Don't Be Offended by Trouble-Part 1 | Joyce Meyer | Enjoying Everyday Life

this program has been made possible by the friends and partners of joyce meyer ministries god had the audacity to tell us that trials actually are good for us and we should get excited about them it's amazing how spiritual we can be when everything's good [Music] and how we can resurrect that old man when things aren't so good [Music] this morning i want to talk to you about not being offended by trouble [Music] not being offended at god because your life hasn't turned out the way you thought it should or you had a rough beginning or you didn't get to go to college or you didn't get the raise you wanted or you've wanted a child and you haven't had one yet or you've been believing to be married for 25 years and you're still single and whatever the case might be trials can make us bitter but they don't have to they can actually turn out to make us better because a lot of the bible that we know is just theory until we have to put it to practice in our lives and when you have to put it to practice then you really get to know god you don't just know about god but you get to know god in a deeper way than what you can ever possibly imagine mark chapter 4 beginning in verse 14 therefore the sower sows the word the ones along the path are those who have the word sown in their hearts but when they hear satan comes at once and by force takes away the message which is sown in them it's good to come and hear the word but it's even better if you take that word with you and you keep it in your heart and you meditate on it and meditate on it but it's very like satan the minute you leave to throw something at you that's going to distract you and get your mind off of what you just almost learned to make sure you don't really learn it and begin to apply it to your life the ones along the path are those who when they have the word sown in their heart satan comes at once satan is alive and well on planet earth and he's out there trying to make sure that we don't grow spiritually amen he's not happy you're here but if you're going to be here he'd like for you not to get anything out of it and they have no real root in themselves everybody say root and so they endure for a little while and then when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word they immediately are what offended they become displeased indignant resentful and they stumble and fall away now every one of those words are very interesting words resentment offense indignant you know that indignation is just a little wealth shouldn't be happening to me why is this happening to me it's amazing how we're okay if things are happening to everybody else they should trust god but just trust god but when it happens to us [Applause] well how i don't know why this is happening to me and what we got to be very careful about the thing of well god i go to church every week and i tithe and i pray and i do this and that can i tell you something god doesn't owe us anything amen that's just the truth if we all got what we deserved we'd be in serious trouble and they stumble and they fall away they stumble and they fall away you see the definition of offense means that it's a stumbling block and it will cause you to fall away in other words if you get a fence in your heart then you can no longer grow spiritually and if you're not growing see in god's kingdom there's no such thing as being static you're either going forward or you're going to drift backwards you got to keep going forward or you're going to drift backwards you've got to use what you've learned or pretty soon it will become dormant on the inside of you love has to flow in order for it to really be love love comes in from god it's got to go out to other people it comes in it's got to go out this is an active religion we're to participate and be active the other definition of the word offense that i read and talked about a lot last night very interesting it says it's the part of the trap on which the bait hung that lured the victim the animal victim into the trap so let me just say that that offense being offended whether you're offended at somebody else or whether you're offended by trouble you're having or tonight we're going to talk about not offending yourself and that's going to be an interesting message for all of us some of you think what why in the world would i offend myself well you gonna find out resentments makes such bitter resentment is an inner attitude that basically says i am offended that this is happening to me and who are we offended at well we can either be offended at god and you know most people are not going to outright say i'm mad at god but i can guarantee you as sweet as you all are and as amazing as it is that you wanted to come to the house of god on a friday morning we have some people hopefully not many but some people sitting here today and when this goes on tv a whole lot more that are even using trouble that you've had in your life as an excuse not to believe in god you know the biggest majority of people that won't believe they won't believe because they can't they can't balance out in their mind a god who loves us with the suffering that we see all around the world well suffering is not god's fault man did it not god god created a world where everything would be wonderful didn't last very long but that was his goal and desire and he's in the process now of trying to restore that and so we're going to have issues in the world we're going to have things that we have to go through and we can't be getting mad at god because everything in our life doesn't go the way that that it should the best time in the world to trust god is when you have trouble otherwise it's just some sermon you hear a few scriptures you've underlined in in your bible trust god i'm writing a book right now and trusting god and i tell you what after 40 years of being in the word i'm convinced that that simple little two-word thing trust god is the answer to every single problem that you have everything everything but in order to do that you've got to believe that god is good the devil's bad god's good and even if god doesn't get us out of something that we know he could get us out of he lets us stay in it longer than we think we should we trust god that he's got a plan that's bigger than ours and that ultimately he will not only work a good thing in us but he will bring us to even a better place in life because we didn't give up on him going through problems [Applause] don't get mad at god because he hasn't given you a soft cushy comfortable sweet life now sometimes too i want to talk about this for a minute sometimes when we're having trouble we kind of get offended at other people who are being blessed and we could even get a little self-righteous attitude well i'm better christian you are [Applause] i mean i i do this and that and you do blah blah you know self-righteousness is a sneaky wicked thing i actually had to repent twice in the last two weeks for being self-righteous and i just thank god for his conviction but it was it was over a situation that somebody that i know sinned and it was a pretty serious thing and man i had to sit on myself to not just keep thinking about all right can you believe i just can't believe that i mean i would never i would never i would never and boy that's when you got to back off and say but for the grace of god there go out now that doesn't mean that we don't deal with things in people's lives and help them come through to repentance and restoration but we we dare not start thinking that we're better than somebody else and are like in this case of well why why am i having trouble and you're not you just need to leave all that alone let me ask you a question how do you behave when god doesn't pick you you wanted to be the worship leader and you didn't even get picked as a backup singer [Applause] matter of fact they had the audacity to ask you if you'd like to make sure all the worship people have water wow well that's a test isn't it so you can do what get offended get self-righteous really hurt yourself spiritually or you can trust god if this is where you want me right now god i'm going to serve with a smile on my face and i know if you want to put me somewhere else you're the only one that can do it in the right time let's think about a few situations in the bible that just amazed me you know god made a covenant with a man named noah noah built the ark did everything that god asked him to do when the earth flooded and it was time for noah to come out of the ark god said i'm going to make a covenant with you this will never happen again in the earth the whole earth will never be destroyed again with the flood and i'm going to set this rainbow this beautiful rainbow in the sky as a promise to you that every time it rains you see that rainbow and you know no need to worry god's not going to destroy the earth well abraham a few chapters later he's a man who makes a covenant with god god said i'm going to take care of you i'm going to do this and that i'm going to make you wealthy and you're going to have land and blah blah blah and this is what i want you to do is your part go circumcise yourself now i don't know about you but when i get circumcision and somebody else gets rainbows i'm not real happy about it [Applause] i mean i just say it you know [Applause] well you know i tell you what don't misunderstand this but god hasn't been just real easy on me i mean i don't just get a bunch of like miracle deliverances no not me i have to walk them out and they used to just aggravate me because i would see all these other people well [Applause] but i understand fully now why god made me walk the path that he made me walk because he wants me to really understand and relate experientially to what people are going through so i can give them hope in their battles that they'll make it so listen to me sometimes god will let you go through something that doesn't make any sense at all to you expressly for the purpose of using you in that area to bring other people through to freedom at a later time in your life there's a lot of stuff in the world that i don't understand but i do i've made my mind up to this god is good and i trust him god is good and i'm going to trust him amen another example in the bible two sisters rachel and leah now rachel was the beautiful wonderful desirable sister the bible says it real nice it says leah had dull weak eyes that basically means that she was the ugly sister well leah got the man and rachel had to watch for seven years then rachel got in on it and jacob buried her too they got to do multiples back then i for the life of me can't imagine why anybody would want more than one of these no thank you [Applause] and uh having children was extremely important to them rachel's womb was shut up and she couldn't get pregnant but leah just had one kid after another one after another one after another one and so by studying that i kind of learned something interesting see leah wasn't the most beautiful one but she got the guy first and she got the kids rachel was gorgeous she got the guy second and finally after many years of watching leah have babies she finally had a child everybody gets something and everybody doesn't get something so you have something that somebody else doesn't have so there's no point in getting jealous of what they have that you don't have because you have something they don't have amen and i can't imagine what it was like for the disciples you know peter james and john seem to be have a little different position with jesus than the rest of the guys now i don't know about you but that would have probably been annoying to me and you know those were the three that got to go up on the mount of transfiguration and the other guys had to wait at the bottom of the mountain now i'm quite sure that those three guys were not so spiritual that they came down and just didn't want to make the other guys feel bad so they didn't say nothing at all about what they saw i bet they came down you will not believe you would not believe what we saw up there [Applause] so can i just tell you if you ever want to have any peace in your life do not compare your blessings or your trials with other people's blessings or their trials hebrews 12 15. this is a very good scripture that really shows us the the problem that resentment can be if we don't catch it early exercise foresight and be on the watch to look after one another to see that no one falls back from and fails to secure god's grace his unmerited favor and spiritual blessing in order that no root of resentment rancor bitterness or hatred shoots forth and causes trouble and bitter torment and many become contaminated and defiled by it i love that scripture he's saying look if if you let like for example i was bitter and resentful and had all kinds of bad attitudes because my father had sexually abused me well a lot of them were just buried down deep in me and they were affecting my relationships affecting my attitudes affecting the way i thought they were affecting every area of my life but you see i thought because i left home when i was 18 that i didn't have the problem anymore but the thing was i took the problem with me in my soul and so there's an inner work that needs to be done in us that only jesus can do well because i had that root of resentment in my life that was affecting my marriage it was affecting my children it was affecting all my relationships it was affecting my daily life so just like this scripture says if you don't get it stopped it's going to just spread and it's going to affect every area of your life and some of you if you really will take to heart what i'm saying this morning this can be life-changing for you don't live your life bitter and resentful and full of hatred and bitterness over something that happened to you that you cannot do anything about but god can if you'll let him do it now the bible actually tells us god had the audacity to tell us that trials actually are good for us and we should get excited about them it's amazing how spiritual we can be when everything's good and how we can resurrect that old man when things aren't so good god wants us to be stable stable stable stable going to talk about stability for a minute i was so unstable in the earlier years of my life i never knew how i was going to behave until the devil told me if he said i was depressed i was depressed if he said i was mad i was mad i didn't know anything at all about controlling my emotions i just did whatever i felt like doing well you know emotions can be good sometimes but they can really be dangerous because you never know when they're going to come and when they're going to go and you have to make sure the right ones are guiding your life i'm particularly fond of psalm 94 12 and 13. so let's take a look at that blessed happy fortunate and to be envied is the man whom you discipline and instruct o lord and teach out of your law okay so this is saying that when god is disciplining you you are blessed blessed blessed blessed that you may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity until the inevitable pit of corruption is dug for the wicked so this is saying god is going to continue to deal with us and deal with us and deal with us and deal with us and part of that means that he is going to let you get in some uncomfortable situations that are going to bring hopefully the best out of you but i don't know where you're at i mean the bible says in james 1 that trials bring out patience well they brought a lot of stuff out of me before we ever got to patients i mean like nasty stuff and it took about 25 years for me to get stable now i don't know if any of you are as slow as me but it took me oh there's one lady two got a few out there you know we're supposed to have the mind of christ you'd think we could learn a little faster than what we do if god gives you a test and you don't pass it you get to take it again and again and again and again and again until you pass this god will keep letting us deal with stuff and deal with stuff and deal with stuff and these are not things that are gonna they don't even really get into the category of real suffering i mean these are just uncomfortable irritating things just stuff things that happen people say something that hurts our feelings we didn't get the promotion we wanted it work we didn't get to sing in the choir you know whatever the case might be my goodness if we can't even deal with that kind of stuff what are we going to do if things get really difficult and he said this is going to keep on that you that god would give us power to keep ourselves calm in the day of adversity everybody say i have to learn to keep myself calm you didn't sound excited i'd like you to do it again i have to learn to keep myself calm [Applause] second timothy chapter four beginning in verse three these are awesome scriptures for the time is coming when people will not tolerate or endure sound and wholesome instruction but having ears itching for something pleasing and gratifying they will gather to themselves one teacher after another to a considerable number chosen to satisfy their own liking and to foster the errors that they hold verse 4 and they will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fiction verse 5. but as for you now he's talking to timothy who's a preacher of the word as for you be calm and cool and steady and suffer unflinchingly every hardship do the work of an evangelist fully perform all the duties of your ministry now here it really gets good verse six paul says for i am already about to be sacrificed my life is about to be poured out as a drink offering the time of my spirit's release from the body is at hand and i will soon be free i well i'm more excited about that than you are i think but i mean i get what he's saying he's saying look being here in this earth in the times we're living in and trying to serve god in this fleshly body it is not always easy it's not always comfortable it doesn't always feel good but boy the day is going to come when our job here will be done and we'll get a release from this body and we will be totally and completely free and can i tell you something that's when life [Applause] [Music] begins life isn't fair but in spite of that we don't have to let anger and unforgiveness destroy our happiness and relationships discover the freedom that comes from forgiveness and how to resolve anger in a way that's truly healing with joyce's book do yourself a favor forgive along with the book you'll also receive joyce's four-part audio teaching series understanding your triggers and avoiding the trap of offense you can listen in the joyce meyer ministries app whenever you'd like with god's help you can find true peace and forgiveness these resources are available for your gift to the ministry of 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joyce that you know and love now on the palm of your hand with the new joyce meyer ministries app think of it as your daily dose of encouragement right here right now search joyce meyer in your app store and download the new joyce meyer ministries app today well i have it on my heart today to pray for those of you who need guidance you're in a situation and you really need god to show you what to do so let's pray together and believe that god is going to speak to you father you sent the holy spirit to be our guide to show us what to do in life whether to go to the left or the right or to say yes to something or no to something and you guide us by peace by wisdom by your word and you also speak to us you speak to our hearts and i believe that there's a lot of people watching today that they really desperately need an answer to something but maybe they've tried so hard to get that answer that they've now become so confused that they can't even hear you so i pray that people will calm down breathe rest in you and i'm asking you to guide them and show them what they should do in the situation that they're in and i pray that you will give them the courage and the boldness to believe that they can hear from you and be led and guided by you we don't have to live in confusion thank you father for speaking to people in jesus name amen all right god bless you you have a great day and expect to hear from god we hope you have enjoyed today's program please contact us or visit joycemeyer.org to share your prayer requests or partner with us in sharing christ and loving people all across the globe this program has been made possible by the friends and partners of joyce meyer ministries

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Published: Sun Sep 25 2022