The Season of Obscurity | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA. Yes, without a doubt, we all allowed to be recognized, no one for people to see what God is deposited in us. Maybe with regard to your colleague that you're excited about, maybe God has placed big dreams and you've showed you big visions concerning your life, your future, your ministry, your business, your goals, your aspirations, and there's something that the Lord has been showing with regard to the purpose of your life that you're really excited about.

Maybe they posited some promises in you that you're really looking forward to, and you're like Wow, this is what I am, and this is these are the things that are really exciting regarding my life. But sometimes you may feel like, but John, I don't understand why people just look at me as normal, mediocre, average. They don't see the goal on the inside of me. They don't see the real value that I hold. That they just judge me from the outside, or they just assume things about me. They're not able to see the real thing.

I don't know why, John, Why am I still being in a place where people are not seeing my real value. Why is it that they don't recognize or they don't appreciate, or they don't really understand what the Lord has been doing through my life, and they just write me off for mediocrity. But I want to share a scripture with you, and I want to take this forward because I believe this is so important that you understand this. And I'm reading from First Timual chapter sixteen from the n LT version, and to give you a little backdrop, this is a moment when in the first few verses you see that David is in a very high spirit because of all the people.

Prophet Samuel comes over and he's anointing him to become the next king. Right, this is such an amazing opportunity, something that most people would allow to trade places with David. And this is an amazing moment where even though he was in the background, he's brought to the foreground and he is anointed to become the next king of Israel. Right, this is such an a powerful thing where even though his own dad did not value him, his own brothers did not think anything good can come out of David.

But here you see, this is a moment where Prophet Samuel annoys him to become the next king of Israel. And he goes back and guess what David is back and the Shepherd's feel and what I want you to understand is an evil spirit starts tormenting Saul, and he's filled with depression and fear. And so his servants are suggesting, why don't you ask someone to come and play the heart for you so that the dramatic spirit will leave you. The music will be soothing for you and you'll get well again. And he says, get me someone who can do it.

And someone suggested that there is this guy called David who is a very talented harp player, and he's also a brave warrior, a man of war, and as good judgment. And he's also a fine looking young man. And the Lord is with him. And here's the thing. I want you to pay attention to verse nineteen. And I'm reading from the NLT version. Okay, So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, send me your son, David the Shepherd, send me your son, David the Shepherd. See, it's one thing for him to just say, send me a son, David, send me David, send me your son David the heart player, the musician.

But he was emphasizing, and he was saying, send me your son, David the Shepherd. I don't know who needs to hear this word. Today. You're saying, John, I am so talented in this area. I'm so gifted in this area. Even when you look at David, right, he was a gifted heart player. If the king of the country is choosing someone to play the heart, it's not going to be like some Tom Dick and Harry right. It means that he's really really good at it and he's really famous in it. I want you to just think about it this way, like if, for example, in today's world, if the primary minister or the president or the royal families inviting somebody to come and perform.

They're not going to just choose some Tom Dick and Harry. They're going to choose the top rated, the chart topping and the most famous and most albums sold artist, or the one who's in the like the odd sensation artist to come and play. So if King Saul was choosing David, that means David would have been really good at this. He would have been a well known figure in the day of music. But he didn't refer to him as the talented art player or the talented musician, or of course he didn't say, you know, the upcoming kings.

It's good that he didn't know that he was going to become the next king, but can you imagine how it was a test. It was actually a test for David at that point, Oh my goodness, you know what, I'm going to be the next king, and I'm so talented in playing the arp, I'm so good at this. But he's still referring to me as just the shepherd. I wonder if you feel like, oh my goodness, why is it that people are still looking at me as just a mediocre you know, just a shepherd when I have so much more in me than what meets the eye.

There's so much more in me, And it's one thing to say that, Okay, you know what, maybe King Saul doesn't know he's going to become the next king. Okay, it's one thing to say that. Okay, God hid the fact that David was going to become the next king from King Saul at this point, because if King Saul knew at that point that David was going to become the king, he would have killed him. Isad of calling him over to ask him to play the arp. But at certain points, God protects you so that people don't kill you, you know what I mean.

Like the obscurity is not it's not to make your life miserable, but it's as really a blessing in disguise to protect you so that the wrong forces don't stop you or

kill you ahead of time. Because David was not in a position at that point to face you know, like King Saul's chasing like he did later later when King Saul became jealous and he started chasing David that time. Not only was David experience, he had people to support, he had he was in a different dimension altogether. So you have to understand there are seasons when God make sure that people don't see your real value, see your real calling, see your real you know thing of who you are, just because God wants to protect you so that the wrong people don't take you out.

And also, Saul knew that David was talented. But sometimes, you know, people can see the talent that you have, but they still want to get to that place where they just want to keep you under Oh you're just a shepherd. You just gotta lucky break in music, but you're still a shepherd. That's who you are. You know a lot of times, you know, people still look down on me or put me down in terms of like, oh, you know what, even to be honest, like even even even a couple of days ago, somebody was asking what do you do in the ministry?

And of course I have a call for traveling, international ministry, all of those things. But I was sharing, like in the season, you know, most of what I do is just online and you know, the podcast, the YouTube channel, social media and all of these things. And and he literally looked at me like, oh you call that as ministry? He was he was kind of like putting me down. You know what I mean. Of course here and the people invite me to minister and bring for more doors and opportunities that I'm open to as got leads.

But what I want you guys to understand, you'res this important truth. You know. I was like, man, I have a big call and this guy is just looking down on me because of the season that I'm in. But I want you guys understand that's a test of its own. These are tests that you need to be willing to pass. Tests in the season of obscurity where even if you're not recognized, even if you're not understood, or people don't see your real value, they don't see your real calling, they don't recognize and acknowledge the gifts and the talents and the calling and the vision and the promises of God over real life.

Can you still be in a good place of trusting God with a good attitude saying God, you know what I trust you in the season of obscurity. I know that you have hidden me for a reason, for a purpose, and I know that even though Saul is still referring to me as just a shepherd, It's okay. God, Saul doesn't define who I am. You define who I am and at the right time, I believe that the right people would recognize my true calling. And that's the place of vizag Each one of us to kind, please say you have the right outdu towards the seasons of obscuritinia life.

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