This is “On a Prophetic Journey”. Have you ever been through a season in your life where you just can’t understand it? When you trace the line of your past to your present, it doesn’t seem to tell you anything about your future? Often we forget that our life has an author—a loving father who chose to write our name into His story. And He wants to tell a fascinating story through our days… if we’ll let Him. Today you’ll learn from Pastor Jentezen Franklin that we’re not in this story alone. In fact, God will speak to others on our behalf. He’ll encourage us and give us the direction we need at just the right time.
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hello and welcome to kingdom connection
thank you for joining us today you may
be in the darkest season you’ve ever
been in facing stuff that you never
dreamed you would go through you need to
listen you need to hear what i’m going
to preach today listen to this word and
i’ll come back in a moment and pray for
you
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if you have your bibles i’d like for you
to open them with me to the book of
first samuel
going to first samuel chapter 9
beginning with verse 15.
now the lord had told samuel
in his ear that day before saul
saying tomorrow about this time i will
send you a man from the land of benjamin
and you shall anoint him commander over
my people king over my people israel
that he may save my people from the hand
of the philistines i have looked upon my
people because the cry has come unto me
when samuel saw saul
the lord said to him there he is that’s
the man i spoke to you about
this is the one who will reign over my
people
then saul drew near to samuel at the
gate and said please tell me where the
seer or the prophet’s house is
and samuel answered saul and said i am
the prophet or the seer
go up before me to the high place for
you
shall eat with me today
and tomorrow i will let you go and will
tell you all that is in your heart and
by the way verse 20
but as for your donkeys
that were loose and you’ve been
searching for three days
do not be anxious about them
for they have been found
and on whom is all the desire of israel
are you not the one or on whom is all
the desire of israel is a question
and on whom is all the desire of israel
is not
it on you and on your father’s house
so i want to talk to you today about
this little story and i want to just
quickly
get to where i want to go
um
i want to preach about your own
a prophetic journey
a prophetic journey
because what happened in this story was
if you read the earlier part of the
chapter
saul’s father said to the young man saul
i want you to go out and find the
donkeys they’ve broken out of the pen
they’ve gotten loose i don’t know where
they’re at that’s a big investment of
our family farm we need we need to find
those donkeys and don’t you come back to
this house until you get those donkeys
so here goes a young man
who
the bible said stood uh head and
shoulders above anybody else in israel
he has no clue as to what his assignment
is what god’s plan is for his life he
has no clue
the heights that god’s purpose and
destiny would take him to
and he’s going out
because a loss has occurred
he’s going out because something has
happened
that
has created a loss in his life he’s lost
something
he’s lost something
and he’s trying to recover what he’s
lost
and he’s chasing donkeys
and they chased them and had to spend
the night in tents and sleep over out in
the wilderness looking for these donkeys
because back then you know it was a big
deal it was a big deal to their family
and to their farm
for three days they searched and did not
find them and finally in in
the man that he was with the servant
that he was with said hey why don’t we
go i’ve heard there’s a prophet in the
city why don’t we go the opposite
direction because he has the word god
shows him things
and it may be that we could ask him and
offer him you know something and get him
to pray to his god and he would tell you
where the where the donkeys are he has
that kind of gift
and and saul being a young man said well
what do we got to lose if we don’t we’re
going to have to we never get to go home
so they go to the city now what i want
you to see is this saul is looking for
something that is lost
some of you are looking for something
that you’ve lost value self-esteem
purpose
destiny
meaning
why am i here what does god want me to
do with my life
he heard the seer
or the prophet could give him a word
that could cause him to recover what he
had lost
you can recover something that you’ve
lost
god’s word is just
not only for those who have it together
but i’m thankful that god has a word for
people who are lost who’ve lost
something who who who are confused who
don’t have answers who don’t know really
the direction for their life who really
don’t have it all worked out i was that
person most people in this room at some
point was that person in their life but
god really does have a plan for people
who don’t have it all together
god told samuel
the prophet
now i want you to see it he’s he’s got
saul on a journey
it’s a prophetic journey every step that
he has taken
is ultimately being led by god that’s
why psalms 37 is so powerful but the
steps of a righteous man
are ordered of the lord directed of the
lord and he delights in his way
every step of your life
if you will let him and
quite frankly even if you don’t let him
he is still god and he’s ordering your
steps and your stops and your trip ups
and your and your mess-ups
he’s he can still get in it and work
everything according to his will and his
purpose because you’re not just on a
journey you’re on a prophetic journey
and and and and here this guy is and
he’s out looking for donkey something is
insignificant and unimportant
he’s he’s got a job that is no big deal
it’s not
going to have much impact when your
full-time job is chasing donkeys
he has no clue who he is
he has no clue the
he’s about to be the king of israel the
first king of israel that they’ve ever
had in the history of the nation
he has no idea from the little country
place that he’s from
growing up with donkeys and farm animals
that god has chosen him
and god has put him on a prophetic
journey and it doesn’t really matter
what people think about you it doesn’t
really matter who says you’re
unqualified it doesn’t really matter who
is against you or who is for you when
god puts you on your journey when you
allow him to be completely in control of
your life and you begin to move out at
he was just obeying it see before you
get big spiritual direction for your
life he obeyed the earthly direction
that he had his dad said get up get out
of your room and go after the donkeys if
you don’t do that boy i’m gonna take my
belt off and i’m gonna whip you but but
the fact i made that part up but i just
thought i’d throw that in there
but here’s the beautiful thing
that until you can obey
authority from your parents or from
people that god puts in your life don’t
expect the big booming voice of god that
has the major assignment until you can
obey the everyday things that you’re
supposed to do and that you’re under
that authority that god has put you for
that season
so he just starts doing what his dad
told him to do walking down the road
looking for donkeys he does it for three
days but what i loved about the story is
at the time same time he’s got saul
coming from one direction
god the bible said had sensitized the
ear of samuel did you catch that verse
god spoke in his ear he whispered in his
ear
oh hallelujah
we need sensitized ears
like never before
god whispered into the ear of the
prophet in another city now about this
time tomorrow
i know i know when god speaks to me it’s
a it’s a ringing it’s a it’s something i
can’t shake and i know that feeling of
what when the bible says and god spoke
into the ear of samuel
and and when he heard the voice the
voice said about this time tomorrow
there’s going to be a man who’s going to
show up at the gate of the city i want
you to go and i want you to wait on it
and a lot of people have passed by and
i’ll say not that one not that one not
that one not that one but that one but
when you see him i’ll reveal to you that
it’s him you just go look and and you
and and you you anoint him king of
israel at when i after i tell you to do
what you’re going to do with and and i
love it that that that the prophet god’s
preparing it on one end don’t you know
your life some of you are freaking out
because you can’t control everything and
you don’t know the answers to everything
and you don’t understand everything but
when you put your life in god’s hands
while he’s working over here with you
in mundane things of flipping burgers
chasing donkeys or whatever it is and
and you got all some massive destiny and
calling on your life but here you are
just chasing donkeys and going to school
and doing stuff and you know it doesn’t
seem how can something big happen to me
when god has his hand on your life
and while he’s working on you
he’s got somebody over here that he’s
whispering
in their ear they have power they have
influence they can open doors they can
shut doors and he’s whispering in their
ear notice them
it may be him it may be a her notice
them
as a lot of people you’re going to meet
and pass by but that one that one i
really want you to know see this is the
prophetic journey
the prophetic journey
and
you’re on a prophetic path god had him
on a prophetic path to get him to the
right place at the right time god uses
listen to me carefully inward motivation
inward motivation the fact that the
donkeys had been lost was the very thing
god used to get him where he was
supposed to be
what i’m trying to say to you today is
this
the loss you have sometime in life the
losses that you have are the greatest
thing that could ever
happened to you
because had you not gone through those
losses
you would have never you would have
never left where you were you would have
totally missed the greatness of god’s
plan
sometimes we don’t understand that the
losses of the of of a relationship or
the losses of some thing that was our
dream but not god’s dream and god’s plan
and god’s timing but it’s actually the
losses
had he had everything
and not lost anything he had stayed
right where he was for the rest of his
life but the fact that something was
missing an inward motivation said i
gotta get after whatever this is that i
gotta get i gotta get and that’s what
god used to get him on his prophetic
journey
the very losses
that you don’t understand and you don’t
get and why if god loves me would he let
me lose something so valuable because he
had to get you on his journey
god has you in a
praise god i feel like preaching now i
feel help coming i really do i don’t
need your help now
i’m ready i feel it come the lord says
to tell somebody god has you
on a setup
what feels like a loss the donkey’s
leaving you and that’s what he was a
donkey that’s what she was a donkey or
whatever
tomorrow about this time
he’s coming
don’t worry about the donkeys is what
the prophet said to him as soon as he
got there he said now first of all
what you’re looking for
i got it
three days ago god had what you were
chasing after that’s not a problem he
just used the loss in your life
he’s going to restore what you’ve lost
he’s got he’s going to give you much
more than what you lost in in the in the
let down i promise you he’s got more
exceedingly abundantly above all that
you could ask to think and his will is
right and the holy spirit is right and
the will of god for your life is right
and your emotions are wrong
and the prophet said i love what he said
he said but before i give you the word
of the lord for the rest of your life
come home with me and eat
with me
come and before you partake you’ve got
to eat what the prophet is cooking
you’re not going to get it unless you
get
to eating what the prophet is
cooking
he came and he ate
and
the food from the prophet
and then the prophet poured oil on him
and anointed him think of this he’s
chasing donkeys
but he comes home with a kingdom
he’s chasing donkeys but his prophetic
journey is so ordered of the lord that
he comes home with the oil from the most
mightiest prophet
arguably in the history of the nation of
israel do you know what the bible said
about samuel not one of his words fell
to the ground and your bible said that
the dogs wouldn’t bark when he opened
his mouth
when he opened his mouth even the dogs
shut up and
put their tail by
and and backed up in the corner because
the man of god is if he says it not one
word of his
it’s gonna fall to the ground
and here’s this boy out chasing donkeys
and god had such a plan for his life
that he pours the oil and says you will
be i know you don’t feel like it i know
you think it’s beyond you i know you
think it’s too big for you but that’s
kind of how god always does it he never
chooses qualified people he chooses
people whom he chooses
you’re a chosen vessel
the fact you’re sitting in here today
you’re a chosen vessel and i’m glad you
lost what you lost cause you wouldn’t be
where you are right now if you had
everything you wanted in life but the
man i feel this thing but the fact that
god trusted you
to launch you and get you going what he
starts he’s going to finish
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and if you just keep eating what i’m
cooking
cause i’m your little prophet today
i don’t want to be like those people
in that church
i’m not ready to receive it i’m not
through cooking it
you
understand when you begin to eat what
the prophet is cooking
that god has you on a journey
if everything went your way
you wouldn’t be
here right now
sometimes the tough times
become the best times
because god had you on a prophetic
journey
you were looking for donkeys
but god can allow you to go through
things
so that you will come home with a
kingdom
of righteousness peace and joy in the
holy ghost
anointed by god for his purpose and his
glory
the donkeys were found three days ago
the prophet said
and if ever we need
those sensitized ears
we can’t god can’t speak if we don’t
hear all right
and we have to have sensitized ears
i’m telling you i hear a breakthrough is
coming
i have i have i have been with the lord
this week i’m bold to tell you that
and i’m telling you my ears have been
sensitized and i hear
things and the power listen to this
the amazing thing about prophecy is
prophecy puts you there before you get
there
prophecy puts you there before it
happens
and what i heard this week is
breakthrough is coming
i heard the lord say something this week
that i want to speak over your life and
you need to eat what this little prophet
i’m not a prophet but i mean i’m under a
prophetic anointing
you understand that there’s prophetic
messages there’s messages and there’s
prophetic messages
like like you can you can preach a
message on adultery let me give you an
example on adultery and then there’s a
prophetic word on adultery let me
explain the difference adultery is a man
cheating on his wife or woman cheating
on her husband but a prophetic word
would be four rows up and three seats in
do you understand the difference now
i am not here playing games with a
sermon this morning that i microwaved in
the
you know some old trade i have come
today with a specific word for specific
people and i’m telling you that
here’s the word i keep hearing my ear
sensitize heard this word
something big is about to happen
now you got to eat what the prophet
could but if that goes off in you
concerning your family concerning god’s
will concerning our nation concerning
the world concerning the harvest and
souls
something big is about to happen
god’s getting ready to break out on the
left and the right in america god is
getting ready to send a spirit
outpouring on our sons
and our daughters
i’ve gotta i’ve got them on a prophetic
journey and they’ve been through hell
they’ve been raised without fathers
they’ve been addicted they messed up and
they twisted sexually but i’m going to
anoint them i’m going to raise them and
i’m going
to use them
eat what the prophet is cooking right
now and it’ll come to your house it’ll
come to your children it’ll come to your
life teenager young person 20 something
30 something
but what i say to you is this
i
saw it
and i
heard it and i know deep in my knower
and i’m like that i feel like sam and
when it starts when i see it come on the
horizon you know the moment he out of
all those hundreds and thousands of
people passing through the gates of that
massive city
god showed him one
i’ll know it when i see it
and i don’t think his way out there it’s
starting here it’s starting
now it’s starting in the hearts of a
generation
orphaned hearts
broken dreams
addicted and hurt and shameful and
beat up
but god says
the reason hell’s tried to destroy you
with eating disorders and with
depression and with
with
addiction and with
sexual
you know you thought that would fulfill
you and then it just left you so empty
then
the enemy piles on with shame and guilt
and
regret
but god
says
it was never about the donkeys
i’m gonna use the fact that you chase
donkeys
to to order your steps now
and i got people waiting
i got the right people waiting on you
i’ve already whispered in their ear and
they’re looking for you and when you
come on the horizon
god’s plan is going to be done god’s
will is going to be done in your life
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lord jesus i give you my life
i turn my life completely over to you
today i give you my family i give you my
disaster
whatever situation that i’m in that
feels overwhelming i give it to you
you’re the master of disaster you’re the
lord
of everything that i’m facing and i
praise you that i’m not alone and you
are for me somebody needs to say that
you are for me say this lord you are my
redemption you are my savior
i turn to you with all of my heart
oh praise god
praise god he’s been waiting on you to
call on he’s been waiting on you to
whisper and say his name and mean it
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