Realign Your Focus to Stay on Course | Victoria Osteen

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We had this huge red umbrella that 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:58.880 we drilled down in the sand. We'd put our beach 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:02.160 blanket out, get our chest, get our spot ready for 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:04.440 a day at the beach, and as soon as it 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:07.680 was set, I'd take off to the water. I could 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:10.560 spend hours out in the waves just having such a 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:13.679 good time. And one day I had been out there 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:17.519 seems like for several hours. In fact, I had made 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:20.760 it to the second sandbar. Now, if you know what 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:24.320 those sandbars are, they're deep spots, and then you get 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:26.760 on the sandbar and it's like you're on the shore. 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:28.880 You can be way out and you can be just 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.280 up to your knees. So I had made my way 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.040 all the way out to the second sandbar. I wanted 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:36.840 my family to see me from shore because I thought 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.680 I am really done well today. So I stood up 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.480 and I began to wave my hands looking for my family. 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:46.320 I was searching everywhere for where our spot was, where 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:50.880 we had set that red umbrella. When I realized I 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:53.519 could see a lot of people, I could see a 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:58.000 lot of things, but I couldn't spot my family. Well, 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:01.000 I got kind of panicking. As a little girl, I thought, 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.840 I gotta find my family. Where did they go? So 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:06.960 I swam as quick as I could, worked really hard 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.840 to make it to shore looking for my family. Or 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:12.000 walk to the left all the way as far as 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:16.400 I could, couldn't find them, turned around, walked to the right, 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:20.000 looking and looking for my family. When at a distance, 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:24.240 I spotted that red umbrella. And can I tell you, 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.440 as a little girl. That was a happy moment for me. 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:32.440 I thought, there they are, I'm safe, and everything is okay. 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.520 You see, what I didn't realize was when I was 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:41.320 out in that water, those undercurrents were slowly taking me 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:45.240 down the beach. It was so subtle. I was playing, 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:49.400 minding my own business, but they just drug me all 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.560 the way down the beach, about two to three hundred 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:57.680 maybe more feet down the beach. I didn't even realize 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:02.160 what was happening to me. You know, in life it 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:06.960 can mean much like that. There are undercurrents in life 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:11.360 trying to drag us off, get us off course from 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:15.320 where we are supposed to be. I hear these comments 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:18.760 a lot. I was raised in church. My whole life. 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:21.560 I went to church. I don't know how I got 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:25.080 so far away from God. Spoke to a woman the 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:28.640 other day. She was telling me how happy her marriage 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:33.520 was until they begin to argue, until they begin to 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:36.160 not be able to see eye to eye. She said. 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:40.400 We were so happy at first, she said, but now 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:45.599 we've drifted apart, we've separated. Things just aren't the same. 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:51.440 You see, those are the results of the undercurrents that 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:55.599 are trying to destroy our life to get us off course. 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:58.480 And those are the things that we need to pay 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:02.039 attention to because it can be so subtle we don't 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:07.200 even realize that they're happening. Undercurrents can be many different things. 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:11.240 Can be hanging around with the wrong people, the wrong friends, 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:15.600 go in places, and being with people that don't have 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:19.080 the same values that you do. This is what the 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:25.640 Bible says about that. It says bad company corrupts good character. 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:32.920 It actually says, don't be misled. Don't be misled. Undercurrents 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:40.360 can be bad attitudes, can be selfishness, laziness, anger. See, 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:43.960 these are the things that can separate families. These are 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:46.760 the things that can cause us to lose good jobs, 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:50.799 successful careers. You see, if I would have just paid 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:55.479 attention to where I was in relation to where that 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:59.480 rud On Bella was, I could have kept my position. See, 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:03.000 the under currents were there and they were dragging me off, 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:06.880 because undercurrents will always have that tendency to drag us. 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.360 But I could have made the necessary adjustments to get 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:16.640 back in line. See, I could have positioned myself back 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:21.240 to where I needed to be. I think about Sampson 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:25.080 in the Bible. Many of you know his story the 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:29.120 prophets predicted his birth. He was a man that had 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:34.280 an amazing destiny lined out for him. He had this 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:39.000 supernatural strength that God had given him. He was talented. 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:43.479 God had positioned him in an amazing position. But he 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:47.680 was weak in his morality. He got his eyes on 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:53.120 the wrong things. He let his guard down. You see, 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:59.200 he didn't keep the position that he had. Those undercurrents 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:04.800 in life dragged him off and he never was everything 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:09.479 he could have been. Can you imagine if he would 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:12.400 have just got up during the day at some point, 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.840 if he would have just said to himself, am I 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:19.640 on the right course? Am I focused? Am I aligned 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:23.840 with my purpose? Am I treating people right? Am I 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.760 respecting what God has given me? And am I walking 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:32.560 humbly before him, honoring him with what I do? Can 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:35.480 you imagine if he would have done that, the life 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:39.040 he could have lived. See, he would not have had 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.720 to suffer so much pain, and he wouldn't have ended 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:48.080 up in the hands of his enemy. You see, we 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:51.800 all need to deal with these undercurrents. See, they don't 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:56.280 go away. Life is full of undercurrents, Life is full 0:07:56.320 --> 0:08:02.360 of distractions, temptations. You see, all make mistakes we all 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.440 fall down sometimes, but we don't have to stay down. 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:10.480 We can realign and readjust ourself. We just got to 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:15.280 be willing to ask ourselves the questions every day. Am 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:20.080 I fulfilling my destiny? Am I honoring God? You know 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:23.600 it's kind of like getting off your diet and eating 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.280 some ice cream and then you go, well, I'm so 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.240 off my diet, I'll just go get the whole gallon. 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:33.280 You know we do this sometime. In fact, they say 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:38.160 that most of life is just habits. Can I tell you, 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:41.559 we've got to look at our habits. We've got to 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:45.200 see if these habits are serving us, serving our family, 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.800 creating the life that we were in intended to have. 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:53.280 You know, sometimes these things just seem small and insignificant. 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.440 But can I tell you it's th small things that 0:08:56.440 --> 0:09:01.560 aren't taken care of that can do damage. Throwing our 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:06.480 words around, being disrespectful in a relationship, saying things that 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:10.600 we want to. You see, you could say to yourself, look, 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:13.280 I'm just letting off a little steam. They know I 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:17.080 love them, They deserve it. They shouldn't have done that. See, 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:20.520 we can make excuses for these little things all day long, 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:26.640 showing up to work late, thinking, you know why boss 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:28.840 isn't here. He doesn't even come till eight thirty. I 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:30.440 don't know why he expects me to be here at 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:36.080 eight o'clock surfing the internet when the company is paying you, 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:41.160 not being your best. See these seem small, But these 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.640 are the small things that can turn into big issues 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:49.440 in our life if we're not careful. The scripture says, 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:54.760 it's the small foxes that spoil the vine. See it's 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:58.520 those things that we don't always pay attention to. They're subtle. 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:02.800 They like to cause us to move from the position 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:06.560 that we are supposed to be. You see, if you 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:10.120 found yourself drifting in areas today, I want to tell 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:14.920 you you can refocus. You can realign yourself. It's not 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:20.440 too late to correct. You can start today. Listen to 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.560 what it says in Colossians three too. It says, set 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:28.320 your mind on things above, not on earthly things. You 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.880 know what that means. It means set your mind on 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:35.840 the higher things. Set your mind on the things of value, 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:41.199 the things of importance, the things that enricher God given destiny. 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:44.880 You are full of gifts and talents. You gotta set 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:47.240 your mind on where you want to go with those 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:52.360 gifts and talents, creating an atmosphere that brings joy and 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:58.760 love and forgiveness. You see, just like that red umbrella 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:02.200 marked my spot. If I would have just set my 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:06.440 mind on it, I could have kept my position. We've 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:10.040 got to set our mind on honoring God. Set our 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:14.680 mind on living a life of integrity. Set our mind 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:19.640 on fulfilling the dreams that God has put in our heart. 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:22.640 Don't think they're too big. You've just got to set 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:25.760 your mind on them and they'll come out of you. 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:25.960 You know. 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:29.960 Today, let me just say this, The Bible says, lay 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:38.000 aside those weights, those sins that's so easily come against 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:40.839 us to get us off course. Listen, God knows how 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:44.720 easy it is. You are not a failure. If you 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.320 have sinned, you are not a failure. If you've moved 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.320 out of your direction. There is no mistake that you've 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:54.400 made today that will take you from your destiny. God 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:58.120 loves you with an everlasting love, and he's saying it 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:03.120 is easy. So you have to set your mind. Maybe 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:05.760 you need to ask for forgiveness today. Maybe you need 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.200 to go to a family member and say, hey, listen, 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:11.720 I have messed up. I'm gonna set my mind, set 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:16.800 my heart on being a good husband, wife, father, whatever 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:21.600 it is. Today you can start and begin again. I 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:24.760 believe that you've got an amazing future in store for you. 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:27.840 I believe that God is saying to you, I know 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:31.280 it's easy, but I've given you the power to overcome 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.280 the currents of life. You may have to wait in 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:37.960 these currents, but you can control your life in these currents. 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:41.640 I believe and declare today that God has a bright 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:45.080 future in store for you, bigger than you can ever ask, 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:49.319 think or imagine. He's gonna open new doors of opportunities 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:52.080 for you. He's gonna make up lost time for you. 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.280 He's gonna get you to where you need to be 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:58.760 in Jesus' name. And if you believe that, shine a 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:02.640 great big amen, say and amen. 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:07.480 Thank you for listening to the Joel Loustine podcast. Help 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:10.320 us continue to share the message of hope with those 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:14.320 all over the world. Visit Joeloustein dot com slash give 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:16.080 Hope to give a gift today. 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:19.800 Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:22.679 I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:26.200 podcast to keep you inspired all through the week, We're 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:28.840 praying for you. 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