The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.A man’s steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.A man’s goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
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… promotion it's to find your pace of grace and i want you to write that down as the title today finding the pace of grace psalms 37 23 it says the lord directs the steps who directs the steps the lord directs the steps of the godly and he delights in every detail of their lives can i tell you that god wants to direct every detail if you're if your life if you let him he literally wants to say hey don't live in this neighborhood there's another neighborhood that i have for you because there's something there well god it doesn't make sense at the time don't live in this neighbor. Just obey me. Just listen. Don't date him. Well, God. now you made a masterpiece and ricardo and god i i really think this is your will for me and ricardo to make some babies lord and i and he said don't marry him because he hasn't worked on his character yet and and when you get into that you're gonna marry the generational curses i got Ricky. …
… I have some things I'm ashamed of. I have some things I'm pretty proud of. It's mixed, and I'm moving. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. Every time you don't feel it, but you feel it anyway, your faith grows. I'm growing. I'm growing. I'm growing. I'm growing. I'm pushing back against the cave. I'm pushing back against the threat, and I'm growing. I'm growing. This is your last day to have an empty horn. Drop by drop, we're going to fill you back up. Notice, notice, notice. Samuel didn't even know who he was filling it for. You ever had to pour something out and you don't even know what it's for? I don't even know why I took this job. I don't even know why I'm in Charlotte. I'll tell you why you're in Charlotte. It ain't so you can look at my shoes. It's so God can give you this sure word and speak to you and get you up out of your situation. …
… you will feel like God is quiet, but he is not going to give you directions for a destination that he did not set for your life. My Bible says the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. That means he sets the direction. That means he sets the time. That means he sets the purpose. There's a lot of things I may love to do that God did not call me to do, and I am always going to be frustrated if I try to anoint a king that God has canceled in my life. The question is this. How long are you going to pity yourself over what God didn't give you? How long are you going to try to wear yourself out getting to somewhere that God didn't even call you? You're not going to even have a hotel room when you get there. God didn't call you there. You hear other people talking. They make it sound so simple. God called us to Charlotte. …
… I'm going to say this and I got to move on. The Bible says the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. They're ordered. There are steps to this thing. and you can't see the staircase. All God gives you All he gives you Is the step So you've got the instruction Jalen And you've got the promise The promise is boom The instruction Okay That's for somebody I don't know And I completely shifted But I I gotta be obedient So So So So We see the first act of warfare right there in the garden because it is resistance against God's will. And you don't have to you start talking about warfare you know you can just look, conflict is everywhere. You don't have to search for conflict it's everywhere. And so when we encounter resistance let's name a few things in marriage in a family in a mind in a city right in a culture even in a church you're witnessing warfare conflict listen we there was harmony in the beginning shalom means whole it means oneness when you see conflict that is the evidence of warfare are you tracking with me so you ain't got to track it down just look that's why when i see the city divided the nation divided the world divided i'm like that's warfare come on somebody that's warfare but and let me just i just want to i want to i want to i want to really set this foundation and we'll be on this for for several weeks and i'll tell you right now this is really interesting …
for coverage. And there's no other way to get you to your fighting weight than for him to start shaking stuff. Testing. He even shook Isaac. to shake Abraham, he was shaking Isaac. He was stripping, watch this, he was stripping Abraham of Isaac. He said, you love that boy, huh? You pray for that boy, you like that boy, you love that boy, you love him real good, don't you? Yeah, he's cute too, good little boy. You love that boy, huh? Let me hold that. Let me hold that real quick. Let me hold that real quick. Let me hold that real quick. I'm going to need that. I'm going to need that. It wasn't that the Lord thought that there was anything wrong with the blessing. and that's why of course the Lord is not a murderer but look at what he said you got to study when you get a chance Genesis chapter 22 I believe read your whole Bible you will find it he says after he says okay he's going to do it he tells him not to do it and then he says he says he said now I can trust you now I know you will withhold nothing from me now go and be blessed blessing I will bless you and multiplying I will multiply you Thank you. …
… Thessalonica, but because the Holy Spirit put the stop on him. And I love that, by the way, the steps of a good man, the Bible says, are directed by the Lord. But here's the other part of that truth. Not only the steps, but the stops of a righteous or a good man are ordered by the Lord. So sometimes the Lord will direct your steps. Sometimes the Lord will direct your stops. And you'll wonder, why isn't God allowing that? I've tried, I've prayed, I've strategized, and it's a wall. It's a no. It's okay. That's when you wait for further instructions. If you don't have a green light, don't drive through the red light. Wait till you get a strong go or affirmation to go. Thank you. when I used to live in Southern California, I lived in Huntington Beach before I came here, and I wanted to go somewhere to start a church. And I remember getting a letter, my pastor got a letter, and I got it from him, of a group that wanted to start a church. They were meeting in a Bible study, and they wanted a pastor to come and pastor a church, and it was in Aspen, Colorado. …
… I thank God for every step in my journey. Steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. I wouldn't change nothing. because if I were to change one thing, I wouldn't be me. Hello, somebody. So I don't do that, regret stuff. But I was moving through the city one day, and I wasn't even paying any attention, and at the time I had a nice car. I was just moving through those places, and then I went through that and through the projects and everything, and I got back on the freeway towards home. And then it dawned on me, it's like, wow, man, like, that was dangerous. You know, you were moving through there, and you know what that is. And, you know, this nice car and everything. You know, and, you know, just like this little, not fear, but this little thought of me not being safe came over me. And then the Lord opened my eyes. And I'm just going to say it because it's true. …
… I want to let you know what God told Jacob. See, Jacob is such a messy man, and I'm glad for that because the Bible says that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. But Jacob shows me that the steps of God's man, even if he's not a good man, are ordered by the Lord too. because for Jacob to steal Esau's blessing and his name literally to mean trick, it means he was messy. He is at this point in his life grown enough to know better, and he should be mature, but we see three things in the passage that may be going on in your life too. One is a mistake, one is a middle, and the other is a move. a mistake, a middle, and a move, all in one passage, all happening in the life of one man. You may say it wasn't a mistake for him to steal Esau's blessing because God is sovereign, and the book of Romans says, Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated, and it was predestined by God. …
… You can't have my sanity. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. I'm breaking chains and I'm pulling down stronghold. Grab that neighbor's hair and say, neighbor, oh, magnify the Lord with me. I only got dressed this morning because I got one thing to do, enter into his gates with thanksgiving. I got to enter into his courts with praise. You didn't drive this far just to be cute. You didn't drive this far just to wear no pink dress. You came because there's a call on your life. There's an assignment. You may be seated. Hallelujah. Don't turn to your neighbor. Just talk to yourself. It's something I'm supposed to be doing. Something I'm supposed to be conquering. Something I'm supposed to be achieving. Something I'm supposed to be taking over. I got to take these pajamas off. Folk have underestimated me my whole life. But this year, they ain't going to sleep on me. Because everything God promised me, I'm going to get it. …
… You ain't got to be happy about walking. But if you just keep on the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. And if you just keep on walking in what God ordered, he didn't ask you to like it. He just told you to walk it out. I think this is walking out Wednesday. So we need to walk out some stuff until people get healed and people get delivered. That's why the devil hates you now. I learned way more from my spiritual father in his times of grief, in his times of loss, in his times of testing and trial. I learned way more than I did in his times of success. I watched him suffer. I watched him go through turmoil. I watched him go through all kinds of stuff. And I thought, Lord, have mercy. at the things I got to see because when you get close enough to somebody that you can see their wounds, that's what makes Thomas believe. Oh, y'all don't hear what I'm saying. …