Prepared for God's Dream
Pastor: Jeff Bedwell Series: Living God's Dream for My Life Scripture: Genesis 37–50
Living God’s Dream For My Life
Prepared For God’s Dream
Genesis 37-50
“God is looking for people through whom He can do the impossible…What a pity that we plan only the things we can do by ourselves.” A.W.Tozer
God knows how to Prepare us for what He is preparing for us!
God’s Preparation Process
- Receiving The Dream (37)
Three Reactions To A Dream:
- Joseph - Shared the dream
- Jacob - Rebuked the dream
- Brothers - Hated the dreamer
- Testing The Dream
Three Tests:
- The test of Denial
- The test of Doubt
- The test of Destruction
Tests provide answers: Whose dream is it really?
Three Answers:
- Commitment
- God’s Word
- Perseverance
Note:
Joseph’s Location developed his Capacity
Joseph’s Lowliness developed his Character
Before God Honors He Humbles
“The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.” (Proverbs 15:33)
God’s humbling of a person is not necessarily a reflection on their past as much as it is a requirement for their future!
- Waiting For The Dream (39)
Live The Dream
- Lead in slaves clothing
- Work in Egypt
- Succeed in Potiphar’s house
- Resist The Temptation
- Stay busy in the master’s business
- Tell the temptation the truth
- Consider the consequences
- Survive The Setbacks
Two Key Truths:
- The Lord was with Joseph
- As a slave (39:1-2)
- As a prisoner (39:21, 23)
- Joseph was with the Lord
You will never find a place where the Lord will not be with you!
You will never discover a place where faithfulness is impossible!
Key Question:
What would someone in my circumstances do who was absolutely convinced that God was with them?
Making It Personal:
- Are you surrendering your life to live for God’s dream or are you settling for what you think is best or what you think you can do?
- Have you ever found yourself in a season of testing the dream? How did you respond? How can you better respond the next time a season of testing comes around?
- Have you ever found yourself in a season of waiting for the dream? How did you respond? How can you better respond the next time a season of waiting comes around?
- What would someone in your circumstances do who was absolutely convinced that God was with them?
- Who can I share these truths with?
other sermons in this series
Feb 17
2019
Keeping the Dream from Becoming a Nightmare
Pastor: Jeff Bedwell Scripture: Genesis 41–50 Series: Living God's Dream for My Life
Feb 10
2019
Saying No to Temptation
Pastor: Jeff Bedwell Scripture: Genesis 39:6–21 Series: Living God's Dream for My Life