AUDIENCE: (APPLAUSE)
BOB: Wow. It’s just been a great day. It’s been great to be here and it’s such an honor to be with you guys. And I’m excited for those that are watching because I believe that God is going to not only speak to you but He’s actually going to speak through you to other people as a result of our time together. And really God doesn’t just want to give you a fresh word. He actually wants to make you a fresh word. Right?
AUDIENCE: Yes! (CLAPPING)
BOB: Jesus didn’t just come to say something. He became the Word. And when the Word becomes flesh it’s the light of the world. And literally you’re called to be the light of the world. You know I grew up in the Church and I actually you know believed that my pastor could hear God. And the reason I knew he could hear God was cause a lot of times he would stop in the middle of his message, and if you bear with me, like he had a Bible, not one of these, but this is my Bible, but he would stand with his Bible and he’d be teaching and then all of a sudden he’d stop. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen this but my pastor would stop he’d say “Yes, Lord.” And he’d always look into the left corner, I’m not sure why, but he’d always say “Yes, Lord. Okay, Lord. I’ll do that, Lord.” And then he’d just go back to preaching. And I’m sitting there as a young person saying well who put God in time out? You know?
AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER)
BOB: Why is God in the corner first of all? And if it was so important what God had to say that my pastor stopped his sermon why didn’t he tell us what He said, you know? So as a young person I had this imagination he must be telling you know you’re preaching good. Keep going. Or maybe people’s roast is burning in the oven. Bring it home you know son. My favorite was thinking maybe God’s telling him the score of the football game. Cause that would be a good spiritual gift to have, wouldn’t it? Let’s just say you could raise a lot of money for missions, couldn’t you?
AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER)
BOB: And so I grew up with this impression, yeah, that’s my pastor’s job to hear God’s voice. That’s his job. And then when I got my first job I realized you need to hear God’s voice if you’re going to be successful in life. You know I showed up for my first job at a fast food restaurant and my boss came to me. He said you know what? We’re going to give you the hardest job in this whole place today. And I’m like bring it on because I want a challenge. I said what is it? He said you’re going to make french fries. I’m thinking how in the world could making french fries be the hardest job? And he explained to me french fries can only survive two and a half minutes after they’re cooked. After that they’re dead. And I’m thinking man this guy takes potatoes really seriously. Right? And so I remember him saying now you’re going to go back there and what has to happen is you have to make the exact amount of fries because if you make too many french fries and nobody comes to buy the french fries then the french fries are dead. If you don’t make enough french fries and the people come well they’re going to go to the other place with the Golden Arches and you’ll be dead pretty much. You know? Like you won’t be doing a good job at your job. I remember standing my first day of work in front of oil, hot oil, and I remember saying to the Lord, I looked in the corner, Lord if you could talk to my pastor while he’s working you could talk to me while I’m working. And you know what? Do you know what I found out? That God sometimes speaks in unusual ways. I was just hoping that oil would bubble up: I am the Lord God of the french fries. It didn’t happen. I was hoping maybe an angel would walk in, you know with an apron with some french fry makers. No. You know what happened? I’m standing there. I’m looking out to the store. There’s no one there and I feel this impression. You need to make some french fries right now! And you know what I thought? What a lot of you think when you hear God speak. Oh, that’s just me. That’s not God. That’s just me. Do you know what the answer is? That is God and that is you. Because He wants to speak to you. He wants to speak through you. So I remember this impression getting stronger and all I can tell you is I felt like I need to make french fries NOW. Which sometimes I feel like that sometimes in church too… So I took the french fries and I put them in the oil and nobody was in the restaurant but you know when those fries got done and salted we had a rush, a french fry rush that lasted two hours. In fact my boss turned to me in the middle of that rush he said you’re the most incredible french fry maker we’ve ever had!
AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER)
BOB: He said we’re going to call you the “fry master.” That’s true. Honest truth. I’m still called the fry master today when I go back to that restaurant. And he drove me home that day, gave me a ten cent raise. Do you know what that means? If you learn to hear God’s voice you can make some money. I’m just saying. Somebody say hallelujah! All right? (laughs)
AUDIENCE: (CLAPPING AND LAUGHING)
Tags: It's Supernatural, Sid Roth
Tags: It's Supernatural, Sid Roth