You Have To Move Forward | Steven Furtick

one of the reasons that transition is so hard in your life is because everybody lost something in this last year it could be a friendship many people lost a job this year everybody with money in the stock market lost some of that this year hello hello and some of you lost a dream this year and it is in that context this is crazy it is in the context of loss that God calls Joshua to cross over to what's next so the presence of God had to go before the people so that their eyes would not be fixed on what they lost this year but so their eyes would be fixed on where God was leading them in the days ahead I don't know who this is for but God said you can't get Moses back but if you'll fix your eyes forward that's the word forward shout it for shout it again forward shove somebody say full word even if I have to push you forward you can't stay stuck here you can't cry over this anymore forward the way of faith looks forward in fact I want you to say something about this year and just say it by faith just say it even if you don't know what this year holds just say it if you don't say you'll have to but for all the faithful people who want God to do amazing things in your life starting tomorrow shout this I'm looking forward to it how can you say that you don't even know what it is yet but my promise doesn't concern what it is he said don't be terrified don't be discouraged for the Lord your God is with you wherever whatever whoever I'm looking forward to it you know I might have a challenge this year but I'm looking forward to it my challenge is gonna give my god an opportunity to just show off on my behalf come on hot five somebody say I'm looking forward to it I'm looking forward to it for I know the plans I have for you plans to prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you hope and a future oh I got it now it takes a certain kind of faith faith is the substance of things hoped for what I hoped for is out ahead of me and whatever is behind me wasn't meant to go with me into this next season I'm looking forward to it fix your eyes on Jesus the author and finisher of my faith whatever is ahead of me He wrote it so I trust the next chapter cause I know the author I'm looking forward to it I want to see how this turns out I want to see how this turns out the author and finisher of our faith and you know how Jesus crossed it says in Hebrews that He endured the cross for the joy set before Him before Him before Him don't let what's behind you make you miss what's before you not this year not this year man I wish I could get those 40 years back that we wasted but I can't look back at those 40 years for the joy set before Him give your faith something to look forward to this year and don't let it just be heaven when you die you know Jesus taught me how to pray He said thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven my faith is looking forward not to one day when I get out of here but what He's gonna do before I leave I'm looking forward to it I know I know I know it's gonna be I know it's gonna be some unexpected challenges this year I know it's gonna be some things this year that I wouldn't choose to cross over then you know here's the thing here's the thing I can't choose every every river I'm gonna have to cross this year but I do get to choose what I carry while I'm crossing it and I mean to tell you that there are some things that you can't carry into this next year if you want to cross into the new one you can't carry what happened you can't carry my faith looks forward so it said the artc has to go before them and if they if they'll keep their eyes on this art that's out in the distance and not get stuck right here and be satisfied to know God on this level but to look out beyond and say where next God I will do amazing things so I need a faith that looks forward and watch this I need a faith that stands between again the geographical context of this this narrative is creating a brilliant psychological map for us to attack all of the mental barriers that we're up against in the coming year and it said that the priest had to go out into the middle of the Jordan and stand there let me back up you got a you gotta check this out it said that uh God told Joshua commanded Joshua in verse 8 chapter 4 the Israelites did as Joshua commanded took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites as the Lord had told Joshua and they carried them over with them to the camp I gotta read fast cuz I gotta end this sermon at midnight and if it gets real good we might just switch to like you know Pacific Standard Time and you know that midnight there's several Midnight's you know it just depends on which clock were watching watch this is that um Joshua said 12 stones that had been in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priest who carried the Ark of the Covenant had stood Wow it said that the the priest stood there look at verse 10 what kind of faith does this take now the priest who carried the ark remain standing why I like that phrase cuz that describes what some of us had to do this year just remain standing now look at the person next to you and be honest with them say I didn't get everything right this year but I remain standing come on tell them real plain say I'm still standing and if I don't have any other reason to be thankful the fact that I'm still standing in the depths of all the danger that I faced I'm still standing that's why I came to church and not to the club cuz I wanted to thank the one who gave me something this I'm still standing I'm standing and I'm still carrying what God put on my shoulders I didn't drop the ark I didn't neglect God I didn't forsake Him this here I got it on my shoulders and I'm still standing carrying the ark the ark man I studied I studied about the ark so I could preach this right let's see if I could get a detail that'll help us what were they carrying the ark it was made of acacia wood it was 27 inches wide 27 inches high 45 inches long you know I can make something up but I don't really know the significance of those dimensions I do know that God measures everything and He makes things to a certain dimension Bible I don't think that's a point let's see what else what else it was overlaid with gold so it's a picture of the acacia wood which is humanity covered with gold which is divinity which symbolizes Jesus who was wrapped in flesh but covered in glory and full of grace and truth but um I don't think that's I don't think that's the thing something else okay hold on give me a minute it's kind of late I don't usually stay up this late it was a wood no oh yeah on one end of that rectangular box that had the law inside of it was a cherubim like angel and on the other end was a cherubim I think it says it in Exodus 25:22 when God was telling Moses how to how to build it in Exodus it said that there would be a cherubim on one side cherubim on the other and God said there everybody shout there above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark there above the cover between the two cherubim there I will meet with you touch somebody and say God met me in the middle that's what I need you to know is that God didn't wait for me to come out of my dysfunction to bless me and to touch me and to love me God met me in the middle I'm trying to say that you can't wait until you get everything you want to worship and glorify God who calls you He wants to meet you in the middle in the middle in the middle now let me do a check is there anybody who ever experienced a miracle in the middle i'ma come to this side cause I didn't feel it over here is there anybody who ever had God do a miracle in the middle because my life is a testimony it's not just about the start it's not just about the finish the blessing is in between is that I stood in the middle of the Jordan and what should've swallowed me up didn't you sweep over me that's the miracle H met me in the middle I'm preaching it because if you wait until you get there to praise Him you'll never get there because God will meet you when you praise Him in the middle shout in the middle in the middle in the middle and I stood in the middle of some stuff this year and I stood in the middle of dysfunction this year and I stood in the middle of some dark situations this year and I remain standing in the middle hey thank you for watching make sure you subscribe to this channel so you don't miss a single video or livestream and share this video with a friend and don't forget you can join me live every Sunday thanks again for watching

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Length: 12min 56sec (776 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 31 2019