The Inhibitor Of Instantaneous Success
by Wayne Huntley
2016 · The Pentecostals of Alexandria, Alexandria, LA
Kind: conference session
Scripture: Deuteronomy 7:21-23, Psalm 84:11, Luke 10:20, Matthew 7:22-23, 1 Samuel 3:1, 1 Samuel 3:7, 2 Chronicles 26:15-16, Song of Solomon 8:5

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and everybody said praise the Lord I would really far more enjoy preaching today from what I understand brother Mangan said was Sister mangion's prayer place right here I would love to be able to stand here and preach today but I'm starting to preach right now in reality for all of you younger ministers that are here I can't stand on sister mangan's prayers and preach I have to stand on my own and so I am having to stand right here today on the basis of my relationship with the God that I serve and I'm happy to tell you that the god of sister Vesta Mangan is your god foreign we always wonder how it can be cause of the times get greater and greater every year but the Bible said that he is an exceeding great God and so when you think that you have seen God's very best hang around there's more to come clap your hands if you believe that right now maybe some money I will abbreviate my preliminary remarks by just saying we are standing in a highly pivotal powerful point of spiritual determination for this church and brother Mangan has talked about the fact that ancient mantles are going to drop and there will be breakthroughs there will be liberated Ministries and unprecedented results will be testified as the result of this meeting because this is the most powerful place on Earth where you are right now this is the most powerful place on Earth because God's here truth is here and you are here it's the most powerful place on Earth and this is where Eternal destinies are being rearranged and Forevers are being secured and Revival is being born thank you brother Anthony Mangan brother Mike Williams for the long term vision that has rerouted the apostolic world and has brought Revival around our world if because of the times has had influence upon your life and impacted you would you give these men and our great God a big hand foreign I give honor to all of our leadership that's here all the ministry that is gracious platform and preached so magnificently I will take you to Deuteronomy chapter 7 verse 21. I'm thrilled that my wife is with me today thrilled that she's able to come and be with me I would like to continue teaching and preaching even before we open our Bibles for you young men as you pursue your companion I know everybody can't have a wife like mine there's just one I realize that but I would like to establish this precedent in your life to show you how God can bless you before I left our room this morning I said just before we leave the room would you lay your hands on me and pray for me that God will help me today there have been particular times when I've felt challenged in Ministry to have her to do that you need a wife that you have confidence in her prayers and I I thank God for the wonderful wife that he's given me and I'm also thrilled that [name redacted] could be here my one of my three grandsons that are here four grandsons I can't even count how many there are they keep multiplying on me one of my four grandsons just so half of the oldest one is able to be with us today and that's [name redacted] [name redacted] we told her she's 16 that we might bring her with us next year and I her Grandmom

he said well we'll bring you we'll take you next year on us and no way no way I am taking [name redacted] to because of the times there are too many boys there and that could be dangerous to my position but I feel the inevitable is upon me Deuteronomy chapter 7 verse 21. notice as I read carefully our text today and if we did nothing but read the text we'd be inspired Deuteronomy 7 21. Thou shalt not be afraided at them for the Lord thy God is among you a mighty God and if you're his adversary he's terrible he's a mighty God and terrible and the Lord thy God will put out those Nations before thee by little and little thou mayest not consume them at once lest the Beast of the field increase upon thee but the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction until they be destroyed how much more do we need God to say than for us to know that our Victory and our success is secure with a message we've heard with a move of God we experience I think all of us should be convinced that our Victory and success is no longer in debate it is ours in Jesus name if you believe that put your Bible down give him a great big hand clap right now hallelujah praise God Jesus I worship you Lord Glory and everyone shout amen God bless you may be seed it our text boldly declares the incomparable power ability and intention of our God relative to our Victory and success as the people of God it would be absolutely absurd to question for one moment the desire or the ability of our God to accomplish the absolute miraculous in an immeasurable segment of time it was the Hebrew boys who boldly declared and so should we today our God is able our God is able no matter what you're facing our God is able can I get a witness right now do you serve an able God our Sovereign deity has never been challenged by time enormity of need or resources available the very nature of our God toward us is revealed in Psalm 84 and 11. when the Bible says no good thing will he withhold from those that walk up rightly before him those that serve him those that are upright God will hold no good thing from them God will provide every good thing you need it is his very nature my prayer and my passion is that every minister in this room would leave here powerfully anointed supernaturally gifted and abundantly fruitful we have come to understand in this Apostolic Church there is not just one Gifted Man there are thousands there is not just one gifted orator there are thousands there are not just one Gifted Man Of God but all of us are anointed and appointed by the same powerful God I want you to reach over Touch Somebody right now pray for them that prayer I will say it first you repeat it after me I want you to be powerfully anointed I want you to be supernaturally gifted

and I want you to be abundantly fruitful clap your hands and shout it is so in Jesus name it is so in Jesus name powerfully anointed supernaturally gifted and abundantly fruitful where that firmly established let us now add the balance of the equation we will as always leave here challenge to pray and fast more just let me ask you how many of you have had that thought run through your mind of how you could go home and pray more go home and fast more show me your hands right now that's it we always leave here challenge to pray and fast more we will promote spiritual passion we will promote positive programs Innovative and Creative Promotions and presentations often referred to as getting out of the box let me say I celebrate getting out of the box as long as we don't get out of the Bible we celebrate getting out of the box as long as we don't get out of the Bible we I'm trying to lay a foundation here we will always applaud lofty aspirations now let me link myself with Pastor Anthony mangion I am his Elder by just a few months both of us are now 66. Father in heaven there will not be another six we both are 66. our gray hair causes us to realize as he said last night that we are now allegedly the elders some people even call me Bishop brother tinny I struggle with that I struggle with that I struggle with being called grandfather until I held a baby and then that healed me so we are in positions of seniority Elders so I assume the platform today to speak to our younger ministers as an elder my voice will represent the voice of the Elders of the Apostolic Church I want to tell you we applaud your lofty aspirations we are not old shrieking grouches we are not negative small thinkers we are not limiting anybody we come to because of the time with gray hair to say go go go go go go build the biggest church in your town have the greatest Revival the world has ever seen win more souls than anyone has ever won thank you don't let anybody try to convince you that the elders are against you I wish I could get some gray hair to stand up right now and give a witness to that fact we are not against you so let me make my little run here we will always applaud lofty aspirations large dreams Vivid Visions skilled talented trained leadership teams perplexing question that I will answer today with all of that stated and above above all and Beyond and placed in its proper place is this after repenting by being moved by Brother mangan's message after acknowledging by Brother Bernard that you have an open door after committing to returning to the field by the forever indelibly stamped passion and burden of sister Mangan after pledging to live the Jesus name life the Revelation by Terry shock by making God's presence our reward as presented by Brother Osborne by being wowed by the renewed Revelation that Christ is in US by Brother Williams and then hearing today from Brother Tony the left and the right hand of faith I Rise to say this

why are we still made to feel that our progress our advancement our success has a governor on it and no matter how hard we press nothing seems to accelerate or advance have you ever driven a vehicle that had a governor on it is there anything more frustrating and as I traveled our fellowship I see a lot of our young ministers about to run their foot through the floorboard pounding the accelerator screaming faster quicker greater with a tremendous passion and yet it doesn't seem to move any quicker so my goal in this message is to defeat doubt conquer confusion and Inspire consecration I want to eradicate what I have faced across our fellowship from a lot of our ministers and that is a spirit of irritation agitation and frustration as to why we cannot do this faster as to why we can't grow it quicker as to why we can't seem to be able to have an overnight over a month Wonder Church I feel you may be encouraged if you could just get a grip with what is the inhibitor on your so sincerely seriously sought after instantaneous success I want to convince you it is not a what but it is a Who and you may be surprised to know who it is it is your god that loves you unconditionally for who you are and not what you do I got to tell some young preacher here if you move from 50 to 100 God will not love you more if you move from 100 to 200 God doesn't love you more if you'll move from a hundred to 200 or 200 to 400 or 500 to a thousand God does not love you more and if you run 50 God does not love you less than the man that runs the South I want to tell you that what we want to do should always be overshadowed by what we want to be in Luke chapter 10 and verse 20 it's about the only place in the Bible I find Jesus shutting down shouting it's the only place in the Bible I find him more or less say knock it off stop it for he said Rejoice not because the spirits are subject to you they came back rejoicing saying my goodness those Devils were running I mean we cleaned them out Jesus said Rejoice not because of what you've done he said Rejoice because of what I have done and I wrote your name down in the Book of Life if you will praise God for what he's done your praise will not be up and down your praise will not be high and low but your praise will be continued and consistent Matthew Chapter 7 22. reads like every preacher's Revival dream list prophesying casting out devils doing many wonderful works but the dream turns into a nightmare in verse 23 when the Bible reads

the Lord says depart from me I never knew you so if you don't get anything else I say today you write this down and pray about it relationship supersedes Revival relationship supersedes Revival what we want to do should be overshadowed by what we want to be and that is to be saved I know there's nothing here but ministers but somebody needs to minister some reality turn to someone and say when the Revival is over I want to be saved when the Revival is over I want to be saved Paul said even I could be a Castaway my burden is that we don't lose one minister in this room today that we don't lose one minister's wife that's in this room today while we're saving the world we need to save each other lay your hands on somebody say God I want you to save them don't let anybody in this room be lost don't let any of this room be lost let every young Minister be saved let every Minister's Wife be saved let every evangelist be saved let every Pastor be saved there's a couple of verses that have always intrigued me and challenged me first Samuel 3 and 1. and the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord first Samuel 3 and 7. now Samuel did not yet no the Lord first Samuel 3 and 1 said he ministered to the Lord first Samuel 3 and 7 said he knew not the Lord our greatest blessings is not Ministry talents or spiritual gifting but simply to know and be known by God in the Old Testament he said If any man is going to Glory let him glory in this that he knows me your greatest glory is that you know God and that God knows you relationship is greater than Revival my concern is this experience reveals there is a possibility of getting what we want at the expense of losing what we need it is possible to get what we want and lose what we need Deuteronomy 7 23. and the Lord God thy God will put out those Nations and if we could stop right there we would all run the aisles that shouting material the Lord thy God will put out those Nations Hallelujah but my Hallelujah quickly when he says the words I don't want to hear little by little little by little now I feel this it's not in my notes but I want to say it God has done phenomenal wonderful Mighty marvelous works for some of us and we are yet to praise him because it did not happen as fast as we

wanted it to I'd like to remind you who cares how long it takes as long as we have it how old is this church it's congregation these buildings the fame the power the reputation every bit of it admired how many 65 years is there anybody here that has a family that would be willing to spend 65 years to have this but our problem is the enemy is disrupting us agitating us irritating us because we can't have it in six months because we can't have it in six years but who cares how long it's take going to take God's already told us it is going to happen nothing can stop it nothing can hinder it I will give you the land they will be afraid of you you will conquer them but it will be little bye little and the Lord thy God will put out those Nations before the little by little thou mayest not consume them at once lest the Beast of the field increase upon thee and one definition of the word increase there is consumed God assured Israel in a most emphatic way that Victory and success would undeniably be theirs however it would not be at once or I may I say instantaneous as I travel our fellowships there is unrest there is agitation there is frustration because we can't seem to move and grow as fast as others that we look at I want you to set your heart at ease tonight I'm going to tell you why that is it's because there is a God that loves you and our loving God said if I were to give you total Victory and success at once or shall we say instantaneously he said you will not be able to resist the Beast of the field and I love you too much to release the beast on you I got a convince you today that God loves what you are more than what you do God wants you to be saved more than successful and can I can I just go in and jump ahead a little bit we don't even know yet who is successful who is to say what is successful and what is not successful you know how we're going to know if we were successful if that trumpet sounds and the largest portion of people you Pastor leave this world you were successful foreign I don't mean to be ugly but let me say it like this if some large admired wandered after congregations have the same crowd the morning after the Rapture who was successful we're not trying to build a kingdom we're not trying to build a dynasty what we're trying to do is prepare a bride

for the Rapture of the Church of the Living God you must never forget that God wants us to be faithful more than phenomenal God wants to want men to have might so young man let me ask you this question let's settle the issue the question is not can God handle it that's not even a question there's no end to what God can do we've already heard all things are possible he can double your church in a month he can make you the largest church in your town in a year there's no question about what God can do there's no question about what God can handle the question is not can God handle it the question is can we handle it brother tinny I borrow from you brother tinny franchised it gotta get a little water brother tinny franchised it but I will repeat it the Reason God doesn't give us an instantaneous Victory and success it's simple it's never far from Glory to Goofy t f Tenney it's never far from Glory to Goofy but what God is surveying because of the times for this year is can he find a man who can handle his glory and not go Goofy and I'll just say this if defeat has killed his thousands instant success and Victory has killed tens of thousands now I know what you're thinking and let's be real not many of us have experienced great Victory great success but see the definition of success is all relative I know guys that were running 100 now run 200 and think they own the world and they're ready to start teaching the seminars because they move from 50 to 75. I thank God for that I praise God for that but God's looking for somebody he can drop a man alone today that will celebrate glory and not go Goofy somebody that won't make the appearance somebody won't write the magazine somebody that won't quit being aware you can't talk to them you have to have an agent to talk to them somebody don't need to go to conference anymore they got their own conference God's looking for somebody that can handle the glory without getting goofy to arrest somebody say God will blow your mind if you will prove to him you can handle Glory and not get Goofy it's not our lack of talent it's not our lack of ability it's not our lack of usability it's the fact that God loves us more than letting us be destroyed for his cause I know probably most all of you are here you're no deer feel the same way do you know different than I am I didn't quite have it all straight still don't have it all straight but I'm in places where I wanted a Revival brother Kenzie and I was in my youthful zeal I said God if you'll give me this revival

I won't tell anybody God if you will give us this miracle I won't tell anybody that's totally opposite of what God wants God wants you telling everybody he did it he did it not for my fame but his name somebody could get a miracle ministry if you won't go from glory to Goofy year after year young preachers asked me how many he kept meetings you're preaching you know what my answer is more than I deserve how many years you've been preaching because of times I don't know a lot more than I should have a lot more than I deserve to how many got in church not enough how many are running not enough my wife would tell you I have this problem when we're running 50 I want a hundred when I won 100 I wanted 200 when I had 300 I wanted 600 when I want a thousand I want two thousand when I want 1500 whatever it is you know the problem is I'm never satisfied the only lead you will put on your ministry is how much praise you will give God it's not his will that any should perish so how big should my church be it's not his will that anybody be lost so how large should my congregation be so brother Tuttle what does God have to do he has to spend 75 years to get us here 38 years in Raleigh brother Williams how long have you been in 39 years there's pastors here 35 years do you think these two men are not two of the most gifted talented men on the planet then why has it taken so long because more than what they do it's what they are and God wants them now I'm going to make it plain right here because I believe this isn't it wonderful when you find Bible to confirm what you believe can I get a witness from some preachers you ever believe something didn't have a verse come on there's got to be more of you than that boy it's great when you find out there's a verse because the tea have a verse you kind of preach it sheepishly fashion seat belt here it is I do not believe that God bless his churches I'm letting that just God does not bless churches God blesses Ministries and the church is blessed in proportion to the person that stands here now we're launched in some Bible studies right now but the anointing touched the head of Aaron came through him and then it got to the feet God's blessings start in the ministry and flows to the assembly have you ever seen a church greatly Pat blessed and didn't have a pastor man I expect preachers get excited about this

well I found Bible for that did you know when David got ready to fight Goliath they set their armies in a ray Israel against the Philistines and notice who had the revelation it was Goliath Goliath said no no no no we're not fighting that way it's not Army against Army I'm a champion send me your champion and whatever happens to your Champion happens to your people if I defeat your Champion your people will become my servants if your Champion defeats me my people will become your servants that's why the man of God has got to stay convicted because what happens in your church is really up to you if you've got Liberty they'll have Liberty if you've got Victory they'll have Victory if you've got power they'll have power if you have Revival they will have Revival quit blaming the church don't ask the church to pray if you don't pray don't ask the church so fast if you don't fast don't ask the church to live holy if you don't live holy don't ask the church to run the aisles if you never praise God Goliath said this is not about Army to Army this is one-on-one and if you're a pastor that's the way it is in your city it's one-on-one and if you can defeat the giant in your city they'll all be your servants it is said of one of the Old Testament characters in second chronicles 26 and 15. and his name spread abroad for he was marvelously helped of the Lord until he was strong but verse 16 says but when he was strong his heart was lifted up to his destruction don't let God bless you out of the church sir brother Anthony Megan would you come up here please just a moment be my prop so it sounds pretty negative brother it's not negative God said he's going to do it I'm saying he's going to do it he may not be able to do it as fast as you want it but can we correctly come out of the wilderness of barrenness can we correctly come out of the Wilderness of unfruitfulness can we correctly come out of the Wilderness of unproductivity I found the secret Song of Solomon eight and five foreign who is this that cometh up from the wilderness she's leaning on her beloved

you can come out of the Wilderness of no Revival you can come out of the Wilderness of no Miracles you can come out of the Wilderness of no Dynamic spiritual gifts but it's only going to happen by leaning on your beloved he will bring you out if you will lean on him when we went to Raleigh God spoke to me and said if you will lean on me I will show you my power like you've never seen it you can't lean on your intelligence you can't lead on your leadership skill you can't lead on your charismatic personality you can't lean on your programs you gotta lean oh hell turn around somebody so you can get out if you will lean on him you want to come out does anybody want to come out you can come out if you will lean on him you say brother Holly what are you trying to do I'm trying to save somebody I'm trying to save somebody I'm trying to save some wonderfully gifted young man that's in this room right now that the United Pentecostal Church sees needs to see you come up to become a powerful example and a great leader and a powerful spiritual example I'm trying to save you right now I'm trying to save you somebody shouty ass he said I'll give you the victory I'll give you the success and not at once because it will highly expose you to an increase of Beast that want to destroy you instantaneous Victory and success will expose us to spiritual devouring Beast Pride conceit arrogance haughtiness self-reliance Independence and disconnect from the body when you're too blessed to come to be cause of the times or any conference to be spiritually inspired and brought closer to God you're too blessed of course that's not y'all I'm talking to those who receive this ex from the exterior of this meeting those who move into elitism egotism spiritual Pride an attitude of holier than the hell I'm not worthy to be an example but I must tell you this just as an example my wife and I were together in a restaurant that we visit on Sunday mornings on the way to church it was a black gentleman sitting over there and we struck up a conversation with a very sharp looking man we began to talk and I said I see you're in quite often but I've never spoken to you I said I just want to introduce myself to you I'm Wayne Huntley what's your name he jumped back he said you you are the great Wayne Huntley I said Somebody's told you wrong that's not me I am Wayne Huntley servant of a great God I remember a boy that was with us in Bible college for some of you that were there with me there was a guy there I can't even remember his name now because soon after Bible College he disappeared but he was very unique on the side of his sunglasses it said oh I just thought of his name I saw it on his sunglasses this ain't his name but Reverend Jim Jones that's not his name on his Bible

Reverend Jim Jones on everything he had Reverend we were in Bible College Bible college boys do me a favor don't put Reverend on anything you are not doing yourself a favor if you want to put something on your glasses right humble servant of the Lord trying to be used of God as soon as Bible College was over I'll tell you he is after church brother Foster you'll remember I just saw those sunglasses you won't last till the water gets hot because there is a verse in the Bible that says his glory will he not give to another and if you want to be gifted and you want to be powerful and you want to be productive the first thing you're going to have to do is get behind the cross I'm not gonna I'm not gonna let you cut all those trees at one time I'm not going to give it to you at once because if you do the Beast will consume you the higher men elevate the less covering you have and the greater the target you become to your adversary I shall never forget I was preaching a camp meeting in Ohio years and years and years ago and I had preached a lot harder than I preach now and a lot of times when preachers begin to pray can I tell you a secret they're not really bending to pray they're trying to come back to life they really need oxygen and that was a case that night I knelt over there and all of a sudden I felt a hand come on my shoulder I didn't look to see who it was and this gentleman began to prophesy to me and his name was Norm Pasley senior I found out later he prophesied wonderful things great things Mighty things that have come to pass I felt him pull his hand off and I still didn't know who it was and he left but brother man this is a true story he stopped and he came back because I I felt that hand on my shoulder again and he said oh yes one more thing brother he wanted me to come back and tell you he's not going to just use you he loves you he said he wanted me to tell you he's not going to just use you he told me to tell you he loves you there is no way that man knew what was coming my way but in a few years I would go through an unbelievable and the only thing that brought me through was not the gifts not the conference schedule not the camp meeting engagements the thing that brought me through is I kept telling myself foreign don't ever forget it he said he loves you this is what I'm feeling in my spirit as I close there are young men in this church right now there are pastors under the sound of my voice you would never admit it to anybody but the spirit knows

and the thing that's hindering your growth and your blessing is silently inside of you you are like the Elder that stayed home you are doing right but you're doing right wrong cause you are angry with the father you're angry with the father I work harder than anybody but it's not working I've given all of this but it's not producing I deny myself this but it doesn't seem to work the word governor faster faster and God says no because more than what you do and more than what you do is what I want you to be it may be one it may be ten it may be 50 maybe a hundred but I know in my spirit there are young men here today that are angry with the father and if you don't take care of that anger it will lead you to compromise and it will lead you to apostasy if you don't let God heal you of that inner anger by your heads and I ask the spirit to witness to every young man in this room I'm trying to save you God's trying to save you I plead with you today don't be angry with the father reach over and lay your hands on somebody beside you and pray for them right now missionary don't be angry with the father North American missionary don't be angry with the father don't be angry with your father because some of your peers Pastor large churches and they've got all the money in the world and you're struggling don't be angry with the father because you seem to be overlooked you seem to be neglected don't be angry with the father your father has not forgotten you he is trying to save you he could use you to walk into a hospital tomorrow and heal everybody in there if he wanted to he could cause your church to have 500 next Sunday if you're running 50 if he wanted to he could give you all kind of gifts of the Spirit but the reason he does it now at once is because the Beast would appear I make an appeal for young ministers I make an appeal for young pastors you really want to be used of God you really want to come out of the Wilderness of unproductivity you really want to come out of the wilderness of weakness the only way to do it is lean on help lead oh the inhibitor of instantaneous success is a God that loves you more than you could imagine a God that loves you more than you could imagine find a young preacher right now lay your hands on him and Whisper it is here he loves you he loves you God is not against you God loves you you gotta know that God is not angry with you and you must not be angry with him be honest today and ask him to heal you

there's no question can God handle it the question is can we handle it are mental there are mantles floating right now for somebody that God can trust their Ministries waiting for somebody that God can trust there's an anointing waiting for somebody that God can trust there's a Revival for somebody that God can trust you know