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Today's Word 09-24-26 Where You Are is Not Your Final Destination · The Early Morning Praise Party w/ Sherry Mackey

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  Speaker 1: It's your early morning praise party. I am Sherri Mackey
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  Speaker 1: and it's time right now for today's word. Where you
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  Speaker 1: are is not your final destination. First Samuel 1619 says,
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  Speaker 1: therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, send me
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  Speaker 1: your son David who is with the sheep. Have you
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  Speaker 1: ever found yourself at a place that doesn't seem to
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  Speaker 1: match what you believe God has spoken over your life?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you know you have gifts. You know you got
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  Speaker 1: abilities and a purpose, but your current circumstances don't reflect
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  Speaker 1: any of that. You may feel overlooked. You may feel
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  Speaker 1: underappreciated or stuck in a season that seems far too
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  Speaker 1: small for the dreams that God's placed in your heart.
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  Speaker 1: If that sounds familiar, I want to remind you today
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  Speaker 1: where you are today. is not your final destination before
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  Speaker 1: king Saul ever sent for David the prophet Samuel had
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  Speaker 1: already anointed him to become the next king of Israel
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  Speaker 1: David had heard the declaration he had felt the oil
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  Speaker 1: running down his head the spirit of the Lord had
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  Speaker 1: come upon him mightily but after that powerful moment David
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  Speaker 1: didn't go straight to the palace no he went right
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  Speaker 1: on back to the shepherd's field Imagine being anointed for
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  Speaker 1: a throne by returning to the field, knowing you've been
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  Speaker 1: called to lead, yet spending your days caring for sheep.
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  Speaker 1: His environment didn't look like the promise, but David didn't
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  Speaker 1: allow his surroundings to redefine him. He continued to serve faithfully.
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  Speaker 1: He protected those sheep. He developed courage, discipline, and skill.
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  Speaker 1: When a lion or a bear threatened the flock, David
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  Speaker 1: stood up and fought. The very experiences that seemed ordinary
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  Speaker 1: were preparing him for extraordinary responsibility. David was learning how
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  Speaker 1: to protect sheep before he ever stood before Goliath. And
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  Speaker 1: when the time came, the faithfulness he had developed in
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  Speaker 1: private prepared him for the public assignment consequences. Come on, Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you're on your own shepherd field right now. You
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  Speaker 1: may be working behind the scenes. You may be waiting
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  Speaker 1: for recognition. You may be doing something that feels insignificant
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  Speaker 1: compared to the vision in your heart. But don't you
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  Speaker 1: let your current environment convince you that you have no
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  Speaker 1: value or that your purpose has been canceled. Your location
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  Speaker 1: is not your identity. Your season is not yours. your
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  Speaker 1: entire story and your present circumstances do not have the
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  Speaker 1: final authority over what God is shaping you to become.
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  Speaker 1: So you be faithful where you are. Give your best
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  Speaker 1: even when nobody's applauding. Develop your gifts. Keep your character strong.
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  Speaker 1: Trust God's timing. David didn't have to pretend he was
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  Speaker 1: already in the palace. No, no. He simply had to
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  Speaker 1: remain faithful in the field. Come on, Jesus. And when
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  Speaker 1: the right time came, God knew exactly where to find him.
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  Speaker 1: So don't despise your preparation season. God can use the
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  Speaker 1: field to prepare you for the future. My Lord. Father,
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  Speaker 1: thank you that our current environment does not define us.
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  Speaker 1: You do. Help us to remain faithful where you've placed us.
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  Speaker 1: When we feel overlooked or discouraged, remind us that you're
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  Speaker 1: preparing us for even more. in our ordinary seasons. Give
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  Speaker 1: us discipline to develop our gifts, humility to serve, and
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  Speaker 1: courage to trust your timing. Help us to become the
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  Speaker 1: people that you called us to be without allowing our
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  Speaker 1: circumstances to determine our identity. We place our future in
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  Speaker 1: your hands, in Jesus' name. Now, that's your word for today.
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  Speaker 1: Take it, apply it to your everyday life, and you
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  Speaker 1: continue to be encouraged and inspired. It is your early
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  Speaker 1: morning praise party. I am Sherri Mackey.