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God's Door Openers
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| Joseph is such an amazing example. | |
| He really is. | |
| He could love. | |
| They put him in a pit. | |
| They meant to kill him. | |
| They meant to kill him. | |
| He's a beautiful picture of Jesus, too, by the way, in the Old Testament. | |
| But one thing that I think is worth noting is before Joseph could reach the ultimate place of his dream, God had to bring three people into his life. | |
| And the same three people will have to come into your life. | |
| Notice that God put a butler, God put a baker, and God put a pharaoh. | |
| What does a butler do? | |
| A butler opens doors. | |
| When God has a dream for your life, he will put people in your life who will open doors for you that you cannot open on your own. | |
| God will use them as a door opener. | |
| Then a baker, what does a baker do? | |
| Well, a baker takes a little bit of eggs and flour and sugar. | |
| You got the raw ingredients, but they know how to pull it all together. | |
| God will put a baker who helps you, a mentor is another word, pull it all together. | |
| And then lastly, he'll put a pharaoh. | |
| And a pharaoh finances the dream. | |
| And God knows how to bring bakers and butlers, people who open doors, people who just like you, and they just say, I don't know why, but I'm just going to open the door for you. | |
| These things happen when you forgive. | |
| God will bring bakers and butlers and pharaohs into your life to fulfill the dream. | |
| Or you can get bitter. | |
| You can get angry and you can lose the call and the purpose of God on your life. | |
| And I love those words when he said, you meant it for my evil, but God meant it for my good. | |
| You know, sometimes it feels like when God's got you going in the direction, God can get you there whether you're going in drive forward or reverse. | |
| Sometimes God puts you in the Holy Ghost slingshot. | |
| And you keep going back, back, back. | |
| They throw him in the pit. | |
| He has this dream and it's taking another step back, another step back, another step back. | |
| But all God's doing is getting you in the slingshot. | |
| And if you pass the test of forgiveness, I mean, forgiveness can rewrite your future. | |