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hey family this is sarah jakes robertson
i am so excited about the incredible
word that you’re about to receive
there’s just a few things i want to tell
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happy sunday one global
family we are so excited first of all
you know what just let us know in the
chat where you’re tuning in from i’m so
excited for the word of god today i
believe it’s a word that is going to
bring great perspective into your life
that is going to bring transformation
into your life and so really want to
dive into what the what the lord has put
on my heart and you know this really
came
from experience right there was
something that i was experiencing
and the lord really just guided me
through it and when i began to press in
about what is the word that you have
that the lord has for his people he was
speaking to me about this very thing and
so as you’re getting ready to take notes
as a sunday fun day as you’re getting
ready to take notes maybe you’re not
watching this on sunday but whatever day
it is just put a fun day next to it
but the title of my message today is
resist the resistance
resist the resistance you see i’ll take
you into what happened in my life so
normally
i wake up
at 3 20 in the morning now i’m a morning
person that’s another thing
it’s a way you know people say i’m a
morning person i’m not morning person
but just to you know make it plain if
that’s the way you receive it i’m a
morning person i am the person that if
you call me at 4 00 a.m 4 30 a.m i will
have a full-on conversation with you
laughing and everything fully present
right because i just in the morning i
just i’m full of life right and so
personally um my time that i spend with
the lord starts at 3 20 and i look at it
as tithing my time right you have 24
hours in the day 3 20 to 6 a.m it’s like
2 hours and 40 minutes
i connected i love i’m someone who just
loves numbers and scriptures and so when
i wake up at that time i connected to
ephesians 3 20 and i’m like lord you’re
able to do exceedingly abundantly in
this moment
but that’s me right and you know in my
prayer time that is a time of communion
with god um that is a time where the
lord begins to give me strategy for my
day strategy for the season of life that
i’m in when i when i have that time with
the lord i i tend to move through life
with precision with clarity with
understanding um i i can you become your
sensitivity and the holy spirit
heightens where you recognize that you
know what even though i already have a
schedule for my day you recognize the
areas where you might need to pivot
because there is something that the lord
has planned that you had no knowledge of
and so for me you know this time with
god is everything
and i went through this season where
waking up was a struggle
like it’s just not it’s not like it’s
not me you know wake getting up like and
the crazy thing i have like three alarms
for the main alarm so just in case it’s
like there’s like three other alarms to
make sure i get up
and this time around the alarms will go
off and it’s not that i’m tired when i
opened my eyes but you start having this
narrative like just just go back to bed
you know what there might be something
you just need to rest just need to just
listen to the lord just put worship
music and just you know fall back into
bed and
i knew that okay something is not right
because why is it such a struggle to
wake up at this time something that came
so
easy for me something that there were
times that it was it felt like a
sacrifice but then in consistency
something becomes developed and it
becomes your norm but all of a sudden
it was a fight
so one particular day
i woke up around it was like three
something
but the moment i woke up i remember i
recalled a dream i had during the night
so in my alarm i titled my alarms my
alarms have either like a scripture or
or a title or something so the alarm
that wakes me up for prayer it says
meeting with jesus so when i look at it
i’m like okay this is what i’m waking up
for i’m waking up for a meeting with
jesus
but in my dream my alarm goes off and
this is the dream my alarm goes off
and rather than it saying meeting with
jesus it said resistance
and i was like what what is that i said
resistance and it’s like you know do you
snooze on resistance or do you answer
the call
so the moment i saw resistance i woke up
and to waking up i’m like god what is
that because that dream troubled me i’m
like why does this title read resistance
and then now in prayer the lord began to
speak to me
about what has been going on where i was
having a difficulty waking up
and he said stephanie what you’re
experiencing is not just because
you’re tired or you need that extra 10
minutes of sleep that turns into an
extra two hours of sleep
that there is a resistance against you
waking up
because you’re in a new season of your
life
and the words that you need to hear from
me in this new season it is what is
going to establish you and cause you to
be effective in the new season that is
upon you
you see i am someone who is fascinated
by times and seasons because what i have
learned from god is that your life our
lives are locked up in times and seasons
in the book of ecclesiastes it tells us
that for every thing there is a time a
season under the sun for every activity
everything god wants to do connected to
your life every word every promise of
god for your life is connected to a time
and a season
you cannot manipulate your way to cause
a season to come sooner than it is
ordained
that is why even when you see the
scripture you see a pardon with god
certain a certain way that god moves
that something it is locked up in a time
until the time comes then it’s it’s
revealed then it’s released when you
think about the promised child isaac
it was always the purpose of god that
abraham would have isaac
but isaac was locked up in a season
isaac was locked up in a certain time
period connected to abraham’s life
because of what isaac would represent
not only to his generation but to
generations after him
and so this is very important to keep in
mind because
i am in i’m in a space that i’ve never
been not only do we enter when you’re
awake into a new day you’re awake into a
day you’ve never been in before there’s
a new season that i have recognized
and the lord was showing me he said this
attack
this is actually an attack
don’t play with it don’t look at it
lightly don’t just give in to the
resistance
when something is resisting you you have
to resist the resistance
because there are words that i will
download their strategy that would
unfold not all in one setting it would
unfold day by day
this is a very sensitive period of your
life that you must be led by the holy
spirit
don’t give in to the resistance so let’s
talk about resistance right what does it
mean in a very simple term it is to
oppose
right to be against and a term that i
love so much that resistance is the
attempt to prevent something by action
or argument
i love that because how many times has
have we been prevented
from doing the very thing that god has
called us to
because of this narrative that was going
on in our heads
oh you’re not worthy it’s not for you
that could never happen don’t embarrass
yourself how are you going to sustain
your family how is this going to play
out
but you have a word you know that god
has already given you released a word
onto your life but there is this
narrative that taunts you
and the only reason the voice is
amplified is because you have not
resisted the resistance
so you give into it
and you’re like you know what maybe i’m
not worthy
maybe i’m not the person for the job
maybe i cannot be the one who does this
very thing and you do not do you don’t
resist
the opposition coming against you
because catch it the enemy is trying to
prevent you
from being established in a new season
that has come upon you
you see what i’m learning about
resistance is that it is actually
likened to birth pains to labor pains
because there is a scripture
in mark 4 17 it says when opposition
comes because of the word
that there is a connection to opposition
and the word
that when there is a word of god over
your life
when there is a purpose of god to be
manifested through your life that
opposition comes
and then as i began to look at that it
dawned on me that opposition is truly
labor pains to a new season
that opposition is that you you cannot
the same way a woman cannot give birth
to a child
even when you when you’re thinking about
the natural means it is impossible
without labor pains in that same manner
it is impossible for you to step into
the purpose of a new season without
opposition
because it comes because of the word
and so how do we engage it
how do we respond to it that is what
we’re going to dive into today
because even when we look at our lord
jesus he is the model of everything he
is the model to how we should live life
how we should understand how we should
navigate through life and he is also our
lord
jesus could not step into a new season
without going through opposition
matter of fact the bible even tells us
that he was led by the holy spirit into
opposition
now can you imagine this jesus just i
mean he had one season of his life where
he was hidden
he was just going through life as the
son of joseph and mary
he was just chilling you know it was
like that’s just jesus you know i’m sure
maybe people gave him a nickname hey jay
what’s up man what’s good jay
you know i i don’t know what they call
them right
maybe he had he was cool with you know
he was just he was everyone’s god he was
just jesus he was hidden just the
regular kid you know maybe he cracked
some few jokes maybe he told a lot of
stories and they didn’t know that he was
actually preparing to tell a lot of
parables right
but jesus was undercover he was hidden
he was in a season of being hidden he
was in a season of preparation
but when jesus was about to tap into a
new season
he gets baptized all of a sudden god
blows his cover
you know the people around him during
the baptism they hear the voice of the
father
from heaven and it says this is my son
in who i am well please his cover is
revealed wait he is not just who we
thought he is
he is someone else this is the son of
god
but in order for him to step into a new
season the bible tells us that the holy
spirit actually led him into the
wilderness
and when he led him into the wilderness
it was to be tempted by satan
but satan’s antics of temptation was
really opposition now when i say
opposition i’m talking about resistance
the two words are interchangeable
it was satan’s antics to opposing
because again opposition is to prevent
you
from doing from moving in the very thing
that god has called you to if jesus gave
into any of those temptations
he would not have come out of the
wilderness in the power of the holy
spirit if he gave into any of those
temptations his purpose in the new
season would have been prevented
you see opposition is actually birth
pains
and when a new season is upon you
god is committed to fulfilling what he
has purpose to do through you
we have to see opposition properly
because here is the thing that sometimes
happens and we’re going to go into this
because as i was praying for you
i saw many feeling like in a situation
where there is opposition and opposition
can come in the form of people
opposition can come in the form of
disappointment
it can come in the form of negative
destructive narratives in your own head
but that’s not you
just like i said al pastor has this
amazing saying when did you become
anti-you that’s not you
opposition can come in many ways
but you have to understand something
about opposition because when we think
it is just the the works of satan
that it is just satan trying to to shake
us up that this is satan being satan
this is actually what satan has
permission to do by god
first of all jesus was not being tempted
by satan outside of god’s sight
the holy spirit led him to be tempted
one of the things you must understand
this is aside by one of the things you
must understand by satan he’s not as
powerful as many people think he is
satan only has power according to
permission
either permission given to him by god or
permission given to him by you
satan does not operate outside of his
boundaries
and what does it look like permission
given to him by you could look like many
things but one of it is when we just
give in to the resistance
when how whatever satan’s antics or
whatever his agenda is to stop you you
believe the lie and you don’t do
anything
because resistance is an action
and if you are passive in those moments
you have given him permission to steal
to kill to destroy
to steal from you what a season actually
has for you
to take away from for you what god
purposed for you in a new season but
satan is not as powerful as you think
and here is why in the book of jude jude
is a book that literally has one chapter
just one very very powerful just one
chapter but in the book of jude and i
want you to write this scripture down
and and read it in your own time jude 1
and this is verse 6. it tells us
something so fascinating it talks about
angels who had gone outside of what they
were given authority to do basically
angels who went outside their boundaries
and as a result of this god chained them
in hell the bible said that they’re
actually chained in eternal darkness and
you know awaiting the day of judgment
but i want i’m saying this so you
understand that satan is not as powerful
as you think because if he is so
powerful that means he lives without
boundaries
but satan is also within boundaries the
first time that angels stepped outside
of boundaries god chained them up
and these angels were were connected to
you see when you go back to the book of
genesis there was a time in the time of
noah
noah for those that may not know noah
was the one called by god to build an
ark in a time there would be a flood and
to to you know save himself and his
family but in the time of noah the bible
tells us and this is in in genesis that
there were sons of god which was
referring to angels that had a sexual
relationship with the daughters of men
this was outside of their boundaries
and there were children created as a
result and these children it was an
abomination to the order of god and
that’s why we that’s why the flood came
because god needed to wipe out all of
that
but i’m sharing this with you because
the moment the first time because satan
is also an angel
the first time that angels operated
outside the boundaries that god gave
them he chained them up
but you know what satan is he’s not
chained that tells you everything that
he is still operating within boundaries
so when he opposes you
it is actually within his permission
that god has given him permission
there are things that may happen you’re
wondering why did this happen in my life
you know because god does not authorize
evil there’s some things that you know
you may have opened the door but we’re
not here to go into that but there are
some things that you might need to shut
the door because when you look at
yourself in the mirror you’re not just
looking at you you’re looking at your
family lineage you’re looking at your
mother you’re looking at your father
you’re looking at your grandparents
because you also naturally came from
somewhere
and so that is why you know when people
are familiar with the sayings breaking
generational curses that there there’s a
door that has been open in my generation
and it ends with me i am shutting
whatever permission that my grandparents
may have given but that’s a whole
another conversation why i’m saying this
to you is to recognize
that when you’re being opposed it is not
just for you to feel like a victim in
life
it is not just for you to feel like god
does not see you there is a purpose that
god has for opposition and it is a sign
of labor pains but i want us to go into
that
because the question is it’s not that
god is just trying to you know play with
us play with our emotions why is it that
god allows the enemy to oppose us why is
it that in order for jesus to start his
ministry he had to go through the burnt
pains of opposition why is it
now you know in the fitness
there is this term called resistance
training
right and it’s you know anyone who does
resistance training you don’t like it
that much first of all but resistance
training is is a is something that is so
fascinating because it is a style of
training that strengthens your muscles
and causes you to have more endurance
and here is what is interesting about it
because all of this happens when your
muscles are working against weight or
some type of force sometimes it could
even be that you’re working against your
own body weight
but that is how your muscles become
stronger and you have more endurance and
there’s a lot of health benefits to this
but in the kingdom there is also
resistance training
now in the kingdom
your muscle is your faith
because when there is resistance it is
to either or or do one of one of two
things or does both it it either gives
you it strengthens your faith or it
gives you endurance or it does both
now we’re gonna we’re gonna talk about
this right
because when we think about
when something is resisting you
it is actually revealing the strength of
your faith
when something is resisting you let’s
look at the life of jesus
in that moment
jesus has just heard a word
that hey you are the you know you are my
son in you i am well pleased he goes
into the wilderness and what is being
attacked is his very identity that he
just received he just heard oh wow jesus
i know you’ve been undercover but
remember who you are it’s like mufasa
remember you know simba you know but
but jesus has this moment then he goes
into the wilderness and his identity is
being under attack
but here’s the thing about faith being
strengthened when you’re when your faith
is tested for how strong is your faith
because faith is never about the size
it’s about the strength
that’s why jesus would say things like
if your faith is the size of a mustard
seed you can say to this mountain move
from here to there and it would move for
you
now sometimes we try to make that more
complicated than it is and we say well
when you plant the mustard seed it grows
to be one of the strongest and tallest
trees jesus said what he said you know
if jesus was here he would say i said
what i said right if jesus meant the
tree he would have told you you know if
you have the faith the size of a mustard
tree
but he said a mustard seed because it’s
literally a friend of mine i think i may
have shared this before a friend of mine
gave me mustard seeds and it is
extremely tiny
but what was jesus trying to teach us
it’s not about the size of your faith
it’s about the strength of your faith
and the strength of your faith comes
with what you understand about what you
received
because here is it the bible tells us
that faith comes by hearing and hearing
by the word of god so when you talk
about faith you’re talking about a word
that there is a word of god that has
come to you
and and you can understand why jesus
said it’s not about the size because how
many times have we received we some of
us have enough words
to i mean you know to be the president
for
three times in a row i’m just putting
this random random fact out there some
of us have enough words
to live a life of great impact to
transform the world if we need to
we’ve received so much from god about
our identity about who he is about what
we have in him but if you don’t have
understanding
it doesn’t matter how many things you’ve
written in your journal it doesn’t
matter how many promises of god you you
read every morning when before you you
go out of your day if you don’t
understand
you can never access the power of the
word
because if you’re just reading
the lord is my shepherd i shall not want
you just read it because it sounds good
wow the lord is my shepherd i shall not
what if you don’t tap into the
understanding that wait the lord
is my shepherd i am actually sheep i am
not the one
that is protecting my life i am not the
one
guiding my life i am not the one that
has that is in charge of provision for
the seasons with the visions that god
gives me the lord is my shepherd
i shall not want
that i don’t have the understanding of
lack because i am connected to the one
who is abundant in all things if you
don’t have understanding of that word
then the moment of season that looks
like lack comes upon you you start to
panic you start to complain you start to
doubt you start to say god where are you
i thought you would be with me but you
were the same person who every morning
would quote the lord is my shepherd i
shall not want
if you say jesus loves me you sing the
song yes jesus loves me yes jesus loves
me
but then the moment a person rejects you
you look at it like god rejected you
then you did not tap the understanding
of what it means to be loved by jesus
because when you know that you are loved
and validated by christ then you will
recognize that man’s rejection holds no
weight against god’s acceptance
it is not about the size of your faith
it is about the strength of your faith
now while this is so important is
because when you’re going into a new
season of your life
god is revealing to you where you are
you see sometimes we are so eager for
something new
sometimes we are so eager for the
promise we are so eager to come into a
place of manifestation not even
recognizing whether we are ready or we
are not
not realizing like wait am i actually
equipped for what is ahead
because when opposition comes
it could reveal your strength to you
and when you recognize like wait oh this
is oh god i know who i am i know what
you said about me this opposition is not
going to stop me
when you start to tap into that all of a
sudden you you gain endurance
that even if in the future something
else comes my way i have a firm
foundation of what god has said about me
you see for me in that moment where i
wasn’t waking up where it’s like i woke
up went back to bed
i was lacking understanding
that i have tapped into a new season
stephanie you can’t just go by based on
the words that god has given you in the
past there is a new season that has come
upon you and it is so critical for you
to get day by day instruction on how you
ought to move
even in general it is very critical but
the lord was showing me stephanie the
new season that i have brought upon you
you need to be equipped for it
you need to tap into what i’m going to
say to you day by day
you see opposition is actually a
beautiful thing
because when opposition comes and you
you don’t know how to resist it it is
not for you to just give in
it is for you to get back into the place
of prayer and start asking the right
questions
god who am i now
god what is the season of my life that
i’m in right now
and what does this season require of me
it brings you to the place of
recognizing that you know what something
happened in my job the other day and it
made me want to quit
if something happened at your job
that made you want to quit then do you
realize why you’re there
who put you there
you can’t just give in to the opposition
and say oh my gosh i am so stressed
people are so stressful
because the bible also tells us that we
wrestle not against flesh and blood but
against principalities and power and
there is a reason that that had to be
clarified because what principalities
and powers would normally look like is
flesh and blood
but what is influencing them is
something else
so if something happened at your job
something happened in the industry
you’re in something happened to you were
embarrassed or you were ashamed
and you think that is enough reason for
you to quit
then you haven’t tapped into what god is
doing in the season you’re in
because who put you there
it’s for you to take some time to
retreat
that god i sense that this at the only
reason that i want to come out of
position is because there was opposition
then you have to start asking the right
questions god who am i now
what have you called me to do now
what is the season that i am in and what
do you require of me in this season
opposition is actually something that is
supposed to work for you and not against
you
i want you to take some time to think
maybe you’re in a place maybe you’re
facing a situation in your life right
now that you’re just like god i i feel
like i’m about to throw in the towel
it’s not working could it be that you
just need to change your strategy
you have to recognize that opposition is
not something that happens randomly you
are not just randomly opposed the enemy
doesn’t just randomly come against you
that it’s actually alerting you that
there is a new season upon you
and god wants you to be prepared and
equipped so that he would establish you
for the purpose he called you to
that he would that you will be fortified
but satan doesn’t want you to know that
because if he can get you to give in
then he can steal from you
and so the question is how do we get to
this place
of resisting the resistance i want us to
read the scripture
in james 4 7
and it says this it says therefore
submit to god
resist the devil and he will flee from
you
submit to god resist the devil and he
will flee from you when we think about
submission
you know submission sometimes sounds
like this very
you know this concept that is higher
than that
it just seems so lofty oh so may god i
submit to you
but submission is actually very simple
submission is coming into agreement
coming into agreement first of all that
jesus is lord
that he is the lord over your life
that god i did not bring myself here
spiritually or naturally because life is
a miracle
submitting to the understanding that
there is one who has authority over how
you move and how you do life
that there is a lord who guides and
guards your life
when you realize that god i am not going
to live my life based on my own limited
wisdom
but i am dependent on you
whatever you show me whatever you
instruct me lord i will do
submission is belief
it is believing what god says about you
it is believing what god says you will
do and what you would accomplish in his
name
when you lack submission you start
fighting without you have identity
crisis
you you’re wrestling with who you
thought you are who you thought you were
with what god is saying about you
submission says god you know what i am
actually i am bringing myself
to the identity that you have revealed
about me it’s not about your feelings
it’s not about what people said it’s
about the truth and the truth is a
person the truth is jesus
when he speaks to you when he puts
desires in your heart when he reveals to
your identity your belief is how you
submit
that is why what satan attacked in jesus
was not his mission or his his
assignment it was his identity
because out of your identity is how you
flow in the purpose of god
if you don’t believe that you’re the one
to do what god showed you then
everything else doesn’t matter satan
doesn’t need to attack what you’re
called to do he just needs to attack
what you believe you’re called to do
and in so doing he attacks who you
respond to who you answer to
do you is there someone who governs your
life because when you when you come out
of the lordship of christ that is when
culture begins to define you
that is when people begin to define you
and that gives the enemy the easiest
access in
you know i was reading something that
blew my mind i was you know in the book
of genesis
and randomly never saw this before
i was just reading the moments that led
up
to
the enemy deceiving eve right because
when we talk about submit to god
right resist the resist the devil and he
will flee from you i said okay let’s
look at the first time
that satan was not resisted what
happened there
because the first story in the scripture
that satan was not resisted was with
adam and eve
and the whole thing with the with the
fruit the forbidden fruit
but there’s something so
fascinating because when you’re reading
the scriptures as it relates to god and
humanity the bible all through
it refers to him as the lord god the
lord god said this and the lord god did
this because that word lord reveals his
authority over a creation it reveals his
authority over humankind it reveals his
authority over everything it’s it’s this
beautiful relationship the lord god the
lord god the lord god the lord god the
lord god the lord god but when satan
threw the serpent
came to eve
he did not say did the lord god say
all he said was did god say
and it looks like something so subtle
but it was actually effective
because depending on how eve would
respond
first he just started off with did god
say all along he was referred to as the
lord god but in that moment did god
really say
and eve responds well god
because now he’s just a being
he’s not the one i submit to so i can
create
my own
narrative
actually you know what matter of fact
it’s not about what he said no more i
want knowledge i want wisdom i am gonna
do the thing he said we should not do
because the reason i obey him is because
i am submitted to him but you see after
that ordeal i want you to read this it
is very fascinating it will blow your
mind
after that ordeal you know after the
fall of man and sin enter the world and
all of this when eve has her first child
she praises who the lord
because now she has restored her gaze
back on you know what we messed up he
said the lord has given me a son not
just god the lord has given me a son
when you when you see god as lord it is
not just someone that is just ruling you
know the world from far up it’s it is
someone who you’re accountable to you
recognize the authority he has over you
are you submitted
because whatever area in our lives we
don’t know how to resist the enemy is an
area that is being revealed
that requires submission
what do you believe about yourself
how are you living we sometimes think
that humility it is to is to dumb down
your identity that is not humility at
all if god says you’re great and you
want to act like you’re mediocre you are
not doing god a favor
that is not humility
humility is to come in agreement with
what god says about you and to live from
that posture
how are you living your life you see
this word convicted me in many ways
because it also put a mirror in front of
me
because it’s one thing to say something
but do i have understanding of what god
has also said about me
do i have an understanding of what he
has revealed about me
you see family don’t be so quick
to make a decision
simply because there is opposition
don’t be so quick to decide in a pat in
a position of passivity that you’re just
passively allowing whatever happens you
know what this person is annoying me you
know what um there’s a voice in my head
telling me i’m not the one you know what
my past is just too messed up what does
god say about you
and what i’m learning about the lord
when you come before him with a humble
heart
when you say god you know what i want to
be
what you see what you know what you knew
not even what you know now what you’ve
always known about me
because the lord said to jeremiah before
i formed you i knew you god i want to
know what you’ve known about me
because i want to live according to that
i don’t want to keep acting like i am
not who i am
and when god gives you a word sometimes
because you’re not familiar with being
you
you might need to create strategy around
it
you might need to you might need to you
know what maybe take some acting classes
so you learn how to act like you
that that word becomes your blueprint
okay what would this person do
what would stephanie actually do you
know we have this saying what would
jesus do but sometimes you also have to
ask yourself what would i do the real me
not this um counterfeit version that i’m
over here portraying
what would the me that jesus called
would do
how would that version of me respond
what would that version of me create
what would that version of me bring
forth to this world what would stephanie
what would what would jeremiah what what
would you do
insert your name there if i right now
put it in the chat
put some things in the chat according to
what god has said about you that you’re
supposed to do that the real you would
do and this counterfeit version of you
is trying to lie its way
for you to not believe that you are who
you are
you see another thing you must
understand about satan is that he is a
liar
he is not just someone that tells lies
his nature is to lie
in the book of john there was a moment
where jesus was speaking about him and
he says when he lies he speaks of
himself
by nature he is a liar
and that is why it makes so much sense
why the bible says that he comes he
appears as an angel of light everything
he does is a lie
and that is why he’s able to deceive so
many even even when you look at the
times we’re in right now in society with
the advancement of new age all of it why
why is it so attractive because it is a
lie
it is this idea that all of this can
happen you don’t need to submit you you
don’t need
why would you need to give into an
authority you can do everything by
yourself
why are people lured into this lie
because it sounds good it looks good it
seems like it would empower you satan is
a liar
it is his nature it is his form it is
his makeup he does not know there is no
truth jesus actually said about him
there is no truth found in him
and why is that important for you to
recognize
because everything that he tries to
intimidate you about
it’s a lie
there is no truth in him
that voice that is telling you you will
never make it
if you make the move to that city you
are going to crush your family
that what what do you think you’re about
to do it is not going to happen for you
that people are going to laugh at you
that voice is the voice of a liar
that is what he does best it is to lie
there is no truth to be found in it
and jesus will never speak to you like
that
so whenever that narrative comes up
whenever you’re experiencing opposition
by the way of an argument
know that it is a lie
go back into your prayer closet
and say god who am i
who am i really
god give me strategy to be me
reveal to me how i can become me
what are the actions i should take
you see when you’re becoming you
some things might not feel natural
some things might not it might not feel
natural to you in the beginning
but when you press in all of a sudden
it’s like you start realizing that oh my
gosh this is actually this fits you know
this this action fits who i am
but in the beginning it might not feel
natural to you
but the more you press into god the more
you come before the lord and say god i
am not what i feel about myself i am not
what people said about me i want to be
everything you’ve called me to be what
you tap into in that moment is what we
call grace
a divine enablement
for you to become you
to really tap into your true nature
to become everything god says about you
to think like you to desire like you to
live like you
you see we have to come into a place
where we do not desire anything less
than truth
you know when you think about the nature
of you
it reflects the nature of christ
maybe you found yourself in a lot of
compromising situations and maybe you
like a lot of compromising situations
it’s nothing to be you know
feel shame about
but let it something should convict you
because when you know that this is not
me
you know chasing after sex or relying on
drugs to feel some kind of connection it
is not me
god who am i
and god give me the grace to become me
because this is not my nature
this is not this is not my form
you will not find you know a dog eating
grass
you know why because it’s not his nature
and as much time as he puts his nose in
there but it’s not to eat the grass is
to find a spot to do his business
because it is not his nature to do that
so who are you
and what does this season of your life
represent
and what does it require from you these
are questions that you should ask in the
presence of god and you know what
happens when we submit
the bible says now through this
submission we are able to resist the
devil
because when you submit and tap into
this understanding and you believe god
at his word then when satan comes
against you say no that’s not me
and i am not going to give in
to your agenda i am going to live
according to god’s will for my life and
what i love so much about that passage
is how it ends
it says resist the devil and he will
flee from you
that word flee is is very fascinating
it’s not just resist the devil and he
will take a stroll away from you or he
will leave you is that he would flee
from you there is a quickness for satan
to come to to remove himself from your
presence when you discover who you are
because to flee means that i need to
remove myself from the place of danger
do you know it’s dangerous for you to
walk this earth as you
the bible tells us that all of creation
is eagerly awaiting the revealing of the
sons of god
sons of god is everybody this is just
about position not about sex
all of creation is waiting for you to be
you
and the moment satan knows that you have
become you it is a dangerous territory
for him because now you are walking in
light
the bible says that light and darkness
have no relationship and satan can only
rule where there is darkness
when he steps into the light his the the
he how powerless he is is actually
revealed he flees from light
it is dangerous to him
when you tap into you
he flees from you
when you tap into you he will test you
to see do you really know who you are
but when you tap into the truth of god’s
word about you
oh you are a force to be reckoned with
it’s not to say that he will not try
some other times because in the bible
when you read about jesus in the
wilderness the bible tells us that when
you know the satan departed for him
looking and waiting for another
opportune time but another opportune
time speaks to seasons
i’m gonna wait for another season of
your life because jesus’s life again had
to deal with seasons
there was a season for him
to be revealed and there was a season
for him to go on the cross
and so before the season came that’s why
no one could touch him no matter how
much people wanted to kill him they
wanted to stone him they wanted to
arrest him jesus would say my time has
not come for this
he said that with intention
that there is a season of my life marked
by god and no matter the intention of
man you cannot bring me into a season
that
when it’s not it’s time
so when satan was looking for another
opportune time it’s not that he’s just
waiting around for you to you know trip
somewhere no he says i’m going to wait
for the next season of your life
because humans we are creatures of habit
the moment we get into a rhythm we want
to stay in the rhythm
the moment we know one thing of our life
our life is like an onions there are so
many layers to it
and so satan knowing that well you know
what these people are creatures of habit
they would rather just stay in one thing
that is why there was a scripture when
the people try to make jesus king
a natural king
and and for me reading that i don’t look
at it like it was just the people i
think it was the enemy trying to tempt
him do you want to stay in this season
where you are just you know
ruling you are healing people and the
people love you do you want to stay in
it or are you willing do you really want
to enter a season of being crucified
being rejected right now jesus you’re
the man the bible talked about how his
fame spread across the earth
everybody wanted to have a piece of
jesus jesus where are you we’re coming
to find you gee oh jesus is in the
wilderness we’ll go to the wilderness we
have no food of water that’s okay jesus
is in the wilderness but there was
another season of his life
where people the people that ran to meet
him the people that the moment they
heard jesus is in town everybody’s
looking for jesus jesus healed my baby
jesus just kissed my you know my
daughter’s forehead jesus just do
something there was a season where he
was scorned and rejected nobody was
looking for him matter of fact people
were denying him
it is in that new season that satan says
this is another opportunity because when
you’re when you transition into the
different seasons of your life you are
vulnerable for a time
because now you have to learn who am i
now
what have you called me to do lord now
what does this season require of me now
what do i have to be willing to endure
now and so a position
should always be assigned to you
of labor pains
it is the beginning of child birth
it is the beginning signs of a new
season that is coming upon you a season
ordained by god for your life
to do mighty things through your life
i want you to recognize that you have to
expect opposition
you have to expect it
to not expect it is to live in ignorance
you have to expect opposition number one
and number two you need to recognize
that it is nothing more than labor pains
there is something god is doing with you
and he’s showing you i’m bringing in you
into a new thing the bible says that
behold there is a new thing do you not
know it don’t you perceive it are you so
caught up in your old routines that you
don’t see the new thing that god is
doing in your life
and family finally submit to god
believe what he says about you
believe what he says you will do
and act like you know
live from that place
make decisions like you not a
counterfeit version
anything that does not mirror what god
showed you is counterfeit
whether it feels natural to you it’s not
come to the place and say god give me
the grace to be me
and i want to pray into that
that we will tap into a grace a divine
enablement to become who we truly are
you see family and as i’m praying if
you’re watching this and maybe you
haven’t given your life fully to christ
you’re watching this and and exactly
what i said you know what you’re one
foot in and one foot out because you
have tapped into this lie from the enemy
that you don’t really need jesus
you don’t look at jesus as lord you just
look at him as an amazing prophet
one of the greatest leaders to ever ever
walk the earth he was amazing he he
built an organization that’s how
sometimes people refer to him jesus was
just like if you want to think about who
he was such a businessman
he was all that but he’s also our lord
and savior
when he was crucified he did it for all
of humanity because all of humanity came
from him
he is the source of everything he is the
source of all creation
and as you are listening to this message
you know that there there is a version
of you that you’re living in and it
feels counterfeit to you
it doesn’t even feel like it’s really
you but you don’t know how to tap into
the more that is connected to your life
you don’t even know how to tap into you
you’ve been reading books and you’re
wondering god you know how do i not even
god but it’s like how do i discover my
purpose how do i discover who i am how
do i do this it starts with submission
god i’m here
i recognize that i am not the shepherd
of of my life i am sheep and you are the
shepherd i recognize that i don’t have
the capacity to guide my life i don’t
have the wisdom to lead myself god i
need you
if you’re watching this and maybe you
need to dedicate your life to the lord
or you need to rededicate your life to
him in the chat right now just put here
i am
god here i am
lord god here i am
you are not just god you are my lord god
you are the one i submit to
here i am
and i’m gonna pray for and while i pray
for i’m gonna also pray that god will
give us the grace
to tap into who we truly are who he’s
called us to be for this season
and from that place of of agreement from
that place of understanding what god has
assigned to us for the places he has
sent us
that we would resist the resistance so
family pray with me
heavenly father we thank you lord god
we thank you for this word that has gone
for it
lord god i just commit everyone who is
saying here i am right now they’re
saying lord jesus i need you
that i have looked at you as a great
prophet a great teacher a great leader
but lord i want to submit to you as my
lord
i i don’t want to just call you a a
friend i want to call you lord
jesus have your way
in my life
heavenly father i thank you that even as
they’re saying these words that jesus
have your way in my life i give you my
heart i give you my mind i give you
everything lord that it is your will not
my will that i want to follow
because your will is my truth
heavenly father i thank you that you see
their hearts
and i thank you lord god that you will
commune with them
that holy spirit you will come into
their lives and you would make their
heart your home
i thank you lord jesus that you would be
a teacher you will be a friend and that
you would show yourself as lord that you
would give them instructions for their
life you would give them a vision for
their life you would show them the
version that you have always known
we thank you lord
have your way in and through them and
lord i pray for the grace
i pray for your divine enablement
that we would live out who we truly are
that we would walk in who we truly are
that we would we would embrace who we
truly are that we would desire on the
level of truth
we would come into the our actions our
words our speech it will reflect our
truth
in the mighty name of jesus we thank you
lord
we seal this
in jesus name
amen
amen
hallelujah