The Power of Your Call X Sarah Jakes Roberts

there's a scripture in Philippians for that I love and it speaks to the power of transmission Philippians 4 6-7 it says be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and Minds through Christ Jesus [Applause] it speaks to the power of what happens when we take what we've been carrying to the Lord in prayer when I take it to the Lord in prayer I pour my heart out and I say God

this is what I've been carrying God this is what's been stored up inside of me and when we lay it out before God most of us just stop at that point and then we miss that the second part says that the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and Minds there's something that happens you pass on your burdens you pass on what you've been carrying and then God passes you back something else when I lay it out before God a transmission takes place now all the all of a sudden where I

once had the potential to be anxious I now have the opportunity to have my heart and mind guarded and to experience peace that means that when I am in prayer I am in pursuit of the things in my life which are taking up capacity that no longer have the right to be there and in exchange I am asking God to give me peace for the area where I once had anxiety that God would give me peace for the area where I once had worried that God would give me peace not just peace the kind of

peace that we have for a minute but the kind of peace that guards my heart and mind why do I need a guard around my heart and my mind because if I don't have a guard around my heart and my mind I may end up engaging again in the very thing that God that I laid down in my prayer closet and so I need a guard against my own heart and mind and that's what happens when we go in prayer and now we've gone to prayer and now I've made this exchange and now I have

capacity I have the ability Now to create space for what God wants to do in my life because in order for us to be infective in this season I heard God say that you're going to need to embody the revelation of Who You Are who you are in his eyes it's not part-time it's not something you're waiting to step into the two have been called to embody a word he spoke a word that brought your life into existence and if I am embodying my trauma or if I am embodying the other things that have happened

to me I'm embodying stress I'm embodying other people's responsibility then I cannot embody the word that makes me effective in why I was brought into the Earth Jesus knew how to shake things off of him because he recognized it at the end of the day I have been called to embody the word and the Word was made flesh and dwat amongst us the reason why I chose this text with Paul is because I don't think that there is another example as thorough as the life of Paul that helps us to understand what it is like

to embody the call of God on our life it seems like Paul was a peculiar choice considering he was on the other side of what God was doing in the Earth he was persecuting Christians persecuting Believers of the way he was not on our side at all and yet he has an encounter on the road of Damas on the road to Damascus Damascus that lets us know that that conversion took place and he went from embodying the belief of who he thought he should be to embodying the belief of who God has called him to

be and when he moved and made this transition one of the things that he tells us in Philippians that he learned in the process of embodying who God has called him to be is that in order for him to embody it effectively that he has to forget those things that are behind that means in order for him to be effective in the call he could not keep on carrying not even the highlights of what had happened he couldn't carry what happened behind him who he used to be in order for him to be effective In

This Moment he had to forget those things that were behind why did he have to forget those things that were behind because in order for him to be present in this moment he had to have a full integration of who he is right now that means that I cannot afford to keep paying for the mistakes of who I was yesterday and step into who I'm called to be now I can be worried about what I'll look like tomorrow I gotta step into this moment right now sometimes the greatest prayer that you can pray is God

make me present in this moment right here I don't want to miss what this moment has for me I don't want to miss who I am supposed to be in this moment so make me present not just in my mind make me present in my body when I'm having a conversation with my partner and I'm thinking about all of the ways they got it wrong and I'm thinking of all the things things I could be doing instead of thinking about those things that are behind or thinking about what I'm going to say in the future

God help me to be present in this moment so I don't miss what you're trying to do help me to be present when I am creating so that I don't miss the sound that you're trying to create I don't want to be on autopilot I want to be present in every moment I don't want to just get busy raising the child and putting them on a routine that I miss the fact that they're going through a depression that I miss the fact that they are self-harming God help me to respond in this moment help me

to see it the way that you see it God says I'll take care of the future don't worry about that you stay present in this moment why else do we celebrate that he has gone ahead of us and made our crooked path straight that means I don't have to go ahead of me he's got ahead of me covered all I need to do is work where I am right now so I am forgetting those things that are behind and I'm going to work where I am right now God make me present in every way possible

to what this moment demand I don't want to be stuck I don't want to be trapped and Paul manages to master this Paul Masters this so well that when my text begins it says that God works unusual Miracles by the hands of Paul starts off talking about his hands but then it says so that even his handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick I like this text about the power of him embodying so fully his call that even the things that he wore were anointed enough to heal the sick oh it's

gonna get good in a minute [Applause] he was so locked into his purpose he was so locked into who he needed to be in any given moment that even when they beat and wounded him and then threw him in prison that Paul and Silas were still in the prison worshiping and singing songs because he was so locked into who he was called to be that even when he was up against persecution even when he was in the midst of a trial he still knew how to lock in with God and not lose focus he knew

how to lock in with God and make sure he could tap into a praise he was so locked in that it was oozing out of his pores he was so locked in that even when they beat him all it did was produce more praise Paul was the crazy man who kept talking about suffering producing glory and how else does the suffering produce Glory unless he is fully in the suffering so that he can be fully in the glory oh God help me because I feel like I'm about to turn the corner on this thing the

reason why you have to be fully present in your body is because when you're fully present even in the suffering you also get to be fully present even in the glory the fact that Jesus was so moved with compassion that he felt it in his bowels means that when he was wounded for our transgression he really felt that thing in his body that means that when the chastisement of our iniquities were upon him that he really felt it in his body that means that when they nailed his hands to the cross that he really felt

that thing in his body but when he was raised up free and Victorious he really felt that in his body so much so that he told Thomas put your hands through the holes because I'm telling you I really felt Glory happening in my body I want somebody to know that it is possible to be so anointed that it bruises through your body to be so anointed that you shook the atmosphere when you walk into a room to be so anointed that when you step into this space all of a sudden the conversation must be elevated

because what God has done in me before I even open my mouth you can experience it by the way I carried my body tells you I'm not the one my body tells you that I'm fearfully and wonderfully made my body is healthier that I went through hell and I know how to fight a devil my body tells me my body tells me my body my body makes it known my body makes it known it's happening in my body there was a woman who was so convinced that God could help her that when she heard that

Jesus was in her town that he was walking through the multitude and Jesus was so in tune with his body that when this woman was walking through she had had an issue of blood for 12 years and she could feel the flow in her body but she fought within herself if I could just lock into Jesus then maybe that thing that I've been feeling would finally stop flowing and so she ran up on Jesus and Jesus was so locked in that he said who touched me who touched me and they said no that the multitude

strong here how could you ask who touched you and he said I know that somebody touched me because I felt power come out of my body I felt power come out of my body but check this the woman was so locked in that when she touched him it says immediately the flow of blood stopped that means he was so checked into what was happening with her body that she knew the moment she got healed God help me God help me God help me there's something going to happen in this room when somebody touches the Hem

of His Garment the woman is so locked in anybody with a flow will tell you that you can't tell when the flow starts and you can't tell when the flow stops but life had backed her into a corner so much that she had to get sensitive about her body and when she got sensitive about her body when she locked into Jesus Jesus locked into her and there was an exchange that took place because their one body touched another body one body took power from another body and now all of a sudden my body is saying

this side that I'm in touch by power I'm in touch with a breakthrough this is Jesus help me Jesus was so anointed that it was on the Hem of His Garment he was so anointed that it was on his clothes he was so in touch with his body that he recognized that when she grabbed him that she pulled something from him and she was so in touch with what she needed that she knew that when she got the power it healed her I hear God saying that some of you been touching God but she didn't

touch him with a Target and because she touched him with the Target in mind she knew the very moment she got healed I hear God saying that if you start taking that power and pointing it into the direction of where you need healing you'll mess around and get healed in a way you didn't think was possible you mess around and get breakthrough in a way you didn't even know was possible I hear God saying start looking for the signs in your body that I healed you start looking for the signs in your body that you

made it to the other side God says you'll feel it in your body before you even denounce it to the crowd you'll feel it in your body God won't even know that you were healed until he makes the announcement that allows you to be seen cause a woman with the issue of blood knew it before anybody else did man I don't know who this is for got an accident she would give me wisdom because God told me to tell somebody that you could be healed and not know it if you don't lock into what you've

been praying and asking God for God says you could be healed and not know it if you don't recognize where you need his power to show up in your life you could be healed he'll do not know it and I gotta be honest to you I prayed and I asked God for healing to break out in this room I asked God for courage to break out in this room I ask God for there to be Deliverance in this room that it would be undeniable because somebody locked in so heavily with what God was doing that

they felt the power when it came out of heaven I don't think there's anything more beautiful then when somebody starts having hands laid on them but when the person on the other side once the hands laid on them there's something that happens when you lock into what the person is carrying and you recognize that they're carrying something that you need of course a miracle breaks out because when you lock in the Bible says it like this wherever two or three are gathered in my name wherever two or three locking in my name I'll be there

in the midst if you lock in I'll show up in the way that you need me to if you lock in in my midst I have allow healing to break through if you lock in it'll make all the difference this woman this woman with the issue of blood she mastered the art of locking in I chose this text God revealed it to me because I believe God wanted me to understand and wanted you to understand that what happened with Paul is possible for you that there is an opportunity for a fully integrated faith an opportunity

to my wig well tell me about it [Applause] I don't care y'all don't think this is my hair do you [Applause] I really don't care because none of this is really necessary because I recognize what is really necessary if the wigs stay on or not if the shoes stay on or not I know what I'm really here for I understand that I came here to lock in on something so you can make the memes and make the videos at the end of the day one thing I know for sure is that me and God locks

in on a word and if this is a distraction then let it fall off because at the end of the day I believe that I am called to bring breakthrough in this room and if I'm in the way if the Breakthrough then move me out of the way because what I want more than anything is for him to have his way so I'm locked in on what God wants to do in this place and if Miracles are going to break down then let a wig follow me and miracles are gonna break out then let the

shoes come out if Miracles are going to break up you'll think I need this I don't need this I do it cause it makes me look good but at the end of the day I know what's good I know that if he goes before me I know that if his Spirit Breeze in this room Holy Ghost Holy Ghost Holy Ghost I came for power I came for breakthrough I came so somebody could get healed I came so somebody could experience those Wonder working power of God I heard that God is still performing Miracles so I

asked God to let me be a part of it and I don't care don't care if I gotta be embarrassed if you get the glory at the end of the day see don't let it fool you [Music] [Applause] it's not that deep it's not that deep the worst thing you can do is make it about you but God is trying to use you if you make it about you when God is trying to use you you'll miss the moment when Glory can come through you [Music] so uh I'm locked in I'm locked in I'm locked

in let's go what's up we've been in a fight before now wait a minute when we've been in the fight before do we or do we not have to let a few things snatch off so that we can show them at the end of the day I'm back I'm back for real I don't care what it takes I gotta make it to the other side I don't care what it takes do you think the woman with the issue of blood cared about her hair do you think the woman with the issue of blood cared about

what she looked like the woman all right I'm about to take it off thank you and I never it ain't never [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Applause] so you could do it with your platform it ain't always gonna be cute it ain't always gonna be pretty but one thing's for sure it's gonna always be God and I don't care what they say about me I care that he is the glory when it's all said and done foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] foreign [Applause] she took her wig off too we gotta get out of

here listen Paul [Applause] Paul didn't mind Paul pardon mind doing what it took [Applause] in order to be who God needed him to be in any given moment and it made it look so easy that the priest the Jewish priest thought I can just do what he did I can just say what he said and it'll have the same results but they didn't have his revelation so they could not have his results [Applause] the power of the revelation of who you are to be in the Earth requires that you embody it with such Trust that

you don't care what it looks like to other people [Applause] [Music] the two embody it with such confidence [Applause] that even those who knew one version of you have to get known to that have to get used to this new version of You Paul knew how to embody this thing I don't know who you are but I promise you one of the things I heard God say to me is that we have to embody the thing that we're talking about because God told me I'm going to start whispering my truths in your body [Applause] it's

gonna be in your body stop talking to people it's gonna be in your body God says you're gonna feel my love in your body you're gonna feel my healing in your body you're gonna feel breakthrough in your body I'm gonna put it in your body the strength is going to be in your body the creativity the path you're supposed to take God says check in with your body because I'm gonna start showing you by the way you feel God says I'm making you more sensitive than you've ever been [Music] and if you've made a habit

of overriding your body then you'll miss who you are supposed to engage with who you're supposed to walk away from you'll make it a mind game this isn't a mind game this is a full body game this is a full body game if you don't believe me ask Jesus it was a full body game yes I know you said this body is going to perish and one day it is but right now God is using that body and God wants you to honor that body and check in with that body the last thing I say

is this when The Magicians of the time heard what happened God help me to say it the revelation that Paul received was so powerful that it was oozing out of his pores so powerful that it created imitators but because the imitators didn't have that Revelation that evil spirit was able to jump on them Paul was famous in hell Jesus I know Paul I know but who are you you don't have no power to back up the thing you're trying to do if you had some power I would back up off of you I hear God

saying that when it's all said and done I don't want you to be famous before man I want you to be famous in hell I want the demons to know your name I want the devil to know your name everyone to understand that that power you got was not just an encounter it was a powerful lifestyle foreign