#14 - All God Wants Is Yes - Pr. William Lee | August 15, 2026

Before we get into the word of God this evening, please allow me just a moment to express to you my heartfelt gratitude for your extreme hospitality over this last week. On behalf of my wife and myself, we have gained so many wonderful friends here in Nairobi. God has been so gracious to us and we are just so thankful for this opportunity to be able to share throughout this uh encampment over this last week. It has been an absolute blessing and we say praise the Lord for each and every last one of you. I do want to say a very special thank you to our chairperson again, Elder Charles Abe. Can we say amen? >> And of course to our senior pastor, Pastor Peter McKenzie as well. Come on, say amen. I want to thank these two gentlemen so very much along with all of the elders, all of the presenters, all of the guests and to every last one of you all. We are very very appreciative and thankful to the shepherdist as well that have been so gracious. To my lovely wife as well, we say praise God for you. Thank you so very much. There's so many to say thank you to, but I do want to say a special thank you as well to the wonderful social committee. Ah, this committee has done such a fantastic job. You may not remember, but seven days ago, I was 10 pounds lighter. I really was. I I I was looking in the mirror last few days and I said, "Man, I I'm looking like the the Hebrew boys after 10 days. their face is fatter than before and uh the meals and the food have been absolutely wonderful and we're just so so thankful for the care that you have shown us and again to every pastor. We just thank God for each one of you all as well. And then last but not least again just to the technology team as well. Sometimes they get overlooked but thank you technology team. You have done an outstanding job. Come on say amen. Amen. >> The music has been outstanding as well. Let's get into the word of God just for a few moments on tonight. That's so mean just for a few moments tonight, let's share the word of God again. Take your Bibles right now. Go with me to Isaiah chapter 6. Isaiah chapter 6 and beginning at verse number one. In the conclusion of our time this evening, I do want to pray for these prayer boxes on this evening. Is that all right? Amen. >> Want to pray that God indeed would hear and answer those prayers in a mighty way. Isaiah chapter 6 and beginning at verse number one, let's pray. Father, now as we open up the pages of sacred scripture. God, we do ask now that you will speak in tones loud and clear. Give us, oh God, your will and your way and help us to align ourselves with you. But we ask it in Jesus name. Amen. Isaiah 6 and verse one. The Bible says, "In the year that King Isaiah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne was high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple, and above it stood the saraphims, each one having six wings. With twine he covered his face, and with twine he covered his feet, and with twine he did fly. And one cried unto another, saying, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory." And the posts of the doors moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Isaiah says verse 5, "Then said I, woe is me, for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts." Then flew one of the saraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken from off the tongues from off the altar. And he placed and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this has touched thy lips, and my iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Verse eight, our last verse. Verse 8, the Bible says, "And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" Then said I, "Here I am, send me." Who says amen to the word of God? >> Amen. I want to speak just for a few moments on this subject entitled All God Wants is a yes. All God wants is a yes. Church, I've come to understand that whenever God calls you, he will also equip you. You see, God's callings are also his enablings. And whenever God calls you, he will give you the power to do what he wants to be done. You see, church, you don't have to be a superstar to serve God. You don't have to come from the right family or have the right personality or have all the right things in order to serve God. No. God is looking for a humble heart that will serve him. And I've come to understand that all God really wants is a yes from us. Yes, I'll worship you. Yes, you can have me. Yes, I'll be a witness for the Lord Jesus Christ. You see, you would be surprised and amazed what God can do through you if you simply say yes. In Isaiah chapter 6, here is a vision that God gave Isaiah that radically changed his life. In Isaiah 6 and verse one, the Bible says, "In the year that King Isaiah died, Isaiah said, I saw also the Lord." Now, you need to know that King Isaiah, he was a good king. Turn there real quick. 2 Coronicles chapter 26 and verse one. 2 Coronicles 26 and verse 1. For time's sake, let me tell you, King Isaiah was just 16 years old when they made him king. In 2 Coronicles 26 and verse one, Uzziah was a teenager when he became the king. That's because God can use young people that are committed and dedicated to the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible goes on to say in 2 Chronicles 26 and:e3 that he reigned on the throne for 52 years did King Isaiah reign on the throne. His reign was one of the most prosperous since the time of King Jehoshaphat, time of Solomon. In 2 Coronicles 26 and verse4, we learn that during the early years of King Uzziah, he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. You see, as long as he depended upon the Lord, the Bible said that God made him to prosper. Can I say it again? As long as King Isaiah depended upon the Lord, God made him to prosper. King Isaiah was a mighty man of valor. He was a skilled military man. He was a brilliant builder in that he fortified the cities which he conquered. And the Bible tells us that King Yziah's fame spread far and wide and he had become a very powerful king. Why? Because the Lord was on his side. >> Ah church. But somewhere along the way, perhaps in the prime of King Isaiah's life, the Bible says that King Uzziah was on top of the world, King Uzziah, he stopped depending upon the Lord and start trusting upon himself. And the Bible tells us that King Uzziah, he fell victim to pride and arrogance. King Uzziah was the king but he started acting like the priest. So he went into the temple right into the holy place where only the priests were allowed and began to offer incense to the Lord and on the altar of the Lord he had sinned in the face of God. In 2 Coronicles 26 and:e 16-19, because of pride and arrogance, Yziah experienced God's judgment, and he immediately broke out in leprosy. But he had a terrible finish because he stopped depending upon the Lord. But now watch the movements of the text because when one man fails, God always has somebody else who will serve him with humility and with honor. Who says amen? So now in our text now as we spend just these last moments, the Bible says King Uzziah died. This brought Isaiah personal grief, but it also brought the nation national mo mourning. The nation was now mourning because the king is dead. Ah church, hear me tonight. One king is dead, but another king is still alive. Our God ruleth forever. Isaiah gets a vision of the Lord, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. And watch this tonight. When Isaiah saw the Lord, the Bible says he saw the Lord sitting upon a throne. Come here, church tonight. Because this means that our God has all power. This means that God is in control of everything. This means that God is the sovereign God of the universe. This means that God can handle any problem that comes your way. Oh church, I want to share with you tonight perhaps one of my most favorite quotes from the spirit of prophecy. You might want to write this one down tonight because this is so powerful. Look at the screen right now. I want to share with you from uh uh our high calling where Ellen White says this. Uh I make there's come there's a few different places where she says it but I want to quote where she says our heavenly father weighs and measures. So I'm going let them get there right there. This is so powerful. Here it is. Have no temptation taken you such is common to man. But God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able. But with the temptation will also make a way of escape that you may be able to bear it. each one of his own battles to fight the old Christian experience to gain independent and respect of some souls. God has lessons for us to gain for himself that no one else can gain. Now, here it is. Don't miss this. Our heavenly father, he weighs and measures every trial before he permits it to come upon the believer. Keep on going. Ne next next slide right there before I come to that. He considers the circumstances and the strength of the one who is to stand on the proving test of God. And he never permits the temptation to be greater than the capacity of resistance. If the soul is overborn, the person overpowered, this can never be charged to God. But the one tempted was not viligent and prayerful and did not appropriate by faith the provisions God abundantly had in store. Christ here it is never failed a believer in the hour of combat. The believer must claim the promise and meet the foe in the name of the Lord. Who says amen? >> Hear me. Look at me tonight before I stop and we encamp me tonight. Don't miss this. What she is saying is 1 Corinthians 10 and verse 13. But what Ellen White is saying, hear me, is that before any trial comes your way, it must first cross the desk of God. And God will weigh and measure the trial before he allows it to come your way. And he if it does come your way, he will make sure that you will have the power to be able to get through that trial. Come on, say amen tonight. Oh church, that does me so good because before anything the devil brings your way, it must fro it must first cross the desk of God. And how many of y'all know that sometimes it may cross God's desk and God may look at it and say, "Satan, you cannot do this to my children." I thank God for his power and for his might. Ministry of healing. Ellen White says, "Our heavenly father has a thousand ways to provide for us which we know nothing about." I don't care what you face as we come through the rest of this year. How many of y'all know God is still in control? I want to tell you tonight, don't you worry about a thing. God is sitting on the throne. The Bible says as the doors of the temple open up, Isaiah catches a glimpse of who God is. He said, 'I saw the Lord sitting up on the throne, he was high and lifted up. Ah, church, I'm going fast, but I want you to hear this right here. The Bible says that and his train filled the temple. Now, when a woman gets married, sometimes she has what's called a long train that's following her wedding garment. Do you know what I'm talking about tonight? She has on her wedding dress and there is a train that is flowing. This is the picture of what is happening in Isaiah chapter 6. As Isaiah sees God, he sees a long train that is following. Now, let me tell you the power of this and I'll get out of your way. Um whenever a military battle would ensure the king, the conquering king, if a conquering king went in and was able to destroy another kingdom, the conquering king would cut off a piece of the robe of the one whom he's conquered. And then he would stitch together on his own robe the swatch that he took from the conquering king. When Isaiah saw the Lord in vision sitting upon the throne, Isaiah said that the train of his robe, it filled the temple. Now, unless you don't understand what is going on, Isaiah is trying to let you know that God is the king of kings and lord of lords because apparently the king has been able to conquer every single nation and now the train shows that God is in control of the entire universe. >> Amen. >> Oh, our God reignth. The Bible says the angels are flying. They cry one to another, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty." They take a a coal off. And when Isaiah sees it, he says, "Woe is me, for I am undone. I am a man of unclean lips." You see, church, we stand in the presence of a holy God. And when you come before a holy God, don't come with your pride. Don't come with your arrogance. come saying, "It's me. It's me. It's me. Oh Lord, I'm standing in the need of prayer." As Isaiah sees God, I'll come down. He says, "Wo, it's me." Verse 5, "Then one of the saraphims took a live coal from off the altar and it touched the lips of Isaiah." The the call was for Isaiah not to preach better, but the call was to cleanse Isaiah of his sins. You see, before God can use us, God has to cleanse us. God wants us empty of ourselves. God wants to strip us of everything that's not like him. We are living in the time, church, where we must get right with God. Who says, "Amen." The last two verses say, "And the Lord laid it upon my mouth and said, Thou hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquity is taken away, and thy sin is purged." Church, before I say, "Amen." I want you to know that God is a forgiving God. God forgives our sins. Matter of fact, 1 John 1:9 says that if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us for our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. It's a trick of the devil to make you feel that you're not enough. In the year that King Isaiah died, God needed somebody to step to the throne. And in verse 8, which is our last verse, the Bible says, Isaiah heard the voice of the Lord saying, look at it. God says he's looking for somebody. God is looking for somebody that will be a witness for him. God is looking for somebody whom he can use in these last days. And God says, "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" Then Isaiah said, "Here I am. Send me." How many of you all want to be used by God? Oh, how many of you all want to say, "God, you can have your way in my life." I want to share with you tonight in closing a true story that happened to me. I am and um I make no apology. I am a Apple lover. I love my Apple products. Come on, say amen. >> Amen. >> I'm just saying don't hate celebrate all those Androids. God bless you in Jesus name. I'm praying for the Android anointing. Amen. But I have an Apple anointing in Jesus name. >> I love I have an iPad. I got a And I shouldn't do this on TV, but I have an eyewatch. I have an iPhone. I have an iPad. And I have a MacBook. Amen. In Jesus name. >> Amen. >> I love my Apple because it all sinks together. Now, here what happened. True story. God wants a yes. Here's what happened, pastor. I was sitting at my computer in my study. And pastor, as I'm sitting there in my study, typing and preparing, I hear the Holy Spirit. I was convicted in my heart. I'm telling you, I could hear him just as loud as day. The Holy Spirit said, "William, back up your system. Bag it up because you don't want to lose all of this stuff." I I was sitting I was typing. I was like, "Holy Spirit, bag it up." And I kept on typing. And I kept on typing. Now, now on my computer, I have all of my three books that I've written. I have every sermon I've preached. I have notes. I have counseling. I got everything right here on my Mac. It is my life. You've been seeing me walk around carrying this type because I want to make sure that nobody Amen. takes my MacBook. Amen. And I was sitting there typing and all of a sudden, true story, I'm sitting there typing and the Holy Spirit said, "Bag it up." And all of a sudden on a Mac, there is a blue circle that will appear on your screen. I'm sitting there at my at my desk and all of a sudden a blue little circle keeps on spinning on my MacBook. As I'm sitting there, I'm thinking to myself, okay, so I I try to move it with my mouse, but the mouse is not moving it at all. And all of a sudden now, while I'm sitting there trying to move it, my screen turns blue. I sit there, I say, "Okay, what's going on?" And then it turns black. I said, "Oh, Lord." I hold the power button down and when I hold the power button down, the screen does not come back on. So I think to myself, well, well, maybe I had low power and maybe I just need to charge my MacBook Pro up for a while. So I charged it up overnight. I went back to the computer, opened it up, and I pressed the button, and the screen is still all black. At this point, the Holy Ghost reminds me, William, I told you, bag up your system. At this point, I'm pressing every button I can. F6, F5, command, control. I'm doing everything. Nothing comes back on at this point. Can I be honest tonight? Can I be vulnerable with you all tonight? Can I be vulnerable with you'all tonight? Say yes. Amen. Say yes. I started crying. You hear me, pastor? I am literally I am in tears because I know I heard the Holy Spirit tell me, "Back it up." And I'm hitting the buttons. I'm like, "And nothing's coming on." And I don't know what to do. And I THINK MYSELF, "OH, GOD, I'VE lost everything." And I thought to myself, man, if I had just listened to the Holy Spirit, God wants a yes. So, you know what I did? I didn't know what to do. I prayed a little prayer. I said, "God, please." Somehow, God, man, please God, help my system to get back up. It went a whole day, nothing at all. went back there discouraged, frustrated, and then I heard the Holy Spirit say, "William, call 1800 my apple." I called 1800 my apple. And as I call 1800 my apple, I'm sitting there. I'm on hold for a while. And then a lady that I've never met or ever seen, she says, "Hello, may I help you? What's your name?" I say, "My name is William Lee." And he says, "How can I help you today, Mr. Lee?" I said, "Ma'am, I'm working on my MacBook computer." And I saw a blue bubble appear. And after that blue bubble appear, it turned blue. And then it turned black. And I'm not able to start up my system anymore. And the lady I never met says, "Oh no, listen. Those are two words that you never want to hear when you've been praying about something." Says, "Oh, no." Says, "Mr. Lee, all right." Says, "I'm gonna try my best to help you right now." Now, now mind you now, I don't know where she is. I've never met her a day of my life. Mr. Have you tried to bag up your system? Y'all slow. I said, "Ma'am, I should have bagged it up, but I didn't." You know what she says? "Oh, no. By now, I feel this big." I said, "Ma'am, please help me somehow. I have all of my material there." and says, "Mr. Lee, I'll do the best I can." And she says, "Please go on hold." And she comes back within less than a minute. And she says, "Mr. Lee, I'm trying." And she says, "All right, now have you back?" I said, "Yes." She says, "Mr. Lee, can I ask you a question?" Don't miss me. Said, "Mr. Lee, what do you do for a living?" I say, "Ma'am, I'm a pastor and professor." She said, "Oh, isn't that something?" True story. She said, "I could hear it in your voice that there was something special about you." >> Amen. >> Said, "Mr. Lee, I'm going to try my best to help you to get your documents and your stuff back on." And she says, "Now sit there." And now here, Mr. Lee, true story. She says, "Did you pray about it? Oh, I wish y'all would hear me tonight. She She says, "DID YOU PRAY ABOUT IT? I've never met her. I don't know where she is in the universe." And she's asking a pastor that I pray about it. I said, "Man, prayed a little prayer about it." And here's what she said. She said, "Sir, I'm not supposed to do this. We're on a recorded line, but I'm going to bow my head, bow your head, and let's have a silent prayer right now. >> I pray. I say, "Holy Ghost, I don't know who this woman is, God, but please help her right now. Help me, God." And I say, "Amen." She says, "Mrs. Lee, I don't know." She says, "Okay, Mr. Lee, now your computer in your hand." And she says, "Now," and I I don't remember all the code. She says, "Hold control." She said, "Hold command down. hold control down, start hitting F3, four or whatever it was. And when I did that, a blue screen appeared. Now, before you say amen, don't get excited. The blue screen appeared, pastor. And I'm sitting there like, oh my goodness. And then all of a sudden, I see like MS Doss is computer language. I don't know computer language. I see all this kind of scripts and stuff just popping up on my screen. And she says, she says, "Oh, okay." And then here's what she says. Before you turn in and tune off for camp meeting 2026, don't you forever get these words because all God wants from you is a yes. Yes, I'll save you. Yes, you can have my way. Camp Media 2026 has been obey and live. >> Obey and live. >> Thank you so very much, y'all. Slow. Obey and live. >> I'm done. She says to me, "Oh, okay. I see something. She says, "Mr. Lee, I need you to do me one favor." She says, "I need you to give me permission to control your hard drive." I said, "Huh?" She says, "I need you to give me permission to control your hard drive." I said, "Ma'am, do what you have to do." She says, "Mr. Lee, I need you to say yes that you can give me permission to control your hard drive." I said, "Ma'am, yes, you can control my hard drive." And let me tell you what happened. Here's your amen and hallelujah. I was sitting there at my desk and all of a sudden I saw on my screen a hand appear out of the corner. >> It was almost like the hand in Daniel chapter 4 and many tech. That hand appeared. It was my mouse. And here's what happens. She wherever she is in the cosmos is now controlling my hard drive. I'm seeing documents and code pop up on my hard drive. I'm seeing stuff I don't know. AND THEN SHE SAYS, "AH, [screaming] YES." She said, "Mr. Lee, you have downloaded the latest operating system." I said, "Ma'am, what does that mean?" She said, "All of your files have been saved in the cloud." Amen. >> Now, now, now, now, let me help some of those Android anointing individuals that need help right now. Uh, the the the the cloud is a space somewhere in the universe where you can hit save and everything you've done can be saved somewhere up there. I saved somehow. I didn't even know it. I saved all of my documents to the cloud. She said yes. And she SAID, "WATCH THIS."OOP, BOOP, BOOP, BOOP, BOOP. AND all of a sudden, my computer shut down, started back up. I put my passcode in. She says, "Mr. Lee, what do you see?" I said, "I see all of my files." HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. >> She said, "Mr. Lee, I'm so glad." She said, "God bless you. Have a wonderful day." And I said, "Thank you, ma'am, so very much. I got off that phone and I said, "God, the next time you tell me to back something up or to do whatever you told me to do, watch this. I'll say yes." She could not control my system unless I gave her permission verbally to say yes. Romans 10 and verse 9 is where I bid you farewell and I say thank you all for allowing me to be here with you. Romans 10 and verse 9. The Bible says these words. The Bible says Romans 10 and verse 9. The Bible says this. Here is on the screen. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved. >> Come on, say amen. Again. >> Amen. God says if you verbally give him a yes, then God will control your life. And I'm going to tell you right now, there is nothing like serving God. All God wants is a yes. Can I ask you right now, will you say yes to Jesus right now? >> Will you say yes to Jesus for the rest of your life? >> Oh, Nairobi, I love you all so very much. You're my brothers and sisters that I've been longing to meet. It's amazing that God has allowed us to be here. Pastor McKenzie, I'm trying to stop, but I I didn't want to share this part, but I'm going to share it anyway. Just stand now. I I'm going to share this part. My wife Keep on playing. Keep on playing. I'm done. Keep on playing. My wife was, I believe, in our bedroom. pastor. She was I I think looking online. I said, "What you looking at?" And and and she said, "Well, I'm just looking at Africa because one day I sure would like to go to Africa." >> Y'all, I'm Africanamean. I shout and I run. I say, "Hallelujah." Listen, you will never believe this. Pastor Abe, she's in the room and she is googling places in Africa because she's never been here. I've only been here ONE TIME MYSELF. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO COME TO THE MOTHERLAND. >> My father is a was a proud black man. >> My father loved him some Africa. >> Everything he wanted to do was Africa. He was from Selma, Alabama, the heart of the civil rights movement. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. That's my daddy. He loves Africa. He passed away some years. My wife is in the bedroom. Uh here's what I did. Paul, my wife is googling. I walk away and I say just like this, "God, it sure would be nice to take my wife to Africa. It was not, "Oh, father, in the name of Jesus, please God, somehow I don't have the money to bring my wife and I to Africa." I JUST SIMPLY SAID, "GOD, IT SURE would be nice to take my wife to Africa." Here's my shout before I sit down and board a plane back to Alabama tomorrow night. I'mma miss y'all something serious. I'm going to miss all that food. Amen. >> Woo! I'mma miss it. Can I get a Can we get a cooking class before we leave? I'm sorry y'all. I'm just The next [music] day, I said the next day. I said, "The next day I'm teaching at Oak University. I open my phone and there's the elder. Would you like to come to Africa to be the main speaker for camp meeting in Nairobi?" I said, "God, >> I just said it. It sure would be nice." But God was like, "I'll give you the desires of your heart." >> True story, y'all. And when I got back to the elder, I said, "Elder," I said, "Yes, but on one condition, can I bring my wife with me?" [applause] He said, "Yes, [screaming] absolutely." >> I went back to my wife and I said, Um, honey, guess what? Watch this. We going to Africa. >> She said, "What?" I said, "You would never believe it. You was googling it, but God heard it." >> Amen. She was dreaming it and God says yes >> because God will give you the desires of your heart >> if you just walk uprightly. Trust God. Believe God. God has so much more than all of you all could imagine. >> He's our heavenly father. He's not trying to be stingy. He loves to spoil his children. >> So maybe you ought to walk away and say, "God, it sure would be nice. Fill in the blank." And let God have his [music] way. All God wants is a yes >> to control your lives. I love you. I can't wait [music] to see y'all again. If not on this side in the [music] earth made new, but if time so last, my wife and I are available to come on back. Way way. God bless you.