Pastor Joel @ Lakewood Church
God has things in store for me that I don't see coming.
For many years Jacob thought that his favorite son was dead. 13 years later he found out that not only was he alive but he was in a position of power and he had 2 grandsons. Things were way better than he thought.
And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. Your offspring whom you beget after them shall be yours; they will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
Genesis 48:5-6 NKJV
God doesn't disqualify you because of the way that you were raised. Ephraim and Manasseh were not raised in the faith and insteas of waiting another generation they received an inheritance in their youth and were thrust 40 years down the road.
having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
Ephesians 1:5 NKJV
"So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build, houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant— when you have eaten and are full—
Deuteronomy 6:10-11 NKJV
God is not holding my background against me. God's going to do a quick work in my life.
Don't waste your time on people who won't celebrate you. Where your blessings well.
God crossed his arms.
Jacob was about to bless Josephs son and Ephraim (the oldest) was seated at his right hand while Manasseh (the youngest) was seated to the left. Traditionally the oldest received a double portion but Jacob crossed his arms and layed his righth and on the younger son.
Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head." But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations."
Genesis 48:18-19 NKJV
So the youngest grandson receiving this blessing shows that God can take someone who is in the back, at a far disadvantage and thrust them forward.
God can reach you no matter where you are.
And the Lord said to Moses, "Has the Lord 's arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not."
Numbers 11:23 NKJV
God chooses to bless us, it's not about earning anything.
Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Luke 1:30 NKJV
Pastor John Osteen
No one in his family believed in God and he didn't grow up in church.
David was a shepherd with no millitary experience and Samuel came looking for him and annointed him, the youngest son in Jesse's house, as the next King
Then King David went in and sat before the Lord ; and he said: "Who am I, O Lord God ? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
II Samuel 7:18 NKJV
Victoria Osteen's Exhortation
Don't allow busyness to overwhelm our lives. If we're going to see our dreams come to pass then we're going to have to make room for them.
You have to set priorities because if we let everything take our tine we can get off course.
Sometimes multitasking is not productive. Hurry and do this so I can hurry and do that and then other people had to hurry. Activity doesn't necessarily equal productivity.
MOSES
So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Psalms 90:12 NKJV
He was the one who heard from God and who everyone came to him for answers. So that was his prayer and the wise counsel from his father-in-law Jethro may have been his answer.
So Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good. Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing is too much for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself. Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. So Moses heeded the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 18:17-18, 21, 24-25 NKJV
God should be the first thing on the list. So put the God rock first and he will help us to prioritize.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:6 NKJV
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