The Best Is In Between! | Pastor Steven Furtick | Elevation Church

Main message: The sermon teaches that the most important work of God often happens in the “in between” seasons of life—not in the past or the imagined future, but in the uncertain steps of following Jesus now. Peter’s command, “Follow me,” is enough for the in-between, and God uses that unstable place to transform and empower believers.

Key points:

• Peter was distracted by “back then,” “but when,” and “better than,” instead of focusing on Jesus.
• Comparison is a major trap: what others have, what you used to have, or what you hope to have can pull you off course.
• Jesus gives Peter only two words for the in-between: “Follow me,” even though much of Peter’s future ministry is still ahead.
• The sermon emphasizes that growth and calling happen in unstable, transitional moments, not when everything feels settled.
• Acts 3 is used as an example: Peter and John, in a transitional moment, heal a man who then stands and walks “in between.”
• God is present in the middle places of life, and the “best” often comes there.

Scriptures mentioned: John 21:18-22, Acts 1, Acts 2, Acts 3, Acts 5, Acts 9, Acts 12, John 4, Ephesians 3:20, Psalm 109, Moses crossing the Red Sea, Daniel in the lions’ den, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Luke 23 (thief on the cross)