GOD can use those Mistakes of the Flesh too... | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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0:43 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. I hope to just let you know this. Sometimes a lot of people are sitting in guilt, regret or with decisions in the past. Maybe you were not aware of something and maybe you missed out on something, or maybe you're just sitting in guilt over something that you intentionally did. You didn't wait upon the Lord, you didn't trust the Lord. You made some decisions in the flesh, and you're still suffering the consequence of not trusting for the Lord to do and give his promise over your life.

1:23 Now. One of the best examples we can think of is that of Abraham. He did not wait upon the Lord for the promise and the promised son of Isaac, and he ended up doing something in the flesh. He took matters into his own hands and ended up with the Ishmael. And that was definitely an intentional mistake on Abraham's path, and in part of it we still see the effects of that right with the

1:52 war that's going on in certain parts of the world right now. You know it's all because of one decision. And I'm not saying, you know, go to a place of complacency and feel like, you know what, I can do whatever I want. That's not what I mean. But what I want you to understand is this word of encouragement to you. Yes, you made mistakes, but God can bring miracles out of your mistakes. Yes, then will be consequence of your sins. But you know, when you recommit your life into the Lord's hands, when you give your life into the Lord's hands, sometimes you know even the very things that you've given yourself into, or the things that are what you call is the consequence of your decisions, you know God can still use it to bring something of great significance in and through your life.

2:35 You know. One of the examples I want to share with you guys, is found in Genesis, chapter thirty seven. This is a moment, just to give you a picture, where Joseph, you know, the favorite son of his father, when he goes to give you food and the necessities to his brothers who are taking care of the sheep. And the brothers hated him, his own brothers, but they hate with him, and they didn't, you know, care about him, and they actually wanted to kill him. But then they realized, like, you know, let's look at some alternative ways.

3:08 And then there's something you need to understand. They just threw him into a pit. And I want to talk to you from verse twenty five, and I'm reading from the Nalty version, and this is what it says. Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of ishmaelite traders taking a load of gum balm and aromatic rasin from Giliad down to Egypt. And then they go on to say, you know, why should we kill our brother, Why don't we just sell him?

3:42 You know? Verse twenty seven. Instead of hurting him, let's sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. What I want you to understand is this is a key ingredient in the puzzle for Joseph to reach his destiny, you know, which eventually led to the saving of men nations through the famine. You understand what I'm saying. This specific note that the Bible is clearly telling us was that it was the Ishmaelite traders who were the ones to whom Joseph was sold, and eventually they were the ones who transported Joseph down to Egypt.

4:19 And eventually, when Joseph reached his destiny, he was able to save so many thousands of lives of so many countries through the famine because of the hand of God upon Joseph's life. Are you getting what I'm saying? See something that a couple of generations back was a mistake. What Abraham did was a mistake, and that's how you got Ishmaelite. But here you see this ishmael and his descendants. Ishmaelites are the ones who are being used. You know, they're a part of the puzzle. They're part of the pieces in the puzzle to transport Joseph to his destiny to save life use of so many people.

5:01 See, what I want you to understand is I'm not saying get to a place of complacency and continue to do things in the flesh like you know, Joe Abraham, you know went by the flesh and that's how he ended up with a ni Ishmael, you know, because the flesh has consequences. Like I said, sin has consequences. But what I'm saying is even if you have made mistakes, even if you have done something that you shouldn't do, and you're saying, John, I'm still struggling because of the consequence of these mistakes.

5:28 This is a word of encouragement for you. This is a word to let you know the God can still use those mistakes to bring great glory in and through your life. You can use those mistakes to transport to you towards your destiny. He can use those mistakes to guide you towards what He has in store for you. He can use those mistakes to teach you, to humble you, to help you get to a place where you depend on Him more, and you can be used for a greater glory because of those mistakes. I'm not saying staying complacency, and I'm not saying stay in sin.

6:03 Guys, Please don't misunderstand me or misquote me. But what I'm saying is that you don't have to sit in regret the rest of your life. You don't have to sit in shame and guilt the rest of your life. Yes, repent, ask the Lord for forgiveness. Yes, get to that place where you are humble yourself, humbling yourself before God and saying, God, I admit I made this mistake. I don't want to act like I didn't do anything wrong, but I don't want to sit giving up. I don't want to sit in self pity. I don't want to sit in guilt and shame the rest of my life.

6:35 God, I want you to bring miracles out of these mistakes. And I want a decree and declare over each one of you the same way the very mistake Ishmael and his descendants Ishmaelites were instrumental in taking Joseph to his destiny, which ultimately led to the saving of so many. I pray that God will use your mistakes to be a blessing to other people. Your mistakes will be a miracle that will transform lives all across the globe. In Jesus name, I pray Amen, God bless you. You've been listening to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta, we hope you were blessed and inspired to live the life that God has for you.

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