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0:02 Before we lift our voices in prayer, let's dwell on the promises of God. There is a story tucked in the second chapter of 2 [music] Kings that most people read quickly, but it carries a weight of wisdom that can change the way you make every decision [music] for the rest of your life. It is the story of a young prophet named Elisha who walked closely beside his master, Elijah. The day came when God was about to take Elijah home, swept away to heaven in a whirlwind of fire. >> [music] >> And in the hours before that moment, Elijah kept turning to Elisha and saying, "Stay here. Stay behind. >> [music] >> The Lord has sent me on alone."
0:49 Three times Elijah said it. Three times Elisha refused. Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here. The Lord has sent me to Bethel." But Elisha said, "As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you." >> [music] >> So they went down to Bethel. 2 Kings [music] 2:2 What strikes me about Elisha is that he was not moving out of ambition. >> [music] >> He was not pushing forward to seize a moment for himself. He was not running ahead of God. He was simply keeping pace, watching carefully where God was moving, and refusing to let his own comfort or
1:36 convenience pull him away from that place. He had aligned his will with what God was doing, and he was not going to let anything separate [music] him from it. When the moment finally came, when Elijah was swept into glory, something fell [music] to the earth. The mantle of a prophet, the coat that had rested on the shoulders of one of the most powerful men of God who had ever lived, fell to the ground. Elisha did not grab at it out of desperation. He did not scheme to get it. He simply [music] received it because he had positioned himself in God's timing. Then he took the cloak that had fallen
2:22 from Elijah and struck the water with it. "Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?" he asked. [music] When he struck the water, it divided to the right and [music] to the left, and he crossed over. Second Kings 2:14 The waters parted [music] not because Elisha was the most talented man [music] not because he had earned the miracle with his striving. The waters parted because he had waited. He had watched. He had refused to make a move until his will was fully aligned with what God was doing. And when he finally acted, the power of
3:09 heaven stood behind every step he took. This is the kind of move God honors, not the hasty move, not the fearful move, not the self-serving move. >> [music] >> The move that is born in surrender, shaped in patience, and confirmed in the presence of God. We live in a world that glorifies the bold [music] decision-maker. Culture tells us to trust our gut, >> [music] >> to follow our heart, to move fast and figure it out later. But the wisdom of God runs in the exact opposite direction. [music] The simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps.
3:56 [music] Proverbs 14:15 The prudent man is not the man who never acts. He is the man who gives careful thought before he acts. [music] He pauses. He weighs. He does not let desire, impatience, or pride push him out of the gate before God has said go. And there is something at the root of that prudence, a deep reverence for the Lord that the book of Proverbs calls the fear of God. Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children [music] it will be a refuge. Proverbs 14:26
4:45 When you fear the Lord, [music] when you hold his opinion above your own, when you value his direction more than your own instincts, >> [music] >> you build your life on ground that cannot shift beneath you. You make your decisions [music] from a place of security, not anxiety. You act from [music] faith, not from pressure. And the moves you make carry the weight of heaven's approval because they were never yours to begin with. They were his. Perhaps you are in a season right now that feels like delay. Perhaps you have been ready to move for a long time. Ready to launch. Ready to step forward. >> [music] >> Ready to begin.
5:30 And yet the doors remain closed and the timing seems unclear. >> [music] >> I want to tell you something. The waiting is not punishment. The waiting [music] is preparation. Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these 40 years to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart >> [music] >> whether or not you would keep his commands. Deuteronomy 8:2 [music] 40 years Think about what that number means. an entire generation an entire lifetime in the wilderness, not in the promised land not in the place of blessing and
6:16 abundance >> [music] >> but in the dry disorienting humbling desert. >> [music] >> And Moses stood before the people and explained why. God was not abandoning them. He was aligning them. He was testing what was truly in their hearts. He was finding out whether they would trust his word more than their own hunger. >> [music] >> He humbled you causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna which neither you nor your ancestors [music] had known to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Deuteronomy 8:3
7:04 This is the lesson that the wilderness [music] teaches and that comfort never can. You cannot live by your own resources. [music] You cannot sustain yourself on your own plans. You do not have what you need to reach the promised land on your own strength. [music] You need every word that comes from the mouth of God. You need his voice more than you need an open door. You need his direction more than you need an opportunity. Every time Israel moved ahead of God in the wilderness, every time they ran after their own desires and leaned on their own understanding, [music] they suffered for it. And every time they waited, listened,
7:50 and followed where he led, >> [music] >> they were sustained. Even in the desert. Even in the hard place. Even in the season that made no sense. [music] Do not be in a hurry to leave the wilderness before God is finished with [music] you there. Before the mountains were set in place. >> [music] >> Before the depths of the ocean were carved. Before the first sunrise broke over a yet unnamed [music] earth. Wisdom was there. She was beside God [music] as the world took shape. Rejoicing in his work. Delighting in all of it. And specifically delighting in the people who had not yet been formed from the dust.
8:37 And now, [music] wisdom does not hide. She does not [music] speak only to scholars or to those who have spent decades in study. She cries out at the crossroads. She calls out at every gate where decisions are made. Listen to my instruction and be wise. Do not disregard it. Blessed are those who listen to me. Watching daily at my doors. Waiting at my doorway. Proverbs 8: 33 [music] to 34. She is not asking you to be paralyzed. She is not asking you to be afraid. She is asking you to wait at the door.
9:24 To position yourself before the Lord before you make your move. [music] To build a daily habit. Not an occasional desperate [music] cry when the crisis comes. But a steady, watchful [music] posture of listening. Because wisdom is not something you find in the emergency. Wisdom is something you cultivate in the quiet, so that when the moment comes to decide, you already know the voice of God well enough to follow it without hesitation. For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Proverbs 8:11 Nothing you desire can compare.
10:10 >> [music] >> Not the promotion. Not the relationship. >> [music] >> Not the breakthrough you have been pressing toward. Not the dream you have been carrying for years. [music] Nothing you want is worth more than the wisdom of God to know when to move [music] and when to stand still. There came a moment when the Apostle Paul sat in a Roman prison cell, >> [music] >> not for doing wrong, but for doing right. Not for following his own ambitions, but for following God's call so completely that it had [music] cost him nearly everything. And yet, in the middle of that cell, he wrote words that carried no bitterness, no regret, [music]
10:56 no trembling. For the spirit God gave us does not [music] make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 He had not made his moves out of fear. He had not crossed borders [music] or preached in hostile cities because he was brave in himself. He had moved because he had already surrendered his will to a purpose that was not his own. >> [music] >> He has saved us and called us to a holy life, not because of anything we have done, but because of his own purpose and [music] grace. 2 Timothy 1 verse 9
11:42 Before Paul ever took [music] a single step on that first missionary journey, his will had already been broken and remade in the hands of God. He had met the risen Christ on the road to Damascus and nothing [music] had been his own since that moment. His plans, his movements, his words, all of it was surrendered. And from that surrender came a boldness that [music] no prison could silence and no threat could extinguish. He was not second-guessing himself in that cell because he had not made moves of his own in the first [music] place. He had made God's moves in God's timing [music] toward God's purposes.
12:28 And so [music] when the suffering came, it did not shake his confidence. It confirmed it. That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame because I know whom I have believed [music] and I'm convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. 2 Timothy [music] 1 verse 12 He did not say he knew what would happen next. He did not say he had mapped out the road ahead. He said he knew whom he had believed and that was enough. [music] Because when your will is aligned with God's [music]
13:14 you do not need to understand every step. You only need to trust the one who holds every step in his hands. Lord I come before you with my plans and my impatience and my desire to move now, and I lay all of it at your feet. I confess that there are times I have gone ahead of you. Times I have mistaken a feeling for your leading. >> [music] >> Times I have called my own ambition a calling and named my own desire your will. Forgive me, Lord, >> [music] >> for moving without you. I stand today at a crossroads, >> [music] >> and I do not want to take one step in a
14:00 direction you have not chosen for me. I know that there is a way that seems right to a man, and I know that my own heart can deceive me. So, I ask you, Lord, align my will with yours before I make a move. >> [music] >> Give me the patience of Elisha, who waited at the edge of the water and refused to rush ahead of what you were doing. Give me the conviction of Paul, who moved [music] not from his own agenda, but from your purpose and grace. Give me the humility of Israel in the desert, learning the lesson that no amount of striving can teach, that every word from your mouth is more essential to me than bread.
14:47 Let me [music] stand at wisdom's door. Let me wait in your presence before I act in the world. Let me not be the simple man who believes every impulse, but the prudent man who gives careful thought to his steps, [music] because his steps belong to you. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, >> [music] >> and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6. [music] I submit every part to you [music] today. The path of this decision, the path of this season,
15:33 the path of this life. Make it straight, >> [music] >> Lord. Go before me. And when you [music] say move, I will move with confidence because I will know that the move is yours. I do not need to understand the whole road. I do not need to see the end from [music] the beginning. I only need to know you well enough to follow you faithfully [music] one surrendered step at a time. In the name of Jesus >> [music] >> who is the way, the truth, and the life. Amen. [music] Thank you for joining me in this powerful prayer today.
16:20 If this prayer [music] touched your heart, type amen in the comments as a sign of faith [music] and agreement. Let's encourage each other in this journey of grace. [music] And don't forget to subscribe for more prayers, encouragement, and uplifting messages. [music] Together, we'll continue to grow stronger in faith and closer to God. Stay blessed, [music] and may God's peace be with you always.
