A Dedicated Life - A God Given Dream! (notes)

A Dedicated Life - A God Given Dream!

When Someone Is given a dream by the Lord:

1. It will be fulfilled.
2. It will be fulfilled in God’s Perfect time.

Lets Look When It Comes To God, be like Joseph. Be a big dreamer. Don’t let the thief steal your ability to dream great dreams for the glory of God.

God Demonstrates

• His power as Joseph’s brothers bowed down before him.
• Joseph remembered his dreams in Genesis 42:9s

Genesis 42:9

• Over thirteen years passed since Joseph dreamed that his brothers would bow down to him Joseph was a prophet and his word came to pass!

It’s Been Years And Joseph has learned a few things about human nature. Joseph is no longer that naïve teenager but a powerful leader of Egypt. He wants to know; have my brothers changed, have they grown or do they feel remorse for their sin against me?

Are they still the cold blooded brothers?

They Are still telling the same old lie about Joseph. “One is no more…” As far as Joseph is concerned, Joseph might as well been dead!

Gen. 42:13

It’s Now Time For Joseph’s brothers to be tested.

v. 20-21

Reuben speaks out

v. 22-23

Why does Joseph turn away from them?

v. 24

He wanted to make sure that they were sorry for what they did, not for being caught.

This is real repentance. This is what God looks for when we fail Him.

Joseph Had A Pure Heart

• Or was he testing them still by putting their money they had taken to Egypt to buy grain.
• They said, “we are honest men, we are not spies.”

Application

• When it comes to the fulfillment of a God given dream Reuben is a type of the Holy Spirit.
• Romans 8:26-28 Just as Reuben intervened in saving Joseph, the Holy Spirit intervenes in our lives for salvation, deliverance and the fulfillment of a God given dream.

The Holy Spirit

• Is the one who gives believers visions and dreams for accomplishing God’s purpose throughout lives.

One Way We step in our destiny in God to fulfill His dream is by being baptized in the Holy Spirit and praying in the Spirit daily.

Prophetic Application
The thief comes to steal your dream

• He destroys people’s dreams that the Holy Spirit gave them.
• God can use what ever the thief tries to steal, we put our trust in God and in the dream He gave us.

Principles

• The thief steals, kills and destroys God given dreams.
• Jesus’ abundant life is fulfilled when we don’t allow the thief to steal our joy.
• In adversity, don’t loose your joy, keep your dream and watch God fulfill it at the right time like He did for Joseph.

Principles
In fulfillment of divine dreams

• It wasn’t about Joseph but about the plan of God to save the nation of Israel.
• If you have a God given dream, don’t let anyone steal it from you, hang on to it learn what you need to learn in suffering, keep your joy and watch God work it out.

Principles

• If God has given you a dream and you have been through some hard times make a decision today that you will (with God’s help) see its fulfillment.