When Closed Doors Are GOD's Favor: Trusting the Divine Plan | John Giftah | Biblical Teaching

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0:40 Speaker 1: International Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta.

0:45 Speaker 2: Come to dissolution of the Fuel for the Soul but

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0:48 Speaker 2: recent episodes, we're doing a series on understanding that you

0:52 Speaker 2: and I are not just here by ourselves, but we

0:54 Speaker 2: are having the favor of God that is surrounding us,

0:57 Speaker 2: that are resting upon us and enabling us to be

1:00 Speaker 2: established in the work of our heads. And today I

1:02 Speaker 2: want to talk about one aspect that you know. So far,

1:05 Speaker 2: we've spoken about various aspects we have got to the favor.

1:08 Speaker 2: We've been speaking about how it sounds more on the

1:11 Speaker 2: positive note, like you know, the right people will like you,

1:13 Speaker 2: the right people will show interest towards you, You'll be

1:15 Speaker 2: at the right place at the right time, or you

1:17 Speaker 2: will see that God is orchestrating things in such a

1:21 Speaker 2: way that you know, you look back and you're like,

1:23 Speaker 2: oh my gosh, look at this. This is so good.

1:25 Speaker 2: You know, the right door open, the right person, step ten,

1:28 Speaker 2: you know all of those things because those are all

1:30 Speaker 2: elements of God's favor. But I also want you to

1:32 Speaker 2: remember that as much as these open doors and these

1:35 Speaker 2: good moments and the things that you actually love are

1:38 Speaker 2: part of God's favor, there's also the other side of

1:40 Speaker 2: God's favor, which includes closed doors and the wrong people

1:44 Speaker 2: working out of your life. Do you see, as much

1:46 Speaker 2: as I said the right people will like you, the

1:48 Speaker 2: people who are not ordained by God, no matter how

1:50 Speaker 2: much you try, no matter how much you want to

1:52 Speaker 2: convince them, they're never going to like you. They're always

1:54 Speaker 2: never going to you know, be there for you. You

1:58 Speaker 2: can go the extra mind uk and uh you know,

2:01 Speaker 2: like when I heard this phrase, right, you don't have

2:03 Speaker 2: to cross potions for someone who won't even cross a

2:06 Speaker 2: puddle for you, Like in a sense that you can

2:08 Speaker 2: do great things to try to prove to them. You

2:11 Speaker 2: convince them you can be good to them. You try

2:14 Speaker 2: to go the extra mind for them. But no matter

2:16 Speaker 2: what you do, some people are just not going to

2:18 Speaker 2: like you. Just they're just just not going to stand

2:21 Speaker 2: by you, support you. And you need to understand that's

2:24 Speaker 2: also part of God's favor because I'm not saying that

2:28 Speaker 2: person is bad. It could just mean that they're not

2:31 Speaker 2: good enough for your calling, you know what I mean.

2:33 Speaker 2: They're not They cannot take part in what God is

2:36 Speaker 2: leading or doing in your life. So you need to

2:39 Speaker 2: be able to come to terms with that, like, oh

2:41 Speaker 2: my gosh, this family member, no matter what I do,

2:43 Speaker 2: they're not able to accept my calling from God. Like

2:46 Speaker 2: that that is, that is something you need to come

2:48 Speaker 2: to a place where you realize, you know what, they're

2:50 Speaker 2: never going to accept. It's okay because I realized that

2:54 Speaker 2: as much as God's favor is going to cost the

2:57 Speaker 2: right people to like me, there's some people who are

2:58 Speaker 2: just not going to like it. Like I said that,

3:01 Speaker 2: you know, the favor is going to cause you to

3:03 Speaker 2: be at the right place at the right time. You know, understand, like,

3:07 Speaker 2: for example, if anything about Joseph, right, he imagine there

3:10 Speaker 2: was a moment when Rubin wanted to actually be good

3:13 Speaker 2: to Joseph, one of the brothers. But when he was

3:17 Speaker 2: not there, what happened. The rest of the brothers sold

3:19 Speaker 2: him as a slave. It felt like a bad moment,

3:22 Speaker 2: like if when had been there, Joseph could have been saved,

3:26 Speaker 2: you know what I mean, Like you could have been

3:28 Speaker 2: like this, this whole incident of him being sold as

3:30 Speaker 2: a slave, him going to Egypt and being a slave,

3:34 Speaker 2: none of them would have happened if Rubin had been there.

3:37 Speaker 2: Like It's like if Rubin was there and Joseph had

3:40 Speaker 2: been saved at that moment, you think about this, what

3:43 Speaker 2: would have happened? You can say, see, at the right time,

3:45 Speaker 2: at the right place, God kept Rubin to save Joseph.

3:48 Speaker 2: You would have said that, right. So as much as

3:51 Speaker 2: such good things, what you feel like is a good

3:53 Speaker 2: thing is also part of God's favor resting upon your life.

3:57 Speaker 2: Certain times. You need to understand Rubin not being there

4:00 Speaker 2: to rescue you is also part of God's favor. You know,

4:03 Speaker 2: God's plan involving his favor, so that that closed door

4:07 Speaker 2: is what is going on enable you to go to

4:09 Speaker 2: stepping into the fullness of the destiny that God has

4:12 Speaker 2: for you. So even when you think about, you know,

4:15 Speaker 2: Joseph going and interpreting the dream of the cop better right,

4:19 Speaker 2: it's like, wow, it's a favor fill moment. We would

4:22 Speaker 2: expect the Kapara to go and rescue Joseph immediately. But yes,

4:25 Speaker 2: the thing the Copeta forgetting Joseph for two whole years

4:28 Speaker 2: is also part of God's favor. You see closed doors,

4:32 Speaker 2: people walking out, people forgetting you, people not being there

4:35 Speaker 2: for you, things not working out the way you expect,

4:38 Speaker 2: is also as part of God's favor as much as

4:41 Speaker 2: the good times, like open doors, the right people stepping in,

4:45 Speaker 2: the right person stepping in, the right people showing interest

4:48 Speaker 2: towards you. I want you to understand that, you know,

4:50 Speaker 2: the scripture says it like it is right, like Romans

4:53 Speaker 2: eight twenty eight. In all things, we know that God

4:56 Speaker 2: will work do things together for good to them that

4:59 Speaker 2: will love the Lord and the call according to His purpose.

5:02 Speaker 2: So yes, the thing we know that everything which includes

5:05 Speaker 2: good things that you say, like open doors and you know,

5:10 Speaker 2: the right people coming in, as much as that is

5:12 Speaker 2: part of God's favor even the things that don't look good.

5:15 Speaker 2: You know, why did that door close? Why did the

5:18 Speaker 2: person kick you out? Why did that organization send you out?

5:21 Speaker 2: Why was that layoff happening? Or why did this person

5:25 Speaker 2: you know never show interest towards you. Why did this

5:27 Speaker 2: person walk out of your life? Why did this work

5:29 Speaker 2: out in your life? You may be wondering and crying today,

5:31 Speaker 2: but I want you to come to terms and be

5:33 Speaker 2: at peace knowing that the closed door, the wrong people

5:37 Speaker 2: leaving your life is as much as part of God's

5:40 Speaker 2: plan and favor as much as the good times or

5:43 Speaker 2: the good doors being opened, the right doors being opened,

5:46 Speaker 2: the right people stepping in. See. I just want to

5:49 Speaker 2: close with this example right like, and I was just

5:51 Speaker 2: thinking about where the Lord has been leading me. You know,

5:54 Speaker 2: I remember when one of the one of the things

5:57 Speaker 2: that was working out effectively in my life was you know,

6:01 Speaker 2: just in case you guys do not know if you're

6:02 Speaker 2: new to this, I worked at full them corporate job.

6:05 Speaker 2: I'm an aerospace engineer and around the ministry. One of

6:07 Speaker 2: the things that he was working out was my job. Okay,

6:10 Speaker 2: and at one point, due to this lass layoff season

6:13 Speaker 2: and all of that, I was in a place where

6:16 Speaker 2: I'm like, oh my gosh, what's happening. You know, why

6:19 Speaker 2: did this door close? Why didn't this work out? Like

6:21 Speaker 2: it was going so well?

6:22 Speaker 1: What happened?

6:23 Speaker 2: But you see, I kept asking the Lord, like, God,

6:26 Speaker 2: you know, where is your favor? Where is your favor?

6:28 Speaker 2: Because I wanted a favor of open doors, but here

6:31 Speaker 2: was a favor of closed doors. But it was hard

6:33 Speaker 2: to accept that. I stood my ground. I said, God,

6:35 Speaker 2: you know what, if you closed this door, the better

6:37 Speaker 2: door is coming. I know that this is part of

6:39 Speaker 2: your plan as much as the good times in terms

6:43 Speaker 2: of the right open doors. And I'm telling you that's

6:46 Speaker 2: the way God works. Even if a door closes, even

6:49 Speaker 2: if somebody walked out. Understand, that's part of us plan

6:53 Speaker 2: and his favor is resting upon you. That's why he

6:56 Speaker 2: allowed this door happened. And when the right door opens,

7:00 Speaker 2: the right person steps in, when the right opportunity comes

7:02 Speaker 2: your way, when the right position knocks you down. I

7:05 Speaker 2: want you to understand. You look back and say, wow,

7:07 Speaker 2: thank god the previous stow closed, Thank god Rubin was

7:10 Speaker 2: not there. Thank god the Competa forgot me for two years.

7:16 Speaker 2: Thank God for that closed store, or the disappointment, because

7:20 Speaker 2: that is what will prepare you to be in a

7:23 Speaker 2: position to receive the fullness of the destiny that God

7:26 Speaker 2: has in stuff for you. Amen, God bless you.

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