If we want to see the promises of God fulfilled in our lives, we have to learn to look beyond our circumstances. Lift up your eyes and expect the greater things God has in store!

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>> VICTORIA OSTEEN: YOUR

FAITH IS AMAZING.

GO OUT AND TELL PEOPLE

ABOUT THIS SAVING POWER

OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN,

AND THAT HE CAN DO

WHAT NO ONE ELSE CAN DO.

YOU ARE HIS LIGHT

IN ALL THE WORLD.

YOU SEE, WE’RE ALL ON THIS

JOURNEY OF FAITH TOGETHER,

AND IF WE’RE GOING TO

EXPERIENCE THE FULLNESS OF

GOD’S PROMISES WE’RE GOING

TO HAVE TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY

TO SEE BEYOND WHERE

WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

SEE, IT’S SO EASY TO GET

STUCK IN A PROBLEM.

IT’S SO EASY TO SEE WHAT

DIDN’T WORK OUT, WHAT DIDN’T

HAPPEN, THE MISTAKES WE’VE

MADE, MAYBE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE

DID TO US, AND THEN WE THINK,

“WHAT’S OUR NEXT STEP, GOD?

HOW ARE WE GOING

TO GET OUT OF THIS?”

IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO SEE

THE NEXT STEP SOMETIMES,

BUT WHEN WE TAKE OUR EYES

OFF OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

OFF OF THE PROBLEMS

THAT ARE TRYING TO WEIGH

US DOWN AND HOLD US BACK,

THAT’S WHEN WE CAN PUT

OUR EYES ON THE PROMISES

OF GOD, NOT THE PROBLEMS.

WE CAN’T SET OUR EYES

ON THE PROBLEMS.

WE HAVE TO SET OUR EYES

ON THE PROMISES.

THAT’S HOW WE’RE GOING

TO RISE ABOVE WHERE

WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE TO LOOK BEYOND WHERE

WE ARE AND LIFT OUR EYES.

IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS

ABRAHAM WAS CALLED BY GOD

TO GO ON A JOURNEY OF FAITH

WITH HIM.

HE SPOKE TO ABRAHAM AND SAID,

“LEAVE YOUR FATHER’S HOUSE.”

ABRAHAM DID.

THE BIBLE SAYS HE BELIEVED

GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED UNTO

HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

HE LEFT HIS FATHER’S LAND.

HE TOOK HIS FAMILY AND HIS

NEPHEW, LOT, AND THEY WENT ON

THIS JOURNEY, BUT THERE WAS

A POINT IN HIS JOURNEY

WHERE LOT, HIS NEPHEW,

AND HIMSELF HAD ACQUIRED

SO MANY POSSESSIONS

THAT THEY HAD TO PART WAYS.

THE LAND COULD NOT SUSTAIN

BOTH OF THEM, SO ABRAHAM

LOOKED AT LOT AND SAID,

“YOU PICK FIRST.

WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT TO GO?

WHAT DIRECTION DO YOU

WANT TO GO, LOT?

I’M GIVING YOU FIRST CHOICE.”

WELL, LOT LOOKED AROUND, AND

HE FOUND A PLACE THAT HE

THOUGHT WOULD BE PERFECT

FOR HE AND HIS FAMILY.

THE BIBLE CALLS IT–WAS EAST.

IT WAS TOWARDS THE JORDAN.

IT WAS LUSH IN FOLIAGE.

IT WAS A CITY THAT WAS

BUSTLING.

IT WAS PLACES OF OPPORTUNITY,

SO LOT CHOSE THAT PART

OF THE LAND.

WHEN ABRAHAM LOOKED

THE OTHER DIRECTION,

WHAT HE SAW WAS DIRT.

HE SAW WAS DUST.

NO DEVELOPMENT, JUST LAND,

AND HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF,

“WOW.

WHAT IN THE WORLD HAVE

I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO?”

BUT SEE, IT WAS AT THAT POINT

THAT GOD SPOKE TO ABRAHAM,

AND HE SAID, “ABRAHAM,

LIFT UP YOUR EYES NOW.

LIFT UP YOUR EYES NOW.

LOOK OUT AS FAR AS YOU CAN

SEE FROM THE NORTH,

THE SOUTH, THE EAST,

AND THE WEST.”

HE SAID, “WHAT YOU CAN SEE,

THE LAND THAT YOU CAN SEE,

I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU.

I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU.”

YOU SEE, IT WAS THIS POINT

THAT ABRAHAM HAD

TO LIFT HIS EYES.

I LOVE THAT PHRASE, “LIFT

YOUR EYES,” BECAUSE THESE

LIFTED EYES BECAME THE THEME

OF ABRAHAM’S LIFE.

YOU SEE, GOD KNEW THAT

ABRAHAM COULD EASILY GET HIS

EYES ON THE WRONG THING.

HE COULD HAVE EASILY SAID,

“WHY DIDN’T I CHOOSE FIRST?

WHY DID HE GET THE BEST?

NOW I’M JUST STUCK IN THE

DIRT, IN THE DUST, AND HE’S

OVER THERE PROSPERING.

WHY DID I MAKE

THAT MISTAKE?”

BUT SEE, GOD WANTED HIM TO

LIFT HIS EYES SO HE COULD SEE

BEYOND THE DUST AND THE DIRT

AND BEGIN TO SEE HIS DESTINY

UNFOLD, BEGIN TO SEE WHAT GOD

WANTED TO DO IN HIS LIFE.

DO YOU KNOW THE NAME “LOT”

MEANS “VEIL,” AND WHEN HE

SEPARATED FROM LOT IT WAS AS

IF GOD LIFTED THE VEIL FROM

HIS EYES, AND HE WAS ABLE

TO SEE GOD IN NEW WAYS.

YOU SEE, GOD WANTED TO REVEAL

HIMSELF TO ABRAHAM

IN UNSEEN WAYS.

YOU SEE, IT MAY HAVE LOOKED

LIKE LOT GOT PARADISE, BUT

ABRAHAM, HE GOT THE PROMISE,

AND YOU DO TOO.

YOU HAVE THE PROMISES OF GOD.

IN FACT, THE VEIL HAS BEEN

LIFTED FROM YOUR EYES.

IT HAS BEEN TORN IN TWO BY

THE POWER OF CHRIST, AND GOD

WANTS TO SHOW YOU ALONG THIS

JOURNEY THINGS YOU HAVEN’T

SEEN BEFORE.

HE WANTS TO REVEAL HIMSELF

IN POWERFUL WAYS.

YOU SEE, WHEN GOD SPOKE TO

ABRAHAM AND TOLD HIM THAT HE

WAS GOING TO BE A FATHER OF

MANY NATIONS, SAID, “ABRAHAM,

I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS LAND

THAT I’M TAKING YOU.

I WANT YOU TO INHABIT IT.

I WANT YOU TO POSSESS IT.

I’M GOING TO MAKE YOUR SEED

GREAT, AND I’M GOING TO BLESS

PEOPLE ALL OVER THE EARTH,”

HIS NAME WAS ABRAM.

GOD HADN’T CHANGED HIS NAME

YET TO THE FATHER

OF MANY NATIONS.

HE WAS JUST ABRAM, A MAN THAT

WAS BELIEVING GOD, GOING

ON THIS JOURNEY OF FAITH.

IN FACT, HE DIDN’T LOOK

ANYTHING LIKE WHAT GOD WAS

SAYING ABOUT HIM, BUT GOD’S

PROMISES ARE SPOKEN

IN THE UNSEEN REALM.

GOD’S PROMISES ARE SPOKEN

BUT NOT SEEN YET.

THAT’S WHY THE VEIL WAS

LIFTED, SO THAT ABRAHAM COULD

SEE INTO THE SUPERNATURAL

REALM, SO ABRAHAM COULD GET

A GLIMPSE OF WHAT GOD

WANTED TO DO.

HE WANTED TO TAKE THE VEIL

OFF OF ABRAHAM’S EYES SO THAT

HE COULD SEE WHAT GOD

WAS DOING.

YOU SEE, GOD’S PROMISES

ARE PROGRESSIVE.

THEY UNFOLD IN HIS TIMING.

THEY MAY NOT BE SEEN YET, BUT

IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

UNTIL GOD GETS YOU TO WHERE

YOU NEED TO BE, UNTIL YOU

START LOOKING LIKE GOD SAYS

YOU’RE GOING TO LOOK, UNTIL

YOU START HAVING WHAT GOD

SAYS YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE.

IT’S PROGRESSIVE,

AND IT’S IN GOD’S TIMING.

I HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL LEMON

TREES IN MY BACKYARD.

I HAVE TWO OF THEM, AND

THEY’RE FULL OF FRUIT RIGHT

NOW, AND A FRIEND OF MINE, WE

WERE IN MY BACKYARD, AND WE

HAPPENED TO BE WALKING BY THE

LEMON TREES, AND SHE STOPPED,

AND SHE PAUSED FOR A MINUTE

BECAUSE THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL,

FULL OF FRUIT, AND SHE SAID,

“THOSE ARE THE MOST AMAZING

LIME TREES I HAVE

EVER SEEN.”

I STARTED TO LAUGH,

AND I SAID,

“THOSE AREN’T LIME TREES.

THOSE ARE LEMON TREES.”

SHE SAID,

“THOSE ARE LIME TREES.

THEY LOOK LIKE LIMES

TO ME.”

I SAID, “OH, OKAY.”

I SAID, “THE FRUIT ON THOSE

TREES ARE STILL IN PROCESS.

THEY’RE NOT FINISHED YET.

THEY DON’T LOOK RIGHT NOW THE

WAY THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK.

THEY’RE GREEN NOW.

YEAH, THEY LOOK LIKE LIMES,

BUT THEY’RE GOING TO TURN

YELLOW IN JUST A MATTER

OF TIME.”

YOU SEE, HEBREWS 11 SAYS WE

INHERIT THE PROMISES OF GOD

THROUGH FAITH AND PATIENCE.

YOU, JUST LIKE THOSE LEMONS,

ARE IN PROCESS.

YOU ARE BECOMING EVERYTHING

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE.

YOU MAY NOT LOOK LIKE YOU

WANT TO LOOK, YOU MAY NOT BE

WHERE YOU WANT TO BE, BUT

DON’T DEVALUE YOUR JOURNEY.

DON’T START THINKING THAT

THE JOURNEY ISN’T WORTH IT.

THE PROCESS IS WHAT BUILDS

YOUR STRENGTH.

THE PROCESS IS WHAT

DEVELOPS YOU.

THE PROCESS IS WHAT MAKES YOU

BECOME WHAT GOD’S

CALLED YOU TO BE.

YOU SEE, ABRAHAM DIDN’T

DESPISE THE PROCESS.

HE PROVED GOD TO BE

FAITHFUL AND TRUE.

ABRAHAM WENT FROM TEST TO

TEST TO TEST OF HIS FAITH.

HE WENT THROUGH CHALLENGES.

HE DIDN’T EVEN HAVE HIS

PROMISED CHILD TILL HE WAS

A HUNDRED YEARS OLD,

BUT HE SAW THE CHARACTER

OF GOD.

YOU SEE, SOMEONE ELSE MAY

LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE PARADISE,

BUT DON’T FORGET YOU HAVE

THE PROMISE.

YOU’RE IN THE PROCESS, AND

YOU ARE BECOMING EVERYTHING

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE.

IF YOU FIND YOURSELF CONSUMED

WITH A PROBLEM TODAY, YOU’RE

GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION IN

YOUR LIFE, YOU’RE WONDERING,

“HOW IS THIS GOING

TO WORK OUT?”

IT’S TIME, IT’S TIME.

IT’S TIME TO LIFT YOUR EYES

FROM THE PROBLEM AND SET YOUR

EYES ON THE PROMISES.

YOU GOT TO REALIZE BEYOND

THIS PLACE IS GREATER

HEIGHTS, GREATER VICTORIES,

GREATER STRENGTH,

GREATER ANOINTING.

IT IS TIME TO SHIFT

YOUR PERSPECTIVE

TO GOD’S PROMISES.

LISTEN, I BELIEVE IF YOU

WON’T GET STUCK, IF YOU WON’T

SETTLE WHERE YOU ARE, IF

YOU’LL CONTINUE THE PROCESS,

YOU WILL BECOME JUST LIKE

ABRAHAM, AND YOU WILL SEE

GOD’S FAITHFULNESS,

YOU WILL SEE HIS PROVISION,

YOU WILL SEE HIS PROMISES,

AND YOU WILL BECOME

EVERYTHING THAT GOD

INTENDED YOU TO BE, AMEN?

HE’S A FAITHFUL GOD.

HE’S A FAITHFUL GOD.