00:00Hey, I want to talk to you. Don't give up just yet. I know you're tired. I know you've prayed,
00:12you've cried, and you've said, God, I can't take much more. But listen, life can go from
00:22zero to a hundred real quick when God decides it's time. And right now, it might look like nothing
00:30is happening. You've been faithful, but the doors won't open. You've been praying, but heaven feels
00:39silent. You've been doing everything right, but the results don't match your effort.
00:46I know that pain, and it's the ache of faith stretched thin. But my friend, that's the exact
00:58place where miracles are born. Because when you come to the end of yourself, you find the beginning
01:07of God. You see, our problem is we measure time by the clock. But God, well, our God measures time by
01:17purpose. He's not delaying to punish you. He's preparing you. He's not ignoring you. He's strengthening
01:28you. You. You can't always see what he's doing. But faith was never meant to be about sight. It's
01:40about trust. I want you to think of Joseph, the man who went from being sold by his own brothers
01:48to being falsely accused, to being thrown in prison. For years, nothing seemed fair in this man's mind.
02:00But one day, one single day, God elevated him from a prisoner to the second most powerful man in Egypt.
02:12Overnight, the rejected became the ruler. And that's what happens when our God moves.
02:22When Daniel was thrown into the lion's den, everyone thought it was over. But Daniel didn't panic.
02:30He trusted. And in the quiet of that den, God turned predators into pillows. The same lions that
02:39should have devoured him became proof that God's hand was still on him. When Jesus hung on the cross,
02:51it looked like the end. The disciples scattered. The earth shook. The sky went dark. But three days later,
03:02the stone rolled away. The stone rolled away. And what looked like death became victory. That's the pattern
03:10of our God. From ashes to beauty. From defeat to destiny. From it's over to it just began.
03:22So don't give up just yet. You might be in the middle of your story. But God's already written the ending.
03:32And I promise you, it's good. You see, sometimes God lets your life slow down to zero on purpose.
03:44Because when everything stops working, when all the doors are closed, and when all your plans fall apart,
03:52that's when you finally make room for his plan. The Israelites stood at the Red Sea with Pharaoh's
04:01army closing behind them. No way forward. No way back. And God said, stand still and see the salvation
04:11of the Lord. In other words, stop panicking. Watch what I'm about to do. The sea split open,
04:21and the impossible became the pathway to freedom. That's what he does. He makes a way where there is
04:31no way. Maybe that's where you are. Standing at your own Red Sea, wondering if God forgot how to part the
04:41waters. Well, he hasn't. He's just waiting on your faith to catch up with his plan.
04:49And here's the truth, my friend. Sometimes he won't take you out of the fire, but he'll walk with you
05:01through it. When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down to the idol, they were thrown into the
05:11furnace. Now, it should have been the end. But in that fire, the king saw a fourth man walking with them,
05:21one who looked like the Son of God. That's what faith does. It invites Jesus into the fire.
05:31Now, you may not feel him, but he is right beside you. You might not see the way, but he's already
05:42working it out. You might not understand the delay, but he's building something in you that
05:49couldn't be built any other way. You know, Paul and Silas understood this. They were locked in a dark
05:59prison, chained and beaten, but instead of giving up, they started to sing. And when they did,
06:08the ground shook, the prison doors flew open, and the chains fell off. Not just theirs, but every
06:18prisoner around them. That's what happens when you praise through pain. Heaven moves.
06:26Your worship in the waiting isn't wasted. Your tears aren't wasted either. Your faith,
06:35no matter how fragile it feels right now, is doing something powerful in the unseen realm.
06:44God is attracted to faith that holds on when logic says, let go. That's why Galatians 6 verse 9 says,
06:55let us not grow weary in doing good. For in due season, we shall reap if we do not give up. Notice that
07:08in due season, not your season, not their season, God's season. Because when your time comes,
07:20there is no person that can stop it. So if your life feels still right now, if heaven feels silent,
07:30if you're standing in the dark wondering how you'll make it, praise anyway. Because praise breaks change.
07:40Praise shifts atmospheres. Praise tells hell, you can't have my faith.
07:50I know it's hard right now, my friend, but you're not forgotten. You're not too far gone. You're not stuck.
08:01You're being positioned. Every delay has purpose. Every setback has strategy behind it. Every tear has been counted.
08:13God's not just preparing your blessing. He's preparing you to carry it. Because the weight of the blessing requires the strength of waiting.
08:27So, don't give up just yet. You are standing on the edge of something beautiful.
08:38God is about to turn your I don't know how into only God could have done this.
08:47And when that moment comes, when he opens the door, when he heals what was broken, when he redeems what was lost,
08:58you'll understand why it took so long.
09:02Because what he's about to give you will be worth every single tear.
09:09Father, thank you for reminding us that waiting isn't wasting when we're waiting on you.
09:22Help us trust you when nothing makes sense.
09:26Strengthen us when our faith feels weak.
09:29Remind us that you are still working behind the scenes,
09:34turning our zero moments into divine acceleration.
09:41Teach us to worship in the valley,
09:44to hope in the silence,
09:47and to believe that one word from you can change everything.
09:52We surrender our plans, our pain, and our timeline to you.
09:59Do what only you can do.
10:03In Jesus' mighty name.
10:06Amen.
10:09Truth.
10:11God bless you, my friends.
10:13Your blessing is coming.
10:15I promise.
10:17And may God bless you.
10:21Bye-bye.
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