Must Listen: Go After What God Has Called You To Do

may have more than one thing so go ahead and rave both hands go ahead and some of you may need to raise both feet with all your toes because you know there's that many things that you have to do what I want to submit for your consideration is that if he's called you to do it he's already prepared the way so you have to face your fear head-on even when your fear wants to talk you out of what God is already convicted in your spirit to do mmm boy we bout to have a good time watch this word Matthew 9 verse 27 I want to just put in your spirit a text Matthew 9 verse 27 now here's what it says it says as Jesus went from there this is a story about two men who went after what God had promised them God is that through His Son Jesus said I will heal you however comes to me their burden will be like that's what Jesus said right so here we are we're picking up with two blind men turns your neighbors say two blind men turn together I say two blind men watch this as Jesus went on from there he had just left healing the Daughter of Jairus a local ruler as he went on from there two blind men followed him let me stop two blind men followed him see we're either sex and weak lost right over to how do two blind men follow something they cannot see mmm sounds like faith to me see because what you have in your spirit is a vision of your life but when you open your eyes you do not see it so it's gonna require you to believe that God is who he says he is and he can do who he what he says he can do and follow him even when you may not see him you gotta follow Jesus even when you don't know where he's leading but you can feel him in your spirit so here are two blind men following Jesus when I looked at the text I said how do they know where he was clearly someone around him had to be talking about him in so you mean to tell me that two blind men could hear where he was because somebody around Jesus would say Jesus is here Jesus is amazing Jesus is a healer how well are you talking about here can those that are around you that may be spiritually blind can they find Jesus because they can hear Jesus on how you talk about him please don't get quiet on me faith Church you gotta speak the name of Jesus you gotta live the name of Jesus because there's others who may not know him unless you promote him I'm talking to somebody don't be afraid to promote the one you know can change lives and save you okay watch this it says they follow him calling out have mercy on us son of David have mercy on us so they make the request basically what they're saying is heal us meet our need right 28 when he had gone indoors mm-hmm anybody track on me wait a minute they're outside the house these blind men say have mercy on us son of David and then all of a sudden Jesus ignores them and goes in the house watch out too often when we are called to pursue what God has put in our heart we stop at the first sign of discouragement anybody been discouraged lately come on please let's be honest right now don't get quiet on me anybody been discouraged amen amen amen see here's what I want you to know too often we view conflict as evidence that God is not in it I want to flip your perspective this morning conflict is evidence that God is in it let me tell you something what story have you ever seen what movie have you seen and there was no conflict if you had a movie with no conflict you say that was boring it would not be interesting the conflict is at the level of the hero within I need you to know that if you've been facing conflict it means a hero is getting ready to come out of you so don't get mad at the conflict get excited because if you're being fought that means something is getting ready to happen in your life but you have to keep going turn to your neighbor say keep going keep going keep going keep going don't stop don't stop keep going so when he had gone indoors the blind men came to him so they had to follow him inside in order to get the blessing that they were pursue they had to go from outside to inside in order to receive and what's so interesting is Jesus says do you believe that I'm able to do this this implies that he heard their requests on the outside sometimes we stopped too soon or too short when we have to / commit to the process of success I've been in Hollywood for 20 years I started at 18 as an unpaid intern for Will Smith and now I run my own production company there were days when God told me the production company was going to happen but in year 7 I did not see it can you imagine if I stopped in year 7 can you imagine if I stopped in year 12 do you know it took 18 years for God to fulfill the promise of bringing me a production company that could make content that could uplift the world 18 years 18 years mmm see some of us we stopped too soon we stopped too soon may I submit for your consideration that you're closer than you think may I submit for your consideration that you're just one breakthrough to the door that is going to open up everything that God has promised you so here you are you're at the door but you've gotten discouraged so you've turned away not realizing that if you would just turn the knob and have faith on the other side of that door it's everything he's promised you God sent me here today faith church to tell you you got to go get it turn to your neighbor say go get it go get it go get it go get it go get it no no turn to your neighbor say go get it turn the other the other neighbors say well i'ma get it I don't know about you but so here's the thing so often we talk about the the what - go get everybody just raised their hand there's something that you know you're supposed to do right okay all right so we're all in the same plane here but what's interesting is nobody wants to tell us how to do it right so everybody wants to say okay what is what do you want to do and then sometimes people become successful and then they say oh I did it look like I did okay cool but how did you do it and it's the how the Bible says my people perish for a lack of knowledge I believe that's not just spiritual knowledge there's also practical knowledge how how have I been able to be successful in Hollywood an area that people said you could not become successful in by maintaining my faith do you realize that people in Hollywood they don't even necessarily know my name but they know what I believe people call me because they say oh you're you're that faith guy right I said yeah I'm that faith guy and you have to understand that along the way there were people that discouraged me from being the faith guy they said to finally you don't want to be pigeonholed I said pigeon-holed well yeah you don't want to be limited by your faith I said my goodness you may not understand the God that I serve when I serve God and I use faith there are no limitations so so let me go ahead and be labeled a faith God why cuz that means I'm gonna be the god guy and when I'm God's guy when you're God's woman there is nothing he will not do for those that dare to believe he is who he said he is you gotta get your faith up fake Church don't just play Church beat Church live Church faith is what's gonna take you where you need to be all right calm down Devon y'all see I get excited and I still got three services to go amen hallelujah somebody watch this so let's talk about the house how do you go from what you want to actually achieving it and maintaining who you are along the way after 20 years of working in Hollywood I have extracted ten life-changing lessons for your success that will help you right now become the success that you're praying for ten I call them the Hollywood Commandments this is why I wrote my new book of the same name a spiritual guide to secular success now before y'all say Oh Hollywood Commandments Devon what's she talking about before you go there if Daniels Shadrach Meshach and Abednego wrote a book about success about they what they learned in Babylon this book is that equivalent because you have to understand that the more they honor God in a secular environment God did not take them out he took them higher and deeper oh I'm talking to somebody because he God wants to be put on a platform when you honor God at your work and people know it and you continue to go higher God gets put on a higher platform so people realize there's value to serving the king of kings and the Lord of lords so here are the top 10 lessons that I've learned to help you become successful here is the how number one your prayers alone aren't enough now listen I didn't say prayers don't work I said your prayers alone aren't enough too often we pray and we don't do faith without works is what that means faith with works is what alive come on faith with works what that means I have to pray and prepare I pray and then I get up and I prepare for everything I just prayed for if you had a dinner party and you invited somebody over and they RSVP what are you gonna do why cuz you know what's gonna happen somebody's showing up when you pray you got to believe the blessing is on the way so you're preparing yourself to receive what God is going to do you got to pray and prepare here's a lesson for the next 30 days do 10 minutes of prayer everyday 10 minutes of preparation by the end of the month you'll have 300 minutes of prayer 300 minutes of preparation and I promise you you will not be able to be stopped because you will have prepared for the very thing you're praying for so when it arrives you know what to do with it God doesn't want you just to have success he wants you to maintain success and preparation is key turn to your neighbors say you got a pray and prepare turn the other neighbors say no you really have to pray and prepare number two you are the talent you are the talent you are the talent too often we look in Hollywood we say oh look at the celebrities and their talent no no just look in the mirror look at the talent that's looking back at you you got what it takes to make it you have to get you have the power God didn't waste anything on you you have exactly what he needs you to have so we need to stop coveting the talent of others you have what it takes to make it and I'm tired of us looking at somebody else saying oh I wish let me tell you something I look in the mirror and say God my goodness you did a good job come on now you gotta have confidence you gotta have a talent mentality you can't look in the mirror and get sad you got a look in the mirror say god you broke the mold when you made me come on somebody watch out number three come a number three yet to carry a crown before you wear one mmm everybody wants to crown everybody wants a throne but nobody wants the process in order to change your life you got to serve your way to the top you got to help somebody else carry their crown before you're prepared to wear your crown when you look at King David 1st Samuel chapter 16 he was anointed the king did he go sit on the throne no he went to go serve a king first we live in a generation that's all about selfie me me me any Millennials in the house just me me me me let me tell you you want to change your life take your phone and put it to somebody else saying hey how can I help meet your need what you need today how can I become excellent in serving you we got to start serving each other the service is the key to the top service is the key to success number 4 you have to know the rules to play the game this means you have to observe your rules in your industry know how to navigate them for your success too often the Bible says you know are my people perish for lack of knowledge and too often we're in industry but we don't learn how to navigate it business this commandment is all about how to deal with the politics anybody had some political issues you had to deal with it on the job right this commandment will help you do that number 5 your gut is hiding God anybody ever heard the Holy Spirit speak to you anybody felt the Holy Spirit move come on anybody feeling the Holy Spirit move right now convicting you to do what he's called you to do your gut is hiding God that means sometimes God will speak in a whisper not in a yell how do you know it's God because it challenges your comfort it challenges everything you think you know about yourself and how you know it's God is when you look at the facts the fact they're not aligned with what you did been told to do some of you've been told to start a business you say Lord I ain't got no money he said exactly cuz if you had the money why would you need me he said you don't have the money that's where your faith comes in cuz you can do all things - come on now come on out do we do all things through Christ who strengthens you that means you have to have the faith in him come on now you may not have the money in the cinah natural but in the spirit the money is already there you got to use your faith to make a withdrawal you got to use your faith to make a withdrawal you didn't realize your faith it's like an ATM card did you in order to withdraw every good blessing that God has already planned for your life you may not be able to receive it until you use your faith to access it you gotta use your gut God is listening he's talking to you we have to know I wanna listen we have to do God is hiding in our gut number six you get what you negotiate not what you're worth oh yeah oh yeah can I come and sit right next to you too often as people of faith we think oh I'm just I'm just gonna be taking care people don't they're gonna take you know that God has given us and the ability to articulate for our value anybody get direct deposit checks come on alright anybody said with paper checks okay if you get a check if you just gotta check that means somebody is telling you you're valuable so you got to know the value you create and when it comes time to negotiate for that don't be afraid to articulate that value and then begin to strategize in order to receive compensation for the vow you you create amen amen amen amen I just said somebody free I felt that cuz ezg some of you been living beneath that your compensation level and God is saying uh-huh next time it's time to negotiate go in faith go in confidence and know I'm gonna prepare the way you have not because you ask not life and death are in the power of the tongue let me tell you some of them tell you a 30-second anecdote I was an executive at Columbia Pictures that's where I made pursuit of happiness for nine years I did a movie called heaven is real anybody heard heaven is for real hey man that movie was we made it for 15 million dollars it made thirty million dollars in the first five days we're talking about negotiating two days after the movie was open I was in the Chairman's office she said Devon we want to promote you we want to give you more money I said I'm not taking either I quit she said what do you mean you quit I said I came into Hollywood to produce films and God told me now is the time to get my production company so I've got to quit and start the company and actually in addition to starting the company I want you to fund it what did she say she said okay see you have not because you ask not life and death and the power of the tongue you got to start speaking that thing and ask for what God tells you to ask for come on now number seven you must master the walk of fame this means notoriety so too many too often we think of Hollywood as a place where the famous people live let me tell you something if you get up right now and go to the bathroom and somebody waves to you you are famous all right you have notoriety okay amen amen so we all have notoriety and notoriety can sabotage our destiny here's how we handle it we were created to give praise not receive it hmm I'm talking to somebody so what happens when we do a good job and people praise us we have a tendency to become addicted to their praise at the expense of being obedient to God if you want to learn how to manage notoriety keep giving praise back to the one where it's - amen give praise back to God all right that's how you handle notoriety that will come from success number eight your difference is your destiny look to your neighbor do they look like you tell them your difference looks good turn here the neighbors say my difference looks pretty good too this commandment is all about how you own the power of your difference your difference is your destiny I've spent too many years wishing I was like somebody else and God said Devon why are you wishing like you're someone else he said I created you to be exactly who you are so own your difference and know that the path has already been cleared for your difference I don't know who I'm talking to right now but you have to know that your difference your the way you are made your hair color your your way you think your creativity stop exchanging what makes you different for what makes you common your difference has already been created room for to take you everywhere God wants you to be who am I talking to right now all your difference yes number nine your amnesia is an asset all right I'm talking to somebody see see see too often we stay in the past over a situation that didn't work over what we call a failure and we're so stuck in the past and we can't get to the present and prepare ourselves for the future may I submit for your consideration that anything is in your past the enemy is trying to remind you of where you've been to prevent you from going where God wants you to go this is why you have to have amnesia anybody ever seen men in black they were put up the little thing that we took you don't remember what happened after they did that right this is what this Commandments all about you got to forget somebody wants to remind you something didn't work last year oh really it didn't work well all I know it's working today cuz clearly I made it I'm alive I'm highly favored so God is continuing to bless me I don't even know what you're talking about last year something didn't work because here's let me tell you something anything you think is a failure anything you think is a setback when you're operating your purpose there are no setbacks there are no failures there are only set ups so anything you have said as a failure God is using to set you up for where he wants you to be I just said somebody free with that word stop calling yourself failure you have just been set up to succeed you've got to have amnesia because it's an asset number 10 your world is smaller than you think too often we think there's a long distance between where we are and where God wants us to be it's not we live in a small world there are six degrees of separation between us and who we need to know there's zero degrees of separation so I want you to stay on your path and know that character because in a small world your character becomes your calling card this is why I need you to serve at the level of your capacity not at the level of your feelings because you may serve somebody that's not worthy of your service but you serve them like you're serving God and that will help set you up for where you're going to be in a small world you can move faster than you think I don't know who I'm talking to right now but you are in a small world and you're closer than you think now in a small world I'm gonna say this and we're gonna close see so often we wonder how can I meet the person in my area or industry that's gonna help me become more successful anybody ever had that thought it's like okay how can I network hmm let me tell you something about networking why don't you just get net start networking with God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit spend more time in that network and he will bring you see people don't know well you know you saw in the video how did you meet Oprah listen let me tell you something I didn't go after Oprah I just stayed on my purpose I just kept pursuing God and Oprah called me in a small world the people that change the world will be on your phone she you ain't got to go after nobody all you have to do is keep pursuing Jesus now speaking of which when you get back to the text watch this they pursue Jesus in the house he asked him the question do you believe that I can do this and they said what yes the this strategy will not work for you unless you believe that he can do it so I ask you a question do you believe that God can do it in your life no no no no that would that sounded really yes do you believe that the god you serve is faithful and will do exceedingly abundantly oh if you believe it then according to your faith be it on to you watch this he touches their eyes and said according to your faith be it unto you now some of us because we're so schizophrenic in our faith only one I would have opened I'm talking to somebody right because on Monday we got faith on Tuesday we ain't got it on Wednesday we got it on Thursday we ain't got it I need you to have faith at the level of your destiny consistently why because when he says according to your faith be it unto you you want the full measure of your destiny not have not 75% but 100% anybody want 100% of what God has already planned for you you've got to go get it why because it's already done I don't know who I'm talking to right now I don't know who this message is for but why don't you go ahead and lay hold of what you know God has promised you somebody's got to get up and say I'm taking it today I'm taking it today anybody where anybody imma grab your blessing imma grab your blessing come on if you don't want it I'll take it in the mighty holy mansion may of Jesus get your goddamn hand pray give your God ahead pray thank you for what's getting ready to happen thank you for what he's already done thank you for where you're going fake Church you gotta take your pain all the way up to receive what he has for you I want you to put your hands in the air right now

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Length: 20min 38sec (1238 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 15 2019