excerpts fr. Ptr Robert Morris (Gateway Church in their DESTINY TO DREAM series)
Every person has a dream from GOD... That is from GOD.. every person has a DESTINY from GOD.. the sad fact is thought that many people lived with the DREAM instead of IN THE DESTINY.. we're going to look at the life of JOSEPH, GOD has given him a dream when he was 17 and he stepped in beginning to fulfil that destiny when he was 30..but in order to fulfill this destiny he needed to pass (10)TEN CHARACTER Test... It may not be exciting for us but this 10 character test are to be acknowledged to understand and fulfill God's destiny in our lives.
Read Genesis 37: 1 to 11. This is when 17 yr-old JOSEPH started to received God's leading for what God has destined for him to do. Joseph as a favorite of Jacob and son to Leah was also a tattle tell- tells the wrong doings and "sip-sip" to Jacob so his 11 brothers hated him and envited him even when Joseph revealed this dream to Jacob and his brothers...
Notes: remember that in between chapter 37 to 41 (Joseph here is 30) is what happens to Joseph when he pass through all the TEST before he fulfilled God's destiny for him.
However, Robert Morris needs to emphasized on the following:
1. GOD HAS A DREAM FOR YOU. Joseph gets God's dream but Joseph bragging about it is not from God. God's dream n destiny is bigger than what you think your destiny is.. HOW CAN YOU KNOW GOD'S DREAM In YOUR LIFE..
(Numbers 12:6) IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW GOD'S DREAM FOR YOU; THEN GET TO KNOW THE ONE WHO CAN REVEAL IT AND FULFILL IT.. AND GOD WILL SPEAK TO US PLAINLY AND FACE TO FACE. AND JESUS SAID IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, YOU ARE NOT LONGER SERVANTS BUT FRIENDS. because a servant doesnt know what his master does, but a friend does. We've got to know GOD.
but WE COULD ALSO HAVE OUR OWN DREAM.. which may lead to a selfish dream. SELFISH DREAMS can cloud us from hearing GOD's dream, and there are some dreams which you need to just lay them down to GOD.
2. DO NOT BRAG ABOUT THIS DREAM. If you brag about it, then you'll never get to the destiny what God's dream.. You do not need to tell but just be FAITHFUL TO HIS HOUSE..
THIS IS THE PRIDE TEST.
we never fail the test because we could just take another test and another test.. GOD is so good in giving us a lot of CHANCES to re-take and just keep getting it until we PASS THE TEST.. GOD is gracious. So GOD never put F in your test paper, he only puts RETAKE..
for some to stop bragging.. you're going to have to stop TALKING.. :-) because when you talk it is as if mouth is moving, he is lying.. or when mouth moving, it sounded bragging..
some are really good in talking.. WOW moments in talking.. but as God to talk in your life, listen to it and do not brag about it..
If you are not fulfilling your destiny, you might need to pass the PRIDE TEST..
why do we brag? the bible says OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKS Matthew 12: 34 ..
Here is what people say, you dont know what's in my heart? we do, but reason why you are bragging is because its in the heart.. PRIDE always has to ahve a VOICE.. always wants to be HEARD and gives opinion.. and always INTERRUPTS OPINION.. because your opinion is more than important than your opinion..
GOOD POINT FROM ROBERT MORRIS: JOSEPH HAS ALREADY GIVEN A BAD REPORT TO HIS FATHER, JACOB.. He is already a tattle tell. Joseph has so much PRIDE and have a problem with his mouth. BUT GOD has given him a dream that showed his brothers bowing down on HIM.. That dream was not God's destiny on him.. JOSEPH'S PURPOSE WAS TO SAVE A MULTITUDE.. his purpose to became the SECOND IN COMMAND IN THAT TIME and store up grain that during the seven years of famine that millions of lives could be saved.
WHY DIDNT GOD has given Joseph a dream that showed him saving the multitude? BECAUSE... that doesnt motivate us when we were young.. it doesnt motivate us to help a lot of people.. it just motivated us to HAVE POWER, WELL KNOWN and to have success..
YES, YOU HAVE A DREAM TO BECOME GREAT.. but you being GREAT IS NOT GOD'S PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE.. YOU HELPING A LOT OF PEOPLE IS GOD'S PURPOSE IN OUR LIVES.. as we mature in the Lord, Yes, God has given me influenced one day but the influence is for GOD'S PURPOSES..
Is it possible that God has given you a dream and he is actually using that dream to work some things out of your life so you can fulfill HIS DESTINY he have for you?
the DREAM FROM GOD is not the same as the DESTINY.. the DREAM is simply what starts us on the path to maturity so we can handle the destiny.. if you cant even handle the dream, then you cant handle the destiny.. IF YOU CANT be HUMBLE W THE DREAM, THEN YOU will never ACHIEVE N FULFIL THE DESTINY.. BEC THE DESTINY WILL DESTROY YOU.. so he gives you the dream to reveal your PRIDE or to bring it out to the surface on the top like a pot of gold and scrape it oFF.. GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A DREAM SO HE CAN BRING OUT THE BEST IN YOU AND HE WILL MAKE YOU PURE ENOUGH SO YOU CAN HANDLE THE DESTINY HAS A DREAM ABOUT YOU..
3. DEAL WITH THE ROOT OF PRIDE.. Weve gotta pass the PRIDE TEST.
Many deal with the fruit and not the ROOT.. and what is the root of pride? it is INSECURITY. If you ever see a prideful person then he/she is a insecured person. So this is why we NEED THE HEALING OF THE SOUL.. BECAUSE AS LONG AS THERE IS AN INSECUIRTY IN OUR SOUL, there is a pride in our hearts..
with every new challenge, comes a new insecurities.. with every new level of responsibilities, comes a new insecurities..
You cant deal it with yourself.. you must deal with it IN JESUS NAME..
when satan talked to JESUS, he asked Jesus, "if you are the son of GOD...".. Jesus never said, " I AM THE SON OF GOD".. HE NEVER REPLIED TO satan because JESUS KNEW WHO HE WAS.. He doesnt need to brag about it because He knew who he was..
GOD HAS A DESTINY FOR ALL OF US.. GOD HAS A DREAM FOR EACH AND EVERYONE.. BUT YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND IT, unless you pass the PRIDE TEST..
What GOD is saying to you?..
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