How GOD's Favor Takes You Beyond Hard Work | John Giftah | Biblical Teaching

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0:41 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA.

0:46 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for

0:49 Speaker 2: the Soul with John gift of podcast. Is such a

0:51 Speaker 2: joy for me to join you today as we are

0:53 Speaker 2: doing the series on understanding how you and I are

0:56 Speaker 2: not just by ourselves, but we have the favor of

0:59 Speaker 2: God resting upon us. We are engulfed by the favor

1:02 Speaker 2: of God, and the favor of God surrounds us, which

1:04 Speaker 2: excuves us so many benefits. And today, one of the

1:07 Speaker 2: things I wanted to understand about the benefit of having

1:10 Speaker 2: the favor of God with us is the fact that

1:12 Speaker 2: when we are working in our God given calling and

1:14 Speaker 2: our purpose. And when we want to fulfill heart purpose

1:17 Speaker 2: that God has created us for and to build the

1:19 Speaker 2: Kingdom of God, you need to understand that the favor

1:22 Speaker 2: of God will cause you to go places that you

1:24 Speaker 2: cannot go on your own. See, I'm all in for

1:27 Speaker 2: a lot of things that we have to go by, like,

1:30 Speaker 2: for example, the things that we need to do. We

1:32 Speaker 2: a person of excellence, have the spirit of excellence in

1:35 Speaker 2: everything that we do, walking in integrity, going the extra mile,

1:39 Speaker 2: working under God and not onto man. We have to

1:41 Speaker 2: be people who are disciplined and focused, putting in the

1:44 Speaker 2: hard work that needs to be done, and not real

1:46 Speaker 2: lazy and complacent. There's a place for all of that,

1:49 Speaker 2: you know. We say, like, you know, I worked hard

1:52 Speaker 2: and I was able to achieve that's pure motivation. But

1:55 Speaker 2: I want you to understand, Yes, your heart work can

1:58 Speaker 2: take you to a level, but there is a level

2:00 Speaker 2: that the favor of God can take you which no

2:03 Speaker 2: amount of hard work can take you. You know, when

2:05 Speaker 2: you understand and walk in that awareness that you carry

2:08 Speaker 2: the favor of God upon your life, you will not

2:11 Speaker 2: limit what or the level to which the Lord wants

2:14 Speaker 2: to take you like, for example, when you think about Joseph,

2:17 Speaker 2: right right from the beginning, he had negative things and

2:20 Speaker 2: the negative things happening in his life. We see the

2:22 Speaker 2: moment when Joseph saw a moment where he was thrown

2:26 Speaker 2: in the pit, and then he's sold as a slave,

2:28 Speaker 2: and then he's wrongly accused. He's in the prison. See,

2:31 Speaker 2: by normal means, even if he proved his innocence, at

2:34 Speaker 2: the most he could leave the prison and walk as

2:36 Speaker 2: a free man. Or maybe he worked hard, he was

2:40 Speaker 2: able to get a good job. You know, he was

2:42 Speaker 2: already the one who was like a prison I mean,

2:45 Speaker 2: a leader in the prison. Right, here's the thing. You

2:48 Speaker 2: could probably become a manager in a prisoner or manager.

2:51 Speaker 2: I mean, that's the maximum he could do by the

2:53 Speaker 2: end of his life span, by just hard work, by

2:57 Speaker 2: just being good, but just being kind, by just being

3:00 Speaker 2: a person who's focused and discipline. But what happened when

3:04 Speaker 2: the favor of God was upon Joseph's life From the prison,

3:07 Speaker 2: he went to the palace, He went to the second

3:11 Speaker 2: highest position in the most popul nation in the world

3:14 Speaker 2: of that time, that was Egypt. That cannot happen by

3:17 Speaker 2: just hard work. That cannot happen by just you know,

3:20 Speaker 2: being kind to people. That happened because of the favor

3:24 Speaker 2: of God. That's what I want to tell you something, Right,

3:26 Speaker 2: there are two things. When people put their whole crust

3:29 Speaker 2: and reliance on their own efforts, their own heart work,

3:31 Speaker 2: their own accomplishments, where they come from, their own background

3:35 Speaker 2: and all of these things, what happens is it's all

3:37 Speaker 2: about them. But today my challenge is stop thinking about

3:40 Speaker 2: you and understand that you know what, Beyond all of that,

3:44 Speaker 2: there is a favor of God upon your life which

3:46 Speaker 2: can take you places you can't go on your own.

3:48 Speaker 2: It's not your hard work that can help you fulfill

3:51 Speaker 2: your purpose that. It's not just your discipline and your

3:54 Speaker 2: lifestyle that can help you get and achieve your dreams.

3:57 Speaker 2: It is the favor of God that has to help

4:00 Speaker 2: you to do that. See, when you think about this moment,

4:04 Speaker 2: you may feel like John, God has given me this

4:06 Speaker 2: big dream, this big vision. In the natural, there's no

4:09 Speaker 2: way it can happen. Can I tell you something, Yes,

4:11 Speaker 2: in the natural it may be looking like a mission impossible,

4:14 Speaker 2: but we serve a supernatural God who can do the impossible.

4:17 Speaker 2: And he's saying you know what I just I'm not

4:20 Speaker 2: just saying you've got to figure things out. I'm going

4:23 Speaker 2: to enable you to do that by my favor. Think

4:26 Speaker 2: about this, guys, because why when Joseph reached the palace,

4:31 Speaker 2: it was not about Joseph enjoying a vacation in the palace.

4:34 Speaker 2: When Joseph reached the palace, he was able to serve people.

4:36 Speaker 2: He was able to see people affected by the family.

4:39 Speaker 2: When God wants to promote you, elevate you, and take

4:42 Speaker 2: your places that you can't go on your own, it's

4:44 Speaker 2: just not about you building your own empire. It is

4:47 Speaker 2: for you to build His kingdom through your life. To

4:52 Speaker 2: think about this today, other areas in your life are

4:55 Speaker 2: you're limiting what God wants to do in your life

4:57 Speaker 2: because you're just looking at it in the natural. The

4:59 Speaker 2: Lord is saying, dream big, have a bigger vision, have

5:02 Speaker 2: a bigger mindset about where I want to take you.

5:05 Speaker 2: I want you to understand that God wants to exceed

5:08 Speaker 2: your expectations in any area of your life. Maybe with

5:10 Speaker 2: regard to your career, you're saying, oh, this level is

5:13 Speaker 2: enough for me. I just need to pay my bills, No,

5:15 Speaker 2: ask God for more. So that you can not only

5:17 Speaker 2: pay your bills, but you can pay somebody else's bills.

5:20 Speaker 2: Or you're saying, my business, I just have to make

5:22 Speaker 2: ends meet. No no, no, no, ask God for more. So

5:24 Speaker 2: that your business can be in a position and can

5:27 Speaker 2: dictate terms of policies in the government, or you can

5:31 Speaker 2: have greater influence, or it could be a greater source

5:33 Speaker 2: of financial blessing to charitable organizations, to ministries and all

5:38 Speaker 2: of that. You know. See for example, me running this ministry.

5:41 Speaker 2: I work in a cool full time corporate job. I'm

5:43 Speaker 2: an I ROWS space engineer, and I'm running this ministry.

5:46 Speaker 2: Everything that I do is pretty expensive. Everything goes out

5:49 Speaker 2: in like so many dollars, Like I'm not sure if

5:52 Speaker 2: you're aware of it. The hosting platform is around like

5:55 Speaker 2: fifty dollars every month, the podcast see your Platforms, platforms

6:00 Speaker 2: another like I think twenty twenty five dollars. Every thing

6:03 Speaker 2: goes in dollars fifty twenty five to thirty. I mean,

6:06 Speaker 2: like just so much going on for a television ministry,

6:10 Speaker 2: for the shooting and the recording for the videos and YouTube.

6:14 Speaker 2: And I mean, I'm telling you nothing is free, like

6:17 Speaker 2: even as an organization, as a ministry. When I'm running

6:20 Speaker 2: this ministry, we have yearly aud It's happening. I mean,

6:23 Speaker 2: nothing is free. So instead of just having a small vision,

6:27 Speaker 2: like if I just had a small vision like oh

6:29 Speaker 2: you know what, God just helped me go through, it

6:31 Speaker 2: can't happen. Guys, you need to be in that position

6:35 Speaker 2: where you're saying, God, help me to have a bigger vision.

6:38 Speaker 2: Like Joseph. He was just in a normal place, but

6:40 Speaker 2: the Lord took him to the palace beyond what he

6:43 Speaker 2: could have to think. Ord imagine, because that's the kind

6:46 Speaker 2: of God we so he wants to exceed expectations. He

6:49 Speaker 2: wants you to have a bigger vision so that you

6:51 Speaker 2: can be a greater blessing. You can build the Kingdom

6:54 Speaker 2: of God, be the light in the darkness. Maybe if

6:56 Speaker 2: you have a desire to work towards your YouTube channel

7:00 Speaker 2: or to write a book, or even got to your calling,

7:04 Speaker 2: or even if the Lord is putting in your heart

7:06 Speaker 2: to take a step towards you know, the entertainment industry,

7:10 Speaker 2: you know, or politics or anything all that needs a

7:13 Speaker 2: lot of investment, money and a bigger vision and a

7:18 Speaker 2: bigger leap of faith that you need to take and

7:20 Speaker 2: I'm challenging you to have that heart. I'm challenging you

7:24 Speaker 2: to have that heart so that you know what you

7:27 Speaker 2: don't just live for yourself, but say, God, with your favor,

7:30 Speaker 2: I'm going to have a bigger life, a bigger vision.

7:34 Speaker 2: I will be able to be a greater blessing to multitudes.

7:38 Speaker 2: Can you have that heart because the favor of God

7:41 Speaker 2: will take you places that you cannot go on your own.

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