittites were actually there is no
such thing as a Gibby tonight it’s kind
of strange but those who are in giving
our devices it’s kind of strange I mean
you would think they should be the
Gibeonites because it’s Gibeon but for
whatever reason they were he rights and
so the leave-me-alone just it is what it
is and just you know talk to God about
it if he you know you have an issue but
so then when the men of Israel set to
the Hittites perhaps you dwell among us
so how can we make it cover with you
so it’s interesting so so there was a
sensitivity in the children of Israel at
first to not believe them oh you guys
stay with me so sometimes when something
is not right God will put a knowing in
your knower you don’t understand why you
know you don’t understand how you know
you you just know that you don’t feel
quite comfortable that’s something not
quite right and they were so on it that
they said they literally perhaps you
dwell among those in other words perhaps
you’re from a land that’s closest and
they were right their senses were right
sometimes is how you feel at first but
you need to pay attention to so how can
we make a covenant with you right so
they were talking well at first but then
they said to Joshua we are your servants
and Joshua said to them he was like me
who are you and where do you come from
who sent you so they said to him and
they just lying they said to him from a
very far country your servants have come
because watch this because of the name
of the Lord your God for we have heard
of his fame and all that he did in Egypt
what they are doing now is they are
they’re trying to find Joshua’s weak
spot
see the enemy is a crafty and he knows
ultimately that every person has a need
every person somewhere where the largest
small has a void has an opening and the
enemy will keep working until he can
find the part of you that is exploitable
that’s heavy you keep working try one
thing don’t work try nothing work what
moves you where are your buttons and let
me tell you something you have got to
know your buttons so that you can
protect them oh I wish I had time with
you and all that he did so he says
Joshua I’m here because I’ve heard of
the Lord and and all that he’s been
doing in your life flattery and all that
he did to the two kings of the Emirates
who were beyond the Jordan to sit on the
king of s-bahn and all the king of
Bashan who was at Astaroth in other
words I’m trying to pump you up is it
pride is your open-door pride is your
open door the need to be gassed up oh
wow and see what you have to understand
is we live in a culture and a society
that promotes the gas up that’s why we
grade ourselves sometimes on how many
likes we get on our photos
it got so quiet in here if I put a
passion about Jesus up there I’m not
going to get a whole lot of likes uh-huh
I won’t get a lot of likes but if I put
a passage with me all of a sudden my
lights go up so let me try it again
Jesus few likes many likes let me try it
again to make sure that it’s not some
sort of anomaly and then the next thing
you know if I need likes when I’m
feeling low I’m not gonna post about
Jesus I’m a post my six-pack but mighty
cheese
as real church because
because deep down we have a need to be
gassed up and it seems cute but you have
to understand that it is the very area
that the enemy will exploit to crowd you
so that when a key decision needs to be
made you make a decision from the cloud
and not God
can I have real talk and we have real
talk
route search we’re gonna get to an
excellent spirit we’re gonna get there
so he’s gassing him a man I heard you to
stop man the way you demand way you took
down Jericho man you have to fight do
you just opened your mouth and it fell
your the stuff likes can’t be desperate
for likes you can’t trust them so you
mean to tell me you like it when I
devalue myself I’m trusting your likes
when you don’t like it when I talk about
how encouraged I am by the Lord how
excited I am about walking with God in
my new life you mean to tell me you only
like it when I put my my butt out and
I’m supposed to rely on your like when
I’m blazed up turned up Trump buck
Wallach that’s what you like but when I
talk about the goodness of Jesus when I
talk about purpose and destiny you
withhold your life get your life keep
your life
keep your life keep it keep it and
that’s still lying look at this
therefore our elders and all the
inhabitants of our country spoke to us
saying take provisions with you for the
journey and go to meet them and say to
them we are your servants
now therefore make a covenant with us
you notice there’s trying to get
agreement the bread of ours we took hot
for our provision from our houses on the
day that we departed to come to you but
now look it’s dry and mouldy and you
know what’s crazy about this is see see
sometimes when people lie they are so
creative with their lives that you just
have to assume that they can’t be that
creative with the line it must be the
truth but what you don’t realize is
liars are called Liars because they are
good at what they do they have an
anointing to lie sometimes they hit you
with so much I mean it’s such an
elaborate story my god and then they
have proof they got the bread and it’s
motive and you feel like maybe I’m crazy
watch out for people that make you think
you’re crazy you are not crazy you are
trusting and God you see what you see
you’ve been pressing in you’ve been
reading you’ve been praying you ain’t
crazy
maybe just maybe they are liars and
professionals at it how you thinking you
crazy
I’m for you crazy
I mean look at this elaborate scheme
they hot bread and it’s not hot in its
mood and all this watch this and all
this went into tricking you who must you
be if the enemy has schemes and shiki
nuri and tricks and backdoors stuff and
molded bread it means you were something
means you valuable means there’s
something on your life and means if
you’ve not wearied and you’re well doing
and due season you’re going to reap if
you don’t get distracted and you don’t
give up it means that there’s something
on you and this message is coming now
but some of you because you got
decisions to make and now is not the
time to be lazy with your
decision-making come on we got to get
through this and these wines can still
lie that’s just how relentless the enemy
is and these wines against which we have
filled which we feel were new and see
they are torn yeah they’re torn cuz you
poor man but anyway and these are
garments and these are garments and our
sandals have become old because of the
very long journey I mean they are
working this thing there’s stroking this
thing in verse 14 let’s go and see what
it says it says then oh my god oh my god
oh my god see wouldn’t it be awesome if
the men of Israel had this text prior to
the making their decision wouldn’t it be
awesome but they didn’t so here’s what
happens it says then the men of Israel
took some of their provisions but they
did not ask here it is family the great
sin of not asking God we’re all sinners
aren’t we you thought saying was I do
this I do that I’m a freaking out of
this idea but what if
what if the greatest sin is this right
here not asking counsel of the Lord
that’s that was that greatest sin let’s
see what happens so Joshua aw come on
somebody say let me know Joshua no no
judge would know I’m seeing it unfold
right before my eyes but all of us have
been Josh it was some times so Joshua
made peace with him not even knowing he
made peace with his enemies because they
were crafty and because quite possibly
he was blinded by his own need for
affirmation his own need to feel like
mr. big stuff right so Joshua made peace
with them and made it I feel that
somebody people know your weakness a lot
of times you put your weakness right on
Instagram you put your weakness on
social media for the enemy to see I feel
someone that I want to lay in it but I
pressed for time I’ll say this though
sometimes your weakness is right on
display you make it easy for the enemy
to trick you because you show him the
chinks in your armor
so Joshua made peace with them and made
a covenant with them to let them live
they’re supposed to die and let them
live right and the rulers of the
congregation swore to them Wow I was
crazy now this is crazy this is crazy it
says and it happened at the end of three
days after they had made a covenant with
them that they heard that they were
their neighbors who dwelt near them they
were just three days away if they could
have held out for three days go back to
that verse
fill this with somebody
and it happened at the end of three days
after they made a covenant with them
that they heard that they were neighbors
and not those who are far off this is
crazy
that means it watch this if they would
have just held out for a minute
notice the pressure to make a decision
notice the pressure to make the Covenant
notice the pressure to make the
agreement notice the pressure when the
reality of it is in just three short
days three is the number of God who
represents God Father Son Holy Spirit
and you look in the scripture blood word
and spirit and water it’s a number that
represents God 3 God 3-dimensional 3rd
eyes spirituality right so number 4 God
if they had waited for God he would have
shown them that what they thought was
was not in the three days and then it
says the children of Israel journeyed
and came to the cities on the third day
now the cities were given their cities
were given is already theirs chipra be
rough whatever I didn’t study Hebrew I
Kirchhoff and the other one you know but
the children of Israel did not attack
them because the rulers of the
congregation had sworn to them by the
Lord their God of Israel
so the previous mistake now hinder them
from doing the right thing later
when they needed to make a move in order
to progress they could not because
they’ve been held back by a decision
that they made in and of themselves
because they did not consult the Lord
it’s usually never what you’re being
tempted with it’s what that connection
is going to keep you from two or three
steps down the road and that’s why the
old notion it doesn’t look so bad
doesn’t seem so bad yeah but you don’t
know what life is you don’t know what’s
out there
mmm I get through this but the children
Reiser said do not attack them because
of the rules of the cognition that’s
warranted in by the Lord God of Israel
and all the congregation complained
against the rule is of course they did
they’re like fools why did you make a
covenant then all the rulers said to all
the congregation we have sworn to them
by the Lord God of Israel
therefore we may not touch them all men
hands are tied by their own
decision-making they have the power to
do something but could not use that
power because they gave power away when
they covered it outside the Council of
God it says this we will do to them we
will let them live let’s rap be upon us
because of the oath which we swore to
them and then it says and the ruler said
to them let them live but let them be
wood cutters look at this compromise
let them be wood cutters and water
carriers for all the congregation as the
rulers had promised them so here’s the
deal so they make the mistake and now
ultimately they have to live with a
birdie and I just have to make the best
of it okay we can’t kill them we got to
keep us with me now we got more drama on
our back more so at least let’s try to
make them woodcutters let’s try to make
them servants right it costs them all
because they did not seek counsel from
the Lord right I want to give you four
necessities for divine decision-making
because I believe that we’re entering
into a time as levers where we cannot
necessarily go by what we see I believe
that if we’re beginning to prosper if
we’re beginning to always win that we’re
going to have to even be more careful
and pay more attention to the
opportunities that come our way be it a
relationship or whatever well I’m so
guarded right now hos that you yeah but
I come bearing goodies and money I don’t
care who sent you what do you want
what’s in your heart what’s your agenda
for things quickly for necessities for
divine decision-making the first one is
this the obvious one is the need to
consult God one of the things that I
love about God and I appreciate about
God is that God has eternal perspective
he sees it all sometimes you’re not
talking about talked about in my book
purpose awakening sometimes there’ll be
a check in your spirit and you’ll be it
could be a relationship or a business
opportunity or whatever and there’s some
check in your spirit and you don’t
understand why because on paper it all
makes sense hello somebody it’s the
perfect opportunity on paper is to
perfect
relationship on paper but for some
reason there is a check in your spirit
wait for that check to be clear because
a lot of times what you don’t realize is
that God is seeing something a little
further down the road sometimes the
person is right on paper today but put
them in the right situation or the wrong
situation and they’re going to become
your worst nightmare although they check
out on paper you have to wait I believe
I believe let me tell you some I believe
in the Four Seasons rule I’ll talk about
that in the book as well I believe you
need to know people for Four Seasons
everybody looks good in the summer
six-pack come on somebody everything is
tight in the summer everybody’s happy in
the summer especially in California
everybody’s cool and positive who are
you in the winter though how do you look
after the holidays you find out what I’m
saying like what who are you for real
the Four Seasons sometimes you know you
can’t really determine a fruit I’m not
talking about judging people and time up
being a fruit inspector sometimes you
know fruit only grows in certain seasons
so you need to go the full cycle to see
what type of fruit they are somebody
could sell you an orange tree in an
offseason
and all you’ve got is their word but
when it’s circle when the harvest time
comes around you really see that that
was a doggone lemon and you paid orange
tree price for a lemon tree that you
didn’t need so so the reason why we have
to consult God is that God is factoring
in not just who a person is but who a
person will be not just what a deal is
but what that deal will ultimately
become that father I told you about
in hindsight I’m sure that that deal
that he and his daughter engaged in
looked amazing I mean the opportunities
were endless it was with a huge studio
the money was great there were all these
sort of multimedia opportunities but he
says now in hindsight which is 20/20
that the thing that destroyed his family
was that one
show that means that he made a decision
without consulting God because they
would if it would have consulted God God
who sees in the long run would have said
I know it feels good but that ain’t the
one it’s going to cost you your family
what does it profit what will it profit
a man if he gains the whole world and
loses himself and now you have to live
in that reality that your decision
procured for you you have to consult God
that’s the first thing the second thing
is your need the need to be patient the
children of Israel family were only
three days away from clarity there were
only three days away from truth watch
out for things that try to speed you
into things I promise you as I look at
the history of my life all the things
that were worth something were spaced
out in enough way to have confirmation
upon confirmation watch out for things
that say if you don’t do it now the only
way that you can fully pull the trigger
and do anything quickly is if the Lord
has spoken to you it even the Lord says
out of the mouth of two or three
witnesses let every word be established
he gives you space for confirmation
watch out for pressure hearing you go to
buy a car it’s their job not to let you
get out of there and you know why is
their job you know what they they’re
paid to not let you get out of there and
I’m generalizing oh we may have some
salespeople in here
oh whatever I think you’re you have
integrity but you’re in train your train
because they know that if you get out of
the environment if you get out of the
oxygen of the new car smell and you’re
able to breathe in some clear air you
will probably realize that it is not the
best decision for you to buy the doggone
thing right then and they
afford to have you clear well I got
stories for anybody bought a lemon well
I bought a lemon bar back 1993 bar
buttons five year old Toyota Supra man
they rushed me out there boy I want to I
was on a date that night and I’m looking
in the rearview mirror and I see smoke
in the back of the car I’m like
somebody’s car is really smoking but it
wouldn’t go away you know I’m like wow
everybody smoked that look it was me
first date car up on the tow truck it
was embarrassing and I bet and I just
bet if I would have taken my time and
done a little more research and waited
on God I wouldn’t have been embarrassed
I mean I thought I was cool the car was
all clean it was smelling good shoed he
was on a tow truck by the end of the
night got to be patient they were three
days away there’s some of you I feel it
so strongly and you’re about to close
something today I dare you I challenge
you to wait three days and pray and say
God if this is you you have no problem
speaking to me you have no problem
confirming it to me if it is you go I’m
not going to do it based on what I feel
I’m sorry but feelings just aren’t good
enough it’s not a good enough reason
that you felt that God I need you to
speak to me because you have divine
insight you’ve got revelation and I want
to make this choice count and matter the
second thing is the need to be patient
the third thing and this is powerful is
the need to qualify your motivation
what’s really driving me my next book is
going to be about knowing yourself
literally the eleventh commandment thou
shalt know thyself because a lot of
times we are God aware but we’re not
self aware and you’ve got to know what’s
driving you because if you look at it if
you discover the why behind what you are
after you’ll realize that it’s an
unworthy pursuit the last thing you want
to do is go after something because you
need it for you
got to qualify your motivation God is
this you or is this me
why do I want it and lastly I think is
really important is the need to curb
your lust you got to get you in check
you got to get your lust in check
somebody choked a little bit on that
that’s okay I get it
get your lesson Oh huh you got to
learn to curb your lust we all have lust
the Bible says that every man is tempted
when he is drawn away of his own lust
and enticed and then it says when lust
has conceived as James chapter one it
says when lust has conceived it brings
forth sin and when sin is finished it
brings forth deaths but we all are
tempted the scripture says we all
attempted to start off by saying I
talked about this in the book it says
blessed is the man who endures
temptation right blesses them in other
words there’s a blessing in controlling
your lust not in denying that it exists
because it’s there if you human you got
lust it is what it is right but you have
to learn how to control it blesses the
man who endures temptation right so you
got to curb your lust and if you
understand if you can see lust as a
passing season because it is if you can
see there’s something that comes on you
real strong trying to get you to act and
trying to get you to make a decision in
the moment that is on you if you can see
it as something to weather and get past
it just get through it
you find I’m saying I used to like
growing up wait we got to go the next
service about to start but I used to I
used to like the werewolf my favorite
monster growing up was the werewolf
right because the werewolf was you know
he was a monster but he normally would
be a really nice guy are you guys not
old enough to remember the like the
werewolf and he he’d be a nice guy you
know what I mean
and he’d be telling his girlfriend stuff
like that like look you don’t you don’t
know me
I have another side to me and I and he’d
be trying to protect her and stuff like
that but he really loved her it is and
she’s like boy what are you talking
about you’re amazing he’s like you don’t
understand and the werewolf would like
he’d become this werewolf and he would
he would you know he’d go out and you
know he would have these seen these
episodes where he’d become a werewolf
and you know and then you’d find him out
in the woods naked you know clothes are
ripped and blood all over him and dead
you know animals and stuff like that he
leave a trail of blood behind him right
knee wake up like I like it what God
what happened what I do and so he would
get smart and the werewolf ago and he
would chained himself up because he knew
what was in him and it would tie himself
up Lee knew the full moon was coming
because he’s like I cannot let the B
style I think the reason why I like the
werewolf because it’s because I realized
that we all have beasts in us and we got
to learn to tie that beast up and just
weather the storm if I can just get
through the night I won’t make a
decision during the night that cost me
the rest of my life and a tip for you
particularly if you are one who
struggles with lesson you know it you
wake up and you come out of a situation
like man I did it again right right you
have to get quiet you’re right right
okay then what you have to do is check
this out you can’t it is impossible for
you to starve if you’re full you can’t
be starving and full at the same time so
that means that you got to stay full of
God you got to find a way to stay full
the spirit I mean if you have a morsel
of God if you have an opportunity you
might just need to be in church five or
six or seven or eight or nine or ten
days a week you got it but you got to
curb the beast and it’s a passing thing
all we got to go it’s a passing thing
it’s a passing thing and if you can just
whether I’m telling you it’s an amazing
thing has anybody ever withstood
temptation it took everything in your
pockets first of all the Bible says that
with every temptation gun makes a way of
escape so the reality of it is I know
you think is bigger than you but it’s
actually not there is a door there’s a
trap door
to the right if you are willing to be
right hello somebody there’s a trap door
you got to get out and I can talk about
trap doors but I want to get in your
business but there’s always a trap door
phone ring something won’t be working
there’s always a door but lot of times
we’re so into what we’re into
we don’t care nothing about the door
like the doors closing doors closing but
we’re so here and so we have to fight
that battle because we don’t want to
make a decision that’s going to cost us
and have you ever withstood it don’t it
feel good when you come out of it like I
was in it but I withstood it that’s why
it says blessed is the man that endures
temptation because there’s this sort of
peace and is sort of like I beat this
thing and it’s worth everything and you
can confident you feel good and you’re
like this thing that once has me now is
under my feet I promise that can be a
reality but you got to call it what it
is and fight and fight here’s what I
want to say about Gibeon because I don’t
want to misrepresent or communicate to
you in any way that Gibeon has to remain
the place of your mistake although
Gibeon was the place of the mistake for
the children of Israel pre Solomon
Solomon remixed it and it became the
place of the right choice see here’s one
of the things that I’ve learned family
you’ve heard message upon message about
letting go your past forgiving yourself
and moving on but sometimes let’s be
honest sometimes we can’t shake that
thing you may not be able to shake your
past but you can spin it and redefine it
in my past Gibeon may have represented
my mistake but now it represents my
testimony to get it right from here all
and there is no mistake that anybody in
here has made that has disqualified them
for their destiny the moment that you
are disqualified is the moment you die
and last I checked there’s not a dead
person in this room there’s not a dead
person watching this thing via
livestream which means that now you have
to now repurpose your past and it cannot
it can’t any longer be a place of I
shoulda woulda coulda or I wish a hata
your past now has to be a place of your
new well of wisdom and because of what I
experienced no longer will I go I’ll
never go back there again
but there’s some lessons for me I
believe that a Solomon sat there after
he was engaged by God and asked God for
this one shot I believe that he thought
about the mistakes that his forefathers
had experienced at Gibeon and said you
know what not me
Gibeon has taught me I’m wiser because
of giving and I’m going to use Gideon as
an opportunity to move forward I want to
pray for you I can’t go any further
it was so overdue come on stand with me
if you would if you’re here and you know
and you know that you know that you know
that God was talking to you your season
has been described your season has been
defined and you know it you had a time
in your life but the Holy Spirit is high
the cost of making decisions outside of
its council and you say pastor that word
is for me and I want to be of an
excellent spirit and I want to be one
who makes divine decision I want to be a
divine decision maker and I haven’t been
I want you to come meet me here at this
altar if you know God sent you here
today for this message God’s going to
make you of an excellent spirit I
promise you because we cannot be a
people move by anything other than God’s
voice anything other than God’s
confirmation in God’s affirmation and he
will lead you I promise he will lead you
he will guide you and he won’t lead you
wrong you’re young you’re not so young
too young at heart you get a full life
in front of you and if you can get this
lesson now it will accelerate the only
issue with the children of Israel was
simple they didn’t consult the Lord and
they were so close to making the right
decision in just three short days
revelation was on its way I feel that if
you can curb your desperation if you can
allow that that feeling another thing
that gets in your chest when you want
what you want and it tries to override
sometimes common sense it tries to
override that little thing in your
stomach that says I probably shouldn’t
do it if you can learn to weather that
and develop the habit of weathering that
draw then you’re going to come out
stronger and more powerful and you’re
going to enter into a proverbs 10:22
season which says the blessing of the
Lord it makes
and he adds no sorrow with it I
hear the Lord saying wait on it wait
wait for me don’t get ahead of me if you
hear and you have a Gibeon that you’re
ashamed of you have a Gibeon experience
and it haunts you it haunts you to this
day and you try to think positively
about it and you try to put it under the
blood and all that stuff but it just
haunts you and haunt you and haunt you
God wants to repurpose that Gibeon God
is saying to you that that your Gibeon
he wants to shift for you he was to
change your perspective he wants to have
you reprocess the pain of that mistake
and he’s going to use that mistake now
to no longer condemn you into not trying
or condemn you into a sense of
disqualification but he’s going to use
that to bring you into this this grace
filled wisdom that ensures that you will
never miss God again and if that’s you
and you need to have your Gibeon season
repurposed I want to pray for you to I
want you to come and meet me here at
this altar there’s something in your
life is a mistake that you made at a
point in time in your life that has just
been robbing life out of you I see you
God bless you
so in robbing life out of you and and
optimism from you and you’re afraid to
go because you think it disqualified you
no siree no siree God’s not finished
with you if you here and you want to
know God for real you’ve been hearing
his voice has been touching you you’ve
been coming and you’re like that’s got
to be God because there’s no way that
dude doesn’t know me there’s no way that
he can be in my life the ways in my life
unless God was speaking to me through
him through him God was speaking to you
through him and through those who who
viewed themselves it means that God is
talking to you it means that God is
touching you is not the church is not
touching you I’m not touching
God is touching you and if you have been
touched enough and now you want to open
up to experience your own touch no
longer touch through people but touched
by the master himself because of
relationship if that’s you I want you to
come and meet me here at this altar as
well I want you to know his voice I want
you to experience him for yourself
because we’re not going to be here with
you when you need to make a divine
decision and if that’s you and you’re
here you say you know what I surrender I
want God I want to know him I want you
to come and meet me here at this altar I
see you just come just come and meet me
here I want to pray for you gonna meet
me here this all to the last pointless
invitation oh my god is if you here and
you know the Lord but you fallen away
and it’s time to come home it is it is
so not a time to not be in alignment
with God I’m telling you the kingdom is
winning we are winning in an
unprecedented way and you know what
happens when we win the strategies get a
lot slicker and they get a lot craftier
and it gets even more difficult to
discern truth from error and so we have
to hide in God if you’re here and you’ve
been away and it’s time for you to align
yourself I want you to come and meet me
as well this is not about shaming this
is about an acknowledgment that God has
spoken to me and I want to go all the
way with the God who is who has spoken
to me if that’s you I want you to come
and meet us here at this altar that
should just come let’s pray father thank
you so much for this time with you this
time in your presence thank you for the
lessons in your word thank you for the
truth that you speak
thank you for inspiration thank you for
revelation thank you for empowerment
thank you for restoration thank you god
there’s not a Gibeon experience that any
of us have encountered that you cannot
ultimately work for our good father I
pray for those who are struggling with
mistakes of the past and they they have
this this I wish I would have I should I
would have been the enemy is lying and
speaking of finality concerning those
things when we know Lord that you
a God of restoration you make all things
new and I pray God that there would be a
healing in the minds of your sons and
daughters Lord God what they would no
longer see their mistake as an
irreversible failure but that they will
see it as an opportunity to trust you in
new ways moving forward that there would
be a new rhythm of seeking you out and
seeking your counsel and as a result of
that not only prospering but
experiencing acceleration and
restoration the father for those who say
I want to know you I thank you God that
it’s just a matter of surrender I thank
you for the grace in their hearts even
the surrender that they have
demonstrated by coming down this altar
here in your voice that you are meeting
each and every one of them those who are
recommitting your meeting them and
you’re opening things up God you’re
showing them the path you’re showing
them the way and you’re giving them the
strength and the understanding and the
tools and the resources to walk out that
would you touch them for bless them god
I just want you to repeat after me
Heavenly Father I thank you for your
love I thank you for your goodness and I
thank you for your grace I thank you for
Jesus thank you for making him who had
no sin to become all of mine all of my
mistakes you placed in his body nailed
it to the cross
and put it to death but just like Jesus
was raised up I too AM raised up above
my path and into my future
holy spirit fill me up give me strength
to weather the storms give me the
ability to see through the cloud and to
choose well I love you in Jesus name
Amen