1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for God's 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: very best in your life. God bless you, and thanks 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: for letting us come into your homes. We are praying 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: for you and your family for God's very, very best. 8 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: But I like to start with something funny, and I 9 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: heard about these two brothers, ages four and six. They 10 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: were spending the night at their grandmother's house. She told 11 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: them before they went to bed to make sure that 12 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: they said their prayers. They went in the bedroom, got 13 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: down on their knees. The youngest brother started praying at 14 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: the top of his loans. God, I pray for a 15 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: new bicycle. I pray for a new PlayStation. I pray 16 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: for a new puppy. His brother stopped him and said, 17 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: why are you screaming? God isn't deaf? He said, I 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: know that, but grandmother is say it like you mean it. 19 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says, I am, 20 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have, I can do 21 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: what it says I can do today. I will be 22 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 23 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 24 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 25 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about ready to rise. We 26 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: all face things in life that try to push us down. 27 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: It's easy to lose our passion and think that's the 28 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: way it's always going to be. But God didn't create 29 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: you to be overcome. He created you as an overcomer. 30 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: He puts something in your spirit called bounce back. Bounce 31 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: back means when you get knocked down, you don't stay down. 32 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: There's a force breathing in your direction, making things happen 33 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: that you couldn't make happen, giving you strength that you 34 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: didn't have. It causes you to rise up because you 35 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: have bounced back. That difficulty can defeat you may hold 36 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: you back temporarily, but it's just a matter of time 37 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: before you rise back up. And you may have things 38 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: coming against you now. Thoughts tell you you'll never get well. 39 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: This pandemic has ruined your finances. You'll always struggle with 40 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: this addiction. Don't believe those lies. You may be down, 41 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 1: but that is not your final destination. God is saying, 42 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: get ready to rise, get ready for favor, get ready 43 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: for breakthroughs, get ready for healing. What was meant for 44 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: your harm. God is turning to your advantage. Micah said, 45 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: rejoice not over me, my enemies. When I fall for 46 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: I shall arise. He wasn't complaining about the trouble. He 47 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 1: wasn't discouraged over being knocked down. He understood this principle 48 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: that there was bounce back in his spirit in the 49 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: middle of the difficulty. He was speaking victory. If you're 50 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: going to come out of that challenge, you have to 51 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 1: do like Micah, this problem didn't come to stay, It 52 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: came to pass. God being for me is more than 53 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: the world being against me. I shall arise. When you 54 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: say that, forces of darkness tremble when you declare I 55 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,399 Speaker 1: shall arise, Angels go to work no more. It's never 56 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: going to change my business, will never make it. My 57 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: child's never going to get back on course. Zip that up. 58 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: If you talk defeat, you're going to have defeat. Say 59 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: with Micah, yes, I've had difficulties. I'm not denying the problem, 60 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: not acting like it doesn't exist. All I'm saying is 61 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: I'm not staying here. I shall arise. I will see 62 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: God's goodness. My latter days will be better than my 63 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: former days. God hasn't brought you this far to leave you. 64 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: He won't let you get in a problem that he 65 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: can't get you out of. That person that walked out 66 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: on you. They didn't stop your destiny. Quldn't giving them 67 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: that much power thinking that they ruined your life. God 68 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: has somebody better coming. David said, God lifted me out 69 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: of the pit and set my feet on a rock. 70 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: You may be in a pit, so to speak. You 71 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,119 Speaker 1: don't see how you could get out. The good news 72 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: is you don't have to get out by yourself. The 73 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: Most High God is about to lift you out. He's 74 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: about to free you from that addiction. He's about to 75 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: turn the medical report around. He's about to open new doors, 76 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: bring new opportunities, new relationships. That pit is not your destiny. 77 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: Get ready to rise. Paul said, the same spirit that 78 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you. 79 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: The forces of darkness did their best to stop Jesus, 80 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: but they couldn't keep him from rising. That tells me 81 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 1: nothing you face can keep you from your purpose, no pandemic, 82 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,679 Speaker 1: no sickness, no ad. The enemy may have done his best, 83 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: but his best will never be enough. A few years back, 84 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: we had a big hurricane here in Houston. I noticed 85 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: all the different kind of trees that were blown down, 86 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: huge oak trees three or four feet around. I saw 87 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: pine trees over one hundred feet tall laying in yard 88 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: after yard. Big trees, small trees. None of them could 89 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: withstand the hurricane force winds. There was only one type 90 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: of tree that wasn't blown down. It was the palm tree. 91 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: It's because God designed the palm to withstand the storm. 92 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: Unlike the other trees, the palm is able to bend, 93 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: so it doesn't break. A certain kind of palm can 94 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: bend all the way over to where the top is 95 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: almost touching the ground during a hurricane. It may stay 96 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: that way for three or four hours, all bent over, 97 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 1: looks like it's done. But when the wind dies down 98 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: the storm is over, it stands right back up to 99 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: where it was before. All these other trees down on 100 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: the ground. What's the difference? God put bounce back in 101 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: the palm tree. It may get pushed over, but it's 102 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: only temporary. Psalm ninety two says the righteous will flourish 103 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: like a palm tree. The reason God chose a palm tree, 104 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: not oaks or pines is he knew we would go 105 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: through storms. He knew things would try to push us 106 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: down and keep us from our destiny. So he said, 107 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: I'm going to make you like a palm. I'm going 108 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: to put bounce back in your spirit, and you may 109 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: go through difficulties, a loss, a disappointment, but at some 110 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: point the winds will stop, the storm will pass, and 111 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: like that palm, you'll come right back up again. You 112 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,559 Speaker 1: may be bent over right now, you're facing challenges, thoughts 113 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: are telling you it's never going to work out, nor 114 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: get ready to rise. You have bounced back in your spirit. 115 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: When that storm is over, You're not going to be 116 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: laying down, beat up. You're going to rise up, healthy, blessed, prosperous. 117 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: You're not going to look like what you've been through. 118 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: Nobody is going to be able to tell that you 119 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: even had that difficulty. What I love about God is 120 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: he doesn't just bring you through the storm. He makes 121 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: the enemy pay for bringing the trouble. When the palm 122 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: tree has been over during the hurricane, you would think 123 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: that was damaging the tree and making it weaker, but 124 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: research shows just the opposite. When the tree is being 125 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: pushed over and stretched by the strong winds, that strengthening 126 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: the root system, giving it new opportunities for growth. When 127 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: the palm tree straightens back up after the storm, it's 128 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: actually stronger than it was before. When you come out 129 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: of that storm, when you straighten back up, you're not 130 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: going to be the same. You're going to be stronger, hell, healthier, 131 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: better off, ready for new growth. When you're in difficult times, 132 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: you need to remind yourself. I may bend, but I'm 133 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: not going to break. God won't let you face anything 134 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: that will be too much for you to handle. Things 135 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: may be coming against you, but know this down is 136 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: not your destiny. Defeat is not how your story ends. Sickness, trouble, 137 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: not having enough is not permanent. I believe even now 138 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: those winds are starting to subside. Forces that have hindered 139 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: you are being broken. Powers of darkness are being pushed back. 140 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: You're about to see breakthroughs, freedom, joy, victory. Micah. Chapter seven, 141 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: Micah list all these negative things that have happened. He 142 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: talked about how he was overwhelmed with sorrow, had gone 143 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: through bad breaks. If he would have stopped there, we 144 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: wouldn't be reading about him. He went on to say 145 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: in verse seven, As for me, I'm not giving up. 146 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: I'm sticking around to see what God is going to do. 147 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 1: I know he will make things right. He had this 148 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: attitude of faith. I've come too far to stop now. 149 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: He was expecting God to turn it around. That's why 150 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: he said in the next verse, don't rejoice when I fall, 151 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: I shall arise. But sometimes we've been in the storm 152 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: so long we've forgotten what it's like to be standing 153 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: back up. The enemy would love to convince us to 154 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: settle for being bent over living in dysfunction, bitter over 155 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: who hurt us, thinking we'll never be happy again. We 156 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: need to do like Micah. Yes, I've had some bad breaks. 157 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: Yes life has thrown me some curves, but I'm not 158 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: giving up on my dreams. I'm not settling for mediocrity. 159 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: I'm sticking around to see what God is going to do. 160 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: I know He's going to make things right. Don't get 161 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: talked out of your dream. Don't let the delays, the 162 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: unfair childhood, the unexpected storm convince you that you've seen 163 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: your best days. God is up to something, and what 164 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: looks like a setback is all a part of his plan. 165 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: He may not have sent the difficulty, but he wouldn't 166 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: have allowed it if it was going to keep you 167 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: from your destiny. If you'll have this attitude of faith, 168 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: God will make things right in your life. He will 169 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: restore what the enemy tried to steal. He'll pay you 170 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: back for the wrongs. He'll open doors that you couldn't open. 171 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: He will get you to your destiny. In Genesis thirty seven, 172 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: Joseph was a teenager and God gave him a dream 173 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: that he would be in leadership. He would have great influence. 174 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: He had many older brothers, but he was the favorite 175 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: son of their father, Jacob, because he was born later 176 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: in life. Jacob treated him differently. He even had them 177 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: make Joseph a special robe of many colors. I'm sure 178 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: Joseph was proud of that robe made him stand out, 179 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: gave him prestige. But his brothers were jealous of Joseph. 180 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: They didn't like the special treatment. They didn't like the 181 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 1: fact that he had these dreams and that he thought 182 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 1: he was going to do something great one day. His 183 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: father asked him to travel to another city to check 184 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: on his brothers. They were out working in a field 185 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: when they saw Joseph coming from a distance wearing that 186 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: colorful robe. They thought, this is our big chance to 187 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: get rid of Joseph. They took the robe off of 188 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: him and threw him into a pit. They were going 189 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: to put blood on his robe and tell their father 190 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: that he had been eaten by a wild animal. But 191 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: about that time, a caravan of Ishmaelites came passing by. 192 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: The brothers decided to sell Joseph as a slave instead 193 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: of leaving him to die in the pit. It's interesting 194 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: how God will always have the right people show up 195 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: at the right time. That caravan had been traveling for months. 196 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: They left long before Joseph went to check on his brothers. 197 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: But God has everything figured out. He knows what you're 198 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: going to need, when you're going to need it, who's 199 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: going to need to be there. You don't have to worry. 200 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: God has it all lined out. He's going to get 201 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: you to your destiny. People can't stop you a bad 202 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: break injustice. God is ordering your steps. He's not only 203 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: in control of your life, he's in control of the 204 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: circumstances around you. Now, Joseph was no longer the favorite 205 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: son wearing the colorful robe. He was a slave in 206 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,959 Speaker 1: a foreign country, working for a man named Potiphar. Year 207 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: after year went by, Joseph kept doing the right thing, 208 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 1: being good to people that weren't good to him. I 209 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 1: can imagine many nights he thought about home, about that 210 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: robe he used to have and what that meant. Tears 211 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: would fill his eyes, Thoughts would whisper, it's not You'll 212 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: never accomplish your dreams. You'll never see your father again, 213 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: you'll never have that robe of many colors. But deep 214 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: down I can hear Joseph praying, Father, thank you that 215 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: what you started in my life you will finish. I 216 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 1: don't see away, but I know you have a way. 217 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: I may be down, but I believe I will rise again, 218 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: that what you promised me will come to pass. Thirteen 219 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: years after Joseph was thrown into that pit, the Pharaoh 220 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: had a dream. He didn't know what it meant. Joseph 221 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: was in prison. Someone remembered that he could interpret dreams. 222 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: They called him in. He told the pharaoh what the 223 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: dream meant, how it had to do with the food 224 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 1: supplied how they needed to store up grain and get 225 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: everything prepared for a famine. The Pharaoh was so impressed 226 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: with Joseph. His advisers were discussing who should be appointed 227 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 1: for this new position. Pharaoh told him no one could 228 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: do it better than Joseph. He put Joseph in charge 229 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: of the whole nation. He said in verse forty four, 230 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: no one will move hand or foot in all of 231 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: Egypt without your approval. He had his staff bring a 232 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: royal robe and put it on Joseph. He took off 233 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: his prison clothes, took off his slave clothes, and he 234 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: put on this robe of honor, robe of influence, robe 235 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: of authority. Imagine now Joseph thinking back about the robe 236 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: that his brothers took away from him, the robe that 237 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: represented favor. He was disappointed at the time, he wanted 238 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: it back. It didn't seem fair. But now he realized 239 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: without losing the robe of many colors, he would have 240 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: never had the robe of authority, that robe that said 241 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: I'm in charge of a nation. If you knew what 242 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: God has in store for you, you wouldn't be discouraged 243 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: over the robe of many colors that you lost. That 244 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: job that didn't work out, the person that walked away, 245 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: the loan that didn't go through. If you could see 246 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: the robe of authority that's coming, the robe of influence, 247 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: the robe of abundance, the robe of unprecedented favor, you 248 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: wouldn't be bitter over who hurts you, upset over the 249 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: time in the pit, frustrated by what you lost. What 250 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: God has in your future is so amazing you will 251 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: never complain about your past. You may be down now, 252 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: but like Joseph, get ready to rise. Fever is coming 253 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: like you've never seen. God is about to do something unusual, 254 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: something uncommon, something that catapults you to a new level. 255 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: Your story doesn't end with the Robe of many colors 256 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: that you lost. Doesn't end with the dream that didn't 257 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: work out, a relationship that didn't make it, a business 258 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: that went down. The Robe of many Colors was simply 259 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: foreshadowing what God is about to do. It was supposed 260 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: to be temporary, Was it supposed to last? If the 261 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: door closed, accept it and move on. Don't spend your 262 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: life wishing you had the Robe of many colors back 263 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: when God has something so much better in your future. 264 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 1: Don't go around bitter because someone threw you into a pit. 265 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: Someone betrayed you, you were cheated in a business deal. 266 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: God saw it. He wouldn't have let them take the 267 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: colorful robe. He wouldn't have let that bad break happen 268 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: if it was going to keep you from your destiny. 269 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: But how many of us are longing for the robe 270 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: of many colors, wishing we could go back where we 271 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: knew we were favored, before the setback, before the health issue, 272 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: before the pandemic. Here's the key. Not having the robe 273 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: of many colors doesn't mean that you don't have favor. 274 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: It means greater favor is coming. You had to lose 275 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: that robe to step into the awesome future that God 276 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: has in store. You haven't seen, heard, or imagine where 277 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: God is taking you. You may feel like you're in 278 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: a pit. That's okay. The pit is leading you to 279 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: the palace. You had a set back, that's okay. It's 280 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: setting you up for greater influence, greater authority, greater honor. 281 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 1: Don't sit around sour wishing for the robe of many colors. 282 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: Get ready for the greater things that God is about 283 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 1: to do. Joseph was in charge of the food supply. 284 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: There was a great famine in the land, and the 285 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:30,400 Speaker 1: only place that had food was Egypt. One day, Joseph's brothers, 286 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: the same ones that threw him into the pit, traveled 287 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: to the palace looking for food. Joseph came out, but 288 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: they didn't recognize him. The last time they saw Joseph, 289 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: he was in the pit, defeated, no future. But God 290 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: has the final say. They knew him in the pit, 291 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: but now he was so successful, he had so much 292 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: influence prestige, they didn't recognize him. That's the way God vindicates. 293 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: When he raises you up, you'll be so blessed, so favored, 294 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: that your enemies don't recognize you. Thirteen years earlier, Joseph 295 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: was down and his brothers were up. Joseph was in 296 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,719 Speaker 1: the pit, they were on top. Now Joseph was on 297 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 1: top and his brothers were down. Joseph was in charge 298 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 1: and his brothers were in need. When you let God 299 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 1: fight your battles, there will be a day like when Joseph, 300 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: When the tables are turned. You will be up, and 301 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: those that tried to stop you will be down. God 302 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: knows how to make things right. You may be in 303 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 1: a tough time, stick in there and see what God 304 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: is up to. Keep believing, keep praying, keep dreaming. Your 305 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: time is coming. The pit is only temporary. The depression, 306 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: the sickness, the lack is not how your story ends. 307 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: God is working behind the scenes. You are closer than 308 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: you think. It's going to happen, sooner than it looked. 309 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 1: God is going to surprise you. Joseph woke up one 310 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: morning in prison. Seemed like another ordinary day, but a 311 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: few hours later he was the Prime Minister of Egypt. 312 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: He didn't see it coming. There wasn't any sign of it. 313 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: That's how God works. Many times you don't see anything happening, 314 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 1: and suddenly things fall into place. Suddenly your health turns around, 315 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 1: Suddenly you meet the right person. The Psalmist said, let 316 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 1: God arise and his enemies be scattered. Let means you 317 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: have to allow it. You can let it or you 318 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: cannot let it. We can't stop God from arising. This 319 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 1: is talking about in our thoughts. When you let God arise, 320 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: you make him bigger than your problems, bigger than the sickness, 321 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: bigger than the financial trouble. You focus on his greatness, 322 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 1: You think about his power, You talk about how he's 323 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: brought you through in the past. You go around, bragging 324 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:05,479 Speaker 1: on what he has done, declaring, no weapon formed against 325 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: me is going to prosper what was meant from my harm, 326 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: God is turning to my advantage. The bigger you make God, 327 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,479 Speaker 1: the smaller your problems will become, and the more faith 328 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: will rise in your heart. But the enemy is always 329 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: trying to get us to let the problem arise. Maybe 330 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: your child is off course. It's easy to talk about 331 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: how he's not making good decisions. He's never going to 332 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: reach his destiny. And I don't understand what I did wrong. 333 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: You're letting the wrong thing arise. Turn it around, start 334 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: letting God arise. Father, Thank you that as for me 335 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: and my house, we will serve the Lord. Thank you 336 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: that my children will be mighty in the land. Thank 337 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: you that my seed, the seed of the righteous, is blessed. 338 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: That's letting God arise. That's what causes things to change. 339 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,160 Speaker 1: When you speak defeat, you bring defeat on the sea. 340 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: When you speak victory, you bring God on the scene. 341 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: He created the universe, he flung stars into space. There's 342 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: nothing that he can't do. Maybe you're struggling in your finances. 343 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: Business is slow, you can't go to work. You can 344 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: either let that defeat arise. You'll feel discouraged, worried, or 345 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: you can let God arise. Father, thank you that I 346 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 1: will lend and not borrow. Thank you that the economy 347 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,439 Speaker 1: is not my source, but you are my source. You 348 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: said you'd prosper me even in a desert when you 349 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: let God arise. The scripture says your enemies will be scattered. Depression, lack, 350 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 1: trouble cannot stand against our God when you let him arise. 351 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: Chains that have held you back are broken. Problems that 352 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 1: look permanent will turn around when God arises. Favor comes, 353 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:57,120 Speaker 1: new doors open things that you couldn't make happen. Now, 354 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: the question is are you letting the problem around or 355 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: you're letting God arise? All through the day, It's so 356 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: important to keep a song of praise in your heart 357 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: instead of worrying, thinking about all the things that are wrong, 358 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: what might not work out in your thoughts. Lord, thank 359 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: you that there's nothing you can't do. There's no mountain 360 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: that you can't move. You're a waymaker, a miracle worker, 361 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: a promise keeper. Take the same time that you would 362 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: normally worry and turn it into worship. That's not just 363 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: being positive. That's letting God arise. That's what allows the 364 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: most powerful force in the universe to go to work 365 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: on your behalf. Well, Joel, this all sounds good, but 366 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: I don't think I'm anna rise back up. I've made 367 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: a lot of mistakes. Nobody did me wrong. Like Joseph, 368 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: I brought the trouble on myself. Jesus told a story 369 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: about a young man like this in Luke, chapter fifteen. 370 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: He asked his father for his inheritance early. He left 371 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 1: home and went out and in all the money, partying, 372 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: living wild, making poor decisions. When he ran out of funds, 373 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: he got a job working at a hog pen feeding hogs. 374 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: He was so desperate, so hungry, that he had to 375 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,919 Speaker 1: eat the hog food to survive. One day, he was 376 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: sitting around, depressed, mad at himself, feeling condemned. He began 377 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: to think about home. How even the servants at his 378 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: father's house had a hot meal every day. They had 379 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: plenty of food. Here he was out there starving. Verse 380 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 1: seventeen says he said to himself, I will arise and 381 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 1: go to my father's house. He made a decision that 382 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: he wasn't going to stay in that defeat. He wasn't 383 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: going to sit around depressed, guilty, beating himself up, but 384 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: he was going to go back home. He didn't know 385 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: how his father would respond. He didn't know if he'd 386 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 1: tell him to stay off the property. But when the 387 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: father saw him a long way off, he took off, 388 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 1: running toward his son. He hugged him and kissed him. 389 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,880 Speaker 1: Now the son was wearing these dirty clothes, smelly, he'd 390 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: been in the hogpen. The first thing the father said was, 391 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: go get the best robe and put it on my son. 392 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: Not any robe, not one that's been used, not a 393 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: hand me down. Go get the finest robe. It's interesting, 394 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 1: like God gave Joseph a royal robe of influence, a 395 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 1: robe of authority, God gave this young man a robe 396 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: of honor, a robe of favor. Both of them rose 397 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 1: out of what was holding them back. The difference between 398 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: the two is God calls Joseph to rise up. He 399 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: didn't have to do anything to make it happen. He 400 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: just kept honoring God being his best, and Pharaoh called 401 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 1: him in. But with the prodigal son, he had to 402 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: make a decision that he wasn't going to sit around discouraged, defeated, 403 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 1: thinking about all the mistakes he had made. If he 404 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: had not said, and I will arise, he would have 405 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: never seen this coat of favor. I'm wondering, are you 406 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 1: waiting for God to do something for you when he's 407 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: waiting for you to say, I will arise. I'm not 408 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: going to go through life beating myself up, living condemned. Yes, 409 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: I've made mistakes, but I know I'm forgiven. I know 410 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 1: I've been redeemed. If you'll a rise, there's a robe 411 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: of favor waiting for you, a robe of honor. Those 412 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: mistakes didn't cancel your destiny. Quit listening to the accuser, 413 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: reminding yourself of everything you've done wrong. God has already 414 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: forgiven you. Now forgive yourself and move on. It's time 415 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: to arise and go to your father's house. Proverb says 416 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 1: a good person falls seven times, but they rise again. 417 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: Get your fire back, get your passion back. Nothing you've 418 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: done is too much for the mercy of God. He 419 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: knew every mistake would ever make. He's already taken them 420 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: into account. He has a plan even for the times 421 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: where we've missed it. Now arise and go get that 422 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: robe that belongs to you. You can still become who 423 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: you were created to be. When the winds blow in 424 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 1: your life, the storms come, remember this phrase, there's bounce 425 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: back in your spirit. You may bend, but you're not 426 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: going to break. Like the palm tree, You're going to 427 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 1: come right back up. All through the day, let God 428 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: arise in your thoughts. Keep thanking him for his promises, 429 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: making him bigger than what you're facing. If you'll do this, 430 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: I believe and declare, like with Joseph, You're going to 431 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: see promotion, vindication, breakthroughs. God is going to make things 432 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: happen that you didn't see coming. You may have lost 433 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: the robe of many colors, but get ready for the 434 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: robe of authority, the robe of influence, the robe of fever. 435 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,479 Speaker 1: In Jesus's name. Well, I'd like to give you an 436 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 437 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent 438 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 439 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: my Lord and savior. 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