They Are Just Gonna Have To Adjust

0:40 and grateful for every person who is present. If you have your Bibles, would you meet me in Daniel chapter 3? Daniel chapter 3. Amen. Only one verse, verse 19.

1:03 Media ministry, if you'll raise the lights for me just a little bit, please. Thank you. Daniel chapter 3, verse number 19. Once you found it, once you say, I got it. Amen. Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace seven times hotter than usual.

1:39 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace seven times hotter than usual. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. I want to preach for a little while today using as a subject they are just going to have to adjust. They are just going to have to adjust. Would you look at the person beside you and tell them, take it from me. They're just going to have to adjust. There's an epilogue I want to apprise you of, and that is if you put a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will immediately jump out.

2:46 But if you place that same frog in warm water and start gradually adjusting the temperature, the frog will adjust its body temperature accordingly. The frog will keep adjusting its body temperature with the increase of the temperature of the water. when the water reaches its boiling point, the frog can't adjust anymore. It'll try to jump out, but is unable to do so because it lost all its strength in its previous adjustments.

3:46 And very soon, the frog dies. The critical question arises, what killed the frog? And many will presume, albeit falsely, what killed the frog was the boiling water. but the truth is what killed the frog was its inability to decide when to jump out I want you to hear me very carefully. Two things can be the death of you. Two things can be the death of you, not adjusting or making too many adjustments.

4:40 Two things can kill you, not adjusting or making too many adjustments. My dad taught me how to drive on a stick shift because he believed firmly if you could drive a stick shift, you could drive anything. driving a stick shift, you have to navigate the gas, the brake, and the gear. Anybody who knows how to drive a stick shift in this room knows that in making the change, you can hear when it's time. You can feel when it's time. And you know when to adjust. life is not static and the world is not stagnant your current habits mindset and practices that got you here are not equipped for what is getting ready to take place in the future one of my favorite books i want to recommend to you today is a book entitled what got you here won't get you there. What got you here won't get you there. You are going to have to make some shifts for your future. If you don't learn AI, you are going to end up A out.

6:21 You got to make some adjustments. You got to make some adjustments for your health. You got to drink some more water, eat uncooked food, downsize your sugar intake, incorporate exercise into your daily regimen. You got to make some adjustments and not assume your voting credentials are valid. You got to check your status because they're trying to purge your vote even while you are asleep. You got to make some consumer choice adjustments and buy from black businesses, not just during Black History Month, but you've got to make black businesses your first option and not your last resort. I don't care. I don't care what the culture tries to dictate. Don't adjust your stand for righteousness.

7:28 In Daniel chapter 3, there are three egotistical, there were three young men who are under the rulership and the leadership of an egotistical, megalomaniac, narcissistic leader. I know you think I'm talking about Trump, but his name was Nebuchadnezzar. And Nebuchadnezzar wanted to control everything, and he wanted to control everybody. And he says, I know how to get poor, oppressed people. I know how to shift their mindset is give them something to dance to. because if they'll catch the rhythm, they won't pay attention to the lyrics. They'll be so busy backing that thing up and dropping it while it's hot that they got no idea that the world is shifting all around them.

8:26 But three brothers named Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego said that we are not going to adjust to this false righteousness. Ladies and gentlemen, hear the voice of your pastor and hear me clearly. Do not adjust to this white nationalist evangelical Christianity that is afoot in America. With the likes of Paula White saying Donald Trump is the closest thing to Jesus Christ, that is a false theology. Franklin Graham wrote a letter to Donald Trump saying he's assured to get into heaven because of how he has handled the war in Iran. Trump is going to fit in heaven just like Trick Daddy did at the AKA convention. The two of them don't agree.

9:25 You cannot adjust to these uneducated theologians who are quick to denounce the divine nine, but they have not renounced racist policies or pedophilia or Epstein Island or the termination of black generals from promotion. Y'all better get away from these people that are quick to quote the Bible out of context, but never speak to truth to power. Everybody has a critique, but nobody is doing construction. Stop adjusting to dysfunction. Don't adjust. Do not adjust. hear me well, do not adjust to being left on read. Don't adjust to people only being available when you treat them. Don't adjust to always commenting on their posts, but they never acknowledge yours. Don't adjust to always being available, but when you need a favor, is an inconvenience. Do not adjust to being in love with somebody who acts like they barely like you. Do not adjust to being the only friend in the friend group. Do not adjust to being the first one in the thread, but the last one who they will answer the phone for. Do not adjust for dysfunction. And I wanted to warn you this morning that when you make a stand, you got to brace yourself for those who can't handle the emboldened you.

11:20 Daniel chapter 3, verse number 8. The Bible says in Daniel 3, verse number 8, At this time, some astrologers came forward and watched what they did. They denounced the boys. Gandhi said, first they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. And then you win. Ladies and gentlemen, people are going to be mad with you when they find out you got your own opinion. You got your own taste. You got your own goals. You got your own idea. You don't need validation. That's for parking tickets. You got to make up in your mind. I am who I am by the grace of God. And whoever don't like it, build a bridge and get over it. I am too grown to be waiting to see whether you like my hair and like my outfit.

12:19 I like what I got on. If you don't like it, it ain't up to you. In Mark chapter 5, in Mark chapter 5, Jesus encountered a man who was naked and running around in a cemetery. He was cutting himself with broken glass and with stones. And he's possessed with so many demons that he gives himself the name Legion. Jesus cast those spirits out of them. And what I wanted you to see in Mark chapter 5, verse number 15, is that when they saw him again, he was clothed in his right mind, and the people were afraid. Hold on, Pastor. What did you just say? I said in Mark chapter 5, there was a man who was filled with demons who was living in the cemetery, who was cutting himself. He had so many demons that they called him legion. Jesus laid his hands on the man and demons ran out of him. And when people saw him again, they were scared of him. Pastor, I'm confused. Do you mean when he was in the cemetery, they weren't scared of him. When he was filled with demons, they weren't scared of him.

13:47 When he was doing harmful behavior to himself, they weren't scared of him. No, but when he had a right mind, that's when people couldn't handle him. Sometimes when it is that people are hating on you, it ain't you that's crazy. It's them that's crazy. They don't like you to have your own made up man You have to get to the place. You have to get to the place where you have comfort in knowing. There are some people who like you being self-destructive, but can't stand when you are self-determined. They are mad because now you can tell when they're trying to gaslight you. you are not moved by manufactured tears and your discernment is so heavy that you can feel when they trying to do the Jedi mind trick and do reverse psychology on you but you no longer feel obligated to fix grown Negro's problems just because you didn't make the right decisions for your life. You can't be mad at me because I made some wise choices and did some things that were prudent for my future. Look at the person beside you and tell them there's a whole lot of people that don't like me, but see if I care. I'm still dressing good, driving good, looking good in spite of all the people that wanted to see me dead.

15:28 They can't stand to see me coming. But guess what? I'm going to show up anyway because the grace of God is on my life. And the Bible says that these three young men who practice civil disobedience, they refuse to bow down even though everybody in the culture was bowing down. They were bowing down to the music. They were bowing down to a God that couldn't do anything to them or for them or with them. They refused to bow down, and as a consequence, Nebuchadnezzar put a warrant out for their arrest.

16:18 And here's what I needed you to see. What I needed you to see, ladies and gentlemen, is Daniel chapter 3, verse number 16. If you don't get nothing else, I need you to get this. Daniel chapter 3, verse number 16. It's in your Bible. Don't take my word for it. Daniel chapter 3, verse number 16. I like what it says there. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego said, we don't need to defend ourselves. and this is for 100 of you in the room and 50 people online god had you come to church this morning because god said after today you no longer need to defend yourself let people think what they want to think let them say what they want to say let them feel what they want to feel i ain't gotta defend my decision for you.

17:17 When God called me, it wasn't a conference call. It was just me and here. I ain't gotta defend my decision, you. you no longer have to defend yourself. Watch what the boys said. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego said, we don't have to defend ourselves. Here it is, because God is with us. Hallelujah. Do you know what kind of confidence you got to have to know I am in a situation when no matter what happens to me, God is with me. There's some testimonies sitting on your row right now. They wanted to write you up, but they couldn't fire you because God was with you. There's no way you should have qualified for the loan.

18:13 You should have been evicted a long time ago, but God is with you. God puts you in positions and you didn't have to sleep with nobody to get it. You didn't have to brown nose in order to be there. God was with them. God was with them. And here's what I wanted you to see. What I wanted you to see, ladies and gentlemen, is that you are so acquainted and familiar with the miracle that I'm afraid you took it for granted.

18:49 King Nebuchadnezzar did not throw them into the fire simply because they didn't bow. Now, the Bible declares in Daniel chapter 3, verse number 16, that he became furious because they wouldn't defend themselves. God, help me to preach it right. He became furious because not only did they not defend themselves, but they had the audacity to say, God is with us. Now, I need you to understand. I need you to understand that Nebuchadnezzar is a backslider. he's a backslider because Jonathan he knows something about the science of praise and worship he knows something about the science of praise and worship and I'm going to prove it to you in the next couple of moments is uh notice this is that the fiery furnace ladies and gentlemen it only has one door it only has one door there is no emergency exit uh and so the critical question you got to ask as praisers is if I'm throwing you into the fire, if I'm throwing you into the fire, why is it necessary to bind my hands? There's no door for me to pull on in order for me to get out because the latch for the furnace, the door's handle is on the outside.

20:16 So why is it necessary to bind my hands if there's no handle on the inside? Nebuchadnezzar is a backslider because he knows if a worshiper ever starts waving their hand God help me, something is getting ready to happen my grandmother put it this way Father I stretch my hands to thee no other help I know if thou withdraw thy help from me then whither shall I go if you ain't in nothing don't wave your hand But if you need God to do something on your behalf, I dare you to just wave your hand. he's putting them in a fiery furnace he's putting them in a fiery furnace I need y'all to stay with me Nebuchadnezzar is a backsider because it's enough to just bind their hand why did he find it necessary to bind up their feet God help me to preach it right he was scared of what was going happen when a praiser praises under fire it's easy to praise God when you ain't going through nothing but if you know how to bless God while you under fire something will start shifting on you now if y'all ain't doing nothing going through nothing don't move your feet if you don't need a breakthrough don't you run right there if you don't need healing don't you jump because God inhabits the praise of his people.

21:57 I'm coming. Be seated. I got to show you something. I got to show you something. It's going to mess you up. I got to show you something. The Bible says that they bind up his hands, bind up his feet. And I need you to read Daniel 3 when you get home. I don't want you to take my word for it. The Bible says they threw them into the furnace. Is that what the Bible says? They did not escort them. They threw them. Now, this does not require a theological education. This is just on the basics of aerodynamics and physiology. If my hands are bound and my feet are bound, watch this, and I am thrown, I cannot land on my feet. so what the enemy did is he made a mistake he forced Shadrach Meshach and Abednego into a prostate position there's something about a worshiper that understands when I give God glory I don't need a band to back me up but when I think of the goodness of Jesus and all he's done for me If I got any worshipers, I dare you to just worship God like Lord if I ever.

23:27 Hallelujah. I'm coming. You may be seated. Thank you, Holy God. I'm waiting on the worshipers to show up. Come on, come on, come on. Worship him like you love him. Worship him like you need him. Worship him like you trust him. We are the worshipers. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. You may be seated. I'm scared to tell you this next part. You done read the text before, but you paid no attention to it. I'm scared to tell you this next part, but I'm obligated to do it. The only thing I brought with me was the Bible. Check it, Daniel chapter 3. I'm scared to tell you this part, but I'm obligated to tell you this part. Here's what I need you to see is that every person that threw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fire, watch this, didn't survive. God help me in here. They got consumed by what they threw them into.

24:41 I feel bad for the people that handled you reckless. I feel bad for the folk that set up traps in your name, muddied your reputation, assassinated your character. Did you really think you were going to get away by doing me dirty? I'm one of God's favorites. You can't survive and handle me wrong. You may be seated.

25:18 you may be seated ain't no way they're gonna survive ain't no way they're gonna get away with it they look good for a season but watch what happened between now and labor day i'm telling you i feel bad touch not my anointing do my saving no You may be seated, please.

25:52 Be seated. I'm coming. I got to show you something. This is not, this is not the first time that they put somebody in the furnace. It's not the first time that they put somebody in the furnace. And so Nebuchadnezzar being mindful that this is an instrument of terrorism, but these three got a different anointing on them. They got a different call on their life. And they are so bold to say God is going to deliver them. And Nebuchadnezzar is angry that they are professing their faith under fire. so watch what Nebuchadnezzar does because it's not his first time it's not his first time using the furnace but it's his first time using the furnace on somebody anointed So the Bible says he turns the furnace up seven times hotter.

27:02 Seven times hotter. Now, I know this is a black church. I know it's 99% of y'all are black. I get it. And black people, when you think of a furnace, you think of an oven, and we black people automatically go to 350 degrees. It don't matter whether it's brownies or rolls. You're going to put it on 300.

27:25 Just to get the party started, you're putting it right on 350 degrees. But it is not the temperature that you are thinking in your traditional ovens. There is no 225. There is no 150. He was saying, watch this, make it the hottest it can possibly be. seven is the limit seven is the worst it can go put it on that listen to me listen to me very carefully i'm preaching to somebody two rows behind you this ain't even a word for you when you are anointed and when it is that you carry the favor of god the attack on your life can never be normal the enemy will turn it seven times hotter to see if it will break you y'all ain't saying nothing what you are in right now would have killed weaker people but you made up in your mind if God before me who can be against he's made it seven times hotter and so what it is that you're dealing with is seven times harder than the attack of the normal person. So you are having to do with lupus, having to deal with fibroids, having to deal with hypertension, having to deal with diabetes, having to deal with being behind on your insurance, having to deal with a lapse in your car note, and you trying to figure out how am I under all of this pressure, and I've not lost my mind.

28:59 How am I dealing with this level of attack? And the people around me are complaining about small, insignificant stuff. But if they knew what it took just for me to get out the bed in the morning, they would be proud of the strength that I made. But when you get to seven, watch this. Seven is the hottest you can make the furnace. I got to get out of here. I need you to grab your neighbor's hand real quick. I'm almost finished. grab that neighbor's hand and say, neighbor, congratulations. You have survived the hardest season of your life. And when you come out of this, it ain't ever going to be hot like this or more. I need you to shout like you coming out of the hottest season.

29:53 Come on, I'm coming out of it give two people a high five tell them you coming out of it Hallelujah. Oh my God.

30:16 Thank you, Holy God. bless that wonderful name of Jesus hallelujah I feel his glory hallelujah thank you holy God the Bible says that Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are in the fire walking around giving God glory y'all missed the miracle they're in the fire walking around giving God the glory y'all missed it let me give it to you again they in the fire walking around giving God glory that means while they were giving God glory whatever was on their hands fell off of them whatever was tying up their feet came off of them I dare somebody in this room God said if you walk cry and give me glory whatever heads you tied up is coming off for you whatever heads you bowed is coming off for you whatever God's getting ready to do is coming off for you Okay, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, Lord, I love you, Lord, I give you glory, Lord, I give you honor, hallelujah.

32:01 I'm almost finished. I need somebody's hand in your hand. I need somebody's hand in your hand. Mitchell, stay with me. I'm almost finished. I need somebody's hand in your hand. I got to tell you this. There's only two more things I got to tell you, and then you get ready to go home. What I appreciate, ladies and gentlemen, and I'm mindful that you're familiar with this miracle, but I wanted you to look at it from a different perspective. What I wanted you to see is that when they're worshiping God and the ropes have come off of their hands, the ropes have come off of their feet and they're walking around, here's what you missed. What you didn't pay attention to is Shadrach isn't the only one that gets out.

32:53 Meshach ain't the only one that gets out. Abednego is not the only one that gets out. I'm telling y'all better tear this church up. God says, when you give me glory, whoever are the two closest people to you who stuck with you in your fire, God said, I'm not just pulling you out, but whoever was with you, in the hottest season of your life. I'ma pull them out with you. You ought to shout for your best friend. You ought to shout for your prayer partner. You ought to shout for who held you down. You gotta shout. Thank you, God.

33:50 That neighbor's hand is in your hand. get used listen to me Atlanta listen to me Newber get used to no longer being blessed by yourself Get used to your whole crew getting elevated at the exact same time. Somebody's hand is in your hand. Listen to me. One of my favorite stories I got to give to you. One of my favorite stories. You've heard me say it before. I got to give it to you again. It's when Oprah Winfrey got the rights to the studio. When Oprah Winfrey owned all of her production.

34:47 when Oprah Winfrey was able to get it from Paramount, she took Gayle King to lunch. Stay with me. She took Gayle King to lunch and gave Gayle King a check for $3 million. Gayle King started having tears come down her eyes and said, Oprah, what is this for? And Oprah said to her, because when I'm shopping, I don't want you looking in my car. I want you to be able to get what you want to get without counting my money. Y'all ain't saying nothing. God says in this next season when I bless you, you ain't got to worry about friends being jealous and friends being envious because the same oil that's on you is now getting ready to rest on there because God wants your whole crew to walk at the same level.

35:44 Thank you. They're in the fiery furnace, they're walking around. They're giving God glory. And the military stenographer comes and wipes steam from the furnace window. And he looks inside. And he radios back to headquarters, Houston, we got a problem.

36:12 We put three in. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego but there's a fourth man in there come on y'all ain't saying nothing and it looks like the son of God folk better get used to seeing God walk with me they better get used to seeing God's hand on my life They better get used! can you imagine wherever you go in this season people are going to see it's not you by yourself but it is the presence of the living God I got one thing to tell you and I'm finished right here would you lift that hand the last thing I wanted to tell you thank you for your indulgence thank you for your patience what I wanted you to see ladies and gentlemen is that I've been preaching all day from Daniel chapter 3 and what I wanted you to pay attention to is in this whole chapter I don't find Daniel the book is named after Daniel and it's the only chapter I can't find him and he is the appointed guardian for Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego God help me what happens when you go through the hottest season of your life and the person who's supposed to defend you ain't there the person who's supposed to have your back is not there the person who's supposed to help you navigate difficult terrain is not present and we get no biblical understanding or scriptural reference where is Daniel when I need him

38:17 I said I had to separate you had to separate you from illegal codependence because you thought you needed this person in order to make it but I am a jealous God I will move people out of the way so it's just me and you in your life and God said that's where I stand I want you to lift up that hand. This word is for somebody who's lost your mother and life ain't been the same.

39:05 For somebody who has gone through a nasty divorce and you thought there was no way you were going to rebound. For somebody who's trying to figure out what God is calling me to do and I got no mentor. I don't know what books to read. I got nobody to coach me or advise me. God said, you still got me. because God says I never switched up on you when you made your bed in hell I was right there when you ascended to the highest heights I was still right there and they couldn't do anything ladies and gentlemen after they saw them walking around the next time they see them walking out of it that hand is lifted I'm finished. I just wanted to make a declaration to you. You're getting ready to walk out of it.

40:03 you ain't got to fight your way through it. All you got to do is just walk out of it. The door that was shut is now open. Y'all didn't hear what I just said. I said the door that was shut is now open. And here's the good news. Three of y'all are coming out at the exact same time. I don't know where my three are, but if there's three on your road, get ready to come out. I dare you to give God glory like I'm glad. You're going to have to make adjustments.

40:47 Charles Dutton, Charles Dutton, my Baltimore homeboy, known as Rock, spent, was sentenced to life in jail. Sentenced to life in jail and came out and carved out a life as a renowned actor. And the interviewer asked Charles Dutton, how did you make it through jail without losing your mind?

41:19 Charles Dutton said something to the interviewer that I wanted to say to you. As he said, unlike the other inmates, I never decorated my cell. I didn't put pictures on the wall. Y'all ain't saying nothing to me. Because I knew that jail was not my home. I don't know where my worshipers are, but God said, don't you decorate where you are. You ain't going to be there, Lord. Don't you put no pictures on that desk. That is not your final stop. There's a greater place for you. You're going to have to adjust. Extend your hand. I'm going to pray for you. and I'm not even just praying for you. I need you to hear me in the realm of the Spirit.

42:14 I'm not just praying for you. I'm praying for your two closest friends, that when God does this move in your life, it will not just be for you. It will be for the people that are connected to you. I have no evidence that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are brothers. All I know is that they share the same conviction, share the same faith, share the same values. Sometimes God will give you friends who actually become family. because he wants to see you in a healthier place. Lift that hand towards. Lord, I pray for every person with lifted hands. But God, I'm not just praying for them.

43:09 I'm praying for the friend that stuck with him in the fire. the friend that could tell something was wrong just because their voice was different on the phone, the friend that sent a text message of encouragement and they didn't even know what I was going through. I pray for my friend who was dealing with something that they hadn't even discussed with me, but you know what's going on in their life. I don't know where my prayer warriors are. I'm praying that my friend will realize they deserve to be happy. that they are a candidate for a lasting love relationship. God, I love my friends so much that I want their children to be okay, that everything connected to them, I want it to go up at the exact same time. God, you got to get me out of this fire because there's so many people who are waiting to see me burn.

44:07 But God, I promise you, I'm going to give you glory in spite of what it looks like, in spite of what it feels like, in spite of what has been said over me. I trust you for it, and I believe you for it in Jesus' name. If your faith comes into agreement with mine, give God glory right there.

44:29 Come on, you can do better than that. Give God glory right there. I want you standing. I want you to see something miraculous that's getting ready to happen. People are getting ready to join this church. People are getting ready to get saved. People are getting ready to give their life to God. But what you're getting ready to see, you're going to have to wipe your eyes to look again, is you're not going to see people coming by themselves. Somebody else is coming with them. and that's what this next wave of miracles is getting ready to look like. If you're in this room, husband, you're in this room, wife. I hope you are energized that you don't need an energy drink. What you just heard should have you off and running, chasing your dreams, pursuing your purpose, and answering your call.

45:25 If this was a blessing, share it with somebody else. Don't be selfish. this is what God gave you so that you can be a blessing to somebody who needs it worse