When Life Wrecks Your Plans Steven Furtick - Steven Furtick

The devil has been telling somebody under the sound of

my voice, it's too late.

It's too late. It's too late.

Back in February, you could pray for that, but it's

too late now. Back before you started, you're over here now,

and you're wrapped in the chains of this addiction.

If you wouldn't have done that, then you could have

been used. It's too late.

I wonder if God showed us that he does not

need a human schedule ….

To accomplish a divine purpose.

And you're like, that's fine, Pastor, I'm 19. When Timothy

was getting ready to minister in Ephesus, which was a

hard place, Paul told him, let no one look down

on you because you were too young.

When Jeremiah got.

Ready to prophesy, God said, I formed you in the womb.

Before you were born, I set you apart. See, I

ordained your days before any of them came to be.

He said, don't say I am only a youth.

What that means is God is not bound by human timelines.

What that means is God is not looking at 2020

and saying, well, I can't wait till December 31st where

I can turn it all around for my glory.

Next year will be.

Better, guys.

Hang in there. God said, I don't need.

To check your schedule to bless you.

My God.

I don't need to check your schedule. If you come

into Elevation as an intern, I can raise you up

to tour the world leading worship.

John Sowell has.

Been in Europe worshiping God, leading people into the presence

of God. He's been in places … What's that place in.

Ohio they always route y'all through?

Canton, Ohio, leading people into the presence of God. From

Canton to Cambodia. I just said it because it's alliterated.

Lift your hands. Do not be limited. He said, all people,

all people, all people, all people, all people, all.

Things, all people. I will bless the Lord.

At all times. Is it a good time to praise him?

Well, do it then. Do it then.

I will bless the Lord at all times, at all times.

Come on, check your schedule. Did he wake you up?

Did he give you another day? This is the day.

Check your schedule. This is the day that the Lord

has made. It's a good time.

To praise him right now. 15 seconds.

Do what you gotta do.

Come on in the chat. Come on in the chat.

Come on in the chat.

It's only two times to praise him. When I feel

it and when I don't. I was young and now

I'm old. And I've never seen the righteous forsaken.

I'm sorry. Is it a bad time? Is it a

bad time? My kids never ask that. I'm sorry. Is

it a bad time? Is it a bad time, dad?

Unless they want something, they want to catch me in

a good mood. Then they might ask me, is it

a bad time? Never. Unschedulable. God is unschedulable.

So he doesn't ask, is.

It a bad time? Is it a bad time for

me to be your provider?

Actually, if he asked that, it's only for the purpose

that it's going to make him look that much better

when he does it.

They missed what I just said.

If God ever asks you, is this a bad time?

I hear somebody saying, it's a bad time for a blessing.

It's a bad time. I can't be happy right now.

I can't have peace right now.

I can't be content right now. It's a bad time.

It's a bad time. I'm single. It's a bad time.

We just got married. We don't have much money. It's

a bad time. Our kids are little. It's a bad time.

Our kids are toddlers. It's a bad time. Our kids

are teenagers. It's a bad time. My kids are gone.

When would be a good time? When would be?

One time I read a book on sales, and Eric

is a salesman, a recovering salesman, and they said they'd

never ask him, can I come see you?

They said, when would be a good time? When would be?

What's a good time? You don't ask them, can I?

You just say, when would be a good time? God

doesn't ask that.

In fact, God's like, you want me to.

Illustrate it from the text, or do you just want

me to tell you? You want a text? I already

gave you Genesis 12. You're so greedy. John 11. John 11.

John 11. Lazarus, the one you love, is sick.

When he heard Lazarus was sick, he waited where he

was two more days.

Check me out in your Bible. You think I'm making

this up?

You're like, oh no, pastor's been locked in an empty

auditorium with 40 staff members too long.

He forgot that God is an on-time God. Jesus was like,

oh yeah, he's sick. All right, let's wait a little bit.

We got to wait until it's a bad time. It's

a bad time. If it go right now, it'll be

a good time. It'll be the right time. But I

want to show up at the wrong time. I want

to bless you at a bad time.

I want to show you how powerful I am at

a bad time. Jesus, you have to stay on schedule.

The ministry of Jesus must have been so frustrating that

it's like, Mary and Martha are major donors, Jesus.

This is not good form for you to not go

to Bethany. That demon-possessed man you just healed.

You probably could have left him off the schedule. You

can tell what's important to someone by what they schedule.

And just because it wasn't on the disciples' schedule, what

makes us think it wasn't on Jesus' schedule? Just because

you didn't see it coming doesn't mean it didn't come

from God.

Thank you, Lord. I received that for my own life.

You know that.

God isn't going to check my schedule to do his will.

Do you remember this, JJ? Mark 5, Jairus comes, and

he's a synagogue leader. He's important. You can tell what's

important to someone by what they schedule. I have a

12-year-old son.

Graham is 12 right now, so I can picture this.

His 12-year-old daughter is about to die. This is an

urgent need for Jesus to go and heal this little girl.

Some of you have an urgent need with your kids

right now.

That's why I wanted to bring this scripture into the conversation.

Jesus was on his way to heal Jairus, who was

an important official. This is a political figure. He has

a lot of power, and he's asking.

Jesus to come to his house. On the way, a

woman stops Jesus. who is unclean by society's standards.

He stops because she thinks if I can touch him,

I'll be made whole.

And what she said was true. She touched him. He stopped.

She was healed.

Jairus' daughter died. Now, I don't know that I ever

saw it this way before. Some of y'all, especially with

what we're going through right now, you're real worried about

your kids. Because your kids are off schedule right now.

I need every mom.

I need every mom who needs to know whether your

kids are going back to school in the chat. I

want you to put in the chat the following prayer request.

I need details, Jesus. I need details, Jesus.

I just need to know if it's going to be

Furtick Education Academy this year. I want to apply for

my non-profit status if I'm going to have to educate

these kids again.

Come on. It's crazy.

Some of y'all are watching this message in the year 2035.

You're watching this at a weird time in history. We

have had an unschedulable year. Life is unschedulable. We laugh

at each other now. Hey, man, let's get together next week.

If the world isn't over, we put an asterisk by

everything right now. Hey, man, I'll see you tomorrow if

Armageddon doesn't come and we're.

Only halfway kidding.

Right? I can't wait to watch the Clemson Tigers if

they ever play again.

How will I know it's fall if there are.

No college boys in tight pants with painted helmets to

signify the season?

I don't even know what time it is. It's unschedulable.

And now I'm supposed to prioritize God, but.

I'm not even allowed to go to church. But how

do you keep your priorities safe? when life wrecks your schedule?

While Jesus was healing the woman, the little girl died.

The little girl died. And the servant said something that's

been going through your mind too. They told Jairus, don't

bother the teacher anymore. The girl is dead.

It's too late. He got off schedule. Peter tried to

get that woman away. She was persistent. Jesus healed her anyway.

Jesus was always stopping for stupid stuff. Look, the children

come to me. Jesus, the children don't.

Have any money to put in the offering account. Come on,

let's go back to Bethany and heal Lazarus. Why are

you stopping knock-knock jokes with the kids? Come on, Jesus.

You can tell somebody's priorities by what they schedule.

Now if that's true, and God still has you here

in this season, at this time, if God has you

parenting those children, if God has you in that position,

if God has you in that assignment, that place, that city,

that time, if God puts you here right now, you

must be important to his purpose. If God is speaking

this word to you right now, You can tell what's

important to someone by what they schedule. And just like

he stopped for a woman who most priests wouldn't have

touched for fear of defilement, just like he stopped for

a leper who he could have stoned, just like he

sat on a well to speak to a woman from Samaria,

a place the Jews would walk around to avoid having

to confront people that they hated.

God has stopped this moment to speak to you. I'm

not closing. I got more to say.

When I talk soft, I'm scared he'll start playing beautifully,

but I'm not done. As a matter of fact, check

your schedule right now. Can I tell you one more thing?

Do you have time to hear from God? Some of you,

for the first time in your life, you've had time lately.

And now you've crowded out your schedule with even more crap,

and you're bored, and your mind is busy, and you

can't figure out why.

We want to compartmentalize God. Jesus was still on schedule.

Come on, put it in the chat. He's still on schedule.

He's still on schedule. He's still on schedule. Don't touch

your neighbor. I don't want to get sued by my

own staff, but look at him and say, he's still

on schedule.

He's still on schedule. He's still on schedule. Oh, Jesus,

you want us to go to the other side on

the boat? Okay, we'll go. Wait, wait, wait. There's a storm.

It's going to throw us off schedule.

No, no, no, no, no.

You're still on schedule. In fact, even the storm has

an appointment. Even the trial has an appointment. You don't

hear me.

Even the thing that we did not put on our

calendar is a part of our calling.

Don't you believe he's sovereign? Don't you believe he's immutable?

If he can't change no matter how much the world does,

he doesn't. But maybe we need to reset our schedule.

Reset our schedule. When Jesus finally gets to the the

tomb of Lazarus. He's going to raise his friend from

the dead, but he's late. If he would have gotten

there on schedule, Lazarus never would have died.

Lean in. I have to tell you something.

He said, Martha, Martha. He met her at the gate.

He said, Do you believe? She said, If you would

have been here, he wouldn't have died. Jesus said, Let's reschedule.

I know I didn't show up when you wanted me,

I know I didn't do it by the time you

thought I was going to do it, but I hear

God saying, can we reschedule? I know this year hasn't

gone like you thought it was going to go. I

know you don't know how to teach your kid algebra,

and you're worried they're going to grow up dumb and

can't count. But can we reschedule? I'm going to make

up lost time. God is a good driver. God knows

the back roads. God knows how to get there anyway.

God knows how to reroute an expectation. And this is

a faith word. This isn't a sit there.

And cry cause it's over word.

This is a Martha, your brother will rise again. And

she said, even now, somebody shout now. That's the magic word.

God said, can we reschedule? I know you've been stuck

in the past, worried about what you should have done

by now. I know you've been stuck in the future,

wondering what's coming next.

Can we reschedule? My name is the.

Great I am.

I am in this moment.

Hey, Moses, take off your shoes. I know you didn't

schedule a meeting with destiny, but this is holy ground.

Let's reschedule. Come on, let's reschedule.

God said, I will restore the years that the locusts

have eaten I will restore the years that depression has stolen.

I will restore the joy that fear has robbed. I

am resurrection. Resurrection works on a different schedule. Resurrection has

faith to know on Saturday. Sunday's coming. Let's reschedule. I'll

meet you on Sunday. I'll meet you in the valley.

I'll meet you in the storm. I'll meet you in

the pain.

I got your kids. I got your money. I got

your mind.

I got your nature. I got... Let's reschedule. Let's reschedule.

I didn't miss church this morning. I just moved church.

My living room is the anointed apostolic holy temple of

the First Baptist Methodist Presbyterian Elevation Church location.

Let's reschedule. Let's reschedule. Hey, thank you for watching.

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