Dharius Daniels - I'm Tired of This

Well, we’re in part gazillion of Faith University. We’ve been in it so long I forgot what part we are on. So, in the words of DJ Khaled, «this is another one.» Uh, I want to read a few verses of scripture in Mark chapter 5, verse 24. Mark chapter 5, verse 24. Good to see the Golden Girls! Yeah, we have a group of founding members; they’re a group of strong sisters in our church we call the Golden Girls. And for some of you who are 30 and under, you might be wondering, «What’s a Golden Girl?» Just Google it, that’s all I can tell you.

Mark chapter 5, verse 24 says, «So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him. And there was a woman who had been subject to bleeding for 12 years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and spent all she had, yet instead of getting better, she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, 'If I may but touch his clothes, I shall be whole.' Immediately, the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. At once, Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, 'Who touched my clothes? Who touched me? ' You see the people crowding you, the disciples answered, 'And yet you ask, „Who touched me?"' But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet, trembling with fear. She told him the whole truth, and he said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free from this plague.'»

I want to give you the title of this topic: «Let Me Pause for the Cause.» As a pastor, let me take a moment to be a pastor now. To some of you who preach, I may be your pastor; let me be a pastor now and say I want to thank and congratulate those of you for your consistency in this series. If God is spending this year building your faith, it means… did you hear what I just said? If God is spending this year building your faith, he’s building your faith in 2021 for what you’re getting ready to build in 2022. See, somebody received that as a word. I said, if he’s spending the rest of this year building your faith, it’s because you’re going to need it for what he’s going to use you to build in 2022.

Man, that’s why I want to encourage you to stay locked in, to stay consistent. I know this pandemic has thrown a lot of people off, but there should be some rhythms that are sacred. There should be some sacred rhythms; there should be some things in your life that are untouchable, and God should be at the top of the list. Don’t play with me and my Jesus! I need my Sundays for Jesus.

So, I want to talk from this subject in our time together: «Part Gazillion.» Here it is: «I’m Tired of This!» Clap your hands if you’re in expectation of God’s word. I want to begin my time today by informing some and reminding others of an axiom that I often articulated early in my ministry. The axiom can be captured in the following phrase. If you’re a note-taker or a communicator in the chat, I want you to put this axiom for the edification of your brothers and sisters. Here it is: «Frustration is Your Friend.»

Did you hear what I just said? Frustration is your friend. I know that frustration produces a degree and a dimension of agitation, but I’m telling you that without frustration, you would never change your location. Frustration is your friend. Frustration is an emotion that God uses to inform us that something is out of alignment. It is consistent; it is incessant; it won’t let us make states out of what God wants to be a stage. Frustration is our friend. It is the fuel that enables and empowers us to break patterns and protocols that are actually imprisoning us instead of advancing us.

Frustration is our friend. It is the sick and tired that makes us sick and tired of being sick and tired. So, I want to pause for the cause and say something that might be initially confusing but hopefully will be eventually edifying. That is, if you are watching this message, if you are seated in this space here in New Jersey, and you are dealing with a degree and a dimension of frustration, Dr. Darius Daniels wants to say two words to you: «I’m glad.»

I’m glad! If you’re frustrated emotionally, I’m glad! If you’re frustrated relationally, I’m glad! If you’re frustrated professionally, I’m glad! If you’re frustrated financially, I’m glad! I’m glad because God is getting ready to use your frustration to produce some elevation in your life. If it were not for the frustration, you would settle for average, ordinary, and mediocrity. But God has to stir your nest to push you out of your places and your prism of comfortability so that you can step into a season of the uncommon and the unusual.

And I want to know: Am I talking to anybody today that says, «I sense uncommon»? Come on, I’m going to say it again: Am I talking to anybody today that says, «I sense the uncommon»? I’m starting to get allergic to average. Things I used to be okay with, I’m not okay with anymore. Other people are observing my life from the outside and saying I should be satisfied. Some people are jealous of where I am, and…