Making Miracles Out Of Mistakes | Joel Osteen
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Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoyed today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share it with a friend? We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. Thanks for letting us come into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please stop by. Be a part of one of our services. These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood. We'd love to have you, but thanks so much for tuning in. I like to start with something funny. And I heard about this elderly minister. He was close to death. He sent word for two of his members, an IRS agent and a lawyer to come to his house.
Upon arrival, he motioned for them to sit on each side of the bed. The men were very moved that they could be with the minister in his final moments. One point, the lawyer asked very sincerely, sir, why did you choose both of us? The minister mustered up some strength and said, Jesus died between two sinners. That's the way I want to go. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus name. God bless you. I want to talk to you today about miracles out of mistakes. We've all made wrong choices and done things that we knew were not the best.
It's one thing when other people do us wrong. We had a bad break. It wasn't our fault. We can have faith that God will restore. He'll pay us back. But when we bring the trouble on ourselves, when we blow it, it's easy to live in regrets thinking that God's not going to help us. We made the mess. But here's the beauty. God knew you would mess up before he called you. He knew we would get off course, at times given to temptation. He didn't base his plan for your life on you making perfect decisions. God has a plan even for your mistakes. What you think is a failure, you blew it. Nothing good could come out of that. God has a way of making miracles out of mistakes. He can take what should have left you lonely, disappointed, what should have limited your career.
Instead of setting you back, God knows how to turn it around and set you up to move you towards your destiny. But too often when we make mistakes, we go around down on ourselves, guilty, not expecting anything good. Voices tell us too bad, just live with the consequences. It's all downhill from here. But be encouraged, God is full of mercy. He doesn't turn his back when we make mistakes. He doesn't say, I'm done with you, you'll never get it right. Just the opposite. He comes running to us. He'll not only help you clean up the mess you made, he'll take it one step further and make miracles out of those mistakes. Paul said it this way, all things work together for good when you love the Lord. All things means even our mistakes.
The times we blew it, God off course, God knows how to work it for our good. And you may be in a complicated situation, a problem that seems like it'll never work out. There are other people involved, different personalities, legal circumstances. It seems too complex, but God has it all figured out. He can see things you can't see. His ways are better than our ways. You may have brought the trouble on yourself. God is saying, I'm going to correct those complications. I'm going to resolve complex issues. I'm going to make things work out that you could have never made work on your own. That's what he did for Abraham. In the scripture, God gave him the promise that he and his wife, Sarah, were going to have a baby.
Year after year went by and nothing happened. They decided to try to help God out. Sarah told Abraham to sleep with her maid, Hagar. He did, and they had a baby boy that they named Ishmael. They were so excited, thanking God for the promise, but Ishmael wasn't the promised child. No disrespect to him, Ishmael was a mistake. He was born out of Abraham and Sarah's impatience.
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