Timing Is Everything - Bishop T.D. Jakes

[Music] thank you let's go to the gospel of Saint Matthew chapter number 13 verse 24 through 30 and there you will find my assignment for this morning I will be reading it out of the NIV when you have it say Amen if you're still looking to say wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute Matthew the gospel of Saint Matthew the first book in the New Testament in Jesus told them another Parable what was it it was a yeah it was a parable the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed what did he do he sold good seed in his field now first miracle you got to recognize the choir didn't know what I was going to preach when they prepared for worship they didn't know what I was going to preach but for weeks I have been seeing roots something is about to come out of the ground foreign Jesus told them another Parable the Kingdom of Heaven Is Like a Man Who Sold good seed in his field but while everyone was sleeping his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away when did he do it while they were sleeping when the wheat sprouted and formed heads when the wind when the wheat sprouted and formed heads then the weeds also appeared the owner's servants came to him and said sir didn't you sow good seed in your field where then did the weeds come from an enemy did this he replied the servants asked him do you want us do you want us to watch this closely do you want us to go and pull them up no he answered because while you are pulling the weeds you made uproot the wheat with them let both grow together oh my God let Rose grow together until the Harvest at that time I will tell the Harvesters first collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn can you say Amen shout this with me timing is everything shout it again timing is everything shout it again timing is everything Spirit of the Living God fall fresh on the word of God as we go into it today let it bring life and healing and renewal and restoration as we delve into the depths of God's word bring out treasures and Ministry and healing and Revelation I thank you for what you are about to do in Jesus name we pray somebody shout amen you may be seated in the presence of God all right yeah let's go to work 55 years of my life and I started preaching at 19. I started pastoring at 21. I don't think I knew it then but I know it now the best things in life takes time when I was younger I was impatient because I had the naivety of thinking that dreams would come quickly but the best things in life take time from simple things like food preparation to more complicated issues of parenting and marriage the best things in life take time people who don't have time to cook don't cook well because the best things in life take time you can get married you can have a wedding in 30 minutes but it takes years to have a marriage the best things in life take what prayers between being rich and being wealthy you can hit the lottery receive an inheritance uh you can be catapulted from rags to riches and you can be rich quick though many Define wealth differently than how I will today true wealth isn't just about money but it is about the lessons you learn while struggling upward if you have money without wisdom you will soon be parted from your money the best things in life take time takes relationships you've got the money but because it was given to you quickly you didn't build the infrastructure to sustain it you don't have the relationships to sustain it you don't have the information to sustain it and most people who hit the lottery 70 to 80 percent of them go broke within five years you can't imagine that you could hit that much money and lose it but the truth of the matter is God is teaching I said the best things in life take time there are things that you learn from struggling there are things that you learn from tests and trials and trial and error foreign teachers were failure it takes time to do well it takes even longer to be well let's listen to the words of Solomon when he talks out of Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verse one through two and listen at Solomon the wise man the wise man he says to everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven he says to everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under Heaven you've got purpose but do you understand season and time now we read over that quickly but we really don't think about it because if we thought about it we would understand that some people are seasonal some relationships are seasonal some opportunities are seasonal And yet when we see the seasons change we think the blessing has ceased but it is not that the blessing has ceased it is that the season has changed there's a great deal I got a lot of trees in my yard there's a great deal of difference between how my yard looks in the spring and how it looks in the fall and by the time it gets to Winter quite frankly the trees are ugly and Barren and destitute and if you came in the winter and saw it you would have no idea of how beautiful it would be if it takes time there is a time to be born and there is a time to die if I had time I'd talk about that they are very similar birth and death a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted now listen to what he says there's a time to plant and there's a time to pluck up that which is planted do you know the difference in your life [Applause] the difference between knowing when to plant and when to pluck thank you have you ever asked God maybe you've asked him when to plant but have you ever asked him when to pluck up or are you intent on keeping that which is planted to the destruction of plucking up that which you have become accustomed to please and and to say goodbye to the season you had foreign I call it the Art of Letting Go the spirit of release not wrestling releasing some of you are wrestling to hold on to something that God is trying to take away from you and you need to release it and simply Let It Go that was that season when I was a child I thought as a child I spake as a child I understood as a child but when I became a man I had to let go of childish things childish thinking I thought as a child I spake as a child I understood as a child if you are still talking the way you were talking 10 years ago I've got bad news for you you have a deformity a spiritual dysfunction that keeps your thoughts in one dimension that means you can't fall in love with your thoughts I want all the stubborn people to say Amen because if you are stubborn with your thoughts you delay your next season I have watched some of the greatest people in every industry you can imagine I've had I've had the privilege of having relationships with people who were at the top of their game and just about every industry you can imagine those that leave the greatest impact understand timing timing is everything timing is everything said with me timing is there say it again many people don't realize that part of the art of baking is timing there are a lot of people that cook but don't bake because part of the art of baking is timing the difference between a dry cake and a moist cake is come on come on come on the difference between a a a a a moist cobbler and a dry cobbler is do whenever you taste a dry one you know they left it in the oven oh come on oh somebody knows what I'm talking about you've got to understand it's timing in baseball it's not just skill it is the timing that causes the batter to be effective at swinging the bat you can have the right swing but if you swing at the wrong time you won't have the impact that you should have had some of you are trying to do the right swing but you're swinging at the wrong time you're in such a hurry that you're swinging before the ball can strike the Target because you are more moved by the crowd than you are by the ball timing is everything many people don't realize that not only is timing everything in baseball and baking it is also everything when it comes to Comedy or speaking or music it's about timing it's not just can you read music can you keep time it's not can you tell a joke but can you time the joke it's not can you speak a message can you use timing to convey information you can give great information out of time and be an incompetent speaker because you don't understand timing everything is a rhythm everything is a rhythm God is a rhythm breathing is a rhythm circulation is a rhythm heartbeat is a rhythm pulse is a rhythm everything that is alive has a rhythm [Applause] Birth has a rhythm a woman's body has a rhythm God is telling us over and over and over in nature in Creation in procreation that timing is everything you can't be fruitful out of season [Applause] somebody shout teach me to know my season with my timing you can be right about what you said but wrong about when you said it and do more damage than you did good it's not about right and wrong it's about timing write information delivered at the wrong time can tear our marriage up can cause a child to feel defeated can stop a loan from going through can stop the house from being built can stop you from having the peace you ought to have you're worried about being right you need to be worried about timing timing timing time time time time time time time time time time timing is everything timing is absolutely everything one thing I know for sure I came to Dallas at the right yeah 38 years old it was the right time any sooner would have been a disaster I wasn't ready for it any later would have been too late it wasn't ready for me it wasn't just the right time in my life it was the right time in Dallas it was the right time in history you have to do things at the right time or you're not going to have the effect that you would have had because you don't understand timing because timing is what I mean is what wake up timing is what wake up timing is what timing is absolutely everything I've given this illustration before but I want to paint it again for you that have not heard it Harlan Sanders built an amazing business because he did the right thing at the right time KFC came at a time in the American history that women had just started to go to work it came at a time in history that families were still sitting around the table it solved the problem how can we simulate a family dinner without the woman being home to cook doing the right thing at the right time it wasn't just about the chicken is good it was that the need was great it solved the problem and it came at the right oh y'all don't hear what I'm saying let me make this clear if he opened up now he'd go bankrupt sustain it at this level but you can't start it at this level because now if you open it up they want to know is it gluten free you have vegan chicken a pescatarian they were not asking those questions at that time success is as much about timing as it is about anything else do you know what time it is in your life I've got a watch on my wrist I've got a phone phone but backing up so that I know what time it is in the day but do I know what time it is in my life is it time to put away childish things I can only be fruitful in my season the Bible says you shall bring forth fruit in your season your lease shall not wither and whatsoever you do shall prosper you have to know when it's your season and you have to know when it's over you have to know when to hold it you have to know when to fold it you cannot see folding as failure it's all about timing oh talk to me it's all about timing timing is everything I have preached this text many many many times I have preached it many many ways there is an eschatological element of this text that I won't touch today that speaks to the end time we could talk about it that way but the reason I'm in this text today and the reason I want to luxuriate in this text after many days I have been seeing entangled roots Underground for me this message did not start with the text it started with a vision of entangled roots Underground regardless of the plant type at the top of the soil The Roots mesh together Underground whether it is weeds or Wheats if they are planted in the same space The Roots become entangled underground and for days God has been showing me entangled Roots I'm going to go deeper into this in a minute are you ready to go with me I said are you ready to go with me I tell you ready to go with me timing is what said again timing is what good the text starts with a very common phrase the Kingdom of Heaven is lacking shows us that Kingdom truths are veiled in comparisons he doesn't tell us what the kingdom is he tells us what the kingdom is like so the kingdom truths that I am meant to get out of this will come through failed it is veiled in comparisons whenever the truths are veiled in comparison you cannot become so inundated with the comparison that you failed to dig beneath the soil of the text to extract the truth why is Jesus telling us this story it is not just so that we may know the story it is that we might understand the truth that is hidden in the fabric of the story so we can't just read through it and say I'm through with it and I know the story because we have to understand that the Revelation is hidden in the analogy it hides behind the parable it is locked up in the parable in such a way that it causes you not only to read but to think if you don't think when you read you won't retain what you heard [Applause] some people will hear this message and get nothing because they will not add the necessary quotient of thinking with hearing and if you don't think I am not your preacher cannot preach to people who don't think so everybody's not for me I'm cool with that I understand that I get that that's okay it's okay if if God is hiding is God hiding let me go that way is God hiding the kingdom in Parables to avoid exposure no no God isn't the one who hides from us his glory that notion is counter-intuitive to who Jesus is himself Jesus Is God revealed Isaiah 53 says this word and it is important who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed Jesus Is God revealed to us he is God extending himself when he calls the arm of the Lord is talking about Jesus because Jesus is God extending himself from Divinity to humanity Jesus came to express God and we beheld The Wonder of his glory the only begotten of the father full of grace and truth why would Jesus come to express God and then hide God he is the revealer he is the author of the book of Revelations John pended but Jesus said it he is the revealer so let us not think that God is hiding when God is revealing so when we look at this we begin to understand that it is man who loves Darkness rather than life because his deeds are evil it is man who hid in the garden from God it is man who walks away from truth and hides his wickedness and his iniquity from God there is not a person in this room that is in hiding something oh you're not going to talk to me but I'm Gonna Keep On dragging until I get it there is not a person in this room that isn't hiding something I have news for the young people who are talking about keeping it 100 nobody keeps it 100. you might keep it about 90. [Applause] if you want to lose everything keep it 100. if you want to destroy everything keep it 100. if you want to lose your job Monday morning go in there and keep it 100. I don't even want to be here I'm sick of all y'all and I never liked you in the first place and you make me sick and you get on my nerves we'll get you fired but you keep it at 100. thank you if you want to get divorced real quick and she asks you do my hips look big in this and you respond looking like two bears fighting in the woods under a blanket [Applause] [Applause] foreign I'm just saying oh he says am I the greatest lover you ever had in all you about number 10. [Applause] I just love you and I put up with it and I act like you just killing me and driving me crazy but the truth of the matter is I was thinking about what I was gonna wear to work [Applause] best keeping it 100 is also keeping you in divorce court there is not a person in this room that isn't hiding something God has nothing to hide so when God says the Kingdom of Heaven is light we must not think that God is hiding the truth as if he were playing hide and go seek with us what he is doing as the master rabbi is a teacher explaining the unexplainable to a far less intelligent being what the Kingdom of Heaven is like like a first grade teacher teaching a student what it is like to be in Paris what it is like to travel the world she has to consider the age and the intellectual development of the student in order to be effective at teaching she is not hiding she is reducing it down to the level of the audience she is talking to so when Jesus says the Kingdom of Heaven is like it is it is God stupid it is God coming to our level can you prove it yes as high as the heavens are above the Earth so are my thoughts above your thoughts and my ways above your ways if I spoke it to you on my level you would never understand it so I speak to you in metaphors and similes and comparisons so that you can learn what the Kingdom of Heaven is like and I have to find something that you can compare it to because what I am talking about is so high that I'm breaking it down in the first line when I say the Kingdom of Heaven is like I'm talking baby talk that's what Jesus is doing when he's talking to us he is breaking down through the parable some truths that we must take with us I've got five lessons I'm going to tell you out of this text and I'm going to talk about them and I'm going to sit down [Applause] five things that are to be excavated out of this text for the purpose of my assignment today because all of the times that I have never preached this text I have never seen the significance of timing to the text but timing send again say it again then I want you to think before I give you my first lesson point I want you to think why does God have me here this morning all right how does this apply to my life what is God saying to me why am I watching this particular message at this particular time in my life what in my life needs to be better timed [Applause] keep my decisions this morning according to Time I took my shower according to what time it was I got dressed according to what time it was I had to keep track of the time because if I lose track of time I will always be late and if I am late I lose thank you because timing is why would I want to be in a service and the glory moved and I missed it if you missed the first song when the choir starts singing the lord it's Blessing Me Right Now and the whole audience was up front and you had young people dancing off of Old music and old people scooting from side to side you miss one of the building blocks of which I'm standing on right now because timing is if you don't respect time you will never be wealthy you will never be successful you will never be Mighty only poor folks inwardly and I would need care nothing about timing because timing is [Applause] now for the benefit before I give the lesson let me make sure that you understand the story in the story we have a certain man who had his servants to sow good seed in the field and wow they slept and I used to preach against them sleeping until I realized that everybody should go to sleep sometime it is impossible for you to stay up around the clock the enemy comes in while they are sleeping and plants the weeds or the tear while they're sleeping in the story they don't wake up the next morning and know the enemy has been there because the enemy has planted it in such a way that when they wake up in the morning they do not notice any change notice the timing it was not the next day but while they did not notice it the evil or weeds were sown in the wheat anybody who understood don't let me get ahead of myself anybody who understands this understands that there are important truths to be learned lesson number one it is naive to think that the planting of good it exempts us from the presence of bad it is naive to think that the planting of good exempts us from the presence of bad this is important for us to understand just because God allows wheat to be planted doesn't mean that weeds are restricted are you hearing what I'm saying the kingdom is like this so we have to be able to produce in the presence of weeds [Applause] so for all of you who are waiting for all the weeds to be gone before you produce the wheat you are not digging deep enough into this text because this text declares there will never be a day that you can be weak full without being weedful [Applause] God allows the wheat to be planted that doesn't mean that the weeds are restricted wheat is planted with great intentionality wheat is planted with great intentionality in other words wheat is not going to grow in this ground if it is not planted it is not a natural result of the climate the soil the rain and the Sunshine it has to be planted nobody succeeds accidentally nobody wins a marathon accidentally nobody wins the Olympics accidentally nobody gets a master's degree accidentally nobody gets a diploma accidentally nobody passes a GED accidentally nobody gets a promotion accidentally just because you pray doesn't mean you win foreign [Applause] this is work this is sweat this is labor because this is agriculture [Applause] and agriculture means that the intention of sowing the seed is that I might have wheat wheat and the intention of having wheat is that I might have bread from seed to wheat to bread is going to take can't plant seed today and eat bread tonight [Applause] because timing is so if I am going to be seedful I have to be patient for the seed to grow first down and then up [Applause] you didn't get that it's gonna first grow down and then up some of you are standing over your life talking about I don't see nothing I don't see nothing I keep sawing and I don't see nothing the seed grows down before it grows up you're not supposed to see it but just because you don't see it doesn't mean that the roots are not growing in the soil thank you and if you wait a little while it is going to go from seed to wheat and from wheat to bread and there is work in between every stage the seed is worked the weed is work the bread is work you cannot eat any better than you work foreign [Applause] [Applause] about the promise of God understand that you're gonna have to break some sweat you're gonna have to put some effort in it you're gonna have to grind the wheat you're gonna have to pulverize that you can't just bring the wheat in and make bread until you crush it it's got to be crushed it's got to be made into a usable form and so it doesn't mean that God hasn't blessed you with the bread it could mean that you haven't put in the work to go from seed to to from seed two oh you're listening this morning look at somebody and tell them I'm going from seed to bread I might not be ready for consumption right now but I'm in process and I'm going somewhere and don't look down at me because I'm not bread I may be in the wheat stage I may be in the seed stage but I am on my way to a place that God has destined for me who am I talking to this morning whoever I'm talking to God says hang on in there I'm not finished with you yet I'm taking you through process and at the right time I'm gonna take you from seed to to [Applause] I'm still dancing off it's already done it's already done it's already done and it is done on purpose I want you to get this the reason it is planted is because it is not indigenous to the land the word agriculture is rooted in the word cult cult means you're not orthodox me should not natural you're not normal Agra means land that means that wheat is not normal to the land you can't just wish for it you have to make it happen Agra culture come culture I'm gonna make this happen it is not indigenous you don't get it just cause you're wanted you gotta plant it you gotta be intentional about it you gotta work on it you gotta labor for it because you were not raised in an environment that agrees with your dream that doesn't mean you can't have it it means that you've got to be cultural enough to be a cult against your neighborhood I'm the only one in my family I'm the only one in my neighborhood I'm the only one in my city I'm the only one in my house and they don't like me at the family reunion and they don't invite me back to the parties and my friends have changed because I am cultists to them I broke the rule I got out everybody who got out Make some noise [Applause] Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah faith is a cult to the unbeliever it is not natural to the unbeliever stop trying to make the people at work understand what they can't understand it is not indigenous to them for them to believe if the gospel behead it is hid from them that are lost they can't see it [Applause] can I go deeper how many people are getting blessed in this role [Applause] you've got to be willing to be different you've got to be willing to be controversial you've got to be willing to be talked about and the greatest problem in our community right now is that we are so sensitive we're more worried about being locked than we are being fruitful and you're praying to God about what they said and she said and he said and God said unless you did my mother father sister brother and even deny yourself you cannot be my disciple foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] thank you lesson number two [Applause] my God imagine say you came on the right Sunday I can feel it right now something is going to happen in here today something is going to happen in here today something is going to happen in here today something is going to happen in here today I feel it in my spirit I feel it a little shot I feel it in my soul God is about to do something in the middle of his people he's forcing some things to happen he's being intentional he's planting some things intentionally somebody shout yeah [Applause] lesson number two this is a good lesson Whenever there is great potential for Harvest the enemy will always earmark the spot with calamity Whenever there is great potential for Harvest the enemy will earmark the spot with calamity foreign [Applause] was telling me about a restaurant that they like up in North Dallas and and I was getting my head shaved at the time and I said let me find it in my phone so I got in my phone and found it in my phone and then I earmarked it as a favorite I haven't been there yet but I'm earmarked it as a favorite so I could find it easily [Applause] potential so I earmarked it so I could find it when I had so wherever the enemy sees potential he will always earmark it with calamity so they never planted weeds before the wheat notice the sequence it was so wheat being planted that caused them to plant the weed they didn't plant the weed and then plant the wheat the wheat attracts the weed so that the enemy can earmark the spot the devil knew God was going to bless you hell knew God was going to use You Hell knew that God had a purpose for your life he earmarked it with calamity foreign [Applause] the tear the wheat the weeds rather was planted too planted like spies Behind Enemy Lines whatever went wrong in your life whatever calamities happen in your life whatever calamities that happen in your past whatever trauma you went through in your life in your childhood was the enemy's way of earmarking the spot foreign he knew it wasn't time yet but he started working Underground before you ever came up so that he would have his system in place before you became fruitful he would always already have his infrastructure in place so you would have something to struggle with struggle struggle struggle struggle struggle struggle struggle where my struggle is at my strugglers why are things so hard for me why do I take two steps forward and get knocked three steps back why is it hard for me to do things that other people do easily is because he earmarked you foreign [Applause] why am I so doubtful why am I so insecure why am I so needy why am I so petty he earmarked you [Applause] so while men slept the enemy came and planted the weeds also wherever there was wheat there would be weeds with intentionality too he meant for you to be abused I hate to tell you this he meant for you to be molested he meant for your father to hate you he meant for your mother to give you to your grandmother [Applause] he had to start the infrastructure early because once you became fruitful it would be too late to do anything to you he had to start it early in your life so you would be broken in all the right places you're not just fighting a demon you're fighting a system you're fighting a system you're fighting a system that has been launched against you but the only reason it's been launched is because you are wheat foreign [Applause] seeks to corrupt the environment where God has seed in the ground [Applause] The Saboteur is still slithering in the garden in the text he is true to the law of first mention when we first meet him in Genesis he is Slithering in the garden he is still slithering in the garden wherever God is planting something Satan will always be slithering in the garden somebody saw I had been planted that means that Satan has been slithering in the garden we will always find him slithering in the garden The Saboteur the snake is stealthy and cunning he waits till they're asleep because he knows that if he would have come while they were awake they would have driven them away so while men sleep he slithers he waited till nobody was looking he waited till nobody was at home he waited till you were in a place of vulnerability he waited till you were in a place of desperation he waited until your rent was backed up he waited till you were in a crisis he waited till you were a child he waited till you were in a jam he waited until you went to summer camp he waited until he went to the boys school he waited he waited because the enemy understands that so wild men slept he came planting in the dark showing in the soil I don't get to see him planted and I don't get to see what he planted he is covered by the darkness of night and his craftiness is hidden under the soil when they wake up that morning they see no difference how many of you have gone through something and nobody saw no difference Here Comes my rooting system when the man woke up that morning they didn't know when they were watering the wheat [Applause] they were watering the weeds and the infrastructure has now become a system Underground before the week comes up before the wedding before the degree before the call to Ministry the system you're fighting a system you're fighting a system you're not fighting a devil you're fighting a system all I could see for days and days and days was these Tangled Up roots thank you you are fighting an infrastructure the Kingdom of Heaven is like listen to what Jesus is saying the Kingdom of Heaven is like the war is underground the war is underground the tangle is underground you're trying to fight on top of the soil but the system is underground you're trying to fight in the flesh but the system is in the spirit it's in the spirit world it's in the spirit world it's in the spirit world somebody say it's in the spirit world so the enemy has brought me to lesson number three lesson number three get this corruption and destruction are two different things corruption and destruction are two different things he could not destroy the wheat so all he could do was corrupt the environment in which the wheat was coming oh God he couldn't stop you from coming up he just wanted to make it hard for you [Applause] type it on the line he can't kill this he cannot kill my destiny he cannot kill my future he cannot kill what God has for me he cannot kill what God has ordered he cannot kill what God has ordained he cannot curse let me go deeper he cannot curse what God has blessed if I was blessed in my root I will be blessed in my fruit you cannot curse what God has blessed are there any blessed people in the house the witch cannot curse you hell cannot curse you the demons cannot curse you your trials cannot curse you what they say about you cannot curse you while they talk you cannot curse you how they make fun of you cannot curse you [Applause] know it's seven people and tell them I'm blessed I'm blessed I'm blessed I'm blessed I'm blessed I'm blessed I'm blessed I'm blessed I'm blessed I bless I bless I'm blessed I'm blessed I'm blessed I'm blessed underground I've blessed underground you may not be able to see what the Lord has done for me but I'm blessed underground if I'm blessed underground I'm gonna be blessed when I come up I'm blessed in my Uprising I'm blessed in my down setting I'm blessed in the city I'm blessed in the field I'm blessed in season I'm blessed out a season I'm just blessed haters get used to it I'm just blessed I was blessed before you saw it I was blessed before I saw right now before I was formed in my mama's belly I was already blessed I was blessed before I was a twinkle in my daddy's eye I was blessed before my mother missed her cycle I was blessed before she finished her first trimester I was blessed before I peeped my head out of her womb I was already blessed before I was baptized I was blessed before I was converted I was already blessed in fact the reason I got converted is because I was already blessed it is not that I've chosen God but that God has chosen me I'm blessed I'm blessed I'm blessed let's stop left I'm blessed bless I'm blessed I'm blessed [Applause] give me my next slide I'm gonna keep going how many blessed people do I have in here how many blessed people do I have how many blessed people do I have how many blessed people do I have foreign [Applause] corruption and destruction are not the same thing and he couldn't destroy my blessing he wanted to corrupt my environment [Applause] I just answered a question that somebody's been praying about you've been asking God why did things go down like they went down they only went down like that because the hell knew you were already blessed and the only thing he could do was corrupt your environment [Applause] he was working underground he was working in the root system he was working before you ever saw who you were he was working before you recognized that there was a call on your life he was working before you became fruitful he was working before you got a title he was working before men recognized her he was working before you became a deacon he was working before you came to Jesus Christ but the devil already knew because the devil believes in Siege more than the Saints do if the Saints believed in seeds offerings would be no trouble but what we're trying to convince you of the Kingdom already understands that you cannot reap what you do not sow if you sow sparingly you shall reap sparing that you shall know the tree by the fruited Bears if you don't put nothing in you you don't get nothing out who am I talking to today don't let the children of this world why is it that the children of light got to understand that while the Earth remaineth there will always be sea time and harvest everything comes by seed Grass Grows by seed I must come by seed watermelon comes by seed you came by seed Jesus is the Seed of Abraham even God understands seed everything comes by sea foreign if he was going to enter your area he had to plant seeds he knew what you doubt [Applause] you're still trying to have success without sacrifice [Applause] The Roots that I saw the twisting of the roots is all the infrastructure of what the Kingdom of Heaven is like watch this the men didn't even know that the weeds were there until the wheat sprung up the weeds came up also and the men come to the master and say from whence cometh these weeds where did this come from where did this come from where did this come from why am I like this why is it so hard for me to get certain things through my head why can I not shut my mouth why am I so abrasive you've been thinking that something was wrong with them I just misunderstood no you mean they didn't misunderstand you don't misunderstand nothing else you do unless a girl at the grocery store can't understand you the guide to pick a counter when you're getting the ticket can't understand you they didn't misunderstand you they triggered you [Applause] and they triggered you because a system was laid in place we know what the system is we know who planted it the question remained in the text wow did he planted and this is an important question if you don't understand why he planted it you can't figure out how to overcome it my first thought was maybe the weeds will kill the wheat but the truth of the matter is the wheat and the weed can grow up right beside each other and if it was sweet when it went in the ground it'll be wheat when it comes out of the ground if it was a weed when it went in the ground it'll be a weed when it comes out of the ground so if the weeds didn't kill the wheat why did he plant it again the Kingdom of Heaven is like the Kingdom of Heaven is life are your power should I quit [Applause] why did he plant it Sabrina I can't figure out why did he plant it if he couldn't curse what God is blessed if he couldn't change the molecular structure of what he planted in me if he couldn't change my wheat to weed why did he go out at night and Slither and put the weed beside the wheat the Temptation is not in the substance of the wheat and the weed but the decision of how you handle it all right come on come on come on come on don't leave me now because if you leave me now you don't miss the whole thing the whole mystery is in the question when they ask them for which cometh this the master said an enemy has done this they said should we go here it is and pull up the weeds and he said no leave it alone feed the master new that there was a system Underground that even if you pull only the weeds there was such a tangling in the roots that he said if you pull up the weeds you will kill the Wheats now I see what the devil is trying to get me to do he's trying to get me to take matters into my own hands try to solve the problem but the Holy Ghost told me to tell you leave it alone I don't know who I'm talking to I don't even know what this means to you God said you're uncomfortable but leave it alone you're frustrated but leave it alone you're aggravated but leave it alone your friend but leave it alone you're tired of it but leave it alone that's the setup the devil wants you to do something God said you gotta have enough Faith to leave it alone somebody give him 30 seconds of Crazy Praise foreign hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah already wet now I might as well get soaked hallelujah hallelujah Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah I'm talking about the power of doing nothing the power of doing nothing it takes more faith to do nothing than it does to do something the enemy can't curse you but he's trying to use you to crush yourself be still and know that I am God if I said it's sweet it will be weak if I said you're blessed you will be blessed stand still and see the salvation of the Lord the enemies that you see today somebody better grab my coattails cause I feel like preaching up a fire in this place leave it alone don't do nothing stand still hold your peace the battle is not yours it belongs to God somebody shouted this house foreign [Applause] it's a booby trap if you try to get out of it you're gonna kill your destiny be still the devil can't cuss you he's trying to trick you into question yourself so he built an infrastructure underground so that when you grab the weed you'll pull up the Weeps watch so the master says Lesson Four let me give you this I'm almost out to get one more after this I'm done I want you to get this the wisdom of waiting it's the opiate of faith the wisdom of waiting is the opiate of faith especially since time is so expensive to spend the trick is to wait it out [Applause] the master says leave it alone lest while trying to fix it you make it worse it's a setup we cannot change wheat so why did he plant it [Applause] to trick you into this impatience where you feel like you're running out of time and you've got to do something now now your faith is expressed through your silence [Applause] this is not your battle the wisdom of waiting is the opiate of Faith the most expensive seed you can plant is time if you're so money you're gonna get some more money but if you plant time you'll never have it again and the enemy has planned you with a spirit of urgency that makes you want to take matters into your own hands [Applause] they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength this amount of wings like eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint somebody holla wait somebody holla Waits somebody Hollow weights be still foreign [Applause] leave it alone it's not that you're wrong it said the timing isn't right if you pull it before the wheat is harvested we will lose the whole Harvest through the seduction of your frustration with the wheat he said in the time I feel prophetic my prophesying to somebody if I prophesying to you shout unto God [Applause] if you're online say he's prophesying to me write it on the line he's prophesying to me he's prophesying to me he's telling me how to handle it he's foretelling how to deal with this situation because I'm frustrated and I'm tired and I'm aggravated and I don't understand what I'm fighting and I don't know how it got started and I don't know where it came from and I don't understand why it's like this and I got two conflicting things operating at the same time and the enemy is trying to make me make a decision and I don't know what decision to make God said don't make any decision just stand still foreign [Applause] you're not wrong it's not time the next verse says that if you just wait it out the Harvest cannot be rushed this is lesson number five the Harvest cannot be brushed by the need or even The Angst of the planter but it will come it is inevitable God says don't pull it before the Harvest [Applause] I gotta quit he says what is not lawful before the Harvest is lawful in the time of harvest watch the wisdom if you pull it before the Harvest you're going to kill your destiny but in the time of hope the wheat coming up with the weeds won't matter foreign [Applause] because you've already brought forth fruit so he says the Harvest cannot be rushed by the need or The Angst of the planter but it will come it will come something somebody shot it will come it is inevitable you are going to come into a harvest season foreign you will be able to deal with in the next season without damage to your Harvest he says when the Harvest comes up pull the wheat gather it into bundles and burn it because the terror that's laying over there that you uprooted When You Yank the system it's already harvested I'm gonna close I really want to close it another way but I'm out of town [Applause] the Lord told me to tell you that you're coming into your harvest season you're coming into your harvest season and the reason you're so frustrated and the weeds seem so intolerable weeds that you've been tolerating for years are driving you crazy in this season weeds that you ignored in your past are are driving you crazy at this moment is because you're closer to your Harvest than you have ever been before somebody in this room that's been waiting on harvest a long time you ought to give God a harvest praise [Applause] [Music] the Lord meant for the choir to sing It's Already Done they didn't even know what I was going to preach but the Holy Ghost says your Harvest is already done this is no time to panic this is no time to get frustrated this is no time to give up this is no time to give out you're about to come into your Harvest whoever I'm preaching to for the next three minutes to let hell know that you heard from God I want you to give God and bear you I'm dare you to praise him and praise him principle of the Bible says that if you're so in tears gonna reapen joy and there's no way to reap your Harvest as long as you're frustrated that's why the devil is trying to get on your nerves cause you can't reap with sorrow you're so in tears you reap with joy I dare you to get your joy back snatch some Joy get your joy back you're born in the Harvest foreign everybody who's anybody that's expecting the hardest I want joy to give it to get it wrong foreign wait a minute everybody who ain't praising God you ain't got nothing to harvest with until you get your joy with joy underwear on salvation you know I hate I tell you the Harvest your church I don't have a tear to harvest it [Music] is already done come on boys [Applause] foreign [Applause] it's already done it's already done foreign [Music] foreign foreign foreign [Applause] foreign [Applause] on this 26th anniversary [Applause] I want you to understand that when I told you to praise him for your Harvest you are dancing in one of mine foreign [Applause] lost your mama lost my mama bad Alzheimer's in our arms sickness struggle attacks where God would let me defend myself he told me to shut up don't say nothing the hardest thing I ever did in my life was to not fight back I didn't understand that my silence was spiritual warfare we dug a hole and had money and good credit and no lender in this city would give us the money the 86 or so million dollars we needed to build this bill I had never needed 86 million dollars in my life [Music] you talking about scared when those weeds started growing up in this hole that we had dug till we ran out of money and I was leading people and telling them what God could do and it wasn't happening [Applause] and God said you just keep on preaching it is not your job to do anything but what I call you to do [Music] and you have come into another system in this city there is a demonic influence over this region that wants to subjugate certain people to certain things and when you stick your head up they try to crush you [Applause] the very fact that we are in this building thank you tore down the old building built a brand new structure in that building bought 400 acres of land across the street put schools and houses on it before we got to do that we crawled we cried we suffered we couldn't sleep we couldn't rest but timing [Applause] is everything 26 years later [Applause] remember Katrina remember what we went through remember the storms had Rose remember how we were feeding people and they were talking about me like a dog remember when I came here how the preachers were preaching against me on the radio and television and I would drive to church listening at them cursing my Ministry if anybody has a right to preach this message [Applause] foreign is everything do some things now that I could never have done then because it is the time of harvest if you move out of time Prodigal Son you will get what was yours too soon and lose it all it's yours but it's not time you're right when you say it's yours but timing is everything how many people heard God talking to you this morning type on the line if you heard God type it on the line if you heard God hold your hand up real high if you heard God you know we always teach you about the faith to do the faith to touch the faith to crawl like the woman within your blood the faith to do like to throw down your bed and walk the faith to drop your crutches of Faith to go to the pool we'd never teach you about the faith of being still there are certain attacks that come against you in the Kingdom that the smartest thing to do is nothing thank you because it's not it's not time yet timing is everything in a moment I'm going to challenge you just just a little simple challenge I don't want to make it hard I don't want to make it big I don't want to make it tall just just 26 don't get it yet don't don't move for it don't go for it I want to pray but I want everybody online everybody online everybody who heard God speak to you in a very personal profound prophetic way everybody in this building 26 lastest I want you to sow into this this Harvest this present moment don't get it yet don't get it yet I'm going to pray for your patience [Applause] going and pray that you would have the courage to wait when the urgency you feel inside has got you on a 10. I gotta do something I gotta do it I gotta do it right now I gotta move I gotta make a move it's a setup the weeds wouldn't kill the wheat then the answer to the text has got to be that he was trying to tempt them to uproot the wheat to soon while you're aiming at the wheat while you're aiming at the weeds the devil is after your wheat you have come too far to lose your wheat you have been through too much to lose your weight you have gone through hell why get here and appoint the mission you need to understand that the enemy can't curse you but you can curse yourself your mouth can curse you your temper can curse you your tongue can Crush you your anger and your frustration can curse what God has blessed and the enemy knew the strongest weapon he had against the purpose of God was the people of God [Music] in the time of harvest if we are not in the time of harvest right now it ain't coming foreign if the Harvest of the earth is not right if we're not living in the last day I don't know what the last day is if this if you can't pick up your Bible and your newspaper and can't tell which one you read we are living in the final moments of history if God be God where all kinds of plagues before you can get over one here comes another one and here comes another one and here comes another one and the Bible always said it but when I was studying it we weren't seeing it we were studying it but we were not seeing all manner of diseases no cures no Solutions coming up before you can get rid of one here comes another one they got so many kovids out so many monkey diseases we got birds flew we got all kinds we're running out of animals and still you're here [Applause] how dare you be frustrated and breathe you're still here [Applause] the mass Graves and you are still here if you can't find no joy if you don't believe in God now you ain't gonna never believe [Applause] some of you he kept from kovid some of you he delivered through Kobe you are walking talking testimony that nothing the enemy did to destroy you stopped you from being here today you ought to be more grateful you ought to be more faithful you ought to have more praise you ought to have more discipline you ought to have more structure you are you are you are you ought to be grateful more grateful more grateful more grateful you you're not on a respirator more grateful [Applause] if you weren't about to come into Harvest all hell wouldn't be breaking against you [Applause] and wouldn't be leveled against you [Music] bling falling and fighting and going apart we are rushing you remember if you've been in this church a while I told you all a few years ago I feel like we're rushing towards something I don't know what it is do you remember me telling you I said I feel like we're rushing at something it's like everything is sped up and we're moving towards something I can't see what it is and but we were rushing towards something when hoping it broke and we crashed globally yeah we hit something that the world had never seen before I told my church two years before everything is speeding up and we're heading towards something and we're gonna hit it I don't know what it is but I can feel it and I can feel it coming [Music] these are the last days timing is everything the Bible said he would fool the very elective possible trying to fool you into making stupid decisions it's a setup it's a trap yes your patience is critical your endurance is critical you are forbearance is necessary [Music] must trust him to finish what he started he that had began a good work in you shall perform it unto the day of Jesus Christ every person who needs patience the Bible said run with patience the race that is set before you what an oxymoron how can I run and be patient those are two different feelings God said you got to keep your Rhythm and calm your spirit you gotta run with patience because you got to keep your breathing steady and your legs going fast run with patience the race set is set before you lift your hands if you need that patience [Music] you are not forgotten you are not forsaken you have not been left behind I know it's scary to be surrounded by weeds but no weapon formed against you shall be able to prosper foreign must believe that it's still going to happen that it's not too late that you're not into deep that God has not forgotten you be still and trust him right now we are in a dangerous place our frustrations and our moods and our feelings cannot be trusted the Kingdom of Heaven is Latin I know there's an eschatological understanding of this text of Jesus exegetes in another chapter I know all of that I understand all of that but what the Holy Spirit gave me to give you this text is a Rhema word for your situation be still shut your mouth hold your peace praise your God let the devil know that you know that if I went in the ground wheat I'm coming up wheat I'm going to go from seed to wheat to bread seed to wheat to bread I won't stop till I pieces of bread I won't stop until I feed my family my heirs my descendants I will not stop until my vision is completed in my Ministry I will not stop until I see the hope of my calling I will not stop until this anointing comes to fruition I will not stop I will not stop [Music] let the spirit of patience come over this people let all bickering and murmuring cease and quietness and confidence shall be your strength quietness and confidence means you're strong not loud and boisterous and yelling and screaming quiet and confidence shall be your strength be still be still be still I know that I am [Music] on this 26th anniversary of what seemed impossible this was the hardest baby I ever birthed the labor pains caused everything [Music] your normal is my Harvest you walked into it you see it as normal I see it as harvest [Music] that a Backwoods Boy from the hills of West Virginia born in a raggedy house on the side of a cliff who nobody knew that God would raise him up to this place at this moment and this hour is a sign to this generation [Applause] thank you I don't know what your destiny is I don't know what your prophecy is it may not be to do this or that or the other but God has something in store for you or you would be buried [Music] you are stop complaining you are Alive's top memory take a deep breath everybody online everywhere take a deep breath breathe it in blow it out peace be unto you patience rest upon you you are closer to your Harvest than you have ever been in your life in the time of harvest in the time of harvest you can separate one thing from another but you cannot be tricked to aborting your promise [Music] speak Holy Spirit [Music] you must come a believer not just an action but in peace your faith must give you peace and confidence and in patience I decree and declare that your patience would terrify the devil that you would see patience as a weapon I steal a grit that God would birth in you to dig in your heels and span that God would make your feet as Hinds feet and you would not be moved take turn those side on the 26th anniversary of this miracle I'm standing in today I decree and declare that your miracle will come to pass everybody who believes it and receives it give God praise right now [Applause] come on [Music] [Applause] come on [Applause] this is a simple thing this is a simple thing everybody watching Everybody online everybody in the building everybody that has access can at Ken so can plan 26 on our 26th anniversary I want it to be a memorial before God that I heard him when he spoke to me timing is everything [Music] I can be right but if the time is wrong I can abort the promise [Music]

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Published: Sun Jul 03 2022