Joel Osteen

If God can't trust you to be faithful in the wilderness, how can he trust you to be faithful in the promised land?

And those things that are not changing, people dismissing you, those times where you feel like you're doing something insignificant, those are times of testing, times of proving where you have to show God what you're made of.

That's when your character is developed.

It's easy to slack off now.

This doesn't matter.

It's insignificant.

Nobody is watching.

You have to pass small tests before God will release big things.

If you're not excellent on the level you're on, you won't get to the next level.

You may not like where you are.

You know you have more in you.

It's taken longer than you thought.

but God knows what he's doing.

He's closely watching you.

If you'll keep passing the test, staying faithful where you are, it's just a matter of time before you see that messenger show up suddenly, unexpectedly.

Like Bishop Jakes, seems like another ordinary day, but the right person sees you and your whole world changes.

Like David, somebody he didn't even know, the prophet Samuel came looking for him.

God knows how to get you to where you're supposed to be.

He's already lined up your Samuels who will search you out to be good to you.

Well, you say, Joel, I'd love to believe this.