Open Your Eyes, Help Is Here | Steven Furtick

and here's what I'm saying to you you might be surprised who God uses you might be surprised how he uses you you might be surprised what he uses in your life because the fact of the matter is when God is using you you don't always feel it you don't the feeling comes but it doesn't come first you have to obey Jesus when you see no evidence that your obedience is yielding anything you have to instill in your kids certain values that you can only hope you are going to Envision later in their life but the

disciples are the sers right no Jesus said and this blew my mind Hol this blew my mind he said the saying is true one swws and another reaps that's how it works right just like yeah that's how it works one swws another reap look at verse 38 he gives it a Twist I sent you to reap what you haven't worked for wait a minute no no no Jesus we're the sers they're the Reapers Jesus says not really you always see yourself as a swer but you never even realize how much you're already reaping put it

back up I sent you to reap come on what you have not worked for others have done the hard work and you have reaped the benefits of their labor which makes me think that maybe you've been reaping and you don't even realize it maybe you've been reaping and you know the enemy has got you so focused on how hard it is to sew how hard it is to show up how hard it is to dig in how hard it is to be you wave at me if it's hard to be you yeah it's hard to

be you how hard it is to be you but if the enemy can only get you to focus on how hard it is or here's another one if he can get you to focus on how hurt you are y'all I am sick and tired of people only talking about church hurt because it's a ridiculous distinction to call it Church hurt it's human hurt people hurt people hurt people if you quit going to church it wasn't because Church hurt you it's because you allowed the hurt to become greater than the Harvest this is what I want

to preach this is what I want to preach I've been preaching so many verses to get to this one tell somebody next to you say oh you've been reaping you just haven't realized it yet tell them oh God's been good to you you just haven't realized it yet now look at him and say oh you have help you have you just haven't called for it yet you called for it now take about 13 seconds if you know Jesus is my help I'm not letting this go y'all might sit on me all day but I'm not

going down without a fight today cuz God sent me on assignment to tell somebody that you have been so focused on how hard it is so focused on how hurt you are that you have become blind to how much help you actually have that's why the Bible says praise the Lord oh my soul and all that is within me bless His holy name praise the Lord oh my soul and Chris referenced it when he was leading worship and I took it as a confirmation when he said it and forget not all his benefits let me

give you a list who forgives all your sins you didn't earn that you reap that I said you didn't earn that you reap that I couldn't earn forgiveness the chasm was too wide the Gap was too great my sin was too Bleak my shame was too great but Jesus was [Music] greater who heals all your diseases yeah I feel it now I feel it now why is the only time that we thank God for our heal when we need to be [Applause] healed why am I not thanking God for the stuff that feels good right

now look at that look what I can do that's a big deal you say Pastor did you have a shoulder surgery that you came through and now you're really grateful you no I'm praising him for the surgery that I didn't have after have yeah yeah I thought somebody say the Harvest is here the Harvest come on this side don't get left out you can get in on this too the Harvest is already [Applause] here so the disciples are thinking about food and they mean well but they are missing the mission over a meal I said

they're missing the mission over a meal don't let what you didn't get keep you from praising God for what you [Music] have and wherever he is sending you please believe he's already been there cuz he's the swer I'm the reaper he gave his life so I could live mine he is the breath I am the sails he is the Vine I am the branch I'm trying to get you to say out loud I'm reaping this this life that I have is a gift this opportunity that I have is a gift this moment that I have

is a gift this breath that I have is a gift breathe out his praise [Music] and if you were the devil I'm not saying you are I'm sure you're an angel but if you were the devil if you were if you were tell your neighbor if you were if you were wouldn't you want to keep you from reaping cuz you've already cried you've already cried you've already shed tears over it you've already been through the pain of it why would you why would you cry over the seed and then not reap the Harvest when it

came in Psalm 126 one of my favorite things that the psalmist said was that they that so in tears will what re with songs of Joy are you so in your tears that you cannot even reap what you cried for and it's here the Harvest is always here I was talking to my mom about some things she went through in her past and I was ministering this message to her because she couldn't be here today now I can't do that for everybody but I can do it for my mom when she's not in church I

call her and give it to her personal and she said that that when I told her I know it's hard because of some of the things she's been through in her past and I know it hurts and it didn't stop hurting but God is with you in your hard place and you have more help than you have hurt she said thank you for telling me that because I get bitter sometimes because I start thinking well where was my help when I went through the abuse where was my help when my husband was dying of ALS

where was my help but I realized that the answer is always John 4:36 open your eyes and look the Harvest is here I believe it's 35 I messed that up that was a good moment too and I really ruined it open your eyes and look at the fields wait a minute the fields Jesus we're trying to get you to eat a meal eat Jesus eat this Samaritan woman we we'll deal with her no no no I've already dealt with her she's bringing me a harvest now watch this this is mind-blowing I love the Bible y'all

can I preach the Bible to y'all for like the next 50 years I'm just want to St on this thing cuz the tears in the passage belong to the woman who had been through so much and the opportunity belongs to the disciples and Jesus said open your eyes verse please and look to the fields they are ripe for Harvest yeah Jesus but we're not ready for the Harvest just because you're not ready doesn't mean it's not right and if you will open your eyes your eyes that's the first tool you need is your eyes the

moment that they open their eyes let's pretend to be the disciples they open their eyes Jesus is talking about a harvest and coming their way are the Samaritans that they hated what do you do when your Harvest comes looking like something that you hate this this will be the test in this season of your life will you think like a Reaper to say that even the regret we all have regrets this woman had regrets I'm sure she regretted every man that she said yes to that had left her but through the power of Faith you

can reach into a regret and reap a lesson so I'm harvesting this it's hard for me right now but I'm harvesting this because those who sow with tears will reap with joy and I came to call somebody today who the devil has been reminding you of every reason that you have to feel bad about yourself every reason that you have to feel resentful about your life every reason that you have to give up and throw in the towel and quit and duck and hide under the covers and not call anybody back till next Thursday and

delete your hope for the future but God said to remind you you have a reason to Rejoice because those who sow in tears you got it you got it will reap with joy and you my friend are one thought away from Joy hey thanks for stopping by my YouTube channel I hope you were blessed today if you were share this with somebody like And subscribe and leave me a comment let me know where you're watching from what we can pray for you about hope to see you back here again really soon [Music]