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Hi, welcome to Important Worship Center online. Thank you for joining us. The message today is by Pastor Ian Henderson. It is entitled, "It's My Turn." This is a good one. Watch out for this. Thank you once again for joining us at Important Worship Center online.
The great blessed [Music]. Let's go through the Word of God. I'm going to go to the Old Testament because the Bible says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." And I don't want us to think that it took Jesus Christ's coming for heaven to touch earth. Heaven was touching earth in Genesis. The Bible says that the Spirit hovered over the waters. That Spirit is in reference to the Holy Spirit, which is why when Peter walked out on the boat, stepped out of the boat, he walked. He didn't walk on water; he walked on the Spirit. The Spirit was hovering over the water. And so, I want us to know that heaven was touching earth. Heaven was touching earth in the book of Genesis.
Let's go to Genesis chapter 7. Genesis chapter 7. Let's go to verse number 1. I feel the anointing of God in this place. Genesis chapter 7, verse number 1. Here's what the Bible says. The Bible says that the Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and your household, for I consider you godly among this generation. You must take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate; two of every kind of unclean animal." I want to clear something up because most depictions show that when Noah was taking the animals onto the ark, they were going on two by two. But the reason you see two, those were the unclean animals. The clean animals came in sevens. And when you get later on, the Bible says that he tells men that they can eat meat because some pups were two by two by two, and the extra one was for his sacrifice. See, God always gives you extra. You won't have to eat it all. He says, "two of every unclean, male and its mate."
Verse 3: "And also seven of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the earth. For in seven days," somebody say, "in seven days," "I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made." Sometimes you have to destroy what you made.
Let's go to verse 13. The Bible says, "On that day," somebody say, "on that day," "on that very day, Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons and their wives." Verse 14: "They entered alone with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings." Verse 15: "Pairs of all creatures that have breath of life came into the ark to Noah." Last verse: "And those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded." And I want you to understand these last five words: "The Lord shut him in." The Lord shut him in.
I want you to do me a favor. Look at your neighbor. Say, "Neighbor, the guest pastor wants to use this as a subject. I got two subjects. I don't know which one I want to use, and I'm gonna give you both of them. Is that alright?" The first thing I want you to think about is Noah had to build the ark, and then he had to board the ark. So, I wanted to talk about the process from building to boarding. That there's a process from building to boarding. But I want to use another subject. And I saw it on Joseph's hat. He gave me the hat. And it's simply this: Just tell your neighbor, "It's my turn." That's what I want to talk about. Slap somebody, give him a high five, and say, "It's my turn." You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. It's my turn. It's my turn. It's my turn.
One of the things that I am convinced is true about God is that no matter when we are in a house, something happens. God doesn't react to anything. God is not a reactor. The Bible says He is a "very present help in the time of trouble." But that "present" doesn't actually mean in the present. It is a compound word that suggests that God is not a present help; He is a *present-sent* help. He is a pre-sent help in the time of trouble, which means that God, in His omniscience, pre-sends Himself ahead of you so that when you arrive to trouble, He's already there. So God doesn't react to anything because God is the Alpha and the Omega, which means that God is already ahead of the future.
When the Bible says that God is everywhere at the same time, and the Bible lets us know that He is in different generations, when the Bible says that He's everywhere at the same time, it doesn't mean that God is just in Ghana, and that He is not present, and that He's in America, that He's omnipresent, and He's out in Australia. Although that is true, when the Bible lets us know that He is omnipresent, it doesn't just mean locality; it also means chronologically. Which means that God is still in 1855, and He is already in the year 2025. That God is everywhere at the same time. God does not react. God is in front of the future. Are you with me so far?
That's why He says, "Before Abraham was, watch His present tense: 'I AM.'" He didn't say, "I will be." He didn't say, "I should be." "Before Abraham was, I AM." Because God doesn't react. He is. He is everywhere at the same time. Somebody say, "God is in front of the future." Yeah, He's a very present help. Now, that's important because He never reacts. He's in front of the future. And that's important because when you read this text, you see that God is telling Noah to build a boat for a flood that has not yet happened. If you go back and read the scripture, you understand that it has never rained in the history of the world because God used the dew from the bottom of the ground as the filtration system to feed men and to water men. They had never been the accumulation of rain that had come from the north side of the earth. Nothing had come from the first heaven and hit the earth. It has never rained. It has never thundered. It has never lightened. There has never been a drop of rain from above, and yet God is telling Noah to build a boat for something that has not yet happened. That's important because I told you God does not react. He is telling him to build a boat for a storm that has not happened. Has not yet happened because God is in front of the future. He hasn't building a boat. Don't miss this, because God does not react. He is telling him to build this boat, and he hasn't building it in front of why? Because deliverance comes before destruction. Don't miss this. The flood is not yet in process, but deliverance is already in progress. The flood hasn't come. God hasn't building a boat because nothing just happens in the sight of God. "Before Abraham was, I AM." Are you with me so far? Just stay with me. I'm coming.
That's why when the Bible says that Moses becomes the emancipator of Egypt, you must understand of Israel, you must understand that that is not an accident that Moses becomes the emancipator. Because somehow, through serendipity, God already makes sure that Moses' mother gives birth at the point of the Nile River where Pharaoh's daughter just so happened to be taking a bath, and now she takes him home back to Egypt so that he can learn the ways of Egypt, so that he can come and deliver Israel from Egypt, because God is in front of the future and He doesn't react to anything. Somebody say, "This thing just happens."
If you go back to the book of Esther and you reach up to five, six, and seven, you find a man named Mordecai who gets rid of one wife, takes Esther for his next wife. And understanding that Mordecai is supposed to be working for King named Ahasuerus, but watch what God does. Instead of allowing Haman to kill Mordecai, He allows Ahasuerus to marry a woman named Esther, who just so happens to be the niece of a man named Mordecai, because God is in front of the future, manipulating things, making sure that all things are working together for the good of them that love the Lord. Stay with me. I'm proving a point.
The next way we see this is when the Bible lets us know that David is born, but Isaiah already prophesied that Jesus must come through the lineage of David. Why is that important? Because Mary is about to be married to a man named Joseph, who just so happens to be related to David. So now he is the stepfather of the coming King, because God is in front of the future and made sure that Mary married somebody who was related to the father, who would make sure that Jesus could be in the lineage of David, because God is in front of the future and He doesn't react to anything.
Jeremiah, "Before you were formed in your mother's womb, I had already known who you are." I came to tell you today that no matter what is happening in your present, God is already on the other side of it, making sure that all things are working together for the good of them that love the Lord. So that's why the Bible says, "Be not weary in well-doing, for you shall reap a harvest if you faint not." And I don't know who I'm talking to in here today, but I got a sneaky suspicion that some of you all are tired and fatigued with all of the things that you've been dealing with. But God has already preset Himself in front of your situation. And they that wait on the Lord, if you can just make it through what you're going through, God has deliverance on the other side of your breakthrough. Slap somebody, say, "God can do it."
Now, let's start preaching. Because the Bible says to Noah, He says, "Noah, I'm going to give everybody 120 years to repent." That's important because most people suppose that it took Noah 120 years to build the ark. Not so. Some theologians say it took him about 20 to 40 years. It did not take him 120 years. That's how much time God gave them to get themselves together. That's how much time God gave them to repent. But it only took him about 20 to 40 years to build the boat. Now, watch this. God says, "In the first half of Noah's life," Noah is busy building the ark. He's building the ark for something that hasn't happened. Everybody in his town is looking at him. And then God says, "Watch this." He says, "I'm going to limit what you can build the boat out of. I want you to build the boat out of gopher wood." Don't miss that, because there are all types of trees that he could use. He did not give him any other option. He says, "I want you to use gopher wood." Why gopher wood? Because gopher wood was the only kind of wood that was in the neighborhood when Noah was born. Now, don't miss this, because most of us, when we get ready to build something, we think we have to go outside of ourselves. We think that when we have to build something, we got to go outside of Ghana. We think that God is calling us outside of our neighborhood. But sometimes God says, "I want you to stay right where you are. I want you to make a difference right where you are. And I want you to build it." That's why when God gave Adam a woman, He didn't go to another place to get her. He brought her outside of him. Snap your neighbor, say, "It's inside of you."
I don't know who I'm talking to. When I tell you to talk to your neighbor, you need to talk to your neighbor because that's why sometimes you don't get your miracle is because you'll sit next to somebody who won't speak to him. But what happens if God says, "I put what you need near you"? Are you Mr. You? You think you're sitting by that person by accident? God doesn't react to anything. He made sure she left home at 6:50, and you left it home at 6:53, so that you all can arrive at the same time. Touch your neighbor, say, "I've got your miracle, and you've got mine." If you don't believe it, that's what happened when Mary and Elizabeth walked in the room. She had Jesus inside of her, and Elizabeth had John inside of her. And the Bible says when they walked in the room, John leaped in his mother's womb. How's a baby who can't walk leap? You know why? Because John was activated by what was inside of Mary. And if you'll get to know the person next to you, sometimes you'll feel a kick because what they have in them will activate what's inside of you. I dare you over the next 30 seconds to look at your neighbor, say, "You better stop sitting here looking at me crazy, and you better start opening up your mouth and giving God praise because until you reach your destiny, the baby inside of me cannot leave." I need about 500 people to touch your neighbor and say, "I'm going to activate what's inside of me."
What's this? Don't miss it. What's this? Verse 1. Y'all ready? God says, "Noah, come into the ark." Bishop, it confounded my comprehension for the level of skepticism in my lexicon that did not allow me to accumulate the multi-separate expressions to look at actually what happened. He said, "Come into the ark." It blew my mind because in order for somebody to tell you to come into something, they have to already be in it. God didn't say, "Noah, go into the ark." He said, "Did you know that whatever you're in, God's already in it?" Which did you know you can't go through nothing that God hasn't already preset Himself into? I dare somebody in this place to begin to give God some praise. God is already in it. He's already in it. He's already in it. The Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace, never can ever say, "I see a fourth man walking, and he looks like the Son of God," 'cause He's already... He's already in it. That's why when Joseph was in the pit, the Midianites did not come by accident. That was God arranging things because all things work together. God. God said, He said, "Come into the ark." Not "go." "Come," which means that God was already in Noah's. Everything you're in, God's already in it. Anybody in trouble? He's in it. Anybody going through a psychological problem? He's already in it. Anybody ever had a family member where a spirit of divination has overcome them and witchcraft has tried? God's already in it. And let me tell you something, there is no demon that does not obey the voice of the Lord. I wish I had somebody to begin to speak in an unknown tongue and cast a demon out of every person that you are related to or by. I wish somebody in this place to tell the devil to go back to hell where he belongs. Somebody lift her voice and give God praise. I said, "He said, He said, 'Come, come into the boat.'" I thought that was amazing that God was already in the boat. Children, like Noah, you're waiting on me, and I'm waiting on you. Somebody shout, "I have favor!" I have favor.
Look, look at this. Look at verse 1. He says, "Noah, I have seen righteousness in him." Now, again, I would understand that statement if God was reactive like us, and if God read chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 like us. But God does not react. He's already in front of the future. So God already knows chapter 9, even though you and I read in chapter 7. Because in chapter 9, after the flood has subsided, Noah has found out that he's a farmer. He goes out here and he plants some grapes, recognizes that if he makes a drink out of those grapes, he can drink them. And the Bible says Noah gets so drunk that he gets naked and passes out. So Noah is drunk and naked. And God, who's in front of the future, says He's righteous. Oh, God, let me, let me rewind that. Press play. He's already in front of the future. So Noah is drunk and passed out, probably from the wine that Mary was talking about. He's already passed out. And God looks at a drunk man and says, "I see righteousness." Noah is drunk, and God says, "I see righteousness." Now, 2 Corinthians 2 makes sense to me, for "He made Him who knew no sin to become sin, that we might be the righteousness of God." In other words, God was saying, "Noah, you are not righteous. I'm making you righteous." Oh, don't miss that, because sometimes the enemy will make you believe that because you cannot do it right, or because you are not perfect, or because you have not kept all of His commandments, then that disqualifies you for the next level. But God says, "I'm gonna do for you what I did for Noah. I'm gonna look at you drunk and make you righteous." I wish I had somebody in here that'll slap your neighbor and say, "If you don't have it, God will make it." That's why the Bible says, "He'll give you houses that you did not build, He'll give you vineyards that you did not plant." But you have to put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. And over the next 30 seconds, I want to talk to everybody who does not have it. I want to make an announcement: God's about to give it to you. I came all the way from Houston, Texas, to tell everybody in here, whatever you don't have, God told me to tell you, He's about to give it to you. If you believe it, over the next five seconds, somebody shout, "It's my turn!" I've waited long enough. I've cried long enough. I've been with how long enough. This is my year for heaven to touch my earth. [Applause] It's, it's, it's my time. It's, it's favor because because favor is when God breaks the rules to bless you. Because drunk men shouldn't be given assignments. But the reason why he was righteous is not because he was right, but because he was obedient. He listened to what God said to do. He was righteous out of all of those who were in the earth. And then God says something to him, and I'm getting ready to make a prophetic prophecy in this place today. And while Noah is building this boat for rain that he has never seen, and while he is building this boat, and anyway, have you ever thought that when when Noah, when God told Noah to build a boat, Noah had to say, "What's a boat? And what is it supposed to look like?" But when you start working for God, He'll make sure whatever you make is whatever you need. And Noah starts to cut those things out of gopher wood. And when I see wood here, I recognize that this is not about a boat. This is really about humanity. Because in scripture, the Bible lets us know that wood is a representation of humanity, and gold is a representation of divinity. Which is why Jesus is a carpenter. He has been working with wood his entire life. So Noah is a type and a shadow, showing us that Noah could work with wood, and Jesus can work with wood. That's why Isaiah says that He is the root out of dry ground. And that's why when you look at the Ark of the Covenant, it has gold on the outside, shittim wood in the middle, and gold on the inside, because it is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Oh, help me, Holy Ghost. And the Bible is letting us know that He can work with wood. Tell your neighbor, "Don't get bent out of shape. God works with wood." And that's why He goes back, and after He finishes working with wood, then He dives on wood and redeems wood on a wooden cross. And that's why He had a tree in the middle of the garden, and had a cross in the middle of Calvary, because God is professional at working with wood. He says, "Listen, coming to the boat. Coming to the boat. Make it out of gopher wood." And listen to this. Are you already know is building a boat for something he's never seen? Everybody is making fun of him. Can you see this? "That boy crazy. He's drunk all the time." Yep. They're building the boat, talking to herself, you know, all kind of stuff is going on, and he's building the boat. And then God says, "Noah, in seven days, I'm gonna make it rain." Do you know what the Lord told me to tell you? There are three heavens. The first heaven is the sky. The second heaven is outer space. The third heaven is where God is. The rain comes from the first heaven and falls to the earth. God basically told Noah, "In seven days, heaven's gonna touch earth." In seven days. Can I give somebody a prophecy? You are one week away from God making heaven touch the earth in your life. You are one week away from God giving you what the devil has stolen from you. You are one week away from every miracle and every grace abounding. And you are one week away. I hear the Holy Spirit. From getting pregnant and you've been trying. Oh, God, help me. You're one week away. You're one week away. Give somebody a high five and say, "One week away. By this time next week, I'll have the miracle. Not this time next week, I'll have the job. Not this time next week, I'll have the resources. Not this time next week, I will no longer be depressed. Not this time next week, my daughter will be saved. Not this time next week." Somebody shout, "In a week!" "In seven days, it's gonna rain." The last time I was here, I prophesied to you that your next gathering would have 10,000 people. And from what I understand, Pastor Matt was telling me, Joseph told me, that for the 48 hours of prayer, the tents went all around the building. What I am telling you is that God says that it's time for you. Now watch this. That gathering was the rain. Now it's time for you to build the boat. There is a building in your future that God is telling you to build, and it must see 10,000 because God is getting ready to send them to you two by two and seven. Oh, God. I don't know who I'm talking to. You don't build a church for who you have; you build it for who's coming. God says, "Noah, I've got favor."
Number two: God says, "Noah, Noah says, 'I have time.'" I have time. It was, it was, it was amazing. Now, you're gonna have to follow me on this. Noah was 600 years old when the flood started. He was 600. He is up dying at 950, which means that after he got drunk, God still gave him 350 more years. You see, God gives gifts without repentance. God is not reactive. He's in front of the future. Which means when He called Noah, He knew He called a drunk Noah. Didn't surprise God by getting drunk. God knew Noah was gonna get drunk before Noah knew he was gonna get drunk. Say three people, "God's not surprised." He's not. "God's not surprised." "God's not surprised." "God's not surprised." He knew you were crazy when He called you. How many crazy people in here? How many? How many crazy people in here? Somehow to show the devil, "You thought you could kill me. You thought that you could stop my family. You thought you could shut my mouth up. It's still my turn." I know I got drunk, but it's still my turn. I know I got an attitude, but it's still my turn. I know I don't have the, still my turn. I don't have the education, but it's still my turn. I know I grew up in the ghetto, but it's still my turn. Why? Because I have favor. Favor is when God breaks the rules to bless you. He says, "Not only do I have favor, I have time." Noah is 600 years old when he starts building. Y'all good? 600. Now, if you go back to Genesis chapter 5, you see a genealogical conversation about patriarchs and people who lived. Noah's father was 777. He died at 777. Noah begins to build the ark. Now, there was a guy in chapter 5 and 6, watch this, his name is Enoch. Bible says Enoch walked with God. Enoch had a son named Methuselah. Oh, God. Methuselah was the oldest man that ever lived on the earth. He died at 969 years old. When Noah starts to build the ark, watch this, Methuselah is already 369 years old. Now, his name means "it won't be sent until he dies." Don't you miss this. Don't you miss this. Methuselah, the name means "it won't be sent until he dies." I just told you that he was 600 years old when it started to flood, which means that the year that the flood came, Methuselah died. Enoch was a man of God who did not die. He simply walked into heaven with the Lord. And because he was obedient to God, there are some that suggest that God was actually sent to Enoch because of your righteousness, "I will send the flood until your son dies." And God, knowing how long he would live, because He's precinct and He's in front of the future, already knows that the day it starts raining, they're gonna have a funeral. The day before. It's almost if God is saying that, "I won't send it until you finish." I don't know who I'm talking to, but the devil has a plan for you, and God told me to tell you, He's gonna hold it back until you're finished. Slap somebody on the hand and tell them, "Don't even worry about it. God's gonna hold back the rain until you finish. He's gonna hold back the cancer until you're finished. He's gonna hold back the heart attack until you finish. He's gonna hold back death until you finish." God says, "What I have for you is so big that you can't die until you're done." Snap somebody, say, "I'm not gonna die until I'm finished." Did you know that you are so anointed that you can't even mess up your destiny? You know that you are so powerful that God has already factored your frailties in the equation and has literally said to the earth, "Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm." I cancel every attack with robotic eye. I cancel every attack of the enemy of everything that will come up against your destiny. You are anointed in this generation and a builder, and we have a hedge of protection around you. One can chase a thousand, and two can chase tens of thousands. Everybody in this room, tell the devil, "Take your hands off of the prophet. Touch not My anointed." [Applause] God will not let it happen until you're done. So stop walking around every day worried about, "Is this it? Oh, my enemy's gonna win?" No, because God would never allow your enemies to see you die. He had time. God held back a whole storm until Methuselah died because He made a promise to His father. And what most of you all don't know is that you're under the grace of a promise God made to your grandparents. The devil has been trying to kill you since you were born. Matter of fact, he tried to kill you in your mother's womb. But God held back the rain because "He who has begun the good work in you shall establish it unto the day of Jesus Christ." Somebody say, "I have time." Don't you rush. Don't get ahead of yourself. Don't try to circumvent God's plans. Don't manipulate. You have time. You have time. You have time. "They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength." You have time. Now, many say though, many told us this, He says that "they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength." But He did tell us something that most of us don't understand. That when the Bible says that "they that wait on the Lord," it is not talking about a chronological wait. In other words, God is not saying, "Wait on Me, okay? Will God by the 21st, your merit? No." He says, "They that wait," get it? You get it? He's not talking about waiting; He's talking about a waiter. They that serve the Lord. Don't miss it. They that wait on the Lord. Somebody say, "Wait. Serve." Now, if I could borrow John chapter 2, the water did get turned to wine. The Bible says that the governor of the feast was there. The Bible says that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was there. The Bible says that all of the disciples were there. And the Bible specifically says that no one saw the water turned to wine except for the servants. All right, you're missing it. Go back and read it. Go back and read it. The people with the title didn't see it. The disciples with the anointing didn't see it. The one who was pregnant with glory didn't see it. The only people who saw it were the people who were humble enough to. Can I tell somebody? God told me to tell you this year, He's only going to show secrets to servers. If you'll find somewhere to serve, God's going to show you something that you have never seen before. Somebody say, "God picked me. Picked me."
Right. I have, I have. Watch this. I have favor. Number two, I have time. Number three, I have His attention. I have His attention. In chapter 7 alone, before verse 15, God has called Noah's name ten times. Reach out to six through chapter 8, God has called Noah's name 80 times. How in the world does God call Noah's name 80 times in a story about the flood? This ain't about Noah. God says, "I'm gonna destroy the whole world with the flood." Noah, Noah, Noah, Noah, Noah, Noah, Noah, Noah. "I'm gonna let it rain 40 days and 40 nights." Noah, Noah, Noah, Noah, Noah, Noah. "You build the boat." Noah, Noah, Noah, Noah. Why? Because God wants to know what I know. You have my attention. If my eyes are on the sparrow, then surely my eyes are on you. I know how many hairs are on your head. And that's what I wanted to tell you, because some of you all have been seeking the attention of somebody else, not knowing that God has already put His eyes upon you. That's what happens when the man goes into the wife, and he has four children by her, and she names them Simeon, and Levi, and Reuben. She names him things that mean "God sees me," "God hears me," "He's connected to me." Because most of us are trying to be connected to human people, and God says, "You gotta let go some of your human connections so you can make a divine connection." Because when you are sick, there is nobody that you know that can heal you. When you are down, there is nobody who can lift you up. Somebody shout, "God, You have my attention! You have my attention!" He says, "Noah, I want you to know that if there's a storm, I'll walk in the middle of it for you. If you're in the, if you're in the pit, I'll go down in there. If you're in a fiery furnace, I'll come in there. If, if you are in the lion's den, I'll come in there because you have my attention." Do you know that all day and all night, God is watching over you? That He is making sure that He dispatches angels to take charge of you concerning Him? That you're trying to get the attention of a boss? If you get God's attention, He'll make the boss hire you. All the single ladies, holler at me. Well, instead of trying to find a man, find Jesus. Are y'all in here with me? I need all the single women. So you know what? I'm not single. I was just saying stupid. I'm just gonna wait on the Lord, and they that wait on the Lord shall receive a husband. I know that's not what it says, but I need somebody here that understands this better. To have God's attention, we do so many things trying to get other people's attention. Then if you get God's attention, He'll make your enemies your footstool. If you get God's attention, He'll prepare a table in the presence of your enemies. If you'll get God's attention, He'll make sure that you, that, that you'll never be forsaken, nor will your seed be begging for bread. And one of the things I've known about God is He always gives us the addition and the ability to tell the opposite of our circumstances. I know this is gonna mess you up, and I'm almost finished. But did you know that at least two times in the Bible, God says that you can tell a lie? I knew you mean believed it. He said, "What?" "Yeah, at least two times in the Bible, God says it's okay for Christians to lie." "Let the weak say, 'I'm strong,' and let the poor say, 'I have riches.'" Everybody in here to start lying in the house. I am not poor, I am rich. I am not weak, I am strong. Somebody give God some praise. Kill somebody. It's my turn. Now I have been poor for too long. It's my turn. Now I have been depressed too long. It's my turn. I have been single long enough. It's my turn. I've been thumbing the ride. It's time for me to get my own car. It's my turn. It's my turn to own my house. It's time for me to get an education. It's time for me to give birth. Somebody shouted, "It's my turn!" If you believe it's your turn, give God praise. I cannot hear you. Heaven on earth. If you believe that it is your time, how dare you open up your mouth? I have, I have favor. I have time. I have His attention.
Number four: I have security. Because when it's your turn, you need security. When it's your turn, friends become enemies. When it's your turn, people who smile with you will stab you in the back. When it's your turn, people who will walk with you will walk away from you. And I'm here to tell you, when it's your turn, you become lonely. When it's your turn, you leave from crowds and go back to confusion. When it's your turn, you don't know who to trust. When it's a turn, I'll talk. When it's really a turn, when it's a turn, you'll have people that listen. And it's often the people you've done the most for that will do you in. Because when it's your turn, can you imagine Noah for 120 years has heard the ridicule of every person who has made fun of him for building something for that, for something that hasn't yet happened? Can you see people looking over his gate? "My, that boy crazy. Something wrong with Mr. Noah. I knew some key a Miller. Keep the kids away from Brother Noah. He keeps the kids away from Brother Noah. Something's wrong with him. He's out there singing songs and and building a boat, talking about it's just gonna rain down fire. It's gonna rain." And he's talking about rainbows and fire and rain and all this. Something's wrong with him. He's been talking to himself. His beard is growing. He won't keep himself up. Something's wrong with him. He's crazy. And then one day, heaven touches earth, and it begins to rain. And the floodwaters go from ankle-deep, it's a knee-deep, now it's waist-deep. And everybody's panicking. Can you see Noah inside of the boat? "I told y'all! I've been telling you for 40 days and 40 nights, it's gonna rain! I've been telling you for 40 years, it's gonna rain! God has told you 120 years ago to repent!" Here's my favorite five words of the entire chapter in verse 16: "The Lord shut him in." Well, remember, he's already in the boat, which means Noah did not have to go and close the door to keep them from getting in. God said, "Noah, y'all come in. I'm gonna shut the door." And every person who did not believe in you when you were building will not be able to go with you. Now that you're boarding, you got it. You got it. I am telling you today that you're gonna have to make a decision that the people who didn't build with you can't board with you. Can you see? "I'm knocking on the door. Noah, let us in. We're sorry, we didn't believe you. Please let us in." And Noah says, "You didn't build with me, so you can't board with me." You know it's your turn when you have to change your circle. You know it's your turn when you have to get the right people on the boat and the wrong people off the boat. You know it's your turn when you got to block people on social media. You know it's your turn when you have to change your phone number. You know it's your turn when you have to do things that people think are crazy, but you got to understand that I'm doing this because God told me to. Did you not know that that isolation that you feel now, that loneliness, that's God showing you? How many of you over the last six weeks to six months have seen relationships in your life change, and you've seen people disappear, and things that were important to fall off, and you're wondering like, "And you've done all you could to keep it together." God says, "This is Me. I'm doing this. I'm doing this. I'm doing this." And Noah went from being surrounded by millions of people to only having seven people to talk to. Got to shrink in your circle. And let me tell you something. God told Noah, He said, "When you build that boat, build it 450 feet long." And I need you to build it 45 feet high. Can you hear Noah saying, "God, why do I have to build it 45 feet high? None of my relatives are that tall. Why do I have to build it 45 feet high? 450 feet long? There's only 8 of us. That's too much space." God said, "Noah, see the problem with you, Noah, is you're going to build the boat for the average-sized person in your life. But I'm sending some giraffes. And if you build the boat for the specs of the people in your life, it won't be big enough for what I'm about to send you." The word of the Lord is, build it bigger than you thought. Build it bigger than you thought. God is gonna send something to you that is not average. And if you build a boat that can only house average people, you will not have enough room or space for what God is about to. Build it bigger. Everybody done to your feet because it's your turn. If you're so turn, stand on your feet. Raise your hands in this place. I want you to begin to speak in your heavenly language. Go talk roba shiitake and Ashiya BB bossy and aku dish. [Music] It's my turn. It's my turn. It's my turn. I know I look silly, but it's my turn. I know I'm losing friends, but it's my turn. I know I'm being talked about, but it's my turn. I'm frustrated because it's my turn. I'm depressed because it's my turn. The money is going away because it's my turn. They're talking about me because it's my turn. God, you're not mad at us. It's our turn. It's not punishment, it's season. It's our turn. It's our turn. It's our time. Come on, everybody sing it. And I will not be silent. And [Music] Come on, lift your hands in this place. And as long as I'm breathing, ah oui. [Music] Come on, everybody lift a voice and say, "I will not be silent." And the slogan, let's have a second power. Matricide. [Music] So long as I'm breathing. [Music] [Applause] Bless the Lord, O my soul. O my soul, worship His holy name. Sing. Live. [Music] My worship is whole. Come on, heaven on earth. Singing, "Bless the Lord." [Music] Day. One more time. Come on, single activator. Don't music. Bless the Lord. Everybody's singing. You're saying it. Let's everybody outside say it. Sing. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]