One Night w/ Jakes

What's up everybody? This morning has been one of the best
I've had in a while. I woke up this morning with a renewed sense of
purpose, peace, and the presence of God. My mind is different, my
outlook is clearer, and I feel like the weight of the world has been
lifted off of my shoulders. These things have manifested because of
the powerful message I heard last night. I, along with Jason, went
to hear Bishop T. D. Jakes preach last night at Word of Faith
Cathedral. The aura and anointing on Jakes is unparalleled and
mighty in the Lord. If you've never heard him preach or read any of
his material, then you've robed yourself of the depth of riches God
has placed in this man. Last night was so amazing that we'll just be
regurgitating some of his main points this week. He preached from 2
Kings 4:1-17 … but this is the part we'll look at today:

1Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried
out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that
your servant feared the LORD; and the creditor has come to take my
two children to be his slaves." 2Elisha said to her, "What shall I
do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" And she
said, "Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a jar of
oil."

In verse 2 Elisha asked what he could do for the woman.
Jakes, in his expositional study of the book of Romans, found that
the grace mentioned in that book is one of promiscuity. Promiscuity?
Yep – lasciviousness, flaunting, and flirtatious. In essence God is
flaunting in the Red Light District like a lady of the night
asking "Do you want some of this good stuff I got?" lol. God has
power He's yet to use on anybody and is searching for somebody who
He can pour it out on. In this text Elisha asks her in that same
tone, almost daring her to ask him to do something on her behalf.
God is daring you to ask His help so He can show out for you.

Then Elisha asks her what she has in the house. This suggests that
what we're asking God to give us has already been provided. It's
funny that the main thing God intends to use to bless us is the very
thing we value the least. The fact that her house was empty implies
that she sold everything of apparent value in order to pay her debt.
So why didn't she sale the jar of oil? She probably thought it
insignificant and too small for anybody to desire. She could not
have been any more wrong! It's time out for you admiring the gifts
of others and in light of those assuming that God hasn't given you
anything special. Many a times we devalue our gifts because people
don't perceive us to be who God made us to be. In other words, you
cannot perform to the best of your ability when in a room where
people belittle your greatness. Speakers speak best in an auditorium
filled with people who know they can speak. So is the same with
Jesus in the life of a people. That's why Jesus couldn't work in
some people's lives. The word for you today is: Stop assessing your
gifting by other people's perception. If you let them define you
then they confine you. The problem is not with your ability to
perform but with their ability to perceive.

TDJakes (The Blessing) & RevDH (The Blessed)