Toure Roberts - Create Your Way Out

Let’s just dive right into this. I want to draw your attention to Genesis chapter 1, and we’re going to read the first four verses. Then we’re going to jump over to Deuteronomy 8:18, and I want to talk today from these words. This is the theme of today: «Create Your Way Out.» Do me a favor, just turn to your neighbor and say, «You’ve got to create your way out sometimes.» Go ahead, just come on, come on, Denver, you’ve got to create your way out sometimes.

So we’re going to look at Genesis chapter 1, and it reads like this: «In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, 'Let there be light, ' and there was light. And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided the light from the darkness.» Now I want you to jump over to Deuteronomy 8:18, and you find these words here: «And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power.»

Do me a favor, just turn to your neighbor and say, «Power.» It is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is to this day. Go ahead and just do me a favor, and before you sit down, just high-five somebody and say, «I’m in the right place.» Just do it, and we’re about to get this. We’re about to get this. We’re about to get this. I’ve been thinking about progress, and I’ve been thinking about how God uses creativity.

One of the most frustrating places to be in life is to be standing somewhere, standing in one spot, sensing you need to get to the other side but not knowing how to get there. It is frustrating. It’s kind of similar to that story in creation where God is getting ready to create the heavens and the earth, but all of a sudden, the earth is void, and it doesn’t have any form. Have you ever been in a place in your life where you just feel stuck? You’re trying to get somewhere; you feel like you’re out of options. I know that where I am is not where I’m supposed to be, and I know that God has promised me something different, something beyond. He’s promised me progress, but I have absolutely no idea how to get there. Has anyone ever been there before?

And if you’re not careful, it can be discouraging because there’s this gap, this space, this distance between what is and what needs to be. You can feel like perhaps even the earth: you can feel void, you can feel empty. I believe it’s really one of the most frustrating experiences in life to have a need that you can’t see provision for. You’re there before, you’ve got a need, you see the need, but you don’t see provision. You see where you are, but you don’t see your way across the bridge, and so there’s this gap, this space, this distance. It’s frustrating because in that moment, what we feel is lack. We feel emptiness; we feel like something’s missing. There’s something that needs to happen, but we don’t feel like we have what it takes to make it happen.

I want to have a real conversation with you today. Have you ever been in a place where where you are is not where you want to be, and you can’t see your way forward? It is frustrating. God, how are You going to get me from here to there? Let me tell you right now: that’s normal. It’s normal, it’s normal. And yet we see in Genesis God not being intimidated by this state that says the earth was void and without form. But we don’t see God intimidated by that at all. What we see is a greater force emerging and creating substance where once was nothing. So in other words, there is a force. What is that force? It’s creativity.

Just put yourself in that situation. You’re trying to create something, you’re trying to get somewhere, but it’s dark, and then all of a sudden there’s something that emerges. I love God. I want to be like God. Because, let’s just keep it 100, I would be panicking a little bit. I’m trying to create this thing I feel called to create, but I have nothing. There’s nothing there. But there’s nothing that says that God is freaking out over the fact that where He’s going, the road map, the bridge is not there. There’s nothing to suggest that He’s intimidated. He just begins to create. He starts speaking and saying, «Let there be light.» Now all of a sudden, the gap between where He was and what He was trying to get to is shortened by this powerful thing called creativity.

And I don’t think it’s just a God thing. I think that if we take a closer look at Deuteronomy 8:18, we have that same power. I believe with all my heart that creativity— that God has given you the ability. Let’s look at that real quick. I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me just do this. I’m sorry. I’m crazy like that. I’m crazy. Just tell your neighbor your pastor’s crazy. He’s just a little crazy. But let’s look at Deuteronomy 8:18 because what if God put the answer and the solution to everything pertaining to your life and purpose inside this thing called creativity?

So what if God doesn’t have to do anything for you? What if when God made you, He put this ability in you, this creative ability? The unique creative ability that He’s placed on the inside of you literally will create your way out of trouble and into what He promised you. I believe that’s what Deuteronomy 8:18 says. Let’s look at it really quickly. It says, «And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth.» Let’s stop right there. You know me—I like to look up the original languages because I think the text is rich, so let’s pause for a moment.

In Deuteronomy 8:18, the word that was translated «get”—so when it says that God is giving you the power to get wealth— and we’ll talk about what that word wealth means. When He says to „get, ” it’s the Hebrew word „asah, ” and it has the idea of creating. But not to create denoting—this is important. You’ve got to follow me here— not to create denoting the beginning of the creative process, but the end of the creative process. How many of us know it’s one thing to be creative; it’s another thing to be a creator? Oh, you’ve got to get this. It’s one thing. All of us are creative. All of us have the ability to imagine things, and we have the ability to think through things. We’re breathing; we’re created, we’re creative. But there’s a difference between being creative and being a creator.

What’s interesting is this word „asah“ that’s used when He says that God has given us this ability, this innate ability to create. The first time you see that word in the scripture is actually in Genesis chapter 1, but it’s not in Genesis chapter 1 when it says that God created the heavens and the earth. It says it in Genesis 1:7, where God says, „Thus the Lord finished.“

If I might make that more plain, what I’m getting at is we’re not talking about creative ability; we’re talking about creativity that actually gets something done—creativity that actually produces something. The ability that you have on the inside of you is not just you being this creative dreamer with someone who’s full of ideas; God has put something on the inside of you that will guarantee that you produce, that you birth that thing that God has placed on the inside of you. That’s what’s in you. Just turn to your neighbor and say, „It’s in you! It’s in you! It’s in you! It’s in you!“

I love it! You’ve got to be careful how you say it. Be careful! Don’t be cussing in church. So you can be creative, not a creator because God gives us that ability. Your life is designed to produce something. It says that in Genesis 1:7, „Thus God made…“ This ability, again, is not just creativity, but it’s the ability to create and to produce. But there’s another word in there that’s pretty interesting.

In that text, Deuteronomy 8:18 says that God has given us the ability to create wealth. You don’t have to look up that word because it’s so much more than what you think. It’s the Hebrew word „chayil, ” and it’s not just wealth as it relates to finances. I mean finances certainly are included, but look at the definition of this word, „chayil.“ Wealth means „man“ or „any other resource.“

Sometimes, your way forward—sometimes when you find yourself stuck, I feel that for someone—there’s somebody under the sound of my voice right now, and you feel stuck. I hear God saying don’t compromise; stay where you are. The bridge is closer than you think. If I’m talking to you, holler back at me! The bridge is closer; it’s closer than you think.

Sometimes when you’re stuck, sometimes it’s not a money problem; sometimes it’s not a healing problem. What I love about this term wealth in that text is that God has given you the ability to bring forth wealth. It essentially means whatever you need to get through the situation. I’ve got so much to teach—I cannot wait. This thing has levels; it’s got layers to it. But I just sense there’s some in this room right now, and you’re like, you think that you’re out of options. I just think that when you get your head right—God is getting ready to get your head right and He’s getting ready to get some of these debilitating thoughts out of your head. You’re going to really begin to stir up the gift that’s on the inside of you. You’re going to create something.

Just say it right; don’t forget! You’re getting ready to create something. Something’s getting ready to come out of you, and God is going to allow you to get the wealth that you need: men, resources. What is it? It was men, resources. Just do me a favor and turn to your neighbor and say, „God’s got you covered.“ God’s got you covered! He’s got you covered! Because sometimes your way forward involves people.

Some of you right now, you think you need this, but really what you need is a relationship. In our own wisdom, in our own way of thinking, we think, „If I just get this and I get that and I get this, then that’s all I need.“ And God is saying, „No, I know you think you need that, but really what you need is some relationships.“ Because in that relationship, in that individual, or in that group of people, in that community, I’ve placed something that you need. Sometimes it’s not a relationship that you need; sometimes it’s some other resource. Sometimes it is finances at the end of the day; sometimes it is a check, right?

And God—come on, some of my homies know —God can channel resources in your direction, particularly if He knows that He can trust you. Sometimes it’s that, but sometimes it’s favor. It can be a myriad of things. God is saying that I put something on the inside of you that will become the bridge from where you are to what you need. Now I want to talk about how to access this creativity, and I just wrote down some thoughts.

I want to share them with you. There are three thoughts primarily, and I think these thoughts will help you to further understand and access this power that the Bible is talking about—this power for you to create your way forward. Do me a favor; just say, „Create your way forward.“ And take a minute—make it personal. I’m going to create my way forward. I’m going to create my way forward.

Here’s the first thought: creativity is fueled by inspiration. If you’re taking notes, write this down: creativity is fueled by inspiration. Inspiration is typically produced by a desire to grow. Sometimes this inspiration that is produced by a desire to grow, and this desire to progress, typically comes from you being in a place of need. Sometimes it’s, you know, it may not necessarily be normal. I know that we’re all progressive, we’re all positive, and we’re all trying to move forward and walk out our destiny.

But typically, what really should inspire us the most to grow and to progress is lack—something’s missing. Are you tracking with me? Problems are actually meant to inspire creativity. Are you tracking with me? Problems are meant to inspire creativity. God put something in you. He’s put solutions on the inside of you through your „asah.“ I’ve got to stop saying it; I need my wife here to reel me in. I’ve got to stop saying, „asah.“ But seriously, you have an „asah“ and that creative ability that we talked about before—I’m telling you—the problems are not there to stop you. They’re meant to pull something out of you; they’re meant to inspire creativity.

You are a creative force. You’re a force, literally. You’re a creative force endowed with ability, and you are literally—and watch this—hear me, and if you’re writing, write this down: you are divinely wired to create your way forward. However, there are things that aim to take away that inspiration. I’m going to be straight up with you: there are things that aim to take away that desire to grow or to take away that belief that growth is possible.

Let’s talk about a few of them. Doubt is one of them. Disappointment—so hear this: my problem is supposed to inspire my gift. I feel the Spirit of God! My problem—my lack, my discontentment—is not supposed to depress me. My discontentment is supposed to inspire my creativity; it is supposed to inspire me to create my way forward because my creativity knows what it is. I just have to come to a place that I really believe in what God has placed on the inside of me.

Things like doubt and disappointment, unworthiness—how about that? You know what this is the best—you know when maybe the reason why my life is void and without form, and maybe the reason why I can’t progress or get to the next level in my life, is because I’m unworthy of it all? All of these, you know what I like to call fortified arguments in my head, robbed me of the ability to progress that the problem is designed to inspire.

So what I have to do is I have to fight against this doubt. I’ve got to fight against disappointments. I’ve got to fight against this lie that says that I’m unworthy of awesome things. I feel that for somebody; you are worthy of awesome things. Not because of your own goodness—not because of your own grace—but because of the goodness of God. It wasn’t your righteousness; it was the righteousness of Jesus. You have to be able to say, „By the grace of God, I am what I am.“ I love what the Apostle Paul said: „By the grace of God, I am what I am.“

In other words, I know who I am, I know what’s designed for my life, and I know what belongs to me. No, it wasn’t because I made all the right decisions. It had nothing to do with any of that. It is by the grace of God. And if I do not proclaim and declare that I am what I am and I have what I have, then I do a disservice to the grace of God. God needs about a hundred and fifty people to take a moment and say, „It’s by the grace of God that I am what I am, and I will be everything that He’s called me to be. I’m worthy; Jesus has made me worthy of God’s best.“

I can’t make His grace cheap because it isn’t. His grace is amazing! Somebody, you need to get over your past right now. You need to get over what happened. Right now, He says, „I take it and I put it in the sea of forgetfulness.“ Watch this: „For my own sake, I don’t even remember it anymore.“ That’s heavy! That’s heavy! I’m digressing a little bit, but somebody needs to hear this—this is heavy! He says, „For my own sake,“ in other words, „I cannot remain pure if I retain your sin in my head.“

Which means that He’s saying to you, „You can’t even remain pure if you retain your mistakes in your head.“ It’s either finished or it’s not finished. Either He died on the cross for your sin—every single one of them—or He didn’t. Somebody needs to put that guilt to bed right now. It needs to go into the grave and stay in the pits of hell from which it came. Because if you keep retaining it, those fortified arguments are going to make you believe that you’re less than God’s best.

And it’s reasons like that—it’s things like that—it’s lies like those that keep us from allowing our problems to propel us into progress. You see it happening with so many people. So many people are called. So I believe in this season, man, God is raising up world changers. He’s raising up world shakers. I believe that the people of God are going to do things that are out of this world. I really believe it. And I think the people of God ought to be the freest people. We ought to be the most optimistic people. We ought to be the people that believe and know that we’re in—we’re so blessed!

We ought to feel like spoiled brats! Come on, somebody! We ought to be out there dreaming! We ought to be on the frontlines of technology and business and entertainment and fashion and any other place! Are you tracking with me? We ought to be on the frontlines of entrepreneurship! Why? Because the grace of God has set us free! The Holy Spirit has empowered us! And we’ve got this thing on the inside of us called „asah, ” creativity to move forward, to create something out of nothing!

I feel that for some of y’all. I want to say it the way I see it before I move on. I see some of you, and you’re at this crossroads, and for some of you, it’s been manifesting in your life as depression. I’ll be honest with you— as discouraged, man. You’ve been going to plan B, and you’ve been going to plan C. You’ve been tempted to do things that are so far beyond you, and I feel like God is getting ready to speak into your circumstance and say, „Let there be light!“

I just sense that something’s getting ready to happen on the inside of you, and all of a sudden, your darkness is gonna become light, and God’s gonna empower you to see your way forward. But let’s talk about how—let’s talk about it more. Creativity is fueled by inspiration; don’t lose your inspiration! Don’t lose it! Follow it and believe in it! Be optimistic!

I want to jump to number two really quickly. I want you to take a minute. You’ve been yelling at your neighbor; I want you to whisper to your neighbor: „You’re never stuck. No matter what it looks like, you’re never stuck.“ Come on! Whisper, whisper!

Come on, the wisdom of God is the inspiration of creativity. I want us to look at Proverbs chapter 3, verse 19, really quickly. There’s a powerful verse. It says, „The Lord, by wisdom, founded the earth. By understanding, He established the heavens.“ The Lord, by wisdom, founded the earth; by understanding, He established the heavens. What that means is that the wisdom of God-how do I get from here to there? How do I create something? How do I walk across the bridge? How do solutions manifest in my life? How do I create my way forward? It’s by the wisdom of God.

The Bible says right there that God, by wisdom -He’s telling you right now what resource He used to create the heavens and the earth: wisdom. It’s wisdom! So let’s look at wisdom a little deeper. Let’s go to James chapter 1. You know where I’m going! Come on, somebody! James chapter 1, and we’ll look at verses 2 through 8. It says, „Brethren, count it all joy when you fall into-“ this is powerful! This is powerful!

You’re gonna get two swatches, he says: „My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete lacking nothing“. It’s gonna make sense in a second. „If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.“

Let me stop right there. So, this thing starts off by talking about problems. Let’s look at my brethren. Count it all joy when you fall into various trials. It then goes on to say that throughout this process you become complete and lack nothing. Are you catching it?

It goes right back to the thought we talked about earlier, where problems are designed to inspire creativity, not to push you back. In other words, I need, I feel God, I need my problem. I don’t like my problem; it’s not fun, but I need it because it’s producing something out of me. Creativity is born out of problems, the need for a solution; that’s how it comes out of you. Some of you are cursing God because of your problem; you ought to be praising God because of your problem. He’s not going to leave you in your problem; He’s going to make you perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

But then He says, „This is how you do it. This is how you do it. This is where your creativity comes from. This is how you lack nothing. This is how you end up being perfect and complete, lacking nothing.“ He says, „If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.“ My way forward is in the mouth of God. Creativity—what I need to create is in me. I firmly believe that God doesn’t have to do anything. I believe that God has already done everything, and He’s put the ability in you to create and produce what He’s already done.

Come on, man, can we talk like this? I’m trying to move on, but can we talk like this? He said, „I’ve given you the ability to create wealth that I might establish my covenant.“ What is my covenant? My covenant is my promise. It’s what I’ve already promised, and what I’ve already promised, I’ve already provided. Are you tracking with me? I have already resourced what I promised. How is it going to happen? It’s going to happen because of what’s on the inside of you. That’s why it says, „Now unto Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly far above what you can ask for or imagine, according to the power that works in us.“ So, the exceedingly abundantly is in you.

I felt something in this place; it’s on the inside of you. Exceedingly and abundantly is within you, and some of you are being squeezed right now because it’s time for that exceedingly and that abundantly to come out. God is getting ready to create your way into something beyond anything you’ve ever seen before in your life. If you believe it, take 15 seconds to say, „That’s my word,“ and thank God in your own way. Just take a minute; I believe in God, I believe it, it’s in me; it’s in me.

Some of you right now, the lights—are beginning to come on. You’re starting to get it. You’re starting to get it. He says, „If any lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally, freely.“ I’ve got wisdom all day, baby! I’m not trying to keep you in the dark; I’ve got wisdom. I’ve got wisdom for every situation. I’ve got a path, I’ve got a bridge, I’ve got solutions for every place your feet tread upon.

In other words, if you are stuck, it’s not because God is stuck. If you are stuck, it’s because you gave up. I came to resurrect somebody’s hopes and faith in this house right now. You are not stuck; there is a way forward, and it’s in you. You have to break those negative fortified arguments off of your mind because problems are designed to move you forward. They’re designed to get out of you what is placed in you, and you’ve got to get your fight back. I’m telling you, you’re closer than you think. You’re closer than you think, and you’ve got to get your fight back.

I’m telling you, you’re closer than you think. You’re closer than you think, and you’ve got to get your fight back. I have to get through this. It says: „But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all of his ways.“

And basically, what that passage is saying is that when you go to the Lord and you ask for wisdom—don’t go. If I find myself in a problem or a predicament, I go to the Lord seeking wisdom with faith. In fact, I’m on my way to my prayer closet, on my way to prayer, excited because I’m about to get a word. Hallelujah! I’m about to get some creative anything to get out of my predicament. I’m serious, man, I get excited.

I don’t go in there into my prayer closet and act like, you know: „Lord, you know, dear Lord, my gracious Father, merciful King, you know, if you’d just see fit to give a lowly servant like me just a crumb of your word, just a crumb of inspiration, I’ll take whatever you give.“ That’s not what the Bible says. It says that He gives to all men liberally, freely, without reproach, without finding fault. So I’m already halfway in the miracle the moment that I set my face to pray because I know that God’s going to give me the wisdom and the creativity to move forward because He will never fail.

So that’s how you go in there. But if you go in there all timid, saying, „I don’t know if he’s going to speak to me; I don’t know if there’s a solution,“ the Bible says that that man—don’t think that that man is going to receive anything from the Lord because he’s double-minded. He went in there with doubt on one hand and maybe a little hope on the other, and they cancel each other out, and they rob you of the precious moment to hear and to receive the divine wisdom that becomes the inspiration for creativity to move you forward. Are you tracking with me?

So one is: creativity is fueled by inspiration. Two is: the wisdom of God is the inspiration of creativity. I had this thought, if he’s writing—I want you to write this thought down: a praying life is a progressing life; a praying life is a progressing life. How do I continue to keep the wisdom flowing and the creativity flowing? It’s in your prayer life; it’s in your prayer life.

Don’t get turned off by trials. Trials are just—a trial is just an impetus for growth. That’s all it is, if you don’t quit. But allow it to cause you to grow forward. It’s designed to get you to become what you’ve never been before.

And number three, lastly, is plain: from creative to creator requires character. From creative to creator requires character. I want you to look at James chapter one, back in James again, verse 22 through 25, and read it like this. It says (now we’re talking about discipline, talking about not being the one who’s full of ideas every week—you got a new idea, many foundations, but no buildings): anybody can be creative, but being a creator is right here.

It says, „But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.“ That’s a powerful point right there. That’s such a powerful sentence. It says, „Be doers of the word; be a doer.“ This is why I need you to be a doer and not a hearer only.

In other words, He’s basically saying that there is such a thing as a hearer. Now, think about it: a hearer is someone who comes to church, who reads books, you’re in the right place at the right time. You hear, and that could be the totality of your experience. You’ve invested the time to log on to the livestream, you invest the time to come to church, you got in the atmosphere where the word was spoken, you are a hearer. And it’s much easier to be a hearer than it is to be a doer because all you have to do is just receive. There’s some work, but there’s less work. Doing is a different thing.

And here’s the crazy thing: it says that if a person is a hearer only and is not a doer, they’re deceiving themselves because they hear. The reason why they keep hearing is because they think that they’re benefited by hearing. But the Bible doesn’t say you’re benefited by hearing. The Bible says (we’ll keep reading) you’re actually benefited by doing what you heard. Are you tracking with me?

So I’m in deception if I continue to expose myself to the word with this belief that the word is automatically going to do something. The word is just designed to inspire. Are you tracking with me? It’s just designed to inspire, but even inspiration is not manifestation. It is just the fuel; inspiration is the fuel for creativity. And so when the word comes and inspires you, you and I, my brothers and sisters, we got to do something.

Let’s look at it. It says, „But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in the mirror.“ That’s something. In other words, the wisdom of God came to you and it held up a mirror in front of you. It held up a mirror and it says, „This is who you are.“ And in that moment you said, „Amen,“ ran around, shouted, you started speaking in tongues and stuff. „Amen! That’s who I am!“ There’s someone in this room right now—God was speaking to you, you saw a promise. He lifts that promise up; it spoke specifically to your circumstance. You’re like, „I got it! I got it! I got it!“ That’s you basically seeing the mirror that God has erected in your face and you saying, „Amen.“

But then what happens? „For he observes himself, goes away,“ (without action, I might add) „he goes away…“ (man, I wish I had more time with you) „he goes away and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.“ Exposed to creativity, becomes creative because he received creativity, all that kind of stuff, but not a creator because he hasn’t embraced a doer mentality.

I wonder what would be different if there was just a few words added into that passage? In verse 24 it says, „For he observes himself, goes away…“ How about this: what if it said, „He observes and then goes away in the identity of what he saw, and would not relent until what he saw was manifest in his life“? That would be different. But what the writer is describing is someone who has the mirror erected, he looks at it really quickly, and then immediately walks away and goes back to who he perceived he was before the mirror was erected.

I want us to move; I want us to go beyond being creative. Anybody can be creative. I want us to be creators. We’re called to be creators. Let’s finish that real quick. It says, „But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty,“ (come on now) „and continues in it…“

In other words, „What you saw, what you showed me, I’m committed to walking out.“ I feel that! What if every word you heard, what if every time God spoke to you and He told you who you were, and He told you what you can do—what if every time you heard that word, you heard that instruction, you got that wisdom for, you said, „I am nothing but what God just said to me“? Are you tracking with me? „Anything in my life that does not look like that is no longer in my life.“ What if He could make me new every time He spoke to me, and I would no longer tolerate anything less? That’s what God is looking for in this season.

„But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.“ This one will be blessed in whatever he does.

From creative to creator requires character. This character that I’m talking about is the diligence to do and to follow through what you’ve been inspired towards. I want you—I’m close, you can come and play the keys, I’m closing.

„I want to pray for you. My heart—my heart for you is this; this is my heart for you: I believe with all of my heart that the solutions that you’re looking for, where you’re trying to get, is in you. I believe it when God says that I’ve given you ability to create, to produce the wealth, the means, and the resources of any kind to bridge you from where you are to where God wants to take you. I promise you, you’re not stuck. 'Stuck' is a lie. You know how I know you’re not stuck? Because you’re alive. You’re life; life itself is creativity, and you can decide what you’re going to create.

I want to pray for you: you’re going to create your way out of it. If you’re in a tough spot, you’re going to create your way out. There’s no helicopter coming, hello somebody. There’s no lifeboat coming. It’s going to happen from the inside out. If you can fight through doubt, if you can fight through discouragement, if you can fight through disappointment, if you can fight through the lie of unworthiness and recognize that the only reason why the problem showed up in front of you is because you carry the solution inside of you, then I believe you’re going to move into a season where you’re going to start looking at problems differently. You’re gonna start saying like Joshua and Caleb, 'I’m more than able to take this.' I feel that for somebody.

I don’t care how far the gap is between where you are and what you’re believing for. I believe one day at a time, one wise revelation that becomes your creativity at a time, you’re going to get there.

I will pray for you: Father, I just, I just thank you right now for your word. Lord, you said you send your word out and it won’t return to you void. But I pray, God, that these words would take root and bear fruit in the hearts and the minds of all who are here. Some have been struggling with the lie of unworthiness; they’ve been so disappointed that they no longer—that they just sit on the sidelines of life because of problems. When they see a problem they just, they automatically just tap out. And I believe, God, that you’re restoring fights in here. You’re moving in the hearts of your sons and daughters, and they’re going to be not just creative, they’re going to be creators. They’re going to burst up and they’re going to create. You’re going to be through them a bridge; you’re going to be through them light. And I thank you that some literally who were to a certain degree completely in the dark before they heard this truth—the light is coming on right now in their hearts, fire is coming back, their fight is coming back, and you’re going to get them to cross over to the other side. And I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen, amen, amen.

You receive that word? Come on, somebody. If that was for you and you know it, I just want you to take a minute and just thank God. Just say that in it, just say that in it for a second. Hallelujah. I know I needed that word, come on, somebody. I got some stuff to do, and I can’t see all of the steps. But I know the Bible says the steps—come on, somebody—of a good man are ordered by the Lord. They’re ordered; they’re already ordered. God is not in the dark at all. It’s going to happen. Amen.“