Sarah Jakes Roberts: Finding Power in Your Purpose | Praise on TBN

it is time for you to not just look for your purpose but to look for the area where your power has been under attack and to serve whatever that is an eviction notice to let that thing know that power moves and you're getting ready to move with power I'll never forget the moment when it became clear that I had stumbled into purpose I was so excited that it became clear to me the reason why God had allowed me to go through some of the things that I went through I was sharing my story it was helping other women it was uplifting them and connecting them with Jesus you know a little further into my purpose though I started recognizing that the thing that I thought would make me feel powerful was actually kind of draining me I was stressed I was worried I found myself feeling like I was performing one of the illusions of having purpose is that it will allow us to feel powerful I have discovered that having a purpose really makes us feel dependent more than it does make us feel powerful depending on God allows for our gifts our talents our stories to become purposeful and ultimately powerful not because of our own life and our own Journey but because of what happens when we partner with God the reason why I feel it's important that you understand this is because so many people are constantly asking what's my purpose what's myp purpose I want to ask you instead something that may totally blow you and that is where did you lose power because if you can discover where you lost power if you can discover where you begin to get confused about your identity and who you are then we can find the area where God wants to partner with you so that you can experience his purpose for your life and his power flowing through you I bet you if we ask Eve this question she would take us back to the garden and she would say the moment that I lost power is when I started having a conversation with the serpent I am not just guessing though because in Genesis 3:13 it quite literally says when God has a confrontation about what happened in the garden how could you eat from this forbidden tree it says and the Lord God said to the woman what is this you have done the woman said the serpent deceived me and I ate when we look early here in Genesis 3 we see that they were just having a conversation it's not like the serpent came up to her and was obvious with his intentions it was just a conversation and in that conversation she lost Vision on who God is she lost Vision on who she is she lost her power in that moment it seemed so inconsequential having this conversation but that conversation stripped her of power this is important for you to understand because there are so many things in our life that feels casual random a part of what it means to be human and we don't recognize that those things are actually stripping us of our power maybe it wasn't just shame maybe it's not just fear that everyone else has maybe it's not just the way that you do things in your family maybe what you have called common what you have considered casual is actually stripping you of power and you need God's power to be able to flow through you but if God's power can't flow through you because something has clamped your flow then you will feel much like Eve felt after she ate from the tree powerless we were talking and we were having a conversation about the difference between being powerless and Powerful sometimes we don't necessarily want to feel powerful because we're afraid of the confidence and the arrogance connected to that but we also recognize that feeling powerless creates a discomfort inside of us you want to know why because you were not created to be powerless when God created man and woman he gave them a huge assignment to be fruitful and to multiply to subdue and to have dominion he told them to fill the Earth these are powerful statements meant for powerful people this was God's original intention for your existence and if those big words scare you if those big words make you question your worth your value your offer ing then somewhere along the way power has been stripped from you I'm so grateful though that power lost power failure is not the end of our story because through Jesus we have access to reclaim the power that God originally intended for us to have in Genesis I was reading in scripture in Luke 10 and there was this verse that has just resonated in my head it's rolled over and over again it's in Luke 10 vers vers 17-9 and In this passage of scripture Jesus we hear Jesus talk a lot about the 12 disciples we very rarely hear him talk about the 70 to 72 disciples that he dispatched with a similar assignment you'd have to read all of Luke 10 to get the full picture but when he gives them Authority he tells them to heal the sick he tells them to establish the Kingdom of Heaven he tells them to do so many things he didn't tell them to go at messing with demons and Devils but they must have got courageous and bold because while they were out there they were recognizing the effectiveness of what Jesus had given them when Jesus gave them power they put that power to work that is making me feel some kind of way even right now so often we go to church we read worship songs we maybe seeing inspirational post and in that moment it makes us feel powerful but we just store that power for a rainy day but these disciples teach us that when Jesus gives you power you have to put that power to work if there is something that comes up in your mind after after you have heard a sermon or you've read a scripture that really empowered you you have to enact that in your life immediately because power multiplies only when it's put to use so they're out preparing the way for Jesus they've put this power to use and the moment they begin putting the power to use they come back and they say hey Jesus I did all of the things that you told us to do and I was caught off guard I was surprised that even the demons and the Devils were subject to us in your name you've got to read Luke 10 to get the full synopsis of what happened but what I want to hone in on the most is Jesus response to them it's in Luke 10:1 17-19 it says then the 70 returned with Joy saying Lord even the demons are subject to us in your name and he said to them I saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven beh hold I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you Jesus tells them first of all what you're calling a big deal that the demons are subject to you in my name is not a big deal at all I saw Satan fall from the sky like lightning that is not a big deal but what is a big deal he later tells them is that your name is written in heaven the reason why this scripture stands out in my mind and gets me really so fired up is that one we hear Jesus acknowledge when he says I have given you authority over all of the power of the enemy we hear Jesus acknowledge that the enemy has power now that may sound immature or fundamental to some of you who have just been so walking in the faith for so long that you know that the devil has had power but we've got power over the enemy but for those of us who have had a more up and down complicated Journey who have become complicit and even our own demise to recognize that maybe what you're calling Casual Fear maybe what you're calling just shame that you've become comfortable with for so long is actually the power of the enemy keeping you from living out that life that God intended in Genesis 1 but remember I told you thanks to Jesus you don't have to settle for that power failure Jesus said say I gave you power over that and nothing by any means shall harm you that means it may rear its head it may seem like it's hurt you it may seem like it's broken you and in those moments you may have to lick your wounds but when it's all said and done we serve a God who will restore what the locusts have eaten we serve a God who will show you that what the enemy meant for evil he meant it for good it may look like the weapon is prospering right now but when God gets finish writing your story you will see that the weapon did not Prosper it was only just formed but this takes trust it takes you coming to a place where you believe that being powerless is not your inheritance it comes down to you coming to a point in your life where you have decided to become uncomfortable with a version of yourself that shrinks when you want to stand tall that stays silent when you want to speak up I'm I'm going to share this one last thing with you before we close and it's something that I jotted down just before I knew we'd be spending time together what I love so much about this conversation that Jesus has with the disciples is that he informs them about what he gave them when he gave them Authority he also helps them to understand that what they used to be afraid of if you read anything in the New Testament you understand that those who were considered demon possessed or who had been affected by the enemy were uh people were afraid of them they stayed away from them because they didn't have any power over them but because they had Jesus power how power has thou moved in the direction of them having authority over the thing that once had authority over them I'm thinking about the woman caught in the act of adultery and where shame could have been the final answer for her when after Jesus as he without sin cast the first stone she could have said okay I got out of that mess but I'm still ashamed that I got in the mess anyway Jesus Takes the extra time to say woman look around who condemns you she looks around and she says no one and he says neither do I now go and sin no more once again we see Power moving where there was an opportunity for shame to have control Jesus says I want you to be free from that and I want you to go don't get stuck don't stay stagnant to start moving in the direction of where my power has declared for you to be free it is time for you to not just look for your purpose but to look for the area where your power has been under attack and to serve whatever that is any eviction notice to let that thing know that power moves and you're getting ready to move with power Holy Spirit I thank you that you meet us in the area where we need you the most that you recognize that life for us has not always been easy that there have been many moments where we questioned our worth our value and our ability to stand up to the moments that seem bigger than us and yet this message has found the other person at a time in their life where they are beginning to wonder whether or not your power can move them let this be a sign that it is time for them to move with power God I pray that you would give them strength wisdom Insight courage to just take a baby step that baby step will feel like a leap but once they take that baby step they will see that they are assigned to move mountains in your name may your grace your love your power catch them by surprise never let them go and move them for Generations into the direction of righteousness in Jesus name amen

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Length: 12min 15sec (735 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 03 2024