God's People Will Never Be Ashamed by David Wilkerson

[Music] I read in the paper yesterday in the Wall Street Journal that the whole world is under fear and bondage and scared to death but we don't allow Holy Ghost here don't allow that in Time Square Church we're not going to live in fear and bondage hallelujah turn to Psalm 37 a prophecy of David King David gave this prophecy that is so very unique and so applicable to the time we live in right now I want to when you get there please go to the 16th verse 16th verse of Psalm 37 the prophetic word of David 4:16 a little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked does that fit you for the arms or well that means in Hebrew for the wealth of the wicked shall be broken but the Lord upholds the righteous the Lord knows that the days of the upper 8 and therein their inheritance shall be forever here's my text for they shall not be ashamed in the evil time in the days of famine and that's calamity they shall not they shall be satisfied by the text is the message isn't title this morning God's people will never be ashamed in the time of calamity I didn't say that David said it anointed by the Holy Spirit now Heavenly Father these are calamitous times that's the reality that's what we face but we know that you have provided answers you've provided food you provide a truth that can set us free so that we can walk all our lifetime without fear all our lifetime no matter what comes no matter what we face that we can rest in the Lord and we can proclaim His faithfulness now Lord touches to hear this message give us ears to hear and give me the anointing to speak what you've laid on my heart in Jesus name Amen this prophecy is being fulfilled right before our very eyes right now there comes a time when the Old Testament prophets said there comes a time when God raises it rises up he can no longer take the greed the covetousness materialism and the outright fraud against the poor and the needy this is what we have seen coming fulfilled right before our eyes and I just read it to you for the arms or the wealth of wicked shall be broken the Lord will uphold the righteous just in August October the last two weeks especially eight and a quarter trillion dollars vanished just vanished within hours and they say there are trillions more that are going to vanish this is what the Bible says very clearly Isaiah said I've spread out my hands all day to rebellious people who have walked in the way that is not good a people that provoked me to my face now I will not sit still I will repay God has not been asleep nothing has happened other than at his bidding and his hand God's hand in this and it has nothing to do with oil it has nothing to do it's not about the mortgage meltdown it's much more it has to do with the glory of God this has to do completely with the glory and honor of Almighty God Isaiah Ezekiel said the time has come the day has arrived don't let the buyer rejoice don't let the seller mourn the trumpet was blown but none went out to battle Paul the Apostle said they're coming a day when there will be very perilous times Sadducees are coming and those Sadducees will get worse and worse folks I believe that this cried this this absolute seduction of the poor and the unlearned that were signed up by the millions for houses and for houses that they knew could not be paid those who had no job those who had had no way of repaying the mortgages and those who signed them up and these were well-known companies countrywide other major corporations that were doing this the executives knew it everyone who did it knew that they were cheating that they were seducing the poor seducing the unlearned and Zack in Zephaniah it clearly defines what happened the fulfillment of Isaiah's F&I 1:9 and they danced on the thresholds of the poor and filled their executive homes they danced on the threshold on the homes of the poor they danced how clearly that was just a few weeks ago when when a party when one of these top mortgage companies knowing that it was going down knowing that bankruptcy was coming held a huge expensive party in a retreat drinking and dancing all night dancing on the threshold of the poor how long did we think God would put up with it how long did we think that God would put up with all of this madness the mocking of God's name because God's honor his name is at stake the sword has entered their own heart and their boughs bows their wealth shall be broken in the middle of this where wealth is vanishing and God is dealing with the Sadducees and those who just committed outright fraud outright covetous fraud we see the headlines it's in our headlines every day it'll be in the headlines all next week and folks there may be a short reprieve but it's getting worse all over the world Australia and Ireland and now Russia who invaded they invaded Georgia and they made sounds like they were going to bring back all their satellite countries that broke off and they were becoming belligerent and proud we're going to be a world power and you see God just this breeze of breath he just speaks a word and suddenly all that wealth vanishes the two richest billionaires are being bailed out now their money is just vanishing trillions of dollars their bows shall be broken we see it but you see in the same time God says I want you to look at it's in the headlines it's just as sure as this word is being fulfilled just as sure as I warned you that this was coming and it has happened be just assure that when I speak good to my people is going to happen you measure it my word is faithful I'm not just faith in my woes I'm faithful in my promises and this is what David is assuring us of God's people shall not be ashamed in the time of calamity the people of God shall never be put to shame God will never put to shame his people Isaiah 50 verse 5 and 7 these are the words speaking of Christ himself that the Lord has opened my ear and I was not disobedient I did not turn back I gave my back to those who strike me my cheeks to those who plucked my beard I did cover my face with humiliation and spitting I did not cover my face for the Lord God helps me this is Christ speaking therefore I will not be disgraced therefore I've set my face like a flint because I know I shall not be put to shame God will never put his people to shame now folks we're going to face impossibilities absolute impossibilities just like they did in the Old Testament folks is going to get so bad it's going to take a miracle and every impossibility God said he's the god of the impossible and every impossibility demands a miracle it demands a miracle there's no other way out when what does the word impossible mean no clue no way out and that we are coming to this that the glory of God may be exalted God said I am going to act to the glory of my own name I'm going to move I'm going to act on behalf of my children according to my own glory according to my own reputation God's reputation is at stake and God willingly puts his reputation in the hands of his people I used to think well God if if I did something terrible and I had shame on me your name is so great you can defend your own name you don't need me you don't need what I say or do you don't mean me you can defend you can defend your own name you can defend your own on your great god no you see God commits himself that we would commit ourselves he God allows us to come into impossible situations that demand the faith for the miraculous we say we believe we say we testify to the whole world we have Jehovah Jireh we testify to the whole world that our God has made promises to see us through but God's going to bring you he's going to bring me he's bringing his church into the place where everything humanly is impossible only God I want I've been interested in the past few weeks almost a month now going through the Old Testament and testing what I've just told you that God time after time in the Old Testament has brought his servants into situations that were humanly impossible to be solved and how God's honor was at stake what I'm trying to prove to you and I'll go through this in jessamine I'm trying to prove to you that when you commit God to his promises when you go out on a limb so to speak and when you speak and commit God to his own word God said I'll never put you to shame I will never put you to shame here is Moses the Red Sea now these are familiar stories see how this man commits God where God so God so it is so clear that if God doesn't come if God doesn't act God's purpose is eternal purpose of the destroy they're gone Moses and the children of Israel in hopeless situation you know the story they're in this valley two mountains on the side and the Egyptians coming and the Red Sea in front of them impossible and God is on trial in Egypt yes it's already been announced these are lights are trapped that was announced because they saw the armed together and that army was sent out in jubilation there we're bringing them back and they're going to come back and change and I'm sure that they had parades lined up they had all the people lined up to bring these Israelites back and change you see God's honor is at stake in Egypt God's Word is on trial and God is on trial what if God doesn't show up here is Moses and he's looking at this situation and he is told the night before go the waters are going to open they're going to pile up on both sides so here comes this man he stands before the people in an absolute hopeless situation and he says move on and I'll tell you God is on trial with Israel as well this this word go on what words what kind of faith is this what kind of like that that a man can say I I so believe God I so believe that his promises are true and what the word I've received I'm going to act on it and he speaks into the face of that impossibility and he says God is going to come God is going to do a miracle we're going through you see he put God - I don't want to say put him to test he goes out on the limb because he what happens if God doesn't show up then it Israel is finished they will never again believe God they will never because and you see this is this is what happened at the cross they look at him bleeding dying at night so he boasted he committed his god that his God was going to deliver him and look at him now he's bleeding to death if your word is true if you've really committed the father to to save you and to deliver you alright let's watch and they wait they wait for that moment of that gods man will be put to shame and what Jesus said yes I took this money and took it all but I knew something my father would never fail me my father would never put me to shame and the cross was not the same there are times when it looks like God has not shown him but looks like there's shame and despair but God said the story isn't told when the story has been told those who commit themselves everything live or die God's honors at stake not my honor my honor is not at stake Moses is not wanting to be looked at as a prophet he's not building his own reputation he's committing God your situation today have you committed God yet have you taken your faith out into the distant unknown or you said God only a miracle and you've got to hold on for that miracle you can't look for another way you can't sit around figuring it out you can't go to your friends and find you get a word from God and you stand on that promise with God nothing is impossible nothing I was thinking of Joshua they've already marched around for seven days and it's the seventh day and and these wonderful people so faithful to their pastor and he he says I've got a word from the Lord seven times stayed on the seventh March the walls are going to tumble down think of it I said think about it what kind of faith is this what kind of a committing of God his word he said the walls are going to come down and look at all of the people on the walls laughing at these poor people and think I don't know what they want but there are fools and if God doesn't show up he gonna be the biggest fool no he's going to be a fool but you see he's not considered he's not considering that all he says I know God is able and I know what I heard and I'm going to speak it no matter the consequences I'm going to speak it I believe those walls are coming down because God will never put his people to shame and those walls came tumbling down what a commitment I was thinking of another Daniel her brother in Daniel three Hebrew children what a commitment they made you know the King had built this 90-foot golden idol all were commanded about and folks God brought him quite a witnessing he bought quite a crowd princes and governors and leaders of all the known world that had been conquered by this king and they're there to celebrate this Idol these are witnesses to the glory of God and the fire is heated seven times over and the men who are stoking the fire drop dead and the that look that multitude must have shuddered when they saw these three young men stand up to this mighty king and say okay we're not going to bow and he says you're going into that furnace and they said well we know our God we know he's able but if not we're not going to bow to you can you imagine that crowd watching the people is those young men commit themselves into the hand of God for a miracle they expected a miracle they believed that but if not I'm going to I'm going to still not give into the spirit of this age and of course you know God showed up on the scene and the King goes in and he sees four men he said didn't we throw three there's four in there you see God shows up I said God shows up because you're not let his skill to be put to shame Jesus didn't appear in that furnace to impress the King he don't read um that that last of the week see to the ungodly harden spirited miracles great miracles impress for a week few days no say he didn't show up there for the sake of the crowd Jesus did sit there si brothers like I came that your testimony would be certified before this molded to know Jesus showed up to comfort and bless and commune with him they'd already been challenged by the Lord of hosts and folks when you commit everything you have to the promise of God now you've got to know them to claim them I said you have to know them to come and God has special promises unique for everyone the promises he give may not be your I have claimed mine I'm standing on there are some things I'm facing in my life and my family has to do with health and other issues and I I am looking at it and I'm saying and God keeps saying to me do you really believe what you preach do you believe what you testify you testify to the world of all these things and now are you going to go out in faith and stand out and believe it no matter what happens commit yourself to it no matter what you see no matter if their evidence is it all you take your stand you look at what is impossible and you say God I believe you and get a word from God and everyone I preached last week has to have their own word and everything you hear we're only if it's if the holy spit will drive you to the word it will woo you to the Word of God so that you can hear your own voice in case a church like this in the calamity is shut down for a month or so and you can't reach other people and and there may not be some phone service and who do you turn to you turn to the Holy One of Israel you turn to him who David turn inquire of the Lord we're trying to build you up your faith is being built up so that you can believe expect the impossible expected that is the human case that's the only reality we face but there has to be something implanted in you now that I am going to go further than I've ever gone in my faith I don't know how to get there but in one ask the Holy Ghost to give me the kind of faith that can look any fear in the eye can look any issue every impossibility and say God I stand on your word you promise to delivery and your glory is at stake your honor is at stake God's honor was at stake in every one of these instances Hezekiah Jerusalem is surrounded by the Assyrian army hundreds of thousands of soldiers they've already taken some area and many of the cities in Judah and the ambassador of the army stands there taunting Hezekiah and those who had flooded into Jerusalem all of the people that was fleeing the Assyrian army and he goes to the Lord and God sends Isaiah to has a clap and this is an impossible situation they're about to put their their forces into the wall climb and invade and overtake the city of Jerusalem there it would be multitudes multitudes devastated and decimated the word of the Lord comes to Isaiah and there's that here is another committing of God to his word committing God where were where God's own honors at stake he's made a promise and I have claimed that promise and I received the word from you and Lord I'm going to put your name out there I'm going to put your honor on the line you see my honor doesn't matter I can go out if I'm in shame and hide somewhere in a wilderness but your honors at stake the future of your divine purposes are at stake and this is what Isaiah said tell him he's not going to shoot a single arrow into the city it not going to set a foot in this city and you tell him that God's going to turn him around and send him home the way he came no God God is on trial all of those are all of this army oh and folks this was the greatest army in that known time the greatest army on earth everybody been conquered this is an absolute impossibility then in the middle of that impossibility when it looked like there was no hope the word comes from God I thank God for the privilege of doing what David did it Zig leg to pull myself apart inquire of the Lord and wait until God speaks and then when I have L may be a seed of faith but I'm going to stretch out I'm going to reach out for the impossible now folks in this day and age that is the only hope that you and I are going to have to be saved by miracles the church survives not miracles through the power of the Holy Spirit all through the Old Testament everything they survive the purposes of God the plan of God survive the honor of God everything that Christ was going to come to the earth and die for everything is at stake and at that night you know you will never figure out how God's going to deliver you you don't know the method we if we had a sheet of paper I mean little pieces of paper we give everybody a pencil and a little card and say would you please write down somehow that God could get you out of your mess how you have financial problem you have family problems all these problem would you please put down so we can just pray over your card until God here's the way it folks I don't care if there were a million people in this room not one of them would hit God's plan he is so marvelous and he sends one angel and I don't know how what suddenly a hundred and eighty five thousand soldiers died mysteriously they just drop dead God showed up because he never puts his trusting people to shame a New Testament example Peter and John are going to the temple and there sits a beggar never walked in his life and if crowds are thronging into the temple imputing John stop and John must have stopped the crowd and right immediately the crowd must have stopped moving silver and gold we have none but in the name of Jesus Christ we serve get up and walk now focus that isn't a crowd getter Peter puts God on trial God Peter commits himself to miracle and all these people standing around saying what a fool what a fool walk he's never walked we've been coming here for years and that man has been there he's never taken a step and then what how many moves and alls how many people look at each other and I don't care what kind of response it was because he's wiggling his ankle this thing didn't happen just say he did his jump up here he had to get some energy in his limbs and he's moving and then he's up and he pushes himself up you see what if God hadn't showed up what would have happened to the testimony of the cross the victory of the cross what would have happened to God's eternal purposes what would have happened when all of these disbelievers go into the temple and the word spreads to the to the then Holy Ghost filled Church Peter told a man to stand up and God didn't keep his word God didn't show up God didn't show up no you see God's honor is it's a and this is I want to tell this is built up my faith more than anything else I've ever learned in the scripture as far as building my faith you see we as pastors face the same issues you're facing we're not in a different world we're all we're all going through the fires this this is God's hand this is God's work and just as sure as he allowed Israel to come into that impossible place just as sure as God allowed this Syrians to come to be as rod just as sure as all of these things happened as they did in the Old Testament we are being brought into a situation where God is going to have to have a people that and I go into this realm of believing for not just answers permit miracles and folks this this is what is missing in the terms of Jesus Christ those who are willing to commit themselves and truly believe for a miracle an absolute miracle so that we we can rest in the Lord how can you rest unless you know that every impossible thing is coming into your life and you trust him and you you you commit him to his word you hold him to his word and you commit on that God is going to answer sometimes the answer doesn't come immediately but God moved the moment you said he started that miracle now he says wait patiently after you've done the will of the Father just patiently wait you don't have to figure it out believe it and stand on it you may even die before you see the answer but if you're in a crisis and you need a miracle and you need delivered you need food on your table you need protection for your children there are needs that that have to have an answer by miracle are you going to believe God will you commit to that God is his honours at stake in keeping his Jehovah Jireh promises to you and to me he's committed himself will you commit him you are you getting any of this Ezekiel 20 verse 14 I acted for the sake of my own name that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nation's before whose sight I brought you out I want you to read it again listen slowly I'll speak slowly I acted for the sake of my own name for the honor of my own name that's why I acted not just to answer you but my name is at stake my honor is at stake that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nation's before oh I love this before whose sight I brought you out I didn't do this in a corner and God's not going to deliver you in me in a corner this is he said look I saved you before the crowd I saved you everybody you work with everybody you know in your circle your family I saved you out of your sin I saved you out of your misery and I did it in front of the crowd I did it before the people and God says I'm going to act for you I'm going to answer your faith because my name is at stake my honor is at stake and I'm going to do it just as I've delivered you from sin in front of the multitude I'm going to keep my word and I'm going to deliver you and work a miracle for you in front of your enemies in front of every demon in Hell if all your family I'm going to do a miracle [Applause] Bible says the Lord has purposed to stain all the pride in all the glory of this world and bring it into contempt all the Honorable of the earth that's what he's doing he's bringing down pride the loftiness of man shall be bowed down the haughtiness shall be made low and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day God said they're going to cast their silver and gold to the streets because of the fear of the Lord and for the glory of His Majesty when he rises up to shake the earth it all has to do with the glory of God the majesty of God those who've been asleep in the church those Laodicean lukewarm errs the Lord is going to wake them up that's what is happening his honor his church this is all about his church all about his glory all of those who are preaching the gospel of wealth and prosperity are trembling their knees are trembling because you see God speaks and says I don't have to send a storm I'm just going to breathe and cut off the money supply and folks I get letters and people say what's going to happen to so-and-so and so-and-so and God is so soft in my heart said God love I pray for all of God God says I'm going to purge all of this out of my church and out of this is going to come people the the right preaching of miracles not for ten dollars not for an offering that you give not for that at all no and all of this disunity in the church the Baptist Methodist folks when your hunger doesn't matter where you're Pentecostal Baptist or who you are you're going to go to your neighbor you're going to give and you're going to receive God's going to tear down all the walls they're coming down because his glory and his honor is at stake will you stand Oh God you can be trusted louia you can be trusted would you lift your hands both hands and will you just start praising God that he's going to do the miraculous for his church for your Christian neighbors and for your family lord I believe take us out now Lord take us out of our little realm take us away from our unbelief in our fears let us believe you for the impossible praise Him just praise Him [Applause] [Applause] some of you many of you going through very very very troubling time may be mentally physically spiritually we usually hold up faith before you walk out of this church you look back over God's faithfulness over the years how many times has God shown up [Applause] halleluyah halleluyah very very soon you're going to have to walk this kind of walk so well I might have to walk and the just shall live by faith hallelujah pastors and elders I really believe that the reason God is just putting a mantle of peace and rest on this congregation and no matter how dark things get I believe this would be a refuge because it'll be a house of faith because you will be you'll be known to speak it speak right into the speak it in Jesus name I have I have an issue about a friend on health dire issue and I can't speak his miracle into being I can pray with him I believe God but I believe God heard me the first time that I stepped out in faith as I believe a miracle and God said all right you have to let the plan in my hands my hands and I have prayed for the greatest miracles of all that all my family all my children grandchildren now great-great grandchildren coming to welcome twins I prayed and took a step of faith for years I believe in a miracle God no divorce no suicide and every one of them walking with Jesus and the Lord says oh right I'm heard you answered but you're going to have to bear the suffering because there may be one or two it's the only way I can bring them to glory is through the fire I have to do it this way but I I know that I know that I know God's hurt me and the miracle is mine God I am God glory to God lay hold of your miracle today now this one invitation short if you're here this morning balcony main floor and in the annexes and you have you came into this meeting this morning overwhelmed this is the word the Holy Spirit gives me overwhelmed just totally overwhelmed I'm not going to try to describe what is the cause of that overwhelming but you need a friend you need friends you need the prayers of the Saints the two of three agree together for any one thing she'll be done of the father in heaven and some of you need you needed to be here among friends we're your friends and Jesus is here his spirit is moving I want to see the healing now that I know this is opens up so that almost everybody can come but I I don't want you to come unless you you came this morning you're totally totally overwhelmed you say brother Dave I I just and overwhelmed once you get out of your seat and come back we're going to pray a whole body is going to pray for you please don't come just if you have a headache what we're praying for you anyhow we'll pray for you it will include that but you say look I'm overwhelmed I'm absolutely overwhelmed in the annex I believe we'll have room for you I'm just waiting to see what responses you can go to the just turn around go to the lobby is second floor lobby the ushers will give you direction to come you can come down to this area we'll wait for you just a few moments then we'll have the body pray together if you don't know Christ if you don't know Jesus if you don't know how if you're not communing with if you're not in touch with Jesus and if groan cold or weary or you've never you just walked in here today and said there's something here that I want to something here that's different well what it is is that the hearts have been open to the love of Christ for forgiveness and that can happen to you right now as we worship together step up you still come boy speak and reading from the 55th psalm ask the Holy Spirit to give me a word for you and this is talked about those being overwhelmed my heart is terribly pained in me the terrors of death have fallen on me there's feel fulness and trembling that have come upon me horror has overwhelmed me and I said oh I wish I had wings like a dove for then I'd fly away and be at rest and here's God's reply as for me I will call here's of the direction as for me I will call upon God the Lord will save me evening morning at at noon I'm going to pray and cry out and he shall hear my voice he Lord you have delivered me my soul in peace from the battle that's against me for there many standing with me we're standing with you today he knows how sore pained your heart is he knows your wound and the church gotta pray for him we'll pray if you don't know Christ all you have to do is call upon him I call upon him and folks you that have come forward and then in a church to the on Thursday night especially this time of prayer and fasting that that's so very very very vital but it's also important that morning night and noon there are times the day where you to desk wherever you're at to just call out and whisper to him call out don't neglect him and draw nigh to him throughout the day pray this prayer with me Lord Jesus we thank you for drawing me for speaking to me cleanse me Jesus forgive me for all my unbelief and I ask you Holy Spirit to put in me the very faith of Christ the faith that he had for the father give me that kind of faith Lord Jesus I need a miracle and I'm asking you for this miracle and I say it God will make a way God will come God will deliver now let me pray Lord Jesus how good you are how faithful you are how you love your people how you love those even bound by sin those who are discouraged and downhearted you a friend and you're a father Oh blessed be your name thank you Lord for coming to our hearts thank you we serve a God for whom nothing is impossible nothing not anything we could think of God is able God is able you

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Published: Thu Mar 26 2009