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told me in slurred speech that his doctors had estimatedthat even a partial recovery would take three to five years of therapy if he kept at it five days a week. The doctors said he’d never be able to lift his left arm.
    I told this gentleman what I’m telling you. God can speed things up. He is in control. I encouraged him to keep believing. Keep hoping. I saw him six months later. The first thing he did was lift his arm way up in the air. He said, “Joel, give me a high five.”
    “I thought you said it would take five years to do that?” I said.
    “That’s what they told me, but I did it in less than two months,” he replied.
    His therapist told him that in thirty years he’d never seen such a speedy recovery.
    What happened? God accelerated things. You may think it will take you thirty years to get out of debt, thirty years to pay your house off. You’ve already run the numbers, calculated it all. By the time you’re 107 years old you will be debt free. Yeah, you will be in Heaven debt free! No, you don’t know what God is up to. You don’t know what God has already destined to come across your path. One phone call like we received, one contract, one good break, one inheritance, and you’re totally debt free. You’re into overflow. Now you need to get ready. God is saying, “It will happen sooner than you think. I am shifting things in your favor. You will come into acceleration.” What should have taken you a lifetime to accomplish, He will do in a split second of time.
    Now don’t talk yourself out of it.
    “Well, I don’t know, Joel. I don’t have the seniority.”
    “I have all these college loans, this debt.”
    “I’ve gone as far as I can.”
    Be a believer and not a doubter. You may not see a way, but God still has a way. Your attitude should be: “God, I’m in agreement with You. I believe You have shifted things in my favor. You are taking me further faster. I will accomplish my dreams sooner than I think. I will overcome these problems quicker than I thought.”
    When you do that, Almighty God will open doors that no man can shut. He will connect you to the right people. His favor will thrust you years down the road. Back in 1949, a young minister named Billy Grahamtraveled around the country holding meetings in large auditoriums. He was having success, but he wasn’t really nationally known. That summer he conducted a meeting in a big tent in Los Angeles. A gentleman by the name of William Randolph Hearst showed up to hear Billy Graham speak. Mr. Hearst owned newspapers all across the country. He was so touched that night he sent a message to all of his publishers to write favorable articles about Billy Graham. The next week the whole country was talking about this young minister. Reverend Graham came to national prominence practically overnight because of this one man.
    What was that? A divine shift. God taking him further faster. It could have taken Billy Graham his whole lifetime to gain that kind of respect and credibility, but God used one man to show him favor and opened doors that took his ministry to a new level.
    Now the good news is God has already lined up the right people for you. They are already in your future. It’s just a matter of time before they show up. They will open doors that you could not open. They will show you favor even though you didn’t ask. They will use their influence to make you look good. They’re ordained by God to accelerate His plan for your life.
    What’s interesting is Billy Graham didn’t search out Hearst. Instead, the newspaper chain’s owner searched out Billy Graham. You don’t have to try to find the right people. You just honor God and the right people will find you. They’ll pick you out of a crowd. They’ll knock on your door. They’ll show up at your office. For some reason they will want to be good to you.
    That’s a divine connection. God will cause them to use their expertise, even their funds, to take you further