T.D. Jakes: God is Still Working on You | FULL SERMON | TBN

when you come before God you come before God in Christ yes in him I live in him I move in him I have my being if anybody If any man be in Christ he is a new creature all things are passed away old things are passed away and all things have become new why because of my position not my condition that's right my condition is a work in process but my position is complete it is finished it is total it is done it is absolute I'm already in the holies of holies the Harvest seasons were huge events not just work events they were moments of elaborate celebrations and people would come from miles and miles around to appreciate what God had done because they so recognized that the Harvest was at the mercy of God sending the rain and the big parties that they would have would last for days and days and days because they had experienced drought and nothing causes you to enjoy Harvest like having experien drought right yes amen it gives you a spirit of gratitude and appreciation if you've never been through a drought you'll think you did it because of your own goodness but once you've been in a drought you know that you're at the mercy of the Lord W usually representing a key moment in Jewish history was symbolic of the fact that we are dependent upon God to meet every need need our Harvest depends on him our increase depends on him our growth depends on him our promotions depend on him our businesses depend on him the health of our children depend on him our livelihood and so we give him the glory and particularly in Israel these were robust parties huge celebration a ma the master ventor is cele celebrating you as well he's celebrating you he's got a plan for your life you're not an afterthought you're not an accident you're not an incident he has a plan for you so imagine the collaborative effort of God celebrating his children while they're celebrating him it's much like praise and worship that we can praise until God turns around on his throne yes sir dance till God dances with you that's a celebration in Israel they had seven different kinds of Feasts and I just want to name them quickly so that you so that you might know them and remember them you got the Feast of the Passover you got the Feast of unleavened bread you got the Feast of first fruits you got the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost rashash Shan which is the Feast of trumpets the day of atonement y Kap the Feast of Tabernacles all of these feasts point to different attributes and aspects of their faith and their trust and their collaborative living with God it is no incident that the first miracle that we see Jesus do occurs at a party after John 1:1 and talking about in the beginning what's the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God all things were made by him and without him was not anything made that was made in him was life in the life was the light of men and the light shined in darkness and the Darkness comprehended it not now there was a man who was sent from God his name was John yes he was not that light but he was sent to Bear witness of that light saying there is one coming after me who's mightier than I whose shoes I'm not worthy to lch it I will indeed baptize you with water but he will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire and finally 114 and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld The Wonder of his glory the only begotten of the father full of grace and truth the word was made flesh the abstract Was Made Concrete the invisible was made visible the intangible was now touchable Christ materialized matter materialized and we beheld The Wonder of his glory the only begotten of the father full of grace and truth just so that he could hang out with you they talk about that in John 1:1 and the moment they get through telling you that Jesus is God in one one by the time you turn the pace to chapter 2 he's at a party yeah amen you would think that after you got through going through all of this elaborate introduction to teach me that Jesus the word was made flesh as Jesus Is God that he would go out and do some God stuff but John 2 he's at a party hey what's up he chilling he's at a party with his disciples and the biggest problem he solves it's not a withered hand mhm it's not leprosy it's not a woman with the issue of blood it's that they run out of wine keep it going and all of a sudden he solves the problem by taking the mundane Waters of canaa and turning it into the Blissful powerful fragrant wine of a wedding whose guests were so appall that they said you have saved the best wine for last come on Wow how do you celebrate God how do you celebrate God fulfilling his promise now that we know that God can be holy in one and party in two how do you celebrate God all I have to do is remember the times when I had no electricity or no running water and look back over my life and see where God has brought me from and I celebrate God I honor him and I worship him I appreciate him and I I know I didn't get here by myself I know I didn't deserve to be where I am to God be the glory for the things he done I wonder did God also celebrate Israel during these feasts in the same sort of way just like a parent celebrates the accomplishments of their children often The Giver the parent receives as much joy in the giving as child does sometimes more in Matthew 25 it talks about a very interesting story where Jesus in a parable talks about the talents that he has given out to various ones of his servants and to one he gave five and to one he gave two and to one he gave one each with the expectation that you would do something with what he gave you because that's really what life is all about doing something with what God gives you the master leaves the three servants in charge of the possessions that he has placed into their hands now bear in mind the servants are now in charge I don't want you to miss that that these people who were subservient are now in leadership yes that they have been moved into a position so powerful that now they're accountable to the owner himself wow I just want to stop a minute and praise him for that yeah hallu you can be a slave one minute and the master the next that that's kind of good stuff to me yeah yeah things can turn them in that's that's why you have to be careful how you treat people because the person you met down might end up up and the person who's up might end up down you never know how it's going to go when he returns he Awards the servants who produced more with what he had the servant who buried his talent everything he had was taken away from him if the master ventor celebrated Israel then I believe he celebrates you he celebrates You by becoming all that he has labored for you to become he celebrates you because you have become all that he has labored for you to become when you win he wins amen yes sir the Bible said that God is so interested in you being fruitful that it pleases him that you bring forth much fruit so shall you be my disciples As you move beyond your crushing and fermenting God sets the table for his Royal wine tasting this celebration is a celebration for all of eternity yes to understand that everything that God has laid out on the table he has done it without hiding it even from your haters wow he has done it openly and publicly and that he is not ashamed that's right of the journey he took you through amen so sit back and take the white napkin and put it in your collar if you please and allow the very Angels themselves yes to pour you the first glass of success and enjoy the nectar that comes from obeying him and recognizing that he doeth all things well yes there are some places in God that are reserved only for those that he chooses wow he that dwelleth in the secret place secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty there are some places that God will take you into that are only a celebration of your intimacy with him yes that only you and he alone can enjoy yes the inner sanctum my favorite scripture in the Bible Psalms 27 the Lord is my light and my salvation of Whom Shall I Fear the Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid when the wicked even my enemies and my foes Came Upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and they fell though a host should Camp against me my heart shall not fear and the war should rise against me in this will I be confident yes sir one thing have I desired of the Lord and that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his Temple check this out for in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his Tabernacle yes in the secret of his provision shall he hide me he shall set me upon a rock now shall my head be lifted above my enemies round about me and I will sing yay I will sing praises un my God hear oh Lord when I cry with my voice have mercy also upon me and answer me for when thou said seek ye my face my heart said unto thee thy face Lord will I seek yes Lord this is the hope of every believer to have that communion that coin Andia that Fellowship that Covenant that closeness that intimacy where you and God and God and you and you and God and God and you and God and you and you and God and you and God Alone can enter into that place of intimacy intimacy it's well so wonderful to be in a place with him to be around somebody with whom you have nothing to hide the Bible said all things are naked before him with whom we have to do there's nothing about you that he doesn't know not just what you did but what you think what you thought what ran through your mind what you would have done what you could have done what you're capable of doing what you dreamed about what you think about all things are naked before him so there is no need to be pretentious important self-righteous spectacular impressive you can be your authentic self because he already knows who you are and what makes it even better than that you are accepted in the Beloved you are you are accepted in the Beloved because your life is K in Christ with God when you come before God you come before God in Christ yes in him I live in him I move in him I have my being on if anybody If any man be in Christ he is a new creature all things are passed away old things are passed away and all things have become new why because of my position not my condition right my condition is a work in process but my position is complete it is finished it is total it is done it is absolute I'm already in the holies of holies that's right I got the hook up I'm straight in the presence of God that's why when Jesus died on the cross of veil was rent from the top to the bottom so that I would have no restrictions that's why Hebrews says that I can come boldly to the throne of grace and obtain mercy and find Grace to help in the time of need there is nothing restricting me from being able to say to him any time any place at any time at any moment in my life I don't have to be in a sanctuary I don't have to be in a pull pit I don't have to be in a choir stand I don't have to put on a certain outfit I don't have to wear anything special I can access him in my shower I can access him in my bathtub I can access him on my way to work I can access him because he has taken me through the process that brought me to a place that I am the wine at the table of shoe bread yeah I am the smell of burning incense in the holies of holies I am the part of Mana I am that did not ferment I am the wood that he covered with gold I am I am the sheep skins that surround the Tabernacle I am the bowls and vows that are in the most holy Place only because I am in him am yes right only because I am in him only because I stood with him in the crushing he said if you suffer with me you will reain with me if you go down with me you'll come up with me if you are buried in the likeness of my depths you shall be in the likeness of my resurrection do you hear what I'm saying to you the pain only lasts for a season and then it's over the joy lasts for a lifetime take heart my friend have hope be filled with trust God is working in you to transform and prepare you for this eternal feast and if you think we're partying over here you just wait till we get over there you just wait you just wait you just wait till the trumpet sounds and the skies roll back and the clouds move out of our way and the angels bow and welcome us into the Eternal presence of God everything that we have t on this side is only the pattern of the dress it is not the dress itself we are wearing a pattern but when we get there we're going to put on the real thing the real Feast the real celebration that's why Jesus said I will drink no more wine until I drink it new with you in the Kingdom of our God Amen so save the best drink for last there are moments and times that the enemy would come into my ear and sit on my shoulder and Whisper audibly almost so much that I could discern his voice itself in trying to convince me that because of something that I'm going through or facing or feeling or thinking maybe I am not blessed maybe I'm not blessed because I've still got a mountain to bring down a valley to forge a River to cross a problem to solve a weakness to overcome yeah maybe I'm not blessed because I've got a problem in my family or my finances or my job or my situation maybe I'm not blessed because I gained too much weight or lost too much weight or didn't do something that I had set up as a goal for me to do and then I had to remind him that I am not blessed because of what is on me I am blessed because of what is in me yes yes I am blessed no matter where I go yes sir I am blessed no matter what I wear sir I am blessed in the city I am blessed in the field I'm blessed in my going in I am blessed in my coming out I am blessed in my Uprising and I am blessed in my Downs setting if I don't do nothing but sit here I sit here blessed if I stand here I stand Here blessed I have been blessed with these feeble lips of clay and these human hands I ho and these clay toes that are in these shoes I have been blessed to see drug dealers turn into deacons amen I have been blessed to see wos turn into choir members I have been blessed to see convicts turn into converts I have been blessed to see the power of the Gospel change dead beat dads into responsible fathers I have been blessed to see people go back to school and get their GED and continue to get their PHD I have been blessed to see the downtrod and uplifted I have been blessed to see homeless people by their first house amen I have been blessed to see families reconcil and I have performed weddings for people who had divorced and walked away and decided to come back together again I have seen God do the impossible I have seen God do the amazing I have seen him do the spectacular I have seen him do the supernatural through these humble eyes and these weary feeble lips I have seen God move mountains too big for me to climb and you cannot tell me that I am not blessed because what makes me blessed is that I have access to him anytime anywhere any place that I can come before the king without ceremony ritual or routine that I need not change my garment or shave my face or go through any kind of ritual or routine that I am accepted in the Beloved and I can come into His presence and access his granted because I got it like that with God and you got it like that with God you got a relationship with God like that Jesus Took for us what we would never be able to handle on our own he took our griefs he carried our sorrows he took our weaknesses he took away our excuses but the master was not content with just saving us no he wishes us to be like him yeah he desires to refine and transform us and every little step I take M every little step I take I'm mening a little bit closer to being like Jesus every little step that I take I can see his nature coming out of me even when I don't want it to even when I want to stay mad even when I want to hold a grudge even when I want to get even I see little pieces of Jesus showing up in my speech because he is carnate in my own Humanity he is realized in my own personality yes and it is because of him that I rejoice in the crushing come on I celebrate the crushing because I'd have no hope to be his glass of wine and be held in his hand if I had not been his grape that's right and been crushed by his his [Music] Fe

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