Stop Worrying About How

• See, I want you to understand  that when God speaks a word,   he does not consult circumstances.  When God speaks a word over your life,   when God speaks a word over your destiny,  when God speaks a word over your future,   when God speaks a word over your relationship,  when God speaks a word over your baby,   when God speaks a word over your lifespan, when  God speaks a word over your generational impact… When God says, “Gabriel, go,”  Gabriel doesn’t get to say to God,   “I’m not going to Galilee.” It’s only humans  who do that. We disobey. We get stubborn. We
• don’t want to forgive because we’ve been  hurt. Gabriel goes where God says to go.   What I’m trying to get you to see is the  miracle of Christmas is that I could not   get to God. My sin was great. Christmas is not  just sentimental for me; it is salvation to me. My life is on the line. I cannot walk straight.  I cannot be clean. I cannot come close.
• I   cannot take credit, for my righteousness was as  filthy rags. So you cannot get to God. You say,   “How is that good news that I can’t get to  God?” You don’t have to. That’s what makes   it good news. The more you realize that,  you’re going to start praying faster when   you mess up. I don’t have to get it right to  come to God. I don’t have to be clean.
• He was   clean. I don’t have to be clean to come close.  He was clean. He came close. He gets the glory,   and I feel like giving him 24  seconds of Christmas praise! I’ll give you 10 more seconds to praise him.  Let’s practice. Ten more seconds to praise him.   Eight seconds to give him credit. Five  seconds to let the stress go.
• Three,   two, one! High-five your neighbor and say,  “Gabriel is coming!” Yeah, Gabriel is coming.   God is going to give you clarity about  that thing in your darkness. God is going   to give you perspective about that thing in your  darkness. God is going to give you provision for   that thing in your darkness. Gabriel came  to Galilee.
• Aren’t you glad about that? It makes me think if I get a little depressed,  I can call on Jesus. I can call on heaven. I can   call on the angels. I can call on the light  even in the darkest place, because Gabriel…   This is it. Gabriel came to Galilee, and he came  to Galilee to get it ready for somebody greater.   Yet isn’t it amazing of God to start something  so great as the salvation of the world…? Think of all of the great things that would happen  in Galilee.
• Think of all of the great things that   would happen at the cross. Think of all of the  great things that would happen on the other side   of the empty tomb, yet he started something  so great in something so small as a baby. It makes me think that God wanted me  to know he can hold me too. I mean,   think about it. I’m going to give it to you like  the Lord gave it to me this morning.