When Closed Doors Are GOD's Favor: Trusting the Divine Plan | John Giftah | Biblical Teaching
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Explore how setbacks like closed doors, bad breaks, and people leaving are part of GOD's favor, guiding you toward growth, better timing, and divine opportunities. Trust in GOD's plan beyond immediate outcomes.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fuel-for-the-soul-with-john-giftah-biblical-teaching-faith-podcast--4939473/support.
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Speaker 1: Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world
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Speaker 1: International Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta.
Speaker 2: Come to dissolution of the Fuel for the Soul but
Speaker 2: John gift of podcast. As you've been checking out our
Speaker 2: recent episodes, we're doing a series on understanding that you
Speaker 2: and I are not just here by ourselves, but we
Speaker 2: are having the favor of God that is surrounding us,
Speaker 2: that are resting upon us and enabling us to be
Speaker 2: established in the work of our heads. And today I
Speaker 2: want to talk about one aspect that you know. So far,
Speaker 2: we've spoken about various aspects we have got to the favor.
Speaker 2: We've been speaking about how it sounds more on the
Speaker 2: positive note, like you know, the right people will like you,
Speaker 2: the right people will show interest towards you, You'll be
Speaker 2: at the right place at the right time, or you
Speaker 2: will see that God is orchestrating things in such a
Speaker 2: way that you know, you look back and you're like,
Speaker 2: oh my gosh, look at this. This is so good.
Speaker 2: You know, the right door open, the right person, step ten,
Speaker 2: you know all of those things because those are all
Speaker 2: elements of God's favor. But I also want you to
Speaker 2: remember that as much as these open doors and these
Speaker 2: good moments and the things that you actually love are
Speaker 2: part of God's favor, there's also the other side of
Speaker 2: God's favor, which includes closed doors and the wrong people
Speaker 2: working out of your life. Do you see, as much
Speaker 2: as I said the right people will like you, the
Speaker 2: people who are not ordained by God, no matter how
Speaker 2: much you try, no matter how much you want to
Speaker 2: convince them, they're never going to like you. They're always
Speaker 2: never going to you know, be there for you. You
Speaker 2: can go the extra mind uk and uh you know,
Speaker 2: like when I heard this phrase, right, you don't have
Speaker 2: to cross potions for someone who won't even cross a
Speaker 2: puddle for you, Like in a sense that you can
Speaker 2: do great things to try to prove to them. You
Speaker 2: convince them you can be good to them. You try
Speaker 2: to go the extra mind for them. But no matter
Speaker 2: what you do, some people are just not going to
Speaker 2: like you. Just they're just just not going to stand
Speaker 2: by you, support you. And you need to understand that's
Speaker 2: also part of God's favor because I'm not saying that
Speaker 2: person is bad. It could just mean that they're not
Speaker 2: good enough for your calling, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2: They're not They cannot take part in what God is
Speaker 2: leading or doing in your life. So you need to
Speaker 2: be able to come to terms with that, like, oh
Speaker 2: my gosh, this family member, no matter what I do,
Speaker 2: they're not able to accept my calling from God. Like
Speaker 2: that that is, that is something you need to come
Speaker 2: to a place where you realize, you know what, they're
Speaker 2: never going to accept. It's okay because I realized that
Speaker 2: as much as God's favor is going to cost the
Speaker 2: right people to like me, there's some people who are
Speaker 2: just not going to like it. Like I said that,
Speaker 2: you know, the favor is going to cause you to
Speaker 2: be at the right place at the right time. You know, understand, like,
Speaker 2: for example, if anything about Joseph, right, he imagine there
Speaker 2: was a moment when Rubin wanted to actually be good
Speaker 2: to Joseph, one of the brothers. But when he was
Speaker 2: not there, what happened. The rest of the brothers sold
Speaker 2: him as a slave. It felt like a bad moment,
Speaker 2: like if when had been there, Joseph could have been saved,
Speaker 2: you know what I mean, Like you could have been
Speaker 2: like this, this whole incident of him being sold as
Speaker 2: a slave, him going to Egypt and being a slave,
Speaker 2: none of them would have happened if Rubin had been there.
Speaker 2: Like It's like if Rubin was there and Joseph had
Speaker 2: been saved at that moment, you think about this, what
Speaker 2: would have happened? You can say, see, at the right time,
Speaker 2: at the right place, God kept Rubin to save Joseph.
Speaker 2: You would have said that, right. So as much as
Speaker 2: such good things, what you feel like is a good
Speaker 2: thing is also part of God's favor resting upon your life.
Speaker 2: Certain times. You need to understand Rubin not being there
Speaker 2: to rescue you is also part of God's favor. You know,
Speaker 2: God's plan involving his favor, so that that closed door
Speaker 2: is what is going on enable you to go to
Speaker 2: stepping into the fullness of the destiny that God has
Speaker 2: for you. So even when you think about, you know,
Speaker 2: Joseph going and interpreting the dream of the cop better right,
Speaker 2: it's like, wow, it's a favor fill moment. We would
Speaker 2: expect the Kapara to go and rescue Joseph immediately. But yes,
Speaker 2: the thing the Copeta forgetting Joseph for two whole years
Speaker 2: is also part of God's favor. You see closed doors,
Speaker 2: people walking out, people forgetting you, people not being there
Speaker 2: for you, things not working out the way you expect,
Speaker 2: is also as part of God's favor as much as
Speaker 2: the good times, like open doors, the right people stepping in,
Speaker 2: the right person stepping in, the right people showing interest
Speaker 2: towards you. I want you to understand that, you know,
Speaker 2: the scripture says it like it is right, like Romans
Speaker 2: eight twenty eight. In all things, we know that God
Speaker 2: will work do things together for good to them that
Speaker 2: will love the Lord and the call according to His purpose.
Speaker 2: So yes, the thing we know that everything which includes
Speaker 2: good things that you say, like open doors and you know,
Speaker 2: the right people coming in, as much as that is
Speaker 2: part of God's favor even the things that don't look good.
Speaker 2: You know, why did that door close? Why did the
Speaker 2: person kick you out? Why did that organization send you out?
Speaker 2: Why was that layoff happening? Or why did this person
Speaker 2: you know never show interest towards you. Why did this
Speaker 2: person walk out of your life? Why did this work
Speaker 2: out in your life? You may be wondering and crying today,
Speaker 2: but I want you to come to terms and be
Speaker 2: at peace knowing that the closed door, the wrong people
Speaker 2: leaving your life is as much as part of God's
Speaker 2: plan and favor as much as the good times or
Speaker 2: the good doors being opened, the right doors being opened,
Speaker 2: the right people stepping in. See. I just want to
Speaker 2: close with this example right like, and I was just
Speaker 2: thinking about where the Lord has been leading me. You know,
Speaker 2: I remember when one of the one of the things
Speaker 2: that was working out effectively in my life was you know,
Speaker 2: just in case you guys do not know if you're
Speaker 2: new to this, I worked at full them corporate job.
Speaker 2: I'm an aerospace engineer and around the ministry. One of
Speaker 2: the things that he was working out was my job. Okay,
Speaker 2: and at one point, due to this lass layoff season
Speaker 2: and all of that, I was in a place where
Speaker 2: I'm like, oh my gosh, what's happening. You know, why
Speaker 2: did this door close? Why didn't this work out? Like
Speaker 2: it was going so well?
Speaker 1: What happened?
Speaker 2: But you see, I kept asking the Lord, like, God,
Speaker 2: you know, where is your favor? Where is your favor?
Speaker 2: Because I wanted a favor of open doors, but here
Speaker 2: was a favor of closed doors. But it was hard
Speaker 2: to accept that. I stood my ground. I said, God,
Speaker 2: you know what, if you closed this door, the better
Speaker 2: door is coming. I know that this is part of
Speaker 2: your plan as much as the good times in terms
Speaker 2: of the right open doors. And I'm telling you that's
Speaker 2: the way God works. Even if a door closes, even
Speaker 2: if somebody walked out. Understand, that's part of us plan
Speaker 2: and his favor is resting upon you. That's why he
Speaker 2: allowed this door happened. And when the right door opens,
Speaker 2: the right person steps in, when the right opportunity comes
Speaker 2: your way, when the right position knocks you down. I
Speaker 2: want you to understand. You look back and say, wow,
Speaker 2: thank god the previous stow closed, Thank god Rubin was
Speaker 2: not there. Thank god the Competa forgot me for two years.
Speaker 2: Thank God for that closed store, or the disappointment, because
Speaker 2: that is what will prepare you to be in a
Speaker 2: position to receive the fullness of the destiny that God
Speaker 2: has in stuff for you. Amen, God bless you.
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