DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS INTERESTED IN YOUR SUCCESS
JESUS IS INFINITELY interested in your TOTAL WELL-BEING – In your family, career, marriage, ministry, fulfillment in life, and so the list just keeps on and on! Some think He has got the whole universe to run and is not interested in their miniscule problems and concerns. Remember IF IT BOTHERS YOU IT BOTHERS HIM!
DO YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO JESUS? He knows you perfectly, and yet accepts and loves you perfectly. That is truly undeserved favor from Jesus. Jesus' undeserved favor will protect, provide, prosper, deliver and bring restoration to you. PSALMS 35:27 “LET THE LORD BE MAGNIFIED, WHO HAS PLEASURE IN THE PROSPERITY OF HIS SERVANT.”
GOD'S UNMERITED FAVOR IS NOT A SUBJECT, IT'S A PERSON AND HIS NAME IS JESUS. The more you increase in the knowledge of our loving Savior Jesus Christ and His finished work at the cross, the more GOD'S UNMERITED FAVOR will manifest itself in your life. It will cause you to enjoy SUCCESS beyond your natural ability, intelligence and qualifications.
The worlds definition of success is based on what you have accomplished and accumulated but GOD'S DEFINITION is completely contrary to that.
DEFINITION: SUCCESS IS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE BUT RATHER WHO YOU HAVE. It's the presence of the Lord in your life that makes you a success. We need to stop pursuing things and start pursuing God – that is the only thing that you need for every success in your life.
CAN YOU IMAGINE A WORSE PLACE than JOSEPH – completely naked, no bank accounts, no qualifications, no family, no connections – BUT he had God. That can give someone HOPE today, your situation might be as bad as it can get – BUT if GOD is WITH YOU and you believe in His POWER and PRESENCE in your life you are already a SUCCESS!
Joseph knew the source of his success, favor and blessing was not his employer but the Lord himself and he was not willing to compromise that. DON'T EVALUATE GOD'S PRESENCE AND FAVOR ON YOUR CIRCUMSTACES Joseph refuses her advances and she maliciously accuses him of trying to rape her.
Joseph goes to jail but keeps his focus on the Lord and not his circumstances – JUST LISTEN TO HIS DELIVERANCE:
GEN 39:21-23 BUT THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH AND SHOWED HIM MERCY, AND HE GAVE HIM FAVOR IN THE SIGHT OF THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON. 22 AND THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON COMMITTED TO JOSEPH’S HAND ALL THE PRISONERS WHO WERE IN THE PRISON; WHATEVER THEY DID THERE, IT WAS HIS DOING. 23 THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON DID NOT LOOK INTO ANYTHING THAT WAS UNDER JOSEPH’S AUTHORITY, BECAUSE THE LORD WAS WITH HIM; AND WHATEVER HE DID, THE LORD MADE IT PROSPER.
YOUR LOWEST POINTS ARE LAUNCHING PADS TO GOD'S GREATEST PROMOTION:
Let's rewind the tape and watch GOD'S FINGERPRINTS:
If Joseph was not betrayed by his brothers, he would not have been a slave.
If he had not been sold as a slave, he would not have been in Potiphar's house,
If he was not in Potiphar's house he would not have landed up in an Egyptian prison to lay out the dreams of Pharaoh's officers.
If he did not interpret their dreams he could not interpret Pharaoh's dreams two years later.
If he had not interpreted Pharaoh's dreams he would not have been promoted to become the Prime Minister of the whole of Egypt.
THE SAME LORD THAT WAS WITH JOSEPH IS WITH YOU RIGHT NOW! YOU CANNOT FAIL! YOU CAN HAVE SUCCESS BEYOND YOUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE.
PRACTICE JESUS' PRESENCE BY THANKING AND APPRECIATING HIM – One of the best ways to practice His Presence is to thank Him all the time for everything – there is no limit. Even when you have problems thank Him because He is bigger than any problem, WHAT YOU APPRECIATE APPRECIATES IN VALUE IN YOUR LIFE.
God wants you to succeed and with His presence you can. His grace and favor will swing open doors of opportunity and position you for blessing even if you lack the qualifications.
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