Participants: Pr Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000226
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00:01 BUT THERE IS A POWER THAT IS
00:04 WORKING EVEN WHEN YOU THINK 00:07 THAT NOBODY'S WATCHING. 00:10 THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO BELIEVE 00:12 THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE 00:14 IS NO WITNESS, BUT THERE'S 00:18 ALWAYS A WITNESS. 00:21 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:27 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:31 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:37 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:45 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:49 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:55 TONIGHT WE ARE READING FROM 00:56 GENESIS CHAPTER 37 AND THERE ARE 01:01 WORDS THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU 01:04 BEGINNING WITH VERSE 18. 01:41 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 01:44 FATHER WE ARE GRATEFUL TONIGHT THAT GOD DOES STEP IN. 01:51 WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS TO HAVE 01:55 GONE TOO FAR, GOD IS MINDFUL OF US. 02:01 WE ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN, 02:03 WE ARE NEVER DISPLACED, 02:05 WE ARE NEVER MISPLACED. 02:08 BUT GOD REMEMBERS WHERE WE ARE AND KNOWS OUR NEEDS. 02:13 NOW AS WE OPEN THY WORD TONIGHT, 02:14 LET THY HOLY SPIRIT COME TO MAKE THE WORD PLAIN TO US. 02:19 AND WE SHALL GIVE GLORY, HONOR, AND PRAISE TO THY NAME. 02:23 FOR IT IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT WE PRAY, AMEN. 02:28 THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE EVENTS IN THE BIBLE. 02:34 IT FITS OUR THEME SO WELL THAT IT'S ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE. 02:39 OUR THEME HAS BEEN, "WHEN GOD STEPS IN." 02:43 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT IF WE EVER 02:47 NEEDED GOD TO STEP IN BEFORE, WE SURE DO NEED HIM NOW. 02:52 THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT SEEM TO ME TO BE QUITE UNFAIR. 02:58 AND I'M AFRAID THAT THE SYSTEMS THAT OUGHT TO BE IN CONTROL 03:02 OF FAIRNESS HAVE SOMEHOW BROKEN DOWN. 03:07 AND THE QUESTION IS ALWAYS THERE, "WHO IS IN CONTROL ?" 03:14 AND THE ANSWER IS, "GOD IS IN CONTROL." 03:19 I LOOK AT THIS SITUATION TONIGHT AND FIRST OF ALL I THINK THAT 03:25 CINEMATOGRAPHERS MUST BE AWFULLY JEALOUS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND 03:31 THIS KIND OF DRAMA ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE WORD OF GOD. 03:38 THERE IS THIS PROUD FATHER, 03:42 A PROUD FATHER WHO IN HIS OLD AGE, 03:47 HAS A SON BORN IN HIS FAMILY. 03:51 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN JOSEPH WAS BORN, 03:56 HE WAS BORN AT A TIME THAT BROUGHT PARTICULAR PRIDE TO JACOB, 04:02 AND SO JACOB LOVED JOSEPH MORE THAN THE OTHER CHILDREN. 04:08 THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 04:12 SOMETIMES THERE ARE CHILDREN IN A FAMILY THAT REMIND PARENTS OF THEIR GOOD ATTRIBUTES. 04:20 AND OTHERS THAT REMIND THEM OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT TO REMEMBER. 04:25 BUT ALL OF THEM ARE YOUR CHILDREN AND IT'S NOT FAIR. 04:31 BUT THINK OF IT, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. 04:35 AS THE OLD MAN WALKS DOWN TO THE MARKETPLACE, 04:39 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT HIS PEERS MUST HAVE HAD TO SAY ? 04:44 THERE HE IS A MAN WHO HAS PASSED THE AGE OF HAVING A CHILD BORN, 04:49 BUT HE HAS A NEW BABY IN THE HOUSE. 04:52 AND SOME OLD FELLOW MUST HAVE SAID TO HIM, "MAN, LOOK AT YOU. 04:58 WHAT IN THE WORLD CAN WE SAY ABOUT YOU ?" 05:02 AND JACOB MUST HAVE PICKED UP HIS STEP YOU KNOW HOW YOU DO SOMETIMES. 05:07 HE SAYS, "WELL, DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME, I'M DOING ALL RIGHT." 05:10 AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A LITTLE SMILE AND A LITTLE 05:12 TWINKLE IN THE EYES OF THE FRIENDS OF THIS FATHER. 05:16 AND PERHAPS IT WAS WHAT INCLINED HIM TO LOVE THIS BOY SO MUCH. 05:23 BUT THERE WAS A STRANGE SITUATION THAT DEVELOPED 05:27 BECAUSE YOU CANNOT LOVE ONE CHILD MORE WITHOUT THERE BEING 05:31 SOME KIND OF PROBLEM THAT CROPS UP WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN. 05:36 REMEMBER YOU'VE GOT THESE 11 BROTHERS. 05:40 AND I HAVE ONLY ONE BROTHER BUT I KNOW THAT MY BROTHER 05:43 AND I WERE ALWAYS WATCHING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE EQUALLY. 05:51 WE WERE CAREFUL. 05:52 AND IF ANYTHING DIDN'T GO JUST RIGHT, 05:54 WE WOULD PROTEST IMMEDIATELY. 05:56 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVING ELEVEN WATCHING ONE ? 06:01 WELL THEN THERE CAME THE PROBLEM THAT WAS AN EXACERBATION; 06:08 FOR NOT ONLY WAS THIS YOUNG MAN OF A GOOD TEMPERAMENT AND INCLINED TOWARDS GOD, 06:15 HE HAD A RIGHTEOUS LIGHT THAT SHONE FROM HIS COUNTENANCE. 06:19 AND YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE REALLY MAD, 06:22 YOU LET THEM SEE GOD SHINING OUT OF YOU. 06:26 NOW THEY SAY ALL THE TIME THAT WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD, BUT THAT'S JUST THEORY. 06:32 TO HAVE SOMEBODY AROUND WHO IS GOOD CAN SOMETIMES GET ON YOUR NERVES. 06:39 BECAUSE THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO, THEY DON'T WANT TO DO. 06:43 AND WHEN YOU TRY TO SAY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT QUITE ON POINT; 06:48 THE LOOK THAT THEY GIVE YOU IS ENOUGH. 06:51 AND AFTER AWHILE, YOU WANT TO SEPARATE FROM THEIR COMPANY. 06:54 THIS YOUNG MAN WAS OF SUCH A TEMPERAMENT. 06:58 BUT NOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT, GOD GIVES THIS YOUNG MAN DREAMS. 07:06 IN ONE OF THE DREAMS, HE SEES HIMSELF AS WHEAT OR SOME GRAIN 07:13 THAT IS IN ONE OF THOSE GATHERINGS, 07:16 YOU'VE SEEN THEM IN THOSE WONDERFUL PICTURES. 07:19 AND AS HE'S IN THE CENTER, ELEVEN OTHERS BOW DOWN TO HIM. 07:26 NOW YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THE BROTHERS WERE UN-AMUSED. 07:30 THEY WERE ALREADY CONVINCED THAT HE WAS THE FAVORITE OF THEIR FATHER. 07:35 NOW, HE COMES WITH THESE DREAMS. 07:39 AND HE SAYS, "LOOK, LET ME TELL YOU MY DREAM !" 07:43 HE HAS ANOTHER ONE THAT EVEN GETS HIS FATHER A LITTLE CONCERNED. 07:47 HE SAID, "FATHER, AND BROTHERS, AND MOM LET ME TELL YOU. 07:52 I DREAMED THAT MY STAR WAS IN THE MIDDLE. 07:55 AND THAT ELEVEN STARS REPRESENTING YOU, MY BROTHERS, 08:00 AND THE SUN REPRESENTING YOU DAD 08:03 AND THE MOON REPRESENTING YOU MOM, ALL BOWED DOWN TO ME." 08:13 WELL, YOU KNOW THE BROTHERS ARE KIND OF LOOKING AT EACH OTHER 08:16 WITH A LOW RUMBLE OF COMPLAINT. 08:19 THIS TIME DAD IS EVEN CONCERNED, 08:21 "WELL, SON I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE DREAM, 08:23 BUT I SUPPOSE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU DREAMED." 08:26 I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS A HARD AND FAST RULE BUT LET ME SUGGEST SOMETHING TO YOU. 08:32 BE CAREFUL WITH WHOM YOU SHARE YOUR DREAMS. 08:37 YOU CAN'T TELL EVERY DREAM TO EVERYBODY. 08:40 YOU MAY THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST WAITING FOR YOU 08:43 TO TELL YOUR DREAM SO THAT THEY CAN HELP YOU, YOU KNOW, 08:46 "OH ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL ? 08:47 HOW COULD WE HELP THIS TO COME TO PASS ?" 08:51 BUT IT WAS NOT SO. 08:54 THEY WERE NOT THINKING, "HOW CAN WE HELP HIM ? 08:56 THEY WERE THINKING, "HE MUST BE OUT OF HIS MIND !" 09:01 NOW, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S QUITE ENOUGH. 09:04 WE'VE GOT A FATHER WHO LOVES ONE CHILD THE BEST. 09:07 WE'VE GOT THESE DREAMS THAT HAVE HIM IN THE CENTER ALL THE TIME, 09:11 AND I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY GOT ENOUGH ON THE TABLE HERE, BUT WE'RE NOT FINISHED. 09:16 ONE DAY AS JACOB IS OUT SHOPPING SOMEWHERE HE COMES ACROSS A TUNIC. 09:25 THIS TUNIC IS ONE THAT IS WORN BY DIGNITARIES OR ROYALTY. 09:31 IT IS WOVEN IN MULTIPLE COLORS. 09:37 BUT EVERYONE KNOWS, IN THAT ECONOMY, WHAT THE TUNIC MEANS. 09:44 SO NOW JACOB COMES HOME, BUT INSTEAD OF BRINGING 12 TUNICS, 09:53 IF YOU'VE GOT 12 BOYS, YOU NEED 12 TUNICS, OR YOU SHOULDN'T BUY ANY, 09:59 BUT HE COMES WITH ONE. 10:01 NOW FORGIVE ME, BUT I THINK I'VE BEEN THERE. 10:06 AND I WATCH NOW AS THOSE BROTHERS LOOK AND, 10:10 "WHAT IS THAT HE'S GOT ?" 10:14 "I THINK HE'S GOT A LITTLE COAT OR SOMETHING." 10:18 "WELL, WHO DO YOU THINK IT'S FOR ?" 10:22 "YOU'VE GOT THE NERVE TO ASK WHO IT'S FOR ?" 10:26 "IT OUGHT TO BE FOR RUBEN" ONE SUGGESTS, THE ELDEST. 10:30 "BUT GUESS WHO'S GONNA GET IT ?" 10:33 DAD TAKES IT OUT AND SAYS, "JOSEPH, COME SON." 10:39 NOW, IT IS NOT WRITTEN IN THE WORD, BUT LET ME TELL IT 10:44 BECAUSE I AM NOW OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY. 10:54 ONE OF THEM SAID, "YOU WAIT 'TIL I GET HIM WITHOUT DAD." 11:04 "MAN, DON'T TALK LIKE THAT. 11:05 THAT KIND OF SCARES ME." 11:07 "I'M GONNA SCARE YOU SOME MORE IF I EVER GET HIM." 11:10 NOW, NOW, NOW THERE COMES AN OCCASION WHEN THE BROTHERS 11:16 ARE OUT WORKING 65 MILES FROM HOME THE SCHOLARS SAY. 11:23 AND 11 HAVE BEEN SENT AWAY TO WORK, BUT GUESS WHO GOT TO STAY HOME ? 11:30 JOSEPH. 11:33 CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT TRIP ? 11:36 CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CONVERSATION THAT MUST HAVE GONE ON ? 11:40 "WELL, WE GOT TO WORK. 11:42 WE GET TO GO OUT, AND GUESS WHO GETS TO STAY HOME 11:44 AND DO LITTLE NAMBY-PAMBY THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE ?" 11:49 "WE'RE OUT HERE WORKING WITH THE SWEAT OF OUR BROW, BUT 11:53 LITTLE BROTHER, LITTLE CUTSIE JOSEPH GETS TO STAY AT HOME." 11:59 AND ALL THESE HOURS THAT WENT SLOWLY BY THERE'S A STRANGE TIME 12:07 OF CRITICISM UNTIL SOMEBODY LOOKS UP AND THEY'VE GOTTO RUB THEIR EYES NOW, 12:16 BUT IN THE DISTANCE THEY THINK THEY SEE THAT COAT COMING. 12:24 (laughter) 12:27 "COME HERE A MINUTE, YOU KNOW THE HEAT CAN PLAY TRICKS ON YOUR EYES." 12:33 "LOOK OVER THERE, DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE ?" 12:36 "YEAH." 12:40 "IS THAT. . . ?" 12:44 "THAT'S HIM." 12:45 "HIM, WEARING THAT COAT HERE ?" 12:48 "SAY WAIT A MINUTE, LOOK SEE IF DAD'S IN, IS DAD WITH HIM ?" 12:54 "NO, HE'S COMING ALONE." 12:57 "OOOHHH." 12:59 (laughter) 13:04 I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR JOSEPH TO GET FROM WHERE 13:08 HE WAS WHEN THEY SAW HIM TO WHERE THEY WERE, 13:14 BUT BEFORE HE GOT THERE THE PLAN WAS IN PLACE. 13:19 THAT MEANS THEY HAD NOT JUST STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT. 13:23 ARE YOU STILL WITH ME ? 13:25 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE A PLAN AS CONVOLUTED AS WAS THEIRS IN THAT SHORT OF TIME. 13:31 THEY MUST HAVE TOSSED AROUND A COUPLE OF TEASERS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. 13:36 THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME SCANT OUTLINE OF THE PLAN BEFORE THEY SAW HIM COMING. 13:41 AND NOW THEY CAN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT HE'S ON THE WAY. 13:44 AND WHEN HE ARRIVES, THE HATRED IN THEIR HEART HAS COME NOW TO A BOILING POINT. 13:52 AND THEY HAVE DECIDED "WE WILL PUT HIM IN AN EMPTY CISTERN, 13:57 WE WILL PUT HIM THERE AND LEAVE HIM THERE. 14:00 WE WILL TAKE THAT COAT OF MANY COLORS THAT WE HATE, 14:04 WE WILL DIP IT IN THE BLOOD OF SOME SMALL ANIMAL, A GOAT PROBABLY, 14:09 "WE'LL TAKE IT HOME AFTER WE'VE TORN IT AND MADE IT LOOK LIKE 14:13 SOME ANIMAL ATE HIM AND WE'LL TELL DAD, 'LOOK,'" 14:16 AND YOU KNOW YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO LIE WHEN YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT. 14:21 EVEN THOUGH IT IS A LIE THAT YOU PERPETRATE, 14:25 YOU CAN JUST SAY, "DAD, LOOK WHAT HAPPENED !" 14:30 AND THEY'VE GOT IT PLANNED. 14:31 BUT THERE IS A POWER THAT IS WORKING EVEN WHEN YOU 14:37 THINK THAT NOBODY'S WATCHING. 14:41 THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE IS NO WITNESS, 14:50 BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WITNESS. 14:54 WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE ONE WHO WATCHES IS SATAN HIMSELF. 14:58 HE ALWAYS WATCHES, FOR HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HE CAN GET YOU TO DO. 15:03 BUT GOD IS ALSO WATCHING. 15:06 AND WHEN YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE NO HELP, GOD IS THERE. 15:10 NOW BE CAREFUL TO SEE THIS, BECAUSE GOD COULD HAVE STEPPED IN RIGHT THEN. 15:17 GOD COULD HAVE SHOWN UP IN SOME FASHION, COULD HAVE SENT ANGELS, 15:21 COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING THAT HE CHOSE TO INTERRUPT THEIR PLAN IMMEDIATELY. 15:26 BUT GOD DOES NOT MOVE ON MY SCHEDULE, 15:29 GOD MOVES ON HIS SCHEDULE. 15:32 SO NOW THEY SAY, "LET'S PUT HIM IN THE CISTERN." 15:36 WHEN YOU READ THIS IN THE NIV, YOU COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT 15:42 AFTER THEY'VE PUT THEIR BROTHER IN THIS CISTERN, 15:46 DOWN IN THE GROUND, THEY SAT DOWN TO EAT. 15:50 AND YOU THOUGHT PEOPLE JUST GOT COLDHEARTED, 15:54 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MEAN FOR A LONG TIME. 15:57 MEANNESS IS ANCIENT, IT'S DEEP SEEDED. 16:04 SO DON'T GET ALL BENT OUT OF SHAPE WHEN SOMEBODY LAYS A PLOT FOR YOU ! 16:08 IT'S BEEN HAPPENING A LONG TIME. 16:10 BUT LONGER THAN PLOTS HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER, GOD HAS BEEN WATCHING. 16:16 SO, GOD'S POWER LASTED LONGER THAN PLOTS. 16:23 THEY'RE SITTING DOWN FOR A MEAL, AND AS THEY SIT DOWN SOME ISHMALITES PASS BY. 16:28 THESE ARE MERCHANTS THAT CARRY WITH THEM MYRRH, AND SPICE AND BALM. 16:34 AND THEY'RE GOING NOW INTO THE CITY, THEY'RE GOING INTO EGYPT. 16:38 AND WHEN THEY GET THERE THEY WILL SELL THEIR WARES. 16:40 AND ONE OF THEM SAYS, "YOU KNOW, IF WE KILL HIM, WE DON'T GAIN ANYTHING ! 16:46 AND WHY WOULD WE KILL HIM ? 16:48 AFTER ALL, HE IS OUR BROTHER." 16:52 THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOME FOLK WHO CALL THEMSELVES YOUR 16:55 BROTHER AND SISTER IN CHRIST. 16:58 THEY MAKE THE TERM BROTHER AND SISTER SEEM ALMOST AN EVIL THING TO SAY. 17:04 "LET'S NOT KILL HIM, HE'S OUR BROTHER, LET'S SELL HIM !" 17:10 "LET'S NOT KILL HIM, HIS BLOOD WOULD BE UPON OUR HANDS." 17:14 "LET'S MAKE HIM A SLAVE." 17:16 "LET'S SELL HIM FOR 7 OUNCES OF SILVER." 17:20 "LET'S GIVE HIM TO THOSE PEOPLE AND LET THEM TAKE 17:23 HIM INTO A FOREIGN LAND, AND WHO CARES WHAT THEY DO." 17:29 SO NOW THEY PULL HIM OUT OF A PIT, 17:32 HIS ELDER BROTHER RUBEN HAD ALREADY CONJURED UP A WAY 17:35 TO SAVE HIS LIFE, BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE. 17:38 IT WOULD SEEM THAT GOD HAD GONE TO SLEEP. 17:41 BUT DON'T EVER BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS GONE TO SLEEP. 17:45 GOD IS WATCHING WHEN YOU THINK THINGS HAVE GONE AWRY. 17:48 THEY TAKE HIM OUT OF THE CISTERN, PUT HIM ON THAT WAGON. 17:53 AND NOW JOSEPH LOOKS AT THE LAND OF HIS FATHER 17:57 AS IT SHRINKS IN HIS VISION. 18:01 AND AS HE WATCHES, HIS HEART FALLS INTO DESPONDENCY, 18:06 FOR HE IS LEAVING EVERYTHING THAT HE KNOWS -- GOING 18:10 SOMEWHERE THAT IS UNKNOWN TO FACE HE KNOWS NOT WHAT. 18:15 SO THE QUESTION IS, "WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THERE'S NOBODY TO CALL ?" 18:20 HIS FATHER HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT THE TIME WHEN HE WAS OUT ALONE 18:24 AND LAY DOWN ON THE GROUND WITH A ROCK AS A PILLOW. 18:29 WHEN HE HAD A VISION OF ANGELS GOING UP AND DOWN ON A LADDER 18:33 MOST SCHOLARS AGREE THAT THE LADDER WAS SIGNIFICANT 18:36 BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS JESUS OUR CONNECTION TO HEAVEN. 18:39 AND IF JESUS IS THE CONNECTION THEN YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT ACCESS TO THE POWER OF HEAVEN. 18:45 AND WHAT GOD WAS TRYING TO ALLOW, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND, 18:49 IS FOR ENOUGH TRIALS TO COME TO TEACH HIM HOW TO 18:53 LEAN ON GOD FOR HIMSELF INSTEAD OF LEANING ON SOMEBODY ELSE WHO LEANED ON GOD. 18:59 SO WHILE GOD ALLOWED THE TRIAL, GOD ALLOWED IT BECAUSE 19:06 IN THE LONG TERM, IT WAS GOOD FOR HIM. 19:12 YOU'VE GOT TO GET THAT ONE ! 19:15 'CAUSE SOMEBODY'S GOING THROUGH SOMETHING TONIGHT AND YOU'VE 19:18 ALREADY SAID IT, "WHY IS GOD LETTING ME GO THROUGH THIS ?" 19:21 WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND GOD IS NOT A GENIE IN A LAMP. 19:27 YOU DON'T RUB AND HE JUMPS OUT TO GIVE THREE WISHES. 19:31 YOU HAVE SEEN THAT OCCUR ON CARTOONS AND TELEVISION 19:36 AND YOU KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE MESS UP THEIR WISHES ANYWAY. 19:40 PEOPLE WHO WIN THE LOTTERY TURN OUT TO BE MORE POOR THAN THEY WERE BEFORE THEY WON. 19:46 THEIR LIVES ARE DECIMATED. 19:48 ILL-GOTTEN GAIN IS NO BLESSING AFTER ALL. 19:52 BUT GOD IS NOT A GENIE WHO GIVES BLESSINGS IN A STRANGE, CAPRICIOUS FASHION. 19:58 HE IS A FATHER WHO KNOWS WHAT I NEED ! 20:02 AND EVEN WHEN I NEED SOME HARDSHIP IN MY LIFE. 20:07 ONE WRITER SAYS THAT BEFORE JOSEPH WAS PUT IN THAT CISTERN 20:13 HE HAD STARTED TO BE RATHER EXACTING. 20:18 HE EXPECTED TOO MUCH OUT OF OTHERS BECAUSE HE HADN'T SUFFERED. 20:24 IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A HARD TIME, YOU FALL INTO THE 20:27 HANDS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER HAD A HARD TIME. 20:32 THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND, "I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CAN'T MAKE IT. 20:40 I MADE IT. 20:44 I PULLED MYSELF UP BY MY OWN BOOTSTRAPS. 20:49 I STARTED OUT WITH NOTHING AND MADE SOMETHING OF MYSELF." 20:54 THEY WILL LOOK DOWN THEIR NOSES AT YOU AND 20:56 COUNT YOU OUT BEFORE YOU CAN BLINK YOUR EYES, 20:59 BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T SUFFERED REALLY ENOUGH. 21:02 BUT WHEN YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES, 21:05 OH DO YOU GET MERCIFUL ! 21:10 IT HAPPENS ! 21:11 SO GOD HAD TO ALLOW SOME SUFFERING IN THAT YOUNG 21:15 MAN'S LIFE BECAUSE HE WAS BECOMING EXACTING OF OTHERS AND SELF-SUFFICIENT. 21:21 BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TRIALS YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T TRUST TO LEAN ON YOURSELF. 21:28 IF GOD NEVER SENT A PROBLEM TOO BIG FOR YOU TO HANDLE, 21:32 YOU WOULD GO THROUGHOUT LIFE UNDER THE MISAPPREHENSION 21:37 THAT YOU CAN HANDLE ANYTHING. 21:41 AND IF YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE ANYTHING, YOU ARE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED ! 21:48 SO GOD HAD TO SHOW HIM THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T HANDLE SON. 21:51 AND THEN HAD TO TAKE HIM AWAY -- LISTEN -- TAKE HIM AWAY FROM WHERE HE WAS COMFORTABLE, 21:57 BECAUSE SO LONG AS YOU LIVE IN YOUR COMFORT ZONE, 22:00 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU WILL NEVER, EVER HAVE TO LEARN, 22:04 BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE RESOURCES AROUND. 22:08 YOU'VE GOT MOM AND DAD AND COUSINS AND UNCLES AND AUNTS AND FRIENDS. 22:13 AND SOMETIMES GOD WILL TAKE YOU AWAY FROM ALL OF THEM, SO NOW WHO WILL YOU CALL ? 22:19 AND AFTER A WHILE YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF EARLY ONE MORNING 22:23 DOWN ON YOUR KNEES WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT THE ONLY ONE 22:26 YOU CAN CALL IS TO CALL ON GOD. 22:31 AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT. 22:33 AND NOW THIS YOUNG MAN IS SOLD INTO EGYPT. 22:36 SOLD LIKE SO MUCH MERCHANDISE. 22:40 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY GOT FOR HIM THERE, 22:42 BUT WHATEVER IT WAS IT WAS NOT ENOUGH. 22:45 HERE WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO HAD DREAMS. 22:47 AND AS YOU WATCH IT, SEE YOU AND I LOOK AT THIS THING, 22:52 WE ARE SO POMPOUS WHEN WE READ THE BIBLE, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY READ IT. 22:58 YOU KNOW WE KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT. 22:59 IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY WHO'S WATCHING A MOTION PICTURE 23:02 WITH YOU AND YOU'VE ALREADY SAW IT. 23:04 YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE ALL SMUG. 23:08 WELL, YOU KNOW. 23:11 "WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN ?" 23:13 WELL, I THINK. . ." 23:14 "NAW, KEEP WATCHING." 23:19 SO YOU'RE SITTING HERE NOW SAYING, 23:20 "NO BIG THING, I KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA TURN OUT." 23:23 BUT LOOK, SUPPOSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW. 23:26 WOULDN'T YOU BEGIN TO WONDER, "WHERE IS GOD ? 23:30 IS GOD GONNA LET THIS BOY GET SOLD AS A SLAVE ? 23:34 WHERE IS GOD ? 23:35 WHERE IS HE NOW ?" 23:38 AND IF GOD DOESN'T COME WHEN YOU NEED HIM, 23:39 WHAT GOOD IS A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM ? 23:42 BUT REMEMBER THAT GOD IS A FATHER, AND SO HE'S WATCHING. 23:46 AND THE BOY FINDS HIS WAY INTO THE HOUSE OF A PROMINENT 23:53 FAMILY IN EGYPT -- THE HOUSE OF LORD POTIPHAR. 23:58 NOW, YOU ONLY KNOW THE NEGATIVE SIDE BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T PAID ATTENTION TO THIS OTHER SIDE. 24:06 BUT THERE WAS A BLESSING FOR JOSEPH EVEN IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE. 24:13 I LOVE THIS PART. 24:15 EVERYTHING THAT JOSEPH TOUCHED WAS BLESSED. 24:20 AND IT WAS NOT A DIRECT MIRACLE. 24:26 IT WAS THROUGH PERSEVERING, CONSTANT EFFORT THAT GOD BLESSED EVERYTHING. 24:33 NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE 24:36 WHO WHEN THEY FINALLY BELIEVE IN GOD, 24:38 BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL JUST PUT THINGS THERE. 24:42 YOU CAN JUST SIT DOWN AND WAIT. 24:45 "WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?" 24:46 "WAITING ON THE LORD." 24:51 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN GOD WILL SAY, "WAIT !" 24:55 BUT THE SAME BIBLE THAT SAYS, "WAIT ON THE LORD," 24:57 SAYS, "IF YOU DON'T WORK YOU OUGHT NOT EAT." 25:00 SO YOU'VE GOT TO PUT SOME EFFORT IN, 25:08 BUT FOR THOSE WHO TRUST IN GOD AND WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT 25:12 THEIR HAND TO EXCELLENCE, GOD WILL ADD SOMETHING. 25:18 THE YOUNG MAN COMES INTO POTIPHAR'S HOUSE 25:20 FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY, A SLAVE. 25:23 AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN ATTITUDE. 25:26 NOW DON'T GET ME STARTED. 25:30 THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO CAN EXPLAIN AWAY EVERYTHING. 25:36 YOU KNOW, "I'M NOT GOING TO WORK UNTIL I GET A JOB. 25:43 I WANT TO WEAR A SHIRT AND TIE, AND IF I DON'T GET A JOB 25:49 LIKE THAT I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT HERE. 25:52 YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT. 25:57 I'M NOT CUT OUT FOR THAT KIND OF WORK. 26:01 I'M THE EXECUTIVE TYPE." 26:07 YOU BETTER GET YOUR EXECUTIVE HANDS ON A MOP OR A BROOM UNTIL YOU GET SOME EXPERTISE. 26:14 AMEN ? 26:16 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOUR AIM OUGHT TO BE AT SOME LOW JOB, 26:19 I THINK YOU OUGHT TO AIM HIGH. 26:21 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T GET HIGH BY STAYING LOW WITH A LOW ATTITUDE. 26:26 YOU'VE GOT TO GET A WINNING ATTITUDE AND THEN WORK AT IT ! 26:31 (upbeat music) 26:38 "OUTRAGEOUS !" 26:40 (upbeat music) 26:42 (sounds of laughing) 26:44 Announcer: EVER WONDER IF YOUR LIFE HAS MEANING AND PURPOSE; 26:48 IF THERE WAS MORE TO LIFE THAN A SINKFULL OF SUDS; 26:50 IF GOD WAS REALLY ACTIVE IN THE DETAILS OF YOUR LIFE; 26:53 IF THERE WAS GREENER GRASS OVER SOME OTHER FENCE ? 26:56 IF SO GET THIS WEEK'S OFFER "OUTRAGEOUS GRACE" BY DWIGHT NELSON. 27:00 GET THE BOOK AND BE PREPARED TO JUMP FOR JOY; OR AT LEAST GET A CASE OF HAPPY TOES. 27:06 THE GRACE FROM GOD IS FREE--THE BOOK IS A FIVE DOLLAR DONATION. 27:09 GRAB A PHONE AND MAKE A FREE CALL--877-BOL OFFER: 27:12 TRANSLATION: 877-265-6333. 27:16 OR WRITE FOR THE BOOK AND LET THE U.S. POASTAL SERVICE CARRY IT TO: 27:19 BREATH OF LIFE. P.O. BOX 97192 WASHINGTON, D.C., 20077 27:26 WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY. 27:27 "OUTRAGEOUS !" 27:28 Announcer: I'M DONE. 27:32 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 27:35 Announcer: IF YOU'D LIKE AN AUDIOCASSETTE COPY OF TODAY'S PROGRAM, 27:37 CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, OR WRITE: 27:39 WALTER PEARSON, P.O. BOX 97192, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077. 27:45 FOR YOUR LOVE GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT, WE'LL SEND OUT YOUR COPY RIGHT AWAY. 27:49 AND IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST, WRITE US. 27:51 WALTER PEARSON WANTS THIS MINISTRY TO BE A BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. 27:54 WALTER PEARSON BELIEVES THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM YOU FACE. 28:00 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, ♪ 28:06 ♪ JESUS ISORTHY, ♪ 28:11 ♪ OF ALL THE GLORY ♪ 28:17 ♪ OH YES, HE'S WORTHY ♪ 28:23 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY OF ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ |
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