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What You See Is What You Get
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Jentezen Franklin is the senior pastor of Free Chapel, a multi-campus church with a global reach. Author and worldwide speaker. He and his wife, Cherise, have five children and five grandchildren.
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You Get What You See 0:01 The following program is sponsored in part by friends and partners of Jenson Franklin Media Ministries.0:09 Together, we're inspiring people to live for Jesus. If you're looking for more in life, to live with purpose and peace, to make a difference for your family and those in need around the world, Jesus is the answer,0:21 and our mission is to simply point you to him. You're watching Kingdom Connection with Jenson Franklin.0:30 If you have your bibles, I will... I want you to open them with me to the book of Habakkuk in the Old Testament, Habakkuk. And, I'm gonna preach to you today0:42 this message of dreaming is in my heart, and I believe that, what I'm gonna share today can help you. I wanna give you0:54 today a blueprint plan that is laid out in the Word of God to finding and obtaining and doing1:06 the vision that God has called you to do. I'll begin reading with Habakkuk chapter two and verse one. I will stand my watch, I will1:18 set myself on the tower, and I will watch to see what he will say to me and what I will answer when I am1:30 corrected. Then the Lord answered me and said, write the vision. Make it plain on tablets that he may run who reads it.1:42 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end, it will speak and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it because it1:54 will surely come. It will not tarry. God's timing will be right. And I'm preaching today on you2:06 get what you see. You get what you see. Vision in the Bible is mentioned many times. There were open2:18 visions, there were closed visions, there were people who were carried in a vision by God to places even to the third heaven. But the kind of vision that2:29 this text is giving us a blueprint for affects all of us. Vision is the ability to see a day you have yet to enter into.2:41 Vision is what you focus on. He said, I will I will watch to see what he will say, not just hear what he will say2:54 but I'm watching Habakkuk said to see what God is saying. In other words, if you're gonna see what they're saying it's a picture, it's a mental image,3:06 it's a a... That I will wait... I'm waiting on God for his vision for my life, and I'm gonna see myself doing what3:18 he says I can do. I will wait to see what he will say, not just hear what he will say, you gotta see it. You gotta see yourself doing it.3:31 It's possible to have God say something to you, but you don't see it. You have to see what God says to you. You can read3:43 all you want, but God wants to bless you. That you're the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, that you are forgiven, cleansed, free. But until you see yourself walking3:55 in that truth, it doesn't work for you. He said, I've gotta see what he will say. You've got to get a picture, you've got to see4:06 yourself out of addiction. You've got to see yourself out of fear and torment, the defeated life. You've got to see yourself in a4:18 happy marriage before you'll ever experience it. You've got to see your family and your children saved by faith in Jesus Christ. And when you begin4:30 to see it, you don't let all the distractions around you because your vision is what you focus on. I'm focused on this, so all the things pulling at me cannot change the4:42 direction that I'm going. You get a picture, and the way we see ourselves has a lot to do with where we end up in life. You4:54 gotta see what he says about you. I'm not gonna be holy when I get to heaven. He said right here right now, if my faith is in5:05 that blood and in that body of Jesus Christ, I am as holy and righteous and forgiven because it has nothing to do with what I bring to the picture except5:17 faith. My faith in Jesus Christ says, I am the righteousness of God right now. And if I'm the righteousness of God, which the Bible says, I have to see myself like that so5:29 I can come boldly before the throne of grace. When you understand that, it can change your life. If you believe in your heart, you're a failure. If you believe in your5:41 heart, you can't succeed, that everybody else is better than you. If you believe in your heart that you don't deserve what others can obtain through the cross,5:54 you've got to be able to see yourself walking in what God says about you. And there are obstacles to that vision, three specifically.Overcoming Obstacles to Vision 6:07 He said, first of all, I want you to understand that the vision that God gives you will have the obstacle of present circumstances.6:19 Not lining up with what God is telling you to do. And that's why he said in the next part of the verse, write the vision. When you see what I say, I6:31 want you to write it down. Why? Because I want it logged into your mind what I say over what present circumstances say. I want you to hang on to it.6:43 I want you to pull it out of the drawer and look at it again and remind yourself. I sold you that that family would be saved. I told you that that business would be blessed.6:55 I told you that I would help you. I told you in that service. I gave... I said it and you saw it. Write it down because there will come days where tomorrow7:06 you'll have the opportunity to lose what God is saying to you today because you're not seeing it in the present circumstances. Not only is there the challenge of7:18 present circumstances and more people have given up on their vision because of present circumstances than probably anything. They let the present talk them out of it. I don't let7:30 the... When God tells me something, I don't let the present circumstances talk me out of it. Hallelujah. And that's how you maintain joy because you don't live by what you see.7:42 You live by what god said. And I just believe that when it's all said and done, god's gonna take it a lot lot like this and a lot like that and a lot like this and all this and all this7:54 and all this. And then finally, what... In his time... And see, he will withhold no good thing from them that walk uprightly. If god's withheld it, it wasn't good or it wasn't time yet. And for me,8:05 when I hear him say it, I wait to see what he will say and when I know that I know that he's told me, my sheep know my voice he say it. Then8:17 I get it settled. Go on in that crazy, do whatever you wanna do. Let all hell break loose by present circumstances don't change the promises of God.8:34 And the second thing is not just present circumstances or obstacles to the vision, but present resources. I mean, this is a big one. You8:46 never have now what you need to get the vision done because present resources don't match up with where God is8:58 taking you. I've never had the money to do what God told me to do. It's provision, which means you get vision and then the9:10 pro comes, the provision. But if you're sitting around waiting on the lottery, you're never gonna do anything. It's9:21 vision that attracts resources. There's a bible verse, and I tell this to young preachers all the time. I'm telling you, I read a little book one time and this, this guy, he he he he said9:33 this, he said he said deep calls on the deep. That's a bible verse, deep calls on the deep. In other words, there are some there are some resources, the deep pocket resources9:46 never come to you until you get a big vision. And it's not one you make up, it's one God gives you. And... But deep only calls the deep. Some people9:58 just... They're not even interested in your vision until it's big enough for their world and their finances. Hallelujah. So dream big,10:09 hallelujah cause you serve a God who said I can do exceedingly, abundantly, I'm I'm preaching myself happy this morning. Abundantly, above all that10:21 you could ask or even imagine. The last one is10:33 that your present self. You see, you feel... Have you ever noticed that when God gives you a vision, you feel like10:44 sometimes your biggest obstacle is yourself. The devil hadn't got as much to do with stuff sometimes as your present self. When you see what God says,10:57 you will always be somebody better in the vision than you are right now. It'll be beyond you. It'll be bigger than you think you're capable of.11:09 And so if you're not careful, your present self will talk you out of your future self. When God releases vision to someone,11:23 by the time they get to it, they're going to be somebody else. When the vision came to Abram, his name was Abram. God11:35 gave him a vision. But by the time that it manifest, God said, now your name is Abraham, father of many.11:48 He started out his present self, but God said, I'm gonna make you into the man that can handle everything that I want to do in your life.12:00 When the word and the vision comes to Jacob and he sees God's blessing on his life, his name is Jacob, which means liar and swindler and12:12 cheat, and it literally means worm if you look it up. But that was his present self, his future self. By the time he's standing in the vision, his name is Israel, which12:23 means a prince with God who has power with God and favor with men. He went from a worm to a prince through the process. It will... The vision that God gives you. When12:35 I first started with the vision, I I I I I didn't... I was not capable. I didn't have the sermons. I didn't have the bible knowledge. I didn't know the things.12:47 I didn't know understand buildings. I didn't understand nothing. I had not... I could... I I just... I had nothing. How in the world do I have books? How in the world do I have a study12:59 bible? How in the world do... How? It was all in weight. That was my present self, and there was the future self. And don't let don't13:11 let the present self kill the future self. If you're in a drug rehab, that's your present self. But you've got a future self. And your future self is gonna get it together by the13:23 blood and the cross and the power of the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. Tell somebody you got a future self. And don't13:34 let your present self, your present circumstances and your present resources stop you from pursuing the vision that is bigger than your resources, bigger than13:46 your circumstances, and bigger than who you are right now. He said I'll make you a disciple. I'll take you through valleys and you'll pick up a stick and it'll part the Red Sea. I'll take13:58 you through fiery furnaces and you'll find out you don't have to fear nothing when the fourth man is with you. I'll take you through the lion's den and you'll watch the lion breathe his breath on you14:10 but not touch you. And then you come out into your future self. That's why you can't give up if you're a14:22 weak Christian. You can't give up if you're a struggling Christian. I'm telling you our future self is coming, praise God. The trumpet's gonna sound and we're gonna get a new body and we're gonna get14:34 a new beginning in Heaven and we won't fight this stuff anymore. But until then, keep on walking in the direction of the vision that God14:45 gives. By the time the vision comes true, you're gonna be somebody else. I have a futureLift Up Your Eyes and Walk 14:57 self. Now this is amazing. Watch this. In Genesis thirteen in verse fourteen, God says to Abraham, he says, and the Lord God said unto15:09 Abraham, I've separated Lot from you. He says, listen to these words, lift your eyes now and look from the place15:21 where you are. You gotta see what I say. Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are. Some of you have15:33 settled where you are. You've lost vision, you you you you're not dreaming of anything, you're not seeing anything, You're just existing. And the Lord said to him, lift up your15:45 eyes now and look from the place where you are. Northward, southward, eastward, westward for all the land which you see, I will... This is why I support Israel. I will15:57 give to you and your descendants forever. Don't get so focused16:09 on your circumstances, your recesses, and your present self that you lose focus. Lift up your eyes and all that you can see. If you can see16:21 it, I can give it16:25 to you.16:29 Now look at verse seventeen. It's unbelievable. He says, arise, walk through the land, its16:40 length and width for I will give it to you. Notice that all the land had been given to Abraham.16:52 It's like God said in any and every direction that you can walk and you can see it, I will give it to you. But the day you stop walking17:04 and the day you stop seeing it is the day that you just built the boundaries on what I'll do. Because if it's17:16 all yours, it doesn't really matter which direction you start. I love to preach like this.17:28 I wanna I wanna scream it at the young people. The only regrets I've got in life is I didn't dream bigger. I just believe anything that I, could believe17:40 God for, he can do it. If it's about souls, if it's about helping people... See, please understand this. God gave Joseph a dream. This is the most important thing to understand, and we only17:51 hear about one dream. But God gave Joseph a dream. And when he gave him the dream the first part of the dream, well the first dream he gave him two dreams, the first dream was an earthly dream,18:04 and he saw a field that in the field the harvest was bending over and bowing to him. That's an earthly dream, and18:16 God can give you authority and dominion in the Earth, but that's not the total dream. Then the next part of the Bible said that he saw a second dream18:28 and he saw, watch this, a heavenly dream, the sun, the moon, and the stars bowing down. See, God, when he gives a dream to somebody,18:40 it has effects on Earth. It will bless you. It will bless your children. It will bless your children's children. But if all you do is get the car and get the18:51 house and get the stuff and get the career and get the country club or whatever it is that you want and you get that stuff, all you have is a half a dream. It's notEarthly and Heavenly Dreams 19:03 until that dream is attached to the heavenly dream. Do you understand that? See, god will bless you if you seek him first what is amazing that we get so wrong19:15 that people work so hard to get the dream, the dream house, the dream this. I found that if I seek first the kingdom of God, all of these things will be added19:27 unto me. Your heavenly father knows what you have need of. And then19:39 the last part, I wanna close it. The last part, he said, and once once you see what he says, run with the vision. Run19:51 with the vision. Do you hear me? Everybody say run with the vision. Run with the vision. That's that's burning on the inside. Run with it. Let me give20:03 you one last biblical example. First Kings eighteen, hand of the lord came upon Elijah. But before the hand of the lord came on him, you know what he did? He got down and he prayed and he said, lord, I need a word from20:15 you. I need a word from you. I need a word from you. And he sent the servant, and the servant went on a cliff. And he said, you're praying for rain, but I don't see no rain. It's it's bright sunshine. He comes back. He20:26 says, do you see anything? No. He says, go again. He goes again. He comes back. See? This is the tearing part. Did you see anything? I don't see nothing, sir. Nothing. Go again. He goes again six times.20:38 Comes back six handfuls of nothing. You see anything? Not a thing. See? He's tearing. Though it tarries, wait for it. It will surely come to pass. He knew he was seeing20:50 what he heard. But when you get... When you see what he says, that's when you run. And the Bible said, go back to that verse, first Kings eighteen. The hand of21:02 the Lord then came upon... This is the context of this verse. Then the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah, girded up his loins, and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of the... Of Jezreel. He21:14 outran a horse. He had a vision and he said... And all he had was a hand. A cloud is the size of a hand. And he said, I I'm a... I got to be... I'm21:25 gonna beat him to the city because I have heard from God and I'm running with the vision. God wants us to take him at his21:35 word. Praise God.21:40 Will you take him at his word? You say, well I don't feel like God's got a vision. No. The problem is you've not sought him for the vision. He has a vision for every one21:52 of you. That's right. And it's earthly, and it's heavenly.22:01 Maybe you've watched this program, and you've felt the Holy Spirit while I've preached. I pray you have. And I just feel faith today for what man cannot do, GodRun With the Vision 22:13 can do. And, Lord, stretch forth your hand to heal today every person watching this broadcast that needs a healing touch. You're the God that said, by my stripes,22:25 we are healed. There is none beside you. You are a healing God, and you are a saving God. So right now, if you're watching this program and you really wanna get back to God,22:37 you wanna you wanna surrender everything to him, maybe you're going through a crisis, and it's got your full attention, and you know the answer deep down in your heart. It's Jesus.22:49 Call on him. Call on him. He can still help. He can still deliver. Say these words, Jesus, I pray right now for forgiveness of23:01 sins. I repent. I turn myself around, and I come back to you. Wash me. Cleanse me. Forgive me. God, we ask You23:13 today for what man cannot do. In Jesus' mighty Name. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. I believe it. And I believe that You're experiencing the23:24 power of prayer. It's not how long we pray, but even while I've been praying, I could sense that God is doing something right where you are. If you prayed that prayer,23:36 take a moment and call. Go online. If you'd like, let us know about the decision you've made. We'd love to hear from you, and help you take the next steps with your walk with God. A lot of free23:48 resources that'll bless you, help you in your brand new journey with Jesus Christ.23:58 On October seventh, Southern Israel experienced the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Children, families, and entire communities were attacked by terrorists who murdered,24:10 kidnapped, and shattered lives. Today, twenty five hundred children in Eshkol are trying to return to school, to safety, and to life, but the threat is not24:22 over. Terrorists across the border continue to threaten civilian areas with anti tank missiles. In partnership with the Jewish National Fund, Jenson24:34 Franklin Media Ministries has built hundreds of safe rooms, fortified the Kingdom Play School, and constructed bomb shelters and a resilient center that protect families in Eshkol every day.24:46 Now, the next urgent step is completing the Eshkol Wall of Protection, a massive reinforced wall designed to protect the children coming into school.24:56 I was a former teacher in the school behind this wall. It houses approximately two and a half thousand children, two thousand five hundred. These children come to school here every every day, and you can only25:07 imagine what it must feel like as a parent to send your children to school knowing that the school's within reach of anti tank missiles, that playgrounds are no longer safe,25:19 school buses are not safe, and this wall has changed all of that. Well, I'm very happy that they built this wall. I never thought that anybody would just care about us because we're just some kids from a random country,25:30 but it's actually so nice to to know that there's people that care about25:33 us. Today as you stand with Israel in her hour of need, you are not only helping protect these precious children, you are helping fulfill biblical prophecy. Your gift creates a hedge of protection25:45 for over twenty five hundred children in Eshcol and their families. Stand with the children of Eshcol. Stand with Israel.26:00 If you've been watching, you've noticed that we've really been focusing on the home and the family. And I have this beautiful twenty one day devotion, Miracles in Your Home, and I26:12 believe it will be a tremendous blessing to you. Hence, for a happy home, it has verses and it has instructions, and it tells you how to teach your children how26:24 to get along with one another. You can use it. It's just a couple pages every day, and it'll be a blessing to you and your family. This is our gift to you if you write us. If you can, for your gift of26:36 any size, we'll send you this, and we'll also send you some anointing oil. And this is a good thing to have if anybody gets sick. Mother, father, you have authority in Jesus'26:48 name to anoint your children with oil and pray for God's healing and God's help and God's consecration. Anoint their bedrooms, anoint their their clothes, their their26:59 beds if you have to. Do whatever you have to do, then fight for your family. We wanna help you, and we're gonna equip you with anointing oil and a twenty one day devotional journey in the word, and27:11 all of this is about miracles in your home.27:19 Well, welcome to Mentoring Moments. I'm Marcus Meekum. I'm here with pastor Jenson Franklin, and we have a great guest with us. And our whole objective in this is to encourage all of our pastors27:27 and encourage all of our pastors and church leaders, your wives, your families. We just wanna talk about real life, about what's your week like, what's your life like. You know?27:37 What is the reward of having a mentor in your life? Provision, protection, and promotion.27:44 Don't be discouraged. The Lord is with you, and he's moving in your ministry and in your life and in your calling. I speak encouragement to you. I speak life to27:56 your vision. I speak more than enough to your need. Mentoring Moments with Jenssen Franklin and Marcus Meacom. Subscribe today wherever you get your podcast.28:11 This program has been sponsored in part by friends and partners of Jenson Franklin Media Ministries. We hope you've enjoyed this teaching by Jenson Franklin, and thank you for your continued support of this ministry.28:23 Your prayers and financial support make these programs possible. For more information about this message and other ministry resources, visit us online at jensen franklin dot tv.In this video 0:00 You Get What You See6:02 Overcoming Obstacles to Vision14:50 Lift Up Your Eyes and Walk18:59 Earthly and Heavenly Dreams22:10 Run With the Vision
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