“Sis, go ahead and put your WAIT on it! Don’t give up on your dreams and vision for your life simply because the wait seems too long! God doesn’t want us in auto-pilot just going along with the motions. He wants to push us out of comfortablity into a new level! BUT sometimes that requires us to get familiar with the winds that push us back and forth in the waiting season. Don’t give up. Your faith can’t dwindle now. Watch the full message “”Headwinds” on the WETV app. Stay plugged into the Woman Evolve community: www.womanevolve.com www.womanevolve.tv download the app from any mobile device’s app store, first 7 days are FREE! Want to support this ministry? Text GIVE to (833) 611-9066 or click here FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIALS: Instagram: Women Evolve and Sarah Jakes Roberts Twitter: Woman Evolve and SJakesRoberts Facebook: Woman Evolve and Sarah Jakes RobertsWoman Evolve TV app! ”
recently um I celebrated a birthday
and uh
my husband uh y’all just I love The
Potter’s House like you was born we’re
so glad you was born
as
I was celebrating my birthday and my
husband
um he planned like this big surprise
thing and so it was really incredible
and I had no idea what was going on
really you know um some men aren’t
really good at surprises like totally
but their heart is in the right place
and so I went along with it and to a
certain extent I didn’t know everything
that was planned and so he took me out
to dinner and and then he rented this
convertible which I think was less about
my birthday and more about him
it’s like they’re you know like convert
yeah sure okay so so we’re in the
convertible and and we’re driving and
we’re in San Francisco
and and he was like baby can I take the
top down and and see he had to ask
because
you know the way my hair is set up it’s
um
my hair is uh uh flexible it’s um
it’s uh it it it’s you know sometimes
it’s like planted like a tree by
Living Waters and then other times it’s
removable and um
it’s all right we’re family I know I’m
not judged here
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and so he didn’t know exactly what was
happening in that moment with the hair
and so he knows that the convertible
could cause
a bit of an issue and and you know I
wanted to be sweet he’s planned all of
this and and so I go husband you know
what you know just yeah sure we can take
the top down you know because I wanted
to be like his girlfriend you know I
didn’t want to you know sometimes you
gotta be a girlfriend sometimes you got
to be a wife you know and I wanted I
wanted to be his girlfriend you know yes
let’s take the top down and you know and
I prayed
because on that particular day it my
hair was not totally removable because I
tacked it down in such a way
that’s all right guys it’s okay and so
he takes the top down
and as long as we were driving in the
direction of the wind things were fine
it was actually perfect because it would
hug
[Music]
[Applause]
but then we got lost and he he made a
u-turn and that’s when I learned about
headwinds foreign
[Applause]
you know and for a minute I was enjoying
it because the hair you know the air was
like rushing through my hair and then
and then I realized if the air is
rushing through your hair your hair is
not on anymore so
so that’s not good at all you know
probably be my last time speaking for a
while but that’s all right
don’t tell Bishop kill the live stream
so
um
I realized that headwinds when you are
flying or driving or running or swimming
in the direction of the wind it can be
problematic because there’s a certain
level of resistance
when you’re in the Wind
there’s a level of resistance when
you’re running you run slower when
you’re running Against the Wind when
you’re swimming it’s more difficult when
you’re Against the Wind literally when
you’re in a boat and you’re in you’re
propelling against the wind it slows you
down it’s problematic to be against the
wind the only time that it’s not
problematic
is when you’re about to take off
because there’s something about the
conflicting winds coming up against one
another that one thing has to take off
but there’s something about the
perception we have to have about the
wind and the intentionality we have to
have when facing the wind that we
realize I’m not running Against the Wind
I’m not swimming Against the Wind I’m
covered in such a way that even when
wind comes in my direction all it can do
is take me off
to another dimension of who I am to
another level of who God has called me
to be I’m Not Afraid Of The Wind because
I recognize that I can make the wind
work in my favor because I have the wind
that’s stronger than any Whirlwind
that’s going on in my life and when your
wind collage with his whirlwinds
something
has to happen
something has to happen something has to
take place I’m not just in this thing on
my own have you ever realized what it’s
like to have backup when you thought you
were in something on your own and then
you realize out of nowhere that there
were people who would be there for you
that God would send people right where
you needed them I thought I was in
trouble I thought that this thing was
going to push me back I thought I was
going to take one step forward than 10
steps backward but then there was a win
that pushed me and propelled me
where I was supposed to be
and so when we find Peter and Cornelius
in the text
God is creating these winds
he’s creating these winds it doesn’t
look like winds it looks like issues and
struggles and problems it doesn’t look
like anything good necessarily is going
to come out of it but but God had a
divine plan but in that moment no one
knew what God was up to
and man if only we could know
if only we could know
God what are you gonna
do with this
it looks like a mess it looks like I’m
losing that child it looks like the
marriage isn’t going to come out on the
other side Lord what are you it’s not
that you don’t trust them you just wish
you would just you could just give you a
preview
if you could just give me a hint
if you could just give me a hint about
what’s on the other side of this
Cornelius is a Roman soldier he’s a
centurion he’s got honor and respect
within the community and he is
God-fearing
which sounds like a good thing but as I
was studying I recognized how difficult
it was for him to be God-fearing in Rome
at that time
because at that time there was idolatry
and the Greek gods played a major role
in religion so this idea of having one
God and certainly the god of Jewish
people at that time seemed a bit like an
oxymoron
he was a God-fearing Roman soldier
who would learn to live life
on a bubble
because he wasn’t quite Roman because he
didn’t serve the same gods that the
Romans served
but he wasn’t quite Jewish because
though he served the Jewish god he could
not be accepted into the Jewish faith
but he became comfortable living life on
living life on a bubble
not quite one thing
but I’m not quite the other either
and he was in an environment that was
not conducive to what was in his heart
which I know is not like anyone in the
room I know no one in this room has ever
been raised in an environment that
wasn’t conducive to what God placed in
your heart you’ve never had to work in
an environment that wasn’t conducive to
what was in your heart you’ve never had
to be in a marriage that wasn’t
conducive to what was in your heart have
you ever had your heart have the passion
for one thing but nothing in your
environment celebrated it people where
I’m from don’t we don’t go to school we
don’t dream Beyond a certain have you
ever wanted to be something
and become something
but not have the support in your
environment to really bring that thing
out
Cornelius had learned to live life
in a Roman environment serving a Jewish
god
he was in the world but not of the world
and as he’s really practicing this
Jewish faith and he praised at the same
times that the Jewish people pray and he
serves and he gives alms and he gives
his offering he something happens that
happens to all of us when we begin
serving God and that is that his prayers
and his offerings become come up as a
memorial towards God
which sounds like an incredible thing
because an angel visits him and tells
him that God has seen your work he’s
seen what you’ve been doing he’s seen
how you stayed loyal how you stayed
committed to what he was doing in your
life in spite of the fact that no one
supported you in spite of the fact that
you didn’t have what everyone else had
and God wants you to know that he saw
you and you were on his mind and then
something happens that happens to all of
us when we are on God’s mind
he has to wait
an angel of the Lord visits Cornelius
and tells him that you are on God’s mind
he gives him a vision he says to send
out your soldiers and to send out a
servant to go get Peter because Peter is
going to tell you what to do
but there’s this space in between the
manifestation of what God Said
and the time that he says it that is a
waiting period that we all find
ourselves in
and there’s something about that waiting
period that determines whether or not we
really deserve the thing we’ve been
praying for
you see
Cornelius could have been satisfied just
sitting there and and praying and having
his own religious routine but all of a
sudden God caused him to want something
that he wasn’t even praying for
God put something down in his heart that
he wasn’t even praying for which would
be fine except for once God puts it in
your heart you just can’t shake it off
and now you have to wait on God to
manifest the thing that you’ve been
praying for that you didn’t even know
that you should want
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the waiting game
the waiting game I I cannot be honest I
the waiting game it it it it it it it
bothers me a little bit okay I didn’t
want to say that because we was in
church and I know we like to act like
God sends a word and we are patient and
we have faith and we wait for that thing
to be manifest but there’s something
about the waiting game that makes me
insecure it makes me question myself it
makes me wonder if I have what it takes
to actually lay hold of the thing that
I’ve been praying for
and the first thing God told me as I was
praying for Dallas he told me that
somebody in this room was waiting on
something
that they were waiting on something and
I said well God what do you want me to
tell him he said say stay in that same
spot
that same heart posture you had when you
first received that word that same faith
that same excitement that you had he
said don’t let the enemy and your
insecurities and the rumors and the
opinions start making deep things that
you need to give up on the thing that I
told you he said I’m not a man that I
should lie if I said it it’s going to
come to pass and I wish there were a few
hundred people in this room who had
enough Faith to start telling the enemy
you can’t have my child I’m waiting on
something you can’t have my tomorrow I’m
waiting on something I dare you to start
looking your insecurities into the face
and tell them I’m waiting on something
I’m waiting on something I know what God
told me I know what God promised me I’m
waiting on something I’m waiting on
something devil you can’t have my mind
I’m waiting on something I’m waiting on
something I wish you would get it so
deep down in your spirit that you would
start walking around like the thing God
told you had already happened because
I’m waiting on something I’m waiting on
something and I’m gonna stay hopeful
like he told me to and I’m gonna stay
praying like he told me to and faithful
like he told me to and kind and peace
and generous like he told me to because
I’m waiting on something
I’m waiting on something I’m waiting on
something God’s gonna give it to me
God’s gonna bring it to me I didn’t even
want it until God said I could have it
and because he said I could have it I’m
waiting on it I’m not gonna give up I
don’t care what the bank account says I
don’t care what the bank says and I’m
waiting on something I’m waiting on
something I don’t care what statistics
say about it I’m waiting on something
I’m waiting on it I’m waiting on it I’m
waiting on it I’m waiting on it I’m
waiting on it though The Vision Terry oh
no I’m waiting on it I’m waiting on
something I’m waiting on something I’m
coming out on the other side of this
restoration is a part of my destiny I’m
waiting on something that child is going
to be saved my marriage is going to be
saved I’m waiting on something
I’m waiting on it
I’m not giving up
my faith can’t dwindle
you got to tell your fear I’m waiting on
something
you got to tell the circumstances I’m
waiting on something
and what I’m waiting on eyes haven’t
seen that’s why man can’t give it to me
that’s why you can’t give me a word and
make me feel better because what I’m
waiting on can only come from above I’m
waiting on something I don’t have time
to rumors I don’t have time for gossip
I’m waiting on something you’re a
distraction I love you God bless you
goodbye but I’m waiting on something I’m
waiting on something he promised me and
I know he’s not gonna lie I’m waiting on
it I’m waiting on it I’m waiting on it
I’m waiting on it
I don’t give up on the things God
promised me I’m waiting on something
because when I look back over my life I
recognize that he has a track record of
coming through and no he doesn’t always
come when I want him to but that usually
works out for me anyway because he ends
up right on time so I’m waiting on
something I’m waiting on something I’m
not giving up
I’m gonna start the business
I’m going to write the book
my children are going to be saved I’m
not dreaming I’m telling you what God
told me if you would start owning the
thing God told you like it had already
happened it would give you every weapon
you need when people try to start coming
up against you I’m waiting on something
I’m waiting on something and God’s gonna
give it to me I’m waiting on something
this is a mindset shift
Cornelius is preparing for an
impartation of the Holy Spirit but
before God could do it he had to change
his mind
God did not bring you here to find a
routine
to find a pattern and to just
wake up each day on autopilot
God said that my ability to move in your
life the way that I can move in your
life
means that your faith
needs something to work with
and some of you have given up on dreams
and Visions for your life
because you had to wait on it
and in the process of waiting on it you
felt disqualified for it and you felt
like you weren’t going to be able to to
handle it that you weren’t capable of
praying or having the very thing that
you were praying for but God said I see
something in you that you don’t even see
in yourself so what I need you to do is
go back to being the kind of person who
would put their faith on crazy dreams
that would put their faith on crazy
visions that would dare to start
actually believing that no weapon formed
against them would Prosper I’m waiting
on something
I’m waiting on something I’m not giving
up I’m waiting on it I’m waiting on it
and so Cornelius
he’s waiting on something
and so the angel of the Lord came to
Cornelius and says to sin for Peter and
in this time that he’s sending for Peter
he has to determine who he can trust
with the vision
and so he chooses two soldiers in in the
servant one soldier and two servants and
he says I want you to go and sin for
Peter
and in the process of him waiting it it
dawned on me that he couldn’t just
choose any servant and any Soldier
because some people
don’t know how to handle
your vision
you know
one of the problems that most of us have
is that we’re so excited to have a
vision
that we let anybody handle the vision
we’re so excited to have an idea that we
put the idea on Facebook before God can
even manage the idea and then we allow
everyone else’s infection to get in on
our vision until we’re afraid of
actually pursuing the thing God gave us
God told me to tell you that this is a
season where we don’t post about it