You are Just a Medium | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

0:01 Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy

0:06 place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and

0:12 take a break. This is Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We're

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0:39 Gifta International. Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. I want

0:52 to talk to to the about you're just a medium. A lot of times

0:58 we tend to think that, my goodness, John, I don't know what

1:02 I can do for God. I want to do something for God. I

1:07 They go on two extremes. One group is like, you know, look

1:10 what I have done for God. I'm doing this for God. I'm you

1:12 know, it's all about like what I have done, what I can do,

1:15 and all of my accomplishments and so on and so forth. And on

1:19 the other hand, there's another group which says, uh, you know what

1:22 I don't have what it takes. I can't do much for God. I

1:23 know my limitations, and you know they're all about and and when you look

1:27 at both the extremes, one thing you see is that the commonalities that they

1:32 look at themselves. They think that, oh my gosh, it's about me

1:36 what I can do for God or what I can accomplish, or looking at

1:40 my limitations, what are my capabilities, what are my you know, skills,

1:45 And it's all about themselves, you know, by the end of the

1:47 day. But I want to share a scripture with you, and I want

1:49 to take this forward. It is found in efficients three twenty. I'm sure

1:53 you guys know this verse because we coded this a million times and it's one

1:57 of my favorite verses. And but I all who want you guys to understand

2:00 there's something very important here to note. In the same verse, and when

2:05 you look at, for example, the NLT version, this is what it

2:07 says, Now, all glory to God who's able, through his mighty power

2:12 at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we can ask or think.

2:16 When you look at even the English Standard version, it says, now

2:21 to him who is able to do more abundantly than we can ask or think

2:25 according to the power at work within us. One of the things you have

2:29 to understand is that according to the power or in accordance to the power or

2:34 through His mighty power that is working through us. What I want you guys

2:38 to understand is what we do. We keep saying, you know that God

2:40 will help us to do exceeding, abundantly, fund and beyond whatever you could

2:45 ask, thing or even imagine. But what I want you to understand,

2:46 it's not you who's accomplishing it, but it is the Lord whose power works

2:52 through you to accomplish it. Are you getting what I'm saying? You're just

2:55 a medium that God uses to accomplish something. I was recording this short video,

3:04 Okay, maybe I might release it in a couple of days on YouTube.

3:07 When you're watering plants using a tube or a pipe, right, what

3:13 I want you to understand is the pipe that's not generator water. The pipe

3:17 is just a medium. Right. The pipe is just a medium that when

3:23 you connect it to the source of water, it is transferring the water from

3:28 the source to the place that it does to water. Right, If it

3:31 is plants, it will water the plants. So yes, an important thing

3:37 to understand. You and I are like the pipes. We do not have

3:40 the power to produce anything good on our own. We don't have the ability

3:45 to accomplish more than whatever you know. We could ask thing or imagine or

3:49 you know, living the life that God have wants us to live. We

3:52 can't do that on our own. We are just like a pipe, and

3:55 a pipeline on its own cannot accomplish anything. You need an extra So it's

4:00 like I have to take the pipe and I have to connect it to the

4:03 source, and only then can water flow through it and accomplish its purpose.

4:08 What I want you to understand is you need to allow God to use you

4:12 like the way I'm using the pipe. You should allow God to use you

4:15 and allow him to connect you through the source. And when you are connected

4:18 with God the source, when you abide in him and he abides in you,

4:23 when you are connected with the presence of God, and when you allow

4:26 His power to flow through you, when you allow His presence to flow through

4:30 you, when you allow is anointing to flow through you, That's how you

4:33 accomplish great feeds for the glory of God. That's how you actually do great

4:36 and mighty things for the glory of God. That's how you do mighty works

4:41 for God's kingdom. Today, I want to ask you this question. Are

4:45 you just thinking that it's all about you? Or are you getting to the

4:47 place of understanding that it's not about you. You're just being used by God.

4:53 You allow God to use you, You allow his power to flow through

4:57 you. You allow His anointing to flow through you, through you, and

5:00 through that process you bring out something beautiful in your life. Lord, I

5:05 pray this world will go forth and be reminded to us that it's not about

5:11 us. It's not about what we have or what we don't have. It's

5:14 not about our skills, or our talents or our weaknesses. It's about getting

5:17 to that place where we surrender to You. We give ourselves into your hands.

5:21 Let pipe in my hand. I'm able to connect it to the source,

5:25 and that's how it's able to produce something and be aligned to bring out

5:30 something beautiful. I want to pray in the name of Jesus Christ, that

5:32 you will allow God to align you to the right place so that you will

5:36 produce great fruit for the glory of God. In the name of Jesus,

5:41 I pray Amen, God bless you. You've been listening to Fuel for the

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