Holly Furtick

Finally we got to hear from my husband again.  He hasn’t preached at Elevation since Easter and we were all ready for him to come back.  And boy did he come back.  I think this weekend’s message was in my top 10 of all of the messages he has preached.

He combined Isaiah 40 and Luke 15 and talked about how waiting on God is active, not passive.  He talked about how a waiter at a restaurant is always active.  Waiters are also called servers.  When we wait on God, we should be actively serving him.  He pointed out that in Isaiah 40:31 it says, “those that wait on the Lord will mount up… run…and walk!”  He then took us to the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15.  In verse 29, we find the brother complaining to his father that had never gotten a party.  The father says to him that all the goats are his!

My husband pointed out that often what we are waiting on God to give us, He has already placed inside of us.  We pray for joy, and He is saying, “Rejoice in the Lord always!”  We ask God for forgiveness, He has already forgiven us and wants us to repent.

He encouraged us to stop waiting for God to do something that He has already done!

You really must listen to this message.  I do not feel I am doing it justice.  You can listen to the message (or watch it) at our website, the Elevation Network and our podcast.

I hope you have a wonderful Monday!

This weekend we continued our series with a special guest preacher, Bishop TD Jakes.  We learned last week that sometimes we are in a waiting room because of something God needs to teach us, or do through us.  This week we talked about the self-enforced waiting room of unforgiveness.

Bishop Jakes shared from Matthew 18 and the story of the unmerciful servant.  Before he got to the parable, he pointed out verse 20 where Jesus said, “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”  He said that our vertical relationship with Christ depends on our horizontal relationships with others.

When we do not forgive others, we really only hurt ourselves.  Bishop Jakes said, “Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and waiting for someone else to die.” He also said, “You may be right about what hurt you, but wrong about how you are handling it.”  He told us we must learn from the story and, “Flow in the mercy we were given.”

There was so much packed into the message.  You can listen to it at the Elevation Network, on our Podcast and in our archive.  You can also purchase Bishop Jakes’ new book, Let It Go, a book all about how to forgive.

I hope you have a great Monday!