Welcome to 15 Minutes in the Word with New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer. On today's program, Joyce will be teaching from her series, Blessed in the Mess. Choosing to trust God, despite our circumstances, is the answer to everything. This doesn't mean we sit back and do nothing while God fixes all our problems. It means we can live with joy and be a blessing to someone else while he works things out in his way and in his perfect timing. If we tend to God's business, he will take care of ours. Now, here's Joyce with today's teaching. You know, like for example, if I sin and I'm miserable with guilt because I've sinned, I can take a good dose of God forgives me. I can take a good dose of the mercy of God and be healed in my soul. If I'm mad at somebody else because they've hurt me, I can take a good dose of I forgive you and be completely healed. If I'm sick with jealousy because somebody else is getting what I want, I can take a great big dose of contentment and my soul can be healed. But there's one thing that is the answer to every problem that ails us, and it's called trust God, and do good. If you have a nice big bottle of both of these things in your house, I don't care what ails you, you've got what you need to always be well. Now look, this is a prescription for trust. Comes from Dr. Jesus. The patient is prescribed far as whosoever. Take as many as you need for as long as you need. Free fills are endless, but you have to be careful this stuff has side effects. When you start taking trust, wow, you have a side effect of peace, joy, stability, confidence, better life. And then if you match it up with some do good, see, I think a lot of times we think, well, I'm trusting God, but what are you doing? While you're trusting God, are you sowing some good seeds in somebody else's life? And believe that even though you can't fix your own problem, you can help somebody else and through doing that, you're sowing a seed that will then bring a harvest in your life. And even something as devastating as the earthquake in the pole. I would go there and preach the same message that I'm preaching to you because I don't care how bad off you are, you can always find something that you can do for somebody else and nothing makes the devil any matter than when he's throwing his best, biggest problem at you for you to say, I'm going to trust God and I'm going to help somebody else. Now this do good stuff has side effects too and they're extreme happiness and rewards in heaven. See, trust God, they're right in here, the pills. And we got do good pills in here too. I say, we got a team of people at our office, they can make anything I dream up. They're kind of used to me now, they just, whatever I say I want, they start trying to make it. You know, when we don't understand and we start trying to figure out what only God knows, there can only be one result and that's confusion. If I would have started out tonight and said, how many of you are confused right now about something going on in your life, I would have had a lot of hands go up. But see, here's the truth, you can't be confused if you refuse to try to figure it out. I can tell you right now, Dave is a guy that does not try to figure anything out. He's just like, God knows and he'll take care of it. I'm casting my care. And I've gotten there, it's taken me 40 years, but I have a breakdown every once in a while, but I'm doing good. You know, in 1 Corinthians, chapter 13, the Bible says that we know in part, we know in part, we don't know everything. We're not intended to know everything. It wouldn't even be good for us if we knew everything. Do you know if you knew right now everything coming up in your future? Hmm. Most of us, it just sign off and say, forget it. Or even if you knew how God intends to use you or bless you in the future, you might get full of pride and that would ruin it. So God only reveals things to us a little bit of time as he knows it's right. And there is no such thing. There's no need for trust if we know everything. Do you know that God really couldn't even be your God if you knew everything that he knows? We need to get satisfied to know the one who knows and not have to know everything. Can some of you take a step of faith tonight and say, I don't understand what's going on in my life, but I am not going to try to figure it out anymore. I am going to trust God and I am going to do good. Wow. I feel the burdens lifting already. There they go. See, here's the thing. The devil sends out. He comes, sits real close to your ear. What are you going to do? What are you going to do? Well, that doesn't make any sense. Well, how did that happen? Well, look at that person over there. They're not even serving God and they're blessed. Just explain that. If God is so good, how did that happen? If God loves you so much, how did that happen? And you know what? I'm going to show you a description a little bit that said that Jesus overheard but ignored the bad reports that were coming to him. You know, I may hear the devil, but I don't have to believe him. I may hear him, but I don't have to bow down to him. And everything that he screams in your ear, you need to just say, I don't have to know. I'm going to trust God and do good. I'm going to trust God and do good. I'm going to trust God and do good. And I'm always going to come out on top if I do that. Amen. You've got to be careful about all the things that the enemy, the lies that he puts in your head that you listen to. Is anybody tired of being confused all the time? Are you tired of your head hurting because you think, think, think, think, think, think, think. Can I tell you a great deliverance from many of you would just be if you'd just stop thinking so much all the time about everything. Just get around to enjoying life a little bit. You want to really make the devil mad, trust God and enjoy your life while God is solving your problem. Did you hear me? While God is solving your problem, you can enjoy your life. That's what trust means. Trust means I'm no longer miserable. Trust means I'm letting go of it and I'm going to do what I can do, but I'm not going to try to do what I cannot do. Hallelujah. My gosh, I about drove myself crazy for years trying to figure everything out. And you know, sometimes when you think you've got answers, you still don't have answers. You just think you've got answers. Oh, I'll tell you what. The world is full of mysteries. The Bible talks about mysteries, the mystery of Christ, the mysteries of the kingdom of God, the mysteries of heaven, the mystery of Christ and me, the hope of glory, so many mysteries. And why do we get so rattled about the things that we don't understand? We should be intrigued by these mysteries. Pastor Mike told me today that of all the movies, watch the number one of all time of everybody, their favorite movies are mysteries. I love mysteries. You're drawn in. You come closer. But why is it when there's a mystery in our relationship with God that sometimes we... We should be amazed by the mysteries of heaven and the mysteries of the incarnation and the mystery of the Trinity. We should just be like, God, you are so awesome. Nobody can figure you out. This is a mystery we are not going to figure out. The Bible says when Jesus comes again, we will know Him even as we are known right now. There's going to be a time in your life when you will know everything, but it is not now. And if you don't do anything else on this Friday night, July 31st, 2015, get it through your head that you are going to go through life not knowing a lot of things and you can get happy about it and have a lot of peace. Now in the morning when you wake up and the first thing you start trying to figure something out, open your mouth and say, I'm going to trust God and do good. I'm going to trust God and do good. 1 Corinthians 15, 51. Take notice, I tell you a mystery, a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God. We shall not all fall asleep in death, but we shall all be changed and transformed. Now he's basically saying that when Christ comes, there will be some that won't ever die because the ones who are alive on the earth at that time will be caught up in the air. And those that have already gone before will rise up and will meet Him in the air and will all be changed, changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye. At the sound of the last trumpet call, for a trumpet will sound and the dead in Christ will be rise imperishable, free and immune from decay, and we shall all be changed and transformed. I tell you, this is shouting scripture. This is what we get to look forward to. You know what? Even when Jesus shows up, we're still going to have stuff wrong with us. He doesn't care that you never reach the place of perfection. What he wants is a perfect heart who's always moving toward Him, moving toward Him, moving toward Him. And I tell people all the time, just get up every day and do the best you can and let God do the rest of what you can't do. And when He returns, whatever is still wrong with you, He's going to be changed in the twinkling of an eye. And you will be like Him and see Him as He is. You know what? I don't worry about stuff that's wrong with me anymore. It doesn't trouble me one bit. And it makes the devil so mad he's about to have a nervous breakdown. You know why I don't worry with it anymore? Because I about killed myself with worry over it for years and years. Thanks for listening. Trials and tribulations are part of life, but if we handle it God's way, He will bless us in the middle of the mess. God uses hard times to strengthen our faith and teach us important lessons. Remember, we gain experience through our challenges, which qualify and equip us for God to use us to help others. Looking for more? You got it! Each day you'll find more unique episodes of the Enjoying Everyday Life program and other exclusive content in the Joyce Meyer app and online at joysemire.org. Well, I hope that you feel that I'm a partner in your life by teaching you the Word of God. And I'm asking you to partner with me in helping us continue reaching out not only to you through this program, but to so many people around the world that still don't know Jesus. Together we can do so much more than what we can do by ourselves, so please become a brand new partner with us today. To join us in partnership right now, go to joysemire.org. Thank you so much. Thank you for listening to 15 Minutes in the Word with Joyce. You
