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Right Place, Right Time Part 2

Creflo Dollar

January 6, 2021

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announcer: Coming upnext on "Changing Your World."
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Taffi Dollar: The Word of Godand everything can be going on
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around us and that the power ofGod and revelation and insight,
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understanding,and you know what?
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We can be totally distracted bywhat's taking place because
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we are being pulled away bythe cares of the world.
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♪ This is your world,so let's vow to make it ♪
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♪ Let every heart that needs toknow your love is here to stay.♪
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Taffi: Well, we are excitedabout the Word of God today.
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We are excited about whatGod is doing in the earth.
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This year is something that wewill definitely put in the books
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that we have neverexperienced before.
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I'm telling you, child of God,you are living in the midst of
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a historical time, somethingthat you'll be able to pass on
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that you've lived andliving through a pandemic,
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as the Bible calls it aplague, but you know what?
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The Bible says that noweapon formed against his
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people will prosper.
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And so he didn't say theweapon won't be formed.
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He said that it won'tprosper against you.
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So we know that even thoughthere are things that are going
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on outside and in the kingdomof darkness and outside in the
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things of the world,but we believe that,
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as a people of God andas the children of God,
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that we are equipped, and weare under the shadow
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of the Most High God.
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Well this morning, I believethat it's vital that we just
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really dive intowhat God's Word says,
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and so we're gonna look at whatI taught a couple weeks ago on
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the right placeand the right time.
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And as I mentioned, you know,being in the wrong place
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at the wrong timeis very costly.
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It is something that can bevery fatal in many instances.
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You know, we hear so manyinstances about senseless
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tragedies that take placeand how things that are just
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notorious and treacherousthat are taking place.
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We're living in themost dangerous times,
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the most violent times, similarwhat the Bible talked about with
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Noah and how it says thatthe earth was filled with
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corruption, but because ofNoah finding favor with God,
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he was able toescape the corruption,
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the violence, thedestruction, the decay,
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all the things that were takingplace because he found
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favor with God.
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And so Noah was in theright place at the right time,
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and I believe thatyou, child of God,
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are going to be--and you are inthe right place and at the
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right time, right here withGod, tuning in to his voice,
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tuning in to what hisplan has for your life,
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giving attention andattentiveness to what
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he's written concerning yourlife and the things that
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he's promised to you.
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And so we're wanting really toget over into this and get
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a revelation ofwalking in God's favor,
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walking, as Creflosays, a barefoot priest,
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so that we can begin to geta revelation of what
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he wants to do.
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So I was prayingthe other morning,
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and God was speaking tome about some things,
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and so I justwanna share with you,
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and I have some Scripturesthat we wanna look at.
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And so my prayer this morning isthat we will begin to experience
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the unlimited power ofthe Almighty God--and so,
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if you would, look with me inthe book of Luke chapter 10,
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Luke chapter 10, and we're gonnalook at The Message translation,
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The Message translation--becausehis power is present today to do
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so many things in our lives.
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So we're gonna look at a fewexamples here of people who
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have experienced being at theright place and at the
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right time and how their liveswere changed, how they
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experienced the favor of God,how they were elevated,
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received preferential treatment.
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They were preferred,they were esteemed,
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they were regarded--all thosethings happen when we understand
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that we will be in the placewhere God has destined us to be.
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And so we're gonna look atThe Message translation.
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So, if you would, justfollow along with me,
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or if you have that version,I encourage you to just read
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along, and I believe that it'llbe a blessing to your life.
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We'll start here in verse 38.
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The Messagetranslation, verse 38.
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It says, "As theycontinued their travel,
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Jesus entered into a village.
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A woman by the name of Marthawelcomed him and made him feel
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quite at home.
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She had a sister, Mary,who sat before the Master,
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hanging on every word he said."
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I love that about Mary, the factthat the Scripture describes her
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as hanging on everyword that Jesus said.
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You know, that's agreat adjective.
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That's a greatdescription for someone's life.
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I don't know about you.
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I wanna be one whohangs on every word of God.
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And so you've gotta imaginethe fact that she was in Jesus's
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presence, in his company, and sothe Scripture says here she hung
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on every word he said, "ButMartha was pulled away by
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all she had to doin the kitchen.
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Later, she steppedin, interrupting them."
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Think of that.
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Jesus is in the room, doingwhat he was designed to do.
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I'm sure, imparting,sharing the Word of God,
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discipling, tutoring thosewho were in his presence,
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Mary and the others.
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"But," it said,"Martha was pulled away,
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and she stepped in to whereJesus was and interrupted them."
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I don't know about you--Martha,I wouldn't wanna
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interrupt Jesus.
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I mean, it's one thing tomaybe interrupt some of your
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houseguests or company,but to interrupt Jesus?
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And listen towhat she says here.
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She says, "Master, don'tyou care that my sister
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has abandoned the kitchen to me?
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Tell her to lend me a hand."
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Martha, Martha, Martha.
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I think we have to recognize andwe have to pray that we don't
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become Marthas where we're inthe wrong place at the
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wrong time because hereis Jesus in her home,
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right in, I imagine, herliving room or den or whatever,
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and this is the King ofkings and the Lord of lords,
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but she was more pulled awayand distracted by what was
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goin' on in the kitchen.
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Maybe, you know, washingdishes or sweeping the floor,
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or maybe she was cookingor to the point where she,
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the Scripture says, "stepped inwhile Mary and the others were
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hanging on every word that Jesusspoke," to the point where she
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says to Jesus, "Don't you carethat she has left me or that
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Mary has abandoned me?
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Tell her to lend me a hand."
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And, you know, thisis a clear example,
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I pray, of the fact that theWord of God and everything can
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be going on around us and thatthe power of God and revelation
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and insight, understanding,and you know what?
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We can be totally distracted bywhat's taking place because we
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are being pulled away bythe cares of the world,
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carried away by maybe, you know,the activity or the business in
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our lives that we misswhat Jesus is saying.
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And I don't knowabout you, child of God,
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I don't know, and I praythat's not your testimony,
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and certainly I don't want itto be mine--is that I wanna be
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right where the wisdom ofGod is being poured out.
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I wanna be hanging on andgetting a hold of what God wants
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to be spoken and God wantsme to receive in my life.
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And so, you know, we have toguard ourselves against
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the spirit of complainingbecause, in essence,
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this was what she started to dohere because she was upset
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by what was going on andwhat she felt like she had
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to do in the kitchen.
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It says that "Martha was pulledaway by all--" so it must have
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been quite a bit of things thatwere pulling on her and getting
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her attention away fromJesus by all that she had to do.
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And so we have to be mindfulof the spirit of complaining.
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I thought about that thismorning because what that does
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is it limits God'sability to move in our lives.
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We can be in a placewhere God is moving,
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the wisdom of God isflowing, revelation,
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insight, all thesegreat things are happening,
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but, on the other hand, becauseMary was in the right place,
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and Martha was inthe wrong place,
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Martha was not in the positionto benefit from what was taking
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place, and all she wanted to dowas to interrupt and to step in
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to what God was doing and whatJesus was doing at that time.
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So we want to really look at ourlives today and make sure that
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we guard against being in thewrong place in the wrong time,
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the spirit of complaining,limiting God in a place of fear,
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you know, 'cause fear will dothat too because we could limit
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our ability and thepossibilities of God in our life
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because we're afraid.
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Maybe Martha was afraid.
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"You know, I've got all thesethings to do, and if I don't
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interrupt, if I don't step innow, they're not gonna get done,
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and I, you know, gotta make surethat these things are done that,
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you know, the kitchen is inorder or things are
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in their proper place."
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But you know what?
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I'm not saying to neglectthe kitchen and just neglect
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important areas of our life, butI'm saying know the time to do
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it, and that takes wisdom,knowing where to be and at
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the right time to be therebecause, as we read in the
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Scripture, it wasn't the timeto be in the kitchen, Martha.
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It wasn't the time tointerrupt, of all people,
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Jesus, and to stepinto his conversation.
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And so she lost sight of whatshe was supposed to be doing
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at the time, and thenconsequently she felt as if she
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was alone and that Jesus hadabandoned her and that her
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sister had abandoned her.
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And, you know, that's what theenemy does when fear comes in
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and fear thinks that, you know,whatever is needing to happen
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should happen at the momentand the time in which it will
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happen, and we kind ofput God on our time clock,
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and we want him to move at thetime in which he's goin' to do
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it, and if he's not gonna doit, we work ourselves up into
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a frenzy, and we don'tthink that he's gonna do it,
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and it has to bedone on our calendar,
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and we interrupt situations, andwe start doing things in and of
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the flesh, and we start tryingto do what you know instead of
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getting into a place of restand getting at Jesus's feet.
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Now, Mary, on the otherhand, Jesus privileged her.
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Jesus blessed her in allowingher to be in the company of all
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men, and to allow her was ablessing there because
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typically women were notin the same general,
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common meeting area of men.
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Usually men would be on one areaand women would be on the other
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side, but Jesus madean exemption for Mary,
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and he said, "She'shanging on every word."
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Now, let's read alittle further down here.
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Let's look at what Jesus saidbecause I love how he responds
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to Martha as she was pulled awayand as she felt being abandoned
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and wanted Jesus to forceher to come and lend her hand.
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He wanted--the Mastersaid to Martha here,
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He says, "Martha, dearMartha, you're fussing,
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far too much.
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You're fussing far too much."
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And that's what happens whenwe're in the wrong place
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at the wrong time.
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We're out of the placewhere God wants us to be,
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and perhaps wemight be in strife,
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or we might be incomplaining or in fear,
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but Martha was being fussy.
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She was being argumentative.
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He says, "You're fussing far toomuch and getting yourself
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worked up over nothing."
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I love that.
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When we're not taking out thetime to get in the presence of
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God and spend time with him,it's so easy to get fussy.
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It's so easy to get worked upover nothing because we're
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not tuning in to our prayertime and to time with God.
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Now we're tuningin to our emotions,
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which are, in manyinstances, negative emotions
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by her being fussy.
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We're tuning in tofear-filled words, anxiety.
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And so he says, "You'refussing far too much,
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getting yourselfworked up over nothing.
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One thing isessential--" so, in essence,
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"Martha, what you haveto do in the kitchen,
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that's not essential.
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That's not thetime to be concerned,
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to come in, to interrupt, tostep in what I'm teaching,
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what I'm trying toimpart to your life."
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One thing is essential, and youknow what that one thing was?
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It was getting ahold of whatJesus was saying and knowing
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where to be and being at theright place at the right time.
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And so he tells her, he says,"One thing only is essential,
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and Mary has chosen it."
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So "Mary chose to be at Jesus'sfeet," is one translation.
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Mary chose the rightplace at the right time.
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"It's the main course,"the Scripture says,
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"and won't be taken from her."
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And so I love thefact--because we read on,
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and for the sake oftime, I won't read on,
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but it goes on anddescribes even how,
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when theirbrother Lazarus passed,
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and the Scripture saysthat Mary and Martha,
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they went on ahead to, you know,check on their brother and how
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their reactions weretotally different.
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Martha was still ina place of anxiety,
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panic, but Mary,on the other word,
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she responded in atotal different way.
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The Scripture talks about howshe waited and acknowledged
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before she went ahead to visitand attend to the situation.
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I get the sense that, as aresult of the deposit that
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Mary made in her life,if you read on,
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you'll see the distinction, evenhow they responded in the
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midst of tragedy,in the midst of loss,
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in the midst of grief.
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You know why?
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Because of the word that wasdeposited and because of Mary
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carving out the word and knowingthe importance of the word and
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being favored with the word, andthat favor caused grace to come
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over her life, and thatgrace enabled her to
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deal with the situation.
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Now, who's to say that Marywould've not helped out Martha?
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We're not saying that, you know,they may have had something
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going on as sisters or siblings.
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But you know what?
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That's not the issue.
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The issue is Maryknew what was essential,
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and as a result, she wasprepared for the circumstances
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of her brother Lazarus passingon and everything else
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that needed to be done.
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So Mary might'vesaid, "You know,
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Martha, I'm coming.
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I'm not abandoning you.
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I will assist you."
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But you know what?
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It's the time to do it.
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The Scripture says inEcclesiastes chapter 3,
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that there's a season, andthere's a time to everything.
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So we've gotta know, and we haveto ask the Lord to show us
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the time so that we're in histime and we're moving as he
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desires to move, and then we canbegin to be where he wants us
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to be because there'sa time to every season.
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There's a time to, youknow, go in kitchen.
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There's a time tohear the Word of God.
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There's a time tolay at Jesus's feet,
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to hang onto every word,but we've gotta know,
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and you know what?
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That only comes byspending time with the Lord.
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And so, every day--I don't knowabout you--I want to be where
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God wants me to bethroughout the day because,
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if I'm allowing my dayto be ordered by him,
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then my day will be conducted ina way where he's able to direct
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me, and the Scripture says,"If I honor him and then,
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in all of my waysI acknowledge him,
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then he will direct my path."
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So we just have to honor him,and we have to give him
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the regard, give him theauthority to speak into
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our lives, to carve outand not get so busy,
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and then, as aresult, we are fussy,
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then we're complaining, thenwe're thinking we're alone,
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that it's, you know,no support, no help,
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but no, it all startedbecause she was out of place,
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and she didn't make it essentialto receive the Word of God.
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And so these are things that arevery practical and perhaps that
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we should make sure that weguard against the spirit of
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complaining andthat we understand,
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even as the Scripture talksabout minding our own affairs
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and minding our businessand not being a busybody but
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understanding the business thatis important to the kingdom
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of God and the otherbusyness that we should do.
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And like I said, we'renot saying neglectful,
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you know, not to attend todomestic affairs--certainly not.
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I believe in the kitchen anddoing dishes and laundry and
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anything else thatneeds to be done,
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but you know what?
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It's the time.
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It's when.
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It's knowing and being lead.
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Those are the key things thatI want us to look at today.
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These are the key things thatI want us to look at today.
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So we have several Scripturesand several people that we can
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look at in different examplesbecause we are in the midst
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of one of the busiesttimes, and as believers,
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we must immerseourselves in the Word.
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There are many influencesin the world that compete
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for our attention.
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The cares of this world,the Bible says,
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will choke out the Word.
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The cares, the anxiety,the fears,
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all the things thatare going on around us,
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these things have theability to influence our minds,
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influence our thoughts,to overcome us,
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to overwhelm us.
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But you know what?
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We cannot allow it to crowd outand to keep the Word of God from
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being harvested and bringingforth fruit in our lives.
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