How to Face Unpredictable Seasons of Life? | Inspirational Christian Sermon | John Giftah

0:01 Speaker 1: Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break. This is Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We're a hub for inspirational Christian sermons, practical keys for Christian living, and Christian discussions and interviews. You'll be inspired to live the life that you were created for. Your host is a top ranking podcaster, best selling author, world record holder, aerospace engineer, life coach, evangelist and founder of John Gifta International.

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0:47 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta Podcast. It has a joint honor for me to be with you today where I want to talk about it a very important word that I really want to recommend and share with you because we're living at a time and age where everything is so unpredictable. We are just seeing people getting laid off, or there are so many divorce rates increasing, or we are looking at so many people you know who are falling sick for sicknesses that I've never been heard of.

1:15 Speaker 2: For so many unpredictable things happening. You know, the markets are crashing, Everything is uncertain, and we live in a time and age when we're like, you know what, I do not know? How do I discern my next move? What do I do in the season of transition? What do I do in this kind of an unpredictable economic condition, or in a moment when I'm like, oh my gosh, what if I lose my job, or what if my client doesn't renew the subscription or whatever be it today, I want you to understand that in the midst of this that no matter what happens, doesn't happen, no matter what is going on or not, I want you to understand that God is sovereignly in control of your life, and he is a good God.

1:59 Speaker 2: He is a faith god, He is a loving father, and even before the foundations of the world, he planned you. He created you, and He has set a purpose for your life. And he said in his word you know what, you know, the way I take care of the birds in the field, I'm going to take care of you. You don't have to worry. I know what you need when you need it, and I'm going to meet your needs Because He is our ultimate provider. He is our ultimate source. Yes, you may have a job and a client, and you may be greatful for all of that.

2:34 Speaker 2: We all have to be grateful for things that God has placed in our lives to bless us. The resources, the connections, the family, the roof over our head, the clues that we have. We're grateful for all of that. But understand that it's not you by yourself having all of this, but it is the ultimate hand of God upon your life, the gracious hand of God providing for you your source. He is the one that matters, and he is saying, you know what, I know what you need. I have your best interests at heart. Won't you trust me in these troubling times?

3:11 Speaker 2: When you look at the scripture, there's something that really caught my attention. Now I want to talk to you today from Birth Kings chapter seventeen, and there's a moment where there's a huge famine in the land. Okay, and this is divinely orchestrated famine. And verse two says the word of the Lord came to Elijah saying leave, turn eastward and hide in the credit rawine east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with the food. There see its something that seems like, oh my goodness.

3:48 Speaker 2: You know what, there's a famine in the lad be living in a time and age there is there's such a unpredictable, uncomfortable season that we are in. Famine in terms of job opportunities, famine in terms of business avenues, Famine in terms of the fact that so many people are losing their health out of things. There's a famine of huge health crisis. There's a famine in terms of so many people are single and not able to find the right person that God has ordained for their life in some way or the other.

4:18 Speaker 2: There is an element of a famine, element of something that's just not working out and whatever is happening. And here's the thing I wanted to understand. The word of the Lord came to Elijah, are saying, I want you to go to this rewine and the Bible season verse five. So he did what the Lord told him to do. I don't know who needs to hear this word. Guys, no matter how unpredictable your situation is, don't just go by what you feel go by what the Lord is saying. It may seem weird, like, oh my gosh, God, you know what, there's a famine and you're asking me to go to a rewine.

4:52 Speaker 2: You're asking me to drink from a broke, You're asking me to depend on ravens. That's so unpredictable. What if the ravenstop cos What if the ravens don't like me? What if the ravens don't bring the food on time? What do I do? But here's the thing. He did what the Lord told him to do, and he stayed there, and the Bible says the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. You see, when the Lord says I will take care of you, he will take care of you.

5:26 Speaker 2: He will provide for you. There's this beauty of how he orchestrated this. The word says I have directed the ravens to supply. In one translation, it says I have ordered the ravens. In another one, it says I have commanded them. You see, God commands how you should be fed, how you should be taken care of, how you should be provided. So go by what the Lord is saying and asking you to do, instead of going by what you feel, what the natural tendency for you to think about a situation looks like. And then here's the thing.

6:02 Speaker 2: After some time, the brook dried up, okay, because there was no rain in the land, and verse say says, and the word of the Lord came to him and said, go at once to Zerah Fad in the region of Zidome, and stay that. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food. And the verse ten says, So he went to Zerah film. I want you to think about this. When the brook cried, Elijah didn't go looking for another brook. Typically we say, oh, I lost my job, let me go looking for another job. I lost this client, Let me go looking for another client.

6:37 Speaker 2: I had a breakup, let me go looking for somebody else. You see, he didn't just go by what he felt or because you see, he could have got used to this lifestyle. Sometimes we get used to a certain lifestyle and we're like, nord, Oh, this is how I'm usually fed. This is how God usually provides, This is how he has been providing in the past, through this job, through this kind of career part or whatever. But the Lord is saying to you today, don't just go by what God used in the ast, don't go by viral senses are saying, don't go by what you're used to or comfortable with, being a place where the minute God said, now I want you to go to the Zerah faith, and you know I have directed a widow to supply you with food.

7:21 Speaker 2: Didn't stay there, He went where God led him today. That is my challenge going through unpredictable seasons. The key to face unpredictable seasons is by staying connected with God and listening to what God is saying and following him. Not going by what we feel, not going by what logic or your mind says, not going by what people are giving you as a piece of advice. See, there's a place for everything, right like there's a place for listening to good advices. There's a place for having spiritual discernment and wisdom.

7:58 Speaker 2: All of that is true. What surpassed everything is your relationship with God to a point where you know God is leading you in a certain direction and you go by it. And that's the challenge I want to leave with each one of you today in this unpredictable season, go by how God is leading you, coop by his direction of your life, and I'm telling you your life will never be the same for the better. I challenge you to share this around with somebody who will be blessed by this sermon, and I encourage you to come around.

8:31 Speaker 2: Let's keep unlocking new things that we can learn from the Word of God, and I believe that this will help us guide us through these unpredictable times. Amen, God bless you.

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