GOSPEL CORNER : DON’T BE INTIMIDATED BY THE SIZE OF YOUR DREAM. GOD DOESN’T GIVE BIG DREAMS TO SMALL PEOPLE. THERE IS GREATNESS IN YOU.

07/02/24

JOEL OSTEEN MINISTRIES
TODAY’S WORD

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me. Put it into his heart to be kind to me.”
Nehemiah 1:11, NLT

SOMETHING BIG IN YOU
Nehemiah did not have resources, did not have a prominent position, did not have experience as a builder, but he had a heart to see the walls and gates of Jerusalem restored, and he dared to believe. He dared to go to the king of Persia and ask his help. He dared to pray bold prayers, and he saw one amazing answer to prayer after another.

Don’t be intimidated by the size of your dream. God doesn’t give big dreams to small people. There is greatness in you. There are new levels in you. There is a world changer in you. There is a history maker in you. That’s why God put something big in you. He knows what you’re capable of. As with Nehemiah, He has people who will fund your dreams, people who will use their influence to open doors, people who will go out of their way to be good to you. You’re going to accomplish dreams bigger than you thought possible. Don’t talk yourself out of it. Pray bold prayers and give God permission to bless you.

A PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You that the dreams You have put in my heart are always possible because no one is more powerful than You. Thank You that I can dare to pray big, to ask big, and to believe big. I believe that You are already moving the right people into place to help me as well. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

SECTION TWO

Most people would have given up on Jacob, the scheming deceiver and manipulator. But not God.

One night, while attempting to appease the brother he had stolen from, Jacob met the Lord. He grabbed hold of the Lord and for hours, tried to wrestle a blessing from Him.

What did the Lord do? He touched Jacob’s hip socket and put it out of joint, so that Jacob wound up helpless before the Lord.

The Lord changed Jacob that night. He showed Jacob how it was only when Jacob’s grabbing and wrestling finally stopped that His grace was able to flow. That night, God changed Jacob’s name from “deceiver” to “prince” (Israel), and added to him blessings that were beyond his own efforts.

You see, we cannot try to wrestle blessings from God. It is when we give up on our scheming, deceiving, and manipulating to get ahead in life, and completely trust His grace alone that His provision flows unabated.