Discerning the Right Time | Decision-making with the Holy Spirit | Christian Sermon | John Giftah

0:01 Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy

0:06 place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and

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0:39 Gifta International. Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Giftay, are you

0:53 in a place in your life where you're contemplating on taking a step, making

0:57 a move or you're saying, John, I don't know when should I move

1:02 ought step to take? When is the right time? I want to tell

1:06 you something, Guys, A lot of people just look at the outside.

1:10 They just analyze and study research. All of that is good. There's a

1:15 place for wisdom, there's a place for using your skills, your knowledge and

1:21 your ability that God has given you. All of that is good. But

1:23 there's a place beyond all of that Because a lot of people go by what

1:27 they see and they get into trouble. And I'm going to share two scriptures

1:33 with you, and I want to encourage you to go beyond what you see

1:37 because you and I have an advantage. You and I have something that other

1:42 people do not have. And when we use that for our advantage, we

1:46 can see some benefits that other people cannot. And I'm going to talk to

1:51 you from the same So when we look at the story of Noah, right,

1:55 you guys know the story of Noah where he has just gone through the

1:59 flood and he's come out and there's a moment when he decides when is the

2:04 right time to come out of the arc? Right? When is the right

2:07 time to come out of the arc? And am reading from verse thirteen,

2:09 and I'm reading from the Nulti version. It is what it says. Noah

2:14 was now six hundred and one year's old on the first day of the new

2:19 year, ten and a half months after the flood began. The flood waters

2:23 had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the

2:29 board and saw that the surface of the ground was drying. He could see

2:38 that there was dryness around. He could see it was drying up. He

2:44 could see it. In fact, when when he sent a doo a little

2:47 earlier, the dow did not return, which means the tao found some place.

2:51 So there was some dry land around you. But the scripture says this,

2:58 two more months went by, was fourteen? Okay, two more months

3:00 went by, and at last the earth was drying. At last the earth

3:07 was drying. Now from Noah's point of view, he could see it was

3:10 drying, but he could not know how dry the earth was. See.

3:15 I wanted to understand. Certain things can be seen by what you can see,

3:20 But there are things you can't see unless you're connected with your spiritual I,

3:25 connected with your spiritual Father, connected with God. Right, you gotta

3:30 get this into your spiriten. You see verse fifteen. And God said to

3:35 Noah, leave the boat, all of you, you and your wife,

3:38 and your sons and your wives. And the scripture says in verse eighteen,

3:44 so noah is family and his sons and their wives left the boat. What

3:51 I want you to understand is Noah could see the earth was getting dry,

3:54 but he didn't just see and they say, okay, fine, it looks

3:59 safe, let me walk out. He didn't walk out on his own.

4:02 He didn't go by what he just saw. He waited till God told him

4:10 to get out of the arc. I don't know who needs to hear this

4:14 word. You're trying to do things on your own because you think everything looks

4:17 like it's the perfect time to do it. You think it looks like you

4:20 know what everything is right. I mean, so to speak, I can

4:25 walk out of my arc. It's time for me to launch. It's time

4:29 for me to step out. It's time for me to do what I'm called

4:31 to do. Because Noah was not called to stay in the ark the rest

4:35 of his life. He was called to step out into the world. He

4:40 was doing what he was supposed to do. But he didn't do it prematurely.

4:44 He didn't do it just by what he saw. He waited for divine

4:47 instructions. Today, I'm asking you this question, are you just doing it

4:51 on your own or are you waiting for God to tell you when to do

4:56 it? Because if Noah went by what he saw, maybe there could be

5:02 still some water around and he could have got into trouble. Maybe the soil

5:06 could have been very slippery, or anything under the sun could have happened.

5:12 So you have to understand. As much as you think it looks fine,

5:16 don't go till God tells you to do it. Another incident I want to

5:21 share is found in the Book of Acts, chapter twenty seven. There was

5:27 a moment when the apostle Paul was taken as a prisoner by boat. And

5:34 as he's going by this boat, there's a sign where he is telling,

5:40 you know, listen, don't go ahead. Don't go ahead, because if

5:46 you go ahead, Paul warned them in verse nine, men, I can

5:50 see that a voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to the

5:56 ship and cargo and to our own lives. Also, don't go ahead,

6:01 but verse eleven. But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said,

6:06 followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship.

6:13 Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, their majority decided that they should

6:19 sail on. See, sometimes you may just think, like, you know

6:26 what, why should I listen to divine counsel? Everything looks fine, I'll

6:30 just go ahead. And verse thirteen it says when the gentle wind began to

6:34 blow, they saw their opportunity, so they weighed anchor and set sail,

6:42 but before long a wind, a hurricane force called the northeast, swept down

6:49 from the island. The ship was caught by the storm and could not head

6:55 into the wind. So we gave it, gave into it, and had

7:00 to drive along. And you know the rest is history about how because of

7:04 this they had a lot of loss, right, the luggage, the baggage,

7:13 the cargo of gone. People's life was at stake, and all of

7:15 this because they did not listen to divine counsel. They went by what they

7:19 saw. When they saw it was liking like a good opportunity. You know,

7:24 different translations talk about how when they saw it looked like everything was fine.

7:29 It looked like everything was going well. So when they saw that everything

7:32 was fine, they said, you know what, why should we listen to

7:34 this divine counsel. So they went by what they saw instead of going by

7:39 what Paul and who was seen or foreseen with the help of the Holy Spirit.

7:45 Today, I'm telling you guys one important truth. Don't go by what

7:47 you see, go by what you foresee. With the help of the Holy

7:51 Spirit. You have an advantage. You have a benefit. You know what

7:56 that is. That is the fact that you are connected with the King of

7:59 Kings and the lot of launch through the Holy Spirit of God living on the

8:01 inside of you. When you are working out, to veel to the Holy

8:05 Spirit, to listen to his still soft voice. He's going to lead you.

8:09 He's going to tell you this is the time for you to catch.

8:13 This is the time for you to launch. This is the moment for you

8:16 to make your move. This is the step that you need to take.

8:18 This is the move that you need to make. This is the direction you

8:22 need to go. God wants to lead you. I want to tell you

8:26 something, dear Saints of God, stop going by what you see and let

8:30 the Holy Spirit of God lead you. And when you see this, both

8:37 in the case of Noah and in the case of the apostle Paul and the

8:41 rest of the people in this boat, both are talking about boats. But

8:46 here's the thing. One had a good day ending and the other had a

8:50 bad ending. In the case of Noah, he listened to divine counsel and

9:00 to the step, whereas in this case they did not listen to divine counsel

9:07 and they got into trouble. Today, I pray that you won't be like

9:13 those in the boat that are possible traveled, but you would be like a

9:18 Noah taking a step based on divine counsel. Listen to the voice of the

9:26 Holy Spirit, and your life will never be the same for the matter,

9:30 Lord, I pray in the name of Jesus, that those who are listening

9:33 will take the step to listen to your still soft voice. Let us not

9:39 go blindly by what we see, but we will go by what we foresee

9:46 with the help of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus name, I pray,

9:50 Amen, God, bless you've been listening to feel for the soul John Gifta.

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