Special Strength Is Coming | 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. God bless you. Great to have you with us today. We are praying for you and your family. I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week. You can download our podcast and listen to the messages anytime or go to our YouTube channel. But thanks for tuning in today. I like to start with something funny and I heard about this cat and mouse that died on the same day and went to heaven. After a few weeks, Peter saw the mouse and asked how he liked it. He said, oh, it's great, but it's so big.
I wish I could get a pair of roller skates. Peter said, no problem, got him some skates. Few weeks later, Peter saw the cat and asked him how he liked it. He said, oh, it's fantastic. And just when I thought it couldn't get any better, I discovered the meals on wheels. 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 special strength is coming. We all have times in life that we feel tired. We've been doing our best, standing strong, but it's been so long, nothing has changed.
Now we're fatigued. We don't feel like we have the strength to raise the children, the strength to fight the illness, the strength to pursue our dreams. A woman I know has struggled with depression for many years. She's always been so strong, so determined, but I saw her recently and she was very discouraged. She said, I don't have any fight left in me. I can't do it anymore. Sometimes we see that as a lack of faith, but God doesn't expect you to be strong all the time. He understands there will be times that we get weary. We don't feel like we can go on. We prayed, we believed, but nothing has changed. Now the weight of what we're facing has left us exhausted. The good news is God doesn't fault us for feeling weak.
He doesn't say, what's wrong with you? You need to have more faith. The scripture says, when you are weak, he is strong. When you feel overwhelmed, like you can't go on, he comes in and gives you special strength. Strength that you didn't get on your own. Strength to move forward when you should be stuck. Strength to overcome the addiction. Strength to outlast the opposition. You may feel weak today, fatigued. That is not your destiny. You are going to run and not be weary. You're going to walk and not faint. There's going to be a strength that's not natural, but supernatural. This is what happened with Elijah. There had been a three and a half year drought in Samaria. Without rain, the Israelites were going to perish.
There was no food, no way to grow crops. Elijah went on top of Mount Carmel and began to pray for rain, but nothing happened. He prayed again and again, had his assistant go out and check the weather, look for clouds, still nothing. But Finally, on the seventh time, they saw a small cloud start to form in the sky. Elijah told King Ahab that he better get in his chariot and quickly leave because there was about to be a huge downpour. The scripture says the Lord gave Elijah special strength and he outran the king's chariot to Jezreel. Jezreel wasn't just next door. It was a 20 mile journey. A horse can run twice as fast as an average man. A man can only sustain that top speed for a short distance. On top of this, I'm sure Elijah was tired being in the famine, not having the proper food.
How could he outrun a chariot? That's not possible. God gave him special strength. You may look at what you're up against, think I don't have the strength, the stamina, the endurance, the fortitude. Maybe years ago when I was at the top of my game, but now I'm tired. No, get ready, special strength is headed your way.
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