Trusting GOD's Sovereign Plans | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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0:45 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. Are you a pleasing life where in regard to something or the other, you're just praying and waiting upon God to do certain things. And you're saying, John, I've been praying so much. I've been working so hard. I've been going the extra mile. I have the faith and I've been asking God to do it. But I don't know why. No matter what I do, it seems like my prayers are not getting answered. I want to just share a scripture with you that you know, really popped up to me this morning as I was reading, and I thought I would share it with you in line with this, and it is found in Psal one hundred and thirty five when you look at verse six.

1:38 So this is what it says. The Lord does whatever pleases him. The Lord does whatever pleases him. This one scripture that just popped up and I was thinking about this, that you can pray, you can believe, yes, God is not going to put you down. That there is power in a prayer in the sense that when you involve God. The Bible says, a prayer of a righteous man availeth much that when the church prayed earnestly in acts, well, they saw a result. There's so many examples in the scripture. Elijah prayed and there was a reign that came.

2:22 There is an element of power attached to a prayer. But what I want you to understand is that overriding that is the ultimate sovereign plan of God. That's what I want you to understand. You can pray, you can believe, you can say I trust in the Lord. You can say that I know that God will not put to shame those who wait upon the Lord. All that is there. I'm not denying that there's a place for all of that. But There's one thing that overrides all of that, and that is the fact that God is sovereignly in control.

3:01 And this is the scripture which I just wanted to share with you. There are so many other scriptures in the Bible which talk about how the God we serve is a sovereign God, which means that he knows how to sovereignly reign over everything.

3:20 You can beat yourself, you can do all sorts of stuff. You can you know, go crying and you know, put on syclods and whatever under the sun that you want to do, you can do. But there are certain things if the Lord decides to not do something. If the Lord decides to do something, no one can stop it because he's a sovereign God. No one can question him. Because he's a sovereign God. He is the King of kings and the lot of laws. And that is the place we go to, in the total place of surrender and say, God, this is what I want, this is what I've been praying about, this is what I really wish would happen.

4:08 By God, I realize that I can pray so much, I can stand on the you know, in faith, and I can just you know, stand on your word, and everything under the sun I can do. But it comes to a place where I give it over because I can't hold onto this anymore. Because God let your sovereign will be done. Because you see, when you go to that place, it's carry What if God does something I don't want? What if God brings in something that I'm not passionate about. That's where you trust the goodness of God. That's where you trust that the God we service a faithful God.

4:53 That's where you trust that the God knows that he has the best plans for our life. Now, if you look at the same Psalm Psalm and thirty five, just three verses before verse six, when you look at verse three, this is word is says, praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. See unlessen until you establish the fact that the Lord is a good God. Understand, until you establish the fact that he is a faithful God upon whom we can bang. Understand. Until you are rooted in the fact that you know what, you can completely bask in his mercy, you can completely soak and get yourself carried away by His love.

5:41 That is the place you can be, you know, rest assured that you know what things are not going my way. I'm not going to allow that to work me up. I don't want to get worked up because of it. I prayed, I did the best I can. But I trust a sovereign plan of God, and I know that his plans are good, and I know he knows what's best, and I know that through my life he will accomplish his purpose. See, that's where we come to understand that, you know, praying and reading the Bible, or you know, our relationship with God is not just about getting what we want.

6:26 I want to tell you guys that that's this wrong prosperity gospel where people think that it's all about what we want. It's not about what we want. It's about being available to be used for His purpose. It's about accomplishing his purpose, accomplishing his assignments for us, his task for us, his will for us. And in that process we will experience the kind of life that He has which will definitely be fulfilling, reward and amazing. That's what I can see. Amen, God, bless you you've been listening to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta.

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8:20 And this is not a message of condemnation. This is a message of hope. There is a God who loves you so much

8:30 He sent his only son, Jesus Christ, to come down and pay a heavy price by shedding every drop of his blood on the cross. Thank you for dying for my sense. When you believe in him, you have free gift of salvation for you that assures us that we will go to heaven when we die instead of suffering in hell forever. I just encourage you today to make the simple step of it and say, Jesus, I thank you for what you did on the cross. Thank you for giving me this gift of eternal life.