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God Has Great Purpose For Your Life

Joel Osteen
December 4, 2018 18m 4s

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In this message, Victoria will teach that everything we do produces a seed and leaves something for future generations. The Bible says in Matthew 5:16, "Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds." See, people may not always hear your words, but they are going to observe your life. That is why it is so important to live a positive example before our children and families. We paint a picture with our lifestyles, and our children put their own frame around it.Remember, through your example you are investing in generations to come. Let's leave stepping stones, not stumbling blocks, and build a lasting legacy of faith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:34.240 Hi, this is Victoria. Thank you so much for downloading 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:38.039 this podcast. I believe God has got amazing things in 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:51.480 your future. I hope you enjoy this message. I want 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:56.000 to encourage you today that God has great purpose for 0:01:56.080 --> 0:02:00.080 your life. You a whole meaning, you whole potential. Well, 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:04.000 you hold everything you need to make this earth a 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:07.760 better place. And I want to charge us today to 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:12.360 just reevaluate our life and realize we are here for 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:14.919 God's purpose and God's glory. 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.120 You know, Sometimes it's easy to feel like we're here to. 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:21.320 Just go to our job, go to school, have our friends, 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:25.280 raise our family. But can I tell you today, God 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:29.560 has marked you to have an influence on this earth. 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:33.920 See you just being here, you being the best you 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:38.120 can be, using your gifts, using your talents, and honoring God. 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:44.440 You're making an eternal difference. You are causing this earth 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:47.760 to be enriched, and you are moving the Kingdom of 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:53.720 God forward. You see, sometimes we don't appreciate what God 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:57.840 has given us. We don't understand this gift and the 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:01.280 purpose that we're here for. I believe when we shake 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:05.200 ourselves and we say listen, listen, I'm not here by accident. 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.840 I'm not here because my parents wanted a baby. 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.840 I'm not here just to take up space and time 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:14.080 on this earth. But I'm here for an eternal reason. 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:21.480 My being here has meaning and my life matters. You see, 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:24.560 when God looks at you, he looks at you like 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:27.480 you matter, and he wants you to take what He's 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.880 given you, and he wants you to mix it. 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.919 With faith, and he wants you to move forward on 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:33.480 this earth. 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.880 You see, a lot of times we can't see what 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:38.800 God has given us. 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:40.400 Let's just be really real. 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:44.720 You know, sometimes we can't see the gifts and talents. 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:46.640 We can look at other people and we can see 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:49.680 how they excel. We can see how they've got such 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.839 a great personality. Oh, it seems so easy for them. 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:56.560 They can just do this. They're so creative. Oh they're 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:59.440 so smart. How can they figure all that out? We 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.480 can see it than others, but we can't always see 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:06.560 it in ourselfs. And see when we can't see it 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:10.480 in ourselves doesn't mean it's not there. See, God sees 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.880 it in us, because God put it there. The Bible says, 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.919 when Jesus went to Earth, he led the captives free, 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:18.920 and he gave gifts to men. 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:23.000 Do you know He's given you gifts. We don't all 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:23.960 have the same gifts. 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:26.640 We've got to be comfortable with our gifts. We got 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.120 to be able to recognize our gifts. We've got to 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:31.719 walk in those gifts and not compare those gifts. 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:33.880 We got to know that our gifts. 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:37.640 Are here for a purpose, and we've got to appreciate 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:39.120 what God has given us. 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.880 I think about Moses. He was raised as an Egyptian. 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.880 He ended up fleeing to the wilderness, and he was 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:49.479 there for forty years. God appeared to him in a 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:52.280 burning bush one day and says, Moses, I have an 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:53.360 assignment for you. 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:54.479 Now. 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:58.240 God knew exactly who he was talking to. He knew 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:02.239 everything about Moses. He created Moses. He saw Moses floating 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:04.560 down the river. He saw Moses when he lived in 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:07.560 the palace. He saw Moses when he was afraid and 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:11.000 ran to the desert. He knew exactly who Moses was. 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:14.920 He knew he was dealing with. He said, Moses, I 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:18.120 want you to lead my people out of Egypt into 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:21.160 the Promised Land because I'm doing a work and I'm 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:22.200 going to use you to do it. 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:24.039 See it's so interesting. 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:26.960 I can only imagine Moses standing there like, really, God, 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:30.440 it says an exodent's for He literally pleaded with God. 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:35.159 He said, no, God, not me. You got the wrong man. God, 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:38.880 I stutter, I can't speak well, I can't carry this 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:42.400 assignment out. I'm sure he was thinking about his past. 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:44.440 I'm sure he was thinking about how I've been in 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:45.839 the desert. Lord, you don't know. 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:48.240 I mean, you got the wrong man. 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:51.960 But God was saying, no, I've been shaping you from 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:56.360 the beginning. Every experience you have, every gift God placed 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:58.920 in you, has brought you for such a time as this, 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:00.480 For this is assignment. 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:04.880 And you know God used Moses in a powerful. 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:09.080 Way, even though Moses couldn't see what God had placed 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:09.760 in his life. 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:11.960 I find it very interesting. 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:15.839 In Acts seven, twenty two, hundreds of years later, after 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:19.000 Moses was dead, this is what the writer of Acts 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:20.000 wrote about Moses. 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.640 Says, Moses was well educated. 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:25.520 In all the wisdom of the Egyptian and he was 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:33.600 powerful in speech and action. Moses was powerful in speech 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.000 and action. That was a far cry from what he 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:38.920 thought about himself. It was a far crid from what 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:40.000 he was telling God. 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:41.160 See. 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.920 Isn't it interesting what he couldn't see in himself God 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:45.640 had others see. 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:46.680 See. 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:50.359 You may not be able to see your gifts, your talents, 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:52.919 your abilities, But can I tell you. 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:55.400 If you will use them for God, let God take 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:59.920 those and turn them into supernatural abilities. People will see 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:03.719 that you have and you will accomplish great things in 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:08.799 your life. But it's up to us to mix our abilities, 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:12.040 our gifts that God's given us with faith and get 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:14.520 up every day and put one foot in front of 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:14.920 the other. 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.240 Because I can tell you when God asked you to 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:17.800 do something. 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:20.440 Can I just give you a little hint right now 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:22.960 that you probably already know is not gonna be easy. 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.640 God's gonna call you to some hard stuff. Why God, 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:31.800 I like easy, I like comfortable. God, I like to 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:33.520 do those things that are easy for me to do. 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:36.760 God's saying, I want you to take those things that 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:38.800 are easy for you to do and those things that 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:40.560 are difficult for you to do, and I want you 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.400 to give them to me, because. 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.120 See those difficult places, that's where you grow. 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:49.120 When God speaks to those difficult places, you know what 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:49.640 he's doing. 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:53.160 He's not being me. He's speaking to your potential. 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:56.960 He's saying, if you stay here, you're not gonna become 0:07:57.520 --> 0:07:59.160 everything you were designed to be. 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:03.360 He's not gonna call you to the easy places. 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:07.080 He's gonna call you to some tough things. 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:08.000 Just like Moses. 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.960 You're gonna look back and you're gonna go. God, you 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.520 did more than I could ask, think or imagine. God, 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:18.680 You've fulfilled my life. You've enriched my life. But see, 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:21.520 all along the way, we're gonna have to stir up 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:23.720 the gifts of God within us. We're gonna have to 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:27.240 use our faith. We're gonna have to believe in our abilities. 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:29.600 The apostle Paul wrote. 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:31.320 To a young man named Timothy. 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.160 He wrote a letter to him for two reasons, One 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:36.840 because he loved him, and two because he saw that 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:41.600 Timothy was extremely discouraged. He was facing some situations and 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.280 he did not feel like he had the ability to 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:47.480 carry out what God had called him to do. In fact, 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:51.320 his mentor, Paul was in prison, the mastermind of everything, 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.760 and he thought, oh my gosh, am I ever gonna 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:57.319 see Paul again? I mean, I need Paul. Have you 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:00.280 ever needed someone? Can you come with me? If you 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.720 could come with me? That's probably how he felt, Paul, 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:07.400 where are you? I cannot do this by myself. I'm young, 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:11.920 you see. But Paul wanted him to know this that 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:16.400 he could. So Paul said, there's a combination, a winning combination. 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:17.960 I'm going to tell you about it. So we wrote 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:19.959 him a letter, and. 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:24.000 He said, Timothy, I'm writing you this letter to remind 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:28.360 you to stir up the gifts of God within you 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:32.040 by faith. But since it's Mother's Day, can I back 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.160 up in that letter and just tell you one thing 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.120 that Paul said to all of you mothers out there, 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:38.880 I don't want you to take this mother to heart, 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:41.640 because I really believe this is what God's saying to 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:45.360 you today. He's saying, he wrote this. He said, Timothy, 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:51.679 I see the faith of your grandmother and of your mother, 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:56.160 and the faith that they had, I'm sure lives in you. 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:01.160 What a compliment. I mean, were a mother. That's a 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.840 very good compliment. If you see that I was a 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:05.560 good example to my children. 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:10.520 He was saying, I see that you came from a 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:11.319 good example. 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:13.560 You've learned how to live. 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:18.880 But then he said this, Paul, I believe this faith 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:22.600 lives in you, so it's time for you to use 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:27.079 your faith and stir up your gifts. I think in essence, 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:29.760 he was really giving those mothers the greatest compliment in 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:33.720 the world. He was charging their son to say, don't 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:37.000 live off your mama's faith. God's great that you have 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:40.720 an example, but it's time to find your faith, and 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:44.600 it's time to mix it with your ability because you've got. 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:45.160 A job to do. 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:49.400 You see, the breath of encouragement is the greatest gift 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:52.960 you can give someone's child, to say, find your faith. 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:56.440 You see, my dream would be that my children would 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.400 find their own faith. Yes, I've been a good example. 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.800 They would find their faith, and they would mix that 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:05.560 faith with the ability and the gifts that God's given them, 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:09.600 and they would charge into this world having a positive effect, 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:13.360 an eternal result on this earth. See, they're not here 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.720 by accident, and neither are you. They're here for a purpose. 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.080 You're going to go through many different seasons of life. 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:23.840 Don't just do it thinking you're getting through it. Do 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:27.280 it with purpose and destiny. Stir up the gifts. You 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:30.760 are making waves everywhere you go for God. 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:36.360 You have an assignment. God needs you. Your life matters. 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:43.439 Invite Jesus into every area of your life, inviting into. 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:44.400 Your boat, so to speak. 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.480 You see, the first time that Jesus met Simon Peter 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.240 before he changed his name, he had never met him before. 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:55.440 Simon Peter didn't know Jesus. Jesus came walking up because 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:58.600 the crowds were following him and Jesus needed to push 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.320 back a little bit from the crowd. He saw Simon 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:04.120 Peter and his crew over there washing nets because they'd 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.640 been fishing. Their boats were on the edge of the water, 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:08.720 and Jesus said, I need to get in your boat, 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:09.520 Simon Peter. 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:12.240 He said, you need to push me out a little ways. 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.920 And Simon Peter let him in his boat, and he 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.880 pushed him out, and Jesus said, I need to get 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:21.600 in that boat because see what I need to do is. 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:23.960 Continue the work that I am doing. 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:26.280 He was preaching to the people, but he needed a 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.640 little bit of break, so he needed to get in 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:32.840 Simon Peter's boat so he could finish the work. Now, 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:37.359 Simon Peter's boat, you know what it represented. It represented 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:41.559 his office, it was his vocation, it was his livelihood. 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:43.600 He could have said to wait a minute, minute, that's 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:45.880 my boat. Can't get in my boat. That's only for fishing. 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:51.320 You know, it's real interesting. The day that Simon Peter 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:55.080 let him in his boat, that job that he had, 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:58.240 that fishing job, it became more than a job. 0:12:58.640 --> 0:12:59.600 It became a calling. 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:02.840 When he allowed him in his boat so that Jesus 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:06.800 could do the work, that job wasn't just a job. 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:11.440 It became a calling for Peter's life. It became a 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:12.840 destiny and a passion. 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.880 He realized, no matter if I'm fishing, or if I 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:18.680 or if I'm with Jesus, I'm gonna do the work 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.800 of God. You see, he was a fisherman, but that 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:26.679 call him changed him into a fisher of men. God 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:32.640 wants in your boats. He wants in your school, he 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:36.600 wants in the middle of changing diapers, he wants in 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.680 the middle of your family. He wants to keep doing 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:42.080 the work. But guess what He's got to get in 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:43.679 your boat to finish it up. 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:47.040 You know what. I love my mother. She's here today. 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:47.880 Happy Mother's Day. 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:53.479 I love Mydodie, she's here today, Happy Mother's Day. 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:55.360 I watched my mother. 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:59.480 She's had a business in Houston for the last forty years, 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.720 and I've watched her take that business, that jewelry business, 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.160 and turn it in. 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.880 To a pulpit. No, she wasn't called to. 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:11.280 A ministry behind a pulpit. But you know what she's done. 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:13.319 She's letting Jesus come in her boat. 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:14.680 She's always been. 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:16.920 The type of person who wanted to help people, who 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:20.720 love people, who would always be an encourager. And I'll 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:25.920 watch her from that business encourage people, invite them to church, 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.800 fuel their faith. See, she let Jesus in her boat. 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:32.920 And I was thinking about this the other day. She's 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:34.880 been in business a long time in the city, and 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.960 she's seen the economy go up, she's seen the economy 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:39.520 go down, and God's been. 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:42.040 Good to her. He sustained her business. 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.080 He sustained it, and I believe it's because he said, 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:48.000 I still need your boat. I still need your boat, 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.400 and I know that you'll give me your boat, so 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.960 IM will keep you afloat. Can I tell you when 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:57.480 you let Jesus in your boat, he'll keep you afloat, 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:03.160 He'll keep you a f What an example to have 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:07.160 a mother who loves people, who wants to encourage people 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:10.120 to bring Jesus into her boat. 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:15.200 I feel a little like Timothy. I'm blessed that way. 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:20.320 But you know what, the greatest compliment to my mother 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:24.640 and every mother in here could be that me, her daughter, 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:29.280 would find my own faith, would learn from the example, 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:33.040 but find my own faith, mix it with the gifts 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:37.720 God's given me, and launch out in my boat so 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:41.800 I can let Jesus get in with me today. You 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.040 want to give your mom the best gift there is, 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:49.080 find your faith. 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