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0:00Chapter number
0:0237, Dream Chasers. I'm excited about
0:04this, guys. I've been waiting to get
0:06this to you. Uh we had, um we got some
0:09amazing things happening, uh in the
0:11church we're going to tell you about
0:12later. But man, God is doing some crazy,
0:14crazy good stuff. Genesis chapter number
0:1737, uh verse number five. If you got it,
0:19say, "I got it." If you don't have it,
0:21say, "Hold up. Wait a minute." Waiting
0:23on the pages. There we go. We waiting on
0:24the page. I love it. Genesis chapter
0:26number 37, verse number five says this.
0:28Joseph had a
0:31dream and when he told it to his
0:34brothers they hated him all the
0:38more. Joseph had a dream and when they
0:42told it to his brothers they hated him
0:46all the more. I want to put a tag on
0:49this text. Joseph had a dream. I want to
0:51put a tag on this text and teach from
0:53this topic. Beyond your wildest
0:56dreams. beyond your wildest dreams. You
0:59may have a seat in the house. If you're
1:02ready for a word, say, "Oh yeah." Oh
1:04yeah. Family, a quote arrested me while
1:08I was in preparation for today's
1:11conversation. And this quote is this. If
1:14you're big enough for your dream, then
1:18your dream isn't big enough for your
1:21God.
1:23I if if you are big enough for your
1:25dream, then your dream isn't big enough
1:28for your God. That quote succinctly sums
1:33up this sermon in a sentence today for
1:35real. I mean, if if our dreams are
1:37solely dependent, watch this. If our
1:40dreams are solely dependent on our
1:43intellectual prowess, our financial
1:46fidelity or our relational orbit or even
1:49our physical abilities, then our dreams
1:51are at best the basement for what God
1:55has for us. If our dreams are totally
1:58dependent on us, our dreams are at best
2:01the basement that what God has for us.
2:04One author says it like this. He says,
2:05"Your dreams are illustrations from the
2:08book your soul is writing about you." I
2:11I love that. I want to take that even a
2:13little bit further. If y'all stay with
2:15me, we're going somewhere. I I will say
2:16that our dreams are oftentimes a glimpse
2:19into God's desired future for us.
2:22Because watch this. God never shows us
2:25what he doesn't want to
2:27do. Y'all gonna catch that Wednesday.
2:30God never shows us what he doesn't want
2:35to do. And this is why some of us feels
2:37like God won't leave me alone. It is
2:40like he keeps showing me and nudging you
2:44in directions that he has a dream for
2:46you and you keep shelfing it and
2:48explaining it away. He keeps sending
2:50confirmation after confirmation and you
2:53still aren't convinced that it's
2:55actually him that's calling you. He
2:56keeps a specific people group on your
2:59heart that you can't get away from and
3:02you're trying to figure out how come
3:04every time I go to a place that type of
3:07person is centered around me. Somebody
3:09say dreamchaser. He He keeps bothering
3:12you about a business that you talked
3:14yourself out of starting. He keeps
3:16pushing you in the same field at
3:19different jobs and you're upset about
3:21it. I'm coming to get you. He keeps
3:23nudging you about that partnership that
3:25would change the trajectory of so many
3:28people's lives in your community. He
3:31keeps reminding you year after year that
3:34there's more to you than working 40
3:36years on somebody else's job and then
3:39retiring. I'm coming to get you. He
3:41keeps constantly reiterating and
3:43reminding you that you're not too old
3:45for this and you're not too young for
3:47that. He keeps calling you out of the
3:50familiarity of your family. Uh then you
3:53keep fighting him. You you keep
3:55resisting his redirection just to follow
3:58the wellworn path of the family line.
4:01But God is trying to tell you that the
4:04dream God have mercy. The dream that he
4:06has for you is bigger than something
4:08you've ever seen.
4:11God never shows us what he doesn't want
4:14to do.
4:17So if God is budging me and if God is
4:20nudging me, if God is reminding me and
4:24if God is redirecting me, then that must
4:26mean that the dream that I have for
4:30myself is only the basement of the dream
4:34that God desires to do through me. He
4:36wants to do
4:38exceedingly
4:40abundantly
4:41above my wildest dream.
4:46If it's my dream, I'm gonna try to say
4:48this without running y'all. If it's my
4:50dream, then I'm responsible for making
4:53it come to pass.
4:57But if it's God's dream,
5:01I'm getting ready to run out of this
5:03church. If it's my dream, then I'm fully
5:07responsible.
5:08Meaning, it can only go as far as I go.
5:12But if it's God's dream, then where I
5:14end, he picks up.
5:19So now I've only got two jobs. Look at
5:22somebody say, "You got two jobs in this
5:23season. You got two jobs. You ain't got
5:26one job. You got two jobs in this
5:27season." In this season, you got two
5:29jobs. And that is to submit and then to
5:32celebrate. Submit to God's route and
5:34then celebrate your results. Submit to
5:37God's word and celebrate your provision.
5:40submit to God's redirection and
5:42celebrate what God is getting. Is there
5:44anybody in here that believes that God
5:46is getting ready to take them that just
5:48from dreams, but from dreams to doing,
5:51from concepts to creation, from ideas to
5:54implementation. I don't just want to
5:56have it in my heart. I want to see it in
5:58my hands. Is there anybody in here that
6:00can say, "God, I have a dream for my
6:03life.
6:05I don't just want to have a vision board
6:09of what I want to do.
6:12I want to have a testimony. Lord have
6:14mercy. Of what God did.
6:18Somebody say dream chasers. Dream
6:20chasers. That that that that's what it
6:22is. And and and if it's God's dream,
6:25then that's what I'm chasing. If it's
6:26God's dream, then that's what I'm
6:28chasing. I'm chasing God's dream chasers
6:31are those I want to see if I have any in
6:33the room. Dreamchasers are those who
6:36embrace and are actively pursuing God's
6:40dream for their lives, especially in the
6:43face of
6:44challenges. That they believe that God's
6:46dream is not just right, it's better.
6:52See, see, see, I lost half of the church
6:55on that last part.
6:57They are at dreamchasers are actively
7:00pursuing God. Somebody say God's dream.
7:03God's dream. God's dream in their lives
7:07especially in the face of adversity and
7:09especially in the face of challenges.
7:11Watch this. Dreamchasers believe that
7:13God's dream is not just right, it's
7:16better.
7:19This is so good to me. I've been waiting
7:21to get this to y'all since Tuesday.
7:23God's dream is not just right, it's
7:27better. And all throughout scripture, we
7:29see individuals who have left their
7:31dreams to follow God's dreams.
7:35Yeah. Yeah. As a matter of fact, the
7:36book of Genesis, the father of faith,
7:38his name is Abraham. Y'all say Abraham.
7:40Abra. A Abraham wasn't necessarily
7:42dreaming about being the father of
7:44faith. uh uh uh and and and and and and
7:46having descendants as numerous as the
7:49stars, but but God's dream was beyond
7:52Abraham's wildest dream.
7:55Moses Moses was not having dreams about
7:59being a
8:00deliverer. God tapped him on the
8:02shoulder and said, "Moses, the dreams
8:04you have for your life are limited."
8:07And then God did something through Moses
8:09by by by leading the children of Israel
8:11out of out of Egyptian bondage. He did
8:14something beyond Moses's wildest dream.
8:17He parted red seas. He He He did He sent
8:21mana from heaven. So what God did
8:23through Moses was beyond Moses's wildest
8:26dreams. And maybe, just maybe, if God
8:30did something beyond Abraham's wildest
8:32dream, maybe if God did something beyond
8:36Moses's wildest dream, maybe God is not
8:40using them for us to idolize them. Maybe
8:44God is using them as a template for what
8:47he wants to do in us. Maybe if we submit
8:51to his dream,
8:53God can do something beyond our wildest
8:55dreams.
8:57Maybe if we submit to his way, God can
9:00do something beyond our own way. Maybe
9:03if we allow God's word to invade our own
9:06will, God, I'm preaching better than
9:09y'all saying, "Amen." God will do
9:11something that eyes have not seen. H and
9:14ears have not heard.
9:18In this book of Genesis, we see an
9:21individual that God called the dream
9:24chasing and he didn't even know
9:26it. I I think that there's some powerful
9:29principles in this passage uh in the
9:31book of Genesis chapter number 37. But
9:33Genesis chapter number 1-11 really deals
9:35with all of the falls. Let me give you a
9:37little context so that you can respect
9:38the content. Genesis chapters 1-11 deals
9:42with all of the fall. the Adamic fall,
9:43the fall of Cain and Abel, the fall uh
9:45that dealt with the tower of Babel, that
9:47whole situation. Then Genesis 12 12-23
9:50deals with uh this story uh uh primarily
9:54of Abraham, the father of our faith. It
9:56journeys uh through Abraham, Genesis 24
9:58through I'm I'm saying all this for a
10:00reason. Genesis 4 24-27 is dealing with
10:03Abraham's son, Isaac. Y'all say Isaac.
10:06That's important. All right. Then then
10:07it goes on uh Genesis 28 through35 deals
10:11with Isaac's son uh Jacob and Esau,
10:14right? This whole narrative about the
10:16birthright and this and and they Okay, I
10:18don't have time to unpack it. Y'all go
10:19back and read it. And then then then the
10:21mama helped trick Isaac out of the
10:23birthright and gave it to Jacob instead
10:25of Esau. I'll come back for that. Jacob
10:28was a trickster. Jacob Jacob wrestled
10:31with the angel, right? And he said, "I'm
10:33not going to let go until you bless me."
10:35Uh then the angel uh touched Jacob's hip
10:38socket and Jacob had a limp and then uh
10:41God changed Jacob's name and this whole
10:44narrative. Genesis 37 focuses the shift
10:47from watch this watch this Isaac's son
10:50Jacob who had a son named Joseph.
10:55Now all of that's important. I didn't
10:57just say that for no reason. All of
10:58that's important. Um so we're introduced
11:00to Joseph, Jacob's son. Jacob the
11:05trickster whose names change was changed
11:08from Jacob to Israel. All right, this is
11:11important. Jacob whose name changed from
11:14Jacob to Israel is the father of Joseph.
11:18All right, hang on to that. Here we go.
11:19So So, so the first thing we see Jacob
11:24uh uh I'm sorry, Joseph, we see in
11:28Joseph we see that his whole family is a
11:30trip.
11:33Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
11:35Yeah. Yeah. Grandma and and and and and
11:38granddaddy was tripping. They was trying
11:40to trick the own family out of birth
11:42rights and and all kind of stuff was
11:44going on. And and mama was trying to
11:46play daddy to get the her favorite
11:49child, the birthright, and all of this
11:52stuff. This there's a there's a whole
11:53lot of dysfunction in Joseph's family.
11:58So, by the time we pick up our text,
11:59Joseph is 17 years old. This is going to
12:02mess you up. Here, this is Joseph. He's
12:0417 years old. But on nowhere in the
12:06Bible do you find anything negatively
12:08written about Joseph. This is important.
12:11Here it is. Joseph is a a a he is a man.
12:16Watch this. Joseph is a man that came
12:19out of a dysfunctional family.
12:22But he did not let the dysfunction of
12:24his family I'm coming to get you in
12:25here.
12:28To bleed onto his life. Wow. I'm
12:31preaching to somebody that's dis that
12:33has a dysfunctional family like me. I
12:34ain't the only one
12:37that God will often times call one
12:41person out of a family to show the
12:45family how they should be acting like
12:48that person and you're upset because
12:50you're trying to figure out why does
12:52everybody keep coming to me? I'm the
12:54youngest. Why are they asking me for
12:56$20? Why are they asking me for advice?
12:59where God will often times bring you out
13:01of a family to show your family.
13:07Look at somebody and say, "I am the
13:09exception."
13:11The exception means what happened with
13:13them does not dictate and determine what
13:16happens with me. In other words, if
13:19everybody else had to deal with that
13:20issue before it got to me, when it got
13:23to me, that generational struggle has
13:26been cut.
13:28I wish I had somebody in here that can
13:31say that I am the generational changer.
13:34Everything changes with me. My money is
13:37getting ready to change. My mind is
13:39getting ready to change. My marriage is
13:42getting ready. Is there anybody in here
13:44that can say I'm a dream
13:46[Applause]
13:49chaser? God picks Joseph.
13:55This is so good to me. So, let's pick up
13:58the text in Genesis chapter number 37
14:01verse number two. This is the account of
14:04Jacob's family
14:05line. Joseph, a young man of 17, was
14:09tending the flocks with his brothers,
14:10the sons of Bal and the sons of Zila.
14:15Those were Jacob's wives with an S. He
14:19had wives.
14:21Amen. Okay, I said dysfunction. Y'all
14:24heard me when I said this one and this
14:26for the people like, "Well, polygamy is
14:27in the Bible." Well, polygamy is never
14:30uh is never prescribed in the Bible.
14:32It's only described in the Bible. So,
14:34you'll never find a scripture where God
14:36says polygamy is right. As a matter of
14:39fact, every place where you find
14:41polygamy, there's dysfunction. I don't
14:44have time for that.
14:46Well, people in I heard one podcaster
14:48say people in the Bible had multiple
14:50wives. Well, point to a scripture where
14:52it worked.
14:56All right, let me get back to the text.
15:00Gen, remind me to say that next
15:04service. Okay. Uh, yeah. Zilpa, his
15:07father's wives, and he brought their
15:09father a bad report about them, his
15:12brothers. Joseph had had one job, and
15:15his job was to tell the father about
15:19what the brothers were doing in the
15:20field for the job that they had. That
15:23was Joseph. That was Joseph's job that
15:25he was given by Jacob. Jacob whose name
15:28changed to Israel. That's extremely
15:31important. So, so when Jacob would ask
15:34God, so when Jacob would ask, Joseph
15:37would have to tell him what was
15:39happening in the field because Joseph
15:42had one job and that is to report back
15:46to tell what his brothers were doing in
15:49the field. Okay. The father gave him one
15:52assignment that he was commissioned to.
15:54Now, here's where I'm going to mess you
15:55up. Because the father's assignment
15:58doesn't always come with your family and
16:01friends agreement.
16:05Boy, listen to me. The father's
16:08assignment doesn't always come with your
16:11family and friends agreement. Joseph was
16:14assigned to provide accountability for
16:17his brothers. The brothers had one job
16:20to do that they had agreed to actually
16:23do.
16:26However, they wouldn't always be on top
16:28of the job. So, Jacob gave Joseph the
16:30job of informing him on whether or not
16:32they were actually performing the job
16:34that they had already agreed to perform.
16:37And if you ever want to be disliked,
16:39disconnected, or disapproved of, then
16:42try to hold somebody accountable for
16:43what they said they want to do. I'm
16:46getting ready to run out of this church.
16:49Let me let me I got to pull up. I got to
16:52pull it up. All right. If you ever want
16:55to be disliked,
16:57disconnected or disapprove, then try to
17:01hold somebody accountable for what they
17:03already know they're supposed to be
17:05doing.
17:06You would be surprised. Y'all going to
17:08get mad at me. You would be surprised
17:10how many people get upset with you for
17:12checking in on what they said they
17:14wanted to do with their life. You're
17:16right.
17:20That's because you don't know anybody
17:21like this, but some people are are
17:23allergic to accountability.
17:26Some people are allergic to accountabil
17:29to accountability. It makes them break
17:31out in hives. It's cold sweats at
17:37night. But every dreamchaser needs
17:41someone to do dream checkins.
17:45Every dreamchaser needs someone to do
17:48dream check-in. What's a dream check-in?
17:50I'm glad you asked. Hey, have you
17:52started that workout plan yet? Have you
17:54have you started that morning devotional
17:56yet? Have you started saving for your
17:58dream house? Have you picked a team and
18:00served on it yet? Have you been to a
18:02church you got hurt in 2002 and you
18:05still ain't been to visit nobody's
18:06church yet?
18:11Hey, you still eating those cookies
18:13every night.
18:16I just thought I'd throw shots at me
18:17since I was throwing them at
18:19you. So, we are all in
18:22this. Have you applied for that
18:24promotion yet?
18:26Have you been reading your Bible like
18:27you said you wanted to do January 1?
18:31Have you applied for the loan yet? You
18:33put together the business plan yet?
18:36I'm just checking in on the dream you
18:37said you had. And you'll be surprised
18:39how many people get mad because they
18:42didn't do what they said they wanted to
18:44do.
18:51If you're sitting next to somebody you
18:52love, just say, "I'm just checking in."
18:54That's all. Just tell I'm not throwing
18:56shots. I'm just checking in. You You put
18:58the vision board together, so I'm
19:00checking in on where are you with the
19:02vision. You got the dream, but I'm just
19:05checking in. That's all. Joseph was
19:08doing the check-in on something that
19:10they had already agreed to do.
19:13And they ain't like that. People will
19:16get mad at you for holding them
19:17accountable for what they wanted to do.
19:20But immaturity sees accountability as an
19:22attack. Maturity sees it as advancement.
19:28Immaturity sees it as an attack.
19:30Maturity sees accountability as an
19:32advancement.
19:33So, Joseph got hate from his family
19:35because of what his father assigned him
19:37to
19:37do. And if you're going to chase God's
19:39dream, it's going to require some godly
19:43accountability. They didn't like
19:46this. And this is why, okay, watch me
19:49turn the corner. And this is why some of
19:52us have not taken our dreams off of the
19:56shelf. They didn't like the fact that
20:00Joseph was checking on them. Joseph had
20:03to deal with the fact that when he did
20:05that his friend, his his family hated
20:08him. He had to deal with that that the
20:11people that he loved want to distance
20:13between them because of what he was
20:16assigned to do by the father.
20:20The problem is we secretly want people's
20:23agreement over our own obed obedience.
20:32Sometimes we secretly want their
20:33agreement over our
20:35obedience. And and if you only move when
20:37they agree, you're not chasing a dream.
20:40You're people pleasing.
20:43Can I talk about
20:45this? People pleasers move at the speed
20:47of people's
20:49acceptance. This is why some people stay
20:51in jobs and relationships because you
20:54don't want other people to be upset. So
20:56you stay miserable so they can stay
20:58happy. Why do I got to be miserable for
21:00you to be good?
21:04You stay in environments. Some of y'all
21:05stay in relationships.
21:08Hello. Because your family likes
21:11them. So now you got to be in a living
21:14hell so that they can feel like you're
21:15in heaven.
21:19People pleasing. People pleasing. People
21:21pleasing. People pleasing. But if we if
21:24we Y'all All right. Everybody good? Just
21:26it get better at the end. I promise. I
21:27hope. You'll see we can't seek their
21:31agreement over our obedience.
21:35People plea. People
21:37pleasing moves at the speed of people's
21:41acceptance. And when they don't accept,
21:44then I don't
21:47accelerate. I don't advance when I'm a
21:51people pleaser because I'm only moving
21:52at the speed of other people's
21:53acceptance.
21:55You got to understand that their
21:56agreement is an accessory, not a
22:01necessity. People's agreement is not an
22:05accessory. It I'm sorry. It is an
22:07accessory, not a necessity. I'mma be
22:10good if I get it. And I'mma be good if I
22:12don't.
22:14If you like it, I like that you like it.
22:17If you don't like it, I don't know what
22:19to tell you. I still like it. I'm doing
22:22what the father asked me to do. Right.
22:27Y'all still here?
22:30Dream chasers. Dream chasers. Dream
22:33chasers. Dream chasers. Dream chasers.
22:35Dream chasers will have to overcome some
22:39dream
22:41challenges. Be clear. I'm not going to
22:43paint this flowery picture as if because
22:46you have a great dream, you won't have
22:48to deal with great adversity. Right.
22:51As a matter of fact, the the the
22:54the sign or the re the the the reality
22:57of adversity is an indication that your
23:00dream is great.
23:03It it is it is one author says uh the
23:08level of uh attack the enemy sends is
23:12indicative of the anxiety he has towards
23:15your future.
23:18He says the level of attack that the
23:21enemy sends is indicative of the anxiety
23:24that the enemy has towards your future.
23:27So dreamers will always deal with dream
23:30challenges. You don't get to be a dream
23:32chaser without having to deal with some
23:34dream challenges.
23:37That's not how it works. Somebody say
23:39challenges.
23:41Yeah. So let's talk practically for a
23:42moment. I'll get back to the text. I
23:44promise you th this entire series we're
23:45going to be journeying through the life
23:46of Joseph. So I don't I don't feel
23:48rushed at all. Uh next week we're
23:50talking about Joseph again. In the next
23:52few weeks we're going to be talking
23:53about Joseph again. So don't worry.
23:54Don't worry. I'll get to all of it. But
23:56I want to give you some practical
23:57challenges because some of us are
23:59dreamers and we have to deal with
24:00practical challenges. What are some of
24:02those challenges? I'm glad you asked.
24:03First, there's the people
24:05challenge. Then there's the paper
24:07challenge. Then there's the partnership
24:09challenge. And then there's the
24:11persistence challenge. It's not on the
24:13screen because this is a fresh download
24:14from heaven. The people challenge. Uh,
24:17can I chase dreams when people don't
24:19agree? The paper challenge. Can I chase
24:22my dreams without the money?
24:28Pastor said, "When my paper don't
24:31agree, my money is funny. Change is
24:34strange. Credit won't get it." There's
24:36the people challenge, the paper
24:38challenge, the partnership challenge. Am
24:40I able to accomplish God's dream without
24:43having a
24:46team? Then there's the persistence
24:48challenge. Can I accomplish God's dreams
24:51in spite of what I'm going through? Can
24:54I
24:56persist? People challenge, paper
24:58challenge, partnership challenge. Um,
25:00some of us are dealing with multiple of
25:02those. Um, but I got something I got
25:04news for you. If it's God's will, it's
25:07God's will.
25:12If it's God's dream, God will take care
25:14of it. You do everything you can in your
25:18power and go to sleep at night. Hello.
25:21Because
25:26Okay. Not only are there dream
25:28challenges, we have to deal with dream
25:30choices. Let's talk about something
25:31there. Because dream chasers have to
25:33make difficult
25:34choices. Yeah. Dream chasers have to
25:37make difficult choices. There are few
25:38dream there are a few difficult choices
25:40that every dream chaser has to make and
25:42we find these in the life of Joseph
25:44right here in in Genesis chapter number
25:4627. The first choice that we see Genesis
25:48we see Joseph having to make is this.
25:50You have to choose godly obedience over
25:53their agreement.
25:56Right? Verse number three says this. Now
25:58Israel, that's Jacob loved Joseph more
26:00than his other sons. I got to hurry up.
26:02because he had been born to him in his
26:04old age. And he made an ornate robe for
26:07him. When his brothers saw that their
26:09father loved him more than it more than
26:11them, they hated Y'all say hated. They
26:14hated him and could not speak a kind
26:17word to
26:20them. Listen to what the text says. The
26:23text says when this when his brothers
26:27saw the robe that the father I'm sorry
26:30when their brothers saw that the father
26:32loved them loved Joseph more than any of
26:34them they hated Joseph.
26:43They saw that the father loved Joseph
26:49and they looked and said, "I hate
26:53Joseph." It seems like their hate is
26:57misplaced.
27:04You never see Joseph going to the father
27:07asking the father, "Make me your
27:09favorite."
27:10You never see Joseph going to the
27:12father, running a social media campaign,
27:15crowdfunding campaign, trying to be God,
27:18be the father's favorite. All you see is
27:21the result of a father's decision. Lord
27:23have
27:24mercy. Man, I'm preaching better than
27:27y'all see.
27:28Amen. All you see is Joseph obeying Here
27:32we go. This why I lose the church. All
27:34you see is Joseph obeying the father's
27:37instruction.
27:39They get mad because they see Joseph
27:42obeying the father's instruction and now
27:44they don't like
27:46Joseph because people who are walking in
27:49disobedience hate people who are walking
27:51in obedience.
27:57That's right.
27:59Number two, I got to hurry up. Dream
28:01chasers choose. Watch this.
28:03Dreamchasers, Lord have mercy.
28:06choose proudly wearing your coat and not
28:10feel like by doing so you're trying to
28:13gloat. Okay, let's see if I can make
28:16this make
28:19sense. The father verse number three.
28:21Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of
28:23the other sons, but because he had been
28:25born to him in his old age, and he made
28:27an ornate robe. When his brothers saw
28:30that the father had loved him more than
28:32any, they hated him and could not speak
28:34a kind word to him. Now, Joseph got a
28:37decision to make because the father gave
28:40him a robe to wear. They saw how the
28:43father was treating him. Joseph has a
28:45decision. Joseph could take the robe and
28:49go put it in the
28:51closet and be silent
28:54about the father's celebration of him.
28:56Some of y'all are playing small because
28:58you don't want other people to feel like
29:00a certain way about what God is doing in
29:02your life.
29:06Some of you, you let friends come around
29:08you and talk about how bad their
29:10relationship is and you don't even want
29:11to speak up about yours is not like
29:13that.
29:15Because you don't want them to feel some
29:16kind of way. as if you being in a
29:19healthy place.
29:24You you you somebody come to you telling
29:27you about their financial issues and you
29:29can't you can't identify
29:32and you can't even say you some of us
29:34won't even say anything because we don't
29:36want them to feel any kind of way.
29:40So we're silent about our successes
29:43in the name of humility.
29:47And we think that if we speak up about
29:49our success, then that's
29:50arrogant. We think if Joseph wears his
29:53coat loudly and proudly, then Joseph is
29:55being arrogant. When that's not the
29:57truth. Arrogance is not wearing your
29:59coat. Arrogance is forgetting who gave
30:02it to you.
30:04I'm preaching better than boy.
30:07Listen, arrogance, I'm sorry. Arrogance
30:09is not wear not wearing your coat. It's
30:12forgetting who gave it to you. When you
30:14realize I didn't do nothing to earn this
30:16in the first place. The only reason I
30:18got it is because God gave. Is there
30:20anybody in here that can say God thank
30:23you? The only reason I'm still saved in
30:25the membrane
30:28[Applause]
30:32is because God did it for me. I I don't
30:36think I'm better than, but I do think
30:39I'm different from because what happened
30:41with them does not dictate and determine
30:45what
30:48the problem is Joseph's brothers was
30:50operating in insecurity. Are y'all
30:52right? A a a person's insecurity will
30:55always interpret your achievements as
30:56their adversary a as as their as their
30:59adversary. Let me say that one more
31:00again. A person's insecurity will always
31:04interpret your achievements as their
31:06adversary.
31:09So people's animosity towards your
31:10aspirations are an indication of how
31:13close you are to that dream coming to
31:16pass. And the enemy sees you're almost
31:20there. He doesn't sit back. He ramps up
31:23the attack.
31:29But I'm choosing in this season and
31:31maybe 16 of y'all will catch this. I'm
31:34choosing to wear my coat proudly. If God
31:38gave it to me, I'm using it. If God gave
31:41it to me, I'm not silent about it. Yes,
31:44I'm gifted. Yes, I'm called. Yes, I'm
31:48anointed. And
31:50the pro if you have a problem with it,
31:52the problem is not with me.
31:54Look at somebody say, "Take it up with
31:56the father." Take it up. I didn't choose
31:58myself.
32:00I got to hurry up.
32:03Verse verse number three. Lord, we still
32:05in one verse. Lord have
32:06mercy. Now, now Israel loved Joseph more
32:10than any of the other sons. For verse
32:12number four, when his brothers saw that
32:15the father loved him more than any of
32:17them, they hated him.
32:20They hated Joseph because of the coat
32:24that Joseph
32:27wore. They they the text didn't say that
32:30they hated Joseph just because of
32:34Joseph's
32:36personality. The the implication or the
32:39inference here is that they hated Joseph
32:42because of what was on him.
32:48They they they hated Joseph because of
32:51what he wore.
32:55He wore what he had on was a rep the
33:00coat that he wore. The physical coat
33:02that he wore was an a representation or
33:05it represents the father's favor on his
33:08life.
33:13The coat was a representative of the
33:16father's favor. What's favor? I'm glad
33:19you asked. Favor is a public display of
33:20affection from the father to whomever he
33:23desires for whatever reason he deems.
33:27Favor is when God desires to do
33:31something publicly for you for whatever
33:34reason he chooses. and he can choose
33:36whoever he wants
33:40to. The text though, the text says,
33:44y'all got to go back and read it. We
33:46still in one verse, that they hated him
33:49when they saw him
33:51coming. They hated him when he put the
33:54coat
33:56on. Why is that important? Oh, I can
34:00tell you why that's important. It's
34:02important because of the type of coat
34:03that Joseph
34:04wore. See, the coat that he wore was a
34:07long sleeve coat. One uh scholars
34:10suggest that the coat actually went down
34:13to his ankles,
34:15right? So, if you were working in the
34:17field, you wouldn't wear that. That the
34:19coat that Joseph wore was more of a
34:21supervisory or uh man managerial type of
34:25situation he had on. He he he the coat
34:29that Joseph wore was not for him to
34:31work. It was for him to watch.
34:37The coat that he had on. So when they
34:39saw him coming, they said, "Oh, he must
34:42think he better than
34:44us. They he must think we supposed to
34:49just do all the work while you walk
34:52around flaunting your little coat.
34:57See, insecure people will think your
34:59attire is indicative of your attitude.
35:04Joseph wasn't thinking any of that, but
35:07the insecurity that lived on the inside
35:09of some other people.
35:14Lord, I got to go, y'all. Number three,
35:18dream chasers choose favor over
35:22fear. They they Yeah. Yeah. When you
35:25have faith, when you really understand
35:26that favor is the father's public
35:28display of affection over your life.
35:31When you understand that, do you
35:32understand? I don't need to be afraid of
35:34naysayers. I don't need to be afraid of
35:36the enemy. I don't have to be afraid of
35:39who got what and who does what. I might
35:41not have the degree, but the favor is on
35:45that. Did you know that favor makes the
35:47difference? Let me preach to somebody.
35:50Did you know that favor will make up the
35:52difference? that that that there will be
35:54seasons where you'll walk into rooms
35:56where other people have been killing
35:58themselves to get into and they'll try
36:00and figure out who do you know that
36:02allows you to be in this room and you'll
36:04look back and tell them favor got me
36:06here. There's going to be times in your
36:08life where God is going to bless you
36:10with stuff that you didn't earn. He's
36:12going to give you things that you do not
36:14deserve and you're they going to ask
36:16you, "How in the world are you able to
36:18do this knowing everything that I know
36:20about you?" and you're going to look at
36:22him with a smile on your face and say,
36:23"Favor bought this for me." It's not
36:26because I've been so good. It's because
36:28God is, is there anybody in here that
36:30can say, "God, thank you for favor.
36:33Favor over my life, favor over my mind,
36:37favor over my marriage, favor over my
36:40money, favor over my family, favor."
36:45Somebody shout favor.
36:50Joseph Joseph was walking in favor. Yes,
36:54sir. And uh Joseph was walking in favor.
36:58He never asked the father for a robe.
37:04The father said, "You've been obedient
37:08to my instruction that I gave you
37:12because here's my problem. Here is the
37:15pro. I've been waiting all day to tell
37:16you this. The problem is the brothers
37:20spent so much time hating. They didn't
37:23realize if they would have been doing
37:25what the father told them to do, they
37:28could have got a robe, too.
37:31It's not that he was out of material. He
37:34just was looking for somebody that would
37:36be obedient.
37:38And God has said that there's blessings
37:40that I have in storage for you, but I
37:43can't just give it to you. I need you to
37:46be obedient.
37:51There could have been 12 robes out
37:52there,
37:54but there was only one who was being
37:55obedient.
37:58Maybe, just maybe, God is holding up
38:00some stuff
38:04because there's some instruction we
38:06haven't followed.
38:10Maybe maybe God says, "I can't give you
38:13that. Not
38:14now." Cuz I told you to do the last
38:17thing and you out in the field playing.
38:25You You You out in the field playing,
38:27but you want me to bless you with a fill
38:29in the
38:30blank. And guys, I can't give you fill
38:33in the blank if you ain't following the
38:36instructions I gave you last
38:38season. It's
38:40quiet, but this is for dream
38:43chasers. Touch somebody and say, "It's
38:45on you. It's on you. It's on you." Come
38:47on, y'all. It's on you. It's on you.
38:49Favor will make the difference. You
38:50might not have the degree, but you got
38:52favor. You might not have all the money,
38:54but you got favor. You might not have
38:56the network, but you got favor. You
38:58might not have the support, but you've
38:59got favor. You might not have all the
39:01tools, but you got favor. When favor is
39:03on your life, favor will make up the
39:06difference. The only issue I had, I'm
39:08done with Joseph. The only issue I had,
39:11y'all, I'm'll be honest. I look at this
39:14story and we're going to talk about this
39:15throughout the next few weeks, and we
39:17only we are in one verse
39:19today. Verse number three, I guess,
39:22verse number three and four. And um
39:25here's something that's interesting.
39:27The text says when they saw Joseph
39:29coming, they hated him. The text says
39:32when they saw the father loved Joseph
39:34more than the other brothers, they hated
39:35him. The text says uh when they saw him
39:39walking around with his
39:41robe, they hated him.
39:44Watch this. They hated Joseph and they
39:48hadn't even heard about his dream yet.
39:52We got to the dream. We still in verse
39:55three and four. They hating on me and I
39:58haven't even told them my dream.
40:03One thing I wish Joseph would have
40:05done. Now I mean there's no negative
40:07language about Joseph in the whole text.
40:09That means Joseph by all accounts is an
40:10upstanding individual. Man, not perfect,
40:13but he's an upstanding individual. One
40:16thing I wish I'm like, man, Joseph, you
40:17could have is found in the next verses.
40:21He goes to his brothers knowing that
40:23they hate him. He goes to his brothers
40:27and and watch what happens. He starts up
40:29a conversation with
40:32them and uh he starts talking to them.
40:37Now, here's the issue. The issue,
40:40pastor, what are you talking about?
40:40What's wrong with talking to people?
40:42Well, the issue is that he starts
40:45sharing stuff with them.
40:47He starts giving them a level of access
40:49into his uh into his dream that they
40:52didn't qualify themselves for.
40:55He starts divulging information to
40:58people who couldn't appreciate
41:01it. Verse number five said, "Joseph had
41:03a dream and when he told the dream to
41:05his brothers, they hated him all the
41:06more." Wait, you hated
41:09me because I was walking in the field.
41:11You hated me when I had on my robe. You
41:13hated me because my father and now when
41:14I tell you my dream, you hate me even
41:16more.
41:20Dream chasers have to choose discernment
41:23and discretion concerning their
41:27communication. You've got to be careful
41:30not to dulge your dream. The the the the
41:33Bible tell says like this be be careful
41:35not to cast your pearls before swine.
41:39It is this idea don't take something
41:42valuable and place it to people who do
41:45not appreciate it or cannot appreciate
41:48it. And Joseph I don't know why he was
41:51doing that. Let's just this is a real
41:53person. So just indulge me for a moment.
41:56Why would
41:58Joseph tell people that he knew hated
42:01him about his dream?
42:06Maybe he thought, let me start up a
42:09conversation with them. And maybe if I
42:11initiate the the
42:14conversation, maybe
42:16that'll make them want to talk and maybe
42:18they'll see that it's not about what I
42:20have on. I'm not even tripping about
42:22this little coat. Daddy gave it to me. I
42:23love it. But
42:25hey, maybe Joseph wanted their approval
42:28that bad.
42:33So then the question becomes for
42:35us. If God wants to do something beyond
42:38our wildest
42:39dream, who should I be talking to about
42:43it? I wish Jo this one thing I wish
42:46Joseph would have did straight up. I
42:48wish I wish the text would have said
42:51Joseph had a dream and Joseph stopped
42:54and prayed to God about the dream.
42:58I wish that's what it said, but that's
43:00not what it says. It says Joseph had a
43:02dream and then he went and talked to his
43:04brothers. Some of us are talking to
43:06people about stuff we should be talking
43:07to God
43:12about. God says, "I want to do something
43:14beyond your wildest dreams." Whatever
43:17dream we have is at the basement of what
43:20God desires to do in our
43:23lives. He wants to do exceedingly.
43:27He wants to do
43:28abundantly above
43:30beyond our wildest dreams. Would you put
43:34your hands together if you receive that
43:35message today? Come on y'all stand to
43:36your
43:41feet. I want to I want to pray over you.
43:44I want to pray that God Watch this God
43:49won't leave you alone.
43:51I want to pray that God will not leave
43:54you alone in the most loving way. That
43:56he will not leave you alone until you
43:59say yes and until you start walking with
44:02pastor, you don't understand. I don't
44:04have the God is like you got
44:07me. Well, I don't know who the God says
44:10you got
44:11me. I want to pray. Father, in the name
44:13of Jesus, I pray for every person that's
44:15here, every heart, every hand that's
44:17lifted, every heart that's open. My
44:20prayer is simple, God, that the things
44:22that you placed on on our hearts, many
44:25of those things, God, are things to
44:26impact people
44:28groups that are close to your
44:31heart. And our prayer is simple. Father,
44:34in the name of
44:36Jesus, would you help us to
44:40embrace this major dream that you have
44:42for us that yes, it's bigger than us,
44:45but it's not bigger bigger than you.
44:48Thank you for sending everything that's
44:50needed.