Are You Making the Most of EVERYTHING that you Have? | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

0:01 Speaker 1: Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world

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0:08 Speaker 1: crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break.

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

0:49 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for

0:51 Speaker 2: the Soul with John gift Up podcast. We don't want

0:53 Speaker 2: to ask you this question today. Are you making the

0:55 Speaker 2: most of everything that God has given you? I want

0:59 Speaker 2: to start off by sharing a scripture with you that

1:01 Speaker 2: I really really look up to and I believe it's

1:03 Speaker 2: going to be a great blessing to you. It is

1:05 Speaker 2: found in Proverbs twelve, verse twenty seven, and this is

1:08 Speaker 2: how it says in the NLT version, the lazy don't

1:12 Speaker 2: even cook the game they catch, but the diligion make

1:17 Speaker 2: use of everything they find. Isn't this such an important

1:21 Speaker 2: task or a challenge for each one of us? That

1:25 Speaker 2: you know, the lazy people they have things that they

1:28 Speaker 2: have in their hands, but they're not even using what

1:31 Speaker 2: is given to them. Whereas the Bible goes on to say,

1:34 Speaker 2: but the diligion make use of everything they find. They

1:40 Speaker 2: make use of the resources, their time, the connections, their gifts,

1:46 Speaker 2: their qualifications, their background, every aspect of their life. They

1:51 Speaker 2: make the most of them. Because the Bible is very clear,

1:54 Speaker 2: right when when you look at colloss for five, or

1:56 Speaker 2: even in the Book of Tessalonians, it says that you

1:59 Speaker 2: need to make of me the most of the time

2:01 Speaker 2: that God has given you, or another translation it says,

2:04 Speaker 2: you need to make the most of the opportunities that

2:06 Speaker 2: are given to you. Because the days are evil. You

2:09 Speaker 2: have to understand that, you know, we are living in

2:12 Speaker 2: sinful times. We're living in evil times. We're living in

2:15 Speaker 2: a very wicked world and in a generation that's trying

2:18 Speaker 2: to be away from God as much as possible. And

2:21 Speaker 2: we need to be cautious that we make use of

2:24 Speaker 2: everything that we find to the benefit of the Kingdom

2:27 Speaker 2: of God. Today, my challenge to each one of you

2:30 Speaker 2: under the sound of my voice. Is are you living

2:33 Speaker 2: from that place where you know without a shot of

2:36 Speaker 2: a doubt that you're using everything that God has given you,

2:39 Speaker 2: every connection and resource, to the best of your ability. See,

2:43 Speaker 2: I'm not asking you to manipulate across the line or

2:45 Speaker 2: do something that's not called of God. But I'm asking

2:48 Speaker 2: you to use what you have, use everything within your

2:51 Speaker 2: capacity so that you can use it to the extension

2:55 Speaker 2: of God's kingdom. One of the problems is sometimes in

2:59 Speaker 2: a place where people want to stay humble. Okay, for example,

3:03 Speaker 2: you know, they are reluctant to share everything that they have.

3:07 Speaker 2: But yes, the thing God has given you those things

3:10 Speaker 2: not for you to keep them within yours within you,

3:13 Speaker 2: but rather to share it so that you can use

3:15 Speaker 2: that to build the kingdom of God. For example, when

3:18 Speaker 2: you see in the scripture, you know it says like

3:21 Speaker 2: this that, you know, let people see your good works

3:24 Speaker 2: and glorify your Father in Heaven. Okay, Now, for instance,

3:28 Speaker 2: let's take a practical example from my life. Right when

3:32 Speaker 2: the podcast started ranking up the charts, there were people

3:34 Speaker 2: who said, don't talk about the podcast ranking up the charts.

3:37 Speaker 2: That's being proud. Just don't talk about the numbers. Just

3:40 Speaker 2: continue to do your work now. Yes, the thing right,

3:43 Speaker 2: I don't use the podcasts the ranking aspect of it

3:48 Speaker 2: for my personal gain to just say, you know, I

3:49 Speaker 2: look who I am, to be proud and all of that.

3:52 Speaker 2: But my heart is the reason I share it is

3:56 Speaker 2: when I share that my podcast is stop ranking, it

3:59 Speaker 2: makes people to pay attention to what I've got to say,

4:01 Speaker 2: and more people to go out and listen to what

4:03 Speaker 2: I've got to say. And for some of the guests

4:06 Speaker 2: that I invite on the podcast, the fact that it's

4:09 Speaker 2: stop ranking, the fact that I have these ranks and

4:12 Speaker 2: these charts and these you know what you call that like,

4:15 Speaker 2: you know, all these screenshots, it gives credibility to them that,

4:20 Speaker 2: you know what, this guy's not bluffing, but he is serious.

4:24 Speaker 2: And that's what causes them to come and be on

4:27 Speaker 2: the podcast. And not only that, you know, there are

4:31 Speaker 2: some other opportunities that have come my way or are

4:34 Speaker 2: coming my way because of those rankings and things like that,

4:37 Speaker 2: which if I had kept quiet about it, people would

4:41 Speaker 2: not know. You know, you get what I'm saying. It's

4:44 Speaker 2: a practical thing here. You know, I'm not saying go

4:48 Speaker 2: from a place where you're just trumpeting into the whole world.

4:51 Speaker 2: But what I'm saying is every detail of your life,

4:54 Speaker 2: you know, use it to build God's kingdom. You know,

4:58 Speaker 2: when you think about David, he defeated the lion and

5:02 Speaker 2: the bear. Right when he got a chance to defeat Goliath,

5:06 Speaker 2: what happened. He didn't go and prove himself to his

5:11 Speaker 2: helder brother was putting him down, you know, he said,

5:13 Speaker 2: why are you doing your get laws? You know, he

5:16 Speaker 2: was putting him down in front of everybody. David didn't

5:19 Speaker 2: go and tell him, hey, do you know who I am?

5:22 Speaker 2: I have defeated the lion and the bear. David did

5:25 Speaker 2: not tell that to Iliab. But when King Saw asked David,

5:31 Speaker 2: what are you saying? You know you are a young fellow,

5:34 Speaker 2: how are you going to defeat Goliath? David said, well,

5:37 Speaker 2: I have defeated the lion and the bear, so I

5:39 Speaker 2: can handle you see. It was not like he was

5:42 Speaker 2: being proud, but he made use of every aspect of

5:46 Speaker 2: his life to tell him so that he can get

5:48 Speaker 2: that opportunity, kind of like how I use the podcast

5:51 Speaker 2: ranking to get an opportunity. You know, that can be

5:56 Speaker 2: a greater blessing that can build the Kingdom of God.

5:58 Speaker 2: Eventually you get an I'm saying right. That's the challenge

6:01 Speaker 2: I want to leave with you guys today. Don't hide

6:04 Speaker 2: the blessings of God upon your life. Don't keep it

6:07 Speaker 2: hunder don't just think that you know what, If I

6:10 Speaker 2: share it, it means I'm not being It means I'm

6:12 Speaker 2: being proud. No no, no, no no no. If David

6:15 Speaker 2: shared it with his brother, that means he was trying

6:18 Speaker 2: to prove himself, like you know, or who are you

6:20 Speaker 2: to tell me I've defeated the lion in the back.

6:22 Speaker 2: But the fact that he shared it with King Saul

6:26 Speaker 2: says that his focus was not sharing it to be

6:30 Speaker 2: proud or to prove himself. He shared it together opportunity.

6:33 Speaker 2: And that's the way I want you to have the

6:35 Speaker 2: perspective where you share the things that the Lord has done,

6:39 Speaker 2: that you will not just keep the light of God

6:42 Speaker 2: upon your life hidden, but rather allow it to shine

6:46 Speaker 2: in and through your life so that you can be

6:48 Speaker 2: a greater blessing today. Amen, that's my challenge to you,

6:53 Speaker 2: and I will see you back in the next episode.

6:55 Speaker 2: God bless you.

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