Having a "Whatever Happens" Faith | John Giftah | Inspirational Christian Sermon

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0:43 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. See, it's one thing to have faith where you say I know God can hunts, I know God will show up, I know God will do this, I know God will do that. Yes, there's a place where we need to have that kind of faith upon the Lord. But there's also a place where you need to understand that you should trust God to do the way God wants to do right. You should not force God into your own bubble and say I want you to do it the way I want you know what I mean. See, it's a place where you it's such a thin line.

1:20 Basically, right where you come to the place where I say, you know, okay, God, I know, I believe you can do this. I know you have the ability to do this, but yet not my will, not what I want. But let y'all will be that. That is another level of faith that can be seen because see, for example, when somebody is not keeping well right, it's wanting to pray for healing. I believe in praying for healing, and I've seen with my own eyes many people getting healed. All of that is true, but I can also tell you this that there were people we prayed for and they did not get healed.

1:51 And sometimes people come and say, oh, they didn't get healed because you didn't pray enough, or the person they don't have faith, or maybe the you know, you didn't go to that level of spiritual reality to pray so that you know, everybody gets healed, and you know, people come up with all sorts of excuses, maybe that person will get heal after going into heaven, you know, crazy theories. You know, getting heal after going into heaven makes no sense. Okay, I don't I don't believe in that. You know, there's there's no sickness in heaven basically.

2:16 So the truth is we have to come to understanding where the Bible is very clear. It says God will fulfill the number of your days. The practical thing in our everyday life. What I want to share with you guys is this, Yes, we pray for sickness, we pray against it in Jesus name people get here. But at the same time, not force God to do something the way we want in our timeline. That's a level of faith that I encourage you and I to go to. Don't force God to do it your way. Don't say I know God can do impossible, so I want you to do this, You do that.

2:47 No, what if God wants to do something different? What if God wants to do something different. One of the examples I want to talk to you today from is Daniel chapter three. There's a moment where this king is making this big image of gold and asking everybody to bound on and worship. And there are three Hebrew children Shatrak, Meshik, and Abetneko, who are refusing to do that because they want to bow before the true living God and not against a false idle. And what I want you to understand is they're brought to the king because you know, it becomes a big escalation and things like that, and Nebuchadness is very furious with them.

3:30 And what happens. He says, if you fall down and worship the image I made very good, But if you do not worship, you'll be thrown immediately into the burning, blazing furnace. Then what God will be able to rescue you from my hand? This is what he says in verse fifteen. And Shadrach and Abtnego replying to him, and they say, if we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to us. What are they saying? They say, my God is able to do the impossible. And they go on to say, and he will deliver us.

4:05 We have the faith that he will deliver us. Okay, verse eighteen. But even if he does not, we want you to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold that you have set up. Listen to this. They have the faith. They didn't just say I know my God can do it, and God, I want you to do it. What they were saying is I know my God can do it, and I know he will do it. But at the same time, even if he does not do it, I still stand by God. I will still do what he wants me to do. I will.

4:42 I have the faith, but I'm not forcing God. I'm not saying. They didn't just stop with saying, yes, my God can do it and he will do it. They said, even if he does not do it, it's still all right. Their faith was like, whatever happens doesn't matter. I know my God is a good God, He's a faithful God, and I'm going to stick to him even if he does not answer the way I want him to. That was their faith today. I want to ask you this question. A lot of people are just saying, you know, I have the faith as long as God answers the way I want him to.

5:23 But I'm asking you this question. Can you have faith in God even if he's not going to answer the way you want him to, if his answer is going to come in a different way, if he's not going to answer in your timeline, if he's going to answer in a way that you didn't want him to, can you still choose to trust him? Can you still choose to say God is good when he's not answering the way you want him to. Can you still say that I have the faith, my God will not let me down when you're still being going down and down and down and there's no hope or there's in the natural for you to see a way out.

5:57 Can you trust God? And you see God delivers them, but not the way like you know, changing the mind of the king. You know, king saying okay, you know what, final I'll let you guys go. That could also be in a possibility, God could have changed the mind of king. You know, the scripture talks about how God changes the hearts of kings. God can change the mind of the king or the heart of the king. But what did God do? God took them through the fire and brought out of the smell of smoke. You see. Can I get Can you guys get to that place where you have that unkind of an unshakable, unwavering faith upon the Lord, which says, you know what, God, even if you're not answering the way I want, help me to still trust you.

6:44 Their faith was called like whatever happens, faith, whatever happens, it doesn't matter. We've God is answering my prayer the way I want let him answer. If he's not, it's fine, whatever happens. I trust you. Whatever happens, I'm going to stand by him. Whatever happens, I'm going to choose to rely upon him because he who has called me, he is faithful to lead me to my final destination. 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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