If we only look at things from a natural perspective, we’ll miss out on everything God is doing around us. There’s no limit to His power in your life!
>> VICTORIA OSTEEN: HAVE YOU
EVER FELT THAT YOUR HANDS
WERE TIED?
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS,
HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT A
SITUATION IN YOUR LIFE AND
YOU THINK, “I DON’T KNOW HOW
THIS CAN CHANGE, I DON’T KNOW
HOW THIS CAN POSSIBLY WORK
OUT?”
MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE IS
INVOLVED, AND SO YOU THINK,
“OH, NO, THEY HAVE TO CHANGE
BEFORE MY SITUATION CAN
CHANGE.”
OR MAYBE YOU HAVE A BIG DREAM
IN YOUR HEART.
YOU CAN SEE IT FROM A
DISTANCE, BUT THEN YOU
REALIZE, “I DON’T HAVE THE
RESOURCES.
I DON’T HAVE THE EDUCATION.
I DON’T KNOW THE RIGHT
PEOPLE.”
SEE, THAT’S WHEN WE FEEL LIKE
OUR HANDS ARE TIED, BUT I
WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU WITH
SOMETHING THIS MORNING, AND
REALLY, IT’S A REMINDER TO
YOU THIS MORNING.
YOUR HANDS MAY BE TIED, BUT
GOD’S HANDS ARE NEVER TIED.
GOD’S HANDS ARE NEVER TIED,
AND HIS POWER IS LIMITLESS IN
YOUR LIFE.
SEE, THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO
ALLOW TO SINK DOWN INTO OUR
HEARTS AND MINDS.
HEY, WHEN IT LOOKS IMPOSSIBLE
TO ME IN THE NATURAL, I HAVE
TO REMIND MYSELF THAT I SERVE
A SUPERNATURAL GOD, THAT MY
GOD HAS ALL THE POWER IN ALL
THE WORLD.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THINGS, WE
SEE IT FROM A NATURAL
PERSPECTIVE, BUT GOD IS
SAYING TO US TODAY, “I
HAVEN’T ASKED YOU TO WALK BY
SIGHT, I’VE ASKED YOU TO WALK
BY FAITH.
I’VE ASKED YOU TO REMEMBER MY
GREAT POWER TOWARDS YOU.”
LISTEN, WE CANNOT LIMIT OUR
OPTIONS IN LIFE BY WHAT WE
SEE, BECAUSE IF WE DO, WE
WILL LIVE A VERY LIMITED
LIFE, AND CAN I TELL YOU
THIS?
MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN GOD
ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING,
IT’S GOING TO BE OVER YOUR
HEAD.
IT’S GOING TO BE BIGGER THAN
YOURSELF, BECAUSE, SEE, IF IT
WASN’T, YOU WOULDN’T NEED
GOD.
YOU WOULDN’T NEED TO WALK BY
FAITH, BECAUSE YOU COULD DO
IT IN YOUR OWN ABILITIES AND
YOUR OWN STRENGTH.
SO, BE ENCOURAGED TODAY IF
YOU FEEL A LITTLE OVERWHELMED
AND A LITTLE OVER YOUR HEAD,
BECAUSE THAT’S WHEN GOD CAN
COME IN IF YOU WON’T LIMIT
HIS POWER IN YOUR LIFE.
PSALM 78 SAYS THIS, IT SAYS,
“THEY VEXED THE HOLY ONE OF
ISRAEL BECAUSE THEY DID NOT
REMEMBER HIS POWER.”
THEY TURNED BACK AND LIMITED
GOD.
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CAME
AGAINST OBSTACLES, BUT THEY
DIDN’T REMEMBER GOD’S POWER.
THEY FORGOT THAT HE REDEEMED
THEM FROM THE OPPRESSOR.
THEY DIDN’T THINK ABOUT THAT
HE BROUGHT WATER OUT OF A
ROCK IN THE DESERT SO THEY
COULD DRINK.
IT FRUSTRATED GOD, AND IT
SAID THEY TURNED BACK AND
LIMITED HIS POWER.
NOW, I JUST WANT TO STOP
RIGHT THERE FOR JUST A
MINUTE, BECAUSE THAT WORD,
LIMITED, DOES NOT APPLY TO
GOD.
GOD IS LIMITLESS, BUT THEY
LIMITED GOD’S POWER BY THEIR
OWN MIND-SET, THEIR OWN WAY
OF THINKING.
THEY TURNED BACK AND GAVE UP
TOO SOON, BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T
CONSIDER ALL THE MIRACULOUS
THINGS GOD HAD DONE IN THE
PAST, ALL THEY CONSIDERED WAS
THE OBSTACLE THAT WAS IN
FRONT OF THEM.
HAVE YOU EVER STOPPED DOING
SOMETHING YOU THOUGHT GOD
WANTED YOU TO DO?
MAYBE GAVE UP A LITTLE TOO
SOON BECAUSE YOU FELT
INSIGNIFICANT.
MAYBE YOU WERE FEARFUL.
MAYBE YOU JUST DREW A LITTLE
LINE AROUND YOU AND THOUGHT,
“YOU KNOW WHAT, I’D LIKE TO
DO IT, BUT I JUST CAN’T.”
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID, THEY
STOPPED WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE
CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD.
MOSES FINALLY GOT THEM TO THE
BORDER OF THE PROMISED LAND,
IT TOOK THEM A LONG TIME.
ALL THOSE STOPS, THEY FINALLY
GOT TO THE BORDER.
MOSES GOT THEM THERE, AND HE
SAID, “OKAY, WE’RE GOING TO
TAKE THIS LAND THAT GOD HAS
PROMISED US.
BUT FIRST, WE’RE GOING TO
SEND SOME OF THE LEADERS
AHEAD, AND WE’RE GOING TO LET
THEM CHECK OUT THE LAND, AND
THEY’RE GOING TO BRING A
REPORT BACK TO US,” HOPING,
I’M SURE, THAT THEY WOULD
RALLY THE TROOPS.
SO, HE SENT SOME OF THE MEN
IN TO SPY OUT THE LAND, AND
WHEN THEY RETURNED, THEY
RETURNED WITH THIS REPORT.
THEY SAID, “MOSES, THE LAND
IS AMAZING.
IT’S FULL OF MILK AND HONEY,
IT’S GREEN, IT’S LUSH, THE
VEGETATION THERE IS
BEAUTIFUL, PLENTY FOR US TO
EAT, BUT,” HAVE YOU EVER HAD
A BUT?
I’D LIKE TO, BUT, “BUT THERE
ARE GIANTS IN THE LAND.”
THEY SAID, “WE LOOK LIKE
GRASSHOPPERS COMPARED TO THE
PEOPLE IN THE LAND.”
IT SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE
THROUGHOUT THE CAMP, AND
FEAR, FEAR PARALYZED THEM,
BUT TWO MEN, TWO MEN WERE OF
A DIFFERENT REPORT.
JOSHUA AND CALEB LITERALLY
BROKE THAT LIMITED MIND-SET,
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR
REPORT WAS?
THIS WAS THEIR TAKE ON THE
SITUATION, “THE LAND IS
GREAT.
THERE MAY BE GIANTS, BUT
LET’S GO AT ONCE AND TAKE THE
LAND, BECAUSE THE LORD OUR
GOD IS WITH US, HE’S WITH
US.”
YOU MAY FEEL LIKE A
GRASSHOPPER, BUT GET YOUR
EYES OFF OF YOURSELF AND GET
YOUR EYES ON THE LORD YOUR
GOD, WHO IS WITH YOU.
SEE, THAT’S THE KEY, YOU’LL
ALWAYS BE LIMITED, BUT YOU
SERVE A LIMITLESS GOD, AND IF
YOU CAN TAP INTO HIS POWER,
YOU CAN BECOME EVERYTHING
THAT HE’S CALLED YOU TO BE.
YOU MAY BE IN A SITUATION
RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU NEED
HEALING.
YOU MAY NEED RESTORATION.
YOU MAY NEED A RED SEA TO
LITERALLY BE SPLIT IN YOUR
BEHALF.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, IF YOU
LOOK AT YOUR PRESENT
SITUATION AND TAKE YOUR EYES
OFF OF YOUR POWERFUL GOD,
YOU’RE GOING TO BE JUST LIKE
THEY WERE.
YOU’RE GOING TO DRAW A LITTLE
BORDER AROUND YOURSELF, AND
SAY, “I’M NOT GETTING OUT OF
THIS BORDER, BECAUSE I’M NICE
AND SAFE RIGHT HERE.
IT’S OKAY THAT ON THE OTHER
SIDE IS MY DREAMS AND MY
GOALS, BUT I WANT TO STAY
RIGHT HERE.”
SEE, HAVE YOU EVER TALKED
YOURSELF OUT OF IT?
IT SOUNDS NICE, I CAN SEE IT,
BUT IT’S NOT FOR ME, IT’S TOO
DIFFICULT.
SEE, THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE
THEY WERE.
THEY WERE AT A DIFFICULT
PLACE.
THEY WERE AT A HARD PLACE,
BUT JOSHUA BROKE THAT
MIND-SET AND SAID, “NO, WE’RE
GOING TO GO IN AT ONCE, AND
WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THE
LAND.”
THIS IS THE KEY, IF YOUR
DREAMS OR YOUR SITUATION’S
LOOK IMPOSSIBLE TODAY, AND
WE’RE GOING TO GET THIS KEY
FROM JOSHUA 1:7.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT GOD TOLD
JOSHUA.
IT LOOKS IMPOSSIBLE, IT’S
GOING TO BE DIFFICULT, YOU’RE
GOING TO RUN INTO SOME
CHALLENGES, BUT THIS IS THE
KEY TO YOUR SUCCESS, JOSHUA.
HE SAID, “DON’T LET THIS LAW
DEPART FROM YOUR EYES.”
STAY FOCUSED ON IT.
KEEP IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF
YOU.
DON’T LOOK TO THE LEFT, DON’T
LOOK TO THE RIGHT, DON’T LOOK
AT THE ENEMIES, DON’T LOOK AT
THE GIANTS.
YOU KEEP YOUR EYES FIXED ON
THE LAW OF THE LORD,
MEDITATING ON IT.
WHAT HE WAS SAYING WAS,
YOU’VE GOT TO BE
SINGLE-MINDED WHEN IT COMES
TO THE THINGS OF GOD.
IF YOU’RE GOING TO CLIMB THAT
NEXT MOUNTAIN, YOU’VE GOT TO
BE SINGLE-MINDED.
YOU CAN’T LOOK AT THE
OBSTACLES, YOU’VE GOT TO LOOK
AT THE POWER OF THE LIVING
GOD.
LET’S SET OUR EYES ON GOD.
LET’S QUIT LOOKING AT THE
THINGS THAT WOULD TRY TO
DISTRACT US, CAUSE FEAR IN
OUR LIFE.
LET’S QUIT REASONING OUT ALL
THE REASONS WE CAN’T, AND
LET’S START FACTORING IN ALL
THE REASONS WE CAN.
WE SERVE A LIMITLESS GOD, A
SUPERNATURAL GOD.
LET’S DON’T GO BY OUR NATURAL
SIGHT OR OUR NATURAL
REASONING, LET’S BE BOLD AND
COURAGEOUS LIKE JOSHUA AND
CALEB WERE.
THAT’S HOW THE BIBLE
DESCRIBED THEM, THAT’S HOW
YOU BREAK A LIMITED MIND-SET.
YOU BECOME BOLD AND
COURAGEOUS, AND YOU SAY, “I’M
GOING TO TAKE IT FOR YOU,
GOD.
YOU’RE GOING WITH ME, AND I’M
ALL OUT WITH YOU,” AMEN?
HE’S A POWERFUL GOD.
MALACHI 3:6, “HE’S FOREVER
THE SAME, ALL POWERFUL, WHO
DELIGHTS IN BLESSING HIS
CHILDREN.”
HE’S POWERFUL, BUT HE TAKES
DELIGHT WHEN YOU ARE BLESSED,
AMEN?