Why GOD Why? | Feeling Discouraged in Life? Encouraging Christian Sermon | John Giftah

0:01 Speaker 1: 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.

0:41 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA.

0:49 Speaker 2: Hey, are you in a place in your life you're crying about what is happening or what has happened, and you're just in so much of pain. You're crying about the situation. You're saying, I wish God would have answered my I wish God would have turned things around. I wish I would see a miracle soon. And you've been waiting on the Lord for a long period of time and you're really really disappointed by how things are. You know, at a time when other people are saying, you know what, I have this thing to be grateful for and really believe that, yes, there will be something that you and I can be grateful for, but there will always be moments where maybe you are going through a moment where you're not really able to be grateful, you know what I mean.

1:26 Speaker 2: Like you you're saying, yes, I understand I need to be grateful. I have life to breathe, but I really don't have anything else, you know, Like I'm in a situation where things are so bad, where the negatives are outweighing the positives. You're feeling like, you know, I really wish God would answer me. You know, there's thing of pain, there's that moment when you're having so much. You know, I'm just trying to put words into that emotion, the words into the pain, you know, because I've been in there and so many times I wish God would just answer or show up.

2:02 Speaker 2: And you know, you may be in a place crying like that, like I wish there could be something that God would turn around in my life, you know. But if you're in a position like that, I want you to hear me out. Just because you don't see God more, just because you're not able to feel his presence lead you're just because you're not able to experience the promises of God becoming a reality, just because you're not able to see the manifestation of His favor upon your life. I want you to understand that does not mean that God is not working in your life.

2:33 Speaker 2: That does not mean that God has forgotten you. That does not mean that God has you. Know I rejected you. God still has a good plan for your life. It may not make sense in the natural, it may look like there's no way out for you. I want you to hold your horses today. God understands the pain you've been through going through and I want to really stand with you in this moment to encourage you to say that you know what. God's still has a good plan for your life. Whether it makes sense or not. God still has a way out for your life.

3:05 Speaker 2: You know, when we think about in the scripture, Ruth went through so much, Naomi went through so much. Ruth and Naomi, when you think about this story, it's it's really devastating to see, especially when you look at Naomi. They moved to a foreign land where she loses her husband and two sons. When you think about Ruth, she also what happens she she lost her father in law, She lost her brother in law, and she lost her husband. Right, everything just gone, like why did this happen? You may be in a season where you're questioning God, Why?

3:42 Speaker 2: God? Why? Why couldn't I see this miracle? I prayed so much? Why didn't this person get saved? I prove I fasted and prayed, But why didn't this person get healed? I've been looking up to you, and I've been really looking depending on you. But why am I not seeing the ministry take of Why am I seeing the breakthrough in my finance? Why am I not seeing this answer in my life? Why? God? Why? Why is this person still not understanding? Why is this person still of course? Why isn't this door not opening for me?

4:13 Speaker 2: Why am I always getting rejected? Why is the area of my relationships so barren? Why is the fact that you know what, I'm not able to see my career, you know, progress? Why am I not able to see the business, you know, get new grounds? You know? You may be in a position like that, But I want you to understand, don't give up. God still has a plan for you. God still has a way out for you. God still has a purpose for you. Even if it doesn't look like it. God still has a beautiful plan for your life. So when we think about Ruth, eventually she gets up back with Naomi to Bethlehem and gets connected with Boas and eventually they give birth to a child and she ends up being in the generational line of Jesus Christ.

5:03 Speaker 2: You see, guys, sometimes your life may not make sense, It may not make any sense in the natural, but sometimes you have to understand what God is doing in your life is going to have an effect generationally. That's why I want you to have a faith where you say, God, you know what I even when I don't understand, maybe generations down something is going to happen. Generations down the line, something is going to be in an unexpected way. God is going to show up even the mistakes you make. If you were just committed to God, generations later you will actually see the hand of God in that.

5:44 Speaker 2: One of the best examples I can think of in regard to this is we think about Abraham. You know, he made the mistake and ended up with Ishmael, and which led to a lot of pain and regret in his life, and he was going through so much. But later, if you actually see Joseph going to Egypt was through the Ishmaelite traders. Right, God used a mistake in Abraham's life to actually transport Joseph to his place of destiny, from being in this place with his parents and his brothers to a place where his brothers actually planned to just you know, put him in the pit and you know, eventually kill him.

6:30 Speaker 2: But here's the thing, right, like when we think about the moment when they actually planned to put him in the pit, but that's when the Ishmaelite traders came in that way, and what did they do. They ended up selling him to them, and he ends up going to Egypt because God took him to Egypt. He says it later, amazingly, you know, God took me here so that you know, through me, nations will be saved when the famine came. You see, he had that kingdom perspective. Sometimes you may not understand why God allowed certain things.

7:03 Speaker 2: You may not understand why all the trouble, but you know what, sometimes you will see the reason much later. You'll understand why in a later season or phase of your life. Today, I pray that if you're crying, I pray that this world will comfort you and strengthen you to know that God did not make a mistake in your life, that God still has a plan for you. He still has a purpose for you. And at the right time, you will understand why you had to go through with what you went through and God will definitely show up and show out in your life.

7:41 Speaker 2: And at the same time, certain things in your life. You know, God doesn't work just based on your life your current situation. God works keeping generations in mind. When you do that, when you think that way and have that perspective, you will realize that you know what God, even when I don't understand, you're doing something someway. In Jesus name, I pray Amen, God bless you.

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