Let's Go to Work, Part II - Touré Roberts

50:13 according to the design. I promise I'm almost there, but you're going to get this word and then you're going to work the study guide and we're going to be all right. Are you hearing the words that are coming out of my mouth? So, so let's get into it. So he says, but he who lacks, who looks into the perfect law of liberty, watch this, and continues in it.

50:36 And it's not a forgetful hearer, watch this, but a doer, It doesn't say of the word, even though that's true. He switches it. But a doer of the what? Ooh. Of the work. Work, work, work, work, work. Work, work, work, work, work. Can't you hear Jesus? I must work while it's day. For nighttime comes when no man can work. You know, I've got to say something real quick. We're almost there. Look. I was on set working on some stuff the other day and I said out of nowhere I just sprung this question on the crew I said hey I said when Jesus comes back I said what do you want him to find you doing I said A, B, or C A, B, or C, multiple choice I said A, fasting and praying I said B working I said or see looking up into heaven in anticipation of his return.

51:48 It's a trick question. Because, hey, sounds great. Wouldn't you think that if the Lord comes back, wouldn't you want him to find you in your... Ooh. or if he came comes back wouldn't you want him to find you an expectation of his return like this is standing there gazing clue gazing and they had a bunch of answers I said that's you I said when he comes back I want him to find me working I must work while it's day for nighttime comes when no man can work. Jesus worked all the way to the end. He's on the cross dying working. Doer of the work.

52:47 Let's wrap it up. He's not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work. This one, watch this, will be blessed in what he does. Doer of the work, doer of the work. I got more what I'm going to do. for the more is I'm going to go in my office this week at some point and I'm going to record it and I'm going to make sure you get it. Put it up on YouTube or something. I'm going to make sure you get it. But here's what I want to do because this is important.

53:20 I really, really, really want to pray. I want to pray for you. I want to pray for you. just because there is a divine design does not mean that there is not a glitch The glitch is not in the design. When you think about tech, think about technology, in technology, a glitch doesn't mean that the blueprint is somehow broken. In technology, a glitch means usually that there's some sort of breakdown in the execution.

54:06 Stay with me. Either some sort of user error some sort of external variable, some sort of interference that creates an unexpected behavior. For us, our glitch is sin. I call it the human glitch. Because you say, well, if we're designed that way, what, because of the glitch. The beautiful thing is Jesus came. to deal with the glitch.

54:39 I'm just going to share these things with you so that this message can be closed for now. And I want you to take these things and I want you to write these things down. And these are, they have to do with how to overcome the human glitch that keeps you from the design, which will allow you to work and to be blessed in your work. Number one is ignorance. That's why I take my time and I teach and I study and I pray because I would that none of us be ignorant. That's why I read. That's why I study. That's why I pray. That's why I spend time in the presence of God because I don't want to be ignorant. Now, ignorance is only a bad thing if you don't think you are. Thank you.

55:30 I have a whole chapter in the book, Knowing, called The Catalyst of Ignorance. Ignorance is only a problem if you don't think you are. When you know that you lack knowledge or that you have gaps, it is humbling. It makes you two things, two H's, humble and hungry.

55:56 That's why God causes you to hunger when he wants to feed you. It is to the glory of God to hide something. It is to the glory of a king to search it out. Something in the tension. So ignorance, we've got to know the truth. We've got to know the truth so that the truth can set us free. We've got to get into the word. All the principles are there. Number one, that's one of the things that we have to overcome is ignorance. Number two, limiting beliefs.

56:19 Who told you you couldn't win? Who told you you weren't enough? Who told you that it won't work? who produced, what environment produced that limiting belief? I got to overcome that. Number three, I have to overcome fear.

56:41 The lazy servant, lazy is one, too, I'll get there in a minute, but the lazy servant says, I was afraid. And sometimes you have the fear of failure. I don't work because I'm afraid I might fail. And sometimes, conversely, you won't work because you have a fear of succeeding. hello I wish I had more time number four laziness sometimes it's just flat out lazy back to that that passage if you don't work you don't deserve to eat that's a heavy handed thing but it's true that means that you're not what are you doing number five immobility I'm talking about things we have to overcome the human glitches that we have to overcome immobility be agile you're inflexible what if what god has for you is in another state or another country or in another circle and because you are so set in your ways you are immobile and immobility what if abraham was settled on earth the land you know i'm saying what if he was settled on the place that he came from.

57:52 No, he moved. So immobility, I have to overcome immobility in order to overcome the human glitch that keeps me from being blessed in my deeds. Six is disobedience, and I might also add delayed obedience. And they're equally, equally wrong. And sometimes we will tolerate delayed obedience because we feel like, well, at least I'll do it. But here's the problem. Most opportunities have a window.

58:20 That's why they're called windows of opportunity. And so disobedience sometimes or delayed obedience is a human glitch that we have to overcome. And number seven is inconsistency. In the passage that we looked at earlier in James, it talks about and continuing therein.

58:41 Inconsistency. You do well for a minute and then you fall off. So you do well for a moment, but then you fall off. But listen, consistency is taking a moment and taking a moment into and producing momentum from moments. Let me say that better.

59:04 Momentum. You can either have a moment or you can have momentum. The difference is consistency. So a lot of people, we have a big moment and then we don't stay with it. And there's some things, some breakthroughs that require momentum to get through. so consistency is everything here's the last thing I'm gonna do there's something I saw in this passage that I thought was amazing he said tells us to be a doer. It's an interesting Greek word. It literally means a performer or, better yet, a poet. A poet. Now, remember we talked about last week, God says that we are his workmanship, that Greek word literally means we are his poem. and here James is calling us poets. What's the connection?

1:00:00 If my life is a poem, we are his workmanship, we are his poem. Study it. Go back to last week if you need to. If my life is a poem, then of course I must become a poet. a performer, a poet who speaks, who works and produces according to the script. Are you hearing me? I have to have a relationship with the word of God, and that word tells me I must work. I want to pray. Stand with me real quick. If you don't have to leave, this part right here is everything. This is impartation. if you're here the study guide get the study guide there's a QR code get the study guide working if you're serious about flowing and moving in the design download the study guide it's right there for you I put it together for you with you in mind actions, activities, your journal it's going to be amazing your journal based on this study guide is going to be prophecy I prophesy this right now for those who are really serious about walking in everything that God has called them to walk into so serious that you work the study guide that you work it you can download it right now work it, get your journal those are your serious you let the Holy Spirit lead you while we're on this 21 day fast you let the Holy Ghost lead you and you start writing things down you're going to be amazed what happens in 12 months.

1:01:39 You're going to be amazed to see what takes place. Watch this. And you're not even, you're going to be not only amazed by what happens, but you're going to be amazed by what you see when you look in the mirror. Because God's going to build you, increase you and make you more because you are more, you're built for more. I want to pray for some people. This word resonated with you really, really deeply and really, really strongly. I'm gonna pray for everybody but if you're here and you feel like you need to move out of where you are I want you to meet me here at this altar I want to pray for you you want to lean all the way into this truth I know when there's a message from heaven and here is the thing I'm gonna tell you right now When God gives you a word, it is his goodness. But the executing of that word, the obeying of that word, should not be optional.

1:02:39 There's mercy in prophecy. There's mercy in prophecy. I want to articulate this properly. I don't want to scare you but there's a warning in the prophecy I'm not a prophecy isn't a good idea it's a God idea 2 Chronicles 20. Believe in the Lord and you'll be established. Believe in his prophets and you will prosper.

1:03:22 I like that. It's almost like being saved and getting into heaven or walking in the fullness. Yeah, I got that. But walking in my fullness, the fullness of impact, the fullness of not just me getting into heaven, but my great-grandchildren getting into heaven because of what I built. James said, I'll show you my faith by my works. I'll show you my faith by my works. You won't even have to question whether or not I have faith. Watch what I build. Watch me. I got a revelation of what God placed in me. I realize that I am his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, for ergon, for enterprise. I feel the Holy Ghost. Oh, God, this is too much. This is too much.

1:04:15 This is too much. This is too much. I prophesied this. I want to articulate it the way I just saw it. It's going to come to you so quickly that it's going to keep you up at night. There's a flow of wisdom and revelation that's going to come to you. I'm not a shot. God's going to give you the blueprints. The blueprints. You're watching via live stream. Don't let this go over your head. I know it's not typical Sunday morning, but I didn't come here for that. This is a kingdom thing, baby This is a kingdom conversation and you can be church or you can be kingdom I'll be kingdom. The Bible says that everything that can be shaken will be shaken. Church can be shaken, not kingdom. Not kingdom.

1:05:07 Because the kingdom is in me. wisdom and revelation is going to come so fast. Get your phone out. Get your notepads out. God's going to show you things. It's going to be accelerated. It's going to be quick. And don't doubt it. Just jot it.

1:05:31 And keep it in front of you. Look at it every day. And bet on yourself. Bet on yourself. This is why it's important. Don't be frivolous with your spending right now. Hear me clearly. Because you're going to need to make an investment in you.

1:05:53 And don't sow your seed on some new shoes. Not now. You're going to need a seed to sow into you. Into your business. You're going to need that. You're going to need that $5,000, $10,000, $100,000, whatever it is. You're going to need that $500. You're going to need that. Be disciplined. Be disciplined. Put it to the side. Stop putting it to the side. Now, for some of you... A door is going to open where you don't need it. somebody's just going to give it to you, sow it into you. Now, you've got to be ready, though. You've got to have a plan. If I said, hey, I want to sow $10,000 into your business, tell me in 30 seconds what it is.

1:06:46 You better have it. It's going to be like that. You've got to prepare for it. It's going to come so fast, so fast, so fast. Write it down. And it's not just going to be one thing. It's going to be a lot of things. Because remember, there's a whole ecosystem in you. It's your inheritance. It's not for them.

1:07:20 It's not for those people. They have all the breaks. You got the break. The break is in you. The break is in you. It ain't going to do with your mama, your daddy, your relationships, what you've been through. It ain't going to do none of that because your daddy didn't give this to you. Your heavenly father built you with it. I got to believe it And I got to Watch this And I got to prove That I believe it By moving toward it Faith without works Is dead I'll show you my faith By how I build Watch me build You ain't got to question Whether or not I trust God Or I trust in what God said You should just watch me build And wait till I finish building Then you'll believe me you ain't got nothing to prove to nobody but you have a calling and a mandate to fulfill your divine design so I want to pray for you some of you need to put seed in the ground here right into this word right here at this altar you forgot that you were on keys you feel apprehended seized the presence of God if I were you on your own level and in your own way I'd put seed in the ground in your own way You watching via live stream, it's not a game.

1:08:50 It's not a game. God has a strategy always. And the strategy is in you. So there, instructions on the screen, however you do it, we're going to pray. But I want to pray for you, but if it's in your heart, to put seed in the ground. 818, 818, Deuteronomy 818. for God has given me the ability to create wealth. For some of you it's $18, for some of you it's $8, for some of you it's $818.

1:09:24 Something puts seed in the ground. I believe you, God. I wouldn't be up here playing with you. I don't do that. I don't play that stuff. I could be doing anything. I could be anywhere. I love you. I love you. For real, for real. And I'm committed, 10 toes down, to make certain that everybody under the sound of my voice is equipped and prepared. I'm not going to see the evil coming and not warn you. Father, I thank you so much for these, your sons and daughters, both in the house and watching via live stream. God, we thank you for this rich meal, not because I served it, but because you said it. And I thank you, Lord God, that your word will not return unto you void. Oh, hallelujah. It will accomplish that for which it was sent. Hallelujah.

1:10:18 God, your sons and daughters have come forward because they have sensed the deep resonance. Deep has called unto deep. And the word has gotten together. And many, as if their babies leaped, many thought that they were no longer pregnant, but they feel the fetus kicking again. Hallelujah. Many thought that they were barren, but now all of a sudden they feel life again. They recognize that they're carrying something. Hallelujah. They're carrying promise and covenant and victory. Father, I pray, God, in the name of Jesus,

1:11:06 that those things that would hinder disbelief, lack of knowledge, being undisciplined, all those things, God, as they lean into you, you will begin to break those things. I thank you for the ideas, the witty ideas that are coming, the strategy that's coming. Lord, the consistency that's coming. I thank you for the relationship. I thank you for the chayil that's coming, the relationship, the resources, the insights, the money, everything that's needed that you might establish your covenant with them that you swore to their fathers. I thank you God That there would be a renewing of the mind That we might prove What is that good and acceptable and perfect will For our lives I just want you to repeat after me Heavenly Father I thank you for your love I feel it Heavenly Father I thank you for your word I receive it Heavenly Father I thank you for Jesus.

1:12:20 Thank you for making him who had no sin all of mine. All of my weakness. All of my limitations. All of my shortcomings. You placed in his body. Nailed it to the cross. And put it to death.

1:12:44 That I might be the righteousness of God in him. And just as he was raised up, free and victorious, bondage free, because I'm in him, I'm raised up too. Heavenly Father, I claim the covenant. I claim the promises. I will not come short of any word spoken over my life. I'm forgetting what's behind me. And I'm reaching for that which is before me. I press toward the mark of the upward call of God in Christ. Now Holy Spirit, fill me to the Holy Ghost.

1:13:40 Spirit of wisdom, counsel, might, and the fear of the Lord. Fill me. I thank you for witty ideas, strategies, and everything I need to be who you've called me to be. God attract to me the right people, the right information, the right partnerships. and God remove from me anything that would deceive me, hinder me, trick me. I'll lean on you. I'll trust in you. Me and you, God, will get her done. In Jesus' name. Amen, amen, amen, amen. Hallelujah.

1:14:34 Just a couple of things and I'll do the benediction. if you are not officially a part of this movement upon leaving you can do one or two things there will be a qr code on the screen get tapped in we've got pastors to our left part of our staff that will pray with you connect with you they'll be there if your purpose to sow seed in the ground you can do it via live do it via screen of the text to get all that's there or you can put it Here on the altar, don't miss obedience if that is what God has called you to do. I would do it in 818 or 818 increments. I love you. May the Lord bless and keep you. May he make his face to shine upon you and be gracious towards you. May he lift up his countenance over you and grant you shalom, shalom in Jesus' name. God bless you. Love you very much.

1:15:25 God bless you. Listen, the Potter's House isn't just a place, it's a movement.