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Contentment Is a State of mind - Victoria Osteen

Joel Osteen
June 21, 2017 18m 54s

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God has a great purpose for your life! He has marked you as a person of influence on this earth. Just by you being the best you can be, you are making an eternal difference. You are part of God’s plan and you are helping to move the kingdom of God forward.At times, we can’t necessarily see our gifts and talents. We don’t understand how we can be used to influence others. I think about Moses in the wilderness for 40 years. He was raised as Egyptian but as a young man he made some mistakes and acted out of anger. He ended up fleeing to the wilderness where God appeared to him as a burning bush and said, “I have an assignment for you.” Moses was afraid and felt unworthy but God knew exactly who Moses was. He said, “I’m doing a work and I want you to lead it. I choose you to lead my people.” Moses literally pleaded with God. He didn’t think he could carry out the assignment. He was thinking about his past. He focused on the fact that he stuttered. He didn’t feel equipped at all. But God said, “I’ve been shaping you from the beginning.” Moses ultimately surrendered to God and God used Moses in a powerful way.Even though Moses couldn’t see what God had placed in His life, Hundreds of years later after Moses died they said, “Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action” (Acts 7:22, NIV). That was a far cry from the way he saw himself!This is an excellent reminder to us that it’s up to us to mix our ability with faith and let God have His way even when we don’t understand how He can use us. We have to put one foot in front of the other and let Him lead us into His plans and purposes. You may not see what’s in you right now, but just like Moses, God does. He is at work in you! Remember, you are a person of purpose and influence and God is using you in powerful ways in the earth! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's time, Your time, not just to 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:06.199 go back to school, but to come back and move 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:11.039 forward with Purdue Global, Purdue's online university for working adults. 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:15.520 Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:29.360 I want to encourage you today that God has great 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:34.760 purpose for your life. You a whole meaning, you hold potential, 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:38.760 You hold everything you need to make this earth a 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:42.520 better place. And I want to charge us today to 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:47.200 just reevaluate our life and realize we are here for 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:51.600 God's purpose and God's glory. You know, sometimes it's easy 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:53.880 to feel like we're here to just go to our job, 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:57.960 go to school, have our friends, raise our family. But 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:02.240 can I tell you today, God has marked you to 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:06.520 have an influence on this earth. See you, you just 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:09.959 being here, You being the best you can be, using 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:14.320 your gifts, using your talents, and honoring God. You're making 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:20.359 an eternal difference. You are causing this earth to be enriched, 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:24.960 and you are moving the Kingdom of God forward. You see, 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:29.840 sometimes we don't appreciate what God has given us. We 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:33.880 don't understand this gift and the purpose that we're here for. 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:38.520 And I believe when we shake ourselves and we say listen, listen, 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:39.960 I'm not here by accident. 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:42.520 I'm not here because my parents wanted a baby. 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:45.600 I'm not here just to take up spaith and time 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.840 on this earth, but I'm here for an eternal reason. 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:55.079 My being here has meaning and my life matters. 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.520 You see, when God looks at you, he looks at 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.880 you like you matter, and he wants you to take 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:04.639 what He's given you, and he wants you to mix it. 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.640 With faith, and he wants you to move forward on 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:08.200 this earth. 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.640 You see a lot of times we can't see what 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:13.600 God has given us. 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:15.120 Let's just be really real. 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:19.480 You know, sometimes we can't see the gifts and talents. 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:21.399 We can look at other people and we can see 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:24.440 how they excel. We can see how they've got such 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.600 a great personality. Oh, it seems so easy for them. 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:31.320 They can just do this. They're so creative. Oh they're 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.200 so smart. How can they figure all that out? We 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:37.240 can see it in others, but we can't always see 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:41.320 it in ourselfs. And see when we can't see it 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:45.200 in ourselves doesn't mean it's not there. See, God sees 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.360 it in us because God put it there. The Bible 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:51.680 says when Jesus went to Earth, he led the captives free, 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:55.400 and he gave gifts to men. Do you know He's 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:58.760 given you gifts? We don't all have the same gifts. 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:01.360 We've got to be comfortable with our gifts. We got 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:03.880 to be able to recognize our gifts. We've got to 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.480 walk in those gifts and not compare those gifts. 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:08.680 We got to know that our gifts. 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:12.360 Are here for a purpose, and we've got to appreciate 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:16.000 what God has given us. I think about Moses. He 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.080 was raised as an Egyptian. He ended up fleeing to 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.880 the wilderness, and he was there for forty years. 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:23.520 God appeared to. 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:26.599 Him in a burning bush one day and says, Moses, 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:28.120 I have an assignment for you. 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:29.240 Now. 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:33.039 God knew exactly who he was talking to. He knew 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:37.000 everything about Moses. He created Moses. He saw Moses floating 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.320 down the river. He saw Moses when he lived in 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:42.279 the palace. He saw Moses when he was afraid and 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:43.440 ran to the desert. 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:46.719 He knew exactly who Moses was. He knew he was 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:47.320 dealing with. 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:50.920 He said, Moses, I want you to lead my people 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.720 out of Egypt into the Promised Land because I'm. 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:56.599 Doing a work and I'm going to use you to 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:58.800 do it. See it's so interesting. 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.719 I can only imagine Mo standing there like, really, God, 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.200 it says an exodent's for he literally pleaded with God. 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.880 He said, no, God, not me. You got the wrong man. 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:13.520 God, I stutter, I can't speak well, I can't carry 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:17.119 this assignment out. I'm sure he was thinking about his past. 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.200 I'm sure he was thinking about how I've been in 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:22.360 the desert. Lord, you don't know, I mean, you got 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.640 the wrong man. But God was saying, no, I've been 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:30.200 shaping you from the beginning. Every experience you have, every 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.880 gift God places in you, has brought you for such 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:35.240 a time as this, for this assignment. 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.640 And you know, God used Moses in a powerful. 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:43.839 Way, even though Moses couldn't see what God had placed 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:44.440 in his life. 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:46.720 I find it very interesting. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:50.599 In Acts seven, twenty two, hundreds of years later, after 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.760 Moses was dead, this is what the writer of Acts 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:57.200 wrote about Moses. Says, Moses was well educated in all 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:02.360 the wisdom of the Egyptian, and he was powerful in 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:08.880 speech and action. Moses was powerful in speech and action. 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:11.880 That was a far cry from what he thought about himself. 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:15.960 It was a far crid from what he was telling God. See, 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:19.680 isn't it interesting what he couldn't see in himself, God 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:20.360 had others see. 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:21.440 See. 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:25.120 You may not be able to see your gifts, your talents, 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:28.039 your abilities, But can I tell you if you will 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:31.160 use them for God. Let God take those and turn 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:35.240 them into supernatural abilities. People will see what you have 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:39.880 and you will accomplish great things in your life. But 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:44.320 it's up to us to mix our abilities, our gifts 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:47.280 that God's given us with faith and get up every 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.680 day and put one foot in front of the other. 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:51.960 Because I can tell you when God asked you to 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:54.760 do something. Can I just give you a little hint 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:56.880 right now that you probably already know is. 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.719 Not gonna be easy. God's gonna call you to some 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:00.480 heart stuff. 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:05.120 Why God, I like easy, I like comfortable. 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:05.480 God. 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:07.760 I like to do those things that are easy for 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.760 me to do. God's saying, I want to I want 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:12.240 you to take those things that are easy for you 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:14.440 to do and those things that are difficult for you 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:16.000 to do, and I want you to give them to me, 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:17.920 because see those. 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.880 Difficult places, that's where you grow. 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.880 When God speaks to those difficult places, you know what 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:24.400 he's doing. 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:25.440 He's not being me. 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:30.960 He's speaking to your potential. He's saying If you stay here, you're. 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:35.800 Not gonna become everything you were designed to be. He's 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:36.760 not gonna. 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.640 Call you to the easy places. He's gonna call you 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:43.680 to some tough things. But just like Moses, you're gonna 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:47.200 look back and you're gonna go. God, you did more 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:50.040 than I could ask, think or imagine. God, You've fulfilled 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:53.960 my life. You've enriched my life. But see, all along 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:56.760 the way, we're gonna have to stir up the gifts 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:59.560 of God within us. We're gonna have to use our faith. 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:03.480 We're gonna have to believe in our abilities. The apostle 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.800 Paul wrote to a young man named Timothy. He wrote 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:09.320 a letter to him for two reasons, One because he 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.560 loved him, and two because he saw that Timothy was 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:16.680 extremely discouraged. He was facing some situations and he did 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.880 not feel like he had the ability to carry out 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:23.040 what God had called him to do. In fact, his mentor, 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.640 Paul was in prison, the mastermind of everything, and he thought, 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:29.440 oh my gosh, am I ever gonna see Paul again? 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.960 I mean, I need Paul. Have you ever needed someone? 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.040 Can you come with me? I'll do it if you 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:35.680 could come with me. 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:39.560 That's probably how he felt, Paul, where are you. I 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:44.040 cannot do this by myself. I'm young, you see. 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:47.240 But Paul wanted him to know this, but he could. 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:51.200 So Paul said, there's a combination, a winning combination. 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:52.720 I want to tell you about it. So we wrote 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:53.000 him a. 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:57.720 Letter and he said, Timothy, I'm writing you this letter 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:02.319 to remind you to stir up the gifts of God 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:06.280 within you by faith. But since it's Mother's Day, can 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:08.520 I back up in that letter and just tell you 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:10.440 one thing that Paul said to all of you mothers 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.200 out there. I don't want you to take this mother 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:16.040 to heart, because I really believe this is what God's 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:20.120 saying to you today. He's saying, he wrote this. He said, Timothy, 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:26.400 I see the faith of your grandmother and of your mother, 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:31.000 and the faith that they had I'm sure lives in you. 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:35.920 What a compliment I mean for a mother, that's a 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:37.120 very good compliment. 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:39.560 If you see that I was a good example to 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:40.320 my children. 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:45.280 He was saying, I see that you came from a 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:46.079 good example. 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:48.320 You've learned how to live. 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:53.640 But then he said this, Paul, I believe this faith 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:57.320 lives in you, So it's time for you to use 0:09:57.400 --> 0:10:01.840 your faith and stir up your gift. I think in essence, 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:04.520 he was really giving those mothers the greatest compliment in 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:08.480 the world. He was charging their son to say, don't 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:10.040 live off your mama's faith. 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:12.960 God's great that you have an example. 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:16.120 But it's time to find your faith, and it's time 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:19.199 to mix it with your ability, because you've. 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:22.840 Got a job to do. You see the breath of encouragement. 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:26.720 It's the greatest gift you can give someone's child, to say, 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:27.680 find your faith. 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:31.160 You See, my dream would be that my children would 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:32.240 find their own faith. 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.800 Yes, I've been a good example, but. 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.560 They would find their faith and they would mix that 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.360 faith with the ability and the gifts that God's given them, 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:44.360 and they would charge into this world having a positive effect, 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:48.079 an eternal result on this earth. See, they're not here 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:51.480 by accident, and neither are you. They're here for a purpose. 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.840 You're going to go through many different seasons of life. 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:58.600 Don't just do it thinking you're getting through it. Do 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.640 it with purpose and death. And he stir up the gifts. 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:05.560 You are making waves everywhere you go for God. 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:08.040 You have an assignment. 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:15.280 God needs you. Your life matters. Invite Jesus into every 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:16.200 area of your life. 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.160 Invite him into your boat, so to speak. 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:23.200 You see the first time that Jesus met Simon Peter 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:25.959 before he changed his name. He had never met him before. 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:30.160 Simon Peter didn't know Jesus. Jesus came walking up because 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:33.400 the crowds were following him and Jesus needed to push 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.080 back a little bit from the crowds. He saw Simon 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:38.880 Peter and his crew over their washing nets because they'd 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.400 been fishing. Their boats were on the edge of the water, 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:43.480 and Jesus said, I need to get in your boat, 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:46.280 Simon Peter. He said, you need to push me out 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:50.439 a little ways. And Simon Peter let him in his boat, 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:53.360 and he pushed him out, and Jesus said, I need 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.840 to get in that boat because see what I need 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:56.200 to do. 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:58.720 Is continue the work that I am doing. 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:01.040 He was preaching to the people, but he needed a 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:03.400 little bit of break, so he needed to get in 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:06.319 Simon's Peter's boat so he could finish the work. 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:11.000 Now, Simon Peter's boat, you know what it represented. 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:15.200 It represented his office, it was his vocation, it was 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:18.200 his livelihood. He could have said to wait a minute, minute, 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:20.120 that's my boat. Can't get in the boat that's only 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:20.640 for fishing. 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:22.400 You know, it's really interesting. 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:27.240 The day that Simon Peter let him in his boat, 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:32.120 that job that he had, that fishing job, it became 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:35.480 more than a job. It became a calling. When he 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:37.880 allowed him in his boat so that Jesus could do 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:38.400 the work. 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:41.520 That job wasn't just a job. 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:46.240 It became a calling for Peter's life. It became a 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:49.760 destiny and a passion. He realized, no matter if I'm fishing, 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:52.680 or if i'm or if I'm with Jesus, I'm going 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:55.240 to do the work of God. You see, he was 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:58.559 a fisherman, but that calling changed him into a fisher 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:05.679 of men. God wants in your boats, he wants in 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:10.239 your school, he wants in the middle of changing diapers, 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:13.720 he wants in the middle of your family. He wants 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.520 to keep doing the work. But guess what He's got 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:18.400 to get in your boat to finish it up. 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:20.280 You know what. 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:22.640 I love my mother. She's here today. Happy Mother's Day. 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:28.239 I love Madodi, she's here today. Happy Mother's Day. 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:30.120 I've watched my mother. 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:34.240 She's had a business in Houston for the last forty years, 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:37.439 and I've watched her take that business that jewelry business 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:42.120 and turn it into a pulpit. No, she wasn't called 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:45.320 to a ministry behind a pulpit. But you know what 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:48.079 she's done. She's letting Jesus come in her boat. 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:49.520 She's always been the. 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.440 Type of person who wanted to help people, who love people, 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:56.080 who would always be an encourager. And I watch her 0:13:56.600 --> 0:14:03.160 from that business encourage people, invite to church, fuel their faith. See, 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.720 she let Jesus in her boat. And I was thinking 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:08.520 about this the other day. She's been in business a 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.240 long time in the city, and she's seen the economy 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.280 go up, she's seen the economy go down, and God's. 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:18.160 Been good to her. He sustained her business. He sustained it. 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.480 And I believe it's because he said, I still need 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:20.960 your boat. 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.680 I still need your boat, and I know that you'll 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:26.520 give me your boat so it will keep you afloat. 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.920 Can I tell you, when you let Jesus in your boat, 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:33.160 he'll keep you afloat. 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:35.160 He'll keep you afloat. 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:40.480 What an example to have a mother who loves people, 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:44.880 who wants to encourage people to bring Jesus into her boat. 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:49.960 I feel a little like Timothy. I'm blessed that way. 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:55.080 But you know what, the greatest compliment to my mother 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:58.960 and every mother in here could be that me, her 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:04.040 daughter would find my own faith, would learn from the example, 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:08.160 but find my own faith, mix it with the gifts. 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:12.480 God's given me, and ladge out in my boat so 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:14.600 I can let Jesus get in with me. 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.440 Today, you want to give your mom the best gift 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:21.000 there is, find your faith. 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:23.640 Thank her for the example, but. 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:27.120 Let her know, Mom, because of your example, Hey, I'm 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:30.480 finding my faith and I almost stir up my gifts and 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:32.040 I'm launching out for Jesus. 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:35.560 Amen. 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