Not now ≠ no
How many of you have something in your life right now that's taking longer than it should if God is big? How many of you have something in your life right now that you feel like, "God must be telling me no" Well, He might. In the bible, King David wanted to build a temple for God. Who better to do it? He wrote all of the songs. Why not build the house that would house the songs he wrote for God? But he didn't get to do it. In fact, the prophet told him, "Go ahead. Do it, That sounds good," and God stopped the prophet in his tracks. The prophet had to pivot and turn back and say "David, I went home and prayed about it. I love you so much, you are amazing, incredible as a leader. I thought surely God would let you do it and God would say yes to you. To built a temple for God. Why wouldn't God get behind that? It's a good thing?! But the Lord didn't say "no". he said "not you." That's hard to hear. God says, "Not ...