Finding GOD's Will Sermon Series Part 10 - GOD's Will and the Unfair Things in your Life | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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Gifta International. Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. As we're

talking about the radious aspects which are gone to knowing or finding Gods for a

life today, I'm going to talk about another aspect on how can you connect

God's will with unfair things that you're going through. Maybe somebody did you wrong,

somebody played up against you, Maybe in your office, somebody's playing politics

against you, or maybe in your school or in your college. You have

friends circle who are constantly doing things to put you in an embarrassing situation,

or you're constantly battling things with God to negative things or unfair things that people

are playing up against you today. I want you to understand something very important

here. Sometimes when you are going through such seasons, when you're going through

moments when you feel like, oh my goodness, John, I don't know

why God is not showing up. I do not know why all these unfair

things are happening against me. No matter how many extra hours I put towards

my work, no matter how many times I go the extra mile, I'm

giving the spirit of excellence in my workplace, I'm still always being looked down.

I'm all is, you know, being pointed out and up, you

know, crushed down, and you know they're always trying to make me look

bad in front of my peers or in front of my higher ups. Or

maybe in your school, you're you're putting your best foot forward, but maybe

some teacher doesn't like you, or maybe in your college there's some a lecturer

who has some kind of a thing against you, and they're constantly trying to

put you in a bad spot. I want you to understand something here.

Sometimes we tend to fight that, and we are constantly allowing that. To

say, you know what, I don't know why because of this unfair thing

I'm always, you know, being in the shorthand of a stake because of

this unfair thing. I'm always going through these negative things. Because of these

unfair things, I'm always being overlooked for that position, or I'm never getting

that promotion, I'm always being rejected. I don't understand, John, why

these circumstances are always playing up against me. Well, today I want to

talk about one important aspect to let you know and remind you of how we

save a God who is a sovereign god. We save a God who has

you in the palm of his hands. We serve a God who knows the

end from the beginning. He has a good plan for your life, not

to harm you, but to give you hope and a good future. We

serve a God who wants you to prosper in all that you do. We

serve a God who wants to ensure that you know what, no matter what

you're going through, you're going to come out from brighter to brighter, glory

to glory. And that is the God we serve. But I want to

share a scripture with you Genesis chapter forty two, verse twenty one, where

the brothers of Joseph are talking about Joseph. In fact, the saying,

surely we are being punished because of our brother Joseph. We saw how distressed

he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not

listen. Another translation goes on to say we saw his anguish when he pleaded

for his life, but we would not listen. Another one says, we

saw the distress of his soul when he begged us, and we did not

listen. So what you actually understand is Joseph. Many times we just look

at the aspect of Joseph as this guy, you know, who did not

complain, who was always you know, the peaceful guy, you know,

who was always, you know, like an inspirational story for all of us.

And you know what, look at Joseph p like Joseph and thinks like

that, that's our way. We always look at him as a as a

source of motivation for our life. But I wanted to understand years a picture

of that. They're very Joseph, who wouldn't just take it up just like

that. The Pineble says that when his brothers were doing the harm to him,

he was distressed, he was anguish. They could see the distress of

his soul. He pleaded, Dandy, begged Dandy, he cried and said,

please let me go. So what you actually realize is that Joseph that

we look at as the one whom we always say, you know, Joseph

went through so much of negativity, but he still he was living in the

present. He was going out and to invest in the dreams of the cup

Barton and Baker, or even when he was working in part of his house,

he demonstrated a spirit of excellence. We always look at, you know,

something what we call as you know, the positive qualities, and we

say, wow, what How did he have such a good aptitude? How

was he living in the present and he was not gloomy and living for himself

and given up on life? How was he like that? But here you

see that this same Joseph had another story where when he was actually being sold

out, when his brothers were doing things to harm him, he was pleading,

He was crying, he was anguish, he was strubled in a soul,

and he was pleading with them and begging them please let me go,

Please let me go. Joseph cried because they were doing things against him.

Yes, they did it against him, but do you know something. Sometimes

in your life, some people may do things against us, people may play

up against us. I've seen so many times in my life. Right from

the time I was in school, people played up against me. Some teachers

they just hated me to the core that they had some kind of grudge against

me. They were I'm not saying everybody was bad, but there were people

who did that day. They knew the kind of problems I was going through

in my home, they knew all of that, but they just had the

joy to see me suffer. You know, to the fact that when I

was just in the seventh grade, I lost my will to live. I

didn't want to live anymore. That to that extent I went through. I

can totally relate with anybody who says, here, John, what they've done

against me is so bad that it has affected me in so many ways.

Still date, I still suffer because of all the things that I've went through

ever since I was young, even today, or in even even in today's

circumstance, in spite of the fact that you know what you can say,

John, you know, top ranking podcast, so you're those preacher and best

setting author and all these things. Still when today you know there are effects

of what I've been through as a child, within in my perspective of life,

or you know, my level of self confidence, or you know the

identity issues that I've been struggling with. I'm thanking you, guys. It's

true when people do things against us, it's hurting us. It can affect

you. It may look like they're doing something to harm you. It may

look like they're doing something against you. I even know, even through my

work time, I've gone through moments where I would put my best foot forward.

I would go the extra mile, work so many hours extra every day.

I would I would, you know, be the kind of person you

know during work time. I would, like, you know, completely dedicate

myself to that. But there was, you know, people right about me

who are just playing up. You know, I would literally work one and

our shifts amount of work, and the one right about me would hardly do

any work. But would you know, take up my amount of work or

my efforts and put us if they project as if they did it, and

then put me in a bad spot and get me into a lot of trouble.

I mean, I'm talking about people playing politics, people doing things to

harm you. I've gone through that I know what you're going through, and

it's easy for us to get discouraged when we go through that. But I

want you to understand when people do things against you, Yes, it's hard.

They may mean for your harm, But the God we serve is a

god who can use what was meant for harm for our advantage. The Bible

says in Romans say twenty eight for he will take all things. I just

want you to understand all things, whether things are good or bad, all

things he will ensure to work it out for good. Because you love God

and you are searching, and you have a heart to walk according to His

purpose. I want you to understand that. So sometimes we may tend to

fight against these things that people are doing against us, but I want you

to understand stop fighting against those wrong things that people have done, and say,

God, if this is what it is for me, you be my

vindicator. I know that you're going to be a chest guard who's going to

use what the enemy meant for harm for my advantage. In fact, that's

exactly what Joseph ends up telling his own brothers when they meet up in the

final couple of chapters in Genesis. You read this where Joseph is telling his

brothers and he said, guys, you meant for my harm, but God

turned it around for good. Yes, you did this against me, that's

how it looks like it. But God brought me here in advance so that

he would prepare for the famine, so that people will be saved through the

famine. I wanted to understand Joseph had this perspective where he said, people

didn't do this against me. Yes they did against me, but that's what

they were thinking. But even what they did against me was divinely, sovereignly

under the God's plan and will and purpose. Because think about it, if

Joseph's brothers hadn't done that, Joseph would not have gone to where he was,

and so many people could not have got it saved. You get what

I'm saying. Joseph would have just been sitting in the comfort of his home.

Now. Sometimes God has to allow circumstances like this to push us out

of our comfort zones so that we would get into where God wants us to

be. It's not easy. Sometimes we may be crying against their thinking it's

thing against us, but it's actually something you know that God is going to

use for us for the extension of his kingdom. You know, even the

wife played up against Joseph, but it looked like an unfair thing. But

unless she had done that, Joseph would have still remained and died as a

slave. You see, sometimes, you know, God has to allow these

negative things that people play up against us so that through that process we are

pushed out of that comfort zone, or we are pushed out of that season

and level, so that we would proceed to the next higher dimension that God

has for us. So today when you're saying, John, because of these

people, I'm missing my God's will or God's bland. No, no,

no, no no. Remember, I want to close with this important scripture.

I may share the scripture again in an upcoming episode, but I want

to say this to you. For Sicalonians five, it says, give thanks

in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

So when you look at it, in all circumstances, give thanks because this

is God's will. So you have to come to a place where you say

what they did for me or they did against me is unfair. It's it's

it's totally unfair. I totally agree with that what they did affected you.

It's it's it's totally unjust, it's unfair. But learn to come to the

realization I accept that this is part of God's will for me. And when

you come to that place, you will stop fighting it and let God be

your vindicator. And you will see that what the enemy meant for harm actually

turned for your advantage because that was a thing that guided you towards your destiny.

Today, get to this important aspect that you will not fight those things

that are fighting you and let God be your indicator. And I'm sure,

just like Joseph, you'll get to that place where you say, without a

shadow of a doubt, what the enemy meant for harm, God use that

to direct me towards my destiny. I'll see you tomorrow in the aspect of

how to distow God's will through circumstances that never seemed to change. God.

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