you sound amazing you may be seated have you ever felt
like you didn't have the strength to go on
or maybe you feel like that the task at hand is
just so difficult and why in the world are you doing it
you know sometimes we don't think we can do what we're facing
we don't think we can overcome the challenge or or maybe you've been asked
to do something maybe you've been put in a job or a promotion
where it looks like wow i don't know if i have the talent and ability
to be able to handle what i need to handle
but can i tell you today that in second corinthians it says that
god's strength is made perfect in your weakness
so anything that you don't have god has the strength for
so whatever you're facing today god has all the strength you ever need and
that's comforting to know because sometimes we want to look at the very
end result and we want to see how in the world
we'll ever get there but god is just saying look at today
my grace is sufficient for today everything you need is here today
i think the trouble we get into is we start
working on tomorrow's grace today we say but but what about tomorrow god when god
is saying don't worry about tomorrow just
just work on today i got tomorrow handled
you know and then when we start doing these kind of things we start
questioning ourselves then we start having these doubts and
and we have fears and maybe i'm not enough maybe i'm not adequate maybe i
don't have what it takes and then we start going down the wrong
road but god said before the foundation of the world he
already knew you and he's already equipped you to do
whatever he's going to call you to do but you know what i've noticed about god
he puts things in us that we don't know that's in us
it's a mystery have you ever done something and you thought how did that
happen how did i think about that that's
incredible well that's god because god is smarter
than we are but he puts things on the inside of us
so that we can mine the gold out of us and we can't be fearful of
that we can't shrink back and think we don't
have the the ability because the abilities in there if you're facing
something whatever it is today whatever it is
today even if it's a dream and you want that dream but you're scared to
attach yourself to that dream because you're thinking maybe it's just a wish
and maybe it's not really what god wants but
i want to tell you something grab hold of that thing grab hold of it
and believe you have what it takes draw strength from god all you have to
do is grab hold of his strength because when
you are weak when you are in doubt it's no surprise
to god because god said i've already made provision for your weakness
guess what when you're weak you're setting me up to be strong
if you handle it the right way you're setting me up
to let my power work through you don't close yourself off
but open yourself up to god and you know what i think about this i think i'm up
here today and the truth of the matter is there's
probably a lot of you that could do a better job than me
so i could really stay in that seat and i'll tell you sometimes i want to
but the truth is god put me up here so i got to embrace the place that i'm at
i got to just say god you know what when i'm weak you're strong hey it's not
what i say it's what you do god it's with the people here god it's what
you want to get across to them now i'm going to study
i'm going to show myself approved i'm going to fight through
i'm going to be determined i'm going to try to pick myself up
every day because listen there is no temptation that is not known to all of
us there's no struggle that we we don't all
face let me tell you something no one's
exempt we all face the same thing we all face the same
challenges but it's how do we deal with those challenges
how do we break through those barriers and those limitations
we got to grab hold of the strength of god it's great when people encourage you
it's wonderful when people say man that's a good job or they
tell you about your talents they tell you about your gifts but how about when
you look up and there's no one there to encourage you
and you're facing something that's when you have to say god
i can't depend on people because people can do the best they can do
but they can't do what god can do and so there's a point that
we can't depend on other people we can't let them be our crutch
we've got to say god it's you and me it's us
god and you know what we're a majority we can do this together i think too
often we just sit back and say you know what
it's too difficult for me so i'm not going to do it because that's the
comfortable thing to do and we let things pass that we shouldn't
and that's when we get unhappy because there's something on the inside
of us that's saying there's more in store
you can do this you can do this it's always pushing us it's always pushing us
now it's a matter of are we going to take the step of faith and do it
i've heard joel say this a thousand times and you probably have to
he stands up here and he says i never knew
this was in me he said i'll work behind the scenes for 17 years i like being
behind the scenes i never knew this was in me and he'll
tell you when he got up here the first time you talking about
weak he was weak he was so weak he said i had to hold on to the podium
he said what are all you guys doing looking at me
you know i'll never forget that first sermon i looked down at joel
and i saw him wearing his father's shoes now listen these shoes were shoes that
he and i had bought years ago in italy for his father we
wanted to give him something really special
so we bought him a pair of alligator shoes something he wouldn't buy for
himself we used all the money we had so we
couldn't buy anything for ourselves but we brought those shoes home and we
presented to his father and his father loved the shoes they're beautiful
shoes but when i looked up there and i saw him wearing his dad's shoes
of course a thousand things went through my mind i was always sitting on the edge
of my seat just saying god give him everything i have
and everything you have to the truth of the matter is
he wasn't wearing his father's shoes to fill his father's shoes
he was wearing his father's shoes to draw strength from his father's shoes
and i just hope that you could get an image of the picture
of someone who was standing on a platform
never dreaming in their life that they were going to be in the position that
they were in but found a strength in their father's
shoes whether you're facing a difficult child
whether you're facing a promotion that you need to have at
work whatever it is maybe it's a sickness maybe it's an illness of
financial trouble whatever you're facing i just want you
to get the picture of joel stanton in his father's shoes
and i want you to translate that to yourself of you standing in your
heavenly father's shoes knowing that there's nothing that can
defeat you nothing you can't do but it will happen if you'll stand
if you'll put those strength that strength the strength of those
shoes on your father shoes listen we all need to borrow god's shoes
we all need to walk in that place because that's where we're going to find
our strength you know i truly believe god asks
us to do things that are way over our head for the very reason
that he knows it's over our head he knows
it's going to be difficult for us and i honestly believe he does that
to keep us on our knees to keep us dependent on him because see
you're never going to achieve what he's called you to do unless you're dependent
on him because if you can do it in your own
strength i can tell you this it's not god because god wants you to go
beyond your ability and tap into his ability he wants you to
go beyond what you think you can do and get into what only you can do when
you do it with god
walk in your father's shoes whenever you feel
fear and whenever you feel doubt just slip those shoes on and say god i don't
need to worry about tomorrow all i need is to have enough strength for today
and god i know that when i am walking in your shoes and in your strength
your grace is sufficient you'll add the people to me that i need
you'll open the right doors for me you'll give me the ideas
but i'm gonna wait upon you the bible talks a lot about
pulling down god's strength it says wait upon the lord and he'll renew your
strength that means stay in those shoes don't get
out of those shoes don't give up don't release what you have in your
hands because you're afraid stay in those shoes god will bring that
strength to you but he wants to see our determination
i can tell you this i saw my husband's determination
i saw what it took to get to where he is today
i am so glad he didn't let his weakness be an excuse
because we wouldn't enjoy the hope of the gospel that we have
coming from this place today people's lives wouldn't be changed
if he would have said it's easy to stay in the background if that's the
comfortable place in fact he likes the background
but i can tell you he's saying i'm determined because it's my call
and if god's called me it's going to be bigger than me and if it's bigger than
me the only way i can accomplish it is by the strength of almighty god
walk in your father's shoes he's going to call you to great things
don't shrink back don't put limitations on yourself
you've got exactly what you need there is gold on the inside of you but the
only way it's going to come out is if you stand strong and you find it
and you make it come out because god is your confidence and he is your
god and he's going to take you to the places you need to be amen amen
we love him so much today he's a faithful god
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