Pay Attention to your Crowd | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

0:01 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.

0:43 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. One of the things I want to talk to you today about is an important aspect when a lot of people ask this question, John, how do I know which is the direction God wants me to go? How do I have a sense of direction over my life? Where does God's will for me? What does God want me to do? Or where am I going to find my ultimate destiny in life? And you know, questions related to do that, And there are so many aspects where I have to understand. You need to be led by the spirit of God, you guided by God your passions and you know I've shared so many things because I've written a book on finding your purpose in life, so you know, I encourage you guys to check that out.

1:29 But today I want to share one important aspect I believe it's so important with regard to this, and that is to pay attention to the crowd that God is placing you in, or to the crowd or the people that God is bringing along your life. Not the people that you would love to be connected with, not the kind of people that you are interested in, not the people that you are drawn to or that you are going to or you are connecting with your own initiative, but the kind of people that inspire of the fact that you're not taking any steps, but God is bringing them into your life.

2:03 Pay attention to that. Let me give you two examples from the Bible. One is David, right before he took the throne, what God do. God prepared David by taking him to the palace so that he can understand the protocol in the palace he was serving the king, so he could understand the lingo, the protocol, the expectations, the standards, and all of those things like the language is used in the palace. When I mean language I'm talking about. You know, Okay, this is this standard, this is the way you need to do, This is the way it needs to be done.

2:42 You know the lingo of the palace or you know those kind of expectations that is set to be in the palace. God prepares people in that circle in that environment. No, it's not an accident that David was serving Saul before he took the throne. It was God preparing him by strategically pleasing him in that circle. So that you can understand the language, you can understand the protocol, you can understand the expectations, you can understand what goes on that. You can't just write about it. You can't just say, oh, I think I know this is what the king is doing.

3:24 No, you need to be there to be a witness to understand what is happening. You think about Joseph in the Bible, before he was taken to the palace. What happened. He was serving Potifer, who was in a high position in the palace. He was in charge of the prisoners of the Pharaoh, which means he was in that kind of a position, very high position. So even when Joseph was put in the prison he was not put in a normal person, He was not put among civilians. He was put in a prison where the other prisons with those who were serving the pharaoh.

4:02 That's how he gets connected with the Kabera, who is instrumental in taking him to the palace. See, I want you to understand something near, guys, Before God takes you to the palace, he puts you in positions where you can understand the protocol of the palace. Before God takes you through the throne, he takes you through the process where you are able to understand the language, the expectations, and the standard that you need to have to be able to meet the Pharaoh. Because if Joseph had never had that conversation, if he was never with that circle, he wouldn't know how to behave when he actually ends up meeting with the Pharaoh.

4:52 Think about it. You know, sometimes in my life I've seen this where God helps me rub shoulders with people I never expected, and I look at it and the Lord was just showing me this. You know, yes, I know you want to go to that place, but how can I take you through the place if you don't know the protocol of that place? If you don't know how it works out. And I'm telling you one of the examples I want to tell you from my own life is this. When I started out, I was like, you know what I'm you know, God has called me to start an international ministry and so on and so forth, and you know, with the best of my knowledge, I thought I was doing the right thing.

5:28 But as years progressed, I realized that, you know, I was so immature back then, you know, in many of the ways that the way I behaved. But as God started taking me to rub shoulders with mighty men and women of God and you know, connected through so many different people across the globe through you know, thanks to the way the podcast has been moving, guys. Just to an update in case you didn't know, today's episode is the nine and ninety ninth episode on the Daily Podcast. Tomorrow we're going to have a celebration with the celebrity guests precruity Angelena, a renowned singer from India.

6:04 You know, So that's just an update for you. But think about this. You know, God helps you get connected and rub shoulders with people to let you know that is the place I'm going to take you. That is the direction of your life. So pay attention when you go to such places. Don't behave like, oh, you know what, I just want to take a selfie, you know, I just want to see what it is so that I can go and put on social media. But more than that, God takes you there to prepare you, to expose you, to give you that exposure you need on how you need to make decisions when God actually takes you to that position or that place, to that level in the future.

6:59 Think about it now. Recently I was connected with the renowned minister and I'm pedigrades of God. This connection came and initially I used to behave like okay, you know, wow, I got to meet and you know, stuff like that. And then at the one point, the Lord was showing me, you know, you're behaving like immature. You're behaving like, uh, you know, like a kid. You know, you just want to take selfie, you know, and stuff. This is an example selfie. Okay, I'm just saying, but you know, can you start behaving in a way like okay, you know what you belong there?

7:37 You can you start behaving like, you know, you know, in a mature way, you know, speak in that language. Speaking that standard. The reason I brought you so that you will have the exposure to think that way, to behave in that way, and all these things. And that just changed things because I understood that I'm not here just like a fan. You know. Wow, I'm exposed to this, but God is exposing me so that I can be ready when that kind of a moment happens in my life, because that's what a lot is put in my heart.

8:12 International Ministry, When that happens, I will be able to understand how to deal with it because I'm exposed to how the others are dealing with it, How are they behaving, what is the protocol, what is what is the language being used? You know, and all of those things right, So today I pray that you will come to that place of understanding, you know what, you know like the people that God has placed in your life, that God is bringing in your life, so that you will look at that and don't look at it as competition, don't look at it as just you know, by chance, but look at it as maybe breeding arounds, training grounds to bring you the exposure you need to lead you towards your destiny.

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