Hey, this is Stephen Fertake. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our

podcast. I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you.

Hope it builds your faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God is moving in your life,

enjoy the message.

I think when you said to me, if you remove the element of time, it takes away disappointment.

It took me five minutes to realize how powerful it was what you said,

because think about it.

We're going, well I thought God was gonna make a, but he didn't. How do you know yet?

How do you know that wasn't the way? Right. You know, we won't stay on the path. We just want to get off on the next exit.

And what does that mean?

Because again, a metaphor, a metaphor.

Well, when I say path and exit, I'm talking about

moving forward in the last thing that God spoke to you to do

or continuing to sow seeds in the place God has planted you, whether that means

your prayers, your kindness, you're showing up, your discipline, your diligence, whatever

that means for you, the mindset to get out of this mentality that says,

if I don't see the way right away, then I'm going to turn around and try something else.

It's the enemy of your faith, and I'm not coming to you on this

saying that I've never done it before. I have. I felt so frustrated. It's a

temptation for me to want to judge the success of something

based on the immediate impact that it makes,

based on the immediate feeling that it gives me,

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