Jim Bakker Show - The Joseph Example - Pastor Jentezen Franklin on the Jim Bakker Show
Aired: 2018-03-15
Duration: 02:14


=== God's Door Openers (02:14) ===

[00:00:00]  Joseph is such an amazing example.
[00:00:03]  He really is.
[00:00:03]  He could love.
[00:00:05]  They put him in a pit.
[00:00:06]  They meant to kill him.
[00:00:07]  They meant to kill him.
[00:00:08]  He's a beautiful picture of Jesus, too, by the way, in the Old Testament.
[00:00:12]  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.
[00:00:25]  And the same three people will have to come into your life.
[00:00:29]  Notice that God put a butler, God put a baker, and God put a pharaoh.
[00:00:36]  What does a butler do?
[00:00:37]  A butler opens doors.
[00:00:40]  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.
[00:00:49]  God will use them as a door opener.
[00:00:51]  Then a baker, what does a baker do?
[00:00:54]  Well, a baker takes a little bit of eggs and flour and sugar.
[00:00:57]  You got the raw ingredients, but they know how to pull it all together.
[00:01:01]  God will put a baker who helps you, a mentor is another word, pull it all together.
[00:01:09]  And then lastly, he'll put a pharaoh.
[00:01:12]  And a pharaoh finances the dream.
[00:01:14]  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.
[00:01:24]  These things happen when you forgive.
[00:01:26]  God will bring bakers and butlers and pharaohs into your life to fulfill the dream.
[00:01:31]  Or you can get bitter.
[00:01:33]  You can get angry and you can lose the call and the purpose of God on your life.
[00:01:39]  And I love those words when he said, you meant it for my evil, but God meant it for my good.
[00:01:44]  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.
[00:01:53]  Sometimes God puts you in the Holy Ghost slingshot.
[00:01:56]  And you keep going back, back, back.
[00:01:58]  They throw him in the pit.
[00:02:00]  He has this dream and it's taking another step back, another step back, another step back.
[00:02:04]  But all God's doing is getting you in the slingshot.
[00:02:07]  And if you pass the test of forgiveness, I mean, forgiveness can rewrite your future.