Trusting God's Promises: Lessons from Joseph's Journey
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"I hope if you can't already, that someday you'll come to a place in your faith that like Mary, you can say, I trust God's plan. I trust his plan. He always has one. I trust that it's always good. In fact, even though I can't always see in the moment, I know that his plan is always better than mine." [00:18:36] (23 seconds)
"Promise, promise is a powerful thing. Promise is a powerful thing, but sometimes people mess it up. People mess up promise. Sometimes people don't keep promises. Sometimes people, us, sometimes we don't follow through, right? And so because of that, actually, sometimes we throw that word promise around. We kind of use it willy nilly and we don't take seriously what we're saying or what we're saying even means. And I want you to walk away today knowing and hearing this, regardless of what people have done in your life. Regardless of what people have done in your life. I want you to walk away today with promise. I want you to walk away today. This shapes our perspective. If God said it, he will do it." [00:20:35] (49 seconds)
"If God said it, he will do it. If he makes a promise, it's going to happen. You can take it to the bank. If there was ever any such thing as insurance and you could count on it, you can count on God's promise." [00:21:31] (21 seconds)
"Look what Joseph did. Verse 24. When Joseph woke up from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him. He took his wife, but knew her not until she had given birth to a son, and he called his name Jesus. It says he took her as his wife. He went ahead with everything. They did not consummate the marriage because she was already expecting a child, and he called this child Jesus. He did what the angel said. If you want me to summarize for you how Joseph... Joseph reacts to God's promise in his life, Joseph reacts just recognizing if God said it, he's going to do it." [00:30:40] (44 seconds)
"Well, here's the thing actually about Joseph. In John 19, there's a picture that John gives us of Jesus on the cross. And in John 19 verses 26 and 27, Jesus looks down and it says, Jesus said, when he saw his mother, he said, I'm going to give you a son. I'm going to give you a son. And the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, woman, behold your son, John. And he said to John, behold your mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her into his own home. Why do you have to do that? Where's Joseph? Most theologians have concluded, Joseph's dead at that point." [00:38:13] (54 seconds)
"That's what we tend to do with promises from God. See, what we do is we get a promise from God, or we read a promise from God, and then we start to build our lives around it, which isn't such a bad thing, but for most of us, what that means is we start putting our expectations around it. That's why I just naturally asked the question earlier that we were thinking, like, what do you expect? We just can't let the promise be what it is, and we just can't trust that God's going to do what he says. We put all kinds of expectations around it of how we think it should go, and what we think it should look like, and then when our expectations aren't met, we back off and we say, see, he's just like everyone else." [00:40:06] (52 seconds)
"Joseph, you never even got to see Jesus make it to the cross. You never got to see him and what he would do in his most spectacular moment, laying his life down for us, for you. You never got to see him fulfill this promise that God gave you. Yeah. Isn't God gracious? The son that I got to teach to walk, I didn't have to see him walk half naked through the streets, beaten within an inch of his life, carrying the cross that he was going to hang and die on." [00:47:50] (45 seconds)
"God is never promising. He, God doesn't promise us popularity. He doesn't promise us five year plans. God's not in the business of promising you comfort. He's not promising us wealth. He actually never promises that it would be easy. He actually, he promises it won't be. He says that, and he didn't promise that we were always going to understand either. But from what I've seen in his word, God has promised some amazing things over us. Do you know his promise?" [00:49:07] (39 seconds)
"He said that in him, we would have peace no matter what's going on. It's true. And it's true. He said that he would pour his joy over us. He said that if we stepped into his salvation, we would experience power, taste his grace and walk in new purpose. Purpose that he plants in us. He said that we would get to be part of the salvation plan for other people. Man, that's so awesome. He said that our eyes would see the impossible. And I just have to tell you, the more I follow him every day, I think I'm seeing impossible things happen. Guys, God, all of God's promises are true. I know." [00:50:00] (55 seconds)
"God will never leave me. He will never forsake me. If I draw near to him, he always draws near to me every time. He's never stopped loving me. He's never stopped fighting for me, even when I've been stupid and foolish. He's never stopped pursuing me. Maybe the best gift, maybe the best promise, he gave me his Holy Spirit. His Holy Spirit lives in me, and when I turn to him, I always have guidance. I always have peace and help." [00:51:06] (37 seconds)
"I know that I've been redeemed. I know that I am his child. And I know that right now, even though I can't see it happening, lots of things are working together for my good. He promised it. I know that he's the one who came, so that I can see it happening. So that I can have life and have it to the full. And I know that because I put my faith in him, heaven is my home. I know it. That's why I can look forward to my talk with Joseph." [00:52:04] (39 seconds)
"Because trust me, the promises he has, they're better than your expectations. They're better. They're better. You may think that these promises aren't for you today, but because I have no idea, right? I have no idea what you've done or where you've been. And I'll just tell you, that's a lie from the pit of hell. That's where that's from. Because my Jesus promised, listen to what he promised. He said, if you declare with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord, and you believe in your heart, that God raised him from the dead, that his blood and his sacrifice and his life was poured out because he so loved you, and there is nothing that can keep you from his love. Nothing." [00:52:46] (60 seconds)
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"Promise, promise is a powerful thing. Promise is a powerful thing, but sometimes people mess it up. People mess up promise. Sometimes people don't keep promises. Sometimes people, us, sometimes we don't follow through, right? And so because of that, actually, sometimes we throw that word promise around. We kind of use it willy nilly and we don't take seriously what we're saying or what we're saying even means. And I want you to walk away today knowing and hearing this, regardless of what people have done in your life. Regardless of what people have done in your life. I want you to walk away today with promise. I want you to walk away today. This shapes our perspective. If God said it, he will do it." [00:20:35] (49 seconds)
"If God said it, he will do it. If he makes a promise, it's going to happen. You can take it to the bank. If there was ever any such thing as insurance and you could count on it, you can count on God's promise." [00:21:31] (21 seconds)
"Look what Joseph did. Verse 24. When Joseph woke up from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him. He took his wife, but knew her not until she had given birth to a son, and he called his name Jesus. It says he took her as his wife. He went ahead with everything. They did not consummate the marriage because she was already expecting a child, and he called this child Jesus. He did what the angel said. If you want me to summarize for you how Joseph... Joseph reacts to God's promise in his life, Joseph reacts just recognizing if God said it, he's going to do it." [00:30:40] (44 seconds)
"Well, here's the thing actually about Joseph. In John 19, there's a picture that John gives us of Jesus on the cross. And in John 19 verses 26 and 27, Jesus looks down and it says, Jesus said, when he saw his mother, he said, I'm going to give you a son. I'm going to give you a son. And the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, woman, behold your son, John. And he said to John, behold your mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her into his own home. Why do you have to do that? Where's Joseph? Most theologians have concluded, Joseph's dead at that point." [00:38:13] (54 seconds)
"That's what we tend to do with promises from God. See, what we do is we get a promise from God, or we read a promise from God, and then we start to build our lives around it, which isn't such a bad thing, but for most of us, what that means is we start putting our expectations around it. That's why I just naturally asked the question earlier that we were thinking, like, what do you expect? We just can't let the promise be what it is, and we just can't trust that God's going to do what he says. We put all kinds of expectations around it of how we think it should go, and what we think it should look like, and then when our expectations aren't met, we back off and we say, see, he's just like everyone else." [00:40:06] (52 seconds)
"Joseph, you never even got to see Jesus make it to the cross. You never got to see him and what he would do in his most spectacular moment, laying his life down for us, for you. You never got to see him fulfill this promise that God gave you. Yeah. Isn't God gracious? The son that I got to teach to walk, I didn't have to see him walk half naked through the streets, beaten within an inch of his life, carrying the cross that he was going to hang and die on." [00:47:50] (45 seconds)
"God is never promising. He, God doesn't promise us popularity. He doesn't promise us five year plans. God's not in the business of promising you comfort. He's not promising us wealth. He actually never promises that it would be easy. He actually, he promises it won't be. He says that, and he didn't promise that we were always going to understand either. But from what I've seen in his word, God has promised some amazing things over us. Do you know his promise?" [00:49:07] (39 seconds)
"He said that in him, we would have peace no matter what's going on. It's true. And it's true. He said that he would pour his joy over us. He said that if we stepped into his salvation, we would experience power, taste his grace and walk in new purpose. Purpose that he plants in us. He said that we would get to be part of the salvation plan for other people. Man, that's so awesome. He said that our eyes would see the impossible. And I just have to tell you, the more I follow him every day, I think I'm seeing impossible things happen. Guys, God, all of God's promises are true. I know." [00:50:00] (55 seconds)
"God will never leave me. He will never forsake me. If I draw near to him, he always draws near to me every time. He's never stopped loving me. He's never stopped fighting for me, even when I've been stupid and foolish. He's never stopped pursuing me. Maybe the best gift, maybe the best promise, he gave me his Holy Spirit. His Holy Spirit lives in me, and when I turn to him, I always have guidance. I always have peace and help." [00:51:06] (37 seconds)
"I know that I've been redeemed. I know that I am his child. And I know that right now, even though I can't see it happening, lots of things are working together for my good. He promised it. I know that he's the one who came, so that I can see it happening. So that I can have life and have it to the full. And I know that because I put my faith in him, heaven is my home. I know it. That's why I can look forward to my talk with Joseph." [00:52:04] (39 seconds)
"Because trust me, the promises he has, they're better than your expectations. They're better. They're better. You may think that these promises aren't for you today, but because I have no idea, right? I have no idea what you've done or where you've been. And I'll just tell you, that's a lie from the pit of hell. That's where that's from. Because my Jesus promised, listen to what he promised. He said, if you declare with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord, and you believe in your heart, that God raised him from the dead, that his blood and his sacrifice and his life was poured out because he so loved you, and there is nothing that can keep you from his love. Nothing." [00:52:46] (60 seconds)
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