I want to talk about this subject and our time together, family. Don’t miss this strange faith—clap your hands if you’re ready for God’s word! Family, I want to ease into this introduction by informing some and reminding others that the actions of God are intentional. Somebody say «intentional.» By that, I’m simply suggesting that His actions are never an end unto themselves; they are always a means to an end. Whenever He is doing anything, He’s not just doing that thing you know about; He’s doing the thing you know about because He’s also doing the thing you don’t know about. He’s intentional, and because He’s intentional, whenever He is doing something, He’s doing something—because He’s intentional. But because He’s also intentional, whenever He’s doing nothing, He’s doing something, because if He’s doing nothing, He’s doing nothing intentionally. So when He’s doing something, He’s doing something, but when He’s doing nothing, He’s doing something. And when you get this revelation, it causes a revolution in your praise! Oh my God! Because I not only praise Him when He’s doing something; I’ll also praise Him when He’s doing nothing, because if He’s doing nothing, He’s doing something. So He’s doing something when He’s doing something, and He’s doing something when He’s doing nothing. So I’ll bless the Lord at all times!
I just need to pause even in this introduction because we need to upset the enemy in this room. The enemy wants you to think God is doing nothing because He’s doing nothing. But I want somebody to praise Him, not because doors are swinging open, not because everything is trending in the right direction. I want some people who feel like, «God, what are you waiting on?» to pause for the cause and say, «I just got a revelation—if You’re doing nothing, You’re doing something.» So I’m gonna praise You when You’re doing something, and I’m gonna praise You when You’re doing nothing! Somebody praise Him, because if He’s doing nothing, He’s intentional! He doesn’t do things randomly or haphazardly; His actions are always intentional.
There’s something I see that He does regularly and repeatedly throughout Scripture: He regularly and repeatedly gives you a revelation of who you are. Are y’all hearing me? If you objectively observe Scripture, you will see that God not only talks about who He is to you; He also talks about you to you regarding who you are. It’s as if He’s saying it’s not enough for you to know who I am. If I’m going to do strange things in your life, you have to know who you are! Don’t y’all miss this—why, Darius? Because the Scriptures say, «As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.» Y’all, it didn’t say, «As God thinks about a man.» It says, «As a man thinks about himself, so is he.» In other words, you will always behave in a way that is consistent with how you see yourself. Did you hear what I just said?
And so, because God understands this, He regularly, repeatedly, and consistently tells you who you are. He’s trying to wash your brain of your revelation of you, so He can renew your mind with His revelation of you, so you can start behaving in a way that is consistent with how He sees you and not consistent with how you see yourself. Don’t miss this: for some of you, the devil has not been after your revelation of God. For some of you, the devil has been after your revelation of you. He’s not just trying to stop you from getting a revelation of who God is; he’s trying to stop you from getting a revelation of who you are. He knows if you ever align the right revelation of God with the right revelation of you, eyes haven’t seen, ears haven’t heard.
See, you think the attacks on your self-esteem are random. You don’t realize that the attacks on your self-esteem are an expression of spiritual warfare. It is Satan saying, «I’ve got to do all I can to keep them from seeing who they are,» because if they ever see who they are, thank you! Out of all the words the Bible uses to describe you—common, not one of them; salt, light, chosen, royal, peculiar, special, beloved, anointed, appointed, selected, elected, protected, blessed—not cursed, above only, not beneath, head, not tail, lender, not borrower—out of all the words that He uses to describe you, ‘normal’ is not one of them. Out of all the words that are used to describe you, I don’t even have time to deal with this. Did you hear what I just said? You live on your level of revelation, and if he can stop you from getting the right revelation, he knows he can stop you from experiencing a revolution in your life. Almost everything you do is a reflection of how you see yourself. I don’t have time—the stuff you tolerate in relationships—y’all not ready at 12. I said the stuff you take and tolerate is a revelation of how you see yourself, because you don’t take stuff you don’t think you have to. Did you hear what I said?
Because one of the ways the devil gets you to lower your standards is by making your options invisible. So if he can keep you from seeing you have options, he will. If he can keep you from seeing you have options, then he will cause you to lower your standards, because a low standard is a revelation that a person doesn’t believe they have options. And the fact that God can make a way out of no way means that there are options that exist.
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