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Bishop Jakes - Feb 13, 2011

The Witness of Change

(KJV) John 1:8 He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light.

You first have to have a direction.

Purpose has process.

He needs you to be you so it doesn't mess up the plan. You are meant to be in a certain role. You have been curved just so you fit in a particular place!

We seek him bc we want to know our purpose. It is not innate to seek Him.

Seasons are really stages. Life has stages. You have grace for that stage. The process prepares you for the promise.

If Joseph had not spent 40 yrs in the palace he would not have been able to relate to the pharoh. If Moses had not spent 40 yrs in the wilderness he would have been to egotistical. Don't worry about your location as long as you are prospering. Joseph went from the prison to the palace.

He would never have gotten in the prison if Potiphar had not sent him. He would never have gotten out if the two men had not witnessed his gift. Who is your witness? Who is your sponsor? Sponsors take you from one season to the next.

God will send his blessing through a man. Where is the man?

My resource is going to come through my relationships. The enemy is fighting your relationships.

The gatekeeper exposes you to the next season in your life.

The text is about a relationship that God had ordained to take Jesus to the next level.

The relationship is really a generational relationship. In the womb, the babies leaped.

You would think that Jesus would have started his ministry with miracles. You would think that he wouldn't need a witness to point him out.

You can't start yourself. You need a witness. You don't need to be wonderful in your own eyes. There's a process for promotion that validates that it is time for a change. Don't leg restlessness be your witness.

We see nothing about Jesus between ages 12 and 30. They are following John.

Stop letting people bang you into places where you don't fit. Lord show me where I fit.

"It cannot be said that I made myself." You gotta go through process.

It is not ahoy the money. Your resource is going to come through your relationships. Your sponsor may nit be someone who is related to you, but it is someone who relates to you on a higher level.

Always friend up. If you can friend up, you can go up without pretending to be something you are not.

You are not that light. Your role in history may not be to be the Man. Your role may be to point out the Light. Do what you're good at. So your goods show you what to do. God will give you the goods/gifts for what you are supposed to do. According to what he predestined you to do.

Just because I'm not the general doesn't mean that the army doesn't need me.

Just because you do something doesn't mean you are something.