1 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,760 We welcome you to the We Are Zion sermon podcast. 2 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,680 We are a church based out of Chennai, India. 3 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,080 We are thrilled that you tuned in today and hope that you will 4 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:20,840 be refreshed, revived, and energized by what you hear. 5 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,040 Our desire is that you will live life with a renewed sense of 6 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,760 purpose that stems from a vibrant faith in Jesus. 7 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,120 During this year of a divine takeover, we are discovering 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,120 that there are a few essentials that we cannot overlook. 9 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:42,320 One of these is the fear of God. To live in awe and reverent fear 10 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,200 of God is imperative in order for God to take over our lives 11 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,520 and lead us in His ways according to His will. 12 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,000 We pray that as you listen in, you would invite the Holy Spirit 13 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,640 to give you a fresh revelation of God and that you will live in 14 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:02,920 the fear and wonder of God. Hi church, this has a joy and a 15 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:04,920 privilege to be able to bring God's word to you today. 16 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,880 And even as we take some time to dive right in, even as we saw 17 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,920 the bumper, we've been looking through this the entire start of 18 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:14,720 2026. Can you believe it? 19 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:20,920 We are literally close towards the last week of February and as 20 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,960 we look back, I think our attention has to go back to the 21 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:30,000 fact that this year is not just only a divine takeover, but our 22 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,040 very own Christian lives that we are called to live following 23 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,360 Jesus Christ is one of divine takeover. 24 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,440 I want to draw our attention back to the passage that we've 25 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,120 seen over the last couple of weeks ever since we started this 26 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,760 year. From Zechariah chapter 8, verse 27 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:48,120 12, it says the seed will grow. Well, the wine will yield its 28 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,240 fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will 29 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,240 drop their dew. I will give all these things as 30 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,920 an inheritance to the remnant of the people. 31 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,560 There's something about this verse that keeps calling me back 32 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,520 time and again. I don't know about you, but when 33 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,680 I look into this, it's a reminder for me to always cross 34 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:11,560 check every intention, every idea, every time and effort that 35 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,960 I'm putting towards what I'm seeing I'm doing for God. 36 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:20,320 Is my heart posture right? Last week we saw what it is to 37 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,080 retrieve those seeds which probably have fallen by the 38 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,000 wayside, which have probably fallen in areas where we've let 39 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,800 it go intentionally. The week before this, we heard 40 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,880 from Pastor Vasu that you know, our hearts are ones which we 41 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,880 need to constantly look at. The seed should be able to move 42 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,520 us towards obedience, move us to an understanding that this is 43 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,120 the God that we worship. Move us to a place of realizing 44 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,440 who our Savior really is. We are not just our Savior. 45 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:49,880 We cannot do anything out of our own strength, but when we allow 46 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:54,560 God to be the divine takeover in our lives, every aspect, you 47 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,080 know, many times we just give some of some aspect that 48 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,800 desperately is in need, but God is saying every aspect, even the 49 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,600 things that I know God saying I want to do a divine takeover in 50 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,600 that. And so even as I was meditating 51 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,760 and waiting on God, especially like God, what is it that you 52 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,800 want us to know? What is it you want us to 53 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,320 actually take forward? We are coming to a close of what 54 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,400 the entire seed is all about, You know, and we saw last week 55 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,280 about the retrieving. We saw that first we have to 56 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,360 recognize that we've in fact LED. 57 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:28,160 We've lost some of those seeds. We need to repent that we've 58 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,080 intentionally let it gone. And then we have to come to a 59 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,040 place of renouncing to say, Lord, let not my will, but you 60 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,800 all will be done. And then we rejoice, knowing 61 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,640 that that God is the God of harvest. 62 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:44,800 And so as we look today, the seed that God wants us to really 63 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,800 look into our own lives is are we letting go of the seed? 64 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,120 Are we letting go of the seed? I don't know about you, but a 65 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,840 lot of us, especially in our Christian walk, for those of us 66 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,280 who call ourselves seasoned Christians, we've been walking, 67 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,120 we've been doing this journey. We've seen a little bit of life 68 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,800 and we've come to a place where we know we can only trust God. 69 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,800 Sometimes we have come to a place where we are jaded. 70 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,480 We come to a place where we've where fatigue is set in. 71 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,040 We've come to a place and we're like God, I can't do this 72 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:11,800 because if I do this, this will cost me. 73 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:13,440 And this is what was interesting. 74 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,480 I was in a position like that. I was in a position of where I 75 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,800 felt like God this this journey is nice, it's good, but Lord for 76 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,520 every time for a testimony to come. 77 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,160 Should we walk through something and I realized some of the 78 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,680 rhythms that I have been asking God of Suddenly my own desire 79 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,360 kicks in my own understanding kinks in my own understanding of 80 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:36,800 seeing things kicking. And this is where God was saying 81 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,320 you need to allow me to be God because if the seed has to grow 82 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,400 well, if the wine has to bear its fruit, if the ground has to 83 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,080 produce its crops, if the dew has to come down from heaven, it 84 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,960 can only happen when God decides. 85 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,080 Only when God decides there's, there's only so much of my part. 86 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,680 The rest is all God's part. And so that my part issue is 87 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,520 where I'm like, God, why am I struggling to give this back to 88 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:03,640 you? Why am I trusting God? 89 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,080 I thought I did everything right. 90 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,440 As for what you're saying, but God, why still do I have to do 91 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:10,440 this? God saying, would you trust me? 92 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,280 And that verse kept reminding me of the fact that there's a 93 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:17,520 remnant, which means time and again, when God's calling us to 94 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:23,400 claim inheritance, we can either choose to participate or we can 95 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,400 choose to go back. And so today I pray and ask that 96 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,520 we'll be ones who will be able to participate. 97 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,360 And so even as we start looking this, what are we seeing? 98 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,480 If only God can do certain things, We need to be fully 99 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,480 present. We need to be fully present the 100 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:42,160 the out working of this entire scenario that you look is that 101 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:46,160 God is doing a lot of the work. He's asking us to plant those 102 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:50,400 seeds and he does the work he's asking you still do work in the 103 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:51,680 ground. I'll bring yield. 104 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,280 The vineyard will bear its thing, but you need to keep 105 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:57,360 showing up, which means we have to be present. 106 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,680 We have to be present. We can't check out you and I 107 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,760 today, can't check out you and I can't say God, I've done my bit 108 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,160 of salvation. I've done my bit of hoping now. 109 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,880 No, Lord, I'll be present. I'll keep showing up. 110 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,840 I'll keep showing up because the truth is the miracle that we are 111 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:15,680 going to receive is not the be all end all. 112 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,760 The breakthrough that we're going to receive is not the end 113 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,680 of our Christian life. No, it's that passage that we 114 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,360 walk through that breakthrough and then we start doing things 115 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,880 what God's calling us to do, and then we desire to see much. 116 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,000 It's more of God. And in that process what 117 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,520 happens? We see breakthrough after 118 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,040 breakthrough, miracles after miracles. 119 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:38,320 And so today a lot of us are checking out prematurely because 120 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,800 it is hard being present. It is hard waking up. 121 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,800 Sometimes you might just wake up feeling tired, but yes, you have 122 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,120 to show up. You wake up feeling like God 123 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,000 again another day, but you're going back and saying God, I'm 124 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,520 grateful that I get to breathe, I get to witness, I get to see 125 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,840 the sunrise. I get to participate in what 126 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:00,800 today has to hold because many others are there who couldn't 127 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,360 participate, who probably was there last night, last night. 128 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,960 And so today are we fully present because the reference 129 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,520 process that I'm taking today is what God's commissioning us to 130 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,040 do. It's from John chapter 12, verse 131 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,920 24. And even as you read it, it 132 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,240 says, I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a 133 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:23,600 grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone 134 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:28,680 just one grain, nevermore. But if it dies, it produces much 135 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,840 grain and yields a harvest. It yields a harvest. 136 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,280 So when we look into this context, what do we see? 137 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,520 We see that entire passage, a couple of Greeks who have 138 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,800 probably heard about Jesus, who you know. 139 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,480 And if you see in ancient times, in that time, there were a lot 140 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,720 of people who followed the true God, the God of Israel, and yet 141 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,960 they were not from Israel. They were not people of Israel. 142 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:55,520 They were people who were far off. 143 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,880 And so when they came, they wanted, they probably heard 144 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:00,240 Jesus and they wanted to witness him. 145 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,120 And so the word goes around, it comes to Philip, and then Philip 146 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,400 brings it to Andrew, and then Andrew comes to Jesus. 147 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,040 And this is what Jesus says. And even before this, Jesus says 148 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:14,160 something more interesting and he says to them in verse 23, The 149 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:18,600 hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified and exalted. 150 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,000 And then Jesus reads this verse, I assure you, and most solemnly 151 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,880 say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and 152 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,840 dies, it remains alone, just one grain, never more. 153 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,760 But if it dies, it produces much grain and yields a harvest. 154 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:36,679 The one who loves his life eventually loses it through 155 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,799 death, but the one who hates his life in this world and is 156 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:43,360 concerned with pleasing God will keep it for eternal life. 157 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,800 If anyone serves me, he must continue to faithfully follow me 158 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,800 without hesitation, holding steadfastly to me, conforming to 159 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:56,040 my example in living and if need be, suffering or perhaps dying 160 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,560 because of faith in me. And whenever I am, in heaven's 161 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:02,200 glory, there will my servant be also. 162 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,040 If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. 163 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:06,760 As we read this passage, what are we seeing? 164 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,680 We're seeing Jesus is telling Andrew and Philip my time has 165 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:12,360 not come. It's my assignment is not to me, 166 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,920 to the Greeks. He's saying my time has come for 167 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:20,040 me to be glorified, which means I was sent down here on this 168 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,800 earth specifically for all of mankind. 169 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:28,800 But my assignment here was specifically for my own, for my 170 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,200 own here. The when we look at the why, why 171 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,760 didn't Jesus want to meet them? Yes, Jesus did meet a few 172 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,640 people. He met the centurion, He met the 173 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,520 Samaritan woman. He met many people in between 174 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:43,720 who actually interjected when he was doing his ministry. 175 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:48,160 But when the people who were outside of the land of Israel 176 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,600 were actually coming, the Greeks that the Gentiles were coming to 177 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,880 ask, he knew that was not his time to actually share. 178 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,960 And what Jesus is saying is my time has come to be glorified. 179 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:02,640 Where he's saying is my assignment is coming to an end. 180 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,040 I will die. I will be buried here on this 181 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,280 earth. I will be buried here on this 182 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:09,760 earth. But on the third day I will rise 183 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:13,440 again and that witness will be what which will go out to the 184 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,760 Gentiles for them to believe. And I believe a lot of us today 185 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,280 are in that same place. We are in the same place where 186 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:27,440 we are wanting to see God show up in so many places. 187 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:32,680 God do so many things, yet are we responding to what God's 188 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:35,160 calling us to do? Why was this important? 189 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,520 Because when you read in John 316 we know this verse. 190 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,880 For God so loved the world that he gave his own and only Son, 191 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,680 that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have 192 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:47,320 eternal life. Jesus came for Jesus came for 193 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,040 sinners. That's for both Jews and 194 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,400 Gentiles, for both the Jewish people and for all of us. 195 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:54,880 Yes, he came down. That's what the Father sent him, 196 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,040 so that our relationship with him will be reconciled, that 197 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,440 there'll be a bridge now, so that we'll be able to 198 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,320 communicate directly to the Father through his Son. 199 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,560 He came to set the sinners, to set the captives free. 200 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:13,000 But then we also see in John 111 to 13, John goes to say this, He 201 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,880 came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 202 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,560 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his 203 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:23,760 name, he gave the right to become children of God, children 204 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:27,720 born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or of a 205 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:33,760 husband's will, but born of God. And So what we see here is Jesus 206 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,320 ministry was confined to his own people. 207 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,160 He was the returning king. The prophecy said there will be 208 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:44,040 a Messiah out of the tribe of David and the Messiah came and 209 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,520 it was for his people, but his own did not receive him. 210 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,840 And so that's why Jesus ministry of three and half years was one 211 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,080 where he took people from within, that he journeyed with 212 00:11:56,080 --> 00:12:00,840 them, he empowered them. And in his death they all 213 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,720 probably had given up. But in his resurrection they all 214 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,960 came back, they waited, they received the Holy Spirit. 215 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:09,760 And today you and me are witnesses of that testimony that 216 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,880 they have carried across the globe. 217 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,160 It's interesting why it's interesting. 218 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:16,920 Jesus stuck to just his audience. 219 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,720 He was present, yes, He was present here on this earth, but 220 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,720 he knew where he was called to do ministry. 221 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,360 He knew whom amongst whom he was called to do. 222 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,800 And a lot of us today, we are called to be the light, yes, but 223 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,800 can we be the light in the places God's already placed us 224 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,520 in? What is the light that He's 225 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,440 placed you in? What is the light that you he's 226 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,040 placed me in? For some of us, our family 227 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,240 conditions are so that we have to be the light there. 228 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,760 They are the only Bible that they may probably be able to 229 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,520 read. For some of us, He's given us 230 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:48,800 the sphere of influence of people and community and we are 231 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,680 called to be the light there. For some of us, we work amongst 232 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:56,280 so many other people within our workspaces and He's put us there 233 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,520 to be a light there today. Where, however, whatever 234 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:05,120 opportunity you have, can you be present there just as Jesus was 235 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:07,520 in Matthew chapter 10 verses 5 to 8. 236 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,600 This is where Jesus commissions his 12 to go out and he says 237 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,800 this interesting thing. He says that these 12 Jesus sent 238 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,960 out with the following instructions. 239 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,040 Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the 240 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,920 Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of 241 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:24,560 Israel. As you go, proclaim this 242 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:27,040 message. The Kingdom of heaven has come 243 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,040 near. Heal the sick, raise the dead, 244 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,280 cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. 245 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,600 Freely you have received, freely you give. 246 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,960 The interesting thing was Jesus, who was God here on earth as 247 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,680 man. The seed that Jesus talks about 248 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,400 will not make sense if you're not standing in the place where 249 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,120 Jesus stood here on this earth. The seed that you and I are 250 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,440 called to carry The seed and I, which you and I think are our 251 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:59,560 inheritance, we will not be able to fulfill if you're not present 252 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:01,720 like how Jesus was amongst his people. 253 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:06,040 So today, before you think of anything else, yes, we have the 254 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,400 ministry of online. We have everything, but God's 255 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,680 asking us, can you shine the light where you are at today? 256 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,520 So even as you're watching, even as you're listening, you and I 257 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:17,440 are called to be the light wherever you are. 258 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,120 You know, it's easy to be a light right here in this room. 259 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,480 For those of you who are watching can see it's the empty 260 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:24,720 hall. But this is where we gather. 261 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,000 It's, it's easy to be a light here because when we gather, we 262 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,600 have people who know Christ. We have people who are on the 263 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,360 journey towards knowing Christ or people who walked in not 264 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,600 knowing Christ. And it's in this that thing we 265 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,880 kind of have build relationship and we, you know, we experience 266 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,120 Christ's love. But when we go out, we might be 267 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,560 in rooms like this where we might be the sole 1 who'll know 268 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,760 who Jesus is. And that's where God's saying, 269 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,560 would you be able to proclaim this message? 270 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,840 The Kingdom of heaven has come here. 271 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,800 Would you be able to heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse 272 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,280 those who have leprosy, drive out demons? 273 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,680 Freely you have received, freely you will give. 274 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:08,880 And so today can you and I be present where God's placed us to 275 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,680 be. God's placed us to be. 276 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,640 Jesus wants us to be present today. 277 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,800 Be present right at the space that you're in, right at the 278 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,440 space that you're in. Yes, we, we might have a vision 279 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,000 board, we might have a strategy, we might have everything in 280 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,760 place. But if Jesus is not present, 281 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,960 nothing will work. And so I ask you today if you 282 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,480 and I are living in a time where we have the help of the 283 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,280 counselor, the comforter, the person who's promised to us, who 284 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,920 will be with us everywhere we go. 285 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:42,080 If we have him, everything is done. 286 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,240 We don't need anyone else. He's more than enough. 287 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:49,320 So there are three things I want us to be careful about and ask 288 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:54,320 us these questions. Are we present just as Jesus 289 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:55,720 was? Because if we are present just 290 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,840 as Jesus was, we'll realize the seed that we have in our hand. 291 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,680 The first one I want to ask you is, are we aware who has sent us 292 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,480 on this mission? Who has sent us on this mission? 293 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,400 You know, Jesus knew who had sent him on his mission. 294 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,920 He knew the Father had sent him. So today if you and I have 295 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:17,160 placed in a particular place, can you and I say, are we aware 296 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:21,560 that Jesus has placed here for a time such as this? 297 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,400 Jesus has placed here for a time. 298 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:28,240 Can we be assured with confidence, say in full 299 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,920 awareness that Jesus has placed me today here? 300 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:36,440 A lot of us today are, are fidgety in the places that we 301 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,560 are. A lot of us today are restless 302 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,720 in the place that we are. God saying be present. 303 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:47,640 Which means, as we heard two weeks back, my spirit, soul and 304 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:52,000 body is present. Which means I realize the 305 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,040 responsibility that is with me for my present. 306 00:16:55,480 --> 00:17:01,000 Because when I'm aware of what Jesus did, I'll realize that 307 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,480 where I am is where Jesus wants me to be. 308 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,680 Where I am is where God wants me to be. 309 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:10,760 Because Jesus knew. Jesus knew what the Father had 310 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,680 sent him for. He didn't digress. 311 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,319 So even as these people came to meet him and the word came 312 00:17:17,319 --> 00:17:19,680 through his disciples, he didn't move them aside. 313 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,240 He no, he said, hey, till I'm glorified, I don't have to meet 314 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,960 those people. My job right now is to fulfill 315 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,520 the Father's mission, which is to lay down my life right here 316 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,920 so that God can be glorified through me. 317 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,360 If you're not aware of who has sent us on the mission to always 318 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:42,320 say I am on a mission because of someone else, we have to realize 319 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:46,280 the Great Commission that was given in Matthew and in Acts is 320 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,680 of God, is to God, and is for God. 321 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,280 So today, you and I, are we aware of that? 322 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,120 Because too many of the people that I'm meeting today are 323 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:01,040 saying I'm doing this for someone else, I'm doing this for 324 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,760 someone else. And always it's tied with 325 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,560 another human. Because when you're aware who 326 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:12,760 has sent you, you'll be clear of where you're called to be, you 327 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,920 where you've called to be. Paul knew whom his mission was 328 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,440 for. Paul didn't you know when, when 329 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,880 Ananias has actually was supposed to go and pray over 330 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,160 him, he was sent with a clear mission. 331 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,360 Let's read in Acts 9 verse 15 to 19. 332 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,080 But the Lord said to Ananias, go, This man is my chosen 333 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,560 instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings 334 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,200 and to the people of Israel. I will show him how much he must 335 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,480 suffer for my name. Then Ananias went to the house 336 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,400 and entered, placing his hands on Saul. 337 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,960 He said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on 338 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,840 the road as you were coming here, has sent me, so that you 339 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,240 may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit. 340 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,960 Immediately something like scales fell off Saul's eyes, and 341 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,160 he could see again. He got up and was baptized, and 342 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,760 after taking some food he regained his strength. 343 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:09,160 The mission is clear. He's my chosen instrument to 344 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,440 proclaim my name to the Gentiles. 345 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:17,360 So today, what are you and I? It's only when we are present, 346 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,720 when Jesus, when we are present and we know Jesus is with us, 347 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,320 will we be aware of what the mission that He's called us to 348 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,480 do. And so suddenly you'll realize 349 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,280 the seed that God's placing me has given me in my hand, where I 350 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,640 really need to plant it, what I really do do with it. 351 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,360 Every four of these things will make sense. 352 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,640 Where I need to put the seed, where I need to bear the fruit 353 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:42,080 of the vineyard, what ground I need to take, what do I need to 354 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,520 experience. All that will be made clear only 355 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:48,760 when I'm aware of what the mission of God is for my life, 356 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,560 just as Jesus and others had. In Romans Chapter 11 verses 13 357 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,400 to 14 we see again he talks to them, saying, I am talking to 358 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,440 you Gentiles. In as much as I am an apostle to 359 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,240 the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry in the hope that I may 360 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,760 somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. 361 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,320 That's the beautiful thing that we have here. 362 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,800 He knew even though he was a Jew, he was set apart to go take 363 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,760 the word to the Gentiles and his. 364 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:21,080 Prayer was that as I preach to you, I hope my brethren will 365 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,480 also be able to receive the same message. 366 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:28,280 So I pray today, let God be God, let God be God. 367 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,280 Don't alleviate a human to what you're calling. 368 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:35,840 A lot of us today are running behind people because of the 369 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,840 emptiness in our hearts with regard to our fathers and 370 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,120 mothers. We are running behind people and 371 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:44,600 saying spiritual father, spiritual mother, Papa, daddy, 372 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,640 Papa, mummy and all that. Move to God. 373 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,520 Is Jesus present because the mission of God for your life is 374 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,880 from God, is for God, it's to God. 375 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:57,680 It doesn't come from people. It doesn't come from people. 376 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,680 To stop elevating people, move to the Word of God. 377 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,080 You do not have to hold an office to be on a mission. 378 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:13,880 You just have to have the call of God and obedience will be a 379 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,800 weapon. If you have the call of God and 380 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,080 the confirmation from His Word, and as obedience as your weapon, 381 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,000 God will take you to the place where He wants you to be. 382 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,120 You'll be aware of the mission field that you are in. 383 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:27,960 No office. You're not going to have a fancy 384 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:28,920 office. You're not going to have the 385 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,880 fancy system. You're not going to have a fancy 386 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,160 title. You're not going to get a fancy 387 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,920 paycheck. But what you're going to get is 388 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:39,520 the unending peace that runs from the throne room of God, the 389 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,800 supernatural provision that will come through Him, and the hand 390 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,960 of miracle that will cause you to keep repeatedly taking that 391 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,920 step because you'll see Jesus more clearly than ever before. 392 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:54,240 A lot of us today are dysfunctional in this area 393 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:59,000 because we have been LED, we've put our trust, we've put our our 394 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,280 entire thing on people. God has to be your focus. 395 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,600 God has to be your everything. The the very person must be 396 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,280 present in your mission. Call has to be God. 397 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:15,560 A lot of us today are holding back the seed when God is taken 398 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,120 to the place because we are dysfunctional in the sense we've 399 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:22,680 been hurt by the people who we thought followed God. 400 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:24,960 But God saying I'm ready to heal you. 401 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,280 There's nothing that our God cannot heal. 402 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,560 He can heal anything and everything that abuse, that 403 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,600 sexual trauma, that very thing that we are struggling with. 404 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,520 He's saying I'm bigger than everything, so can I be present 405 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,040 so that the mission will be much clearer as to what I'm calling 406 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,880 you to do? The second thing, the first 407 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,920 thing we saw was, are we aware of who's calling us? 408 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:53,120 The second thing is, are we intentional? 409 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:57,600 When once we've made aware, we need to slowly start reorienting 410 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,320 everything and then we become intentional. 411 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,920 When you look at Paul's life, you'll see something clearly 412 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,000 happened. There was a time that he spent 413 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:08,360 and then he was intentional in the call and so then God gave 414 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:10,680 him the direction as to what to be taken. 415 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:16,400 He was commissioned to and sent out by the church to go and do 416 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:20,360 what he was set out to do as taken the word to the Gentiles. 417 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:23,640 And so I pray and ask today, are we intentional to be on the 418 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,880 mission that God's assigned for us? 419 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,240 It's one thing we know, the awareness, but intentional is 420 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,160 where we start making those steps. 421 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,360 We start moving in the direction that God has marked out for us. 422 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,680 Jesus was on a mission. He did what the Father had 423 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:41,120 commanded him to do. He did not sway to the left and 424 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:45,280 to the right. Today, the mission that we often 425 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,920 say yes to is often layered with what the world wants. 426 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,120 It's when we're intentional that we're able to plant a seed on 427 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:55,400 the ground that God is calling us. 428 00:23:55,920 --> 00:24:00,440 It's when we're intentional is when the world will look at us 429 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,400 and will look and tell us that we are foolish. 430 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:08,040 It's when the world will look at us and will tell us that what 431 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,720 you're doing is crazy. But the truth is to the world we 432 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,920 will look foolish. But everyone, according to the 433 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:18,400 Bible, look foolish. But they were intentional to be 434 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,840 on mission for Jesus. You look at the Old Testament, 435 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:25,040 everyone looked foolish to the people who are thinking through 436 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,560 logic. If Abraham had to let go and 437 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,560 move into a place and roam around, they would have thought 438 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,680 he was foolish. No one knew that there was a 439 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,360 nation that was actually being birthed through him. 440 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:38,760 When the when the Egyptians let go of the Israelites and when 441 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,480 God freed them out of their slavery, people would have 442 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,000 thought the the people who are the Canaanites, all of them 443 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,560 would have thought that these people are foolish. 444 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,080 But little did they know that they will be occupying their 445 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,760 lands. So today the mission for us is 446 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:57,440 intentionality. Intentionality is US showing up. 447 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:01,320 Intentionality is not just being aware and having that idea, but 448 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,400 it's showing up. It's being that it's if this is, 449 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,360 if this matters to what God's called me to do, I will be 450 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,520 there. I will make time, I will add it 451 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,400 and I will do it because intentionality is where God's 452 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,320 taking me forward. And So what happens to a 453 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:19,160 Christian who's holding onto the seed, who's suddenly everything 454 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,240 makes is intentional. My marriage becomes intentional 455 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:27,280 is this it's not I I'm realizing that is this person going to be 456 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,440 a person who actually journeys with me in the life that God's 457 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,360 calling me to have you suddenly you'll realize even in the 458 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:37,400 dating phase, your conversations will start moving more toward 459 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,600 what is God's asking as to what is God laid on your heart. 460 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,600 You'll suddenly realize when he's giving you the gift of 461 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,120 children, you will suddenly realize these kids I just need 462 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,560 not have to to make educate them and grow them up so they'll be 463 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,880 big people know, but I'll make them a sharpened arrows for the 464 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,160 world. I will journey with them. 465 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,960 I will tell them Jesus is real. I will and suddenly we don't 466 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:04,480 look at our jobs as just avenues to you know, to for us to bring 467 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,480 money in and to uplift ourselves. 468 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,520 But you also realize that's the place where God is asking me to 469 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:14,280 be the light to the watching world, to help them see the 470 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,560 truth, to help them live out the real truth. 471 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,360 Who's Jesus? To help them realize that they 472 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:23,360 can overcome everything that the enemy has put. 473 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,880 Intentionality helps me to keep the course. 474 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:31,080 We do not get deviated by the attractions of the world. 475 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:36,440 We're not suddenly doing things 'cause they have to be done. 476 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,960 We're realizing, God, if this is not needed and is not part of 477 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,640 your plan, I'm willing to scrap it off. 478 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,480 I'm willing to scrap it off. I'm willing. 479 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,200 We'll seek God, We will listen to Him. 480 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,440 We'll pivot and continue to do what He's called us to do. 481 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,560 You know, in Philippians chapter 3 verses 12 to 16, it says that 482 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,040 not that I've already obtained all this or I've already arrived 483 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,680 at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which 484 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,520 Christ took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not 485 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,640 consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. 486 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,280 But one thing I do, forgetting what is behind and straining 487 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,760 towards what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the 488 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:22,200 prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 489 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,720 All of us then who are mature should take such a view of 490 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,040 things. And if on some point you think 491 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:32,400 differently, that to God will make clear to you. 492 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,920 Only let us live up to what He has all already attained. 493 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,880 So today it is a struggle. That's why I'm saying, are we 494 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,400 aware? Are we intentional? 495 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,840 Because when we are intentional, it takes time for us to pivot. 496 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:49,880 It takes time for us to realize what is mine and what is God 497 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,280 asking me to let go. It'll be that definite struggle. 498 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:57,360 And as we allow the Word to sink in, as we allow faith to get 499 00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:02,720 built up as a foundation changes from, you know, sinking sand to 500 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:07,240 a foundation of a rock that cannot be shaken, we will 501 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,400 realize intentionality. This is what God's calling me to 502 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:15,840 do, God's calling me to do. You know, you might not have a 503 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:20,120 host your name, you might not have the car you would like, you 504 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:23,880 might not have the things that you would want, but you would 505 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:27,000 have the joy that is far beyond comparison to anything. 506 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,360 You would have the means to see greater things. 507 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,720 You would have the dream. You would have the way to dream 508 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,120 more than what you can actually ever dream of. 509 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,560 Because God is with you. Because you are on mission for 510 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:46,200 God, you suddenly will see generations with all that's 511 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:49,000 happening around today, we just had the AI summit in our 512 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,840 country. With all that's happening, 513 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,400 there's fear, there's gloom, there's uncertainty. 514 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,560 There's a sense of I may not be wanted from a Monday to a Friday 515 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:00,760 perspective, but when you're intentional with God, you will 516 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:05,560 realize there's much more God will need of me to be here. 517 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,040 So I'll be intentional. I'll be intentional. 518 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,280 The third thing that we see is are we willing to be 519 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,800 misunderstood? When we are on a mission for 520 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,120 what God is assigned for us, are we willing to be misunderstood? 521 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:21,280 Jesus knew who he was called for. 522 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,600 He was called for the hurting, for the Sinner, for those who 523 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,960 were cancelled by society and by the the religious folks. 524 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,240 He was there for the he was called to come down for the 525 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,320 broken. Today when we are in a mission, 526 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,000 are we willing to be misunderstood like how Jesus is? 527 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,360 Because when Jesus was present and when he was making that 528 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,920 statement that it's my time to be glorified, he was aware he 529 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,000 was intentional and he was also willing to be misunderstood when 530 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,360 he was standing in front of pilot. 531 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:53,120 Just imagine he could have called heaven's armies and made 532 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:57,400 a a beautiful parade of who he was. 533 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:04,320 Yet he chose to submit. And so today we will be 534 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,040 misunderstood. We will be misunderstood. 535 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:10,400 You know, the one of the things is when you're doing what God's 536 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:17,520 called you to do, you will be misunderstood. 100 percent, 100% 537 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:22,440 every year when me and my wife sit back and look, there have 538 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,360 been seasons when we've been misunderstood, but we're like 539 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,600 God, we just did this because you had called us to do, you 540 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,920 know, it was interesting when you journey with people and when 541 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,960 you tell them, you know, if you have, if you want, we would love 542 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:36,920 to journey with you. And they say, yes, we would love 543 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,640 for you to disciple us and walk with us. 544 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,400 And then when we start saying certain things that they don't 545 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:49,600 like, we are misunderstood. And I'm praying and asking that 546 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:54,240 the mission should be so crystal clear for us that when you're 547 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,200 misunderstood, we don't sway, we don't swear. 548 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,200 Jesus knew when he was seated in the Pharisee's house, when he 549 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,560 was seated in the tax collector's house, when he was 550 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,560 seated in places where there was sinners around. 551 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:09,600 That was his mission. He wasn't ashamed. 552 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,040 He wasn't. He wasn't like Peter. 553 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,320 Peter at one stage Paul had to confront him to tell him you 554 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:20,280 can't be like this till Peter had that vision and then God had 555 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,240 to actually send him to Cornelius house. 556 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,560 And even before they were baptized they were filled with 557 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,840 the Holy Spirit. God will show off right in front 558 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:31,880 of us to tell us, are you willing to be misunderstood? 559 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:36,240 Because when we understand the grand story of God, we will 560 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,840 realize he came for everyone. He will realize that he didn't 561 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,320 come for a particular language group, he didn't come from for a 562 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,040 particular socio economic group. He didn't come for a particular 563 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:49,000 caste group. He came for all and with that 564 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:57,400 you will realize God has called us for a time and for a place 565 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,560 that we're living in a 23 to be misunderstood also. 566 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,560 And are you willing to be misunderstood. 567 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,120 He fulfilled the promise of the coming Messiah, but the word 568 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,360 going to the entire world, He left it to those who are willing 569 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,720 to be clothed with the Holy Spirit. 570 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:18,240 So today, you and I, he chose people who were the least 571 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:23,200 educated, who were the least liked, and to them He gave them 572 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,040 the power. So today, if you and I are 573 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,680 called to carry the seed, and if you and I have been given the 574 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:33,160 seed, I'm praying and asking you, are you aware? 575 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,000 Are you intentional? Are you willing to be 576 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,240 misunderstood? Because in all of this, we will 577 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,320 have to be clothed by the Holy Spirit. 578 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,440 Jesus did not go out to minister to the Gentiles, but to those 579 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,960 who came. They never left the same. 580 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:54,160 They never left the same. So what it means is the fact 581 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,840 that if people come to you, they will never leave the same as 582 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,960 long as Jesus is the one who's the operating person. 583 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:05,120 So you and I today are in that same position. 584 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,800 We will be on mission and there'll be so many other things 585 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,360 that come across the way. Everyone will also partake of 586 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,160 the blessing because it's an overflow. 587 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:16,120 It's an overflow. Today you and I have been given 588 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:19,840 the seed. One thing that you see with the 589 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,080 farmer, which is so beautiful when you see him plant, is the 590 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,600 fact that he's not counting. Oh, I need to pick five and only 591 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:27,640 throw 5. Nothing. 592 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,760 He's throwing it, he's throwing it. 593 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:35,920 He realizes to reap a harvest, I need to empty my storehouse of 594 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,360 seeds. To reap a harvest, I need to 595 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:41,800 empty the bag that I'm carrying today to make sure everything is 596 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,000 planted, I need to take everything and plant it, put it 597 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,640 everywhere today. You and I can't be stingy. 598 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,920 A lot of us have taken on the culture of the world. 599 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,680 We are measuring when it comes to God. 600 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,680 But God saying, if your storehouses are meant to be 601 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:01,400 full, it also has to learn the equation of how you're going to 602 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,840 empty it. We are so good about emptying it 603 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,760 for ourselves. How about us getting the right 604 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,679 jacket, the right watch, the right phone, the right car? 605 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:12,560 We know how to empty it for ourselves. 606 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,600 But God's sake, would you be ready to empty it for me? 607 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,360 And you're like, Yashum, what are you asking? 608 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,400 Not just money. Money is the first step because 609 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,639 if you're able to do it, money, you'll be able to do it the time 610 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:25,520 you'll be able to do it, the relationships, you'll be able to 611 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,920 do it with yourself at the end of it. 612 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:33,600 And so I ask you today, would you be willing to lay that thing 613 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,679 down? And as I come to a conclusion 614 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,440 today, the seed that Jesus talks about and he wants for each and 615 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,719 every one of us is that one seed that we're willing to lay down. 616 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,480 I'm not coming after your entire store house because if you can 617 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,040 do it, that one, you will do with the rest. 618 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,960 If you can do with the one you will see doing it for the rest 619 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,719 becomes easier. If you can do it for the one, 620 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,000 you will see that Jesus glorified in the 1. 621 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,520 You would want everything else to glorify Jesus. 622 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,160 So what is that skill that you have? 623 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,560 What is the time that you have? What is the position that you 624 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:04,680 have? What is the influence that you 625 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:08,640 have? What is the area that's formed 626 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,640 this scar tissue that you've been blaming time and again? 627 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:15,000 But God saying that is the seed that I want you to start talking 628 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,520 about and telling how you were healed, how you were healed. 629 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,760 What is the one thing that is holding back that you're like 630 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:24,440 God? I can't, but God's like that is 631 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,960 the one thing that I want you to give. 632 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,720 One Timothy chapter 1, verses 15 to 16. 633 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,440 Here's a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance. 634 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,720 Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners of whom I am the 635 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:39,720 worst. But for that very reason, I've 636 00:35:39,720 --> 00:35:43,600 shown mercy so that in me the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus 637 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,600 might display an immense patience as an example for those 638 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,080 who believe in him and receive eternal life. 639 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,040 Now to the King, eternal, immortal, invisible, the only 640 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,960 God be honored and glory forever and ever, Amen. 641 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:04,720 The reason why we are unwilling to part with this seed and say, 642 00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:08,840 God, I wanted, I want you to be glorified is the fact that it's 643 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,480 hurt us so much. But God's like, would you do it? 644 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,880 Would you do it so that I can be glorified? 645 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,200 And so the seed has to be launched. 646 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:24,720 It has to be, it has to move out of our hands into the ground. 647 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:28,840 And so for that is where I came up with that acronym, Aim. 648 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,760 AIM. Today you and I are not just 649 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,680 like the Palmer throwing it. We are saying, God, I'm giving 650 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:38,440 the seed to you. Is our aim on Jesus or is it on 651 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,200 something else? Is our aim on Jesus? 652 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,760 Because the reason why I'm asking you today is in 2026, we 653 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,040 have the information that is needed for everything, but we 654 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:51,240 don't have the faith to believe when it comes to giving it to 655 00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:54,360 Jesus. We have the information for 656 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,400 everything, but we don't have the faith when it comes to 657 00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,560 Jesus. You're hearing me right. 658 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:04,760 Yes, with finances, with our careers, with everything, we 659 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:08,080 have the information. You might not even use ChatGPT 660 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:09,560 now. You're probably using Claude, 661 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:15,200 but whatever you're using that gives you a logical reasoning as 662 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:16,760 to why you have to take that step forward. 663 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,480 But when it comes to Jesus, would you be able to take that 664 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,160 seed and say, Lord, my aim is to give it to you? 665 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:29,240 Aim because I'm aware, intentional, and I'm also 666 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,480 willing to be misunderstood because when you're ready to 667 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:36,000 give it to Jesus, when you're ready to give the seed to God in 668 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:41,120 his field, he's saying I'm ready to do everything for you. 669 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,120 You suddenly will start seeing things turn around. 670 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:48,600 Suddenly the remnant of us who are able to see it will be like 671 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,520 God. We are ready to plant more. 672 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:56,400 And I'm reminded of the story of we were a couple of months back 673 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,440 in in one of the Northeast states. 674 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,000 And as we were there, a friend of mine who works for Chosen was 675 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,960 playing this clip of the Samaritan movement. 676 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,760 And as she's having this conversation, as she's starting 677 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:10,160 to have this conversation with Jesus, there's this beautiful 678 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:15,040 part where he actually starts telling her things that only a 679 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,720 Messiah would know, things that only God would know, because God 680 00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:21,600 can read into our hearts and into our minds. 681 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,680 God can only know what is conceived in our hearts. 682 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:27,360 And so there's a turn around in her. 683 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,840 And with that turn around in an entire village comes to know. 684 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:35,880 And so today you and I can we be present just as Jesus was right 685 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,280 there so that we can deposit that seed. 686 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:41,200 Because the aim is to be on mission for God. 687 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:45,200 The aim is the seed Lord is for your glory is so that you will 688 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,560 be glorified. And so today I want to ask you, 689 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,320 there are three peace that I want to ask you. 690 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:54,680 And I believe if you can overcome these three peace, the 691 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,560 seeds will glorify Jesus and in turn will bring a rich harvest. 692 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:00,960 So I pray on us. So what was happened? 693 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:05,160 She she who was there when she when I'm when I'm looking 694 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,680 through that story, there were three things that confronted 695 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,240 her. The first thing was, is our past 696 00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:14,400 holding us back? Are we unable to give the seed 697 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:18,320 for it to be glorified by Jesus because our past is holding it 698 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,360 back. Our past has to die in Christ. 699 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:26,000 The problem is our past is not fully dead in Christ. 700 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:31,240 It's part alive with Christ and so suddenly it's like you're 701 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,680 you're joining in your life. You're married, but your ex is 702 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:38,520 also there. You can't do life. 703 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:43,200 You can't do life. We cannot be operational today 704 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:48,640 as a dual creation because we know when we read, if anyone is 705 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:54,040 in Christ, he is a new creation. So our past nature, our roots to 706 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:59,160 our sinful nature are allegiance to sin itself has to die in 707 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,160 Christ. And so today there cannot be a 708 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:05,560 mix of old and new. There cannot be a mix of old and 709 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,480 new. We'll realize the power of 710 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:10,440 salvation and we'll know that our past is redeemed. 711 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:16,040 The seed God wants to put in the ground is 1 which our past is 712 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:19,160 redeemed. It's our past is redeemed. 713 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:22,320 And I pray, if your past is holding you back, would you step 714 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:26,240 back and say, God, I want to be enveloped in you? 715 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:30,200 I wanted to be enveloped in you. In one Corinthians chapter 5, 716 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,120 verses 17 to 18, this is what it says. 717 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:35,400 Now if anyone is enfolded into Christ, he has become an 718 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:39,760 entirely new person. All that is related to the old 719 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,880 order has vanished. Behold, everything is fresh and 720 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:47,600 new, and God has made all things new and reconciled us to Himself 721 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:51,360 and given us the ministry of reconciling others to God. 722 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:58,000 So today, the reason why a lot of us are unable to operate in 723 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,600 that aim and tell Jesus you be glorified with my seed is 724 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,640 because our past is holding us back. 725 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:07,160 So I pray to be to come to a place where we enveloped by 726 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:11,040 Christ, where it'll be all Christ and no one else, all 727 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:15,280 Christ and nothing else. When we are enveloped in Christ, 728 00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:20,120 our past is not the story. Jesus is the story. 729 00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:23,240 The second thing that we see that will be holding us back is 730 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,640 when you're in this mode of preservation is preserving. 731 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,560 Are we preserving the seed for a better time so that we'll know, 732 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,840 OK, there will be coming a time when I might be able to use it? 733 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:39,960 Every seed a farmer has to sow back onto the ground has a shelf 734 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,240 life. One to two years for spinach, 735 00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:47,240 lettuce, onions, chives, leeks, parsley. 736 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,880 Three to four years for beans, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, 737 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,840 celery, corn, peas, Peppers, radish. 738 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,080 Five years for cucumber, melon, squash and tomato. 739 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,600 It's interesting to preserve this. 740 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,720 You know, they need to keep it in conditions where it has to be 741 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:09,080 a cool, dark and dry consistent. The condition is that's been 742 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:13,440 stored in a cold, dark and dry. But the problem is many at times 743 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:17,280 because the seed is where Jesus is wanting us to give up so that 744 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:21,320 it'll be glorified for Christ. What is happening is we come 745 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,600 once a week to church. This light shines. 746 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:26,160 And so we are struggling between this light and darkness. 747 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:30,120 But I pray that you'll allow the light to shine in the open where 748 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:33,200 we can plant it, planting it in Jesus. 749 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:35,360 Second thing, the moisture control. 750 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:37,880 It has to be dry. That has to make sure that it's 751 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:42,960 there's no moisture coming in. But the truth is the seed that 752 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:46,520 God is wanting us to give is one of control where we're seeing 753 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:49,920 the living waters and of Jesus who's the living waters and of 754 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:54,560 the Samaritan woman came to take water for her physical body for 755 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:58,720 the thirst of a physical body. She came in the height of the 756 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,040 known so that no one will be the known will be that ridicule 757 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,440 here, but it's there when Jesus met her and said I'll give you 758 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:06,600 living. What is it today? 759 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,240 Are we playing games with moisture control with God 760 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,520 packaging. It has to be sealed, packed, but 761 00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:18,400 I believe a lot of us have taken the breath away from the seed 762 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:23,280 that God's given by our own, the debt that we are in, the family 763 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:26,920 circumstances, everything. But God is saying, if I have to 764 00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:30,120 be glorified, are you willing to be misunderstood? 765 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:32,640 Are you willing to be misunderstood? 766 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:37,040 Yes, this reality is there, but when you accept me in wholeness, 767 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,200 I'll be able to start doing things. 768 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,640 Realizing a lot of us are struggling in debt. 769 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:43,120 Why? Because we don't have the spirit 770 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:45,920 of contentment, but God saying, if you allow me, I'll give you 771 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:48,320 the spirit of contentment and eventually the debt will close. 772 00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:52,800 It's a spiritual issue. Debt is a spiritual issue issue. 773 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,760 It's not a physical thing. I pray and ask that we'll be 774 00:43:55,760 --> 00:44:00,680 able to breathe when God is not sealing us without air. 775 00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:02,760 He's saying I'll give you life to breathe in every 776 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:08,360 circumstances, through every circumstances and testing what 777 00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:12,400 happens a lot of times before plants, these seeds, which 778 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:15,160 before planting, before the seeds are just lying there for a 779 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:17,560 long period. They tested in smallest patches, 780 00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:21,960 but God is saying only I can grow it today I can grow it. 781 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:26,040 So if your past is holding you back, probably like your past 782 00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:27,920 hasn't helped, but you're preserving it. 783 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:31,160 You're like God too much I'm reading about your people are 784 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:33,640 not right. This is not being dealt with. 785 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:38,000 I'm hearing people, men of God falling, but God sing, but they 786 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,920 are all my creation. I am God. 787 00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:42,240 Who are you trusting? Are you trusting them or are you 788 00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:45,000 trusting me? The church, I still trust the 789 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,520 church. It's interesting that Jesus word 790 00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,760 says he's coming back for a spotless bride, which means you 791 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:54,360 and I don't get to point fingers and say this is the spot. 792 00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:58,440 You and I are far too fighting a fight which is earthly. 793 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:02,400 You and I have to be rejoicing for what God is doing and move 794 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:07,520 and be on that mission. Time is of the essence. 795 00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:11,920 God can do the miraculous. You and I, the word of God says 796 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:15,040 whatever the locust is eaten, God can restore it. 797 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:19,880 So today if you are looking at preserving God is like look at 798 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:23,120 the bounty that will come if I am glorified through that seed, 799 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:28,520 if I am glorified to the seed. The third thing are we 800 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:31,680 struggling is are we struggling to be to plant? 801 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,440 Because what is that? That is our part when we plant 802 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,160 it. It's interesting when Jesus gave 803 00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:40,040 that example of being planted is when that seed goes into the 804 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:42,440 ground, when it's covered completely. 805 00:45:42,720 --> 00:45:45,960 It's in the dark place where the breaking happens. 806 00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:52,640 It brings forth a bunch more which only will bring a richer 807 00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:54,680 harvest. That in fold will bring much 808 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:59,200 more seeds to be planted which will be able to bear much fruit. 809 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,840 Romans chapter 12 verses 4 to 5. This is what it says. 810 00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:06,680 In the human body there are many parts and organs, each one with 811 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:09,200 a unique function. And so it is in the body of 812 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:10,960 Christ. For though we are many, we've 813 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:13,240 all been mingled into one body in Christ. 814 00:46:13,720 --> 00:46:16,680 This means that we are all widely joined to one another, 815 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:19,600 with each contributing to others. 816 00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:22,920 Which means a lot of us will have this question. 817 00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:26,560 God, there are many others. You know, we always have this 818 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:29,000 thing every year when the engineering seats are getting 819 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,400 filled, they'll come out with this other thing like these many 820 00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:32,800 engineering seats haven't been filled. 821 00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,880 So probably these courses are not doing that well. 822 00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:37,560 But the truth is, how many ever come? 823 00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:40,720 God saying the more who are getting added into the Kingdom, 824 00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:45,080 the merrier. God's equation of being saved is 825 00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:46,800 entirely different from what we think. 826 00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:51,520 So I pray and ask today that we'll be able to do our part. 827 00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:55,240 If God is telling Geshom in my 20s, I want you to put the seed 828 00:46:55,240 --> 00:46:56,200 here. Will I put it? 829 00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:59,600 I'll put it in obedience. I'll put it in our marriage. 830 00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:02,120 God, can you put it here? We'll put it tomorrow. 831 00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:03,960 God, here, we'll put it. We'll put it. 832 00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:07,920 God is asking, will you be able to do it? 833 00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:11,200 Yes. I want you to be aware. 834 00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:14,680 I want you to be intentional as you're misunderstood. 835 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,800 You will realize it is for my glory and no one else. 836 00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:21,520 It is for Christ's glory because at the end of the day, the 837 00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:24,240 testimony that will come out of this will be for His glory. 838 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:28,200 It won't be our glory. It won't be, oh, I didn't know. 839 00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:30,720 It will be because I overcame the past. 840 00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:33,480 It's because I didn't choose to preserve, I laid it down. 841 00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:37,560 It's because I chose to plant it and the harvest of it is where 842 00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:39,840 I'm continuously moving into the cycle of Lord. 843 00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:42,560 I receive it. I plant it again for your glory. 844 00:47:43,240 --> 00:47:46,480 Plant it again for your glory. So today if you're there seated, 845 00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:48,840 listening and watching and you're discounting yourself, I 846 00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:52,360 want to encourage, you know you can't discount yourself if you 847 00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:54,880 want Jesus to come into your life. 848 00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:58,720 As we look in this, the seed, I believe this entire year when we 849 00:47:58,720 --> 00:48:00,440 look through at the end of the year, there's going to be 850 00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:04,840 miraculous stories of only what God has done. 851 00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,880 Because we did our small part, God did the rest. 852 00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,200 We did a small part, God did the rest. 853 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:11,960 What is our small part? God? 854 00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:15,640 I was aware I was intentional. I was willing to be 855 00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:17,840 misunderstood. And so I planted it. 856 00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:22,040 Lord, now use it for your glory. Use it for your glory because 857 00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:25,480 I'm enveloped in you. I'm enveloped in Jesus. 858 00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:28,840 I'm enveloped in Jesus. Time is of the essence. 859 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:35,600 And I know that when I do this, I'm functioning as part of a 860 00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:37,960 body. I'm functioning as part of a 861 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,000 body. You know, David Livingstone, who 862 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,760 is a missionary, says this. Christ alone can save the world, 863 00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:47,360 but Christ cannot save the world alone. 864 00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:49,960 Christ cannot save the world alone. 865 00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:54,000 And the reason why I wanted to conclude with that is there's so 866 00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,000 much more to be done in God's Kingdom. 867 00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,760 There's so much more to be done in God's Kingdom. 868 00:48:59,240 --> 00:49:03,480 You know, God's Kingdom doesn't have a job portal. 869 00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:06,720 It just has a willingness portal. 870 00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:10,000 Are you willing to come? It doesn't have a skill set 871 00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:13,440 portal. Because honestly speaking, the, 872 00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:17,040 the, the, the beauty about the word of God is he takes the wise 873 00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:18,920 and he makes them foolish. He takes the foolish and he 874 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:21,600 makes them wise. It's funny that you'll come in 875 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:23,960 knowing something, but the way God starts using you, be like 876 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:25,920 God. I had to unlearn to actually do 877 00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:29,560 what you're calling me to do. So I pray that for those of you 878 00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,680 been struggling, especially with that area of wanting the sea to 879 00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:36,040 be given into God, that aim has been always going off. 880 00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:40,800 I pray that you'll find that aim to be in Jesus and no one else. 881 00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:45,040 He's the one it has to be in where you'll be aware of who has 882 00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:47,600 called you, you'll be intentional of where He's 883 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,000 placing you, and everything that he's calling you will be willing 884 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:54,160 to be misunderstood. And for those of you who are 885 00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:57,920 holding back, I pray for those of you who are still stuck in 886 00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,160 the past, remember you're a new creation in Christ. 887 00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:05,280 Let go of your past. As hurtful it is, as hurtful it 888 00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:08,920 is. When God heals, He restores. 889 00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:15,080 A lot of Christians today are speaking from place of unhealed 890 00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:17,120 trauma. They are made aware of the 891 00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:20,360 trauma, They are made aware of the problem, but they are not 892 00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:23,800 moving to a place of healing. Healing will come in his 893 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:25,760 presence. Healing will come in his Word. 894 00:50:25,920 --> 00:50:29,520 Healing will come and you worship him because the altar of 895 00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:32,320 your what you've gone through will be laid over there. 896 00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,280 And God will say, I'll heal you now entirely. 897 00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:38,080 And that's where you'll see restoration happen. 898 00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,360 I pray for those of you who've been preserving it, saying, God, 899 00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:44,280 my parents did it. So I don't want no God. 900 00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:47,120 I want to be aware, Lord, my parents did 10. 901 00:50:47,240 --> 00:50:50,600 I want to be able to do 100. I pray you'll make that faith 902 00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:52,800 prayer today. And the third is for those of 903 00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:54,960 you who've been struggling to plant because it'll make you 904 00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:56,880 anonymous. It'll make you, you know, 905 00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,520 there'll be a breaking that will incur trust. 906 00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:01,400 The breaking will produce the harvest. 907 00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:05,560 The breaking will produce something that is far bigger for 908 00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:07,880 God's glory. So can I pray with you today? 909 00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:09,560 I'm loving heavenly Father, Lord, I thank you, Lord, for 910 00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,000 this time. Thank you for being with us. 911 00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:14,480 I believe, Lord Jesus, you are God and you are God alone. 912 00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:17,200 Lord Jesus, we thank you Lord, for your word which has come, 913 00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:20,040 Lord Jesus, and we receive it. Lord, I believe, Lord Jesus, 914 00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:22,440 each and everyone who are watching and listening today are 915 00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:24,720 going to take the seed. They're going to be ready. 916 00:51:24,720 --> 00:51:26,880 Lord Jesus. They'll be aware of who you've 917 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:29,320 who's called the Lord, and I pray they'll be able to hear 918 00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:30,680 your voice clearly. Lord Jesus. 919 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:33,600 I pray they'll be intentional because all of us are places, 920 00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:36,520 Lord Jesus, where you've placed us to be the light but in a 921 00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:38,520 dark. And I pray we'll be intentional, 922 00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:40,680 Lord Jesus. I pray also, Lord, we're willing 923 00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:43,120 to be misunderstood, Lord. We're not ready to flow with the 924 00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:46,160 stream, Lord Jesus of culture, but we're ready to flow against 925 00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:48,960 it, Lord, And we're willing to be misunderstood because at the 926 00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:51,840 end we know that you will be glorified through everything. 927 00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:55,080 Lord, I pray there'll be resilience that's built in, 928 00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:58,160 strength, vigor, hope that comes into our bodies. 929 00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:00,440 Lord Jesus, today, strengthen us, be with us. 930 00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:03,000 I pray, Lord, that this coming week could be one of blessing. 931 00:52:03,240 --> 00:52:06,440 Go before us and take charge. Be glorified Lord, you mostly 932 00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:12,360 name, we pray, Amen, Amen, Amen. It's a joy for us to bring God's 933 00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:15,160 word to you, but it's a joy for also to get to know you. 934 00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:18,840 So if you happen to be in the city, do come and meet with us. 935 00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:21,040 We'd love to pray with you. We'd love to journey with you. 936 00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:24,600 It's Lent season and even as you're praying and believing, we 937 00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:28,680 are praying and believing. We are come to a place right now 938 00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:31,480 where we're doing this 40 days of prayer, and I'm believing for 939 00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:33,680 the supernatural. I'm believing for the 940 00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:38,160 supernatural because I believe that as we believe in faith and 941 00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:41,520 pray and intercede, the resurrection power will do the 942 00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:43,920 mighty thing that it has to do in and through our lives. 943 00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:48,080 So even as you step into this week, I pray that the seed will 944 00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:50,920 bring much clarity to you. You won't just hold it, tuck it 945 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:53,120 away, hide it. No, you will come to a place of 946 00:52:53,120 --> 00:52:56,160 being aware, being intentional, being misunderstood. 947 00:52:56,680 --> 00:52:59,040 You won't hold allow your past to hold you back. 948 00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:03,360 You won't allow it to be in preservation mode will come to a 949 00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:06,640 place of planting it because Jesus will get the glory. 950 00:53:07,080 --> 00:53:10,640 So I pray have a blessed week. God bless you and remember this 951 00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:12,760 that whoever finds Jesus finds life. 952 00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:18,320 God bless you all. We hope you enjoyed today's 953 00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:22,040 message and we're blessed. If you liked what you heard and 954 00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:25,320 want to hear more messages from us, you could rate US and 955 00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:29,520 subscribe to our podcast channel for more content from We Are 956 00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:33,320 Zion or if you would like to get in touch with us, you can go to 957 00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:39,520 We Are Zion dot in or follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and 958 00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:43,320 YouTube. Most importantly, remember that 959 00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:46,080 whoever finds Jesus finds life.