LEAVE Where You Are To GET Where You Are GOING

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Good morning, my folks on YouTube. Good morning. Good morning, Good morning. Good morning to Nicole and Belinda and Leisha and Jay Morrissey and Alec and Carissa, Clarissa and anyway, Frank, good morning to all of you. Good morning to some folks I got with me here on Zoom as well, man. I'm going to share with you all one of my favorite Bible stories. But it's so interesting to me that a lot of people don't understand when they're reading the Bible. The Bible is not kind of teaching them how to be religious, it's teaching them how to live their lives, right? It's like the Bible contains religion, but it's not a religious book. It contains math, but it's not a math book. It contains science, but it's not a science book. What kind of book is it? It's a guidebook. It's a guidebook to guide us through this life. And one of the things it says in the New Testament says the things that were written aforetime, talking about the Torah, talking about the Old Testament, the things that were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might find hope. So we get hope from reading the stories that happened in the past because we can see principles in the lives of people who lived a long time ago that still apply to us today in 2022. This is Mind blowing. So this is one of my favorite stories, and it's one of my favorite stories because I think all of us can relate to this guy. This was a guy who had. Who had a lot of potential, but it was unfulfilled potential. And I don't know if you've ever felt like you've got some unfulfilled potential, but I know for a very, very long time in my life, I felt like I had meant so much unfulfilled, untapped potential. And I was working on stuff, and the stuff I was working on wasn't working for me. I'm glad I didn't make the mistake of thinking that because it wasn't working for me, that it wasn't working. Because over in Proverbs it tells us that all work works, right? But what does that mean, all work works? It says in all labor there is profit, right? But the talk of the lip blend is only, only to penury. So when I say all work works, if you're working on something and it's not working for you, you can rest assured that it's working on you. And if you will allow it to Continue to work on you until the work is done. It will turn you into the kind of person for whom it can work. Just don't give up. And sometimes that takes longer than we think it's going to take. Sometimes we get to stuff two days after tomorrow that we thought we were going to be at yesterday. How many all know what I'm talking about. And so what we got to do is we got to understand that we all have this. This unrealized, unfulfilled potential. But we can't give up on it. And the way we're going to realize that potential is going to be we're going to find it in the story that I'm about to read to you. So it's in. It's in Genesis, chapter 12, and it's talking about my man Abram before his name got changed to Abraham. Or as we. The actual pronunciation, Abram before his name got changed to Abraham. Right? But we say Abraham because we're Americans. We're Americans, okay? So it says in Genesis, chapter 12, verse number one. Now, the Lord had said unto Abram, get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy father's house unto a land that I will show thee. And I will make of thee a great nation. And I will bless thee. And I will make thy name great. And thou shalt be a blessing. And. And I will bless him. Bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee. And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 70 and 5 years old when he departed out of Haran. Wait, what just happened? God said, here's what. Did y' all see what he said? He said, look, here's. Here's what I'm going to do for you. He said. He said. He said, I will make you a great nation. I will bless you. I'll make your name great. You'll be a blessing. I'll bless them that bless you. I'll curse him that curses you. And in you, all the families of earth will be blessed. That sounds like a pretty good way to live life to me. Like, I'm. Like, I'm gonna. I'm gonna. I'm gonna bless you. I'm gonna. I'm gonna make you a great nation. Why was that promise to make you a great nation so important? Because Abram's name or. And I'll just say Abram. Abram. Because that way you all know what I'm Talking about. But Abram's name.

Means. It means High.

Father.

Or exalted Father. So Abram's name means exalted father. But do you remember how old he was in the story? He was 75. He was 75 years old. And the high father, guess what he didn't have. He didn't. He had exactly zero children.

Now, the reason this is. That's not significant to us in our Western way of thinking, but in the Eastern way of thinking, it's extremely significant. Here's why. Because names were not just what we called people in the Old Testament. A name somebody had was not just, well, this is what we call them so we know we're talking to them. No, a name was a description. It was like. In fact, names in the Old Testament were. Were like nicknames are to us. I've got six brothers, and we all had nicknames. So my brother Jeff. My brother Jeff, he won't mind me telling you this, because he thinks it's funny, too. So my brother Jeff, his nickname was Egghead, right? So we called him Egghead, right? Why? Because his head is shaped like an egg. Now, my nickname was Big Head, right? Why? Because this ginormous noggin was this size when I was five, right? I used to fall down all the time, and I always hit my head. I was a little on the top. Heavy side, right? I don't know if y' all remember. I don't know if y' all are. Some of y' all are old enough to remember the cartoon Sherman and Peabody. I was Sherman, right? Okay. Big old head, little bitty body. Okay. Anyway, so. So names were more like nicknames, right? And. And it's so funny that sometimes, even today, when Jeff and I are talking to each other, he'll call me Big Head, and I'll call him Egghead, right? It's so funny. Just because it reminds us of our youth, I guess. So. Anyway, so. So his name is Abram, but he doesn't have any children. And so I want you to wrap your mind around this. This is his nickname. Every time somebody called his name, it reminded him of his inability to be who people thought he was. Every by the time somebody said Abram, there goes. Or there goes Abram, the high father with no children. Wait, what? Can you imagine the anger? And by the way, they didn't think that children were a burden like people think today. They thought children were a blessing. And like, from. From God. God bless me. To give me this extension of my life to carry on after I'm gone. Like, this child is something amazing, right? Not like, oh, they're just kind of in the way. That's not how it was then. And so every time somebody said his name, every time he thought his name, like, his name became the source of his pain, his name became the source of his shame. And I don't know if you can relate to. I know you. You got one of those really cool names, and you probably loved your name your whole life. Not this brother. Oh, no. Oh, no. See, I told you. I have six brothers, right? So there's seven of us. I'm number two. Jeff's the oldest. Like my brother Jeff's first name is Theron, right? Because that was my dad's name. James Theron golden, right? So my Jeff's first name is Theron. His middle name is Jeffrey. So we just called him Jeff. At least he had a go to name. Like his. His first name. Not the coolest, but at least he had a go to named Jeff. Like, my name is Myron, and my brother under me, his name's Mike. And then we got Rob, and then we got Dwayne, then we got Derek, then we got Mark. Okay? So I literally used to say this to my mom all the time. Like, literally the only thing you could think of when it came time to name me was Myron. Really? Like, I didn't understand it. I used to tell my mom when I was growing up, as soon as I turned 18, I'm changing my name. Like, I hated my name. Like, it wasn't that I didn't like it. It was just that I hated it, in fact. And I was an introvert. I know that's hard for y' all to believe, but I was an introvert. And I can remember when I was in the sixth grade, not fifth grade, not fourth grade, sixth grade. You're like 11 or 12 years old, right? I'm walking down the streets in Tampa with my dad, and we come up on one of his friends that he grew up with. And he said, son, this is my friend Mary. And then he looked at me and said, son, tell Mary your name. As only a proud son, tell Mary your name. And I thought, why is he punishing me? Why is he torturing me? Like I didn't like talking to strangers? Cause I was an introvert. And the last thing I wanted to talk to anybody about was my name, right? And so I looked at my dad. I thought you told me her name. Why couldn't you just tell her my name? And I looked at this lady, and I thought, I Don't know her. I don't want to talk to her about my name because I wasn't really sure how to pronounce it anyway. And so I did what any traumatized 11 or 12 year old would do. I just broke down and started crying. My dad, boy, what's the matter with you? Right? I mean, I just cried like a baby. Why? Because I hated my name. And one of the reasons I hated my name. Not that you care about this, but one of the reasons. One of the reasons I'm telling this part of the story so y' all can all know, like, we all got stuff in our past. We all got a little bit of junk in the trunk, right? We ain't. We ain't nobody. I don't care how much somebody might seem like they got it all going on right now. They haven't always had it all going on, right? And so.

So one of the reasons I didn't like my name is because we moved around a lot when I was a kid. And you, if you've never moved around, you. You've not had the privilege of experiencing this. But people in different parts of America. Different parts of America talk different, right? They have different accents, right? And so we lived in Pennsylvania, in Lewistown, close to, like, coal miner country. And so my cousins in Pennsylvania called me Marnie. Marn, like M A R n. I was like, okay, Marn. My brothers and my parents called me Marin, like M A R I n, Maren. My parents were from the South. They called me Myron. Okay? My teachers called me Myron and my cousins in Florida called me Myron. I literally. What is this crazy name that y' all named me that nobody else in the world has this name, and I'm stuck with it. And now I don't even know how to say it. And then you want me to talk to some stranger about it? But, like, I was over it, right? Anyway, so.

Oh, oh, and to make it worse, like, you know how little kids come up with crazy stuff, right? I had this crazy. I had so much weird stuff going on in my head when I was a kid. I know some of y' all are thinking it hasn't changed. Well, more on that later. Right? Okay, so. But when I was a kid, I hated names that came in my mind that came to a sudden stop. Now, isn't that the craziest thing you ever heard in your life? I just hated, like, even though my name was Myron, I was glad I. We didn't have a name that came to us sudden stop. Like Ed or Ted or Ned or Scott. Right. I just thought those names were just horrible. They just ended before you even got them started. Right? I know that's weird, but that was what was going on in my child brain, right? Well, guess what? My middle name is Freddy, after my dad's favorite brother. So I hated my first name. I hated my middle name more than I hated my first name. And I am not even exaggerating. My children were teenagers before they knew I had a middle name.

Like, I'm telling you guys, like, I was so crazy. Like, I didn't. I love my first name and my middle name. Now I just. I'm just telling you the story so you could relate. Like, Abram's name was way like, he hated. I would imagine he hated his name more than I hated my name. Why? His name is high father. He's 75 years old, and he can't have any kids.

So in the land where he lived, in the land of the familiar, he was trapped in an identity.

That he could not do anything about and that he knew he couldn't fulfill. And so every time somebody saw him, he thought they thought of him as the High Father with no children. How many y' all tracking? And you know, some of y' all know, in the town you came from, in the town you grew up in, folk ain't gonna let you get over your past. Can I get a witness? Right. Maybe that's why Jesus said, a prophet is not without honor except in his own country and among his own kin. So. So here's what God said. God said, get out. I'm going to do something for you. I'm going to do something in you. I'm going to do something by you. But before I can do any of that, you got to get out. Get out of where? He said, leave your country. Leave my country. I'll tell you what. Now, I love America, but there have been some times that I've been thinking about, you know, it might be time for me to get up out of here. Can I get a witness? Right?

And so God said, get out of your country. He said, that's not enough, though. I don't want you to just leave your country. I want you to leave your kinfolk. Leave my country and my kin folk out.

And then he said, leave your father's house. He said, I want to make it plain. Everybody knew who knew you as the High Father with no children. I'm going to get you away from them so you can step into this new identity that I have for you and see, you don't get to step into the new identity until you leave the old identity. You don't get to go to the new level until you break out of the old level. You don't get to enter into the new land until you get out of the old land. You don't get to enter into the promised land until you get out of the past land. And so many people are busy living in the past, holding on to what's been holding them down. And they won't get out so they can go to a new level. How many are tracking? Wave at me, my peeps. Okay, so what we got to do is we got to let go of the past. And here's what God said. He said, if you will get out. It's amazing to me how many times before God tells us what to do, he tells us what to stop doing. I'm going to tell you something. There are some things in business, if you're going to be successful in business, you got to stop doing before you start doing the start dues. You got to stop. Do you got to like, stop the stop dues before you start doing the start dues, Right? Because some. You don't even understand. Some of you, the reason you're struggling in your business right now is because you got holes in your business bucket that if you grow it bigger, it's going to destroy you.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That's what I said. And so he said to Abram, he said, he said, abraham Abram, Abram. Get out. Get out of your country. I want you get your passport up to date. Get out. Leave your family. They gonna just remind you of who you are. Not. See, most people, most people who knew who you were want you to hold on to who you were so they can hold on to who they were. Because when you were who you were, they were above you. But in that new person you're going to become, you're going to be above them. And they trying to hold you down so you don't elevate. Can I. I'm talking to somebody, right? And so what we got to do is we got to be willing to get out of the place, out of the space where people who knew what we couldn't do and knew who we weren't and knew what we weren't going to be. And we need to get away from the guidance counselors that told us you're going to end up in jail and the teachers that told us we're going to be flipping burgers. We need to get out of the land of the familiar, where people are trying to trap us in the prison of their paradigm.

I'm getting a little worked up this morning. I don't know if y' all can tell.

But I'm telling you this now. So you gotta let. You gotta get out of your old way of thinking that wasn't working. Einstein said, you cannot solve a problem at the same level of thinking that created it. You got to get out of your old way of thinking that was created by the cultural, hypnotic, societal mechanism. You got to pick up some books, you got to attend some courses. You need to attend some seminars. You need to read some books. You need to get some coaching to help you get to that next level. But before you can even do that, get out. Oh, yeah, I think somebody's hearing me now. I think somebody's hearing me. He said, look, he said, this is the first verse. Get thee out of thy country and from your kindred and from your father's house unto a land that I will show you. Why? Why is God telling him to get out? He's telling him to get out because of how people were familiar with him, but he's also telling him to get out because of how familiar he was with that environment that was not serving him and. And was not giving him the ability to serve. So here's what we gotta do. We gotta get out. And see, here's what happens when you get ready to leave. Oh, man, I can't believe you fail for that. What, you think you're gonna do better somewhere else? Oh, now you're a business person, huh? Cause you got your little business, and you got your little. You got your little briefcase and your little business card. And now you think you some. And they're. What they're doing is they're trying to keep us imprisoned in our past.

So he said, get out. He said, now I want you to wrap your mind around this. God said, if you will do your part, get out. I'm going to do my part. What's God's part? He said, I'm going to make you a great nation. You make me a great nation. God, I'm 75. I don't have no children.

God knew how old Abram was when he called him.

Yeah, he did. Like, and here's what we want to do. We want to defend our limitations as soon as we get a call to a new level. But you don't know how hard I've been trying. And I can't do that because I'm just me. Nobody in My family's ever done that before. I don't have a degree. And you want to conjure up all the reasons why you can't get out. But Abram didn't do that. God told Abram to leave. Guess what? He did. He said, baby, we moving. Can you imagine saying this to your wife? Baby, we moving. Where we going? I don't know. God told me what he's going to show me when we get there.

Can you imagine how? What she. What you mean we moving? You might be moving, right? Ain't that how someone like, I'm telling you, Abram packed up and went. And guess what? His wife trusted him enough to go with him. He said, we out of here. Let's go. We ain't gonna stay here around all the people who think we aren't. Around all the people who know why we can't. Around all the people who want us to stay stuck like Chuck in a pickup truck and all the pains of the past. We up out of here. And here's what God said. He said, I'm going to make you a great nation. What is he saying? He said, if you will get out, I will make you something you can't make yourself.

What? Abram tried. He's 75 years old. He already wanted to be a dad. His name means high father. But he couldn't have any children.

Until he got out. And by the way, he didn't have children as soon as he got out. Right? See, because after you get out. Do you realize when Abram left Haran, it was 25 more years before he had a child? What?

Before he and Sarah had a child. What? 25 years. You mean he was a Hun? He was a hunted. You know why? What he said. But, Myron, I don't understand. I don't understand. I don't. I don't understand why when I get out, I can't just go straight into the promised land. I can't go straight into becoming the great name. Like, can't God just immediately make me into something I couldn't make myself? He can, but he ain't going to. You know why? Because that 25 years was necessary. That was Abram's preparation time. That's where God got Abram ready for what God already had ready for him. That's where God prepared him for what he already had prepared for him. See, a lot of people are like, there's an anointing on your life. People love saying that. There's an anointing on your life. Yeah, but you know what Anytime there was anointing on an anointing on somebody's life, the anointing was always for an appointing. And if there is no appointing, there's no need for an anointing. But if there is an anointing, that means it's an appointing. And what happened when. When Samuel went and anointed Saul, and when he went and anointed David to be the king, they would bring a horn of oil and they would anoint them in the presence of their brothers. And that was when God was revealing to you and the people around you the purpose for your life. So an anointing is for an appointing. The anointing was by Samuel for David to eventually ascend to the throne. God is anointing Abram in this story and telling him, this is what I'm going to do for you. I've got an appointment for you over yonder. Now, the appointment's not going to be fulfilled for another 25 years. Abram didn't know that. He just knew, if I get out, I'm going to enter into a space, into a place I couldn't have entered into unless I got out. It's so interesting. When I coach people, they're like, they want all the details before they start moving. No, you don't get the details while you're still in the land of the familiar. Myron, I'm going to do something as soon as I learn. I ain't going to do anything until I learn everything. Well, guess what? You ain't ever going to do anything then, because you don't get to learn anything until you do something. Something like what? Get out.

Like, you got to get out of the land of the familiar. You can't keep traipsing around doing all the stuff you always did that used to work or kind of worked and sort of worked, and you kind of made. You kind of made ends meet and were robbing Peter to pay Paul, you got to get out. You got to step up to a new level. And if you're going to do that, what has to happen is you got to leave the land of the familiar. That's God getting you out of the land of the familiar. But guess what? Now you got 25 years. And it might not be 25 years. Only might be 2.5 years. It might be 52 years. It might be 16 years. Who cares? The time is going to go by whether you come out or not, whether you enter in or not. So you might as well get on the journey because the time is going to Pass anyway.

And so he said, hey, get out of the land of the familiar. He got out. 25 years went by before he was able to go in. What was that, 25 years for? The 25 years was for getting the familiar out of the man who got out of the land of the familiar. He had to let. It took him 25 years to let go of his old way of conniving and scheming and planning and trying and remembering and reminiscing and the good old days. Took him 25 years before. God said, okay, now you're ready. He said, I'm going to make you something you can't make yourself like. I'm talking about something that is impossible for you in the land of the familiar. I'm going to do it for you when you leave. But not only that second thing. He said, I'm going to. He said, I'm going to make of you a great nation. What else did he say? He said, I'll make of you a great nation, and I will bless you. He said, I'm going to make you something you can't make yourself. He said, I'm going to bless you in ways you can't bless yourself.

Hey, if you can figure out all of the answers, then you don't need God. Some stuff he. Some stuff I can't do now, Hey, I, I, I am not confused. There's some stuff I can do, but there's some stuff that just is not within the realm of my capability. So I got to trust that God will do his part. In fact, it's already done. But that's a different conversation for a different day. And then I got to do my part. And God said, if you will leave and get out, I'll make you something you can't make yourself. I'll bless you in ways you can't bless yourself. Watch what else it says now.

He said, I'll make your name great. I love that part. That's probably my favorite part. I'll make your name great. Yes, Abram. I'm going to take the source of your shame and the source of your pain, and I'm going to make it the source of your fame and the source of your power. I'm going to change the name. I'm going, I'm going to take Marn, Marn.

Myron, Myron Marin. I'm going to take all that and I'm going to wrap it up. And you ain't always going to be Marne, and you ain't always going to be Myron. And you Ain't always going to be my run. You ain't always going to be that. One of these days I'm going to make you the Myron Golden. But you got to get out. You got to leave the comfort land. You got to leave the comfort zone. You got to leave the land of the familiar. Because if you don't leave, you can't get in. I hope you all tracking. He said, I'm going to take the source of your shame and make it the source of your fame. Some of you all heard me tell the story. When I got started business, I was terrible. I was terrible at selling. But it took me being terrible at selling when I first got started as an entrepreneur doing presentation after presentation after presentation after presentation for 18 months before I made my first sale. And my first commission was $125.66. It took me all of that to get to the point.

Where I became competent.

I had to learn all of the ways that would work before I finally stumbled upon a way that would. And when I did, I didn't get bored with it. I got paid with it. And I am telling you, I am telling you, when you step into that new identity, God said, I'm gonna make your name great. I'm gonna take Myron Freddie golden and I'm gonna make that name an icon or whatever your name is. He said, I can take the source of your shame. I know you didn't graduate from high school. I know you got pregnant when you were a teenager. I know, I know you've been to prison. I get it, I get it. You got all these reasons why that you holding on to the shame of your past. But I am telling you, if you will get out of the land of the familiar and step into a new zone and trust that what God has said is truth. He'll make you something you can't make yourself. He'll bless you in ways. He'll bless you in ways you can't bless yourself. He said, and I'll bless you. I'll make your name great and you will be a blessing. He said, I'm going to give you something you can't get yourself. You're going to be a blessing.

Like I didn't know. I didn't know that this little big head boy, little big head boy who got C's and D's after the third grade and some F's. Okay, keeping it real. I didn't know this little big head boy that flunked the 10th grade and got. Got financially withdrawn from college every semester I didn't know this little big head boy who had a brace on his leg and walked with a limb. I didn't know this little big head boy was eventually one day going to be a blessing to so many people. I had no idea. But you know what I did? I got out.

I hope y' all tracking with me this morning. You'll be a blessing. He said, I not only am I going to make you a blessing, he said, I'm going to bless those that bless you. God said, like you don't even understand the hookup I'm about to give you. The people who are a blessing to you, I'm going to be a blessing to them. Why? I'm going to make it so people are vying to be your friend. I'm going to make it so people are fighting over the opportunity to bless you because they know in blessing you, they're going to be blessed. He said, oh, don't get it twisted though. I'm going to curse those that curse you. In other words, you don't have to worry about protecting yourself. I got that part. That's my part. He said, you don't have to worry about knocking folks off their high horse when they come, when they're charging at you. That's my partner. He said, I'm gonna curse those that curse you. You know what I think about every time I think of that? I think about David. I think about David and Goliath. And Goliath was 10ft tall. He was so big, he needed six toes on each foot just to keep maintain balance. Like what? That's a big old joker. He had six fingers on each hand. He was so big that his spear head weighed 16 pounds. The head of his spear was heavier than a bowling ball, but it had a point on it. Can you imagine getting hit in the chest with a spear? With a 16 pound spearhead? Your whole body would explode. Arms would go one way, legs would go a different way. You'd be flying all over the place. No wonder when Saul and all his army saw Goliath, they were like, oh my goodness, what's happening? But you know what David did before David heard him? Before David saw him, he heard him. And don't you ever forget this. Now, doubt's created in the eyes, but faith is created in the ears. And here's what he heard. He heard Goliath cursing the armies of God. And I believe his little hard drive started going, wait a minute. My great granddaddy said God told him that I'll bless those that bless you curse those that curse you, and you, all the families of the earth will be blessed. Wait a minute. He's cursing me. Oh, he can't win. You don't have to worry about your enemies. God's got them covered. He said, I'm going to bless those that bless you. I'm going to curse those that curse you.

He says, I'm going to fight your battles so well that no weapon formed against you will prosper. Do you know what happened in chapter 14? Two chapters later, Lot was down in Sodom and Gomorrah. And five nations, five kings came against Sodom and Gomorrah, like, took over Sodom and Gomorrah, took captives of all the people, the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah and Lot and all his house. Abraham said, no, no, you didn't. Here's what it says. It says he armed the servants that were born in his house. He said, okay, you get your sword. You get your knife. You get your sword. You get your slingshot. You get your sword, you get your slingshot. Now we gonna go get my nephew. And Abram, as an entrepreneur, as a businessman, went out and did battle with five nations and won. And won.

Can you imagine? Can you imagine having a relative right now in the Ukraine? Right? And then. No, they ain't doing that to my relatives. I mean, hey, you. Yep. We going. We. Where are we going? We going over to Ukraine. We gonna stop this Putin mess. Can you imagine that? Somebody, a business person doing that? That's how powerful Abraham was. He said, we're gonna go and we are going to get my nephew back. And it says that Abram and the servants that were born in his house went and fought against five nations and won.

That's what I mean. That's what I call blessing those who bless you and curse those that curse you. In fact, when Abram brought everybody back, he didn't just get nephew. He didn't just get his nephew. He conquered those kings, brought everybody back. And the king of Sodom and king of Gomorrah tried to give Abraham some riches. Abraham said, I ain't taking nothing from you. I didn't do. You thought I did this for money. Oh, you had me confused with the other Abram. That ain't me. He said, I did this for my family. And he said, besides, I don't want you to be able to say, watch this now. I don't want you to be able to say, you made Abram rich.

What? See, there are a whole lot of people out There who want to take credit for your success, right? They want to blame you for your failure when you're struggling, but then they want to take credit for your success when you're winning. Mmm. I wish I had some help in here, huh? And so he said, and you will be a blessing. A blessing that blesses you. Curse him that curses you. And in you, all the families of the earth will be blessed. And Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him. And Abram. And Abram was 70 and 5 years old when he departed. Hey, can I. Can I tell you something?

It's never too early.

To launch to a new level. And it's never too late.

So don't wait for circumstances to be perfect. Don't wait for all the ducks to get in a row. Don't wait for all the stars to align. The best time for you to get out of the land of the familiar was 10 years ago. The second best time is right now. It's time for you to get out of Excuse Land and step into Execution Land. It's time for you to get out of. Out of Familiar land and go to Fortune Land. It's time for you to get out of Burden Land and go into Blessing Land. It's time for you to do that. I'm talking to you on YouTube right now. It's time for you to stop making excuses. I'm gonna end on this. I love the fact.

That Jesus taught us this lesson. If we don't make excuses, we don't have to take them. He went to a man who was lame for 38 years, who was laying by the pool of Bethesda. And every time at a certain season, I don't know if it was once a month, once a week, once a year, but a certain season, an angel would come down troubled the water. Whoever got in the water first would be healed of whatsoever disease he had. Jesus comes to this man who was lame for 38 years waiting for the troubling of the water. 38 years. That's a long time, y'. All. And he didn't ask the man, hey, man, how's it going? He said, would you like to be healed? I read that. I thought, what kind of question is that? Would you like to be healed? What is that? You know what it is. It's a question that is asked by someone who can empower you and not somebody who's buying into your limitations with you so you can feel comforted. The man didn't even answer the question. He began to make Excuses. He said, well, I'm doing. He said. He said, it's everybody else's fault. I'm doing the best I can and other people are better than me. What did the man say? He said, I have no man. When the water is trouble, to put me into the pool, it's somebody else's fault. Mom ain't here, Daddy ain't here, brothers ain't here, friends ain't here. He said, while I'm coming, I'm doing the best I can. Another step is in before me. Other people are better than I am. You know what Jesus did when he heard that excuse? He said, rise, take up your bed and walk. What is he saying? Get out. Get out of that bed that's been carrying you and start carrying it. Get out of this place where you're getting this place of sympathy and go to the place of success. Get out of this place of empathy and get into the place of energy. It is your time to go. Get up, rise, take up your bed and walk. And that day, that man started carrying what had been carrying him. And I promise you, if you'll get out of the land of the familiar, one of these days, people going to see you walking down the road carrying what used to carry you. They're going to be wonder what happened there. But you'll know God made you something you can't make yourself. Gave you something you can't get yourself. Blessed you in ways you can't bless yourself. Took the source of your shame and made it the source of your fame. Took the source of your pain and made it the source of your power.

Blessed you and blessed other people through you. Bless those that bless you. Curse those that curse you. Say, Myron, what is this about this morning? This is about you getting out of your comfort zone, being comfortably miserable. It's time for you to get out. Because when you get out, then and only then, can you go up. I hope this message blessed you today. Share it with somebody like the channel, subscribe to the channel and take your life to the next level, because it's time to get out. All right, see you next time. Bye for now.