Don't Miss The Transition
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 9/1/2022Daniel 2
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez encourages believers to embrace the uncomfortable transitions in their lives, teaching that God uses shifts and storms to push us toward our highest potential and divine assignments.
Key points
- •God often uses threatening or uncomfortable situations to push us out of our comfort zones and into our true purpose.
- •Like Daniel before King Nebuchadnezzar, you are the designated answer to the specific problem God has placed you in.
- •A transition is taking place from a caterpillar anointing (relying on human support and moving slowly) to a butterfly anointing (soaring by the Spirit).
- •Missing a previous opportunity does not mean you are disqualified; God is a God of second chances who rebooks His people for their assignments.
- •Trusting the process is essential, especially when life's itinerary feels chaotic or beyond your control.
Scripture
Purpose
Restoration
Trials
Spiritual Growth
Life application
Identify one 'threatening' or uncomfortable situation you are currently facing and, instead of resisting it, ask God to reveal how it is refining your character and preparing you for promotion.
Reflection questions
- In what ways have you been relying on 'caterpillar legs' (human resources) rather than the 'wings' of the Spirit?
- Reflecting on Daniel's response to the King, how can you shift your focus from the threat to the God who possesses all wisdom and might?
- Are there past failures or 'missed flights' that you are still mourning? How does the concept of being 'rebooked' by God change your perspective?
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0:00they'll receive it today
0:02in jesus name
0:04amen if you believe the word of the lord
0:05you're about to hear come on let's give
0:07him praise
0:09and you may be seated in the presence of
0:11the lord i was just sent here today
0:15to encourage you
0:17not to miss
0:19the transition that's about to take
0:21place in your life
0:24don't
0:25miss
0:26the transition
0:29god is preparing you
0:32to take you to heights unknown
0:36to places you have never been
0:39to accomplish things you are dreaming
0:43and here in the book of daniel chapter 2
0:47we find a king nebuchadnezzar
0:50who had a dream and the dream puzzled
0:53him and he was
0:55so troubled by the dream
0:58that he called for the magicians
1:01astrologers and the chanters
1:04to come and interpret his dream
1:07to make sense of it he knew that it was
1:10a dream that was sending a message
1:13about his leadership
1:15about the kingdom that he was
1:16responsible for
1:18he knew
1:19that that dream somehow
1:22was related to the next move of what's
1:24going to take place for him
1:27and his people
1:28so he was puzzled by it and the bible
1:31says
1:31he went out and he called for all of
1:34these chanters astrologers
1:37to interpret this dream and the story
1:40went on where
1:42you know they couldn't
1:44interpret the dream it was so
1:46complicated
1:48and he threatened king nebuchadnezzar
1:51threatened
1:52to cut these uh chanters and astrologers
1:56and magicians to cut their bodies up
1:59if they could not interpret the dream
2:02and he got frustrated because they
2:04couldn't
2:05and therefore he sent his servants out
2:08to slaughter all of the wise men of
2:11israel
2:13not just the ones who couldn't perform
2:16not just the ones who couldn't interpret
2:18it he was in such
2:20rage that he said i am angry i am bitter
2:24i want all the wise men
2:27of israel to be slaughtered
2:30and so it is we have a prophet named
2:32daniel
2:33a prophet who was gifted a man who was
2:36anointed by god to do great things a man
2:40who had yet to tap into his full
2:43potential
2:45god somehow
2:46allowed a bad situation a threatening
2:50situation where king nebuchadnezzar was
2:52saying i'm going to kill all the wise
2:55men that included daniel also if they
2:58weren't able to interpret his dream so
3:01daniel found himself in a situation with
3:04the other wise men who were scared for
3:06their lives and they were saying wait a
3:08minute how are we going to do this
3:10please save us do something because we
3:13don't want to die
3:16but daniel somehow knew
3:20that god had a special anointing on him
3:24that no matter the threats of life no
3:26matter the conditions that we're faced
3:28with daniel knew
3:31that if god be for him
3:34who could be against him
3:37and today i just believe that god is
3:39speaking to someone today and he's
3:41trying to let you know that sometimes
3:44you're going to find yourself in
3:46threatening situations
3:48sometimes you're going to find yourself
3:52in a position where you you seem as if
3:56that that you're going to transition
3:58from from from hope to hopelessness
4:01daniel felt that his life was going to
4:04be taken away from him and therefore he
4:06remembered his god and that's why he
4:09answered and said blessed be the name of
4:13god forever and have ever to whom belong
4:17wisdom and might
4:19daniel was given the praise to god he
4:22said forever and ever i'm going to
4:24acknowledge my god because he's the one
4:28who possessed all wisdom
4:30and might
4:32he changes the times and seasons
4:36every problem has an expiration date
4:40every situation you're faced with
4:44if god placed you in it
4:46he will always make a way of escape
4:50from it
4:52he said god changes times and seasons
4:56so i don't care what season you're in
4:58daniel was in a season where his very
5:00life and the otherwise men's life were
5:03in jeopardy
5:04yet he knew somehow god was going to use
5:08him to change the time to change the
5:10seasons
5:12he removes kings and set up kings
5:17sometimes ladies and gentlemen
5:19authority that's given to some people
5:22somehow they will abuse it somehow they
5:25will use it to manipulate others some of
5:28you sitting here today watching right
5:31now you may be in an environment perhaps
5:34it is in a marriage perhaps it's in a
5:36relationship maybe it's a workplace
5:38you've got a supervisor you've got
5:40somebody in leadership authority who
5:43somehow is abusive who somehow used the
5:46authority to manipulate and to threaten
5:49you daniel knew that the god that he
5:52served was a god who will promote one
5:55and demote the other god knows how to
5:58take care of the strongholds that are
6:01over your life and somebody ought to
6:03give god a praise for that word
6:08he says he gives wisdom to the wise
6:12and knowledge to those who have
6:14understanding
6:15and then he said he
6:17reveals
6:19deep and hidden things
6:21deep and hidden things daniel
6:24had the ability
6:26to look at
6:28and listen to the dream of king
6:30nebuchadnezzar
6:31and was able to interpret it properly
6:36and i sense today in my spirit
6:40that god has
6:41been speaking to all of us
6:45about the possibilities that are before
6:48us
6:48and how important it is
6:51that we seize those possibilities
6:54that we're going to be thrust into some
6:57situations we don't want to be there
7:00we don't like the circumstances that
7:02we're forced into but i strongly believe
7:05in my spirit that god is saying
7:08seize the moment
7:11don't be threatened by it
7:14don't be scared
7:17don't be nervous about it
7:20because what god placed you in can't
7:23kill you oh i gotta say it again
7:26what god placed you in can't kill you
7:30daniel knew this
7:32you see i truly believe that some of us
7:35are wrestling with the holy spirit
7:38and the work that he's doing in us to
7:40get us to our best
7:43self so that we can function at full
7:46capacity and do what we're called to do
7:50there's a wrestling going on there's a
7:52struggle going on on the inside of us
7:55with the holy spirit and let's just be
7:58honest we all sense
8:01something is changing
8:03in us
8:05and about us
8:07something is changing
8:10listen to me woman of god man of god
8:13something is changing
8:16god creates storms
8:19he creates situations to push you out of
8:23your comfort zone
8:27oh i don't know who i'm talking to
8:30god will create situations
8:32to push you into your purpose
8:36we know there's more to who we are
8:38currently
8:40and that we are being pushed into an
8:43ocean of unlimited possibilities
8:48there's an ocean of unlimited
8:49possibilities out there
8:51and the truth is let's be honest we're
8:53scared
8:55we are afraid because we have never
8:59done most if any
9:03of what we have been pushed into
9:07i know you're scared
9:10i know you're feeling
9:12why would god put me before greatness
9:17daniel
9:18was now put before the king
9:22to become the answer
9:24to what the king needed
9:26i just stopped by to tell somebody
9:29that god has put in you
9:31an answer
9:33to someone that can help you to become
9:36great
9:39don't
9:40always
9:42look at threatening situations as things
9:46that are meant to destroy you
9:50you will never be your best self
9:54until you are forced
9:57to step out of
10:00what is comfortable
10:02into the unknown
10:04where you now have to no longer rely on
10:08your own resources your own human
10:11abilities you now have to rely on god
10:15because he's pushing you
10:17into an environment that you cannot
10:21sustain or stand on your own and that's
10:23why you're off balance that's why you're
10:26nervous that's why you feel as if you're
10:28not stable why because god is pushing
10:31you before greatness ah would you tell
10:34your neighbor that god's pushing you
10:36before greatness
10:39yes he is
10:41let's just be honest man
10:44something is really changing in us
10:47it is
10:48and god is calling us to step out
10:51to launch out into the deep
10:54to recover what we've lost
10:56and at the same time discover new things
11:00we're not only going to get the stuff
11:03we've lost
11:05but god says i want you to discover some
11:08new things
11:09some of us have never stepped into the
11:12kind of deep water
11:15that test our faith like we're in now
11:19somebody is listening to me today
11:22and god has thrust you
11:25before something something i don't know
11:27what that thing is
11:29and you're nervous because the truth is
11:32you're either going to succeed
11:35or you're going to be the biggest
11:36failure
11:39now i don't know which side you're
11:40leaning on i don't know if you're
11:42thinking i guess i'm going to fail
11:45or are you saying somehow i believe if
11:48god ordained it
11:50i have the ability to perform it
11:54oh glory to god
11:57some of us have never stepped into the
12:00kind of deep water
12:03that's testing our faith
12:06and i'm talking about the deep water
12:09calls for us to abandon our self
12:12remedies
12:14and to control
12:16the the the control if you will that we
12:20tend to have over our situations we have
12:23all of our remedies
12:25for
12:26the things we're going through
12:29the remedy is to fix our situations
12:33self-made remedies we think we got it
12:36all under control we can do this
12:39you know we know the answer some of us
12:41have followed the trends of the world in
12:44our society and so forth but i'm telling
12:47you where god has taken you you can no
12:49longer use self-remedies
12:52you can no longer have control over
12:54things i don't know who this word is for
12:57but somebody need to let go the control
13:00that you have over that situation let go
13:03and give it to god and watch what god
13:06will do in your life
13:09let it go somebody shout let it go
13:13we know we can't stay where we are
13:17this is not for everybody
13:20there's a few of us today we know
13:23something is shifting something is
13:25changing and we can no longer stay where
13:28we are
13:30we know we definitely can't continue to
13:33function the way we're functioning
13:35something's got to change
13:38i don't know who this is for
13:41we can't keep living the way we're
13:44living something's got to change
13:47according to his word he made us some
13:49promises and we're not living those
13:52promises therefore something has got to
13:55change i want my blessing i want every
13:58promise that god has ordained for me and
14:01something's got to change hit your
14:03neighbor and say something's got to
14:05change
14:08something
14:09has to
14:10change
14:12deep
14:13down on the inside of our hearts
14:16we also know that god
14:18is telling us
14:20that we are greater
14:22much better
14:24and more valuable
14:28and more valuable
14:30oh people have dogged you out and people
14:32have labeled you
14:34but you're more valuable
14:37you're better than your failures
14:40and i believe that the holy spirit is
14:42pushing us
14:43to refuse to stay within the confines
14:47of average ordinary and the generational
14:51curses and barriers society have placed
14:54on us
14:56he's pushing us
14:59and say get out
15:01from the barriers and from the
15:03environments that's controlling you get
15:05out launch out
15:08he's pushing us to get out from under
15:11the control of people and to step out
15:15from our own fears
15:18step out
15:20trust him
15:21that he will see you through
15:24even though you are fearful over the
15:26situation
15:28so god told me to tell you today that
15:30the changes you are experiencing
15:33though they may be uncomfortable at
15:36times like daniel
15:38they are designed to transition you into
15:41things you've been praying for and
15:43seeking him about
15:47they are designed to move you
15:50over into things he has ordained for you
15:55and please please please i beg you
16:00allow the changes you are experiencing
16:03to mix with your patience
16:06so that you can get to where god wants
16:09you to be
16:11be patient with god
16:14be patient man
16:16be patient and allow god to do his work
16:20with you
16:21allow the experiences i know it's
16:23uncomfortable i know you've been put in
16:26a threatening situation i know you're
16:29wondering okay god i better get this
16:32right i mean daniels was saying i better
16:34get this right you know because the king
16:36has ordered to kill every wise person
16:40and you know you're gifted you know
16:42you're anointed and now the real test
16:45has now been before you and god has put
16:48you to the forefront and you are nervous
16:50and you're scared and god told me to
16:53tell you today you're a part of the army
16:56of god's people you are israel trust him
17:00he has put in you the ability to perform
17:03at your best
17:06ah yes you will perform at your best i
17:09want you to look at what psalm 130 verse
17:127 says
17:14o israel o israel
17:16o people of god
17:18hope in the lord hope
17:22in the lord hope in the lord for with
17:26the lord there is
17:28steadfast love
17:31and with him
17:32is plenty full
17:34redemption
17:37god got daniel out of that situation
17:42when others were scared for their lives
17:46he stood before the king
17:48and correctly interpreted the dream
17:52he had full redemption
17:55the thing that you are running away from
17:57the thing that god placed before you
18:01god is trying to develop character in
18:03you and god's trying to to to develop
18:06you in such a way where you are better
18:09fit for what's coming in the future but
18:12you're scared no daniel stood there and
18:15he was able to interpret accurately
18:18because he knew that his god loved him
18:22and he knew that god was going to redeem
18:24him that god was going to save him so
18:26right now i believe that your life is
18:28going through a metamorphosis experience
18:32yes it is
18:34it is an experience that is designed to
18:37transition you from someone needing
18:39multiple legs
18:41to get to where you need to go to
18:44becoming someone who doesn't need lag
18:47support at all
18:49what do i mean by that
18:52i'm just trying to explain to you here
18:54ladies and gentlemen that many of us
18:57we need to understand that that god will
19:00put us into this metamorphosis
19:03experience it's an experience that is
19:05designed to transition us you know into
19:08greatness and the people you think
19:12that god is going to use to help you get
19:14there he's not going to use them
19:18the legs that you are trying to operate
19:21by
19:22the things you are trying to accomplish
19:24and you think you need this support you
19:26need that support you see here's the
19:28thing a a caterpillar has six legs
19:33in order for it to move and watch this
19:36it moves slowly
19:39it needs six legs
19:41in order to move slowly
19:45six
19:47some of you
19:48are thinking of all the supports in life
19:50that you need to get you to where you
19:52need to go haven't you recognized that
19:55with all those support
19:57you're still moving slow
20:00you're still not accomplishing much
20:02[Applause]
20:03with all the people you think that
20:07is there to support you
20:09haven't you recognized that you are not
20:11gaining ground
20:13that that the things that god has
20:15ordained for your life you have not
20:17achieved them yet but when it comes to a
20:20butterfly
20:22when it comes to a butterfly a butterfly
20:25doesn't rely on legs to move around
20:29a butterfly
20:31depends on its wings
20:33and it can do greatness it can soar to
20:36great heights
20:37it doesn't crawl it's not slow
20:40you have to choose at the level that you
20:42want to operate at
20:45do you want a caterpillar anointing or
20:47do you want a butterfly anointed
20:51it's all up to you
20:54so i'm telling you right now
20:56you must stop the complaining
20:59stop complaining about your life and
21:02what it is like and and the the people
21:04and what they're doing to you and stop
21:06blaming um others and and stop blaming
21:10them for your restlessness and begin to
21:12embrace what god is doing in your life
21:16the restlessness that you're
21:17experiencing the threat and how you're
21:19scared it's all a part of god's plan
21:24to where he is taking you my friends
21:27so i need you to embrace the twist and
21:29turns
21:30that life present
21:32and let god use them if you will to
21:35strengthen
21:36and
21:37to elevate you
21:39to the next level of your best self
21:43god wants to elevate you to the next
21:45level
21:47of your best self because you're not
21:48performing at full capacity you're
21:51better
21:52they're more dreams to interpret
21:55they're more visions for you to
21:57accomplish
21:59but you are operating
22:01with a caterpillar anointing
22:04your dependency is too much on your job
22:07it's too much on your own strength and
22:09your own plans it's too much on the
22:13people that you have surrounding you and
22:16god is saying i want you to go through a
22:18metamorphosis experience where i will do
22:21a drastic change in your life where i
22:24change you from ordinary to
22:26extraordinary oh somebody will give god
22:29a praise
22:34never get frustrated about the issues
22:36you're going through
22:38you see joseph would have never
22:40ever become prime minister
22:43had he not gone through a series of
22:45personal developmental
22:47challenges
22:49you know the story
22:51he went through a lot
22:53before he could get promoted
22:55naomi
22:57would have never found the man of her
23:00dreams had she stayed in mohab and
23:03refused to go to bethlehem some of you
23:06your problem is you're still at moab
23:11you are still located at places where
23:13god says your time has expired
23:18i don't know who this word is for
23:22naomi decided i'm going to leave mohab
23:25and i'm going to follow someone that i
23:28believe is my connector to my next
23:32greatness
23:35she would have never
23:37received bo has in her life
23:40had she
23:41disconnected herself from rude
23:44if she had disconnected herself from
23:47ruth
23:48the source that god would use to
23:50ultimately connect her to her destiny
23:53she would have missed her big
23:56chance or the big change if you will
24:00that god had
24:01for her
24:03listen
24:04your
24:05discomfort
24:08your discomfort in life
24:10i believe god is using it to prepare you
24:13for your big promotion
24:20your discomfort in life
24:22is god preparing you for a big promotion
24:26here's the question do you want a big
24:28promotion or not or do you want to stay
24:31as an average person
24:34and for you to become great and big and
24:38for your gifts to come forth god has to
24:41put you in an environment
24:43so you can use your gift so you can max
24:46out your full potential
24:48are you hearing me
24:50he's using the unpleasant things you're
24:52experiencing to prepare you for future
24:55promotion
24:57you have already made much progress yes
25:01you have already made much progress
25:05just by the things that you have done to
25:07get you to where you are right now
25:10you have made huge progress
25:12you cannot afford now to let fear and
25:15frustration cause you to miss what god
25:18has for you
25:19you cannot
25:21see young lady
25:22stop being scared sir stop allowing the
25:27threats of what you're hearing in your
25:30head
25:31you can't do that
25:32you're gonna die if you try that
25:35you're not qualified
25:37you don't have the ability to accomplish
25:39that
25:40that's an insult to god
25:43that's an insult to god
25:45so what if you have missed
25:48opportunities to better yourself
25:50in the past
25:51to become what god has called you to be
25:54so what we've all missed the boat
25:58we've all missed opportunities before
26:02and i'm telling you today you still have
26:04a chance at being in god's will and
26:07receiving all the things he wants you to
26:10have you still have a chance to becoming
26:14your best self
26:18listen to me you still have a chance at
26:21becoming your best self i know you had
26:25some setbacks
26:26i know you've had some failures but you
26:29can still become your best self because
26:31god has arranged a situation
26:35like he did with king nebuchadnezzar and
26:38he's pulling forth at daniel which is
26:40you
26:42you are the only one that can solve the
26:45issue can fix the problem that god
26:48placed you in nobody else can do it you
26:50are the answer to the problem
26:52[Applause]
26:56and i strongly believe
26:58that god is going to give you double for
27:01all
27:02the losses that you have had and that
27:05he's going to use
27:07the path that you're on to ultimately
27:09bless you
27:12the journey that you're on he's going to
27:14use it to ultimately bless
27:17you
27:19someone listening to me today
27:22may have done all the right things
27:26and yet you are experiencing setbacks
27:28and roadblocks
27:30isn't that frustrating
27:32please don't be disappointed
27:35don't get discouraged
27:38i believe that god is waiting for you
27:41to trust the process yes i got to say
27:43that again
27:44somebody
27:46is about to make a bad decision to be
27:49out of the will of god don't do it
27:52he's saying trust the process
27:55to take steps of faith to get you to
27:58where
28:00he wants to take you
28:02no doubt
28:04when daniel was brought to the king
28:06he probably was nervous
28:09you know if i don't get it right
28:12i guess
28:13i'm going to be cut in pieces
28:16why are you so worried about
28:18if you fail
28:21if you fail
28:23all you just need to do is like daniel
28:24just go before the king go before where
28:27god placed you
28:28get into the environment where god says
28:30you belong and your gifts will make room
28:33for you
28:39i strongly believe that there are lots
28:42of changes taking place around you that
28:45most of it
28:47i believe you don't understand
28:50that's okay
28:52it's okay if you don't understand
28:54just don't allow the lack of
28:56understanding to cause you to become so
28:59frustrated that you miss what god is
29:01doing to prepare you
29:04for the big blessing
29:06that's coming
29:09don't allow
29:10life
29:12and its issues to force you
29:14to block you
29:16for the big blessings
29:18that are to come in your life
29:20every day
29:22we get opportunities to take our lives
29:24to greater heights unfortunately so many
29:27of us fail
29:29to get on board with what god has for us
29:32please don't miss this i'm almost
29:33through
29:36most of us
29:37let's be honest
29:39we have missed connections
29:42things and strategic times and seasons
29:46where god placed us at
29:48and we've missed it
29:51and here it is
29:522022 and you should have been further
29:55than you are right now but you're scared
29:58of the threats that life has presented
30:01to you
30:03but god sent me here today to tell you
30:05he wants you to know
30:07that god has booked you he has booked
30:10you on another flight
30:12oh you missed the first one
30:13[Applause]
30:14[Laughter]
30:17uh would you look at somebody and tell
30:19them i've been rebooked come on god has
30:22rebooked you on another flight to get
30:25you
30:26to where you need to go so i want you to
30:28rest in him my brothers and sisters and
30:31rest in him knowing that everything will
30:34be all right everything's going to be
30:36okay and listen to me there's nothing
30:39more frustrating than to spend time
30:41planning a trip that you are excited
30:44about taking only to have everything go
30:48wrong just when you are ready
30:50to leave
30:51anybody ever witnessed that
30:55you have saved up for the trip
30:58you have even planned and prepared
31:01what clothes you are going to wear and
31:03finally that day comes you're excited
31:07right
31:09you arrive at the airport and hurry to
31:11get to the gate only when you get there
31:15you are too late the door to the plane
31:18has closed
31:21and cannot be reopened
31:24you are locked out
31:27somebody hearing god's voice today
31:30feel that you've been locked out
31:34you've been locked out
31:36of the promises that he has
31:38placed on your life
31:40you feel locked out
31:43because nothing
31:44good is happening to you
31:48you see only those
31:50who have experienced
31:52this can relate
31:54to what i'm saying
31:55and the feeling of disbelief
31:58anger
32:00and hopelessness
32:02that result from missing
32:05your flight
32:08i don't care
32:10how much
32:12you've professed to be a christian
32:16when you miss a flight to go somewhere
32:18you're excited about
32:22and you get to that plane door
32:25and they close it in front of you
32:29you can develop a sense of hopelessness
32:31and yes even anger
32:33and frustration and sometimes let's tell
32:36the truth
32:38you might even have an outburst
32:44and right now
32:46i am just wondering how many of you feel
32:50like doors have closed in your life and
32:53it seems like they
32:55will never reopen
32:58you've been shut out
33:01how many of you
33:02have a sense of loss
33:05a feeling that
33:06suggests
33:08you've missed your god moment to take
33:10your life to higher levels of greatness
33:14those levels of greatness
33:17that he had planned for you
33:21you were well organized in what you were
33:23doing
33:25you were looking forward
33:28to where your hard work
33:31was about to take you only to miss the
33:33transition that
33:35should have taken
33:36place in your life to get you there
33:41we all have our connections in life
33:44and honestly sometimes we don't
33:47miss
33:49the next move of god and sometimes we do
33:52miss the next move of god that was
33:55designed to bring us to another level
33:58and i know this because as a preacher
34:02i've been there
34:02[Music]
34:04i've been there those of you screaming
34:08you see i was that person
34:12who missed that flight
34:15that was me
34:17i was the one who missed that flight
34:20from new york a few years ago
34:23that
34:24was to connect me to my final
34:26destination
34:28in south africa
34:31i've been invited to preach in south
34:33africa but because
34:35of my obligations here at the ministry
34:39i could only fly out that sunday
34:41afternoon after our own service
34:44so i had planned for that trip even down
34:47to packing everything i felt i needed
34:50to make the trip a success
34:53in order to make
34:55the trip and to make my speaking
34:57engagement on time i had to fly from
34:59watch this
35:01fort lauderdale
35:03to tampa florida
35:05to jfk
35:07to dubai
35:09finally to cape town south africa
35:14although it was a crazy itinerary
35:17i had no choice to travel that path
35:20if i wanted to fulfill my assignment
35:23somebody listening to me today
35:26life has taken you through a crazy
35:29itinerary
35:31that you had no control over but you
35:34knew you had to take the path
35:37in order to fulfill your assignment
35:40i know exactly how that feels
35:44what happened to me while traveling
35:47was beyond
35:48my
35:49control
35:51it was beyond my control
35:54when we left fort lauderdale the weather
35:58was bad
36:00we got the tamper
36:02to change planes
36:04we sat there we knew something was wrong
36:06when we got close to our departure time
36:09we were getting ready to go
36:11we notice
36:12there's no
36:13gate agent at the gate
36:16and we knew something was up
36:18hours later
36:20they came and they told us they have no
36:22flight crew
36:24you wanna i mean we we we've got places
36:27to go
36:28and there's nothing there to take us how
36:30many times we feel like we're in the
36:32will of god and we've got a path and an
36:34itinerary that we don't really like he
36:36takes us through certain things he takes
36:39us through people betraying us he takes
36:41us
36:42through people you know not doing what
36:44they said they're supposed to do he take
36:46us through bankruptcy he takes us
36:48through personal failures and he takes
36:50us through corporate failures he takes
36:52us through divorce he takes us through
36:55our kids acting funny it takes i mean he
36:58just takes us through so many things
37:02and when you finally think your life is
37:03about to take off
37:08the people who should assist in your
37:10promotion
37:12in your elevation
37:14it's not there
37:16and we sat there
37:19and finally when the crew showed up
37:22we got in the air got to jfk kennedy
37:26it was crazy because the terminal we
37:29were in we now had to go to a complete
37:31different terminal so that means we have
37:33to come out of the terminal and believe
37:36me i'm with my suitcase thank god i
37:39didn't check anything in and we're
37:41running from one terminal on the outside
37:44it is cold at jfk kennedy we have to go
37:47to the other terminal to re-check
37:50sometimes the process life takes us
37:54through
37:54[Music]
37:56it's crazy
37:58i was frustrated why we got to go
38:01recheck
38:03we got to go through tsa again because
38:05it's two different terminals if you ever
38:06been to tf to jfk it's a difficult
38:09airport
38:12we had to go in the cold i'm from south
38:14florida that's why i left new york i
38:17don't want to deal with no cold weather
38:20when we finally got through tsa
38:23rushing down to our gate
38:26finally got to the gate
38:28the whole air was empty
38:30door was closed
38:33saw our plane out there
38:37that would take us for the next 13 or 14
38:39hours
38:40to dubai
38:43and the lady said
38:45sorry
38:46the door's closed can't be reopened
38:51the sense of loss
38:54why would god put me through this i'm on
38:56an assignment i have a call in
38:59like you you have a calling you have an
39:01assignment this purpose locked up in the
39:04inside of you why would god take you
39:07through so many twists and turns and
39:10when you finally think you're gonna take
39:13your life to another level
39:15damn
39:17the door is closed
39:20and there's nothing more painful
39:22than to watch something that's supposed
39:25to take you somewhere
39:27and see it pull away from the gate
39:32knowing now
39:34i can't fly that night
39:38i can't fly there's no more of the
39:39flights
39:41the lady said
39:43we'll have to rebook you
39:45listen to me god's talking to somebody
39:49we'll have to rebook you sir
39:52we'll give you a hotel
39:55in jfk
39:58and come tomorrow we'll get you on the
39:59flight
40:02i miss my connection
40:05in jfk
40:07i also now miss my connection in dubai
40:11a domino effect
40:16i slept overnight in new york
40:19frustrated
40:22frustrated
40:25that now i'm going to miss my
40:27engagement that night
40:29i'm supposed to speak in south africa
40:31that way
40:32i'm going to miss it
40:34because when i get to dubai i'm not
40:36going to be on the flight that i was
40:37supposed to take
40:40when i finally got to the airport that
40:42morning
40:44and boarded the aircraft and sat down
40:48still frustrated
40:50god what are you up to
40:54why
40:55this is a crazy itinerary
40:58but i hear the holy spirit is saying
41:01it was beyond your control
41:06the twists and turns you're experiencing
41:08you never know why i allow certain
41:10things to happen
41:13trust
41:14the process henry
41:18trust
41:19the process
41:20[Music]
41:22he was delayed
41:24i didn't get to south africa until
41:25another day
41:27it was delayed to this day i'm not quite
41:30sure
41:32why it all happened
41:36there are things that are taking place
41:37in your life you may not fully
41:39understand what the heck
41:42mean that's this
41:44if you understand the term
41:48what is this going on in my life
41:52but trust the process
41:54i was a day late
41:56but i got rebooked
41:58sometimes you may not get to your
42:00destination when you want to
42:04and a lot of times it has to do
42:07with the weather
42:08conditions of our lives
42:10our own mistakes
42:14but god will always rebook us
42:18he's a god of second chance
42:22always
42:25listen to me sir ma'am if there's an
42:27assignment on your life
42:30god
42:31will not leave you
42:33until he gets you there
42:37and you need to take heed to the word of
42:39god today
42:41that what he's saying to you do not miss
42:44the transition that's taken place in
42:46your life it's uncomfortable lots of
42:48twists and turns
42:51lots of connections
42:53a lot of drama a lot of experiences
42:55don't miss god is using it to create a
42:59metamorphosis experience in your life to
43:02change you from operating too slow and
43:05depending on other resources god says i
43:08am creating you now to soar
43:12i'm changing things in your life
43:14[Applause]
43:18because
43:19you are called
43:22to interpret
43:23the hour
43:26you are called to discern the time and
43:29the season
43:31that's why he's a god
43:33who changes
43:35times and seasons
43:37and can i say this to you today and i
43:40close
43:42something is changing
43:45in your life
43:47stop
43:48resisting it
43:51you've been transformed from a
43:53caterpillar
43:55into a butterfly
43:57choose which anointing you need
44:00you can remain
44:02a caterpillar and resist what god is
44:04doing
44:06and five years from now we'll still find
44:09you
44:11well you know i'm trusting the lord
44:15i'm believing the lord that i'll get
44:16there one day
44:18i got faith
44:20back in 2022
44:23i receive a word
44:25and i'm trusting that word
44:27don't know when i'll get there
44:30but i think i get there
44:32or
44:34you can say god open that door
44:38open that door
44:40i'm not crawling out of my situation i'm
44:44flying
44:45out of my situation
44:47[Music]
44:49stand with me all over the building
44:53don't miss
44:54[Music]
44:56the transition
44:58that's taking place in your life don't
45:00miss it
45:02i don't know if god spoke to you today
45:05i don't know if this message was for you
45:08i don't know
45:10what i do know
45:11[Music]
45:13is that if you
45:14listen to the words
45:16perhaps you may have to replay it again
45:18for those of you are streaming
45:20they'll be uploaded on facebook and
45:22youtube right after the service
45:24maybe you need to watch it again
45:27so you don't miss anything
45:30why because your life is about to take
45:31off
45:35if you don't receive it that's okay but
45:37let me say it again your life is about
45:39to take off
45:40[Music]
45:47and i want to pray for you i want
45:48everybody to lift your hands
45:50i think we all need this
45:54when you walk out of here today please
45:56do not miss
45:59what god is doing in your life this week
46:02some of you the message today is going
46:04to become more relevant and real to you
46:06this week
46:08because some changes are about to take
46:11place that's going to force you
46:14to be transformed from average
46:18to above average from ordinary to
46:21extraordinary
46:23father as your people are lifting their
46:24hands now
46:26those who are streaming
46:27i pray for them today
46:30yes
46:32i pray for them
46:34that they will trust you
46:37even when they can't trace you
46:40that god as they lift their antennas up
46:42towards heaven
46:44that they will sense that you spoke to
46:46them
46:47in a very special way today to help them
46:50to understand
46:52that something is changing for the good
46:55they cannot miss this moment
46:58they cannot miss
47:00what you are doing in their lives
47:04god you have created a need
47:08and the need now calls for their
47:10anointing
47:11the need calls
47:13for their gifts their talents to come
47:15forth
47:17you're putting them in strategic places
47:19in front of
47:20great people
47:22and though it is threatening god
47:25i want them to understand that you
47:28really want them
47:30to master
47:32where you place them
47:34let their gifts come forth
47:36let the special anointing that you've
47:38placed on them to come forth today
47:42help them to be at their best self
47:45i pray in the name of jesus that
47:48everything that you've ordained for them
47:50that they'll have it in this season
47:53because seasons will change
47:56and if they miss this moment they'll
47:58never get it again
48:00and the moments that they have missed in
48:02the past the doors that have been closed
48:04before them
48:06hindering them from being blessed god
48:08help them to understand the message was
48:10to reassure them that you've rebooked
48:13them to enjoy another season that's even
48:16greater than the last
48:19because they must fulfill their
48:21assignment
48:23they must fulfill their assignment
48:26so i give you praise
48:29that they have received it today
48:32they're
48:32empowered and their trust in you and
48:35trust in the process
48:37in jesus mighty name we pray
48:40amen can you give the lord a hand of
48:42praise
48:47remain standing where you are those of
48:49you are streaming
48:51i hope you got something from the word
48:53today what incredible service we had
48:57and before you log off
48:59even those in the building
49:02if you missed the prayer that we did
49:04before the offering get into that man
49:07if you hadn't gotten a chance to give so
49:09your best seed the information is on
49:11your screen you want to make sure
49:14that you be a part of it
49:17and you follow the instructions on your
49:19screen the prayer service actually is on
49:21monday september the 5th
49:23membership classes right after service
49:25on the screen you'll see a link those of
49:27you are streaming to click to go right
49:30into the live zoom there i'll see you on
49:32wednesday
49:34and i just believe that as you leave
49:36this place to enter the marketplace to
49:39enter the world
49:40that you're going to be at your best
49:42don't miss the transition would you tell
49:45somebody next to you don't miss the
49:47transition
49:48don't miss it don't miss it
49:51ladies and gentlemen all over the world
49:53faith in your god
49:55will always
49:57move mountains
49:58out of your life god bless you have a
50:00great sunday afternoon
50:02god bless you
50:04be empowered
50:06[Music]