Saying Yes To God | Victoria Osteen
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Why is saying ‘yes’ to God hard and when should you consider it?
Hey, thanks again for being with us today. Always my honor to be able to share God's Word with you and hopefully inspire you and encourage you. If you're enjoying the podcast, I hope you'll share it with a friend, pass it along. Let's inspire some other people as well. But know that we love you. It's going to be a blessed day for you.
had something in your heart that you wanted to do. Maybe God asked you to do something, but it just seemed difficult. It seems like when you see the finished product, there's just too many obstacles in the way. Have you ever wanted to say yes, but you just can't seem to find the courage and the bravery to do so? Let me remind you of a man named Moses. We all know Moses. He led the children out of captivity. He held up his rod and he parted the Red Sea so thousands of people could walk through on dry ground. As he led them, there was no water in the wilderness and he struck a rock and was able to quench their thirst. We've all seen the Ten Commandments, how he stood on Mount Sinai with the tablets of God that were declaring God's law to his people.
You see, Moses was a fierce leader.
What lessons does Moses’ calling teach about doubt and excuses?
He was a man that was committed to God. See, we look at him and we see mighty exploits in the life of Moses. But do you know, Moses didn't start out that way. In fact, when he journeyed and met God the first time, and God spoke to him and let him know, I am God. And I have an assignment for you. And he began to tell Moses what he wanted him to do. The first words out of Moses' mouth was, I can't. I can't. You see, God was directly telling Moses through a burning bush what he was supposed to do. But he backed up and began to make excuses of why he was not the man that God thinks he was. Why he stuttered. How he stuttered and how people wouldn't believe him. I'm sure he thought, my past in Egypt is not good.
I can't go back there. Do you know what God said to Moses? He says, Moses, as he was talking up a storm, who made your mouth? You see, God was saying, Moses, I want to remind you of something. You're not man-made. You're God-made. Nobody on earth created you. You may have come through them, but I created you, and I knew you from birth, and I knew what I put in you. He was saying, Moses, I've equipped you with everything you need. Moses continued to make excuse after excuse. And you know, God didn't dismiss those excuses. The fact that Moses had some weaknesses in the natural. The fact that Moses was afraid. You know, I believe God knows those insecurities. But listen, he met Moses with these words, this promise.
He said, Moses, now go. I will lead you and I will teach you. You see, he instructed him with a promise. You go and I'll take care of the rest. You go and I will help you with these insecurities. I will give you the resources. I will make you strong. I will cause the people to listen to you. I will cause Pharaoh to bow. When you come, you go. You know, God is an I can God. And he turned Moses' I can't that day into an I can. And Moses went. And Moses became the man God intended him to be. And because of Moses, generations were changed forever. We were changed forever. Because Moses took the promise and the word of God and he applied it to his life. You see, God wants to turn our can't into an I can. If you're facing an obstacle today that seems insurmountable, maybe there's some habits that you need to break.
Maybe God has spoken something to you, but you can't even believe it. You can't see how it can happen. God is saying to you what he said to Moses. Go and I will teach you. Go and I will show you. I will lead you. You see, oftentimes we run into these opportunities or these obstacles and all we can see is the finished product. We don't realize God's already given us today exactly what we need, but it's that first step that we have to take. It's that go and that believing in his word that he is there. God is an I can God and he wants us to be I can people. I can is a powerful, powerful phrase. It comes straight from the Word of God. In Philippians, Paul says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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