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Dream to Destiny
Week 2
Passing the Pit Test
Robert Morris
We are talking about how to get from our dream to our destiny!
• Everyone has a dream from God and a destiny from God
• Many people live WITH the dream instead of IN the destiny
• But what are the character tests that we must pass along the way?
Genesis 37:13
And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem?
Come, I will send you to them.”
So he said to him, “Here I am.”
Genesis 37:14
Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.”
So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.
Genesis 37:15
Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field.
And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?”
Genesis 37:16
So he said, “I am seeking my brothers.
Please tell me where they are feeding their flocks.”
Genesis 37:17
And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’”
So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.
Genesis 37:18
Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired
against him to kill him
.
Genesis 37:19
Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming!
Genesis 37:20
Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’
We shall see what will become of his dreams!”
Genesis 37:21
But Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.”
Genesis 37:22
And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pitwhich is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.
Genesis 37:23
So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.
Genesis 37:24
Then they took him and cast him into a pit.
And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
There was a guy who fell into an open grave
•You can’t get out of here.
But he did!
1.
The Position of the Pit
What puts us in the position of the pit? (Search me oh God…) • People are just jealous of me! It’s not pride in me!
• It’s not the way that I’m acting or the way I present myself!
• It’s not pride in me; it’s envy in them!
Everything that happens to me is because of others!
• It’s not my fault!
It’s not the action; it’s the reaction!
• Joseph had a great opportunity to develop a victim mentality!
People go from financial pit to financial pit and never think
• I’m under-giving and over-spending!
Why wasn’t Joseph with his brothers in the first place?
• Many theologians believe Jacob had to separate them!
• Jacob sent them to help the relationship!
They knew how to tend sheep! 9 of them were in their 20’s and 30’s • Rueben and Simeon were in their 40’s!
• They didn’t need a 17 year old coming to check on them!
Genesis 37:18
Now when
they saw him afar off
against him
to kill him.
, even before he came near them, they conspired
How did they see him from afar?
• He was wearing that blasted coat!
He wore it everywhere!
• He wore it in August in Texas!
Look for spiritual analogies when you read the Bible
• Joseph had His father’s favor!
You have your Father’s favor!
• Joseph’s father gave him a gift!
Your Father has given you a gift
Joseph was proud of the gift his father had given him
• And wanted everyone to see it and showed it off as often as he could!
• Are you proud of the gift your father has given you and show it off!?
I want you to notice that his father didn’t take the gift from him!
• The gifts and callings of God are irrevocable!
• He lost his Father’s gift through his own pride!
Just like he wore that coat everywhere, do you show off your gift?
• Many people slip their gift into conversations
• I’m a prophet!
I a prophet too so I already knew that!
Because of his pride, he lost his gift.
Many misinterpret Rom 11:29
• First it’s talking about the Jewish people.
Even as an analogy,
• Secondly, I didn’t say God took it away, I said He lost it
When he was governor of Egypt, he had hundreds of coats!
(Electric button)
• I think he got it back because I don’t think Jacob ever threw it away
• He got his relationship with his father back!
2. The Perspective of the Pit
Let’s get God’s perspective on why we’re in the pit, not ours or
Satan’s
• Once you’re thrown into the pit, the accuser of the brethren starts!
• Satan will try to set your perspective!
(Conviction vs Condemnation)
John 3:17
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