The Power of Favor by Joel Osteen

Author:Joel Osteen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

The God Who Crosses His Arms

God has things in store for you that you don’t see coming. It may seem as though you’ve reached your limits, you’ve gone as far as you can, but God is going to open doors you never thought would open. You didn’t have the training, you weren’t next in line, but somehow you were chosen for the promotion. God has unexpected favor for you. He’s going to do things that you didn’t deserve.

That’s what happened in Genesis 48. Jacob was an old man and about to die. His son Joseph was the prime minister of Egypt, second in command under Pharaoh. Joseph was Jacob’s second youngest son and his favorite. He’d given Joseph his coat of many colors and was so proud of him, but for many years Jacob thought Joseph was dead. His brothers told their father that Joseph had been torn to pieces and eaten by a wild animal when in fact they had sold him into slavery. Jacob was heartbroken and lived with all this pain.

Some thirteen years later, Jacob found out that Joseph was still alive and in this position of great honor. Joseph eventually brought his father and his entire family to Egypt, gave them places to live, and took care of them. Now Jacob was 140 years old and about to pass. Joseph went in to say his good-byes and to receive the blessing from his father. He took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim. When Jacob saw the boys, he asked who they were. Joseph said, “Dad, these are my sons, your grandsons.” Imagine how Jacob must have felt. He never thought he would see Joseph again. He’d already accepted that he was gone. Now God not only let him see his son, but he saw his grandsons. His heart was overjoyed.

As Jacob did, you may have given up on a dream. You think it’s been too long. You’ve accepted that you’ll never get well, never meet the right person, or never start that business. But what God put in your heart, He’s not only still going to bring to pass, but it’s going to turn out better than you thought. It will be not just your son, but your grandsons as well, so to speak. It’s going to exceed what you’re thinking.

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