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?