Abraham Was A God-Made Man - Victoria Osteen

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But today I 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:51.240 want to talk about a man who became wealthy, influential, 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:52.320 and he. 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:54.960 Was a legacy lever. 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:59.400 On this earth. Now, this man was not a self 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:06.360 made man. His label read God made man. He was 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:10.760 a God made man. And the reason I say and 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:15.240 describe him as a God made man is because God 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:18.280 spoke to him and said something very significant to him. 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.680 Now, this man's name is Abraham. 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:26.400 Yeah, Abraham, the father of our faith, the one we 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:28.280 read about in Genesis. 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:30.720 He was a God made man. 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:36.040 In Genesis twelve two, he was living in a land 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:39.480 where his father had settled. His relatives were all there. 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:43.200 When God spoke to him, He said this to him. 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.720 He said, Abraham, I want you to leave the land 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:48.560 of your father and. 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:49.480 I want to you. 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:53.840 I want to take you to a land that I 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:59.160 will show you, and I want to make you into 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:04.200 a great nation. What God spoke to him was, I 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:08.000 want to take you and I want to make you. 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:16.280 That's why, Abraham, where's the label God made man? Because 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:22.480 he willingly trusted God to take him somewhere he didn't 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.480 know he was even going where he was even going, 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:31.200 and he trusted God to make him able to do 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.400 what God had called him to do. Now, God said 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:39.040 this to Abraham. He said, Abraham, I'm gonna make you wealthy. 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:43.200 I'm going to make you a blessing, and I'm going 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:46.040 to make you where you bless other people. 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:48.600 He said, I'm going to make you. 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:54.080 A great nation, and all the people on earth will 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:58.240 be blessed because of you. Listen, I'd rather wear a 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.720 God made man label in it, wouldn't you? That sounds 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:05.000 good to me, doesn't it. I want to make you, 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.760 and you see, he willingly went and obeyed God and 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:15.080 God fulfilled his promises to Abraham. And today that willing 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:19.760 God made man allowed you and I to stand in 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.360 the place we stand today as believers in. 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:24.800 Jesus Christ because he told. 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:29.400 Abraham that I'm going to make you your seed great. 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:34.359 I'm gonna make your seed great. And what he did 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:39.760 was he brought Jesus Christ to this earth through. 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:41.440 The lineage of Abraham. 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:44.960 So you and I are the seed of Abraham because 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:46.720 we're born of Jesus Christ. 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.000 Okay, that's what qualifies us. 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.200 For God to say the same thing to you and 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:58.160 I that he said to Abraham. Because we're born of 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.560 Abraham's seed. He said, I'm going to make all the 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:06.160 people on earth be able to have this advantage in 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:10.080 life because of Jesus Christ. So today I want to 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.640 say to you what God said to Abraham. I want 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:17.800 to bless you. I want to take you. I want 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.800 to make you. I want to make you a. 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.080 Blessing here on this earth. 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:29.080 I want you to wear the label God made man. 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:33.600 You see, God is saying the same thing to you 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:35.280 and I. 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:36.440 I want to bless you. 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.200 I want you to be over I don't want you 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:40.880 to be beneath. 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:42.840 I want you to be the head. I don't want 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:45.960 you to be the tale. He told Abraham, I'll vindicate you. 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.520 That means, he said, those who curse you, I'll curse 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:53.719 those who bless you, I'll bless In modern day terms, 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:57.200 he says, don't worry, Abraham, I'll justify you and I'll 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.520 vindicate you. And that's exactly what God us to do 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:04.560 in your life. But you've got to allow him to 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:09.360 make you. You see, God's pattern is to take us 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:14.040 and make us. Even in the New Testament, when Jesus 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:16.560 called his disciples, you know what he said to them. 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:21.200 He said, follow me, and I will make. 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:26.080 You fishers of men. I will make you, which means 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:30.640 I will help you. I will enable you to become 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:35.760 everything I've called you to be. Now, Abraham was not 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:41.080 called by God because he had complete faith, because his 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:42.640 faith was perfect. 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:45.960 He was called by God because he was willing. 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.520 And you read through his story, and do read his 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:50.640 story in Genesis. 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:52.200 It's very fascinating. 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:54.560 You could read it over and over again and God 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:58.320 will show you different things. But it says in there, 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:05.000 as he was journeying through this pilgrimage, this journey of life, 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:06.840 which we all do, it said that. 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:10.320 God strengthened him in his faith. 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:14.880 So you can see he was a man in the making. 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:21.160 He was a god man in the making. God strengthened 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:23.720 his spaith, and he gave praise to God. 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:25.600 When you read his. 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:29.560 Story, you'll understand. And many of you know that Abraham 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:34.560 was not a perfect man. Abraham made his share of mistakes. 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:38.480 But you know what, God never left him. God never 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:42.160 forsook him. When Abraham stepped out in front of God 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:44.480 and went the wrong way, guess what. 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:48.360 God was right there with him, ease and him back on. 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:54.240 Course, strengthening him in his spaith and his resolve. See 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:59.960 God's pattern is a great mentorship program. Many people want 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.600 a mentor in their life. They think, if I could 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.440 just get with this person, they could tell me everything 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:09.480 that they knew. I could glean from them. Read success books, 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:12.160 read leadership books. They say, get around the people you 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:16.400 want to be like, get inspired by them. 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:21.040 And that's good. But God is your greatest manner. 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:26.080 Jesus Christ is your greatest mentor. He is the one 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:31.200 that wants to take you and make you. He wants 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:33.920 to make you a great parent. He wants to make 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:37.280 you a great leader. Listen, I would rather be parented 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:42.760 by a God made man than a man who thinks 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:45.000 he could do it on his own. I'd rather be 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:49.400 married to a God made man than a man who 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:54.480 thinks he's in control of it all. Listen, we wear 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:57.600 the label you are a man in the making. 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:01.560 We are me in the making. 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:05.480 But we have to understand God is not going to 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:10.800 disqualify us if we make a mistake. He didn't disqualify 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:14.400 Abraham and he's not going to disqualify us. We just 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:16.960 have to dig our heells in and try to stay 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:22.800 the course as he's strengthening us in our faith. He's 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:27.920 a strengthen earth. You know, it's interesting because you know 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:31.440 you've heard that saying I'm not all that I want 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:34.360 to be, but thank God, I'm not what I used 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:37.640 to be. You heard that saying. If you can say 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:40.600 that today, that's a good thing. It's a good thing 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:41.439 because it. 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:44.480 Means you're on the road to progress. 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:48.920 And sometimes the road to progress can be messy because 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:52.240 we're all under construction. You know, when they tear the 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:54.800 roads here up here in Houston, and you're just like, man, 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:55.600 it's a mess. 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:59.600 It's just a mess. It's a construction site. 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.440 I remember when we built our house years ago, and 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:06.400 during the different phases of construction, I would go out 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:10.240 there and I didn't particularly like what I saw. I 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.560 was like, come on, this has got to be this 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.640 has got to progress faster than this. I remember thinking, 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.280 it is a mess. Where's a broom, I'm gonna sweep up. 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:19.440 See. 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:23.480 I didn't see always what I wanted to see until 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:27.160 it got closer to the finished product, and then it 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:29.440 got better and better and better. 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:32.800 And you know what, We're all under construction. 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:37.000 Sometimes we don't like what we see in ourselves, we 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:40.480 don't like what we say in ourselves, but we are 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:41.600 under construction. 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:43.760 We are in. 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:46.520 The phases of being completed. 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:48.559 We're in progress. 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:54.640 And so was Abraham. But God still fulfilled his promises 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:58.800 to Abraham, and God is gonna fulfill his promises to you. 0:10:59.240 --> 0:10:59.320 Now. 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.240 I want you to be encouraged with this scripture because 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:06.120 this is super important in the process, in the construction phase. 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:08.040 This is so important. 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:15.960 Philippians one six says, be confident in this in what 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:22.040 in the construction phase, Be confident that He who began 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:23.360 a good work. 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:28.240 In you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:35.600 Be confident in those difficult times that God is doing 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:36.320 a work in you. 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:39.000 Be confident in the challenges. 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:43.280 Listen, We don't go through difficult times and challenges because 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:46.640 God wants to punish us. We go through things because 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:50.200 it's part of the process. But God, the Great mentor 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:53.360 has his hands on us the entire time. 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.880 He is not going to let us fall or fail. 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:58.000 He is going to. 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:01.680 Complete us and get us to the destination that we 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:04.920 were intended to. Now, you know what a great if 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.280 Abraham was here today and he said, look, I'm gonna 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:07.720 take you. 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.319 I'm gonna mentor you. I've walked with God. I can 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:11.439 tell you all about it. 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:12.360 You know. 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:15.120 He wouldn't pat your hand and say, oh, it's gonna 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:15.680 be okay. 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:23.360 Don't worry, baby, it's all right. You just sit right there. No, 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:27.280 you what a great mentor does. He loves you, but 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:31.320 he challenges you. He says, look, I've been through this before. 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:36.280 I know. God is faithful. Get up, keep going, stay 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:40.400 the course. God is a faithful God. He pushes you, 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:41.880 He sharpens you. 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:46.360 That's what God does to us in difficult times. He 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:48.439 doesn't pat us on the back all the time. He's 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:51.720 a loving and kind and gentle but he is saying 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:54.480 get up. I am with you, I am for you. 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.600 I'll never leave you or forsake you. You're gonna be 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.640 strengthened in your faith as you go through, so when 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:03.400 you get to the other side, you're prepared for the 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:04.200 next level. 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:06.120 You're prepared for. 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.720 Me to bring forth the promises that I have in store. 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:14.400 You're prepared to be the blessing that I am making 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:19.720 you into. You are my man, You are my woman 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:24.520 of faith. You are God's man in the making. Be 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:30.079 confident of this. Remind yourself, if God be for you, who. 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.720 Dare be against you? And you are on the road 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:36.600 to completion? Amen? 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