Dream to Destiny Part 1: The Pride Test

DREAM TO DESTINY

The Pride Test

May 21, 2023

(Genesis 37:1-11 NIV) Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan. This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen…

(Genesis 41:46) Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

The way you deal with

will determine your .

(Genesis 37:1-11 NIV) This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them. Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.” His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said. Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?” His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind…

(Proverbs 16:18 NIV) Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

• I’m pride.

(Luke 18:11-12 NIV) The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

(Luke 18:13 NIV) But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

• I can pride.

(Luke 15:11-12 NIV) Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’

(Luke 15:17-19 NIV) When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.’

• That doesn’t pride.

(2 Samuel 12:7 NIV) Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!

1. God has a .

(Jeremiah 29:11 NIV) For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future!

If God gave you every of your destiny,

you wouldn’t need to on him to fulfil it.

(Proverbs 29:18 CEB) When there’s no vision, the people get out of control.

(Exodus 33:11 NIV) The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend.

(Psalm 103:7 NLT) He revealed his character to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel.

2. Don’t your dream.

(Hebrews 3:5 NIV) Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house.

Your destiny isn’t a or a .

Your destiny is serving God’s and God’s .

(Luke 14:11 NIV) For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

(Matthew 12:34 CEV) Your words show what is in your heart.

3. Deal with the .

Pride is the , but

insecurity is the .

(Matthew 4:3-4) The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’