The Importance of Knowing and Serving Your Calling (Part 1)

How do I know my calling? The video says that if I feel like

a woman, I am a woman. If I feel like a man,

I am a man. You can turn your testing into testimony. You can

turn your darkness into light with God, you can somebody say, a man,

how do I know my calling? Young people? Older people? Here?

Still looking for your calling? One? I give you eight points,

fast, fast, one half Ready, Here we go, lumber one.

Your birth, your birth itself. You are a man. Come on,

you are a woman. I want to shake my head. See woman,

shake head? Men high five. It's a different city. Yeah, that's

why the devil wants to mess it up. You know, today people are

still struggling with no no. I want to be what I want to be.

Have you seen the latest video? The video says that if I feel

like a woman, I am a woman. If I feel like a man,

I am a man. Hello, Please don't go with feelings. Remember

the song of feelings? She chat on the ceiling. You know, don't

don't know. Just because you were born a man, that's your call,

and you were born a woman, that's your call. And the devil wants

to mess that one up. So actually, the simplest thing The simplest thing

is that you were born a man, you were born a woman, but

the devil wants to mess it up. I know it would be very unpopular

when I appreciates in America, be very unpopular when I appreciates in the UK,

very popular when appreciates in Australia. Okay, these are the three leading

countries that the frowns upon you talking about gender identity. But I tell you

what, we were made in God's image, and that was the image we

were made in. And because I'm a man, then I do things in

a man. I will never be able to be pregnant. I tell you

this. So if you're laughing at me, so you don't believe, no,

I will never be able to be pregnant and therefore not understand what pregnancy

means. Okay, but some of the ladies, while they go through pregnancy,

and they go through a hard time being pregnant and giving birth. There

are some things that men go through that women are actually not men to go

through. And that's why men are supposed to lead. See, just by

knowing that you're a man or woman, you really know what you're supposed to

do. You're supposed to lead and leadership. But it's not easy, guys.

It's not easy because when you make a decision, the weight of the

decision is on your shoulders, on the shoulder of a man, and so

you can make even a wrong decision, and you can cause your whole family

to suffer. I just spoke to a man like this a couple of days

ago. Okay, top lawyer, make a lot of money, had seven

cars, bungalows, and even a title in front of his name, and

he lost everything, lost everything. And then he asked me, pastor,

can you lead me back to christ. He was a Christian and then he

went into another religion and he made money. Because you know, sometimes other

religions sometimes may not be as strict as the Christian religion when it comes to

money bribery. So the conscience not so deep, conviction not so strong,

So you join another so that the other religion might not be strong on can

ill give bribes? Christianity is strong on that is it. So sometimes people

shift so that they can do their own thing and make money. Right now,

he's he's totally gone financially gone. Uh, and and and and and

and and it's sad. It's very sad. Uh, and so I said,

is your wife still with you? He said, I thank God that

my wife is still with me, although I caused so much trouble to my

family and my two sons already in college. But he says that he was

in tears. I have caused so much sorrow to my family, and yet

my wife has not left me. I thank god. The wife is a

free thinker, not even a Christian. You with me right the brand.

I could see the weight on his shoulder. He's crying. A grown man.

Okay, Adato crying because of his decisions. And yet, and yet,

men, if you know you're a man, you're supposed to take that

up and be very careful with your decisions so that you will only bring blessing

and peace to your home. Amen, Number two experiences, How do I

know I'm called? Well? Number one's birth? As simple as that,

you're a man? Lead, No. Number two experiences up bringing your response?

Okay, so I was brought up. I told you many times my

own family story. My mother had to leave my family when I was one

year old. My father and mother divorced. I told you all that story,

so I won't go on further. I know the time it's also ticking

away, and I've come to learn not to reject my upbringing. I've come

to learn not to be so sad about the fact that my mother left me,

but to come to a place whereby okay, God, you allow this

to happen to me. And so I'm going to use it right now to

be part of my colleague and the reason. You know, I mean,

guys, you know my story right. My sister committed suicide before she turned

twenty one. Now I can stand here and be sad about it, cry

about it and you know, woe is me? Or I can take all

my experiences, my upbringing and say I'm going to use it for the glory

of God. This is very important. And because of my sister dying at

such a young age, true taking her life, we have now started Linits

and Linnettes now is doing wonderful things in schools telling people about you know,

soul side prevention. You can turn your sorrow into joy. You can turn

your testing into testimony. You can turn your darkness into light. With God,

you can somebody say, amen, I was very poor, and so

I understand people in poverty and help them your experiences. So please everyone here

don't reject any of your experiences. Don't say because of that, I am

going to be you know something else that God never caught me to be.

Say Lord, whatever pain, I'm going to turn it into prosperity. Amen,

whatever pain, I'm going to turn it into healing. Number three roles

positions. So just because you're now a leader, then that's your calling.

If you are a manager, that's your calling. If you're a super advisor,

that's your calling. God has given you that gift. So if you

go like, oh, I don't know what I know, I just by

accident became a manager, then you will never be a good manager because it's

by accident, you think. But if God gave you that position, then

then then understand I have a call as a manager to be a good manager

to the people under me. You with me. That's why when Christians understand

calling her and understand that they were not just in this position by chance,

they will start to take it as a ministry to the Lord. Your position,

maybe your your position as a husband, maybe your position as a wife.

You know, I had written on my board, my white body,

my officer. I think that white board when I shifted office. But for

at least about seven years, you know, I wrote, I wrote,

I wrote down a uh. I think there were eight or nine things I

said. I hope that I have been faithful as a sign, and I

think about it. Was I there for my dad? Was there there for

my mom? Was I there for my parents in law? Okay? Hopefully

I can Okay? Faithful as a son, that's my position, son,

So I want to be faithful. Have I been faithful as a Christian leader

in FGA? Yes or no? Whenever I was there to serve and how

long I was there? Then I put the number three? Am I faithful

as a husband? Do I remember birthdays? Do I remember aniversaries? You

see, because you realize as you write down the list, you have time

for everything that God has called you to be. You can't just say,

oh, just because I'm a husband, now I have no time for my

mother. And not now because I know I'm a son. Now, I

know that you can't life. I think if God gave you the position,

he will give you time to do well in that position. And so I

remember, because before I can write the tenth thing, which does not exist

yet, I had to in my heart be confident that I've been faithful in

all the other things God has given me, because why should He then give

you the next thing, which is probably the next biggest thing in your life,

when you have not been faithful in all the other things, not being

faithful as a son, not being faithful as a daughter, not being faithful

as a wife, not being faithful as you know, a boss. Because

you know I'm a right now, I'm an employer of seventy seven staff,

and I have to also say my faithful as an employer. But I know

that my life has not done. The best is still ahead of us.

And so number ten, I have nothing there God will showing to me.

But again I want to say, you've got to be faithful with everything else

He's given you and then believe that God will give you the next big thing.

Number four Gift things talents. God has given you a gift and a

talent. Be faithful to that. What is a gift? A gift is

basically something that you don't need extra effort to do. If you have a

gift as a singer, you think a microphone and you start singing a DAA.

You know, so easy, so effortless. Someone else doesn't have a

gift of singing, or I have to practice harder. Lah, had to

try harder, Lah, It's okay. Sometimes God can also call you to

be faithful to do something that you don't have a natural gift. Never mind.

But those of you who have a natural gift, and you have a

gift, some of you cooking? Right, what are you using that gift

for? Why the talents are very important? How may have you remember?

The next sight says this, right, Matthew twenty five forty thirty five talents,

two talents, one talent. The one talent went and buried it,

all right, five and two. So God is saying to you, if

I've given you the talent, use it, because if you don't use it,

you're burying it. If you have five talents and you only use three,

you're bearing two and you're worse than the guy with one talent. Number

five? Passion? What gets you up in the morning? Why are you

passionate about sports? Other people around you're not passionate? You because you were

given that passion. Why are you passionate about music someone else is not.

Why are you passionate about preaching? Others are not? Why are you passionate

about leading others? Are not. You know, there are certain passions that

God gives us that marks or defines our call, and you must not reject

that passion. How are you a passion for the poor others may not have,

and you cannot try to rap off your passion on others. If they're

catching, they catching, They don't, they don't. But some people like

like for example, our fathers get into trouble sometimes because they want their son

to be the same as them. So father's a lawyer, want the son

to be a lawyer, and the father tried to rap off his passion on

the son. You can't do that. God will give your son another passion

or maybe the same, but it has to be his passion, because I

tell you why, if you do any thing out of passion, you will

succeed. I can tell you right now. Maybe not always succeed, you

need money, but you will succeed. Every Sunday when I preacher, I

hope that when you see me, preacher, you know that passion because even

though you are notso a thing I am. And this air cot is quite

cooler, you know, but I take every message with all my heart.

And people say why past is so cold? You still strength because there's some

passion is going on inside me that tells you I will give my best to

every message I preach because this is my call. Everybody say, okay,

and I know that people are blessed when I speak and I pray. I

know some people are blessed a little bit, some people are blessed a lot.

But praise God. Come on, continue in your passion. Okay.

Some people like you say, oh, but you know, I tell you

la, I've been doing this for twenty years. Don't say that. Don't

limit your time with time. Passion doesn't have to be limited with time or

but you know I've been preaching her like thisa for twenty years, so I

think I deserve a break, right, But if it's a passion that God

has given you, please continue. Don't let the devil lie to you.

Oh you know, I've been doing this for a long time. I think

I I want to change the ginu one gangro they say in franzis uh uh.

And I know how you're laughing. It's not France. But but you

know, I wanna see. We always get into trouble because we suddenly look

at it as our own self. We want a change of environment. We

want a change of perspective. We want a change of church, we want

a change of curtains, we want a change of you know whatever, beautification.

Uh. And then therefore you make a decision to step out of your

calling and you leave your passion. I'm gonna tell you right now, don't

leave your passion. Number six your surroundings. This one I learned from Huiro,

from American pastor by the name of Bill Wilson. Bill Wilson has the

biggest children's church in the world right now. It stands at one hundred and

twenty thousand children, okay, all around the world. I think there's twenty

thousand children in Philippines, and there's you know, forty thousand children in America

or whatever. He's well known, seventy seven years old, I think now,

and still in children mistry, still driving the bus. Bill Wilson spoke

in our church some years ago and he's still collecting money to help children.

You know what he said, I know my call, and that's why until

today I still serve children. There's no retirement. This is my passion,

this is my gifting, this is my calling. But you know what he

said, he said this it's not difficult to know my calling. When I

hear a child cry by the lane, he says, even though I want

to do something else, As soon as I walk by the lane and I

hear a child cry for food, for shelter, for love, I hear

my calling. I love that because sometimes you think it through spiritually. God,

where's my calling? Hire? God? Please drop it in a in

a lightning thunder, And God says, you want me to strike you so

as well? No, no, just strike the lightning by the side.

I just want I just want a confirmation. I just want to I want

a confirmation. Please show me my calling. Someone's crying. I'm hungry,

I'm thirsty. You can quiet for a lot. I'm just asking. I'm

just asking. Please. So it fell down, hurt themselves, broke their

leg. Oh please, I would help me. Sh That's the same story,

right about the good Samaritan rushing to church or rushing to church. So

a man ded I go church, forts to ask you later, rute to

church, right your church, rush to what you think your calling is,

and your calling is on the street. They're calling for you, you know.

And that's why I know when I when I work with Buzzad Daniel,

and the people are working with the young people? Are I know your passion?

I know sometimes when you are in tears, when you're thinking about a

young person and past, I can hear their cry. Uh And and I

love leaders like that because they know they're calling and their calling is not one

of those Let me wait, Should I do a cam? Should I?

Should I let be? These young people stay in my house? Should I

feed them? Should I drive them? No? You hear from their voice,

and every time you hear a young person say something, you feel caught.

Other people here are maybe women ministry. Some people here are senior citizens.

So I don't know. But let me draw to a close. Supernatural

encounters Number seven. What are these? Well, there's some days you will

get an angel to come in your room. Angel, Daniel, Ah,

who are you? Who are you? I am? Angel? Canon new

edition Gabriel and Michael Busy So here I am? Oh you're so tall?

Yes, I'm ten foot four? So be where your wings didn't bring today?

He left it at home because your apartment too small for my wings.

Your apartment, especially your apartment, Joe, too small for my wings?

Left? Daniel, you shall okay? Wow. Super Natural encounters we don't

discount it. It happens. But why I put it number seven because because

just get on with your number one too, you know, right, And

because some of you are still waiting for that angelic visitation. But can I

say this, It happens. It has happened. People will tell me how

I knew that God wanted me to do a y a ex chers. It

was really by vision, dream a voice. I heard a voice speaking to

me in the dark of night, or maybe maybe actual call, actual call,

you know, the phone ring calling hello, Daniel, come down quickly,

no one to open the door. In the legacy, Okay, last

one word of God, Word of God. Okay, Now this is not

put there last because it's last. It should actually be put first. But

if all fails, if all fails, I want you to lift up your

Bible and read it, because in that are commandments, and in that commission

the Lord says, go into all the world and preach the God's baptizing them

in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and low I

will be with you until the end of the age. Okay. The Bible,

the Bible. What does the Bible say? What does the Bible say

to us? Very, very important. The Bible tells husband husbands how to

love their wives to tell. The Bible tells wives how to submit to their

husbands. The Bible tells children how to honor their parents. The Bible tells

parents how to you know, not what's the word for it. There's a

word right in the Bible. Don't aggravate your children, don't push them so

hard that they break. The Bible tells even bosses how to be good employers,

doesn't it, bosses, be kind to your to yourself. The Bible

teaches staff how to be honoring to their bosses. When you serve your masters,

your earthly masters, make it like you're serving your heavenly master. We

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