Keion Henderson - Role Reversal

Turn with me to the book of Joshua, chapter 13. Joshua, chapter 13, and we’re going to be reading just two verses: verse 1 and verse 7. Joshua chapter 13, verses 1 and 7. I’ll preach about what 's in between contextually, but for the sake of brevity, we will discuss only these two verses. Joshua 13, verse 1 and verse 7. If you got it, say, „I got it.“ If you’re still looking, say, „Hold up.“ Okay, if you don’t know where to look, hopefully they will have it up there momentarily. Joshua 13, verse 1. If you’re ready, say, „Go.“

Now Joshua was old and stricken in years, and the Lord said unto him, „Thou art old and stricken in years; and even though you’re old and even though you think you’re too old, there 's still very much land for you to possess.“ I want to talk to somebody who thought that you had capped out, who thought that you had peaked out, who thought that you had reached the top of your game. God sent me to tell you there’s much more for you to possess. Don 't get too excited. Look at verse 7. Now that you have it, look at what you’re going to have to do: divide it. This is what separates good from great. We are good at getting it; we’re not that good at dividing it. God said, „In this next season, I need you to get it and divide it.“ Touch three people and say, „Get it and divide it! Get it and divide it! Get it and divide it!“

I want to speak for the next few moments on the subject: „Role Reversals.“ Because God has a new blessing for you, but He can’t give it to you in your old role. It’s time for you to find out who you were created to be because the blessing isn’t for who you are; the blessing is for who you shall be. Touch every person you can reach on your way down and say, „Role Reversal.“ You may be seated in the presence of the Lord.

At this point, Canaan is complete. What do I mean? Moses, the Emancipator, the deliverer of the Israelites whose life started off totally differently than it ended. We discuss it quite often that Moses was hidden in a basket among bulrushes, if you will, things that grow in the water. He was hidden; the Bible says, until he could no longer be hidden. You see, the truth of the matter is that nothing can be hidden longer than it can be hidden. As long as Moses remained in his old role, nobody knew who he was. The moment he went from being in the house of Pharaoh to being in the midst of the Israelites, notice that his new move was a downward move. When Moses was born and was adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter, he went from being the son of poor parents to being a rich and respected young man.

Notice that his calling calls him out of a castle and puts him into a wilderness. Sometimes we mistake what God calls us to do because the only call we think God gives is upward calls. Not so. Sometimes God will call you from luxury to poverty to see if you trusted in your luxury or if you will trust Him in your poverty. Paul said, „I have learned to be content, no matter what my paycheck is.“ In our vernacular, Paul says, „Whether I am abased or abounding.“ In other words, whether I’m up or down, whether I’m hungry or whether I’m full, whether people are getting on my nerves or whether I’m getting along with people, he says, „I’ve taken my happiness out of my circumstance, and I’ve put my happiness in my own hands, which is why it doesn’t matter what state I’m in; I can choose to be content.“

This message is for those who think that you can only be happy when things are going well. This message is to disturb those of you who think that everything has to be going well in order for you to feel well. You 've got to learn that no matter what the environment is, you pick the temperature. Look down your row right now; you’re sitting next to somebody who’s struggling, but you don’t know it. They’re sitting up here, and you’re thinking, „Oh my God, I want God to bless me like them!“ And if they could just tell you, „Baby, I don’t feel blessed, but I’ve learned to bless Him at all times, and His praise shall continually be in my mouth.“ Touch your neighbor and say, „I’m always going to have a praise.“

Even if I have pain, I’m going to have a praise! Oh no, I’m going to have a praise! I can cry all the way up to church, but Lord knows I was glad when they said unto me. Matter of fact, identify yourself if the whole ride you cried all the way to church and all week long. Oh, matter of fact, when church was over last week, was it like, „I can’t wait till next Sunday?“ When Sunday comes, there’s something about being in the house of the Lord that’ll make you forget about the hell you have been through. Somebody shout, „I’m always going to have a praise!“ I’m going to have a praise when I don’t have any money. I’m going to have a praise if I lose my family. I’m going to have a praise if they repossess the car. I’m going to have a praise if they put me out of the house. I’ll let nothing separate me. So, matter of fact, I want you to do me a favor: just put your neighbor on notice and say, „Neighbor, I might not have any money, but I’m…